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Abdussabur Vows Unity At Campaign Launch

by PAUL BASS

A hundred youth workers, former cops, small business owners, and Beaver Hills neighbors thronged a room festooned with balloons, head scarves, knit caps, yarmulkes, and hijabs Sunday to help Shafiq Abdussabur kick off a grassroots mayoral campaign with a promise to heal divisions and unite people across New Haven.

The event took place in a meeting room at the Courtyard Marriott on Whalley Avenue.

“You can look around this room right now, and it looks like the entire world,” Abdussabur told the assembled crowd.

“That’s our community. We are neighborhoods of different people from different backgrounds, from different cultures, from different traditions. We have different mindsets. We have different opinions. But at the end of the day, we’re the same city. We’re the same New Haven. “I want to bring that back. We’re divided. We don’t look out for each other. We’re so busy and stuck on our own resources that we hold onto. We forget that it’s all of us working together.”

The crowd consisted largely of people who, like Abdussabur, either grew up or have spent decades living and working in the city as opposed to more recent residents who tend to be concentrated in higher-voting wards in East Rock, Downtown, and Westville, or in immigrant enclaves of the Hill and Fair Haven.

In conversations and formal speeches, attendees spoke of New Haven-born-andbred Abdussabur’s decades of work as a now-retired cop who helped form the city’s street outreach worker program and mediated gang truces; community organizer and small-business owner helping young people in trouble find jobs or constructive ways to spend their time; and Beaver Hills neighborhood activist working across racial and ethnic lines. They argued that that experience positions him to tackle New Haven’s educational, public safety, housing, and youth-opportunity challenges.

“We have a good mayor. No hard feelings. But we want a better New Haven,” longtime Dixwell youth worker Douglas Bethea (pictured) said in one of the introductory speeches. That was the only reference all day to two-term Democratic Mayor Justin Elicker, whom Abdussabur seeks to unseat in a Sept. 12 primary.

“I’m not saying our mayor ain’t trying. We need a mayor out on the streets talking to kids, someone they can relate to.”

Bethea spoke of how Abdussabur was present to help after Bethea’s son was shot dead, how he and Bethea worked with other young people who were murdered or who found a way out of street life, how Abdussabur donated money to help kids in Bethea’s Nation Drill Team afford uniforms and took kids camping.

After similar testimonials, Abdussabur

entered the room and made his way to the podium, pausing every two steps to hug supporters.

He offered a few specific proposals in his 31-minute 13-second speech: Reviving the Young Adult Board of Police Commissioners. Creating a Young Adult Board of Alders. Targeting city residents to fill hundreds of vacant teacher and police positions. (Watch the speech above.)

For the most part, though, he focused

on the broader vision of why he’s running to unite people, to help struggling young people and seniors and lowincome families and immigrants, to bring back the middle class, to improve public education, to boost affordable housing, to “clean up the trash, clean up the leaves, fix the lights, fix the stop signs.” He promised that specific proposals and issue statements would follow beginning this coming week.

dudes. Curtis helped me understand as a police officer what community-based policing really meant when we went camping at Rocky Neck State Park “Curtis was leaning up against a tree. Curtis said, ‘Man, I love it out here.’ He said, ‘This is better than being on the Av. When I’m on the Av, all we do all day is go to the corner store, buy chips, buy soda. I would rather be out here.

“Curtis went on to go to school. He graduated from Porter & Chester. Running Jiffy Lubes now. Owns four houses. Bought your mom’s home, didn’t you?

Bought the house that his mother was living in.

“That’s community policing. That’s my dude right here. That’s what I’m trying to bring back here,” Abdussabur said.

“I got the blueprint for community policing. That’s why I’m running for mayor.”

Reached after the event by phone, Mayor Elicker commented, “I think we should be really proud of how much progress we’ve made as a city in the last three years. People have to understand that you can’t resolve all of the deep challenges that our city faces in an instant. They take time and effort; it’s like turning the Titanic. I get it people want results yesterday. We’re seeing results. But these things take time. Just changing the mayor is not going to solve these problems. It takes hard work and persistence.”

Elicker has also emphasized on the campaign trail the new teachers’ contract offering 15 percent raises over three years, his administration’s underway plan to launch nonprofit-run community centers in formerly vacant park buildings, a planned new after-school and summer reading program, a new crisis response team sending social workers on some 911 calls involving people experiencing mental and emotional challenges, and efforts by the police department to work with the community to solve crime.

A third Democrat, Tom Goldenberg, has begun a campaign as well for the Democratic mayor nomination. A fourth, Liam Brennan, has formed an exploratory committee. 2021 Republican mayoral candidate John Carlson is considering running again in the November general election; activist Wendy Hamilton has filed papers to pursue an unaffiliated-line mayoral campaign in the November election as well.

Abdussabur spoke of his experience helping individual people find opportunities, as a template for his goals as mayor. For instance, he told the story of taking Curtis Cobb (pictured above at the event) on a camping trip along with other young New Haveners who hung out on Dixwell Avenue.

“Curtis was 12, 13 when I met him. I thought Curtis was being led around by the dudes. But he was the leader of the

Abdussabur ended the event by signing paperwork to participate in the the city’s public-financing Democracy Fund system, in which candidates agree to limit the size of individual contributions and forgo special-interest money in return for public grants. Elicker is also participating in the Democracy Fund, as he has in his three previous mayoral campaigns. Goldenberg is not participating. Brennan said he plans to participate if, as expected, he launches a formal campaign next month.

PAUL BASS PHOTOS Democratic mayoral candidate Shafiq Abdussabur (above) addresses crowd (below) at Sunday campaign launch event.

Salwa Abdussabur, who is helping dad's campaign.

New Haven Independent

Cox Case Echoes Found In Nichols’ Death

by Yash Roy

A dozen Black community leaders, politicians, and pastors gathered in Newhallville to mourn the latest nation-shaking episode of police brutality — and to draw a connection between the arrests of five Memphis cops for the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, and the arrests of five New Haven cops for the mishandling of Richard “Randy” Cox.

They drew that painful throughline Saturday morning during a press conference held at First Calvary Baptist Church at 605 Dixwell Ave.

Rev. Boise Kimber, Bridgeport State Sen. Herron Gaston, Dwight Alder Frank Douglass, and community activists such as Rodney Williams and Sean Reeves came together for that presser the morning after the Memphis Police Department publicly released roughly an hour of video footage showing five Memphis police officers beating a 29-year-old Black man named Tyre Nichols so severely after a Jan. 7 traffic stop that he later died from his injuries. All five officers were subsequently fired from their jobs and have been arrested on charges of second-degree murder.

Saturday morning’s presser also took place roughly two months after five New Haven police officers were arrested on misdemeanor charges for their roles in the June 19 incident that left 36-year-old New Havener Randy Cox injured and paralyzed while in police custody. Four of those cops remain employed by the city’s police department pending an internal investigation into their conduct, while one of the five arrested officers has retired from the force. All five New Haven cops have pleaded not guilty in those ongoing criminal cases.

For those who gathered at First Calvary on Saturday morning, Nichols’ case holds disturbing parallels to Cox’s closer to home.

Everyone who spoke on Saturday also called for any protests to come out of this case of police brutality in Tennessee to be peaceful, echoing sentiments expressed by Nichols’ family before the release of the video Friday night.

Kimber and others at the presser questioned why the New Haven police officers involved in the Randy Cox case still have their jobs, given that the Memphis police chief has already fired those officers who were involved in Nichols’ fatal beating.

“Tyre Nichols died because of police brutality in Memphis,” Kimber said. “Randy Cox is paralyzed because of police misconduct in New Haven. It took Memphis three weeks to fire the cops and charge them. Why did it take so much longer to charge in Connecticut and why are the cops still on the city’s payroll in New Haven?”

After the press conference, New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson told the Independent that he had spoken with Kimber and assured him that justice would be done by Cox. Jacobson declined to com-

ment on calls to fire the New Haven police officers before the completion of the Internal Affairs (IA) investigation, which Jacobson said would most likely conclude by mid-to-late February.

“I like what they did in Memphis,” Kimber said on Saturday about the firing of the involved officers. “They did not take six months to decide on firing these individuals. They moved swiftly. And I would hope that in the state of Connecticut when such an incident happens, that law enforcement and mayors and state attorneys will move swiftly to fire and arrest.”

Ben Crump, a national civil rights attorney who is representing both Cox’s and Nichols’ respective families in these cases, told the Independent in an email comment on Saturday: “While Randy Cox is still with us today, there are stark similarities to the police encounter that left him paralyzed and the one that robbed Tyre’s mother of her son. What we see in both videos is the direct result of a pack mentality. We also witnessed the officers failing to provide any medical assistance. For Randy, after he was slammed head first into the back of a transport vehicle, crushing his spine, and for Tyre as he clung to life. It is our hope that these cases will be the catalyst for significant reform…reforms including the shuttering of the SCORPION Squad.”

What The Nichols Video Shows

According to police body cam videos released by the Memphis Police Department on Friday night, which can be watched in full here, Nichols was pulled over by Memphis police officers on Jan. 7 on a suspicion of reckless driving. Officers dragged him out of his car and pulled him to the ground, cursing at him as he initially responded calmly.

Officers then appear to use a stun gun on Nichols, who proceeded to flee the scene on foot. He was then followed and beaten

by those same officers, who were part of a “Scorpion” unit, or special unit created to police areas designated as having high levels of crime or violence.

In the video, Nichols is on the ground when officers kick him in the head, beat him with a baton, spray him with pepper spray, and continue to violently assault him even as he appears not to resist. Nichols is heard crying “mom, mom, mom” in the video. The site of his beating was a few blocks away from his home.

Officers in the video appear to escalate their use of force while giving Nichols conflicting orders like demands to show his hands even though another officer was holding his arms behind his back while another officer punched him. After the police officers pepper sprayed and handcuffed him, Nichols lay on the ground for more than 16 minutes, even after medics arrived and delayed to administer treatment.

Nichols died three days after the beating. An autopsy found that he had “suffered extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating.”

“It’s Not A Person Thing. It’s A Policeman Thing”

At Saturday’s press conference in Newhallbville, speaker after speaker called on New Haven’s city government to acknowledge what they described as decades of police brutality in the city that continues to traumatize Black New Haveners.

Rodney Williams spoke about talking with community members who had recounted being beat on Munson Street and across Newhallville.

“The city to this day does not acknowledge what they did in New Haven was wrong but instead they call for us all to move on,” Williams said. “We’re not going to move on because the cut keeps getting cut open when we see videos like

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this because the trauma comes back about what they did to us. They say we’re doing different policing but never say we’re sorry for how we treated you. When is that going to happen?”

