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Down To The Wire, Republican Leader’s Request For Contracts Is Ignored

by Christine Stuart | CT. JUNKIE NEWS

HARTFORD, CT — Connecticut’s state employee unions finished voting on an extension of health and pension benefits and nearly three dozen wage contracts Monday. The tally is expected to be announced later today.

The deal includes job protection for four years for bargaining groups who agree to a three-year wage freeze and three furlough days, and a 3.5 percent pay increase in the final two years. In addition, it increases employee contributions to health and pension benefits and is expected to save the state $1.57 billion over the next two years, according to an actuarial report.

But Senate Republican President Len Fasano said he can’t be certain because Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration won’t release the wage contracts.

Fasano and his staff formally requested the wage agreements on July 6, but have not received a response from the administration.

“There’s no reason that they could not give us the contracts other than they don’t want us to have them,” Fasano said Monday.

He said if lawmakers are expected to vote to approve or reject the concessions deal they should be able to see what’s in the agreements.

“Not releasing these contracts makes me question, and should make every legislator question, what is in them that the administration does not want us to see,” Fasano said. “From the few contracts that are already public, we see many increased costs. We need to

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Sen. Len Fasano, R-North Haven

know what we are voting on before we actually vote. To withhold these documents from any member of the legislature is an affront to transparency.”

Chris McClure, a spokesman for Malloy, said the administration has been extremely transparent during this entire process.

“We’ve released detailed actuarial analyses, answered all questions presented to us, and proactively volunteered to sit down with legislative leaders to answer questions,” McClure said.

He said they’ve met more than once with Fasano and have another meeting scheduled for today.

Fasano said “there’s no reason why documents that have been shared with individual unions should not also be shared with the public and especially lawmakers who have the same obligation to review, assess, and vote on the labor deal.”

Fasano believes that the state could save more money by making changes to collective bargaining rules, eliminating two state holidays, increasing the course load of UConn professors, prohibiting meal and clothing allowances, and eliminating executive assistant positions.

Malloy has said he doesn’t believe Republicans could achieve those savings outside collective bargaining. Not to mention the unions promised a court battle if lawmakers tried to change collective bargaining.

Malloy has said he would veto any attempt to legislate benefits for state employees.

Also, Malloy has said if the legislature — which also will be asked to vote on the labor agreement — turns down the tentative deal, then Republicans aren’t going to have his help to legislatively address the problem.

Beaver Hills Trio Runs As A Team THE INNER-CITY NEWS July 19, 2017 - July 25, 2017

29’s Wingate proposed legislation and held a hearing to tackle vicious dogs after he witnessed the fatal mauling of a neighbor across the street. Ward 28’s Marks organized a new “friends” group to clean and keep clean Goffe Street Park. Ward 27’s Furlow (whose Dadaist-style gerrymandered district also includes slices of Westville, West Hills, Beverly Hills, and Amity) pushed for hearings on ideas to slow traffic to try to keep kids safer when they get on school buses and seniors safer when they cross the street. The three Beaver Hills alders have supported each others’ efforts.

At Sunday’s event, the alders also spoke of working together to create more employment opportunities for the neighborhood.

by PAUL BASS

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

When people in Beaver Hills look for calmer streets or a cleaner park, they have a team of alders speaking up for them downtown.

Or, as some put it on Sunday, a “family.”

That was the message at a campaign event that took place Sunday afternoon by the playground at Beecher School. There, three Democratic alders — Jill Marks, Biran Wingate, and Richard Furlow — held a joint reelection campaign announcement. The three candidates, none of whom yet has an opponent, are raising money and campaigning for new terms under the auspices of a political action committee called Democrats in Action.

Joint announcements have become a trend this campaign season. Four candidates in the Hill held a joint announcement. Then came three candidates in the West River-Dwight-Edgewood area.

Now Beaver Hills.

The idea is to promote the idea that alders from contiguous wards represent voters with common interests and can advance those neighborhoods’ interests better as a united front.

“It’s better to do this as a team,” Board of Alders President Tyisha Walker, who attended Sunday’s event, observed. She and her neighboring alders, Frank Douglass and Evette Hamilton, started the trend two campaign cycles ago. Walker said that it helps the full board deal with a neighborhood’s concerns when the local alders “figure out amongst themselves” what they want and speak with a single voice.

In Beaver Hills, the three alders noted, as in other neighborhoods, sometimes alders represent different sides of the same street. With redistricting, a constituent of one alder becomes the constituent of another in the next election.

And they share common concerns. In the past two years, Ward

“Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Jobs,” Wingate declared, in summing up his top priority. He said he’d like to see industrial employers open new plants in Beaver Hills.

The alders also collaborated on a well-attended public neighborhood meeting held last week with the mayor and police chief to air quality-of-life concerns.

“Like any family, we have disagreements. But we do a lot of good work together,” Tyisha Walker remarked to the dozens of supporters present at the event.

The event ended on a family note, with Jill Marks inviting daughters and nieces up to join the candidates in a rousing final gospel number.

Click on the video at the top of the story to watch them sing.

Sit-Ups Thwart 155 Wannabe Cops

Team Beaver Hills: Marks, Wingate and Furlow.

by CHRISTOPHER PEAK NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Dixwell Alder Jeanette Morrison showed up in support, a day after announcing her own reelection bid.

State Rep. Pat Dillon and State Sen. Gary Winfield lending support at the event.

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The police department is starting to sweat about the number of recruits for its next class, after it hemorrhaged hundreds of applicants in the very first step: the physical fitness test.

Roughly half of this year’s 1,223 applicants didn’t make it past the first round: 155 failed the physical agility test and another 393 didn’t show up at all, reported Officer Yelena Borisova, who conducts background investigations. Another 675 are still in the running.

Of those, 270 have obtained CHIP cards that allow them to bypass the test and apply to multiple police departments, she added.

Those results led to an outburst of disappointed expletives at Thursday’s weekly CompStat meeting, as the department brass knew that even more candidates will be shaved off in the tougher stages to follow.

“The goal for us is, if you have 1,200 people, you want to try and get as many through the earliest parts of the process. Because what knocks out a lot of people is the background investigations, psychologicals, polygraph, the written test and the orals,” Police Chief Anthony Campbell explained.

“So, the larger pool you have up front, the bigger, more qualified pool you’ll have on the tail end. When you lose

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Officer Borisova, who vets recruits.

a lot of people up front to something as basic as agility, it creates an issue.”

Campbell said he believes that the pool is still large enough that he’s still hoping to get two or three academy classes, which legally must be capped at 45 cadets each.

The need for more cops is becoming more urgent, the chief said, as the department is currently understaffed. Of the 495 budgeted spots, only 440 are currently filled. And a wave of retirements could cause further shortages on the force, with two dozen cops ready Con’t on page 14

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Fresh Faces Join The Community Foundation’s Board of Directors

New Haven, CT (July 18, 2017) - The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the region’s charitable endowment and largest grantmaker, announces that Dr. Maysa Akbar of New Haven, Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale Child Study Center and CEO of the Integrated Wellness Group, has been appointed to the Board of Directors. Dr. Akbar began her term June 1, replacing former member Emily Byrne, who has accepted a fellowship in Germany with the Robert Bosch Foundation. She will carry-out the remainder of Ms. Byrne’s term which ends in 2019. Dr. Akbar is the second person to join the board this year, following Dr. Joseph Gordon of Woodbridge, CT who began his seven-year term in January, replacing Charles ‘Chip’ Long.

“Both Ms. Akbar and Mr. Gordon bring a diversity of experience and passion for connecting with people, including underserved populations in our community,” says William Ginsberg, President and CEO of The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. “We are excited to work with them and look forward to their contributions for many years to come.”

Dr. Akbar is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale Child Study Center and the only Board Certified Child and Adolescent Psychologist who lives and works in Connecticut. She is also the founder of Integrated Wellness Group, a multidisciplinary psychotherapy practice in New Haven. Dr. Akbar is a graduate of State University of New York at Albany, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University and Saint Louis University. She completed both her pre and-post doctoral training at Yale School of Medicine. She has over 15 years of clinical experience and holds numerous certifications in various areas of treatment. She specializes in racial trauma, focusing on at-risk children and families who live in the inner-city.

Dr. Gordon is the former deputy dean of Yale College and dean of Undergraduate education at Yale University, two positions he held since the late 1990s. Dr. Gordon retired from Yale University in February 2016 after serving for more than 40 years. As deputy dean, Dr. Gor-

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don provided continuity through the terms of seven deans of Yale College, to give strategic direction to the overall undergraduate experience. He worked with planning groups in the areas of academic support technology and digital arts

media, health policy, emergency preparation and crisis response, and chaired task forces and subcommittees to review academic policy and practices for re-accreditation.

Dr. Gordon played a crucial role in the re-establishment of ROTC units

on the Yale campus and chaired the Provost’s Committee on Lesbian and Gay Studies on several occasions. Dr. Gordon holds a BA summa cum laude in English from Amherst College and MA in English from Yale.

Thanks to the generosity of three generations of donors, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven awarded over $30 million in grants and distributions in 2016 from an endowment of more than $530 million and comprising hundreds of individually named funds.

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven’s 20 town service area includes: Ansonia, Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge.

