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Peaceful racial justice rally takes place from Maggie Walker statue to Monument Avenue
Hundreds marched in Saturday’s “Richmond Stands United For Racial Justice” rally to counter a Tennessee-based pro-Confederate statue group that planned an event at the Robert E. Lee Monument. PHOTO: Catherine Komp CATHERINE KOMP Hundreds of people gathered Saturday morning for the “Richmond Stands United For Racial Justice” rally and march. The demonstration was organized in a show of unity after the Tennessee-based group the “New Confederate States of America” announced an event in Richmond at the Monument Avenue statue of
Robert E. Lee. Richmond Peace Education Center (RPEC), Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy and First Unitarian Universalist Church of Richmond organized the counter rally and held safety trainings Friday night. RPEC staff member Jelani Drew led organizing of the event. “We embrace and celebrate our beautiful, rich diversity as a
community,” said RPEC Director Adria Scharf as she addressed the crowd. “We stand committed to building a just and equitable Richmond in which every child regardless of race or zip code has full access to hope, opportunity and safety. And we stand committed to building a region and a city that is truly free of white supremacy.” Standing in front of the newly erected monument honoring civil
rights activist, banker and business leader Maggie Walker, Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy’s Lana Heath de Martinez said white supremacy is at the root of economic injustice, anti-immigrant sentiments, anti-semitism and Islamophobia. “We are here to denounce it and insist that our narrative is one of inclusion,” said de Martinez. “The
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Lawmaker presses for a Harriet Tubman $20 bill CNS – The fight to put Harriet Tubman on the face of the $20 bill by 2020 has been revived with the introduction of bipartisan legislation in the House co-sponsored by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore. “Too often, our nation does not do enough to honor the contributions of women in American history, especially women of color,” Cummings said. “I am proud to introduce this bill with Rep. (John) Katko (R-N.Y.) to honor Harriet Tubman’s role in making America a more free and more equal society.” The bill comes almost 17 months after then-Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that Tubman, a famous Underground Railroad abolitionist who was born as a Maryland slave, would replace Andrew Jackson as the face of the $20 bill. Lew’s department pledged support to putting women on American currency through changes to the $5 and $10 bills as well. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., originally sponsored a bill in 2015, directing the Department of the Treasury to put Tubman on the face of the $10 bill, replacing Alexander Hamilton. But the switch to the $20 occurred after historians and fans of the musical “Hamilton” objected to altering the $10 bill. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin faced criticism from legislators after a Aug. 31 CNBC
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings interview when he didn’t directly say if he would continue with the Obama administration’s plan to put Tubman on the $20 bill. “People have been on the bills for a long period of time,” Mnuchin said when asked if he supports the change. “This is something we’ll consider. Right now, we have a lot more important issues to focus on.” Cummings said in a statement on his bill with Katko that “Harriet Tubman was called the Moses of her people, because after she escaped slavery, she courageously made 19 trips to the South to free more than 300 enslaved African Americans.” “Her courage, conviction and commitment to equality represent the best of America and it is long past time we recognize her place in
Statewide tax amnesty launches The 2017 Virginia Tax Amnesty Program which provides delinquent individual and business taxpayers the opportunity to pay back taxes with no penalties and half the interest between Sept. 13 and Nove. 14, 2017. Approved by the 2017 General Assembly, the program assumes collection of $89.5 million for the general fund to support education, health, and public safety, as well as provide a cash reserve. “This program provides delinquent
taxpayers with a great opportunity to pay off their outstanding tax bills easily at a reduced cost, while at the same time increasing the collection of certain revenues that are owed to the Commonwealth and fund critical services,” said McAuliffe. “I urge Virginians who have delinquent tax bills to take advantage of this opportunity to clear their debt and contribute to the essential services that make Virginia a great place to live.”
history,” the congressman said. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, spoke out against Mnuchin’s vague response on the same day of the secretary’s interview. “The Trump Administration is refusing to commit to moving forward with the plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill? Disgraceful…” he tweeted. “Tubman is a true American hero and deserves to be honored on the $20 bill.” Van Hollen sent a letter with fellow Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Maryland, on the same day, urging Mnuchin to move forward with honoring Tubman on the currency. “We were concerned when you refused to commit to taking this notable step to put a woman on our currency and recognize an American
hero,” the senators wrote. “Those we honor on currency make a statement about our nation and our values. We urge you to move forward to honor Harriet Tubman and make a strong statement about our nation’s commitment to equality and justice.” In February, both Maryland senators announced they were sponsoring legislation to commemorate Tubman in the form of a statue in front of the United States Capitol. Five years ago, the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation allowing state officials to fundraise and commission an artist to sculpt the statue. As far as the $20 bill is concerned, the senator said that he would let everyone know when Mnuchin responds to the letter. Van Hollen has not yet received a response.
