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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - July 27, 2022 - August 02, 2022

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Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and Senior Vice President Ena Williams, PHD(c), RN, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Joint Commission, the U.S.’ oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in healthcare. Governed by a 21-member Board of Commissioners that includes physicians, administrators, nurses, employers, quality experts, a consumer advocate, and educators, the Joint Commission evaluates and certifies more than 22,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the U.S. to improve healthcare for the public.

Williams has also been named to the Board of Trustees of the American Nurses Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association, the professional association of the country’s four million registered nurses. The Foundation works to shape the future of nursing and improve health by identifying issues facing nurses and developing solutions to evolve nursing practice.

“Ena is an exemplary and respected leader of over 5,000 nurses and clinical staff of YNHH, and we’re pleased that

LAURA GLESBY PHOTO State Rep. Toni Walker and Principal Michelle Bonora at Wednesday night's community meeting. Below: The former state social services building.

such influential organizations have recognized her positive impact,” said Keith Churchwell, MD, president, Yale New Haven Hospital. “Her commitment to empowering and developing future nurse leaders and to furthering diversity, equity and inclusion makes our organization stronger and helps us provide better patient care each and every day.”

Williams joined the staff at YNHH in 1992 as a nurse in the Operating Room.

She assumed the role of CNO in 2018 and is the first African American CNO appointed at YNHH. As CNO, she led the team through the first American Nurses Credentialing Center, Nurse Residency Accreditation in the State. She also led and continues to lead the team through the COVID-19 pandemic and, most recently, through the third American Nurses Credentialling Center Magnet Designation, the highest honor of nursing excellence a hospital can achieve.

“Nurses are known as valiant advocates for high-quality patient care, and at no time has that advocacy been stronger or more needed than during the recent pandemic,” said Williams. “I’m both honored

and humbled to serve in these industryleading organizations, and I look forward to furthering their work nationwide on behalf of nurses.”

Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS), the largest and most comprehensive healthcare system in Connecticut, is recognized for advanced clinical care, quality, service, cost effectiveness and commitment to improving the health status of the communities it serves. YNHHS includes five hospitals – Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, Westerly and Yale New Haven hospitals, several specialty networks and Northeast Medical Group, a non-profit medical foundation with several hundred community-based and hospital-employed physicians. YNHHS is affiliated with Yale University and YSM’s clinical physician practice, Yale Medicine, which is the largest academic multi-specialty practice in New England.

YNHHS and Yale partner on clinical care, education and research, bringing the latest discoveries, technology and therapies to patients. www.ynhhs.org

Blood (Pressure) Talk Comes To Barber’s Chair

by NORA GRACE-FLOOD and MAYA MCFADDEN

Cardiologists and healthcare workers sat in line at Dexter’s — not to get their hair cut, but to work their way into the barbershop talk of the day by speaking truth to a “silent killer.”

That not just quiet — but “silent” — assassin is high blood pressure.

Dr. Erica Spatz of Yale New Haven Health’s Heart and Vascular Center told shop patrons and reporters that the killer is a symptomless medical condition that may ultimately lead to brain and kidney damage, often causing stroke and heart attacks. The visiting crew shared that information while at the 716 Dixwell Ave. shop (including during a conversation on the “Word on the Street” segment of WNHH FM’s “LoveBabz LoveTalk” program.).

Twenty six percent of adults in New Haven County experience hypertension. That led Yale New Haven Health to launch a blood pressure monitoring initiative at trusted community spots all around New Haven. Like Dexter’s.

“We’re starting small, with hopes to grow,” Spatz said. Just as Dexter Jones’ clientele will continue to return for regular trims as their hair inevitably lengthens, Spatz said she and her crew plan to schedule more visits, sphygmomanometer — AKA blood pressure cuff — in hand, to check how hard their patients’ hearts are working to pump blood.

NORA GRACE-FLOOD PHOTO Katherine Tucker screens Dexter Jones for high blood pressure at his eponymous Unisex Barbershop.

Dexter Jones with DNP Katherine Tucker, Community Impact Director of the American Heart Association Lynette Coleman, and Dr. Erica Spatz.

Only three or four patrons/patients stopped by Dexter’s Thursday morning during the hour and a half that Spatz had showed up. The health team said they’re hoping to catch more people not just by coming back to the barbershop, but by

branching out to faith centers. And by making sure community leaders, such as shop owner Dexter Jones himself, work as care liaisons.

Jones said he has struggled with high blood pressure himself. He has organized his own events in the past to combat hypertension among his neighbors.

Jones is organizing his annual “Unity in the Community” festival at Goffe Street

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Park on Aug. 21 this year. Workers from Cornell Scott Hill Health Center plan to screen attendees for hypertension.

Age, diet, lack of physical activity and stress can all contribute to high blood pressure, Doctor of Nursing Practice Katherine Tucker said.

Jones’ barber shop has been operating on Dixwell Avenue for 26 years. Jones said most of his clients are older men whom he

has known for that same amount of time.

In other words, his clientele are prime targets for the stealthy cause of sickness.

Health is not a common topic in barber chairs, according to Jones.

When Jones first learned years back that his numbers were over the recommended 120/80 mmHg, he said, he quit white bread and soda — and in turn went from 289 to 229 pounds. He overhauled his diet to avoid going on medication — because, he said, it pays doctors, not people, to keep someone on drugs.

Before the doctors took off, Jones sat down in a hair chair to get his own blood pressure checked.

“It’s high,” Tucker told him.

That was good to know, Jones said.

“Sometimes people are aware, sometimes they aren’t,” Tucker noted, proving the point as to why her team was there and the reason why hypertension is named the “silent killer.”

Typically, Tucker said, health workers will connect those with hypertension to primary care doctors or educate them about how to get their blood pressure under control moving forward. In Jones’ case, he likely just needs to adhere more closely to his already established diet and exercise routine, she suggested.

Fortunately, Tucker and her colleagues would be back sometime soon to check in not just on Jones’ clients, but on Jones himself.

High School Grads LEAP Forward THE INNER-CITY NEWS - July 27, 2022 - August 02, 2022

by YASH ROY

Marie Cisse, who just graduated from Amistad High and is on her way to Tufts, took a LEAP forward on her journey to study mechanical engineering and help other low-income kids like her get exposed to STEM education earlier in their lives.

Cisse was one of four graduating seniors who received $2,500 scholarships Friday from the youth recreation and education nonprofit Leadership, Education, & Athletics in Partnership (LEAP) for their dedication to the program as counselors throughout their high school careers.

Forty-five high school and college seniors across the city who are involved in (LEAP) also received recognition from Executive Director Henry Fernandez as well as raucous applause from their peers for working for LEAP. LEAP counselors work after school throughout the year with younger students, building up educational and leadership skills at different locations throughout the city.

Cisse and Juan Boone won the Stiefel Williams scholarship, which is intended for students who showed great dedication to LEAP as well as passion for their studies and a desire to give back to their community.

The scholarship will help Cisse pay for attending Tufts, where she will plans to study mechanical engineering. She joined LEAP in February as a junior counselor at

Scholarship recipients Marie Cisse, Ahmad Al Zouabi, Alyssa Findlay, Juan Boone.

the Quinnipiac Meadows location, where she worked with younger kids designing curricula and fun athletic activities.

She is in particular interested in helping expose younger kids, through LEAP, to STEM education.

“People from low-income backgrounds like me aren’t able to learn about STEM until much later in our lives, preventing us from finding what we’re truly passionate about. I was lucky and got to learn about engineering, and I want to be able to give back to my community and see myself working with LEAP throughout my time at Tufts and after I graduate,” said Cisse.

To win the scholarship, Cisse and Boone had to write essays. They both focused on

giving back to the community and how LEAP had helped them achieve this goal.

“I wrote about what I had learned working with these kids, because I learned a lot about myself and had a lot of really interesting experiences with the kids. I learned that every kid is different. For example, one of the first kids I worked with didn’t really like our curriculum, so I helped tweak it for him, and he immediately started doing his homework and better,” said Boone.

Boone plans to study marketing at Southern Connecticut State University. He just graduated Hill Regional Career Center and joined LEAP as a junior counselor in 2020. He worked in the Fair Haven and

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Alyssa Findlay and Ahmad Al Zouabi won the Regina Winters scholarship. The late Winters, a patron and founder of LEAP, was an architect based in New Haven.

“This scholarship is deeply personal to me,” said Fernandez. “We look for people that most emulate all of Regina’s best qualities: her intellect, her wit, her passion, her ambition, her talent, her ability to connect with people.”

The scholarship was created after Winter’s death in 2016.

Findlay began at LEAP in 2020 and has continued as a counselor for 7 and 8-yearold girls in Fair Haven.

“The most important thing I’ve learned

with my time at LEAP is patience and how to understand and help younger kids in their education,” said Findlay.

Findlay, who graduated from High School in the Community, plans to pursue a pre-med track at Johns Hopkins University.

Al Zouabi has worked as a LEAP junior counselor in Newhallville for the last three years. The Hillhouse graduate plans to pursue a chemical engineering degree at University of Connecticut.

“Working with these kids and LEAP was a really rewarding and important experience of my time in high school, and I look forward to continuing my work with LEAP in the future,” said Al Zouabi.

One of the counselors also cited for her work Friday was Ramzia Issa, the site coordinator in Dixwell. She has just graduated from Albertus Magnus College and is continuing her studies at the NYU School for Global and Public Health.

As site coordinator, Issa helped design the curriculum for the students she oversaw and also supervised a staff of 21 counselors.

“LEAP helped me develop my own confidence and public speaking skills, and their college tours where they took counselors to different colleges is when I discovered my passion for global health.

I wouldn’t be here today without all the help LEAP has given me . It’s rewarding to see my own counselors grow in the same way I have in the last six years with LEAP,” said Issa.

