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Hundreds March For “Justice For Randy”

by THOMAS BREEN, MAYA MCFADDEN and PAUL BASS

Dixwell and downtown streets filled with cries for justice Friday afternoon as marchers sought to turn the tragedy of a New Havener paralyzed by police into a spur for structural change in how law enforcement deals with Black citizens.

The state and local NAACP organized the march along with Richard “Randy” Cox’s family and civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

The crowd gathered outside the Stetson branch library on Dixwell Avenue before the march.

“We will change policies, we will change the behavior of the police department, not only in New Haven, but around the world!” Pastor John Lewis declared in an opening prayer before the assembled.

“Let this be the beginning of change!”

Then the group marched through Dixwell and downtown streets to the police station, filling the air with call-and-response chants. ” No justice …” ” … no peace!”

“No racist …” “… police!”

“If I say: I think my neck is broke …” ” … don’t take that as a joke!”

“Black lives matter!”

“Randy Cox’s life matters!”

NAACP President Scot X. Esdaile and Tamika Mallory (right) at the front of the march.

March leaders included state NAACP President Scot X. Esdaile and civil-rights attorney Michael Jefferson, a member of the legal team.

Tamika Mallory, a co-founder of the National Women’s March and of a social justice group called Until Freedom, addressed the crowd at a pause in the march on Broadway. She tied Cox’s case to those of Breonna Taylor and Freddie Gray among others victimized by police officers.

“We are dying all over this nation. Don’t let anybody tell you it is isolated. It is coordinated,” Mallory said. “Only we are responsible for fighting the power!”

It was the latest development in the unfolding Cox case, which began on June 19, when police arrested the 36-year-old New Havener on weapons charges without incident at a Lilac Street block party.

En route to the police station, the driver of a prisoner conveyance van slammed on the brakes; Cox crashed his head against a wall of the van and injured his neck and spine. Rather than wait for a medical crew to attend to Cox’s crumpled and paralyzed body, officers at the police lock-up accused Cox of lying, demanded he stand up, pulled him out of the van, placed him in a wheelchair, then dragged him across the floor into a cell.

Cox remains in the hospital, unable to move or talk, as his case has sparked

MAYA MCFADDEN PHOTO Marchers head down Broadway toward the police station.

nationwide outrage. The department has placed five officers on administrative leave while the state police investigate their actions in the incident. The department has also upgraded its policies and department-wide training on “active bystandership” and deescalation in hopes of avoiding a similar future incident. Cox’s legal team met with Connecticut’s U.S. attorney Friday to request a federal probe.

The mayor and the police chief attended Friday’s march to “listen” and “engage with participants and the family.”

The marchers took Broadway to Elm Street, made a right onto State Street, and walked down to Union Avenue to the police station, arriving just before 6:30 p.m.

At that point, several speakers — including Attorneys Crump and Jefferson, Mallory, and members of Cox’s family — addressed the crowd.

Crump told the crowd that Cox was “watching live right now” from his hospital bed. He invited them to help lift his spirits by chanting, “Justice for Randy Cox!” Which they did with gusto.

“We will never stop fighting for you,” Crump told Cox, via the crowd.

Crump read from a text message sent by a pastor at the hospital with Cox at the time. He said that Cox was “nodding and crying, and wants to say, ‘Thank you to everybody for the love and the support.’ ” Mallory spoke again, and issued a double caution to the crowd: Don’t give in to calls for remaining “peaceful.” And don’t give in to temptations to act out in ways that will work against the movement.

“We are nonviolent. But we are not peaceful,” she said. “We are not calm. We are outraged. We are angry. We will raise hell as long as we need to. But we will be

nonviolent, so the world can see the thugs have badges, and they’re inside of buildings like this one!”

New Haven civil-rights attorney Michael Jefferson told the crowd that the Cox case reflects how, for Black people, “we are policed differently” and “our lives are devalued.”

