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Ganim To Explore Gubernatorial Bid

by Jack Kramer CT. Junkie News

HARTFORD, CT - Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim announced Friday he is forming an exploratory committee to run for governor in 2018.

Ganim, 57, who served seven years in federal prison for corruption while mayor in Bridgeport, won his old job back as mayor in November of 2015, winning by a near 2-1 margin over his closest opponent.

Ganim, a Democrat, joins a crowded field of Democrats and Republicans who are seeking the position being vacated by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy who has announced he won’t be seeking a third term.

“I’ve taken a good, hard look at this,” Ganim said Friday in an interview from his office. “We’ve made a lot of progress in Bridgeport and if I decide to run for governor I would want make the success of our state’s big cities one of my first priorities.”

“The big cities are the engines that drive our economy,” Ganim said, adding that it is in the interest of Connecticut’s smaller towns to make sure cities such as Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven prosper.

Ganim said if he runs he would like to participate in the Citizens Election Program, a voluntary pro-

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Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim

gram which provides full public financing to qualified candidates for statewide office.

But under state law, convicted felons cannot receive public financing through the program.

Ganim has filed an official request with state elections regulators to seek an exception.

Almost every candidate for statewide office has been using the Citizens Election Program, which means they have to raise $250,000 in qualifying funds to receive a $1.4 million primary grant and $6.5 million for the general elec-

tion.

Ganim was first elected mayor of Bridgeport in 1991 and served until 2003, when he resigned after his conviction.

Released from prison in 2010, he ran again for mayor in 2015 - and won.

Asked whether he was concerned if his criminal past would be used against him in a campaign for governor, Ganim answered, “I won’t run away it (my past).”

“Some will be supportive, some will not,” Ganim said. “The people of Bridgeport have given me

another opportunity and I’ve been encouraged by all the support I’ve received.”

Ganim has plenty of company in those expressing interest in being governor.

On Thursday, state Comptroller Kevin Lembo announced he is forming an exploratory committee to run for governor.

And fellow Democrats Middlet own Mayor Dan Drew, former Consumer Protection Commissioner Jonathan Harris, former federal prosecutor Chris Mattei, Jacey Wyatt, and Bathy Guiles

have all formed exploratory committees to seek the Democratic nomination.

Malloy announced a few weeks ago that he won’t be seeking reelection to a third term, which opened up the floodgates to those eager to start raising money to qualify for public financing before the Democratic convention in May 2018.

The field of candidates on the Republican side is even larger.

On the Republican side, announced candidates are Joseph Visconti, a contractor from West Hartford, Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, who is making his third run, along with Glastonbury Rep. Prasad Srinivasan, Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti, David Walker, Trumbull First Selectman Tim Herbst, and Peter Lumaj, who is running for statewide office but hasn’t said whether he will seek the governor’s office.

And those are just the candidates who have already filed their paperwork with the State Elections Enforcement Commission.

Others who have expressed interest in running include former state Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, former congressman Joe Scarborough (who now hosts Morning Joe on MSNBC), Senate Republican President Len Fasano of North Haven, and House Minority Leader Themis Klarides of Derby.

State Employee Eyes Governor’s Office

by Christine Stuart CT. Junkie News

HARTFORD, CT — While most of the candidates eyeing a run for governor in 2018 are only exploring the idea, Glastonbury resident Betheona ‘Bethy’ Guiles-Smith said she’s all in.

The state employee who works in the Office of the State Building Inspector said she filed her paperwork last week and intends to run for the Democratic Party’s nomination.

Guiles-Smith, 51, said she’s focused on helping the middle class

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Betheona ‘Bethy’ Guiles-Smith

and small businesses, who often go ignored by state policymakers.

She said middle class residents who fall on hard times shouldn’t have to worry about filing for bankruptcy and should be able to access help. She said it’s not fair that low-income residents who receive benefits from the federal government such as Section 8 housing vouchers get a hand up and the middle class that contributed tax dollars to fund the program get nothing.

Guiles-Smith, who said she will start fundraising in earnest after a meeting with the State Elections

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Enforcement Commission to go over the basics, doesn’t believe working full-time for the state and running a gubernatorial campaign will be a problem. She said she’s juggled a number of responsibilities in the past such as working full-time and earning a master’s in social work from the University of Connecticut.

As long as she’s not campaigning on state time, then it shouldn’t be a problem, she said.

She said she would devote nights and weekends to the endeavor. She said she also has a bank of about 67 vacation and sick days she’s

never used because she’s a selfdescribed “workaholic.”

Guiles-Smith is a member of the Glastonbury Democratic Town Committee, but has never held elected office. She said she worked hard to get Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy re-elected.

She said she’s anxious to engage voters on the issues.

She joins an increasingly crowded field of candidates.

Those who have filed paperwork to explore a run for the Democratic nomination include state Comptroller Kevin Lembo, former Consumer Protection Commis-

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Malloy Expresses Urgency In Labor Negotiations

by Christine Stuart CT. Junkie News

HARTFORD, CT — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy told reporters Tuesday that no matter what happens in the next few weeks he’s going to need state employees to step up to the plate “sooner rather than later.“ The closed-door labor negotiations to extract “at a minimum” $700 million from state employees in 2018 need to be completed “relatively soon,” Malloy said. If the governor’s administration is unable to reach a deal with the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition, Malloy is planning to lay off about 4,200 state employees, according to the budget document he released in February.

He said he’s loathe to continue budget discussions without an indication that the labor savings will materialize.

“We need to get the real savings from labor of the target number at a minimum and it needs to be sooner rather than later,” Malloy said.

Malloy declined to characterize the discussions between his administration and SEBAC. Larry Dorman, a spokesman for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 4, one of the largest state employee unions, said Tuesday in

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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy

a phone interview that they are actively engaged in discussions with the administration and are trying to find solutions. However, those solutions can’t included balancing the state budget on the backs of hardworking, middle class state employees who are also taxpayers, Dorman said.

But the clock is ticking.

“We’re not there and a lot of time has passed,” Malloy said.

The two sides have been informally discussing the situation since November.

“We have to affect that $700 million in savings one way or anoth-

er,” Malloy said.

Two weeks ago, Malloy warned that he will reduce the state workforce by over 1,100 employees in May “as a first step toward resolving the budget shortfall.”

Senate President Martin Looney following budget negotiations Since that time the shortfall has grown to about $5.1 billion over the next two years throwing all the various budget proposals out of balance.

Following a more than hour long meeting with legislative leaders Tuesday, Malloy said he planned to present them with a balanced bud-

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get by next Friday.

The budget Malloy presented in February is out of balance due to new lower than expected revenue projections. Revenue dropped about $1.5 billion — that’s in addition to the $3.6 billion deficit that already existed for the next two years and the over $400 million deficit it opened up this fiscal year which ends June 30.

Connecticut only has $235 million in its rainy day fund to help close the current year’s budget deficit.

Malloy said they will schedule a marathon session in about a week

to continue the discussion they started.

Meanwhile, House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, said everything has to be on the table during those negotiations, including increases to the income tax.

“I still refuse to enter the negotiations taking anything off the table,” Aresimowicz said.

Still, economists like Don Klepper-Smith of DataCore Partners, who advised former Gov. M. Jodi Rell, warned that Connecticut is at a point where it’s cannibalizing its tax base.

He said if 575 people per week are leaving Connecticut for other states, then the Laffer Curve seems to indicate “we are now starting to cannibalize our state and local tax base, and that further tax hikes will be counterproductive in the long run.”

But after having cut spending by more than $850 million last year and not raising taxes, lawmakers are still struggling with finding the right mix to balance the budget.

In addition to Malloy, legislative leaders said they would also revise their proposals to reflect the new revenue numbers.

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Malloy Appoints Deputy To Head Consumer Protection

by Christine Stuart CT. Junkie News

HARTFORD, CT — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Monday that he has appointed Michelle Seagull to head the Department of Consumer Protection.

Seagull, a Glastonbury resident, has served as deputy commissioner of the agency since 2011 and has filled the position of acting commissioner since Jonathan A. Harris stepped down from the position last month. Previously, she was a partner at Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, where her practice focused on issues related to laws about unfair competition.

“Since joining the Department

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Michelle Seagull and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy Monday

of Consumer Protection in 2011, Seagull has served as a strong advocate to protect Connecticut

citizens from unfair business practices and unsafe products, while enforcing the federal and state laws

that ensure a fair and regulated marketplace for all,” Malloy said.

“Her experience in this area leaves me with no doubt that she will be a dynamic commissioner who will lead the agency enthusiastically on behalf of our residents.”

Seagull said she left private practice to serve the public and to continue to pursue unfair competition.

Seagull’s department oversees the credentialing and licensing of more than 280,000 individuals.

She’s also tasked with regulating the state’s medical marijuana program and gaming in the state, including the two tribal casinos and the Connecticut Lottery Corporation.

Working Families Party Wins Hartford Seat;

GOP Holds Onto One In Watertown

by Jack Kramer CT. Junkie News

HARTFORD, CT — Joshua Hall won a three-way special election Tuesday, making him the first Working Families Party candidate to win a seat in the state House of Representatives.

