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Lawsuit Cancels Firefighter Lotto THE INNER-CITY NEWS - May 05, 2021 - May 11, 2021

by PAUL BASS

New Haven I ndependent

Ninety-nine prospective firefighters who tied for first place in a civil-service test were ready for a lottery Wednesday night to determine whether they’d win job offers — until a last-minute appeal quashed the action.

The lottery was going to take place in a room on the first floor of the 200 Orange St. municipal office building.

It would determine the order of names listed on a new prospective hiring list for entry-level city firefighters.

A city official had ordered a rotating drum and ping-pong balls numbered 1-99 for the event. The names of 99 firefighters who all scored 100 on a civil-service test were to be matched with those 99 balls.

The event was going to be webstreamed so people could watch it live. One watch party was planned for Delaney’s Restaurant and Tap Room in Westville.

Then, hours before the event, a fire lieutenant and 31 of the 99 applicants filed a legal challenge to the process. And the lottery was postponed.

Now officials will go back to square one in trying to figure out a vexing civil service question: What’s the fairest way to offer once-in-a-lifetime career opportunities when as many as nine times too many people tied for first place in the test for the job?

Meanwhile, the department has been needing to beef up ranks in order to cut down on overtime.

In one sense, “this is a good problem to have,” observed the Rev. Steven Cousin, president of the Board of Fire Commissioners. He noted that 90 percent of the 100-scorers live in New Haven.

Those applicants were helped by the fact that city residents get 10 points added to their scores (up to a total of 100). Military veterans get another 5.

Meanwhile, at most 20-25 slots will be open for new firefighters. And as many as 10 of those could go to people who already made the list through a test for paramedics.

“We want to make sure this process is fair and equitable across all parties. We want to make sure we do our diligence to make sure we are within legal bounds,” Cousin said.

Faced with so many extra tied top-scorers, the board at first considered going in alphabetical order. So the 100-scorer named Ismail Abdussabur would get the first offer. Dion Younger would get the 99th slot.

Cousin said that commissioners concluded that would be unfair. “We shouldn’t punish somebody because their name is Younger. You can’t control except by birth what your last name is.”

Commissioners looked at how other departments have handled similar situations.

One solution— going by order of social

Chief Alston: Delays in seating class will cost taxpayers.

Fire Lt. Samod Rankins: All 99 first-placers deserve a fair shot.

security numbers — seemed similarly unfair. So they settled on the lottery idea in order to make it completely random.

City human resources chief Stephen Librandi notified all the candidates in an April 20 letter describing the lottery, in which each of them would be assigned a number from 1 to 99.

“Using a process similar to what is used by the Connecticut State Lottery, 99 individually numbered balls will be placed in a rotating drum,” Librandi wrote. “A representative of the Fire Commission will then withdraw the balls one at a time.

The person whose name corresponds with the number on the first ball drawn will be placed first on the eligibility list to receive a conditional offer of employment,” on down through the 99 names. Librandi then listed the url and passcode for watching the lottery, scheduled for this Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Lt. Samod Rankins of the Firebirds Society disagreed with the random approach. He had helped some of the applicants study for the test. He concluded that everyone who worked hard and succeeded should continue to have a shot to go through the entire vetting and hiring process.

Rankins lined up 31 of the 100-scorers who agreed with him. He hired East Haven Attorney Patricia Cofrancesco. And he became the first named plaintiff in a legal challenge filed Wednesday by Cofrancesco.

The complaint names the city, the Board of Fire Commissioners, and the Civil Service Board as defendants. The complaint argues that the lottery would violate the rules for hiring as laid out in the city charter as well as rules for amending civil service procedures.

On the final page, the complaint seeks to have any actions taken as a result of the lottery, including hiring or amending of the eligibility list, be declared null and void. It also asks a judge to order the city to “adhere to the already Existing Eligibility List” for firefighters.

For now, in light of the lawsuit, the fire commission is pausing the process to determine how to proceed next.

In a conversation with the Independent Wednesday, named plaintiff Rankins was asked how he believes the process should unfold.

He responded that the city should extend offers to all 99 firefighters who tied for first place on the test. Based on past

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THOMAS BREEN PHOTO Rev. Steven Cousin: “We shouldn’t punish somebody because their name is Younger.”

experience, some of the candidates would probably decline the offer, perhaps because they had found other employment since taking the exam.

Then, Rankins said, the remaining candidates should take the agility test. It’s possible the pool would shrink further after that.

Next would come background checks, which might weed out more of them. As might the subsequent medical exam and interview with the chief.

At that point, the city could decide how to proceed based on a smaller pool of candidates, which may or may not exceed the number of open slots, Rankins argued.

That’s the process he and other members of the department went through when they became firefighters, he said. These candidates deserve the same opportunity,

he argued. “Their future careers would not depend on luck” this way.

When the fire commissioners originally discussed this approach, before deciding on the lottery, concerns were raised about the cost of vetting so many potential firefighters, as well as the time involved. The police department conducts the background checks; officers get paid overtime to do so.

“Any additional time in the selection and seating of the class will increase monies to be paid by the taxpayers,” Fire Chief John Alston Jr. said.

Rankins said he intends to ask the Board of Alders to hold a public hearing on the process.

“All these people want,” Rankins argued, “is a fair opportunity to move forward.”

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - May 05, 2021 - May 11, 2021

Cultural Equity Task Force Seeks To Include More Of City In The Arts

by MAYA MCFADDEN New Haven I ndependent

A new city “cultural equity task force” is looking to get people to think of more than “Downtown” when they think of arts in New Haven.

This task force is a part of a plan spearheaded by city government’s Arts, Cultural Affairs & Tourism Department. Last February Director of Arts and Cultural Affairs Adriane Jefferson recommitted the department to a rebranding and more “people focused mission” of cultural equity, antiracism, and inclusion.

Jefferson joined other task force members and city staffers outside of City Hall Tuesday to officially announce the the cultural equity plan and its next steps.

Jefferson partnered with the Arts Council of Greater New Haven Executive Director Daniel Fitzmaurice on the plan. The duo hired two consultant firms, The Civic Impact Lab and Hester Street to help the department develop an official Racial Equity Statement created with the input of New Haveners.

The consultants are currently working with the task force to gather a diverse range of input for the statement. which has the goal of holding the department accountable for being inclusive.

As the team continues to develop the Cultural Equity Plan, the department is focusing additional efforts on cultural equity with an “arts for anti racism pledge” and a partnership with

The Greater New Haven Creative Sector Relief Fund.

The task force includes 14 New Havenbased artists, residents, activists, and community leaders.

Task force member Tagan Engel said she hopes to see the task force’s input help to make a “how to guide of how to do cultural equity.”

Jefferson said the city must also tackle its lack of local venue spaces for low-income artists. Free or subsidy options should be offered at venues, she said.

Arts and culture was included in Mayor Justin Elicker’s “Summer reset” plan proposal charting the use of $6.3 million in federal Covid-19 relief.

The Civic Impact Lab members Elizabeth Nearing, Eric Rey, and Johnny Shively joined the Tuesday gathering to encourage the public to participate in phase two of the plan to get the community to define culture.

One definition for culture formed from a task force member was the “color, flavor, and sounds of our lives,” Rey said.

“I’ve lived in New Haven most of my life, yet this is the first invitation I recall I’ve gotten to equity. My life experience is more about inequity than equity,” said task force member Anderson Curtis.

The second phase of the plan will focus on getting input from the community with two imaging sessions. The sessions will be hosted via Zoom to listen to the communi-

ties input about cultural equity. The session will be hosted May 18 from 6 p.m to 8 p.m and May 22 from 12 p.m to 2 p.m.

The team will also collect input from the public from a survey this month that will be shared on the department’s Facebook page. Residents can also share at (203) 951- 9208.

Fifteen years ago Patrick Dunn made a pit stop in New Haven while traveling to New York. Dunn ended up falling inv love with the local arts culture and stayed in New Haven.

Dunn today is the Executive Director of the New Haven Pride Center. He said he joined the task force to help make the arts more inclusive.

“I’m often told what I do for art as a queer person is not art to the rest of the world,” he said.

When he performs as a drag queen at local bars downtown, Dunn said, “those spaces that are not considered arts venues sometimes employ more artists than some of our stages.” Dunn said New Haven arts needs to be more accessible and inclusive.

The plan is scheduled to be completed by the end of this summer.

New Haven native Luis Chaves-Burnell, deputy director of the New Haven Free Public Library, is also a member of the task force. Chaves-Burnell joined the task force to ensure all youth have the same opportunities he had.

“Cultural equity is about improving people’s quality of life,” he said.

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Celebrating 25 Years THE INNER-CITY NEWS - May 05, 2021 - May 11, 2021

Dexter’s Barbershop Is Still Rooted In Community

By Dwayne Carson, ICN Correspondent Intern

“You see that Window right there?

I’ve been watching my community for 25 years through that window. I give my entire self to this community and in return the community gives me support and protection. ” Dexter Jones the owner of Dexter’s Barber Shop on Dixwell avenue celebrated his 25th anniversary of his barber shop on April 17th. Dexter celebrated his 25th anniversary with a party in his shop. He invited his clients, old co-workers and the community because they all helped him achieve longevity for his shop.

“I’ve been able to maintain this shop for so long because I provide good customer service, I’m humble and I stay grounded. If you take care of your customers they will take care of you simple as that. And that’s how I’ve been able to maintain this shop for so long” said Dexter.

For 25 years Dexter’s has been more than a barbershop it has been a second home for Black men in New Haven. It has been a place where men are able to bond with other men in the barbershop and talk about issues they face on a day to day basis. Like stressors of work, sports, issues with women, they’ll come out of the shop looking new and feeling new as well.

Through 25 years of operation his approach of staying humble has been the same to keep his customers satisfied.

But the atmosphere of the barbershop has changed tremendously because of cell phones and the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I got rid of all my book racks, chess tables and newspapers because of that phone. Nobody wants to socialize, they just get in here and sit on their phone with their masks on.”

Mr. Jones was happy to have me interview him for this article and it was very interesting to converse with him regarding his endeavors within his 25 years of operating this barbershop. He told me I’m a lot different from the usual clients that stop into his shop because I asked questions that made him talk.

“In the barbershop business barbers attract clients who are a reflection of them. My clients aren’t talkative be-

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I would consider Dexter to be more than just a barber, he is a community leader. Next to his mirror in his shop he has several community service accolades from several organizations in New Haven. Mr. Jones is not shy about sharing his work in the community.

Dexter has donated time yearly to give free haircuts to the homeless on the New Haven Green. He has been blessed enough himself and he feels it’s only right that he passes the blessings on to those in need. He does the simple things to appease New Haven

,but he has also taken leadership positions for the city as well. In 2015, Dexter Jones took the lead in organizing the Freddie Fixer parade in 2015.

His vision for the parade was different from previous presidents; he reached out to the citizens of New Haven and asked what they would like to see in this year’s parade. His barbershop was the perfect place for outreach and allowed him to put together a parade that reflected the people of the community.

