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Let’s Talk About Race and Human Trafficking

By Yvette Young, Bree’Ana Johnson, Christopher Bidorini, and Erin Williamson

We’ve heard a lot about child trafficking lately, with the arrests of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein.

These high-profile arrests have shattered the myth that trafficking happens overseas, or “somewhere else.” The reality is that child trafficking happens here in our own communities: some 1,000 children were referred to Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families (DCF) careline since 2008.

What isn’t often talked about is that a majority of the victims trafficked in Connecticut are children of color. Of the 210 trafficking-related referrals that DCF received in 2018, 153 — 73 percent! — of those referrals were children of color.

Racism and oppression are deeply embedded and perpetuated in human trafficking.

Race plays a role in every part of the exploitation of children. Some children are more vulnerable because of the racism they have experienced; traffickers may in turn sell children for different amounts based on the color of their skin; and a child’s race can also impact them when they receive services. When a child of color’s service providers are white, what does that say to that youth? How can that youth speak about the role that race played in their vulnerabilities in their victimization?

We need to have ongoing conversations about race and trafficking in order to identify the root causes that lead children of color to being victimized at a disproportionate rate and dismantle the systems that

perpetuate this crime. These conversations must be racially inclusive. We must discuss the connections between trafficking, migration, poverty, racism, and gender in an effort to destroy the roots of racial oppression and human trafficking. The notion that anyone can be a victim of trafficking is true. However, the fact that the majority of victims are people of color should not be undermined or understated. We have to address this issue so we can prevent our children from being trafficked or exploited.

The following is a survivor’s account of how race played a role in their human trafficking victimization: “At the time of my victimization, I didn’t

know what human trafficking was, but I knew that being a person of color didn’t make it any easier. Many of my buyers, both male and female, were white. To be ‘purchased’ is the ultimate feeling of objectification. The buyer was in charge and the victim was inferior – that was pretty clear.

During that hour or so, they owned your body, but it often felt like they owned you.

These power dynamics, combined with racial differences, heightened the perceived feeling of inferiority. The concept of racism is based on a belief that one’s race is superior, so the purchasing of a person of color by a white molester could easily be experienced as a (possibly unintended) act

of racism.

America is a melting pot, and we often refer to Americans in reference to their heritage: African-American, Asian-American, Native-American… but we rarely say European-American. Caucasian is considered the norm and everyone else is a sub-category of sorts. The sex industry is no different.

Pull up the categories on any pornographic website: Ebony, Latina, Asian, Interracial.

White is standard and everything else is a specialty, a Fetish, and a subcategory. The life of trafficking is also no different. If someone bought you, it was because they wanted to experience an [insert ethnicity here]. Aside from your physical body,

your identity boiled down to nothing more than “the [ethnicity].” As a male victim of color, I noted that my peers and I were often bought to play a dominating aggressive sexual role, which played into stereotypes and fantasies about people of color as “savage,” “beasts,” or “thugs.” Your identified ethnicity was now a selling point used to advertise you. It’s important to remember that trafficking is a business, just like any other, and race is a factor in the product.

We were sold for a certain amount of money for 30 minutes or an hour. Allow me to repeat myself: we were SOLD. In my case, being a person of color sold by a white person to other white people was painful on multiple levels. It wasn’t until my adult years that I was able to process how closely this aligned with racial oppression. I can’t compare one victim’s experience to another’s, but I will say that race can add an additional layer of oppression.

This is especially true when noting that white peers were sometimes sold for more money simply because of their race. My dark-skinned friends and I were sold for less. These aren’t just ideas about relative worth in society or perceived racial disparities – these are cold, hard numbers that taught us that white children were literally worth more than children of color. Trafficking exemplifies the continued racism and oppression that exists in modern-day America.

A similar version of this story appeared in the Spring 2019 edition of the Connecticut Department of Children & Families’ HART Helps newsletter. Reprinted with permission. http://www.portal.ct.gov/ DCF/HART/HART

Office of Early Childhood Announces Rate Increase in Care 4 Kids Program

The Office of Early Childhood announced today a significant rate increase for Care 4 Kids, a state and federally funded program for lower income working families to help pay for child care.

This rate increase for child care centers serving infants, toddlers, and preschoolers is the first in many years thanks, in part, to $14 million in new federal Child Care Development Fund dollars, and Connecticut’s long-standing investment in this program. The rate increases will go into effect September 1, 2019.

This takes a major step forward to address the needs of Connecticut’s working families. Connecticut currently has one of the lowest child care subsidy rates in the country and a 50,000 seat shortage of infant/toddler care which has made it difficult for parents to access affordable child care.

The rate adjustment has three major benefits: 1) gives parents, particularly those with infants, better buying power and access to child care options; 2) helps stabilize child care providers financially, many of whom are small business owners; 3) and enhances the ability of child care

centers to improve the quality of care for developing minds.

The rates are being increased at the scale necessary to respond to federal requirements to provide greater choice and access to families. These rate changes will vary across regions and age groups. For centerbased infant toddler care, the rates will increase from the 2nd percentile to the 50th percentile, meaning families can access 50% of center based infant/toddler spaces using this child care. For centers serving preschoolers, the rates will increase to the 25th percentile. As an example, in Hartford, the rate for full-time infant toddler care will increase from $201 per week to $308 per week. The rate for full-time preschool care will increase from $160 to $203 per week.

“This is critical to maintain federal funding and is long over-due. It will support child care providers, parents, and children’s development in these critical first years,” said Beth Bye, Office of Early Childhood Commissioner. “It will help stabilize an already fragile child care system and make some gains for better wages for child care workers.”

“I am pleased that we can invest these new federal dollars to support child care providers and working families. We commend our Congressional delegation for fighting for this major federal investment in child care,” said Governor Ned Lamont.

“As Chair of the Congressional Appropriations Committee that funds child care programs, I am proud to have fought for and secured an historic increase in federal funding that will help more kids in Connecticut get the care they need,” said Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro. “These Care 4 Kids rate increases will help working families who rely on quality child care programs, as well as those who provide child care for our youngsters.”

“As Senate Chair of the Education Committee, and as a state senator representing the people of Hartford, Bloomfield and Windsor, I not only know how expensive child care is for lower income working families, I also how important it is to have access to child care,” said Senator Doug McCrory. “Being able to pay someone to watch your child while you work hard to get ahead is going to be significantly easier with this infusion of federal funds.”

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“This significant increase in Care 4 Kids rates will support our child care providers and our families, and at the same time help to expand the pool of providers,” said Representative Cathy Abercrombie. “Care 4 Kids is an extremely important program that makes it possible for parents to work and support a family.”

“The Care 4 Kids program simultaneously supports working families, ensures that the most vulnerable children are cared for and nurtured during the most critical period of their development, while bolstering child care businesses helmed primarily by women of color. This increase is a much needed boost for the program and affirms Connecticut’s commitment to all the constituencies that the program serves,” said Georgia Goldburn, Director of Hope for New Haven.

“We are thrilled to celebrate this long awaited increase and we applaud Congresswoman DeLauro’s leadership in pushing for additional federal funding for child care. And we will keep up the momentum for a continued investment in early childhood at the federal and state level,” said Merrill Gay, Executive Direc-

tor of the Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance.

The rate increase announced today applies to child care centers that participate in the Care 4 Kids program. In addition, new rates recently went into effect for licensed family child care homes and unlicensed relative care under the collective bargaining agreement between OEC and CSEA SEUI-2001.

About the Office of Early Childhood The Connecticut Office of Early Childhood advances a family-centered approach to support young children and families.

Integrating early childhood programs formerly administered by five separate state agencies, the OEC serves children each year through child care, pre-K, home visiting, child and youth camp licensing, early intervention and parenting supports.

Through this integrated approach and collaboration with other state agencies, the OEC works to advance better coordinated, more cost-effective services that yield measurable results for Connecticut’s children and families. To contact the Office of Early Childhood, please visit our website at www.ct.gov/oec or call (860) 500-4412.

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Kimber Rallies Clergy For Harp

by THOMAS BREEN

New Haven Independent

The Rev. Boise Kimber led two dozen black and Hispanic pastors Tuesday in endorsing Mayor Toni Harp’s reelection — and committed to knocking on doors, handing out flyers, raising money, and running social media promotions on her behalf.

Kimber, the pastor of Newhallville’s First Calvary Baptist Church and the president of the Greater New Haven Clergy Association, led that endorsement ceremony and prayer vigil on behalf of the incumbent mayor during a half-hour press conference at Goffe Street Park.

The longtime politically active preacher has not always been allies with Harp, but came out strongly on behalf of the mayor as she seeks to fight back a Democratic Party primary challenge from a number of challenger, including former East Rock/Cedar Hill Alder and 2013 mayoral candidate Justin Elicker.

“We’ve all collaborated and come together because we feel as though Mayor Harp deserves another chance,” Kimber said.

“We’re going to put all of our efforts into reelecting Toni Harp. We believe that she has done an excellent job under the circumstances of budget cutting, and has spread herself real thin throughout this state and throughout this city, fighting for this city.”

Kimber clarified that Tuesday endorse-

ment of the mayor was coming from the pastors as individuals, and not as representatives of their respective churches. As legal nonprofits, churches are prohibited by federal tax law from explicitly endorsing specific political campaigns.

“We’re out here in the public park as individuals here,” Kimber said. “We appreciate our 501(c)3 nonprofits.”

Several of the other pastors in attendance Tuesday praised the current mayor for overseeing a steady decline in violent crime during her six years in office, despite the recent bump in shootings in the city.

Jose Champagne, the pastor of the Hispanic Church of God of Prophecy, thanked Harp for keeping New Haven a sanctuary city and a safe place for immigrants. “This is not just about the Latino community,” he said. “This is not just about the African American community. This is not just about the Anglo community. This is about the city of New Haven.”

Christian Community Commission Pastor Donald Morris described Harp as a model woman of faith in her political career and in her personal life.

“She has been a strong and supportive wife along with her husband who passed away not to long ago,” he said. “She’s the mother of three children who she nurtured who are gifted with various professional careers.

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Pastors and Harp pray together at the end of Tuesday’s press conference.

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Scott Hill Health Center, and helped many different people in many different capacities.”

“It’s in her DNA that she’s a fighter,” he continued. “She’s not one to give up.”

Harp thanked the clergy for the endorsement and for the support. She gestured across the street towards Hillhouse High School as a model for both education and job training for many in the Dixwell, Bea-

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ver Hills, and Newhallville communities that the pastors serve.

