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“We Demand Justice, We stand for Peace.”

by Francette Carson, ICN Correspondent

and ethnicity. “We understand that we cannot win this fight alone, so we like to include people of all races allowing them an opportunity to listen so that can have a better understanding of the racial injustices in America.” Break the Cycle 860 encourages inclusion of all people to give them a respectable place to speak honestly in the presence of people from all races and walks of life. “We need those voices in order to amplify our own. Every time we march, we encourage are allies to stand along the perimeter of the crowd as a strategized march to enforce ally unity and acknowledgment of their position in social injustice. Black people stand in the middle as they express their views and voice their opinions. This is how we will stand because we are moving smart. If we march in this formation hopefully, it will transpire across the country and things will start to change. Racist police will be reluctant to use excessive force if they notice their friends and family standing between their guns and black people. We wear red to represent the blood shed of our people but we also wear it in unity as a reminder to racist people that we all bleed red.”

Cruz further stated her responsibility as a Humanitarian Organizer is to mediate conversations between participants to achieve the same goal. The discussions are in a secure and safe space where people can be honest in the presence of others. Break the Cycle 860 has a voice that will be heard and we are listening.

Open and uncomfortable conversations can open minds. Strategies used to make people feel comfortable to engage. The group of protestors merge together, disagree and listen respectfully.”

We need people who are willing to work. We aim for action behind the protesting. The empowerment movement main agenda is to Listen and to Be Heard.

The killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many others are a result of systematic racism and discrimination. These issues must be addressed at the core of the problem. Break the Cycle 860 is a humanistic multicultural collaboration organizing peaceful protest and demonstrations. “We need people who are willing to work. We aim for action behind the protesting. The empowerment movement’s main agenda is to listen and to be heard.”

On June 26th, Break the Cycle 860 will be facilitating a “Welcome to Our World” block party protest on Asylum Street in the Hill area of New Haven

The nation has been in the midst of a moral outrage, after the death of George Floyd on May 25 and protests have erupted in cities across the nation. The fight for Justice and Peace have mobilized people of all races and ages to become active through peaceful demonstrations around the globe and their voices are being heard.

The social organization Break the Cycle 860, led by Humanitarian Organizer Shayla Cruz coordinated several protest throughout Connecticut. The organization model is “We Demand Justice, We stand for Peace.” Cruz stated “ the goal of her organization is to break the cycle of systematic racism through protest that focus on engaging everyone in a universal conversation, where we as black people can freely express ourselves without fear of judgement or assault in order to find solutions to our social injustices. Cruz and her team of organizers are young adults demanding change and having discussions about new policy and law to effectively implement change. Break the Cycle 860 are community leaders that aim to curate solutions by bridging the gap between community leaders legislators, doctors, lawyers, and everyday people.

The George Floyd protests is a multicultural movement that is making history. The moral outrage have attracted first time activist, progressive groups, and increased diversity. The support and involvement of Americans of all races and ethnicities are in the fight against racial injustice and police brutality. There is a shared vulnerability and people are awakening to the systematic racism that has plagued America for centuries.

Break the Cycle 860 has organized peaceful demonstrations where people share their thoughts, feelings and emotions. The conversations are the beginning and a vital component to change.

Voices need to be heard, the message of collaboratively working together is essential in the process of change. Cruz indicated “one must have a conversation, strategically plan and implementation of the plan with the expectation of change.

Help protestors to identify their strengths and weaknesses. The facilitator organize the conversation and guide them on how to utilize the tools to help make change.

Break the Cycle 860 organization welcomes all people regardless of race, age

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Hundreds Rally In Dixwell For Racial Justice

by COURTNEY LUCIANA & MAYA MCFADDEN New Haven I ndependent

Several hundred people rallied outside of Varick AME Zion Church in Dixwell in a prayer and protest rally commemorating the lives of those lost to police brutality— and detailing the work needed to realize a more just future.

The rally started at noon Sunday outside of the historic African American church at 242 Dixwell Ave. It was organized by Varick Pastor Kelcy Steele under the banner of a new organization he founded called the Social Justice Collaborative.

By 1:30 p.m., roughly 300 people marched down Dixwell Avenue and towards the Green singing, “Say it loud, I’m black and I’m proud!”.

“We are taking time to memorialize those individuals who were murdered at the hands of the police,” Steele (pictured) said about the purpose of the day’s event.

He said Sunday’s interfaith rally is not about police abolition, but about raising awareness around the continued impact of anti-black racism in 2020—and around ways to overcome such a foundational American evil.

“In order to really combat racism,” he said, “it’s going to take the whole community to bring awareness to it.”

“Protest should always lead to conversation,” he continued. “And that conversation should always lead to action. I believe after this season of protest is over, we are going to have those hard conversations about what racism is and how it’s affecting all of our communities.”

Dozens of attendees at the rally wore black shirts and black face masks that bore in white block letters the words: “I can’t breathe… again.” Many held signs showing raised fists made up of the names of victims of police violence.

“It is time for us to speak up and let the world know we will not tolerate these injustices,” Ice the Beef activist Manuel Camacho said about recent instances of police killings and brutality against black and brown Americans. “Let us not forget those who lost their lives to spark such a movement in history. Let us honor them and show that their deaths indeed went to a greater purpose.”

The bulk of Sunday’s speaking line up as of 12:45 p.m. featured local, state, and national politicians railing against the long history of police violence against minority communities and outlining the political actions necessary to reverse such harms.

Speakers included Board of Alders President Tyisha Walker-Myers, Mayor Justin Elicker, State Sen. Gary Winfield, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, and Prospect Hill/Newhallville Alder Steve Winter.

The speaker lineup also included ConnCAT’s Erik Clemons, Newhallville pastor Boise Kimber, Dixwell Community Management Team Chair Nina Silva,

COURTNEY LUCIANA PHOTO Marching down Dixwell to the Green.

Dixwell-based contractor Rodney Williams, and Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven CEO Judy Alperin, among others.

Walker-Myers told the crowd that she is committed to getting the Civilian Review Board up and running during this term of her leadership of the local legislature.

“The way black people are treated in this country is not right,” she said.

“Black people are not looking for pity. We don’t need it. We’re looking for the same opportunities as everyone else. We want opportunities, access, and outcomes.”

Elicker invoked the names of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Jayson Negron, and other black and brown men and women recently killed by police across this country.

“In New Haven, we are working on improving our own policies,” he said. Those include use of force and police accountability policies, he said.

He said the city is committed to reviv-

ing the CRB and improving the role of the police commission.

“Our police officers, while not perfect, have chosen to work in our city because of their commitment to community policing.” He said local officers are not perfect, but “overwhelmingly they try to do the right thing.”

DeLauro promoted a recently introduced House police reform bill that seeks to ban chokeholds, change “the culture of law enforcement with training in order to build integrity and trust,” maintain better and clearer data on police violence, and make lynching a federal crime.

“Let’s take the action that’s needed and is necessary in order to create equality and health and racial justice,” she said.

Williams (pictured) was skeptical that the current political leadership is capable of achieving the reforms and changes they preached on Sunday.

“Right now is really time to pass the baton,” he said. “The respectful thing, since

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America is about to change, is to help it change.”

He said he’s tired of seeing New Haven make the evening TV news for instances of police brutality.

Democrats are part of “where we at,” he said. Racism is not a problem that besets only Republicans. “We hurting,” he said.

He said the residents of Newhallville need better education, better job opportunities, better access to quality health care. “No disrespect. There’s a lot of work that you all did. There’s a lot of work that needs to be done.”

Mother of four Antinish Heard wasn’t hesitant about coming out to the large gathering to join the peaceful protest and fight for her young kids’ lives.

Heard brought along her 10-year-old twin boys.

“We deserve to breath” said Deon Forbes.

Her other son, Delon Forbes, proudly held up a Black Lives Matter sign on the front steps of Varick as guest speakers spoke to the crowd of hundreds.

“Its great to see everyone being safe and positive because it’s not always this way.

I have to constantly prep my kids with our reality while also telling them to stay joyful, open minded, and to love all,” Heard said.

Dixwell native Letitia Charles (pictured) said that she turned out for Sunday’s rally not just to voice her support for police reform. She said she wants to see Dixwell Avenue return to its prior status as a sort of “Black Wall Street” with a vibrant and diverse economy.

“Economic development is just as important as changing different systems,” she said. “For me, it’s not just the police department.”

After marching down Dixwell Avenue and over to the Green, the marchers set up one empty casket in front of the city parks department’s stage, and one up on the platform alongside a keyboard, chairs, and a pair of microphones.

“Another name was added to that list,” Bethel AME Church Pastor Steven Cousin said about the long list of black people killed by the police. That was the name of Rayshard Brooks, a black man killed by Atlanta police on Friday.

“For falling asleep at a Wendy’s drivethrough,” Cousin said. “Who would have thought that he would lose his life for falling asleep at a Wendy’s drive-through.”

Every time black Americans think they’re making progress, he said, something like this happens to show just how much work is left to do.

A crowd of roughly 300 spaced themselves out on the Green to listen, sing, and raise their hands in praise as local pastors, rabbis, and imams preached and a small band played gospel music in between.

During his time on stage, Rev. John Lewis brought his two grandsons up alongside him, looked them in the eyes, and said, “You matter. You mean something. Your life matters.”

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Students Chalk It Out For Black Lives Lucy Gellman, Editor, The Arts Paper www.newhavenarts.org

The letters sloped and slanted, bright white against the pavement. Two faces emerged, their straw-colored curls bouncing among the words, “Protect Black Trans Folks.” Tiny pink-and-blue bands stretched across their cheeks. From a nearby speaker, Bill Withers’ “Lean On Me” drifted over the street and faded into Macklemore’s “Same Love.”

The message’s author, 19-year-old Tahj Galberth, stood nearby taking in his work.

The image joined dozens Saturday afternoon, as students, parents, alumni and kids arrived to “Chalk It Out” outside the Educational Center for the Arts (ECA) and Koffee? on Audubon Street. Over four hours, the event took many forms: an understated call to action, push for intersectional coalition building, argument for defunding the police, and discussion around the lack of educators of color in the New Haven Public Schools.

The event was the brainchild of Alexis Ferreira, a rising senior at ECA and a member of the majority-white Elm City Girls’ Choir. When protests began weeks ago, she jumped on a group chat with other members of the choir, trading ideas on how to join the Black Lives Matter movement and raise money for local organizations in the social justice fight.

Protesting was out for the 17-year-old: her parents do not allow her to attend rallies or marches due to public health concerns around COVID-19. Chalking up the sidewalk, however, was fair game.

While participating in the event was free, all donations went to the Connecticut Bail Fund, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and George Floyd Memorial Fund.

“Everybody’s coming together,” she said. “We are all this one human race.

