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Gov. shows support for bills addressing racial disparities Leonard E. Colvin NJG - During the 2019 session of the Virginia General Assembly, black lawmakers and their allies proposed a number of bills to address the economic, social and educational disparities facing Virginia’s AfricanAmerican community.

The members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus have enlisted a reliable ally to make laws addressing those disparities a reality: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam.

Seven weeks ago, most of the state’s black and white political leaders and civil rights advocates

by members of the Black Caucus were calling for Northam’s which will take effect July 1. resignation after images surfaced Among them, Northam signed a on his 1985 EVMS yearbook page of bill sponsored by Del. Lamont Bagby, one white student in blackface and (Democrat-Henrico County) which another clad in a KKK costume. will create the Virginia African He rejected calls for him to step down. And, unable to run for another American Advisory Board.

The board will be composed of 21 term, Northam declared he would non-legislative citizen members use his tenure to address issues of appointed by the governor, and at racial and economic disparities in the least 15 of the members must be black. state’s racial legacy since slavery.

The secretaries of the commonwealth, “I am going to do everything to really commerce, and trade, education, bring some good from these events which happened six weeks ago,” he said.B:10”health and human resources, and public safety and homeland security “Actions speak louder than words.”

To that end, the governor recently T:10”will also serve on the board as exsigned a number of bills introduced S:10”officio members.

Bagby said the board will be up and running after July 1, the beginning of the state’s new budgetary cycle.

Members will then be appointed by the governor.

“I am pleased to sign this bill into law, and I look forward to working closely with the members of this board to advance policies and legislation to promote the economic, social, educational, and cultural well being of the African American community in Virginia,” Northam said.

The Virginia African American Advisory Board is charged with

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Northam honors crime victims and advocates at event Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian J. Moran recently joined crime victims and victim advocates to recognize National Crime Victims’ Rights Week in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Northam signed a proclamation recognizing Crime Victims’ Rights Week at an event sponsored by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), in partnership with the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, the Virginia Victim Assistance Network, and the Virginia Victims Fund.

“We have come a long way in understanding the needs of victims since Virginia’s Code was amended to include victims’ rights in 1995,” said Northam. “Victim advocates make it possible for those affected by crime to begin healing, and Crime Victims’ Rights Week is a tremendous opportunity to recognize the important work of the dedicated professionals that serve victims of crime, helping them to access critical support and reclaim their lives.”

Crime Victims’ Rights Week was first designated in 1981 as a way to recognize the needs of crime victims and the individuals and programs that serve those victims. Nationally, April 7–13, 2019 was designated as Crime Victims’ Rights Week.

This year’s theme, Honoring Our Past, Creating Hope for the Future, emphasizes the progress that has been made in serving victims of crime. We honor those who have dedicated their careers to serving and supporting victims of crime, as well as advocates who have recently entered the field.

“We continue to strive for an innovative and collaborative approach to support victims of crime in our communities.

“Partnerships among victim advocates, public safety, and community organizations are

essential to ensure the complex needs of victims are met,” said Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran.

“We thank the professionals that work together to empower victims for their contributions and sacrifice.”

At the event, Kassandra Bullock

(left) of the Virginia Victims Fund, Cristi Lawton of the Virginia Victim Assistance Network, and Jonathan Yglesias of the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance highlighted their organizations’ work and the importance of victims’ services.

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Calling for full funding to create national Ashanti Alert system Congressional appropriators are being encouraged to provide full funding for the timely implementation of the Ashanti Alert Act. The law was inspired by the 2017 abduction and murder of Ashanti Billie, who was kidnapped in Norfolk and found dead days later in a neighboring state.

Virginia created its state-level Ashanti Alert system and then Virginia's congressional delegation pushed for a national level system, which passed Congress and was signed into law in December.

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News Talk WJFN Radio 100.5 FM has offered equal radio show time to Virginia state Sen. Rosalyn Dance (D-Petersburg). The Goochland/ Richmond based radio station carries the popular “Fighting Joe Morrissey Show” .

Joe Morrissey, a former House of Delegates member of the Virginia General Assembly, recently announced his candidacy seeking the Democratic nomination for State Senate in Virginia's 16th Senate District, an area covering Petersburg, Hopewell, Dinwiddie, as well as parts of Chesterfield and Richmond. Dance is the incumbent, and the nomination will be decided in a Democratic primary on June 11.

“The Fighting Joe Morrissey Show is a real hit on our news-talk station in Richmond, and I asked Joe to remain on the air through the election,” said John Fredericks, a syndicated radio talk show host, and the managing director/programmer for the stattion.

“I also enthusiastically invite Senator Rosalyn Dance to do her own show on our station, and I have sent a letter to that effect encouraging her to do so. The

parameters for Rosalyn’s show would be the same as “The Fighting Joe Morrissey Show”. As long as our radio hosts stay within the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) guidelines, their editorial is their own. There are no content parameters and no restrictions. We just want informative and engaging radio that our listeners find compelling.”

Fredericks said he hopes Dance takes his equal time offer. “FCC guidelines require us to offer equal time 45 days out to the primary election, but only if the opposing candidate makes a formal request.

I did not want to wait for that.”This is a very high profile race, and I believe it would be a wonderful and unprecedented opportunity for the voters in the 16th state senate district to hear dueling radio shows every day from each candidate.”

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The woman putting the hope in Hopewell WYATT GORDON Hands full of a stack of binders as she rushes out of the small, mid-century elevator of Hopewell’s Municipal Building, Mayor Jasmine Gore gives the immediate impression that she has a lot to do and little time to waste. At just 32, Gore is the youngest mayor ever appointed to lead the Wonder City.

The crisp paint and sleek decor of her newly renovated office embody the fresh approach that has earned her the nickname of the “Millennial Mayor.” The fact that this moniker was first coined in a snide Facebook post shows that not all Hopewell residents are excited about the city’s new leadership.