“We called after all of the brutality to include more people of color as cops and now the five cops in Memphis and the cops with Randy Cox were people of color,” WIlliams added. “The same cops we fought to make cops are now beating us with white cops. That’s why we’re realizing it’s not a person thing. It’s a policeman thing and it’s happening all across the country and it’s happening right here.”

Gaston, who is the Senate chair of the state legislature’s Public Safety Committee, promised to push for legislation this session in Hartford that will strengthen police accountability. Gaston said he plans to introduce legislation requiring officers to immediately inform people why they are being pulled over.

He also said he plans on working with New Haven State Sen. and Judiciary Committee Co-Chair Gary Winfield on a Medical Miranda bill, state legislation that has been called for after Randy Cox did not receive medical attention after repeatedly telling officers in New Haven that he could not move and was injured. Gaston also committed to studying changes to Connecticut’s current municipal immunity statutes which New Haven has invoked in an ongoing federal civil lawsuit filed by Cox’s family. (The mayor has also repeatedly said his administration is open to negotiating with the family and is pursuing settlement talks in that case.)

“I think that we need to make our laws stronger so that when cops mess up they’re on the hook to pay and they should not be indemnified by the city, but they should have insurance that can be sued and so that they can be held liable,” Gaston said.

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Justice for Tyre Nichols!

The video of the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis Police leading to his death has sparked a visceral response. The overwhelming response to this blatant inhumanity is welcomed and unseen since the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops in 2020. Protesters demanding justice for Tyre Nichols take to the streets in Memphis shortly after the release of police footage of his death. In this issue, you will find the statement by the October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality.

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The Memphis Police Beating of Tyre Nichols: Another Outrageous Murder! We Can Not Win on the Terms Set by This System

Memphis protests

On January 10th, Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black father, son, photographer, and friend, died in a Memphis hospital, after being savagely beaten by five Memphis police officers following a traffic stop. On Friday, January 27th, Memphis police released an hour of footage showing the police attack on Nichols, one day after charging the five officers who beat him with murder.

To anyone with any semblance of humanity, the videos are horrifying and heart-wrenching. To anyone with a sense of justice, the murder of another unarmed Black person should be cause to want to upend this whole system of racism, brutality, and murder, which reforms never seem to touch. Police body cameras, far from bringing “accountability,” only show police brutality from more angles, and Black officers can and do kill with impunity because they play a role in the service of a racist system.

Protests took place Friday night across the country in reaction to the release of the video in New York City, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Detroit, and elsewhere. In Memphis itself, hundreds of protesters shut down the I-55 bridge over the Mississippi River between Memphis and West Memphis. It is crucial that all who are outraged support, build, and expand on these protests.

“This happens again, and again, and again, and it must be stopped,” says Carl Dix, co-founder of the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation. “They’ve told us for decades that if we just got more Black politicians in office, get Black police chiefs, and more black police, we could end this. In Memphis it was five Black cops who did this, and the chief was a Black female. That is not a way out.”

Nearly three years ago, this country saw a beautiful and powerful uprising throughout the summer of 2020 against racist police terror which unleashed people in ways not seen in decades. People from all walks of life, and most especially those people under the gun of daily police violence with their unyielding determination, shut down cities and towns and forced a halt, however temporary, to “business as usual.” The system was shaken to its core at the prospect of broad sections of society, crossing all kinds of social lines, uniting against the racism and oppression at the heart of this system.

But the system, divided as it is in a bitter struggle between the insurgent fascism of the Republican Party and the stagnant and complicit Democratic Party, has found common cause to stifle such uprisings out of fear that our protest will become too powerful. As the October 22nd Coalition put forward in our position paper, “Fighting Police Terror in an Age of Fascism,” “We are now in an untenable situation where we mainly have an energized, violent, and proudly bigoted movement toward fascism led by the Republican Party on the one hand, and an infighting, turf-defending, and splintered movement beholden to the Democratic Party and its funders on the other.”

The October 22nd Coalition aims to unite all justice-seeking people, from families and loved ones of Stolen Lives, to people living daily under the gun of police terror, to people on campuses and in other communities, and refuse to concede our power in the streets to police repression or fascist terrorists. We must resist attempts to drag the righteous uprisings of the people down dead-end channels led by pro-system reformists, while refusing to let the differences among the people overshadow the fundamental difference between the people and this illegitimate, violent, and racist system.

This Spring, the October 22nd Coalition will be hosting a national meeting to build upon these plans and elaborate a way forward characterized by an inviting and determined militancy to see an end to all these horrors. Justice for Tyre Nichols and All Stolen Lives! | Rise Up in Protest!

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Black Haven Takes A BITE Out Of History

A three-day celebration of Black film, filmmakers, and creatives is helping Stetson Branch Library say goodbye to its rich Dixwell Plaza past—and hello to a bright and evolving future.

That celebration is Black Haven Independent Theater and Entertainment (BITE), a three-day pop-up, film series, storytelling event and community farewell at the old Stetson Branch Library at 200 Dixwell Ave. Thursday morning, members of Black Haven announced their plans for the festival, which will take place entirely inside the old building. Events run Thursday through Saturday afternoon; more on that below.

For many of the organizers involved, it is a chance to pay homage to a beloved neighborhood space, which was for years the de facto community center that Dixwell so deeply needed. Multiple times Thursday morning, speakers shouted out Stetson Branch Manager Diane Brown, who stepped into her role in 2006 and has transformed the library under her tenure. The branch now sits across the street at 197 Dixwell Ave., where it is an anchor of the Dixwell Community Q House.

"Black Haven is dedicated to seeing Black creatives thrive and not survive in New Haven and Connecticut,” said Salwa Abdussabur, who founded Black Haven in 2020. “We want to see Black creatives have the equal opportunities, the breaking down of gatekeeping, and we want to see our visions continue to nurture our community. Art is the core of community wellness. It’s the core of community wellbeing.”

“The memories are beautiful and precious,” Brown said, a catch in her voice as she spoke. “It is here where I bonded with the village. It is here where I became a village mother, sister, grandmother, and auntie. In Black cultures throughout the world, that is an honor.”

The three-day pop-up begins Thursday afternoon with a screenwriting and directing workshop from musician and filmmaker Kolton Harris, followed by an evening of Black indie short films in which Harris is the featured filmmaker. On Friday, it continues with an “80s Movie Night,” featuring a screening of the 1985 film Krush Groove at 6 p.m. On Saturday, the BITE team will wind down with “Stetson Stories,” an afternoon of storytelling and story collection around the old Stetson Branch Library, from 1 to 4 p.m. All events take place at the old branch building at 200 Dixwell Ave.

As it came together, BITE received support from the New Haven Department of Arts, Culture & Tourism, the Connecticut Center for Arts & Technology (ConnCAT) and its for-profit subsidiary Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program (ConnCORP), the New Haven Free Public Library, (NHFPL) and the Westville-based small business BLOOM. Around the now-empty building, BLOOM

owner Alisha Crutchfield has created a cozy and reflective gallery space, filled with memories of Stetson’s rich and storied history and a nod to the plaza's coming future. Founded in a house on Division Street in 1917, Stetson stood at 200 Dixwell Ave. from 1968 to 2021. In 2017, the library announced that it would be moving across the street as an anchor of the Dixwell Community Q House, which it ultimately did last year. During the pandemic, it provided curbside pickup even as Brown and a skeleton staff weeded the collection before the move.

For Abdussabur, it’s a powerful chance to say goodbye to a building—and honor a community—that helped raise her. This year, ConnCORP will begin its demolition of Dixwell Plaza for its $220 million project ConnCAT Place, a mixed-use neighborhood hub with apartments, shops, cultural venues and a childcare center from the Fair Haven-based Friends Center for Children.

Abdussabur is excited for that future, she said—but still nostalgic for the past.

Now in her 20s, she can remember bursting through Stetson’s Dixwell Plaza doors as a small kid, knowing there was always something to do within those walls. Sometimes, it was a visit from a T.V. producer, or an afternoon chess club, a pop-up skate clinic, or a summer program that materialized from seemingly no money. Sometimes, it was a mural that could take a midcentury commercial strip, and turn it into a citywide public art landmark.

It became a sanctuary for her and her brothers, and later an inspiration to follow in Brown’s footsteps. As Abdussabur got older, Brown watched her transform from “a bright eyed little girl” running around

the branch to a thoughtful poet, musician, filmmaker and artist.

Thursday, Brown became emotional thinking of the number of children, families, and neighborhood partners she’s worked with in the building. She joked that she’ll miss even the sound of the tin roof, which rattled and banged in the wind as she spoke.

"The work of Diane Brown turning a library into a cultural center is revolutionary,” Abdussabur said. “It is a model for not only our city, our state, but for our country, that art and humanities is a tool for social change."

Stetson is still a part of that story. In 2020, Abdussabur’s desire to find and foster safe spaces for Black creatives led her to launch Black Haven as a virtual festi-

Connecticut Office of the Arts who first learned about Black Haven as a filmmaker, said he was thrilled to join the BITE team as a teaching artist. Born in Boston and raised in New London, Harris got to know New Haven as a kid, when his dad was working on New Haven Healthy Start with the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.

For years, he said, he heard about Abdussabur, who is around the same age. Then two years ago, he was sitting on a Zoom call for work when he noticed “this beam of light, so excited” to share ideas with the group. It was Abdussabur. Since that first meeting, he has shown multiple short films with and through the organization’s festivals, including his musical film “Black Joy” and, last year, “Nightmare.”

“In an industry and culture that’s often relegated Black bodies to mere commodities and instruments, Black Haven has deemed Black bodies and Black voices to be creative engines for storytelling and empowering,” he said Thursday. “To have space for this incubator of talent and imagination can literally shift the trajectory of a generation. This moment represents the power of possibility and proclaims the hope of progress.”

val. After holding the first iteration online, Abdussabur and fellow artists brought Black Haven to the Dixwell Plaza parking lot in September 2021. She still seeks out Brown for counsel and advice; her family includes three generations of Stetson Branch patrons, from her father Shafiq to her young niece and nephew.

Thursday, she looked to the pop-up as a culturally appropriate sendoff to the space, in which Black creatives have been celebrated and amplified for years. Through her work, Brown has made Stetson into not just a community center, but also a haven for Black arts and literature. The new two-story library across the street includes thousands of books at all reading levels dedicated to the African Diaspora. Harris, a program associate with the

City Cultural Affairs Director Adriane Jefferson noted that the pop-up also dovetails with New Haven’s Cultural Equity Plan, which city officials presented publicly a year ago this month. She stressed the power of saying "yes" to Black artists and creatives, who have not always had a seat at the municipal table. That’s especially true for Black women, who are often relegated to the margins twice over. “I think this is a great example of what it looks like to do nontraditional spaces and to be creative,” she said, noting that artists have long stressed the need for physical space where they can gather. “This is something that’s moveable, right? So she [Abdussabur] can take this model and move it to different places in the community … I think this is an exact example of what cultural equity actually looks like.” “I think that this is a model in how you govern,” she added. “Talking about the ways that you can make things work and not the opposite of shutting beautiful ideas down.”