Hillhouse will soon have an automechanics department, she said, “so that young people can work on these computerized cars and graduate from high school and get good paying jobs.”

The public safety academy at Hillhouse trains young people who want to become police officers, firefighters, and security

guards, she said. And the school’s collaboration with the laborer’s union provides a pre-apprenticeshp training program for students who want to get a trade job rather than go to college after graduating from high school.

“We’re working to ensure that people who need good paying jobs get good paying jobs throughout New Haven,” she said.

Kimber was last seen on a campaign trail supporting Republican Bob Stefanowski for governor, and before that Greenwich Democrat Guy Smith for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

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Kimber’s emergence as a prominent close political ally of Harp comes as a relatively new twist in their careers.

For most of her political career, Harp was on different sides from Kimber on contested political campaigns like mayoral races.

When Harp first ran for her State Senate seat in 1992, Kimber’s church served as the black community campaign headquarters for a white candidate who ran against her, Steve Mednick.

But Kimber’s influence with Harp and her administration soared this past term after a peacemaking effort. Kimber had been publicly attacking a superintendent of schools, Garth Harries, whom Harp was trying to keep in office. Kimber would blast Harries during public sessions of the Board of Education and refuse to yield the microphone when his allotted time ran out.

Then Kimber met with the mayor and emerged with support for a highly unusual city payday lending contract for one of his business associates. (Read about that here and about the collapse of that deal here.)

The Board of Ed gave work to other contractors supported by Kimber as well. Harp (and Harries) supported a bid by Kimber to create an all-male city charter school. (In a subpoena, The FBI is seeking information about payments the Harp administration made to a consultant in the planning for that school, which is on hold). Harp credited Kimber for helping to inspire creation of a Saturday academy to boost students’ reading and math. Kimber, in turn, became a vocal supporter of Harries. Then Harp and her allies on the board hired a new superintendent promoted by Kimber, Carol Birks; Kimber has continued to back the embattled Birks, casting her critics as racists.

Kimber was a longtime vocal supporter of former Mayor John DeStefano’s campaigns, including against John Daniels, New Haven’s first black mayor. Kimber’s church served as the DeStefano campaign’s black community headquarters in the race.

Kimber recently penned New Haven Register op-ed articles attacking Justin Elicker, contrasting his campaign with the “excitement” of the 1989 Daniels campaign; and calling on “New Haven’s black and brown community” to “defend our gains and our leadership” against attacks by Elicker supporters. The title of the latter article was “Community must stand with black leaders.”

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Gateway and Housatonic Community Colleges Sign seamless transfer agreement with Quinnipiac University

Hamden, Conn. – July 17, 2019 – Graduates of Gateway Community College and Housatonic Community College are now able to seamlessly transfer to Quinnipiac University under a new agreement announced today.

Paul Broadie II, president of Gateway and Housatonic Community Colleges, and Judy Olian, president of Quinnipiac, signed the agreement, which takes effect immediately and covers transfer students between the schools, honors students, dual-enrollment students and online students.

“We are delighted that Gateway and Housatonic community colleges are entering into a seamless transfer agreement with Quinnipiac,” President Olian said. “As outlined in our new strategic plan, developing tighter and more convenient transfer arrangements for community college students expands opportunity, builds inclusive excellence, and provides access to the rich portfolio of learning and growth opportunities at Quinnipiac.”

President Broadie said, “We are incredibly proud of our partnership with President Olian and our collaborative work with her team. This transfer articulation agreement

creates a wonderful opportunity for hardworking community college students in pursuit of a higher degree. The opportunity to take free classes at Quinnipiac University while completing their associate degrees provides remarkable access and incentive for our students.”

Under the agreement, Gateway and Housatonic graduates are guaranteed admission into a bachelor’s degree program with third-year (junior) status at Quinnipiac once they graduate with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 from community college with an associate degree in arts or an associate of science in business, college of technology engineering science, nursing or an allied health degree. Gateway and Housatonic students also must satisfy all other Quinnipiac transfer admission requirements and requirements for the intended major.

In addition, students can take one Quinnipiac course per year free of charge while enrolled at Gateway or Housatonic, with a maximum of three courses per student. For more information, call Quinnipiac University Admissions at 203-582-8600 or write to admissions@qu.edu.

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by SAM GURWITT

Curt Leng at Tuesday night’s convention.

tection, and restorative justice for instances of racism.

“My administration will be fiscally conservative, accountable, transparent and responsive to taxpayers,” her campaign website says.

Garrett has consistently criticized Leng for being unrealistic in crafting budgets that have ended in shortfalls and for using money allocated for the town’s pension to pay for overages in operating expense accounts. She was one of the proponents of the budget the council approved in May that lowered many revenue projections to levels council members felt were more attainable.

Leng ultimately vetoed that budget.

Since she did not receive her party’s endorsement, Garrett will have to petition to run against Leng in the primary in September. She will need to receive the signatures

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Leng Ekes Out Dem Endorsement

Amid calls for unity, Hamden Democrats split on Tuesday about whom to endorse for mayor, with incumbent Curt Leng outpacing Councilwoman Lauren Garrett by only seven votes.

“We obviously have a bit of a split town committee here,” Leng said as he took the microphone to accept his party’s nomination. “And I think there’s a lot of people that voted on both sides that have more in common than not, and I do hope that as we continue this process we can mend those fences.”

Leng and Garrett faced off at the Hamden Democratic Town Committee (DTC)’s convention Tuesday evening in Thornton Wilder Memorial Hall. Both sought their party’s endorsement to run for mayor. Leng, who is now running for his third two-year term, received 34 votes from the committee’s delegates. Garrett, who has served for one term on the Legislative Council, earned 27.

The “split” that Leng referred to among committee members mirrors a split that has played out for much of the last year among Hamden’s elected officials. Since the end of 2017, when the current council came into office, many of the newer members have sparred with Leng and old-guard Democrats on the council. Garrett, one of those self-proclaimed progressives with a fiscalresponsibility bent, has been one of Leng’s most vocal critics.

Garrett has built her campaign on a promise of financial responsibility, while also championing progressive causes like increased police accountability, environmental pro-

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of 5 percent — or 838— of Hamden’s 16744 registered Democrats by Aug. 7.

Hamden also has 3,909 registered Republicans, 419 voters affiliated with other parties, and 11,464 unaffiliated voters. Republican Jay Kaye is running for mayor as well.

Garrett told the Independent that she plans to request the petition form from Town Clerk Vera Morrison Wednesday morning, and will start collecting signatures by the evening.

Both candidates have started campaigning.

Garrett said she has already knocked over 5,000 doors herself. Leng said that he has had canvassers out for six weeks already, and that he started making calls last year.

The primary will take place on Sept. 10.

Garrett has vowed that if she loses the primary, she will not run as an Independent in the general election. Leng has also indicated

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that he also will not run as an Independent if he loses the primary, though in less firm language. “I’m going all in for the Democratic Primary,” he told the Independent. “No, I have no intention of going beyond that.”

The DTC also chose its endorsements for council seats and for two Board of Education positions Tuesday evening. Jody Clouse, Berita Rowe-Lewis, Brad Macdowall, and Dominique Baez received endorsements to run at-large. Endorsements for district seats were as follows: Mick McGarry in the first district, Harry Gagliardi in the second, Athena Gary in the third, Valerie Horsley in the fourth, Justin Farmer in the fifth, Cory O’Brien in the sixth, Michael Colaiacovo in the seventh, Kristin Dolan in the eighth, and Sarah Gagne in the ninth.

Chris Daur and Roxana Walker-Canton got the party’s endorsements to run for the two open seats on the Board of Education.

During his speech, Leng acknowledged the criticism he has received from his fellow politicians, many of whom were in the room.

“I want to push back a little bit on the notion that Hamden is struggling so much,” he said.

“I also am criticized because I’m too optimistic,” he added. “And that was a strange one for me. I think as mayor you’re the town’s ambassador and it’s your job to sell your community, be enthusiastic, be a glass half-full kind of person.”

Leng told the Independent that there have been times when council members have criticized him for “being too positive about Con’t on page 09

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Two Black High School Students

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Atlanta, GA — DJ Roman and Keith Harris, who are both high school students from Atlanta, recently led their team in winning the 2019 annual international debate tournament at Harvard University. They have successfully maintained their undefeated record for two consecutive years, which marked history in the competition.

Roman, a senior student at North Atlanta High School, and Harris, a senior student at Westlake High School, represented their debate team in the championship round and defeated other scholars from 15 different countries. That is depite having no previous experience in joining debates.

Roman and Harris prepared for the tournament with their teammates for 10 months.

They have been guided by Harvard’s assistant debate coach, Brandon P. Fleming, who was highly acclaimed for his efforts with the Harvard Diversity Project which aims to recruit black youth in Metro Atlanta to train and put them into Harvard’s summer residency on full scholarships.

“Most of our students have never been exposed to the power of academic debate,” Fleming said in a statement. “Knowing that they will compete against hundreds of

DJ Roman and Keith Harris scholars who have years of debate experience combined with the benefit of private and prep schools to their advantage, we seek to level the playing field by introducing our students to higher level academic disciplines that are typically unavailable in traditional school settings.”

“This is the moment that we’ve worked

so hard for,” Roman said of their victory.

“Our accomplishment is far bigger than us; we are showing the world what black youth are capable of achieving when given equal access, exposure, and opportunities. This win is for our ancestors, our city, and most of all our culture.”

City Hall Honors Hillhouse Champions

by SAMUEL HADELMAN New Haven Independent

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City Hall was filled Thursday with champions, parents and students alike, as three Hillhouse sports teams were honored for league-topping seasons.

The squads honored included Hillhouse’s the girls basketball team, for their Class L state championship; as well as the boys and girls track teams for their Class M state championship wins.

Mayor Toni Harp, schools Superintendent Dr. Carol Birks, Track Coach Gary Moore, Varsity Assistant Coach Chanel Rice and NHPS Athletic Director Erik Patchofsky all offered remarks.

“I am confident you are all ready to lead,” Harp remarked to the graduating seniors of the championship teams.

“I am trying not to cry” Coach Rice exclaimed as she looked at her championship team in admiration. This was Rice’s first championship, while it was head coach Catrina Hawley-Stewart’s sixth Class L title.