“Since I got elected, I’ve always had to fight to show I have something to contribute,” Gore said.

“Some people don’t take me seriously because I’m the age of their children.

It makes me question: ‘When does your hard work and track record speak for more than your age?’”

Gore’s history in Hopewell goes back to age fourteen when her military family relocated to the city for her father’s work at Fort Lee. She graduated from Hopewell High School in 2004 and went on to earn dual degrees in Political Science and Biology from VCU. An internship with then-delegate Jennifer McClellan sparked her passion for public policy and inspired her to set her sights on elected office.

Seeing little to keep young people in Hopewell, after graduation Gore returned to her hometown to help build a better future for her younger brother by volunteering on several of the city’s boards and authorities.

Her dedication and eye for detail began to earn her a reputation as a woman who does her homework, and in 2012 Gore ran as an underdog for a seat on the Hopewell City

Council. Her choice to create a campaign website and pursue highprofile endorsements from VA NOW and the AFL-CIO helped set her apart from her more established opponents, who relied solely on retail politics. Gore turned her youth into her strength by appealing to voters’ desire for a fresh voice on the council.

With 38 percent of the vote, Gore defeated two other candidates to become the youngest woman ever

“Since I got elected, I’ve always had to fight to show I have something to contribute.” -Gore elected to City Council, and the first black woman to represent Ward 4.

She prides herself on the volunteer work and grassroots engagement that paved her way to the mayor’s office. “You’ve gotta start from the bottom and work your way up to have a perspective at all levels.”

After six years of service on City Council, including a stint as Vice Mayor, Gore’s fellow council members appointed her mayor in a 4-3 vote this February. She isn’t taking her new role lightly. “I’m in a unique position to connect to the community, and my age is an asset to help us improve and modernize,” she said. “We need to think outside the box and meet people where they are.”

Mayor Gore’s push for a new culture of participatory democracy may prove just as controversial as the “Big H” at the city’s entrance on Route 10. “That sculpture was discussed for years before it was put up, but people only talked about it once it was under construction, when it should’ve been known and debated far earlier,” said Gore. “The Big H is symbolic of the change

Hopewell Mayor Jasmine Gore wants to reinvigorate the civic spirit of Richmond’s southeastern neighbor by involving and inspiring. that needs to come in our political culture.”

Gore’s first aim is to provide this new council with a clean slate to focus on Hopewell’s future by putting an end to the dual sagas plaguing the Wonder City’s improving image: the year-anda-half long search for a new City Attorney, and the fraud case against the city’s Comprehensive Services Act (CSA) Coordinator.

Mayor Gore hopes an efficiency and technology review currently being conducted by VCU will give City Council a better understanding of residents’ needs and offer a clear set of steps to move the city forward.

She has a few ideas herself as to how Hopewell can adapt in the 21st century. “We currently have no online forms in government,” she said. “We can’t have people scanning and faxing stuff in 2019.”

Last year, when the National League of Cities chose Hopewell to be one of twelve municipalities across the country to participate in

its Cities of Opportunity program, Gore recognized it as a once in a lifetime chance to revitalize the city. With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the mayor hopes to focus the program’s grant money and national expertise on four areas key to the city’s future success: health, housing, economic opportunity, and workforce development.

Beyond her policy proposals, Gore hopes her legacy as mayor will be one of a cultural change in Hopewell’s government, towards greater transparency and engagement. A converted storage room turned council office space should facilitate that change by finally allowing council members to host office hours and meet with constituents at the city’s Municipal Building.

“It used to be crickets when council did something,” she said. “But now that we’re seeing bits of progress, more people are getting involved.”

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The U.S. health care system needs more diversity DR. G. RICHARDS OLDS America is growing more diverse.

People who identify as black, Hispanic, or Native American make up nearly one-third of the population.

That figure will grow to over 40 percent within the next 40 years.

The nation’s doctor corps is bucking this trend. Only about 13 percent of primary care doctors are black, Hispanic, or Native American.

That share is unlikely to budge, as the current pool of medical students is disproportionately white and welloff.

The lack of diversity among doctors is a problem -- and not just one of optics. There's evidence that a diverse physician workforce can yield better outcomes for patients -and save lives.

Medical schools don't reflect American society. The United States will become a “majority-minority” nation by 2045. In 2017, less than 6 percent of U.S. medical graduates were black -- even though AfricanAmericans account for 12 percent of the U.S. population.

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less than 5 percent of U.S. medical graduates were Hispanic. The ratio of Latino doctors to Latino patients has fallen by more than 20 percent since 1980.

America’s doctors-in-training lack socioeconomic diversity. Between 2007 and 2017, more than 75 percent of medical school graduates came from households with annual incomes of more than $75,000 a year.

Only 5 percent came from the bottom quintile, or up to $24,000 a year.

This disconnect between the composition of American society and the doctor workforce threatens public health.

First, patients report greater levels of satisfaction with their care when treated by physicians with similar racial backgrounds, according to a study in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

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Stanford. Researchers randomly assigned black and non-black male doctors to a group of over 1,300 black men in Oakland, California.

They found that patients treated by black doctors were more likely to seek preventive services than those treated by non-black doctors.

Patients were also more likely to discuss other health issues with doctors of the same race.

The study concluded that increasing the number of black doctors “could help reduce cardiovascular mortality by 16 deaths per 100,000 per year” among black men.

Second, language barriers can increase the risk of health complications. In a 2007 study of six hospitals, patients with limited English proficiency were 66 percent more likely than English speakers to experience harm from “adverse events.”

Third, doctors tend to practice in communities similar to the ones they’ve come from. Upper middleclass med students from the suburbs tend not to set up shop in poor urban or rural areas.

As a study published in the

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved put it, minority physicians “are more likely to practice in areas federally designated as medically underserved or experiencing health professional shortages than white physicians.”