This amnesty period provides most individuals, corporations, estates, trusts, and partnerships that have failed to pay taxes an opportunity to easily settle their tax obligations with the Commonwealth. At the conclusion of the amnesty period, an additional 20 percent penalty will be assessed on any remaining amnestyqualified liabilities. “Many taxpayers who are eligible for amnesty will receive a notice through the mail,” added Tax Commissioner Craig M. Burns. “However, anyone who owes back taxes may be eligible and should
contact us.” The Virginia Department of Taxation is mailing approximately 300,000 notices to households and businesses with outstanding tax bills. The average delinquent tax bill is $4,830. This is Virginia’s fourth tax amnesty program; previous programs were conducted in 1990, 2003, and 2009. Additional details about this tax amnesty program are available at http://www.tax.virginia.gov/amnesty or by calling 1.877.PAY.VTAX
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Resources and resiliency help children of military parents turn away from suicidal thoughts Like many teenagers starting high school, Edward was having trouble fitting in. The child of military parents who traveled around the world, Edward, whose name has been changed to protect his privacy, found himself in a new, civilian school where he was one of few “military brats.” He was admittedly a bit out of shape, nerdy, and found it hard to make friends. “I was really isolated. I felt miserable,” said the now-active-duty service member about the time in his life about 20 years ago. “One evening, I thought about using a knife to kill myself. I just wanted it to be over.” Children of military parents face challenges that include parental deployments and frequent relocations, which can cause feelings of isolation and, possibly, thoughts of suicide. (Courtesy photo) Edward opened the knife and was ready to use it. But then he thought about it for a minute. “And I just set
it down.” That decision not to commit suicide, say some military health experts, could be rooted in a resiliency children of military members seem to have. “In my personal experience as a Navy child psychiatrist, I’ve found that children of military parents are more resilient than some of the other populations,” said Navy Capt. Mike Colston, director of mental health programs for the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. Colston cited studies that explore resiliency in military children and the effect situations, such as parental deployments, have on their mental well-being. Colston said the structure of the military helps foster that resiliency. “For instance, our large support network and the ease of access to military health care help those children,” he said. “The Department
According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 1980, the suicide rate for whites aged 10-19 was 157 percent greater than that of blacks. However, by 1995 there was only a 42 percent difference. Although whites are still more likely to commit suicide than blacks, the suicide rate for all black Americans doubled between 1980 and 1996. Dr. Juliet Glinski, of the Montefiore Medical Center, suggests that medical officials may be identifying suicide as a cause of death more frequently because education about suicide is more a part of their training than it used to be.
A note about social media written by one of the participants of an Air Force resiliency teen camp is displayed in a classroom. PHOTO: USAF of Defense has made a number of investments in families, such as the great work done by the Military Community and Family Policy office over the past decade, especially in the area of deployments. A deployment is a family issue, and one we need to meet with preparedness and flexibility, fulfilling families’ needs where they are.” Colston said more research is needed on the impact on children’s mental health, and the military is doing that. He believes Military Kids Connect and Sesame Street for Military Families are valuable resources. “Plus, there are child-specific services through family offices for each of the military services, as well as the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury.” Another resource is the BeThere Peer Assistance Line, the only dedicated Department of Defense peer support call and outreach center available to all service members and their families. Available online, by calling 844-357-PEER (7337), and by texting 480-360-6188, it is staffed by peer coaches who are veterans and spouses of prior service members. They can be reached 24/7 through chat, email, phone, and text. It provides confidential communications between peer counselors and service members. Outside of formal programs, Colston encouraged military members to make psychological health for their children a part of the
family care plan they put together before going to a remote location. “It’s incumbent upon you as a service member to have that plan in place at all times to look after your family, especially minors. It’s more than just making sure they have a roof over their heads and plenty to eat. The plan must include help for psychological needs.” Colston is empathetic to military children. His father was also in the Navy and spent several years at sea, especially during Colston’s earliest years. He has two children of his own, who have weathered his deployments. He knows the right support system is key. “It’s important to make available to your children medical programs that address their emotional states,” said Colston. “It’s also important to be there as a parent, using the resources available for parenting help.” Edward is not sure what stopped him from committing suicide that fateful night; maybe it was resiliency, maybe it was just being scared. But he does know that he now has a toddler son. Edward said he’s planning to stay as open as possible, talking to him every day, and won’t accept a one-word “fine” whenever he asks his son how he’s doing. “I want to know everything he’s going through, and I’ll do my best not to deter him from being open as well, telling me when he makes mistakes or does bad things,” said Edward. “Isolation hurts. It only makes the depression worse. Talk to someone, even if it’s your parents.”
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Va. sues title lender for open-end loans against consumer statues Virginia has filed a lawsuit against open-end credit plan lender, Allied Title Lending LLC, also known as Allied Cash Advance for allegedly making illegal, unlicensed loans at 273.75 percent annual interest, and for violating the Virginia
consumer finance statutes and the Virginia Consumer Protection Act in connection with the company's lending practice. “Virginia consumers have a right to expect that lenders that conduct business in the commonwealth and
that profit from charging these high interest rates will comply with our laws,” said Attorney General Mark Herring. “I am dedicated to enforcing consumer protection laws when it becomes clear they have been violated and I intend to hold lenders accountable to Virginia's citizens for their conduct.” Herring is seeking restitution on behalf of consumers, civil penalties, attorneys’ fees, and asking the court to ban Allied from further violating the Virginia open-end credit statute, our consumer finance statutes, and the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. He is seeking for all openend credit loans Allied made in violation of the Code of Virginia to be declared null and void, and is also seeking penalties of up to $2,500 per violation, with the exact number of violations to be determined during trial proceedings. The complaint alleges that Allied failed to comply with the Virginia law governing open-end credit plan lenders by charging a $100 origination fee during the statutorilymandated finance charge-free grace period, and that it engaged in a pattern of repeat transactions and "rollover" loan conduct with some borrowers more akin to a payday loan than an open-end credit extension. The complaint alleges that Allied's illegal practices took
place during the period from July 28, 2013, through at least July 24, 2017, and that the loans Allied made during this time are null and void. Allied currently operates out of 23 locations throughout Virginia in Alexandria, Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Hampton, Harrisonburg, Highland Springs, Lynchburg, Manassas, Mechanicsville, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond, Rocky Mount, Staunton, Tappahannock and Winchester. The lawsuit was filed on Sept. 12 in Richmond City Circuit Court. Virginia is represented by attorneys in Attorney General Herring's Predatory Lending Unit. The Unit was established as a part of Attorney General Herring's reorganization of his Consumer Protection Section, which now includes a focus on predatory lending in addition to deceptive conduct, anti-trust matters, charitable solicitation, and more. During Herring’s administration, the Consumer Protection Section has recovered more than $224 million in relief for consumers and payments from violators. If you have consumer-related inquiries, call the Office of the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Hotline telephone counselors at 1-800552-9963 or 804-786-2042 if calling from the Richmond area.