In Watertown and part of Woodbury, Republican Joe Polletta won the 68th House District seat. That means Democrats still hold their 7972 majority in the House of Representatives.

Hall replaces Doug McCrory and Polletta replaces Eric Berthel, each of whom resigned their House seats to run for the state Senate.

While there wasn’t much of a contest in Watertown where Polletta won with about 78 percent of the vote, according to unofficial tallies, the race in Hartford got heated with the Democratic Party endorsed candidate questioning Hall’s credibility.

“Working Families Party? Not on our watch,” said a mailer sent by Democrat-backed Rickey Pinckney’s campaign. “Don’t let them steal our seat.”

According to unofficial vote totals, Hall received 625 votes. Pinckney, the endorsed candidate, received 512 votes. And petitioning candidate Kenneth Green, a former Democratic state representative, received 367 votes.

Hall, who is the vice president of the Hartford Federation of Teachers,

ally cross-endorses candidates and is considered more progressive than the Democratic Party. It has played a large role in helping to get Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and congressional candidates into office, and it has been successful in electing candidates to local municipal boards and councils.

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Josh Hall is on the right in the photo campaigning

said he looks forward to representing his community at the state Capitol.

“They’re concerned about the quality of education in our schools, having good jobs and vibrant neighborhoods, and making sure that we have a just budget that strengthens their ability to earn a good living and care for their families,” Hall said. “That starts with eliminating backdoor tax increases on working families and setting budget policy that generates revenue without harmful cuts.”

While Hall is the first candidate to

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win a state House seat for the party, Sen. Ed Gomes, of Bridgeport, was the first to win a state Senate seat for the party in 2015.

Lindsay Farrell, executive director of the Connecticut Working Families Party, said Hall’s victory “comes at a time when more strong, progressive leaders are sorely needed in Hartford and in our state. The city is in fiscal crisis and without state help, Hartford residents will be hurt by deep cuts, the effects of which will resonate across the region.”

The Working Families Party gener-

sioner Jonathan Harris, Middletown Mayor Dan Drew, Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim and former federal prosecutor Chris Mattei.

Jacey Wyatt of Branford like Guiles-Smith has filed a gubernatorial candidate committee.

Under an exploratory committee candidates can raise $375 per donor, but it doesn’t count toward the $250,000 necessary to trigger the grant, which is $1.4 million for a primary and $6.5 million for a general election. The same donor can contribute $100 to a candidate committee if the exploratory committee transitions to a candidate committee.

If the exploratory committee wishes to count the contribution as a qualifying contribution, it must refund the portion of the contribution in excess of $100 before the exploratory committee dissolves, according to guidance from the SEEC.

An Alternative Fast THE INNER-CITY NEWS May 03, 2017 - May 09, 2017

by THOMAS HILLE

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

(Opinion) Just last month an Italian journalist — who was illegally detained — was released from a Turkish prison after a six-day hunger strike, nine nurses in the Mexican state of Chiapas — who were drawing attention to shortages of supplies and demanded the payment of wages and retirement payments — ended a 10-day hunger strike, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners declared an indefinite hunger strike in Israel, and eight Yale graduate students declared an indefinite fast.

The rationale behind the latter hunger strike does not compare by any standard to any hunger strike known to me, it is a distasteful show of selfrighteousness masked as a selfless sacrifice of eight martyrs for the apparent greater good of graduate students in eight departments.

This alternative hunger strike might come across as comical at first, but it is not, it makes a mockery of a “path that many others have [traveled before],” to quote Aaron Greenberg.

It was Wednesday morning, I got myself some coffee when I suddenly found myself watching a video that I thought was a satirical clip. I was not; it was “The Fast against Slow” promotional video.

This hunger strike was obviously

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U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro visiting the protest encampment.

ridiculous, but was it? My experience at Yale has been nothing but positive. Of course there are issues that could and should be improved.

But a hunger strike?

I started questioning myself whether I was that out of touch from the hardship that some of my peers have to endure during graduate school. Was I living in a bubble within a bubble?

A couple of conversations and hours later I was relieved, and I can say with certainty that I am not in a situation that warrants a hunger strike, nor is anyone that I know of in the graduate school.

The sense of urgency within Local 33 stems from the fear that under the new administration the National Labor Relations Board may be more likely to oppose graduate student

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unionization. However, it is a reality of the current system, that after employees agree to join a union, the process can be dragged out for months or years. Is this fair? Is this just? Arguably not, but not any injustice can be met with a hunger strike.

Members of Local 33 may point to the decades-long struggle for the right of graduate students at Yale to be recognized as employees, but it is a fact of graduate school that people either graduate or quit after less than one decade. There is no perpetuity to anyone’s state as a graduate student.

One cannot reference long-lasting struggles such as the Civil Rights Movement as Local 33 has repeatedly done, without the implicit attempt of wanting to be equated to those. A short disclaimer acknowledging that it is not the Civil Rights Movement after referencing to it repeatedly serves no purpose whatsoever, but only leaves one wondering about the reason of such a comparison in the first place.

This is not a discussion whether graduate students should have the right to unionize; the National Labor Relations Board ruled in favor of graduate students and eight departments at Yale voted to unionize.

This is not a discussion whether the current labor law is skewed against employees’ efforts to unionize. This

is about eight individuals comparing themselves to the Civil Rights Movement and hunger strikers throughout history. This is about the self-importance of eight individuals whose action is disproportionate given the situation and to say the least, it is a disgrace.

Has the point of no return passed for the credibility of Local 33 as a whole, or did these eight individuals epically destroy the unionization efforts of eight departments?

The clock began ticking the moment the alternative fast was announced, and with every passing hour spent by these grandiose eight, courageously starving in a marvelous shed on Beinecke Plaza — adorned with twinkle lights, flowers, candles, couches and books donated

by Yale faculty and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro’s office — the somber skies turn darker by the minute over the future of Local 33 or for that matter any future unionization effort by graduate students at Yale.

No, graduate students at Yale are not being illegally detained, are not owed millions, are not being held in dire conditions. Let’s not pretend that our lives can be compared to those in actual need, and for those graduate students that do, I sincerely hope you can eventually wake up from your alternative reality.

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King/Robinson Kids Think Globally

by ALLAN APPEL

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

King/Robinson Inter-District Magnet School fourth-grader Jayden Spell was handing out key rings, which he helped to research, design and fabricate, so that any time you “open or lock your house you think of women’s rights.”

Spell was with the four other students on his team as the entire fourth grade at King/Robinson, an International Baccalaureate School, engaged in an annual fourth-grade rite of passage at the school: exhibiting their “IB PYP,” or primary research project, based on a global or local issue the kids are passionate about; researching it and then presenting it, but always with an action component.

Thus the key ring.

Since 2008, the kids have been doing their PYP at King/Robinson itself, with volunteer teachers as mentors, said Linzi Golding, a teacher at the school for 15 years and the PYP coordinator for the past five.

With increasingly less free time for teachers, this year Golding launched a partnership with future teachers studying at the nearby campus of Southern Connecticut State University, and specifically one of the education classes taught

by Dr. Laura Bower-Phipps.

Since January, juniors at Southern have been mentoring the King/Robinson kids as part of their own coursework, and nurturing the project one hour a week, culminating in the presentations Friday morning.

Exhibits on display at the new Advanced Science and Laboratory Building off Fitch Street covered 15 subjects chosen from the kids’ “heart charts,” or their first choices, said Golding.

At the Health and Wellness project display, Montaya Worthy-Lasdon was handing out the exact location of the green markets in the Greater New Haven area as part of her action component, where one can eat and shop more healthfully; I had not known about several of these markets.

And I learned from Worthy-Lasdon’s colleagues on the Health and Wellness project, Eva Berthelot-Hill and Adlin Ahmad Rizal, how many kids simply don’t like to exercise or eat healthfully, as the team had done an online survey of kids in their grade and created graphs based on their findings. That’s why part of their action component was taking paper plates, drawing funny faces on them, and urging passers-by to fill up those plates with carrots for eyebrows and maybe a grape for each of the eyes.

Adlin told me one of the reasons she was passionate about this subject is that in her life, “I’ve seen a lot of people give up on diets. They start healthy and they have a cheat day, then a cheat week, and then they eat cupcakes.”

Montaya confessed to a little cheating herself, saying that after she’s done exercising, “I like to eat junk.”

Looking like entries in a science fair, but one more oriented toward the social sciences, anthropology and the humanities, the kids’ projects filled up a sunlit corridor on the first floor of the building. With their graphs, plates of vegetables, key rings, and eagerness, the kids stood in the sunlight waiting to make their findings — and their cases — to all passers-by.

Janiela Gore shared the leadership of the Toy Safety exhibit with Nysir Harris and Avier London. They said you should be careful and examine the toys you play with, or let kids play with — even the old stalwarts like the 1940s-era Slinky that I may still have somewhere in the attic.