As the speeches began to wrap up, it was time for the spotlight to go where it belonged: the athletes themselves. One by one their names rang out in City Halls.

“The coolest part of today was getting the rings and hearing my name called,” said Leandra Allen Miller of the girls track team.

“The best gift I could have asked for,” added basketball point guard Tyree Allen (pictured).

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Schools’ College & Career Chief Resigns

by CHRISTOPHER PEAK

Dolores Garcia-Blocker, the district’s head of college and career readiness who once sought to become superintendent herself, is joining the exodus of top administrators leaving New Haven.

A 15-year administrator, Garcia-Blocker had worked on getting more kids through high school and into college. She sent in her resignation letter on Monday, as she heads for a job in Hartford’s public schools.

In 2004, Garcia-Blocker became principal at Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School, eventually overseeing the movein to the new College Street campus, just down the block from partners at the the Shubert Theater and Yale’s Old Campus.

At the time, she said, “My vision at Co-Op is that our students get in effect a private school quality education and graduate with what they need to succeed in college and beyond.”

In 2011, she was promoted to the district’s guidance supervisor, and in 2013, she climbed another step up to a newly created role as the district’s director of college and career pathways.

Garcia-Blocker said then-Superintendent Garth Harries created the role for her, after she received her certification to work as a superintendent, to align the school district’s

instruction with the “expectations of higher education and industry,” work that she wants to continue to focus on.

Overseeing counselors, talented and gifted students, alternative schools and vocational training, she took on the task of trying to ease the transition to high school and improve students’ chances of getting into college.

In 2017, after a brief stint as Harries’s chief of staff, Garcia-Blocker put in her name for the top job in the city’s schools.

She was one of three local candidates who made it to the semifinal round in the contentious superintendent search.

Recently, she’s been focused on creating a new partnership with Gateway Community College to provide career training to students who are struggling with more traditional academics.

“I hope people remember me as someone who cared deeply about children and their futures, who really worked hard to put systems and structures in place to support their academic and social-emotional growth and who really galvanized the adults that were around them, treating them with dignity and respect for the professionals that they are,” Garcia-Blocker said. “It’s tough work, but I truly believe if you nurture them and create a culture where people can make mistakes and still be supported, they give

100 percent — and then some — to support the vision.”

In a Monday night email to board members, Superintendent Carol Birks said she would “work collaboratively with her to ensure a smooth transition,” including determining her final day of work.

“We thank Dr. Garcia Blocker for her leadership and service to the District,” Birks wrote. “She will be missed by many members of our Learning Community.”

In Hartford, Garcia-Blocker will be the executive director of instructional leadership, likely overseeing the comprehensive high schools and their feeder middle schools.

She said that she’s taking the job as a way to develop “in ways that I have not been able to grow in New Haven,” which she said Superintendent Birks has asked her to explain in more detail in an exit interview.

She said that she will probably leave New Haven in late August.

A spokesperson for Hartford’s school district did not respond to an email on Tuesday morning.

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Since this spring, 73 teachers have also submitted their resignations. Many of them work in shortage areas, including 13 special-education teachers, 8 math teachers and 2 math coaches, 6 science teachers, 3 bilingual teachers and 1 TESOL teacher — all subjects where Connecticut schools struggle to find qualified teachers.

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June 17, 2019 - July 23, 2019

Speaker Says House Will Try to Override One of Lamont’s Vetoes

by Christine Stuart

HARTFORD, CT — House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz said the House plans to attempt to override Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont’s veto of HB 5001.

“It was our most important bill of the year,” Aresimowicz said Tuesday in a phone interview.

The bill, titled “An Act Requiring a Study of Workforce Training Needs in the State,” did two things. It amended the existing workforce training authority and it changed labor law regarding restaurant workers.

The bill sought to help restaurant owners who pay their servers and bartenders one wage for waiting on customers and another when they are doing other chores like rolling silverware.

State law requires restaurant owners to pay the higher wage or the minimum wage if they fail to keep track of the time for the various chores, but federal law says to pay the lower wage. Restaurant owners who were following the federal law have been hit recently with class actions.

The bill would have instructed to courts that have awarded employees who were not paid properly under state law to retroactively give up their right to collect the unpaid wages.

The labor community applauded Lamont’s veto.

“Governor Lamont did the right thing for

working people by vetoing HB 5001,” Juan Hernandez, vice president of 32BJ, said.

“The complex changes in restaurant worker wage law tacked onto this workforce training bill could have potentially hurt lowwage restaurant employees.”

The Connecticut Restaurant Association advocated for the legislation and was disappointed by the veto.

“Due to Governor Lamont’s decision to veto House Bill 5001, restaurants across Connecticut will continue to have to worry about the future of their employees and their businesses,” Scott Dolch, executive director of the Connecticut Restaurant Association, said in a statement. “This legislation, which was co-sponsored by over 80 legislators and passed both Chambers unanimously, sought to codify the longtime practices of the Department of Labor.

To say we are disappointed is an understatement.”

Aresimowicz, who works for AFSCME Council 4, said it doesn’t make sense to put restaurants who employ people out of business, which he believes would happen if the legislation doesn’t pass.

“We’re creating jobs in one place and getting rid of jobs elsewhere,” Aresimowicz said.

He said the court should have an opportunity to weigh in, Aresimowicz said, adding that if someone wants to challenge the ret-

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roactivity of the bill then they can do that.

In his veto message, Lamont said the retroactive provision in the bill was problematic.

“This retroactive attempt to extinguish a worker’s right to recover wages in an amount lawfully required and earned is patently unfair to the affected workers,” Lamont wrote in his veto message. “It also raises serious due process and other constitutional concerns.”

Aresimowicz said that should then be allowed to play out in the judicial system.

“As a small business owner myself, I uniquely understand the impact these types of lawsuits could have on business operations and productivity,” Lamont said. “But this is not the way to solve for this concern.

The idea that government can seize someone’s property or wages on a whim is wholly un-American and most likely unconstitutional. That’s not pro-business, that’s not smart business, that’s bad business.”

Senate President Martin Looney, D-New Haven, said he hasn’t discussed the vetoes with his caucus yet because they are House bills. That means the House would need to override them first before they go to the Senate. If it looks like that will happen, then the Senate will have to address it.

Lamont vetoed two other bills, but Aresimowicz said it’s unlikely they would override them.

State’s Attorney Snags Another Asst. Chief

by PAUL BASS

Racheal Cain has become the third top New Haven cop in four months to retire and take a job with the New Haven State’s Attorney’s Office.

Cain, an assistant chief, has put in for retirement after 21 and a half years on the force to take the new post. Thursday is her last day at 1 Union Ave. She follows in the footsteps of fellow Asst.

Chief Herb Johnson, who retired this spring to take a job with the state’s attorney ... .. and who followed in the footsteps of former Chief Anthony Campbell, who retired in March to take a post with the state’s attorney. (Campbell has since moved on to become assistant chief of the police department at Yale University, where he earned undergraduate and divinity degrees.)’ Another assistant chief, Luiz Casanova, retired last month.

And joining her in the state’s attorney’s office is another former New Haven assistant chief, Al Vazquez, who retired from the city department in 2016.

Unlike some of the many other cops leaving New Haven’s department, Cain said uncertainty over the police contract did not factor into her decision to retire. Rather, she was ready for a new challenge.

She’s leaving feeling great about having worked for the NHPD, she said.

“If I had been a police officer anywhere else in this country, I don’t think I would have been able to work with so many wonderful people. I mean that in house and in

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the community. I would never have met so many people who care so much about the community they live in,” Cain said.

“I’ve been here for almost 22 years. A part of me would love to stay another 10 years.

But I think a part of me wants to move on and help in a different capacity — bring what I learned at the police department, what I learned at the FBI academy, and bring it to a different division. And learn something too.”

Among her many duties as assistant chief, Cain oversaw the adoption of body cameras for all officers.

She also testified before the state legisla-

ture this past session in favor of allowing New Haven to recoup more training costs when other departments snatch young cops.

Her departure means that a fully new team of assistant chiefs is moving in to the thirdfloor suite at 1 Union Ave. under Otoniel Reyes, whom Mayor Toni Harp has tapped to become the next chief. Reyes has tapped Renee Dominguez, Karl Jacobson, and Herb Sharp (pictured below) to become his new assistants.

Cain called the changing of the guard “a good sign for the police department.”

“The new people coming up are going to bring new ideas and energy to the younger people in the department,” she predicted.

Al Vazquez, meanwhile, begins working at the state’s attorney office this Friday.

“I miss New Haven. I love New Haven.

My heart’s always been in New Haven,” Vazquez said Monday. “I’ve been away for three years. I want to get back to doing good work for the community.”

New Haven State’s Attorney Patrick Griffin said Monday that he feels lucky to have experienced top New Haven cops in his office.

“They bring a lot of institutional knowledge and experience. I’ve been very lucky.

I think we’ve gotten some excellent new inspectors in the office,” Griffin said.

“At 3 o’clock in the morning, we’re at the scene of many of these incidents. If you are one of the police departments in my jurisidiction, if you see Racheal Cain or Al Vazquez showing up, you know they have real substance.”

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the town or too optimistic about the town.”

One instance when council members criticized Leng for being optimistic took place in April. A few hours before a contested meeting in which the council was supposed to divert funds budgeted for the pension to pay for the Fire Department and for utility bills, Leng said on WTNH that “our overall budget’s sound. We do not have a bill problem, and, uh, we’re in pretty good shape.”

Council members criticized him for painting such a rosy picture when accounts were going over budget.

“Why are we being asked to underfund the pension if there is no problem?” Majority Leader Cory O’Brien asked.

Council members, including Garrett, have also criticized him for “inflated” or overly “optimistic” revenue projections in the budgets he has crafted.

Leng told the Independent that if he serves a third term, he will focus on expanding community policing, increasing economic development in Hamden, and securing more funding from the state.

Garrett said that if elected mayor, she would focus on economic development in southern Hamden, specifically in Census Tract 1655, which stretches from Hamden’s southern border up to Putnam Avenue along Dixwell Avenue, and which is a Designated Opportunity Zone.

For some delegates, the choice came down to experience.

“It was an experience thing for me,” said DTC Secretary Kyle Blake. “I don’t think Lauren has the experience to do the job yet — especially the budget,” though she added that “there are a lot of things that I agree with Lauren on.”

