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Inmate Phone Call Bill Advances THE INNER-CITY NEWS -

by Lisa Backus Ct. News Junkie

Diane Lewis has spent about $250 a month in phone calls for more than a decade to stay in contact with her 33-year-old incarcerated son.

Although her son will be released soon, she said she was speaking for the thousands of mothers behind her when she stood in support of HB 6714 which would make phone calls from state prisons free during a press conference Tuesday.

“There are mothers who haven’t talked to their sons in years” because of the cost of the calls, Lewis said. “I always pay the phone bill first, even if it means paying the cable bill late.”

The bill was approved 29-19 Tuesday by the Appropriations Committee despite some confusion over what the bill would mean for the state.

Rep. Josh Elliott, D-Hamden, who sponsored the free inmate call legislation, is now concerned that Republicans will stall its passage in the House by refusing to set a time limit on the debate.

“If we were to spend eight or 10 hours on the bill, we wouldn’t have time for other bills that need to get done,” Elliott said.

Some Republicans on the Appropriations Committee spoke against the bill Tuesday — just hours after Lewis and about two dozen others expressed their support for the legislation.

The proposed legislation, which would go into effect two years from now, would prohibit the state from keeping any portion of the revenue from the calls — a factor that is driving up the cost for the families of inmates, supporters of the bill said.

The state makes a 68% return on all instate calls totaling about $7.7 million a year. Securus Technologies, the vendor

who manages the state’s inmate phone system, makes about $5.5 million a year — including $2 million that is the state’s portion of the revenue on out of state calls.

The Texas-based company claimed in a letter to the state Department of Administrative Services in 2014 that it can’t turn over the additional revenue on out-of-state calls because of a Federal Communications Commission ruling. An FCC spokesman said in early May that the agency has never prohibited prison telecommunications companies from providing a portion of the revenue from out-of-state inmate calls. The company has been keeping about $2 million a year generated by the 68% profit since 2014, according to DAS officials.

Of the $7.7 million annually the state receives, about $5.5 million goes to the Judicial Branch to pay for probation officers, another $2 million goes to the state’s Criminal Justice Information System and $350,000 goes to the state Department of Correction for inmate programs.

The calls cost $3.50 to $4.87 for 15 minutes. The DOC has the right to cut off the call at any time — but the person paying for the call still incurs the entire fee, said Rep. Robyn Porter, D-New Haven, who supports the bill.

Securus renegotiated its contract with the state in early March after the company learned about the proposal for free phone calls, said Elliott, who was flanked Tuesday by supporters from several non-profit agencies who deal with individuals who are incarcerated and their families.

Elliott told the group gathered at the Legislative Office building that Securus threatened to pull the phone system out as the bill gained traction and is now trying to renegotiate with the state to make calls more affordable.

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Brittany Williams, campaign director for Worth Rises Connecticut ranks 49th in the country in terms of affordability of inmate phone calls, according to Worth Rises, a New York-based nonprofit that supports inmates and their families. The organization has been heavily involved in the push to make inmate calls free in Connecticut.

If the bill becomes law, Connecticut would be the first state in the nation to provide free phone service to inmates, supporters said.

But many members of the Appropriations Committee, both Democrats and Republicans, seemed confused during a debate about the state’s portion of the revenue and what the bill would do.

Some Republicans agreed that the charges were excessive. “I think it’s reprehensible that the state is profiting 68% on phone calls for incarcerated individuals,” Rep.

Mitch Bolinsky, R-Newtown, said. “This should not be a revenue stream for the state, I’m offended to even look at this.”

But Bolinsky was under the impression that the proposed law would continue to allow the state to keep revenue.

Appropriations Committee Co-Chair Toni Walker, D-New Haven, was unclear about where the state’s portion of the revenue went. She wanted the issue brought “front and center” to rectify the problem, she said.

But Walker also conceded that the committee hadn’t had a chance to review what the company was charging.

“This conversation has to be continued,” Walker said. “Plus it’s important we have a chance to look at the charges this company has been able to levy on the prisoners in our correction system.”

The proposal has drawn national attention from political commentators such as Van Jones, who sent a representative to the press conference. Presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, DMassachusetts, tweeted her support of the bill over the weekend.

Lewis pointed out to supporters that she wants to hear from her son in the same way a mother wants to hear from a child who has left for college or who is in the military.

“We love and worry about our children too,” Lewis said. “My kid made a mistake.

Does that make me less of a mother?”

The bill will now move on to the House calendar — but it is unclear when, or if, it will come up for discussion.

The session ends at midnight June 5.

Progressives Flex Muscles In Budget Debate; Lamont Won’t Back Down

by Christine Stuart Ct. News Junkie

HARTFORD, CT — A group of 63 Democratic legislators sent a letter to Gov. Ned Lamont asking him to support a 2% surcharge on capital gains for couples earning over $1 million a year.

The lawmakers, 56 in the House and seven in the Senate, said in the letter that it’s only fair for the wealthiest citizens to contribute more.

“Our state relies heavily on regressive sales and property taxes, while employing merely a moderately progressive income tax,” lawmakers wrote. “This structure soaks the middle class, taking over 12 percent of their income in state and local taxes. Meanwhile, those in the top one percent pay only 8.1 percent of their income in taxes according to the Department of Revenue Services.”

They added: “Since the Great Recession, Connecticut’s top one percent has garnered 100 percent of increased income and received a windfall from the Trump tax cuts.

Meanwhile, the middle class has seen their

incomes stagnate as they continue to shoulder a disproportionate tax burden. Rather than asking the middle class to dig even deeper into their pockets, we should ask those paying the lowest percentage of their income in taxes – and who have the most disposable income to spare – to pay their fair share.”

Gov. Ned Lamont said there’s “no wiggle room” on a capital gains surcharge.

“We would be almost twice the capital gains rate of Massachusetts, we’d be a lot more than Rhode Island, maybe we’d be a little more than New York. We would not be competitive,” Lamont said Thursday.

Lamont said the capital gains surcharge is not going to raise the $200 million that lawmakers believe it will raise.

“We’ve got to live within our means,” Lamont said. “We’ve got to tell people that would be the fifth big tax increase in a decade ... That’s not a way to get the state moving again.”

Rep. Josh Elliott, D-Hamden, a leading voice of the Progressive Caucus, said there

were a number of lawmakers who didn’t want to sign their name to the letter but are in favor of a capital gains surcharge.

“That’s a majority of the majority,” Elliott said.

Elliott declined to say that the signers of the letter would vote against any budget without a capital gains tax, but he maintained that they were going to fight for it to be included.

He said the letter will give Democratic leadership the leverage they need when they’re negotiating directly with the governor.

House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz and Majority Leader Matt Ritter said the co-chairs of the two budget writing committees are still negotiating the budget with the governor’s staff and they have yet to sit down to negotiate a final version.

Next week is the last full week of the legislative session so time is running out for them to reach an agreement even though all sides remain confident it will happen before June 5.

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Gov. Ned Lamont

Good bye to Mr. New Haven: THE INNER-CITY NEWS - May 29, 2019 - June 04, 2019

Henry (Henri) Louis Sumner December 30, 1943 – February 1, 2019

Henry L. Sumner, 75, passed away peacefully Friday, February 1, 2019. He was born to the late Ellaree Neely Sumner and Harvey Louis Sumner in 1943 in Garfield Hospital in Washington, DC and moved to New Haven at age 5.

Mr. Henri Sumner was a self-taught, professional of the arts. At the age of thirteen, he was designing clothing for local shows and was a youth member of National Association for Fashion and Accessory Designers, Inc. (NAFAD). While he was a student at Hillhouse, he was under the tutelage of Nancy Holmes, Sara Love, Eleanor Best, and Rose Evans. When he was just fifteen years old, he designed and made costumes for the New Haven Opera Society for the Opera Hansel and Gretel.

As a teenager, he also became interested in hair care. After graduating from Hillhouse in 1961, he attended and graduated from the Elm City Beauty Academy. He was the first black hair designer to work at

Henry L. Sumner,

Fast. Cheap. Attractive?

by PAUL BASS

Pedro Soto sees big boxes rising around town and isn’t offended.

The big boxes are new apartment complexes and hotels built by developers lured by the city’s hot real-estate market. Some experienced New Haven developmentwatchers have spoken out about what they consider cheap slapped-together designs, which they believe dilutes the city’s historic architectural beauty.

As chair of the city’s Development Commission, Pedro Soto doesn’t have the same concerns. He’s an historic preservationist.

He advocates for historic rehab over demolition (with an occasional exception, But history evolves, with new ideas enriching the mix, Soto argued. And in most of these cases such as Spinnaker’s Audubon Square and Hilton Garden Inn projects, Randy Salvatore’s three Hill developments and his downtown Novella and Blake Hotel buildings the new structures are rising on surface lots. Bringing new people, not displacing anybody. Creating new history, not destroying the old.

They represent a trend in lightweight “podium” design and construction. They rely on a first-floor concrete platform, with five to six wood-frame stories atop them using different materials (such as faux-brick) as “cladding” or outer skin; and an open-bay parking area at ground level.

“Every era has their preferred inexpensive form. That’s how you get economies of scale,” Soto said during a discussion of the issue on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven” program.

“These buildings are absolutely everywhere,” he noted. “I like them. I think they look kind of cool.”

Some Independent commentators have disagreed, in threads to stories like this and this.

“These buildings bear absolutely no resemblance to their surroundings other than using a little bit of brick,” commenter mspepper wrote about Paul Denz’s Corner Block and Randy Salvatore’s Tower Lane mixed-use designs. “Not one aspect of these buildings is, in any sense, traditional.

They are the type of homogeneous designs meant only to be done on the cheap, with no redeeming aesthetic qualities. It’s function over form the function being to line developer pockets as efficiently as possible.

Nothing more.”

Added Estaban: “Another 5 over 1, stick built house, constructed with 2x4s under a cheap brick veneer dressing up an otherwise plastic exterior. This same building is being replicated and repeated all over the country. It’s cheap and won’t last more than 30 years. These are the slums of the future.”

After a partial collapse last month of an upper story of Spinnaker’s under-construction Audubon Square development, Fire Chief John Alston Jr. expressed concern about the popularity of the podium design and lightweight construction in the Northeast. The lightweight steel and lightweight timber have tensile strength, but they create voids that “allow for more rapid smoke and fire travel,” he warned.

In his “Dateline New Haven” appearance, Soto also identified out-of-town slumlords as a prime housing policy challenge for the city right now and raised questions about plans to locate a new Vegas-style strip club emporium near a homeless shelter, family housing complex, and planned apartment developments.

Edward Malley Company in New Haven for Glemby International and then opened his own salon, With These Hands, which he lovingly ran for 22 years.

Over the years, he gave fashion shows for many non-profits. In 1982, he orchestrated a fabulous fashion show at Madame C. J. Walker’s mansion for her annual scholarship. (Ms Walker was an African-American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a political and social activist. She was the first female self-made millionaire in the United States from developing and marketing a line of beauty and hair products for black women.)

He organized a Cantata (a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment) for the Connecticut Afro American Historical Society and was also the originator and host for an Inaugural Ball for President Barack Obama in 2009 held at the Omni Hotel in New Haven. He also ran for Mayor of New Haven several times to be

an inspiration to youth of color.

Author Gloria Naylor who wrote Women of Wooster Place, Yale University Professor Sylvia Arden Boone who wrote Radiance from the Waters, Lisa Victoria Chapman Jones, a screen writer for Spike Lee, and acclaimed actress, Angela Bassett, were among his many friends and clients.

Because of his great love for the city of New Haven and the democratic process, he ran for Mayor during the 1990s. More recently, he focused on the beauty of cooking, creating many gourmet meals from the freshest ingredients.

A celebration of his life will take place Saturday, June 1, 2019 at Dixwell Avenue Congregational United Church of Christ from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

Contributions to the Henri L. Sumner Scholarship Fund may be made to The Prosperity Foundation 1287 Chapel Street New Haven, CT 06511.

MEN HELPING MEN TO BE BETTER FATHERS, HUSBANDS & FRIENDS EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SERIES

By Tracy Bowens Fixing Fathers Inc. was honored to have co-sponsored the Men’s Empowerment and Development Breakfast program. The collaborative efforts of Powerhouse Temple Church, Men’s Resource, and Fixing Fathers, Inc., illustrated how men can support one another with brotherly love, integrity, and without judgment. The breakfast was

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held at the Powerhouse Temple church in New Haven, with the purpose of facilitating discussions relevant to men in the community. The event was opened with a prayer by Powerhouse’s own, Bishop Lonnie Lawson and followed by a stirring rendition of Lift Every Voice and Sing. Brief organization introductions were given by Bishop Lawson, Dr. David Asbery, and Mr. Bruce A. Trammell. Fixing Father’s Tracy

Bowens led an open forum in which the men around the roundtable, whose ages ranged from 17 to 68, spoke openly about their struggles, triumphs, and challenges.

The response from the participants was enthusiastic and encouraging and everyone left the event with a sense of communal brotherhood. For information on future events, visit us at fixingfathers.org.

Hospitals, State Reach ‘Tentative’ Deal THE INNER-CITY NEWS -

May 29, 2019 - June 04, 2019

a prickly relationship with former Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and had hoped for a better one with Lamont.

But that relationship got off to a rocky start in February when Lamont declined to reduce the hospital tax as proposed by the bipartisan budget. Instead, he decided to keep the hospital tax at a rate that generates $900 million for the state annually. It’s unclear what the new agreement will mean for the tax structure and the state budget.

“The beginning of my administration marked a reset of the relationship between the State of Connecticut and its hospitals,” Lamont said. “I was clear that this ongoing litigation benefited neither party, and certainly not the taxpayers of our state. Both sides came to the table and negotiated a good faith settlement that will provide predictability and stability for both the state and the hospitals, and reduces the losses the state would have incurred in the absence of this agreement. This is a path forward that provides fiscal stability for the hospital industry and marks a new chapter in our state’s relationships with the hospitals.”

Jennifer Jackson, CEO of the Connecticut Hospital Association, said the agreement provides a “path forward for hospitals and the state that recognizes the important role hospitals play in providing patients with quality healthcare and in strengthening our state’s economy.”

by Christine Stuart Ct. News Junkie

HARTFORD, CT — The battle between the state of Connecticut and the Connecticut Hospital Association has been going on for more than three years, but Gov. Ned Lamont and the association announced Tuesday that they’ve reached a “tentative agreement.”

However, there were few if any details available Tuesday evening because the Connecticut Hospital Association’s members still have to approve the deal. The court and Attorney General William Tong also will have to agree to settle all outstanding claims.

The Connecticut Hospital Association sued the state of Connecticut in 2016.

The complaint filed by 20 hospitals in New Britain Superior Court says Connecticut, starting in 2013, abandoned the idea of giving the hospitals back some of the money it leveraged with the hospital provider tax through federal matching grants.

“Over time, the State’s payments to hospitals from Hospitals Tax revenues have decreased, federal matching funds have decreased and the State has utilized the Hospitals Tax to balance the budget,” the original complaint states.