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Trump can’t deport the U.S. “Dreamers” without a tough fight JULIANNE MALVEAUX Our 45th president swept into office with a foundation of racist claims. First, the very basis of his political participation was his false assertion (for which he has never apologized) that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. Using the “birther” movement as a basis, “45” signaled to every random racist out there that he was willing to ignore truth to attack President Obama. Then, he used horrible rhetoric to describe Mexican people as violent rapist, followed by his usual “and some of them are very nice.” He suggested that a federal judge could not do his job because he was of Mexican descent. And much of his campaign was focused on deporting people. The pace of deportations has increased since he took office. Now, he has snatched stability away from a group of young people called “dreamers” have built. These young folks were brought to these United States by parents who came to this country illegally. In legal limbo and unable to apply for jobs or college admission, many of these young people lived in the shadows, working under the table or The LEGACY NEWSPAPER Vol. 3 No. 38 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
not at all, piecing together livelihoods as best they could. President Barack Obama grappled with this issue and, through executive order (because Congress would not act), created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Attorneys general in some states have described the program as illegal and have threatened to sue for its elimination. Attorney General J. Beauregard Sessions has said he would not defend the program, because President Obama “overreached” in establishing it. So, the camera-hogging “45” actually 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
allowed Beauregard (who he very recently dissed) to announce that DACA will end, although there is a “grace period” of six months. I don’t think many understand how many hoops childhood arrivals must jump through to attain “dreamer” status. They have to pay almost $500 every two years and fill out more than a dozen forms to qualify, including forms that detail income, expenses and assets. They must have a work permit. If they move, they have to inform the U.S. Customs and Immigration Service. And they can’t leave the country without permission, which is only sparingly granted, and usually only for educational purposes. Requests to visit relatives are rarely granted and, even when permission is granted, there is no guarantee that “dreamers” will be allowed back into the country. So, while President Obama did a great thing by creating DACA, the program does not go far enough. “Dreamers” do not have the same privileges that other citizens have, and they have more responsibilities. Their status can also be revoked, if they have had any interactions with “law enforcement” officers, and we all know how that one goes. While it appears that “45” has
given dreamers some hope by delaying enforcement of DACA elimination for six months, and by making nice with Democratic leaders, the drama of dangling possibilities in front of folks and then snatching them away is typical “45” showmanship and irrationality. The fact that Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House parrot, raised black unemployment in a White House press conference is further evidence of this administration’s racism. Has there been any other time when these people have mentioned black unemployment? Part of the reason “45” is revoking DACA has to do with his antiMexican, anti-immigrant, racist biases. But part has to do with his administration’s attempt to eliminate anything Obama from our government. It is pathetically appalling to watch the way that “45” and his minions are obsessed with President Obama and the work he did. As an example, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who I call “Secretary DeVoid” (of good sense), has decided to “examine” the Obama approach to campus rape. She is more concerned, it seems, with those accused of rape or sexual assault
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Liberals seem hell bent for leather to enable voter fraud by insisting that identification verification laws are unfair. But the majority of Americans - including many Democrats - believe that verifying the identity of voters doesn't suppress voter turnout, according to a study conducted by theUniversity of Kansas. In fact, the study showed that senior citizens, who many believe are among the so-called victims of ID laws, are overwhelmingly in favor of ID laws. The plain and simple truth of the matter is that voter fraud exists and it is facilitated by a lack of scrutiny at the polls. Research conducted by the highly regarded Pew Research Center revealed, for example, revealed that some 2.75 million people in the U.S. are registered to vote in more than one state and that the nation's voter rolls include nearly 2 million deceased persons. The Pew report disclosed that “approximately 24 million-one of every eight-voter registrations in the United States are no longer valid or are significantly inaccurate.” Patrick Miller, a KU assistant professor of political science, said the research conducted at the
University shows that “AfricanAmericans, Latinos, young voters, senior citizens and the poor are typically the most vulnerable to strict voter ID laws because they tend disproportionately to not have a government-issued photo IDs and tend to have the greatest difficulty obtaining that identification. However, Miller said, Americans in those subgroups also overwhelmingly support voter ID laws, believe that voter fraud is widespread, and reject the notion that voter ID suppresses turnout.” So what’s the big deal that makes the left want to quash efforts to enact simple voter ID laws? It’s no big deal to show your ID in this day and age when you fly away on a holiday, buy beer or apply for welfare. Perhaps some people out there like the idea of a vulnerable election process where even a few dishonest individuals can easily perpetrate voter fraud and allow the wrong person to be elected. Dan Weber
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First the one-two punch of Harvey and Irma, now DACA: The economy took some hits in the last couple of weeks. The damage from the dual hurricanes, of course, is already visible and the cost to the economy is estimated to be as high as $290 billion. But ending DACA - President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Executive Order - will be at least as damaging. By several estimates, deporting DACA recipients and removing them from the workforce will reduce America’s Gross Domestic Product