“I was doing like [stretching the Slinky] and I let it go, and it hit me in my neck and it left a tiny mark,” Gore told me as I walked by.

At the nearby World Peace display, which was researched and created by Ab’gail Little, Savion Rogers, Ty’nique Turner, and Brianna Rodriguez, Rodriguez showed me her research proving the thesis that “war affects mostly children.” She said that in the past 20 years, two million children have been killed in wars, according to research she did, including at the Changing The Present website.

As Golding monitored the 15 exhibition stations in the building — and occasionally wondered if Southern’s new president might show up — she was also choreographing the visits of many of the younger children being bused over from the nearby King/Robinson campus to see what the older kids had done.

She radiated a lot of pride. “The Baccalaureate program compels our students to take action. It’s the very heart of the project,” she said.

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Harp Chosen To Lead Black Mayors Group to the federal government, and having the federal government understand how issues impact the cities that we run,” Harp said.

“We will be working directly with the Congressional Black Caucus on issues and try to build support to move our issues forward despite what appears at this particular time to be an administration that has other ideas.”

“Black women are poised to lead,” Harp said, “in this state, and nationally.”

Also on the program, Harp said that interim schools Superintendent Reggie Mayo has agreed to stay on through the beginning of the next academic year in the event that the Board of Education has not yet hired a permanent new superintendent. Given that only in the last week has the board even begun meeting with a search firm, even if a candidate is chosen over the summer, that person might have to give notice to a current employer, Harp noted.

by PAUL BASS

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Toni Harp has won another election.

Not for mayor this time, but for president of the national organization representing black mayors.

The organization, the African American Mayors Association, elected Harp as its new president at a convention last week at Washington’s Marriott Marquis Hotel. She is the first ever woman to lead the group (which recently changed its name after decades as the National Conference of Black Mayors).

Harp said during an appearance on WNHH radio’s “Mayor Monday” program that the group will focus on lobbying both the Trump administration and Congress on issues important to mayors such as gun control, technology, and infrastructure.

“The organization itself really wants to have a way of speaking

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Toni Harp.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Goes One-On-One With Cancer

by Carter Higgins

by BlackDoctor.org

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of basketball’s all-time greatest players and one of the most loved, shook the sports world years ago when he announced that he has cancer. In an effort to help people understand his disease, the sports legend made the public disclosure nearly a year after being diagnosed with Philadelphia chromosomepositive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML).

Ph+ CML is a slow progressing type of blood cancer that’s characterized by an abnormality known as the Philadelphia chromosome, which produces a protein called BCR-ABL. BCR-ABL has been identified as the sole cause and driver of CML. “Having lost one of my closest friends to a different, highly aggressive form of leukemia, I knew how serious my diagnosis was,” said Abdul-Jabbar, now age 70.

“My own life expectancy became a

question mark.”

Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, won five championships with the Los Angeles Lakers before retiring in 1989. He was diagnosed with CML in December 2008 and is being treated with a medicine that targets the abnormal protein that causes his leukemia.

With treatment, Abdul-Jabbar, who currently is a coach with the Lakers, is expected to live a full, active life.

Abdul-Jabbar learned of his condition after consulting a doctor about hot flashes and night sweats.

“Fortunately, my cancer was detected in its early stages,” he says.

“I also am lucky to have a son who, at the time, was training to become a doctor, and was able to calm me down and be a solid sounding board until I could get all my questions answered by my specialist.”

The intensely private Abdul-Jabbar, a father of five, said he came forward after learning many patients don’t regularly take their medication and skip appointments

Kareem Abdul Jabbar doing Yogo (Photo credit: Instagram.com)

to the doctor.

“I’m telling my story to encourage fellow patients to take charge of their health,” he said. “Work closely with your doctor, monitor your

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disease and, above all, take your medicine.”

Now, after a few years from announcing his cancer, Kareem is doing very well. “You’re never real-

ly cancer-free and I should have… …known that,” Abdul-Jabbar said.

“My cancer right now is at an absolute minimum.”

The 70-year-old Abdul-Jabbar, a six-time NBA Most Valuable Player, was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia in 2008.

He spoke Thursday at Science Park High School, after the screening of his new full-length documentary about the Harlem Rens basketball team, “On the Shoulders of Giants.”

“It’s not life-threatening,” he said, “at this point in my life.”

Abdul-Jabbar said when he was first diagnosed with leukemia, he didn’t know what to think. He feared the worst.

“I thought I might be dead in a few months,” he said. “I had a good friend [actor Bruno Kirby] who was diagnosed with leukemia and was dead within 30 days. I really had no understanding of what I was dealing with.”

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Cities, Nonprofits Push State On Revenues

by CHRISTOPHER PEAK NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Hartford—A small bump in the statewide sales tax and other reforms could deliver up to $55 million into New Haven’s coffers — bringing the city a step closer to locating missing revenue it needs from the state government.

That sales tax increase and several other revenue-generating measures were on the agenda at the Capitol on Tuesday. The largest association of cities and towns demanded action at a morning press conference, and their members testified in favor of overhauling the reliance on property tax at a public hearing before the Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding.

As legislators squabbled over their own budget deficit, local governments called for the state to hike the sales tax, up the reimbursements for tax-exempt property, and charge higher fees for several registrations and licenses — searching for money wherever they could find it and raising the ire of Connecticut’s nonprofits in the process.

After testifying, New Haven’s top budget director expressed confidence that the money will arrive. “In the mayor’s budget, which is before the board now, there’s an expectation that almost $30 million more [than last year] is coming, from one bucket or another. This is where it’s all being worked out,” Joe Clerkin, New Haven’s budget director, told the Independent. “We have an expectation we’re getting more.”

But a bipartisan budget deal assembled over several months— scheduled to be voted on Tuesday at a separate hearing of the legislature’s Appropriations Committee— was crumbling. The Finance Committee’s Democratic leadership dashed in and out of the hearing, as a 79-person queue of public testimony kicked off at 11:30 a.m. and continued for hours. Around 3 p.m., the Democrats announced there would be no budget vote that day, and Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney of New Haven told the Connecticut Mirror that his party would not recommend tax increases in this budget.

Without agreement about how to spend the government’s funds in the Appropriations Committee and with negative signals from the leadership, could the Finance Committee move forward on a sales tax increase?

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Vered Brandman (left), a member of Keep the Promise Coalition, and the Southwest Regional Mental Health Board, protest Tuesday against lifting nonprofits’ longstanding exemption from sales tax.

Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin speaks in favor of a sales tax increase at Connecticut Conference of Municipalities’s morning press conference.

“I think that’s a conversation we need to have, and we need to determine what the next steps are,” said State Rep. Jason Rojas, an East Hartford Democrat who co-chairs the Finance Committee. “I think there’s some sentiment among the co-chairs that we should still report something out of the Finance Committee and do the job that we’re supposed to do. But it’s tricky, because I’m not aware of any situation in which one money committee didn’t report something out.”

Talks with the party leadership about how to proceed are ongoing, Rojas added. A deadline for voting on a budget porposal looms by close of business on Friday.

Cities are anxiously watching the legislature’s moves because they’ve been stiffed by the state in the past.

Under the Payment in Lieu of Taxes, or PILOT, program, the state government is supposed to reimburse 77 percent of the lost taxes for colleges and hospitals and 45 percent for other exempt property. For years, the legislature hasn’t fully funded the program: New Haven receives roughly 40 percent for colleges and hospitals and 19 percent for other property, Clerkin estimated.

PILOT’s half-full tank is particularly worrisome to New Haven’s officials, because the share of taxexempt property is growing. A full 53 percent of the city’s property has been taken off the grand list. If PILOT funds don’t come through, the remaining properties shoulder a heavier burden in their property taxes. “It squeezes your ability to raise revenue,” Clerkin said.

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The inconsistency of those payments is part of the reason the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, which represents 163 local governments, suggested the state allow for revenue diversification.

Their recommendations, compiled in a January report called “Securing the Future,” formed the basis for HB 7322, the tax package that drew the most attention Tuesday.

“We think [property tax is] the single most regressive tax in Connecticut that really stiles our ability currently to be competitive both within the region and across the rest of the country,” said Joe DeLong, CCM’s executive director. He pointed out that the property taxes can be “crushing” to homeowners and business-owners, and he argued they dissuade young people from starting families in Connecticut.

Most notably, the bill would raise the sales tax from 6.35 percent up to 6.99 percent and allow cities and town to keep the difference, which could raise $440 million for municipalities. (CCM has vowed to oppose the bill if it does not come with guarantees that proceeds and service-sharing arrangements cannot be touched by collective bargaining agreements.) While higher than Massachusetts’s rate of 6.25 percent, the combined rate would still be lower than every other state in the region, from Pennsylvania to Rhode Island; New Jersey tops out the list, at 10.5 percent. (Read here for Elm City residents’ reaction to a higher sales tax.)

The bill would also alter PILOT’s reimbursements, collapsing the two separate rates into one equalized rate of 55.5 percent. With three colleges and a major hospital, New Haven stands to gain $46.08 million under the proposed system, according to CCM’s calculations.