As Council President Mick McGarry put it in his speech to nominate Leng for the party’s endorsement, “He has had almost every position of trust and responsibility this town has to offer.” Even if flying monkeys were to descend on Hamden, he added, Leng would be prepared.

Others, however, said they believe in Garrett’s promise.

“She has put a focus on transparency of our finances,” said Sixth-District Delegate Patrick Johnson, explaining why he had voted for her. “She wants to go out and fight for everyday people.”

Though committee members were divided over who should be mayor, and over atlarge council positions and Board of Education nominations, there was one thing they could all agree on: Town Clerk Vera Morrison.

And she has had enough of the division.

After securing the nomination unopposed, she went to the podium to give a speech based on the wisdom of her 24 years in office.

“Certain things have happened in the last two years…” she began. “I guess the incivility of the last two years has bothered me the most. I sit as the monkey in the middle,” she added, and watch as the council and the mayor fight. “Please, guys, let’s get along.”

As she left the mic to sit down, every delegate in the room stood to applaud her.

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June 17, 2019 - July 23, 2019

New Cops Get To Know Dixwell On Community Walk

by MAYA MCFADDEN New Haven Independent

Three new faces of the New Haven Police Department (NHPD) joined Interim Police Chief Otoniel Reyes and community leaders to get a first-hand look at community policing — and take on three teens on the Scantlebury Park basketball court.

The NHPD joined with organizer Daniel Hunt for another in a series of community walks, this time around the Dixwell neighborhood.

Officers Jennifer Giovanni, Rykema Stone, and Christopher Troche (pictured above) have only four weeks left in the threemonth Department’s Field Training Officer (FTO) Program, in which they’re paired with veteran officers before going on patrol alone.

In a group of nearly 20 participants, 13 were officers who strolled through near the Monterey Place apartments and Scantlebury Park greeting and conversating with residents of all ages.

(Top) Dixwell cop Lt. Manmeet Colon approached front steps to chat with neighbors ...... and another officer brought some new friends along on her rounds.

The group began at the front of the Stetson Branch Library and finished there, after the hour-long stroll.

The group made a stop at Scantlebury Park’s basketball court where three officers offered to face three of the teens on the court.

Ciel Miller, 14, Byron Boyd, 16, and Chace Sealy, 14 championed the court in a game against officers Reyes, Stone, and Matthew Borges. Despite the cheers from the sidelines from a group of kids yelling.

“Go, police officers!” they lost against the boys who said they come to the court all the time.

“I’m just glad we made at least one point and I really hope the boys had as much fun as we did,” said Reyes.

As the officers walked past one home, 3-year-old, Kedrel Feliciano came running

out alongside his mother asking for a picture with the officers. Feliciano’s eyes were glued on the officer’s hats and shiny gold badges as he approached. This caused Assistant Chief Racheal Cain to let Feliciano borrow her hat for the picture. He smiled from cheek to cheek.

Feliciano’s mother told the officers that one of her son’s favorite toys is a police car and he hopes to be a cop when he grows up.

“This is what it’s all about,” said Reyes.

The officers handed out police badge stickers, kids goodie-bags, and popsicles to children during the walk. As the group walked through the streets, drivers pulled over to converse with the officers and community leaders or beeped their horns.

“We got to make New Haven better,” Hunt said.

Hunt’s cousin, Marquell Banks, was shot and killed in 2011. This has been what inspired him to organize these walks to help bridge the gap between the community and law enforcement.

“Respect” Signs Posted, Explained

by LAURA GLESBY

New Haven Independent

Tiffany Jones is “one of the one thousand,” she says — one of the employees Yale recruited as part of a promise to hire New Haven residents within three years of April 2015. Now Jones has been helping put up signs across the city to pressure Yale to make good on that promise for other New Haveners seeking employment.

Jones, a delivery assistant at the Smilow Cancer Center (where the university has an office), has been canvassing with UNITE HERE union activists for the past three weeks, asking neighbors to put up “Yale: Respect New Haven” signs in their windows and front lawns.

Hundreds of the signs have been popping up all over town — and leading to some confusion about what exactly they mean.

On Saturday morning, she was joined by Barbara Vereen, a Chief Steward for Local 34 who worked at Yale Medicine’s patient registration department, and Abby Feldman, a New Haven Rising organizer, as they knocked on doors up and down a stretch of Butler Street in Newhallville and offered an explanation.

“We’re here to talk about the jobs crisis in New Haven,” Jones said to one Butler Street resident who opened the door. She rapidly explained that in April, 2015, Yale had promised to hire 1,000 New Haven residents within three years. Five hundred of those new hires were supposed to come from “neighborhoods of need.”

“We want to hold Yale accountable for those jobs,” she said.

She repeated a version of this pitch several times throughout the morning to the handful of residents who answered the door.

In February, Yale reported in a presentation to the Board of Alders Black and Hispanic

Caucus that it had hired 2,590 New Haven residents since 2015 — and soon corrected that number to 1,160, subtracting postdocs.

At that meeting, which drew a crowd of hundreds of concerned residents, the Caucus contested Yale’s choice to count shortterm journeyman positions in construction work towards the promise. Alders brought the total number of New Haven hires down to 876 — 273 of whom came from the “neighborhoods of need.”

In a June op-ed in the New Haven Register, Yale President Peter Salovey maintained that Yale had hired over 1,000 employees from New Haven since 2015. “We are still working hard to achieve our goal of hiring 500 residents from our lowestincome neighborhoods,” he wrote.

Jones grew up in Newhallville, one of the “neighborhoods of need” that Yale pledged to target. She got a job at Yale in 2016 with the help of New Haven Works, a program that guides New Haveners through the job application process at Yale. She started out with a temporary position at Sterling Memorial Library. Soon, she got a phone call about the opportunity to work at the Smilow Cancer Center.

“I heard that p-word — permanent,” Jones said. She accepted the offer. As a delivery assistant, she transports patients’ medical samples for testing. “It’s really rewarding,” she said. The job changed her life, she told one of the Butler Street residents.

Jones said that many of the people she’s spoken to over the past three weeks have heard of Yale’s hiring commitment and support the union’s efforts.

Lisa Kellman, the first resident to answer the door, was one of those people.

“I’m not too thrilled with the city right now because I think it was up to them to hold

Tiffany Jones Saturday on Butler Street.

Yale accountable,” she said. woman said.

She asked to join the unions’ newsletter “Because they can’t get jobs in their own and told the group to plant a sign in the red city!” Vereen responded.

“A lot of my friends came back from colmulch of her front lawn, where it would be lege and can’t find a job here,” said Feldmost visible.

Not everyone who answered the door im- man, who graduated from Wilbur Cross mediately agreed with the canvassers.

High School. She said she has heard that “You could have all the opportunities you some haven’t even been able to get an inwant. If the individual doesn’t have the terview at Yale. work ethic,” that person won’t get the job, “That’s crazy to me, because the univerargued one woman who declined to give sity seems like it has so many resources,” her name. she said, citing the university’s nearly $30 billion endowment. “I think about all the “The kids who are committed are suffering alongside the kids who aren’t,” Vereen young, talented people who are leaving this insisted. city because they can’t find work.”

“People are banging on the doors in North Vereen echoed this, mentioning her three Haven trying to get a job at Amazon,” the children who decided to leave New Haven

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after college.

“I want my kids to come back to this city,” she said. “I want other black kids to see that they did something with themselves. I want them to be role models for other kids in this neighborhood.”

The woman eventually volunteered to canvas with the union, and said she’d consider putting up a sign.

“They need jobs yesterday,” she said.

The group mounted three lawn signs across two blocks Saturday morning. They estimated that the unions have put up between 600 and 700 signs in total across the city.

Feldman suggested that the signs, which don’t make specific mention of the jobs promise, were intended to spark an expansive discussion about Yale’s relationship with the city.

“We’re out here fighting for jobs, but it doesn’t end there,” she said. “There are so many things Yale could be doing.”

University spokeswoman Karen Peart said in an email that Yale supports programs like New Haven Promise, a full college scholarship for New Haven Public School students, and Pathways, a STEM summer program for high school students. She also cited over 130 startups created by Yale students and faculty that employ New Haven residents.

The canvassers said the university could do more.

“God forbid they pay their fair share of taxes,” Vereen said, alluding to tax exemptions afforded to Yale and other Connecticut universities since 1834. “This would be a different town. More homeownership.

More people paying taxes. More people taking pride in their city.” “[Yale] could change everything,” she said.

“I know it changed everything for me.”

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - July 17, 2019 - July 23, 2019

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Freeport, IL — Shaquille Dukes, a 24-year old Black man trying to recover from pneumonia at a hospital in Illinois, was shocked when a security officer approached him and accused him of stealing the IV equipment attached to him. A video showing a police officer who came to arrest him and his brother has gone viral on social media.

Dukes, who had been staying in Freeport for about a month, had been admitted into FHN Memorial Hospital for two days due to pneumonia. His doctor cleared him to go for a walk outside as long as he wouldn’t leave the hospital property.

But as he was walking around with his brother and another person, they were stopped on their way back inside the hospital. A security officer working for FHN, who has not been named, ordered them to come over to him.

“He had gotten out of his vehicle and said, ‘What are you going to do, steal that and sell it on eBay?’” Dukes told Journal Standard. “I told him, ‘This machine is pump-

ing fluid into my veins as we speak.’”

After some argument, the security officer called police. When the police arrived, Dukes said his brother was arrested before he was also arrested a few minutes later.

The person recording a video of the arrest was arrested as well.

Dukes said police told him he was arrested for attempted theft for leaving the hospital property with the IV equipment, when he was only forced to do so because the security officer ordered him to come over to him. Still, police claimed Dukes and his brother were arrested for their disorderly conduct toward the security officer and the police officers.

Moreover, when he was being transported to jail, his IV was removed and his rescue inhaler was seized. He passed out and suffered from seizure, but he was only given his rescue inhaler about four minutes later.

Dukes believes he was racially profiled and has since filed a formal complaint with the city. He said, “I’m not just going to sit here and be complacent about what I know is an illegality.”

Shaquille Dukes being arrested by the police outside the hospital

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FILM REVIEW: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

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As she recounts her experiences, Morrison is poised, resolved and reflective. Somewhat akin to an intelligent philosopher or an academic who patiently teaches a class of inquisitive but slow-learning freshmen.”

She’s a literary icon whose accolades include a 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.

For the African American reader who has been glued to her books since 1970, starting with her poignant debut novel The Bluest Eye, this documentaryis an opportunity to see how the pieces of Toni Morrison’s life have made her whole.