“A Safe Space”

Thursday, a few attendees gave a preview of what Saturday’s story sharing might be like. Long before he was a dad, and long long before he was a grandfather, Shafiq Abdussabur was a kid who loved Stetson library more than anywhere else in his neighborhood.

Abdussabur, who grew up in the Florence Virtue Homes behind the library, can still remember coming into Stetson after school and during the summer months. “It was the only place we could walk right

Cutting the ribbon on the celebration. From left to right: BLOOM Owner Alisha Crutchfield, City Economic Development Administrator Mike Piscitelli, Stetson Branch Manager Diane Brown, Black Haven Founder and Director Salwa Abdussabur, State Senior Development Specialist Lindy Lee Gold, Filmmaker and Musician Kolton Harris, and City Cultural Affairs Director Adriane Jefferson. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Shafiq Abdussabur, Salwa Abdussabur, and Diane Brown.

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City Awards $187,200 To 42 Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grantees

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A photography fellowship that puts youth of color at the center of everything it does. A summer music festival that celebrates skate culture and grassroots artists, one note and nollie at a time. A public art project hundreds of years in the making, with roots on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. A cultural incubator space in the heart of Fair Haven.

Those are just a few recipients of the 2022-2023 Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grant Program, distributed to 42 artists and arts organizations by the City of New Haven. From the historic Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade and Pequeñas Ligas Hispanas De New Haven to the nascent Seeing Sounds Music Festival and Proyecto Cimarrón, the city has awarded a total of $187,200 to just under four dozen individuals and organizations.

Amounts range from $2,450 to $7,000. Fifteen of the awardees, or 36 percent of the overall funded pool, are first-time grantees. Tuesday, Mayor Justin Elicker praised city Cultural Affairs Director Adriane Jefferson and Outreach Coordinator Kim Futrell for having a vision rooted in cultural equity throughout the process.

“Kim and I are a department of two, with one more coming, and we do a lot of work,” Jefferson said. “But it is important to know that we don’t do it alone. We do it in partnership with the community, we do it with the support of the people that I just named [Mayor Justin Elicker and city economic development officials]. And it really does take a village to do this type of work. Empowering work through arts and culture.”

This year’s awardee list represents an increase in funding from years past and a completely revised framework for the grant program, which has existed in multiple forms since 2000. From 2000 to 2015, it was recognized as the Mayor’s Community Arts Grant. Then in January 2016 it became the Neighborhood Cultural Vitality Grant Program. Funding has steadily grown, from $25,000 under Mayor John DeStefano in the mid-2000s to $100,000 last year to over $187,000 this year.

This year, Futrell stressed, it was important to her that early-career artists, collectives, and individuals—rather than just entrenched arts organizations— knew they could apply. Through the department, she offered a 12-week grant writing workshop and one-on-one support before the grant was due. With a panel of reviewers, she and Jefferson built a seven-category framework that included guidelines such as “creating space,” “evolution,” “growth” and “start-up.”

“The guidelines that we used said, ‘If you don’t necessarily see yourself as an artist, you can still qualify as an artist for this funding,’” Futrell said. Her efforts

to expand the program worked: the city received over 60 applicants for a single funding cycle. Like Jefferson, she noted the program’s tie to the city’s Cultural Equity Plan, which was announced outside Stetson a year ago this month.

“It’s all because of the Cultural Equity Plan—taking that and putting it into actual practice,” Jefferson said. “So you want to know what it looks like? This is what it looks like. Diverse funding, really supporting our community, which is a melting pot of different types of people, making sure we are putting the money where our mouths are in a real way.”

Together, the 42 grantees paint a picture of New Haven that is diverse and polyphonic as the city itself, with summer festivals, arts-themed block parties, and

sprawling public art projects and concerts that pay homage to the city. Some, like Elm City LIT Fest and the Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade, are known names; others, like Juanita Austin’s “Into The Afroverse Summit,” Tyler Jenkins’ “The Uplift Project” and Marisol Foumakoye’s “Pitch My Song” represent new and growing initiatives in a city just recognized for its tinkerers.

Many awardees are dedicated to the city’s youth, filling a gap left by a lack of free, neighborhood-based and afterschool programming. Recognized for her restorative practice, counselor Shenira L. Billups will be able to grow her Arts Together Healing Program. At Metropolitan Business Academy, teaching artists from Elm Shakespeare Company plan to team

layered history. In June, dance educator Hanan Hameen and members of the Official Juneteenth Coalition of New Haven will return in full force to the New Haven Green for the tenth annual Juneteenth celebration, held in concert with the sixth annual New Haven hip-hop conference. Artist Kwadwo Adae, who spends the winter months painting flowers, plans to grace the city with a mural of the Amistad Captives.

Chef Nadine Nelson will be bringing back her Master Cooks Corps, for which she gained national recognition almost a decade ago. At Collective Consciousness Theatre, which has remained dark since a March 2020 production of Skeleton Crew, $6,000 will go toward a spring production of Robert O’Hara’s Barbecue. When it opens on March 23 of this year, it will mark just over three years since the lights went down on the Erector Square space. Other artists and organizations are using the funds to commit to greater equity within their own organizations. CitySeed, which received $5,000, will be using the funding to compensate artists who perform at its weekly farmers markets.

Tuesday, CitySeed Executive Director Cortney Renton said she felt lucky to be back at Stetson, just a floor away from the courtyard where CitySeed piloted a midweek farmers market at the Dixwell Community Q House last summer.

“One of our goals in our DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion] action plan is to make sure that we are really paying creatives for their work,” Renton said. “Whether that’s as chefs, as teachers, or as artists.”

up with students and use Shakespeare “as the vehicle for experiential learning,” according to the city’s grantee list.

As Wàbi Gallery heads into its second full year—and waits for the completion of its Court Street home—Founder Kim Weston plans to put the funding toward the now-annual FOCUS Fellowship, designed for high school students who may not otherwise have a path to photography. Across town at the Dixwell Community Q House, photographer Judy Sirota Rosenthal plans to launch the inaugural “Art of Event Photography” course for photographers who identify as people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.

Some of the grants also tell a story of a city’s artists bouncing back from the Covid-19 pandemic and paying homage to its

That message had been there moments before, as Stetson Branch Manager Diane Brown took the podium. Brown said she has watched the Cultural Equity Plan in action, and looks forward to seeing the grants at work this year. She said that she has often heard colleagues sing Futrell’s praises, or note that they would not have gotten as far in the city without her assistance. She thanked Futrell, who has seen New Haven’s arts landscape through two decades and three mayoral administrations, for remaining a champion of the arts.

In addition to her work as branch manager, through which she has brought teaching artists, musicians, composers, and dancers into the library, Brown is a board member and longtime champion of the Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade and partner on the Dixwell Neighborhood Festival. The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, which has been growing the neighborhood festivals, is also a grantee.

“You give New Haven more life with art,” she said while addressing Jefferson, who burst immediately into a smile. “Local artists in the greater New Haven community are very lucky and fortunate to have you.”

Rebekah Moore contributed reporting.

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Joint Statement by Mayor Justin Elicker and Police Chief Karl Jacobson on the Fatal Beating and Murder Of Tyre Nichols

Also on Saturday morning, Mayor Elicker and Police Chief Jacobson released the following joint statement about the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. That statement reads in full:

The heinous beating, treatment and murder of Tyre Nichols by officers of the Memphis Police Department is both sickening and enraging – and, like others, we watched the videos that were released last night with horror and disgust.

We grieve with the Nichols family, the City of Memphis, and the nation at these abhorrent acts of police brutality and violence, we condemn them in the strongest possible terms, and we are glad that the officers involved will be held accountable for their criminal acts.

Police officers swear an oath to protect and serve their fellow residents and the community, and we must do everything in our power – whether in Memphis, New Haven or elsewhere – to ensure that our police departments and criminal justice system live up to that solemn promise and treat everyone with dignity and respect, regardless of their race or background.

In New Haven, we remain committed to that goal and we are resolved – in our policing, policies, and practices – to provide fair and impartial treatment of all residents and to ensure equal justice under the law.

$200K Bioscience Scholarship Fund Launched

by THOMAS BREEN

As a new lab and office tower continues to rise at 101 College St., Career High School senior Laila Mohammed has her sights set on growing science-career prospects of her own — thanks to a new $200,000 scholarship fund for public school students like her who live near the development and who pursue a higher-ed degree in bioscience or STEM.

Mohammed detailed those academic and professional hopes during a Tuesday afternoon press conference about the launch of the Together We Grow / 101 College Street Scholarship Fund.

More than two dozen city officials and local public-education leaders gathered in the library of Career High School at 140 Legion Ave. to celebrate the new fund, which will be seeded with $200,000 of the $500,000 that city government got Massachusetts-based developer Carter Winstanley to commit as part of a community benefits agreement related to the 101 College St. project nearby.

City Economic Development Administrator Michael Piscitelli said on Tuesday that the fund will provide up to $3,000 per year for up to two years for students from the Hill, Dwight, and downtown neighborhoods who enroll in bioscience and STEM-related programs at Gateway Community College. The fund will also

provide up to $5,000 per year for up to four years for students from those same three neighborhoods if they enroll in the Biopath program at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU).

Piscitelli said that the new fund, which is partnering with the New Haven Scholarship Fund, should start accepting applications by February, with the goal of distributing money to its first student recipients by the start of the Fall 2023 academic year.

This fund — supported by the 101 College St. development — focuses on “the

neighborhoods right around another big, shining building” as a part of the same infrastructure-building effort to reconnect parts of the city previously severed by a highway to nowhere.

There are 25,000 bioscience jobs in Connecticut, Piscitelli said, and hundreds of thousands of square feet of under-construction lab space soon to be available at 101 College St. alone.

This building will be home to companies developing “new therapies, cutting edge treatments,” and students from the sur-

rounding neighborhoods can and should be able to participate in that growing part of the city’s economy.

“This industry has got incredible momentum today,” said Winstanley, whose company built the 100 College St. Alexion tower and is currently developing the 10-story, 500,000 square-foot building across the street at 101 College. During his more than two decades of working in New Haven’s bioscience sector, Winstanley said, he’s seen companies like Arvinas, Alexion, Biohaven, and Halda grow and grow. “All of these companies have chosen New Haven to be their home,” he said. “We have a job as a city to make sure we’re ready for them.”

And, as New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) Supt. Iline Tracey, the city and the school district also have a responsibility to keep opening doors of academic and professional opportunity for science-interested students like Mohammed.

Mohammed, a 17-year-old senior at Career, spoke up at the press conference about how she hopes to major in exercise science when she goes to college next year, ideally at Southern. Ultimately, she said, she’d like to get a doctorate while en route to becoming a physical therapist.