The Connecticut Hospital Association had

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Gov. Ned Lamont

House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, said leaders were briefed on the agreement, but that the administration was “intentionally vague” about the details.

He said it’s his understanding that it won’t impact negotiations over the current twoyear budget, but he’s not clear on exactly what that means.

The Lamont administration declined to offer further details about the financials of the deal.

After two years of paying $900 million annually in provider taxes, hospitals were supposed to see the tax drop to $384 million. Lamont’s budget maintained the tax at $900 million and gives them back $453 million as part of a calculation to get more federal Medicaid reimbursement. That ends up being a $43 million loss per year for the hospitals.

In addition, Lamont’s budget didn’t change the calculation for the inpatient hospital rates. That means hospitals will lose about 16.8% or about $170 million annually. The decision will save the state about $59.1 million in 2020 and $61.8 million in 2021.

It’s unclear if any of those numbers will remain the same following Tuesday’s announcement.

Lawmakers have been reluctant to weigh in on the issue of the hospital tax and have given the Lamont administration the space it needed to negotiate a settlement.

Lamont Signs Minimum Wage Increase; Business Lobby Continues Protest

by Christine Stuart Ct. News Junkie

HARTFORD, CT — As Gov. Ned Lamont signed into law a bill that will increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023, Connecticut’s largest business lobby continued to urge the former cable executive not sign it, or any other legislation they believe will be detrimental to business and the economy.

Surrounded by labor at the Parkville Care Center nursing home in Hartford, Lamont signed the bill.

“This is a big deal,” Lamont said.

After the press conference, Lamont said this bill is a “big win for Connecticut and a big win for working families. This is a 10% raise for people on Oct. 1. That’s $40 a week.”

Under the new law the current minimum wage of $10.10 an hour will increase to $11 in October, $12 on Sept. 1, 2020, $13 on Aug. 1, 2021, $14 on July 1, 2022, and then $15 on June 1, 2023.

Lamont also asked Laizer Kornwasser, president and COO of CareCentrix, to speak about why five years ago they decided to increase their lowest wage to $15 an hour.

Lamont said the company, which has no relationship to the nursing home where the signing ceremony was conducted, decided it was going to treat its workers with respect and “that’s what this bill is all about, treating people with respect.”

Kornwasser said they made the decision to

increase the minimum wage they pay their employees “because we felt that was the right thing to do.”

He said since the company made that decision they’ve doubled their revenue and they’ve also doubled the number of employees they have in the state of Connecticut.

CareCentrix is the home healthcare company the state helped move from East Hartford to Hartford with a $24 million economic development package.

The Connecticut Business and Industry Association continued their vocal opposition to the legislation, releasing a statement today.

“Not a day goes by when I don’t hear from a small business owner, often a small manufacturer, about the impact that a steeply higher minimum wage and an expansive paid FMLA bill will have on their ability to continue operating here,” Joe Brennan, president and CEO of the CBA, said in an open letter to lawmakers. “Do we really want to make it harder for these types of companies to compete and employ people here?”

For Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano, R-North Haven, it was too little, too late.

“After weeks of virtual silence, the CBIA, with less than two weeks left, decided to speak,” Fasano said in a statement. “I agree with many of the sentiments in Mr. Brennan’s letter, but there is one glaring omission. Mr. Brennan cannot bring himself to say the word ‘Democrat.’ CBIA does not

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Gov. Lamont signs the minimum wage increase have the courage to call out the party that is minimum wage is not a living wage. advancing these harmful policies.”

“It was said what’s a dollar? What’s a Andrew Markowski, state director of the dollar when you don’t have it? That’s a lot of money,” Porter said. “Times 40 that’s a National Federation of Independent Busimeal, a utility bill, a pair of shoes for the ness (NFIB) in Connecticut, said the minimum wage increase will “be a hardship child, a school trip.” on small business owners in food service, She said the state of Connecticut has set daycare, amusements, or any company that a trend and she hopes the rest of the states will jump on board. Connecticut is the sevhires entry-level workers.”

Rep. Robyn Porter, D-New Haven, said enth state to increase the minimum wage to there was a lot of discussion during the $15 an hour.

14-hour debate in the House about how a Many of the same supporters of a mini-

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mum wage increase have also been working to get Paid Family and Medical Leave across the finish line.

Last week Lamont threatened to veto the version of the bill the Senate passed and the House has yet to take it up.

“Paid Family and Medical Leave will pass.

We’re gonna get something done,” Lamont said.

Lamont had issues about how the quasipublic agency in charge of the trust fund would be governed.

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May 29, 2019 - June 04, 2019

Nursing Home Strike Off Again, As Many Workers Reach Contract Settlement

by Jack Kramer Ct. News Junkie

For the second time in a matter of weeks a threatened strike by thousands of workers at Connecticut nursing homes has been called off. This time, because a new contract has been reached for many of those workers.

Over 1,000 caregivers reached an agreement for a new contract with iCare facilities on Friday to avert a strike in Connecticut nursing homes.

The new contract covers a period of March 2017 through March 2021, with a commitment for significant wage increases each year retroactive to November 2018 through January 2021, plus other benefit considerations.

A union spokesman, Pedro Zayas, said details of the agreement could not be disclosed because negotiations are continuing at the 16 other nursing homes in the state where workers are currently working without a contract - though those workers, also, will not be going out on strike.

“This is a major victory for our Union members who are truly deserving of these wage raises and improved benefits,” said Rob Baril, president of SEIU 1199 New England. “We feel proud of this achievement, and we are confident that we’ll be able to settle all pending contracts for our members in the near future.”

SEIU 1199 sent notices to the 25 nursing homes under strike notice for June 3rd that the union will not go out on strike on June 3rd, as threatened.. The new contract is subject to additional funding in Medicaid nursing home rates in the state budget that

were previously announced by Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration.

“We thank our members for standing up for their rights and engaging in political action to make this victory a reality,” Baril said. “We also want to recognize our state leaders in the General Assembly and Governor Ned Lamont for following through on their promises of fair wages and benefits for nursing home caregivers.”

“Now our nurses, nursing assistants and all union staff can focus on providing the best quality care possible in our nursing homes,” Baril added.

More than 3,000 nursing home workers in the state were ready to strike on June 3rd.

Workers were demanding additional funding in the state budget to cover wage raises industry-wide for the next two years. With expired contracts for the past two years, these caregivers did not receive an increase in their salaries in 2016 and 2017.

They received a 2% raise in 2018 amounting to roughly 30 cents for most workers, but would not receive raises in 2019 and 2020 if the current state budget proposal is approved, as no money is included in Lamont’s budget proposal for the workers.

The National Labor Relations Act requires labor unions to give health care employers a minimum notice of 10 days before going on strike.

A previously set May 1st strike by the nursing home workers more than 2,500 workers across the state was called off as the workers’ union said progress was being made in new contract negotiations.

But the strike date was re-established last week when union representatives said not

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Rob Baril, president of SEIU 1199 New England

enough progress was being made on contract negotiations.

Further complicating matters is a bill approved by both the House and Senate that Lamont has said he will sign that will increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 over the next few years — an amount that exceeds what many nursing home workers currently earn.

What emerged following a recent union press conference about a possible strike was universal agreement that the workers deserved pay raises. However, what clearly

is at odds is who is most responsible for coming up with the money the nursing home owners, the legislature, or the governor.

The governor’s February budget proposal did not include additional Medicaid funding for wage increases over the next two years, but a recent letter from his budget director said a 4% increase over four years would be included in the budget.

The union estimates that the 4% raises would cost $40 million annually, but they quickly added that a large portion of the

raises would be covered by Medicaid payments to nursing homes.

Wages for nursing home workers have grown, on average 2%, over the past four years.

Caregivers are also facing lower staffing ratios at nursing homes, and residents who require higher levels of care as the state of Connecticut’s population ages.

The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Facilities has said that increased Medicaid resources for nursing homes is badly needed to help fund raises for the workers.

Hamden Hears Hassett’s De-Escalation Plan sentation.

Hassett gave the Personnel Committee a taste of the training, which he offers through the Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement (CABLE).

“This training is going to teach you to slow things down a little bit,” he said near the beginning. “We’re concentrating on the emotion that drives the behavior. People in their worst moments cannot think.”

The training, he said, teaches people to “read behavior to connect before it goes into crisis.”

Hassett’s training is interactive. In the actual class, which takes about four hours, he said he has people on their feet, simulating experiences. His presentation, too, was interactive he did not spare even the reporters in the room from cold-called questions.

He showed videos to illustrate how people can react well, or poorly, to situations that need to be de-escalated. One showed a safari guide stopping an agitated elephant from trampling a group. Another showed an American Airlines representative who did not know how to deal with an enraged passenger after her flight to a cruise in Florida was cancelled.

Before joining the New Haven PD, Hassett was an actor. He played a rebel officer in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes

by SAM GURWITT

New Haven Independent

In response to statistics showing disparities in discipline between students of different races in Hamden’s schools, the district is considering bringing in an expert to train staff in de-escalation techniques.

The expert, retired New Haven Police Lieut. Ray Hassett, presented his course to the Hamden Board of Education’s (BOE) Personnel Committee last week. Since retiring from the department in 2012, Hassett has led de-escalation trainingsaround the world for law enforcement, schools, businesses, government agencies, and other groups that involve interacting with people in situations that could potentially become inflamed.

BOE Member Walter Morton arranged for Hassett to present to the personnel committee. In January, Morton said, he received an email from Hamden cop Jeremy Brewer suggesting that Hamden’s BOE staff do the training. Brewer had just watched Morton’s interview on the Independent’s radio station WNHH, in which Morton discussed the racial diversity of Hamden’s schools and the district’s efforts to better serve its diverse student population.

Morton said he was game, so he met with Hassett, and scheduled last Tuesday’s pre-

Personnel Committee Members Melinda Saller and Walter Morton.

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Back as well as an officer in Superman.

Now he travels the world teaching the techniques he learned when he was the top cop in charge of policing in New Haven’s Dwight neighborhood.

He said that social media has ushered in a cultural shift that often turns situations volatile faster than they would have before. “’My kid had a bad lunch’ that can explode nowadays,” he said.

According to Hassett’s presentation, 55 percent of how we communicate emotion is non-verbal; 38 percent is para-verbal (tone), and only 7 percent is verbal. Connecting with the person and understanding their emotional state, he said, are key.

“These connections, however minimal you think they are, they can be lifesaving,” he said.

Hassett trains people to use a 5-3-3 formula: five seconds to connect, three minutes to self-correct, and three minutes to leave them better than they were before the encounter.

Hassett’s training program proposal must come before the full BOE next. Morton said he hopes to implement it by the beginning of the next school year.

“Personally, I’m a fan. I think this is something that would service our district will,” he said.

The Champ Tells His Story THE INNER-CITY NEWS - May 29, 2019 - June 04, 2019

by ALLAN APPEL

New Haven Independent

One white player thought because Arthur Tyson is African-American, he must have a tail.

When Tyson beat white players at a tournament in Virginia, the championship trophy mysteriously would disappear. The $250 winner’s check could not be found None of that deterred “the champ.” Because Tyson, born and bred in the old Elm Haven projects, was determined to become the greatest black horseshoe player in the world. And he made it, coming in second three times in the world championships.

Those tidbits of the history of a little known sport—and the life story of the best black player in its history—emerged in an interview with Tyson on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven.”

Tyson appeared on the program along with his co-author and fellow horseshoe enthusiast Glenn Ellis to mark the publication of Art Tyson, Second Best In The World Ain’t Too Bad. In the interview Tyson recalled growing up in a family of 13 kids, hanging out at Bazooka’s and other stores that had stuff for kids in the Dixwell neighborhood of the 1950s, and going to the nearby Wonder Bread outlet, where he picked up more than a dozen loaves of bread a day for the hungry family.

He himself ate a dozen or so pieces a day.

He cut his toast into little squares that he arranged precisely on his plate before eating.

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Tyson in action.

“I’m a neat freak,” he confessed.

That precision was also the reason and the gift that led him from tossing horseshoes with the kids in the Elm Haven courtyards to, in the 1970s and 1980s, world championship play. He would pitch horseshoes

seven hours a day, seven days a week, growing up in Elm Haven.

“Someone said there’s a horseshoe league in Westville,” Tyson recalled. That became the turning point in his life. When he discovered that there was a club on Springside

the pop-up series is designed to “wake up the Green” and let people know that it is a place where the diversity of cultures, art and music can be celebrated.

“The art and music have all been chosen intentionally so that people can see themselves,” she said.

Though capoeira has its roots in AfroBrazilian culture, everybody got a chance Friday to get in on the good times. Including this father and daughter duo trying out a few kicks.

Silva, 55, has been a capoeira teacher since he was 17 growing up in São Paulo, Brazil. He is the executive director of the Connecticut Capoeira & Dance Center and the founder of his own capoeira group, Raca em Movimento. He said capoeira is for everyone, noting that the practice celebrates the deep joy in the culture, despite hard times. He also noted that he was the only Brazilian among the capoeiristas on the Green Friday.

“Everyone can enjoy this amazing energy,” he said. Well not everyone. When a man in a motorized scooter was about to ride by, Silva invited him to participate but he de-

clined.

“I just had hip replacement surgery,” he said.

Nevertheless, audience participation was definitely on the menu with Silva getting bystanders in on the action. They clacked the sticks Silva and his students handed out to them at the appropriate time and joined in with the rhythm that Silva was beating out on the drum. They shimmied their hips and turned on cue. For just a few minutes, they became capoeiristas.

Matos said that the Green pop-up series has featured drumming, tap dancing, jazz, and tai chi. There’s also going to be an opportunity to learn how to krump and participate in a flash mob.

And if you want to catch some more capoeira, Silva and crew will have an event at 315 Peck St. at 5 p.m. But before that they were planning on grabbing some lunch at the only Brazilian restaurant close to the Green, Toro, which is formerly known as Taste of Brazil. The owners (pictured above) said they heard the drums and came over to see what was going on and found a little piece of home.

Avenue off of Blake Street and real courts, instead of the makeshift courts with stakes driven into the ground where he played with his kid friends, Tyson was launched.

Through a long life with two wives, three children, a cleaning business and a vend-

ing business, he practiced tossing the shoes hours a day and became known as the Champ in New Haven and as a fierce competitor among top line players from around the world.

He eventually was ranked number two in the world, with an 83 ringer percentage, and is now the only African-American in the National Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of Fame.

In 1992 the countrywide organization, the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association, sent Tyson in a delegation to give demonstrations in Japan.

At age 80, Tyson has recently returned to live in a senior complex off of Dixwel Avenuel, not far from Foote Street, where he was born.

And he hasn’t stopped competing.

He’s still practicing three to four times a week, two to three hours each time.

“The idea is that it becomes automatic,” he said, that is the motion, the release, and the level of concentration required to get your “ringer” percentage up to championship level, which is usually around 80 percent.

