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1963 Children’s March Commemorated

by EMILY HAYS

New Haven Independent

In 1963, kids marched for desegregation in Birmingham, Alabama, as police officers attacked them with dogs and fire hoses.

In 2021, kids in New Haven remembered their predecessors’ bravery with the hope that they too could spark change.

“Our people went through years of injustice so we could be here. Remember to appreciate your education,” summed up one New Haven protester in a spontaneous speech.

The New Haven version of the Children’s March took place on Thursday afternoon in Edgewood Park. It was the second annual Children’s March for Elm City Montessori School (ECMS). The indistrict charter school organized the first march last year in the first months of the Covid-19 pandemic as a car parade for students and their families during remote school.

This year, over a hundred students and teachers marched to the park from Edgewood, Beecher, Davis Street schools, as well as from Elm City Montessori. The students stayed in clumps according to school, clutching homemade signs and mostly managing to wear their masks over their noses.

Excited to be outdoors and among so many peers, the middle schoolers had a hard time quieting down for the main event. Elm City fourth and fifth grade educator Alejandra Corona Ortega (pictured above) managed to create some silence by teaching the Edgewood, Beecher and Davis Street students to chant “one mic” with her.

Elm City fourth grader Kingston Clark read a speech into the temporary quiet.

“The police should protect us, but they haven’t been doing that, like when George Floyd was killed,” Clark said.

Davis Academy for Arts and Design student Zahir Uqdah Jennings (left in photo) continued the theme. The 11-year-old led the crowd in chanting “Black lives matter!” while sixth grade teacher Adham Conaway hovered next to him for support.

“Thank you for your time,” Jennings finished.

Each student brought the cause closest to their heart. Experienced Elm City Montessori protester Aurora Irizarry Cardone spoke about feminism. Irizarry Cardone has attended protests since infancy with her father and knows New Haven’s Black Lives Matter leaders by name.

Other students spoke about climate change, gun control and providing housing for the homeless.

Elm City Montessori Anti-Bias & AntiRacism Director Amelia Allen Sherwood organized the annual protest as part of the school’s yearlong social justice curriculum. The curriculum moves from learning about identity to learning about rac-

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Gammy Moses leads Elm City Montessori drummers at Thursday’s protest.

From left: Janelis Negrón, 18, Karynn Hardy, 17, Tamara Parks, 16.

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ism and structural inequalities to learning how to take action. Students prepared for the march by studying the Birmingham Children’s Crusade of 1963.“We want children to feel empowered to act and share their voices in variety of ways,” said ECMS Magnet Resource Teacher David Weinreb.

Practice does help with this empowerment project. ECMS fourth grader Hayden Hawthorne conquered her fears of public speaking to talk about wage inequality at Thursday’s protest.

“Women deserve to have the same wages as men—oh, my voice sounds weird,” Hawthorne said. She kept reading from her speech though.

“When I grow up, I don’t want to be paid less than men. I’m speaking up for myself and other women who can’t do it themselves,” she finished.

Hawthorne joined other ECMS students in late April to protest the murders of 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 16-yearold Ma’Khia Bryant at the hands of police officers. In April, Hawthorne wanted to read her speech but got so nervous and emotional that she felt like throwing up.

Her sister stepped in to read the speech in her stead.

On Thursday, though, Hawthorne read her speech in front of a much larger crowd and finished it on her own.

All of the youth protesters were middle schoolers, with the exception of New Haven Academy’s Black Lives Matter chapter. ECMS had invited the club to inspire the younger students.

“This is what unity looks like. This is what the future looks like,” New Haven Academy senior Karynn Hardy told the crowd.

Hardy left the protest inspired herself.

“I felt optimistic about the future. These students are decades younger than us and are informed and ready to act. It felt surreal,” Hardy said.

Other sponsors and partners at the protest were Black Lives Matter New Haven, New Haven Pride Center, Citywide Youth Coalition, City of New Haven LGBTQ Youth Task Force, New Haven Climate Movement, People Get Ready, Semilla Collective, Students for Educational Justice, and New Haven Public School Advocates. Mayor Justin Elicker was at the protest too, standing quietly at the back of the crowd and occasionally chatting with one of the clumps of students.

Elm City Montessori’s David Weinreb expects to see another Children’s March next year and some joint protests organized by other schools in between.

“We’re excited to be a galvanizing and energizing force for neighborhood schools. We want our children to see that there are lots of children in our vicinity who care about what we care about,” Weinreb said.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - June 02, 2021 - June 08, 2021

Solar Youth Founder Stepping Down After 22 Years

by STAFF

New Haven Independent

Joanne Sciulli, who has run New Haven’s Solar Youth program since founding it 22 years ago, is stepping aside to make way for new leaderhsip.

Sciulli made the announced Friday in an email blast.

The retirement takes effect June 1.

Candace Jones Wright, the green nonprofit youth development organization‘s operations director, will step into the role of interim executive director. Sciulli plans to “transition to the role of Strategic Advisor,” she wrote.

It is with great excitement that I announce, after 22 years as Founder/Executive Director, I am stepping down from my leadership role of Solar Youth. I made this decision after careful thought over several months in consultation with the Board of Directors, leadership staff, but mostly with myself and my family.

While my deep passion for the mission of Solar Youth and the families we serve continues to thrive, and I am excited for brewing possibilities for the organization’s next phase, there has been an everincreasing calling to focus more on my family.

As I watch my young daughter grow, and have begun to literally re-embrace my parents post-Covid, who moved to Connecticut 3 years ago to be closer, I recognize that being spread too thin leaves too little for anyone.

In addition, as Solar Youth defines its NEXT 20 years, I strongly believe that the journey be driven by new leadership with the energy, focus and passion for both vision and execution.

This exciting transition begins on June 1st, when long-time Solar Youth Op-

erations Director Candace Jones Wright steps in as Interim Executive Director. Candace has been the heart of Solar Youth and my partner through highs and lows for the past 12 years! I am confident in her ability to take the reins during this transition period, with the dedicated support of our Board of Directors, led by Board Chair Angel Gomez. A transition team has formed to also start identifying a new Executive Director.

On June 1st, I will transition to the role of Strategic Advisor, here to support Candace and the Board in whatever capacity I am needed, for as long as is needed, to help Solar Youth move into its next phase.

This begins with coaching staff in the development of our summer 2021 programs.

After a year of so many unknowns, pivots, escalation of inequities and exhausting disconnection, we are deeply inspired to create a summer of unmatched connection and JOY for our youth! During the summer, I will work on “special projects” to ensure the long-term success of this enormous transition. After that, my plans are delightfully undefined. :) Solar Youth is entering an incredibly exciting time - rebuilding from challenges of recent years, but also soul-searching for how to continue and increase the critical role it has in the lives of amazing young people.

To be sure, transitions of long-time leaders, and especially Founders, are super tricky. This news may be received with questions, curiosity and even concern.

But rest assured - while I have certainly not successfully tied up all loose ends (yet ;)) - in the end, 3 core factors exist: WHAT WE DO: Over the last 20 years, the participants, families, staff and Board of Solar Youth have, through on-the-

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS Joanne Sciulli and Candace Jones Wright.

MAYA MCFADDEN PHOTO Solar Youth’s Trailbazer Team uses hedge shears last month to officially open a new West Rock trail.

ground experience, built a model of youth development that is unique and highly effective (especially when adequately re-

sourced); WHO WE ARE: The current staff and board leadership are dedicated to moving

through this transition period thoughtfully, with open hearts and minds focused on what’s most important - supporting the success of our amazing youth; and WHAT’S POSSIBLE: There are tremendous opportunities brewing for renewed organizational vitality as change comes to the neighborhoods we serve, renewed recognition of the critical need for quality youth development programs and with it potential new financial investments. Out of the pivotal events of 2020 that cast a spotlight on the legacy of racism and white supremacy in our country, there is also much deeper recognition of the embedded barriers to ‘success’ black and brown youth face. Each of these have the potential to create a blueprint of deeper impact and a more sustainable organizational footing.

My invitation to you, our FOSY (alumni, families, partners, funders and donors), is to be a part of this moment. Join me in my philosophy of “Glass Always Full” (not half empty or half full, but always FULL, with ½ water and ½ air) and see this moment as one of POSSIBILITY. In addition, I ask you to ask yourself “what can I do?” Along with patience as we navigate this new territory, given your connection to Solar Youth, what can YOU add to the journey? As an alumni, youth or parent, how can your voice add to the visioning process? As a partner, where are there creative spaces of collaboration yet to be tapped? And as a funder or donor, how can your past dedication blossom into continued support to build a stronger, more impactful Solar Youth?

Candace, Angel and I welcome all of your thoughts and questions. Please reach out to any of us.

With Love and Gratitude,

Mary Wade Parade Celebrates Veterans, Essential Workers antique cars for some of the veteran residents to be driven through in.

Frank Fernicola, a driver for one of these cars, said that he the parade provided a good diversion from the pandemic for both the residents and the neighboring community.

Mary Wade CEO David Hunter said that since the residents aren’t able to go out much, he was excited to bring a parade to them.

Mayor Justin Elicker said that the event was also important because it celebrated the hard work of those who work at Mary Wade and have persevered through the pandemic along with the residents..

The parade itself was full of car horns and police sirens, clowns and citizens, and veterans and vintage cars.

Everyone, from the Mary Wade residents to the construction workers across the street, smiled as car after car came by with American flags and signs thanking the veterans of Mary Wade.

by NICK PERKINS

New Haven Independent

”This neighborhood cheered us on during the pandemic,” Harold Spitzer was saying. “Now we get to cheer them on.”

Spitzer, the chair of the Board of Trustees at Mary Wade Home, was speaking Friday amid an annual Fair Haven tradition: The nursing home’s Memorial Day weekend parade.

A line of police officers, neighbors, and politicians gathered to drive by the home, as the senior assisted-living facility’s residents sat outside to watch. The parade is intended to honor the veterans who live at Mary Wade.

Kara Hunter, the marketing and communications manager for Mary Wade, said she wanted to help create a “feel good moment” for the residents, who experienced a hard year through the Covid-19 pandemic. She said that though they could not have their normal parade due to Covid, car dealerships donated some

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After the cars made their way around the block the first time, they came back around again. A couple of Mary Wade employees dressed as clowns named “Dr. Mary” and “Dr. Wade” went around laying in front of cars and offering the drivers haircuts, causing many Mary Wade residents to laugh.

Once the parade had settled down, Hunter addressed the crowd. He thanked the police for helping them organize the parade, and the veterans for what they do for the country. He also gave a teary eyed thank you to the Mary Wade staff for the hard work they did during the past fourteen months.

Elicker followed up his address, emphasizing the importance of the service Mary Wade gives to the community. He also talked about the heroism of New Haven’s firefighters, saying that “heroism is all around us,” which received a large round of applause from the crowd.

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Baby Inspires Dad’s First Children’s Book

by MAYA MCFADDEN New Haven Independent

When New Haven native Darius Good looks up at the stars, he sees his 1-year-old daughter’s shining future.

Good’s daughter Riley is the main character of a new children’s book he has published, Adventures of RiRi: Stars Stars.

The book flows with a musical rhyme as the character Riley curiously wonders, “What happens to the stars during the day?”

Good graduated from Hillhouse High School and the University of New Haven with degrees in communications and music business. He began pursuing a music career after college in 2000 and ministry in 2002. He has been the senior pastor of his family’s church, the Bible Gospel Center in Hamden, since 2013.

He self-published his first book, Unlocking Godly Wisdom: Solomon’s 7 Pillars of Wisdom this past July. Adventures of RiRi: Stars Stars is his first children’s book.