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The New Haven County Bar Association holds L.A.W. Camp (Love to learn – Apply yourself – Work for Justice) to Inspire Greater New Haven County Youth to join the Legal Profession

The persistent trend of underrepresentation of people of color within the bar in both the New Haven legal community and the legal community nationwide calls for action in providing opportunities to interact and learn from practicing lawyers and judges.

This week, from July 18th until July 21st, the Honorable Judge Angela Robinson and Attorney SungHo Hwang have welcomed an unprecedented number of New Haven teens to L.A.W Camp. Students are sent from 22 New Haven area high schools as well as area organizations such as LEAP, Amistad High School, New Haven Youth Court, New Haven Public Safety Academy and POSSE. Through instruction in actual law school classrooms, panel discussions, a visit to a downtown law firm and mock trials at the New Haven Superior Courthouse and the U.S. District Court, this unique Bar Association public service program simulates what being a “real” lawyer is like

for high school students.

This year a compelling fact pattern was again developed by Attorney Joseph Murolo based on a fictional assault at a local mall. For the first time, this fact pattern, will include gender neutral pronouns such as ze, zir, and zirself; an important change that the New Haven County Bar Association’s LGBTQ Committee will speak about with the students. As part of the fact pattern, a New Haven Police Department Officer and State Prosecutor will go through an investigative process following an arrest.

Community organizations and businesses donating to the Camp include Faxon Law Group, The Halal Guys, Zoi’s, Café Java, The Elm City Club, Stony Creek Brewery, Trinity Bar & Restaurant, Wiggin & Dana LLP, and Levy, Leff and DeFrank PC. The Foundation of the New Haven County Bar donates a significant amount of the funding to the Camp.

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tionally in August on the American Bar Association’s website, Legal Technology Today. L.A.W. Camp for Teens is a program designed to make a lasting difference in the lives of high school students in the New Haven area. It is an initiative to improve diversity in the legal profession.

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Cops Equal Activists In Numbers Outside Courthouse

by PAUL BASS NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

More than a dozen activists gathered on the Elm Street courthouse steps Monday morning, preparing to go inside to observe a New Haven man’s appearance on charges of interfering with a police officer at a July 8 counterdemonstration that went awry.

They had company. To their left, down the courthouse steps, stood six police officers including a patrol supervisor and a district manager.

Across the street on the Green, also keeping watch were two assistant police chiefs and at least seven motorcycle officers.

There was no protest staged on the steps. The activists came to show support inside for Dramese Fair, the man who made the court appearance. But unlike on other similar visits, they didn’t bring signs or stage a rally.

If this were two weeks earlier, that police presence probably wouldn’t have materialized. But now something has changed: Police have declared that they will pay more attention than ever before to postings on social media, and act accordingly.

Police Chief Anthony Campbell has vowed to up the social media game after the July 8 counterdemonstration — held to protest a recruiting event for a white nationalist group called the Proud Boys — developed into a short outburst of violence and a massive police response.

Police want to make sure they don’t get caught by surprise and have an event get out of hand the way it al-

most did on July 8, Assistant Chief Achilles Generoso said Monday as he and fellow Assistant Chief Racheal Cain stood among the officers on the Green.

“We want to have enough people on hand that we can react to whatever the situation is, but we’re not going to react unless it’s warranted,” police spokesman Officer David Hartman elaborated. “The police presence doesn’t have to be in your face.

We can be waiting in things wings.

If things go peacefully, our objective is not to interact at all. People want to talk to us, that’s fine. If people behave, we’ll do what we can to accommodate their rights.”

When police saw that no demonstration was materializing Monday, most of the officers in fact dispersed to attend to duties elsewhere.

Dramese Fair’s case, meanwhile, was continued. (He maintains his innocence and said he intends to fight the charge.)

The activists took note of the increased police presence. “I feel very protected,” one of them, Barbara Fair, remarked wryly.

Fair was there because Dramese Fair is her nephew. Fair herself has a court appearance scheduled for Wednesday for her own arrest that same day at the same event for allegedly interfering with police. The word has already gone out on social media for supporters to show up again at court. Expect to see the cops in the vicinity too.

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Malloy Signs Bill Changing Solitary Confinement

by Christine Stuart CT. JUNKIE NEWS

HARTFORD, CT — One of the last pieces of legislation Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed this year was a bill that prohibits the Corrections Department from putting anyone under the age of 18 in solitary confinement.

The legislation, which was proposed by Sen. Gary Winfield, DNew Haven, limits the use of solitary confinement and requires the Corrections Department to report on its use of solitary confinement annually. The report must include how many inmates were segregated from the rest of the population and the duration of their separation.

The new law goes into effect January 2018.

“Although we have a long way to go in the fight for criminal justice reform in Connecticut, this bill moves the state toward more humane treatment of our incarcerated citizens,” Winfield said.

Winfield, who is the vice chairman of the Judiciary Committee and was instrumental in bringing a replica solitary confinement cell to the state Capitol earlier this year, said there’s no disputing the negative consequences solitary confinement can have on children and other vulnerable inmates.

“This bill begins the work of Connecticut dealing with the issues of populations like incarcerated children and inmates with disabilities or with serious mental illness in solitary confinement,” he said.

Solitary confinement is the practice of placing a prisoner alone in a cell for 22 to 24 hours a day with little human contact or interaction.

According to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, prolonged solitary confinement is torture. On any given day, however, around 80,000 people in the United States are being held in solitary confinement.

In Connecticut, housing a prisoner in solitary confinement, according to the National Religious Campaign Against Torture costs an average of twice as much as housing a prisoner in general pop-

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COURTESY OF THE SENATE DEMOCRATS Sen. Gary Winfield in a replica solitary confinement cell earlier this year

ulation. The annual cost of incarcerating one inmate in Connecticut is $50,262. The annual cost of incarcerating one inmate at Northern, a level five facility in Somers, is $100,385.

AFSCME Council 4, the union representing correction officers, ,was opposed to parts of the original legislation because segregation is “an important tool for keeping

inmates, the public and staff safe in regards to corrections facilities functioning properly,” Brian Anderson, a lobbyist for Council 4 AFSCME, testified.

A final version of the legislation eliminated some of the objections by being less prescriptive.

It passed both the House and the Senate unanimously.

DeLauro: Let’s Get The Lead Out

THE INNER-CITY NEWS July 19, 2017 - July 25, 2017

by JON GREENBERG NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Connecticut U.S. Rep Rosa DeLauro is introducing a bill that could help defend New Haven children from the threat of lead poisoning.

DeLauro’s bill, the SMART Child Act, would commit $150 million to fund lead poisoning prevention, detection and treatment nationwide. The acronym SMART stands for “screen, manage, address and remove toxins for children.” Amid refrigerators that kept interrupting speakers with hums, she and others discussed the bill Monday morning at a press conference in a medical storage room at New Haven Health Department’s Meadow Street offices. She was joined by doctors from the New Haven and Connecticut health departments and from YaleNew Haven Hospital.

Although cases of lead poisoning have dropped substantially in New Haven since the 1990s, over 300 children in the city are diagnosed annually with blood lead levels past 5 micrograms per deciliter, according to Carl Baum, director of the YaleNew Haven Children’s Hospital Lead Treatment Center, who spoke at the Monday conference. Many doctors consider 5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood the threshold for poisoning.

DeLauro said over four million children across the nation are being exposed regularly to high levels of lead.

“Lead poisoning is a crisis in this country,” DeLauro said. “I do not say that lightly.”

Money from the bill would pay for educating families and communities on ways to prevent children from being exposed to lead, for managing cases for children who have been diagnosed with lead poisoning, and for blood tests and other screening measures, according to DeLauro.

DeLauro said the only way to definitively detect lead poisoning is via blood testing.

New Haven’s aging housing stock is the city’s largest lead threat, according to city Health Director Byron Kennedy, who spoke at the conference. Over 80 percent of homes in New Haven were built before 1978, when lead was still commonly used

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DeLauro at Monday’s conference.

in pipes and paint. Children in the Elm City who spend time in older homes and other older buildings are at risk of ingesting lead paint chips and dust, according to Kennedy.

Unlike in some other cities across the country, lead contaminated tap water is not as much of a threat in New Haven, according to Kennedy.

Connecticut law states that children between 9 months and 36 months old must be tested for lead once a year.

Baum said pediatricians in New Haven do a good job of screening for lead poisoning around the 12 month mark, but not as good a job of running tests after that point. Baum said children between the ages of 12 months and 24 months are especially at risk of exposure to lead, because children’s fine motor skills develop greatly during that time, allowing them to more easily ingest paint chips and dust. He urged New Haven pediatricians to run tests on children when they reach 24 months.

DeLauro cited recent cuts in fed-

eral funding for lead poisoning prevention as an impetus for creating the bill. She explained that in 2005 the federal government created a program to combat lead poisoning, but that funding for that program dropped from $35 million to $2 million from 2011 to 2012. The program was only allotted $17 million in the 2017 federal budget. That is not nearly enough money to prevent and treat lead poisoning effectively nationwide, according to DeLauro.

DeLauro added that even the $150 million in additional funds promised by the bill is not enough to appropriately combat the “crisis” of lead poisoning nationwide, but that it represents an improvement from the current situation.