This fund, Gateway Community College CEO William Brown said at Tuesday’s

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Laila Mohammed (right) with Gateway CEO William Brown Tuesday.

Cheryl Speller Sisters’ Journey February 2023 Survivor of the Month

“Scared, but not defeated!”

My name is Cheryl Speller and this is my story. My faith in the Lord brought me through two battles of breast cancer. As a proud mother of six beautiful children and two grandsons, I was unsure how to face these battles, but was determined not to be defeated.

What I thought would be a routine mammogram in November 2011 completely changed my life. I began having mammograms in my late thirties due to a family history of breast cancer. My amazing mother and three aunts overcame their battles. “Thank you, Jesus!”

The mammogram went smoothly. Things seemed to be fine – until I received multiple voicemails from my doctor’s office. I typically wouldn’t check them, but something compelled me to do so this time. I returned the call immediately! After a short conversation, I was told that there’s an area of concern and I needed a repeat mammogram. The mammogram was then scheduled for January 2012, and I was left to wait patiently for the time to come.

About a week after the mammogram, I had an appointment with my doctor who shared the results. She explained there was a tumor located in my left breast

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and recommended that I have a biopsy to determine whether it was benign or malignant. The biopsy was performed and it was a malignant tumor. I was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer, also referred to as TNBC. TNBC is considered an aggressive form of cancer because it can grow rapidly and spread to other areas of the body. I didn’t have much time to process the news. Shortly after the diagnosis, I was scheduled to have a lumpectomy and auxiliary lymph nodes removal. On February 14, 2012, both procedures were performed to ensure all cancerous tissue had been removed. I praised God as I was told the procedure went well and that the cancer did not spread. Chemotherapy was recommended, but I refused! Instead, I agreed to several weeks of radiation. I was warned if I didn’t receive chemotherapy, there was a chance of the cancer coming back with a vengeance! Unfortunately, the cancer did just that!

In 2015, approximately three years later, I noticed a lump in my chest wall. I immediately knew something wasn’t right. Fortunately, I had an upcoming appointment for a physical with my primary care doctor and figured that I would express my concern then. During the appointment, I showed my physician the area of concern

and he examined my chest. He quietly stood back and took a deep breath. “You have a large mass,” he stated, “and with your history, it may be another tumor!” I simply responded, “Okay, what’s next?” I had a series of tests done to determine what was happening. There was a large mass protruding in my chest wall that was pressing on my clavicle.

For two consecutive years, my routine mammograms had not detected the growing mass. Everything was happening biopsy confirmed the cancer had in fact returned. I was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer (Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma). A few days later, a port was placed in the right side of my upper chest wall. I began to prepare myself for whatever was to come. Looking back on it, I don’t think there was a proper way to prepare for another battle of cancer. I just knew I had to do it.

Once chemotherapy began, I took time off from work, and I believe it was this time that brought me closer to the Lord. It was not all smooth sailing, however. My first round of chemotherapy took a toll on my mental and physical health. Two weeks into my treatment, I noticed my hair was falling out in large clumps. I was devastated! As a woman, I take pride in my hair and to see it come out, all I could

do was cry! During my journey there were a few times that my white blood cell count was far too low to receive chemo, which prolonged the treatments. Although I felt drained and disappointed during these times, I did not let it discourage me. I refused to give up. Every day I pushed myself to get up and live on as if I weren’t fighting for my life. I felt obligated to be a model of strength for my children and show that I am a fighter! I asked the Lord for healing and guidance through it all. I would place anointing oil on the mass and repeat, “I am healed in the Mighty Name of Jesus!” After successfully undergoing eight weeks of chemotherapy and an additional six weeks of radiation, I was finally cancer free!

The purpose of sharing my story is to say I made it through and to encourage others that they can too! I pray my story can truly inspire others to continue to fight and not give up! I’m able to live on to say a cancer diagnosis does not mean that one’s story is over! Remain faithful and believe in your healing, because it can happen. I thank God, my family and friends for supporting me during my time of adversity! I also want to thank them for keeping me strong and motivated to keep fighting what seemed like an endless fight.

ROBERT CRAY BAND

MARCH 1

With 5 Grammy awards and over 20 acclaimed albums to his name, the Blues legend returns to the Playhouse for his 10th career performance!

MAVIS STAPLES

MARCH 12

3x Grammy Award-winner and co-founder of the Staples Singers, known for hits “I’ll Take You There” and “Let’s Do It Again.”

BALLET HISPÁNICO

MARCH 26

Bringing communities together to celebrate and explore Latinx cultures.

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L. SHANKAR

MARCH 8

Grammy Award winning virtuoso Indian violinist and vocalist makes his Playhouse debut!

PINKY PATEL

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The TikTok comedian sensation is taking her show on the road!

EMMET COHEN

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Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer.

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FRIDAY, FEB 10 | 8PM

DRUMLine Live is the showstopping attraction created by the musical team behind 20th Century Fox's hit movies, "Drumline" and "Drumline: A New Beat," featured throughout the Shaq'tacular on New Year’s Eve. The legendary HBCU band experience comes alive with this world-class cast of percussionists, musicians and dancers in a brand new show with new music and choreography. Be prepared to laugh, sing, dance and cry, because DRUMLine Live is a high-octane musical roller coaster ride that will hit every emotion in your body.

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SUN, FEB 5 | 3:00 PM | MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS

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2023 Black History Month Theme – Black Resistance

By asalh.org

African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression, in all forms, especially the racial terrorism of lynching, racial pogroms, and police killings since our arrival upon these shores. These efforts have been to advocate for a dignified self-determined life in a just democratic society in the United States and beyond the United States political jurisdiction. The 1950s and 1970s in the United States was defined by actions such as sit-ins, boycotts, walk outs, strikes by Black people and white allies in the fight for justice against discrimination in all sectors of society from employment to education to housing. Black people have had to consistently push the United States to live up to its ideals of freedom, liberty, and justice for all. Systematic oppression has sought to negate much of the dreams of our griots, like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, and our freedom fighters, like the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Septima Clark, and Fannie Lou Hamer fought to realize. Black people have sought ways to nurture and protect Black lives, and for autonomy of their physical and intellectual bodies through armed resistance, voluntary emigration, nonviolence, education, literature, sports, media, and legislation/politics. Black led institutions and affiliations have lobbied, litigated, legislated, protested, and achieved success.

In an effort to live, and maintain and protect economic success Black people have organized/planned violent insurrections against those who enslaved them, such as in Haiti,, and armed themselves against murderous white mobs as seen in Memphis, TN (1892), Rosewood, FL (1923), and New Orleans, LA (1900). Additionally, some Black people thought that the best way to resist was to selfliberate as seen by the actions those who left the plantation system, of Henry Adams and Benjamin “Pap” Singleton, when they led a mass exodus westward in 1879 and Bishop Henry McNeal Turner of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, who organized emigration to Liberia.

Black faith institutions were spaces where Black communities met to organize resistance efforts, inspired folk to participate in the movements, and offered sanctuary during times of crisis. To promote awareness of the myriad of issues and activities media outlets were developed including radio shows, podcasts, newspapers (i.e. Chicago Defender, Chicago Bee, the Afro, The California Eagle, Omaha Star, the Crisis, etc.). Ida B. Wells used publications to contest the scourge of lynching. These outlets were pivotal in sharing the successes and challenges of resistance movements.

Cultural centers such as libraries including George Cleveland Hall Library (Chicago, IL), Dart Hall (Charleston, SC) and social, literary, and cultural clubs, such as

Jack and Jill, Phillis Wheatley Literary Societies, fraternal and sororal orders, associations (i.e. Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, National Association of Colored Women, etc.) worked to support the intellectual development of communities to collect and preserve Black stories, sponsor Black history and literature events, and were active in the quest for civil, social, and human rights. Black medical professionals worked with others to establish nursing schools, hospitals, and clinics in order to provide

spaces for Black people to get quality health care, which they often did (and do not) receive at mainstream medical institutions. For economic and financial independence businesses, such as Binga Bank, Johnson Publishing Company, Parker House Sausage Company, Soft and Sheen, etc., were developed to keep funds within the community. In order to resist inequality and to advocate for themselves Black men and women formed labor unions based on trades and occupations, some examples, include the Colored Na-

work of Black teachers used this week not only to lionize individuals and narratives, but also to teach students about racial progress, and as well as shared and collective responsibility. They developed assignments and curriculum to provide students with the tools to succeed. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), were developed by Northern white philanthropists, but they emerged as a space for the formation of activists, artists, business owners, educators, etc. and their continued operation have stood as testament to Black investment and creative thinking in the face of the changing landscape of higher education. Furthermore, students at HBCUs were at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement, Black Power Movements, and social justice movements from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries.

tional Labor Union, Colored Musicians Club, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, and Negro American Labor Council.

Education, whether in elementary, secondary, or higher education institutions have been seen as a way for Black people and communities to resist the narrative that Black people are intellectually inferior. When Carter G. Woodson founded Negro History Week (NHW) in 1926, he saw it as a way to provide a space and resources to critically educate students about their history. The grassroots net-

African American spirituals, gospel, folk music, hip-hop, and rap have been used to express struggle, hope, and for solidarity in the face of racial oppression. Music has been used to illustrate societal issues including white and state sanctioned violence (i.e. Billie Holiday’s Strange Fruit), sexual politics (i.e. SaltN-Pepa’s Let’s Talk About Sex), as motivation, for strength against harassment, and to experience freedom. The Black artists, writers, photographers, and musicians who participated in the Black Arts Movement, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Chicago Black Renaissance were the soundtrack and the visual representation of resistance movements. These individuals created art that supported the resistance movements, but also provided a space for Black people to express love and joy. Creatives used poetry, fiction, short stories, plays, films, and television to counter stereotypes and to imagine a present and future with Black people in it. Sports are a world pastime, and it both brings people together and separates them. Black athletes have used sports as a way to advocate for social issues and for political agendas. Serena Williams, Flo Jo, Jesse Owens, Tommie Smith, John Carlos, Jackie Robinson, Colin Kaepernick, Simone Biles, and many others have used their public forum to bring awareness to issues that affect society as they resisted the idea that they cannot or should not speak about political, cultural, or social issues. Black athletic activists have often suffered personal and economic consequences due to their stances, speech, and actions, but to them it has been worth it to see changes.

Historically and today in the 21st century, Black people have worked the political angle to seek their rightful space in the country. Where race is concerned, legislative or judicial action to deal with controversial issues has often come late. The historic Executive Orders 8802 and 9346 were responses to A. Phillip Randolph and the all-Black March on Con’t on page 14

Black Biz Backers Get $1M Boost

by LISA REISMAN

A vegan baker, a mobile notary, and a professional organizer were among the 20 hand-picked Greater New Haven minority business owners to embark on a rigorous entrepreneurial boot camp and to benefit from a new $1 million grant designed to help that program and its participants thrive.