His new goal: To pitch in the competition on a court 30 feet long, which is primarily for older players—as opposed to 40 feet.

“I’m going to try to become the 30-foot champion,” he writes on the last page of a book, which is not only a revelation of details of some great local history, but also a guidebook to a relatively unknown sport, and the life of one of its unheralded great achievers.

Capoeira Kicks Up The Green

by MARKESHIA RICKS

New Haven Independent

Rhythm and sound from Brazil woke up the Green midday Friday as people kicked and flipped at the intersection of Chapel and Church streets.

It might have been easy to mistake the men and women in white delivering those swift high kicks over each other’s heads and deftly avoiding a foot to the head with the grace of a ballet dancer for being engaged in some sort of fight. Except they never stopped smiling at each other.

That is the magic of capoeira.

Led by Mestres Efraim Silva (pictured in the second photo above), the capoeiristas were demonstrating a practice rooted in Afro-Brazilian culture that grew out of that country’s slave trade and today is known around the world for its mix of music, martial arts, dance, and acrobatics. The capoeiristas were doing their thing on the Green Friday thanks to an ongoing pop-up series sponsored by the New Haven Green proprietors, New Haven Parks & Recreation and the Arts Council of Greater New Haven.

Proprietor Kica Matos (pictured) said

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ConnCAT's Café Gets A Facelift THE INNER-CITY NEWS -

by Lucy Gellman, Editor, Arts Paper www.newhavenarts.org The kitchens at the Connecticut Center for Arts & Technology (ConnCAT) were bustling. A culinary student mixed kale, spinach, almond milk and oats in one blender, motor revving. At a nearby fryer, another prepared a bundle of hand-cut Idaho potatoes still fringed with peel. Another pulled out two matching spinach wraps, and reached for the tomatoes and glistening sliced turkey. At the front, Chef Jovon Alston studied a new round of orders, then got back to work.

This month, that hustle and bustle is becoming routine as ConnCAT implements new changes at its first-floor Orchid Café.

After starting its culinary program in 2015 and opening the cafe in 2017, the space has now extended its hours, rolled out a new menu, and moved its operations under the ConnCAT subsidiary ConnCORP (Connecticut Community Outreach Revitalization Program). A patio at the cafe’s Winchester Avenue entrance is expected to open this summer.

The rebranded cafe has placed a new focus on catering, with vendor contracts from Yale University, Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) and others.

The change comes as ConnCORP also prepares to open an outpost at 100 Ashmun St., which will be selling the cafe’s food as well as pizza and fresh produce in a market called Petals. Petals is slated to open in July.

That overhaul started earlier this year, when ConnCORP hired LoveFed Initiative

Co-founder and Director Raven Blake as its full-time manager of food operations. In the past several months, Blake has worked to create a new, separate website and social media accounts for the cafe, manage requests for catering, up community engagement in the cafe, and rebuild the menu with both new options and old favorites with ConnCAT’s Chef Jenna Martin and others.

She has also overseen new catering contracts with Yale, the Community Alliance for Research and Engagement (CARE) at SCSU, the New Haven Public Schools and the Elm City Freddy Fixer Parade.

“Now that we’re igniting the space in a different way, we’re hoping for more engagement with the community,” Blake said in an interview Wednesday. “It’s really exciting to witness the experiences people have been having with the dining, and with Orchid Café. It was born from ConnCAT, and it’s a great business that really supports and holds community in a special way.”

“The thing about the cafe is that it’s still very physically connected to the culinary program,” she added. “This isn’t necessarily a change in mission, so much as mission fulfillment.”

When it opened in early 2017, the cafe’s goal was primarily job training and creation for unemployed and underemployed New Haveners. In its first year, it was run and staffed by current students and graduates of the organization’s culinary program, which has continued to grow with a youth component and increased enrollment this year.

As Blake worked on the new menu, she also brought in a server and two line cooks, with another three to four set to join the team when Petals opens this summer. She said she aims to hire local talent: one new employee is a graduate of ConnCAT, while the other two are graduates of Lincoln Technical Institute and Albertus Magnus College.

On the new menu, time-tested favorites

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include hand-cut french fries, chicken tenders, a cheeseburger, and salmon burger with grilled pineapple and a fresh aioli, served on a brioche bun. There are also new veggie-friendly options, including a portabella mushroom grinder and fresh smoothies with berries, leafy greens and oats. Wraps, made fresh each day, sit in a refrigerated deli case for diners who may be short on time.

There will also be specials: Blake has gotten requests for more vegetarian and vegan options, as well as a rotating door of foods that Science Park regulars and ConnCAT employees remember from culinary cohorts past. She said she wants to bring back a recent Caribbean soup that one culinary student perfected with dumplings and Scotch Bonnet peppers, and waxed poetic over mac-and-cheese tacos that another rolled out as a tasty experiment.

As she walked through the cafe earlier this month, ConnCAT Human Resources Manager Opal Harmon also recalled a nutty, just-sweet-enough pistachio cheesecake that “if you were vegan, it was enough to change your mind.”

At noon on Wednesday every table at the cafe was full, the smells of roasted chicken, beef and vegetables, fish and herbed rice floating through the air. The volume level rose and fell with laughter as a cohort of Yale President’s Public Service fellows finished their catered food and prepared to continue a tour of New Haven. Others flowed in and out, some staying to eat while others picked up their orders and headed out the door.

At the far end of the room, friends Precious Hines and Taylor Munson opened up their tacos, scents of beef and chicken billowing up from the table. While the two, both students in ConnCAT’s phlebotomy tech program, said they try to bring their own lunch from home, they agreed that they like having the cafe downstairs as a quick and convenient option.

While Hines has come enough times to know her order—beef tacos with a berry blast smoothie—Munson said it was her first time in the space, and definitely not her last. Her chicken tacos beckoned as she spoke.

“It seems like a really nice place,” she said.

Back toward the kitchen, Todd Andrews was finishing a turkey wrap with potato chips. A portfolio and grant analyst for Yale, Andrews works in the Science Park area, where his office is a few blocks away from ConnCAT. He described himself as still new to the area, where he’s only been in the position for a few months. Once or twice a week, he goes for lunch when he hasn’t had time to pack something at home. On Wednesday morning, he decided to check the cafe when it showed up on Google.

“It’s good!” he said. “Quick. It was close by, but gave me a chance to walk a little.

Next time, I’d try something from the grill.”

Across the room from Andrews, classmates from the Porter and Chester Institute nibbled on turkey wraps, piping hot chicken tenders and hand-cut fries, sharing the last around the table.

As peers in the dental assistant program, they said they don’t get much time for lunch, and headed to ConnCAT at the suggestion of server Annie Hardy, whose cousin Phylicia Smith is in the program.

Kate Elliott, who squealed with delight as she opened her chicken tenders, said the fries were some of the freshest she had ever tasted.

“I’m so happy right now,” she said as she peeled apart a white meat tender covered in gold-brown breading. “I love this so much.

The atmosphere in here is amazing.”

The Orchid Café at ConnCAT is now open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Minimum Wage Hike Signed Into Law

will bring more dignity into the workplace.

In the end, all of Connecticut will benefit.”

The law raises the wage, which is currently $10.10, to $11 this Oct. 1; $12 on Sept.

1, 2020; $13 on Aug. 1, 2021; $14 on July 1, 2022; and finally $15 on June 1, 2023.

After that, it rises along with the federal Employment Cost Index, so legislators don’t have to resume fighting about how much of a raise, if any, to give Connecticut’s lowest-paid workers.

Estimates of how many workers will immediately get raises range from 130,000 to 332,000. The number will top half a million by 2024, according to the governor’s office.

Gov. Lamont is threatening to veto another law that Porter and other progressive Democrats have spent years pushing to pass: the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act.

by STAFF

New Haven Independent

Gov. Ned Lamont Tuesday signed into law a hike in the hourly minimum wage to $15 by June 2023.

Watching him sign the law was New Haven/Hamden State Rep. Robyn Porter, who has advocated the raise for years and shepherded it through the legislature Labor Committee, which she co-chairs.

“Raising the minimum wage is going to benefit hundreds of thousands of people in Connecticut, especially people of color and working mothers,” Porter was quoted as saying in a release. “That extra disposable income for each low-wage worker will go right back into the local and state economies, benefiting our communities and local businesses and producing more revenue for the state. A higher wage also

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Robyn Porter at Tuesday’s signing.

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Hess-y Fit

Leads To Arrest

by LT. ROSE DELL

New Haven Independent

A customer at the Hess station on Whalley apparently wasn’t pleased that the attendant didn’t have change for a $100 bill.

He made a threat, kicked in the attendant’s sliding drawer, then fled until cops caught up with him and arrested him.

So reports top West Hills / Amity / Westville / West Rock cop Lt. Rose Dell in her latest weekly crime roundup.

On 5/22, a resident of Valley Street reported that someone entered his Chrysler 300 in the overnight hours and stole his tools from the back seat. The tools had been covered with a black jacket and included a red jack hammer that had been rented from Home Depot, a red tool bag that contained around twenty mason trowels, and a red power drill.

There were no signs of forced entry.

A resident of Beverly Road left his vehicle unlocked overnight on 5/23. His glove compartment was rummaged through and his registration, insurance card, vehicle owner’s manual and sunglasses were stolen.

On 5/23, a resident of Edgewood Avenue reported that his mail might have been stolen. His video system caught an unknown male subject leaving his front porch area with some items in his hand. Officers obtained the video and logged it into evidence.

Police responded to the Hess Gas Station on Whalley Avenue for an unruly customer on 5/25. A customer tried to pass a hundreddollar bill to the gas attendant through a sliding drawer, but the attendant didn’t have enough change in his drawer to accept it.

The customer became irate, refused to leave until he got his fuel, threatened to destroy the attendant’s car and then busted the sliding drawer with a swift kick. He fled on foot when the police arrived. Police located and arrested the subject in Edgewood Park.

On 5/25, at 11:50 am, police responded to Valley Mart on the report of a group of males in front of the store selling drugs. Officers found an unoccupied Toyota Camry with music blaring, left running in a no parking zone. Sergeant Martin Feliciano looked in the vehicle and saw a bag of drugs on the center console. A male subject then walked past the Officer towards the store and said he would move the vehicle shortly. A large number of ecstasy pills, heroin, crack cocaine and marijuana were found in the vehicle. The subject was arrested and charged with drug possession intended for sale.

On 5/25, police responded to Hilltop Road on a weapons complaint. A male subject confronted a female at a corner store and threatened to jump her. The female left the store and walked towards Hilltop Road. A short time later the male arrived on Hilltop Road, chased the female through multiple yards while armed with a silver handgun.

He attacked multiple females, and one was transported to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Officer Matthew Vernik spotted the male walking in the Tommy’s Tanning parking lot. With the assistance of area Officers, the subject was detained. He had a loaded, firearm stolen from St. Louis, Missouri in his waistband and was placed under arrest for numerous assault and gun charges.

Gateway Graduates 809 THE INNER-CITY NEWS - May 29, 2019 - June 04, 2019

by MAYA MCFADDEN

New Haven Independent

Many of the 809 members of Gateway Community College’s (GCC) Class of 2019 crossed the stage to pick up their diplomas Thursday after overcoming challenges ranging from raising young children to having to learn the English language in two weeks.

The graduation took place at Webster Bank Arena, where students of all ages and identities came together with their families to commemorate the completion of the first steps of their higher education. Gateway also handed out honorary degrees to Community Foundation for Greater New Haven CEO, Will Ginsberg, and recently retired Connecticut Public Broadcasting chief, Jerry Franklin.

The commencement speaker was Gateway alum Maria Praeli, currently the government relations manager of the criminal justice and immigration reform group FWD.us. During her speech, Praeli talked about her experience coming to America at 5 years old from Peru and the effect it had on her growing up and deciding on a career path. Praeli has now been in America for 20 years; she was a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient, or “dreamer.” Praeli’s work often consists of reaching out to elected officials to provide resources and education on immigrant narratives and she works on projects that focus on Dreamers and temporary protected status (TPS) holders.

Praeli said she has a great love for America because she was raised to value its many opportunities.

“I was American in all forms but paper,” said Praeli. Now she’s fighting against a tightening of immigration rules that close opportunities for young people in her shoes.

Many of the grads saw themselves in Praeli’s story, such as Rhoda Osei, 22, who is from Ghana. Osei graduated Thursday with a liberal arts and sciences associates degree. Rhodes came to America in 2016 when she was 18 years old. Learning the American dialects of English was the biggest challenge for Osei upon her arrival and start at Gateway.

“I had a small book where I wrote little notes about the American language that I used as a guide,” said Osei.

Many students described the moment of walking across the stage as a mix of both excitement and sadness. Sekonda Johnson, 26, has been in New Haven for the past five years and was a full-time student while being pregnant twice in the span of just about three years.

Many students are joined by their children or siblings during the conferral of degrees and certificates.

Brodie gives Flaminia Aceranti and three other students the president’s medallion for academic excellence.

Student veterans are honored during the ceremony, the first to receive their degrees and certificates.

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“There was a lot of blood, sweat and tears put into my work,” said Johnson.

For grads like Flaminia Aceranti, 24, community college was the step that made the most sense for her financially and academically. In 2016 Aceranti moved from Italy to Connecticut through the program AupairWorld.

With a passion for nutrition, she is currently on a student visa to complete her higher education.

English became Aceranti’s second language, which she had to quickly learn as she started school. While in Italy, Aceranti said, she did not have much interest in pursuing higher education and instead was focused on being a waitress and a part-time babysitter.

Aceranti was matched with a family as part of the program based in Westport.

She began taking classes at Norwalk Community College. She developed an interest in food and later learned about Gateway’s associate’s program in nutrition and dietetics, which she completed Thursday.

Many said that Gateway not only motivated them to continue their higher education but also to value the flexibility possible at a community college and affordability.

“I could see myself in so many people at Gateway,” said Aceranti. “It put me at ease to see that everyone there were at different points in their life.”

While students, many were faced with challenges they had never imagined; Tina Morrison, who received an associate’s for entrepreneurship, said it took her nearly 20 years to complete her degree and two certificates from Gateway and Housatonic Community College.

Earlier in May, Morrison spent five days in the hospital for a serious health issue that caused her to have to relearn to walk and talk. Morrison relearned the two in less than two weeks so she could walk across both graduation stages.

“I felt like the world was on my shoulders for 20 years but that weight has finally been lifted,” said Morrison.

Osei said she dreams of becoming a lawyer and will attend Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) for criminal justice. Morrison hopes to own her own restaurant someday soon.

Johnson will be attending SCSU for her bachelors in accounting. Aceranti plans to take the national exam for her dietary certificate and then become a registered dietitian.

“Continue to pave a trail for others to follow,” Gateway President Paul Brodie II told the Class of 2019.

“We Are Your Kids Too” THE INNER-CITY NEWS -

by MAYA MCFADDEN

New Haven Independent

Only a few days after many of them had prom celebrations, the high school members of the anti-violence youth organization Ice the Beef joined together on Dixwell Avenue to rally against gun violence in New Haven.