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the Unity in the Community festival at Goffe st park. Mr. Jones plans to have this day especially for kids because it was one of his favorite events to attend when he was young. He has been such a great community service leader because Dexter is a reflection of New Haven and he expresses this through the events he has organized for the city. *Dwayne Carson is a senior at Morehouse College majoring in Journalism/Africana Studies. A native of New Haven, CT.

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Columbus School Renamers Weigh Priorities

by EMILY HAYS

New Haven I ndependent

Should Columbus Family Academy’s new name represent all the ethnicities at the school? Should it make a statement about indigenous history? Should it keep “family academy” for continuity’s sake?

A committee of teachers, parents, students and community leaders has eight weeks to settle these questions.

“I hope we get to something that reconciles instead of compromises. I really dislike compromises, because it leaves everybody unhappy. I hope we get to something that renames the school with the dignity and respect that the children deserve,” said Carlos Torre, one of the committee’s three chairs.

Those questions arose Tuesday evening at the first meeting of the New Haven Board of Education’s reconstituted School Facility Naming Committee.

Over the next two months, the committee plans to select no more than two new names for the K-8 school currently named after Christopher Columbus. The board then makes the final decision on the school’s new name.

The school has been in renaming limbo since last summer, when the Board of

Education decided to change the school’s name as part of a citywide and nationwide reckoning with the 15th-century explorer’s violent legacy.

Not long after, the board adopted a new renaming policy. The new policy mandated that the renaming committee include students, parents, teachers, paraprofessionals, food service professionals and others from the school under debate.

Tuesday was the first (virtual) meeting of this new group.

The group plans to meet weekly on Tuesday evenings at 6 p.m.

The first meeting was less formal than later meetings will be, according to board member Tamiko Jackson-McArthur.

Jackson-McArthur organized the committee alongside board President Yesenia Rivera.

Instead of a formal agenda, committee members introduced themselves one by one and described what they hope emerges from the process.

Veteran Columbus Family Academy teacher Irene Logan asked the committee to focus on a name that represents the school’s student body.

“We have a very diverse community. I would love to see a name that doesn’t rep-

EMILY HAYS PHOTO The Fair Haven school currently named after Christopher Columbus.

resent one specific ethnicity but a name that can bring all together,” Logan said.

“When people say that name, they know exactly what we stand for.”

Parent Fatima Rojas described choosing Columbus Family Academy for its bilingual program. As someone who grew up in Mexico, she wanted her children to speak Spanish as well as English. (She noted that Spanish exists in Mexico be-

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cause of colonization, and that her family’s truly indigenous language is Nahuatl.)

She found many of child’s peers to be from other indigenous communities— Puerto Rican descendants of the Taíno, Guatemalan students, Ecuadorian students, Black students ...

“Remember that we are on Quinnipiac land. There are no schools with that heri-

tage at the front lines. That is something I’m hoping to bring. I’m hoping we can work together, through consensus, to represent indigenous people,” Rojas said.

(Quinnipiac Real World Magnet Math STEM School is closing at the end of this year.)

First grade English teacher Debbie Pires said she hopes to represent some of the school’s philosophies in the new name, from bilingual education to play-based learning to its emphasis on community.

“I would love to keep ‘Family Academy.’ We build relationships with students and parents. If we keep ‘family,’ the community would still remember which school it used to be and that it’s a family,” Pires said.

The committee has two student representatives. One, Charly Huinac, found his way to the meeting in its last minutes.

Huinac has attended Columbus Family Academy since preschool and finds it hard to comprehend a new name. Still, he understands why the renaming is important and is for the idea.

“We’re trying to put out there that everybody has a chance and everybody is equal,” Huinac said.

Dixwell Smokes Out Menthol Ban THE INNER-CITY NEWS - May 05, 2021 - May 11, 2021

by EMILY HAYS

New Haven I ndependent

Ban menthol cigarettes? Some smokers, trying to quit, welcomed the idea. Others argued a ban would just drive the flavored cigarette economy underground.

Those were the reactions outside Dixwell convenience stores to a new proposal by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The argument is that the menthol tobacco products snare more Americans into addictions, especially in the Black community.

“I think it would be of great benefit.

Tobacco companies profit from killing humans,” said Dixwell Avenue neighbor Meoquon Bridges.

Bridges listed off health effects from cigarettes: lung cancer, heart attacks, gum disease ... According to the U.S. Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, cigarette smoking causes nearly one in five deaths a year, which is more than those caused by illegal drugs, alcohol, car crashes and guns, combined.

Bridges has smoked since age 18, when he got into menthol cigarettes with friends. He said it is his right to poison his body if he wanted to. Now at age 27, he is transitioning away from tobacco products for the sake of his pregnant wife and child.

If menthol cigarettes were banned, would he continue smoking unflavored cigarettes?

“Hell no! I don’t think anybody would,” Bridges said. “My wife is pregnant. She can’t take the smell. She would love that.”

To Reduce Health Disparities The FDA announced on Thursday that it plans to ban menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars in a year, after public comment on the new regulation. The agency would enforce the ban against manufacturers, importers and retailers and not against individuals for possessing the banned products.

One of the goals is to reduce the health impacts of smoking among young people and African Americans, who have been aggressively targeted by menthol cigarette brands like Kool and Newport since the 1950s. About three in four Black, nonHispanic smokers prefer menthol-based brands, compared to one in four white smokers.

Menthol cigarettes are the last legal flavored cigarettes. Congress banned all other cigarette flavors in 2009 and directed the FDA to study menthol flavoring.

The NAACP has pushed for a ban for years.

“For decades, the tobacco industry has been targeting African Americans and has contributed to the skyrocketing rates of heart disease, stroke and cancer across our community. The tobacco industry is on a narrow quest for profit, and they have been killing us along the way,” the NAACP said, in support of the ban.

EMILY HAYS PHOTO A To Z Deli’s Ahmed Roomi, Naser Roomi, nephew Abdul Jaber.

Demeka A. (left) doesn’t smoke. B. Cyr (right) smokes Newports.

Like Bridges, several Dixwell neighbors agreed with the NAACP. They too said they are trying to quit smoking and would appreciate the help.

Donald Little had just purchased a pack of Newports from the Dixwell Mini Mart.

He smokes about once a week and does not want to quit, he said. His sense is that smoking that infrequently doesn’t have the same kinds of health effects as chain smoking. (The health effects are less significant but are still present.)

He would, however, quit if menthol cigarettes were no longer available.

“It sometimes calms my nerves when I’m upset,” Little said.

Decriminalization Trends Several menthol cigarette customers pointed out how odd it was to start legalizing marijuana while criminalizing menthol cigarettes.

Three neighbors sitting on a Dixwell stoop spoke about their different histories and attitudes toward tobacco. One had started on menthol-based cigarettes in her youth. Another didn’t start on menthols but now thinks other cigarettes taste awful. A third does not smoke.

All three agreed that banning menthol cigarettes would just push the industry underground. They imagined informal sellers offering five menthol cigarettes —

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EMILY HAYS PHOTO Neighbor Meoquon Bridges: Good idea to ban menthol.

with unknown and potentially dangerous ingredients — for $10.

“Kids are going to smoke. It’s more appealing when it’s illegal,” said Demeka A, who does not smoke.

Their arguments mirrored the position of the ACLU and other civil rights groups opposed to the ban.

“Time and time again, we see encounters with police over minor offenses — for Daunte Wright it was expired tags, for George Floyd it was using a counterfeit bill, for Eric Garner it was selling loose cigarettes — result in a killing. There are serious concerns that the ban implemented by the Biden administration will eventually foster an underground market that is sure to trigger criminal penalties which will disproportionately impact people of color and prioritize criminalization over public health and harm reduction,” the ACLU said.

Corner Store Impact Employees of the corner stores that dot Dixwell Avenue and Orchard Street agreed that the menthol ban would significantly impact their sales.

“It’s almost 50 percent of our business.

We sell more tobacco than food. It might close the business. He came in to buy a cigar, and he’s taking a juice with it,” said Naser Roomi, motioning to a customer.

Naser and Ahmed Roomi took over A To Z Deli and Groceries two months ago.

The brothers moved from Basra, Iraq, to New Haven six years ago. Ahmed worked at Amazon for a few years. Naser worked (and still works) as a chef at pizza shops.

They plan to expand the deli section of the convenience store. Naser will run the food side; Ahmed will run the conve-

nience store counter.

Naser was more emphatic about the negative impacts of the ban, while Ahmed demurred to customer opinions. Ahmed smokes, unlike Naser. He started smoking a non-menthol brand in Iraq at 14 with friends. The menthol brands were not available to him at that time.

“I was a kid who wanted to be a man,” Ahmed said.

Now he’s trying to quit so he can devote his full attention to running the shop.

He smokes about three times a day but doesn’t finish the whole cigarette.

The brothers learned English from African-American coworkers. They add “darling” and other terms of endearment to their farewells to customers. Ahmed waved goodbye to one elderly woman, who had inquired about his prayer schedule, with a “Love you!”

Like Naser Roomi, the manager of Shop N Save Grocery & Deli projected dramatic cuts to his sales with the menthol ban. He estimated that menthol cigarettes make up 25-30 percent of his sales. Flavored cigars fill most of the wall space behind his counter.

A passing customer, Kendell Shanklin, mused that these are transitional pains.

He has been addicted to cigarettes on and off over much of his lifetime and supports the ban. He expects to see more money in city dwellers’ pockets, particularly in neighborhoods like Dixwell where cigarettes are so readily available.

“He will start selling more chicken, maybe some sandwiches,” Shanklin said with a wave.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - May 05, 2021 - May 11, 2021

Renewed “Young Lords” Debut At Green “Giveback”

carrying an American flag and signs reading “Immigrants can enter, We Can’t leave? No Vax Passports” and “Immigrant Kids = Traffick Pipeline” did not explain why they were protesting at the gathering.

Flores asked one of the women, “You don’t support unity and love?”

“I’m here for the children,” the woman responded.

Participants chanted “fuada” as the protesters were told to leave by the group. The two women did after a brief violent conflict and a ten-minute stand off.

NEYL chose the Green to give back to all New Haveners, said NEYL State Accountant Tiffany Toro. “There’s a lot of homeless people. And there’s business people who need a meal during lunch,” she said.

NEYL also picked the Green to memorialize the historic protest that occurred in 1970 during the New Haven Black Panther murder trials. “This has historically been a spot to voice justice and unity,” Lobo said. “We got to keep it going because we’re still not there.”

NEYL member, Ricky also known as “Sincere,” lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Ricky taught himself about the Young Lords while in high school and has been interested in activism since. When NEYL host events, Ricky drives an hour and a half to attend.

Ricky will start a chapter in Providence in the near future he said.

“Sometimes all we can rely on is our community. Not politicians or law enforcement,” he said.

NEYL has several goals for the near future including starting a food pantry, youth farm, turnaround program for those recently released from incarceration, and an education program for youth in elementary and high school.

Those looking to make donations can reach Toro via email.

Crystal McKay picked up several new clothing items Saturday for herself and family.

Two years ago McKay was homeless. She now temporary lives at the New Haven Village Suites and is working to get more permanent housing and continue her secondary education.