Some medical schools are trying to diversify their ranks. The Yale Department of Psychiatry announced plans to establish a new program dedicated to training minorities who provide treatment to patients in high-need, underserved areas.

The CityDoctors scholarship program at St. George’s University in Grenada -- the school I lead -covers tuition for certain students from the New York metropolitan area who commit to working in the city's public hospital system after graduation. The program helps make medical school affordable for students committed to addressing inequity in our health care system.

Diversity saves lives. It’s time we make diversifying our doctor workforce a bigger priority.

Olds is president of St. George's University (www.sgu.edu).

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P.T. Hoffsteader, Esq.

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Episode 4 of the “Good Fight,” titled “Mothering While Black,” premiered on CBS All Access on April 4. It addressed a topic of paramount importance to the black community—racial income disparity.

The “Good Fight,” a spinoff of the “Good Wife,” is a legal drama that’s garnering widespread acclaim for its acknowledgment and portrayal of problems discussed in black homes and ignored by other mainstream media outlets.

Racially based pay income disparity is both a longstanding and controversial topic because of the statement echoed by the law firm’s senior partner, “There are so many factors that go into every decision.”

Race, like individual experiences, like many things, gains and loses its significance depending on the situation. Its effects and how it effects other things are difficult to discern. Sometimes, we cannot

disentangle the causes of things, only acknowledged their conjoined effects.

The “Good Fight”, succeeds in acknowledging without judgement the variables that make issues controversial. The delay and sometimes absence of a stance, gives the viewer time to digest issues rather than become indignant.

In the main storyline, Cush Jumbo, faces blunt racial discrimination forcing her identity as a black employee to the forefront of her consciousness. The struggle of dueling identities is not only part of the black experience as illuminated

by W.E.B Dubois, but to everyone with an intersectional identity— everyone.

“One ever feels his twoness, an American, a negro, two souls, two thoughts two unreconciled strivings, two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.”

This episode not only showcases the struggle between identities but also how individual identities can approach and recede depending on the circumstance.

Race does not exist in isolation, like economic class and gender, it is embroiled with other features.

No one is only black? I know of only black men and black women and their experiences are very different.

It is not an ideal nor a theoretical concept. Race is tied to humanity.

Individuals are things that cannot

be broken down into smaller parts, not because they are base and simple, but because the relevance of their parts grow and shrink in significance depending on the situation. Yet, communities do exist, and the perceptions of the groups to which you belong will shape your personal experiences.

Rejecting one associated group to signal greater allegiance to an overlapping group often exasperates individual issues by blocking of the resources and understanding needed to advocate for themselves.

“People really shouldn’t be comparing salaries,” states a senior partner Audra McDonald, echoing a social norm. This code of conduct in the workplace makes it difficult for employees to discern whether they are being fairly compensated and what determines compensation.

By following the cultural norm of not discussing compensation packages with fellow employees a tradeoff takes places to limit data necessary to advocate for consistent and non-biased compensation packages.

In maintaining the facade of autonomy, employees ignore the mechanisms that affect them without deterring the power they have over them.

Jeremy Bamidele

Garbage day

Wouldn’t it be nice if life was like

the garbage? We’d pick a day and wheel our proverbial garbage down to the curb so it could be carted off and forever forgotten. The garbage truck would arrive and haul away all our mistakes, regrets, worries, burdens and disappointments leaving us with an empty can to refill in the coming week.

Wouldn’t it be nice? Sure it would, but real-life garbage isn’t as easy to get rid of as an empty can of chicken noodle soup. It doesn’t work that way.

Real life garbage is stickier than that. It hangs on. We have to live with our choices and decisions and move forward one step at a time.

And, during the times when our garbage can feels overly full or too heavy to carry down to the curb, I think we perhaps should give ourselves some slack and realize we aren’t the only ones in the neighborhood with garbage. When our can is so full the lid won’t close, we can look across the street and see that our neighbor is in the same situation. It may feel like we are the only one with garbage or with too much garbage or with too much garbage to deal with, but we aren’t.

That sort of thinking is a waste of time and quite simply fodder for the rubbish pile.

Jill Pertler

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Faith & Religion Comments about ‘whiteness’ prompt controversy NICOLA A. MENZIE RNS — A Christian organization whose mission is to equip women to be peacemakers has been accused of trying to erase comments by a black Christian speaker about white supremacy.

During an onstage interview, Ekemini Uwan, a Nigerian-American public theologian, told an audience at the recent Sparrow Conference for Women in Dallas that their concept of race was incompatible with the Bible.

In response, several women walked out.

Uwan said organizers tried to downplay any sign of her presence at the conference.

While the Sparrow Women social media accounts published photos, excerpts and highlights from several conference speakers, no images or quotes from Uwan’s comments appeared on its feeds. A video of the interview that had been published to YouTube of her remarks was removed for copyright violation.

Uwan told RNS that she had to hire an attorney to force Sparrow Women to send her photos and video of her interview.

On Friday, Sparrow Women apologized for “content shared during the testimonial interview at the 2019 Sparrow Conference,” held recently at the Music Hall at Fair Park in Dallas. ”We publicly apologize to both Ekemini Uwan and the conference participants for not handling such a complex subject with more care and therefore putting everyone involved in such a difficult place,” the statement reads. “That is not the heart or mission of Sparrow Women and we take responsibility for what happened. We want to be peacemakers and see gospel reconciliation and we fell short of our goal here. We will learn from this and are praying for healing and peace for everyone that participated in this year’s conference and those that have been affected by this.”

When asked for more details about why they apologized, leaders at Sparrow declined to elaborate.

“Thank you for reaching out, at this time we are unable to say anything beyond our statement,”

Ekemini Uwan Director of Operations Kristen Rabalais said in an email in response to a request for further comment.

Uwan, a co-host of the popular “Truth’s Table” podcast, dismissed the apology as a “PR cleanup job.” Uwan and two other Christian black women who host “Truth’s Table” routinely address white supremacy, racial justice and other related issues.