The youth organizers had a message not only for their peers but also for the adults in the community: “Stop watching over just your kids, We are your kids too,” as Juan Patterson, a youth leader of Ice the Beef, put it.

The rally drew approximately 80 people, who ranged from neighborhood children and parents to a Guilford youth group, “Guilford Students Demand Action.”

Sunday’s march began at the corner of Dixwell Avenue and Bassett Street and ended at Stetson Branch Library at 200 Dixwell Ave. Sean Reeves, co-founder of S.P.O.R.T Academy, spoke before the march began, telling his story of how his oldest son was shot and killed in 2011.

“After that, it seemed like every kid that got shot, that died, was a son of mine,” said Reeves.

Reeves called attention to the close proximity of their neighborhood to Yale University, listed as the second richest American

school by Forbes magazine. He asked why Yale uses some of its money on additional policing for their neighborhood but not to help provide the essential educational resources to its neighboring elementary, middle, and high schools.

“We have schools that don’t even have books. Kids are going home with black and white dittos every day in a colorized world.

It makes no sense,” Reeves said.

The marchers were guided by a New Haven Police Department squad car as they filled the street.

“Enough is Enough” New Haven residents honked their car horns and cheered from their homes in support of the youth and others marching.

Hillhouse senior Ronisha Moore stood at the front lines to lead the group alongside Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School senior Eliza Vargas, a member of Ice the Beef.

Moore spoke of losing one of her closest friends two years ago to gun violence in New Haven.

“We need our village to be complete again,” Moore said.

“S-T-O-P the Violence” Patterson said it is the responsibility of not only the youth to make a change. He challenged adults to spread the message that

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their youth have the potential to succeed academically and deserve access to better resources to do so.

“Imma speak until I run out of breath,” Patterson said.

Youth activist and singer Divine sang “Glory” by John Legend before the start of the march. Ice the Beef’s music group, The Kompozure, sang outside of the Stetson library at the end of the rally.

“Jobs for Youth, Jobs for All” Demethra Telford, also known as “Marina Queen Bey,” lost her son to gun violence in 2017. Telford started the organization Never Forgotten, Never Alone for her son Tyrick B. Keyes also known as “Reese.”

“Don’t wait until something happens to your child to come out,” said Telford. “You help our children now.”

Vargas said that New Haven needs to refocus its efforts to support youth with educational resources and jobs to get them off the streets.

“It’s not going to get better unless we put down the guns and until we start making resources for our youth,” Vargas said.

Chaz Carmon, president of Ice the Beef, said the organization will continue to do this kind of activist work to make a change and shed light to the importance of the youth’s voice.

Ronisha Moore, overwhelmed with grief and passion, making her final remarks on Sunday.

Solemn Memorial Day Ceremony Looks Past Cliches and 2010 who is now studying for her masters degree in public health at Southern, offered opening and closing prayers Sunday.

Retired Master Sergeant Clifford Potter was the featured speaker.

Potter set the tone when he called attention to the “1.1 million dead in all the wars of the nation’s history. Brothers, mothers, sisters, husbands they were loved.”

They leave home one day, he said, and then on another day, “the telegram comes.”

So “we wear the uniform of those who can’t any more. It’s not just me in this uniform.”

In her remarks, Mayor Toni Harp also sought to anchor the all too often cliched phrases of the day in the stark reality of death.

“We casually, almost thoughtfully, use the phrase ‘ultimate sacrifice,’” she said. “We remember that they are gone forever.”

“The totality and finality of the phrase ‘killed in action’ is the same,” she continued.“That’s the purpose of Memorial Day.” The mayor shifted to a comment on President Trump, without naming him.

This Memorial Day, she went on, “it’s also appropriate to address what patriotism means.” This year’s brand of selective patriotism includes, she said, “attacks on the free and independent press as well as questioning the authority of the judicial branch.”

by ALLAN APPEL

New Haven Independent

When you wear the uniform, keep it neat and clean and near to perfect. Because the military dead, whose lives were cut off violently short, are inside it wearing it with you.

Take the cliche out of “ultimate sacrifice.”

Ponder the absolute finality of a young husband, father, wife, sister, or child who goes out the door and is never seen again.

Those remarks brought home the spirit of Memorial Day at a holiday commemoration Sunday afternoon, as two dozen people gathered by the World War One Memorial Flagpole on the Green.

They were there to lay wreaths, pledge allegiance, hear taps. And they were told that maintaining American values has cost untold numbers of lives, a fact that bears remembering more than one day a year.

The city’s 151st annual Memorial Day ceremonies, organized by the New Haven Veterans Advisory Committee, also featured personnel from the newly reorganized American Legion Post 210 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) post 12150. In an effort to unite the different generations of local vets, the group is now meeting together under the roof of the Knights of St. Patrick on Upper State Street.

The Legion post’s elected chaplain, Brit Conroy, an Air Force medic between 2003

ALLAN APPEL PHOTO The naval sub base at Groton’s “First and Finest” color guard.

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That contrasts badly, she said, with the meaning of Memorial Day. Toward the end of the ceremony, retired Colonel Kenneth Gertz spoke tearfully about recently burying his own brother at Arlington National Cemetery. Then he turned slowly and pointed to the flagpole behind him. He reminded listeners that it bears the names of the 287 New Haveners who died in World War I, including two women, who were nurses.

“The 102nd [Connecticut Infantry Regiment] trained right here on the Green, where we stand” before shipping out to France in April 1917, he noted. In their first engagement, within two weeks of landing, 17 were killed in the first battle, Gertz added.

As he closed the ceremonies, the VFW post’s former Judge Advocate Sgt. Robert Reed pointed to the young mariners in the color guard from the naval base in Groton.

“We’ve done our job,” remarked Reed.

“This is the next line to protect our freedom.”

Earlier in the afternoon many of these same participants laid a wreath at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Long Wharf Drive. Later, in the early evening,the day’s ceremonies would conclude with a concert of patriotic music offered by Orchestra New England on the campus of Southern Connecticut state University.

Students Rally For Climate THE INNER-CITY NEWS - May 29, 2019 - June 04, 2019

New Haven high school students gathered on the Green at Church and Chapel streets Friday afternoon to join fellow students from around the globe to demand action on climate change.

Their rally, part of an international movement called Fridays for Future, called for passage of the Congressional “Green New Deal” proposal as well as a “New Haven Emergency Resolution to Restore a Safe Climate.”

The New Haven resolution reads: ““New Haven declares that we face an existential climate emergency that threatens our city, region, state, nation, civilization, the natural world, and humanity ... New Haven officially

commits to leading an emergency mobilization effort that, with appropriate financial and regulatory assistance from state and federal authorities, ends community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by or before December 31, 2030, and immediately initiates an effort to safely draw down carbon from the atmosphere.”

In a speech at the rally, Adrian Adara Huq, 16, said that climate change “does not discriminate based on age, race or other parts of our identities. It is the biggest threat to humans as a species. We must keep climate action at the forefront our minds.”

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“We Need To Be Wooster Square People”

by ALLAN APPEL

New Haven Independent

Developers and real estate management companies are buying up at a frenetic pace the dwindling number of privately owned homes that give the neighborhood its character.

Nonprofits too are increasing the number of units they own in the area.

Meanwhile the city is poised to make a push to create more affordable housing, with a new proposal to create an affordable housing commission.

In the face of all these changes, some of the last Hill South homeowners have banded together to resist new real estate pressures and to have more of a say in how their neighborhood changes.

Those concerns emerged in a quiet but passionate presentation at the most recent monthly Hill South Community Management Team (CMT) meeting held earlier this month at the cafeteria of the Betsy Ross School on Kimberly Avenue.

That presentation was made by 30-year Greenwich Avenue resident Angela Hatley.

She had been instrumental at the previous management team meeting in forming a committee to monitor the real estate “pushes” in the neighborhood, including those by private developers, nonprofits, and the city.

Hatley said the creation of the CMT’s subcommittee is not a direct result of the evolving of a new affordable housing commission, or in response to the 18-month long deliberations of the aldermanic Affordable Housing Taskforce, out of which the commission is developing.

“I didn’t even know about the task force,” said Hatley, but now she does. She said she’s leery of some of the recommendations and their implications for the Hill South neighborhood.

What prompted the formation of her task force, she said, was the never-ending campaign of leaflets left on doorknobs and porches, along with phone calls, from real

Greenwich Avenue near Second Street, a line of homes owned by Mandy Management, one of the major buyers of properties in New Haven.

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Longtime Hill South resident Dora Brown, in the red cap, with crowd listening to Hatley’s presentation.

estate companies wanting to buy up individual owners’ homes.

That sense of pressure from the private real estate world is now combined with what is clearly a municipal priority, embodied in the affordable housing task force recommendations, and the evolving new commission.

Hatley cited, among the 44 recommendations of the task force to preserve and grow affordable housing in the city, a proposal to make it easier for an individual home to add a mother-in-law apartment.

Hatley said she has nothing in principle against mother-in-law apartments. However, “if your neighborhood is as dense as ours, parking then becomes an issue.”

Hatley said that she and her committee “discussed the detrimental impact of some of these changes.” She said the blocks of the Hill South area have absorbed the lion’s share of former residents of the now demolished Church Street South projects, for instance.

Hatley was at pains to point out that “traditionally this neighborhood has been open to have everything,” including nonprofits like New Reach and Columbus House, among others, that have bought up homes for the needs of their clients.

“That is our pride, but also our problem,” Hatley averred.

She cited, for example, New Reach, which is devoted to helping to solve homelessness through supportive housing like its buildings on Portsea Street. The transitional housing there to shelter “women and children is fine,” Hatley said.

Not so fine in her view are new plans in the offing to convert and enlarge the capacity of the property to meet the needs of a new demographic, young adults 18 to 24 years of age.

“And it’s not necessarily New Haven people,” Hatley said.

A positive example of a how a nonprofit presents, listens, and partners with the

community is a recent negotiation with Columbus House, Hatley said.

In that effort, the Yale School of Architecture built a house on Plymouth Street in collaboration with Columbus House but in ongoing consultation with the Hill South neighbors.

“We worked together as a team. All we ask is we be taken as a partner,” she said.

Hatley said her anecdotal research tells her monies are in the pipeline to combat homelessness and to make housing affordable — especially for a new demographic, young adults. She said she worries about supervision and the mix of young people, and how potential noisemaking and late hours will affect elderly homeowners.

She said she worries that homeowners who are holding on will feel driven out and sell their property.

“We need the community to back us when the city tells us what’s happening,” she said.

Homeowners many elderly or without cars don’t easily make it to City Plan Commission or other downtown evening meetings when these issues first emerge in site plan or zoning conversations, Hatley noted.

Hatley said her model is the Downtown/ Wooster Square Community Management Team (DWSCMT). “They don’t allow anything unless they approve. They [the city] run roughshod over us.”

“We own property. They are our anchors.

We’re not going anywhere. We need the neighborhood to back us when it comes time for City Plan,” which was why the Hill South CMT housing committee was established, Hatley said.

“We need to be Wooster Square People.”

The committee’s next steps, Hatley said, will be to invite some of the principals who put together the task force recommendations to come to speak to the entire Hill South management team.

No date has yet been set for that gathering.

State Launches ‘Passport To Connecticut Farm Wineries’

by BILL BITTAR | CORRESPONDENT

SHELTON — Grapes grown for wine in the Finger Lakes Region of New York inspired a Cornell University plant science student to start a winery on his family’s farm in Shelton.

“I saw these farms growing grapes,” Jamie Jones recalled. “It made me think, ‘our climate isn’t much different than theirs. Why can’t we start a vineyard?’”

His family bought the equipment and he started Jones Winery on 10 acres at Jones Family Farm in 2004. It is among the 40 Connecticut wineries people can visit in this year’s passport program.

Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz and Bryan P. Hurlburt, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Agriculture, were special guests earlier this month at a ceremony at Jones Winery touting this year’s event.

The 2019 Passport to Connecticut Farm

Wineries program, which runs through Nov. 3, offers over 60 prizes to participants who visit a minimum of 12 state farm wineries and get a stamp in their booklet.

The grand prize is a two-week-trip for two to Spain.

December 5 drawings will be held for those collecting 18 stamps or more and 35 stamps or more.

The Connecticut Department of Agriculture and the Connecticut Farm Wine Development Administrative Council oversee the passport program, which is meant to encourage tourism at Connecticut’s vineyards.

Bysiewicz told those at the gathering how Connecticut farm wineries’ sales increased by 120 percent from 2007 to 2015.

“This is a bourgeoning area in our state,” Bysiewicz said.

“This is one of the brightest spots,” Hurlburt said of vineyards’ impact on agricul-

ture. “It’s the fastest growing segment of the industry. We’re hoping this will encourage Connecticut residents and their friends from out of state to see what Connecticut has to offer.”

Aside from Jones Winery, some other nearby vineyards include Bethlehem Vineyard and Winery, Savino Vineyards in Woodbridge and Walker Road Vineyards in Woodbury.

For a complete list of participating wineries, visit the Connecticut Department of Agriculture’s website at ct.gov/doag.

Hurlburt said 65,000 passport booklets were printed and are available at the 40 participating wineries. Participants can also get a stamp by attending the Connecticut Wine Festival at Goshen Fairgrounds in July.

Dr. Michael O’Neill, associate dean for UConn Extension, said six computer science students created the framework for a

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Connecticut Farm Wine phone app as part of a Capstone Project a year ago and an intern recently finished the project.

The app will allow users to visit a winery and receive the stamp on their cellphone.

Rebecca Eddy, an ad marketing and impact representative for the Connecticut Department of Agriculture, said a phone app for Android and Apple will be available soon.

Each participating winery donated two bottles of wine as prizes.

Among the other prizes for this year’s passport event are gas cards and a chance to win one of 15 one-night stays for two at La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham in Danbury, and a hand-crafted wine backpack.

Those attending Last Friday’s ceremony include Jonathan Edwards, president of the Connecticut Vineyard Winery Association, and Dr. Theodore Andreadis, director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven.

The station serves as a research arm for the state wine industry.

Terry Jones, owner of Jones Family Farm, hosted the ceremony with several family members.

Jones Family Farm, 606 Walnut Tree Hill Road in Shelton, was started by Jamie Jones’ great, great, great grandfather, Philip James Jones, who emigrated from Ireland around 1850. It is more than 400 acres.

Jamie Jones uses his 10 acres to grow 14 varieties of grapes, strawberries, raspberries and blue berries for 19 varieties of wine that also include vintages made from apples grown at Beardsley Cider Mill & Orchard in Shelton and pears grown at Bishop’s Orchards Farm Market & Winery in Guilford.

The prizes are not funded from taxes.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - May 29, 2019 - June 04, 2019

It’s Time to Put People Before Drug Company Profits.

While too many Connecticut residents struggle to make ends meet, the big drug companies continue to rake in billions. It’s no wonder, considering that they make Americans pay the highest prescription drug prices in the world.