“We need to do better in Connecticut. We need to be unified like this,” she said. “Today this means love. I see love, peace, and gratitude,” she said.

by MAYA MCFADDEN New Haven I ndependent

A May Day “giveback” served as a coming-out event by the Connecticut chapter of an attempt at resurrecting the 1970s Latino activist group the Young Lords.

The New Era Young Lords (NEYL) gathered several organizations Saturday to distribute hot food, diapers, and toiletries on the Green to New Haveners for International Workers’ Day. Organizations distributed gently used clothing donated from the public. Burgers, non-perishable food items, and PPE were also given away for free.

The celebration gave organizations throughout the state the opportunity to network to strengthen a collective movement to “uplift and improve the community,” said NEYL state chapter chief Lobo.

NEYL was formed last June with a blessing from José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, who founded the Chicago-based Young Lords a half century ago.

Thomas Brown, 51, stopped by the gathering while on a walk downtown.

Brown moved to New Haven two years ago to begin his recovery journey at The 180 Center.

After a year of looking for work, Brown will begin working full time this week downtown.

“It’s hard to ask for help sometimes,” he said. “So something like this is a blessing.”

Brown argues that in addition to events like Saturday’s the city must give New Haveners more opportunities to work and less opportunity to fall into drug or drinking problems.

“When people don’t feel useful or don’t have a reason to get up every day they end up in drugs or trouble,” Brown said. “Everywhere has to do better with providing work for people to get up and do something every day.”

Activist James Flores joined the gathering in support of several organizations like Black Lives Matter Willimantic.

“Connecticut is so rich but has such a poor population,” he said. “Only the people can save the people,” Flores said.

Adjacent to the NEYL gathering, dozens gathered for a May Day celebratory rally hosted by Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA).

The two events were met by two protesters briefly Saturday. Two women

MAYA MCFADDEN PHOTO

Power Up Willimantic volunteer Grace Fill and James Flores.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - May 05, 2021 - May 11, 2021

Mother’s Day Gift Guide: Quarantine Edition

foot-apart “drive-in” visit. By now, I’m sure you’ve seen different iterations of this special show-of-affection on social media. Now is the perfect time to buy in yourself.

If the weather permits, sit in the yard and talk about all the great things she wants to chat about, from a safe distance, of course. Or gather loved ones and ride in front of her house caravan-style for a Mother’s Day drive-up party.

by Jasmine Browley, BlackDoctor.org

Mother’s Day is this Sunday and for many of us, it’s becoming more difficult to come up with ways to spend the special day with our even more special ladies. But being in the middle of a stay-at-home order doesn’t mean you can’t give her something thoughtful and beautiful to brighten her day.

In fact, all of the gifts listed below are ready to be delivered right to your mother figure’s door, just in time for the holiday.

Be sure to avoid that last-minute rush!

While it may be a completely reimagined holiday, these gifts will make her special day just as wonderful as years past.

Give her an ice cream care package Expressing gratitude to healthcare heroes working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic just got a little easier with the return of Random Acts of Ice Cream from Midwest-made Hudsonville Ice Cream. The family-owned ice cream company is bringing back the popular campaign to help people say thank you to the doctors, nurses, first responders and other healthcare workers who are essential in the fight against COVID-19.

While it may be a completely reimagined holiday, these gifts will make her special day just as wonderful as years past.

Plan an e-brunch Ahead of Sunday, send your loved ones invitations to an e-brunch along with some easy recipes and a link to Zoom for them to join. Then, order from your favorite local restaurant and arrange for the all brunch fixins’ to be delivered directly to your special girl.

Buy her a Portal to her loved ones

Give her an ice cream care package Expressing gratitude to healthcare heroes working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic just got a little easier with the return of Random Acts of Ice Cream from Midwest-made Hudsonville Ice Cream. The family-owned ice cream

company is bringing back the popular campaign to help people say thank you to the doctors, nurses, first responders and other healthcare workers who are essential in the fight against COVID-19.

Virtual Glamour Photoshoot

By Francette Carson, Correspondent, The Inner-City News

munity. Black people lived near the train tracks, and Whites lived in the suburbs. In those days, the land was cheap, and Black people would purchase land, pull together and help one another build log homes.

They worked hard maintaining their gardens, raising animals, and tending to the peach trees.”

Mrs. Hawkins went on to reflect upon segregation in the educational system.

As a child, she often wondered why they couldn’t go to the same school as the White children. During the walk to school, you got to know the people along the way. Reedsville was a close-knit community; a village there was no fighting or arguing. The elders knew your mother and father, and they would discipline you if there were a need. She recalled walking in a line as a group traveling for about two miles to before arriving at school. The grandmothers sat outside on their porches with switches, ensuring all the children behaved and traveled to school safely.

There was a stream that had to be crossed, and an elder would be right there to make

Luckily, photographers have figured out how to continue hosting virtual sessions during quarantine. Contact your favorite photographer and ask if they’d be willing to capture your favorite girl on her special day. Then, tell your mom to get all

gussied up and follow the photog’s directives for making the virtual photoshoot as beautiful as it would have been in person.

Host a Drive-In Party If you and your mom live close to each other, head over in your car for a six-

It’s always great to hop on Facetime call, but when you’re trying to multitask, holding a phone or your laptop gets to be a bit clunky. Luckily, Facebook has an answer for that with their roving video conferencing device, Portal.

The smart camera automatically pans and zooms to keep up with the action.

Move and talk freely and always stay in the frame. Also, As more people enter a room, the camera automatically widens to keep everyone in view, so your favorite girl doesn’t miss a moment as more people enter the room.

We hope these ideas will help you celebrate your mom in the best way during a time that is new for us all.

Happy Birthday Mrs. Hildred Hawkins 103 Years Young!

Emmanuel Baptist Church held a Birthday Parade to celebrate Mrs. Hildred Hawkins’s 103rd Birthday. She has been on this earth since 1919. Life was different from today but perhaps not by much.

Mrs. Hawkins has been a witness to the history of America, and it is an honor to share the story of her life. She is an amazingly vibrant woman full of love, energy, and wisdom. A tribute and celebration of Mrs. Hawkins’s life are much deserved as her life story is a testament and a lesson in the history of Blacks in America.

Mrs. Hawkins was born on April 23, 1919, in Reedsville, North Carolina.

Her recollection of life as a child living in a segregated community and attending segregated schools in the south had a profound effect. She stated “Blacks came to America as slaves, and White people thought they were better. Although racism and segregation made life hard, there was a strong bond within the black com-

sure they didn’t play in the stream. The Teachers stood outside the schoolhouse waiting for the children’s arrival.

Mrs. Hawkins attended Grant street grade school and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Reedsville, NC. After high school, Ms. Hawkins was employed at Lucky Strike tobacco company. In 1949, the company changed locations, and that put many people out of work. She and her husband relocated to New Haven during the Great Migration North for better opportunities. She was employed as a Homemaker in Madison, Connecticut, until she secured a position as an Elevator Operator at Mallards Department Store in downtown New Haven. She later secured employment as a Matron at Eli Whitney technical school, and she worked there until her retirement.

After retirement, she worked for the New Haven Child Development through the Grandmother’s Program. She recalls fond memories of working with the children and developing a wonderful relationships with her fellow coworkers.

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Mrs. Hawkins is a woman of faith, and she joined Emmanuel Baptist Church when she first arrived in New Haven. Mrs. Hawkins recalls that Emmanuel Baptist Church was a white wooden two-story church similar to the Zion Church in her hometown of Reedsville, North Carolina.

She has been a Missionary member and was teaching Bible Study to the residents at her housing complex until the COVID-19 pandemic. Mrs. Hawkins indicated COVID-19 had a devastating impact and has taken many lives. She stated “we have to take steps to protect ourselves and to protect others, I am fully vaccinated.”

Mrs. Hawkins has lived through many historical moments, and she shared her impressions of these monumental milestones. She stated, “the Civil Rights Movement was about change. When change comes, something is always trying to break it down and bring back the old ways. We as a people have to get out there and do our part. Black people, had Con’t on page 16

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She Lives Through You: 8 Ways To Honor Your Mom’s Memory On Mother’s Day

by Elizabeth Overstreet, BlackDoctor.org Contributor

When you’ve lost your mother – whether by death, abandonment or other painful circumstances – birthdays and holidays can be the hardest days to get through, especially Mother’s Day. This time of year is one of solace, reflection and grief, making the holiday even more difficult for you.

READ: Katherine Jackson On Motherhood: “It Never Leaves You” There is a saying, “Grief is just love with nowhere to go.” Right now, you likely want to reminisce, laugh and cry all at the same time. It’s okay to grieve, no matter how many years have passed. Recognize that these emotions are normal because of the close bond between a mother and child. Because of this, you will always miss your mother.

However, there are some ways you can still honor and celebrate your mother even if she is not physically in your life.

1. Find a cause which honors your mom. Honor your mom through a cause in which she was passionate about during her life. Was your mom active with homeless shelters? Did she love animals, spend time helping children through a specific organization? Look up your mom’s cause on a website and see how you can help this particular organization. Pay homage to your mom by finding a way to spend time volunteering at the organization. If your time is limited, you can also make a

donation to this nonprofit.

2. Plant a tree or garden in her memory. You can visit a nursery or local store

that sells plants or trees and plant a tree in your mom’s honor. You can also use a nonprofit like National Arbor Day Foun-

dation to have a tree planted in memory of your mother. This is a way to create a lasting memory of your mom.

3. Cook your favorite childhood meal. If there was a special dish your mom made for you as a kid, prepare it and share it with your family and friends along with the memories that made that particular meal special to you. Spend time swapping stories about your childhood that make you laugh and remember the qualities that made mom special to all of you.

4. Post your favorite photos and memories of your mom on social media. Reach out to your family and friends and ask them to share their memories and photos as well. This will help you recall many of the fond memories and positive experiences you shared with your mom. You will be surprised by the many memories your mom created for you and others as well.

5. Spend time with your family members. Use this time with your loved ones to catch up, share family memories and talk about those things that made your mom so lovable and appreciated by all of you. Embrace your family connection, time and love that all of you have for one another. This will help you to celebrate the family union that your mom helped to create.

6. Get back in touch with nature. Use Mother’s Day to reconnect with nature and also as a way to collect your thoughts and feelings. Go to the beach, take a hike along a trail, visit the botanical gardens

or your local park. Give yourself time in a peaceful environment outside to take in the beauty of nature. Not only will this give you some time for reflection, but also some time to reconnect with nature and yourself without distractions.

7. Write a letter to your mom. Take some time to write a letter to your mom.

Tell her all of the new things that have been going on in your life. Share with her how much you miss her and appreciate everything she has done for you. If you become emotional while writing this letter, it’s ok to release those feelings. It will feel cathartic to get how you are feeling down on paper. You can then choose to do what you like with the letter. You can keep it, release it, or save it and re-read it on a future Mother’s Day. 8. Do something that you enjoy on Mother’s Day. If you want to grieve your mom’s passing, this is fine. If you want to pamper yourself with something you enjoy doing like a spa treatment, a meal at a favorite restaurant, or something of that nature, go ahead and do what makes you happy. Mom would understand that you miss and love her, but in taking care of yourself, it is helping you be happier which is every mom’s goal for her child.