Riley is Good’s youngest child of three.

Good dedicated the book to his wife Chazareé, oldest daughter Symone, son Trevor, and Riley.

“Children’s books were back in my life again,” Good said of his inspiration for writing.

Good plans to publish a series of “Adventures of RiRi” children’s books. Each book will have a different theme based off of a series of ten short poems that Good wrote during the peak morning hours one day in March.

This first book incorporates his love for astronomy and the curiosity of young children like his daughter. He also hopes when children read the book it will urge them to

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Good used his music writing and production experience to write the children’s book with “as little words a possible while still telling a short and rhythmic story.”

Good has been a musician since he was 5 years old. He learned to play the piano, drums, and trumpet and performed with them throughout high school in his family’s church. He has produced music for artist like Whitney Houston, Genuine, and Trey Songs.

After writing the poems overnight, Good knew the next step to making the book was finding someone to make the artwork.

The book is illustrated by Dennis Macharia of Drumstick Art Studio. Macharia is a Kenyan artist who used photos of Good’s daughter Riley to make an animated main

character for the series.

The book was published this by his and his wife’s company, Just Riley LLC. The Goods keep busy. Good also launched a pie-baking business before the pandemic with his cousin, called “Yogurt Pie King.”

His wife has a hair-braiding business for kids. She has run a personal fitness business called Wright Fitness since 2013.

Good received his first shipment of the books this past Thursday. (Watch Riley’s reaction in the instagram video below.)

Other books in the series will have themes of music and real-life experiences Riley deals with, like having half siblings.

Their company also produces Chazareé‘s hair and skin care brand, Just Riley. Chazareé started the brand in November with natural-based products for men, women,

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and children. The idea came about to help tackle Riley’s hair loss as a newborn and sensitive, dry, and flaky skin. “She peeled from head to toe, and nothing was doing it to keep her moisturized,” Chazareé said.

After researching ingredients, Chazareé got to hand-mixing recipes for oils and body butters to help her daughter.

“Everything I made was inspired by Riley’s needs,” she said. “I was spending so much money of other peoples brands so I decided to just take a chance on myself,” “We want this to create generational wealth for her,” Chazareé said.

Good is currently working on getting the book in stores at Barnes and Noble and having it animated.

The book can be purchased on Amazon here and on the Barnes and Noble.

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Bailout Gallery Raising Funds For Palestine

by BRIAN SLATTERY

New Haven Independent

New Haven-based artist Amira Brown‘s Bailout Gallery has returned — this time to try to raise funds to rebuild Palestine.

As its tagline on Instagram reads, “we sell art and raise money for causes. That’s it. We support Palestine and reject antiSemitism.”

“It’s been on and off in my mind for a while,” said Brown (who alternates pronouns). The push toward reopening Bailout Gallery happened when “I saw a community member of mine” in the grocery store, they said. That acquaintance wanted to buy art for Bailout, to support the cause. “This person I don’t even know is really interested in it,” she recalled thinking. “It was really invigorating.”

The first iteration of Bailout Gallery ran in June 2020, when Brown put out a call to artists to contribute artworks for sale, with all the proceeds going to the Pimento Relief Fund, Black Visions, Liberty Fund, and Connecticut Bail Fund to help Black Lives Matter protesters make bail after being arrested during protests. She ended up collecting works from over 40 artists.

She listed all the art for sale on the gallery’s website. Artists held on to their individual pieces. When a piece was sold, the artists shipped the piece to the buyer, with Brown paying for shipping and making sure they were shipped in a timely manner. Brown won an arts award from the Arts Council of Greater New Haven in December for her Bailout Gallery work.

As Brown considered opening Bailout Gallery again, it was possible to continue to direct the funds toward Black Lives Matter. But the news in March that Samaria Rice and Lisa Simpson, the mothers of Tamir Rice and Richard Risher, were asking Black Lives Matter leaders to stop using their slain sons’ names and images in their activism and fundraising work resonated with Brown.

BRIAN SLATTERY PHOTO Brown in the studio in October.

“A lot of the movement and the fundraising of the movement is using people we don’t know as victims as violence,” they said. That didn’t sit well with Brown as a working artist, and one figuring out how to use art in activist work. “I didn’t want to be one of those artists who says, ‘I made this art using this image without their permission, and I’m doing it to raise

money for them,’” they said. She had felt a similar sense of ambivalence about participating directly in Black Lives Matter protests last summer given the threat of Covid-19, as much as she supported the cause. “I didn’t want to be the person who endangered myself and the people around me who I care about and love,” they said.

But still, she turned the idea of Bailout

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Gallery over in her head.

“As I kept thinking about it, I thought, ‘Amira, there’s never not going to be a cause that needs some help,” they said. As she was looking around for another cause, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict turned warlike once again, with the news full of images of rockets and burning buildings.

“Seeing what was going on was extremely heartbreaking,” Brown said. “In a way, the Palestinian movement reminded me of the Black Lives Matter movement, in that people were not treated with respect, rights were trampled on, and people were redlined.”

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most complicated, divisive, and intractable disputes on the planet; the shadows of both the Holocaust and colonization loom over it as it has swung in the past century among brief periods of fragile hopefulness, simmering tensions, and all-out war. Israelis and Palestinians who are interested in peace struggle to find a way forward while political forces fueled by mounting grievances pull them apart. The political ground of the conflict shifts constantly, and Israel today finds itself more censured than in the past; this week Ireland (no stranger to intractable conflicts) became the first EU country to call Israeli authorities’ occupation of Palestinian territory an “annexation.”

Amid the crushing weight of history and the fractious politics of today, there is a humanitarian crisis that people caught in the crossfire between the two sides — the great majority of them Palestinian — face, as they struggle to rebuild from the latest round of fighting.

That crisis is where Brown placed her focus. As a U.S. citizen, “I do feel a sense of complexity and complicity, because I live in this country and pay taxes” — funds that go toward supporting the conflict in Israel, especially as the United States sells weapons to that country. “As an Ameri-

by BRIAN SLATTERY

“Learn,” from New Haven-based musician Emil Beckford’s new album, Songs About Isolation, starts with a warm, arpeggiating synth line that instantly catches the ear. The beat that drops in behind it is as lush as it is danceable. It all gets stripped back again for Beckford to coo into the microphone: “Conversation, misinformation, I just want to enjoy some relaxation / But you keep begging and in my head don’t wanna let you down / I’m antisocial, you never no show, say staying locked in the house isn’t good for ya / Get off your chair and forget your cares we’re getting out of town / I’m stuck to you like static cling, and while I’d never shake you / I want to tell you what I think, but if I did you wouldn’t hear me now.”

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can, I’m going to be held liable,” Brown said. In the face of that situation, they imagined having to answer the question: “you as an American, what did you do?”

They had seen Build Palestine — a nonprofit that has connected potential international funders with community projects within Palestine since 2016 — on social media and had tagged the organization in a post. Then “they reached out to me,” Brown said. She met virtually with the executive director. “They’re just young women like me, on the other side of the world, who just want to help. It was the representation that I needed,” Brown said.

Since reopening the call for artists to Bailout Gallery, Brown has noticed “the response has not been as immediate” as it was in June; as of this writing, seven artists have signed on. “I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. I’m raising money for a different cause, and it’s a different time.”

But they are hoping to involve as many artists as they did in the previous Bailout effort, and have begun reaching out to artists.

“I really just want to help,” she said, and “build up support for the arts.”

Combining art and activism in a way that worked for Brown was what both iterations of Bailout Gallery have been about. “It was really a murky area before I started Bailout Gallery,” they said. “Protest art and murals are cool, but I didn’t want to paint a mural.” Nor did she want to simply raise funds by herself. “There weren’t really a lot of options for art activism for me.”

By involving more artists,“Bailout opened for me a way to meet people and do more art activism,” Brown said. “Together and with people you don’t have to rely on just yourself…. Sometimes it’s hard because things are complicated like this.” But they press on “because we’re humans, and humans need to help other humans.”

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Foster Family Agency Celebrates Witness Stones Memorials Will Recall New Home In Westville Village Lives of Enslaved Individuals in New Haven

Senior Executive Assistant Jessica Westbrook at the opening.

NICK PERKINS PHOTO Foster parent Shannon Hinton, left, at the opening.

by NICK PERKINS Foster families celebrated a new institutional home Thursday, as the Children’s Community Programs of Connecticut celebrated the opening of a new renovated central facility in the heart of Westville Village.

The nonprofit CCP provides services that support children and families particularly in the area of foster care, parent education and mentoring.

0The new location is at 843 Whalley Ave., former home of artist Lesley Roy’s studio. ”It’s a good location, and it’ll be great to be face-to-face with the case managers,” said foster parent Shannon Hinton.

Board member Steven Araujo said that the new facility will help the CCP expand to reach more families. Cicely Pernell-Scott, a therapeutic foster care supervisor, said that the central location of the new building will help the CCP, as many foster families live nearby. Additionally, she said the space is larger than its former home, has parking, and is handicap accessible, all of which

will help make the building more accessible to everyone.

“Today is a step in the right direction,” Mayor Justin Elicker said at the ribbon cut.

“We must prize our children.”

The new building has a special training room for foster parents; the training was outsourced in the past. Senior Executive Assistant Jessica Westbrook said she hopes this will help foster a sense of community among parents, as they’ll be seeing each other and learning together.

CEO Brian Lynch (pictured) said that when a family walks in during a crisis, the CCP’s goal is to make them feel cared about and appreciated. He said he hopes the welcoming design of the new building will help with that.

It took three years to find the right site.

Project Manager Leland Torrence said the construction crew featured local young tradesmen. He mentioned that the new site is in fact three historic buildings that they joined together, and that it took three years to find the right building for the new site.

Fight Over “A Game” Led To Homicide

New Haven’s latest homicide took place indoors, involving two people who got into an argument over a game.

So stated Assistant Police Chief Karl Jacobson, in reference to the Wednesday evening fatal shooting of a 34-year-old West Haven man by a 28-year-old New Haven man inside a house on Sherman Parkway.

“It wasn’t random street violence,” Jacobson said.

Alerted by 911 calls around 8:30 p.m., officers arrived at the residence to find

the victim lying on the floor. He’d been shot twice. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene.

The alleged shooter told police he fired in self-defense after the other man threatened him with a knife. The shooter had a permit for his weapon.

Details have not been confirmed, as police continue to investigate the incident.

Police had not yet released the name of the victim Friday afternoon, pending efforts to notify family.

by The New Haven Museum

Students from The Foote School will install commemorative Witness Stones Memorials recalling the lives of Pink and Stepna, two enslaved individuals who once lived in the Morris House, now known as the Pardee-Morris House, during two ceremonies at the site on June 2, 2021, at 12:30 pm. The students will give presentations based on their research of Pink and Stepna.

Witness Stones Memorials are cement and bronze markers bearing the names of enslaved individuals, their trades, and whether they were emancipated or died enslaved, along with corresponding dates.

One of the stones at PMH honors Stepna Primus, a farmer enslaved by Amos Morris, Isaac Forbes and Enos Hemingway.

He was emancipated in 1796 and died in 1818. The second stone will honor Pink, Stepna’s wife and a mother, who was enslaved by Amos Morris and later became a landowner. She was emancipated in 1800 and died circa 1850.

“With the help of these students in researching the history of Pink and Stepna, we are able to begin reconstructing the memory of them in the written record,” says New Haven Museum Director of Education and Engagement Khalil Quotap.

“This partnership with the schools has enriched us all by uncovering their stories.”

The students’ research will be shared during the installation ceremonies for the Witness Stones, and later published in a commemorative pamphlet and archived on the Witness Stones website.