That’s why it’s critical for all Connecticut lawmakers to put aside their differences and support commonsense solutions to lower drug prices, including: • Allowing our state to negotiate for lower prices.

• Preventing brand-name drug companies from paying off generic competitors to stop more affordable medications from reaching consumers.

People shouldn’t have to choose between buying medication and buying food for our families. To all state lawmakers: It’s time to work together and pass bipartisan legislation to lower prescription drug prices—now.

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The Struggle of Black Men With Mental Health Stigma

1. Develop policies ON providing mandatory cultural competency trainings to physicians in medical school not just in primary care settings. These measures will aid medical providers to be attuned to the health disparities experienced by minorities in health care settings.

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Nationwide — Black men are one of the most neglected group of individuals in regards to mental health. They have not been equipped with the tools to seek support in health care systems due to systemic prejudice and discrimination.

A multiplicity of factors account for this occurrence including lack of access to Black providers whose services are not always heavily advertised on various platforms which leads to the question, How are Black men supposed to care for themselves if the services they need are not readily available?

Given there is a small percentage of African American mental health professionals, this adds to the emotional havoc for Black men of not having a provider they can relate to. White providers are simply not equipped to cope with the emotional bags black men carry on a daily basis. Though there are health programs addressing these challenges; mental health conditions continue to plague black communities. Suicide rates amongst black youth has skyrocketed since 2017 as early as 9 years old through cyberbullying. Currently, the mental health disorders experienced in African American communities are major depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), suicide, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

PROVIDER TRAINING ON CULTURAL COMPETENCY There are no clear guidelines set forth for providing mental health resources to people in general. Behavioral health programs are subject to funding mechanisms that may be short-lived because of company reorganization or other extenuating circumstances. Providers who lack cultural competency in managing patient cases may witness a decrease in use of mental health services justifying its downsizing on a larger scale.

Black men have always been advised time and time again to remain silent on mental health issues. With the advent of addressing masculine toxicity, men have been taught from infancy to conceal their emotions. Following along the lines of norms of masculinity, these are the masks society instilled in Black men to carry in the face of rampant structural racism and violent crimes that hinders their progress in the fabric of society.

PERCEPTION OF MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT AND CARE One particular study explored Black men’s perceptions of depression and depression care, and the main barriers identified by the men in the sample were

2. Improve measures to assess the health care coverage extent of mental health services in urban and rural areas.

3. Fund cross-longitudinal research studies addressing consumers’ perceptions on mental health treatment, inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and mental health care.

4. Train providers in evidence-based delivery of care to Black Men or African American mental health; train them in cultural competency so they can identify misdiagnoses and inadequate treatment.

RECOMMENDATIONS ON PATIENT CARE

health care costs; concerns over use of antidepressant medication; discomfort of being judged by a professional that they did not identify with culturally or socioeconomically; and norms of masculinity.

I understand some may cite if others were able to pull themselves by their bootstraps, then Black men are able to as well; this is not necessarily the case given that established structures can drive people to depression further amplifying their sense of powerlessness and lack of security.

The Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health mentions that about one-quarter of African Americans seek mental health care, compared to 40% of whites. These facts tell us a grim story; black men remain the most marginalized groups in seeking support for mental health. Black men are attacked, gunned down, and suspected of misdemeanor than any other racial groups. These set of circumstances pins them as cogs in an elaborate machine that spits them out and undervalues their worth. When one looks at the various ways Black men are portrayed from social media to news outlets, their marginalization would be conducive to them feeling powerless and fearful of seeking support. The institutions that promise to protect them are the ones that ultimately induce harm by

placing them on the back burner.

The Tuskegee research study is another prime example on the mistrust Black men have of health systems. They have been conditioned to know that black bodies were once used as personal property by colonizers. In addition, providers may have preconceptions fed to them on treating minority populations.

This sometimes may result in a misdiagnosis or overdose in treatment plans causing more harm than good to minority populations.

These reasons can bring black men to their writ’s end. Providers must understand that Black men have always worked at a deficit from their white counterparts. Religion and lack of information on mental health disseminated within black communities further exacerbates the need for more advocacy in communities out of reach for care. Additional attention needs to be taken by helping Black men identify the symptoms and ways to address the shame hindering them from seeking therapy or treatment. Prevention strategies need to be put in place to foster long term optimal health in black communities.

HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HEALTH DISPARITIES Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is

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a degenerative brain condition that occurs when the brain sustains substantive concussive or sub concussive trauma.

Black communities, who are already substantially disadvantaged in getting access to healthcare coupled with racial disparities present in the U.S. health system, may not necessarily know to seek support when they suffer from CTE. A large number of former NFL players like Dave Duerson, Chris Henry and Terry Long were among those with CTE. This is further aggravated by the fact that CTE can only be diagnosed after the death of someone.

A holistic approach should be developed to aid the recovery process. In order for us to see tangible change in our communities, faith-based leaders, politicians and other stakeholders need to get comfortable with addressing these issues throughout the spectrum. Since this is not an obsolete system, more options need to be provided especially when therapeutic treatments are needed defined by SAMHSA as “culturally and linguistically appropriate services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices, and needs of diverse consumers.”

POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROVIDER CARE

1. Patients must ask the necessary questions to providers to assess cultural competency fit. Those questions include the following: A. How do you see our cultural backgrounds influencing our communication and my treatment?

B. How do you plan to integrate my beliefs and practices in my treatment?

2. Diversify the pool of mental health providers in urban and rural areas. Fund programs that address mental health in Black communities based on empirical research findings.

3. Create a list of resources and pamphlets readily available electronically and on paper in clinics, community health centers, faith-based organizations and hospitals to Black men.

4. Make healthcare affordable so that people can afford behavioral health services. If some cannot afford them, provide other viable options that will not exclude them from the process.

There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise.

The human soul cannot be permanently chained. — W.E.B. Dubois References 1. African American Mental Health.

2018. The National Alliance on Mental Illness. https://www.nami.org/FindSupport/Diverse-Communities/AfricanAmericans 2. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.2019. https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us/whowe-are/offices-centers/cmhs 3. “Down in the Sewer’s: Perceptions of Depression and Depression Care among African American Men. 2018. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5734547/

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OPINION: The Interlopers Better Recognize that Howard University isn’t going Anywhere

Gentrification is now at the center of debate for students and neighbors on and off HU’s campus

By Kyra E. Azore, Originally published by The Grio (www.thegrio.com) For more than 150 years, Howard University has been located on sacred land.

This great institution has been the training ground for so many global change agents such as activist Kwame Ture, writer Zora Neale Hurston, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Congressman Elijah Cummings, and Tony award winning actress, Phylicia Rashad. Yet, despite its historical significance, our beloved HU is being treated like a common public park.

In the last few weeks, as spring has sprung and the first buds are making themselves known, the campus has received an influx of visitors. Some of them travel in large groups and stop students on their way to class to ask for help with trivia questions from the Admission Center’s scavenger hunt.

Clearly, these are prospective students and their parents who likely already understand what Howard means to the Black community. Others trek across “the Yard,” the open clearing carved by pathways that connect the main buildings on campus, with their picnic baskets, small children, yoga mats, pure-bred dogs and a palpable sense of entitlement.

We are talking about a place that is deeply connected to every major event in the Howard community since its founding—from traveling students sleeping on the floor of Founders Library the night before the Million Man March to Muhammad Ali sitting on the steps of Douglass Hall surrounded by students giving a speech about denying the draft. The hallowed paths of Howard have seen more celebrities and thought leaders than any red carpet in the world.

Howard University is my home and has been ever since I first visited the campus in 2013, I remember that day like it was yesterday. I was a sophomore in high school visiting colleges during my spring break.

Unlike all the other places I visited, this felt most like home. When I finally climbed the hill to the Yard, I marveled in the sight of young, Black students in suits and the latest fashions, treating the pathways like their own personal runway.

The Yard is the heartbeat of the University.

It’s the host to Yardfest during Howard’s infamous homecoming and the backdrop for the annual commencement activities.

To see it now littered with jogging pedestrians and nonchalant dog walkers infuriates me. I am also aware that these are the same people who have driven up the surrounding property value to the point where most students who live off campus have no choice, like myself, but to find apartments in neigh-

boring states because we cannot afford to live adjacent to where we take classes.

The frustration that students experience is rooted in the fact that these are the same people who call the police to complain about our house parties and campus events, but then go ahead and picnic under the trees that are dedicated to our historic Greek letter organizations.

Excuse me? There’s a free, public park across the street where you can knock yourself out with all your healthy-living activities.

Black students see Howard as a safe space, where we can seek refuge from trials of the outside world of our campus. These interlopers, on the other hand, seem to be treating Howard’s campus like a community park, where those new to the area have felt free to lounge, enjoy a Spring day, and “deal” with the inconveniences that come with the patch of land that also happens to double as an institution of higher learning when they are not using it.

Since its founding in 1867, Howard has been an open campus regularly engaging students and neighbors from the surrounding communities, who at the time, looked like us. This wasn’t always an easy situation as I think back to what it must have been like to be a student here when the streets of Chocolate City surrounding the University were drug and crime infested 1980s and 1990s. And yet, Howard never closed its gates and turned its back on the community. In doing so, unfortunately, it seems our latest visitors have taken the kindness of an open campus as a weakness.

Let me be the first to tell them this is not the case.

Please do not be confused or misled. This has been an ongoing issue at Howard over the past few years. In 2015, the hashtag #WeAreNotAPark surfaced on social media because students were outraged when this first started happening to our space.

Concerned students reached out to student government to act on their behalf, but not much else was done afterwards. I believe this #WeAreNotAPark movement didn’t receive much traction because some students felt like the hashtag was divisive and would only cause conflict in the community.

This most recent clash has emerged on social media as #HowardWontMove. This time is going to be different because the current student body is less in favor of respectability politics. We are talking about the same students who took over the Administration building last year bumping “Knuck If You Buck” and demanding the removal of chief university administrators in the wake of a misappropriation of financial aid funds scandal.

To be clear, this issue is not solely about race because it’s also about respect. Respect the sacred ground that is Howard Univer-

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THERE NEVER WAS A NOBLE SOUTH THE INNER-CITY NEWS - May 29, 2019 - June 04, 2019

Oscar H. Blayton

Have you ever noticed that when driving through the southern United States you are hard-pressed to find a city or town without a memorial to the Confederate war dead, but you are equally hard-pressed to find a city or town with a monument commemorating fallen Revolutionary War soldiers?

Given the current debate over the removal of Confederate monuments, it might be useful to consider why so much effort has been made to honor traitors who died fighting a losing war against the United States, while so little effort is made to honor patriots who died winning America’s independence.

A simple fact, long shrouded by the mist of deceit, explains why traitorous villains have been honored while heroic patriots were ignored.

In the decades following the Civil War, there was an extraordinary effort by large numbers of white women through the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) to bolster and maintain white supremacy in the South and in the nation. In order to do this, they needed to create a narrative that

characterized the Confederate rebellion as a “just cause.”

Key to perpetuating the myth of the just cause of slaveholding Southerners was the double-barreled argument combining the notions of the “Noble South,” where kindly masters cared for their adoring slaves, and the “Lost Cause,” – in which valiant Southern men rose to defend their liberties against an aggressive, greedy Northern industrial complex. Using this logic, the Southern rebellion was characterized as both “noble” and “just” but resulting in tragic heroes fallen in battle and a victimized Southern white populace. The shorthand for this narrative was projected as the “Lost Cause of the Noble South.”

This twisted myth also gave rise to the Ku Klux Klan, celebrated by the UDC as protectors of the white race.

Because of its activities since the Civil War, the UDC currently is considered by the Southern Poverty Law Center as part of the Neo-Confederate movement. And noted historians have considered the UDC to be an advocacy group for white supremacy.

But the efforts of these women were so successful that hero worship of the Southern traitors spread into the North.

Not only do eight of the 11 former Confederate states have counties named in honor of Robert E. Lee, but the U. S. Navy named a submarine after him in 1960.

Not only are there roughly 223 public spaces with Confederate monuments in

Virginia, a bust of Robert E. Lee and a statue of Stonewall Jackson also were in the Hall of Fame for Great Americans at the Bronx Community College in New York City until their removal in August 2017.

In the U.S. Capitol building of the very nation that Robert E. Lee sought to destroy, his statue stands in Statuary Hall where each state is allowed to place statues of two of its most beloved citizens. In 1909, Virginia chose Lee. The victory of the UDC in the propaganda war has been almost complete for decades.

The organization was able to sway American sentiment to revere traitors and enslavers as heroes of American democracy.

However, as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

In 2018. the governor of Florida signed legislation to replace the statue of Confederate general Edmund Kirby Smith in Statuary Hall in the national Capitol with one of the famous African American educator and civil rights advocate, Mary McLeod Bethune. And this year, Arkansas’ governor signed legislation to replace its Statuary Hall statues of Confederate loyalist, Uriah Milton Rose and white supremacist James Paul Clarke with those of musician Johnny Cash and civil rights activist Daisy Lee Bates.

North Carolina and Alabama also have begun removing white supremacists from Statuary Hall.

Confederate statues also have been removed from public spaces throughout the South, including cities in Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Virginia would be wise to follow suit.

Racism and white supremacy are not going away anytime soon. And as long as organizations like the UDC are around, eliminating these cancers from the American body politic will be difficult and painful.

Nine states of the former Confederacy still celebrate holidays commemorating the attempt to destroy the nation in order to maintain slavery and white supremacy.

Many white individuals continue to disrespect African Americans and downplay the blistering harm caused by centuries of slavery and racism. This was made clear when a racially insensitive photo was discovered on Virginia Gov. Ralph S. Northam’s medical school yearbook page. The photo shows one individual in blackface standing next to another individual in a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood.

Gov. Northam first apologized for the photo, but the next day denied knowing anything about it. He finally promised to make amends for the episode by pursuing racial reconciliation in the state; but so far, he has done nothing of substance and his actions attest to the contamination of mind and spirit fostered by the UDC during the past century and a half.

Maintaining statues to traitors and clown-

Commentary: Extremist Laws Make it Harder to End Pregnancies from his own ugly imagination.

Now anti-abortion activists are on the verge of getting what they want — the ability to prosecute doctors and/or pregnant women for murder if they choose to abort a fetus early in their pregnancies.

By Jesse Jackson Sr., Guest Columnist of the Wave Newspaper Alabama ed by utterly clueless male legislators just passed the most restrictive ban on abortion in the country, with Georgia and Missouri piling on close behind.

Other states dominated by right-wing Republican politicians are jockeying to join in. Their aim is to get the courts, newly packed with right-wing judges appointed

by President Donald Trump, to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark precedent that established a woman’s right to choose in the early months of pregnancy.

The new laws generally deem abortion murder after six or eight weeks, no exceptions. This is often before women are even aware that they are pregnant.

Some of the laws would imprison doctors; others lock up mothers. That is what the anti-abortion movement has demanded. It has been spurred on by cynical politicians like Trump, who devoted part of his State of the Union address to a blood-curdling description of infanticide that came completely

Even if the life of the mother is at risk, doctors would be loath to risk imprisonment by taking the necessary step to save her.