“The dominant culture does not care about the general welfare of Black people in this country,” Jefferson said, as he contrasted the 90 bullets that Akron, Ohio police officers fired as they killed a Black man named Jayland Walker with the arrest in Eastern Kentucky of a white man who had just shot to death three police officers. Jefferson accused the country of sending billions of dollars to support “Nazis in the Ukraine” while spending “no money stopping the Nazis in this country, in law enforcement.” He accused the New Haven police department of keeping “Nazis and white supremacists on the force.”

And he criticized the mayor for being backed primarily by a small number of majority-white wards in the city, and for nominating and supporting a now-retired former acting police chief who defended the “Thin Blue Line” movement.

Cox’s brother Jerry “Jeff” Brown traveled from Florida to be with his family and attend the rally. He fired up the crowd with a critique of the city announcing new policies in response to what happened to his brother.

Instead, he argued, the city needs to focus on holding cops responsible for misconduct.

“We don’t want no more rules. We don’t want no more procedures. What we want is some goddamned accountability!” he declared. Cox’s sister Latoya Boomer agreed. “Getting [the officers involved]

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fired and arrested is my agenda,” she told the crowd. “We definitely want them gone. That’s my goal.”

The rally ended at around 7 p.m. A fleet of school buses sent by the city came by to ferry protesters from the police headquarters back to where the march had started outside Stetson Library.

Brother and sister Cortez Legrant, 17, and Jaelin Roberts, 21, joined the march in support of Randy Cox, who is Legrant’s uncle.

Roberts said she has grown up seeing Cox all over New Haven. She described him as reserved, quiet, passionate about the people he loves, honest, and respectable.

When she heard Cox was hospitalized as a result of being in police custody, she said, she was in disbelief.

“I’ve heard about so many incidents about so many things that just aren’t right, but to know that it’s happened to someone I cared about, it was hurtful,” she said.

Before the kick-off to the march, Legrant and Roberts sat beside each other outside the Stetson Library with a sign reading, “I can’t move. Justice for Randy.”

Roberts said she hopes the march and community support will serve as a wakeup call.

“I would like to see justice for him and other people who may have gone unnoticed or unheard,” she said.

Legrant’s relationship with his uncle throughout his life has been rooted in their common love for football.

Legrant currently plays football at Sun Prairie East High School in Wisconsin.

He described his uncle as his biggest supporter for his football career. Cox could often be found attending Legrant’s games, or the two would go to local

games together.

When Cox was injured, Legrant was getting ready for a football game and received the call from his mother.

“I didn’t know it would happen to someone I know,” he said.

Legrant visited his uncle at the hospital on July 4. He said Cox couldn’t do anything but cry. “It was really tough seeing him,” he recalled.

Because Cox can’t speak, Legrant spent his visit talking to his uncle about football.

Legrant said he hopes that his uncle heals quickly and that the incident will result in all police departments having better arrest and transportation procedures to prevent similar cases in the future.

Dixwell residents Doreen Hutchinson and Louise Pierce turned out for Friday’s march in matching T‑shirts that others wore as well. The shirts featured a blackand-white image of Randy Cox beneath the words, “Help I Can’t Move!”

Hutchinson, who teaches kindergarten at Wexler Grant school, said she knows Cox’s family well from her work in the public school system. “A real nice person,” she said about Cox. How did watching the police video of Cox’s injury and mistreatment make her feel?

“That could have been my son. That could have been anybody,” she said.

“Something has to change.”

Pierce said she was upstairs at the Q House’s new senior center earlier in the day when she found out about the march.

Why did she come down and decide to join in?

“To support the family,” she said. “To see what kind of change” will come from this. “They’re getting away with murder,” she said about the too-many times she has watched and read and heard about officers seriously injuring Black suspects.

She said she watched the police body cam video from Cox’s case once and only once. She couldn’t bring herself to watch it again.

“I think change is gonna come this time,” she said. Because this time, “it’s on TV.” Mimi, an emergency room worker, traveled from her home in Waterbury to attend Friday’s march.

“I’m almost embarrassed to say we are Americans” when thinking about how the police handled Randy Cox, she said.