by $460.3 billion over a decade, cost employers $4.4 billion in unnecessary turnover costs, and cut contributions to Medicare and Social Security by $24.6 billion. DACA is a lesson in the limits of “Government by Executive Order.” Signed in 2012, it shielded unauthorized immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, giving them a work permit and renewable relief from removal for two years. To be eligible, a youth could request DACA if he or she arrived in the U.S. under the age of 16; lived continuously in the country since 2007; was currently in school, has graduated or served honorably in the U.S. military; and had never been convicted as an adult of a serious crime. But orders created with the swipe of a pen can be removed with the swipe of someone else’s pen and President Trump has reversed the Obama order. Six months from now DACA will have phased out, and in the meantime those who currently have such permission will not be able to renew it. However, the President has indicated his support for DACA legislation correctly arguing that the defect with the original DACA was that it exceeded the authority of the Executive branch. So the ball is in Congress’ court. And it’s time for them to act. The arguments against DACA have largely centered on the constitutionality of the original Executive Order. But President Trump has handed Congress an opportunity to step up to the plate and re-learn the art of “compromise,” although it will take work. Chris Braunlich
(from page 6) than with the victims. FBI data shows that only 5 percent of rape accusations are false. We should be more concerned about those who won’t come forward than those who are unjustly accused. But someone who works for a genital-grabber might well see things differently. Similarly, an Obama-era regulation that would have EEOC collect data on pay differences by race and gender in companies with more than 100 employees has been suspended and so-called woman’s advocate Ivanka Trump has said that collecting such data really doesn’t matter. As many as 800 Obama executive orders and regulations have been reversed. We shouldn’t be surprised that DACA has met the same fate. Dreamers aren’t going to simply slink back across borders to countries they have never known as adults. Moments after Beauregard Sessions’ announcement they took it to the streets in protest. They are letting “45” and his sidekicks know that their dream won’t be deferred. We should all be inspired by their activism and stand with them for justice. Malveaux is an author, economist and founder of Economic Education. Her podcast, “It’s Personal with Dr. J” is available on iTunes.
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Stonewall Jackson window memorialized at Salem black church WIRE REPORT General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was one of the best-known commanders of the Confederate Army, and a Virginian. So, it’s not a big surprise that he’s memorialized in a stained glass window at Roanoke’s Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. That is, until you meet its congregation. The Stonewall Jackson window has been part of this black church for 125 years, surviving a fire in 1959 that took the rest of the church with it. But third-generation member Joyce Bolden said the window is not about Jackson, the owner of slaves, but Jackson the lesser-known teacher of slaves -- including the parents of an early pastor. “This was a monument to the future of the African-American race,” Boldan said. “I believe it’s being memorialized. Stonewall Jackson was as a human being and as a man of Christ, of faith. He defied all the laws of the South by educating his slaves. He taught them to read and write.” Reverend Vernie Bolden is the church’s current pastor. “The man fought for slavery,” Vernie said. "That is the man. Can we separate the man from his military work?" The conversation over the window continues. But across the country, a legion of Confederate monuments have fallen, some after the 2015 Charleston massacre of nine black churchgoers by a white supremacist. Then, many more after white supremacists used the proposed removal of a Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, as pretext for a rally that shocked the nation.
“We’re having, once again, for whatever it is, the 17th time, a major racial reckoning in America,” Yale Civil War historian David Blight said. “And we don’t know exactly where this one’s going.” From the start, Blight said most Confederate monuments were used by defeated southern whites to reassert dominance over freed blacks. “A sole monument to a Confederate soldier or to his unit is not necessarily a monument to white supremacy,” Blight said. “However, the broader process of Confederate memorialization has everything to do with creating a white supremacist society. There’s just no doubt about that when you go back and look at the period and look at the relationship between not just monuments but the whole memorialization process of the Confederacy.” The first major Confederate monument of Stonewall Jackson was unveiled in Richmond in 1875. “[An] estimated 50,000 people attended this thing, lots of speeches,” Blight said. “Blacks were only allowed to participate in this at the very back of the line. But it was a big coming out. It was the first time Confederate flags were used on any scale.” Even so, Blight doesn’t support the wholesale removal of Confederate monuments. “I want to make it clear,” Blight said. “I am for removal of some Confederate monuments. The time has come. Not all of them, not every single one of them, certainly not in cemeteries. I just want the process to be historical, deliberative and based on research.” A memorial landscape-turnedminefield is familiar terrain for
Blight and Yale University. “There was resistance to name changing among alumni, among some faculty staff,” he said. Earlier this year, the university renamed a dormitory dedicated to former Vice President John C. Calhoun, citing what it called Calhoun’s “primary legacy” as one of the 19th century’s most ardent defenders of slavery. But determining a historical figure’s “primary legacy” is where things can get especially tricky. Yale itself is named for a slave trader. So where is it appropriate to draw the line? Some warn against drawing lines at all. “We need to remember this nation exists by the blood and the sacrifice and the courage of many, many men,” said Virginia Tech history professor emeritus James Robertson. “Many guided correctly, many misguided.” Robertson isn’t new to this debate. In 1961, President Kennedy tapped Robertson to lead the Civil War Centennial Commission. “We need to learn from the mistakes others made, just as well as we need to be inspired by the good things that good people have done,” Robertson said. And he believes there was a lot of good in Confederate Gen. Robert E.