Your mom may not be with you physically, but she will always be active in your memories and heart. Taking time to honor and celebrate your mom will help you to grieve for her in a respectful and loving way. Your mom would love the fact that you are doing exactly that for her!

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Urban Farm Manager Returns To His Roots

by MAYA MCFADDEN New Haven I ndependent

Jonathon Savage returned home to Newhallville with his green thumb ready.

Savage, 37 is Gather New Haven’s (GNH) new farm manager. He has joined GNH ready to help feed the community with fresh vegetables and knowledge.

Savage stepped into the new role in March. He oversees GNH’s seven farm sites, which are used for GNH’s weekly farm stand and gardening programming.

As farm manager, Savage intends to get his hands dirty to “bring back what was lost” with community agriculture and neighbors feeding neighbors, he said.

Savage grew up in Newhallville. He recalled most of his neighbors having home gardens and using the produce for a healthier and cost-effective way of putting food on their tables. About half of his grandparents’ property was farmed, supporting about 30 relatives.

“New Haven is a city of Black and brown people, and most of us have come from agricultural roots,” he said. “Historically we are tillers of the earth.”

Savage this week returned to the neighborhood he grew up in to visit four community gardens maintained by residents.

Though close in location, each garden generates different produce depending on the needs of the community.

By age 4, Savage had learned the basics of tending a garden from watching his

grandmother weed and harvest. At age 6 Savage dug up his own garden in his Ford Street backyard. He began growing strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, and collard greens just the way he watched his grandparents do.

Now in his role at Gather —the organization includes the former New Haven Land Trust, which helped people in Newhallville develop gardens and greenspaces — Savage hopes to help a new generation of neighbors grow their food.

Savage recalled a notorious 1980s drugand-violence spot called the “mudhole” and a fence that once was adjacent from the dirt park. “It was the spot our parents told us not to go to because it wasn’t safe,” he said. “The soil was full of glass and junk so it was very easy for us kids to get cut and hurt.”

That same spot on Shelton Avenue is now a thriving community crossroads called the Learning Corridor, which Savage described as “more green and kid friendly.”

In addition to learning gardening, Savage learned recipes and ways to cook with his fresh produce from his father, who is a chef. On his mother’s side, his grandparents taught him how to cook Georgia cuisine. On his father’s side he learned North Carolina cuisine.

“It’s a grower’s responsibility to teach the next one,” he said.

While a high school math teacher, Sav-

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MAYA MCFADDEN PHOTO Jonathon Savage: Back in green Newhallville.

age grew plants in his classroom window with students and incorporated gardening into his math lessons by teaching about hydroponic and organic gardening methods.

Before taking on the farm manager role, Savage worked as a case aide at the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF). Savage often taught gardening skills to the youth he worked with.

Savage offered his services and knowledge to volunteers working in Newhallville’s community gardens Wednesday.

Some gardens are organized with beds where families can grow personal produce in a bed for their home. Other gardens are structured in rows for neighbors to openly pick from.

Like other neighborhoods with many low-income residents, Newhallville found many of its families struggling to put food on the table during the pandemic. With more community and home gardens, neighborhoods could be more food secure, Savage said. This would also require gardening to be taught to youth to carry on the skill and knowledge he added.

“When you learn how to grow at a young age you learn patience,” Savage said. “You learn to not quit and how to be okay with your long term goals.”

Lifelong Newhallville resident Sean Reeves, who is Savage’s cousin, joined a

group of volunteers Wednesday to make garden boxes on one side of the SheltonHazel Street community garden.

Reeves and the other volunteers plan to plant spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, strawberries, and callaloo.

Reeves recently got into gardening to give back to his community. “I’m looking forward to when we can bag up the food and just give it out to anyone who needs it,” he said.

A vegan, Reeves looks forward to using some of the fresh produce himself rather than going to the grocery store two to three times a week as he usually does.

Reeves hope is for the gardens to become healing places for the community. “We won’t have to talk on street corners no more, because this is ours,” he said.

There are a lack of community spaces for “generational blending,” Reeves said.

Community gardens give youth and older folk a space in the community to become self-sufficient, learn from each other and interact he added.

The next block over at 242 Starr St. is a small garden maintained by volunteers with Southern roots. The gardeners order seeds from down South and grow southern staples for the community.

“This community has historically thrived off of solidarity,” said GNH Executive Director Brent Peterkin, who joined the walk-through Wednesday. “These community gardens are bringing that back.”

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High-Risk Paras

Teachers Ordered Back

by EMILY HAYS

New Haven I ndependent

Angela Walder’s doctor has prescribed her remote work for the rest of the school year. Her employer denied that request and ordered the Barnard paraprofessional to return to in-person work this week, or take unpaid time off.

She took the time off.

This is one outcome of New Haven Public Schools’ messy efforts to bring roughly 250 teachers, paras and other staff members with Covid-related accessibility accommodations back to inperson work.

“They have no empathy—and no MD— to say I have to come to work when my doctor has clearly said I should not,” Walder said.

Walder has diabetes. The chronic condition does increase the likelihood that her illness would be severe if she catches Covid-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Covid-19 vaccines eliminate much of that chance for severe illness. At the same time, both the CDC and the American Diabetes Association have turned to individual doctors during the pandemic to counsel patients on the best course of action for them.

New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) has now offered every staff member the opportunity to get their shots. The district’s position is that it’s time to define when these accessibility accommodations will end.

“We brought back staff because the accommodations were intended to be temporary, but may be not well articulated.

This will be dealt with by a case by case basis via HR,” Superintendent Iline Tracey said by email.

Like many workplaces, NHPS recognized a temporary category of Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations during the pandemic. This category allowed staff with risky conditions or those who lived with high-risk individuals to work remotely.

The district notified those under this protected category that they would need to return to work on April 26, two weeks after the last NHPS vaccination slots. Or they could reapply using a new form.

Engineering Science University Magnet School (ESUMS) teacher Kirsten HopesMcFadden brought the issue to the New Haven Board of Education on Monday.

The New Haven Federation of Teachers had previously assured teachers that ADA accommodations would not be removed unilaterally just because teachers had gotten vaccinated.

“HR has made this medical decision by unilaterally and arbitrarily ending ADA accommodations without any new medical information. And has stated that

EMILY HAYS PHOTO Angela Walder: My doctor knows best.

employees are expected to return to in person while the claim is pending. This was not done in the fall, and it puts these teachers at a greater risk of a severe outcome up to and including death,” HopesMcFadden told the board.

Hopes-McFadden is using her own sick days in the meantime.

Request Rejected Walder learned in the first week of April that her Covid-related ADA accommodation was expiring. Unsure what she needed to fill out, she tried to create the documentation on her own and submit it early. Only after that did she get the new paperwork she would need to fill out.

Her doctor, a physician with Internal Medicine of Greater New Haven, reiterated what he had written on her Covidspecific ADA form: Walder has diabetes, a risk factor for Covid-19, and should be allowed to work from home. He signed the form and dated it April 20.

On April 23, after some prompting, Walder heard back from the NHPS’ Office of Human Resources.

“Although it is clear you have a medical condition, based on the information we have available to us, it does not meet the standard for an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). As a result, your request has been denied,” wrote Labor Relations Manager Taryn Bonner.

Walder could consider taking an unpaid break to care for her personal health condition under the Family & Medical Leave Act, Bonner wrote.

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The Virus, Vaccines and New Variants: Weighing the Threat of a Mutant COVID Strain

By Manny Otiko, California Black Media

“It is based on a pop-up model. We mobilize with local folks who go door-todoor, hand-to-hand, face-to-face, peerto-peer, asking questions about COVID. As we moved into the vaccination phase, the Alameda Public Health Department recognized that as a major asset.

They knew we could reach people, they couldn’t.”

Health care specialists, including several medical doctors, are keeping their eyes on coronavirus variants that some fear could lead to new strains of COVID-19 that could possibly undermine global efforts to vaccinate people and stem the global crisis.

According to the Centers of Disease Control, the B117 variant (first detected in the U.K.), the most threatening because of its prevalence, is the cause of 20% of new infections in the United States – and 30% of new infections in Florida.

Dr. Nirav Shah, Senior Scholar at Stanford University’s School of Medicine and chief medical officer of Sharecare, a health data services firm, says there are currently four different variants of COVID-19. He said the virus is adapting because “of evolution and natural selection.”

“The more virus particles there are, the more chances that a single virus particle may be a little different than the rest of them,” said Shah. “One or more virus particles is all you need to have a slight change. Maybe these spike pro-

tein changes – just a little – and it can attach to cells better than all the other particles.”

Shah said the virus is adapting as it encounters new hosts. But scientists are in a race to get everyone inoculated before the level of the disease in a community gets too high.

The B117 strain, he says, is 50% more infectious than the original strain of the coronavirus and it could lead to up to a 60% to 70% higher rate of death, according to a paper published in the journal Nature.

Shah said some of the COVID-19 virus variants could reinfect people who have contracted the disease before. The good news, he says, is that the B117 is susceptible to existing vaccine therapies, although other variants like 1351 (first detected in South Africa) and P1 (first detected in Brazil), could reduce the effectiveness of the COVID shots in patients.

Fortunately, to date, scientists studying COVID-19 have not identified any variants that have been designated ‘Variants of High Consequence.’ Those in that

category “cause more disease and more hospitalizations, and they have been shown to defeat medical countermeasures, like vaccines, anti-viral drugs and mono-clonal antibodies,” says Shah.

Shah was speaking at a recent news briefing on COVID-19 virus variants organized by Ethnic Media Services.

Other panelists on the Zoom teleconference were: Dr. Daniel Turner Lloveras, a member of the Latino Coalition Against COVID-19; Dr. Dali Fan, a U.C. Davis Health Science clinical professor and Dr. Kim Rhoads, an African American

physician and associate professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at U.C. San Francisco School of Medicine.

Although the average citizen may be surprised at how COVID-19 is changing, Fan, said the virus’ adaption and mutation are much like other diseases.

He also presented some statistics from the Center for Disease Control about the coronavirus vaccines and their development. He said the vaccines were tested before they were released to the public.

“All three vaccines are very effective against symptomatic COVID-19,” said Fan. He said there are differences in the content of the vaccines and how they are stored. Fan said the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which requires one dose, is easier to transport and is perfect for pop-up clinics and rural areas.

“It may be a better option for people who want to get fully vaccinated quickly,” he said.

Turner-Lloveras said that one of the issues overlooked during the coronavirus pandemic is the impact of the digital divide. Black and Latino communities often lag in vaccination rates because they don’t have access to high-speed Internet to discover information and arrange for their vaccination appointments.

“Internet access is a civil rights issue, at this stage,” said Turner-Lloveras. “All of the resources that are provided to people are online.”