Lead poisoning causes learning, hearing and behavioral problems and can harm brain, bone and muscle development. DeLauro stressed the importance of preventing poisoning, because the effects of lead poisoning can not be reversed.

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Poll: Malloy Still Third Most Unpopular Governor In The Country

by Christine Stuart CT. JUNKIE NEWS

HARTFORD, CT — Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy remains the third most unpopular governor in the country, according to a new Morning Consult poll released Tuesday.

Malloy maintained his 29 percent approval rating, which is the same as it was in last year’s poll.

The governor, who announced he’s not running for re-election last year, holds the distinction of being the most unpopular Democratic governor in the country. He also chairs the Democratic Governors Association.

The only other Democratic governor to make the top 10 most unpopular list was Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo. Almost half of voters or 47 percent say they

disapprove of Raimondo.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was the most unpopular governor this year followed by Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback. The two Republicans were in the top two spots in last year’s poll, too.

Roughly 69 percent of voters in the Garden State disapprove of Christie, who recently made national headlines for closing state beaches during a budget impasse while enjoying one of those beaches with his family over the July 4th weekend. Two-thirds of voters in Kansas disapprove of Brownback, who was rebuked by his own party when they overrode his veto rolling back his signature 2012 tax cuts.

The survey shows a number of other governors whose net approval ratings have dropped, including: • Gov. John Carney, D-Delaware,

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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy

down 19 points • Gov. Jim Justice, D-West Virginia, down 17 points • Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont,

down 13 points • Gov. Mary Fallin, R-Oklahoma, down 9 points • Gov. Doug Ducey, R-Arizoma,

down 14 points • Govs. Kate Brown, D-Oregon, Matt Bevin, R-Kentucky, and Greg Abbott, R-Texas, each down 7 points.

The two most popular governors, according to the poll, are Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts and Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland. Both are Republicans operating in traditionally blue states. An estimated 71 percent of Massachusetts residents approve of Baker while 68 percent of Maryland residents approve of Hogan.

The poll was based on interviews with more than 195,000 registered voters across the U.S. from April 1 through July 10. The margin of error for the Connecticut portion of the survey is listed as 2 percent.

“Clean Energy Summer” Launched

by ALLAN APPEL

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Three signs that a “green” summer has sprung in New Haven: • New solar arrays are going on to the roofs of eleven schools and the Goffe Street Armory.

• The city’s purchasing 100 percent of its power from renewable green sources.

• Eleven high-schoolers on bright white bicycles, including Destiny Furlow, will begin knocking Thursday on 10,000 doors from the Hill to Fair Haven to offer United Illuminating energy audits and potentially $1,000 worth of energy conservation materials and services to qualifying households.

Mayor Toni Harp cited those three examples at a press conference Wednesday afternoon as she announced the launch of “New Haven Clean Energy Summer” in front of 40 assembled climate activists on the second floor of City Hall.

The mayor put these developments, enumerated by City Engineer Giovanni Zinn, in the larger context of the city’s moving, well, full steam ahead on a commitment to finish its Climate and Sustainability Framework documents and as part of the city’s participation in the Mayors’ Compact the

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Destiny Furlow and Kourtney Capley modeling the Youth Conservation Corps bikes.

latter an international group of 626 cities pledged to address climate change on their own without help from the Trump administration.

The mayor said she hopes to have the Board of Alders review and approve the framework by the end of Clean Energy Summer.

Zinn said that among the biggest new developments to look forward to sustainability-wise are the augmenting of the current eight solar arrays around town, with 12 more on city schools

and the armory.

That will double the output from solar sources from one to two and a half megawatts, he said.

Zinn thanked the local climate activist community for holding city officials’ feet to the fire to pursue such green goals.

Having 100 percent of the city’s power purchased from renewable sources will result in a reduction of 12,500 tons of carbon emissions into the air, Zinn said.

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That will also cost the city an estimated $100,000 less than if the power were purchased off the traditional grid. That shows that “green and sustainable also benefits the bottom line,” he added.

The final component of Clean Energy Summer featured at the presser is the contribution of the Youth Conservation Corps. Now in its third year, the corps of high school kids ride throughout the city during the summer with applications in hand from United Illuminating’s home energy audit program.

Program Manager Maritza Estremera said the 11 teens in the Youth Conservation Corps will hit approximately 10,000 homes in Newhallville, Dwight, the Hill, and Fair Haven.

Each visit takes about five or ten minutes, said one of the young supervisors, Kourtney Capley. The idea is not to do the survey itself, but to suggest L.E.D. lights and offer a homeowner a chance to have UI conduct a free survey and energy audit. Audits potentially lead to households receiving up to $1,000 worth of energy-reducing materials and services.

Destiny Furlow, a Hillhouse High School student, is one of the first lucky 11 members of the Conservation Corps, which thus far is funded by UI.

and Southern Connecticut Gas Company. The young people range from 13 to 17 years old, work 25 hours a week and earn $10.10 per hour, Capley said.

City Youth Services Director Jason Bartlett said he hopes to triple the size of the Youth Conservation Corps with a $40,000 grant from an education foundation. He reiterated that the city is committed to finding alternate sources for these and the approximate 450 Youth At Work summer jobs that the state has funded in past years, but not this cash-strapped year.

A UI representatives accopmanies with the Conservation Corps teens in case a homeowner wants to jump right in and have the audit. Bartlett said that over the last two years 300 home audits have been triggered this way.

After working on the audits, corps members will fan throughout the city doing beautification, painting, and other projects in coordination with the city parks and rec department, Bartlett said.

“We applaud Toni Harp, [but] I’m here to see that she and the city are accountable for transitioning to 100 percent clean renewable energy as soon as possible,” said Connecticut Sierra Club Executive Committee member Diane Lentakis.

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have had [the voucher] for six months, a year. That’s sufficient time to identify a unit.

“I personally have shown you units. Is it a matter of scheduling? Is it that it’s at certain times? Do you want to go with someone else? We need to come up with a plan to secure a place.”

Officials originally vowed to help all the complex’s families find new homes by ... Christmas 2015.

Mary Sayles, for one, said she’s been wanting very much to move but hasn’t yet found the right place. She is hoping this week to win approval for a new apartment.

Sayles, who has asthma, spent her high school years at Church Street South before moving back again seven years ago. She said she has been looking for a place where she can breathe.

“Me and my grandkids and my daughter, we’re all asthmatics, so we can’t have rugs in the house. A couple of apartments that we did see, it was nice, but we just couldn’t take it,” said Sayles, holding an inhaler in one hand.

Wednesday, HUD is scheduled to look over the four-bedroom apartment she wants on West Ivy Street. Two prior rental locations she’d found failed the inspections.

“I’m just ready to move,” she said.

“I’m gonna miss it, but it’s time to go.

They’re knocking it down, and I’m leaving.”

Serena Neal-Sanjurjo, executive director of the Livable City Initiative, New Haven government’s anti-blight agency, added that if tenants don’t get out soon, they’ll likely have to move within the site, clustering everyone left into one area. “You cannot be scattered across the complex,” she said.

The remaining families at Church Street South skipped waiting lists and won special portable Section 8 vouchers that can help them transition to living on the private rental market — whether in New Haven, Chicago, Honolulu, Miami or Guam, as Barsczewski reminded those who showed up for the meeting. (Tenants living at the complex had “site-based” subsidies, meaning the subsidies stayed with the apartment after tenants left. To ease the relocation, HUD made portable subsidies available, that tenants can take with them.)

“People have been waiting for years and years for what you have. You have the opportunity through no fault of your own,” she said. “Please do not jeopardize your voucher. I cannot stress that enough. This is an opportu-

by CHRISTOPHER PEAK NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Across from Union Station, the once busy Church Street South apartment complex feels like an eerie maze. Bugs swirl around illegally dumped heaps of garbage and rubber tires; weeds attempt to break through the asphalt. On the outskirts, by the cinderblock walls, youngsters sit on corner stoops smoking marijuana and catcalling at passersby. Inside the labyrinth, a group of scuffed-up guys carrying backpacks and rolling suitcases dodged into entryways, trying to remain out of sight.

Most of the 301 families who once lived there are gone, chased out by dangerous living conditions festering under the management of a government-subsidized private owner. But, long after the place was supposed to be empty of humans and torn down to make way for a bigger mixed-use complex, 20 families remain in the partially demolished, mold-ridden crumbling old version — and officials are urging them to hurry up and find new homes elsewhere.

Officials delivered that message in a meeting with nine of those families in the second-floor community space of the federally subsidized complex. The meeting was called largely to address security concerns for the remaining families until they finally find new homes.

Plans are in the works for five tenants to move into other rent-subsidized housing in the region. Another 15 residents received highly coveted “tenant protection vouchers” through Section 8, a federal rent subsidy that works almost anywhere on the private market, so there was hardly a reason why they should still be in Church Street South, the officials reminded attendees.

Nudging them out the door, the officials intimated that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) could decide to pull the Section 8 rent vouchers if they don’t use it to relocate soon. But officials also chose not to give the last families a deadline by which they have to be out.

“What else can we do? As of now, most of the development is empty. As the summer comes, we don’t want this to turn into a health and safety issue for you,” Jocelyn Barsczewski, the relocation manager for Glendower Group, the Housing Authority of New Haven’s development arm, asked those in attendance. “Some of you

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Before Tuesday night’s meeting, tenants grilled up dinner.