Lee. “He is the most unobjectionable of all Confederate leaders,” Robertson said. “But people forget that after the Civil War, Lee became the greatest voice for reconciliation in this country. He preached peace and harmony.” Robertson went on Richmond’s Monument Avenue -- a grand boulevard in the once Confederate capital, which is designed to pay tribute to the rebel leaders. “My regret is that Lee is not in civilian clothing, which he would have been in his last five years,” Robertson said. Half a mile from Lee is the Jefferson Davis monument, a tribute as much to the former Confederate president as it is to the secessionist government. “So Davis leads the south into a war for its independence, very much aware that he was fighting to keep slavery legal,” Robertson said. “And so, if one has to go, this is probably the one to go.” “There’s plenty of room for monuments here,” he said. “Monuments commemorating other aspects of the war; Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass.”
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The church community at its worst—and its best
began planning to drive south the next day, but the immediate concern remained. Will they be OK tonight and tomorrow morning? A young couple needed some help with a move, and they reached out to their larger church community. An elderly couple needed some immediate caretaking, but they had no church community. They had never been part of a religious fellowship. Granted, we could have
telephoned churches in their area, and located some assistance, but the helpers would not have had an established relationship of love and trust. Indeed, in this situation, our distant elderly friends would have been so untrusting and frightened as to have refused their help. At a moment of need, their life choices had cut them off from the local caring community. The short-term and ongoing needs in southeastern Texas and now in Florida are massive, and Americans have united in donating money, supplies, time, and prayers on their behalf. Needs on a smaller scale, however, are often overlooked and ignored. Admittedly, those of us in churches too often make selfish and poor choices. In fact, I myself have some work to do, as I need to decide how best to respond to a chronic need in our local congregation. I am not always at my best; our churches are not always at their best. Nevertheless, I was struck at the contrast during these recent events. We will all find ourselves in situations of need at some point in our lives. These times and situations will, to some extent, reflect our choices to invest ourselves as caring, working, and contributing members of our own communities. Those within caring churches can turn to them as sources of support during times of need. Those without caring communities—not so much.
of Alabama,” Stevenson said. Each jar bears a victim's name, 363 in Alabama alone. “There’s even photography where you’ll see thousands of people gathered in a space while someone is being burned alive, or someone is being hanged,” Stevenson said. “People would come to these lynchings and they would drink lemonade and whiskey and deviled eggs. That was the menu of the day.” Now, these jars will be part of a museum that Stevenson is opening, along with a national memorial to victims of lynching next year in Montgomery. “I do think that we need to increase the shame quotient in America,” Stevenson said. “I don’t think shame is a bad thing. I think it actually
moves you and pushes you to think differently about things. And I don’t frankly think we've expressed our shame about slavery. And I want us to talk about what it means to honor someone who did something dishonorable.” Which brings us back to Roanoke and the Stonewall Jackson window that survived that fire so many years ago. Bolden doesn’t expect others to see it as she does. She knows it may not be long for this world. “So when I die off, and there’s no memory of the origins of this window, it probably will be removed,” Bolden said. Until that day, she sees that window not as a tribute to the Confederacy, but as a connection to her own past and a church she loves.