And in place of disbursing Town Aid Road (TAR) grants, local governments could charge a fee of up to $50 a vehicle. New Haven would lose the $1.25 million it won in grants, but it could levy up to $2.60 million in fees.

One other change galled attendees: rolling back not-for-profits’ exemption from paying sales tax on the goods and services they buy, worth $216.2 million. The homeless shelter Columbus House said it might axe members of its residential staff; Clifford Beers Clinic threatened to lay off two employees; Long Wharf Theater and Yale Repertory

threatened to drastically cut back on employees, local printing and advertising, hotel stays and student programs to save $410,000; and Albertus Magnus College said it would reduce financial aid.

The reversal would “would take funds from services for people with developmental disabilities and homeless shelters, from people struggling with substance abuse, victims of domestic violence, and arts and cultural programs, among other services,” said Peter DeBiasi, chairman of the CT Community Nonprofit Alliance’s board of directors.

Connecticut Voices for Children proposed instead adding services, like legal representation, interior design, tennis lessons, pet grooming or limousine rides, to the state sales tax.

Republicans savored the opportunity to slam their Democratic colleagues. “For years, we’ve heard the refrain in this building, ‘Tax the rich, they’re not paying their fair share.’ It seems we’ve entered into a new realm of debate: Tax the organizations that are there to serve the poor,” said State Sen. Len Suzio, a Republican representing Cheshire and Meriden.

Even New Haven officials, who came to support the package, said they were queasy about taxing charities. “It’s a two-edged sword: We don’t not want [the universities, hospitals and state land],” Clerkin said. “It’s a part of who we are.” He added, “It’s hard to square that.”

Rojas took the blame, saying that the two Democratic co-chairs came up with the idea after a close reading of CCM’s report, which referenced charging colleges and hospitals for whatever the state didn’t fork over.

“Obviously, nobody wants to take ownership of that one,” he said. After the outcry, “there’s some pretty significant concerns” about moving forward with that provision, Rojas said. The chances that the tax on nonprofits sees the floor? “Unlikely,” he said.

Of course, that was the story with most of the day. In an evenly divided legislature posturing for the next election, it wasn’t clear any revenueraising bills would be making it out of the committee.

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Princeton Names Two Buildings in Honor of Black Scholars

by Zenitha Prince Senior AFRO Correspondent

Princeton University is naming two of its buildings after a pair of its distinguished Black scholars.

Effective July 1, West College, one of the oldest and most prominent campus buildings, will be known as Morrison Hall in honor of Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, who taught at the Ivy League university. Additionally, a major auditorium in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs will be named for Sir Arthur Lewis, a Caribbean-born Nobel laureate, who served on the school’s faculty from 1963 to 1983.

The decision to rename the facilities came from the Princeton University Community’s Committee on Naming, which consulted with members of the campus.

“I am very grateful to the Naming Committee for these excellent recommendations, and I am delighted that Princeton will now be able to honor and commemorate Toni Morrison and Arthur Lewis for their pioneering contributions to this University and to the world,” Princeton University President Christopher L.

Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File); and Caribbean-born Nobel laureate Sir Arthur Lewis (Courtesy Photo/bvi.gov.vg) Eisgruber said in a statement.

“By taking these steps,” he added, “we begin to recognize more completely the extraordinary range of individuals and groups that have made

this University what it is today, and to inscribe upon the fabric of our campus a fuller account not only of Princeton’s history, but also of the commitments to both excellence and

inclusivity that must guide our aspirations for the future.”

In 1993, Morrison became the first African-American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was

ficials, more than 70 HBCU leaders and I attended a listening session with top Administration officials, and a dozen returned the next day for a signing ceremony event at the White House, where President Trump signed an executive order recognizing the importance of our institutions. A few weeks later, the administration released its budget blueprint, which called for maintaining federal HBCU spending at current levels. Let me be clear: flat spending for HBCUs in a president’s budget that calls for a 13 percent funding decrease to the Department of Education is a win!

It’s clear that this Administration understands the value of HBCUs, which educate nearly 300,000 students a year, award three-quarters of all doctorates earned by African Americans and provided the undergraduate degrees of 80 percent of black federal judges.

Not everyone is happy though— some are critical of President

Trump because they believe he should have significantly increased the budget for HBCUs. Such notions are naïve in the current political environment in Washington, now run by Republicans who’ve vowed to reduce the size of government.

There are some other important things to remember as well: First, the President makes a “budget request” while the Congress has to ultimately authorize and appropriate the funding for the actual budget. The HBCU community is working hard to ensure the President’s final budget request scheduled to be released in May protects HBCU funding. At the same time, we are engaging the Congress to not only protect the HBCU funding, but to also increase programs that are critical to our mission. This is the beginning of the process, not the end.

Secondly, the Administration has proposed to maintain—not to

cut—the Pell Grant program. And while it is true the Administration has suggested reallocating $3.9 million in Pell Grant surplus funding, we are busy working with the Congress to use the additional funding to restore year-round Pell that was eliminated under President Obama.

Our recent visits to the White House reinforced my belief that we must seek an open dialogue that transcends partisan lines to ensure access to quality higher education for all our deserving young people.

That’s why we’ve chosen a strategy of engagement, building relationships in Washington in addition to our traditional allies, such as the Congressional Black Caucus.

We are working hard to reach out to key lawmakers in both parties, such as Republican Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. Mark Walker, who hosted the fly-in for HBCU leaders in February. And we have developed a strong working relationship with the Administration, which has

described by the Nobel committee as someone “who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality.”

The author also won the Pulitzer Prize for “Beloved” in 1988, the National Humanities Medal in 2000 and the National Humanities Medal in 2000, among other international accolades.

Lewis joined the Princeton faculty in 1963 and retired 20 years later.

During that time he taught economics and international affairs as well as undergraduate and undergraduate courses in economics and economic history.

The prolific author was knighted in 1963 and won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1979. The St. Lucia native was the first person of African descent to be appointed a professor in Great Britain’s university system.

In its nomination, the committee said Lewis “is an example of someone who brought distinction and diversity to this campus over many years, but whose accomplishments and impact are not known to succeeding generations of Princetonians.”

Flat Funding for HBCUs Is a Win

By Johnny C. Taylor Jr., NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist My job is to promote the interests of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities. So naturally I was concerned when I heard earlier this year that the new Trump administration was planning to propose increasing defense spending by $54 billion and slashing nonmilitary spending by an equal amount.

That’s when the HBCU presidents, chancellors, and I decided to roll up our sleeves and get to work engaging the Trump Administration and the Republican-controlled 115th Congress to fight and protect our interests. It paid off: In late February, after weeks of meetings and phone calls with administration of-

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been, frankly, more accessible than the Obama White House, which often shortchanged our budget requests and seemed to fail to grasp the complexities of our mission.

I encourage all who support HBCUs to remember this is a marathon not a sprint. In addition to the upcoming fiscal year budget request, TMCF and our HBCU leaders have identified billions of dollars in additional needs over the next four or five years. We will get there through persistence, diplomacy and relationship-building, not by attacking those who are eager to work with us.

Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. is the President and CEO of Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the largest organization exclusively representing the Black College Community. Prior to joining TMCF, he spent many years as a successful corporate executive and attorney. Follow him on Twitter at @JohnnyCTaylorJr.

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by MARKESHIA RICKS

Two thirds of Newhallville’s Board of Alders representation is stepping aside to make room for new blood.

Both Brenda Foskey Cyrus and Alfreda Edwards confirmed at Wednesday night’s meeting that they are not seeking re-election this year.

Foskey-Cyrus said she is moving on form the Ward 21 seat, while Edwards said that it was time to allow someone younger to serve. That someone younger could be Edwards’ daughter Kimberly, who is seeking her mom’s Ward 19 seat.

“The board needs change,” Edwards said. “I want to do something else in the community. I’m not leaving.”

Ward 21 Democratic co-chair Rodney Williams is running to replace Foskey-Cyrus.

Alder Delphine Clyburn said she hasn’t made her formal announcement or filed her paperwork, but she plans to run again. She said she still has things she wanted to accomplish for Ward 20.

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Digital Remedy, to Build Leading Digital Media Platform Atlanta, GA — Leading crossplatform media property, Rolling Out today announced a partnership with Digital Remedy to create Rolling Out Extend. The new Rolling Out Extend will add reach, enhanced targeting and campaign insights, all key benefits for marketers who partner with Rolling Out. With this latest endeavor, Rolling Out continues to innovate and evolve its business, extending its consumer reach to over 30 million digital consumers. The partnership with Digital Remedy creates one of the largest addressable markets in urban media.