That grant was given by the KeyBank Foundation to the Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program (ConnCORP) to set up the new ConnCORP/Quinnipiac Community Entrepreneurship Academy and Clinic.

Supporters of the program gathered on Tuesday at the Lab at ConnCORP at 496 Newhall St. to celebrate the $1 million grant and the entrepreneurial education it will allow for.

The community impact grant, which will be dispensed in $200,000 increments over the next five years, is designed to “help address the entrepreneurial challenges facing the Newhallville and Dixwell neighborhoods,” KeyBank’s Matthew Hummel told a spirited group of 20 attendees.

The grant reinforces a successful partnership between KeyBank and ConnCORP Board Chair Carlton Highsmith and CEO Erik Clemons that began in 2012 and continued with a $1 million grants to the related job-training nonprofit ConnCAT in 2018.

“We embraced their vision of building a place where people could be inspired to come, to learn, and to change their life path,” Hummel said. “I’ve seen first-hand the immediate impact these programs can have on our communities, especially for the underserved.”

With ConnCORP embarking on a largescale revitalization project to transform the Newhallville and Dixwell neighborhoods, the grant is timely.

To hear Highsmith, who serves on the board of directors at KeyBank, tell it, it’s also crucial.

To underscore the issues besetting Black business development, Highsmith cited a 2019 Newhallville and Dixwell Neighborhood Community Index created by ConnCAT in partnership with the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.

“One of the highlights for me was the lack of quality and scalable Black-owned businesses capable of creating jobs,” he said.

That’s where ConnCORP, a for-profit subsidiary of ConnCAT, as well as the Entrepreneurship Academy, come in.

“Local minority-owned businesses and entrepreneurs in the Newhallville and Dixwell neighborhoods suffer challenges like lack of access to knowledgeable networks and, most importantly, access to capital,” said ConnCORP Lab Executive

Director Aya Beckles Swanson.

The grant, she said, “will be used to develop the entrepreneurial support ecosystem ConnCORP is building in these neighborhoods.” For local businesses, “it will help bridge the gap between the initial idea and business success.”

That’s the objective of the Entrepreneurship Academy, which kicked off last weekend with the first cohort of 20 minority-owned businesses from Greater New Haven.

The academy and clinic, which is being taught by Quinnipiac professors and business students, will culminate in a pitch competition and up to $5,500 in seed money from the federal Small Business Administration for each participant who makes it through the course.

“It’s going to be spread over 12 weekends,” Swanson said of the program, which will use a blended format of inperson and virtual coaching. The Lab at ConnCorp will host the in-person workshops and virtual business clinics.

Click here to read a list of all of the entrepreneurs participating in the program.

According to this Patch article, some of the participants include BLOOM’s Alisha Crutchfield, Ekow Body’s Candice Dormon, and Noir Vintage & Co.‘s Evelyn Massey.

A stipend will afford the small business owners and “solopreneurs” the financial wherewithal to engage in the program.

“A lot of the businesses selected don’t have staff to support them, and they need

not just that support, but also support to continue to stay in the class, so over the course of the training program, they’ll receive funds for child care, for travel,” Swanson said.

In addition to the Academy, KeyBank’s funding over the next five years will help the Lab sustain its mission as a business incubator for the exchange of ideas and support among new and existing community-based businesses.

“We have 100 people coming to networking events, mixers, and training in financial literacy, and also the speaker series,” said Sarah Blanding, ConnCORP’s chief investment officer. There’s also a quarterly investment roundtable for women of color designed to overcome the intimidation many feel about investing in capital markets.

CEO Erik Clemons praised KeyBank for its “unwavering commitment to our mission.”

“What the Lab is doing in the name of creating businesses and filling in gaps of existing businesses is addressing poverty,” he said. “A lot of time, if not always, organizations address disparities in poverty but not poverty itself.”

The partnership with KeyBank has helped in that regard as well.

“It’s really, really special because a lot of Black-owned businesses and blackgoverned organizations do not have the luxury of having an incredible financial institution who backs them up on everything they do,” he said.

Washington Movement’s threat to lead a 50,000-strong Black worker’s march into Washington, D.C. And all three of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act were concessions to the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. Every advance, improvement in our quality of life and access to the levers of power to determine our destiny has been achieved through struggle. John Lewis advised, “Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.”

Lewis’ advice is true not just for the 21st century, but also during the antebellum period, as seen in the narratives of the enslaved, such as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs, to testimonials about lynchings and ongoing police violence against African Americans. With the murders of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Breonna Taylor, and thousands of other Black women, men, and trans people there are new movements (i.e. #Sayhername) and organizations (i.e. Black Lives Matter) that are pushing for the justice system to investigate police involved shootings and white supremacist vigilantes. Nearly 179 years ago, the Rev. Henry Highland Garnett proposed that the only path to freedom, justice, and equality; self-determination; and/or social transformation is resistance. In thunder tones, Garnett shouted, “Let your motto be resistance! resistance! RESISTANCE!

presser, marks an important construction project of a different kind for students like Mohammed. It allows for “the demolition of significant financial barriers” for eligible students from surrounding neighborhoods as well as “the building of pathways and opportunities” for those same students to step into high-demand parts of the economy.

Hill Alder Ron Hurt, one of the lead negotiators from the Board of Alders on the 101 College St. deal, said that the biosciences industry “has become a core part of our city’s economics” over the past three decades. “Still, there is a significant potential for more growth.” We as a city cannot be satisfied, he said, with the economic success of bioscience companies and developers if young people from nearby neighborhoods remain all-too-often stuck in cycles of violence, disinvestment, and lack of opportunity.

Such a fund “changes the geographical mistakes of urban renewal,” Hurt said. “We still have a ways to go. But we have come a long way.”

Scholarship applications will be posted in February to the New Haven Scholarship Fund’s.

After the presser, Winstanley told the Independent that the core and shell of the new 101 College St. building should be finished by early fall of this year, and the first tenant spaces should be open for business by early 2024.

By resisting Black people have achieved triumphs, successes, and progress as seen in the end of chattel slavery, dismantling of Jim and Jane Crow segregation in the South, increased political representation at all levels of government, desegregation of educational institutions, the passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964, the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History in DC and increased and diverse representation of Black experiences in media. Black resistance strategies have served as a model for every other social movement in the country, thus, the legacy and importance of these actions cannot be understated.

As societal and political forces escalate to limit access to and exercise of the ballot, eliminate the teaching of Black history, and work to push us back into the 1890s, we can only rely on our capacity to resist. The enactment of HR 40, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, the Breathe Act, and the closure of the racial wealth gap is not the end. They too will require us to mobilize our resources, human and material, and fight for “freedom, justice, and equality”; “self-determination”, and/or “social transformation.”

This is a call to everyone, inside and outside the academy, to study the history of Black Americans’ responses to establish safe spaces, where Black life can be sustained, fortified, and respected.

ConnCORP Board Chair Carlton Highsmith.

Youth Nonprofit Gets Ready For 28th Annual LEAP Year Dinner

by Staff

The following writeup was submitted by the local youth tutoring and recreation nonprofit Leadership, Education, and Athletics in Partnership (LEAP) about its upcoming 28th annual LEAP Year fundraiser event.

Have you ever wanted to explore the cosmos with Yale’s Chair of Astronomy? Experience gospel music with a gospel musician who’s also an ordained minister and Yale professor? Dine at the Harvard Club in New York City with one of the country’s biggest advocates for criminal legal system reform? Then, the LEAP Year Event is where you want to be — and you will be supporting New Haven’s children at the same time!

Reflecting their values of community and connections, Leadership, Education, and Athletics in Partnership (LEAP) is excited to host their 28th LEAP Year Event – evenings of dinner parties across the greater New Haven area welcoming attendees and special guests of honor who are experts in their field – for a night of fundraising, food, and conversation all in support of LEAP’s free year-round afterschool and summer programs for youth in New Haven.

This year’s dinners are on Thursday, Feb. 23 with additional conversations on Saturday, Feb. 25. Attendees can choose from 19 different in-person dinner parties or four virtual conversations, with the op-

tion to pick up dinner from a participating New Haven restaurant.

The evening’s events will commence with a virtual reception at 5:30 p.m. where guests will hear from LEAP Executive Director Henry Fernandez and LEAP counselors. LEAP will be honoring Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, State Rep. Toni Walker, and long-time LEAP volunteer Bonnie Scarborough for their commitment to LEAP.

Following the virtual reception, guests are invited to hosts’ homes and local restaurants where they will engage with

fascinating guests of honor. We will also have four virtual conversations beginning at 6:30 p.m. with guests of honor Zooming in from all around the country!

Featured Zoom guests of honor include social justice documentary filmmaker Frank Chi and television producer and LEAP alumna Shana C. Waterman, as well as environmentalists Bill McKibben and Mary Evelyn Tucker, and journalists Emily Bazelon and Ross Douthat. There is a diverse array of in-person experiences including hearing a concert from The Elm City Quintet, attending a comedic ballet

performance at the Shubert, and cooking up Caribbean at the Dixwell Q House.

LEAP Year Event is a unique opportunity to learn something new and support a growing organization that has served New Haven for 30 years. In 2022, 1,200 children and youth from New Haven participated in LEAP’s free programs. LEAP also added a school site at Quinnipiac Meadows and continued managing the free programs at the Dixwell Q House. They employed over 200 high school and college students as counselors and continue to support kids’ learning development through their dynamic literacy curriculum. This literacy support was designed specifically to address the challenges resulting from the pandemic and also to represent the diverse racial and socioeconomic backgrounds of their young people. And the children don’t just get to read during the program hours. Each child takes home at least six new books to build their home libraries.

Each year, the event expands, attracting renowned names in education, journalism, arts and science. Now in its 28th year, LEAP Year Event is LEAP’s most successful fundraiser, raising nearly $350,000 in 2022. The proceeds help the organization be a safe haven for New Haven’s Black and Latinx youth from neighborhoods that have experienced historic and systemic underinvestment. From discriminatory housing policies in the 1950s and 60s to disparities in school funding,

today’s inequality in New Haven is a product of decades of unequal resources distribution that have created generations who experience poverty. LEAP addresses gaps in kids’ social, emotional, and academic support and provides concrete tools to create the next generation of leaders. Many kids start LEAP when they are 7 years old and continue on as Leaders in Training, then as Junior Counselors, then as Senior Counselors where they are trained and paid to mentor youth ages 7 – 12.