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Yale School of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, the Research Centers

in Minority Institutions Coordinating Center at Morehouse School of Medicine, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center Launch EquitableBreakthroughs in Medicine Development, an Initiative to Increase Diversityin Clinical Trials Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development is a first-of-its-kind, community-based collaboration supported by grant funding from PhRMA WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Yale School of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), the Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Coordinating Center at Morehouse School of Medicine, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center launched Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development, an innovative collaboration to increase diversity in clinical trials and address systemic barriers to participation by communities of color. Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development will help underrepresented patients be more involved in the research and development of potential life-saving medical treatments. Funded by a grant from the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development will work over the next 18 months to bring together diverse communities, patients, providers, health partners, community organizations and academic institutions, along with individual clinical trial sponsors, to pilot a network of sustainable, connected, community-based trial sites.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has brought significantly more awareness to the lack of diversity in clinical trials, the work to make meaningful change is not new. Patient and community organizations, academia, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the biopharmaceutical industry have been working with underrepresented communities to break down barriers to participation in clinical trials for decades. Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development is different because it will bring pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions and providers together with community groups and leaders to help ameliorate health disparities with a specific focus on mentorship for staff at clinical trial sites, sustainable support for local community-based sites and partnership with communities of color that have historically been underrepresented.

The goal is to build a sustainable, community-based infrastructure that tears down the systemic barriers underserved patients often face when it comes to clinical trials, including a lack of outreach, a lack of available sites in underserved communities, and patient mistrust. At every stage of this work, the patient community will be the most important partner.

Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development’s community-based trial sites will: • Partner with trusted messengers and community leaders to raise education,

awareness, and support for clinical trial participation.

• Provide the resources and technical support for local sites to be successful, sustainable, and thrive.

• Build training opportunities and mentorship for investigators and staff.

• “Addressing health inequities—including increasing the participation of diverse populations in clinical trials —is a priority of Yale School of Medicine,” said Nancy J. Brown, MD, Jean and David W. Wallace Dean of Medicine and C.N.H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. “We have made inroads in this area over the past decade and are eager to partner with our colleagues to continue to find ways to have an impact on the health of communities of color.”

“Morehouse School of Medicine and the RCMI Consortium are committed to increasing diversity and inclusion in clinical trials as we lead the creation and advancement of global health equity,” said Elizabeth Ofili, MD, MPH, FACC, Professor of Medicine and Principal Investigator of the RCMI Coordinating Center at Morehouse School of Medicine “While this level of comprehensive collaboration is a first-of-its-kind initiative, it’s important to recognize that MSM and others have been working tirelessly on this issue for decades. We are honored and excited to be partnering with the community systems, providers, and the patients they serve, who are and always have been committed to inclusive clinical trials and medicine development.

Their questions, feedback, insight, participation, and leadership will be crucial to creating and maintaining a sustainable proof of concept.”

“To ensure that clinical trial results are relevant and applicable across diverse populations, we must find new ways to ethically and effectively improve participation by people from diverse backgrounds,” said Peter Embí, MD, MS, FACP, FACMI, FIAHSI, Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine, Chair of Biomedical Informatics, and Senior Vice-President for Research and Innovation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. “At VUMC, we are focused on advancing personalized health care for everyone and enabling equitable participation in clinical trials is essential to that mission. As a physician, researcher, and proud member of the HispanicAmerican community, I recognize that we face many challenges in overcoming disparities in clinical trials and health care, and I am excited to partner with my colleagues on this critically important initiative. Through our collaboration, I’m confident that we will learn and implement new ways to overcome systemic barriers and improve the pace of ethical research for those who have been histori-

cally under-represented.”

“Our goal is to make sure all people, regardless of geography, socioeconomics, race, ethnicity, or gender identity, who want to participate in a clinical trial have the opportunity to do so,” said Ramona Sequeira, President of Takeda’s Global Portfolio Division and Chair of the PhRMA Board of Directors.“ Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development will help make this goal a reality by meaningfully addressing local, long-standing barriers to clinical trial participation. Through this initiative, we’ll continue to work to earn the trust of vulnerable and underserved communities through a community centered network of locally based trial sites. By enabling clinical-trial sponsors to reach more diverse and representative populations, we aspire to positively impact clinical trial diversity and health equity.”

“This new initiative builds on the industry’s continued effort and commitment to working toward more equitable access to clinical trials, so they better reflect the patients intended to be served,” said Stephen J. Ubl, President and Chief Executive Officer of PhRMA. “Supported by a grant from PhRMA, the initiative will be a sustained effort in partnership with community leaders to provide pilot sites with the resources they need to break down barriers and build successful, trusted clinical trial sites.”

Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development’s initial pilot sites will begin opening this summer in the Southeast and Southwest and will serve as an anchor from which further engagement and work in communities will grow, including mentorship and training opportunities for a diverse clinical trial workforce, as well as ongoing engagement and dialogue with the patient community on the benefits of being a part of clinical trials.

Stay updated on our progress and learn more about Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development at PhRMA.org/ Equity.

About Yale School of Medicine Yale School of Medicine (YSM) is one of the world’s leading centers for biomedical research, advanced clinical care, and medical education. YSM’s research ranges from basic science research on the molecular mechanisms and underpinnings of diseases to translational and clinical studies aimed at improving diagnosis and treatment. More than 1,500 Yale physicians provide care to patients from across the region and around the world through Yale Medicine, the school’s clinical practice. With its emphasis on critical thinking and independent student research, YSM has produced leaders in every field of academic medicine. For more information visit www.medicine.yale.edu.

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New Homeowner Puts The Neighbor In Hood

by OLIVIA GROSS

New Haven Independent

Tamika Baines dreamed of owning her own home — then shed tears of joy as she realized that dream at a renovated former blighted property in Newhallville.

That happened Tuesday afternoon on the front porch of the home Baines has purchased on West Hazel Street with the help of nonprofit Neighborhood Housing Service.

NHS staff, the general contractor who oversaw renovating the home, the plumber, and friends attended in support of Baines as she cut a ceremonial ribbon for her now house.

The house in question used to be red and white, boarded up with warped floors, and occupied by asbestos and raccoons. Now, it’s a grand three-unit blue property with off-street parking, central air, and a finished basement.

Baines said that she grew up in Newhallville, and it has always been important to her to buy a home within the neighborhood.

She volunteers as a basketball coach and works as a behavioral therapist in the New Haven public school system.

“The city gets a bad rap but it’s where my heart is,” she said.

Baines said she hopes to purchase more homes through NHS and rent them out.

She will be a tenant-focused landlord, she promised, helping people lead successful lives by having safe, comfortable homes.

“I just want to be the best example I can be,” she said. “I’m so blessed.”

She represents the kind of person NHS works with to help put down roots and stabilize city neighborhoods. NHS reha-

OLIVIA GROSS PHOTO Baines cuts ribbon on her new home.

bilitates dilapidated old homes and builds new affordable homes on empty lots to help working families set down roots in New Haven. The group has concentrated on sections of Newhallville as part of its work, and turned around some 300 homes with 500 units citywide. With the help of tax credits and grants, the nonprofit can sell the homes below market rate — so that, say, a single head of household earning the area median income of $59,590 can afford to buy one. NHS also runs a Home Ownership Center that provides classes on home maintenance, money

management, how to be a landlord, and vegetable gardening.

NHS Executive Director Jim Paley said that this property took longer than most because of the pandemic and delivery delays.

“Overall, we took a loss, but it was so important for this neighborhood. Homeownership is getting very difficult,” he said. He said that NHS is aiming to provide opportunities for families to avoid the conditions created by megalandlords who spend the bare minimum on maintenance and renovations.

NHS is soon to break ground on the vacant lot right next to this home.

Director of Real Estate Development Michael Haynes noted NHS’s dedication to hiring minority-owned businesses to work on their projects. “We did our best to be inclusive and I can’t think of a better person to own the house,” he said.

Emerge CT, a nonprofit that employs formerly incarcerated people, completed the indoor demolition for this project.

Executive Director Alden Woodcock explained that demolition is a great learning opportunity because you can see con-

struction in reverse.

Minority-owned FAD Mechanical did the plumbing and heat for the property.

Co-owner Henry Smith III went through the NHS process a few years ago himself and bought a home in Newhallville . “I came from a ‘hood house, and then bought my own,” he said. Smith and his partner Lawrence “Jay” McLaurin aim to spread the word that plumbing is a viable career choice.

Architect Julia McFadden provided the architectural sketches to NHS for this property pro bono: “I love seeing old homes being updated while keeping the history, especially at this price point.”

The crowd moved outside for the ribbon-cutting ceremony halfway through the open house. The NHS crew stood on the freshly wooded porch with Baines at the front, looking out at the street and her future.

State Rep. Robyn Porter said she was excited about welcoming Baines to the area: “People are looking to thrive, not just survive. Just think about the influence she’ll have – we can’t be what we can’t see…

“In Black and Brown communities we have not had the opportunity to build generational wealth. Homeownership can change that.”

Newhallville Alder Devin AvshalomSmith said that “having another homeowner put down roots on the block will push everyone else to make the area a better place to live.” He said he looks forward to returning Newhallville to its reputation as the leading city neighborhood for Black homeowners.

Experience Helps? Or Hurts? Candidates Differ

by PAUL BASS

New Haven Independent

To Gary Winfield, the job of state legislator is akin to a long-distance runner. He sees the finish line in the distance: Better public education. Humane prisons. Fairer policing. The legislator gets closer every year, step by step, methodically making gains along the way, keeping the ultimate goal in mind.

That record of veteran service is a reason the Newhallville Democrat gave for why he’s running this year for a sixth term as a state senator representing New Haven and West Haven.

That’s a reason John Carlson, a Hill Republican, gave for why he’s challenging Winfield this year for the 10th State Senate District seat: New Haven Democrats have been in power too long, without producing the right results, he argued.

The two candidates offered those reasons during separate recent interviews on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Ha-

ven” program.

Winfield spoke about the progress he and colleagues have made on criminal justice and education reforms since he has championed those issues since he was first elected to the legislature, as a state representative, in 2008.