This is our life to live. It shouldn’t be taken away because of the color of your skin.”

In the past weeks, Ferreira said, she’s started realizing just how much she wasn’t taught about systemic racism, white supremacy, and Black history preand post-slavery. Ferreira grew up in East Haven’s Catholic schools, among mostly white peers. Since protests have started, she’s been trying to educate herself and those around her. She said that in discussions with white friends, she’s been listening, and then offering counterpoints if she hears something that doesn’t sit with her the right way.

“With my parents, I never really talked about this,” she said. “Because of where I live, there was never a reason to talk about that kind of thing. I was so hidden from it my whole life.”

Meanwhile, her hometown is ground

zero to one of the most anti-Black and anti-Latinx police departments in the state. In 1997, East Haven cops were responsible for the killing of Malik Jones, a Black teenager whose death fueled the decades-long battle for a civilian review board in New Haven. A decade later, the department became the subject of a federal probe into wide-ranging civil rights offenses, including sustained harassment and assault of Latinx city residents.

As she spoke, other students turned the pavement into an explosion of color. James Baldwin’s words—“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced”—appeared in white, blue, yellow and pink chalk on a Lincoln Street driveway.

A raised, purple fist materialized on the side of Koffee? Huge, multicolored circles read “Rise Up!” and “Black Lives Have Always Mattered,” set to a crackling soundtrack that included Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, and Andra Day. On a nearby brick wall, a few students found a shaded patch and began to write the names of Black lives lost at the hands of law enforcement, including in the state of Connecticut.

Amara Greenshpun, a rising junior studying music at the school, said she’d turned out to both support Ferreira’s effort and advocate for defunding the police. As she learns more about how the police are funded in her home of New Haven—this year the department received $43 million in the finalized city budget—she has found more reasons for that money to go into schools instead.

“We spend millions funding them when that money could be going to education,” she said, echoing demands that Citywide Youth Coalition presented at a rally last Friday. “I just think it would be more beneficial to have more different people you could call. Different social services, different healthcare professionals, rather than calling one group of people that don’t have as much training and don’t know how to de-escalate.”

Both she and fellow student Ryan Piccerillo said they stand in support with protesters destroying property, although they were happy to be keeping it lowkey with chalk on Saturday. Piccerillo, a 14-year-old who is studying dance at ECA, is a proud member of the school’s LGBTQ+ community. He noted that PRIDE didn’t begin as a glitter-soaked parade, but as a riot started by a Black trans woman.

“I think a lot of people forget that in the 1960s, it was Martin Luther King peacefully protesting, but also it was the Black Panthers and Malcolm X that brought it forward,” Greenshpun chimed in.

Bri Chance, an ECA and Wilbur Cross High School grad who is now a rising sophomore at the University of Connecti-

Alexis Ferreira, Jelin Hinton, and Ryan Piccerillo.

Maritsa Hristova, who runs social media at Koffee?, praised the project. “Humans need spaces to express grief, and always will. Creating and experiencing physical spaces communally is especially important now,” she said.

“This process gets us back to the mentality that physical spaces are a direct reflection of our humanity. How we use what we have is who we are.”

Lucy Gellman Photos.

Friends Bri Chance, Carly Hajducky, Tahj Galberth, and Cris Zunun. Chance and Galberth both graduated from ECA last year and are now students at the University of Connectivcut. Zunun is a Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School grad. Hajducky is currently a student in the music department at ECA.

cut, also advocated for a reallocation of police funds into public education. As a budding music educator, she said she’d like to see money go towards a more equitable school system, in which there are more programs designed for students who don’t have the same economic advantages as some of their wealthier, often white peers.

As she put the finishing touches on a game of hopscotch and blocky, purple BLM hashtag, also called for more Black and Brown teachers in New Haven classrooms, and for schools to be equipped with a more robust history curriculum for the benefit of all of their students.

She speaks from experience as a gradu-

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ate of those schools. Chance hails from Fair Haven and is Black and Puerto Rican, but had almost entirely white teachers during her time as a New Haven Public Schools student. During the part of the day she spent at Wilbur Cross, she saw plenty of Black and Latinx students in the student body, but very few in her advanced classes.

Studying music at ECA, she was one of only four Black students in her graduating class. She had no teachers of color, a factor that has motivated her to return and teach music in Fair Haven when she finishes her degree.

That divide reflects a wider disparity in the New Haven Public Schools system.

As of last year, New Haven’s student body was 46 percent Latinx, 37 percent Black, and 13 percent white. Its teachers, meanwhile, were 9 percent Latinx, 15 percent Black, and 73 percent white.

While the city’s student body may be largely Black and Brown, ECA is not— its magnet status draws in students, the majority of whom are white, from the city’s suburbs. Those suburbs, in turn, receive millions of state dollars for ostensibly integrating the schools.

It leads to a difference in how teachers teach, Chance said. She recalled a frequent struggle with one of her teachers at ECA, in which she was “labeled the crazy angry Black girl” after pointing out that the teacher had misgendered Galberth on a near-daily basis.

“They have no idea how to teach innercity students,” she said. “When I went off, because I was sticking up for my friend, I was reprimanded. They said: ‘well, you know, you can’t break out like that in class.’ If any other white student did it, they’d be like ‘okay, okay honey.’

But for me, I’d have to be pulled aside.”

But ECA was also where Chance saw the power of the arts to unite, she added.

She became second chair flute, making friends with students she wouldn’t have gotten to know otherwise. She motioned to her friend, current ECA student Carly Hajducky, as she spoke. Hajducky is from Shelton. If it weren’t for the school, Chance said, they would still exist in entirely different worlds.

“I had a wonderful time making music here,” she said. “I definitely think that art is a bonding force, no matter what you do. You don’t have to speak a certain language to access art. You can listen to any music, and it doesn’t have to be the Western canon.”

With the millions that currently go toward law enforcement, she proposed funding for programs to help students of color through AP and IB classes, give them more time with college counselors, and provide more complete history courses to every student. In the past few weeks, she has watched and listened as her white friends have come to her, asking for anti-racism resources for which there are now books, podcasts, Twitter feeds and entire Instagram accounts.

“It’s not wrong that they’re asking how to help, it’s wrong that they have to ask how to help,” she said . “It shouldn’t get to that point where we’re so divided that they don’t even know how to approach me anymore, and they talk to me like I’m an educator.”

And yet, she’s also realized how much her own history courses left out. Last week, she learned about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre for the first time, only after President Donald Trump announced he would hold a rally in the city on JuCon’t on page 12

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Black Lives Matter Founder Finds Hope in Global Protests Over George Floyd’s Alleged Murder

By Gail Berkley, The Sun Reporter

For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza the global outpouring of protests and activism following the alleged murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody has been heartening and makes her hopeful for the future. At the same time, she said, “It’s bittersweet that it takes someone being murdered on camera to get to the point of conversation that we’re in.”

“I was horrified,” Garza said of viewing the video of Floyd’s life being taken by a white police officer with his knee on Floyd’s neck. “Every time a Black person is murdered by police there is something disturbing about it.” She added, said in this case, “just the callousness of it; and him calling for his mother. There’s just so much in there that’s horrifying. It’s just a brutal reminder of how Black lives don’t matter in this country.”

Garza, of Oakland, is Strategy and Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance and Principal at the Black Futures Lab. Seeing Black Lives Matter (BLM) signs held by protestors in all 50 states, including in many small towns with few Black residents, Garza said, “It’s humbling to see it and to have been a small part of it.”

She is heartened that people are awakening.

Garza said she is also pleased that many celebrities who have large platforms are using them now to push for change. She said the Black Futures Lab has a strategy

for helping celebrities to use their platforms for the movement. “When they use their platforms to activate people, it’s an important way to save our democracy.

It makes us active and engaged participants.”

“I got to take over Selena Gomez’ Instagram last week. It was awesome.” She said people are really hungry for information. “We’ve been doing a lot of work and talk about what’s going on. When folk like Selena do that, it engages people in issues of our time. I plan to work with her through this election cycle.”

Garza said she will also be taking over Lady Gaga’s social media in the coming week. “We’re really focused on transferring this energy into political power.”

She said it’s important to change the people who are making the rules and those who aren’t enforcing the rules. She cited as an example the election in Georgia this week where voters in predominantly Black areas waited hours to vote. Movement for Black Lives is not just about police violence. It’s about how Black lives are devalued. Black Lives Matter is for an opportunity for us to recognize and uphold the right to humanity and dignity for Black people. She said Black people also have to work “to remove the negatives we’ve internalized about ourselves.”

“For people who are not Black, there’s also work to do.” She said it’s not only about changing the rules, but also about a culture shift. “That’s what I think we’re seeing now. It’s going to take all of us staying committed.”

She said the millions joining protests following the alleged murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Auberry and Breonna Taylor were sparked by, “a powder keg waiting to happen.”

“People are mad about a lot of stuff.

We’re all tender right now. It’s an election year. We find ourselves in a global pandemic. The lack of human touch… and being able to gather. Because of that we also have the expansion of an economic crisis. Not only are people trying to stay healthy, they’re trying to pay their bills.”

“What we can all agree on is that policing is not serving the people that they’re supposed to serve. When we’re afraid of the police that’s not serving. Whenever I see tanks, rubber bullets, and tear gas being used — We pay for that. Are we keeping people safe? We’ve been defunding the Black community for a long time.”

“Defund the Police” is a controversial slogan that has been held by some protestors. Garza said that slogan comes from the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition that includes BLM. “This work is something many organizations have been doing for many years,” she said.

“It’s really about getting a handle on how we’re spending our money.” She cited the fact that education funds have been cut, the postal service is near bankrupt, and thousands of homeless are living on the streets.

“We’re using police to deal with homeless. You don’t send a nurse to deal with a drug cartel.”

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She said what she supports is “limiting the size, scope and role police play in our communities. Police also need consequences when harm is enacted. Police unions are a huge, huge issue. They block transparency for officers.”

Speaking of another campaign that’s get-

ting national attention Project Zero’s “8 that Can’t Wait,” Garza cautioned, “We have to be wary of things that are a quick fix.”

She said, “8 Can’t Wait doesn’t deal with the real issue here, nobody should be above the law.”

“Public safety is not about bloated police budgets. It’s about expanding the safety net for Black people,” she concluded.

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Mental Health Care For Over Stressed Black Americans, Almost Nonexistent

by Annette Jones, BlackDoctor.com

The definition of stress is a physical, mental and emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension. If there is one thing that recent police brutality protests and the coronavirus pandemic have demonstrated, it is that life for black people in America is extremely stressful. Stress is a normal aspect of life, but many black people have had more than their share.

And while it might seem logical to assume that all that stress would translate into higher rates of mental health conditions like depression and anxiety, that doesn’t seem to be the case — at least not when actual diagnoses are tallied.