Attendees are asked to follow CDC guidelines for preventing the spread of COVID-19. Please wear a mask that covers your nose and mouth and observe social distancing. For more information on the Witness Stones Project visit www.

WitnessStonesProject.org.

About the Pardee-Morris House Located at 325 Lighthouse Road, in New Haven, the Pardee-Morris House dates from about 1780, and is listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places.

Built by Amos Morris around 1750, the house was burned by the British during their raid on New Haven in 1779 and rebuilt and expanded by the Morris family.

In 1918, William Pardee, a descendant of the Morris family, willed the property to the New Haven Colony Historical Society, today the New Haven Museum. For a complete list of summer events at the Pardee-Morris House, visit: http://newhavenmuseum.org/visit/pardee-morrishouse/ For New Haven Museum’s event calendar: http://newhavenmuseum.org/ visit/events-calendar/ Sign up for e-blasts at info@newhavenmuseum.org.

About the New Haven Museum The New Haven Museum has been collecting, preserving and interpreting the history and heritage of Greater New Ha-

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ven since its inception as the New Haven Colony Historical Society in 1862. Located in downtown New Haven at 114 Whitney Avenue, the Museum brings more than 375 years of New Haven history to life through its collections, exhibi-

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Hillhouse JROTC Reboots Camp THE INNER-CITY NEWS - June 02, 2021 - June 08, 2021

by JOHN HINRICHS & LISA RODRIGUEZ New Haven Independent

After two years of pandemic-induced cancellations, the James Hillhouse High School Army JROTC was back at a leadership camp.

This time, instead of lasting two weeks, the camp was one day long. And it was at Stone’s Ranch Military Reservation in East Lyme instead of Massachusetts.

Still, the cadets in New Haven’s only Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) felt more normal than they had in a long time.

“I was grateful I was able to come, because I had not been to the week-long camp and this is my last year,” said one Hillhouse senior cadet.

Three JROTC programs from across the state convened at the East Lyme training facility. Cadets from New Britain High School and Waterbury’s Crosby High School met the 14 cadets representing Hillhouse.

The cadets navigated four “leadership reaction course” stations. This required

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the cadets to solve difficult challenges together, like getting all team members and a barrel over an eight-foot wall without touching the ground in front of the wall.

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In addition to the reaction course, the cadets climbed a rock wall and completed physical fitness events such as a weight drag and sprint.

The lunch provided was an MRE (Meal Ready to Eat). It was many of the teenagers’ first MRE, and they enjoyed the novelty of it. The day concluded with a tug

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of war competition. Despite the Crosby cadets emerging as champions, all the cadets had fun.

Hillhouse Cadet Battalion Commander Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Maldonado reflected that the camp was a great way to wind down her time in JROTC and reflect on everything she has learned. Maldonado will be graduating in June and has already joined the U.S. Army Reserve. She has attended the weeklong camp twice in the past.

“The one day camp did a pretty good job giving the cadets a taste of what it’s like,” Maldonado said.

The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps is a program in thousands of high schools across all states. Hillhouse is the only high school in New Haven with a JROTC program. The JROTC aims to motivate high schoolers to become better citizens.

Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) John Hinrichs and Sergeant First Class (Retired) Lisa Rodriguez are instructors in the Hillhouse Junior ROTC program. Both are combat veterans.

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Biden-Harris Administration Steps up Efforts to Narrow Racial Wealth Gap

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are stepping up their efforts to narrow the racial wealth gap.

Following the President’s visit to Oklahoma, where he observed the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Administration announced it would reinvest in communities that failed policies have left behind.

Specifically, the Administration is expanding access to two key wealthcreators – homeownership and small business ownership – in communities of color and disadvantaged communities.

“The President has been and continues to be intentional in his actions to narrow the racial wealth gap,” administration officials noted in a media call.

Biden is the first president to visit the Greenwood District in Tulsa devastated

by White supremacists who murdered more than 300 African Americans and decimated a thriving Black business corridor in 1921.

The Administration said Greenwood and areas around the country that have a high concentration of minorities would benefit from plans that include: Addressing racial discrimination in the housing market, including launching a first-of-its-kind interagency effort to address inequity in-home appraisals and conducting rulemaking to combat hous-

ing discrimination aggressively.

Use the federal government’s purchasing power to grow federal contracting with small, disadvantaged businesses by 50 percent, translating to an additional $100 billion over five years and helping more Americans realize their entrepreneurial dreams.

The Administration also released new information regarding President Biden’s American Jobs Planproposals

to create jobs and build wealth in communities of color: A new $10 billion Community Revitalization Fund to support community-led civic infrastructure projects that create innovative shared amenities, spark new local economic activity, provide services, build community wealth, and strengthen social cohesion. $15 billion for new grants and technical assistance to support the planning,

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removal, or retrofitting of existing transportation infrastructure that creates a barrier to community connectivity, including barriers to mobility, access, or economic development.

A new Neighborhood Homes Tax Creditto attract private investment in the development and rehabilitation of affordable homes for low- and moderate-income homebuyers and homeowners.

$5 billion for the Unlocking Possibilities Program, an innovative new grant program that awards flexible and attractive funding to jurisdictions that take steps to reduce needless barriers to producing affordable housing and expand housing choices for people with low or moderate incomes. $31 billion in small business programs that will increase access to capital for small businesses and provide mentoring, networking, and other forms of technical assistance to socially and economically disadvantaged businesses seeking to access federal contracts and participate in federal research and development investments.

The Biden-Harris Administration is announcing additional steps to end discrimination and bias in the housing market.

“More than 50 years since the Fair Housing Act’s passage, access to wealth through homeownership remains persistently unequal,” administration officials stated.

“In his first week in office, President Biden issued a memorandum directing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to address discrimination in our housing market.”

They continued: “Today, the Administration is announcCom’t on page

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Sisters’ Journey June Survivor of the Month - Nicolle D. Surratte My “Pink Sea Journey” began June 22, 2011 when I received a call at the end of the workday about my breast biopsy results. It was official. That “pushed in,” or inverted, nipple of my right breast that greeted me in the mirror the month before was breast cancer. The diagnosis didn’t make any sense. In addition to not having any family history of breast cancer, I had been doing the things recommended to live a healthy life. Ever since high school, I exercised regularly, ate healthy, never smoked and never drank. Cancer?

Numbness took over as I left the office and drove home. When I walked through the door, the silence was so loud – cancer. The waterfall of tears didn’t stop until God got my attention. He took me back to 2001 when the “wuz-band” left. God reminded me that during all of the years that I spent on Separated Street and Divorce Drive, He supplied everything that my children and I needed. I thought, “Yeah, that’s right. And since He did all of that and more, He can handle a cancer diagnosis.” At this point, my goal became living – by any means necessary.

Although I resided in Delaware, I

placed my medical care in the hands of the Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) in Philadelphia, PA. With a Stage 0-1 diagnosis, I was an ideal candidate for IntraOperative Radiation Therapy (IORT). This involved surgery to remove the tumor, radiation while on the table and that’s it – no additional radiation and NO chemotherapy. Immediately I said to myself, “This is great because I don’t have time for cancer!”

That procedure on July 25 was supposed to be simple. But, surgery revealed that the cancer spread beyond what the test results indicated. It was now Stage 3C. This aggressive cancer would require aggressive treatment with chemotherapy to begin August 25.

As I waited for that first six-plus hour chemo treatment, I received a call from the nursing home in which my mother resided on the Alzheimer’s unit. As her caregiver, my permission was needed to process the paperwork for hospice care.

On September 13, after visiting mom, I received the call that she passed.

How was I to keep it together? I was a 45-year-old single mom of two college students who worked full-time while

Chemo treatments were delayed due to low white blood cell counts and were suspended altogether in December. I had successful lumpectomy #2 on January 2012. The 5 1⁄2 weeks of daily radiation treatments that began in March were interrupted due to a skin “breakdown.”

When chemo resumed, the low white blood cell count issue did too. My final chemo treatment was January 3, 2013.

I got married 20 days later on January 23 (I had to pick a number he could remember. It doesn’t get much easier than 1-2-3!)

On June 22, 2021 I’ll celebrate my 10th “cancerversary” as a breast cancer “thriver.” Over the years, cancer managed to do a lot of things. Lymphedema. Five years of Tamoxifen. My long

undergoing chemo. Chemo made me too weak to vacuum, clean or prepare meals, and now I had a funeral to plan. Since my family resided in the DC area, it was just me. Well, me and my Superwoman complex. I needed help, but was too proud to ask. Cancer wasn’t my kryptonite – pride was.

hair? Gone. Taste buds? Shot. Immune system? Weakened. However, Romans 8:28 reminds me that “All things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” My purpose is His purpose. Nothing – that is NO-THING, can kill my purpose. Not divorce. Not cancer. Not death. Not unemployment. Nothing means nothing, the same way all things means all things.

Cancer is part of my “all things.” Cancer is part of my purpose.

Through my company, NspireD, I now serve as an inspirational speaker and patient advocate promoting health and wellness with an emphasis on stress management and lifestyle changes. I don’t want a diagnosis to be the wake up

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Senate Confirms Chiquita Brooks-LaSure —

First Black Woman to Lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The United States Senate has confirmed Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to head the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The 55 to 44 vote makes Brooks-LaSure the first Black woman to lead CMS in its nearly six-decade history.

The agency oversees Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

“During my career, I’ve seen how communities of color too often experience worse health outcomes, which we’ve seen so acutely during this pandemic,” Brooks-LaSure told the Senate.

“Last year in April, my own hometown, a predominately Black community where my parents still live, experienced higher rates of COVID-19 infections and deaths compared to much of the surrounding communities. I look forward to working with each of you to expand access to quality care for all communities.”

The confirmation continues a campaign pledge of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to put together a cabinet that reflects America’s diversity.

President Biden also has repeatedly stated a desire to appoint and hire qualified African Americans for various positions. Earlier this week, Attorney Kristen Clarke won confirmation to lead the Jus-

tice Department’s Civil Rights division, making her the first Black woman to hold the post.

Also, Karine Jean-Pierre, the principal deputy press secretary for the White House, became just the second Black woman in history – and the first openly gay individual – to lead an official White House briefing.

The previous administration’s cabinet was dominated by White males, while White women held the press secretary positions.

Republican lawmakers loyal to the previous administration have continued to oppose President Biden’s nominations – particularly nominees who are Black

women.

They’ve often used coded, race-baiting, language like “too radical,” express their opposition to the Black women nominees.

A Georgetown and Princeton University graduate, Brooks-LaSure had served as managing director at Manatt Health, where she focused on helping clients understand the implications of regulatory and legislative policies across private insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare.

She also served for four years in the Obama administration at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she worked as director of coverage policy in the Office of Health Reform.

Later, Brooks-LaSure served as deputy center and policy director for the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

While at the Health Department, BrooksLasure led efforts to implement the Affordable Care Act. “We congratulate Ms. Brooks-LaSure on her historic confirmation,” Chip Kahn, president, and CEO of the Federation of American Hospitals, said in a statement.

“While the fight against COVID is not over, as the pandemic winds down, we need to move forward on the broader health care agenda, and I am confident our new Administrator is exceptionally equipped to provide the leadership that is crucial for CMS at this time and beyond.”

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Antwone Rivers, a father of 5 from Michigan, has died from COVID-19 just a few weeks after deciding not to get vaccinated. His wife, who is grieving his sudden death, regrets it and is now encouraging others to get their vaccination.

Antwone, who is 39-years old, started experiencing symptoms in April. He and his wife, Hollie Rivers, tested positive for COVID-19 shortly after.