For those who came to the party late, this recounting of her evolution explains why, when you see a photo of this amazingly young looking 88-year-old, you can discern a certain brilliance hiding in her eyes, an extreme intelligence behind her disarming smile and a stately aura that is somewhere between that of queen and goddess.

One of the most interesting facts in this bio is that Morrison grew up in Lorain, Ohio, a multicultural immigrant town.

Even if people didn’t fraternize much with each other in their homes (and that’s only a guess), shopping, town activities and education threw everyone into the same mix.

It’s no surprise that when Morrison entered Howard University and confronted segregation in The South that her perspective on life and race changed dramatically.

Her evolution on the subject matter is as interesting to watch as her development as a writer.

When she helped school her white editors on the power of her works and viewpoints on African American culture and experiences, she faced the same challenge that many African Americans encounter when dealing with their white counterparts in business, education, politics, etc.

Resistance. As she recounts her experiences, Morrison is poised, resolved and reflective. Somewhat akin to an intelligent philosopher or an academic who patiently teaches a class of inquisitive but slowlearning freshmen.

You discover that she started her editing career as a divorced woman with two young boys, but that is about as deep as the footage goes into exploring her personal life. There are glimpses of Morrison behind closed doors, but nothing explicit, controversial or negative. In that way, this doc feels a bit like a promotional reel, which isn’t a detriment, as any details about Morrison are better than none.

Many of her books come up for discussion: Sula(1973), about a deep female friendship, Song of Solomon(1977),perhaps her

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best piece of storytelling and certainly her most accessible novel and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. The ‘80s brought Tar Baby(1981), then the somewhat controversial Beloved(1987), which was turned into a film

by Oprah Winfrey, whose Book Club and TV show catapulted Morrison into the consciousness of middle America, or at least those who liked to read.

Still, some of her most illuminating thoughts on race were established in The Bluest Eye. This profound novel chronicles the indoctrination of blacks into a white society to the point that self-esteem is tied to white characteristics that blacks don’t have, like blue eyes. Among other revelations in the book, her astute analysis of cultural manipulation that results in low self-esteem is enlightening.

One source of inspiration for the book came from a jarring encounter with an African American friend.Friend: “I don’t believe in God,”Morrison: “Why?” Friend: “Because I’ve been praying for blues eyes for two years and he didn’t give me his.” If that doesn’t rip your heart out and send a clear message about the cruelty of systematic or unintended racism, nothing will.

There are other incidents reported by Morrison that underline the shaping of her values, views and desire to write books that could change social mores: Her mother made her erase the word FU– off a sidewalk. Why? “Because words have power.”

Rather than keep this and other life lessons to herself, Morrison has shared them consistently in novels, essays, lectures at universities, on TV—wherever a platform could assist her: “The only way I can own what I know is to write.”

The writer-turned-editor-turned-novelist stood up to anyone who had a misconception about black literature and who it was written for or how it should be received.

She ripped preconceived notions and fallacies apart by revealing the problem:

“The assumption is that the reader is a white person.” She put that misguided viewpoint to bed.

Morrison seems at peace with the battles she’s fought—or that were fought for her.

Her history growing up in an integrated city undoubtedly forged her persona.

Even with that multicultural background raising her consciousness, she had to disavow some of the misconceptions she was getting from home, to become the person she is today: “My father thought all white people were unredeemable.”

Throughout her career, she has been championed and loved by both blacks and whites.

Director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (The Black List: Volumes One to Three) pulls together an interesting group of fans and friends who have witnessed Morrison’s rise and have praised her: Decadeslong editor Robert Gottlieb; fellow novelist Walter Mosley; activist Angela Davis; and essayist Fran Lebowitz. There are also glimpses of legendary poet Sonia Sanchez, Winfrey and others.

The archival footage, photos and newly shot interviews on-view look clear (Graham Willoughby cinematographer), neatly pulled together (Johanna Giebelhaus, editor) and are properly highlighted by a beguiling score (Kathryn Bostic, composer).

The first documentary to genuinely explore Toni Morrison’s ascendance into the upper pantheon of the literary world does a nice job revealing her wonderful persona, uncovering her backstory and establishing her firm place in American history in a way her followers will appreciate,and others will admire.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - July 17, 2019 - July 23, 2019

Stevie Wonder Announces Break from Music To Undergo Kidney Transplant

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“It was on 6 August that I almost died in that car accident,” he recalls. It was a key date for another reason. “It was also on 6 August – 1988 – that my son Kwame was born. Life is funny.”

by Derrick Lane, BlackDoctor.org

Legendary musician and singer Stevie Wonder announced during a performance Saturday in London that he’s canceling his tour and taking a hiatus to undergo a kidney transplant surgery.

“So what’s gonna happen is this, I’m going to have surgery, I’m going to have a kidney transplant in September of this year. I’m all good, I’m all good, I’m all good. I have a donor, it’s all good,” Wonder said. “I want you to know I came here to give you my love and to thank you for your love. You ain’t gotta hear no rumors about nothing, I told you what’s up. I’m good. All right?”

This news comes after months of rumors circulating around the internet that Wonder had been battling “a serious health issue” and has been touring overseas with a medical team. He put all those rumors to bed when he told the truth himself.

A kidney transplant is a surgical procedure to place a healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor into a person whose kidneys no longer function properly.

When your kidneys lose this filtering ability, harmful levels of fluid and waste accumulate in your body, which can raise your blood pressure and result in kidney failure (end-stage kidney disease). End-stage renal disease occurs when the kidneys have lost about 90% of their ability to function normally.

Common causes of end-stage kidney

Does the crash remain the most significant event of his life?

“It is significant,” he explains. “I was blessed to come out of it. God gave me life to continue to do things that… … I would never have done.”

disease include:

– Polycystic kidney disease

– Diabetes – Chronic, uncontrolled high blood pressure – Chronic glomerulonephritis — an inflammation and eventual scarring of the tiny filters within your kidneys (glomeruli)

People with end-stage renal disease need to have waste removed from their bloodstream via a machine (dialysis) or a kidney transplant to stay alive.

Only one donated kidney is needed to replace two failed kidneys, making living-

donor kidney transplantation an option.

But this isn’t the first time that Stevie has been through some sort of health scare. It was 1973 when he was in a near-fatal car accident. The sedan in which he was traveling careened into a truck. His wounds were severe. He permanently lost his sense of smell and temporarily lost his sense of

It was after that he penned such albums as Hotter Than July, Songs In the Key of Life and many hits that.

Wonder has received more than two-dozen Grammy Awards and produced a string of hits over a long career that began when he was a youngster who performed as Little Stevie Wonder. His classic hits include “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” and “Living for the City.”

Despite the news, Wonder seemed in top form throughout the concert, performing a series of his hits and paying tribute to musical heroes including Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and John Lennon, performing a stirring rendition of the latter’s “Imagine” near the end of the show.

We’re wishing and praying for a successful surgery and speedy recovery.

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Trump Levels Racist Attack on Congresswomen of Color in Latest Social Media Screed

By Lauren Victory Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor

NNPA NEWSWIRE — As is his general habit, Trump lies in his communications and brands places where people of color reside as dangerous. President Trump has a long history of racism as does his late father, Fred Trump. Fred Trump was arrested at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Queens, New York on May 30, 1927 when he was 21.

President Donald Trump went on a racist screed on Twitter and attacked Democratic congresswomen of color and their ancestry.

The 45th President, who succeeded the first African American President of the United States, Barack Obama, has often attacked Black female elected officials, such as Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Black athletes, immigrants, and other women of color.

As is his general habit, Trump lies in his communications and brands places where people of color reside as dangerous. President Trump has a long history of racism as does his late father, Fred Trump. Fred Trump was arrested at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Queens, New York on May 30, 1927 when he was 21.

Their company, Trump Properties, was sued by the Justice Department for housing discrimination against Blacks in 1973. On May 1, 1989, Donald Trump took out ads in several of New York’s major newspapers demanding that the Central Park Five be given the death penalty. Even though the five have been exonerated, Trump has never admitted he was wrong or apologized.

A hint of Trump’s racist views now on international display in The White House, was seen in 1989 as Trump linked the Central Park Five case to an overall decline in society.

“At what point did we cross the line from the fine and noble pursuit of genuine civil liberties to the reckless and dangerously permissive atmosphere which allows criminals of every age to beat and rape a helpless woman and laugh at her family’s anguish?

And why do they laugh? The laugh because they know that soon, very soon, they will be returned to the street to rape and maim and kill once again,” Trump said in a 1989 interview.

On July 14, 2019, Trump wrote, “So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly……” read one communication on Twitter the morning of July 14.

Consistent with his racist attacks and communications both verbal and on social media, President Trump attacked three Congresswomen of color who have gained national prominence as they oppose Trump’s policies: Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA).

Trump implied in a series of consecutive messages on Twitter on July 14 that the Congresswomen weren’t born in the United States and added, “they go back and help

fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”

Rep. Illan was born in Somalia and her family arrived in New York on 1992 and secured asylum in the U.S. in 1995. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez was born in the Bronx, New York and Rep. Pressley was born in Chicago, Ill. Another Congresswoman Trump has attacked before, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (DMI), was born in Detroit, Michigan.

Though Trump did not name who specifically he was referring to, the context of his

communication on Twitter was clear to political observers. Earlier in July, Trump referenced the three women. All three, as well as many other members, have been outspoken about Trump’s immigration policies.

The conditions of detention facilities at the Mexican border came into stark light after Vice President Pence visited a center on June 12. Video from the visit showed a large group of Mexican men grouped in a fenced in enclosure with no cots, food and few signs of running water or other basic

needs.

Trump’s direct messages or racism and xenophobia to his base have increased as the 2020 presidential campaign gets fully underway. The Iowa Caucuses are 203 days away as of July 14.

Lauren Victoria Burke is an independent journalist and writer for NNPA as well as a political analyst and strategist as Principal of Win Digital Media LLC. She may be contacted at LBurke007@gmail.com and on Twitter at @LVBurke

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High court blocks census citizenship question

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WAVE NEWSPAPERS — In a ruling by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who was joined by the court’s liberals, the court said the Trump administration did not adequately explain its reason for adding the question. The ruling included a direct rebuke to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who last year decided to add a citizenship question to all forms for the first time since 1950.