But official numbers don’t capture the whole story, as a multitude of factors stand in the way of good mental health care for black Americans.

“There’s an assumption that all people express symptoms of depression the same, but some culture groups express symptoms differently,” explained Sherry Davis Molock, an associate professor of psychology at George Washington University, in Washington D.C. She said that while depression is typically defined as someone who has lost interest in activities they used to enjoy and a persistent sad mood for at least two weeks, in black and Asian people depression is more likely to present with physical symptoms like headache or digestive issues. Those differences could translate to fewer people getting diagnosed in the earlier stages of mental illness: Molock noted that black people are more likely to be diagnosed with severe mental health conditions.

Another issue that can stand in the way of people of color getting mental health care is the stigma of mental illness.

One man’s story of depression Pervis Taylor III, a life coach and author from New York City, had a tough start in life. Before he was an adult, Taylor

was bullied and molested, and his father passed away at a young age from a heroin overdose. Taylor said he now thinks his father had undiagnosed mental illnesses, including bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder from serving in Vietnam.

When Taylor became depressed, he didn’t know what resources were available to him and it never even occurred to him to reach out to mental health professionals for help.

“When I was in my 20s, I thought therapy was taboo. I didn’t know the benefits of therapy. And, being a man in our society, you’re not supposed to go to therapy or have emotions, and being a black man on top of that, you think you can pray it away,” Taylor said.

Taylor — now 39 — eventually did get therapy, and now he tries to help other people see the value in sharing their stories with others.

“Stories help build connections. When I tell people that I get therapy, it can be a first step in helping make therapy attractive to them. People think, ‘If you made it through, I can make it, too,’” Taylor said.

Cost and access to mental health care professionals are additional barriers to mental health treatment.

Mistrust is another concern. David Fakunle, an associate faculty member in mental health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, said, “When it comes to utilizing the health care systems we have, there’s a distrust. From the Tuskegee airmen to Henrietta Lacks, there’s a history of the black body being mistreated in the name of science and medicine. That distrust has been passed down from generation to generation.”

More black mental health professionals needed Within that cultural context, Fakunle noted that “it would be easier for black people to access mental health treatment

Stressed Black Americans if there were more black faces [offering treatment]. We need more black mental health professionals.” And, he pointed out that this issue is not just inherent to black people — it’s important to encourage more diversity in mental health care for all races and ethnicities.

“We need a greater investment in the mental health infrastructure for people of color,” he said.

Molock agreed that cultural norms don’t encourage black people to seek mental health care.

“We have to get more people of color providing services and doing the research,” she said.

Traditionally, black people have sought

care in other ways — through family or church. But, as society has become more mobile and people aren’t as connected to family or church, those traditional ways of seeking help may not be enough anymore, Molock said.

Both Molock and Fakunle said that black people in America have learned to be resilient.

“Black people are amazingly resilient.

We have survived what would appear to be insurmountable odds, and yet somehow find ways to find joy,” Molock said.

But she also noted that having a resilient attitude might discourage people from seeking care.

Fakunle agreed. “Resiliency has become a kind of crutch to not address

mental health issues. We think, we’ve dealt with so much already, how can we have mental health issues? We’ve learned to endure and be resilient, but there are ramifications from the constant trauma and constant stress of being black in the United States,” he said.

Like Taylor, Fakunle believes strongly in the power of storytelling to help destigmatize mental health conditions and treatment.

“People telling their stories, talking about what’s happened to them, especially people who you think have everything, when they talk about their challenges and say, ‘It’s affected my mental health,’ that’s the human element that unites us all,” Fakunle said.

Quinnipiac University’s Black Law Students Association to present free webinar, ‘Why Black Lives Matter: A Look at Systemic Racism and Accountability,’ June 18 The Black Law Students Association at Quinnipiac University will present the webinar, “Why Black Lives Matter: A Look at Systemic Racism and Accountability,” from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, June 18. This program is free and open the public. To register, visit bit. ly/2YofYIq. The webinar will feature panelists Marilyn Ford, a Quinnipiac law professor and the Neil H. Cogan Public Service Chair; Gloria Holmes, author and professor emerita of education at Quinnipiac; attorney Michael Jefferson, community activist and a member of New Haven’s Civilian Review Board; attor-

ney Robert Pellegrino, author and partner at Pellegrino & Pellegrino; and Don Sawyer, vice president for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at Quinnipiac. Camille Lavache, president of the Black Law Students Association, and George Morgan Jr., president of the Student Bar Association, will serve as moderators.

They will discuss the political climate in the nation following the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and several other Black Americans, racial oppression, police brutality, institutional discrimination, white privilege, and the Police Accountability Act of 2020.

“We need to take action so that living while being black can no longer be seen as a crime through the eyes of those who believe that black lives do not matter,” Lavache said. “To achieve America’s ideal that everyone has equal access to social and economic success, it is crucial that we do not remain neutral; we must take a stance to unify in solidarity to make enduring change surrounding racial inequality and injustice.”

Morgan said, “The deprivation of basic human and civil rights has been systemically enforced as long as it has because we fail to discuss the elephant

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in the room: racism.”

For more information, call 203-582-8652.

About Quinnipiac University School of Law Quinnipiac University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located in Hamden, Connecticut, with close proximity to New York, New Haven, and Boston. Founded in 1977, the School of Law affiliated with Quinnipiac in 1992 and moved onto Quinnipiac’s Mount Carmel Campus in 1995.

In 2014, the school again relocated to the university’s North Haven Campus.

Quinnipiac School of Law now enrolls nearly 400 students pursuing a juris doctor degree or a joint JD/MBA degree.

The law school offers concentrations in civil advocacy and dispute resolution, criminal and advocacy, family, health, intellectual property, international law and policy, tax and workplace law.

The School of Law also boasts many externships and in-house clinical programs. Quinnipiac is fully approved by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. For more information, please visit law.qu.edu.

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How Just Being Black Affects Your Blood Pressure Gemma Greene, BDO Staff Writer

you’re black, these complications tend to be more severe and are more likely to result in death.

If you’re black, pay special attention to your blood pressure — even if you think you’re healthy.

That’s because high blood pressure (hypertension) affects certain groups of people differently than others. And for black people in the United States, high blood pressure often occurs earlier in life, is more severe and has more complications.

Find out why you may be at greater risk of high blood pressure if you’re black and what steps you can take to protect yourself.

Complications include: • • • • •

Why being black increases your risk of high blood pressure If you’re black and living in the United States, you’re more likely than a person of another race to develop hypertension, and to develop it earlier in your life. Not only that, once you have the disease, you’re more likely to have severe complications, such as stroke, kidney failure and heart disease. In addition, blacks often don’t get treatment until their blood pressure has been high for so long that vital organs have already started to suffer damage.

Researchers are still studying precisely why some blacks are at greater risk.

The issue essentially boils down to the age-old nature vs. nurture debate.

Genetic susceptibility (nature). Genetics has historically been blamed for a higher rate of hypertension among blacks. That thinking has been supported by evidence that blacks as a group respond differently to certain blood pressure medications and are more sensitive to the blood pressure raising effects of sodium. Newer data, however, indicate that blacks living traditional lifestyles in rural African countries experience few blood pressure problems.

This may point the finger, instead, at environmental causes.

Environment (nurture). Worldwide, the

smoke.

• Cope with stress in a positive way.

In addition, talk to your doctor about how rate of hypertension among blacks is not unusually high compared with that of whites. In the United States, though, about 41 percent of blacks have hypertension, compared with 27 percent of whites.

Some researchers suggest that difference is the result of socioeconomic disparities between blacks and whites.

Blacks have a higher rate of obesity, may eat a diet high in sodium and low in potassium, and may experience more socioeconomic stress because of societal prejudices. All of those are linked with high blood pressure.

A healthy lifestyle is important regardless of skin color For researchers, resolving these issues is important because doing so can help im-

prove the prevention and treatment of high blood pressure among blacks in general.

While researchers continue to grapple with these issues, you can take steps today to care for yourself and your family members.

No matter what your skin color, certain unhealthy lifestyle habits can increase your risk of developing high blood pressure or interfere with your efforts to lower your blood pressure when it’s too high.

You can minimize your lifestyle-related risks by following these guidelines: • Maintain a healthy weight.

• Exercise regularly.

• Eat a healthy diet.

• Reduce sodium in your diet.

• Limit alcohol consumption.

• Avoid tobacco products and secondhand

often you should get your blood pressure checked. Although most healthy adults need a check-up only every two years, if you’re black, you may need to have your blood pressure checked more frequently — perhaps annually — since you’re at a higher risk.

Following these kinds of healthy habits can also benefit black youngsters because of the increased risk of hypertension they face. If you’re concerned about your child’s health, talk to his or her pediatrician about age-specific blood pressure goals.

Treating high blood pressure when you’re black Anyone can develop dangerous complications from high blood pressure. But if

Heart attack Stroke Kidney disease Blindness Dementia

Treating your high blood pressure effectively can help reduce your chance of these complications. Living a healthy lifestyle is the cornerstone of treating high blood pressure. But many people also must take blood pressure medications (antihypertensives).

Your doctor may recommend that you first try a thiazide-type diuretic — the same general recommendation as for white people starting medication treatment. Your doctor may also suggest taking a calcium antagonist (calcium channel blocker), either by itself or along with a diuretic.

If you have severe high blood pressure or complications, you might need additional medications.

The goal is to reduce your blood pressure to at least 140/90 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg. Getting it even lower is better for your health.

Taking charge pays off in the long run Although you may be more likely to develop high blood pressure and face a greater risk of complications than your white counterparts, don’t get discouraged.

The good news is that if you follow a healthy lifestyle and stick with your treatment regimen, your blood pressure is likely to respond well. And you’ll reap the same rewards for controlling your blood pressure that anyone would — a longer and healthier life.

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Ferguson, Missouri Elects First-Ever African American and Woman Mayor

Nationwide — Meet Ella M. Jones, who has been elected as the first African American mayor of the city of Ferguson, Missouri. She is also the city’s first female mayor. Ferguson was thrown into the national spotlight back in 2014 following the fatal police shooting of 18year old Michael Brown and has been credited for sparking the national Black Lives Matter movement.

Jones, who was previously a councilwoman for the city, has been a Ferguson resident for more than 40 years. She graduated from the University of Missouri at St. Louis with a B.A. Degree in Chemistry. She was certified by the American Chemical Society as a highpressure liquid chromatographer and completed training as a pharmacy tech-

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nician.

Previously, Jones has worked for Washington University’s School of Medicine in the Biochemistry Molecular Biophysics Department, and KV Pharmaceutical Company as an Analytical Chemist.