“I know that it was like a week into us having Covid he started feeling worse and I started feeling better,” Hollie told Fox 32 Chicago.

Antwone was taken to the hospital, where he was put on a ventilator. His condition still worsened and his organs, except his liver, began to shut down.

Antwone, who had no known underlying medical condition, died after a month of battle to COVID. Hollie said they observed health pro-

tocols such as wearing masks and social distancing. But they decided not to get vaccinated as they aren’t comfortable.

But Hollie said if they could turn back time, they would have gotten vaccinated.

“It was funny because two weeks prior to this happening — we were talking about it more saying maybe we should get vaccinated and now it’s like, a big loss for everybody.”

Antwone is remembered as a loving father who worked hard for his family.

Growing up, he went through challenges in foster care, such as abuse and neglect, but eventually overcame it and he didn’t want his 3 children to undergo the same situation.

Meanwhile, a GoFundMe has been set up to help relieve the financial needs of his family after his sudden death. It has so far raised over $75,000.

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George Floyd Family Meets with President Biden at the White House, Lawmakers on Capitol Hill

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

The family of George Floyd visited Capitol Hill and the White House on Tuesday, May 25, the anniversary of their loved ones’ death at the hands of Minneapolis Police.

And Congresswoman Karen Bass vowed that the long-delayed George Floyd Justice in Policing Act would eventually become law.

“I stand here to renew the commitment that we will get this bill on President Biden’s desk,” Congresswoman Bass remarked. “We will get this bill on the desk, and what is important is that when it reaches the President, it is a substantive piece of legislation.”

The U.S. House passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in March, but the bill has stalled in the evenly divided Senate.

The measure would prohibit federal, state, and local law enforcement from racial, religious, and discriminatory profiling.

It also requires that all law enforcement officers receive training on racial, religious, and discriminatory profiling.

If passed, the bill would ban chokeholds, carotid holds, and no-knock warrants at the federal level. It also mandates the use of dashboard cameras and body cameras for federal officers and establishes a National Police Misconduct Registry to prevent officers who commit violations from serving elsewhere.

The bill also would strip officers of qualified immunity, allowing for victims

to sue police individually.

After the meeting with Bass and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Floyd’s family planned to visit President Biden in the White House. Their schedule takes them back to Capitol Hill for a meeting with Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina.

George Floyd died on May 25, 2020, after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pinned Floyd down and

held his knee in the prone African American man’s neck for more than nine minutes.

Floyd was seen on video pleading with Chauvin, telling the officer that he could not breathe. The violent murder sparked global outrage and led to demonstrations against racism – particularly police brutality against African Americans.

President Biden had expressed hope that the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act would pass by the anniversary of Floyd’s

death, but the Senate so far has failed to pass the measure.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the President would meet alone with the Floyd family so that they could engage in a “real conversation.”

“He has a genuine relationship with them,” Psaki stated. “And the courage and grace of this family — and especially George Floyd’s daughter, Gianna — has really stuck with the president.”

President Biden, John Legend, Stacey Abrams Among those Commemorating Tulsa Race Massacre

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent President Joe Biden plans to travel to Oklahoma to help commemorate the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

White House officials said the President would visit Tulsa on June 1 to mark the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre in the Greenwood District, which many know as Black Wall Street.

Beginning Wednesday, May 26, a series of events are planned, including the “Remember & Rise” event produced by the Tulsa Race Massacre Commission and featuring John Legend.

“Remember & Rise” is scheduled for Monday, May 31, and will include national civic leaders and artists like Legend and Stacey Abrams.

ONEOK Field, an outdoor venue in the Greenwood District, is the site of this year’s commemoration.

“John Legend is known for his poignant performances, and his transformational statements on civil rights for Black Americans,” Commission Director Phil Armstrong said.

“Remember & Rise is a once-in-a-lifetime event, and John Legend’s participa-

tion ensures a global audience learns the history of what occurred here 100 years ago, on the streets of the most affluent African American community of the early Twentieth Century.”

“Remember & Rise” honors several distinguished guests, including survivors and descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

“As a community, we will gather and remember the deadly days of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre,” Armstrong stated in a news release.

“We will share examples of how the community rose from those ashes to rebuild while also providing a message of unity and hope for the present and future generations of Black Tulsans, Oklahomans, and Americans.”

According to NPR, an armed White mob attacked Greenwood, a prosperous Black community in Tulsa, killing as many as 300 people. What was known as Black Wall Street was burned to the ground.

“Mother, I see men with guns,” Florence Mary Parrish, a small child looking out the window on the evening of May 31, 1921, when the siege began, related to NPR. “And my great-grandmother was shush-

President Joe Biden

ing her, saying, ‘I’m reading now, don’t bother me,’” Anneliese M. Bruner, a descendant of the Parrish family, told the network.

But the child became more insistent.

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“And so, my great-grandmother put down her reading and went to see what her daughter was talking about. And indeed, the street was populated with people with guns,” Bruner continued. “Bullets were flying everywhere, and they fled trying to reach safety at a friend’s home.”

NPR noted that Bruner could tell the harrowing story today because her greatgrandmother Mary E. Jones Parrish, a teacher, and journalist, survived and documented the massacre in her selfpublished memoir, “Events of the Tulsa Disaster.”

Tulsa historian Scott Ellsworth, author of “The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice,” told CNN that somewhere between 100 and 200 businesses were operating in the Greenwood district before the massacre, but photos and written records of the event are hard to come by today.

“How many old letters do you have from your great-grandmother in your family?” said Ellsworth, who is helping lead an effort to uncover the unmarked graves of massacre victims. “There’s obviously newspaper accounts. They’re all available. A lot of the records were all destroyed.”

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Biden-Harris

ing that it is taking critical steps towards realizing the President’s directive. HUD has now sent both its proposed rule on countering housing practices with discriminatory effects and its proposed interim final rule on the legal duty to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing to HUD’s Congressional authorizing committee in the Senate and the House of Representatives for review and will publish them in the Federal Register next week.

“These proposed rules will align federal enforcement practice with the congressional promise in the Fair Housing Act to end discrimination in housing and will collectively provide the legal framework for HUD to require private and public entities alike to rethink established practices that contribute to or perpetuate inequities.”

Additionally, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking on discrimination in home appraisals.

The White House pointed to a 2018 Brookings study that found that homes in majority-Black neighborhoods are often valued at tens of thousands of dollars less than comparable homes in similar – but majority-White – communities.

And the crisis is worsening, they said.

“A recent study found that the gap between the appraised value of homes in predominantly White neighborhoods compared to comparable homes in predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods nearly doubled between 1980 and 2015,” the Administration said.

“The impact of these disparities inhome appraisals can be sweeping, limiting homeowners’ ability to properly benefit from refinancing or re-selling their homes at higher valuations and thereby contributing to the alreadysprawling racial wealth gap.”

The President is also charging Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge to lead a first-of-its-kind interagency initiative to address inequity in home appraisals.

The effort will seek to utilize, quickly, the many levers at the federal government’s disposal.

These include potential enforcement under fair housing laws, regulatory action, and development of standards and guidance in close partnership with industry and state and local governments to root out discrimination in the appraisal and homebuying process.

“These are the kinds of policies and practices that keep Black families in Greenwood and across the nation from building generational wealth through homeownership,” administration officials stated.

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The Life of Trailblazing Journalist Ida B. Wells Chronicled in Compelling Documentary

By Danielle Sanders, Interim Managing Editor

Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special tells the story of the trailblazing investigative journalist, civil rights leader, and suffragist. Through interviews with her descendants and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, Ida B. Wells’s story is compelling and relevant as her life speaks to the current day.

Born a slave but emancipated during the Civil War, Ida B. Wells worked in Memphis, TN as a teacher. She began writing about segregation and inequality while working for the Memphis newspaper. Ida B. Wells eventually moved to Chicago, where she wrote about racism, inequality, women’s rights, and lynchings. She was an outspoken organizer and activist working diligently in the civil rights movement and the women’s suffrage movement. She was often sought out for public speaking engagements around the world. She was also one of the founding members of the NAACP. Ida B. Wells was fearless in her approach to journalism. She mainly took issue with the false narratives painted by other media outlets that justified the lynchings of black men, accusing them of raping white women.

“That old threadbare lie that Negro men rape white women. If Southern men are not careful, a conclusion might be reached which will be very damaging to the moral reputation of their women.”-

Ida B. Wells (published in the Free Speech 1892) Her bold approach often made her the subject of threats and attacks. She called

white southerners out on their racism, and the real reason she believed whites lynched blacks was that they wanted to hinder their economic progress.

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The federal government placed Ida B. Wells under surveillance and labeled her as a ‘race agitator”. Despite the threats, Ida B. Wells continued her investigative reporting. She even wrote for the Chicago Defender about the East St. Louis Race Riots in 1917 and various other publications.

Written and produced by Stacy Robinson, Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special honors the depth of her commitment to justice and equality as a black person and as a woman. It honors her reporting and the impact it had on changing public opinion regarding lynching. When asked why the telling of this story is important today, Stacy Robinson said, “The painful racial reckoning that Americans experienced over the past year harkens back to the struggles Ida B. Wells faced more than a century ago. In this film, we’re looking at the past in a different way… and at how America and race relations have changed or not changed.”

Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special also details the woman behind the activism. With accounts from her greatgrandchildren and Nikole Hannah-Jones, viewers are offered insight into the challenges and personal battles with sexism and racism in the 1900s that Ida B. Wells while pursuing justice. The documentary also delves deeper into her personal life.

Married to Ferdinand L. Barnett until her death, she was also a working mother of six children, which did not go unnoticed

by Stacy Johnson.

“The things that she struggled with during the 1890s and 1900s as a woman were very similar to things that contemporary women struggle with today. She is a mother of six. She is a working mom who has young children, so she had to get nannies. She was taking her children with her on speaking engagements. She was juggling, like contemporary women are juggling today, and she was conflicted about it. There were times when she chose not to do the work, to stay home with her children. And she got pushback from it from other people who were working in the movement who would say, “How could you? How could you desert us?” That resonated with me for sure.”

Ida B. Wells and her groundbreaking work is the foundation that many journalists and aspiring activists stand upon.

Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special helps to cement the legacy that continues to influence a generation. In 2020, Ida B. Wells was honored with a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for “Outstanding and Courageous Reporting.”

The hour-long documentary film Ida B. Wells: A Chicago Stories Special airs tonight, Friday, May 21, 2021, on WTTW. Danielle Sanders is a journalist and writer living in Chicago. Find her on social media @DanieSanders20.

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COMMENTARY:

You Are Not an Imposter

Faithfull Utterances

By Dr. Froswa Booker-Drew | Texas Metro News

I’ll never forget the first day of my PhD program. As I listened to others in my cohort, I was blown away by their intellect and accomplishments. I felt I didn’t belong and secretly, I was waiting for the program to tell me that they made a mistake in my admission. No matter what I had done, I felt that someone was going to find out that I wasn’t as capable and intelligent as the others.

The provost of the program then led a discussion on a term I wasn’t fully aware of but totally described what I thought about myself in that moment. I thought I was experiencing the “Imposter Syndrome.”

As she further elaborated on this term, others began to share their own feelings of inadequacy. Although men experience this, it is discussed more commonly for women.

So many of us go through the daily motions in our lives feeling that we don’t belong or deserve to be there. As I grew in my knowledge of myself and what God says about me, I began to understand that this way of thinking is detrimental. This is a mindset that must change. It does not serve us well or those around us.

In a recent Harvard Business Review article, authors Ruchika Tulshyan and Jodi-Ann Burey state, “Imposter Syndrome,” or doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud at work, is a diagnosis often given to women. “But the fact that it’s considered a diagnosis at all is problematic.”