The trashed complex.

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nity I don’t want anyone to miss out on.”

A few of the last holdouts said they’d been having problems identifying units that meet their specific needs in a highly impacted market. The most common problem? Finding an apartment that’s big enough to house their family.

But other minor issues — no rugs or carpeting for Sayles, or no flights of stairs for Sandra Acevedo, whose mother is having a knee replacement — have also limited the options.

“There’s not a lot of volume out there,” said realtor Sandy Sauro, who’s helping families identify options. After scouring Craigslist, Zillow and private listings for units as well as taking calls from larger local poverty landlords, like Pike International, Sauro takes the tenants on showingsof potential apartments. Glendower also sets up the tenants with security deposits, boxes and movers to ease the transition.

(In addition to the vouchers, a separate deal worked out between the city and Northland Investment Corp., Church Street South’s owner, preserved 82 units of “project-based” subsidies fixed at one site, Beechwood Gardens on Whalley Avenue, where state funding keeps rents at $600. But those units aren’t yet available. Legal aid lawyers, too, believe that Northland’s investment choice isn’t in keeping with an agreement all the parties worked out to direct HUD’s subsidies toward building new affordable housing or converting market-rate units.

“There’s two pieces to this housing crisis that have to be dealt with. Half of that is relocation of the tenants, and the other half is replacement brick-andmortar housing,” said Amy Marx, a staff attorney with New Haven Legal Assistance Association. “We will insist that Northland is not allowed to rebuild, in any way, until it vests these $3.7 million in subsidies,” which should fund around 250 units. Otherwise, New Haven risks losing those units, if HUD’s subsidies roll back to Washington, she stressed.)

One elderly woman who’s hard of hearing, Patricia Mitchell, is the last occupant of her otherwise boarded-up court; others still have up to four families in a courtyard. Before the meeting Tuesday evening, resident Lateisha Parker sat outside on a chair while a visiting friend grilled hamburgers, ribs and sausage. Over in another section, kids played in a graffitied jungle gym — the last signs of vibrancy in the otherwise-abandoned complex.

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Hazmat Scare Cleared At St. Raphael’s

by LUCY GELLMAN A hazmat scare at the Saint Raphael Campus of Yale-New Haven Hospital on Chapel Street has been cleared and turned over to both local and state police for investigation.

Here’s what happened, according to Assistant Fire Chief Mark Vendetto and Assistant Police Chief Racheal Cain. The two held a press conference outside of the hospital’s George Street Garage at 11:40 on Saturday morning.

At 7:55 a.m. Saturday, the New Haven Fire Department responded to a call from the engineering department at Yale-New Haven Hospital concerning the “possible spill” of a radio isotope “in the room” on the basement floor of Yale-New Haven’s St. Raphael Chapel Street campus. As officers from the fire department headed to the scene, police blocked off Chapel Street between Orchard and Sherman, where the hospital is located.

Pedestrians were asked not to walk on the Chapel or Orchard Street sidewalk near the hospital. The fire department secured a perimiter around the hospital that also included sections of George Street between Orchard and Sherman, where residents were asked to remain on the side of the street opposite the hospital and sections of Greenwood Street were marked off with yellow police tape.

Upon arrival the department began to perform a hazmat assessment. Per protocol, NHFD Officers also called in a team from the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to assist with identification of the substance and determine what cleanup, quarantine and evacuation procedures needed to be put into place.

(The floor above was not evacuated, as previously reported.)

At no point were patients evacuated.

Emergency medical and dialysis services were diverted to Yale-New Hav-

en Hospital’s central campus and other dialysis centers throughout the city.

On the scene, the Fire Department set up a “decon,” or decontamination area, for seven hospital personnel who had been in the room. All seven personnel, members of the engineering department, were metered by a radiological portal; readings returned as zero for each of them. They disposed of their clothes in a private tent and were remetered. The department determined that contamination readings were still zero at that time.

Having been evaluated by firefighters, the seven personnel were then cleared. The isotope was later determined to be Technetium-99m, a medical-grade isotope that is injected into patients. It has “a very short shelf life,” Vendetto said.

The cause of the spill has yet to be determined, but local and state police are investigating a burglary that may be the cause. As of 11:50 Saturday morning, Cain said that local officers would be “going in to process” the scene after the fire department had left. She said that it appeared the burglar had broken in for an air conditioner “or other household items.”

“This criminal investigation is just beginning, so there’s not much more that I can say,” she said. “We do not know what was taken at this point but it does not appear to be any chemicals from the scene.”

“Everything has been contained so there is no public health threat at all,” said Vendetto. As of around noon, Vendetto said the hospital was “back up and fully functioning” for patients and staff.

At the scene on George Street, Dwight Alder Frank Douglass said he was “grateful the fire department secured the perimeter so quickly.” He added that he was happy no one had been hurt.

Nigeria Jollof declared champion in first ever Washington DC Jollof Festival

by Oral Ofori of TheAfricanDream.net On July 2, 2017, Ms. Atinuke Ogunsalu of Queensway Restaurant & Catering in Maryland, US, became the winner of the first ever Jollof Hackathon presented by I/O Spaces during Jollof Festival In Washington DC. The event was organized by Afropolitan Insights.

Ms. Ogunsalu put skeptics to shame with her win and proved to all that Nigerians can indeed cook Jollof when she secured her country the win at the event. Her competitors at the event were Cameroon, Ghana, and Sierra Leone. Jollof is cooked in a single pot with rice and a tomato-based stew plus preferred meat, fish or poultry. It is very popular the world over especially among West Africans.

The winning chef arrived at the event venue; 1630 19th Street in North West of Washington DC, with high hopes despite heavy opposition fueled by the popular assertion at that Nigeria Jollof, was indeed nothing to write home about.

A good number of the over 600 people that attended the #JollofFestival had high expectations of team Ghana Jollof to win, unfortunately, Ghana sold out due quickly of food, though they had called for backup it never arrived on time so they were beaten by the clock.

According to Lucinda Mensah a Ghanaian Jollof enthusiast that TheAfricanDream.net spoke with said “there was no Ghana jollof to taste when it was time to judge as we sold all since people were buying it like crazy. If Ghana had just one teaspoonful of jollof for the judges to taste we could have easily won. I noticed the Nigerians had a truckload of their jollof on deck, they came to battle and won fair and square.”

When it was time to make their final presentations to the judges it was only Cameroon, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria that were left standing.

Four-time ‘Embassy Chef Challenge’ participant and executive chef at the Ghana Embassy in Washington DC — Chef Francis Otoo — was joined

by Gigi Ness of African Cuisine Inc, Tamara Raye of NATIVSOL, Maame Boakye of Dine Diaspora and Jamaican Andrea Coleman, (a) Jollof enthusiast, on the panel of judges to adjudge and announce the winner.

Each finalist was given five minutes to present their dish to the judges who based their decisions on participants’ presentation, taste, and originality.

According to Chef Otoo whose opin-

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ion was shared by the other judges, Ms. Ogunsalu did not only “capture a great taste and healthy combination of ingredients in her meal, she did an awesome job at presentation and that was something very pleasing to the tongues and eyes of the judges” he told TheAfricanDream.net a media partner of the event.

Newly crowned #JollofFestival champion Ms. Ogunsalu told TheAfricanDream.net that she was glad to have carried the day for Nigeria, and felt that people can now actually jump off the fence and try Nigerian Jollof for themselves instead of being prejudiced.

The winner walked away with US $1000 coworking services from event partner I/O Spaces and an opportunity to become a Chef at Jollof Caviar; an upscale African Fusion Restaurant Opening in Washington DC in 2019.

Ishmael Osekre, the Ghanaian-born, New York-based founder of Afropolitan Insights, creators of the festival in

an interview with TheAfricanDream. net said he was very touched by the attendance and welcoming spirit received from participants, vendors, and the city of Washington DC, adding “thanks to all your efforts we have set a great tone for #JollofFestival and we only look forward to building on it as we popularize the togetherness the meal brings here in the United States.”

Afropolitan Insights is a collective of young Africans, African-Americans, and Caribbeans from Africa and in the Diaspora who curate events, create spaces for cultural exchange and social dialogue, celebrate diversity, innovation and ideas.

The Jollof wars will continue at the Jollof Festival NYC on July 23rd where organizers are determined to ensure all competitors participate in the competitions. To find out more about the premier Jollof Festival follow the #JollofFestival hashtag online or on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook as @JollofFestival

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How Chef Bryce Is Changing The Lives Of Kids Through Food

by Ashley White, BlackDoctor.org

What started out as his love for food has blossomed into his calling.

In his own family, Chef Bryce Fluellen has seen loved ones suffer from strokes and heart attacks, so he decided that he wanted to be part of the solution. As the first culinary expert for the American Heart Association (AHA), Chef Bryce is an instructor/educator for AHA’s Cook with Heart Los Angeles, South L.A., East L.A., Long Beach and Santa Ana youth programs for students in grades 3-12.

“Kids are falling in love with fresh, whole foods and the thing is to teach them the importance of eating it and how to prepare it.”

“I learn so much from the kids every day and it was unexpected.