He also said more than 20 million seniors don’t have broadband access. “This is a group that needs to be vaccinated, but they don’t have access to the InterCon’t on page

Renee Montgomery Makes History in Purchasing WNBA’s Atlanta Dream

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

Renee Montgomery, a two-time WNBA champion and vice president of the Atlanta Dream, has purchased a stake in the franchise and is now co-owner.

Montgomery is the first retired player to own and serve as an executive of a WNBA team.

The superstar and her two partners, Larry Gottesdiener and Suzanne Abair of Northland Investment Corp. take over the team that was once co-owned by former U.S. Sen. Kelley Loeffler (D-Ga.).

“With the unanimous WNBA and NBA [board] votes, marks a new beginning for the Atlanta Dream organization, and we are very pleased to welcome Larry Gottesdiener and Suzanne Abair to the WNBA,” Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a statement.

“I am also thrilled that former WNBA star Renee Montgomery will be joining the ownership group as an investor and executive for the team. Renee is a trailblazer who has made a major impact

both in the game and beyond,” Englebert added.

Selected fourth overall in the 2009 WNBA draft, Montgomery appeared in 364 games. She played in 37 playoff games and twice won the WNBA title as a Minnesota Lynx member.

She matched the WNBA regular-season record with eight made three-pointers in 2018 and notched her 500th career trey in 2019 – making her just the 13th player in league history to accomplish that feat.

Last November, Montgomery proved a champion in another venue: political activism. She joined Stacey Abrams and other women of color to push voter participation and inclusion, ultimately helping President Joe Biden win Georgia and the White House.

Those efforts also led to Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff winning the Senate and grabbing the majority in the upper chamber.

“My dream has come true,” Montgomery declared. “Breaking barriers for minorities and women by being the first former WNBA player to have both an

ownership stake and a leadership role with the team is an opportunity that I take very seriously.”

Van Brooks, the founder and executive

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director of the nonprofit SAFE Alternative Foundation for Education, also praised Montgomery.

“Back in March, at the beginning of

the pandemic, we reached out to Renee Montgomery to join our Together, We Can virtual program as a host,” Brooks wrote in an email.

“She was ecstatic to help because the Virtual Program was created to help people. It provided people of all ages with a fun and educational, social outlet to combat the isolation brought on by nationwide quarantine,” Brooks continued.

“Renee Montgomery’s amazing work ethic, WNBA accomplishments, and passion for helping people have positively impacted the lives of many. “From a star player on the team to co-owner, she is a woman making history that serves as an inspiration for many, and that includes our students.

“Many of our students love sports and have an aspiration to become professional sports players. Renee Montgomery’s path has started a conversation around other career options associated with their favorite sport by focusing on their academics.

“Thank you, Renee Montgomery, for serving as an amazing role model for our students and many more.”

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Hundreds Rally For Worker Rights, Health Care On May Day nine years ago, called on President Biden and U.S. Congress to treat essential workers as a priority by recovering a path to citizenship.

“They say that we are the essential people, but they don’t give us any help,” Garcia said. “We came here with dreams. We came here hoping that we would have a better life. We left everything including our family and friends. We came here with nothing.”

Max Cisneros, Latinx program officer at the New Haven Pride Center, shared his personal story of being infected with HIV in 2012 while undocumented. Cisneros said that he didn’t have a social security number and couldn’t access medical services.

“I was too afraid to go and get it because I thought they would deport me. My story is not that different from many of the immigrants that are here. We are not illegal.

Humans can not be illegal,” Cisneros said.

“This year we have a new government, and they promised to pass the immigration reform, so I think it’s great the people are willing to march today,” said ULA founder John Lugo (at foreground in above photo).

“We have a large population here, so I hope the city can do more for our community.

But the problem with the city is that they don’t have any money.”

Lugo and Coordinator of Black and Brown United, Catherine John led the crowd oon

by COURTNEY LUCIANA New Haven I ndependent

Hundreds of social justtice advocates turned out for a march and a rally on the Green Saturday to mark the annual celebration of International Workers Day, aka May Day. Among the groups participating with immigrant rights advocates like Jordy Garcia.

Other causes included healthcare for all.

“My mom was working as a cleaner at Yale hospital,” Jordy Garcia told the crowd.

“Because she didn’t have the paperwork and a social security number, the hospital didn’t want to give her the vaccine. She got sick during the pandemic and died.”

Garcia lost his mother, Nora Garcia Flores, against her fatal battle against antiimmigration and anti-worker laws. Her experience was a striking example as to why the meaning behind May Day became even more significant this past year.

Chants of, “People United! We will never be defeated!” echoed down Chapel Street, across Broadway, and back towards the downtown Green. The march was organized and led by Unidad Latina en Acción (ULA), Black and Brown United in Action, and Hamden Action. The rally went up Chapel Street, across Broadway, and back towards the Green.

ULA organizer Nayeli Garcia, who moved to the U.S. from Mexico with her family

Marchers protesting on Yale University campus.

Broadway to call out Yale for not investing nore in the city.

Mayor Justin Elicker said the march underscored the work that needs to be done as a state to ensure workers have fundamental support to live and productive live.

“Today is to celebrate workers and to elevate the important work that I think we all need to do in the state to ensure that workers have the support they need,” Elicker said, “Including living wage, access to health care, and adequate sick leave.”

ULA community organizer Rosalba Montoya said she moved from Colombia to the U.S. a year ago. Montoya said that she is scared to not have access to health care, especially during a pandemic.

“It’s difficult here,” Montoya said. “I don’t have health care. No, nothing. I’m scared.”

Maria Bonilla said that she was happy to see more people from her community demand a change in the system. Bonilla said that she witnessed people she grew up with and went to school with in the area impacted by their immigration status.

“They were undocumented. I didn’t get to see them do what they want to do with their lives,” Bonilla said, “That makes me upset because I believe that everybody that comes here deserves a better life. A better career. A real living.”

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Vaccines and New Variants net,” he said.

He’s trying to solve this problem with a group called the Digital Companeros, who meet with senior citizens and help them walk through online registration and information. The organization also has a WhatsApp group to target people who access the Internet through their cell phones.

According to Rhoads, some of these reports about Black hesitancy and undervaccination may not be accurate. She talked about her experiences serving a predominantly African American population in San Francisco through Umoja Health, a coalition of community health organizations that joined their efforts to increase COVID-19 awareness, testing, and vaccinations in Black communities in the Bay Area.

The organization held a mass testing event in the Sunnydale and Bayview Hunters Point neighborhoods in San Francisco where they screened about 400 people, taking a community-based approach she calls “service in the name of public health.” No one came back positive for the coronavirus at a time when there was a 2 % positivity rate in all of San Francisco. She said the people, who were tested by community members, were also eager to get the vaccines.

However, she attributes their willing-

ness and openness to their confidence in Umoja Health.

“The community developed rapid trust in us. I was very surprised by this and they called out to us when one community member tested positive,” she said.

“We saw neighbors going door to door, knocking telling people to come out and get tested.

“What we recognized from that masstesting site was that it was not going to work for the African American community,” said Rhoads. “But something more intimate would.”

Rhoads said when African Americans know and trust the health care workers, there is more participation. Because of the organization’s successful testing effort, Alameda County has now entrusted it to provide vaccines in Oakland and areas across Alameda County with African American populations.

“It is based on a pop-up model. We mobilize with local folks who go door-todoor, hand-to-hand, face-to-face, peerto-peer, asking questions about COVID. As we moved into the vaccination phase, the Alameda Public Health Department recognized that as a major asset.

They knew we could reach people, they couldn’t.”

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Black Girls Fly Too: 21-Year Old Becomes

Ghana’s Youngest Female Commercial Pilot

BlackNews.com Ghana — Audrey Maame Esi Swatson is the youngest female commercial pilot in the country of Ghana, having obtained her commercial license at the age of 21.

She is currently a First Officer with Passion Air in Ghana, operating the Dash 8 Q-400 aircraft.

Audrey started pursuing her passion in aviation when she was 18-years old. She attended the Mach1 Aviation Academy in South Africa for flight training where she also had her first solo flight just 1 year

after.

She eventually obtained her Commercial Pilot License after completing a total of 210 hours that she has flown at age 21.

She credits her education for her success.

“Apart from God and my parents, I owe everything I am and everything I hope to be to school. Without the education I have received during my lifetime, the friends I have met and have networked with, the great teachers that have been there for me since day one, I would not be able to move on to a more positive place in my

life. I would not be able to have a chance to even become a pilot,” Audrey said in a media interview.

Moreover, Audrey founded her own aviation company called Excel Aviation, where she serves as the CEO. She is glad to be given a chance to “inspire other children that whatever they dream of, they can actually be. Education has fulfilled me and I am a more positive person because of it.”

Follow her on Instagram @DreySwatson

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are already among the city’s lowest-paid workers.

She worked a second job at Wal-Mart until the pandemic started. She stopped working there when a coworker with a similar underlying condition passed away from Covid-19.

The former coworker is not her only brush with Covid-19. Her mother was hospitalized after getting Covid-19 and her father passed away from the disease.

Walder came down with the illness herself in November after a trusted relative visited her house. She had headaches, dizziness and nausea and slept straight through three days.

She continues to experience long-lasting versions of some of those symptoms, including chronic fatigue, short-term memory loss, nausea and body aches. Even during her interview, she paused occasionally, searching for the rest of a simple phrase.

Walder now sees her doctor once a month. They have a plan for protecting her from another bout of Covid. This plan includes exercise, blood sugar monitoring and remote work until the end of the school year.

She plans to fight her accommodation denial. She has already reached out to a disability lawyer and her state representative.

Diabetes is a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The question is whether remote work is a reasonable accommodation under the circumstances.

Walder maintains that it is.

“Sometimes it’s really hard for teachers to navigate online and in-person teaching. They need someone there to help with that,” Walder said. “When I don’t see a child, I say, ‘Johnny, where are you?

Come back on so we can see you. This is what we’re doing now.’”

Or remote students have lost the supplies the teacher dropped off for them. Walder helps the remote students figure out what to do.

“If the administration would take a day to see what goes on, they would see the beauty and necessity of this,” Walder said.

Cicarella: Fair Timing, Though Messy New Haven Federation of Teachers President Dave Cicarella has spent the past few weeks fielding calls from teachers worried about their Covid-19 accommodations. The requests to return to school seem fair to him. What’s wrong is that some teachers are still in limbo.

Teachers and other staff should have heard whether the order to report to school on Monday applied to them, Cicarella said. Instead, those who haven’t heard yet are taking sick days until they know for sure.

“That is legitimately frustrating. HR is swamped. I was on the phone with them yesterday. Some requests have been cleared, some have been denied, and more than a few are pending,” Cicarella said.

The problem is that a handful of New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) employees are processing between 70 and 80 requests, according to Cicarella. Every request has to be verified. Incomplete forms have to be sent back and forth between staff members, doctors’ offices and the human resources department. HR employees have to reach out to principals about whether the staff member’s request would cause an undue burden on the school. Then the HR team has to determine whether the request should be approved or denied.

Otherwise, the timeline for ending Covid accommodations is fine, from Cicarella’s perspective.

“The country is basically reopening.

Many school districts have been back for a long time,” Cicarella said. “We’ve been out for over a year. We’ve been under a lot of criticism—myself included and Dr. Tracey.”