The concept, whose development in the ‘70s excluded the effects of systemic racism, classism, xenophobia, and other biases, took a fairly universal feeling of discomfort, second-guessing, and mild anxiety in the workplace and pathologized it, especially for women.

“The answer to overcoming imposter syndrome is not to fix individuals,” they continued, “but to create an environment that fosters a number of different leadership styles and where diversity of racial, ethnic, and gender identities is viewed as just as professional as the current model.”

For many of us, we have felt that there was something wrong with us instead of realizing that often our environments reinforce our ideas about value and worth.

Our validation must come from God. 2 Corinthians 3:5 (International Standard Version) says, “By ourselves, we are not qualified to claim that anything comes from us. Rather, our credentials come from God.” When we are doing the work that we have been called to do or lead, realize that God qualifies us. There are many examples in the Bible of those being called by God who felt less than qualified.

In Exodus 4:1-17, “Then Moses answered the Lord, ‘But suppose the Israelites do not believe me and will not listen to what I say.

What shall I do if they say that you did not appear to me?’ But Moses said, ‘No, Lord, don’t send me. I have never been a good

speaker, and I haven’t become one since you began to speak to me. I am a poor speaker, slow and hesitant.’ 11 The Lord said to him, ‘Who gives man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or dumb? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? It is I, the Lord. 12 Now, go! I will help you to speak, and I will tell you what to say.’”13 14 “At this the Lord became angry with Moses and said, ‘What about your brother Aaron, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. In fact, he is now coming to meet you and will be glad to see you.’”

Moses is an example of what many of us face — we question God for the opportunities and doors that open for us. We are unable to see our power and begin to rely on the beliefs and comments that others have said about us.

Instead of being aware that God will bring it to pass through us, we rely on our strength.

With God, all things are possible (Matthew 9:26) but we cannot do it alone. Romans 8: 37 NLT says, “No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.”

Stop turning things down that were meant for you because of a belief that you are not capable. God called Moses and yet, he was more confident in Aaron’s abilities than his own. You are not an imposter. You are made in the image of God. You have gifts and talents. You have a purpose. Seek God’s guidance for your calling and journey. It is time to walk into it.

Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew is the Founder and CEO of Soulstice Consultancy, Specializing as a Partnership Broker and Leadership Expert for companies and organizations to thrive with measurable and meaningful impact.

She also is the VP of Community Affairs and Strategic Alliances for the State Fair of Texas.

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Improving Mental Health Could Prevent Next Heart Attack you, and adjust accordingly.

Develop a Self-Care Routine that Works For You Self-care can mean many different things. It can be journaling, meditation, taking walks, saying ‘no’, or setting boundaries. Self-care is whatever brings you peace and will help you become a better version of yourself.

When adjusting to your new life after a heart attack, consider what makes you feel like your normal self. It could be scheduling weekly calls with friends, taking walks around your neighborhood, or starting each day by making a gratitude list. If you don’t know where to start – start small. It can be as easy as taking five deep breaths when you start feeling overwhelmed.

Therapy You don’t have to struggle alone. Finding a therapist provides a neutral party and sounding board to talk through your issues and thoughts. This is especially important for those who suffer from chronic illnesses or health conditions that may make them feel isolated.

However, therapists are especially helpful since they are trained to share healthy coping mechanisms and thought patterns.

If intrusive thoughts and negative feelings continue to persist, consider asking your therapist or doctor for a referral to a psychiatrist.

They can work with your doctor to find a possible medication, like an antidepres-

by Maia Thompson, BlackDoctor.org

Life after suffering from a heart attack means adjusting and reevaluating yourself and your surroundings to preserve your health. While most focus is put on physical health, mental health is also important to staying healthy and preventing another heart attack.

A recent study presented at the American College of Cardiology tied poor mental health post-heart attack to an increased risk of second heart attack and even death.

Mental illnesses like anxiety, depression, and chronic stress are not only conditions of the mind, but manifest themselves in other areas of the body. Conditions like distress and chronic distress cause heightened levels of cortisol in the body.

Constant high levels of cortisol causes degradation of bodily systems after a prolonged period of time. Additionally, factors like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and inflammation also contribute to cardiovascular diseases.

This link becomes even tighter when looking at low-income, Black, and brown communities due to chronic stress and disparity in access to quality healthcare.

In order to protect your mental health, it is essential to make a plan and stay consistent. Just as you would stick to a workout routine or diet, the same dedication should be dedicated to mental health.

Self-care is never one-size-fits-all. Try something new, decide if it’s work for

sant, to better manage your symptoms.

Reducing Stressors Reducing stress is much easier said than done, but it can be accomplished. Realize that recovery after a heart attack means slowing down and taking it easier. Rely on your social network – friends, family, co-workers – to help with chores around the house.

Leverage workplace policies, like paid time off, sick days, and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to eliminate work stress during recovery. Reducing or eliminating stressors allows time and space to focus solely on recovery.

Finally, exercise is a great way to manage stress and promote physical health.

Make it part of your self-care routine by taking walks, biking, or practicing yoga.

Simply think about ways to move your body that make you feel good and strong.

There is no need to push yourself in strenuous exercise, but just moving your body thirty minutes a day can provide numerous benefits.

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16-Year Old Headed to College Chooses HBCU Over Yale and Harvard BlackNews.com

Curtis Lawrence, a 16-year old boy from Washington, DC that has already graduated high school, has been accepted to 14 colleges including Yale and Harvard. However, he wants to 16-Year Old Headed to College, Chooses HBCU Over Yale and Harvard BlackNews.com attend an HBCU and has already decided to attend FAMU (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University).

Two years ago, Lawrence was just 14-years old when he started college through a special program at the George Washington University.

Now, although he has received more than $1.6 million in scholarships to attend some of the most prestigious universities in the country like Harvard, Yale, and George Washington University, he has decided that he wants to have the HBCU experience at FAMU. Even more he has already decided to double major in biology and computer science.

“First I started thinking about what schools had good biology programs,” Lawrence told FOX 5 DC. “Then I started looking specifically at HBCUs because I wanted the HBCU experience and to be surrounded by the people who are just

A Critical Step for Black America

By Lamell McMorris, Washington Informer

like me and who are not only Black but academically talented.”

His mother Malene said they have been supporting Lawrence in his plans and college preparations since he was in 7th grade.

“We’ve taught them from an early age that education is key to opening up the opportunities and having access to things that they want to life,” his father Curtis said.

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Honors Pledge to Restore TPS for Haiti By rtmadminadw, Atlanta Daily World Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement after Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced that the Biden administration will redesignate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS): “We applaud Secretary Mayorkas and the Biden administration for honoring their pledge to reinstate TPS for Haiti.

This humanitarian step is long overdue and the right thing to do. Offering help, safety, and security to those in need is foundational to our nation’s values. Overt discrimination toward Haitian immigrants in our nation is nothing new, but this decision helps correct that wrong. Now it is up to Congress to provide a permanent pathway to citizenship that respects the dignity of all people living in our country.”

The Leadership Conference, along with more than 100 organizations, this week urged the administration to redesignate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) considering the country’s widespread violence, civil and political unrest, economic and humanitarian strife, the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, and a lack of available vaccines.

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 220 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.

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The COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the recent attack on the U.S. Capitol in which domestic terrorists with Confederate flags and white nationalist symbols, has shaken America to its core. This is the moment to confront America’s racist past and present. Though we are not denying America’s achievement as the first constitutional democracy, we must also acknowledge that centuries of slavery and racist policies have not yet been resolved. Last year, after the tragic and publicized killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmadu Arbery and countless more, Americans began to reckon not only with police brutality but the glaring racial inequities in economic prosperity, interactions with the criminal justice system and access to the voting booth. Now, with COVID-19 disproportionately devastating the Black community, the systemic inequities are clear and people are motivated for change.

We need to build on this momentum and pass sweeping legislative policies that uproot the deeply embedded racism in our country.

First, the racial wealth and homeownership gap needs to be deliberately corrected. The median net worth of Black households in 2016 was just $17,150, compared to $171,000 for White households. Homeownership, a key step in creating generational wealth, is still skewed, as the racial homeownership gap is today wider than it was in the 1940s. The devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic has only accelerated this economic inequality. In addition to the disparate health impacts, COVID has also had much worse effects on Black businesses. A recent report by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that 41 percent of Black-owned businesses— about 440,000 enterprises—have been shuttered by COVID-19, compared to just 17 percent of white-owned businesses. It is critical to focus on growing and supporting Black-owned businesses through providing access to business loans, promoting widespread financial literacy (including stock market and real estate investment education) and financing entrepreneurial incubators that develop community businesses.

It is also critical to provide financial support to historically Black colleges and universities that are educating future Black leaders. Indeed, rather than investing in education, states spend exorbitant amounts of money on our mass incarceration system – some states have spent as much on prisons as on universities. Far too many people are incarcerated (we have less than five percent of the world’s population but nearly 25 percent of its prisoners), many

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for non-violent crimes and resulting in unnecessary costs to the state. This money needs to be redistributed, particularly due to the fact that African Americans continue to be disproportionately targeted by the prison system – African Americans are incarcerated at more than five times the rate of whites. This also exacerbates the racial wealth gap. Our broken criminal justice system is more likely to imprison poor people who then are passed over for jobs once they are released due to their past criminal history so they remain unable to achieve financial stability, continuing the cycle of poverty.

Of course, an important way to exert legislative change is through voting.

However, the criminal justice system connects to the disenfranchisement of Black Americans. Millions of Americans are barred from voting due to past criminal convictions, an injustice that is a relic of our Jim Crow past as Black Americans are disproportionately targeted by the criminal justice system. Racial inequity in voting doesn’t stop there – after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, laws have sprung up across the country that suppress turnout of Black Americans and other racial minority groups. The federal government needs to pass a comprehensive voting rights bill that addresses racially targeted voter suppression. These problems are all intertwined and difficult to parse through, yet the only way to progress towards solving them is through dramatic legislative action

that confronts systemic racism in its many forms.

We are at an inflection point when it comes to racial justice. After a traumatizing year, we have the opportunity now to recognize the deeper work that needs to happen to confront systemic racism. We are at a point where we need to realize that, despite the various accomplishments of America, we are a deeply flawed nation stained by centuries of slavery, Jim Crow laws, banking discrimination, red-lining segregation and mass incarceration which have yet to be resolved. To be clear, we can certainly celebrate America’s history of achievements, but we must also honestly assess our past and confront, through legislative action, the lingering obstacles placed on Black Americans.

Lamell McMorris is the founding principal of Greenlining Realty USA, a real estate redevelopment firm aimed at redressing the effects of redlining. McMorris is a lifelong advocate of civil, economic and social rights, currently serving on the national boards of the National Action Network, the National Urban League and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. He previously served on the national board of the NAACP and as the Executive Director and COO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He is founder and CEO of the Washington, DC-based strategic advisory firm Phase 2 Consulting.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - June 02, 2021 - June 08, 2021

OP-ED:

Recognizing the Centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Special to the National Newspaper Publishers Association

By Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC)

As a former history teacher, I often quote George Santayana’s admonition that, “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” But one cannot remember that which one does not know.

And that is the case for too many people regarding the Tulsa Race Massacre. And for good reason.