Regardless of your interests, you will find LEAP Year Event dinner parties to be welcoming, exciting spaces that foster conversations that will pique your curiosity. To read the complete list of dinner conversations, guests of honor, and discussion topics, visit LEAP’s website here. There are three ticket levels for the event. Tickets to attend the reception and a dinner of your choice are $150. Tickets to participate in a Zoom conversation without dinner are $95. First-time attendees can join for just $75 (dinner not included). The deadline to purchase tickets is Sunday, Feb. 19. Tickets can be purchased here. Space for each dinner is limited and dinners sell out fast, so buy your tickets today! Please reach out to LEAP’s Deputy Director of Development and Communications Alison Bonds at abonds@leapforkids.org with questions or concerns. We hope to see you there!

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over,” he said. After entering through the back door—which always seemed to be open—he would sit and draw for hours, or occupy himself with books about planes and ships.

Just as it did for his children years later, it became his sanctuary. The library was where he learned to play chess and checkers, where he lost himself hundreds of times in the pages of books. The space also marked his first sustained interaction with police, when officer Joe Greene would come in to chat up with then-librarian Stephanie Boskey.

Their flirtation over the circulation desk led to their marriage—and to Abdussabur’s idea of bringing kids and officers together to talk, without an agenda in mind. Years later, when he joined the New Haven Police Department, Stetson was one of his first stops. While he left the department years ago, he still sees Stetson as a hub of social connection.

Thursday, he lingered at a timeline that Crutchfield had installed along one wall. Beneath the 2007-2008 mark, he stopped at a collage of kids in a T.V. studio, searching for his daughter and then-pint-sized sons until he found them. That year, he and Brown had worked with News 8 to get kids into the studio, then brought in a producer from Nickelodeon to give a class at the library.

He has dozens of stories like that, where the library jumped in to help. Along the wall, there were images of kids playing, bent over chess boards, their brows furrowed in concentration. A group of tiny musicians smiled for the camera alongside musician Chris "Big Dog Davis."

In a photo from 2009, Brown spoke at a microphone as late City Librarian James Welbourne looked on, beaming. It was the installation of a mural that still sits outside, emblazoned with the letters R E A D. “The library became a safe space where you could learn, where you could just get a different lens on things,” Abdussabur said.

Crutchfield, who often brings her young daughter to the new Stetson Branch across the street, said she’s honored to be working on the project with the BITE team. Salwa Abdussabur is a regular at BLOOM, and the two have found themselves talking about collaborating for some time.

Because she designs with the philosophy “bloom where you are planted,” Stetson made immediate sense to her, she said Thursday. Its roots are deep in the community. It has flourished on two sides of Dixwell Avenue, thanks in large part to Brown’s tender and constant care. And while one space will physically disappear, another is blossoming in its place.

“What a special place this is,” she said. She walked over to a section of the timeline set for the near future, the year 2025. In it, renderings of ConnCAT Place rose into the sky, surrounded by sun-soaked greenery. It looked like a new day.

All you need is love: a look at the health benefits of wholesome relationships

A Thirst for Celebration

By Black Health Matters

Loved ones are good for your heart

Ok, you may need a little more than love, but loving someone—a BFF (best friend forever), your significant other, your sister, your dad—does go a long way toward improving heart health. Here’s how.

“Stretch those arms without delay and give someone a hug today.” That line from an old poem may seem corny, but hugs really are heart healthy. Research from the University of North Carolina found that when you hug someone you love, your body releases oxytocin, the feel-good hormone, which reduces stress hormones and lowers blood pressure.

Give your heart a workout. Look into a loved one’s eyes and your heart speeds up a little. This is because your brain releases hormones such as adrenaline, dopamine and norepinephrine, which make your heart beat faster and stronger. Though short-lived, these “love” spikes can train your heart to pump blood more efficiently. (Don’t get too excited; you’ll still need to head to Zumba for a more substantial cardiac workout.)

Grab his hand. Recent research shows that holding hands with someone you love has a calming effect. Experts tried this experiment on happily married couples. They placed each woman in an MRI, and prepared her to feel a mild shock to her ankle. Holding hands with their husbands reduced the women’s brain activity associated with anticipating pain. To be fair, the study also found the women got comfort from a stranger’s touch, too, but not as much as a spouse.

High levels of anxiety have been linked to high blood pressure, increased heart rate and other factors that can contribute to heart disease. This study gives new meaning to “lending a helping hand.”

Get your mind right, reduce your heart attack risk. Studies show that having a positive outlook on life can protect against cardiovascular disease. Researchers define “positive” as feeling joy, happiness, excitement, enthusiasm and contentment, all of which can stem from having people you love in your life. In one study,

each participant’s level of positive affect (based on a 12-minute in-person interview) was measured and their health records were followed for 10 years to look for incidences of heart disease. People who scored even a single point higher for positive affect had a 22 perfect lower risk. They also found those with higher positive affect were more likely to be female, less likely to smoke, had lower levels of total cholesterol, and lower levels of hostility and anxiousness—all of which suggests that a positive attitude contributes to better health overall.

Quality time with a loved one reduces blood pressure. We know you don’t need an excuse to share some face time with your husband, but here’s one anyway. A study in the Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine found that people who spent time with their romantic partners experienced a greater dip in blood pressure than those who hung out with a stranger. Researchers link the lower blood pressure to “perceived emotional support,” like you get from someone who knows you really well.

This post originally appeared on BlackHealth Matters.com.

The month of February has long shined a light on Black history as we honor and celebrate the achievements and culture of African Americans. At the RWA, we advocate for dialogue and action that drive progress and remove racial, cultural, ethnic, social and gender barriers and bias. During Black History Month, let us all take time to look through the lens of history at the events and people, like Dr. King, that shaped who we are as a nation.

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NOTICE

Town of Bloomfield

Deputy Finance Director/Controller

Notice

VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

Efectivo inmediatamente, La Comunidad de Elm City - Departamento de Vivienda de la Ciudad de New Haven (ECC/HANH) abrirá la lista de espera del Programa de Auto Suficiencia Familiar para COMPRA DE CASA para participantes del programa de Vales de Elección de Vivienda (Sección 8) y residentes de vivienda publica. La lista de espera permanecerá abierta hasta nuevo aviso.

Salary Range - $87,727 - $136,071 (expected starting pay maximum is mid-range)

Effective immediately, the Elm City Communities - Housing Authority of New Haven (ECC/HANH) will open the Family Self Sufficiency Program waiting list for Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) participants and Low Income Public Housing residents. The waiting list will remain open until further notice.

HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this development located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon request by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preapplications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

Todo solicitante será colocado en la lista de espera y recibirá notificación de la posición en la lista. Nombres serán seleccionados de la lista en el orden en que fueron recibidas las pre-solicitudes según dispuesto en el Plan de Acción del Programa de Auto Suficiencia Familiar de ECC/HANH.

Las pre-solicitudes pueden ser obtenidas en la oficina localizada en el 360 Orange Street, New Haven, CT. Todas las pre-solicitudes deben ser devueltas a nuestra oficina en persona o por correo solamente. Las pre-solicitudes solo podrán ser llevadas a la oficina entre las horas de 9:00 a.m. y 5:00 p.m.

NOTICIA

El solicitante debe de ser participante actual del programa de Vales de Elección de Vivienda (Sección 8) o residentes de Vivienda Publica (LIPH).

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES

Fully Benefited –35 hours weekly Pre-employment drug testing. For more details, visit our website –www.bloomfieldct.org

Town of Bloomfield Finance Director

Salary Range - $101,455 to $156,599 (expected starting pay maximum is mid-range)

Each applicant will be placed on the waiting list and will receive a notice with the position on the list. Names will be taken from the FSS waiting list in the order in which your pre-enrollment is received set forth in ECC/HANH’s FSS Action Plan for the Family Self-Sufficiency Program.

Pre-enrollment forms can be obtained from our office at 360 Orange Street, New Haven, CT. All pre-enrollment forms must be returned to the office in person or by mail only. Pre-enrollment forms can be dropped-off at the office between the hours of 9:00am and 5:00pm.

Applicant must be a current Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) participant or Low Income Public Housing (LIPH) resident.

Incomplete applications will be rejected.

Aplicaciones incompletas serán rechazadas.

Solo una solicitud por familia será aceptada.

Otro miembro adulto de la familia puede aplicar siempre y cuando el Jefe de Familia este de acuerdo.

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo 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 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 INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510

Todo individuo que requiera una acomodación razonable para someter la aplicación puede llamar a Teena Bordeaux, Coordinadora de Acomodaciones Razonables de HANH al (203) 498-8800 ext. 1507 o al Número de TDD (203) 497-8434.

“El Departamento de Vivienda de la Ciudad de New Haven no discrimina en las base de raza, color, origen nacional, religión, sexo, edad, incapacidad o estado familiar”.

NEW HAVEN

Fully Benefited – 35 hours weekly Pre-employment drug testing. For more details, visit our website –www.bloomfieldct.org

Portland

Police Officer full-time

Go to www.portlandct.org for details

Only one application per household will be accepted.

Another adult member of the Household may apply so long as it is agreed and approved by the Head of Household

Any individual requiring a reasonable accommodation to submit an application may call Teena Bordeaux, Reasonable Accommodations Coordinator for HANH at (203) 498-8800 ext. 1507 or at the TDD Number (203) 497-8434

“The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability or familial status."

Equal Opportunity Housing Provider

242-258 Fairmont Ave

Igualdad de Oportunidades de Vivienda

2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA

Invitation to Bid: 2nd Notice

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES Request for Proposals

All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center

Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258

Communications Media Consultant

Old Saybrook, CT (4 Buildings, 17 Units)

Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders

Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project

Invitation to Bid: WEST HARTFORD FELLOWSHIP HOUSING 20 STARKEL ROAD WEST HARTFORD, CT

Top pay for top performers. Health Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT

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 1:30-

Elm City Communities is currently seeking proposals for a communications media consultant. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City Communities’ Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/ gateway beginning on

3:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. (203) 996-4517 Host,General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor ofPitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster St. New Haven, CT

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 3:00PM.

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Project Documents include but not limited to: Demo and New Construction of Two 3-story bldgs., 65 units. Davis Bacon Wage rate project. Project is Tax Exempt. This is our project. Anticipated start 5-1-23.

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castin-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

State of Connecticut

Office of Policy and Management

This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

Bid Due Date 2-13-22 @ 2pm

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.

A 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.

Building Official: The Town of East Haven is seeking a qualified candidate to fill the position of Building Official. This is a highly responsible position requiring Certification by the State of Connecticut as a Building Official, plus mandatory continuing education through seminars. Qualified candidates should be a graduate of a vocational technical school with an emphasis on construction, electricity, plumbing or HVAC plus five years progressively responsible experience in the field of building construction; or any equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the above knowledge, ability and skill and must have a valid Connecticut Driver’s License. The salary for this position is $89,649/year, 35 hours per week. Please send resume with references to: Michelle Benivegna, Director of Administration & Management, East Haven Town Hall, 250 Main Street, East Haven, CT 06512 or mbenivegna@townofeasthavenct.org. Deadline to apply is February 10, 2023.