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2x Grammy Winning Arrested Development Brings Balance to Hip-Hop with New Single & Video “In 1 Day”

Nationwide — Arrested Development (AD) are true trailblazers within music. They first blew people’s minds in 1991, championing hiphop from the south while spreading a unique mixture of consciousness and musicality to the scene. Their southern style came before the releases Outkast and other southern rap movements. Lead vocalist, Speech’s melodic rap style was prior to Bone Thugs n Harmony, Nelly or Drake, they were also among the first to have both men and women in the same hip-hop group. Awarded as one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time by VH-1, Arrested Development always brought an alternative to gangsta rap lyrics while maintaining respect for their peers.

Their first album, 3 years, 5 months and 2 days in the life of… just celebrated it’s 25th birthday on March 24th. Selling over 4 million albums (RIAA) they were awarded 2 MTV Awards (93), their debut song “Tennessee” was voted one of the “500 songs that shaped rock and roll” by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. AD

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won two Grammy awards (1993 – Best New Artist & Best Rap Single – Tennessee), Rolling Stone Magazine named them band of the year in 1992 and they were the first, and last rap group (thus far), to win the

Grammy’s coveted Best New Artist award.

Their second club smash, “People Everyday” (Metamorphosis mix) addressed the tension between ignorance & consciousness while bring-

ing a reggae energy. Their biggest hit “Mr. Wendal“ brought much needed attention to the plight of the homeless and the group gave half of that singles royalties to the National Coalition of the Homeless.

The group was extremely proud to become recipients of both a Soul Train music award & NAACP image award (1993).

In 2017, they’re back with an analyzation and celebration of black reality in America with their release of “In 1 Day” (Whole World Changed). This 4 minute and 22 second gem is stylistically laid back but hella funky. In the song, Speech blasts Republicans for being ignorant to the issues most Americans are struggling with. He says in his verse he’s “looking for [woke] people to hang with”. About being a 48 year old rapper in a millennial world, he says in the song that “he’s a brand new car with a vintage shell”. The group is headlining tours around the world from Europe, Africa, Asia, Canada, Australia and of course the United States. And something close to their hearts, is doing community outreach before their shows. (Outreach Example) This independent release is from Vagabond Records and Tapes label.

Henrietta Lacks’ Immortal Ties to HBCUs ing answers about Lacks’ life from her descendants; in particular, her daughter, Deborah (played brilliantly by Oprah Winfrey), who is seeking out answers of her own about her mother’s impact on humanity.

By Jelani Zarif, HBCU Digest

More than 65 years ago, Henrietta Lacks came to the then-segregated Johns Hopkins University Hospital for treatment of cervical cancer.

Physician Howard Jones, without the consent of Lacks or her family, performed a biopsy of a cancerous tumor in Lacks’ body. Miraculously, cells (Named “HeLa” for Henrietta Lacks) recovered from this biopsy have continued to grow in vitro making it a huge medical breakthrough for biomedical research and pharmaceutical development worldwide. For some perspective, this was 1951 – when little was known about molecular biology as the structure of DNA had not been solved nor had its role in heredity been validated.

At its core, the film discussed very serious themes of biomedical ethics, the ways in which AfricanAmericans have been irreparably harmed leading to distrust of Medical practitioners hardened through generations of stories like those associated with Lacks’ family. But what is also important to remember about this story, is how the violation of Lacks’ medical rights has directly benefited research studies conducted at both dozens of historically black colleges and universities as well as predominately white institutions. One of the first places the HeLa cells were shipped to was Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) for mass production.

Mrs. Lacks’ story, which has been immortalized in books and news coverage, is now chronicled in a motion picture, ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.’ Set in Baltimore and co-directed by Oprah Winfrey, the film chronicles the journey of a journalist (Rebecca Skloot played by Rose Byrne) seek-

Since then, HeLa cells have been used in over 90,000 research pub-

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lications and the cells have been and continue to be used around the world helping to spur the following scientific advancements: the vaccine for the Polio virus, in vitro fertilization, identification of HPV-18, and telomerase (an enzyme that rebuilds the tips of chromosomes and determines the lifespan of a cell) and a host of cancers and illnesses. Therefore, countless lives have been saved as a result of the discoveries made using HeLa cells.

In 2011, Lacks’ family received on her behalf a posthumouslyawarded honorary doctorate of public service from Morgan State University, which claimed as an alumna one of history’s most important contributors to modern medicine. We may never truly realize the extent of her impact on the global medical community, but we all should consider supporting this film which adds additional context to the story of Henrietta Lacks and her impact on positive health outcomes for our communities.

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By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Columnist Former Fox News Channel anchor Bill O’Reilly, the man whose lofty ratings were responsible for the growth of the network, is no longer on the air. Revelations that $13 million had been paid, either by O’Reilly or the network, to women who said they had been sexually harassed repelled millions, some of whom protested outside Fox headquarters and took to the airwaves with their complaints. But it is unlikely that protests or complaints moved Fox to separate themselves from O’Reilly. Instead, it is most likely that the network severed ties with O’Reilly, because advertisers did not want to be associated with a program anchored by a man who seemed to find nothing wrong with sexual harassment.

More than 52 advertisers pulled ad spots from The O’Reilly Factor program, in the wake of The New York Times article about the payouts. They included Advil, Mercedes, BMW, Jenny Craig, Hyundai, Allstate, Lexus and H&R Block. The O’Reilly Factor was the highest revenue-generator in cable television, bringing in about $120 million in the first nine months of 2016. The O’Reilly Factor dominated the 8 p.m. weekday hour, drawing more viewers than any other cable network.

Don’t cry for Bill O’Reilly. He is leaving Fox News with “tens of millions of dollars” in a settlement; be concerned, instead, for the women who have had to put up with his odious behavior; be concerned for those who didn’t come forward to get paid because they were afraid for their jobs, or because they feared they would not be believed; be concerned for the Black woman that O’Reilly allegedly called “Hot Chocolate,” grunted when he saw her, and behaved so badly that she was frightened for her safety. Why didn’t she leave? She valued her job. She didn’t know, if she could find another one. An African American woman who heads a household, on average, has just $4400 in liquid assets, compared to $20,519 for White women. With such a tiny cushion, an African American woman is likely to think twice before airing a sexual harassment complaint.

African American women are also less likely to be believed than White women are, at least partly because of the way the world views Black women. So, right on, to the sister who called the Fox Hot Line to report that she was being harassed.

She, and many of the other Black women who have protested the culture of sexism at Fox, need to have champions that are as vocal as the champions Megyn Kelly and Gretchen Carlson had. Indeed, one might look at the fact that Megyn Kel-

ley pushed Tamron Hall off her perch as the only Black woman anchor at the Today show as evidence of how much more highly valued white women are than Black women.

What did we learn from O’Reilly’s ouster, though? We learned that advertisers are controversy-averse. They don’t want to be associated with an accused sexual harasser, especially when the accusations are persistent and are backed up with numerous settlements to women who have experienced harassment.

Advertisers saw their brands tarnished, and their consumer base angered, by O’Reilly’s behavior. Too many of the companies that abandoned O’Reilly’s show have increasing numbers of women in senior management, in advertising, and on their boards. While Roger Ailes, now himself dismissed from Fox for his harassing behavior, described O’Reilly’s antics with “Bill will be Bill,” increasing numbers of women (and some men) in charge find Bill’s behavior, not only odious, but also illegal. Increased sensitivity to issues of sexual harassment helped make it clear that O’Reilly’s behavior was simply unacceptable.

What would it take for advertisers to draw the line on racial discrimination and/or discrimination against African American women? Racial discrimination does not cause the same repugnance that sex discrimination does. Indeed, companies that engage in widespread race discrimination might even get high fives from consumers who might like to practice racism themselves. The only way that African Americans could spark an advertiser exodus, on par with what happened to The O’Reilly Factor, would be to either work with partners who would put their feet down strongly, or to boycott the goods and services that a discriminating company provided. Unfortunately, there are few African Americans who would emulate those who boycotted busses for 381 days in Montgomery during 1955 and 1956. It seems unlikely that a critical mass of African Americans would inconvenience themselves to punish a discriminator.

African American leaders would do well to study the O’Reilly case and to ask what it would take for us to send as strong a signal about race discrimination as the O’Reilly dismissal did about sexual harassment. Many thought O’Reilly was invincible, but he wasn’t. Race discrimination isn’t invincible, either. We just have to decide what we want to do about it!

Julianne Malveaux is an author, economist and founder of Economic Education. Her podcast, “It’s Personal with Dr. J” is available on iTunes. Her latest book “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy” is available to order at www.juliannemalveaux.com at Amazon. com. Follow Dr. Malveaux on Twitter @ drjlastword.

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Eboni Weighs-In on New Show and on Turmoil at Fox Eboni K. Williams, Esquire joined the Fox News Network in September 2015, sharing her insights and analysis as a contributor on “Outnumbered,” “The Five” and other programs. Prior to joining Fox, she served as a CBS News correspondent, an HLN contributor and a talk radio host in Los Angeles on AM 640.

Eboni received a B.A. in Communications and African-American Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. She began her professional career in Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina where she clerked for the Louisiana Secretary of State and the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office while still a law student.