“These things take a long time,” he noted.

He spent years convincing colleagues to support his proposal to end the death penalty in Connecticut, for instance. He eventually succeeded. Then he had to help elect a Democratic governor to sign the bill.

He and like-minded colleagues began in the 2010s by passing a law supporting the outfitting of local cops with body cameras, now a widespread practice. They succeeded in having the state document police stops by race to help address racial profiling. They created a police accountability task force following a controversial shooting of two civilians by a Ham-

den cop; a year later, amid the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, they passed a police accountability bill that made it easier for victims of police violence to sue offending officers.

This past year, Winfield, who co-chairs the legislature’s Judiciary Committee, succeeded in passing a “medical Miranda” bill through the State Senate to ensure people get care if they complain of injuries while in police custody. The measure didn’t make it through the State House in 2022. If reelected, Winfield and colleagues like state Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney intend to pass the measure again with hopes of getting it past that finish line and to the governor for a signature; they argue that the recent Randy Cox case in New Haven underscores the need.

Each step requires having challenging conversations with fellow legislators from different parts of the state. “We don’t all come from the same place,” ob-

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JORDAN ASHBY PHOTO State Sen. Gary Winfield at Newhallville stop-violence fair.

served Winfield, who has built productive relationships with legislators who have different outlooks.

On education, Winfield addressed learn-

ing gaps and the need for more parental involvement with bills passed a decade ago. More recently he supported the “Right to Read” law requiring public

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Sneakers Reborn Inside New Dixwell “Trap”

by OLIVIA GROSS

New Haven Independent

First, Dandre Daniels takes the laces out. He soaks them in a solution and then gets to work on the sneakers: brushing excess dirt off, spraying and scrubbing, picking all debris and rocks out from the crevices, and then, the magic moment: re-icing.

Daniels performed the operation at Sneaker Trap on Dixwell Avenue in Hamden, which he opened last Saturday.

It’s a sneaker restoration and customization business paired with a clothing and shoe store, manned by his brother and cousin.

The crew was all born and raised in New Haven.

Daniels runs the shoe restoration part of the business. He has been restoring shoes since 2015, gaining customers and a name for himself through Facebook.

His former business was known as Kash Customs. Daniels also does custom designs on shoes, painting whatever customers want: colors, designer print, the Hulk, a sports team logo, etc.

“One day in 2015 I was bored and did a custom and posted it and the reaction was crazy. Then I picked up cleanings and restoration along the way,” Daniels said.

The time commitment per shoe restoration depends on the material and make of

the shoe: cloth takes more time to clean, leather takes less time.

When asked why his customers don’t clean their sneakers themselves, Daniels said, “It’s like when you go out for a pizza – you can cook it yourself if you really want to. It’s mainly about convenience or people don’t know how to do this.” Some customers come into the store with up to 10 pairs of shoes at a time.

Daniels said he hopes to open more franchises with his cousin and partner, Devon Sherman, and eventually go global. Customers are already coming to the store from New Britain, Hartford, and Bridgeport.

The sneaker business is unique in that it is primarily a buyer-reseller market, with prices fluctuating on hype surrounding the product. Daniels purchases Air Jordans and Yeezys at retail prices when he can, which is difficult to do because so many people are trying to buy and resell them. He said he is open to people coming into the store and selling their own.

The popular website StockX helps determine pricing per shoe.

The store is decorated in a clean, sleek fashion with a wall of framed photos of popular rappers in the front corner. The clothes, shoes, and hats are artfully arranged so that customers can see everything on display with ease. Since the store is centered on sneaker restoration,

people often come in for Daniels and stay to browse the selection.

Sherman previously owned a store in Providence. He loves clothes and chooses what to put on the floor according to what is “hot right now.”

“That’s the key – stay new,” he said.

“People like what they can’t have.”

Sherman only stocks one of each item of clothing. He said that people are more excited about having something unique, and when you buy the only product, you are guaranteed to not see someone else in the same one when you walk out of the store. Sherman said he also aims to keep prices low, promising customers that everything sold in-store is cheaper than what they can find online.

The final step in the shoe restoration process is the re-icing. Daniels coats the sneaker soles with a solution, wraps them in plastic, and places them in a box set up with a UV light. He leaves them inside for up to a week, and when he retrieves them, the previously stained yellow soles are white like new again.

“There’s not too much I can’t do,” he tells customers. “I love this because I’ve built up a lot of relationships, and I can make some money off it.”

Visit Sneaker Trap on Monday-Saturday from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. for full shoe restorations, good conversation, and a unique item of clothing.

PAUL BASS PHOTO John Carlson, fellow GOP candidate Eric Mastroianni at WNHH FM.

Postman Keeps A Cool Head

by LARY BLOOM

“Where did you get that hat?” I asked Mitchell Daniels.

As I learned on a sizzling sidewalk in East Rock, I was apparently about the 3,000th person to ask that question since this veteran New Haven mailman bought it at a flea market several years ago. He hauls it out of the closet for use whenever there is Fahrenheit inflation.

I followed up. “What’d it cost, Mitch?”

“Two dollars,” he said.

“You overpaid,” I opined. “I wouldn’t have shelled out more than $1.95.”

“Oh, Lary, you’re just envious,” he said.

He was right. But it was not just hat envy. I recalled that invigorating temporary job I had long ago as a sub for a vacationing postman. My customers awaited my arrival at their doors, eager for the day’s letters. (People used to write such things, using fountain pen and paper.)

Mitch has done far more than deliver

priority packages. He has been a source of familiarity, cheer and even soulsaving help since he first put on the prescribed postal uniform (without an umbrella chapeau) 35 years ago.

An observant man behind the wheel of a truck several hours in a day meets a lot of people. Daniels is sure to address a regular customer in East Rock who served in the top ranks of the military as “Sir,” and he celebrated Jake Halprin’s 2018 triumph, winning a Pulitzer for editorial cartooning.

He also knows of the inevitable heartbreak of a long and observant life.

He saw it first in the military, where as a tail-gunner on helicopters he participated in scenes that yet haunt him, as do the conversations he had with veterans of the Vietnam War who flew Hueys in battle, suffered from PTSD afterwards, and had memories of buddies who survived the war but not the afterwards, taking their own lives.

We talked of that misbegotten war, which because of timing he missed, but I didn’t. He asked me what I did in it.

I told him I was a supply officer. That I had it easy compared to the grunts, the men of the infantry.

“Yeah,” he said. “But you were there.”

He was there, though, on the streets of New Haven using his military first-aid training to save the life of a person hit by a car, though the act was marred by the first policeman arriving at the scene, who made assumptions and asked, “Did you hit him?”

After another incident, he saw his name listed in the obituary of a stranger. From his truck, he witnessed a car hit a young boy as he crossed the street.

He tried to help rescue the child, of course. But he could see the life draining from his face, and there was nothing he could do but kneel and pray with him. That night, Mitch went home and cried. Later, the boy’s mother learned of Mitch’s act of compassion, and thanked him in a public way.

These days, alas, he is aware of all sorts of dangers, and as the head of security for his church, he is obliged to summon that old military mindset

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whenever people gather in what used to be a sanctuary of comfort and safety.

The conversation I had with Mitchell Daniels on a recent 94-degree afternoon, standing out in the sun (I was wearing a cotton newsboy cap), left me with complex feelings.

I loved his cheery ways and attitudes.

I also was affected by his sidebars into darker news.

I watched as he took out a small package from the truck, and approaching a little customer of not yet 1 year old at the foot of his mother, greeting him as if he were a fluent conversationalist.

As the television ad and truck slogans of the United States post office say, or should say, “People like Mitchell Daniels deliver for you.”

Lary Bloom’s new book, “I’ll Take New Haven,” a collection of essays published on this site, will be released

by Antrim House in October.

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#WordinBlack:

What happens to Black kids when record numbers of teachers quit?

By Maya Pottiger, Word in Black. Courtesy of The Afro.com The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every aspect of our lives, but there’s one that has taken an incredibly dramatic hit: schooling.

First, there was the shift to virtual learning, which had its own ups and downs.

Then came the debates over how soon students should return to in-person learning, which was followed by masking and vaccination arguments.

So it’s no wonder that teachers are taking part in the “Great Resignation” and leaving the profession at record rates.

Between January and November of 2020, more than 800,000 people working in state and local education quit, along with 550,000 working in the private sector.

Plus, a 2021 survey by the RAND Corporation found that one in four teachers said they were likely to leave their jobs by the end of the school year, which was up from one in six prior to the pandemic, with Black teachers “particularly likely” planning to leave.

“It’s very hard for schools and school districts and educators to know what has been the best decision around moving forward in the COVID context,” said Dr. Camika Royal, an associate professor of Urban Education at Loyola University of Maryland. “People have been leaving because it becomes either the job or my health, or the job or my life. People are

making the decisions that prioritize their health and their lives.”

Teach for America and other teacher prep programs are seeing a lack of interest It’s not just current teachers who want to leave the profession. Overall, people are less interested in joining the field.

“Now there are many schools, particularly in low-income areas, that are experiencing a severe shortage of teachers and having trouble recruiting substitute teachers, as well,” said Dr. Pedro Noguera, dean of the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education.

“At the same time, enrollment is down in many of these districts. So that offsets the shortage of teachers to some degree.”

Teach For America, a nonprofit that places mostly recent college graduates in under-resourced schools around the country, is reporting its smallest incoming class in 15 years. The incoming class for the 2022-2023 school year dropped below 2,000.

In a statement to Word In Black, Teach For America wrote that 48 percent of its teachers “identify as Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color (BIPOC), with 19 percent self-identifying as Black.”

The organization noted that, because research shows Black students thrive with Black teachers, it works “to not only attract Black educators to the teaching profession, but also to ensure that they have the support and professional development needed to sustain and advance their ca-

reers and inspire the next generation of Black youth.”