“No one deserves to be treated this way.

There’s no way these cops should get away with it. There has to be justice.”

Another local public school teacher, Dee Marshall said she turned out to Friday’s march to help educate her students and all young people in this city on the importance of “medical Miranda” rights, and on getting an officer’s badge number if a police officer mistreats them.

“I can’t watch the whole thing,” she said when asked about the police body

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Housing HOPE Emerges For Homeless Families

by MAYA MCFADDEN New Haven Independent

When Bobbie Cheri McDonald was a struggling single mother of two facing homelessness, a local housing program helped save her family — on two separate occasions, seven years apart.

McDonald joined a crowd at a ribboncutting ceremony Saturday for the opening of the New H.O.P.E (Higher Opportunities, Purpose, and Expectations) Housing Program — a revamped version of the Stepping Stones housing program that first helped McDonald to get back on her feet 17 years ago.

New HOPE, like the former Stepping Stones program, is run by Christian Community Action, Inc. (CCA) in partnership with the housing authority.

CCA’s New HOPE Program is a “moving to work program” at 660 Winchester Ave. the former Ivy Street School, which was later transformed into CCA’s Stepping Stone Transitional Housing Program in 1998 until 2018.

CCA Executive Director Rev. Bonita Grubbs thanked the program’s donors, staff, volunteers, board members, and the community for helping her to reintroduce the supportive housing program to the many New Haven families facing homelessness.

In an opening prayer, she expressed the hope that “God’s peace, power, preservation, prosperity will be with us.”

Stepping Stones closed amid a shift in

New Hope team cuts ribbon.

priorities among funders who were no longer as focused on case management and other on-site help for families seeking to establish long-term housing. CCA managed to find new funding to support retooling and reopening the program with that same mission.

The new program the will help to provide unsheltered heads of households with case management, an employment specialist, financial training, and a family coach, CCA Board President Lynette E. Johnson said.

“Today activates a unique housing pro-

gram that will help families and future generations to come,” she added.

Each of the 18 apartments at the reopened faciltiies is stocked with donations of new ice trays, measuring cups, pots and pans, and dish soap.

Some apartments overlook the building’s courtyard and playground, which will soon be revamped to honor the late Yale clinical scientist Kathy Carroll, who worked closely with CCA and made significant strides to improve substance abuse treatment.

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nished for families, with utilities included.

Amour Propre Fund provided donations of the furniture and household goods.

While providing a tour to the community, CCA Director of Housing Services Shellina Toure said, “The only thing a family will need is their clothes.”

Former Stepping Stones residents Cheryl Mason and McDonald shared their testimonies at the Saturday celebration.

McDonald, a New Haven native, first heard of CCA’s program through a family member who was enrolled in the program while she was a child.

In September of 2005, McDonald was evicted from her first apartment and lost her job and car all in one day. At the time she was 20 years old and a single mother of two daughters.

She applied to become part of Stepping Stones and was approved soon after.

“CCA gave me stability so that I could get back into school, time to find another job and a new apartment,” she said.

For six years, McDonald found stability on her own. Then in 2012 she experienced homelessness again. “This time was very tough,” she said. “I had a bachelor’s degree and I tried so hard to be stable, but I didn’t yet understand how to secure my independence.”

In October 2012 she was accepted into CCA’s Hillside Family Shelter to “once again put the pieces of my life back together.”

In December 2012 she found an apart-

ment and worked two jobs to get it. In 2016 she went back to school to get her master’s degree in social work.

McDonald said she has now secured her master’s degree, her oldest daughter is in her second year of college, and her second daughter just graduated high school.

In 2021 she got married, became a homeowner, and recently had a third daughter.

“So many years I was enslaved in my mind, stuck in a cycle of bad habits and self sabotage,” she said. “In putting Jesus first and center of everything, I found me.

I found my freedom. I found the strength to need to break free.”

While in the program, families will strive to reach financial goals and personalized benchmarks every three months.