Suddenly, right-wing politicians and moral hypocrites are expressing dismay at their victory. Trump, who not many years ago was entirely pro-choice, tweeted that he didn’t support the Alabama laws, that he believed in exceptions for rape, incest and protecting the life of the mother.

Apparently murder isn’t always murder for the president — or for televangelist Pat Robertson, or for House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, who said the law “goes further than I believe,” because he would allow “exceptions” as a matter of “personal belief.”

But as E.J. Dionne notes in the Washington Post, if personal beliefs can carve out exceptions to murder, why would Trump’s or McCarthy’s exceptions weigh more than the considered choices of the women struggling with whether to take a fetus to term?

Cynical male politicians weighing how to placate the anti-abortion conservatives

without alienating the vast majority aren’t making a more moral, more reasoned decision than the woman involved. Lost in this posturing — mostly by male politicians — is the basic reality.

Passing laws that outlaw abortions won’t end abortions. They will simply make them less safe, putting more lives at risk.

And the posturing totally ignores the deep injustices surrounding reproductive rights, as whatever the law is, rich women will retain the right of choice — even if it requires going to a hospital in another country — while the lives of poor women, already locked out of any federal support for the counseling and choices they need, will be at ever greater risk.

Of course, many of these same politicians pushing these laws supposedly to protect life inside the womb do little to save the lives of those outside the womb, voting to roll back Medicaid, cut aid for women and infant children, slash food stamps and eliminate welfare for impoverished mothers with young children.

Trump revealed his brazen cynicism, tweeting out his exceptions to the Alabama law while pleading with the anti-abortion movement to “stick together and win for life in 2020.” His concern is re-election not making a moral decision on how best to deal with this agonizing concern.

This is an ugly debate. The extremist laws passed in Alabama and elsewhere won’t

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stand, but the result inevitably will be to make it more difficult and perilous for poor women to make the agonizing decision about a pregnancy.

The posturing will lead to the punishment of poor women for childbearing, putting more women and more fetuses at risk, and leave more infants born into a life without the basic support — health care, food, shelter — needed to have a chance for a healthy life. I share the concern for life that animates the most sincere opponents of abortion. I also agree that reproductive justice is essential to women.

Family planning isn’t a sin; it is a vital necessity for ensuring that the next generation of infants is brought into the world with the love and the care they need. In Roe v.

Wade, the Supreme Court ruled essentially that it is the pregnant woman who is best charged with making the decision about pregnancy until the fetus is viable.

I would trust the women agonizing over that choice far more than politicians like Trump or McCarthy, who cynically weigh how to placate their base without alienating the rest of us.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is president and founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition.

This article originally appeared in the Wave Newspapers.

ing around in blackface evidence a lack of good faith on the part white southerners.

None of this blackface clowning is funny.

Nothing about slavery in the South was noble. None of it is deserving of being honored.

Gov. Northam, like many white Southerners, promises to do better, yet Robert E. Lee’s statue still stands in Statuary Hall in our national Capitol.

Oscar H. Blayton is a former Marine Corps combat pilot and human rights activist who practices law in Virginia.

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sity. You do not get to complain about our unique HBCU experiences (Homecoming, etc.) and then use our campus for your leisure activities. That is not how this works.

Don’t like the noise from our parties on Saturday night? Then you’re probably not going to like the shade from our trees on the Yard on Tuesday afternoons. The idea that the interlopers are able to pick and choose which parts of Howard they are willing to accept or allow to be acceptable is at the heart of the issue. Like the rest of the Black experience, you have to take us or leave us as is. Howard is not a restaurant that allows for substitutions or additions so you can have it your way.

The amount of entitlement displayed by community members like Sean Grubbs-Robishaw, who has since been dubbed #GentrifyingGeorge by Black Twiiter and lives in the Shaw-Howard neighborhood where Howard resides. In a television interview with the local Fox affiliate, Grubbs-Robishaw famously suggested all of Howard “just move the campus” if we do not want people walking their dogs across the Yard.

Rather than educate themselves about these historic grounds, they disgrace us and our home. The blatant disrespect, unmitigated gall is baffling.

How dare you?

It begs repeating, for more than 150 years, Howard has sat proudly on Hilltop high overlooking most of D.C., but now that we are in the way of community expansion, we’re expected to just move? That is not how this works. Just like we respect your wishes about parties and noise you should be able to honor a simple request not to treat my expensive educational home as your cheap dog park. I should be able to strut across the Yard to class with my head held high, not constantly scanning the ground to avoid poop from your privileged pooch.

Just for the record, when you choose to live next to a college campus, you sign up for all that comes with it, so take it or leave it. Regardless of what you decide, Howard will remain unphased, a prideful symbol of tradition, and unmoved.

Just try to move us and see what happens. #HUStrong

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A Call to Bernie Sanders and Cornel West on Reparations: “Black People Can’t Wait!”

By Tolson Banner

Nationwide — Have you ever been caught in the middle of “sumptin” where it seemed as if there was no way out? Like table tennis, you are “pinged and ponged” between two opposing forces: red and blue states.

Incessantly, you are slammed into the net because neither side is willing to reconcile the dichotomy of America’s ongoing white tribal war: benign neglect by Democrat liberals and recalcitrance by Republican conservatives. Malcolm X referred to this as the fox or the wolf for black people. This is the nature of reparations where white people are either asking black people to be patient like the Biblical Job or resign ourselves to the waiting room, get in line, take a ticket and listen out for their number (untold millions of Africans who died, as well as, those who were enslaved during the Christian/Atlantic enslavement trade) – which to this day has never been called.

No reconciliation; no atonement; and no healing.

This constant request from white people (some blacks as well) to be patient and wait are the critical reasons why Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote the book Why We Can’t Wait. King laid out several reasons to make his case during the tumultuous 60’s. Those same reasons are applicable today for black people: disillusionment with the way justice is served up for black people; lack of confidence in politicians and the government; decolonization of Africa (today neocolonialism); living out the true meaning of the Emancipation Proclamation; and economic inequality.

Even before the news pundits pontificate and before election gurus peer into their crystal balls, Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders with his echo chamber renowned scholar, Cornel West have already told black people to forget about having reparations as part of Sanders’ platform or the Democratic platform for that matter (although we are beginning to hear a faint chorus in favor of reparations from some Democratic hopefuls). Need I remind my

Democratic socialist and Christian revolutionary brothers that anytime is the right time, as Spike Lee reminded us, to “DO THE RIGHT THING!” One would think being a Jew, Sanders would find ‘holocaust kinship’ with the descendants of the greatest holocaust known to humanity. Immersed in the history of black people like probably no other scholar heretofore, how in Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Jehovah, Zoroaster and Muhammad’s name can West ask black people to wait? King gave us reasons during the Civil Rights era. Today, it appears we are haunted by similar reasons: WHY WE CAN’T WAIT: The pain and suffering experienced by the Jewish people during the holocaust engendered “esprit de corps” with African-Americans from the Atlantic enslavement holocaust. But that is where the similarities end. The Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany was signed on September 10, 1952. In short, Germany was to pay Israel for the costs of “resettling so great a number of uprooted and destitute Jewish refugees after the war and to compensate individual Jews.” Three quarters of

a century after the holocaust ended, former U.S. Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat negotiated settlements for victims who were not covered under previous agreements. In contrast, when the Civil War ended in 1865, ideas on how to make the enslaved AfricanAmerican “whole” were bandied about but never took hold. With the U.S. Presidential election between Hayes and Tilden hanging in the balance, the North conceded to the demands of the South by removing all Federal troops: unleashing another reign of white domestic terror known as Jim Crow.

No reconciliation here Bernie… Cornel.

WHY WE CAN’T WAIT: President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act in 1988 to compensate over 100,000 people of Japanese descent who were incarcerated in internment camps during WWII. The federal government legislation extended a formal apology from the U.S. government and paid out $20,000 in compensation to each surviving victim. For black people incarceration and their continued enslavement were surreptitiously upheld by the 13th Amendment which was ratified in 1865. Michele Alexander, author of “The

New Jim Crow” documents this loophole in the 13th amendment which states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or anyplace subject to their jurisdiction.” The railroading of black people by this nation’s legal system for crimes they did not commit are well documented. Add “Three Strikes Legislation” – courtesy of the Democratic Party and signed into law by “Slick Willie” aka former President Bill Clinton – and you’ll witness the makings of raw material for the prison/enslavement/industrial complex. No atonement here Bernie… Cornel.

WHY WE CAN’T WAIT: After twelve years of research, Dr. DeGruy developed her theory of Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (P.T.S.S.). DeGruy went on to publish her book of the same name which outlines and addresses the residual impacts of generations of slavery. According to DeGruy, P.T.S.S. is a theory which explains the causes of many of the adaptive survival behaviors in African-American communities throughout the United States and the

Diaspora.

Some of the results from DeGruy’s findings were: multigenerational trauma together with continued oppression; absence of opportunity to heal or access the benefits available in the society which leads to P.T.S.S. These maladies show up as lack of self-esteem; feelings of hopelessness/ depression; and a general self-destructive outlook. Anytime America has experienced major catastrophes, as in school shootings, grief counselors are rushed to the scene to begin the healing process which hopefully would allow people to handle the trauma.

For almost five centuries, no grief counselors were dispatched to help African Americans deal with the trauma and horror of their brutal enslavement. No healing here Bernie…Cornel.

To all the other naysayers who reject the idea of “work-done payments” for black people on the basis of not quite understanding how disbursements would be handled, allow me to remind them there are various models and formulas already in existence for computing and calculating reparations.

For example, black people could be exempt from paying federal taxes and allowed to attend universities who benefitted from our enslavement tuition free. Georgetown University (GU) recently passed a student referendum to increase the school’s tuition by $27.20 to compensate the descendants of 272 enslaved Africans who were sold to save GU and the Catholic Church. This bears scrutiny – not waiting!

Even former President Barrack Obama maintained black people were too far removed from our enslavement to seek compensation – Bernie echo those sentiments.

The recent findings from the Freedmen’s Bureau Project have identified a listing of enslaved Africans and their “property value” thus illuminating a direct line to their descendants. I ask, are we too far removed to see and witness the toils of our labor? No we are not! Most notably, our enslaved labor was used in the construction of the U.S. Capitol and the White House: two shining Con’t on page

Actor Bill Duke and Filmmaker William Michael Barbee Attend Didi Hirsch’s 23rd Annual Erasing the Stigma Awards

By Sentinel News Service

On Thursday, April 25th, Actor Bill Duke and Filmmaker William “Michael” Barbee attended the 23rd Annual Erasing the Stigma Leadership Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Actor Bill Duke, who starred in Barbee’s film “Beyond the Silence,” presented William “Michael” Barbee with the Erasing the Stigma Leadership Award for all he has done to erase the stigma of mental illness.

William “Michael” Barbee is an entrepreneur, mental health advocate and producer/ writer/director of “Beyond the Silence,” a movie about how people are often incarcerated instead of treated for mental illness.

Michael, who credits treatment for his recovery from depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and a suicide attempt at age 20, is passionate about helping others with mental illness. He makes a point of hiring employees who live with mental illness and

over 120,000 adults and children annually from 10 locations and nearly 100 schools in Southern California.

Didi Hirsch’s 60-year-old Suicide Prevention Center – the first and most comprehensive in the United States—celebrated the grand opening of its new home in Century City in February 2019. The standalone building nearly doubles the number of people answering its 24/7 multilingual Crisis Line, a key member of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and offers individual and family therapy for those who need more help than support groups can provide.

Each year, the Center trains over 10,000 students, teachers faith-based groups, business people and first responders how to recognize and respond to warning signs.

It is also developing certified training for mental health professionals to build a larger network of therapists who know how to aid people in a suicidal crisis. Learn more at www.didihirsch.org.

created a nonprofit arm of his transportation company to help people with mental illness get to their counseling appointments. He has written two books with mental health themes, serves on the Mental Health Association of Essex County Board of Directors and was honored at the 2013 Governor’s Council on Mental Health. Barbee’s film, “Beyond the Silence,” is set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019.

The Erasing the Stigma Leadership Awards is an annual fundraiser for Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services.

Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services is one of the nation’s leading providers of community mental health, substance use and suicide prevention services. Dedicated to serving communities where stigma or poverty limits access, the agency has been transforming lives for more than 75 years through its innovative and comprehensive approach to care. Today, Didi Hirsch helps

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U.S. Black-Owned Law Firm Expands Its Practice to Africa, Representing Persons Before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Tanzania

Nationwide — The Law Office of Zulu Ali (ZuluAliLaw.com), a Black-owned law firm based in Riverside, California, has announced that it has expanded its practice to Africa representing Persons before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Tanzania. The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights is a continental court established by African countries to ensure protection of human and peoples’ rights in Africa. The firm’s expansion follows the admission of its Principal, Attorney Zulu Ali, to the registry of counsel to the African Court.

Attorney Ali also plans to establish a Pan African Legal Institute in Africa to focus on the unification of all African states under continental law and reparations for African Americans and other victims in the African diaspora under international law.

The law firm was founded by its owner and principal attorney, Zulu Ali, a Tennessee native, former police officer, and U.S. marine veteran, who was inspired by the work and legacy of civil rights attorneys Thurgood Marshall, Avon Williams, Jr., Charles Hamilton Houston; and other advocates and leaders of the civil rights movement. The mission and philosophy of the firm is to advocate for changes in the law when the law is unjust with a focus on representing persons accused of crimes and seeking criminal justice, immigrants, victims of discrimination, persons seeking civil justice in state and federal courts.

Attorney Ali earned a Juris Doctorate (law degree) from Trinity International University Law School and a liberal arts degree with an emphasis in African Studies from Regents College through a consortium with Tennessee State University.

Attorney Ali has been admitted to the California State Bar; United States District Courts for the districts of Central California, Southern California, Northern California, and Colorado; United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits; United States Supreme Court; and the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands.

In addition to its’ trial practice before state and federal courts in the United States, the

Law Office of Zulu Ali maintains a practice in the Netherlands representing suspects and victims before the International Criminal Court at The Hague.

Although the mission and diverse makeup of the law firm subjects it to immense scrutiny, the firm continues to be inspired by its mission to preserve and fulfill the legacy of those leaders and advocates of the past who sacrificed in order to make a more just society.

“I believe the mission of a lawyer should be to strive for change and challenge the courts when there is injustice. In our firm, we put it on the line despite the immense scrutiny and consequences we may face.

But for brave attorneys and advocates who are willing to step out the box, we would still be in segregation or servitude if the laws and courts were not challenged. Many attorneys and advocates are chilled and neutralized because they are usually target-

ed, ridiculed, and subjected to reprimand or worst when they test the status quo, but it is necessary despite the risks,” Principal Attorney Zulu Ali adds.

In 2017, Attorney Ali was recognized as one of the most influential African American Leaders in Los Angeles by the National Action Network founded by Reverend Al Sharpton.