Though the trend is showing up so dramatically in TFA, the problem isn’t limited to the organization. Around the country, enrollment in teacher prep programs has been declining since before the pandemic, and the number of people enrolling as education majors is decreasing too.

College is usually the time and place where people figure out what they want to do with their lives. But, Royal said, the pandemic has turned that on its head, especially since schools have been at the forefront of many pandemic discussions.

When it comes to the public education system, “young people have been basically asking themselves, ‘Do I really want to be a part of that?’” Royal said.

Both Black students and teachers feel the effects Unfortunately, teacher shortages are most common in schools that serve Black students, Noguera said. And, seeing as they’re already a vulnerable population nationwide, Black students are in a very difficult position, Royal said.

There are a lot of stressors on teachers and students in under-resourced schools: poorer ventilation; community and COVID-related stress; CO1VID-related grief; and income loss in families.

On top of Black people being the population most impacted by COVID, Royal

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said, “no matter which way you turn, whether it’s our lives outside of school or in school, we’re most heavily impacted by what’s happening in the country. And so losing teachers is just a part of that.”

Plus, with the critical race theory debates, Black teachers have to worry about becoming “fodder in that battle,” Royal said.

“It makes more visible the uphill battle, and it has made plainer that schools and classrooms are contingent spaces, that they are political spaces,” Royal said.

“What may be happening with some of these alternative organizations is we are seeing people who are uncertain if they want to deal with that decide they don’t.”

Black teachers, Noguera said, have been under stress like everyone else. He cited the dual responsibilities of teaching children and raising your own, plus finding time to get the support they need.

“Black teachers played a critical role in convincing Black parents to bring the kids back because they had the trust with families,” Noguera said. “And so, when you put these extra burdens on teachers, it makes the job that much more unbearable.”

In New Mexico, the teacher shortage was so bad that the National Guard was on standby to step in and fill roles in schools and childcare centers.

“Parents and educators are going through a constant state of whiplash,” New Mexico Governor Lujan Grisham

said. “It has been impossible.”

Why does a teacher shortage matter?

It means class sizes will be bigger. It means that, in covering classes, teachers lose the time they would have spent in meetings, planning, or collaborating with other teachers. It means teachers may be covering subjects they aren’t equipped to teach.

If cafeteria staff are out, it means creating potentially unsafe conditions because there aren’t enough people to get food to children. If teaching assistants are out, it means unsafe conditions in the hallways, before and after school, or on the playground.

“It’s very disruptive to instruction, to learning, and to trying to make classes in schools into places of joy and places where students want to be,” Royal said.

How do we get teachers to come back?

With only three months left in the 2021/2022 school year, neither Noguera nor Royal are aware of specific recruiting methods in place or other national plans to help alleviate the shortage going into the 2022/2023 school year.

Some states are offering financial incentives to try to lure people into the profession or convince them to stay. In Mississippi, for example, where there is a Con’t on page 09

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - July 27, 2022 - August 02, 2022 911 Families:

“Golf Stars and Donald Trump are Accepting ‘Blood Money’ to Align with Saudi-Backed League”

on U.S. soil.

“Some of your fellow PGA Tour members have traded their dreams of earned success for easy money – indeed, blood money – whether they need those funds or not,” family members of 9/11 victims wrote in a passionate letter to the PGA TOUR. “They include some of the richest in the field, who justify their roles in Saudi Arabia’s efforts to sportswash by simply, and astoundingly, looking the other way.

They do so casually when asked the hard questions or are faced with the uncomfortable truth: That they are helping one of the world’s worst regimes paper over its crimes.”

The families have made clear that they hold Saudi Arabia accountable for its role in the attacks which killed nearly 3, 000 people at the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, and in Pennsylvania.

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

Critics of a new golf league backed by the oppressive Saudi Arabian government and supported by former President Donald Trump have decried the actions of players who have bolted the PGA TOUR, taking millions of dollars to participate.

Observers said the recent decisions of prominent and wealthy stars like Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, and Brooks Koepka to play on LIV Tour is as selfish as the sports world has ever seen.

“As far as … the players who have chosen to go to LIV and to play there, I disagree with it,” Tiger Woods said this month. “I think that what they’ve done is they’ve turned their back on what has allowed them to get to this position.”

Harold Varner III credited, among others, retired NBA Superstar Michael Jordan with his decision not to join LIV. “I’m obviously not going,” Varner said matter-of-factly about leaving the PGA Tour for LIV Golf. “I’ve spoken with (PGA Tour commissioner) Jay (Monahan), I’ve spoken with a lot of people I look up to, and it just wasn’t worth it to me for what it was worth. So that’s pretty simple,” he said, according to Sports Illustrated.

According to Golf.com, LIV has presented itself as a beacon for golf improvement.

“To a man, every member of the new league has in some way referenced ‘positive change’ as a justification for delving into the morally murky waters surrounding its financiers,” James Colgan wrote for Golf.com.

This, Woods said, is LIV’s greatest failing.

Golf isn’t stronger for the competition, and neither are its players. Nobody is, the legend stated.

“I just don’t see how that move is positive in the long term for a lot of these players,” Woods stated.

Moreover, the upcoming LIV Golf Series, hosted by Trump at his National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey, threatens to detract from the PGA TOUR’s Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit.

According to CNBC, Trump’s decision to align with LIV highlights his close ties to Saudi Arabia; he made his first foreign visit there as president, and its wealth fund injected $2 billion into his son-inlaw’s company last year.

“The Trump-LIV partnership also represents a measure of paybacks. The PGA Tour and PGA of America yanked tournaments from Trump’s Doral and Bedminster clubs respectively, following bigoted remarks he made on the campaign trail in 2016 (the PGA Tour said the move was financially motivated after losing the sponsorship for the event), and then his role in inciting the mob that ransacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021,” CNBC reported.

The letter cited FBI reports about Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the attacks.

Trump sued PGA of America and the case was settled in December.

“Trump is loving this. He’s loving the revenge. He’s loving the attention. He’s loving the money,” said Gary Williams, a golf analyst with the marketing firm Signature Golf and a former host of an NBCowned Golf Channel show who played with Trump at Doral in 2014.

“Trump had a seat at the table in the professional golf world and lost it, and now he found this sort of rogue organization in the golf world that’s an existential threat to the establishment,” Williams told NBC. “And he cannot get enough of it.”

Critics have also said what’s ignored is that through the world of golf, the PGA TOUR drives positive impact at unprecedented levels to support and improve local communities.

Nonprofit tournaments under the PGA TOUR umbrella donate their net proceeds to support local organizations, totaling more than $3.37 billion in donations.

When players, fans, and businesses support a PGA TOUR event, they contribute to countless philanthropic organizations in and around communities where events are held.

Before the July 28 to July 31 Rocket Mortgage Classic, officials announced the return of THE JOHN SHIPPEN National Golf Invitational presented by Rocket Mortgage – an event designed to provide opportunities for Black men and women amateur and professional golfers.

Additionally, THE JOHN SHIPPEN Sports Business Summit will return for its second year to address the lack of representation in business and leadership roles in golf and across professional sports for people of color.

“So, not only do these defections to LIV pose a threat to the PGA TOUR, but it also jeopardizes these amazing programs for Black and Brown people, and it

doesn’t help the advancement the TOUR and golf overall had made when it comes to inclusion,” said Peter Bassett, a golf pro in Washington, D.C. “I’d say these athletes are not only spoiled, but they are showing their true colors as the most selfish humans on earth,” Bassett asserted.

Bassett asked what others had wondered. “Have these guys considered that they are receiving blood money?” he stated.

Survivors and families of Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have protested LIV Golf events because of the involvement of the Saudi government in that unforgettable assault and murders of Americans

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The families applauded golfers who have turned down the eye-popping checks some have accepted to play for LIV. “To those of you who have chosen what is right over blood money from a corrupt, destructive sports entity and its Saudi backers, please continue to stand strong,” the families wrote.

“You inspire hope and conviction that our long journey to accountability and justice is in reach. We deeply value your integrity and your willingness to stand up for principle. Thank you for standing up for decency.”

Amnesty International listed the top 10 ways Saudi Arabia continues to violate

Can’t from page 08 shortage of roughly 3,000 certified teachers, lawmakers passed the largest teacher pay increase in the state’s history. It goes into effect for the upcoming 2022/2023 school year, and the average annual pay raise is just over $5,000.

In its statement, Teach For America wrote that they “have launched several initiatives” focused on attracting Black people to the teaching profession. These include boosting “recruitment efforts at HBCUs and lowering financial barriers by providing financial stipends to our incoming corps members,” as well as “launching the Black Educators Promise (BEP) grant, a five-year initiative focused on retaining Black educators teaching in our network beyond their two-year commitment.”

Getting people interested in the profession again and getting them to stay longterm has to be a priority, Noguera said.

“Ideally, what you want is teachers who stick around, get better over time, and are committed to working in the schools and the communities — particularly those that are the most disadvantaged, they need stable teachers,” Noguera said.

The best thing to do, he says, is to create durable pipelines with colleges and universities into the profession. It means focusing on working conditions, salaries, and affordable housing. It’s a problem that school districts can’t solve by themselves, and will need input from states and the federal government to help address.

“Where the districts have to be better is in making sure that they’re not assigning brand new teachers to work with the most challenging kids and in the most challenging schools,” Noguera said. “That often happens, and so, consequently, we see teachers who burn out after a year or two.

So the districts have to do a better job of supporting teachers in their first year.”

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - July 27, 2022 - August 02, 2022 COMMENTARY: New Book Examines Life of George Floyd in Context of Racism, Oppression in U.S.

By Ben Jealous George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer just over two years ago. His killing sparked a movement to end unjustified police killings and racist law enforcement practices. Sadly, the killings have not stopped. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act was blocked by Senate Republicans last year. The struggle continues in communities large and small.

During racial justice protests that sprung up after video of Floyd’s murder spread around the world, millions of people spoke his name as they demanded accountability and justice. Now, a remarkable book examines Floyd’s life and death in the context of our history and what one of the authors calls the “complex, tangled web” created by racism in this country.