The more interactions I have with folks in Washington and around the country, the more appreciative I am of Ernestine Walker, Marybelle Howe, William Howell, Rosa Harris and many other teachers, and some of the other students they taught, and with whom I studied and debated on the campus of that little HBCU (historically black college and university) – South Carolina State – in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

I was blessed with integral knowledge of Tulsa, Rosewood (Florida), Hamburg (South Carolina) any many other historic – and horrific – events that were “whitewashed” by newspapers and left out of history books. I still remember the one-on-one session I had with Ernestine Walker discussing Tulsa native John Hope Franklin’s outstanding book “From Slavery to Freedom” as a blessed experience. And it was a blessing to have had a one-on-one with John Hope himself when he chaired the “race committee” for President Bill Clinton. I still wonder whatever happened to the product that committee produced. I was also blessed by Tulsa native Alfre Woodard, who wrote the foreword to my memoir, “Blessed Experiences.”

The Tulsa Race Massacre is a prime example of inflaming issues and ignoring history. They both significantly lead to the inability and failure to learn the real lessons that true history can teach us. It was the inflammatory reporting of the chance

encounter of a young Black man, Dick Rowland; and a young white elevator operator, Sarah Page, that ignited one of the deadliest episodes of racial violence in our nation’s history.

On May 31st, 1921, the Tulsa Tribune newspaper printed the headline; “Nab Negro for Attacking Girl in Elevator,” and the same edition included a report of a white mob’s plan to lynch Rowland.

The newspaper account was based on false claims that Mr. Rowland sexually assaulted Ms. Page, a white woman; and is cited as the spark that incited a mob to burn and loot 35 blocks in the Black

Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa and kill an estimated 300 people.

It was later determined that the event was fabricated, in other words, “a big lie.” Mr. Rowland was later vindicated, but the damage to the Tulsa community and the loss of life could not be undone.

Today, we are experiencing a modern day “big lie” that seems to be tearing at the fabric of this country. Hopefully we have learned lessons from the Tulsa Race Massacre that will help maintain the greatness of our fragile democracy.

Greenwood was known at the time as “Black Wall Street” due to its status as one

of the most prosperous African American communities in the country. The devastation wrought by the mob, many of whom had been deputized and armed by local officials, took the lives and livelihoods of many in the Greenwood community. It caused irreparable damage to hundreds of Black families, who never received justice for their losses.

I, like many of you, am old enough to remember those little bank books that were issued when you opened a bank account.

Those little books were not fireproof and many survivors of the massacre whose only proof of their bank accounts were burned up with their other possessions, never got their money and were never compensated for their losses.

This horrific incident was erased from collective memory when the Tulsa Tribune destroyed all original copies of the May 31, 1921 edition of the newspaper and removed it from any archival copies.

Scholars later discovered that police and state militia archives about the riot were missing as well. We cannot overcome the issues of race that have troubled our nation since its inception by ignoring the failings of our past.

I often quote Alexis De Tocqueville’s notion that America’s greatness lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather because it has always been able to repair its faults. To repair our faults, our country must acknowledge past mistakes and work to ensure we don’t repeat them.

I believe this anniversary gives us the opportunity to remember this dark past and recommit ourselves to finding ways to address racial inequities by taking steps that are necessary to repair the faults of our past. Working together, with informed acknowledgements and our eyes wide open, we can make significant strides in our “pursuit of a more perfect union.”

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Sisters’ Journey

call that forces women to pay more attention to their health and wellness practices. In addition to my role as an ambassador for CTCA, I work with local cancer hospitals and support groups. I also created and host two annual events in Delaware. The Cocktails & Comedy Show Cancer Fundraiser benefits the KALEIDOSCOPE events for women living with all types of cancer.

I’m grateful that I don’t look like what I’ve been through. Forget about the period, the comma or the question mark.

I’m living life with an exclamation point! Cancer didn’t happen TO me. It happened FOR me. The story about how my test became a testimony is written in my award winning memoir, The Voice of Victory in the Valley: Diary of a Breast Cancer Thriver (www.

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To my Bosom Buddies, the ladies with whom I am forever Linked in Pink, perhaps this phrase that I coined will also help you keep things in perspective: “Every day is a good day...some are just better than others.” Get up each day and lace up your pink boxing gloves. Be NspireD! Sisters’ Journey Thanks our June Sponsor of the Month - Clinical Research at Yale If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a sponsor or in our future calendars please email sistersjourney@sbcglobal.net

Legendary Jazz Singer Freda Payne Releases New Star-Studded EP After a 6-Year Hiatus BlackNews.com

Triple-threat vocal wonder Freda Payne returns from a 6-year sabbatical with her most star-studded Jazz vocal project yet, Let There Be Love. The 5-song EP – in the tradition of 10-inch shellac records from the golden years of jazz – is bubbling over with knockout performances highlighted by 4 duets with special guests who are not only stellar singers, they ALL exude sparkling chemistry with Ms. Payne.

Recorded inside fabled Capitol Records Studio ‘A’ in Hollywood and officially releasing via The Sound of L.A. Records on Friday April 16 (pre-order sales are on now), this instant classic from Freda and company will surely be one of the finest Jazz Vocal projects of 2021.

With big band charts for 30-pieces by

Grammy-winner Gordon Goodwin and production by Rodrigo Rios (Executive Produced by Michael Goetz for Alain Franke Music), no expense was spared to make Ms. Payne’s return a spectacular one. The first single (released in November) is a dream come true duet with Johnny Mathis on the George & Ira Gershwin gem “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” filled with sweetly flirtatious energy and the spirit of the singular Nelson Riddle.

2021 Grammy-winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album, Kurt Elling, swings in to join Freda on a rhapsodic scat symphony of Gershwin’s “Our Love is Here to Stay.”

Freda has a field day with Michigan friend Dee Dee Bridgewater on the ingenious medley “Moanin’ n’ Doodlin’” which pairs up two lyricized jazz gems

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from the pens of piano greats Bobby Timmons (“Moanin’”) and Horace Silver (“Doodlin’”). Soul crooner Kenny Lattimore slides in next to Freda for a cool jazz meets mod-pop reading of the ol’ Nat King Cole hit, “Let There Be Love.” Finally, Ms. Payne trades scats solo with the band on the sassy “It’s Alright With Me,” delivering fans shades of Ella that served her well across the decades.

Though internationally renowned for her chart-topping 1970 Soul-Pop classic “Band of Gold,” Ms. Payne began her career in 1962 singing Jazz. She has since lent voice to everything from standards, R&B and Quiet Storm to Disco and Pop. The last two decades have found Freda Payne firmly back home in Jazz. Her latest, Let There Be Love, will make lovers of the genre giddy – from vets to newbies.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - June 02, 2021 - June 08, 2021

Not another Slave Movie. The Underground Railroad Delves Deeper

By Danielle Sanders, Interim Managing Editor, The Chicago Defender

Based on the Pulitzer Prize novel by Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad tells the story of Cora Randall as she seeks freedom from slavery in the south. As she searches for the rumored Underground Railroad, she discovers an actual railroad and a secret network underneath the Southern Soil. Academy Award-winning director Barry Jenkins grappled with creating this project. He adapted the book for screen as a series but wrestled with creating imagery rooted in black trauma.

“The imagery I speak of is abridged, amended, curtailed, and coded to protect the legacy that leads to the siren call of “Make America Great Again”…I’ve asked myself, who does this serve? The people clinging to the State’s rights and monuments to men who fought to preserve the enslavement of my ancestors?

Jenkins reflected on the state of the world now particularly with the Republican leadership that seeks to strip libraries and schools of historical narratives such as the 1619 project, Jenkins felt it necessary to adapt and direct this film. The Underground Railroad is a ten-episode limited series that poignantly captures slave history with some mythol-

ogy. Viewers travel with Cora, played by South African actress, Thuso Mbedu, as she journeys in search of freedom via an actual train known as the Underground Railroad.

Cora’s journey begins in Georgia as an enslaved girl. Her mother escapes slavery but her leaving impacts Cora deeply.

She is reluctant to escape. However, after a series of brutal events, she is convinced to leave by Caesar, played by Aaron Pierre. As she travels on this fictional railroad, she bears witness to the realities of racism in America. From the fake utopia of racial harmony in South Carolina to thriving black communities under attack in Indiana, Barry Jenkins paints a picture that speaks to racial harmonies today. Hot on her trail is Arnold Ridgeway, played by Joel Edgerton, a bounty hunter determined to return her to captivity. He pursues her relentlessly with his black sidekick, Homer, played masterfully by Chase W. Dillon, as he was never able to re-capture Cora’s mother, Mabel.

Jenkins says The Underground Railroad was his greatest challenge in filmmaking to date. He says, “There are hard images in this show, images that speak to the injustices inflicted upon my ancestors in the great making of this country and yet they could never truly sum the hardness of this most horrible condition, the

American Institution of slavery. Some of the scenes were so difficult that the studio had therapists on hand after shooting particularly traumatic scenes for the cast.

While The Underground Railroad is filled with such hard and realistic imagery of the atrocities of slavery and racism, Jenkins goes deeper into the lives of enslaved black Americans.

“I wanted to look at how they loved their community, their joys and loves.

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All of which had to be robust in order to survive”-Barry Jenkins For audiences, the journey is hard and difficult. Sometimes a challenge to watch the reality of American history on the screen, Barry Jenkins brilliantly keeps the audience engaged. Viewers become invested in Cora and her journey. You want to know how her story ends.

The Underground Railroad is more than “a slave movie” or your typical slave

drama rooted in black trauma as entertainment. There is intentionality with every scene, every monologue, and every frame. The Underground Railroad is a story of pain, evil, and sadness but also hope, joy, triumph, and redemption. With stunning visuals and a gut-wrenching story, Barry Jenkins somehow manages to tell this story in a way that respects the truth of our history while also not being gratuitous. There is an element of respect in how Jenkins tells this story.

For Barry Jenkins, he understood whom this movie is for.

“I imagined my ancestors without question or hesitation, piloting themselves through will and grit and savvy and might…this show is for them.”

While The Underground Railroad is not something I would binge-watch, I do highly recommend viewing one at a time.

Take a break in between episodes because there are moments that are deeply painful and disturbing.

The Underground Railroad premiered on May 14th on Amazon Prime Video.

Danielle Sanders is a journalist and writer living in Chicago. Find her on social media @DanieSandersOfficial The post Not another Slave Movie. The Underground Railroad Delves Deeper. appeared first on Chicago Defender.

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Yet another armed white shooter is alive; unarmed Blacks aren’t. Explain that.

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Guest Columnist

Robert Aaron Long, the alleged mass shooter in Atlanta, is taken into custody without incident. His non-violent capture is not a fluke, aberration, or an anomaly.

We have seen this time and again, a white mass killer guns down multitudes in shopping centers, schools, and in public places, and in almost all cases, they meekly surrender and are arrested.

Now this is hardly an appeal to start blasting away at white killers. When police effect a non-violent arrest of a dangerous killer, this is a supreme tribute to the skill and professionalism of the officers. They are playing it strictly by the book. That is if there is no direct threat of attack by the suspect, a lawful arrest requires that minimum to no force be used.

Despite the monstrous crime he’s charged with, Long, as any other arrestee, is entitled to his day in court, and not a street corner slaying. Yet, it’s still hard to stomach the pictures of Long and other guys like him being gently handcuffed and calmly being talked to by arresting officers after their rampage. Those pictures stand in stark and infuriating contrast to the picture of men such as George Floyd and before him Eric Garner being body slammed to the pavement by officers and then choked to death by an officer.

In almost all cases, these men are unarmed, harming no one, yet they are dead.

Long was armed to the teeth, targeted, and then executed Asian women at multiple spa locations. There is lots of speculation that the guy was sex driven and on some kind of religious driven search and destroy mission against sex temptation

supposedly fueled by Asian women. But this smacks more of a search for something, anything, to make sense of what he did rather face the hard, brutal fact that his alleged sex fetish notwithstanding, the murders are a racially loaded hate crime.