Before being elected to the Council, Ella completed training in municipal leadership from the Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. After being elected to the Council, Jones pursued additional education from the Municipal Governance Institute sponsored by the Missouri Municipal League and earned a certificate as a Municipal Official, and serving her second term on the Environmental, Energy And Sustainable Development Committee.

She is a member of the Boards of the Emerson Family YMCA and of the St. Louis MetroMarket, a decommissioned bus that was retrofitted as a mobile farmers market to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to underserved communities.

Jones is also the founder and Chairperson of Community Forward, Inc., a nonprofit community development organization. As a Council Member, she served as a council representative on the following commissions and boards: Human Rights, Traffic, Landmarks, Senior Citizens, Parks, and West Florissant Business Association.

She reportedly enjoys traveling, trout fishing, preparing New Orleans style cuisine, dancing, and power-shopping with her girlfriends.

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Men: Knowing Your PSA Number May Save Your Life

by Giselle Brownlow, BlackDoctor.com

What is the PSA test?

With prostate cancer being the second leading cause of death in men and the second most common cancer in men, it is vitally important for men to know their PSA number. Knowing this number will help determine whether you have cancer of the prostate, a walnut-sized gland enfolding the duct leading from the bladder to the penis. The test measures how much of a protein essential to human reproduction, PSA (prostate-specific antigen), is in your blood. The PSA’s job is to turn your viscous pre-semen into a liquid, consequently energizing the sperm.

Your prostate makes this PSA all the time, so a small amount of the protein (usually resulting in a reading of less than 4 ng/mL) is normal. Because cancer cells produce extra PSA, a higher reading may serve as a warning sign. While some experts think there is no specific normal or abnormal level, the higher your PSA, the more likely it is to signal a problem.

Does a high PSA reading mean that I have cancer?

Not necessarily. An enlarged or inflamed prostate, which is common in men over age 50, can also give a slight boost to PSA readings. What’s more, the test isn’t terribly accurate. At least half of all men whose PSA levels are over 4 don’t have cancer.

And some men with prostate cancer have perfectly normal PSA readings. According

other test, remember that it’s normal for your reading to go up by a few tenths of a point every year. In general, only a drastic increase in PSA (an increase of at least 0.75 points or 20 percent) is considered a reason to worry.

to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine, 15 percent of a group of 2,950 men with normal PSA levels were found to have prostate cancer.

Given those drawbacks, should I have the PSA test?

Fewer men are dying from advanced prostate cancer than in previous years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some researchers believe that increased use of testing is responsible for catching prostate cancer in its early stages, when it’s more treatable.

However, it is still unclear whether the drop in the death rate is a direct result of increased testing. It could be due to other factors, like improved treatments.

Because the tests may also prompt “overtreatment” for tiny tumors that pose no problem, the American Cancer Society does not advise routine screening for prostate cancer. It does recommend that doctors discuss the potential benefits and limitations of testing with their patients with healthy male patients beginning at age 50. If you are African American or have a family history of the disease, which puts you at a higher risk, the starting age for the discussion drops to 45. If you have more than one first-degree relative (father, brother, son) with prostate cancer, that discussion should take place at age 40. If the patient wants to be screened, he will be given a PSA test and a digital rectal exam (DRE).

Most national health organizations, including the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend against routine PSA

What if I have a high reading?

screening, concluding there is insufficient evidence for it. They also recommend against screening men age 75 and older (and those with a life expectancy of less than ten years) because the risks are likely to outweigh the benefits.

Ultimately, the decision to have the PSA test is a highly personal one and involves many factors. Talk to your doctor about

whether it’s right for you.

The test is essentially painless. The doctor draws a sample of your blood. The laboratory then mixes it with radioactive PSA-tagging molecules that can be measured easily; the results are available within a few days. If your PSA is below 4, most doctors agree that you needn’t be tested again for a year. When you have an-

Don’t panic: One in three PSA readings between 4 and 10 turns out to signal an actual case of cancer. Your physician will do a few other tests to look for malignancies. You’ll get a digital rectal exam, in which the doctor feels for tumors on your prostate. You should also ask for a newer procedure called the free PSA test. It measures how much of your PSA is bound to other proteins in the blood — if more than 75 or 80 percent is bound, you might have cancer.

If various tests point to cancer, your doctor will probably want to confirm the diagnosis by taking a biopsy, a tiny sample of your prostate tissue, using ultrasound guidance. After the simple outpatient procedure, the sample is examined under a microscope to check for cancer cells.

If cancer cells are detected, you have several treatment options, including surgery and radiation. Because prostate cancer typically grows so slowly, you might also choose an option known as “watchful waiting” — keeping a close eye on the cancer to see whether treatment is even necessary.

Since black men are twice as likely to die from prostate cancer than white men, it is imperative that you see your urologist at the recommended age or sooner if there is a family history of this disease.

Is Your Doctor Biased? Subtle Ways You Can Tell Dr. P. Gould, BDO Medical Contributor, BlackDoctor.com

The recent pandemic has shown that African Americans have not fared well in the medical system. Blacks have had 35% of deaths, while only comprising 13.4% of the US population. With those statistics, some may even say the medical system has failed them.

Every year, upward of 12 million Americans see a physician and come away with a wrong diagnosis. Nearly 1/3 of those are African American. So, could it be just bad judgement? Maybe missing facts? Or could it be something more?

The Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality’s Center for Diagnostic Excellence found that judgment errors accounted for 86 percent of 55,377 medical malpractice claims he evaluated where misdiagnosis led to death or disability. The judgment blame bucket includes an assortment of knowledge gaps, inattentions, misinterpretations and what many are seeing now: implicit bias.

Implicit bias occurs when a well-intended physician’s unconscious assumptions get in the way of objectively gathering or assessing a patient.

Some Black patients complain of: – Patients of other races receiving better treatment – Rushed/Less time in doctor visits – Confusing/Conflicting diagnoses – Doctors less likely to agree with second opinions Dr. Elizabeth Chapman, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin, wrote in the Journal of General Internal Medicine that implicit bias among physicians impacts clinical decision-making that perpetuates disparities, even when they strive to deliver equal care. Her research showed that unconscious judgments built on negative stereotypes affects diagnosis, treatment and patient follow-up.

Gender disparity in healthcare is also an issue. One study, published in BMJ Open, reported women were significantly more likely to require three or more pre-referrals

before they obtained a consultation for bladder or kidney malignancy as compared to men.

So what causes this bias?

While some believe it’s just biases passed down from generation to generation without anyone checking them. Others believe that physician burnout may have a part to play as well. Or at least it shows how much more biased they really are.

Physician burnout among resident physicians could potentially be linked to racial bias, according to the results of a 2017 study published in Jama Network Open.

For the study, researchers drew from a national sample of nearly 3,400 non-black, second-year residents and asked questions about their racial beliefs and if they experienced burnout symptoms.

Nearly half of respondents reported they experienced burnout symptoms, which include emotional exhaustion, negativity, and depression.

These results were compared with their

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feelings toward African Americans, which were calculated using a ‘feeling thermometer’ where participants gauged their racial beliefs on a scale from 1 to 100. Participants were also instructed to sort pictures of black and white individuals into groups that were labeled either ‘good’ or ‘bad’.

“Overall, resident physicians who had at least 1 symptom of burnout had lower mean scores toward black people compared with those without symptoms of burnout,” the researchers write. “Higher emotional exhaustion and depersonalization scores were associated with more unfavorable attitudes toward black people.”

These results suggest that black patients may not be receiving the same level of care that white patients receive, further widening the racial gap in the United States.

So how can you tell if your doctor is biased?

In addition to doing your research on your physician, looking and asking for reviews, and seeking second and even third opinions, you can ask your doctor these questions:

– What do you think is causing my problem?

– Is there more than one condition (disease) that could be causing my problem?

– What tests will you do to diagnose the problem and which of the conditions is present?

– How good are the tests for diagnosing the problem and the conditions?

– How safe are the tests?

– If you are wrong about the diagnosis, how will we know?

Here are further queries that can help to minimize misdiagnosis that occurs as a result of anchoring and diagnostic momentum: – If we are not getting results, should we consider another approach?

– I know you think I have “x”, but how can you tell if it’s not “x”?

– How long do you expect it to take for the treatment to start working?

– How will we know if the treatment is working?

– I know that Dr. X said “y” but could she be wrong?

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Should Black Americans Still Be Leary of Clinical Trials?

BlackDoctor.org Staff

Facts are facts, without higher levels of participation among African Americans, we will never unlock the root causes of the disparate impact of illnesses, diseases, and ailments plaguing black communities today. Every day that African Americans continue to live in fear of such trials is another day that we fall further behind in the fight against early deaths and diseases.

Yet, studies show Black Americans continue to distrust medical research and clinical trials, apparently a lasting legacy of the infamous Tuskegee experiment which was shut down more than three decades ago.

But it’s like a double-edged sword: 1. We don’t want to be in clinical trials because of the major distrust of the American health systemB 2. But we need to be in clinical trials to see if any new treatments can help us as well.

Such attitudes are keeping minorities from participating in current clinical trials that could save their lives, the researchers added.

“We found that minorities are 200 percent more likely to perceive harm coming from participating in research,” said senior study author Dr. Neil Powe, a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore.

While previous studies had shown that black Americans and other minorities are less likely to be enrolled in clinical trials, this study helps explain why.

“This is new knowledge, obtained with appropriate methods in a large sample,” said Dr. William Cunningham, a professor of medicine and public health at the UCLA School of Medicine. “This study provides direct evidence that distrust of researchers explains the lower participation of blacks in cardiovascular prevention trials research. This looks like an important study.”

“This provides a database to support what we think is going on with respect to concerns of the minority community,” said Dr. James Powell, principal investigator of Project IMPACT (Increase Minority Participation and Awareness in Clinical Trials). The project is a program of the National Medical Association, which represents black physicians and their patients.

“Mistrust comes up not only with respect to clinical trials but also with respect to interacting with the medical establishment. This leads to people not seeing a physician when they really

need to.”

Black Americans tend to be underrepresented in clinical trials, which are responsible for most advances in medicine.

This discrepancy is particularly unfortunate, because not only do black Americans suffer disproportionately from many health conditions, they often experience illnesses differently and respond differently to medications, making race-specific trials even more crucial, the researchers noted.

“We’re concerned that the lack of minority representation in clinical trials may perpetuate health disparities,” Powell said.

Previous studies have shown that this under-representation is, in fact, due to individuals’ unwillingness to participate, as opposed to researchers’ exclusion of minorities.

And this unwillingness is widely thought to be due to the legacy of Tuskegee and other such research.