Families are expected to remain in the program for 24 – 36 months, then advance to live on their own.

Toure added that the program’s main goals are to help families to increase their income to eventually be self-sufficient.

Each home is provided with a work area and desk, which philanthropist Lindy Lee Gold insisted families be given.

Two floors of the building are made up of apartments, while the first floor will house staff offices, a library, community room, and computer lab.

Also housed in the 660 Winchester Ave. building will be a branch of the Little Scientists youth program, which has provided early childhood, elementary, and Con’t on page 14

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July Sisters' Journey Survivor of the Month Grace and Peace.

I am the Reverend Dr. Betty Fludd. I am originally from Santee, South Carolina where my breast cancer journey started.

Now I In 1968, I was getting ready for bed when I felt a sharp pain.

When I began to examine and feel for the source of the discomfort, I came across a lump in my breast. Puberty was just beginning as I approached age 13.

And as we know, the earliest sign of puberty in most girls is the development of “breast buds,” which are nickel-sized bumps under the nipple. I immediately informed my mother that night. She examined the breast and gave me a pain pill for the night and took me to our primary care physician in the morning. My doctor took a look at me and advised my parents to take me to an oncologist, sooner rather than later. The chances for getting the best possible care are highest if caught early

Reverend Dr. Betty Fludd

Reverend Dr. Betty Fludd

on. Once you are diagnosed, it is better that everyone on your team, whether it be doctors or parents, be on the same page.

As we entered the oncologist’s office, I quickly noticed that I was the youngest patient in the room. I will always remember this doctor because of his bedside manner and gentleness. He went above and beyond to make me as comfortable as possible. He very subtly let my mother know that I was the youngest person he had ever treated. As he began to examine me, he had a large needle to insert inside of my right breast in hopes to see fluid drawn. But instead there was blood. My doctor, the kind soul, looked up at my mother and let her know that I needed to be admitted for a biopsy. A biopsy is an examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease.

I was hospitalized for two days. When I was sent home from that biopsy, my

mind as a 13-year-old child was wondering about everything that was happening to me. I was focused on trying to figure out what was next. My mother tried her best to keep me positive by reciting her favorite scripture, Psalm 23, “The Lord is My Shepherd,” and would pray for me.

She was my rock from the beginning to the end.

It was in the month of July when she got the call. I had to return to the hospital to undergo a complete mastectomy. The doctor told my family this had to be done in order to get all the cancer. During the surgery the lump removed was the size of a grapefruit!

I was 13 years old when I was diagnosed and I am blessed to be a breast cancer survivor for 53 years!

To all the survivors, remember to look to the hills from whence cometh our help, knowing our help comes from the Lord who created heaven and earth.

At 98, Milton Collins Stays In Step

by OLIVIA GROSS

New Haven Independent

Forty parishioners from Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church threw a party Sunday morning — for their church, and for the 98th birthday of a parishioner named Milton Collins, who has ping-ponged and tap-danced his way around the world and back.

The gathering took place in Hamden’s Villano Park. It was part of the annual parish picnic, when the Sunday service is held outside followed by a catered lunch.

Saint Luke’s Episcopal is the third oldest African-American Episcopal Church in the country.

People set up beach chairs in front of the park’s stage Sunday and gathered in the bits of shade to participate in the service.

Once the service ended, parishioners made their way to the birthday tents and Chef Lucky’s food truck.

The guest of honor, Collins, had been baptized at Saint Luke’s. Now he’s the oldest member.

He still remembers his youngest days in town. At Sunday’s party, he told the story of how he started out, all the places he went, and how he came back home.

Born in 1924, he grew up in New Haven and was one of the original Boy Scouts at the Dixwell Q House, he said. He went to the Q House every day with his sister until 6 p.m., when their mother got out of work. He was a tap dancer and performed with the Follies while he was in middle school. Collins’ aunt and uncle, Mary and Arthur Brooks, were New Haven-based vaudeville performers. Arthur taught Collins to dance.