Uwan said that Sparrow’s founder, Rachel Joy, told her she was a fan of the podcast, so Joy should have known what to expect during her talk.

“If you listen to ‘Truth’s Table,’ my interview was standard ‘Truth’s Table.’ There was nothing there that was like completely new, or mindboggling,” Uwan said.

Sparrow Women started more than seven years ago as a church home group and attracted women who were “African American, Caucasian, Asian, Hispanic, and from different socio-economic backgrounds,” according to the organization’s website.

The organization described the recent conference as “a catalytic event for over 1,500 women” to learn about racial division and social justice.

Uwan, a Westminster Theological Seminary alumna, was interviewed at the conference by Elizabeth Woodson, Sparrow Women’s resources coordinator.

“Race is not a category in the Bible. It did not exist because it is not something that will be redeemed — it was meant to hold and hoard power,” Uwan told Woodson, according to a transcript of the interview provided by conference attendee Carmen J. Caccavale.

“Because we have to understand something — whiteness is wicked,” Uwan said. “It is wicked.

It’s rooted in violence, it’s rooted in theft, it’s rooted in plunder, it’s rooted in power, in privilege.”

She told the audience they should give up whiteness and “recover” the ethnic identities “your ancestors deliberately discarded.” Rather than thinking of themselves as white, they should try to rediscover their immigrant cultural ancestry: “Are you Italian, are you Irish, are you Polish, are you Turkish?”

“Celebrate that,” she said.

Uwan, who said she saw about 10 women walk out during the discussion, mentioned the term “whiteness” more than two dozen times throughout the 30-minute talk.

Sarah Humphries, a 30-year-old white woman from Denton, Texas, attended the Sparrow Conference for the first time, specifically to hear from Uwan and another black speaker, Jackie Hill Perry.

In a phone interview, Humphries said audience members near her seemed upset by Uwan’s remarks — especially when she said the word “whiteness.”

“I was really surprised at how angry the people in front of me and the people from my left were during Ekemini’s conversation,” Humphries said.

In an essay at The Witness, freelance writer Deedee Roe said that most conference attendees were white and that they were “angry and uncomfortable” during Uwan’s interview. She said that after Uwan told audience members to “divest from whiteness,” people began to leave.

“That’s when I saw the first group of white woman walk out,” wrote Roe. Michael O. Emerson, who is a sociologist and

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Georgetown students vote in favor of reparations for descendants of slaves once held by the university Georgetown University students recently voted to approve reparations for slavery -- specifically, to create a fund to help descendants of slaves who were sold by the university in the 19th century.

The Washington Post reports that two-thirds of the undergraduate students supported the measure. It is non-binding, but could put pressure on university leadership to take action.

Slavery reparations have been a controversial issue nationwide, with supporters arguing that African-Americans today still suffer from the effects of slavery and opponents arguing they shouldn't be responsible for paying for something that happened years ago. A growing number of universities are considering reparations as a way of making amends for the role of slavery in their pasts, according to the Post.

“As students at an elite institution, we recognize

the great privileges we have been given, and wish to at least partially repay our debts to those families whose involuntary sacrifices made these privileges possible," the referendum reads.

The referendum calls for a $27.20 fee to be instituted each semester -- a reference to the number of slaves that were sold. The university brokered the sale of 272 slaves in 1838 to help pay its debts.

Georgetown didn't apologize for the sale until 2016, and only after a series of protests put pressure on leadership. The university made some changes, renaming two buildings and granting priority admissions to descendants.

But many argue that the school hasn't gone far enough to atone for its deeds, and that B:9.75” reparations are the logical next step.

T:9.75” The referendum proposes the following:

Beginning in Fall 2020, a GU272 Reconciliation Contribution will become a semesterly fee, separate from, but similar to the Student Activities Fee; The Contribution will initially be $27.20 in fall of 2020, in honor of the 272 people sold

by Georgetown, and in recognition of their involuntary role in the founding and preservation of our University. In subsequent years, the Reconciliation Contribution will increase by the rate of inflation as used in the Student Activities Fee. The proceeds of the GU272 Reconciliation Contributions will be allocated for charitable purposes directly benefiting the descendants of the GU272 and other persons once enslaved

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April 17, 2019 • 11 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF AN APPLICATION BY VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY FOR REVISION OF A RATE ADJUSTMENT CLAUSE: RIDER U, NEW UNDERGROUND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES, FOR THE RATE YEAR COMMENCING FEBRUARY 1, 2020 CASE NO. PUR-2019-00046

•Dominion Energy Virginia (“Dominion”) has applied for approval to revise its Rider U, by which Dominion recovers the costs of its Strategic Underground Program.

•Dominion requests a total of $51.517 million for its 2020 Rider U. According to Dominion, this amount would decrease the monthly bill of a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt hours per month by $0.51, for a total Rider U bill impact of $1.33 per month.

•A Hearing Examiner appointed by the Commission will hear the case on July 16, 2019.

•Further information about this case is available on the SCC website at: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

On March 25, 2019, Virginia Electric and Power Company (“Dominion” or “Company”) filed an application (“Application”) with the State Corporation Commission (“Commission”) for revision of a rate adjustment clause, designated Rider U, pursuant to, among other things, § 56-585.1 A 6 (“Subsection A 6”) of the Code of Virginia. Through its Application, the Company seeks to recover costs associated with the Company’s Strategic Underground Program (“SUP”) for the rate year February 1, 2020, through January 31, 2021 (“2020 Rate Year”).