Remote learning has been challenging for families and students. Some students never or rarely show up to school; the number of students failing classes has skyrocketed.

The district has now reopened in-person classes at all schools, up to the high school level. Staff with Covid-related accommodations are the last to return.

“How do you justify keeping 100 teachers and staff out of school?” Cicarella said. “I don’t know if that’s reasonable.”

Roughly 250 teachers, paras and other staff members received Covid-related ADA accommodations this year, according to Cicarella. Between 70 and 80 reapplied using the new forms.

Some staff members chose not to reapply. For example, one staff member has recovered from the severe illness that made her high-risk for severe Covid-19 and feels ready to return to school now.

Jackson-McArthur: It’s A Pandemic Pediatrician and Board of Education member Tamiko Jackson-McArthur clarified that the Covid-19 vaccines work really well to prevent severe illness from the virus, even for people with underlying conditions like diabetes.

“You’re not going to go to an emergency room,” Jackson-McArthur said. “If you have the vaccine, you should be protected.”

That said, so little time has passed since the vaccines have entered the real world.

She doesn’t understand why the district would end Covid-19 accommodations now; the pandemic is not over. In general, Jackson-McArthur has leaned heavily on the side of caution with reopening schools during the pandemic.

“I still know four people on ventilators— three in New Haven. These are young people. Until it is over, if the accommodations are because of health issues, we should continue them. I don’t think it should get too complicated. Are we still in pandemic or are we not?”

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Mom of 7 Makes History as the 1st Black Person to Earn a Ph.D. in Survey Methodology

By BlackNews.com

Nationwide — Alena Maze, who is a wife, mother of 7, and a famous YouTuber, has successfully earned a Ph.D. in Survey Methodology. She is the first and only Black person in the world to hold a doctorate degree in that field.

Maze was inspired to pursue a career as a survey statistician because of her passion for math and health and she hopes to develop inclusivity in surveys.

After earning a Master of Science degree in Mathematics from Georgetown University, Maze went on to pursue her Ph.D. in Survey Methodology and Statistics from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Most recently, she shared on Facebook

For nearly 6 years, Maze has been juggling her doctorate studies with her married life, raising her 7 children, and vlogging. She, with her Korean-American husband Joseph Lee, produces content for their vlogs with their children where they share their experiences as a multicultural blended family.

Maze, who is now 35-years old, has accomplished a lot of things through her hard work and she also credits God for her success.

“During this time, I encountered God’s love, through a divine meeting with His Holy Spirit in a way I cannot wait to share. His love has been enough for me to manifest anything I desire to do, be or become,” she said.

that she has now received her Ph.D. after passing her dissertation defense and that she is the first African American to do so.

“What’s a Survey Methodologist? Well I’m a Survey Statistician, so specifically, I research the math behind surveys,” Maze wrote. “Suppose we want more information on how diabetes affects women ages 30-40, in order to develop better treatment courses. Well in a perfect world, we would like to send out a survey (i.e., a series of questions) to all women ages 30-40 with diabetes. However, this is not practical for many reasons. So instead we chose a smaller group (called a sample), say 2,000 women from that same population to represent the whole population of 30 to 40-year old women with diabetes.”

The Rebirth of Ebony and Jet Magazine 103 Years Con’t from page 08

Young!

By Tammy Gibson, Contributing Writer, Chicago Defender

Ebony Magazine relaunched in digital format on March 1, 2021. Media veteran, Michele Ghee, was named CEO of Ebony and Jet in January. The new owner is former NBA player Ulysses “Junior” Bridgeman. He bought the magazine out of bankruptcy for $14 million in December 2020. Bridgeman’s daughter, Eden Bridgeman, will oversee Ebony Media. “We wanted to signal the importance of women leaders, but we also know Ebony was for the family, and that is the pillar that we want to make sure we bring back,” said Bridgeman. The digital magazine will be updated daily and ad-supported. Freelance writers will provide editorial content. There are no plans to charge for digital subscriptions and Ebony to go back to print.

Founded by John H. Johnson in 1945, Ebony Magazine documented key moments of Black life. Images showed how African Americans lived, fashion, accomplishments, and concerns in the community. Ebony and Jet magazine were on the coffee tables of African American homes for over 70 years.

Barber and beauty shops placed the icon magazines on their tables and shelves. During its peak in the 1980s, Ebony magazine had a circulation of over 2.3 million. In 1955, Jet published the photograph of Emmett Till’s corpse in an open casket. Till was murdered in Money, MS, for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Ebony struggled to navigate in the digital era.

After Johnson’s death, daughter Linda Johnson Rice took over Johnson Publishing Company. In 2010, Rice sold the headquarters to Columbia College.

The final print issue of Jet Magazine was in 2014. Rice sold Ebony and Jet to Clear View Group in 2016, a Texas-based equity firm. The last print of Ebony Magazine was in 2019.

Ghee’s priority is to bring Ebony and Jet Magazine back to prominence.

“We’re going to ask for grace because

we did this quickly.” But we are in a rush to show that we have great intentions. Our commitment is not to any city, but to the Black community. We know who our boss is and our boss is them, and their opportunity to have the truth. And we want to provide that,” -Michele Ghee Ebony headquarters is

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based in Atlanta.

Tammy Gibson is a travel historian, author, and writer. Find her at Facebook, Instagram @SankofaTravelher, and Twitter @SankofaTravelHr The post The Rebirth of Ebony and Jet Magazine. appeared first on Chicago Defender.

hope that the changes would last. It has been a struggle, and we must all carry on.

Change comes, but it is difficult and hard.

You have to keep hoping and praying and one day this hatred and malice will vanish.”

Mrs. Hawkins stated the victory of the First Black President Barak Obama was a surprise that left her overjoyed and happy with the hope of a brighter and better future for Black people. The First Black Women Vice President, Kamala Harris, is confirmation that we are moving forward. The Black Lives Matter movement is necessary; we have to take pride in who we are and let the world know that our lives are important. Her reflection upon the murder of George Floyd was one of devastation as there was no compassion, no respect for life.

Mrs. Hawkins’s words of wisdom on living a long healthy life are to pray and trust in God. She stated I pray “Lord, you know what I should do, and I put it in your hands.” I trust in God, and I put my trust in God, and somehow or another, it works. She sometimes stated, you cant’ see your way. But when you turn it over to him, whatever comes, I’m going to leave it in the hands of God. In concluding our conversation, Mrs. Hawkins reflected upon the most precious moment of her life. She recalled the first time she held her son. “I looked at him as he opened his little eyes and his jet black pupils warmed her heart.” What is most important to her today is to wake up in the morning and be able to breathe. To be grateful for the new day the Lord has given her.

We Celebrate You on your 103rd Birthday. The reflection, insight and wisdom shared is a gift to our community. Happy Birthday, Mrs. Mildred Hawkins!

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Black Nurses launch the First

Black Wellness Magazine

by Orlando Advocate

Where Wellness is not determined by zip code” Michelle Greene Rhodes, Founder of Michelle Rhodes Media LLC in Tampa, Florida, has created a place for Nurses to share their wellness expertise while helping the vulnerable communities in which they serve. According to Americanactionforum.org, recent estimates attribute 10 to 20 percent of health outcomes to medical care, 30 percent to genetics, 40 to 50 percent to behavior, and 20 percent to the social and physical environment.

That means most of the work in terms of wellness happens outside of the hospital by social determinants (non-medical factors). These social determinants include factors such as where individuals live, learn, work, and age, in addition to socioeconomic status and race. These social determinants of health have gotten a lot of attention in recently, as research continues to show a person’s health can depend heavily on their zip code and circumstances in life.

“We are ecstatic to elevate black nurses as they bring wellness education, to help our corporate partners disseminate cultured wellness information, to elevate some and give to give hope to others

within every zip code,” said Rhodes, who founded Michelle Rhodes Media LLC (The RNterprise™ Academy) to assist other nurses move into entrepreneurship.

Since the start of the program in 2016, Rhodes, who is from Florida, has helped over 100 nurses become entrepreneurs, writers and public speakers.

Rhodes’ culled through her Facebook group of 4,000 nurse entrepreneurs — affectionately called the “Nursepreneur Nation” — and selected 12 from various nursing backgrounds as her executive team.

“They are the core engine of this historical publication,” Rhodes told The Weekly Challenger. “It is because of them that we

can now disseminate and discuss topics of wellness that concern people of color the most. By taking wellness concepts and well-being education into our hands, we can hopefully save lives by establishing healthier habits earlier in life.”

The Color of Wellness Magazine launched on January 20, 2021.

Follow the magazine at http://www.colorofwellness.co.

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Darryl Strawberry Tells Black Press How Everyone Can Make a Turnaround in Life

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Just as it did when he first arrived in the major leagues 38 years ago, Darryl Strawberry’s name evokes awe.

His picture-perfect left-handed swing that launched 335 home runs and drove 1,000 RBIs, remains one of baseball’s alltime pleasing memories.

But even at the height of his superstardom, the South Central, Los Angelesborn athlete suffered.

“My life was fractured,” Strawberry revealed in an interview with the National Newspaper Publishers Association and the Black Press of America’s live morning news program, “Let It Be Known.”

“Like many who come from the innercity who didn’t have a male figure in their life – I didn’t have a father – my pain led me to my greatness, but my greatness would eventually lead me to destructive behavior,” the candid former slugger revealed.

Strawberry opens up even more in his new book, “Turn Your Season Around: How God Transforms Your Life.”

In the book that he writes with author Lee Weeks, Strawberry, now an evangelist, explains how individuals heading in the wrong direction can move positively.

He is candid in writing about tragedy, personal failure, and transforming injustice.

Despite winning four world championships with the New York Mets and New York Yankees, Strawberry fell victim to drug addiction, spent time in prison, and battled cancer.

His co-author noted that “Strawberry’s life story is proof that you can overcome life’s adversities one decision, one step at a time. It’s time to turn your season around.”

There were “lots of expectations about me when I first came up to the big leagues

“I’m in the Worst Shape of My Life”

by Gwen “FitwithGwen” Jamison

in 1983,” Strawberry recalled. “I always tell young people that expectations are not who you are. The only expectations you should have are for yourself and not what others put on you.”

With the sweetest of swings and fivetool talent, Strawberry faced the pressure of mounting expectations even as a teen.

“I was the Black Ted Williams, the next Willie McCovey,” he told the Black Press during his 25-minute interview.

“It got to a place where I had to have confidence in myself and just be myself,” Strawberry continued. “You can’t be anyone else. God has made each of us unique.”

Because of his off-the-field challenges, Strawberry didn’t make the Hall of Fame.

Now, as focused and determined to help others as he’s ever been, Strawberry shrugs off those who remind him of what he could have accomplished.

“I’m glad for my walk, my road,” Strawberry declared. “People say. ‘you could have been in the Hall of Fame,’ but look at me now. I am an evangelist, and I’m encouraging people about life. It all works out as long as we don’t quit.”

Strawberry’s new book, Turn Your Season Around, is available at most booksellers, including amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.