Sure enough, Stevie Wonder’s “Happy

OLIVIA GROSS PHOTO Milton Collins at Sunday's St. Luke's picnic.

Birthday” boomed through speakers, and Collins brought out his dancing chops. He still has them.

Although he did not try to pursue dance professionally as an adult, Collins never lost his talent.

“You have to have the rhythm in your body,” he said. “The movement, if it’s in you, it’ll come out. Regardless of age.”

Ping pong is a point of pride for Collins.

He honed his chops at the Q House back in his youth.

The boys’ department was run by a Mr. Thompson back then. There was one ping pong table, with about 20 chairs circling it. If you won your game, you could keep

playing. Otherwise, you had to sit in the long line of chairs and wait up to an hour for your next chance.

“I’d come from school, sit down, wait 30 minutes, lose, sit for an hour,” Collins recalled. “I’d go every day until one day I beat the champ and became number one.”

After graduating from Hillhouse High School in 1942, Collins served in General Patton’s Third Army, in the 11th army division. He kept the tanks running and went to England, France, Austria, and Germany.

After World War II ended, Collins was in England one day with his battalion.

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They were having a ping pong competition. Collins became the champion easily.

“That was because of my Q House experience,” he said.

That wasn’t the only piece of his childhood that he shared with his battalion.

During a USO show, also in England, Collins climbed onstage and tap danced with James Cagney.

Collins married in 1952 and moved to New York, where he earned a degree in merchandising and became a salesman and tailor.

He moved back to New Haven 10 years ago, and is happy to be back. “All my friends are here. I met my wife here,” he said. “I had a lot of good times and a good education. New Haven’s all right.”

Sondi Jackson and William Wright, Collins’ niece and nephew, stayed by him throughout Sunday’s event. Jackson smiled as she described how Collins still wears a suit and bow tie to church every Sunday morning.

The new Q House, which reopened this past year, has a brick dedicated to Collins that says “Chip Collins, Boy Scout.”

Having grown out of the nickname Chip, Collins is now affectionately called “Uncle” by family and friends alike.

When asked what advice he would give to children currently going to the Q House, Collins said, “the Q House is the best experience they’ll have in their life if they apply themselves to it.”

His eyes lit up as he shared his passion for jazz. Collins still travels to New York often to see live jazz performances.

He hopes to have a big party with a band when he turns 100.

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passing by. “Went to Paris, all that.”

“That’s right,” Scott said.

When Scott hurt her back, Gabrielle took care of her. “She’s a natural,” she said of her great niece, who got her CNA certification while at Career High School.

Later in the afternoon she would win the Nursing Book Award from the Southern CT Black Nurses Association.

When Gabrielle found out she got into the nursing program at Florida A&M, “she was so hyped, I started getting hyped too,” Scott said.

“It’s far,” said Gabrielle’s father Maurice Douglas, who had been quiet until then. “But I gotta let her fly.”

“You are entering into a legacy of excellence,” the Network’s Alice Coleman told the students. “It is important to reach back and touch the next person and share it with them.”

Coleman, who attended Hampton University, is the assistant principal at Career High School. The network’s president, Talima Andrews, a Spelman alum, is an educator at Engineering and Science University Magnet School (ESUMS). Then there is Howard University’s Keisha Redd-Hannans, who’s the New Haven Public Schools’ assistant superintendent for instructional leadership.

“We are repping HBCUs for New Haven Public Schools,” Coleman said. With that, she ushered Erik Clemons and his four daughters to the front to introduce the winners of the Butterflies Fund.

Clemons said he and his daughters created the fund, which supports young Black women attending college, to honor the legacy of his wife Sharon, who died of Covid in November 2020.

“She was a community builder and she had a vigilance around education for young Black women,” he said. “She saw how important it was to help them realize their full potential.”

Ashlyn Mallard, who’s studying strategic communications at Hampton University, was among the winners.

“I’m so grateful,” she said, adding that it will help pay for her tuition and books.

Mallard is the niece of Sharon Clemons.

“My aunt was always an advocate for education, especially for young Black women, so this is a perfect way to honor her legacy,” she said.