Long’s deliberate targeting of Asian women can’t be separated from two hideous and recurring facts. One, as the January 6 Capitol terror attack amply showed, most of the acts of domestic terrorism are committed by young white males. And there’s often a direct link between their acts and white supremacy groups or at the very least an addiction to white supremacist propaganda tracs, websites and literature.

In more than a few cases, FBI and other law enforcement agencies have had early warnings about some of the mass killers.

But they still walk free. This freedom costs lives, another community ripped apart in agony, and the by now all too familiar soul search about how this could happen. We’re seeing this played out yet again with Long in Atlanta. Federal and local enforcement officials bemoan the obvious fact that white nationalist groups have surged in the nation and much of the surge has happened right under their noses. Their answer is tantamount to a throw up of the hands when they flatly said they have no real answer to the threat other than make arrests when they can.

The second hideous fact is that a certain former president giddily fanned even more hate and hysteria against Asian-Americans with his repeated talk and branding of the COVID pandemic as the “Chinese virus.” Asian-American Pacific Islander civil rights groups repeatedly warned of a massive uptick in verbal abuse and even physical attacks on Asian Pacific Islanders. Even with Trump out of office there has been no let-up in the number of harassing incidences against Asians.

There’s no mystery why the impotence in response to the grave threat guys like Long pose. He is white, male and educated. He has the right racial and social pedi-

gree that immunizes him from profiling, surveillance and scrutiny. Even when they have a prior arrest record, and Long had one, there is no assurance of a vigorous prosecution, conviction, and a lengthy stretch behind bars.

The pattern is always predictably the same in the inevitable avalanche of news clips, press reports and news features on men such as Long in the aftermath of their murderous attack. They are described as “troubled,” “a loner,” ‘hostile,” and “no clue he was dangerous.” In his case, he is described sympathetically as a solid, church going guy.

Trump after one such mass murder jumped in with the stock characterizations reserved for white mass killers, as “mentally disturbed,” “bad and erratic behavior,” and with what’s hardly the revelation of the ages “a big problem.”

The painful fact is that Long is an integral part of this sordid American saga.

He could easily be the neighbor next door, the parent at a PTA meeting at a local school, or church, and always a resident of a largely white suburban community.

This makes it a near impossibility to turn the mirror inward and admit that the kid who many merely write off as an eccentric, a loner, or just a plain odd ball, can easily turn into a mass killer.

Long will not be labeled a perennial menace to society, or terror threat. And that’s why men such as him almost always live another day, and men such as George Floyd don’t.

This article originally appeared in The Louisiana Weekly.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters Leads Powerful Women’s Coalition in Support of Heather Hutt for Assembly State Assembly. Heather is a mother of three, a lifelong Democrat, and a leader who has worked in both the state and federal government and delivered for working families, women, young people and seniors. I know that Heather is the best choice for State Assembly, and that she will be a fighter on a range of issues, from criminal justice reform to addressing homelessness, combatting climate change, making healthcare a right and rebuilding our economy. I urge the voters of the 54th District to join me in supporting Heather Hutt for State Assembly.”

Heather Hutt was born and raised in Los Angeles and has dedicated her life to Democratic activism, public service, and the community. Heather recently served as the first Black U.S. Senate State Director in California’s history, and in her capacity serving former CA Senator Harris, was the principal representative among constituents and elected leaders throughout California. She used her position to stand up for women by bringing together healthcare professionals to discuss implicit bias in health care, especially for women and women of color as well as advocating for

By Sentinel News Service

Revered United States Representative Maxine Waters announces support of Heather Hutt in AD-54 Special Election Contest Heather Hutt, former California State Director for then-U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, earned a high-profile and powerful endorsement from United States Congresswoman Maxine Waters in the special election race for California’s 54th State Assembly District seat.

In announcing her support, Congresswoman Maxine Waters made public her endorsement of Hutt in a Zoom press conference while joined with State Senator Maria Elena Durazo, Assembly member Autumn Burke, L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn, L.A. County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (Ret.), Charisse Bremond Weaver, Angela Rye, Areva Martin, Hon. Aide Castro, Hon. Jan Perry, Hon. Diane Watson, Chaka Khan, and other prominent community leaders. The Congresswoman also released the following statement: “I am proud to endorse Heather Hutt for

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DACA recipients and fighting against the Trump Administration’s assault on Dreamers and immigrants.

Prior to her work in the U.S. Senate, Heather championed environmental justice policy changes for Watts and South Los Angeles while serving as the district director for California State Senator Isadore Hall. She also organized the Assembly Select Committee on Community Resources Impacted by AB109 Re-Entry as well as the Assembly Select Committee on Human Rights, Diversity and Race Relations.

Through her work as a California Democratic Party delegate and treasurer of the CDP Black Caucus, Heather has been an activist and organizer working tirelessly to ensure civil rights, human rights, women’s rights, equality, economic and social justice for all people. In addition, she launched the “VOTE LA” campaign, L.A. Cities Clean Air-Clean Water campaign, and shaped critical outreach to pass the “Durbin Bill,” which provided aid for small businesses.

Heather is also the single mother of three sons.

To date, Hutt has secured the following endorsements:

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

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

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

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

POSTING DATES: Thursday, April 29, 2021 - Until filled HOURLY RATE: $15.00-$18.00 PER HOUR HOURS: FULL- TIME 35 – HOURS

JOB TITLE:

HOMEBOUND ADVOCATE CASE MANAGER

POSTING DATES: FROM: Thursday, April 29, 2021 - Until filled HOURLY RATE: $15.00-$18.00 PER HOUR HOURS: FULL-TIME 35 HOURS

JOB TITLE: The Mature Adult Advocate and Outreach Case Manager

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

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

NEW HAVEN

FILE CLERK /CUSTOMER SERVICE

POSTING DATES: FROM: Thursday, April 29, 2021- Until Filled RATE: $17.00 - $20.00 PER HOUR HOURS: FULL-TIME 35 hours

JOB TITLE: Invitation to Bid: Passport Transitional Services (PTS) Outreach Specialist

APPLY NOW! 2 Notice

FROM: Wednesday, April 28, 2012 - Until filled HOURLY RANGE: $12.00 – $18.00 per hour SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE HOURS: Full-time 35 hours per week nd

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

JOB TITLE: (4 Buildings, 17 Units) Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project SMART Women Case Manger (Bi-Lingual)

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

Portland

FROM: Thursday, April 29, 2021 – Until filled

PART-TIME: New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Cast- 30-32 HOURS HOURLY RATE: $15.00 to $17.00 PER HOUR in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Casework, FORResidential MORE INFORMATION visit CAANH Careers Youth Services Administrator Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.https://www.caanh.net/careers full-time position.

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

Community Action Agency of New Haven, Inc.

Attn: Human Resources 419 Whalley Avenue New Haven, CT 06511 Fax: (800) 721-3040 Go to www.portlandct.

E-mail: caanhjobs@caanh.net Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 org for details.

Please Forward Resume and Letter of Interest to Human Resources by 4:00 PM on Closing Date.

Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY OF NEW HAVEN, INC. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Control Act of 1986 requires the hiring of only American Citizens and aliens, who are authorized to work in the United States.

Project documents availableImmigration via ftp Reform link and below: Town of Bloomfi eld http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage The Community Action Agency of New Haven offers pathways to prosperity to those in poverty in the Greater New Haven area through:

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

. Collaboration

. Advocacy

THE GLENDOWER GROUP

HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 Invitation 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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. Knowledge Generation

for Bids

Architectural Design for 34 Level Street

The Glendower Group is currently seeking Proposals for Architectural Design for 34 Level Street. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Glendower’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

Monday, March 8, 2021 at 3:00PM.

THE INNER-CITYNEWS NEWS July - June , 2021 - June02, 08,2016 2021 INNER-CITY 27,02 2016 - August

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks:

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 paced petroleum company needs a full Extremely Reclaimer Operators Floor, New Haven,and CTMilling 06510.Operators with current licensing time (which includes on call and weekend coverage) detail and clean driving record, be willing to travel throughout the Northoriented experienced Dispatcher. A strong logistics backeast & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits

NOTICIA

ground 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) OfNortheast & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits fice 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.

Union Company seeks:

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

COMPTROLLER

Listing: Commercial Driver

Construction Equipment Mechanic preferably experienced in Reclaiming and Road Milling Equipment. We offer factory Immediate opening for a Class A part time driver for a petroleum training on equipment we operate. Location: Bloomfield CT and asphalt company for deliveries for nights and weekends.

We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits Previous experience required. Competitive wage, 401(k). Send VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE Contact: Tom Dunay resume to: Manager, P. O. Box 388, Guilford, CT 06437.

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

HELP WANTED:

Town of Wallingford, CT. This is a highly responsible administrative and financial management position reporting directly to the Mayor, who is the chief elected official for the Town. The Comptroller has direct responsibility for employment and supervision of all aspects of the Finance Department. The Comptroller also functions as the chief fiscal officer of municipally owned Electric, Water and Sewer public utilities. The position requires a BS degree in accounting and a master’s degree in business administration or related field, plus 10 years of progressively responsible accounting experience, including 5 years of experience in municipal or governmental accounting and 5 years of experience as a supervisor. The master’s degree requirement may be substituted with an additional 2 years of responsible accounting experience. Salary range: $130,019 to $166,364 plus an attractive benefit package. Please return resume and cover letter to: randi@randifrank.com of RANDY FRANK CONSULTING, LLC. Closing date will be June 18, 2021. EOE.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Monitor: two part time positions at Komanetsky Estates. Bristol Housing Authority is seeking two energetic individuals for a monitor position. Individual will watch front locked entrance, continuous reviewing of cameras and be the liaison to call for an emergency. 24/7/365 Position, so many shifts available. Contact Laura LaMar, Property Manager for further information and application, Bristol Housing Authority, 81 Grove Ave, Bristol, CT 06010 (860) 585-1236. The Bristol Housing Authority is an equal opportunity employer.

Ducci Electrical Contractors, Inc. seeks experienced PROJECT MANAGER to handle multiple large projects in the field of Electrical Construction. Full-time position. 10+ years experience in the following types of projects is preferred: Health care, Data centers, Educational, Industrial, Commercial, DOT, & Railroad. E-1 license REQUIRED. Excellent compensation and benefits package. Send resume to Ducci Electrical Contractors, Inc. 74 Scott Swamp Rd. Farmington, CT ALL APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT Invitation06032 to Bid: or via email at humanresources@duccielectrical.com. An afATTENTION TO RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, VETERAN OR DISABILITY STATUS. 2nd Notice firmative action equal opportunity employer. EOE/M/F/D/V.

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

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

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

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

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

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE Town of Bloomfield Old Saybrook, CT

MINORITY CONTRACTOR OPPORTUNITY

(4 Buildings, 17 Units) Assessor Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project

Salary Range- $83,663-$129,768 Renovations to 268 Putnam St., Bridgeport, CT SOLICITATION OF SBE/MBE CONTRACTORS: Enterprise Builders, Inc., an Affirmative Action/Equal OpportuDeadline to apply 6/11/21 nity Employer, seeks certifi ed SBE/MBE New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Cast- Subcontractors and/or suppliers and local Pre-employment business enterprises to bid applicable sections of work/equipment/supplies for the in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, drug testing. AA/EOE. following construction project: Renovations to 268 Putnam St., Bridgeport, CT. Bid Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Date and Time: Monday, June 21, 2021 by 2:00 PM. Electronic Plans and specifications For Details go to Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. can be obtained at no charge by contacting the Estimating Department at Enterprise www.bloomfi eldct.gov This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

Builders at (860) 466-5188 or by email to bbaril@enterbuilders.com. Project is Tax Exempt and Prevailing Wage applies. This project is subject to state set-aside and contract requirements. EBI encourages the participation of certified Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5,compliance 2016 Zoning Enforcement Officer SBE/MBE contractors.