The Company asserts that Subsection A 6 provides that the replacement of any subset of a utility’s existing overhead distribution lines that have, in the aggregate, an average of nine or more total unplanned outage events-per-mile over a preceding 10-year period with new underground facilities in order to improve electric service reliability is in the public interest. The Company further states that Subsection A 6 provides that these conversions are deemed to provide local and system-wide benefits, to be cost beneficial, and that the costs associated with such new underground facilities are deemed to be reasonably and prudently incurred. Moreover, the Company asserts Subsection A 6 mandates that the Commission approve recovery of such costs so long as the total costs associated with the replacement of overhead tap lines with underground facilities do not exceed an average cost per customer undergrounded of $20,000 and an average cost per mile of $750,000, exclusive of financing costs.

In addition to an annual update to approved cost recovery associated with the SUP, the Company seeks cost recovery for phase four (“Phase Four”) of the SUP, designed to convert an additional 246 miles of overhead tap lines to underground at a capital investment of approximately $123.0 million with an average cost per mile of $500,000 and an average cost per customer undergrounded of $9,264. Dominion states that its actual expenditures for Phase Four incurred through January 31, 2019, are $38.1 million, and projected expenditures for the period February 1, 2019, through January 31, 2020, are approximately $85.0 million. The Company is requesting to recover the costs of Phase Four through Rider U for only those projects that will be completed prior to February 1, 2020.

The Company states that the two key components of the Rider U revenue requirement are the Projected Cost Recovery Factor and the Actual Cost True-up Factor. The Company states that the revenue requirement associated with the costs of the previously approved SUP phases totals $29.183 million, which includes a Projected Cost Recovery Factor of $32.079 million, and an Actual Cost True-up Factor credit of $2.896 million. The Company also states that the Projected Cost Recovery Factor revenue requirement for Phase Four costs totals $22.335 million. In total, the Company seeks approval of revised Rider U with an associated revenue requirement in the amount of $51.517 million for the 2020 Rate Year. For purposes of the projected revenue requirements, the Company proposes a 9.2% return on equity, as approved by the Commission in its Final Order in Case No. PUR-2017-00038.

The impact on customer bills of revised Rider U will depend on the customer’s rate schedule and usage. The Company asserts that implementation of the proposed Rider U beginning on February 1, 2020, would decrease the monthly bill of a residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month by $0.51 over the current Rider U, for a total Rider U bill impact of $1.33 per month.

Interested persons are encouraged to review the Application and supporting documents for the details of these and other proposals.

TAKE NOTICE that the Commission may apportion revenues among customer classes and/or design rates in a manner differing from that shown in the Application and supporting documents and thus may adopt rates that differ from those appearing in the Company’s Application and supporting documents.

The Commission entered an Order for Notice and Hearing that, among other things, scheduled a public hearing on July 16, 2019, at 10 a.m., in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, to receive testimony from members of the public and evidence related to the Application from the Company, any respondents, and the Commission’s Staff. Any person desiring to testify as a public witness at this hearing should appear fifteen (15) minutes prior to the starting time of the hearing and contact the Commission’s Bailiff.

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

Copies of the public version of the Application and other documents filed in this case also are available for interested persons to review in the Commission’s Document Control Center located on the first floor of the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, between the hours of 8:15 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Interested persons also may download unofficial copies from the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case.

On or before July 9, 2019, any interested person wishing to comment on the Company’s Application shall file written comments on the Application with Joel H. Peck, Clerk, State Corporation Commission, c/o Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118. Any interested person desiring to file comments electronically may do so on or before July 9, 2019, by following the instructions on the Commission’s website: http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Compact discs or any other form of electronic storage medium may not be filed with the comments. All such comments shall refer to Case No. PUR-2019-00046.

On or before May 24, 2019, any person or entity wishing to participate as a respondent in this proceeding may do so by filing a notice of participation. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of the notice of participation shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. A copy of the notice of participation as a respondent also must be sent to counsel for the Company at the address set forth above. Pursuant to Rule 5 VAC 5-20-80 B, Participation as a respondent, of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules of Practice”), any notice of participation shall set forth: (i) a precise statement of the interest of the respondent; (ii) a statement of the specific action sought to the extent then known; and (iii) the factual and legal basis for the action. Any organization, corporation, or government body participating as a respondent must be represented by counsel as required by Rule 5 VAC 5-20-30, Counsel, of the Rules of Practice. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2019-00046.

On or before June 18, 2019, each respondent may file with the Clerk of the Commission, and serve on the Commission’s Staff, the Company, and all other respondents, any testimony and exhibits by which the respondent expects to establish its case, and each witness’s testimony shall include a summary not to exceed one page. If not filed electronically, an original and fifteen (15) copies of such testimony and exhibits shall be submitted to the Clerk of the Commission at the address above. In all filings, respondents shall comply with the Commission’s Rules of Practice, including: 5 VAC 5-20-140, Filing and service, and 5 VAC 5-20-240, Prepared testimony and exhibits. All filings shall refer to Case No. PUR-2019-00046.

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

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

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(from page 8) provost at North Park University in Chicago and author of “Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America,” said that it’s often difficult to discuss “whiteness,” especially in church circles. He said whiteness was “invisible” to white people and that it is often “cloaked in simply being American.”

“Whiteness is talking about a system,” he said. “It’s not just people, but a system of dominance that happened since the U.S. was founded, and even before that.”

Humphries, the 30-year-old white woman who attended the conference, was sitting left of center stage and said she saw “at least five to 10” women walk out during Uwan’s interview.

Humphries admitted that her “old self” might have identified with some of their negative reactions before she learned more about racism.

“We really need the Lord to do a big work, because we are completely missing it on the whole as white people, just in a general sense,” she said. “There is not enough desire on our behalf to pursue this as a group, like as white people. There’s not enough people who are wanting to engage with the sinfulness in our hearts that has led to all of this racial discrimination and violence and harm.”

When asked why he thinks white Christians have been so slow to catch up to Christians of color on confronting race, Emerson suggested that it was intentional.

“They either choose to ignore the damage done by race, or they know about it, but the benefits that come from whiteness are simply too great that they’re not willing to make the necessary changes,” he said.