The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for a Municipal Finance Policy Development Coordinator Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and application instructions are available at:

Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016

If interested in bidding please email your business information to dlang@haynesct. com we will send you the ITB through Procore with access to plans and specs.

Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016

Project documents available via ftp link below: http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 AA/EEO EMPLOYER

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

https://www.jobapscloud.com/ CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 221215&R2=1581MP&R3=001

HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 AA/EEO EMPLOYER

Construction

The Town of East Haven is committed to building a work force of diverse individuals. Minorities, females, handicapped and veterans are encouraged to apply. The Town of East Haven is an equal opportunity employer.

Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority Office, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

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

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

Seeking to employ experienced individuals in the labor, foreman, operator and teamster trades for a heavy outside work statewide. Reliable personal transportation and a valid drivers license required. To apply please call (860) 621-1720 or send resume to: Personnel Department, P.O. Box 368, Cheshire, CT06410.

Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V Drug Free Workforce

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks:

Construction

THE GLENDOWER GROUP, INC.

Construction Equipment Mechanic preferably experienced in Reclaiming and Road Milling Equipment. We offer factory training on equipment we operate. Location: Bloomfield CT We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits

NOTICE

VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

Contact: Tom Dunay

Phone: 860- 243-2300

Seeking to employ experienced individuals in the labor, foreman, operator and teamster trades for a heavy outside work statewide. Reliable personal transportation and a valid drivers license required. To apply please call (860) 6211720 or send resume to: Personnel Department, P.O. Box 368, Cheshire, CT06410.

Request for Qualifications IQC Architectural Services

Email: tom.dunay@garrityasphalt.com

Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks:

Reclaimer Operators and Milling Operators with current licensing and clean driving record, be willing to travel throughout the Northeast & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits

HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this development located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon request by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preapplications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V Drug Free Workforce

PVC FENCE PRODUCTION

The Glendower Group, Inc. is currently seeking proposals for IQC Architectural Services. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Glendower’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway

beginning on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 3:00PM.

360 MANAGEMENT GROUP, CO.

Contact: Rick Tousignant Phone: 860- 243-2300

NOTICIA

Email: rick.tousignant@garrityasphalt.com

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES

Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

Large CT Fence Company looking for an individual for our PVC 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. Use of CNC Router machine a plus but not required, will train the right person. This is an in-shop production position. Duties include building fence panels, posts, gates and more. Must have a valid CT driver’s license & be able to obtain a Drivers Medical Card. Must be able to pass a physical and drug test. Please email resume to pboucher@atlasoutdoor.com.

Invitation for Bids

Agency Wide Roofing Repairs/Replacement

Union Company seeks:

Tractor Trailer Driver for Heavy & Highway Construction Equipment. Must have a CDL License, clean driving record, capable of operating heavy equipment; be willing to travel throughout the Northeast & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo 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 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 INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510

Contact Dana at 860-243-2300

Email: dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com

Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

NEW HAVEN

242-258 Fairmont Ave

AA/EOE-MF

Full Time Administrative assistant position for a steel & misc metals fabrication shop who will oversee the daily operations of clerical duties such as answering phones, accounts payable purchase orders/invoicing and certified payroll. Email resumes to jillherbert@gwfabrication.com

360 Management Group, Co. is currently seeking bids for agency wide roofing repairs/ replacement. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from 360 Management Group’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway

beginning on Monday, December 12, 2022 at 3:00PM.

Housing Authority the City of Bridgeport

Request for Proposal (RFP)

Project-Based Voucher

Solicitation Number: 221-HCV-22-S

Invitation to Bid: 2nd Notice

State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

Old Saybrook, CT (4 Buildings, 17 Units)

The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for a Municipal Finance Policy Development Coordinator

Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport (HACB) d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is seeking proposals from developers and owners of New Construction, substantial rehabilitation projects, or existing units that desire to enter into an Agreement for a Housing Assistance Payment (AHAP) Contract for Project Base Vouchers (PBVs) for Contract Units under PCC’s Project Based Voucher Program. Under this Request for Proposals, PCC will make available PBVs for units that will house extremely low and very low income households. A complete set of RFP documents can be obtained on October 24, 2022, by emailing your request to bids@parkcitycommunities.org, please reference solicitation number and title on the subject line. Additional questions should be emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities.org. Proposals shall be mailed, or hand delivered to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Director of Procurement,150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604. This RFP will remain Open until Completion of PBV.

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castin-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and application instructions are available at: https://www.jobapscloud.com/ CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 221215&R2=1581MP&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.

Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016

Full Time Administrative assistant position for a steel & misc metals fabrication shop who will oversee the daily operations of clerical duties such as answering phones, accounts payable purchase orders/invoicing and certified payroll. Email resumes to jillherbert@gwfabrication.com

Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016

Project documents available via ftp link below: http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

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

HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 AA/EEO EMPLOYER

Invitation for Bids Uniform Services

Elm City Communities is currently seeking bids for uniform services. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City Communities’ Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 3:00PM.

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

CLERK III

NOTICE

Invitation to Bid:

HEARRT House

VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

80 Broad St Plainville, CT 06062

Total gut rehab of 8 studio units, office and community space.

Bid Due Date: 2-8-23 @ 3 pm

This is our project. Project is Tax Exempt. Please provide Add Alternate pricing for Davis Bacon Wage Rates.

HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this development located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon request by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preapplications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. If you are interested in bidding, please email Dawn with your business information and contact phone:

LEGAL NOTICE Request for Proposals (RFP) for Services

In the Wallingford Public Schools, performs a wide variety of clerical duties requiring excellent computer and interpersonal skills. This position requires 1 year of office work experience and a H.S. diploma. Wages: $19.42 to $25.85 hourly plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Apply: Department of Human Resources, Town of Wallingford 45 South Main Street, Room 301, Wallingford, CT 06492. Applications will be mailed upon request from the Department of Human Resources or may be downloaded from the Department of Human Resources Web Page. Phone: (203) 294-2080 Fax: (203) 294-2084. The closing date will be that date the 50th application form/resume is received or January 25, 2023 whichever occurs first. EOE

THE GLENDOWER GROUP, INC.

Request for Qualifications

NOTICIA

dlang@haynesct.com

HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 AA/EEO EMPLOYER

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES

The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management, is seeking proposals to provide certain services related to financial management of the City of West Haven, Connecticut. The intent of the request is to identify individuals or firms with the necessary expertise to provide these services within a stated timeframe.

Youth Continuum A&E Request for Qualifications

Listing: Maintenance

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo 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 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 INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510

Immediate opening for a part time maintenance person for ground and building maintenance. Position requires flexible work schedule. Some heavy lifting required. Computer knowledge a plus. Send resume to HR Department, hrdept@eastriverenergy.com, 401 Soundview Road, Guilford, CT 06437.

**An Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer**

NEW HAVEN

The RFP is available online at: https:// portal.ct.gov/DAS/CTSource/BidBoard and https://portal.ct.gov/OPM/Root/RFP/ Request-For-Proposals or from Kevin Meakem, Office of Policy and Management, Finance Division, 450 Capitol Ave., MS# 54FIN, Hartford, Connecticut 06106-1379. E-mail: Kevin.Meakem@ct.gov. Telephone (860) 418- 6313. Deadline for response submission is 3:00 PM EST February, 3, 2023.

The Glendower Group, Inc. is currently seeking proposals for Youth Continuum A&E Request for Qualifications. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Glendower’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway

beginning on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 3:00PM.

BALDWIN HOLDINGS, INC.

An instrumentality of The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport Invitation for Bid (IFB) Solicitation Number: 26-BH-23-S

Re-Construction of Three – Three Family Homes 344-346 Hanover St., 350-352 Hanover St., 354-356 Hanover St.

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

242-258 Fairmont Ave

2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA

Invitation to Bid: 2nd Notice

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center

Request for Proposals Communications Media Consultant

Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258

Elm City Communities is currently seeking proposals for a communications media consultant. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City Communities’ Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/ gateway beginning on

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 ofPitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster St. New Haven, CT

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 3:00PM.

INVITATION TO BID

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Old Saybrook, CT (4 Buildings, 17 Units)

Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castin-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport under its instrumentality Baldwin Holdings, Inc. is requesting sealed bids for Re-Construction of Three – Three Family Homes located at 344-346, 350-352, 354-356 Hanover St. A complete set of the plans and technical specifications will be available on January 17, 2023. 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 150 Highland Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06604 on February 1, 2023 @ 11:00 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 February 8, 2023 @ 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 February 22, 2023 @ 2:00 p.m., 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.

Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016

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.

A 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.

Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority Office, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Subcontractors are invited to bid on the Fair Haven Community Health Care New Building. 382-396 Grand Ave, New Haven, CT 06513. The project consists of a new freestanding Community Healthcare Clinic at 382�396 Grand Avenue, New Haven, CT. The building is approximately 33,790 square feet on three (3) levels with a basement and serve as a complementing component to the existing374 Grand Avenue Health Center facility . The program is intended to house primary care and behavioral health services, pharmacy, and lab uses as well as community amenities. Site, landscape, and parking designs are sensitive to pedestrian and vehicular access. The project includes the demolition of a single, multi-level, structure on the corner of Grand Avenue and James Street. BIDS DUE 2:00 PM, February 10, 2023. Send email to ngorneault@pacgroupllc.com for copy of the Instructions to Bidders. This project is partially funded in part by DECD, DMHAS, and ARPA. This project is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Minority/Women's Business Enterprises are encouraged to apply.

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

hourly Pre-employment drug testing. AA/EOE.

Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016

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For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.org

EOE Please apply in person: 1425 Honeyspot

OF SBE/MBE CONTRACTORS: Enterprise Builders, Inc., an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, seeks certified SBE/MBE Subcontractors and/or suppliers and local business enterprises to bid applicable sections of work/equipment/supplies for the following construction project: Fair Haven Community Health Clinic - Parking Improvements. This project which consists of exterior parking lot improvements and associated building demolition in New Haven, CT. Bid Date and Time: 2/02/2023 @ 10:00AM. Electronic Plans and specifications can be obtained at no charge by contacting the Estimating Department at Enterprise Builders at (860) 466-5188 or by email to email. Project is Tax Exempt and State Prevailing Wage Rates apply This project is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. EBI encourages the participation of certified SBE/MBE contractors. EBI is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer.