As the North Carolina A&T Mighty Marching Blue Machine began its routine, Alysia Gibbs, whose son Matthew will attend Morgan State University on a track scholarship, took in the scene.

“They say so many negative things about African American children, but take a look around,” she said. “They’re all going to school so they can gain the skills to contribute to society and make the world a better place. That’s a beautiful thing.”

by LISA REISMAN

New Haven Independent

Xavier Mom. Spel-Bound. HBCU Strong Hampton University. Aggie Dad. hbcu-ish. Morgan. Alumni North Carolina A&T State University.

Participants donned T‑shirts with those logos Sunday at a send-off celebration for 53 students headed for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

Three hundred family members and friends joined the celebration, which took place Sunday at ConnCAT in Science Park. The fourth annual HBCU Send-Off Celebration, it featured a jubilant mix of premier marching bands, scholarship presentations, and a parade through Newhallville.

The event was organized by the CT HBCU Alumni Network, a nonprofit that exists “to support HBCUs by developing a community of its students and alumni living in Connecticut,” as its website reads.

With 103 HBCUs across the country and none in New England, the mission is simple: Spread the word.

“A lot of recruiters don’t come this far north,” said Network President Talima Andrews. “That’s why we exist, to introduce incoming freshmen to HBCU alumni and current students, and to provide the network of support and resources that these college students need.”

Providing a material assist in the sendoff, which Andrews called the network’s “signature event,” was national sponsor Home Depot, which donated almost $20,000 in dorm room essentials for the students.

Jamila Epps and her husband Terrell stood on one side of the 4 Science Park driveway, watching small groups break into impromptu line dances as hip hop swelled through the speakers. Their daughter Kayla, a graduate of Co-op High School, will attend North Carolina A&T Greensboro to study psychology.

“I’m excited for her and her future and also a little bit overwhelmed,” said Jamila, who was sporting a T‑shirt that read “NC A&T Aggie Mom.” “This was all her decision.”

At that moment, Karen Glover appeared, her T‑shirt announcing her as an alumna of NC A&T. “Best decision I made in my life,” she told them, as the bass drum of Bowie State’s Symphony of Soul Marching Band (pictured) began its thunder from the top of the drive.

HBCUs are crucial for Black students, she said, because “it means that all of their energy can go into learning and growing, not fitting in.”

Her great niece, Gabrielle Douglas, “got accepted into the nursing program at Florida A&M, did it all on her own,” she said.

“They got the best marching band,” said Rasheen Dixon of WYBC FM, who was

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At NXTHVN Community Meeting, It’s All Eyes On Goffe Street Court Lucy Gellman, Editor, The Arts Paper www.newhavenarts.org “Super” John Williamson made history when the New Jersey Nets retired his jersey in 1990. Can an artist’s new design honor his memory—and nurture another generation of basketball players—as it arrives on a New Haven court?

New Haveners asked those questions last Thursday night at NXTHVN, as artist Tschabalala Self, NXTHVN Creative Director John Dennis and several Dixwell and Newhallville neighbors discussed the proposed resurfacing and redesign of the basketball court at DeGale Field. Over an hour-long discussion, Self both presented her design eyeballing and took feedback from New Haveners, many of whom grew up or live near the park.

“We’re hoping we can push this thing through,” said Dennis, an artist and videographer who co-edited Common Practice: Basketball & Contemporary Art with Carlos Rolón and Dan Peterson. “This is a really special event and a really special project.”

The proposal comes from Project Backboard, which last year received a $500,000 from Five Star Basketball to resurface and add contemporary art to between 10 and 12 basketball courts across the country. After identifying New Haven as a potential location, Project Backboard Founder Daniel Peterson brought on NXTHVN as a partner. Tschabalala Self is working on the project through that affiliation.

In an email Friday morning, Peterson said that each court project normally falls between $40,000 and $60,000. He estimated that the DeGale Field project “will be under $50K.” Before work on the project begins, it must be approved by the full New Haven Board of Alders, because it is technically a gift to the city.