Uwan took to social media to share her concerns. She said she felt as if Sparrow Women was trying to erase her presence at the conference.

“I’m just telling the truth, which in and of itself is controversial,” she said.

(from page 9) by the Maryland Jesuits—with special consideration given to causes and proposals directly benefiting those descendants still residing in proud and underprivileged communities, such as in Maringouin.

The allocations will be made by a GU272 Reconciliation Board of Trustees as governed by its charter established in summer 2019.

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More black U.S. farmers, but fewer own land MARIO PARKER The number of black farmers in America has gone up, but to look at that number in Right: John Boyd Jr., isolation founder of the National would be Black Farmers to mask Association the vast disparities that fall along racial lines.

(continued on page 17) (from page 2) advising the governor on developing economic, professional, cultural, educational, and governmental links between the state government and the black community. Two other existing state boards, the Virginia Latino Advisory Board and the Virginia Asian Advisory Board, also serve to advise the governor on issues affecting their respective communities in Virginia, including education, health equity, public safety, and minority-owned businesses.

Educational spending During the 2019 legislative session, Bagby said the Black Caucus got a head start by sponsoring a bill which addressed educational spending disparities. He said that the legislature provided additional funds for school divisions with large numbers of poor and at-risk children in rural and urban areas.

“This is one of the legislative victories which is long overdue,” said Bagby. “It will be charged to look at a number of issues including criminal justice, the impact of educational issues related to public schools suspensions, healthcare, minority access to the procurement dollars, our HBCUs, housing equity and creation of small businesses.”

In signing the bill into law, Northam said, “To build a more accessible, inclusive, and equitable Commonwealth, we must ensure the voices of all Virginians are heard, particularly those from

underrepresented and historically disenfranchised communities.”

Non-payment of court costs Northam also amended the state budget recently passed by the General Assembly to eliminate the suspension of driving privileges for nonpayment of court fines and costs.

This amendment would also reinstate driving privileges for the more than 627,000 Virginians who currently have their licenses suspended.

“The practice of suspending a person’s driver’s license for nonpayment of court fines and costs is inequitable – it’s past time we end it,” the governor said.

While signing the measure, Northam said, “A driver’s license is critical to daily life, including a person’s ability to maintain a job.

Eliminating a process that envelops hundreds of thousands of Virginians in a counterproductive cycle is not only fair, it’s also the right thing to do.”

Northam also included funding in his budget to address potential lost revenue from reinstatement fees to the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Trauma Center Fund. While these bills ultimately failed, the funding remained in the budget.

Several states are addressing this issue, which impacts poor minority individuals the most, according to civil rights activists.

“Fundamentally, this practice of suspending one’s driver’s license without knowing their ability to pay and undermining the ability to potentially pay court costs in the

future is cruel; and, it may even be unconstitutional,” said Del. Cliff Hayes of Chesapeake. “Virginia knows better than to have such a practice. It’s time that we do better.”

Absentee ballot With his colleagues in the House, District 5 state Sen. Lionell Spruill of Chesapeake and Norfolk, saw his legislation passed to abolish the policy where Virginians must give an excuse to vote using absentee ballot.

To avoid having it killed by a GOPled committee, Spruill said he and its sponsors made a deal with the GOP lawmakers to have the bill not take effect until 2020, just in time to bolster voter turnout for the presidential elections.

Today, if a voter is to qualify to use an absentee ballot prior to election day, he or she has to give one of 17 reasons ,including doing business out of town.

But the bill passed in the House and Senate would do away with this policy.

Spruill said this legislation is a “good start” until lawmakers can pass a law allowing people to vote at will prior to an election.

Lottery winnings and labor laws There have been no instances where a Virginian has won $10 million via the state or national lotteries.

But Spruill was among sponsors of a new law which will allow residents who win that much money through the lottery to remaining anonymous.

According to state law, people who shined shoes, were baby sitters, and/

or kitchen aides did not qualify to be paid the state minimum wage.

Most of these people who held such jobs during the days of Jim Crow were African Americans who were targeted by the rule. Now according to Spruill, that policy has been abolished.

The few remaining shoe shiners must be paid the $7.25 state minimum wage.

Evictions reduction Northam signed one of state Sen. Mamie Locke’s signature bills which would create a pilot program aimed at reducing eviction rates.

The legislation is designed to reverse findings by a Princeton University research group which found that five cities, including Norfolk and Newport News in Virginia, have some of the highest eviction rates in the country.` A pilot program will be launched next year in Richmond, Danville, Hampton, and Petersburg to reduce evictions in those cities. The law calls for the collection of data on the program’s effectiveness to help develop methods for preventing evictions around the state.

Managed by the city’s court system, tenants who meet certain criteria will be able to enter into a payment plan with their landlords to avoid a judgment of eviction.

Northam signed a package of bills aimed at reducing evictions by giving tenants more time to pay rent and fees ahead of an eviction notice and limiting the number of legal actions a landlord may file.

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Breaking the pain cycle The pain in Marjorie Ann McLaughlin’s feet from plantar fasciitis made walking difficult, and the inactivity led to a cycle of back and knee pain. This physical pain led to relationship pain with her husband and family because she couldn’t cook dinners or make it upstairs most nights to sleep in her own bed. The former Air Force sergeant couldn’t even work in her garden, a favorite pastime.

McLaughlin didn’t like the way prescription opioids like hydrocodone made her feel. Her provider recommended pain management services available at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center – services with a common goal of easing patient discomfort while also reducing or eliminating the use of opioid medications.

“Providers continually collaborate to help ensure patients get the right level of care and treatment,” Army Lt. Col. Sharon Rosser said. Rosser, director of the Army Comprehensive Pain Management Program at Defense Health Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia, leads efforts with other clinical experts to optimize pain management practices across the Military Health System.