She has also worked for a number of politicians, including New Orleans City Council members, assisting in the effort to rebuild the city. She subsequently specialized in Family Law and Civil Litigation, providing counsel in highprofile divorces, spousal support, and child custody cases.

In 2008, she transitioned to a public defender and went back to private practice in 2010 in both North Carolina and the Greater Los Angeles area. She has represented clients in criminal matters, too, including murders, rapes, high volume drug cases, sex crimes and federal offenses.

Here, she talks about her new series, “The Fox News Specialists,” co-hosted by Eric Bolling and Katherine Timpf. The show airs weekdays at 5 pm ET on the Fox News Channel.

the time. Congratulations on landing the new series.

EKW: Oh, thank you so much. It was all quite sudden, as I’m sure you could see. But it all feels pretty exciting and, yeah, we’re thrilled about it.

KW: I recognized your talent right of the bat, and pegged you as a rising star. That’s why, when I interviewed you last fall, I predicted you’d get your own show in a year and a half. But you did it in just six months.

Eboni K. Williams: I’m well, Kam. How are you doing?

EKW: Yeah. For those who don’t know my full background, it’s important to note that I had my very first appearance on the Fox Network in July of 2013, on the 12th, I think. The segment lives on in infamy on Youtube. I was on O’Reilly’s The Factor discussing the George Zimmerman verdict.

He’d just been found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin. That was the genesis of my relationship with the network. From there, I was an unpaid guest for almost two years before I landed other network roles as a contributor and correspondent. But technically, our relationship did start in 2013.

So, that’s kind of been the evolution of it.

KW: Great! Thanks so much for

KW: How long was The Fox News

Kam Williams: Hi, Eboni, how are you?

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EKW: I only heard about the show fairly recently, directly from the executives. But I couldn’t tell you how long they’d been planning it.

All I can say is that I was very excited to be invited to take part in it, especially by the idea of casting myself, Eric and Kat. It was a very deliberate choice to combine not only our divergent political voices, coming from the standpoints of an independent, a conservative and a Libertarian, respectively, but also our differing perspectives on life, with Kat being a humorist and writer, Eric having had a career in both sports and finance, and my having had a career in the law and also in the consulting space. We are people who come from three different worlds. We have different cultural backgrounds. We come from different generations...

We have different family dynamics... So, I think the network is valuing all that and what our dialogue will sound like. And then, they’ll be making it even more intriguing by adding two brand new voices to the mix every day. Two of the five hosts will be newcomers contributing fresh perspectives to the topics. I think this was a lot of the thought behind the planning of the show.

KW: This has been a period of considerable upheaval at Fox, between the allegations of sexual harassment and the racial discrimination lawsuit. Yet, despite being black and female, you’ve somehow successfully negotiated those dangerous waters, and continued your meteoric rise. Bravo!

EKW: Well, thank you. did you read my statement I made about the situation in the New York Times? This was a few weeks ago, before Bill O’Reilly’s departure.

KW: Sorry, I missed it. What did you say?

EKW: I thought it was important, as a woman at the network,

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5 Health Mistakes You Make Before 9 a.m.

later at night), you need sunlight.

Come through sunlight! Letting in those a.m. rays may also help you regulate your weight, found researchers at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Try this instead: Do what’s listed in #2 then open the shades all the way as soon as you get out of bed (or, um, as soon as you put on a bathrobe).

by T. R. Causay, BlackDoctor.org

Mornings are critical. They set the pace for your day and usually set the mood as well. There’s nothing like waking up refreshed and ready for your day to start. But wait…there’s something you’re missing. Before you just jump on into your day, you could be making some critical errors that affect your health for the rest of the day, the week and months to come!

Originally inspired by Oprah Winfrey, here’s what we found you’re missing out on: Mistake 1: You hit the ground running.

You jump out of bed ready to face the day head-on. Many of us think that’s the best way to do it: attack the day and you’ll get more done.

The problem is that you may be demanding too much from your back muscles when you just jump up out of the bed, which are often stiff from a long night of resting in one place, says Robert D. Oexman, MBA, DC, a sleep and chiropractic expert and director of the Sleep to Live Institute. Move too quickly and your muscles may spasm and put you at risk for lower back pain or even a slipped or ruptured disk. Another reason to get up slowly: When we stand after lying down for hours, the blood rushes to the legs, and this can cause a lightheaded feeling that puts us at risk for a stumble. This effect, called orthostatic hypotension, is especially common in women, says Alan Hilibrand, MD, an orthopaedic

surgeon and spokesperson for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Try this instead: Before jumping into the shower, waking the kids up or turning on the morning news, Oexman recommends hugging the knees to the chest (one at a time, then together). This will not only help warm up the muscles, but it will also get blood flowing throughout the body so you’ll feel more stable when you rise and shine.

Mistake #2: You focus on work or your to do list early.

You get up early so you can get more things done, right? Well…that may be true from a time standpoint, but it doesn’t help you in the long run.

Motivational speaker, entrepreneur and life coach to today’s billionaires, Tony Robbins, says the first thing anyone needs to do when they wake up is to take time for themselves. Not prepping for something, not trying to get ready, but time for themselves. He says, “if you don’t have 10 minutes for yourself every morning, then you don’t have a life.” OUCH! When you take time for yourself, he says it “primes” or

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Try this instead: Robbins says in your 10 minutes, focus on 3 things: first three minutes, focus on giving thanks. Getting into an attitude of thankfulness for the small things around you, for the big things, for everything! Just start saying the things you’re grateful for. Next three minutes, focus on long term goals, things that are six months to a year away. Start calling those things into existence. Not in a way that causes confusion because now you have “all these things to do,” but in a way that pushes them to the forefront with a confidence knowing you’ll get them done. Last four minutes, focus on three outcomes you want to happen short term.

Mistake #3: You check your phone before doing anything.

The light from your phone should not be the first thing you see in the morning. It’s not only bad for your eyes over time, it’s also bad for your internal clock. You check your phone and you’re already seeing what emails you have, what’s on your schedule for that day, ramping up your heart rate before it’s time and not making time for yourself. To help you start your day with a positive mood and to set your internal clock (so that you can wind down

Mistake #4: You save your treat until the afternoon.

Most of us work hard, then take a break for personal time at lunch—or more likely around 3 p.m., when we begin to fade. But in a recent study from the University of Minnesota, when employees started the workday in a positive frame of mind, their mood got a bigger boost by pleasant events than if they started out glum and grumpy. They were also less impacted by negative interactions with coworkers, found the researchers.

Try this: Splurge on that latte on your way into the office, or take a few minutes to call your sister or maybe even do a few sun salutations, if you’re into that kind of thing—anything to perk up before the day really gets going. Moral of this story: don’t cheat yourself, treat yourself!

Mistake #5: You exercise before doing anything else.

You know you’re supposed to eat breakfast within 30 minutes of getting up in order to jumpstart your metabolism, but that doesn’t seem realistic when you’re rushing to make an early-morning Zumba class. Skipping the meal, though is a problem. You’ve been fasting all night and need some carbohydrates to top off your depleted energy stores—especially if you’re about to deplete them further at the gym.

World record holder and 80-yearold bodybuilder Ernestine Shepherd gets up every morning and eats her eggs and vegetables along with her drinks every morning — and she’s been doing that for decades!

Try this instead: We’re not saying you need a bowl of oatmeal with all the fixings. A handful of dry cereal or half a banana on your way to out the door is just fine (and a glass of water, of course, since the last time you drank anything was probably seven hours ago).

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A1C Diabetes Test & African Americans

by Constance Brown-Riggs, MSEd, RD, CDE, CDN

he A1C test is the primary test used for diabetes diagnosis and management. However, it may not be the best test to use in African Americans—particularly those with sickle cell trait.

What is the AIC? The A1C test—also called the hemoglobin A1c, HbA1c, or glycohemoglobin test—shows how much glucose is attached to hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. Typically, red blood cells live for about three months.

So, the A1C test is reflective of your average blood glucose (blood sugar) level over the past three months.

The A1C test is different from the blood glucose checks that you do every day—also known as self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG). It is important to keep in mind that each blood glucose result from SMBG provides information for only one point in time. You and your doctor need to use both the AIC and SMBG results to get a complete picture of your blood glucose control. The higher your A1C number,

the higher your blood glucose levels have been during the past three months. Elevated levels of blood glucose can harm your heart, blood vessels, kidneys, feet and eyes.

A1C Test and African Americans There are racial differences that your doctor should consider when using the A1C test results.

According to a study presented at

the American Diabetes Association 76th Scientific Session, researchers found that glucose attaches to the red blood cell at a higher rate in African Americans than in Whites. For the same blood glucose level, the A1C was about 0.3 percent higher in African Americans than in Whites.

In other words, for the same glucose level, an African American woman would have an A1C of 8 percent, but the White woman would have an

A1C of only 7.7 percent.