LOS ANGELES — Southland elected officials and immigration-rights activists hailed a U.S. Supreme Court ruling June 27 that blocked a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

“This ruling is a victory for an accurate, comprehensive and complete census count,” Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Los Angeles, said. “[President Donald] Trump is eager to silence the voices of vulnerable populations in our communities. That’s why he wanted a census citizenship question that will dramatically undercount these populations.

“An accurate and complete 2020 Census is essential to ensuring our communities receive the federal funds we need for countless critical programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, school lunches, highway funding, housing assistance and more,” she said. “While the court’s ruling is a victory for our nation, our House Democratic majority will stay vigilant, and fight any further efforts to sabotage a fair and accurate 2020 Census.”

In a ruling by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who was joined by the court’s liberals, the court said the Trump administration did not adequately explain its reason for adding the question. The ruling included a direct rebuke to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who last year decided to add a citizenship question to all forms for the first time since 1950.

“Altogether, the evidence tells a story that does not match the.explanation the secretary gave for his decision,” Roberts said.

The court sent the matter back to a lower court for review.

In January, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in New York blocked the citizenship question and issued a 277-page opinion describing how Ross had failed to follow the advice of census experts or explain his reasons for making a change that could lead to a severe undercount. Judges in San Francisco and Maryland handed down similar rulings.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear the administration’s appeal in the case of Department of Commerce vs. New York on a fasttrack basis because the government said it needed to begin printing census forms this summer.

On Twitter, Trump blasted the ruling.

“Seems totally ridiculous that our government, and indeed country, cannot ask a basic question of citizenship in a very expensive, detailed and important census, in this case for 2020,” he wrote. “I have asked the lawyers if they can delay the census,

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“Can anyone really believe that as a great country we are not able to ask whether or not someone is a citizen. Only in America!”

Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer said that although the Trump administration has the ability to provide in court a more robust reason adding the question, he said he doesn’t think it will convince the court to overturn the ruling.

“This Supreme Court led by its chief justice said … this was, essentially, a contrived rationale, and so it’s been sent back for another rationale,” Feuer said. “But here’s the thing: There is no other rationale.

There is nothing else going on here but an attempt to marginalize Latinos throughout the United States to make sure their voices don’t count. That’s what this has been about since the inception of this question.”

Several Los Angeles-area leaders gathered at Grand Park in downtown to hail the ruling.

“Los Angeles County will continue to collaborate with our tribal, city leaders … and especially our school districts and many others to ensure everybody is counted,” County Supervisor Hilda Solis said.

Solis was joined by members of CHIRLA, the NALEO Educational Fund and the Advancement Project California in praising the decision.

“In light of [the] Supreme Court ruling, we all will stay determined and committed to a robust (census) outreach,” Solis said.

“This ruling, as you know, will impact the lives of our most vulnerable.”

Solis said undocumented residents without full citizenship have been fearful of answering the question because it would require them to disclose their immigration status. The court’s decision comes just a few days after Trump pulled back the reins on another immigration sweep in major cities.

Without an accurate census, it may be difficult to receive federal funding for programs that can serve the entirety of the need-based population, Solis said.

An undercount in the state could also lead to a loss of representation in Congress.

Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner called the court’s ruling “the right thing for public education.”

“The census is used to determine the amount of funding Los Angeles Unified receives from federal programs,” he said.

“Los Angeles Unified received $328 million in Title I funding and nearly $40 million for other federal education and health programs for the 2017-18 school year. If the question is eventually included, it could lead to a loss of as much as $20 million every year in Title I funding, which would pay for about 200 additional teachers in schools serving students with the highest needs.

“The citizenship question is not some abstract, legal issue. It has real consequences in our schools,” he said.

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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was effusive.

“This is a hopeful day for our democracy.

The census is the largest civic exercise in our country — an opportunity to show that everyone belongs here and everybody counts,” he said in a statement. “Instead, the administration tried to change who we are and write millions of people out of America’s story. Fortunately, the Supreme Court stopped this cynical ploy in its tracks, removing a major roadblock to participation in next year’s tally.”

Garcetti said he will work “to ensure that hard-to-count populations — immigrant households, communities of color, lowincome residents, and our most vulnerable neighbors — and all Angelenos are counted in the 2020 Census.”

This article originally appeared in the Wave Newspapers.

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June 17, 2019 - July 23, 2019

U.S. House Votes to Condemn President Trump’s Use of Social Media to Spread Racist Messages

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Some of us have been victims of the stain, the pain, the hurt of racism. In the 50s and during the 60s, segregationists told us to go back when we protested for our rights.

They told ministers, priests, rabbis, and nuns to go back. The told innocent, little children seeking just equal education to go back,” said civil rights legend and Georgia Congressman John Lewis on the House floor during debate.

On July 16, the U.S. House voted 240187 to condemn the racist language of Donald Trump in a series of twitter communications over the weekend. All 235 Democrats voted yes. On July 13, President Trump began a targeted series of racist vitriol on social media aimed at four female Congresswomen of color in the U.S. House.

A roll call vote on the House floor rebuking a President is very rare.

Only four Republicans, Reps. Will Hurd (R-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Susan Brooks (R-IN) and one independent, who recently left the Republican party, Rep. Justin Amash (I-IN), voted in favor.

The President responded on twitter

midday, writing, “Those Tweets were NOT Racist. I don’t have a Racist bone in my body! The so-called vote to be taken is a Democrat con game. Republicans should not show ‘weakness’ and fall into their trap.”

“I know racism when I see it. I know racism when I feel it, and at the highest level of government, there is no room for racism. It sows the seeds of violence and destroys the hopes and dreams of people. The world is watching; they are shocked and dismayed because it seems we have lost our way, as a nation, as a proud, great people. We are one Congress, and we are here to serve one house – the American house, the American people,” said civil rights legend and Georgia Congressman John Lewis on the House floor during debate.

Debate grew heated as Republicans attempted to bring up a measure to condemn Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) which failed. Democrats moved forward as they defended not only their colleagues but immigrant communities President Trump often vilifies.

“Some of us have been victims of the stain, the pain, the hurt of racism. In the 50s and during the 60s, segregationists told us to go back when we protested for our rights. They told ministers, priests, rabbis, and nuns to go back. The

told innocent, little children seeking just equal education to go back,” Rep. Lewis added.

“Like the vast majority of Americans, I’ve grown increasingly frustrated with the childish rancor of our public discourse. Our inability to conduct ourselves in a civil and respectable fashion has paralyzed the most powerful government in the history of the world, and for what? A 10-second soundbite on primetime news and a few thousand twitter followers?” said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), who presided over part of the debate over the resolution condemning Trump’s words.

Shortly after debate ended and the measure condemning the President passed, Rep. Al Green (D-TX) started a debate clock that will expire on Thursday that will cue up another floor vote on the question of impeachment. Even though Rep. Green’s similar measures have failed in the past, he has gained votes each time he has tried.

Lauren Victoria Burke is an independent journalist and writer for NNPA as well as a political analyst and strategist as Principal of Win Digital Media LLC. She may be contacted at LBurke007@ gmail.com and on twitter at @LVBurke

Rep. John Lewis, Supreme Court news conference to call for the reversal of President Trump’s travel ban on refugees and immigrants from several Middle East countries. (Photo: Lorie Shaull / Wikimedia Commons)

Elizabeth Warren pitches plan to close wage gap for women of color

By Defender News Service

DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Presidential hopeful and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have released a plan aimed at closing the wage gap affecting black and brown women, part of a broader focus on income inequality as she and other Democratic candidates vie for the support of minority voters.

Presidential hopeful and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have released a plan aimed at closing the wage gap affecting black and brown women, part of a broader focus on income inequality as she and other Democratic candidates vie for the support of minority voters.

Warren wrote in a post on Medium that she would issue several executive actions to boost wages for women of color and open up pathways for them to become leaders in the federal workforce. She said she would implement her “Equal Opportunity Executive Order” on her first day as president. REAL LIFE. REAL NEWS. REAL VOICES .Help us tell more of the stories that matter from voices that too often remain unheard. Become a founding member “It’s time to build an America that recognizes the role that women of color play in their families and in the economy, that fairly values their work, and that delivers equal opportunity for everyone,” Warren

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The senator said she would issue an executive order that would deny federal contracting opportunities to companies

with poor track records on diversity and equal pay. She also vowed to enforce a $15 minimum wage and a benefits requirement for employees of all federal

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contractors. Benefits would include paid family leave, fair scheduling and collective bargaining rights.

In addition, Warren said she would seek to prevent discrimination by banning federal contractors from asking applicants for their past salary information and criminal histories. Women of color may miss out on employment opportunities more often than white women because they are incarcerated at much higher rates. A June report by the Sentencing Project, an incarceration research and reform organization, found that Hispanic women are imprisoned at 1.3 times the rate of white women and that black women are twice as likely to be imprisoned as white women.

Warren said she would also work to diversify the leadership of the federal workforce through direct recruitment at minority-serving colleges and universities, by establishing a paid fellowship program for minority and low-income applicants and by starting a governmentwide mentorship program for black and brown employees.

Warren vowed that under her administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination, would more closely monitor discriminatory practices in low-wage industries and bring in “top talent” to deal with claims.

The commission would issue “first-of-its-

kind guidance” on enforcing claims involving the intersectional discrimination that women of color face when racism and sexism intertwine, Warren wrote.

The presidential hopeful acknowledged that the data she cited does not cover everyone’s experiences because it also assumes a gender binary.

Racial and gender inequality is partly why she’s running for president, Warren said. It is “wrong” and “fundamentally un-American” that black women are repeatedly at a disadvantage, she wrote in her second op-ed for Essence magazine on Friday. The first op-ed focused on her plan to reduce black maternal mortality rates in the U.S. After making these promises online, Warren is pitching them in person. This weekend, she will propose her plan at the Essence Festival, a celebration of African American music and culture that started to commemorate Essence magazine.

Warren won’t be alone on the festival stage. Fellow 2020 presidential candidates Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg also plan to speak with festival goers this weekend to hear their concerns and compete for their votes.

This article originally appeared in the Defender News Network.

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Marsai Martin Opens Up About Depression: Kamala Harris has a $100 billion plan to close the Black homeownership gap

“I Was In A Dark Place”

By Jeff Andrews, Chicago Crusader

CHICAGO CRUSADER — While housing issues didn’t come up in the presidential debates two weeks ago, Democratic candidates for president in the 2020 election continue to raise them on the campaign trail. Sen. Kamala Harris announced a $100 billion grant program to address the racial homeownership gap at Essence magazine’s art and music festival on Saturday in New Orleans. The grants would assist people of color who have lived in historically redlined neighborhoods with down payments and closing costs.