I didn’t think about it and it’s just

so many things that they teach me not only the kids, but the parents, etc. I always tell people if you want to learn something you have to get in and be a part of it and be in the community and not just research.

Research is fine and research has its place, but nothing replaces handson experience,” says the chef.

Chef Bryce, originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, started working in various restaurants as a waiter while in college. His love grew for the industry and he was able to hone his management skills by working under multiple chefs. After graduating from Chef Eric’s Culinary School of French Cuisine.

Previously, Chef Bryce worked with Magic Johnson and managed partnerships with Starbucks, T.G.I.Friday’s, Loew’s Theatres, Target and more. He also serves as a member of the LA Food Policy Council proving that he’s commit-

ted to making a change in his community. With AHA, Chef Bryce is making a huge impact on the youth.

“We’ve had a wonderful response.

I’ve never had a school that doesn’t come back. The program is six weeks, once a week for 90 minutes.

Oftentimes the kids want it to be longer.”

“I asked the older kids why they wanted to learn how to eat healthy and cook. One girl said she had an older brother and she wanted be able to have some recipes and some skills to help him out so he could live a healthier life. Or I’ve heard ‘My parents work two and three jobs, I’m taking care of my brothers and sisters and I want to be able to prepare something for them while my parents are working.’”

Chef Bryce explained, “There are all these different things that come of it that you never even think about until you’re doing it. You

Black Couple Debuts Their New Burger Line on QVC

Husband & wife team, known for their burger products, introduces innovative microwavable cheeseburgers on national television — Charleston, SC — Chevalo & Monique Wilsondebriano, owners of Charleston Gourmet Burger Company (www.charlestongourmetburger.com), have progressed from grilling their non-traditional marinated burgers at local farmers markets to having the opportunity of a lifetime by debuting their brand new frozen microwaveable cheeseburger line to a national TV audience on QVC on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.

“This is unbelievable to us,” states Chevalo, as he thinks back to how their business started. “It seems like only yesterday we came up with our burger marinade recipe at a cookout at our Charleston home.” His wife Monique comments on how far they’ve come: “Showcasing our products on QVC is a dream come true; We are still pinching ourselves”.

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think about the food piece, but for me the food is just the vehicle for so many other things.”

Speaking of food being a vehicle, Chef Bryce has a book that’s worth checking out.

A Vehicle for Healing: The Fruitful Journey Part 1 is Chef Bryce’s first book. It contains a combination of original recipes and inspiring personal stories that illustrate the healing and connecting spirit of food.

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to retire now and another 44 eyeing it next year.

“That doesn’t take into account resignations for officers who find jobs in other towns that are paying more, and it doesn’t account for injuries [or] disabilities,” he added, “so you need to keep the recruitment process going and keep getting more classes.”

What dashes so many law enforcement dreams? Sit-ups, Borisova said.

That’s one of the test’s four components, which are uniformly set statewide. An applicant also needs to prove they can do enough push-ups (“absolute strength”), a sprint (“anaerobic power”) and a longer run (“cardiovascular capacity”) or get nixed.

The exact times and totals to pass the test vary by gender and age. The toughest cut-off, for males between 20 and 29 years old, requires 38 bent-leg sit-ups in a minute, 29 push-ups in a minute touching one’s chest to a fourinch block, a 300-meter dash in under 59 seconds and a 1.5-mile run in under 12 minutes and 38 seconds.

Recognizing a staffing crunch is imminent, Campbell said the department offered agility clinics to prep candidates for the test, trying to beef up the applicants — a strategy that apparently didn’t reach enough candidates.

Campbell is also considering whether this year’s recruitment process yielded an underprepared class. Last time, over seven months, the department drummed up 1,487 candidates. This time, in just a couple weeks, it cobbled together 1,223 candidates — a “huge number,” Campbell said, given the quick turnaround.

Campbell isn’t sure how the department should switch up the process to get more applicants into police cruisers. “Everything we could legally do to try and help them through the process, we’ve done,” the chief concluded. “But it really comes down to the individual: You’ve gotta pass the test.

You know what it is. Do it.”

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Morehouse Student Follows His Passion, Finds the Black Press

By Tiana Hunt, NNPA/DTU Journalism Fellow

Darrell Williams is a rising senior at Morehouse College, who has big dreams of being a creative director, one day.

Williams, 24, is currently a student scholar with the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s “Discover The Unexpected” Journalism Fellowship program.

At Morehouse, Williams is a drama major with a minor in cinematography.

Williams was born and raised in Landover, Md., and is the oldest of his siblings; his younger sister, T’Keyah, is 22 years-old and his younger brother, Rashad, is 12 years-old.

“I was the first in my family to pursue a career in business administration, but my life changed after I received mentoring,” said Williams.

“I was inspired to pursue my passion in acting, dancing and creative directing.”

Williams’ didn’t take a straight and narrow path to Morehouse.

“I went to Towson University in Baltimore for one year, then I transferred to Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Md.; then I transferred to Morehouse College. I wanted to go to Morehouse, because of the brotherhood and to learn how to interact

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Williams is now a man of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated and he is more determined to help others and pursue his passion.

“I pledged to Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, because I believe in the organization’s values. The mission,

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values and morals that the Kappa’s live by are impeccable,” said Williams. “Being a part of Kappa Alpha Psi, I learned that man must know thyself and, no matter what, you have to keep moving forward and that you can’t make any excuses.”

Williams also learned that he has to stand strong in who he is. Networking opportunities are another benefit of becoming a Kappa.

The Maryland native said that two of his biggest accomplishments, so far, have been getting a scholarship to attend Morehouse and joining Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.

Williams said that he is optimistic about his future and appreciative of all of the opportunities that come his way.

Before the NNPA/DTU Journalism Fellowship, Williams said that he didn’t know much about the Black Press, but he looks forward to learning more. Williams is excited for his future and about the chance to enrich his journalism

skills this summer at The Louisiana Weekly.

“I hope to learn all that I could possible learn about the Black Press and the NNPA, this summer,” said Williams. “I desire to become a stronger writer and storyteller. I know that I need improvements in some areas, but I am open to constructive criticism and I am eager to learn more.”

Williams continued: “I know that the NNPA fellowship can help me with my journalism skills. The opportunity to intern with The Louisiana Weekly was a needed experience. I do not take NNPA/DTU fellowship lightly.”

Learn more about the “NNPA “Discover The Unexpected” Journalism Fellowship program at nnpa.org/dtu.

Tiana Hunt is a 2017 NNPA “Discover The Unexpected” Journalism Fellow and a recent graduate of Clark Atlanta University.

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Black Families Believe Racial Inequality Growing in U.S. Schools

newspaper of the NNPA. Follow Tiana on Twitter @TianaTaughtYa.

By Bria Nicole Stone, NNPA Newswire Contributor Black families overwhelmingly believe that their schools are underfunded, and that racial inequality is growing, according to a poll conducted by The Leadership Conference Education Fund and the Anzalone Liszt Grove Research firm.

The Leadership Conference Education Fund, which is the education and research arm of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, developed the poll to “ex plore how Black and Latino parents and families view the American education system’s success in educating their children,” according to a press release about the survey.

The poll revealed that 90 percent of Black parents and families believe schools in Black communities are underfunded compared to White communities.

The poll also showed that almost 75 percent of Black parents and families believe that the education Black students receive is worse than what White students.

A report about the poll said that, “Among Black parents and family

members whose child’s teachers are mostly White, only 42 percent believe that schools are trying their best to educate Black students, 16 points below the share of those whose children have mostly Black teachers.”

Liz King, the senior policy analyst and the director of education policy for The Leadership Conference Education Fund, said that there has been a lot of research that’s come out lately that suggests an implicit bias that educators, who are mostly

White, have towards Black and Latino children.

The press release about the poll said that the findings come at a critically important time for public education in the United States as states are currently developing education plans as part of their obligations under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

“These plans are states’ opportunities to make a clear declaration about their belief in the education of all children and a commitment

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to ensuring children get the education they deserve,” the press release said.

Republicans in the United States Congress continue to chip away at ESSA, making it harder for states to clearly define those commitments.

In March, Republicans voted to rollback accountability measures established by the Obama Administration, Education Week reported.

“The Obama-era accountability

rules, finalized late last year, set ground rules for how schools must be rated for school-improvement purposes, specified the requirements of (and flexibility for) states dealing with high testing opt-out rates in individual schools, and outlined how states would have to handle the ‘school quality’ indicator in accountability systems,” according to the Education Week blog post.

Opponents of the Republican-led rules change said, “that the move was unnecessary, would create confusion in states about whether and to what extent their ESSA accountability plans comply with the law, and could endanger crucial protections for disadvantaged students.”

In the report, researchers with the Leadership Conference Education Fund said that the findings of the “New Education Majority” poll, should be a clarion call for advocates and policymakers who must come to terms with the fact that a successful education policy must be responsive to the needs of Black, Latino and Asian children, who make up a majority of public school students in America.

Researchers recommended opening the decision-making processes around educational policies to Black and Latino families, especially decisions regarding priorities and funding; integrating implicit bias and cultural responsiveness training into teacher preparation and professional development; preparing, hiring, supporting and retaining strong Black and Latino teachers; designing accountability systems that focus on high academic achievement, especially for Black and Latino children; and supporting and improving any school where Black or Latino children are not being effectively educated.