The firm’s founder and principal attorney, Zulu Ali, been named Top 100 Lawyers by the National Black Lawyers – Top 100; Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers – Top 100 Trial Lawyers; Premier 100 Trial Attorneys by the American Academy of Trial Attorneys, also known as the National Academy of Jurisprudence; Top 10 Best Lawyers by the American Institute of Legal Counsel in the areas of Criminal Defense, Immigrations, and Personal Injury; Top 10 Lawyers by the American Jurist Institute in the areas of Criminal Defense, Immigrations, and Personal Injury; Rue Ratings Best Lawyer in America; and Top 10 Attorney in Criminal Defense, Immigration, and Personal Injury by Attorney and Practice Magazine.

Attorney Ali is the subject of the documentary Purpose and Freedom and hosts a weekly syndicated radio show, Justice Watch with Attorney Zulu Ali, on NBC Radio News affiliate KCAA in Redlands, California, WCGO in Chicago, KSHP Las Vegas, and via satellite on GAB Radio Network.

Attorney Ali has been married to his spouse, Charito, for over 32 years; and resides in Southern California with their four daughters and three grandchildren.

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Largest Group of Black Women Graduate in University History West Point University

By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor

Since its founding in 1802, West Point has been known for its prestige, not its diversity; however 217 years since the university’s doors opened, the esteemed military academy will graduate its largest class of African American women in the school’s history.

When 34 Black women receive their degrees this weekend, they will not only be holding the weight of a distinguished degree, but of the knowledge that the ability to do such was a long time coming.

According to “CBS News,” West Point did not graduate its first Black cadet, Henry O. Flipper, until 1877. It would be almost over 100 years later that West Point graduated its first class with women, which was in 1980. Pat Locke was the first African American woman to graduate West Point.

She has been a constant mentor, providing encouragement throughout her time at the military academy, Locke told “Inside Edition” in a May 20 article.

Photos of the 34 Black women graduating in West Point’s 2019 cohort are going vi-

ral, as many are revelling in the fact that so many females of color are getting degrees from a place that did not want them to attend their institution until recent history.

“My hope when young Black girls see these photos is that they understand that regardless of what life presents you, you have the ability and fortitude to be a force to be reckoned with,” cadet Tiffany Welch-Baker told Because of Them We Can. “We’re gonna be going out and having to solve complex problems. And so that’s gonna take creative solutions,” Gabrielle Alford told CBS News. “It really helps if you can look up to a leader who looks like you who comes from the same background as you.”

Other military leaders are excited about the diversity coming out of this year’s West Point graduating class.

“We don’t want everybody in the Army to look like me,” First Captain David Bindon told CBS This Morning national correspondent Jerika Duncan. “For me, working with people who don’t look like me brings different perspectives to my approach to problems. And that helps me solve problems better.”

34 Black women will graduate from the United States Military Academy West Point, making for the largest class of African-American women in the school’s 217 year history. (Cadet Hallie H. Pound/U.S. Army via AP)

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Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

St. New Haven, CT Be willing to travel throughout the Northeast & NY. For more information call (203)272-7511 ext1 or 2 This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits Contact: Rick Tousignant Phone: 860- 243-2300 Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 Email: rick.tousignant@garrityasphalt.com Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc. (FHI) is seeking an experienced Urban Designer or Urban Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer Project documents available via ftp link below: Planner for our Community Design Services team. Candidates should demonstrate their until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage ability to manage projects, lead a team, engage in all aspects of design, prepare projSeymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the ect visuals, maps, and renderings, and facilitate meetings for a variety of clients. Re1907 Hartford Turnpike Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour. sponsibilities will include leading community planning projects that town and village Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com North Haven, CT 06473 Tractor Trailer Driver for Heavy & Highway Construction planning design, transit-oriented development planning, municipal master HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran,center S/W/MBE & Sectionand 3 Certified Businesses plans, open space planning, Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 streetscape design, form-base codes and design, regional Equipment.

Must have awill CDL driving record, A pre-bid conference beLicense, held atclean the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith and statewide development plans. Additionally, the candidate must possess excellent capableSeymour, of operating equipment; be willing to travel AA/EEO EMPLOYER Street CT heavy at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

Insulation company offering good pay oral and written communication skills. throughout the Northeast & NY.

and benefits.

Please mail resume to We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority OfMinimum degree: Bachelor's degree in Urban Planning, Urban Design, Landscape ArContact Dana at 860-243-2300 above address. chitecture, or Architecture with a minimum of 5 years of experience. Candidates with fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Email: dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com a valid driver's license preferred. Salary commensurate with level of experience. Send Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply resume to designer@fhiplan.com or Claudia Massie, 416 Asylum Street, Hartford, CT This company is an Affirmative Action/ The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer 06103. Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc. is an EEO/AA /VEV/Disabled employer.

NEW HAVEN

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks:

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

KMK Insulation Inc.

Union Company seeks:

Mechanical Insulator position.

MAIL ONLY

reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any informalities in the bidding, if such actions are in the best interest of the Housing Authority.

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ELM CITY COMMUNITIES Invitation for Bids Furnace and Domestic Hot Water Replacement at McConaughy Terrace The Housing Authority of the City of New Havend/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Bids for Furnace and Domestic Hot Water Replacement at McConaughy Terrace. A complete copy of the requirements may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Monday, May 20, 2019 at 3:00PM. DEEP RIVER HOUSING AUTHORITY OPENING WAITING LIST FOR SENIOR/DISABLED The Deep River Housing Authority will open its waiting list for Senior/Disabled Housing on June 1st. This list will remain open until June 30th.

To request an application, please call 860-526-5119. Applications will be accepted by mail (must be postmarked or date stamped by June 30th).

Housing is available to anyone over 62 or handicapped/disabled that meet the income guidelines. Monthly rate is based on income with a minimum base rent requirement of $944.00.

Deep River Housing Authority 60 Main Street Deep River, CT 06417

Electric Utility System Operator/Dispatcher Operates electric distribution substation and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for an electric utility serving 25,000 customers. Coordinates electric system switching and places equipment in and out of service during routine and emergency operations. Requires HS diploma/GED with 2 years experience in the operation of Distribution SCADA equipment and/or switchboards used in the distribution of electricity.

Experience and training may be substituted on a year for year basis. Must maintain valid system operation certification from Connecticut Valley Exchange (CONVEX) or other approved agency or be able to obtain the same within 90 days of hire. Must posses and maintain a valid State of CT driver’s license. $ 32.48 - $ 38.59 per hour plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Apply to: Human Resources Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Fax #: (203) 294-2084. Closing date will be June 17, 2019. EOE.

MINORITY CONTRACTOR OPPORTUNITY – NEW HORIZONS VILLAGE – UNIONVILLE, CT SOLICITATION OF SBE/MBE CONTRACTORS:

Construction Resources, Inc. (General Contractor), an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, seeks State of CT DAS certified SBE/MBE Subcontractors and/or suppliers and local business enterprises to bid applicable sections of work/equipment/supplies for the following construction project: New Horizons Community Building and Public Spaces Renovations: The work described in the bid documents includes renovations to the main level and second floor of the Community Building, renovations to the existing original outdoor pavilion, various site infrastructure improvements to support the other work of the project, and coordination with planned elevator modernizations in the Community Building and the adjacent Congregate Housing Building. Bid Date and Time: Friday, May 31, 2019 by 12:00 noon. Electronic Plans and specifications can be obtained at no charge by contacting Scott Mitchell at Construction Resources Plainville office at (860) 678-0663 or by email to scott@corebuilds.com. Project is Tax Exempt and Federal Prevailing Wage (Davis Bacon) does NOT apply. This project is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. CORE encourages the participation of certified SBE/MBE contractors. CORE is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

May 29, 2019 - June 04, 2019

The Housing Authority of the City of Norwalk, CT is requesting proposals for Financial Advisory Services.

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

Adam Bovilsky, Executive Director.

HELP WANTED: Large CT guardrail company looking

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

APPLY NOW!

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

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

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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

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

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

Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and application instructions for this position is available at: https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/ sup/bulpreview.asp?R1=190508 &R2=0190MP&R3=001 The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is seeking to fill the position of Program Director for New Haven Healthy Start.

Please refer to our website for details: http://www.cfgnh.org/About/ContactUs /EmploymentOpportunities.aspx. EOE. Electronic submissions only. No phone calls

Listing: Accounting

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

Town of Bloomfield

Assistant Youth Services Coordinator, $31.89 hrly, (benefited). Pre-employment drug testing. AA/EOE. For details and how to apply go to www.bloomfieldct.org 22

APPLY TODAY Town of Bloomfield

Youth & Family Program Assistant Part Time – Non benefited (5-15 hrs. wkly) $11.87 hourly Pre-employment drug testing.

AA/EOE For details and how to apply go to www.bloomfieldct.org

Recreation

Director of Parks and Recreation - Responsible for directing and administering a municipal recreation program to include parks and recreational facilities. Requires a bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university in recreation administration, leisure services, or related field, plus 5 years of progressively responsible recreation work including 4 years of supervisory experience, or an equivalent combination of education and qualifying experience substituting on a year-for-year basis. Must have a valid driver’s license. Salary: $90,682 - $116,023 annually plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Apply: Human Resources Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Phone: 203-294-2080 Fax: 203-294-2084. The closing date will be that date the 75th application form/resume is received, or June 17, 2019, whichever occurs first. EOE

Social Services Provider II (Bilingual-Spanish) Full-Time Opportunity. Master's degree from an accredited college or university in an applied behavioral science discipline, plus three years of related work experience required. Must possess and maintain Connecticut state certification as a licensed clinical social worker. Detailed information about the Town is available on the Town’s website www.greenwichct.org Town of Greenwich, HR Department, 101 Field Point Road, Greenwich, CT 06830. EOE M/F/D/V

Common Ground High School is looking for a School Social Worker. For more details and how to apply, please visit http://commongroundct.org/2019/05/ common-ground-is-seeking-a-school-social-worker/

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - May 29, 2019 - June 04, 2019

NOW ACCEPTING PRE-APPLICATIONS FOR SASCO CREEK Affordable Rental Housing -ONE, TWO & THREE BEDROOM UNITS 1655 Post Road East, Westport CT

Preliminary Applications will be accepted beginning on 06/03/2019 AND ENDS with a postmark date of 06/28/2019. Pre-applications received after the end date as postmarked will be automatically rejected.

Pre-applications are to be mailed only to Owner’s offices located at 5 Canal Street, Westport, CT 06880.

LUXURIOUS RESIDENCES AVAILABLE

Owner: Sasco Creek Housing Associates Limited Partnership Managing Agent: Millennium Real Estate Services, LLC Applicants will need to meet the income requirements based on family size for 60% of Area Median Income, or less. Preliminary Applications will be received during the period noted above and placement on the wait list will be made through the random selection method, once the period has ended. The maximum number of pre-applications to be placed on the wait list is one hundred (100). Pre-applications will not be accepted by hand-delivery, facsimile, email or any other electronic transmission.

Four Person family 60% AMI Max limit $86,580/year: 2 Bedroom unit Maximum current rent- $1,010/month Six Person family 60% AMI Max limit $100,440/year: 3 Bedroom unit Maximum current rent- $1,215/month

The Glendower Group is currently accepting applications.

Pre-Applications will be provided to any & all interested persons. Individuals or families may pick up a hard copy of the pre-application at the Owner’s offices located at 5 Canal Street, Westport, CT or online at http://millennium-realty.com/.

You may request a pre- application be mailed to you by contacting us at 203-227-4672.

Located in revitalized neighborhoods, our deluxe townhomes feature 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedrooms, all with convenient access to transportation, great schools and amenities. Community features include 24-hour emergency maintenance, resident activities and access to playgrounds. Families who qualify for Section 8 assistance will pay no more than 30% of their adjusted annual income for rent.

For Additional Information Contact Carol Martin: Phone: (203)227-4672 TRS/TDD: (800) 842-9710

NOW ACCEPTING PRE-APPLICATIONS TREFOIL COURT, Fairfield, CT

REQUIREMENTS:

Preliminary Applications will be accepted beginning on 06/03/2019 AND ENDS with a postmark date of 06/28/2019. Pre-Applications received after the end date as postmarked will be automatically rejected.

Pre-Applications are to be mailed only to Owner’s offices located at 15 Pine Tree Lane, Fairfield CT 06825.

Earnings must be between 50-60% of the Area Medium Income (AMI). Please see the table below for specific income and household requirements. Selections will be made via a lottery system.

Owner: Trefoil, LLC Funded by:

Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development, and U. S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development through its Section 8 housing program

# of people in household

Applicants will need to meet the income requirements based on family size for 50% of Area Median Income, or less. Eligible applicant households must have a head, co-head, or spouse age 62 or older, or a disability determination from the Social Security Admin. to qualify. Preliminary Applications will be received during the period noted above and placement on the wait list will be made through the random selection method, once the period has ended. The maximum number of pre-applications to be placed on the wait list is one hundred (100). Pre-applications will not be accepted by hand-delivery, facsimile, email or any other electronic transmission.

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Minimum

$17,676

$20,201

$22,726

$25,226

$27,251

$29,276

$31,301

$33,301

Maximum

$42,420

$48,480

$54,540

$60,540

$65,400

$70,260

$75,120

$79,920

Applications may be picked up at: • 360 Orange St ● 3 Bosley St. ● 185 Eastern St. • Downloaded at http://www.cthcvp.org/ • Downloaded at http://www.elmcitycommunities.org Applications can be submitted: • Online at www.elmcitycommunities.org • In person at 360 Orange St, New Haven, CT 06511 • Mailed to PO Box 1912, New Haven, CT 06509

Income Limits: One Person - $35,950 Two Persons $41,050 Pre-Applications will be provided to any & all interested persons. Individuals or families may pick up a hard copy of the pre-application at the Owner’s offices located at 15 Pine Tree Lane, Fairfield, CT or online at http://millennium-realty.com/.

You may request a pre- application be mailed to you by contacting us at 203-366-6578.

For Additional Information Contact Carol Martin: Phone: (203)366-6578 TRS/TDD: (800) 842-9710

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NOW ACCEPTING PRE-APPLICATIONS

NOW ACCEPTING PRE-APPLICATIONS FOR HALES COURT Affordable Rental Housing -ONE, TWO, THREE & FOUR BEDROOM UNITS, 2-78 Hales Court, Westport CT

CANAL PARK, Westport, CT

Preliminary Applications will be accepted beginning on 06/03/2019 AND ENDS with a postmark date of 06/28/2019. Pre-Applications received after the end date as postmarked will be automatically rejected.

Pre-Applications are to be mailed only to Owner’s offices located at 5 Canal Street, Westport, CT 06880.

Preliminary Applications will be accepted beginning on 06/03/2019 AND ENDS with a postmark date of 06/28/2019. Pre-applications received after the end date as postmarked will be automatically rejected.

Pre-applications are to be mailed only to Owner’s offices located at 5 Canal Street, Westport, CT 06880.