“His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice” was written by Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa. It draws on the reporting of their colleagues and on intimate interviews with Floyd’s family, romantic partners, and circle of friends.

At a time when politicians are making it illegal for educators to acknowledge that systemic racism exists, Samuels and Olorunnipa document in painful detail the ways in which racially discriminatory policies on housing, education, health care, addiction, policing and more contributed to “a life in which Floyd repeatedly found his dreams diminished, deferred, and derailed—in no small part because of the color of his skin.”

“For example,” Samuels says, “you

could not disentangle police departments’ disproportionate use of force against African Americans from the junk science that is still taught about Black people being more resistant to pain. We could not ignore that those same instincts led to the inadequate mental health treatment in George Floyd’s life, nor could we separate that society both encouraged George Floyd to bulk up to pursue his athletic dreams and then stereotyped him as dangerous when he was off the field.”

The book doesn’t try to make Floyd a saint. It doesn’t have to. He was a human being. He did nothing to deserve being murdered on the street by an abusive police officer who shouldn’t have been wearing a badge.

“His Name Is George Floyd” is worth reading for many reasons. It gives us a fuller picture of the person George Floyd was. It introduces us to many people who loved him and sought a measure of justice for his murder. And it points to some important facts about policing in this country.

One is the need for accountability.

Chauvin had a record of violent behavior.

When abusive cops are not held accountable, more people will be subjected to their violence.

Another point is that policing is a local issue requiring local solutions. National policies, like those in the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, can help. But holding violent cops accountable, getting them off the streets, or better yet, preventing them from getting hired in the first place, all require change at the local level.

People For the American Way spent the two years since Floyd’s murder developing a road map for transforming public safety. We looked at the research. We talked to criminologists, public officials, clergy and other community activists, and members of law enforcement. “All Safe: Transforming Public Safety” is a guide for public officials and community activ-

ists seeking to make their communities safer.

Among the essential steps to make policing more just and more effective at the same time: improving recruiting to weed out potentially dangerous cops, holding violent officers accountable, and getting unfit officers off the force. Also, importantly, restructuring public safety systems to reduce the unnecessary involvement of armed officers in situations where they are not needed and for which they are not trained is good for cops as well as communities.

The authors of “His Name Is George Floyd” describe optimism in the face of our history as both a defense mechanism and a means of survival. I am optimistic that we can end unjust police killings. I am optimistic that we can build the uncomfortably large coalitions it will take.

“Our book makes the argument that if we can demonstrate step-by-step how this country’s history with racism continues to shape people today, then we can continue the good work of dismantling systemic racism,” Samuels told me in an e-mail.

“We have to connect the theory with the practice.”

That job belongs to all of us. We know what kind of changes will make our communities safer. Let’s organize, city by city and town by town, to make it happen.

Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and Professor of the Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. A New York Times best-selling author, his next book “Never Forget Our People Were Always Free” will be published by Harper Collins in December 2022.

The post COMMENTARY: New Book Examines Life of George Floyd in Context of Racism, Oppression in U.S. first appeared on Post News Group. This article originally appeared in Post News Group.

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Yale New Haven Hospital Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President

Ena Williams named to Boards of The Joint Commission and American Nurses Foundation

Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and Senior Vice President Ena Williams, PHD(c), RN, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Joint Commission, the U.S.’ oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in healthcare. Governed by a 21-member Board of Commissioners that includes physicians, administrators, nurses, employers, quality experts, a consumer advocate, and educators, the Joint Commission evaluates and certifies more than 22,000 healthcare organizations and programs in the U.S. to improve healthcare for the public.

Williams has also been named to the Board of Trustees of the American Nurses Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association, the professional association of the country’s four million registered nurses. The Foundation works to shape the future of nursing and improve health by identifying issues facing nurses and developing solutions to evolve nursing practice.

“Ena is an exemplary and respected leader of over 5,000 nurses and clinical staff of YNHH, and we’re pleased that such influential organizations have recognized her positive impact,” said Keith Churchwell, MD, president, Yale New Haven Hospital. “Her commitment to empowering and developing future nurse leaders and to furthering diversity, equity and inclusion makes our organization stronger and helps us provide better patient care each and every day.”

Williams joined the staff at YNHH in 1992 as a nurse in the Operating Room.

She assumed the role of CNO in 2018 and is the first African American CNO ap-

pointed at YNHH. As CNO, she led the team through the first American Nurses Credentialing Center, Nurse Residency Accreditation in the State. She also led and continues to lead the team through the COVID-19 pandemic and, most recently, through the third American Nurses Credentialling Center Magnet Designation, the highest honor of nursing excellence a hospital can achieve.

“Nurses are known as valiant advocates for high-quality patient care, and at no time has that advocacy been stronger or more needed than during the recent pandemic,” said Williams. “I’m both honored and humbled to serve in these industryleading organizations, and I look forward to furthering their work nationwide on behalf of nurses.”

Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS), the largest and most comprehensive healthcare system in Connecticut, is recognized for advanced clinical care, quality, service, cost effectiveness and commitment to improving the health status of the communities it serves. YNHHS includes five hospitals – Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, Westerly and Yale New Haven hospitals, several specialty networks and Northeast Medical Group, a non-profit medical foundation with several hundred community-based and hospital-employed physicians. YNHHS is affiliated with Yale University and YSM’s clinical physician practice, Yale Medicine, which is the largest academic multi-specialty practice in New England.

YNHHS and Yale partner on clinical care, education and research, bringing the latest discoveries, technology and therapies to patients. www.ynhhs.org

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FAXON LAW NEW HAVEN ROAD RACE SEPTEMBER 5 | LABOR DAY

HALF MARATHON | RELAY | 20K | 5K | KIDS FUN RUN

USATF 20K National Championship

Post-race party on the Green features live music, great food, East Rock Brewing beer, and the ACES Kids Fun Zone!

New Haven kids run FREE in the Kids Fun Run courtesy of Town Fair Tire.

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Power Couple Idris & Sabrina Elba Launch New Skin Care Line

stance.”

For the longest time, Qasil Powder has remained a Somalian secret to help cleanse and detoxify our skin. One of the biggest advantages of having any kind of Qasil Powder in our skincare arsenal is that it eliminates the appearance of acne, uneven skin tone, scarring, dark spots, and especially, eczema. Furthermore, the S’Able Labs Qasil Cleanser combines the Somalian plant with shea butter and purifying kaolin clay, to keep our skin feeling good.

by Aja Sheppard, BlackDoctor.org

Our skin is one of the most exposed organs of our body. Unfortunately, issues like food and inclement weather can often cause damage, leading to embarrassing blemishes like acne and eczema. Fortunately, an array of skincare products are available at our disposal, ready to help fight off those pesky impurities.

Hollywood power couple Idris Elba and his wife Sabrina recently launched their new skin line S’Able Labs and it’s geared toward all types of skin. Whether our skin is oily or super dry, S’Able Labs has the answer to our prayers.

Launched on July 12, the skincare line includes only three products at the moment; the Qasil Powder, the Black Seed Toner and the Baobab Moisturizer. Making this line all the better, it even comes in a sample-size, Discovery Kit. Not to mention, the star-studded skincare line has several natural ingredients that help promote healthy skin from the inside out.

A Brand With Black People In Mind More importantly, the Beast actor and his wife were dead set on developing a brand that could promote inclusivity. In talking about the brand with PopSugar, the Hollywood couple wanted a product to fight skin issues specific to the Black community. Typical skin problems found in Black people are hyperpigmentation and inflammation.

“We want to be catered to. Not in a way that excludes anyone else, but in a way

Happy Environment, Happy Skin

that just brings everyone together, which is a lot easier to do than you would think, because so many brands just aren’t being inclusive,” Elba said during the interview.

While Target has done its part in promoting Black businesses in the skincare industry, the hosts of the podcast Coupledom have contributed greatly to the cause.

Ingredients Made Straight From Africa Idris and Sabrina Elba have gone the extra mile in delivering customers a skincare line that actually caters to all ethnici-

ties. Even better, many of the ingredients found within the three-product skincare line hail from the Motherland, Africa.

While many contributing factors went into producing the skincare line S’Able Labs, the biggest one stemmed from Sabrina’s connection to the continent. Last year, the model visited Kenya and Somalia as a Goodwill Ambassador for the International Fund of Agricultural Development.

During her and Idris’ trip to Africa, the ambassador recalled her fondest memory as “sitting beneath a massive Baobab

tree.” Furthermore, the superfood Baobab is a key ingredient featured in S’Able Labs’ Baobab Moisturizer. The product comes packed with anti-inflammatory properties to prevent skin breakouts. It even promotes hydration with a hint of shea butter and squalane.

In addition to discovering the healing power of Baobab, the Elba’s included their version of the Qasil Powder in their skincare line. In particular, Sabrina draws on her earlier memories of her mother, who’s from Africa, covering her face with what she describes as the “green sub-

Last on the list comes S’Able Labs Black Seed Toner, which coincides with the couple’s other mission to protect the environment. At the start of their skincare brand, Idris and Sabrina sought to promote healthy relationships between us and the planet. They know that often times environmental factors can affect our skin in a number of ways.

While Black Seed Oil itself has beneficial properties that help fight off skin conditions such as psoriasis, the Elba’s toner protects it from environmental aggressors. Additionally, the Black Seed Toner can turn back the hands of time by improving our skin’s elasticity and radiance.

With so much to offer, it’s no wonder that Idris and Sabrina Elba have become beauty gurus. The power couple’s skincare line comes packed with tons of healthy properties and even better health benefits. Try out the couple’s new skin products this summer.

Brittney Griner: Russian Trial for Cannabis Charges

by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D.

WNBA Superstar Brittney Griner will stand trial in a Moscow court on cannabis possession charges, nearly 5 months after her arrest at a Russian airport tomorrow.