Given the context of ESSA implementation, King said that the federal government, states, school districts and schools have a great opportunity to put policies into place that are responsive to the needs and values of the new majority of public school children.

“We need to ensure that every

THE INNER-CITY NEWS July 19, 2017 - July 25, 2017

Men of Alpha Phi Alpha Take Over Downtown Baltimore of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, said healthcare was of the utmost importance right along with the issues surrounding the creation of educated voters- not just bodies casting aimless votes. “We dropped the ball in 2010 and we have to pick it back up in 2018.

We have to come up with a strong message, not just ‘Go register!

We’ll pick you up and take you to the polls-‘ but “Why are you going to the polls?”

Aside from meeting with K-12 educators, hosting a college fair, and discussing how to boost civic engagement, the Alpha brothers and their lady counterparts will be hitting Oriole Park, holding a fash-

by Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO

A sea of black and gold is washing over Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and each wave is bringing more and more men of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. The group is hosting its 94th General Convention in Charm City July 12-16.

Hundreds of members and guests from around the country and beyond have swarmed the Baltimore Convention Center, where the fraternity officially kicked off with a flurry of events on July 12.

With a theme of “The Urgency of Now,” members of the organization gathered on the convention’s opening night to discuss their role in improving the plight of AfricanAmerican communities.. “‘The urgency of now’ requires that all men of Greekdom and all women of Greekdom come together and deal with the issues that are impacting our communities in a negative way,” said General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Everett B. Ward. “It is no longer a time for us to come together to talk about step shows and hazing.”

He added, “The ‘urgency of now’ demands that we come up with solutions, that we come up with remedies, and that we train a new generation for leadership because when Black men are being shot down in the streets of America they don’t ask if you are an Alpha, Kappa, Omega, or Sigma. We are guilty as charged because we are Black.”

He added, “The ‘urgency of now’ demands that we come up with solutions, that we come up with remedies, and that we train a new generation for leadership because when Black men are being shot down in the streets of America they don’t ask if you are an Alpha, Kappa, Omega, or Sigma. We are guilty as charged because we are Black.”

Members of the panel were led by longtime White House correspondent April D. Ryan, a member of Delta Sigma Theta, and Alpha man Jeff Johnson, who has been making millions laugh while in-

ion show, hosting the Black and Gold Leadership Gala, and making a stop at the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum. The conference will conclude July 16 after an interfaith worship service beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity was founded on Dec. 4, 1906, on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. The institution, not unlike many thousands of other American colleges and universities at the time, provided a less than savory experience for African-American students who dared step on the prestigious Ivy League campus in hopes of a higher education and a better life.

In “Chokehold: Policing Black Men,” Attorney Paul Butler Takes on the Police Brutality

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor

forming the masses through outlets such as the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, BET, CNN, and Fox News. “‘Urgency of now’ means we have to be clear about strategy as we leave this place to do the critical work,” said Johnson, who posed several important questions to not only the panel, but also the audience gathered. “What are we going to do around education? How

are we going to impact electoral politics? Who are the people that we are going to train to run for office? Where are the spaces that we are going to engage at the federal level, the state level, and the local level?”

When asked what two issues the entire National Pan-Hellenic Council should come together and focus its energies on, most agreed that the health of Black people — physical and mental—was most important.

Many of the issues that are affecting our people today can be prevented,” said Dr. George R. Smith Jr., international grand secretary of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity.

“If you look at the No. 1 killer of African Americans between the ages of 15 to 24 it’s assault. I don’t have to kill someone who offends me.”

Dr. Edith C. Booker, former North Atlantic regional director

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Police brutality in the Black community is as old as law enforcement itself.

Former federal prosecutor Paul Butler speaks in depth on the issue in his new book, “Chokehold: Policing Black Men.” “Even as a prosecutor I was a still a Black man,” said Butler during an interview on MSNBC with Rev. Al Sharpton. “I was even arrested for a crime I didn’t commit…I was acquitted in less than five minutes.”

In his book, Butler points out that Black people have never been in a situation of good faith in America with police.

“When we say that the system is targeting Black men, that’s true,” Butler told Sharpton. Butler worked as a prosecutor at the Department of Justice and is now a professor at Georgetown Law School in Washington, D.C. Butler also had a few recommendations

for decreasing incidents of police brutality.

“Half of cops should be women,” Butler suggested. “Women cops are much less likely to shoot people.”

Butler continued: “Cops should have college degrees. Cops with college degrees are much less likely to shoot unarmed people.”

Butler takes a “no-holds-barred” approach to writing about police brutality.

In his book, Butler also points out that White men commit the majority of violent crime in the United States and that a White woman is ten times more likely to be raped by a White male acquaintance than becoming a victim of a violent crime perpetrated by a Black man.

Butler also speaks forcefully on the unwarranted fear Whites have of Blacks, and how that perception ends up impacting American policing.

Lauren Victoria Burke is a speaker, writer and political analyst. She appears on “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin every Monday. Lauren is also a frequent contributor to the NNPA Newswire and BlackPressUSA.com.

Connect with Lauren by email at LBurke007@gmail.com and on Twitter at @LVBurke.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS July 19, 2017 - July 25, 2017

Beauty Queen Uses Her HIV Positive Status As A Platform For Change

by JON GREENBERG

Connecticut U.S. Rep Rosa DeLauro is introducing a bill that could help defend New Haven children from the threat of lead poisoning.

DeLauro’s bill, the SMART Child Act, would commit $150 million to fund lead poisoning prevention, detection and treatment nationwide. The acronym SMART stands for “screen, manage, address and remove toxins for children.” Amid refrigerators that kept interrupting speakers with hums, she and others discussed the bill Monday morning at a press conference in a medical storage room at New Haven Health Department’s Meadow Street offices. She was joined by doctors from the New Haven and Connecticut health departments and from YaleNew Haven Hospital.

Although cases of lead poisoning have dropped substantially in New Haven since the 1990s, over 300 children in the city are diagnosed annually with blood lead levels past 5 micrograms per deciliter, according to Carl Baum, director of the Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital Lead Treatment Center, who spoke at the Monday conference. Many doctors consider 5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood the threshold for poisoning.

DeLauro said over four million children across the nation are being ex-

posed regularly to high levels of lead.

“Lead poisoning is a crisis in this

country,” DeLauro said. “I do not say that lightly.”

Money from the bill would pay for educating families and communities on ways to prevent children from being exposed to lead, for managing cases for children who have been diagnosed with lead poisoning, and for blood tests and other screening measures, according to DeLauro. DeLauro said the only way to definitively detect lead poisoning is via blood testing.

New Haven’s aging housing stock is the city’s largest lead threat, according to city Health Director Byron Kennedy, who spoke at the conference.

Over 80 percent of homes in New Haven were built before 1978, when lead was still commonly used in pipes and paint. Children in the Elm City who spend time in older homes and other older buildings are at risk of ingesting lead paint chips and dust, according to Kennedy.

Unlike in some other cities across the country, lead contaminated tap water is not as much of a threat in New Haven, according to Kennedy.

Connecticut law states that children between 9 months and 36 months old must be tested for lead once a year.

Baum said pediatricians in New Haven do a good job of screening for lead poisoning around the 12 month mark, but not as good a job of running tests after that point. Baum said children between the ages of 12 months and 24 months are especially at risk

of exposure to lead, because children’s fine motor skills develop greatly during that time, allowing them to more easily ingest paint chips and dust. He urged New Haven pediatricians to run tests on children when they reach 24 months.

DeLauro cited recent cuts in federal funding for lead poisoning prevention as an impetus for creating the bill. She explained that in 2005 the federal government created a program to combat lead poisoning, but that funding for that program dropped from $35 million to $2 million from 2011 to 2012.

The program was only allotted $17 million in the 2017 federal budget.

That is not nearly enough money to prevent and treat lead poisoning effectively nationwide, according to DeLauro.

DeLauro added that even the $150 million in additional funds promised by the bill is not enough to appropriately combat the “crisis” of lead poisoning nationwide, but that it represents an improvement from the current situation.

Lead poisoning causes learning, hearing and behavioral problems and can harm brain, bone and muscle development. DeLauro stressed the importance of preventing poisoning, because the effects of lead poisoning can not be reversed.

Study: Young Black Girls Are Losing Their Childhood

The Manifestation of Implicit Bias against Black Girls

by Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO Researchers from Georgetown University’s Center on Poverty and Inequality are sounding the alarm for young Black girls worldwide who they say are losing their childhood due to attitudes that perceive them as “less innocent and more adult-like than their White peers, especially in the age range of 5-14.”

The report titled “Girl Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls Childhood,” studied several different domains and found that from the classroom to the courtroom young Black girls are seen more as adults and less as the children that they actually are.

“These results suggest that Black girls are viewed as more adult than their White peers at almost all stages of childhood, beginning most significantly at the age of 5, peaking during

the ages of 10 to 14, and continuing during the ages of 15 to 19,” read the report, which surveyed 325 adults that were predominately White and college educated.

“Across all age ranges, participants viewed Black girls collectively as more adult than White girls. Responses revealed, in particular, that participants perceived Black girls as needing less protection and nurturing than White girls, and that Black girls were perceived to know more about adult topics and are more knowledgeable about sex than their White peers.”