According Harris, four million people of color would benefit from down payment assistance

by Derrick Lane, BlackDoctor.org Marsai Martin is young powerhouse taking over Hollywood in the past few weeks.

The black-ish star has been the youngest executive producer in Hollywood and has acted on a hit TV show and starred in the same movie that she produced. Plus, she is also now the youngest person to ever sign a first-look deal with Universal Studios But even with all that success, she suffered in silence with her mental health. It was a lesson that even at a young age that, your own mental health comes first.

She recently explained in an Instagram post that she once felt herself struggling with self-doubt, imposter syndrome and falling into some “dark emotions” that she could not control.

“This year has been a roller coaster,” writes Martin on her Instagram. “This year has been filled with crazy emotions and big blessings that I couldn’t even imagine me having. Moments from this year, I was in a dark place. A place that I didn’t think I was going to get out of. I thought I wasn’t good enough and I thought I needed to present myself in a way that was ‘perfect’ when I didn’t need to. Putting so much pressure on myself. Fighting with myself.

This feeling had nothing to do with how child actors think. These were my own personal thoughts.”

“The more I kept how I was feeling hidden, the more this dark emotion got bigger.

I finally talked to my parents even tho they already knew how I was feeling. It made me feel better about myself. A sense of relief. I started praying more, talking more, and spending more time with the people I love…”

After revealing these internal demons that many people, regardless of age, experience, the young star explained that she found solace in God, her family and her loved ones.

She credits them for helping her transition into feeling “the best I’ve ever felt in a long time.”

“Thank you God, for hearing my prayers,” she continued. “Thank you God for blessing me with the greatest family and friends.”

In concluding her brave post, she sent a message to her followers: “I encourage everyone to speak their mind to anyone u trust. Even asking a random person ‘How are you?’ Can mean something. Also, be yourself because no one can be like you, other than YOU.”

While housing issues didn’t come up in the presidential debates two weeks ago, Democratic candidates for president in the 2020 election continue to raise them on the campaign trail.

Sen. Kamala Harris announced a $100 billion grant program to address the racial homeownership gap at Essence magazine’s art and music festival on Saturday in New Orleans. The grants would assist people of color who have lived in historically redlined neighborhoods with down payments and closing costs.

Since the financial crisis of 2008, homeownership among African Americans has sunk despite the economy’s gradual rebound. According to the U.S. Census, African American homeownership peaked in 2005 at 49.7 percent and has steadily dropped since. It now stands at 41.1 percent.

According to Harris’s campaign, Black homeownership has historically been repressed by a number of factors, including redlining, the practice of lenders refusing to issue mortgages to majority Black neighborhoods. After World War II, the G.I. Bill provided homeownership opportunities to veterans, but people of color were largely excluded. During the housing bubble in the mid-2000s, African Americans were disproportionately targeted with subprime mortgages, which wiped out any home equity gains in the crash.

Harris’s grant program, which would be administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), would provide up to $25,000 or 20 percent of the loan value to people of color who’ve lived in historically redlined neighborhoods for at least 10 years. Families would need to buy a house for less than $300,000, make less than $100,000 annually, with some consideration given to those in high-cost metro areas. Individuals could not make more than $50,000.

The Harris campaign says four million people would benefit from the $100 billion grant program. While that program would address historic discrimination in housing, Harris is also proposing changes to how credit scores are calculated, which would make it easier for African American borrowers to qualify for a mortgage.

Since the financial crisis, mortgage lending has gotten incredibly strict. Harris’s proposal would add rent payments, phone

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bills, and utilities to the formula for credit scores because the current criteria—mortgage payments, student loans, credit cards, and auto loans—aren’t as common among African Americans, leaving many without a scoreable credit profile. Including rent payments and phone bills in credit score calculations would allow more people of color to build stronger credit, and thus have a better chance of qualifying for a mortgage.

Harris is one of four Democratic candidates for president with a formal housing plan. She previously introduced the Rent Relief Act in 2018, which uses a renters tax credit to reimburse taxpayers the portion of their rent that they pay above 30 percent of their income. Harris took heat from housing policy experts, many of whom believe a renters tax credit alone would simply drive up rents and benefit landlords more than renters.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has the most com-

prehensive housing proposal so far, and it also includes down payment assistance for people of color affected by redlining.

However, Warren’s plan does not provide specific amounts, except to use $2 billion to aid families of color who were targeted with subprime mortgages during the housing bubble.

Harris’s campaign picked up momentum after the debate two weeks ago when she effectively attacked Joe Biden’s civil rights record, resulting in a polling bump for Harris and a drop for Biden. It’s no wonder then that Harris would want to bolster her housing plan with a proposal to help address historic discrimination and civil rights.

This article originally appeared in Curbed.

This article originally appeared in the Chicago Crusader.

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ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 The Authority of the suficientes City of Norwalk, CT(aproximadamente 100) julio,Housing 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido pre-solicitudes en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición is requesting for durante Legal esas Services. llamando a HOME INCproposals al 203-562-4663 horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse fordeProposal documents canStreet, be viewed andNew Haven Accounting Department has two immediate openings for full aRequest las oficinas HOME INC en 171 Orange tercer piso, , CT 06510 . printed at www.norwalkha.org under the time Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable professionals in a fast-paced office environment. Must be highly organized, Business section RFP’s/RFQ’s possess good computer skills, be detail oriented, and able to Norwalk Housing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. manage multiple projects. Benefits include health, dental & Adam Bovilsky, Executive Director.

LTD insurance plus 401(k). Send resume to: Human Resource Dept. P O Box 388, Guilford CT 06437.

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Large CT Fence Company looking for a full-time carpenter for our Wood Fence Production Shop. Experience preferred but will train the right person. Must be familiar with carpentry hand & power tools and be able to read a CAD drawing and tape measure. This is an inshop production position. Duties include mortising & drilling wood posts for fence panels, building fence panels, gates & more. Must have a valid CT driver’s license and be able to obtain a Drivers Medical Card. Must be able to pass a physical and drug test. Please email resume to pking@atlasoutdoor.com. AA/EOE-MF

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Medical, vacation & other benefits included. Must be able to pass a physical and drug test. OSHA 10 training required. Please email resume to pking@atlasoutdoor.com AA/ EOE – M/F

Large CT. Fence Company is looking for an individual for our stock yard. Warehouse shipping and receiving and Forklift experience a must. Must have a minimum of 3 years’ material handling experience. Must be able to read and write English, and read a tape measure. Duties will include: Loading and unloading trucks, pulling orders for installation and retail counter sales, keeping the yard clean and organized at all times and inventory control. Individual will also make deliveries of fence panels and products, must be able to lift at least 70lbs. Required to pass a Physical and Drug test, have a valid CT. Driver’s License and be able to obtain a Drivers Medical Card. CDL B & A drivers a plus.

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Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:303:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster St. New Haven, CT

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

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[Minority- and/or women-owned businesses are encouraged to respond]

Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 2038818372 dlang@haynesct.com HOMEencourages INC, en nombre la Columbus House de la New S/W/MBE Haven Housing HCC thedeparticipation of ally Veteran, & Authority, Section 3está Certified Businesses aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios yCompany, apartamentos un dormitorio este desarrollo Haynes Construction 32deProgress Ave,enSeymour, CT 06483

ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. EMPLOYER Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos AA/EEO máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición llamando a HOME 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán Meter Technician A –INC ThealWallingford Electric Division is seeking a highly qualifiremitirse ed individual to perform skilled a las de HOME 171 Orange tercer piso, New Haven CT 06510 . work onoficinas alternating currentINC anden direct current Street, circuits, metering devices and, meter equipment.

Requires gradua-

Ms. Devin Marra, Director of Procurement Telephone: 203-744-2500 x141 E-Mail: dmarra@hacdct.org Contact Ms. Devin Marra, via phone or email.

Housing Authority of the City of Danbury 2 Mill Ridge Rd, Danbury, CT 06811 Envelope Must be Marked: IFB No. B19001 Chimney Services

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

Old Saybrook, CT The Glendower Group, Inc (4 Buildings, 17 Units) Request for Proposals Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR FARNAM COURT PHASE II New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Cast The Concrete, Glendower Group, affiliate of Housing Authority City of New Havin-place Asphalt Shingles,Inc Vinylan Siding, en d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework,seeking Proposals for Construction Manager at Risk for Farnam Court Phase II. A complete copy of the requireMechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. ment may be obtained from Elm City’s This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway on Monday, July 8, 2019 at 3:00PM Bid Extended,beginning Due Date: August 5, 2016 Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 Project documents available viaThe ftp linkGlendower below: Group, Inc http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

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Request for Proposals Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com

HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE MANAGER & Section 3 CertifiedAT Businesses CONSTRUCTION RISK FOR VALLEY TOWNHOUSES Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483

AA/EEO EMPLOYER The Glendower Group, Inc an affiliate of Housing Authority City of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking Proposals for Construction Manager at Risk for Valley Townhouses. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s

Or Visit our Social Media Pages For More Information Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority OfA pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

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The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any informalities in the bidding, if such actions are in the best interest of the Housing Authority.

Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway

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***HELP WANTED*** J & S General Contractors LLC

Currently has a full time opening for a fence installer foreman.

Candidates must have at least 5 years of fencing experience, strong communication skills, the ability to provide clear and detailed instructions to their crew and management, a reliable form of daily transportation, a valid driver’s license, have the ability to obtain a DOT medical card and agree to a physical and drug testing as required.

A valid CDL and current OSHA card are encouraged.

We offer competitive wages, medical insurance and a 401k plan.

Email resume to: jsgc.mike@gmail.com Or fax: 203-495-9111 ***No phone calls please*** J & S General Contractors LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

***HELP WANTED*** J & S General Contractors LLC

currently has a full time opening for a fence installer helper.

Candidates must have at least 1 year of fencing experience, a reliable form of daily transportation, a valid driver’s license, have the ability to obtain a DOT medical card and agree to a physical and drug testing as required.

A valid CDL and current OSHA card are encouraged.

We offer competitive wages, medical insurance and a 401k plan.