Griner has been held in jail since being detained without an opportunity to speak to the public or for herself. Russian airport officials claim they found cannabis oil vape cartridges in Griner’s luggage February 17. Some pundits argue that Briner is a political prisoner as she was taken into custody shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Griner, who plays on Russia’s national team, has lived there part-time for seven years. If Griner knows the laws and hasn’t broken any before, then why would one of basketball’s greatest players do it now, especially in wartime?

In response to a public outcry about Brittney’s case, the U.S. State Department classified the Texas native as “wrongfully detained” by the Russian government in May.”The welfare and safety of U.S. citizens abroad is among

the highest priorities of the U.S government,” the State Department said.

Social media influencers and international media called out Russia because no one had seen or heard from Griner for weeks after her arrest. Those claims were buoyed by reports from Griner’s wife Cherelle who said it was difficult to contact the two-time Olympic Gold medalist. Cherelle also said Griner is alone and without help or assistance in the Russian jail. Griner’s oldest sister Shekera made a video plea June 10 to bring Griner home, “safely and quickly.”

On July 27, Russian authorities paraded Griner into court wearing handcuffs and shackles to announce the upcoming trial date.

Jonathan Abrams and Tania Gunguli of The New York Times are reporting that the trial is an exercise to convict Griner because there is no presumption of innocence in the Russian judicial system.

When charged, you are convicted and sent to trial so prosecutors can present evidence and the defendant can be sentenced. Griner faces 10 years in prison if

convicted. ESPN’s T.J. Quinn has reported similar concerns about Griner’s bleak options with this trial and that Griner is being held so Russia can trade her for Russian prisoners being held in prison in the U.S. There have been calls for President Biden to step in to try and extricate Griner from the Russian prison. Ben Proudfoot, director of the Academy award-winning shor film, The Queen of Basketball, asked for President Biden to intervene and “Bring Brittney Home,” during his acceptance speech. Griner’s sister Shekera and wife have also asked President Biden to bring Brittney home.

The Burton Wire will be closely following Griner’s trial which starts tomorrow.

This article was written by Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., founder & editor-in-chief of The Burton Wire. Follow Nsenga on Instagram or Twitter @Ntellectual or @ TheBurtonWire.

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Now Hiring Part-Time Assistant Teachers Location(s): Dr. Reginald Mayo Early Childhood School & other City-Wide NHPS-Head Start sites Qualifications: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS ● High school completion or a GED DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS ● Child Development Associate Credential (CDA); OR ● One-year experience in an early learning setting Salary, Benefits, Conditions of Employment: ● Pay rate is $14.00 per hour. This position is not eligible for benefits.

Conditions of Employment: If hired, you will be required to provide proof that you are either: ● A United States citizen; or ● An immigrant whose status permits you to lawfully work in this country Prior to appointment, the successful candidate must: ● Pass a criminal background check & Sex Registry check ● Submit documentation of an initial health examination indicating freedom from communicable diseases; and must show proof of a TB test & COVID Vaccination

Duties and Responsibilities: Working under the direction of the Lead Teacher: ● Assist with set-up, clean-up, and presentation of classroom and outdoor activities. ● Organize materials needed for classroom activities. ● Store and maintain educational materials and equipment. ● Assist in serving and cleaning up after snacks and lunches. ● Assist with child guidance during mealtimes. ● Assist with maintaining enrollment and nutrition records. ● Monitor children during free time, field trips, and transition periods. ● Model appropriate behavior for children. ● Use developmentally appropriate communication skills. ● Contribute to maintaining a healthy and safe classroom environment; Assist with Active Supervision of children. ● Maintain confidentiality in accordance with Head Start Policies and Procedures. ● Attend mandated Head Start trainings.

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human rights.

The organization noted that the government still uses torture for many offenses.

Amnesty officials often said, following unfair trials, the government resorts to corporal punishment like flogging, amputations, and cross amputations where the opposite hand and foot are removed for individuals found guilty of robbery.

Amnesty said Saudi Arabia stands among the world’s top executioners, with dozens of people executed yearly – many in public beheadings. Saudi Arabia also opposes free speech, with activists jailed simply for exercising their rights to freedom of expression, association, and assembly.

The country also doesn’t allow protests, and women face broad discrimination.

“Women and girls remain subject to discrimination in law and practice, with laws that ensure they are subordinate citizens to men – particularly concerning family matters such as marriage, divorce, child custody, and inheritance,” Amnesty officials wrote.

“Women who supported a campaign against a ban on women drivers face the threat of arrest and other harassment and intimidation,” they stated.

Further, torture in police custody remains common, and authorities don’t need reasons to detain individuals. Also, according to Amnesty officials, members of the Kingdom’s Shi’a minority, most of whom live in the oil-rich Eastern Province, continue to face entrenched discrimination that limits their access to government services and employment.

According to the Interior Ministry, a crackdown on irregular foreign migrant workers in November 2013 led to the deportation of more than 370,000 people.

Some 18,000 were still being detained as of March 2020, and thousands of people were summarily returned to Somalia, Yemen, or other states where they could face human rights abuses on return.

Authorities in Saudi Arabia have continued to deny access to independent human rights organizations, officials said.

“Maybe Phil Mickelson will stand at a podium and demand the Saudis give a full accounting of what happened to Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post journalist brutally murdered by henchmen on orders, the Central Intelligence Agency has said, from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,” Journalist Kurt Streeter wrote for the New York Times.

“Yes, the same Prince Mohammed is now using the LIV Golf series to distract from the truth about his homeland,” Streeter continued.

“Don’t hold your breath. None of the golfers who signed on to the LIV tour in exchange for staggering sums will speak up. They are too spineless and too compromised, working as they do for a tour funded by a government that tramples human rights.”

THEINNER-CITY INNER-CITY NEWS July27, 27,2016 2022- August - August 2022 NEWS- July 02,02, 2016

Construction

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks:

Construction Equipment Mechanic preferably experienced in Seeking to employ experienced individuals in the labor, Reclaiming and Road Milling Equipment. We offer factory foreman, operator and teamster trades for a heavy outside training on equipment we operate. Location: Bloomfield CT work statewide. Reliable personal transportation and a valWe offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits id drivers license required. To apply please call (860) 621Contact: Tom Dunay VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE 1720 or send resume to: Personnel Department, P.O. Box 368, Cheshire, CT06410.

Phone: 860- 243-2300 HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, Email: tom.dunay@garrityasphalt.com is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom this develAffiatrmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to applyapartments Drug Free Workforce opment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven.

Maximum income limitations apAffirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer ply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon reGarrity Asphalt Incduring seeks: CT Fence quest by calling HOMEReclaiming, INC at 203-562-4663 those hours.Large Completed pre- Company looking for an individual for our Reclaimer Operators and Milling Operators with current licensing PVC Fence Production Shop. Experience preferred but will applications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third and clean driving record, be willing to travel throughout the Northtrain the right person. Must be familiar with carpentry hand Floor, New Haven, CT 06510. east & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits & power tools and be able to read a CAD drawing and tape measure. Use of CNC Router machine a plus but not required, will train the right person. This is an in-shop production poContact: Rick Tousignant Phone: 860- 243-2300 sition. Duties include building fence panels, posts, gates and Email: rick.touMust have a valid CT driver’s license & be able to obtain signant@garrityasphalt.com VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDESmore.

DISPONIBLES a Drivers Medical Card. Must be able to pass a physical and Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply drug test. Please email resume to pboucher@atlasoutdoor.com.

Affirmative Action/deEqual Opportunity HOME INC, en nombre la Columbus House y Employer de la New Haven Housing Authority, está AA/EOE-MF aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 Tractor Trailer Driver for Heavy & Highway Construction Equipjulio,Must 2016have hastaacuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes ment.

CDL License, clean driving record, capable of (aproximadamente 100) en las oficinas HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas porSeeking correo atopetición operating heavyde equipment; be willing to travel throughout the employ experienced individuals in the labor, foreman, llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberánand remitirse Northeast & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits operator teamster trades for a heavy outside work statewide. a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT personal 06510 . transportation and a valid drivers license reReliable

NOTICE

PVC FENCE PRODUCTION

NOTICIA

Union Company seeks:

Contact Dana at 860-243-2300

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

NEW HAVEN

Construction

quired. To apply please call (860) 621-1720 or send resume to: Personnel Department, P.O. Box 368, Cheshire, CT06410.

Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V

242-258 Fairmont Ave 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:303:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster St. New Haven, CT

Drug Free Workforce

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

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

Elm City Communities, the Housing Authority of the City of New Haven (ECC/HANH) is proposing to amend sections of its Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Administrative Plan (Admin Plan).

The thirty (30) days comment period begins on Monday, August 1, 2022, and ends on August 30, 2022.

Copies of the amendment to the HCV Administrative Plan will be made available on Monday, August 1, 2022 on the agency website www.elmcitycommunities.org or via Twitter, www.twitter.com/ECCommunities or via Facebook www.facebook.com/ ElmCityCommunities You are invited to provide written comments addressed to: ECC/HANH, Admin Plan Revisions; Attn: Evelise Ribeiro, 360 Orange Street, New Haven, CT 06511 or via email to: eribeiro@elmcitycommunities.org.

A public hearing where public comments will be accepted and recorded is scheduled for Monday, August 29, 2022 at 4:00pm via RingCentral: https://v.ringcentral.com/join/9759 43490?pw=2e34ff6769797e68e96a95bb953d0d81

Meeting ID: 975943490 / Password: yozWY5m3ib Or Phone: +12679304000 United States (Philadelphia, PA) Access Code / Meeting ID: 975943490 Dial-in password: 9699956342 Any individual requiring a Reasonable Accommodation to participate in the hearing may call the Reasonable Accommodation Manager (203) 498-8800, ext. 1507 or at the TDD Number (203) 497-8434.

AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA PARA

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

LAS COMUNIDADES DE LA CIUDAD DE ELM/AUTORIDAD DE VIVIENDA DE NEWHAVEN (ECC/HANH) ENMIENDA PROPUESTA AL PLAN ADMINISTRATIVO DE AVC (PLAN ADMIN)

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE Elm City Communities, la Autoridad de Vivienda de la Ciudad de New Haven (ECC/

HANH) Old Saybrook, CTpropone modificar secciones de su Plan Administrativo de Vales de Elección de Vivienda (4ofBuildings, 17 Units)(HCV) (Plan Admin).

The State of Connecticut, Office Policy and Management is recruiting Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage de Rate Project de treinta (30) días comienza el lunes 1 de agosto de 2022 y El período comentarios

for a Research Analyst. finaliza el 30 de agosto de 2022.

Further informationWood regarding the Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, CastNew Construction, Framed, duties, eligibility requirements and Las copias de la enmienda al Plan Administrativo de HCV estarán disponibles el lunes 1 in-place Concrete, application instructions for this AsphaltdeShingles, agosto deVinyl 2022Siding, en el sitio web de la agencia www.elmcitycommunities.org o a través positionPainting, are available at: 10 Specialties, Flooring, Division Appliances, Residential Casework, de Twitter, www.twitter.com/ECCommunities o a través de Facebook www.facebook.com/ ElmCityCommunities Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. https://www.jobapscloud.com/ CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= This contract is subject to state set-asideSe andle contract compliance requirements. invita a proporcionar comentarios por escrito dirigidos a: ECC/HANH, Revisiones 220512&R2=6855AR&R3=001

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR

THE ELM CITY COMMUNITIES/HOUSING AUTHORITY OF NEW HAVEN (ECC/HANH) PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE HCV ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN (ADMIN PLAN)

del plan de administración; Atención: Evelise Ribeiro, 360 Orange Street, New Haven, CT

The State of Connecticut is an equal 06511August o por correo Bid Extended, Due Date: 5, 2016electrónico a: eribeiro@elmcitycommunities.org. opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the Anticipated applications Start: August 15, 2016 Una audiencia pública donde se aceptarán y registrarán los comentarios públicos está proof women, minorities, and persons Project documents available via ftp linkelbelow: gramada para lunes 29 de agosto de 2022 a las 4:00 p. m. a través de RingCentral: with disabilities.

https://v.ringcentral.com/join/975943490?pw=2e34ff6769797e68e96a95bb953d0d81 http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

Identificación de la reunión: 975943490 Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com DRIVER CDLtheCLASS HCC encourages participation of A all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses Contraseña: yozWY5m3ib Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 Full Time –Haynes All Construction Shifts Top

Pay-Full BenefitsAA/EEO EMPLOYER

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

EOE Please apply in person: 1425 Honeyspot Rd. Ext. Stratford, CT 06615

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

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O teléfono: +12679304000 Estados Unidos (Filadelfia, PA) Código de acceso / ID de reunión: 975943490 Contraseña de marcación: 9699956342

Cualquier persona que requiera una Adaptación Razonable para participar en la audiencia puede llamar al Gerente de Adaptación Razonable (203) 498-8800, ext. 1507 o al Número TDD (203) 497-8434.

NEWS -July 27, - August 02,02, 2016 THEINNER-CITY INNER-CITY NEWS July 272016 , 2022 - August 2022

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport Invitation for Bid (IFB) NOTICE Fireside Apts. New Laundry Room Solicitation Number: 216-MD-22-S

VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is requesting sealed forof Renovation UFAS Compliance Laundry Room Authority, at Fireside HOME INC, onbids behalf Columbusfor House and the New Haven Housing Apartments. package be and available on July 11, 2022. To at obtain a copy is acceptingSolicitation pre-applications forwill studio one-bedroom apartments this develof opment the solicitation you must send your request to bids@parkcitycommunities.org, located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitationsplease apreference solicitation number title onfrom the subject line.

A pre-bid conference ply. Pre-applications will beand available 9AM TO 5PM beginning Mondaywill Ju;ybe held 655 Palisade Ave,when Bridgeport, CT pre-applications 06610 on July 27,(approximately 2022 @ 10:00 100) a.m. Atten25,at2016 and ending sufficient have dance mandatory, submitting for the project without attending conference beenis received at the offices aofbid HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon will rebe quest REJECTED. questions should beduring emailed onlyhours. to bids@parkcitycomby callingAdditional HOME INC at 203-562-4663 those Completed premunities.org no later than August 3, 2022 at 3:00 PM Answers to all the questions will applications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycommunities.org. Seal bids will be received Floor, New Haven, CT 06510. until August 10, 2022 @ 10:00 a.m. at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

NOTICIA

360MACRI MANAGEMENT GROUP,DISPONIBLES CO. VALENTINA VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES Invitation for Bids Mill River Trash Removal

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 360 Management Group,seCo. currently seekingpre-solicitudes bids for Mill(aproximadamente River Trash Removal. julio, 2016 hasta cuando hanisrecibido suficientes 100) A complete copydeofHOME the requirement may be obtained from 360 Management Group’s en las oficinas INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición Vendor Collaboration https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gatellamando a HOME INCPortal al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse way beginning onHOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 . a las oficinas de

Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 3:00PM.

CAD Drafter

Proficient, self-motivated CAD professional needed to perform 3D drafting of major commercial electrical projects. Candidates should be well versed in AutoCAD, Revit, and Navisworks. Some electrical background required. Ave Degree from a respected techni242-258 Fairmont cal school a plus. Must be capable of juggling multiple projects simultaneously. Excel2BRtsTownhouse, 1.5toBA, 1 level , 1BA lent comp/benefi packets. Send resume Ducci3BR, Electrical Contractors, Inc. 74 Scott SwampAllRd. Farmington, CT new 06032 or via e-mail to carpet, humanresources@duccielectrical. new apartments, appliances, new close to I-91 & I-95 com. An affirmative highways, action equalnear opportunity EOE/M/F/D/V bus stopemployer. & shopping center

NEW HAVEN

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

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DANBURY

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

Vacant Unit Restoration

St. New Haven, CT

RFP No. P22003

SCOPE:

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

The Housing Authority of the City of Danbury hereby issues this Request for Proposal to secure a contract to perform Sealed bids are Vacant invited byUnit the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour Restoration Services until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the PROPOSALLiving SUBMITTAL RETURN: Smithfield GardensofAssisted Facility, Smith Seymour.

Housing Authority the City of Danbury, 2 Mill26 Ridge Rd,Street Danbury, CT 06811 Envelope Must be Marked: RFP No. P22003, Vacant Unit Restoration

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

September 1, 2022 at 10:00am (EST)

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

Go to: www.hacdct.org “Bidding Opportunities” [Minority- and/or women-owned businesses are encouraged to respond]

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

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

APPLY NOW!

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

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED

PUBLIC NOTICE The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport (HACB) d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) will be CLOSING its Low Income Public Housing Waiting List 1BR Elderly and 2BR Elderly and Family on August 1, 2022. The Housing Authority will continue to accept applications for 3BR, 4BR and 5BR. Pre-Applications may be submitted online at www.parkcitycommunities.org follow the links to apply for housing.

This housing authority does have a preference point system: disabled, homeless, elderly, working, displaced, domestic violence, veterans, and elderly congregate. A waiting list with preferences means that applicants who qualify for the preference will receive assistance before applicants who do not.

If you require a reasonable accommodation for this process, a designated help line will be available to receive your requests at (203) 337-8804 PCC does not discriminate based upon race, color, disabilities, religion, sex or national origin.

Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week,

(203) 435-1387

AVISO PÚBLICO

Town of Bloomfield

Assistant Purchasing Manager

La Autoridad de Vivienda de la Ciudad de

(expected starting pay maximum is mid-range)

Bridgeport (HACB) d/b/a Comunidades de Park City (PCC)

$68,757-$106,121

Pre-employment drug testing.

For more details, visit our website – www.bloomfieldct.org

cerrará su lista de espera de vivienda pública de bajos ingresos de 1 cuarto de dormitorio para Ancianos y la lista de 2 cuartos de dormitorios para Ancianos y sus Familias a partir del 1 de agosto de 2022. La Autoridad de Vivienda continuará aceptando solicito Bid: Deadline: Applications will be accepted untilInvitation suftudes para 3, 4 y 5 cuartos de dormitorios. Las solicitudes previas se pueden enviar en ficient applications are received 2nd Notice línea en www.parkcitycommunities.org siga los enlaces para solicitar vivienda.

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE Esta autoridad de vivienda tiene un sistema de puntos de preferencia: discapacitados, SENIOR ADMINITRATIVE Old Saybrook, CT sin hogar, ancianos, trabajadores, desplazados, violencia doméstica, veterapersonas

ASSISTANT Full-time position

ancianos congregados. Una lista de espera con preferencias significa que los so(4 Buildings,nos, 17 Units) licitantes califi can para la preferencia recibirán asistencia antes que los solicitantes Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wageque Rate Project que no lo califican.

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing,SiSelective Demolition, necesita un acomodo Site-work, razonable Castpara este proceso, se le asignará una línea de ayuda

designada. disponible para recibir sus solicitudes al (203) 337-8804 Go to www.portlandct.org for detailsAsphalt Shingles, in-place Concrete, Vinyl Siding,

Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, PCC no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, discapacidades, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. religión, sexo u origen nacional.

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

Office of Policy and Management

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016

The State of Connecticut, Anticipated Office of Policy and Management is Start: August 15, 2016 recruiting for a Leadership Project Associate documents available via ftp linkCleaning below: Window at Union (Confidential) Target class: Agency http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage Labor Relations Specialists.

Station Transportation Center

New Haven, Connecticut New Haven Parking Authority Project #M001-2022

Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn application instructions for this of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses HCC encourages the participation position Haynes are available at: Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 Construction

Proposals due August 23, 2022 at 3:00 P.M.

https://www.jobapscloud.com/AA/EEO EMPLOYER CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 220621&R2=5989VR&R3=001 The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

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Proposal Documents will be available beginning August 1, 2022 at no cost by emailing John Zdru, Director of Maintenance at jzdru@nhparking.com . .