DR. GARY WELTON POINT OF VIEW Churches are havens and shelters for needy humans. They contain no perfect specimens. Nevertheless, they are held to high standards and are embarrassed when their building doors are locked during a local crisis. Yet their mission goes on, and we would be most miserable without strong churches. For example, as reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer, a University of Pennsylvania professor studied 11 churches and one synagogue and concluded that the average economic worth of each to its Philadelphia neighborhood was over $4 million a year. Even more so, the non-financial benefits are priceless, as I was reminded during a recent weekend. We had received an email from a young family, members of a church in our denomination, 150 miles away, asking for our help in their move to our town. They told us they expected to arrive on Saturday, and asked if we could provide some muscle power to help them unload their truck. Although it was a busy summer weekend, and many families in our small church were out of town, I was able to assemble a sizable work team. In fact, some of our people telephoned me and said they were busy, but they would rearrange their schedule if I needed their help. I was able to assure them that we were
already fully staffed. That same Saturday afternoon my wife and I received a telephone call from some friends, an elderly couple, several hundred miles away. They needed a caretaker during a medical crisis. The couple was surviving in their private home, but barely. Because of some short-term medical issues, they were looking for help, and they needed care ASAP, STAT, PDQ. My wife immediately
(from page 8) But that wouldn’t lessen the denigration Bryan Stevenson -- founder of the Equal Justice initiative in Montgomery, Alabama -felt seeing these monuments as a kid growing up in Delaware. “I always thought, despite the fact that they were copper or bronze, that they were screaming at me,” Stevenson said. “They were saying I don't belong here. ‘This is not your land, you are still subordinate.’” Stevenson is turning a light on one of America’s darkest post-Civil war chapters -- the thousands of lynchings that happened in the old south between 1877 and 1950. “We are looking at jars of soil that have been collected from the sites of
James Robertson lynchings that took place in the state
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Local talent shines in Clemson vs. Louisville match-up G. STROTHER LOUSIVLLE, KY - This Week’s National College game of the week featured three talented players all hailing from Richmond, VA. The marquee match-up pitted the defending national champions, Clemson Tigers (#3) against the Louisville Cardinals (#14), led by Heisman trophy winner Lamar Jackson (#8). The contest was rescheduled for primetime and was broadcasted on ABC with Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit, and rightly so, this was only the fourth time in history a reigning Heisman Trophy winner competed against a reigning national champion. After all the hype and fanfare, the game ended in a 47-21 lopsided victory for the Clemson Tigers. One of the biggest game of this season featured 3 local talents from the Richmond area. Clemson starting second year free safety, K’von Wallace (#12) from Highland Spring, HS. The 6’0”, 195lbs DB played for Loren Johnson and was First-Team All-state selection on both sides of the football by Virginia High School Sports League. One of the key matchups of this game was Louisville’s offensive line, featuring 6’7”, 340lbs true freshman, Mekhi Becton (#73) also from Highland Springs, HS versus Clemson’s top-ranked defensive fronts, led by DE Clelin Ferrell (#99), from Benedictine College Prep. Mekhi led Loren Johnson’s Springers to back to back 5A state championships and was widely considered as one of the top players in state of Virginia. Ranked as the No. 1 offensive lineman in Virginia, No. 20 in the nation. Clelin Ferrell is a product of Greg Lilly and Benedictine College Prep. Despite suffering a knee injury his senior year, Ferrell was ranked as one of the top defensive linemen in Virginia. After a redshirt season at Clemson, Ferrell we on to become co-defensive rookie of the year. He was also named defensive MVP in the Fiesta Bowl. These young men are excellent students-athletes and their humility and work ethic are what makes dreams come true. On the field, they are fierce competitors but off the field they are inspiring young men. They are RVA.
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CBC members host campus forum on racism LAUREN VICTORIA BURKE Congressional Democrats, led by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.), the ranking member on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, recently hosted a forum on Capitol Hill titled “Affirmative Action, Inclusion, and Racial Climate on America’s Campuses.” Conyers said that recent signals from the Justice Department hint at a change in administration policy and new attacks on affirmative action programs. “This is not the time for the federal government to retreat from protecting equality in higher education,” said Conyers. Student leaders, college diversity officials, and legal experts discussed the role of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in ensuring that students are welcomed to a safe, inclusive learning environment free of harassment and intimidation on the basis of race, color, or national origin. Title VI, “was enacted as part of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance,” according to the Justice Department. “Title VI remains a critical tool in eliminating discrimination in schools,” said Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. “It was a tool that was originally shared by the Department of Justice and by private plaintiffs. “Now, we’re faced with an administration that is hostile towards civil rights—hostile to the Office of Civil Rights, itself.” Ifill said that even though the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the constitutionality of the merits of affirmative action, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is preparing a unit in the Department of Justice to challenge the law at colleges and universities across the nation. In the wake of violent protests and the White nationalists’ rally in Charlottesville, University of
Rep. Bobby Scott Virginia President Teresa Sullivan testified at the forum on what the university has done in the past and is trying to do in the future to promote diversity. Sullivan referenced past acts of naming various locations on campus after African Americans. On Aug. 11, hundreds of torchbearing White supremacists marched across the campus of the University of Virginia to protests the removal of a Confederate monument from a public park. “Let me be perfectly clear,” said Sullivan. “We’re not interested in having those folks back.” Sullivan, Mayor Michael Signer, and the Charlottesville City Council have been criticized for not being more prepared for the “Unite the Right” rally and violence and mayhem that erupted in the small college town. The gathering was billed, weeks beforehand online, as one of the largest gatherings of White supremacists in U.S. history. One protester was killed and two Virginia state troopers died in a helicopter crash in Charlottesville over that weekend. Taylor Dumpson, the student government president at American University and Weston “Wes” Gobar, the president of the Black Student Alliance at the University of Virginia also delivered remarks during the forum. Both student leaders documented specific incidents of racism on their campuses. Dumpson was the target of a series of racist acts in May, when someone hung bananas in nooses around American University’s campus; some of the bananas were marked with “AKA,” the letters of
Sherrilyn Ifill Dumpson’s sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha. The incident occurred a day after Dumpson was elected the first African American female student body president. “In America we tend to think of racism and White supremacy in the most blatant and hateful individuals and forms of discrimination like the [Ku Klux Klan], Neo-Nazis, and the alt-right, while ignoring the more subtle and systemic forms,” said Gobar. “It is important to condemn the most visible elements of white supremacy, but we must further address these subtle and systemic forms.” Gobar said that he’s heard racial slurs and racists comments that were yelled by white supremacists during the rally in August, repeated in hushed tones on campus; he has also seen anonymous posts written online calling black students ‘monkeys’ and messages written in chalk on campus suggesting that black people have lower IQs than white people. “At a recent student council meeting, one student said that, ‘Thomas Jefferson raped black women, but so did everyone else at the time,’” recalled Gobar. “Well, before August 11 and 12, this has been the climate for students of color at the University of Virginia and this climate has served as an unnecessary burden towards our learning experience.” The student leader said that many incoming students of color now feel scared and unwelcomed at the University of Virginia after the events in August. “To tell the truth, this is a nearly constant feeling on campus,” Gobar.