According to Rosser, embedding primary care pain champions and additional providers like physical therapists, behavioral health consultants, and clinical pharmacists into primary care is just one way the MHS is delivering evidenced-based pain management for patients with acute and chronic pain.

“We’re dedicated to supporting our health care professionals with education and training so they may form effective, individualized patient treatment plans for acute and chronic pain,” Rosser said.

“MHS leaders continue to look for opportunities to increase access to evidence-based pain care and nonpharmacologic therapies.”

Providers reinforce the lifestyle benefits of a nutritious diet and of daily movement in the presence of

both acute and chronic pain, Rosser said. Problems caused by injury, illness, or surgery can include tense muscles, psychological stressors, emotional reactions to pain, or poor sleep – a combination that can contribute to persisting pain, called a pain cycle. MHS pain management services can offer patients alternative treatments to help.

Dr. Christopher Spevak, director of the opioid safety program for the National Capital Region, and a pain physician at Walter Reed, feels the more options for patients, the better.

Pain clinics may offer procedures such as trigger-point massage, dryneedling, advanced injections like epidurals and facet blocks, spinal cord stimulation, and acupuncture.

These therapies, along with yoga, biofeedback, cognitive behavioral therapy, mind-body techniques, ice or heat, and electrical stimulation modalities (TENS, Alpha-Stim, Calmare, and Inter X) can make a big difference in a pain cycle.

“The literature continually demonstrates there is very minimal indication for opioid use for chronic pain outside of endof-life and cancer-type pain,” said Spevak, adding that the goal is to give patients control over their pain and their lives with as little medication as possible. “We help taper their medication, introduce them to acupuncture, and offer other physical and behavioral based modalities, such as cognitive behavior therapy and mindfulness.”

Pain and treatment experiences vary across individuals due to the sensitivity of nerves and brain reactions. For McLaughlin, the path toward relief included sessions with a pain management psychologist to talk over treatment options.

Recommendations included yoga and a non-opioid muscle relaxant.

The provider also introduced her to acupuncture, which she said opened up “a whole new world.”

“We should consider date night at acupuncture,” said McLaughlin, joking with her husband who

Ashley Blake, an acupuncture nurse at Naval Hospital Pensacola’s Pain Management Clinic, treats a patient with Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA), one of many opioid alternatives offered at many treatment facilities in the Military Health System. suffers from shoulder problems.

“Acupuncture is everything.”

While acupuncture helped McLaughlin sleep, other treatments worked better to treat Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Peter Kendrick’s upper back problems. Years of what he calls “wear and tear” had taken their toll. Deteriorating discs were pinching nerves and causing pain in both arms.

“It was to the point where I couldn’t sit in a car, and I couldn’t move my left arm at all,” said Kendrick.

Kendrick was prescribed an opioid for pain, which helped. However, like McLaughlin, he didn’t like the way it made him feel. “I didn’t like the residual effects of the medication,” said Kendrick. “I took it for three months when I really needed it.”

Kendrick’s provider referred him to a pain management team, where he started receiving epidural steroid injections a month or two apart.

After receiving his fourth injection, he reports “the pain comes back intermittently, but it’s by no means as intense as before.”

The steroid shots helped Kendrick handle physical therapy – just one of a variety of non-medication options offered to manage his

pain. He was also given AlphaStim electrotherapy, a high-tech product resulting from research by the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, National Institutes of Health, and others. Alpha-Stim uses the Cranial Electrotherapy System and addresses pain, anxiety, insomnia, and depression by sending a current via ear clips to nerve cells in the brainstem. After 10 treatments, Kendrick was prescribed a CES unit that he uses at home almost daily for up to an hour. “It really helps with sleep,” he reported.

Spevak believes the news media’s attention on the national opioid epidemic and its potential dangers may lead some people to seek alternatives. “At Walter Reed, we’re able to offer treatments to active duty service members that may be difficult to get in the civilian sector due to reimbursement constraints.”

Kendrick agrees with trying out different options and encourages alternative therapies when recommended by a care provider. He said the breathing and meditation he learned from yoga helps him concentrate on something else other than the pain. “It breaks the pain pattern,” he said.

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AMAC: Nursing home abuse is on the rise Elder abuse in nursing homes is on the rise again and senior advocate Dan Weber is calling for government intervention at the state, local and federal levels.

Between four and five million Americans are in nursing homes, the great majority of whom are seniors over the age of 65. “And too many of them have been and continue to be victims of nursing home abuse,” according to Weber.

Who is president of the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. “If it is determined that a family member needs care in a nursing home, the facility needs deep vetting, not just a cursory background check” Weber says that it was recently revealed during hearings held by Sen. Chuck Grassley’s Committee on Finance that it may not be enough to

rely on a nursing home’s good grades from the authorities when choosing a nursing home for a loved one.

He cites the testimony of a woman whose mother died as a result of neglect in a home that had what Grassley described as “the highest possible ranking from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for quality of resident care.”

That revelation hit home for Grassley who described the testimony at his hearing as “troubling.” He promised additional investigations into nursing home abuse by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Government Accountability Office. He said that as soon as those investigations are completed new hearings would take place.

Meanwhile, CMS announced that it was already in the process of

updating the way it rates nursing homes. CMS also issued new guidelines for “identifying and ultimately preventing” abuse or neglect cases.

Nursing home attorneys at Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley in Athens, GA say that in addition to physical abuse a majority of residents experience depression.

And, they say that many patients too often are given the wrong medications.

AMAC’s Weber warns that the decision to admit a relative to a nursing home is made more difficult because the patient may object and because the need may a lot of time to act. And, notes the National Council for Aging Care, “If your loved one can still make choices or discuss their wishes clearly, it is very important that you acknowledge

their opinion and act accordingly.”

Weber says that the decision to should not be determined by an individual family member. It’s a time when all family members close to the individual who is ill to be consulted, although it is always wise to consult his or her physician.