New Haven Parking Authority is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

NEWS -July 02,02, 2016 THEINNER-CITY INNER-CITY NEWS July27, 27,2016 2022- August - August 2022

NOTICE LAROSA GROUPS IS GROWING LaRosa Building Group LLC, a General Contractor is currently looking to add the VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE-toAPPLICATIONS AVAILABLE following full-time positions our Team:

Project Manager HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, Assistant Project Manager/Project Engineer is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develSuperintendent opment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y LaRosa Earth Group LLC, a Site/Excavation Company is currently looking 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have to add the following full-time positions to our Team: been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon request by calling HOMEHeavy INC at Equipment 203-562-4663Operators during those hours. Completed preapplications must be returnedSkilled to HOMELaborers INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

Please submit resumes to HR@LAROSABG.COM or stop by our main office to fill out an application: 163Research Parkway Meriden, CT.

NOTICIA

Salary will MACRI be commensurate experiencePRE-SOLICITUDES and best fit for theDISPONIBLES positions.

VALENTINA VIVIENDASwith DE ALQUILER

Health plan; 401K; company- paid holidays in addition to paid time off.

LaRosa rmativeHouse Action/ Opportunity Employer HOME INC, enGroups nombreisdeanlaAffi Columbus y deEqual la New Haven Housing Authority, está who pre-solicitudes values diversity and encourages all qualifi aceptando para estudios y apartamentos deed unapplicants dormitorio to en apply. este desarrollo

ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos

máximos.

Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 Martes 25 The Housing Authority of the Cityp.m. ofcomenzando Bridgeport julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) Request for Qualification (RFQ)

en las oficinas deDevelopment HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas of por correo a petición Partner for the Revitalization llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse Greene Homes Development a las oficinas de HOMESolicitation INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

Number: 214-EO-22-S The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is seeking Statements of Qualifications from interested and qualified real estate developers for the Redevelopment of C.F. Greene Homes. Solicitation package will be available on July 5, 2022, to obtain a copy of the solicitation you must send your request to bids@parkcitycommunities.org, please reference solicitation number and title on the subject line. A pre-proposal conference will be held via conference call on July 22, 2022, @ 11:00 a.m. Although242-258 attendance is not mandatory, submitting a bid for the projFairmont Ave ect without attending conference is not in the best interest of the Offeror. Additional 2BRbeTownhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level ,no1BA questions should emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities.org later than July 26, 2022 3:00 p.m. Answers to appliances, all the questions be posted onI-91 PCC’s Website: All@new apartments, new new will carpet, close to & I-95 www.parkcitycommunities.org. shall &beshopping mailed, or hand delivered by July highways, Proposals near bus stop center 29, 2022 @ 3:00 PM, to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Director of Procurement, 150 Highland Pet underCT 40lb06604. allowed.

Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 Ave, Bridgeport, Late proposals will not be accepted.

NEW HAVEN

Construction

CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:30Seeking to employ experienced individuals in the labor, foreman, operator and teamster 3:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. trades a heavy outside Reliable personal transportation a valid (203)for 996-4517 Host, General work Bishop statewide.

Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Churchand 64 Brewster

drivers license To apply please call (860) 621-1720 or send resume to: PersonSt. New Haven, required.

CT nel Department, P.O. Box 368, Cheshire, CT06410.

Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V Drug Free Workforce

The Glendower Group, Inc. is currently seeking proposals for a Construction Manager at Risk for St. Luke’s Redevelopment. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Glendower’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems. com/gateway

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

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Gates Foundation to Spend Additional $3B Each Year on Several Causes

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

Bill Gates insists he’s optimistic about the future.

One of the wealthiest men in the world said he sees incredible heroism and sacrifice all over the globe, especially as the Covid-19 pandemic continues.

“Medical workers put in unbelievable hours at great risk to themselves to help people infected with COVID. Incredible efforts are taking place to help refugees from the Ukrainian war and to help those caught in battle zones,” Gates wrote on his personal blog.

“Activists are courageously protesting and often risking their lives to protect people’s rights. People on the front lines inspire me to do whatever I can. Although each of us can only do so much, when lots of people join in, we will resume progress.”

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced it would significantly increase its already robust philanthropic efforts in areas including global health, economic development, gender equality, and education.

The world’s largest charitable founda-

tion will increase the rate of its grantmaking from nearly $6 billion to $9 billion each year by 2026.

Among its many efforts, the foundation sponsors the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) education progra “We need all sectors of society – government, the private sector, and the non-profit sector, including philanthropy – to engage on these issues,” Gates insisted. “Philanthropy is the smallest of these sectors, but it is unique in its ability to try risky ideas that can have a large impact if they succeed and are scaled up.”

Despite the 2021 announcement that Gates and his wife, Melinda French Gates, were divorcing, the couple has continued to make the foundation and charitable giving a primary focus.

“I am putting a lot of my energy and resources into innovators working on pandemic prevention, global health, climate mitigation (including getting rid of dependence on hydrocarbons) and adaption, education, improvement (including remediation), and food costs.

“When I say ‘innovation,’ I’m referring to new products and services as well as new ways of delivering them to those in need – including by strengthening local leaders and institutions,” Gates contin-

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ued.

“These innovations will not come in time to avoid the problems altogether, but the faster we move, the less people will suffer. For many people, including myself, this is the most concrete way of contributing, even when it seems modest compared to the scale of the problems.

Focusing on being part of the solution is better than giving up in despair.”

According to the New York Times, Gates and French Gates promised to inject an additional $15 billion in funds into the foundation a year ago. Gates said that as part of that commitment, he planned to give $20 billion to the foundation this month.

“As I look to the future, my plan is to give all my wealth to the foundation other than what I spend on myself and my family,” Gates wrote this week.

“I will move down and eventually off of the list of the world’s richest people,” added Mr. Gates, who, along with French Gates, has already given $39 billion to the foundation since 1994.

“My giving this money is not a sacrifice at all I feel privileged to be involved in tackling these great challenges,” Gates insisted.

Study Investigates the Everyday Wear and Tear of Racism on Black Couples

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

A new study has revealed growing evidence that everyday experiences of discrimination in general, and racial discrimination in particular, are associated with adverse relationship outcomes, including decreased relationship satisfaction and increased relationship instability and strain.

“The Relational Wear and Tear of Everyday Racism Among African American Couples,” published June 30 in Psychological Science, found that the wear and tear of adapting to chronic stressors such as racism and discrimination can have detrimental effects on mental and physical health.

The authors from Cornell University investigated the broader implications of everyday racism for relationship quality in an adult sample of 98 heterosexual African American couples. According to the authors, participants reported their experiences of racial discrimination and positive and negative affect for 21 consecutive evenings.

Using dyadic analyses, researchers found that independently of age, gender, marital status, income, racial-discrimination frequency, neuroticism, and mean levels of affect, participants’ relationship quality was inversely associated with their partner’s negative affective reactivity to racial discrimination.

“Associations did not vary by gender, suggesting that the effects of affective reactivity were similar for men and wom-

en,” the authors noted in an abstract from the report.

They said the findings highlight the importance of a dyadic approach and call for further research examining the role of everyday racism as a critical source of stress in the lives of African American couples.

“These findings advance our understanding of the social effects of everyday racism and the various ways it can impinge on the interpersonal flourishing of African American couples,” Anthony Ong, professor of psychology in the College of Human Ecology (CHE) and professor of gerontology in medicine at

Weill Cornell Medicine, told the Cornell Chronicle.

Ong led the study with co-authors Dr. Betül Urganci, Anthony Burrow, the Ferris Family Associate Professor of Life Course Studies in the Department of Psychology, and Tracy DeHart, associate professor of psychology at Loyola University Chicago.

Approximately 100 Chicago area Black couples completed online surveys about their daily experience for 21 consecutive evenings, the Cornell Chronicle reported.

Participants, on average, were 36 years old and had been in their current relation-

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ship for about seven years.

The surveys measured aspects of relationship quality, including satisfaction, trust, and intimacy; the frequency and impact of experiencing 20 different daily experiences of racial discrimination, and how participants were feeling each day, ranging from “angry,” “ashamed,” and “dejected” to “cheerful,” “excited” and “happy.”

“The team compared changes in reported moods and feelings – known as “affective reactivity” – on days when they did or did not experience discrimination,” the Chronicle reported.

“The researchers controlled for variables including age, gender, marital status, income and frequency of discrimination, as well as how easily stressed participants said they were typical.”

The authors continued the results showed an inverse association between relationship quality and heightened affective reactivity to everyday racism.

Regardless of gender, study participants said a partner’s anger, depression, or humiliation from a racist experience spilled over into their relationship. One consequence was lower levels of passion or intimacy.

In addition, the effects were more significant when negative feelings intensified versus when positive feelings diminished.

The Chronicle noted further that spillover stress impacts on intimate relationships had been widely reported. However, researchers said the new study is the first to analyze that process in the context of

African American couples.

They said the findings highlight the importance of considering everyday racial discrimination as an interpersonal phenomenon and suggest clinical interventions could be designed to help teach couples how to regulate responses more effectively to the strain of daily experiences.

“These findings suggest more attention should be paid to the effects of racism-related stress in African American couples,” Ong told the Chronicle.

“Among whom heightened affective reactivity to daily encounters of racial discrimination may reflect an embedded history of racism.”

The authors stated that, relative to white Americans, Black people consistently report more experiences of unfair treatment and discrimination at every level of age, gender, and socioeconomic status.

Moreover, the authors wrote that studies had documented consistent associations between reports of discrimination and various mental and physical health indicators among African Americans.

Citing the daily data collected from African American couples as a critical strength of their study, the authors noted limitations, including potential memory bias in self-reported data, and called for further research.

“How African American couples respond to and are affected by each other’s experiences of everyday racial discrimination,” they wrote, “thus remains a critical direction for future research.”

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