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Movie star Will Smith took to Instagram on Monday to share a shirtless photo of himself smiling while outside near a pond. In the pic, the actor is wearing nothing but a black pair of slippers, tight short shorts and a blue track jacket with no shirt on underneath.

Although the actor captioned the photo by noting that his body feels off physically, he’s being praised for being real in a society of fake filters and camera angles on social media.

“I’m gonna be real wit yall – I’m in the worst shape of my life,” he wrote alongside the photo, which features the former “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star, in a pair of black short shorts, slippers and an unzipped hoodie with no shirt, which gave people a glimpse of his 52-year-old chest and stomach.

“You’re Will Smith!! You can be in whatever shape you want,” musician Sonna Rele commented.

Actress Nia Long, who wrote, “You still got it baby!!!” Questlove then commented, “This is the most amazing post in the history of social media.”

“You look good!” Amy Schumer added.

“Man! You have been in shape your whole life. Enjoy the dad bod with pride!

Let’s end… the carbs discrimination,” someone else joked.

But don’t think that Will has been slacking off during the pandemic. He’s been busy ramping up his social media presence with original content almost daily as well as working on a big-budget film called “Emancipation,” a thriller about runaway slaves. Plus, earlier this year he appeared on the popular podcast “Pod Save America” and discussed his experiences with racism.

Last year, he also produced the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” reunion, which aired on HBO Max in November, and he took the time to share with fans “everything you didn’t see,” as he described it in a video on his YouTube page.

In December, he took the time to virtually meet up with 8-year-old Aaron Moreno, who helped get his family a home by selling plants. Smith gave him a variety of gifts.

But this year, Smith may be a little bummed about his body because he’s not as chiseled as he used to look in the movies Ali, Suicide Squad, and Focus.

During those movies, Smith was on a strict workout plan. Here’s his 5-day regime: Will Smith’s Workout

Day 1

Push-ups: 3 sets of 20 reps Barbell bench press: 5 sets of 5 reps Incline barbell bench press: 5 sets of 5 reps Incline dumbbell bench press: 5 sets of 5 reps Upright cable flyes: 3 sets of 10 reps (high to low) Lying dumbbell punch: 2 sets to failure

Day 2

Dumbbell shoulder press (standing): 2 sets of 20 reps Barbell shoulder press (barbell): 4 sets of 6 reps Dumbbell shoulder press (seated): 4 sets of 6 reps Behind-the-neck barbell press (standing): 4 sets of 8 reps Dumbbell lateral raises: 4 sets of 8 reps Dumbbell front raises (or plate front raises): 3 sets of 10-12 reps Dumbbell air punch: 4 sets to failure

Day 3

Chin-ups (front, wide grip): 50 reps Dumbbell bent over row (one arm): 4 sets of 6 reps Barbell bent over row: 2 sets of 6 reps Barbell bent over row (reverse grip): 2 sets of 6 reps Pulldowns (front, wide grip): 4 sets of 6-8 reps Chin-ups (front, wide grip): 3 sets of 10 reps

Day 4

Cable pushdowns (heavy): 4 sets of 8 reps Barbell arm curls: 4 sets of 8 reps Barbell triceps extensions: 4 sets of 8 reps Incline bench skull crusher: 4 sets of 8 reps Dumbbell arm curls (incline, alternating): 4 sets of 8 reps Dumbbell triceps kickbacks: 4 sets of 8 reps Dumbbell hammer curls: 4 sets of 8 reps

Day 5

Hip abductions (machine, seated): 20 reps Front squats: 5 sets of 5 reps Full squats: 5 sets of 5 reps Dumbbell lunges: 3 sets of 8 reps Leg press (single leg): 4 sets of 8 reps Box jump: 4 sets of 30secs “During my rise as a movie star, I was, like, wildly disciplined, so being in this place in my life, even something as simple as taking my shirt off while I’m out of shape, like, you know, this for me now allowing myself to be seen less than optimally is new,” Will added.

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Phone: 243-2300 HOME INC, on behalf of860Columbus House and the New Haven HousingHR Authority,

NOTICE

is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develEmail: tom.dunay@garrityasphalt.com ********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer********** opment& located at 108 Frank Street, Haven. Maximum Women Minority Applicants are New encouraged to apply income limitations apply.Affi Pre-applications willEqual be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y rmative Action/ Opportunity Employer

Listing: Dispatcher

25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon request by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preGarrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Incoffices seeks: applications must be returned to HOME INC’s at 171 Orange Street,fast Third Extremely paced petroleum company needs a full time Reclaimer Operators Floor, New Haven,and CTMilling 06510.Operators with current licensing (which includes on call and weekend coverage) detail orientand clean driving record, be willing to travel throughout the Northed experienced Dispatcher. A strong logistics background east & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits

NOTICIA

and a minimum of one year previous petroleum experience

required. Send resume to: Contact: Rick Tousignant Phone: 860- 243-2300 VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES Email: rick.touHR Manager, P.O. Box 388, Guilford, CT. 06437

signant@garrityasphalt.com HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply ********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer********** aceptando pre-solicitudes estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo Affirmative Action/ para Equal Opportunity Employer

ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) en lasTrailer oficinasDriver de HOME INC. & Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas correo Materials a petición LLC, a quarry and paving contractor, has posiTractor for Heavy Highway Construction Equip- por Galasso llamando HOME INCLicense, al 203-562-4663 duranterecord, esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán ment.

Must ahave a CDL clean driving capable of tions openremitirse for the upcoming construction season. We are seeking a las oficinas de equipment; HOME INCbe enwilling 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, , CT 06510 operating heavy to travel throughout theNew Haven candidates for 1) .Quality Control (experienced preferred), 2) Office Northeast & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits Clerks, 3) Truck/Scalehouse Dispatcher (experience and computer knowledge preferred) and 4) Equipment Operators and Laborers and a Grading Foreman. NO PHONE CALLS. Please mail resume and cover letter to “Hiring Manager”, Galasso Materials LLC, PO Box 1776, East Granby, 06026.

HELP WANTED:

Union Company seeks:

LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION TO BID VALLEY STREET TOWNHOUSES

Contact Dana at 860-243-2300

Email: dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer 242-258 Fairmont Ave

NEW HAVEN

ALL APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT ATTENTION TO RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENnd DER IDENTITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, VETERAN OR DISABILITY STATUS.

2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258

We all have

DREAMS.

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

Let Job Corps SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY help you Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2,achieve 2016 at its office atyours.

28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the Now enrolling!

Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

Tuition-free career training High school diploma programs A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith College credit opportunities Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

Housing, meals and medical care provided

Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority OfFor more information, visit jobcorps.gov or call (800) 733-JOBS [5627] fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

New Haven County - Jesselica Rodriguez – Rodriguez.Jesselica@JobCorps.org !"#$%&'(")*+,$*-+#".&/$*0(1,)2*3*4&//2*0(,,&"*5*Conner.Kelly@JobCorps.org Waterbury and Surrounding Areas – Abdul Shabazz – Shabazz.Abdul@JobCorps.org

The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to CAREERS HERE reduce theBEGIN 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.

Job Corps is a U.S. Department of Labor Equal Opportunity Employer Program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. TDD/TTY telephone number is (877) 889-5627.

Enterprise Builders Inc. (“EBI”), acting as Construction Manager for The Glendower

InvitationGroup, to Bid: will receive qualified sub-contractor proposals for the work associated with the project known as Valley Street Townhouses (the “Project”). Bids shall be received via 2 Notice

hand delivery, e-mail, or fax at the contact information below, on or before 2:00 p.m. local SAYEBROOKE timeVILLAGE on Monday, May 3rd, 2021. The bids will be privately opened.

Town of Bloomfield

Old Saybrook, CT

project includes the demolition of existing buildings, the new construction of (40) Maintainer II - Driver (4 Buildings,The 17 Units)

townhouses, and related site development. Forty-nine bid packages are available: building

Exemptted & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project temporary fencing, sitework, paving, permanent fences and Full-time,Tax benefi demolition and abatement, gates, final cleaning, landscaping, site concrete, playground equipment, cast-in-place con$27.94 hourly

crete, gypsum cement underlayment, ornamental railings, rough carpentry, finish carpenNew Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, CastPre-employment drug testing. try, siding, air sealing and thermal insulation, roofing/gutters/downspouts, doors, frames For details and how to apply go to in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, and hardware, glazing, windows, overhead doors, drywall, flooring, painting, signage, www.bloomfi Flooring, Painting,eldct.org Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, toilet accessories, fire protection specialties, appliances, residential casework, fire suppresAA/EOE Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. sion, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical.

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

Town of Bloomfield

Drawings can be viewed free of charge via iSqFt. Please reach out to the contacts below to request an invitation to bid. Documents may also be viewed at EBI’s office 46 Shepard Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 Zoning Enforcement Officer Drive, Newington Connecticut 06111 (between the hours of 8am– 5pm), Monday through Anticipated Augustwhere 15, 2016 a disc with all documents may be obtained free of charge.

Full-time, benefi ted Start: Friday

Project documents available via ftp link below: $38.03 hourly The project is tax exempt. http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage Pre-employment drug testing.

Residential prevailing wages apply.

For details and how to apply go to www.

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

Faxbloomfi or Email eldct.org Questions &AA/EOE Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran,Sub-contractors S/W/MBE & Sectionmay 3 Certified Businesses contact Brian Baril via email at bbaril@enterbuilders.com or phone Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 (860) 466-5128, Justin Caporiccio via email at jcaporiccio@enterbuilders.com or phone QSR STEEL CORPORATION AA/EEO EMPLOYER (860) 466–5104, or Eric Lamore via e-mail at elamore@enterbuilders.com or phone (860) 466-5102 regarding the project.

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

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The Owner and EBI reserve the rights to accept any, all, or any part of bids; to reject any, all, or any part of bids; to waive any non-material deficiencies in bid responses, to waive minor inconsistencies; and to award the bid that in its judgment will be in the best interests of the Owner.

EBI is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer. Section 3, Veteran-owned, S/M/W/DBE’s & DAS Certified are encouraged to participate.

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Black & Boucher, LLC

has an immediate opening for experienced asphalt milling machine operators for our Wirtgen W220’s and W50 machines. Positions are full time seasonal work. Union wages along with Union Benefits (Health, Pension, Annuity, Supplemental Unemployment). Must be willing to work nights some HOUSING weekends.PREWorkAPPLICATIONS is in the New York/New VALENTINA MACRIand RENTAL AVAILABLEEngland area. Black & Boucher, LLC is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity HOME Employer. qualified applicantsHouse will receive for employment INC,All on behalf of Columbus and the consideration New Haven Housing Authority, without regardpre-applications to race, color,forreligion, sex, sexual orientation, gender is accepting studio and one-bedroom apartments at thisidentity, develnational protected veteranNew status. opmentorigin, locatedand at 108 Frank Street, Haven. Maximum income limitations apply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have Class A Fullat the time driver a petroleum andbepool water been received offices of HOMEfor INC. Applications will mailied uponcomrequestfor by calling HOMEfor INCday at 203-562-4663 during those hours.experience Completed prepany deliveries and weekends.