Moreover, the A1C test can be unreliable for diagnosing or monitoring African Americans with sickle cell trait, sickle cell anemia or thalassemia—conditions that affect the red blood cell. Individuals in these groups have a less common type of hemoglobin known as a hemoglobin variant that can interfere with the A1C test. This interference can result in lower A1C values which can lead to a delay in diagnosis and treatment of diabetes. In fact, a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed the diagnosis of prediabetes and diabetes based on A1C results was significantly lower among African Americans with sickle cell trait. When the researchers compared A1C results to fasting glucose or 2-hour glucose results, they found A1C results that were expected to be 6 percent were only 5.7 percent for African Americans with sickle cell trait.

People with sickle cell trait and other hemoglobin variants have no symptoms. If you have any of the following you may be at risk for having a hemoglobin variant: you are of African, Mediterranean, or Southeast Asian heritage mem-

bers of your family have sickle cell trait or sickle cell anemia the results of your blood glucose test or SMBG don’t match the results of your A1C test your A1C result is different than expected your A1C result is very high—above 15 percent your most recent A1C result is very different from your last A1C result If you have any of these risk factors, your health care provider can order other blood test to confirm whether you have a hemoglobin variant.

There are special A1C test available that can provide reliable, accurate results for people with a hemoglobin variant. You and your healthcare provider can also use your daily blood glucose readings to show how well controlled your diabetes is.

A1C Targets The A1C range for a prediabetes diagnosis is 5.7 percent to 6.4 percent. You will be diagnosed with diabetes if your A1C is above 6.5 percent. The A1C goal for many people with diabetes is below 7 percent.

However, depending on your diabetes history and general health your goal may be different. You should discuss your A1C target with your health care provider.

Black Doctors Earn Less than White Doctors

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Contributor

African-American physicians earn 15 percent less than White physicians—an average of $262,000 compared to $303,000— according to Medscape’s 2017 Physicians Compensation Report.

Approximately 19,200 physicians across 26 areas of medicine were asked questions about annual compensation, race, gender, geography and job satisfaction.

The report, detailed by CBS News, revealed that AfricanAmerican doctors are less likely to say they feel fairly compensated, with only half agreeing that they’re earning what they should.

“Fifty-percent of African-American physicians don’t feel fairly compensated,” the report’s editor Leslie Kane, a senior director of Medscape Business of Medicine,

told CBS. Racial and gender discrimination may certainly be a factor, Kane said, but there are other factors as well.

For example, if a doctor treats more Medicaid patients, their reimbursement is usually lower, since employer-insured patients

tend to pay better.

How many hours a doctor works and whether they’re in private practice or a clinic can also explain some inequities in pay.

“Tons of factors play into how much a physician makes,” she said.

The survey found that the gen-

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der pay gap is narrower among younger doctors.

Male doctors ages 55 to 69 make 27 percent more than women, but the divide shrinks to 18 percent in physicians under the age of 34.

Being a doctor pays well, but there are still major discrepancies when it comes to paychecks within the medical profession. For the first time, the annual report looked at race as well as gender and other factors, revealing some significant disparities in pay.

Physicians’ annual salaries averaged $294,000, with specialists earning about $100,000 more than primary care doctors.

Overall, average pay has risen by $88,000 over the seven years Medscape has been conducting this survey—an increase attributed to intense competition for doctors among hospitals and health care systems.

The three highest-paying specialties were orthopedics (average annual compensation: $489,000), plastic surgery ($440,000) and cardiology ($410,000). They earned well over twice as much as the average pediatrician ($202,000) and family physician ($209,000), the two lowest-paying categories.

A deeper dive into the data shows male doctors take home bigger paychecks in both primary care and specialty areas such as orthopedics and surgery.

Male primary care physicians made 15 percent more than women in 2016, while male specialists earned 31 percent more than their female colleagues.

Part of the reason may be that women are more likely to choose lower-paying specialties, Kane said.

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The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport Invitation for Bid (IFB) PT Barnum Apartments Unit 205 Renovation Solicitation Number: 080-PD-17-S

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is requesting sealed bids for Renovation of unit 205 at PT Barnum Apartments. A complete set of the plans and technical specifications will be available on May 8, 2017. 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 pre-bid conference will be held at 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604 on May 23, 2017 @ 10:00 a.m. Although attendance is not mandatory, 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 May 30, 2017 @ 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 June 6, 2017 @ 2:00 PM, to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Contract Specialist, 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.

TRANSFER STATION LABORER Off load trailers, reload for trans/disp. Lift 50 lbs., operate industrial powered trucks and forklift. Asbestos Worker Handler Training a +. Resumes to RED Technologies, LLC, 173 Pickering St., Portland, CT 06480; Fax 860-342-1022; or Email to lkelly@redtransfer.com RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

Class A Driver Class A CDL Driver with 3 years min. exp. HAZMAT Endorsed.

(Tractor/Triaxle/Roll-off) Some overnights may be required. FAX resumes to RED Technologies, at 860.342-1042; Email: HR@redtechllc.com Mail or in person: 173 Pickering Street, Portland, CT 06480.

RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

The City of Norwalk Housing Authority

is seeking qualifications from photographers, videographers, journalists and graphic production professionals to create documentary materials related to a major urban redevelopment project.

The Washington Village / South Norwalk Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) is a $150 million-dollar housing and neighborhood revitalization strategy being implemented with federal, state, municipal and private investments. The transformative nature of this collaboration provides a unique and extraordinary opportunity to tell a story and share the lessons learned over a 4 to 5-year period. It is also an opportunity to engage local residents including children in documenting this transformation. This Request for Qualifications is directed to firms, collaborations, partnerships or individuals with the pre-requisite skills to produce professional quality video productions, photo journals, graphic illustrations and journalistic copy to document this historical transformation. A complete copy of the Request for Qualifications can be viewed and printed at www.norwalkha.org under the Business tab, RFPs/RFQs or the project website: www. norwalkcni.org Norwalk Housing Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Curtis O. Law, Executive Director

2BR Bristol, CT $950-$990 Zbikowski Park Neighborhood now taking applications for newly rehabbed 2BR apartment.

Available immediately. Income restrictions apply. Equal Housing Opportunity. Contact Beatrice Nieves at (860) 585-2042 or at bnieves@bristolhousing.org

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport Invitation for Bid (IFB) Kossuth Street Duplex Renovation Solicitation Number: 081-PD-17-S

Construction oriented company seeking full-time Accounting/Administrative Assistant to answer phones, schedule sales appts, filing, typing & other general office duties. Will also have accounting responsibilities-data entry, sales order billing, and processing A/P transactions, supporting our overthe-counter sales person, the controller & CFO. Min 5 yrs. Related experience, excellent written & verbal skills, ability to multitask, knowledge of basic accounting principles, excellent computer skills (5+ yrs. Experience) with Excel & Word, accounting software knowledge a plus. $31,200 annual salary-negotiable based on experience & qualifications. AA/EOE Email resume to mmunzner@atlasoutdoor.com

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is requesting sealed bids for Renovation of Unit 205 at PT Barnum Apartments. A complete set of the plans and technical specifications will be available on May 8, 2017. 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 pre-bid conference will be held at 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604 on May 23, 2017 @ 11:00 a.m. Although attendance is not mandatory, 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 May 30, 2017 @ 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 June 6, 2017 @ 3:00 PM, to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Contract Specialist, 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.

VNA Community Healthcare is searching for Certified Home Health Aides (HHA). Must have 6 months – one year of experience as a HHA. Several opportunities for full and part-time flexible schedules. Submit resume and cover letter to jobs@ vna-commh.org. Visit our website www.connecticuthomecare.org for other opportunities. EOE/M/F

KMK Insulation Inc.

1907 Hartford Turnpike North Haven, CT 06473

Mechanical Insulator

Insulation Company offering good pay and benefits.

Please forward resume via REGULAR MAIL only.

This company is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

Class A CDL Driver

with 3 years min. exp. HAZMAT Endorsed. (Tractor/Triaxle/Roll-off) Some overnights may be required. FAX resumes to RED Technologies, at 860.342-1042; Email: HR@redtechllc.com Mail or in person: 173 Pickering Street, Portland, CT 06480.

RED Technologies, LLC is An EOE.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS May 03, 2017 - May 09, 2017

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE TRUMBULL HOUSING AUTHORITY – STERN VILLAGE

The Glendower Group, Inc

Accepting Applications for NON-SMOKERS ONLY

Starting April 3, 2017 at 9 AM & Ending on April 30, 2017 at 4 PM Applications postmarked before April 3 or after April 30 will not be accepted.

Invitation for Bids Code Compliance Consultant

Eligible applicant households must have a head, co-head, or spouse age 62 or older, or eligible disabled, at least 18 years old to qualify. Applicants who meet the criteria which are: national credit & criminal background checks, landlord verification and interviews will be selected randomly for a place on the waiting list by a lottery system.

The Glendower Group, Inc an affiliate of Housing Authority City of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking BIDS for Code Compliance Consultant.

A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 3:00 PM, EST.

OPENINGS ARE FOR NON-SMOKERS ONLY!

Income Cannot Exceed:

$46,000/YEAR FOR 1 PERSON $52,600/YEAR FOR 2 PEOPLE

For one person the base rent is $400.