EBI is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016

Town of Bloomfield

Full-time, benefi ted Project documents available via ftp link below: $38.03 hourly http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage MINORITY CONTRACTOR OPPORTUNITY

Pre-employment drug testing.

For details and how to apply go to www.

North Branford Police Station, Northford, CT SOLICITATION OF SBE/MBE CONFax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com bloomfieldct.org AA/EOE HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran,TRACTORS: S/W/MBE & Section 3 CertifiedBuilders, BusinessesInc., an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity EmEnterprise Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Seymour, ployer,Ave, seeks certifiCTed06483 SBE/MBE Subcontractors and/or suppliers and local business QSR STEEL CORPORATION AA/EEO EMPLOYER enterprises to bid applicable sections of work/equipment/supplies for the following construction project: North Branford Police Station, Northford, CT. Bid Date and Time: Thursday, June 10, 2021 by 2:00 PM. Electronic Plans and specifications can be obtained at no charge by contacting the Estimating Department at Enterprise Builders Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders at (860) 466-5188 or by email to bbaril@enterbuilders.com. Project is Tax Exempt Top pay for top performers. Health and Prevailing Wage applies. This project is subject to state set-aside and contract Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. compliance requirements. EBI encourages the participation of certified SBE/MBE/ WBE/DBE/Veteran Owned contractors. EBI is an Affirmative Action/Equal OpporEmail Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER tunity Employer.

APPLY NOW!

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Construction

Seeking to employ experienced individuals in the labor, foreNOTICE man, operator and teamster trades for a heavy outside work statewide.

Reliable personal transportation and a valid drivers VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE license required. To apply please call (860) 621-1720 or send HOME INC, behalf of Columbus House and the NewBox Haven368, Housing Authority, resume to:onPersonnel Department, P.O. Cheshire, is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develCT06410. opment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apAffirmative Action/Equal Employer M/F/V ply. Pre-applications will be available Opportunity from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending whenDrug sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have Free Workforce 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 preDEEP RIVER HOUSING applications must be returned to HOME INC’sAUTHORITY offices at 171 Orange Street, Third OPENING WAITING LIST FOR Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

KIRTLAND COMMONS SENIOR/DISABLED HOUSING 60 MAIN STREET

NOTICIA

DEEP RIVER, CT 06417

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES

The Deep River Housing Authority will open its waiting list for Senior/Disabled Housing on June 1st, 2021. This list will remain open until June 30, 2021. To request an apHOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está plication, please call 860-526-5119. Applications will be accepted by hand delivery or aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo by mail however it must be received or postmarked by 6/30/2021. Housing is available la 62 calleor109 Frank Street,receiving New Haven. aplican ingresos to ubicado anyone en over those younger SSDISethat meetlimitaciones the incomedeguidelines. máximos.

Lasare pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m.requirement comenzandoofMartes Monthly rates based on income with a minimum base rent $944.25

julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) Deep River Housing en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición 60 Main llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 duranteStreet esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse River,Street, CT 06417 a las oficinas de HOME INC enDeep 171 Orange tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED

Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week,

(203) 387-0354

POLICE OFFICER City of Bristol

$67,170 - $81,648/yr.

Required testing, registration info, and apply online: www.bristolct.gov DEADLINE: 06-10-21 EOE

Town of Bloomfield

Assistant Director of Information Systems & Technology

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

Income based affordable Rental apartment

NEW HAVEN 2 bedroom, Riverview.

242-258 Fairmont Ave Contact 347-366-1204 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA

available in the heart of Westport.

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

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

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

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

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

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

Invitation to Bid: State of Connecticut Office of Policy 2nd Notice and Management

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

The State of Connecticut, OfficeOld of Saybrook, CT Policy and Management is recruiting (4 Buildings, 17 Units) for a Policy Development Taxposition.

Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project Coordinator Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and Framed, application New Construction, Wood Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castinstructions for this position is available in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, at:

Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, https://www.jobapscloud.com/ CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

210506&R2=1581MP&R3=001 This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages theExtended, applicationsDue Date: August 5, 2016 Bid of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016

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

Town of Bloomfield

Request for Qualifications

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

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.

The South Central Regional Council of Governments (SCRCOG) seeks HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses Maintainer II Driver 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 Business Enterprise firms are strongly encouraged to respond as prime contractor or to play a significant role within a consultant team. Responses are $27.94 hourly Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com

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The Town NOTICE of East Haven

is currently accepting applications for the following positions:

VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

Public Safety Dispatcher: $54,953.60/year HOME INC, onPolice behalf of Columbus and the New Haven Housing Authority, OfficerHouse C: $59,025/year

is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develApply online at www.policeapp.com/ opment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apEastHavenCT<http://www.policeapp.com/EastHavenCT>. ply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y Tax application information please visit https://www.

25,Assessor: 2016 and$98,377/ ending year whenFor sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have townofeasthavenct.org/civil-service-commission/pages/job-notices-and-tests 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 preThe Town of East is committed toINC’s building a workforce of diverse individapplications mustHaven be returned to HOME offices at 171 Orange Street, Third uals.

Females, Handicapped and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Floor,Minorities, New Haven, CT 06510.

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

Tribus Construction is seeking MBE contractors for the Mapleview Towers Apartments renovation project in Stamford CT. Tribus is seeking contractors in the following trades: laborers, painters, steel, masonry, and HVAC. Please send all inquiries to dmitchell@tribusconstruction.com.

NEW HAVEN 242-258 Fairmont Ave Tribus Construction is seeking MBE contractors the Market Square Apartments ren2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA,for3BR, 1 level , 1BA

ovation project in Newington CT. Tribus is seeking contractors in the following trades: All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 laborers, painters, steel, masonry, and HVAC. Please send all inquiries to dmitchell@ highways, near bus stop & shopping center tribusconstruction.com.

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

Listing: Commercial Driver

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 inFull response to the Church’s Ministryfor needs.

The cost is $125.

Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:30Time Class B driver a fast paced petroleum company for nights and 3:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. weekends.

Previous experience required. wage, 401(k) and64benefi ts.

(203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Competitive Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church Brewster

Send resume to: HR Manager, P. O. Box 388, Guilford, CT 06437.

St. New Haven, CT

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

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY Listing: Commercial Driver

Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour until 3:00Class pm Bondriver Tuesday, 2, petroleum 2016 at itscompany office atfor 28days Smith Full Time for aAugust fast paced andStreet, weekends.

Previous wage, 401(k) and benefits.atSend Seymour, CT experience 06483 for required.

Concrete Competitive Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement the resume to: HR Manager, P. O. Box 388, Guilford, CT 06437.

Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour. ********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**********

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith Street Erecting Seymour, Subcontractors: CT at 10:00 am, onLarge Wednesday, July&20, 2016. Contractor is Fence CT Fence Guardrail

looking for Experienced Fence Subcontractors with at least 5 years of experience in commercial fence. Work available 10-12 months per year, highest labor rates paid.

Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority OfOHSA 10 safety training required and valid CT driver’s license. Must have a reliable fice, proper 28 Smith Street,coverage Seymour, 06483 truck, insurance andCT your own (203) tools. 888-4579.

We are an AA/EOE company.

Send resumes/inquiriesto: rhauer@atlasoutdoor.com.

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

Workforce Alliance

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

One/Two Day a Week,

Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

Town of Bloomfield Custodian

Business Services Coordinator Workforce Alliance is a non-profit organization that delivers employment solutions, prepares people for jobs and careers and connects people with jobs in South Central CT. The Business Services Coordinator is responsible for marketing and administering Workforce Alliance services to employers in the region and creating employment opportunities for job seekers. Leads a staff of 5, develops plans, supervises and conducts employer visits, assesses business needs and makes presentations. Special effort to do business with Black and Brown owned employers, small businesses and non-profits is a focus of this position.

Bachelor’s degree is required plus at least 5 years of related experience, preferably in business or career development. Knowledge of the local labor market and workforce needs of business. Excellent communication skills. Ability to effectively collaborate with diverse internal and external groups. Ability to travel around the state.

Compensation: Competitive salary plus excellent benefits package.

Please send resume to: Earl Foster, HR Consultant at efoster@workforcealliance.biz Workforce Alliance is an equal opportunity employer.

LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION TO BID PARKSIDE VILLAGE I

Enterprise Builders Inc. (“EBI”), acting as Construction Manager for Parkside Village I LLC, will receive qualified sub-contractor proposals for the work associated with the project known as Parkside Village I (the “Project”). Bids shall be received via hand delivery, email, or fax at the contact information below, on or before 3:00 p.m. local time on Monday, June 7th, 2021. The bids will be privately opened.

This project consists of new construction of a 4 story 67 unit 76,000 SF apartment building in Branford, CT. This project will be phased. There are 49 bid packages available, includPre-employment drug testing. AA/EOE. Building Demolition and Abatement (Phase 1 and Phase 2), Temporary Fencing, SiteInvitation ing: to Bid: For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.gov work, Paving, Permanent Fencing, Final Cleaning, Landscaping, Site Concrete, Unit Pavnd 2 Notice ers, Concrete, Gypsum Cement Underlayment, Masonry, Steel, Rough Carpentry, Finish Carpentry/Casework, Wood Stairs, Siding, Air Sealing and Thermal Insulation, Roofing, Gutters and Downspouts, Waterproofing, EIFS, Spray Fireproofing, Firestopping, Doors/ Frames/Hardware, Glazing/Auto Entry Operators, New Passive House Windows, Drywall, Old Saybrook, CT Resilient Flooring, Carpet, Painting, Signage, Toilet Accessories, Postal SpecialSeeking qualified condidates fill Tile, (4 to Buildings, 17 Units) ties, Fire Protection Specialties, Residential Appliances, Trash Chutes and Compactors, numerous vacancies to include, Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing WageTreatments, Rate Project Window Residential Casework and Countertops, Elevator, Fire Suppression, Deputy Assessor, Mechanic Plumbing, Plumbing Insulation, HVAC, HVAC Insulation, HVAC Testing/Adjusting/BalSewer Line, Public Health Nurse Electrical, and Fire Alarm. CastBid package instructions and forms will be issued via New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing,ancing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, addendum. and more. For information and

$23.40/hourly (benefited)

CITY OF MILFORD

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding,

detailed application instructions, Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Drawings can be viewed free of charge via iSqFt. Please reach out to the contacts below visit www.ci.milford.ct.us to request an invitation to bid. Documents may also be viewed at EBI’s office 46 Shepard Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

Click on SERVICES, JOBS and Drive, Newington Connecticut 06111 (between the hours of 8am– 5pm), Monday through This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

Friday where a disc with all documents may be obtained free of charge.

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project is tax exempt. Residential prevailing wages apply.

Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5,The 2016 Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

Project documents available via ftp link below: Zoning Enforcement Officer Sub-contractors may contact Brian Baril via email at bbaril@enterbuilders.com or phone http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

Town of Bloomfield

(860) 466-5128, Justin Caporiccio via email at jcaporiccio@enterbuilders.com or phone

Hourly Rate-$38.03 (860) 466–5104, or Mike Amarena via e-mail at mamarena@enterbuilders.com or phone Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com (860) 466-5102 regarding the project.

HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses

Deadline Haynes to apply 6/15/21 Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 The Owner and EBI reserve the rights to accept any, all, or any part of bids; to reject any, AA/EEO EMPLOYER Pre-employment drug testing. 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 AA/EOE.

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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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