As a result of this early adultification, every aspect of life is affected.

Black girls – and boys – are seen as adults making bad decisions instead of children engaging in typical behaviors expected from their age group. Black girls are seen as having childhood that is easily interchangeable with the responsibilities of Black womanhood.

In school, the data from the report

shows that Black girls are suspended twice as much for “subjective infractions” that include “dress code violations, inappropriate cell phone use,” and “loitering.” They are disciplined three times as much “for disruptive behavior” and fighting.

This early “adultification” also

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causes Black girls who come into contact with law enforcement to be “2.7 times more likely than White females to be referred to juvenile justice,” “0.8 less likely than White females to have their cases diverted,” and “1.2 more likely than White females to be detained.”

When officers of the law come into contact with Black youths, police officers are routinely seeing them as fourand-a-half years older, thus attaching a greater sense of culpability.

Authors of the report were Rebecca Epstein, executive director of the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality; Jamilia J. Blake, an associate professor at Texas A&M University and Thalia González, associate professor at Occidental College.

The women said that they hope the report will “urge legislators, advocates, and policymakers to examine the disparities that exist for Black girls in the education and juvenile justice systems and engage in necessary reform.”

From teachers to law enforcement officials, the authors hope that “ with training on adultification” those in power will feel the need “to address and counteract this manifestation of implicit bias against Black girls.”

By Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.)

THE INNER-CITY NEWS July 19, 2017 - July 25, 2017

Roland Martin Launches Initiative to Fund HBCUs

By Alexa Imani Spencer and Noni Marshall, NNPA/DTU Journalism Fellows

Alarmed by the critical financial state of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) throughout the nation, “News One Now” host Roland S. Martin has issued a call to action to address the problem.

Several weeks into the initiative, Martin has been urging viewers and followers on social media to get involved by donating to an HBCU of their choice.

“It’s an abomination, and I use that word very clearly, to have HBCUs where only three to five percent of their graduates give a dollar,” Martin said.

The movement began with a lapel pin. After a series of speeches at academic institutions, Martin accumulated a collection of pins representing each school. Inspired, he began to promote the cause, #HBCUGivingDay, by wearing a different pin on his show daily.

“It started with the universities I had given commencement speeches,” Martin said. “It literally started with me saying, ‘tomorrow morning I’m going to put this pin on.’”

On his show, Martin has showcased several lapel pins in support of giving, including Harris-Stowe State

University in St. Louis, Grambling State University in Grambling, Louisiana, Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia, and Spelman College in Atlanta.

HBCUs have had a chronic history of financial instability, causing many to close and cut programs, which ultimately minimizes the opportunity for students to engage in higher education.

Martin suggests that this can be avoided if alumni commit to giving.

“The problem I have is not with them only giving x amount of money. The problem is not giving anything,” he said.

On June 12, Martin implored viewers to donate to Virginia State Uni-

versity, a public historically Black land-grant university in Petersburg, Virginia, an appeal that proved to be effective.

Virginia State University National Alumni Association President Franklin Johnson Jr. said numerous people have reached out about how to give.

“I feel honestly, as serving as the National Alumni Association president, there has been some benefit from the initiative,” said Johnson, who also decided to join the giving pool. “I give several times, myself, throughout the year, but I just felt the need because he called out my school.”

The Virginia State University National Alumni Association has also

launched its own giving campaign, 1,000 Trojans Giving 100 Dollars.

Introduced in March 2016, the initiative seeks to match a $100,000 donation given to the university by its president, Makola Abdullah and his wife, Ahkinyala Cobb-Abdullah.

To date, they have received over $50,000 in donations.

“Our goal is to be as close to the $100,000 by homecoming. We’re really pushing for that,” Johnson said.

Florida A&M University (FAMU) has begun its own crusade encouraging alumni to give back. Lt. Col. Gregory Clark, president of FAMU National Alumni Association, appeared on News One Now to discuss solutions to low alumni giving rates.

Clark acknowledged that FAMU’s alumni participation is not where it could be.

“We’re around 5 percent [alumni giving], and that’s unacceptable for us. We’re trying to push the narrative that you’ve got to give to ensure we can get those giving rates up,” Clark said.

The FAMU National Alumni Association routinely sees its biggest spike in alumni donations during its annual national convention fundraising breakfast. The 2016 breakfast alone raised $715,000.

The overall message that people

must receive is the importance of supporting all Black institutions, Martin said. While Black colleges and universities are the focus of the initiative, they are only a segment of what makes up the Black community. Media, civil rights organizations, women’s rights organizations, fraternities and sororities also need consistent attention.

“All of those things make up the Black community, because that’s what provides the support and the resources for it,” Martin said.

If the Black community fails to recognize this, he said, then it is subject to the control of parties without vested interest.

“That means you have no control of your own community,” Martin said.

“You literally are at the mercy of someone externally and that’s never what any community wants to be.”

To learn more about NNPA “Discover The Unexpected” Journalism Fellowship program, visit www. nnpa.org/dtu.

Alexa Spencer and Noni Marshall are 2017 DTU Journalism Fellows and Howard University students, who are creating content for The Washington Informer this summer. Follow Alexa on Twitter @ alexaimani. Follow Noni on Twitter @noni_nnpadtu.

Welcoming Immigrants Keeps America Great

By Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.) President Donald Trump was elected on his pledge to make America great again. Yet, for all of his rhetoric, he seems to have forgotten the men and women, from every corner of the globe, who have worked so hard to build the great country we see today.

President Trump leads a nation of immigrants, yet part of his plan involves suspending our country’s refugee program and barring immigrants from six predominantly Muslim countries.

It’s a policy that is not only unsafe; it’s unlawful, uninformed, and unAmerican.

Many of the most shameful periods in our nation’s history were those in which we permitted hatred and fear of the “Other” to shape our public policy.

Beginning with slavery—which took a civil war to overcome—to the denial of entry to Jews fleeing Nazism, or the internment of Japanese Americans, today these moments are correctly judged as shameful departures from our core values. Right now, we face one of those moments.

President Trump’s ban is affecting millions; mothers with young children, family members trying to reach their loved ones who are already here, and those desperately fleeing for their lives. These people look to America as a land of hope and opportunity, where

they can build new lives away from the violence and persecution they face in their home countries. To turn them away at our doorstep is cruel.

This policy degrades our alliances with countries we rely on in the war against ISIS—most of which are majority Muslim. We cannot ask for their assistance while simultaneously insulting their religion and questioning their reliability. This policy, born out of fear rather than a security strategy, threatens our friendships, fuels terrorist propaganda, and supports the false narrative that the West is waging a war against Islam. It makes us a target for terrorism rather than keeping us safe.

As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, I know better than most the wide array of threats our country faces every day. We cannot ignore them. But forcing an entire

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population to shoulder the blame is unjust and does nothing but divide us further.

This ban is not an effective way to protect Americans. Instead, we should be investing in our intelligence professionals, who can analyze information and develop calculated responses in real-time. Additionally, we can further strengthen our immigrant vetting processes to better weed out any legitimate threats without categorically denying a safe haven for those who need our help the most. We should be focusing on real tools to keep our country safe, relying on facts and analysis instead of uninformed biases.

Since our founding, our country has struggled with discrimination and inequality. But experience has shown us that those pushing fear and hatred have been proven wrong time

after time. And with each challenge we have overcome, it has become increasingly clear that our country is stronger when we embrace diversity of all types. Today, immigrants from all parts of the world and people of all faiths have been central to our economic success, vibrant democratic discourse, and cultural richness. We must keep America great by embracing immigrants and refugees, not turning them away.

Rep. André Carson represents the 7th District of Indiana. He is First Vice Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and one of two Muslims in Congress. Rep. Carson sits on the House Intelligence Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Follow Rep. Carson on Twitter @RepAndreCarson.

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Housing Authority of the City of New Haven

The Housing Authority of the City of Norwalk, CT is requesting qualifications from

Plumbing Services- West Side Properties

experienced firms for Internet, Internet Voice Bundle and Hosted Voice service. RFQ documents can be viewed and printed at www.norwalkha.org under the business tab, RFPs/ RFQs. Norwalk Housing Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Curtis O. Law, Executive Director

CARPENTER

Petroleum Company has an immediate full time opening. Previous experience in a very busy office handling multiple telephone lines and dealing with customers required. Excellent customer service skills a must. Previous petroleum experience a plus. Applicant to also perform administrative/clerical tasks as assigned. Please send resume to: H.R. Manager, Confidential, P O Box 388, Guilford CT 06437.

Invitation for Bids

The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Bids for Plumbing Services. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https:// newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 9:00 AM

Large CT Fence Company looking for a carpenter for our Wood Fence Production Shop. Experience preferred but will train the right person. Must be familiar with carpentry hand & power tools and be able to read a CAD drawing & tape measure. This is an in-shop production position. Duties include building fence panels, posts, gates and more. Some pickup & delivery of materials may also be required. Must have a valid CT driver’s license & be able to obtain a Drivers Medical Card. Must be able to pass a physical & drug test. Compensation $15.00 per hr. Please email resume to pboucher@atlasoutdoor.com. AA/EOE

The Housing Authority of the City of Norwalk, CT is requesting proposals from experienced firms for Internet, Internet Voice Bundle and Hosted Voice service or equivalent. Request for Proposal (RFP) documents can be viewed and printed at www.norwalkha.org under the business tab, RFPs/RFQs. Norwalk Housing Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Curtis O. Law, Executive Director

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

Invitation for Bids McConaughy Terrace Furnace and Hot Water Heaters Replacement The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Bids for McConaughy Terrace Furnace and Hot Water Heaters Replacement. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 3:00PM.