The government-sponsored Tuskegee Study, named after a town in Alabama where participants were recruited, enrolled several hundred poor, black sharecroppers, telling them that they would receive drugs to treat their syphilis infections. But lifesaving drugs were purposely withheld so the “natural” course of the disease could be observed. The experiment was shut down after a leak to the press in 1972.

In this latest study, Powe and his colleagues conducted a random survey of 717 outpatients at 13 cardiology and general medicine clinics in Maryland.

Thirty-six percent of participants were

black, the rest white.

After an in-depth explanation by a physician (either black or white), each participant was asked to enroll in a mock trial of a cardiovascular drug.

Only 27 percent of black American respondents were willing to participate, versus 39 percent of whites.

Among the study’s other findings: 24 percent of black Americans reported that their doctors would not fully explain research participation to them, versus 13 percent of whites.

72 percent of black Americans said doctors would use them as guinea pigs without their consent, versus 49 percent of whites.

35 percent of black Americans said doctors would ask them to participate in research even if it could harm them, versus only 16 percent of whites.

8 percent of black Americans more often believed they could less freely ask questions of doctors, compared with 2 percent of whites.

58 percent of black Americans said doctors had previously experimented on them without consent, compared with 25 percent of whites.

When the element of distrust was removed from the equation, the proportions of blacks and whites willing to enroll equalized to about a third of those sampled in both racial groups.

The good news is that there are ways to remedy the situations.

“One is physician or researcher re-

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lationships and interactions, that physicians and researchers should be taking the time to talk to patients and communicate with them explaining the risk of being involved in medical research and dispelling myths about participating in research,” Powe said.

“It’s hard to do in a busy medical environment today but necessary.”

Academic medical centers need also to build relationships that engender trust with the community, even including community members in designing research studies.

Finally, Powe said, patients, tend to trust physicians of the same race.

“One big issue is that there are not enough minority physicians, so that’s a societal remedy we all have to think about,” Powe said. Some 12 percent of the U.S. population is black, but only 4 percent of physicians are black.

Those numbers might never add up, however, you can contribute to the bigger picture by participating in a local clinical trial. Too many of our people aren’t getting the proper treatment or medication that can heal them at the level of other ethnic groups due to the studies simply not being available.

SOURCES: Neil R. Powe, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., professor, medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore; William E. Cunningham, M.D., professor, medicine and public health, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles; James Powell, M.D., principal investigator, Project Impact Program, National Medical Association;

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neteenth. None of her teachers had ever mentioned it.

“Our country has suppressed so much of our history, and that’s not fair to us, and it’s not fair to them either,” she said of her white peers. “They shouldn’t have to go on a scavenger hunt to find out about us. Nor should we.”

Those suggestions could come right on time: in 2019, the state legislature passed a law requiring that all Connecticut high schools be ready to offer a course in African-American and Latino history by July 1, 2021. During the same legislative session, New London Rep. Anthony Nolan pushed for and passed a bill that required the state to take action on minority teacher recruitment and retention.

The New Haven Educators’ Collective has also issued demands, asking that the state expand its legislation to all K-12 education and include a more complete history of policing, as well as solutions that are geared towards divestment.

Galberth, an educator, spoken word artist and ECA grad who is now at the University of Connecticut, also used the event as a chance to talk about what a future without police—and with more intersectional movement building—might look like.

Born and raised in New London, Galberth described police brutality as forcing him to grow up much too quickly. He was 11 when Trayvon Martin was murdered, and images of a wide-eyed child in a hoodie filled his television screen.

He was 13 when Michael Brown was brutally shot and killed by police, then left uncovered for six hours in the middle of a boiling city street in Ferguson, Missouri. Later that year 12-year-old Tamir Rice was murdered by police for playing unaccompanied in a Cleveland park.

“I didn’t even realize it was that long ago, because at the time I felt like a grown up,” he said. “You see another Black face die. I was so upset, and I was hit the same way when I was 11 that it does now.”

Now, he is also hopeful that there will not be an omission of Black queer lives and Black trans lives as protests gain traction, and spread across the country and the globe. As a Black trans man, it’s personal: he lives at two intersections that often provoke both verbal and physical violence.

With white and yellow chalk, he took to a section of red and brown bricks to remind viewers of names that are often not called out at protests: Tony McDade, Riah Milton, and Dominique Fells, all of whom were killed after George Floyd (Milton and Fells were murdered last week, within 24 hours of each other).

He added that while he’s excited to see more white and non-Black people of color showing up at protests, he hopes that they will do more to educate themselves on dismantling white supremacy. He re-

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OP-ED: Racial divide of coronavirus is real, so are innovations that can help

By Allyson Y. Schwartz and Martha A. Dawson

News about the novel coronavirus, which has now claimed over 100,000 American lives, is all around us. A subtext told in this reporting is the painful story of the pandemic’s devastating effect on people of color.

While coronavirus does not know boundaries of race, income, or ethnicity, its disproportionate impact on minority communities is unmistakable and points to a deeper crisis of racial disparities in health care that have persisted long before the onset of this disease.

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study in Atlanta found that, in a cohort of 305 adults hospitalized with coronavirus, 83 percent were black. Similarly, in Washington, D.C., 80 percent of lives lost to coronavirus are black. Public health officials report that Latinx populations are overrepresented in coronavirus deaths, too.

There will be lessons gained from this pandemic, giving us the insights and motivation to build on new ways to deliver care. A renewed call to confront racial inequality in health care should be at the top of the list both for policymakers, the educational system, and health care itself.

As a former member of Congress who represented Philadelphia, the nation’s sixth-largest city with a minority population of over 60 percent (Schwartz), and the President of the National Black Nurses Association, a health system administrator and educator of more than 40 years (Dawson), this is a subject close to our hearts.

Last year, we participated in a convening on racial disparities in health care hosted by Better Medicare Alliance that brought together representatives from the National Minority Quality Forum, NAACP, National Medical Association, members of the Congressional Black Caucus, and other health equity leaders.

While we could not have predicted the havoc that coronavirus would wreak on our health care system the following year, we find ourselves reflecting on the solutions discussed that can be brought to bear today.

This convening crystalized what we have already known: racial inequities elsewhere in our culture manifest today in the form of unconscious and conscious bias by health providers, lack of representation of minorities in high-level health professions, and lagging outcomes for minorities across the health care system.

Our institutions in health care are not powerless to take on these inequities – many already are. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) explained at the con-

vening the steps being taken to ensure greater diversity in the physician workforce, while providers like ChenMed and Oak Street Health are directly engaging minority communities and leveraging supplemental benefits to address health disparities.

We believe that Medicare Advantage – the managed care option in Medicare where more than 24 million seniors and Americans with disabilities receive coverage – highlights successful remedies for the inequities in health care that are deeply felt amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Increasing numbers of racial minorities are choosing Medicare Advantage for their health care needs. 57 percent of Latinx Medicare beneficiaries are en-

rolled in Medicare Advantage and black seniors represent a higher proportion of beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage than in Traditional Medicare.

Black and Latinx seniors are more likely to be affected by health conditions that can heighten the risk of coronavirus-related complications.

Black adults are 20 percent more likely to have asthma, 72 percent more likely to be diabetic, and eight times as likely to be diagnosed with HIV than white adults. Tackling these chronic conditions and slowing disease progression is essential to protecting these individuals, future generations, and their communities from future health crises.

Medicare Advantage offers promising signs – with a 29 percent lower rate of

avoidable hospitalizations among beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions, and a 73 percent lower rate of serious complications among the most clinically at-risk diabetics.

We also know that most seniors live on fixed incomes, including racial minorities who are more likely to experience poverty than white older adults. Medicare Advantage can help these vulnerable beneficiaries stay more financially secure, saving them nearly $1,600 a year in annual health expenditures compared to Traditional Medicare.

Consider, too, the impact of hunger and food insecurity that is exacerbated amid the coronavirus pandemic. Even before this crisis took its toll, over 21

percent of black households struggled with food insecurity.

Medicare Advantage’s flexible benefit design offers tools to help. Nearly half of Medicare Advantage plans provide supplemental coverage for meal benefits and have stepped up in this moment of crisis to help get food in the hands of seniors in need.

These achievements do not happen by chance. They are made possible by the unique incentives built into the framework of Medicare Advantage that reward the value of health services provided, rather than the volume. This allows for a greater focus on primary care, earlier clinical interventions, supplemental benefits tailored to address social determinants of health, and lower costs to the patient and the health care system.

Medicare Advantage is not a panacea for the racial inequities that persist across our culture today, and there is more work to be done. A report that followed our convening outlines sensible recommendations for reform — from required unconscious bias and cultural sensitivity training, to more accurate and actionable data to pinpoint where and how disparities occur.

Still, these successes offer us great hope that, even in this season of crisis, innovations are taking hold that can lead to a more just future in health care.

Allyson Y. Schwartz is president and CEO of the Better Medicare Alliance.

She represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2005 to 2015.

Martha A. Dawson, DNP, RN, CNS, FACHE, is President of the National Black Nurses Association and Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing.

Sextuplets Who Once Appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show Just Graduated From High School

However not long after they began using the fertility drugs, they were surprised to learn that Diamond was pregnant with twins. A sonogram eventually showed they were having five children. However, she gave birth to sextuplets which became the first surviving set of Black sextuplets.

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Nationwide — The Harris family sextuplets from Alabama, who are known for being the first surviving set of Black sextuplets in the U.S., are once again making international headlines. They have all recently graduated from high school together.

The two girls, Kaylynne and Kiera, and four boys, Kaleb, Kobe, Kieran, and Kyle, just recently graduated from Center Point High School in Birmingham. A now-viral photo shows them in their complete graduation gowns and caps.

Born in July 2002, the sextuplets were conceived after their parents, Chris and Diamond Harris, decided to use fertility drugs to get pregnant. They did not initially expect to get pregnant since they had been struggling to conceive for more than two years.

In April 2007, they appeared on The Oprah Show after becoming a national sensation.

Now, they are making headlines again as they set out to take on the world as college students. They will, however, be all attending the same colleges. Kobe and Kalynne will head to Alabama State University. Kaleb and Kieran will go to Alabama A&M University. Kiera will be attending Lawson State University, and Kyle will be studying life skills at Center Point High School.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - June 17, 2020 - June 23, 2020 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27, 2016 - August 02, 2016

Elm City Communities RequestNOTICE for Proposals

Asset Management Consulting Services

MACRIofRENTAL PRE-d/b/a APPLICATIONS AVAILABLEis TheVALENTINA Housing Authority the CityHOUSING of New Haven Elm City Communities currently seeking Proposals for Asset Management Consulting Services. A complete HOME INC, on behalf ofmay Columbus Housefrom and Elm the New Haven Housing Authority, copy of the requirements be obtained City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develMay 27,Haven.