“But, in most cases it is family members who must make the ultimate decision to move the patient into a nursing home. And, beyond that, it is up to family members to ensure that the facility they choose is the right one. They need to do their homework to pick a facility that has a history of caring for its patients. And, once a loved one takes up residency in a home, family members should make regular, unscheduled visits to make sure their loved ones are not being mistreated.”

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Calendar 4.18, 6 p.m.

Superheroes live among us.

These crusaders will unite to harness their powers to save our planet. Through activities at the adults-only Science on Tap: Planeteers! event, the Science Museum of Virginia on Richmond’s West Broad Street is training guardians of the Earth to take action by making green-focused decisions in daily life.

Guests will race to save the “Earth” in a giant, inflatable game of Hungry Hungry Hippos; engage their super speed in an old school relay race with a recycling twist; discover the alter ego of beer cases by upcycling them into coasters; flex their artistic muscles to create a community art project made out of bottle caps; rescue food waste from the trash can by learning how to compost; use their super powers to create a seed “bomb” and defuse it at home; see the benefits of green building techniques and storm water management (no X-ray vision required!); and soar through the cosmos – just not to Krypton – with an all-live astronomy show.

Central Virginia residents can rest easy knowing that these Earth-saving champions also have a sense of humor as the evening will conclude with laugh-your-capeoff live comedy show featuring a troop from the Coalition Theater.

Guests are encouraged to dress like superheroes for this adultsonly night of reducing, reusing and recycling in a quest to preserve the planet’s precious resources.

Visit www.smv.org for more.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES & EVENTS

Volunteers sought to install smoke alarms Every day, seven people die in home fires, most in homes that lack working smoke alarms. Sadly, children and the elderly disproportionately lose their lives. Working to reduce death and injury from home fires, the American Red Cross launched a home fire safety and smoke alarm installation campaign called Sound the Alarm.

This Spring, Red Cross volunteers and partners are installing 100,000 free smoke alarms in more than 100 communities across the U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virginia Islands. The Coastal Virginia Chapter of the American Red Cross has partnered with the Newport News Fire Department and is looking for volunteers to Sound the Alarm by installing free smoke alarms in Newport News on Saturday, April 27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Lunch is provided, and volunteers should wear comfortable clothing and shoes and bring an ID. Training takes place on site with volunteers organized into teams and given an area to walk through. Volunteer participants work alongside fire department staff and other local groups to: - Canvass specified neighborhoods; - Install free smoke alarms; - Replace batteries in existing alarms; and - Provide fire prevention and safety education.

The Coastal Virginia Chapter also needs volunteers for Sound the Alarm events in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach on May 4.

One day of your life can change someone else's forever. Watch the Sound the Alarm PSA and visit www.soundthealarm.org to learn more and to register.

Sex Offender Helpline

The helpline provides support to communities on issues related to accessing sex offender registration information; responsible use of information; sexual abuse prevention resources; and accessing crime victim support services.

The tips program provides the public an opportunity to report registrants who are failing to comply with registration requirements.

Tips can also be provided at

www.parentsformeganslaw.org.

This program is not intended to be used to report police emergencies.

4.25, 6:30 p.m.

Henrico Too Smart 2 Start is hosting the movie “Victor” at the Henrico Theatre.

“Victor” is based on inspirational story about a teenager’s personal and family challenges, his attempt to cope by using substances and his journey to recovery. The purpose of the movie is to spur a community conversation about substance use and abuse.

Henrico County’s youth has been one of the most affected in the country. Prior to the screening there will be a relevant resource fair. After the movie, there will be a brief question and answer session with some special guests. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

This event is free to attend by obtaining tickets at https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/victorregistration-59510526587.

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(from page 13) There were 45,508 black farmers in 2017, up about 2 percent from five years earlier, the Department of Agriculture said last week in its first agricultural census since 2012. About 3.2 million farmers are white, or 95 percent. More striking, ownership is declining faster for black farmers, down about 3 percent since 2012, compared with 0.3 percent for white growers.

There’s also an income gap, with 2,349 black farmers running operations that made $50,000 a year or more in 2017, compared with 492,000 for white farmers.

For decades, black farmers have claimed unfair treatment by the U.S. government, saying bias against them in lending contributed to the small numbers in agriculture.

The disparities remain “awful,” John Boyd Jr., founder of the National Black Farmers Association, said by phone. “It’s almost disheartening.”

Even in terms of Internet access, increasingly vital as margins favor operators with real-time information, black farmers lag.

About 61 percent of black farms have Internet connectivity, compared with 76 percent for white farms, the data show.

The USDA defines farmers, or producers, as a person who is involved in making decisions for the operation.

The number of black farmers in the U.S. peaked at 925,710 in 1920, according to the USDA. In 2010, black farmers won a $1.25 billion settlement from the USDA for claims of discrimination.

A longer view of history paints an disturbing picture when it comes to black people and American agriculture, starting with slavery and going through sharecropping system and state-sanctioned segregation, along with Jim Crow laws that made land ownership harder to achieve.

Historically, Boyd said, black

farmers, including his father, have been hesitant to fill out USDA

surveys for fear that it could ultimately lead to them losing property.

Boyd’s organization has been trying to promote involvement from younger black people to get into agriculture. Some farms are starting to sprout up in urban cities as people seek to produce their own healthier food. Still, in traditional farming communities, black people from farming families may be dissuaded from carrying on after seeing the struggles of elders, Boyd said.

He said he doesn’t expect things to get better under President Donald

Trump’s administration, saying that USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue has yet to meet with his group. Boyd provided Bloomberg with letters dating back to mid-and-late 2017 to Perdue, inviting the secretary to speak at the organization’s annual conference, as well as for a meeting.

Meanwhile, Perdue, speaking to reporters last week in Washington, said he meets “with black farmers all the time” on the road and other places, and said that he’s not aware of any requests for meetings with black farmers that have been turned down.

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