“There are pervasive incidents of harassment like this every year and they are by no means isolated.” Systemic problems require systematic solutions, said Gobar. Gobar noted that black student enrollment at the University of Virginia is only 6.4 percent and recommended more funding for existing scholarships, financial aid and fellowships that target underrepresented groups. He also advocated for increasing the funding for organizations that serve minority populations on campus. “The status quo can longer be acceptable,” Gobar said. Ifill recommended that congressional lawmakers conduct oversight hearings to ensure that the Justice Department properly enforces Title VI and that lawmakers exercise budget authority to fully fund the enforcement of civil rights laws, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, Title IX and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Ifill also recommended that Congress pass legislation that will provide vigorous civil rights protection, like Equity and Inclusion and Enforcement Act, (H.R. 2486), co-sponsored by Reps. Scott, Conyers, and Alma Adams (D-N.C.) and Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-North Mariana Islands) “LDF’s commitment to promoting equitable educational opportunities for America’s students has endured for decades,” said Ifill. “We have no intention of rolling back our commitment to that.”
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Gender pay gap
Women in U.S. have to wait till 2119 for equal pay
An American Association of University Women (AAUW) analysis of newly released U.S. Census Bureau data indicates that women working full time on average still make 80 cents compared to every dollar men make. At the current rate of progress in closing the gap, women will not receive pay equity until the year 2119. Prior AAUW analysis found that even when accounting for education, occupation, hours worked, and other factors, women still earned seven percent less than men. Gender discrimination is a significant cause of the pay gap. “The zero change to the average pay gap doesn’t surprise me at all. While there has been recent progress, in fits and spurts, in states across the country, our landscape has been the status quo,” said AAUW Chief Executive Officer Kimberly Churches. “Women and families can’t afford to face another day of the financial insecurity caused by unequal pay. That’s why AAUW is taking the fight for fair pay to every level of government, employers, and
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who complete college degrees are less able to pay off their student loans promptly, leaving them paying more and for a longer time than men. All of these setbacks compound over a lifetime and can lead to families’ financial insecurity. The pay gap is a multipronged problem but there are also solutions to address it. “It’s easy to look at these numbers and instantly become depressed,” noted Churches. “But AAUW will continue the drumbeat of equal pay even if Congress and the Trump administration take steps backward on this issue. We’re logging win after win in states by challenging and collaborating with policy makers
to take steps toward strong equal pay legislation. Additionally, we are empowering women to expertly negotiate their salary through our salary negotiation workshops along with working with private and public sector employers on how to ensure women are better represented in positions of leadership. At the end of the day diversity is not only the right thing to do, it’s good for a company’s bottom line and our economy as a whole. Without action to close the gender and racial pay gap unequal pay will be a stark reality for women and families for the indeterminate future and that’s a scenario we refuse to accept.”
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Rep. McEachin to co-chair Jobs for America Task Force Rep. A. Donald McEachin, who represents Virginia’s 4th District will co-chair the Reinvesting in Our Returning Heroes task force, part of the House Democratic Caucus Jobs program. “As the co-chair of this task force, I will continue to build on the strengths of our servicemembers and the skillset of our veterans to grow America’s economy and most importantly – create new jobs,” said McEachin. “I am looking forward to serving in this capacity with my fellow co-chairs to advance legislation and advocate for our bravest Americans to have the best job opportunities when they return to their civilian lives.” The Jobs for America task forces
are a unified effort from the House Democratic Caucus to craft a real legislative agenda that will benefit hardworking Americans and middleclass families. The Reinvesting in Our Returning Heroes Task Force will build on the strengths of our military and the skills of our returning veterans to grow our economy and create new jobs. The focus will include ensuring the talents our veterans developed while serving can transition into the civilian job market and be harnessed for success. “Our returning heroes deserve our respect and admiration, as well as the opportunity to transition back into their communities knowing they have access to secure, well-paying,
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U.S. Senate approves measure condemning white supremacists MATTHEW DALY The U.S. Senate last week approved a resolution condemning white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other hate groups following a whitenationalist rally in Virginia that descended into deadly violence. Virginia’s senators, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, both Democrats, introduced the measure along with four colleagues from both parties. The resolution, approved unanimously, recognizes Heather Heyer who was killed Aug. 12 and 19 other people who were injured after a car allegedly driven by a neo-Nazi slammed into a crowd of demonstrators protesting the rally in Charlottesville. The resolution describes Heyer’s death as a “domestic terrorist attack” and acknowledges two Virginia state troopers who died in a helicopter crash while monitoring the protests. The resolution urges President Donald Trump and his administration to speak out against hate groups that espouse racism, extremism, xenophobia, antiSemitism and white supremacy. It also calls on the Justice Department