2020 atMaximum 3:00PM income limitations apopment located at 108Wednesday, Frank Street, New ply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have Centrally Located in Connecticut has a position been received at the Construction offices of HOMECompany INC. Applications will be mailied upon reavailable for experienced Full-Time Offi ce assistant / Bookkeeper.

Job Support A/P, quest by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preA/R Payroll. QuickBooks experience required, MS Office, Internet / Emails. Salary applications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third depending on experience.

Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

This company is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer M/F. Females and Minorities are encouraged to apply.

Please fax resume to ATTN: Mike to 860-669-7004.

NOTICIA

HAMDEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está

Theaceptando Hamden pre-solicitudes Public Schoolpara System (HPS) located in Hamden, Connecticut Conestudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en esteseeks desarrollo necticut certified teachers who have a passion for working in diverse and dynamic school ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos settings. The ideal candidate has experience working in culturally, socioeconomically, máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 and racially diverse learning environments.

julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) enhas las approximately oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por 1correo a petición HPS 5,000 students attending 8 elementary schools, middle School, llamando a HOME al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse 1 high school, and 1 INC secondary alternative program (HCLC). Our demographics are as a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street,33% tercerWhite piso, New Haven22% , CT Hispanic 06510 . follows: 32% Black/African-American students; students; (Latinx) students; 8% Asian students; 5% Two or more races; and less than 1% Native American and Pacific Islander students.

We are seeking candidates for multiple positions, including but not limited to: ï Special Education (pre-K thru 12) ï Mathematics ï Social Studies ï Spanish 242-258 Fairmont Ave ï Social Work 2BR Townhouse, 1.5positions BA, 3BR, level , 1BA holders While we are seeking candidates for these specifi1 cally, we encourage of certifi cates other areas tonew apply as well. Itnew is also important that the All newinapartments, appliances, carpet, closetotonote I-91here & I-95 Hamden Board of Education is committed to creating and maintaining highways, near bus stop & shopping center a diverse teaching staff.

Petcandidates under 40lbcan allowed. parties @ 860-985-8258 Interested access Interested Hamden.org, clickcontact on theMaria Personnel tab, and then click on Online Applications. Anyone seeking additional information can contact Hamden Public Schools Human Resource Director Gary Highsmith via email at ghighsmith@ CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s hamden.org.

Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates

NEW HAVEN

in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:30-

Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. It is3:30 theContact: policyChairman, of Hamden Public Schools that no person shall be excluded from, denied (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster the benefits of, or otherwise discriminated against under any program including employSt. New Haven, CT ment, because of race, color, religious creed, sex, age national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, past or present history of mental disorder, learning disability or physical disability.

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY The Town of East Haven

Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour is currently accepting applications for the position of until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, Firefi ghter CT D/Paramedic.

Salary-$58,057/year. Candidates must possess a valid Seymour, 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the Driver’s License from the State of Connecticut; a High School Diploma or GED; ParaSmithfield Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Seymour. medic License Gardens from the State of Connecticut or be enrolled in a Street Paramedic Program that

can be completed within 2 years; must be 18 years of age; and have a valid CPAT Card submitted by conference July 1, 2019 will to bebe eligible employment in the first Office round of28hiring A pre-bid held atforthe Housing Authority Smithor must submit a valid CPAT card anytime with in the 2 year life of the Eligibility List; pass Street Seymour, CTdrug at 10:00 am,and onbackground Wednesday, Julyin20, 2016.to Civil Service a physical examination, screening check addition Testing. Candidate must not use tobacco products. The application for testing is available online at www.Firefi ghterApp.com/EastHavenFD. The deadline for submission is June Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority Of30, 2020. The Town of East Haven is committed to building a workforce of diverse infice, 28Minorities, Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579. dividuals.

Females, Handicapped and Veterans are encouraged to apply. The Town of East Haven is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport Request for Qualification (RFQ) Co-Developer Solicitation Number: 142-PD-20-S

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is seeking Statements of Qualifications from interested and qualified real estate developers for the Replacement Housing site C.F. Greene Homes and Various Mixed Finance Development Projects. Solicitation package will be available on June 8, 2020 to obtain a copy of the solicitation you must send your request to bids@parkcitycommunities.org, please reference solicitation number and title on the subject line. A pre-proposal conference will be held via conference call on June 23, 2020, @ 11:00 a.m. Although attendance is not mandatory, submitting a bid for the project without attending conference is not in the best interest of the Offeror. Additional questions should be emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities.org no later than June 30, 2020 @ 3:00 p.m. Answers to all the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycommunities.org. Proposals shall be mailed, or hand delivered by July 8, 2020 @ 3:00 PM, to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Director of Procurement, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604. Late proposals will not be accepted.

CITY OF MILFORD Seeking qualified condidates to fill numerous vacancies to include,Publiac Health Nurse, Deputy Tax Collector, For information and detailed application instructions, visit WWW.ci.milford.ct.us Click on SERVICES, JOBS and JOB TITLE.

State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for a Lead Planning Analyst position.

Heavy Cleaner Duties and Responsibilities

Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and application instructions for this position is available at:

Property Management company in New Haven, CT is looking for qualified Heavy Cleaner for positions in Bridgeport, Milford and Danielson. One year custodial experience required and good communication skills.

https://www.jobapscloud.com/ CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 200521&R2=0007AR&R3=001

Cleans offices, cell block, hallways, stairways, windows and doors. Will pick up trash around exterior of buildings and maintain cleanliness of restrooms and elevators. Will change light bulbs and other small maintenance tasks as directed by Building Superintendent. May open or close building as needed. Vacuums, spot cleans and shampoos carpets, and furniture using commercial type vacuum cleaners and shampooing equipament.

Makes small repairs to bathroom fixtures, may snake drains to remove blockages. May order stock. Move furniture, equipment, or fixtures as required. Operates pressure washing equipment as needed. May shovel and remove snow and ice from sidewalks, entryways, and roofs.

Excellent benefits, 401k. Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Please do not contact by phone, Please send resume to openjobs.mgmt@fusco.com.

Invitation to Bid: 2nd Notice

Experienced Commercial Property/Facilities Manager SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE Old Saybrook, Property Management Company is seeking CT a qualified Property/Facilities Buildings, Manager with a minimum of (4 3 to 5 years17ofUnits) experience managing commercial properties. Excellent organizational communication Tax Exempt & Not Prevailingand Wage Rate Project skills are required. Responsibilities include: New Construction, Wood of Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Cast-of Budgeting and forecasting expenses - timely approval of invoices, preparation client bill packages in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework,

Oversight of maintenance and subcontractors - prioritizing Mechanical,staff Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. and scheduling project work, reviewing work order requests, oversight and coordination of subconThis contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. tractors to minimize disruption to the property Oversight of janitorial, and other vendors inspections - continual Bidlandscaping, Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 follow up with subcontractors to ensure optimum performance Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016

Project documents available via ftp link below:

Assists in developing specifications for bidding work and purchasing within guidelines. http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage Maintaining responding to tenant requests, Fax or Emailpositive Questionstenant & Bids to:and Dawnclient Lang @relations 203-881-8372- dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com follow upHCC to encourages ensure completion the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 Excel, Word and Outlook computerAA/EEO skills would be helpful EMPLOYER Company will make best efforts to have the managed properties within counties in reasonable proximity to candidates home. Excellent benefits, 401k. Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Please do not contact by phone, Please send resume to openjobs.mgmt@fusco.com.

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

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

APPLY NOW!

Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders Top pay for top performers. Health Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED Part Time Delivery Needed

One/Two Day a Week,

Must Have your Own Vehicle

If Interested call

(203) 387-0354 CITY OF MILFORD

Seeking qualified condidates to fill numerous vacancies to include, Director of Operations Milford Landing Marina, Recreation Director, and more. For information and detailed application instructions, visit WWW.ci.milford.ct.us

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - June 17, 2020 - June 23, 2020 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27, 2016 - August 02, 2016

Assistant Mechanic / Maintainer 4 - DPW Highway Division Town of Portland, CT (EOE) NOTICE Deadline: July 6, 2020

TownVALENTINA accepting applications for full-time Assistant Mechanic in the PublicAVAILABLE Works Highway Division; works with MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PREAPPLICATIONS lead mechanic in general repair/maintenance of all gas and diesel vehicles, trucks and heavy equipment, including brakes, exhausts, engine tuning, and related work. Applicant should have welding experience, perform diagnostic HOMEperform INC, onoilbehalf of Columbus House and the Newassist Haven Housing Authority, analysis, changes, lubricate equipment/vehicles, drivers with snow plow and sander installation. is accepting for studio andAFSCME one-bedroom this ts. devel40 hours weekly;pre-applications starting hourly wage $27.30; unionapartments with fringeat benefi Subject to pre-employment opment located 108 Frank Street, New Haven.

Maximum ap- school diploma or GED drug/alcohol testing,atClearinghouse and DMV background check.income Qualifilimitations cations: High ply. Pre-applications be available from 9AMand TOequipment 5PM beginning equivalent supplemented will by training in automotive repair, Monday minimumJu;y 2 years experience vehicle maintenance combination of pre-applications education & experience; must have 25, 2016 or andequivalent ending when sufficient (approximately 100)valid haveCT Commercial Driver’s License.

Send General Employment Application First Selectwoman’s Office,upon P.O. Box been received at the offices of HOME INC.to: Applications will be mailied re- 71, Portland, CT 06480071 quest by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed pre-

applications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third

Floor,OF New Haven, CT 06510.

CITY MILFORD Seeking qualified condidates to fill numerous vacancies to

include,Public Health Nurse, Deputy Tax Collector, For information and detailed application instructions, visit WWW.ci.milford.ct.us NOTICIA Click on SERVICES, JOBS and JOB TITLE.

360 Management Group Company 360 Management Group Company is currently accepting applications for currently accepting applications forJustice WaverlyisTownhouses, Fulton Park and Stanley

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES

AMENDMENT TO PORTLAND CITIZEN PARTICICPATION PLAN

Waverly Townhouses, Fulton Park and Stanley Justice

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está Located in revitalized neighborhoods, our newly renovated townhouses In response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Town of Portland is amending its Citizen Participation Plan, aceptandoand pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio estepublic desarrollo Located in revitalized neighborhoods, newly renovated townhouses feature two, three and four bedrooms,our all with convenient access to to promote support “social distancing” while continuing to offerenthe an opportunity to provide ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven.

Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos feature two, three and four bedrooms, all with convenient access to transportation, great schools and amenities. Community features include valuable citizen input and insight into the policies, and procedures of the Town of Portland, particularly as máximos.

Las administration pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando 25 transportation, great maintenance, schools and amenities.

Community include 24-hour emergency resident activities and features access to it relates to the and implementation of its federal programs.Martes The following process will be julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido (aproximadamente 100) used to solicit citizen participation andsuficientes input intopre-solicitudes any programmatic amendments necessary to quickly and playgrounds.