Owner: Canal Park LLC

Owner: Hales Court Housing, LLC Managing Agent: Millennium Real Estate Services, LLC

Funded by:

Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development, and U. S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development through its Section 8 housing program

Applicants will need to meet the income requirements based on family size for 60% of Area Median Income, or less. Preliminary Applications will be received during the period noted above and placement on the wait list will be made through the random selection method, once the period has ended. The maximum number of pre-applications to be placed on the wait list is one hundred (100). Pre-applications will not be accepted by hand-delivery, facsimile, email or any other electronic transmission.

Applicants will need to meet the income requirements based on family size for 50% of Area Median Income, or less. Eligible applicant households must have a head, co-head, or spouse age 62 or older, or a disability determination from the Social Security Admin. to qualify. Preliminary Applications will be received during the period noted above and placement on the wait list will be made through the random selection method, once the period has ended. The maximum number of pre-applications to be placed on the wait list is one hundred (100). Pre-applications will not be accepted by hand-delivery, facsimile, email or any other electronic transmission.

Four Person family 60% AMI Max limit $86,580/year: 2 Bedroom unit Maximum current rent- $1,070/month Six Person family 60% AMI Max limit $100,440/year: 3 Bedroom unit Maximum current rent- $1,190/month

Income Limits: One Person - $50,550 Two Persons $57,750

Eight Person family 60% AMI Max limit $114,300/year: 4 Bedroom unit Maximum current rent- $1,300/month

Pre-Applications will be provided to any & all interested persons. Individuals or families may pick up a hard copy of the pre-application at the Owner’s offices located at 5 Canal Street, Westport, CT or online at http://millennium-realty.com/. You may request a pre- application be mailed to you by contacting us at 203-227-4672.

Pre-Applications will be provided to any & all interested persons. Individuals or families may pick up a hard copy of the pre-application at the Owner’s offices located at 5 Canal Street, Westport, CT or online at http://millennium-realty.com/. You may request a pre- application be mailed to you by contacting us at 203-227-4672.

For Additional Information Contact Carol Martin: Phone: (203)227-4672 TRS/TDD: (800) 842-9710

For Additional Information Contact Carol Martin: Phone: (203)227-4672 TRS/TDD: (800) 842-9710

NOW ACCEPTING PRE-APPLICATIONS FOR HIDDEN BROOK APTS Affordable Rental Housing -ONE, TWO & THREE BEDROOM UNITS

NOW ACCEPTING PRE-APPLICATIONS FOR PINE TREE Affordable Rental Housing -ONE & TWO BEDROOM UNITS

1655 Post Road East, Westport CT

15 Pine Tree Lane, Fairfield CT

Preliminary Applications will be accepted beginning on 06/03/2019 AND ENDS with a postmark date of 06/28/2019. Pre-applications received after the end date as postmarked will be automatically rejected.

Pre-applications are to be mailed only to Owner’s offices located at 5 Canal Street, Westport, CT 06880.

Preliminary Applications will be accepted beginning on 06/3/2019 AND ENDS with a postmark date of 06/28/2019. Pre-Applications received after the end date as postmarked will be automatically rejected.

Pre-Applications are to be mailed only to Owner’s offices located at 15 Pine Tree Lane, Fairfield, CT 06825.

Owner: Sixteen Fifty- Five Post I Limited Partnership Managing Agent: Millennium Real Estate Services, LLC

Owner: Pine Tree Housing Limited Partnership Managing Agent: Millennium Real Estate Services, LLC

Applicants will need to meet the income requirements based on family size for 50% of Area Median Income, or less. Preliminary Applications will be received during the period noted above and placement on the wait list will be made through the random selection method, once the period has ended. The maximum number of pre-applications to be placed on the wait list is one hundred (100). Pre-applications will not be accepted by hand-delivery, facsimile, email or any other electronic transmission.

Applicants will need to meet the income requirements based on family size for 80% of Area Median Income, or less. Preliminary Applications will be received during the period noted above and placement on the wait list will be made through the random selection method, once the period has ended. The maximum number of pre-applications to be placed on the wait list is one hundred (100). Pre-Applications will not be accepted by hand-delivery, facsimile, email or any other electronic transmission.

Four Person family 50% AMI Max limit $72,150/year: 2 Bedroom unit Maximum current rent- $1,080/month

Four Person family 80% AMI Max limit $82,080/year: 2 Bedroom unit Maximum current rent- $1,058/month

Six Person family 60% AMI Max limit $83,700/year: 3 Bedroom unit Maximum current rent- $1,225/month

Pre-Applications will be provided to any & all interested persons. Individuals or families may pick up a hard copy of the pre-application at the Owner’s offices located at 15 Pine Tree Lane, Fairfield, CT or online at http://millennium-realty.com/.

You may request a pre- application be mailed to you by contacting us at 203-366-6578.

Pre-applications will be provided to any & all interested persons. Individuals or families may pick up a hard copy of the pre-application at the Owner’s offices located at 5 Canal Street, Westport, CT or online at http://millennium-realty.com/.

You may request a pre- application be mailed to you by contacting us at 203-227-4672.

For Additional Information Contact Carol Martin: Phone: (203)366-6578 TRS/TDD: (800) 842-9710

For Additional Information Contact Carol Martin: Phone: (203)227-4672 TRS/TDD: (800) 842-9710

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New Black-Owned Tech Venture Helps Minorities Know What To Expect When Taking Medications

By BlackNews.com

The website, Drugviu, aims to make it easier for people of color – including multiracial individuals – to find out what to expect when they take medications for specific diagnoses from people who look like them.

Nationwide — Whenever taking medication, one naturally assumes the treatment will work. After all, the medication’s effectiveness is based on years of clinical trials.

However, this may not always be the case if you’re a person of color.

Historically, participants in clinical trials tended to be white men. Then in 1993, Congress passed the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Revitalization Act to increase the number of women and minorities in clinical trials. However, clinical trials still lack adequate representation of people of color. For instance, one study found “less than 2 percent of the National Cancer Institute’s clinical trials focus on any racial/ minority population as their primary emphasis.”

This underrepresentation may be harmful because ineffective medicine can have life or death consequences.

“Even though we are all human, and hence biologically the same, genetic variants still exist among different racial groups. If you are not studying enough of these groups of

people, you may be missing out on a few things,” says Kwaku Owusu, a 2016 Arch Grant recipient and co-founder of Drugviu. com – a website he launched in February 2019 with fellow Arch Grant winner, Melanie Igwe after hearing the disparity of minorities in clinical studies at a FDA meeting. The site, Owusu says, “aims to make it easier for people of color – including multiracial individuals – to find out what to expect when they take medications for specific diagnoses from people who look

like them.”

He gives the medication Plavix, which is used to help prevent strokes and heart attacks, as an example. “Seventy-five percent of Pacific Islanders do not have an enzyme that allows them to absorb [Plavix]. So, for them, this medication is essentially just a sugar pill. Also, many of the common asthma medications don’t really work for black children.”

Although the FDA has been trying to solve this underrepresentation issue for a while,

it still has limitations. Owusu explains, “Even if you make every clinical trial with a proportionate number of minorities, it still won’t address the medications that are already on the market.” After the FDA meeting, filling this gap became his passion project.

Enter Drugviu, on which users can review their experiences with medications – if it was effective or not, or if they experienced any side effects. For quality control, Owusu and Igwe also collect reviews through com-

munity engagement at places like churches or nursing homes.

Eventually, they hope to gather information online. Then, they compare these selfreports to the data from the FDA, CDC, NIH, a physician, a pharmacist, and an expert with a Ph.D. in computational chemistry. Owusu and Igwe hope to find trends among different minority groups and see if any previously unknown side effects emerge within specific groups.

Right now, the website focuses on diagnoses which have higher prevalence rates among people of color or conditions with limited research on minorities. In addition to physical illnesses, it also has mental diagnoses, which Owusu argues is just as important. “You don’t shame someone if they break their leg or have cancer. The brain is just another body part,” he says.

In addition to the reviews, Drugviu provides information about the syndromes to educate people visiting their website. Another feature: Through a partnership with Blink Health, Drugbiu users can receive up to 80 percent off medication.

“We are doing this to change the dialogue of health care,” Owusu says. “We are building Drugviu as a platform to empower communities of color to use their own reported data to get better health care.”

For more details, visit http://www.drugviu. com

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Mixing It Up: 5 Black Food Bloggers to Follow in 2019 BlackNews.com

Nationwide — When you finally tire of the same recipes you’ve been recycling for months, it may be time to see what your favorite food blogger is up to. It’s always exciting to come across a delicious-looking recipe you just have to try for yourself.

Unfortunately, when sifting through some of the most popular food blogs, you may find a lack of diversity in the writers. Many talented Black food bloggers don’t get the recognition they deserve. For this reason, we’ve found five flavorful food blogs spearheaded by Black chefs.

1. Sweet Tea & Thyme Eden Westbrook is a Navy veteran, wife, mother, and chef. Westbrook went to culinary school at 22, and although she realized that working in restaurants wasn’t for her – cooking was. When her family and friends lauded her culinary talents, Westbrook decided to share her skills with a wider audience. Her blog features a variety of recipes that are accessible to aspiring chefs of all skills levels.

2. Sweet Potato Soul If you’re vegan, this is the blog for you.

Jenné Claiborne was raised on unhealthy

food, but in college, she began her journey to healthy eating. Claiborne’s love for animals led her to pursue a vegan lifestyle, and she soon discovered a huge difference in her quality of life. Her day-to-day living began to feel more balanced, and she found lasting friendships. By sharing her stories and recipes, Claiborne continues to inspire those pursuing the same lifestyle.

3. The Hungry Hutch Blogger Aaron Hutcherson makes the bold claim that he enjoys food even more sleep.

As a boy, Hutcherson spent much of his time in the kitchen, observing his parents cook. Eventually, he decided to diversify his parents’ meal selections. Though Hutcherson initially considered cooking a hobby as opposed to a career choice, he couldn’t ignore his passion for it. For this reason, he began his blog. He posts a variety of savory recipes and comfort food, so his blog is a great source for rainy-day meals.

4. Black Girl Chef’s Whites The author of this blog, Cheryl Lee, believes that “food is more than a means to survive.” Lee is highly experienced in her field: her dishes have been featured in magazines, and she has worked alongside chef Emeril Lagasse. Lee also worked as

an instructor at the California School of Culinary Arts, and now she instructs her blog’s readers. Visitors to her blog can find a variety of healthy meals filled to the brim with nutrients.

5. Whisk It Real Gud As a young girl, April Boller spent every weekend looking forward to large meals prepared by her mother and grandmother.

She grew up with the knowledge that good

food doesn’t have to be expensive. Boller’s blog focuses on simple dishes that feature fresh ingredients and few steps. Her repertoire of dishes is diverse, combining aspects of several different cultures.

COMMENTARY: Here’s why regular fasting might work for you

By Dr. Tony Hampton

The warm temperatures and increased physical activity that come with spring and summer means many people will be eating less.

That means it could be a good time to introduce intermittent fasting (IF) to your lifestyle. Of all the things I have done to improve my health, IF has been the easiest and made the most difference.

I chose the 16/8 fast, which means I eat during an eight-hour window primarily between noon and 8 p.m., allowing my body to fast for 16 hours. Intermittent fasting (avoiding food for shorter periods) can be just as beneficial as periodic fasting (avoiding food for 24 hours or longer).

Variations of intermittent fasting include 16/8, Warrior diet (fast for 20 hours), EatStop-Eat (fast between dinners) and 5/2 fast (2 days per week, your calories are reduced to 500 calories daily).

Here are some of the benefits of any approach you choose: Supports mental clarity and brain health: Mental clarity is very important to most of us. Studies have shown that IF enhances cognitive function, protects against memory loss and dementia and generally slows the brain aging process.

Promotes weight loss: It may not surprise you that skipping a meal will result in weight loss, but it’s about more than reducing the number of calories you consume.

When fasting, your body will automatically start to use stored fat and ketone bodies as

energy sources. In other words, your body will become a fat-burning machine.

Reduces hunger: I have a reputation at work for never being seen eating. It’s so unusual that when I do eat, some team members come around to see me in action. That’s because fasting can result in decreased hunger. This is partly because you are using your body fat stores as energy. You also reduce leptin hormone resistance when fasting. Leptin hormone is your

satiety hormone. With less leptin hormone resistance, your feeling of being full will be greater, resulting in a decreased desire to eat.

Helps to reverse type 2 diabetes and improve blood glucose control: Instead of relying on carbohydrates/glucose as an energy source, people who fast will use ketones (fat) as energy. With a switch from metabolism depending on glucose to ketones, blood glucose (sugar) levels will

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be better controlled without the spikes and crashes diabetics frequently experience.

Over time, insulin sensitivity improves, which ultimately could start the process of reversing type 2 diabetes.

Improves cholesterol markers: The socalled good cholesterol (HDL cholesterol) is only improved by a few things: Exercise, high-fat diets and IF. Advances anti-inflammatory benefits: Of all the things you can do to improve your overall health, reducing inflammation may be one of the biggest keys. Whether you suffer from arthritis, obesity or simply want to reduce your risk for heart disease, diabetes or stroke, IF may provide an answer. By giving your body a break from inflammatory foods by not eating, you can reduce inflammation and all the medical conditions associated with it.

Improves cellular repair: Through a process called autophagy, cellular waste removal can be accelerated, removing dysfunctional cells that build up in your body. This may protect against cancer and dementia.

May extend your lifespan: When studies on rats are done with IF, they have extended lifespans. In one study, rats that fasted every other day lived 83 percent longer than rats who did not fast. More studies need to be done to prove the same is true for humans.

IF is generally safe for most of us, but discussing this with your doctor first is always a good idea. People who should use caution include those who are pregnant or have adrenal, thyroid or gallbladder conditions.

Children and those with eating disorders also may not be the best candidates. Dia-

betics, in consultation with their doctors or advanced practice clinicians, may need to reduce or adjust medications.

Dr. Tony Hampton is a family medicine physician with Advocate Medical Group.

This article originally appeared in the Chicago Crusader.

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“Black People Can’t Wait!”

beacons of light promulgating democracy, while at the same time highlighting the hypocrisy. Above and beyond these examples, our “free” enslaved labor made America the richest nation in the world – but we are too far removed for compensation?

The weight of waiting is a burden black people can no longer endure. David Brooks, a white moderate conservative seems to agree. Brooks writing an op-ed piece for the New York Times titled “The Case For Reparations” opined, “Slavery and the continuing pattern of discrimination aren’t only an attempt to steal labor; they are an attempt to cover over a person’s soul, a whole people’s soul.” Gifted artist, musician and ancestor, Gil-Scott Heron captured this soul wrenching pain and suffering of black people in his song, “Who’ll Pay Reparations On My Soul?” Bernie…

Cornel I think this question is for the two of you. Barack feel free to chime in.

Tolson Banner is a writer and columnist.

He can be reached on mobilifestyle1@ gmail.com. Vincent Jones also contributed to this article.

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