Previous reapplications must be returned HOME INC’s at 171 Street, ThirdP. quired.

Competitive wage,to401(k).

Sendoffices resume to: Orange HR Manager, CT 06510.

O.Floor, BoxNew 388,Haven, Guilford, CT 06437.

NOTICE

NOTICIA

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

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BID DISPONIBLES

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DANBURY

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo Electrical Services ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven.

Se IFB No. B21002 aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) The Housing Authority the City of Danbury hereby por issues thisa petición en las oficinas de HOME INC. Lasofpre-solicitudes serán enviadas correo for Bid todurante provide Electrical Services deberán remitirse llamando a HOMEInvitation INC al 203-562-4663 esas horas.Pre-solicitudes a las oficinas de HOME INC 171 Orange Street,RETURN: tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

BIDenSUBMITTAL

SCOPE:

Housing Authority of the City of Danbury, 2 Mill Ridge Rd, Danbury, CT 06811 Envelope Must be Marked: IFB No.B21002, Electrical Services

SUBMITTAL DEADLINE

May 20, 2021 10:00am (EST) NEWatHAVEN CONTACT PERSON FOR IFB DOCUMENT:

Ms. Devin Marra, Director of Procurement,Telephone: 242-258 Fairmont Ave 203-744-2500 x1410 E-Mail: dmarra@hacdct.org

2BR[MinorityTownhouse, 1.5businesses BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA and/or women-owned are encouraged to respond]

All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 LEGAL NOTICE highways, near bus stop & shopping center TOWN OF PORTLAND Pet under 40lb allowed.

Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

RFP# 2021-08 SHELTER DIVERSION PROGRAM SERVICES CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s OFisPORTLAND SMALL CDBG PROGRAM CertificateTOWN Program. This a 10 month program designed CITIES to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates The Town of Portland accepting for a Classes Shelter Diversion Program Services in response to the Church’sisMinistry needs.proposals The cost is $125. start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:303:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. Provider, #2021-08 until 11:00 am ET on May 11, 2021, to be received by the Finance (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster Dept., located in Room 204, Portland Town Hall, 33 East Main St., P.O. Box 71, Portland, New Haven, CT CTSt.06480.

The specifications for the Request for Proposals to secure a qualified entity to provide services for Shelter Diversion for the Middlesex County/Meriden/Wallingford Coordinated Access Network may be requested by e-mailing trobinson@portlandct.org Proposals received after the time and date set forth above shall be rejected. All proposals should include one paper copy and one electronic copy, and be sealed and clearly Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour marked – until pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 PROVIDER. Smith Street, RFP 3:00 #2021-08 SHELTER DIVERSION PROGRAM SERVICES Any questions theConcrete specifications may beRepairs directed,and in Replacement writing only, to atSusan Seymour, CTregarding 06483 for Sidewalk the Bransfield at sbransfield@portlandct.org Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

Each bidder shall honor the bid price for ninety (90) business days from the date of the bid opening, without modification. Upon award of the bid, the winning bidder shall be bound byAthe bid proposal price the contract period. Authority Office 28 Smith pre-bid conferencethroughout will be held at the Housing The Town of Portland reserves the right to reject any or all bids; or to waive defects in Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. same, if it deems such to be in the best interest of the Town. The Town of Portland is an affirmative action, equal opportunity provider and employer.

Townfrom of Portland Bidding documents are available the Seymour Housing Authority OfSubmitted by: Susan S. Bransfield, First Selectwoman fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Dated: April 23, 2021

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week,

Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

(203) 387-0354

Town of Bloomfield

Assistant Director of Information Systems & Technology

Full Time - Benefited $75,909 to $117,166

Pre-employment drug testing. For details and how to apply go to www. bloomfieldct.org AA/EOE

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

APPLY NOW!

Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders Top pay for top performers. Health Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay.

Invitation to Bid: 2 Notice

Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER nd

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

Class A Full time driver Old Saybrook, CT

(4 Buildings, 17 Units) for a petroleumTaxand pool Exempt & NotwaPrevailing Wage Rate Project ter company for deliveries for day and weekends. Previous New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castexperience required. Competiin-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, tive wage, 401(k). Send resume Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, to: HR Manager, P. O. Box 388, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

Guilford, CT 06437.

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

********An Affirmative Action/Equal Bid Extended, Due Date: Opportunity Employer**********

August 5, 2016 Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 Project documents available via ftp link below: Town of Bloomfield http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

Request for Qualifications

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

The South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG) seeks

HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses the services of one or more consultants for transportation planning studies Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 during the 2022 Fiscal Year (July 1, 2021- June 30, 2022). Disadvantaged AA/EEO EMPLOYER

Full-time, benefited $27.94 hourly Pre-employment drug testing. For details and how to apply go to www. bloomfieldct.org AA/EOE

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Business Enterprise firms are strongly encouraged to respond as prime contractor or to play a significant role within a consultant team. Responses are due by June 4, 2021, (12 noon local time). The full RFQ document can be viewed at the Council’s website: www.scrcog.org or can be made available upon request. Contact Stephen Dudley at 203-466-8624 with any questions.

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Graphics Designer/Visual Communicator

NOTICE FHI Studio is seeking a Graphic Designer/Visual Communicator to support project

managers and marketing staff in producing graphics, marketing materials, and visually engaging documents and digital content.

The successful candidate should have mastery VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop). This early career position brings potential for growth; both with respect to creative graphics development HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, and leadership. The position will also include writing and review of marketing material is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develfor clarity, consistency, and brand messaging. The candidate should have a bachelor’s opment located at 108 Frank Street,orNew Haven. Maximum limitations apdegree in graphic design, marketing, communication.

The income candidate should demply.

Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y onstrate the capability of developing a strong visual identity for materials that are not 25, 2016 and ending sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have already branded, as well when as support creative, visual storytelling.

Proficiency in Adobe been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon reAfter Effects and Premiere for video creation/editing and familiarity with HTML/CSS by calling HOME INCare at preferred.

203-562-4663 during those hours.

Completed preforquest editing/updating websites Salary commensurate with level of experiapplications musttobe returned to HOME INC’s offices at Studio, 171 Orange Street, Third ence.

Send resume graphicdesigner@fhistudio.com, FHI 416 Asylum Street, Floor, New Haven, FHI CT 06510.

Hartford, CT 06103.

Studio is an EEO/AA /VEV/Disabled employer.

NOTICIA

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

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED

The Housing Authority of the City of Norwalk, CT is requesting proposals forPRE-SOLICITUDES Legal Services.

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER DISPONIBLES Request for Proposal documents can be viewed and HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está printed www.norwalkha.org underde the Business aceptando at pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos un dormitorio en estesection desarrollo ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven.isSean aplican limitaciones de ingresos RFP’s/RFQ’s Norwalk Housing Equal Opportunity máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 Employer.Adam Bovilsky, Executive Director. julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100)

Part Time Delivery Needed

en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

(203) 387-0354

Construction

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

NEW HAVEN

242-258 Fairmont Affirmative Action/Equal OpportunityAve Employer M/F/V Drug 1.5 FreeBA, Workforce 2BR Townhouse, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA

All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

Invitation for Bids Robert T. Wolfe Building Upgrade Phase 2

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

Elm City Communities is currently seeking bids for Robert T. Wolfe Building Upgrade St. New CT Phase 2. Haven, A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City Communities’ Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/ gateway beginning on

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY Monday, May 10, 2021 at 3:00PM.

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

The South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG) seeks the

Request for Qualifications

POLICE OFFICER

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

One/Two Day a Week,

Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

Town of Bloomfield

Competitive examinations will be held for the position of Police Officer in the Guilford, Orange, and Wallingford Police Departments.

Candidates may register for the testing process at www.policeapp.com/southcentral.

Application deadline is Thursday, May 6, 2021.

The written and oral board exams will be administered by the South Central Criminal Justice Administration. All candidates must possess a valid CHIP card dated after November 10, 2020.

THE DEPARTMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THIS RECRUITMENT DRIVE ARE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYERS.

CT Certified Police Officer Town of Greenwich The Greenwich Police Department, acting without fear or favor, strives to provide superior law enforcement and public services in cooperation with its community.

The Greenwich Police Department will actively promote an environment that encourages independent judgment and allows its employees to attain the highest levels of professional achievement.

Candidates must fulfill several requirements, including:

* Possess at least 2 years of experience as a Connecticut POST Certifi ed Police Offi cer or Connecticut State Trooper $23.40/hourly (benefited) * Be a U.S. Citizen Pre-employment drug testing. AA/EOE. Invitation to Bid: For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.gov * Be at least 21 years of age 2nd Notice To view detailed information and apply online visit

Custodian

www.governmentjobs.com/careers/greenwichct

CITY OF MILFORD Old Saybrook, CT Salary Range: $69,701 - $86,427, plus benefits, including generous Defined Current SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

Seeking qualified condidates fill 17 Contribution Retirement Plan. The Town of Greenwich is dedicated to Diversity & (4 to Buildings, Units) Equal Opportunity Employment; Town of Greenwich, HR Dept., 101 Field Point Rd, numerous vacancies to include, Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project Greenwich, CT 06830. Close Date 4:00 PM 5/10/21.

Deputy Assessor, Mechanic Sewer Line, Public Health Nurse New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castand more. Forin-place information andAsphalt Shingles, TheVinyl Housing Concrete, Siding, Authority of the City of Norwalk, detailed application instructions, CT is requesting proposals for Development Partner for Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Colonial Village Phase II construction. visit www.ci.milford.ct.us Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.documents can be viewed and printed at www.norwalkha.org Request for Proposal Click on SERVICES, JOBS and This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. under the Business section RFP’s/RFQ’s Norwalk Housing JOB TITLE. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 Adam Bovilsky, Executive Director.

Town of Bloomfi eldStart: August 15, 2016 Anticipated Project documents available via ftp link below: http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage Zoning Enforcement Officer

POLICE OFFICER

Full-time, benefited Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com Wallingford Police Department is seeking qualified applicants HCC encourageshourly the participation of all Veteran,The S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses $38.03 for Police Offi cer. $1,275.60 weekly plus an excellent fringe benefit Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483

services of one or more consultants for transportation planning studies during A 2022 pre-bid conference will 1, be2021held atJune the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith the Fiscal Year (July 30, 2022).

Disadvantaged Business Street Seymour, CTstrongly at 10:00encouraged am, on Wednesday, July 2016.

Enterprise firms are to respond as 20, prime contractor or to play a significant role within a consultant team. Responses are due by June 4,Bidding 2021, (12 noon local Thefrom full RFQ document can beAuthority viewed atOfthe documents aretime). available the Seymour Housing Council’s website: www.scrcog.org or can be made available upon request. fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Contact Stephen Dudley at 203-466-8624 with any questions.

Pre-employment drug testing.

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

The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any

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package. The physical performance, written and oral board exams will AA/EEO EMPLOYER be administered by the South Central Criminal Justice Administration.

Candidates must register at: www.PoliceApp.com/WallingfordCT. Registration/Application deadline is Wednesday, May 12, 2021. The registration requires a fee of $85.00. EOE

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