Families who qualify for Housing Choice and Voucher (Section 8) 24-hour emergency maintenance, resident activities access to en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por or correo a petición effectively administer federal funding made available either directly indirectly as a result of the COVIDassistance willFamilies pay nowho morequalify than 30% of their adjusted annual income for8) playgrounds. for Housing Choice Voucher (Section a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse 19 llamando Pandemic. rent. assistance will pay no more than 30% of their adjusted annual income for a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 . rent.

• Effective April 2, 2020, consistent with the Mega-waiver issued by HUD on March 31, 2020, and for a period ending June 30, 2021, community input prior to drafting a substantial amendment to any plan will REQUIREMENTS: be waived, including but not limited to an approved consolidated plan or annual action plan concerning the Earnings must be between 0%-60% of the Area REQUIREMENTS: proposed uses of CDBG, HOME, NHTF, ESG and HOPWA funds.

Medium Income Earnings must be between 0%-60% of the Area • The Town of Portland has prepared this amendment to its current Citizen Participation Plan, to discuss (AMI). Please see the table below for specific income and household Medium Income the Covid-19 CDBG funding now available to the Town to prevent, prepare and respond to the COVID-19 requirements.

Selections will be made via a lottery system.

Invitation to the Bid: table Crisis. The State of CT expects to receive $7.8 Million dollars for eligible CDBG activities that benefit low (AMI). Please see below for specific income and household nd and moderate income people such as Public Services, Housing 242-258 Fairmont Ave and Technical Assistance. The Town intends requirements.

2 Notice Selections will be made via a lottery system. # People to apply for these funds for eligible activities.

2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA in 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 • The Amendment will be posted in a prominent place on the Town’s website, along with a notice identify#Househol People All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 ing the availability of the amendment. The Notice will include the opportunity to provide electronic comOld Saybrook, CT ind 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 highways, bus stop & shoppingon center ment for a period of not less thannear five days and information participation in a “virtual public hearing”. As (4 Buildings, 17 Units) Househol part of the the allowed.

Town will provide parties information how @ citizens who have special needs may obtain Minimum $20,52 $23,10 PetNotice, under 40lb Interested contactonMaria 860-985-8258 Tax Exempt Wage Rate Project $25,65 $27,72 $29,77 $31,82 $33,87 d& Not Prevailing the Amendment in a form which is accessible to them.

5 0 0 5 5 5 5 • Such Notice will be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation, and will include at least Minimum $20,52 $23,10 $25,65 $27,72 $29,77 $31,82 $33,87 $49,26 $55,44 $61,56 Cast$66,54 $71,46 $76,38 $81,30 Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s oneCT.(1) minority publication.

New Construction, WoodMaximum Framed, Housing, Site-work, 5Selective Demolition, 0 0 5 5 5 5 Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Certificate Copies of the Notice will be posted on the Town’s webpage and will be emailed to all local organizations in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:30and3:30 Community Partners as Joe well as the Town Contact: Chairman, Deacon J. Davis, M.S., B.S. Department heads and the local regional planning agency.

Maximum $49,26 $55,44 $61,56 Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework,$66,54 $71,46 $76,38 $81,30 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster •(203) Any comments received, either at the virtual public hearing or during the public comment period will 0Apply online 0 0 0 0 0 0 at https://ecc.myhousing.com New Haven, CT be St. considered by the agency before the final amended action plan is submitted to the town of Portland. AMechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. or download an application at: Thisaction contract summary of the comments and the Town’s responses will be an attachment to the final amended plan.is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. http://www.cthcvp.org/ Apply online at https://ecc.myhousing.com • The procedures and actions discussed above will constitute the Town’s citizen participation plan for http://www.elmcitycommunities.org or download an application at: any substantial amendments, which may need to be made in the course of the program year. A "substantial Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 amendment” to the plan is one which implements a change in the use and/or method of distributing those http://www.cthcvp.org/ ToAnticipated receiveStart: an application August 15, 2016by mail, please call 475-355-7289 or send a funds. http://www.elmcitycommunities.org Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour written request to Attention: Waitlist Coordinator, Elm City Communities, PO documents available via ftp link below: • This amended citizen participation plan will itself be made available to the public for a five day public com- Project until 3:00prior pm toonimplementation, Tuesday, August 2, 2016 its office 28 Smith Street, accordingly.

Box 1912, New Haven, CT 06509 ment period and any interestatgroups may at review and comment

NEW HAVEN

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage To receive an application by mail, please call 475-355-7289 or send a

written to Attention: Waitlist Coordinator, Elm City Communities, PO Submitrequest paper applications

Fax or Email QuestionsBox & Bids1912, to: Dawn New Lang 203-881-8372 Haven, CT • @In persondawnlang@haynesconstruction.com at 06509 360 Orange St, New Haven, CT 06511 Laborer: The Town of East Haven is currently accepting applications for the position ofHCC Laborer encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Sectionbox 3 Certified Businessesat the front door); or (via the drop located in its Public Works Department. Qualified candidates must possess a High School Diploma or GED, some Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith • Submit paper applications Mail to PO Box 1912, New Haven, CT 06509 experience in heavy manual labor; any equivalent combination of education and experience and a valid and AA/EEO EMPLOYER • In Street Seymour, CT at from 10:00theam, onofWednesday, 20,pay 2016. person at 360 Orange St, New Haven, CT 06511 appropriate driver’s license State Connecticut.July Base for this position is $43,275.00 per year the dropaccommodation box located at the front door); (July 1, 2020)/year. The application is available at http://www.townofeasthavenct.org/civil-service-commisIf you need a(via reasonable to complete theorapplication: • Mail to PO Box sion/pages/job-notices-and-tests and must be returned to the Civil Service Commission, New Haven, CT 06509 Call1912, 203-498-8800 ext. 1507 Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority Of- 250 Main Street, East Haven CT 06512. The Town of East Haven is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, Females, Veterans Applications will be available on 6/08/2020 28 Smithare Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579. andfice, Handicapped encouraged to apply.

If you need a reasonable accommodation tobycomplete the application: Applications must be submitted 7/3/2020

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

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Call 203-498-8800 ext. 1507

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - June 17, 2020 - June 23, 2020 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27, 2016 - August 02, 2016

Willard DiLoreto Parking Garage – CCSU – New Britain, CT

NOTICE

O&G Industries is looking for DAS-certified minorities to bid the above-referenced project as a subcontractor or supplier of material. Project will be bid to the State of ConnectiVALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PREAVAILABLE cut DAS Construction Services on June 24,APPLICATIONS 2020. Set Aside Requirements: 25% SBE Subcontractors &/or Suppliers; 6.25% MBE Subcontractors &/or Suppliers. Please e-mail HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and Newinformation Haven Housing Authority, Mark Carroll markcarroll@ogind.com forthe more and to gain is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develaccess to the plans. opment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y O&G is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer seeking all 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have subcontractors/suppliers/vendors - MBE/WBE/SBE/DBE/Veterans/Disabled. been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon request by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preapplications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

REQUEST FOR BIDS - NEW BID DUE DATE AND PROCEDURES Air Rights Garage Repairs NOTICIA New Haven, Connecticut VALENTINA MACRIHaven VIVIENDASParking DE ALQUILERAuthority PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES New Project #20-002

360Management Management Group Company 360 Company esta actualmente aceptando is currently acceptingaplicaciones applicationspara for la lista de espera de Waverly Townhouses, Fulton Park and Waverly Townhouses, Fulton Park and Stanley Justice Stanley Justice

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está

Bids due July 9, 2020para at 3:00 P.M. aceptando pre-solicitudes estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo (Note: This a new date, a new bid opening ubicado en laiscalle 109 bid Frankdue Street, Newwith Haven.

Se aplican limitacionesprocedure.) de ingresos

Located in revitalized neighborhoods, our newly renovated townhouses Ubicadas en vecindarios revitalizados, nuestras casas adosadas recientemente feature two, three and four bedrooms, all with convenient access to renovadas cuentan con dos, tres y cuatro habitaciones, todas con acceso transportation, schools and amenities. features include conveniente al great transporte, excelentes escuelas y Community comodidades.

Las características 24-hour emergency maintenance, resident activities and de la comunidad incluyen mantenimiento de emergencia las 24access horas, to actividades para residentes accesofor a parques familias(Section que playgrounds.

Families who yqualify Housinginfantiles.

ChoiceLas Voucher 8) califican para asistencia dethan Vales 30% de Elección Viviendaannual (Sección 8) pagarán assistance will la pay no more of theirde adjusted income for no más del 30% de sus ingresos anuales ajustados por el alquiler. rent.

máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 2016 hastawill cuando se han recibido suficientes 100) Bidjulio, Documents be available beginning Junepre-solicitudes 18, 2020 at (aproximadamente no cost by downloading from the Buildingen las oficinas HOMEwebsite.

INC. LasContact pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición Company at 203-712Connnected FTPde system Maryann Bigda of Turner Construction llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán 6070 for BuildingConnnected FTP system access information. Note: there remitirse are new bid procedures using las oficinas de HOMEFTP INCsystem en 171 Orange Street, tercer New Haven , CTthe 06510 . theaBuildingConnected to submit bids, andpiso, a Zoom Link for opening of the bids; see full Invitation for Bids - Revised per Addendum #2, which is available on the BuildingConnnected FTP system, for details.

REQUIREMENTS:

The work mainly includes concrete repairs, waterproofing, and plumbing/drainage system repairs.

REQUIREMENTS: Los ingresos deben estar entre 0% -60% del ingreso medio Earnings del área.must be between 0%-60% of the Area Medium ConsulteIncome la tabla a continuación para conocer los ingresos Invitation torequisitos Bid: específicos y los del below hogar. Las se realizarán mediante un (AMI).

Please see the table for selecciones specific income and household nd sistema de 2lotería.

Notice requirements.

Selections will be made via a lottery system.

Bidders must submit with their Bid on forms provided a list of their Intended Subcontractors, including the use of Minority Business Enterprises and Women Owned Business Enterprises as subcontractors for a goal of at least 25% of the total value of the Bidder’s subcontracts.

242-258 Fairmont Ave

NEW HAVEN

2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR,opportunity/affi 1 level , 1BA New Haven Parking Authority is an equal rmative action employer.