Email resume to: jsgc.mike@gmail.com or fax: 203-495-9111 ***No phone calls please*** J & S General Contractors LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport

Invitation for Bid (IFB) Albion Apartments Partial Roof Replacement/Repair Solicitation Number: 128-PD-19-S The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is requesting sealed bids for Albion Apartments Partial Replacement/Repair. A complete set of the plans and technical specifications will be available on July 15, 2019. To obtain a copy of the solicitation you must send your request to bids@parkcitycommunities.org, please reference solicitation number and title on the subject line. A MANDATORY pre-bid conference will be held at 44-46 Albion Street, Bridgeport, CT 06605 on July 30, 2019 @ 10:00 a.m., submitting a bid for the project without attending conference is not in the best interest of the Offeror. Additional questions should be emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities.org no later than August 7, 2019 @ 3:00 p.m. Answers to all the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycommunities.org. All bids must be received by mailed or hand delivered by August 15, 2019 @ 2:00 PM, to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Director of Procurement, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. No bids will be accepted after the designated time.

***HELP WANTED*** TOTAL FENCE LLC Currently has a full time opening for one fence installer helper.

Candidates must have at least 1 year of fencing experience, a reliable form of daily transportation, a valid driver’s license, have the ability to obtain a DOT medical card and agree to a physical and drug testing as required.

A valid CDL and current OSHA card are encouraged.

Please apply in person to:

TOTAL FENCE LLC 525 ELLA GRASSO BOULEVARD NEW HAVEN, CT 06519 Or email resume to: gina@totalfencellc.com ***No phone calls please*** Total Fence LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

The Housing Authority of the City of Norwalk, CT The Cooper Group in N. Stonington, CT has Temporary, 12 week is requesting proposals for Financial Advisory Services.

Request for Proposal documents can be viewed and printed at www.norwalkha.org under the Business section RFP’s/RFQ’s Norwalk Housing is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Adam Bovilsky, Executive Director.

HELP WANTED: Large CT guardrail company looking

for Laborer/Driver with valid CT CDL Class A license and able to get a medical card. Must be able to pass a drug test and physical.

Compensation based on experience. Email resume to dmastracchio@atlasoutdoor.com AA/EOE M-F

Equipment Operator Help Wanted: Immediate opening for Equipment Operator for Heavy and Highway Construction.

10 hour OSHA certificate required. CDL license a plus but not required.

Please call PJF Construction Corp.@ 860-888-9998. We are an equal opportunity employer M/F.

Laborer Help Wanted: Immediate opening for Construction Laborer for Heavy and Highway Construction.

10 hour OSHA certificate required.

Please call PJF Construction Corp. @ 860-888-9998. We are an equal opportunity employer M/F.

CDL Driver Help Wanted: Immediate opening for CDL Driver for Heavy and Highway Construction.

10 hour OSHA certificate and clean CDL license required.

Please call PJF Construction Corp. @ 860-888-9998. We are an equal opportunity employer M/F.

Project Manager/Project Supervisor Help Wanted: Immediate opening for a Project Manager/Project Supervisor for Heavy and Highway Construction. Previous experience on CTDOT projects required.

Please call PJF Construction Corp. @ 860-888-9998. We are an equal opportunity employer M/F

Listing: Accounting Accounting Department has an immediate opening in Accounts Payable. This full time position in a fast-paced office environment could be an excellent entry to an Accounting career. Requires good computer and organizational skills, attention to detail, and multi-tasking. Benefits include health, dental & LTD insurance plus 401(k). Send resume to: Human Resource Dept. P O Box 388, Guilford CT 06437. ********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**********

Town of Bloomfield

Emergency Medical Services Coordinator for the Bloomfield Volunteer Ambulance Full Time - Benefited

$79,785 annual salary

Pre-employment drug testing. For more details, visit our website – www.bloomfieldct.org

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positions for Finish Painters, starting 6/3/19. Requires min. 2 years experience, ability to prep surfaces, brush paint and glaze windows. Must have own tools and transportation.

Fluency in English. We are an Affirmative Action/EOE. Send resume and references to Employment@thecoopergroupct.com

Town of Bloomfield Vehicle Mechanic Technician Full Time - Benefited

$30.49 hourly Pre-employment drug testing. For more details, visit our website – www.bloomfieldct.org

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

APPLY NOW!

Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders Top pay for top performers.

Health Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Certified Police Officer

The Town of Wallingford is currently accepting applications for current Connecticut P.O.S.T.C Certified Police Officers. Applicants must be active P.O.S.T.C Certified Police Officers in good standing with their current department, or have retired in good standing, still having a current certification status with P.O.S.T.C. This Process will consist of Written, Oral, Polygraph, Psychological, Medical Exam, and Background Investigation.

The Town of Wallingford offers a competitive pay rate $65,124.80$ 78,312.00 annually (As of July 1, 2019). Application deadline will be July 15, 2019 Apply: Human Resources Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main St., Wallingford, CT. phone: (203) 294-2080; fax: (203) 294-2084. EOE.

Town of Bloomfield Truck Driver/Maintainer II Full Time - Benefited

$27.31 hourly

Pre-employment drug testing. For more details, visit our website – www.bloomfieldct.org

State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for a Leadership Associate position.

Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and application instructions for this position is available at: https://www.jobapscloud.com/ CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 190618&R2=5989VR&R3=001 The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

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June 17, 2019 - July 23, 2019

Rickey Smiley To Take Over Tom Joyner Morning Show

template for a syndicated Urban radio show and we worked hard to prove that we could successfully produce and market a national platform that would entertain, inform and empower AfricanAmerican listeners.”

Smiley, who attended Alabama State University, also announced that Eva Marcille and Gary Wit Da Tea would be among the on-air cast members joining him to broadcast out of the Dallas studios beginning January 2020.

“It’s an honor to continue the legacy of my boss and frat brother Tom Joyner,” said Smiley. “Not only has he been a friend to my family and me over the years, but we consider him family. Tom’s mentorship has instilled in me valuable wisdom that I will carry with me through this new morning show.”

Additional details about the show will be shared in the coming months. www.987.kiss.com contributed to this post.

This article originally appeared in The Birmingham Times.

By Birmingham Times Staff Report

THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Birmingham native Rickey Smiley will take over The Tom Joyner Morning Show when Joyner retires at the end of the year.

Joyner said that Smiley has established himself as a trusted leader on-air and in the community with his current show, captivating audiences with his authentic humor but also his unique perspective on topics important to his audience.

Birmingham native Rickey Smiley will take over The Tom Joyner Morning Show when Joyner retires at the end of the year.

Joyner said that Smiley has established himself as a trusted leader on-air and in the community with his current show, captivating audiences with his authentic humor but also his unique perspective on topics important to his audience.

“I’m happy to see the landscape of Urban Adult Contemporary morning radio continue to expand with Rickey, and I’m proud of the doors the Tom Joyner Morning Show opened,” said Joyner.

“Twenty-five years ago, there was no

Clark Atlanta University Hosts Mandela Washington Fellowship for Sixth Consecutive Year

NNPA NEWSWIRE — This year’s fellows represent the following countries: Benin, Cameroon, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Togo and Zimbabwe.

25 young leaders from 19 African countries arrive at Clark Atlanta University for the sixth consecutive Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Clark Atlanta University (CAU) welcomed 25 rising leaders from 19 African countries as part of their institute partnership with the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. The fellows, who arrived on Wednesday, June 19, will spend six weeks on campus and at several Atlanta-area businesses and establishments to learn critical skills in project management, model innovation, balanced scorecard, human systems engineering, leadership and entrepreneurship. The program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and administered by the International Research & Exchange Board (IREX).

This year’s fellows represent the following countries: Benin, Cameroon, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Togo and Zimbabwe.

Here are some highlights included in the CAU Leadership in Business program: Fellows will connect with local industry partners, including The Coca-Cola Com-

pany, UPS, IBM, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airportthrough experiential learning site visits, collaborative projects and networking events.

Fellows will give back to the community through service opportunities at non-profit community organizations, such as Atlanta Community Food Bank, Trees Atlanta, Habitat for Humanityand MedShare International, among others.

Fellows will interact with the Atlanta business community at networking events, receptions and campus-based events, including the President’s Welcome Reception.

Faculty and community members are invited to host YALI Fellows individually or as a group in their homes for an American family dinner experience.

The Mandela Washington Fellowship, the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), empowers young African leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, mentoring, networking, professional opportunities, and local community engagement.

Since 2014, the U.S. Department of State has supported nearly 3,700 young leaders from 49 countries across Africa to develop their leadership skills and foster connections and collaborations with U.S. professionals. The cohort of Fellows hosted

by CAU will be part of a group of 700 Mandela Washington Fellows hosted at 28 educational institutions across the United States. This year, Clark Atlanta University is the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in the nation to host a Leadership in Business institute. At the conclusion of their Leadership Institutes, these exceptional young leaders will con-

vene in Washington, D.C., for the sixth annual Mandela Washington Fellowship Summit, where they will take part in networking and panel discussions with each other and with U.S. leaders from the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Following the Summit, 70 competitively-selected Fellows will participate in four weeks of professional development at U.S. nongovernmental organizations, private companies, and government agencies.

For additional information about the Mandela Washington Fellowship Institute at CAU, please contact Dr. Mesfin Bezuneh at 404-880-6374 or mbezuneh@cau.edu.

The Mandela Washington Fellowship for

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Young African Leaders is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. Government and administered by IREX. For more information about the Mandela Washington Fellowship, visit yali.state.gov/mwf and join the conversation at #YALI2019.

About Clark Atlanta University Established in 1988 by the consolidation of Atlanta University (1865) and Clark College (1869), Clark Atlanta University (CAU) is one of the Nation’s foremost research institutions, offering students from around the United States and several foreign countries the opportunity to engage

in 38 exciting areas of study at bachelors, masters and doctoral levels. Located in the historic heart of Atlanta, one of the world’s great international cities, CAU’s nearly 4,000 students enjoy access to academic and co-curricular experiences, from forensic debate, to on-air broadcasting, to cancer research with world-renowned investigators. From the arts to zoology, CAU combines nearly 300 years of tradition with a solid focus on academic excellence to produce leaders who will shape the future of the global community. To learn more about Clark Atlanta University, visit www. cau.edu.

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NHPS - Early Childhood Registration Office: 54 Meadow Street, New Haven, CT 06519 If you have any additional questions please contact us at: Head Start (475) 220-1463 and School Readiness (475) 220-1482

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