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VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

The South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG) is seeking to fill the Regional Planner position. Visit www.scrcog.org for the full position description, qualifications, and application requirements. Applications are to be submitted by noon on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, or until the position is filled. Questions may be emailed to jobs@scrcog.org. SCRCOG is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Town of Bloomfield

Deputy Finance Director/Controller

Salary Range - $87,727 - $136,071 (expected starting pay maximum is mid-range)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BRIDGEPORT (HACB) 2023 ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN FOR THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER AND AMENDMENT TO THE 2022 ANNUAL PLAN

HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this development located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon request by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preapplications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

Listing: Mechanic

Immediate opening for a full time mechanic; maintenance to be done on commercial diesel trucks and trailers. Send resume to: HR Manager, P. O. Box 388, Guilford, CT 06437 or email hrdept@eastriverenergy.com

NOTICIA

********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**********

Fully Benefited –35 hours weekly Pre-employment drug testing. For more details, visit our website –www.bloomfieldct.org

Town of Bloomfield Finance Director

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport will be adopting the 2023 Administrative Plan for the Housing Choice Voucher Program and proposing to amend the 2022 Annual Plan.

Copies of the 2023 Administrative Plan for Housing Choice Voucher Program and the amendment to the 2022 Annual Plan, will be made available on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, on the agency website www.parkcitycommunities.org

THE GLENDOWER GROUP, INC. Request for Proposals Financial Underwriter

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES

Salary Range - $101,455 to $156,599 (expected starting pay maximum is mid-range)

You are invited to provide written comments addressed to: HACB/PCC, 2023 Administrative Plan for the Housing Choice Voucher Program and/or Amendment to the 2022 Annual Plan; Attn: Phoebe Greenfield, 150 Highland Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604 or via email to: agencyplans@parkcitycommunities.org. The forty-five (45) days comment period begins on February 1, 2023, and ends on March 17, 2023. All comments must be received by March 17, 2023.

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo 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 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 INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510

Fully Benefited – 35 hours weekly Pre-employment drug testing. For more details, visit our website –www.bloomfieldct.org

The Glendower Group, Inc. is currently seeking proposals for a financial underwriter. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Glendower’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway

beginning on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 3:00PM.

360 MANAGEMENT GROUP, CO.

NEW HAVEN

Police Officer

Please be advised the Public Hearing will be held on March 21, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. via Zoom. The Zoom Connection Link will be placed on the website and please note that Zoom participants are limited to the first one hundred, (100) participants. The public hearing is scheduled for ninety (90) minutes and address concerns by residents and general public.

State of Connecticut

Office of Policy and Management

The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for an Office Assistant (Confidential) and a Connecticut Careers Trainee –Planning Analyst

Invitation for Bids Uniforms Services

242-258 Fairmont Ave

2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

Invitation to Bid: 2nd Notice

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center

Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258

360 Management Group, Co. is currently seeking bids for uniforms services. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from 360 Management Group’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

Monday, January 9, 2023 at 3:00PM.

formation of Candidates in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016

Technician Apprentice

APPLY NOW!

Old Saybrook, CT (4 Buildings, 17 Units)

Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and application instructions are available at: https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/ bulpreview.asp?R1=230104&R2=7086CA&R3=001 and

Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders

Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project

Top pay for top performers. Health Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT

https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/ bulpreview.asp?R1=230109&R2=2292AR&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.

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castin-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Petroleum Company has an opening for a full time HVAC/Oil/Heating Technician Apprentice. Candidate must possess a technical school certificate in heating, ventilation, air conditioning, oil, propane and natural gas. Send resume to: HR Manager, P. O. Box 388, Guilford, CT 06437 or email HRDept@eastriverenergy.com

**An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**

Listing: Facility Maintenance Technician

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.

A 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.

Immediate opening for a part time Facility Maintenance Technician for a busy office/ transportation facility. Position requires flexible work schedule. Some heavy lifting required. Send resume to HR Department, hrdept@eastriverenergy.com, 401 Soundview Road, Guilford, CT 06437.

Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority Office, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

**An Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer**

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

The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for a Municipal Finance Policy Development Coordinator

Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016

Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016

Project documents available via ftp link below: http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and application instructions are available at:

At Ducci Electrical Contractors, we believe it is our duty to encourage the growth and use of small, minority, women-owned, disadvantaged and disabled and non-disabled veteran-owned businesses. We are committed to the principles and practices of Equal Employment Opportunities, Civil Rights, Diversity and Inclusion and the implementation of policies, codes, and regulations that will foster growth, promote advancement, and provide opportunities for all subcontractors and vendors.

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

HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 AA/EEO EMPLOYER

https://www.jobapscloud.com/ CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 221215&R2=1581MP&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.

For additional information, or to be added to our bid list, please send your qualifications to the following contact:

Stacey Vincent, Contracts & Diversity Manager svincent@duccielectrical.com

If you are interested in becoming part of our workforce, please contact: Catherine Best, Corporate Compliance Officer cbest@duccielectrical.com

www.duccielectrical.com

Macy’s to hold month-long donation campaign to benefit United Negro College Fund

By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer

To celebrate Black History Month, Macy’s on Feb. 1 will launch Black History. Black Brilliance., a month-long donation campaign in stores and online to support the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), which provides scholarships to AfricanAmerican students and funding to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

The retail giant will also highlight Blackowned brands through its social purpose platform, Mission Every One, and organize online shopping events to encourage customers to buy Black.

“This Black History Month, we’re furthering Macy’s mission of building a brighter future with bold representation for our colleagues, customers and communities by spotlighting and celebrating the history, accomplishments and resilience of Black Americans throughout our stores and across our bands,” said Shawn

Outler, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer for Macy’s.

“Through Mission Every One, we work with our communities and UNCF to raise critical funding that will empower the next generation of leaders, enabling growth and leadership through HBCU educational opportunities.”

Throughout the month of February, customers have the opportunity to engage in a round-up campaign to support scholarships for students across the nation who plan to attend HBCUs and who are already enrolled in HBCUs.

Customers can donate online, or they can round-up their in-store purchases and contribute the extra change to fund Macy’s Brighter Futures Scholarship Fund.

As part of Black History. Black Business., several Black brands will be promoted in stores and online, including Harlem Candle Co., a luxury home fragrance line by Teri Johnson; OMA The Label, a jewelry brand by Neumi Anekhe; and

Healthy Roots, a toy company created by Yelitsa Jean-Charles that teaches natural hair care with Black dolls.

The brands will also be featured during two virtual Macy’s Live shopping events on Feb. 8 and Feb. 17.

Since 2021, Macy’s has given nearly $2 million to benefit the mission of UNCF. Last spring, the department store also announced that Mission Every One would deploy $5 billion by 2025 to build a more equitable and sustainable future.

The initiative’s commitments included raising Macy’s minimum wage to $15 per hour, providing grant funding to advance human rights and social justice efforts, investing in underrepresented brands and designers, supporting scholarship for underrepresented youth in fashion and using more sustainable materials for Macy’s products.

Megan Sayles is a Report for America corps member.

Nicole Lynn becomes first Black woman agent to represent an NFL quarterback in the Super Bowl

by Abu Mubarik, Face2FaceAfrica.com

Nicole Lynn has become the first Black woman to represent an NFL quarterback in the Super Bowl. She is agent to Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts. The Eagles defeated the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday while the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Cincinnati Bengals in a 23-20 victory to reach the finals. The two will face off at Super Bowl LVII in Glendale, Arizona.

For the first time in the Super Bowl, two Black starting quarterbacks, Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts, will feature.

Although this is not the first time Black quarterbacks have featured and won the Super Bowl, at no point in history have

there been two Black quarterbacks starting for each side.

When the Eagles face the Chiefs, Lynn’s name will go down in history as the first Black woman to represent a quarterback in the prestigious faceoff.

“I’ve seen that now with tons of different women in my life that are hustlers,” she shared. “Athletes, coaches, women in the business world of sports. I see it all the time. And they deserve their flowers too. So if me saying something about it brings more attention to it, then I’m all for that.”

Lynn and Hurts’ relationship started after the former sent him a direct message asking to be his agent. After impressing Hurt and his father with her management career that spans several NCAA players,

she was appointed an agent.

“I know the agent world in the NFL, and all sports, is very male-dominated,” Hurts told Sports Illustrated. “But Nicole was really on top of her stuff. She was prepared. She knew what she was talking about. She was hungry. And she was determined. And I feel that determination like that never rests. Once you come across such a determined individual, that just hits me a little different.”

The decision to make her an agent is historic also because the field is dominated by men, specifically white men. Data from Zippia shows that Whites make up 68.6% of all sports agents. Also, women make up just 23% of U.S. NFL agents. Of that, only 10.4% are Black.

NJ native Dr. Shavon Arline-Bradley named first President and CEO at NCNW

The National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (NCNW) said that Shavon ArlineBradley would be the first president and CEO of the organization.

After 88 years, the organization said it has changed its governance structure to work more efficiently.

Dr. A. Lois Keith, the new board chair of NCNW, said, “We’re excited to have Shavon as our new president and CEO.” “She is an extraordinary communicator, and her expertise in the areas of public health and social justice is impressive.”

Keith predicted that Arline-Bradley would do better than expected because “these are the areas in which NCNW would like to continue, as we bridge the generational gap.”

Arline-Bradley is an ordained minister with 21 years of experience in healthcare, equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), government affairs, and executive leader-

ship.

She’s the founder and CEO of R.E.A.C.H. Beyond Solutions, a public health, advocacy, and executive leadership firm that promotes EDI, political and organizational strategy, risk management, government affairs, and technical assistance.

Under her direction, the firm’s gross profit grew exponentially in 5 years by broadening its client base to include federal government, foundation, corporate, non-profit, and political candidate entities in the United States and Netherlands.

Before she started her firm, she worked as a senior advisor and director of external engagement in the Obama Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services for the 19th U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy.

Before she started her firm, she worked as a senior advisor and director of external

engagement in the Obama Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services for the 19th U.S. Surgeon Gen-

eral, Dr. Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy. In a press release, the organization said that Arline-Bradley co-founded The Health Equity Cypher Group because she wanted to advance EDI and improve the health and social outcomes of the most vulnerable people.

That group is made up of health leaders who work to advance EDI and executive leadership in all sectors, officials stated. As president and chairman of Delta for Women in Action, a 501(c)4 organization, Arline-Bradley works as a community advocate.

As president and chairman of Delta for Women in Action, a 501(c)4 organization, Arline-Bradley works as a community advocate.

Arline-Bradley is also a member of the advisory board for the Oprah Winfrey Network initiative “OWN Your Health.”

She is also a member of the American

Public Health Association, Links, Inc., and Jack & Jill of America, Inc., all of which she remains involved with.

She is also a member of the American Public Health Association, Links, Inc., and Jack & Jill of America, Inc., all of which she remains involved with.

A southern New Jersey native, ArlineBradley attended Tulane University where she received a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in public health.

Later, she earned a Master of Divinity from Virginia Union University’s Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology and became a minister.

Additionally, Arline-Bradley obtained an Executive Certificate in Business Management from Howard University and an Executive Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University. Additionally, Arline-Bradley obtained an Executive Certificate in Business Man-

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