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

THE GLENDOWER GROUP

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# People 2 3 Personas 2 CT 3 inOld Saybrook, en el (4 Buildings, 17 Units) Househol hogar Tax Exempt &dNot Prevailing Wage Rate Project Mínimo

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5 0 0 5 Invitation for Bids New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Cast- 5 5 0 0 Maximo $55,44 Concrete, Asphalt$49,26 Shingles, Vinyl Siding, $61,56 $66,54 Charles T. McQueeney Towers Commercial Floor Renovations in-place Maximum 0 0 0 0 $49,26 $55,44 $61,56 $66,54

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

Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework,

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New Haven, CT en línea en https://ecc.myhousing.com esrs. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Glendower’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https:// This contract is subject to state set-aside and Solicite contract compliance requirements. newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on o descargue una aplicación en: Apply online at https://ecc.myhousing.com http://www.cthcvp.org/ or download an application at: Monday, June 8, 2020 at 3:00PM. Bid Extended, Due Date: Augusthttp://www.elmcitycommunities.org 5, 2016 http://www.cthcvp.org/

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.

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES Invitation for Bid

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

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Para recibir available una solicitud porbelow: correo, por favor llame 475-355-7289 o envíe una Project documents via ftp link solicitud por escrito a Attention: Waitlist Coordinator, Elm City Communities, PO Box http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage To1912, receive an application New Haven, CT 06509 by mail, please call 475-355-7289 or send a

written request to Attention: Waitlist Coordinator, Elm City Communities, PO

1912, New Haven, CT 06509 Fax or Email Questions Box & Bids Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com Lasto: solicitudes se pueden presenta • EnS/W/MBE HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, & Section Certified Businesses persona en 3360 Orange St, New Haven, CT 06511 (a través un CT buzón Haynes Construction Progress Ave, de Seymour, 06483 ubicado en la puerta principal); o Submit Company, paper32applications al PO Box Haven, CT 06509 • • EMPLOYER AA/EEO InEnviada personpor at correo 360 Orange St, 1912, New New Haven, CT 06511 (via the drop box located at the front door); or

The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Bids for Robert T. Wolfe Elevator Repair. A complete copy of the requirements may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority OfCollaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

Si usted necesita acomodación razonable para completar su aplicación llame al • Mail to PO Box 1912, New Haven, CT 06509 203-498-8800 ext. 1507

Las solicitudes estarán disponibles el 6/08/2020

fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Monday, June 15, 2020 at 3:00PM

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

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - June 17, 2020 - June 23, 2020 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27, 2016 - August 02, 2016

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks:

THE GLENDOWER GROUP

Construction Equipment Mechanic preferably experienced in Reclaiming and Road Milling Equipment. We offer factory Invitation for Bids training on equipment we operate. Location: Bloomfield CT Charles T. McQueeney Towers Commercial Floor We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PREAPPLICATIONS AVAILABLE Renovations Contact: Tom Dunay

NOTICE

Phone: 243-2300 The Glendower HOME INC, on behalf of860Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority,Group is currently seeking Bids for commerEmail: tom.dunay@garrityasphalt.com cial at floor at Charles T. McQueeney Towesrs. A is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments this renovations develWomen Minority Applicants are New encouraged to apply income complete copyapof the requirement may be obtained from Glenopment & located at 108 Frank Street, Haven. Maximum limitations dower’s Vendor rmative Action/ Opportunity Employer ply.Affi Pre-applications willEqual be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have June re8, 2020 at 3:00PM. been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be Monday, mailied upon quest by calling HOME Reclaiming, INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preGarrity Asphalt Inc seeks: applications must be to HOMEwith INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Reclaimer Operators andreturned Milling Operators current licensing Haven, CTbe06510. andFloor, cleanNew driving record, willing to travel throughout the Northeast & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits

NOTICIA

Contact: Rick Tousignant Phone: 860- 243-2300

Willard DiLoreto Parking Garage – CCSU – New Britain, CT

Email: rick.tousignant@garrityasphalt.com VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES

O&G Industries is looking for DAS-certified minorities to bid Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply the above-referenced project as a subcontractor or supplier of Affi rmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está

material. Project will be bid to the State of Connecticut DAS aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorioConstruction en este desarrollo Services on June 24, 2020. Set Aside Requireubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones ingresos ments:de25% SBE Subcontractors &/or Suppliers; 6.25% MBE máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25&/or Suppliers. Please e-mail Mark Carroll Subcontractors Tractor Trailer Driver for Heavy & Highway Construction Equipjulio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) markcarroll@ogind.com for more information and to gain ment. Must have a CDL License, clean driving record, capable of en las oficinas HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas correotoa the petición plans. operating heavydeequipment; be willing to travel throughout the poraccess llamando&a NY. HOME 203-562-4663 horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse Northeast We INC offeralexcellent hourlydurante rate &esas excellent benefits is an Affi. rmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer seeking all a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven ,O&G CT 06510

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

HELP WANTED:

NEW HAVEN

subcontractors/suppliers/vendors - MBE/WBE/SBE/DBE/Veterans/Disabled.

STAIN/PAINT CREW:

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF MIDDLETOWN Request for Qualifications from Architects/Engineers to Assist the Housing Authority in Preparation of Plans, Specifications & Contract Documents for Window and Entry Door Replacement at Maplewood Terrace and Entry Door Replacement at Traverse Square

The Housing Authority of the City of Middletown extends an invitation to architects/engineers to submit a statement of their qualifications to the Authority. The architect's/engineer’s qualifications should indicate the ability to perform work required in a timely and sufficient manner. The architect/engineer must be licensed to perform services in the State of Connecticut.

The services being required by the Housing Authority will include but shall not be limited to preliminary studies, schematic design, preparation and design of construction documents, work write-ups, cost estimates, evaluation of construction bids, inspection of materials and workmanship during construction, and post completion documents for the window and door improvements projects scheduled to be completed at Traverse Square (60 residential units, entry doors only) and Maplewood Terrace (47 Residential units, doors and windows). The project will include but is not limited to: apartment window and door replacement, and exterior/interior window and door trim.

The entire procurement procedure and contract award will be subject to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and any and all applicable Federal/State Laws and Regulations. The architect/engineer selected shall comply with: a) the Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Requirements adopted by the Authority in compliance with said order, and b) Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 and the regulations issued thereunder.

Profiles of the firm's principals, staff and facilities must be submitted along with a list of completed projects, especially projects completed with H.U.D. funds. The architect/ engineer should specify any work performed under the Comprehensive Grant Program and/or the Comprehensive Improvements Assistance Program. A certified statement that the architect/engineer is not debarred, suspended or otherwise prohibited from professional practice by any Federal, State or local agency must also be submitted. In addition, the following insurance will be required:

1. Professional Liability including Errors and Omissions, Large CT fence contractor seeking experienced painters. Must Invitation2.toComprehensive Bid: General Liability, have at least 5 years’ experience staining and/or painting woodnd 3. Automobile Liability, 242-258 Fairmont Ave 2 Notice and cellular products. Work available 10-12 months per year. 4. Valuable Papers Destruction policy, Townhouse, BA, for 3BR, 1 level All , 1BA necessary equipment provided. Medical, holiday, sick 5. Workers’ Compensation and Employer Liability policy.

Large CT2BR guardrail company 1.5 looking Laborer/ drug new valid apartments, new appliances, newand carpet, I-91vacation & I-95 pay provided. Must pass a physical andOld DriverAllwith CT CDL Class A license ableclose to toand Saybrook, CT a The Architect/Engineer should have previous experience in providing professional serhighways, busto stop & shopping center test, have a valid CT driver’s license and be able to obtain get a medical card.

Must near be able pass a drug test (4 Buildings, 17 Units) DOT medical card.

Rates from $18.00 $22.00 per hour plus vices to public housing authorities and must display evidence of knowledge of H.U.D. and physical.

Compensation based on contact experience.

Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties Maria @ 860-985-8258 Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project current federal GSA Form 330 must be submitted. benefits. OSHA 10 training required. Please email resume to regulations.

Completed Email resume to dmastracchio@atlasoutdoor.com gforshee@atlasoutdoor.com AA/EOE/M-F

AA/EOE M-F

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

NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BID HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DANBURY St. New Haven, CT Plumbing Services IFB No. B20001

SEYMOUR HOUSING SCOPE: AUTHORITY

The Housing Authority of theby City Danbury and its affiliates hereby issue InvitaSealed bids are invited theofHousing Authority of the Town of this Seymour tion for until 3:00Bidpmfrom on professional, Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, qualified, licensed plumbing companies.

Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the PROPOSAL SUBMITTAL Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26RETURN: Smith Street Seymour.

Housing Authority of the City of Danbury, 2 Mill Ridge Rd, Danbury, CT 06811 Envelope Must be Marked: IFB No. B20001 Plumbing Services

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

SUBMITTAL DEADLINE/BID

July 9, 2020 at 10:00am (EST)

Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority OfCONTACT PERSON FOR IFB DOCUMENT: fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Ms. Devin Marra, Director of Procurement,Telephone: 203-744-2500 x141 E-Mail: dmarra@hacdct.org The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to [Minority- and/or women-owned businesses are encouraged to respond]

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

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Cast- Criteria: Evaluation

Firm’s qualifi in-place Concrete, Asphalt1.Shingles, Vinylcations Siding,- history and resource capability to perform required services in Centrally Located Construction Company a timely manner (20 Points).

Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, 2. Evaluation of staff personnel (20 Points). in Connecticut has positions available Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

3. H.U.D. experience, including the Comprehensive Grant Program and/or the Capital for experienced project managers, laborThis contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

Fund Program (25 Points). ers and truck drivers.

4. Other experience (20 Points).

This company is an Affirmative Action / 5. Overall response to RFQ (15 Points).

Bid Extended, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F. Females andDue

Date: August 5, 2016

Minorities are encouraged to apply.Start: August 15, 2016 Anticipated All interested firms shall submit proposals to: Please fax resume to ATTN: Mike to available via ftp link below: Project documents

Window & Entry Door Replacement Qualifications at http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage 860-669-7004.

Maplewood Terrace & Traverse Square Middletown Housing Authority 40 Broad Street Middletown, CT 06457 HCC encourages in the Crane/Pile participation ofDrivall Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses borer with experience Construction Company, ing operations. WeHaynes will consider those with 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483

by June 26, 2020 on or before 4:00 PM no prior experience. Required skills/qualiAA/EEO EMPLOYER Further information may be obtained by calling the Housing Authority at (860) 346-8671 fications include: OTC 105 OSHA10 hour ext. 112 Certification, Valid Drivers License, Must be able to lift over 50 pounds, Minimum The Housing Authority of the City of Middletown is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative age of 18, Must Provide personal transporAction Employer and conducts its business in accordance with all Federal, State and tation to and from the jobsite.

Local laws, regulations and guidelines. Section 3, Small, Minority, Women Business Please contact: Eric Bombaci Bombaci Construction Enterprises and Disabled are encouraged to participate in this process.

Constuction for aLang La- @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com Fax or EmailLaborer QuestionsLooking & Bids to: Dawn

8605754519 Bombaciconst@aol.com

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