For two people the base rent is $450.

The Glendower Group, Inc

Tenant cannot pay lower than the base rent.

Tenant pays for utilities (except water) and cable TV. Rent calculation is based on 30% of adjusted monthly income.

Invitation for Bids Landscaping Services

Applications can be downloaded at www.sternvillage.com, or can be obtained at The THA Office, located in the Stern Village Community Room, at 200 Hedgehog Circle, Trumbull, CT between 9 am and 4 pm weekdays.

The Glendower Group, Inc an affiliate of Housing Authority City of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking BIDS for Landscaping Services .

A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 3:00 PM, EST.

-Apply by mail or drop off your completed application to the THA. -For an application to be mailed back, address an envelope to the THA and include a prestamped, self-addressed envelope.

Phone, fax, email or voice-mail applications will NOT be accepted.

Only one application per family; one family submitting more than one application will be disqualified.

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport

The Trumbull Housing Authority does not discriminate in admission or access to its housing programs on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, age, mental retardation, mental or learning or physical disability, handicapped condition, and hearing impairment, lawful source of income, familial status, and sexual orientation.

Both State & Federal Law contain specific exceptions for certain protected classes.

For additional information, please call the Main Office: 203-261-5740 x1 for Heather LeMoult, Office Assistant TRUMBULL HOUSING AUTHORITY 200 HEDGEHOG CIRCLE

The City of Norwalk Housing Authority of Norwalk, CT

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is currently seeking bids from qualified elevator companies to provide elevator preventive maintenance and repair authority-wide. There is a mix of elevator types and locations. Solicitation package will be available on April 17, 2017. 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 pre-bid conference will be held at 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604 on May 2, 2017, @ 10:00 a.m. Although attendance is not mandatory, 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 May 5, 2017 @ 3:00 p.m. Answers to all the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycommunities.org. Seal bids will be received until May 18, 2016 @ 2:00 PM, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

is seeking bids for (1) F250 pickup truck and (1)Transit Connect Van. Bidding documents can be viewed and printed atwww.norwalkha.org under the Business tab, RFPs/RFQs. Norwalk Housing Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Curtis O. Law, Executive Director

Town of Bloomfield

Assistant Director of Public Works Salary $74,337 - $114,743 For details and how to apply, go to www.bloomfieldct.org Pre-employment drug testing required AA/EOE

THE COVENTRY HOUSING AUTHORITY

Pre-applications for waiting list at Orchard Hill Estates I & II Housing Complex will be accepted until June 30, 2017. To qualify, you must be at least 62 years old or disabled by Social Security. Current income limits are determined by the Office of Housing and Urban Development. Interested parties may pick up an application online at coventryct.org, or at 1630 Main St., Coventry, CT 06238 or have one mailed by calling 860-742-5518.

Invitation for Bid (IFB) Elevator Preventive Maintenance and Repairs Solicitation Number: 079-AM-17-S

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport Invitation for Bid (IFB) C.F. Greene Apartments Unit Renovation Solicitation Number: 078-PD-17-S

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is requesting sealed bids for the unit renovations at C.F. Greene Apartments. A complete set of the plans and technical specifications will be available on April 17, 2017. 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 pre-bid conference will be held at 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604 on April 27 2017 @ 10:00 a.m. Although attendance is not mandatory, submitting a bid for the project without attending conference is not in the best interest of the Offeror. Additional questions should be emailed only tobids@parkcitycommunities.org no later than May 4, 2017 @ 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 May 16, 2017 @ 2:00 PM, to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Contract Specialist, 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.

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Boom Shock Fitness Gets Brides Fit For Their Wedding Day and Beyond wanted to have a trainer to help me jumpstart my journey in becoming a healthier me.”

Brides with limited time, but ready to achieve results, can get a customized Boom Shock workout routine and food plan that helps them meet wellness or dress-size goals. Stephanie, who roller skates for fun, seeks to empower her clients, who are often well equipped for the challenge but need guidance. “I don’t allow my clients to use me as a crutch.

You going to Red Lobster, you don’t have to call me. You already know what NOT to eat,” says the University Maryland graduate and certified massage therapist. “It’s about growth within yourself, learning your body and what works for you.”

Stephanie also assists women struggling with high blood pressure, diabetes, bad knees or back pain. These are women determined to defy a doctor’s odds against their ability to be healthy. “I also target that person who does not know what the heck to

Black PR Wire Newsroom Every year in the United States, more than 2 million couples get married, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. For some, it’s a special rite of passage and a chance to improve certain areas in life, including one’s health.

That was the case for Cordnesha Mosby. For her, signing up for a customized Boom Shock Fitness workout plan was a chance to embark on a long-term commitment to wellness – beyond her special day. Founded in 2010 by Stephanie Jones, a certified personal trainer and group fitness coach, Boom Shock specializes in empowering women to meet their fitness or wellness goals.

“I told Stephanie that although I have a wedding coming up, I did not want a quick fix. I didn’t have a magic number that I wanted to [achieve],” says Mosby, whose nuptials are scheduled in September. “What I did tell her was that I

do,” says the 38-year-old, full-time entrepreneur, “too much going on, no balance; don’t know what to eat; and don’t know what to do to work out. I get excited when my clients come to me like this, and then notice improvement. ” When asked how she came up with the name Boom Shock Fitness for her company, Stephanie laughs and shares, “I went through a phase where whenever I got excited, I would say, ‘boomshockalocka!’

I did this for about a year.” She adds, “Then, I was having lunch with one of my girlfriends and said, ‘boomshockalocka!” She said, “That’s it!” Stephanie says her initial reaction was – no. However, eventually she landed on Boom Shock Fitness.

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“The Fox News Specialists”

to speak out. I echoed some of the sentiments of my colleague, Kelly Wright. Whether some people think we don’t belong at Fox News on the basis of our gender or race, we do deserve to be there.

We deserve the opportunity to do the work we want to do wherever we want to do it. I think it’s important for people to understand that we’re not going to be limited by anybody else’s expectations. I also think it’s important that my background be represented anywhere I see fit. I have proudly chosen to work at Fox because it has a captive audience that perhaps is not all that exposed to people with my cultural, racial and generational background. My point-of-view is unique, particularly for its audience. And I enjoy being able to engage in dialogue and exchange ideas with the likes of Eric Bolling, Sean Hannity and others from different social circumstances. I think that’s good for our country, and good for the world. It’s a way we can all grow as humans, as Christians, and as Americans.

KW: I agree. I don’t know whether you’re aware of it, but even when

you were away on vacation in Paris a few weeks ago, your name would still occasionally be brought up by your colleagues on Outnumbered.

For instance, I remember Meghan McCain saying something very positive about you, as she speculated where you’d stand on the issue they were discussing.

EKW: Oh, that warms my heart, not only from an emotional place, but from a credibility stand-

point. When I say, “I’m proud to be working at Fox News,” that’s not me putting on blinders to the very real challenges we’re facing as a network. I am both aware of and am actively working to help rectify cultural problems at our network, as the Murdochs themselves have accounted for. Things need fixing. I’m aware of that. and I believe they’re aware of it. At the same time, I am proud to work

alongside people like Meghan McCain who, although we often differ politically, we have a mutual respect for each other’s backgrounds and experiences. And like I said before, that’s where the potential for growth is.

KW: Thanks again, Eboni, and best of luck with the new show.

EKW: Thank you, Kam.

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White Doctors

why there is this overall disparity.

We look at what specialties women are going into and they go into less well-paying areas,” she said.

“Fifty-three percent of pediatricians are women, one of lowest paid specialties. Thirty-nine percent of family physicians are women, also a lower-paying area,” Kane said.

When it comes to the more highly paid medical specialties, only 9 percent of women are orthopedists and only 20 percent of general surgeons are female, Kane added.

African-American doctors typically work in primary care rather than specialties, the survey noted.

The annual compensation survey delved into race for the first time, said Kane, who has edited the report for seven years.

The report revealed higher salaries in rural states. Doctors in North Dakota are the highest paid in the U.S. followed by Alaska, South Dakota and Nebraska.

Washington D.C. counts as the lowest, while New York hovers toward the bottom of the list, which Kane and others chalk up to supply and demand; plenty of doctors cluster in big cities, while rural areas need to offer more money to attract staff.

Patients may be glad to know that regardless of pay, most doctors like what they do: eight out of 10 physicians said they’d still choose medicine if they had the chance to pick a career all over again.

Beyoncé creates scholarship for young women studying the arts, black studies

It’s been a year already since Beyoncé launched Lemonade, and to mark the anniversary, Beyoncé is announcing a new scholarship program called “Formation Scholars” which will help young women studying creative arts, music, literature, or African-American studies.

The scholarship will start to become available for the 2017-2018 school year, with aims to “encourage and support young women who are unafraid to think outside the box and are bold, creative, conscious and confident.”

The colleges participating in the program are Berklee College of Music, Howard University, Parsons School of Design and Spelman College.

What an amazing way to celebrate one year of Lemonade.

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