and other federal agencies to “use all resources available” to improve data collection on hate crimes and “address the growing prevalence of those hate groups in the United States.” The House will next consider the joint resolution, where identical language has been introduced by Virginia congressmen, Tom Garrett and Gerry Connolly with support from the entire Virginia House delegation. If adopted by both chambers, the resolution would go to the president. Trump has been criticized for his response following the violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville over the city’s planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Trump asserted there were good people on “both sides” of the Charlottesville rally and bemoaned rising efforts to remove Confederate monuments as an attack on America’s “history and culture.” The joint resolution is supported by a range of civil rights groups, including the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the AntiDefamation League and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
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(from page 1 city is a place where all people should be safe and free. We are here today to say division is the way of the past and the way of the future is only together.” Dr. Oliver Hill, professor of psychology at Virginia State University and son of the late civil rights attorney Oliver Hill Sr., also addressed the crowd. “Growing up in the ‘50s, my father used to get hate calls every night and we had a cross burned in our yard and I’m not even sure if it was mentioned in the paper the next day,” said Hill. “We’re not going back to the ‘50s. This is a different world, looking out on your bright faces where you’re saying ‘We’re not going to stand for this!’ This is a different world than the one I grew up in.” Hill emphasized that the fight for racial justice and equality is a daily effort, and urged the crowd to vote, to play a role in improving inner city schools and to work to dismantle the prison industrial complex. Demonstrators held signs reading “Love All,” “United Against the New CSA,” and “Black Lives Matter.” Sandy Navarro's sign said: “A Heritage of Hate is Nothing to Celebrate.” The Wilmington, NC resident traveled here with Robin
Chris Willis supports the statues, but not white supremacy. PHOTO: C. Komp
Drums No Guns led the march down Broad Street. PHOTO: C. Komp Moody to show solidarity with Richmond residents. “We decided right after Charlottesville, we wanted to be able to, as soon as we could, show how we oppose what’s going on,” said Navarro. “To me, in this day and age to have that sort of racism and hatred walk through our streets, it’s making me want to cry now.” Moody said Wilmington is also debating the future of the city’s confederate statues and expressed concerns a group like New Confederate States of America could plan an event in her city. “So many people want to wait until it is in their own hometown and sometimes that’s too late,” said Moody. “Why not come travel and try to stop it here before it gets to your back door,” she said. Participants also included legal observers with the ACLU of Virginia, medics identified by a red cross and rally volunteers wearing yellow vests who served as “security marshals” to help maintain safety. During the speeches at the Maggie Walker statue, police officers were stationed in the middle of Broad. When the march began, officers shut down the street and escorted the group who quietly walked on the sidewalk, even
though the street was empty. One of those marching was VCU nursing student Nicole Downey. Wearing a backpack and holding a thick medical textbook, Downey said she decided to postpone her plans to go to the library and join the group. She said one of her friends was injured in the car-ramming attack in Charlottesville. “I think this is really important. As a white person I’m able to choose if I want to avoid danger,” she said. “All of these people can’t, they walk down the street and get shot. So I figured I want to be there and support if I can.” Marchers walked 13 blocks to the J.E.B. Stuart statue on Monument Avenue, where police had stationed large garbage and public works trucks at the intersections. Demonstrators paused at the steps of the First English Evangelical Lutheran Church where local organizers, Drums No Guns and New York-based Black Lives Matter activists closed out the Racial Justice march. Many then headed through police-guarded barricades toward the east side of the Robert E. Lee statue. Demonstrators were separated by more barricades and dozens of police from the pro-statue rally on the other
side of the Lee monument, though many walked around the cordoned off blocks to reach the area. On the east side of Lee, a Trump supporter stood with mostly antiConfederate States of America protesters. Richmond resident Chris Willis wore a red “Make America Great Again” hat and held a sign reading: “I am anti-nazi, anti-white supremist, pro-statue.” “I don’t like Nazis, I don’t like white supremacists, I’m not a prejudiced person,” said Willis when asked why he chose this area to demonstrate, “But I do respect these soldiers, so I felt this was the side I should be on.” Around 11:30 a.m., demonstrators near the Stuart statue began yelling “Let her go!” Police in riot gear had detained a woman and were walking her toward the Lee statue as crowds yelled “Who do you serve? Who do you protect?” Witnesses told reporters the woman was in a confrontation with a Hampton Roads-based protester when police grabbed her. Later Saturday, RPD issued a statement identifying the woman as Brittany D. Bush of Petersburg. Police charged her with disorderly conduct. Six others were arrested and police reported no injuries or accidents. -cIDS
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PROC 01-156-0915 HAMPTON SOLICITATION The Director of Finance or his designated representative will accept written responses in the Procurement Office 1 Franklin Street, 3rd floor, Suite 345, Hampton, VA on behalf of the Entity listed below until the date and local time specified.
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CITY OF HAMPTON Thursday, October 19, 2017 4:00 p.m. EST RFP #18-14/EA Property Management Services Holding a Mandatory Pre-proposal meeting on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Bass Pro Shop Parking Lot, 1972 Power Plant Pkwy, Hampton, VA 23666. For additional information, see our web page at http://www.hampton.gov/bids-contracts A withdrawal of bid due to error shall be in accordance with Section 2.24330 of the Code of Virginia. All forms relating to these solicitations may be obtained from the above listed address or for further information call; (757) 727-2200. The right is reserved to reject any and all responses, to make awards in whole or in part, and to waive any informality in submittals. Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned and Veteran Businesses are encouraged to participate. Karl Daughtrey, Director of Finance
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