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES Invitation for Bids Plumbing Services The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Bids for Plumbing Services. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Monday, July 10, 2017 at 3:00PM.

Certified Police Officer The Town of Wallingford is currently accepting applications for current Connecticut P.O.S.T.C Certified Police Officers. Applicants must be active P.O.S.T.C Certified Police Officers in good standing with their current department, or have retired in good standing, still having a current certification status with P.O.S.T.C. This Process will consist of Written, Oral, Polygraph, Psychological, Medical Exam, and Background Investigation.

The Town of Wallingford offers a competitive pay rate $62,753.60- $ 74,963.20 annually.

Application deadline will be July 28, 2017 Apply: Personnel Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main St., Wallingford, CT. phone: (203) 294-2080; fax: (203) 294-2084.

EOE.

Listing: Receptionist/Office Assistant

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

System CLERK Performs varied, responsible clerical tasks and responds to telephone and in person inquiries from the public, contractors, and vendors for the Wallingford Electric Division. The position requires a H.S. diploma plus 6 years of experience in office clerical work. A combination of experience and training may substitute on a year-for-year basis up to four (4) years of experience of related experience, or any equivalent combination of experience and training substituting on a one-for-one basis. $24.61 to $29.92 hourly plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Apply: Personnel Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. The closing date will be that date the 75th application form/resume is received, or July 26, 2017 whichever occurs first. EOE

Electric General Line Foreman – The Town of Wallingford Electric Division is seeking a highly skilled supervisor with strong admin-

istrative and leadership skills to oversee the utility’s overhead and underground line installation, repair and maintenance function. The utility serves 25,000 customers in a 50+ square mile distribution area with a peak demand of 130 MW. The position requires an A.S. degree in electrical, civil, or mechanical engineering plus eight (8) years of progressive experience in the construction, maintenance, and operation of utility-grade electric distribution facilities, or an equivalent combination of education and qualifying experience substituting on a year-for-year basis. One (1) year experience as a supervisor is preferred. Must possess and maintain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator License. Salary: $87,375 - $111,792 plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Apply to: Personnel Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Phone #: (203) 294-2080; Fax #: (203) 294-2084.

The closing date will be the date the 50th application or resume is received or July 18, 2017 whichever occurs first.

EOE

Listing: Receptionist/Office Assistant

Petroleum Company has an immediate full time opening. Previous experience in a very busy office handling multiple telephone lines and dealing with customers required. Excellent customer service skills a must. Previous petroleum experience a plus. Applicant to also perform administrative/clerical tasks as assigned. Please send resume to: H.R. Manager, Confidential, P O Box 388, Guilford CT 06437.

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

TRANSFER STATION LABORER Off load trailers, reload for trans/disp. Lift 50 lbs., operate industrial powered trucks and forklift. Asbestos Worker Handler Training a +.

Resumes to RED Technologies, LLC, 173 Pickering St., Portland, CT 06480; Fax 860-342-1022; or Email to lkelly@redtransfer.com RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

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ELECTRIC UTILITY ELECTRICIAN Electric utility is seeking a highly skilled maintenance electrician with extensive substation experience to maintain and repair transmission and distribution class switchgear, buswork, lightning arrestors, protective relays, insulators, switches power transformers, data circuits, controls and other related components. Must be a high school/trade school graduate and have 4 years’ experience in the maintenance and operation of electric utility substations and/or utility grade protection and control systems. Completion of a recognized four (4) year maintenance electrician apprenticeship program may substitute for the experience requirement. Two (2) years of college-level education or advanced training in related field may substitute for two (2) years of the experience requirement. Must possess a valid motor vehicle operator’s license issued by the State of Connecticut and be able to obtain with 6 months of hire a valid Protective Switching and Tagging Procedure certification from CONVEX or other approved agency. Wage rate: $35.43 to $39.08 hourly plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Closing date will be July 17, 2017. Apply: Personnel Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. (203) 294-2080 / Fax: (203) 294-2084. EOE

Translator/Clerk (Part-time)

Wallingford Public Schools is seeking candidates for a part-time Clerk/Translator position. 19.5 hours per week/$19.16 per hour/12 months per year. Must be fluent in written and verbal communication skills in English and Spanish. Bachelor’s degree in Spanish or related field preferred.

Apply on-line through our website - www.wallingford.k12.ct.us. EOE

Listing: Senior Accountant 2+ years public accounting or 4 + years corporate accounting experience. CPA preferred.

Monthly tax prep, assist w/monthly closing, account analysis/reconciliation, maintain subledgers, assist managing network and system projects. Must be able to work independently with little/no supervision. Report to Dir. of Acctg. w/heavy exposure to CFO. Strong Excel and analytical skills a must. Great growth potential! Benefit package. Petroleum industry experience a plus. Send resume to: Human Resource Dept. P O Box 388, Guilford CT 06437. **An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**

The Glendower Group, Inc Request for Qualifications CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PORTFOLIO- GROUP IV AND V

The Glendower Group, Inc an affiliate of Housing Authority City of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking Proposals for CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM PORTFOLIO- GROUP IV AND v. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Monday, June 12, 2017 at 9:00AM

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES Invitation for Bids 162 South Genesee Street Rehabilitation The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Bids for 162 South Genesee Street Rehabilitation. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 3:00PM.

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Help Wanted: Immediate opening for construction laborer for

Heavy and Highway Construction. Please call PJF Construction Corp.@ 860-888-9998. We are an equal opportunity employer M/F Help Wanted: Immediate opening for Dump Truck Driver for Heavy and Highway Construction. CDL A license and clean driving record required.

Please call PJF Construction Corp. @ 860-888-9998. We are an equal opportunity employer M/F.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - Portland Administrative Assistant for reception, phones, filing, and corporate staff support. Working knowledge of Haz. Waste Regs., Manifests, AP & billing. OSHA certification a +. Forward resumes to RED Technologies, LLC Fax 860-218-2433; or Email to HR@redtechllc. com RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

The Town of East Haven is currently accepting applications for the following positions: Firefighter D/Paramedic-Lateral Transfer: Salary- $48,972/year Firefighter/Paramedic-New Recruit: $48,972/year

KMK Insulation Inc. 1907 Hartford Turnpike North Haven, CT 06473

Mechanical Insulator position.

Insulation company offering good pay and benefits.

Please mail resume to above address.. MAIL ONLY This company is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer.

Field Engineer

BA/BS in Civil Engineering or Construction Management. 2-5 yrs. experience.

OSHA Certified. Proficient in reading contract plans and specifications.

Resumes to RED Technologies, LLC, 10 Northwood Dr., Bloomfield, CT 06002; Fax 860.218.2433; Email resumes to info@redtechllc.com. RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

Project Manager Environmental Remediation Division

3-5 years exp. and Bachelor’s Degree, 40-Hr. Hazwoper Training Req. Forward resumes to RED Technologies, LLC, 10 Northwood Dr., Bloomfield, CT 06002; Fax 860.218.2433; or Email to HR@redtechllc.com RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

Requirements for both positions and the application is available online at www.FirefighterApp.com/EastHavenFD.

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

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

East Haven is committed to building a workforce of diverse individuals. Minorities, Females, Handicapped and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

The Town of East Haven is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Listing: Senior Accountant 2+ years public accounting or 4 + years corporate accounting experience. CPA preferred.

Monthly tax prep, assist w/monthly closing, account analysis/reconciliation, maintain subledgers, assist managing network and system projects. Must be able to work independently with little/no supervision. Report to Dir. of Acctg. w/heavy exposure to CFO. Strong Excel and analytical skills a must. Great growth potential! Benefit package. Petroleum industry experience a plus. Send resume to: Human Resource Dept. P O Box 388, Guilford CT 06437.

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

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

KMK Insulation Inc.

1907 Hartford Turnpike North Haven, CT 06473

Mechanical Insulator

Insulation Company offering good pay and benefits.

Please forward resume via REGULAR MAIL only.

This company is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

TRANSFER STATION LABORER

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

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - Portland

Administrative Assistant for reception, phones, filing, and corporate staff support. Working knowledge of Haz. Waste Regs., Manifests, AP & billing. OSHA certification a +. Forward resumes to RED Technologies, LLC Fax 860-218-2433; or Email to HR@redtechllc. com RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

Class A CDL Driver

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

RED Technologies, LLC is An EOE.

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

EOE/M/F

THE INNER-CITY NEWS July 19, 2017 - July 25, 2017

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4 Locations: New Haven: (203) 624-1493 Meriden: (203) 238-3688 Middletown: (860) 347-7691 Hamden: (203) 859-3200 Open Mon-Fri, 8:30am – 4:30pm Hamden opens at 8am

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*There is never a fee for the jobseeker or the employer. Services are funded through state and federal grants.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS July 19, 2017 - July 25, 2017

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