Dennis said that it will likely come to fruition in the first half of 2023. Watch a video of Project Backboard’s full renovation approach here or at the bottom of this article.

As Dennis and Self laid out the vision for the project, New Haveners trickled in, slipping into five rows of chairs set up in a half moon in NXTHVN’s airy aula. On one side of the room, newly-appointed Beaver Hills Alder Tom Ficklin found a seat close to Push To Start founder Steve Roberts and skater Herve Locus, both artists in New Haven who have advocated for more participatory public art projects.

In the back, Williamson’s daughters Kali and Shareebah Williamson arrived with stories of their father, who grew up in the Ashmun Street Projects, got his start playing ball at Wilbur Cross, and sailed into pro basketball history after he joined the American Basketball Association (ABA) and then the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the 1970s. The two brought a cheering section: Kali’s wife, Brandi Marshall, and Shareebah’s

daughters Zy’lee and Zanaiya. As Dennis introduced the project, they hung onto every word.

Self, a graduate of the Yale School of Art who moved to New Haven in 2013, said that she’s excited to work on the court. Born and raised in West Harlem, she is now most known for large-scale collage, assemblage, and a fascination with textiles that reads as a love song to the artist Faith Ringgold and to the Black women in her family. She lauded New Haven for being a place where she could work and live as an artist after graduating.

“The city has been a big part of my narrative and I would love to be able to contribute something to the architecture of the space,” she said.

As she spoke, she flipped through years of completed paintings, from her 2020 painting Sprewell and ongoing Bodega Run series to her collaborations with the fashion retailers Ugg and Yoox. A featured artist at the 2021 Performa biennial in Harlem, she zeroed in on her interest in repeated patterns, including a pink, yellow and white checker that evokes quilting squares and printed cotton.

Eyeballing came out of that work. She explained that the piece is not finalized because she wants to collect and integrate community feedback before firming up the motif. Any addition of color or request for a different pattern, for instance, would come from the community. She pulled the design up on twin screens set up across the room, attendees leaning in to get a closer look.

“This is just a really preliminary idea for a design that could be of interest,” she said. “It’s a really simple eyeball motif … it could transform in any one direction.

I’m really open to feedback, ideas, and concerns or questions that you might have about my work, myself.”

Almost immediately, community members from fellow Yale graduates and to basketball superfans hopped in to respond. Malcolm Ashley, a supporter of Project Backboard who graduated from Yale in 1981 and now lives in Atlanta, praised the artist as a trailblazer. During his time at the university, he said, he didn’t see a lot of non-Eurocentric voices coming out of Yale.

For years, the only example he could point to was artist Maya Lin, whose Women’s Table was installed on Yale’s central campus in 1993. He called eyeballing not just a chance to beautify the park, but to open a dialogue around community safety, reconciliation, and shared space at a time when an epidemic of violence is still very present. He encouraged the artist to inject “a sense of movement” into the motif, to mirror the sport to which she was paying homage.

“This is the right project and the right place,” he said. “To the point of you talking about the eye on the court, I think you’re spot on. And yes, many eyes on what you’re doing.”

From the right side of the room, the Williamson sisters stood. Kali Williamson spoke, her voice growing stronger with each word. For her and for the family, she said, it is important that the project honor the legacy of her dad, a New Havener whose basketball legacy ran so deep that the Nets retired his number 23 jersey after he left the sport. He still holds Nets and NBA-wide records, she said, including points scored in a playoff game.

“He loved this community,” she said.

Raised with 10 brothers and sisters in the Ashmun Street Projects, Williamson grew up going to Bethel AME Church, which sits just half a block away from DeGale Field on Goffe Street. During his time at Cross, he helped lead the team to the Connecticut state championships three years in a row. When he graduated, he soared on to college basketball, and then to the ABA and NBA. In the NBA, he set records that took years to break, Williamson said.

The city was never far from his mind, or his heart. When he retired from the NBA at 30, he moved back to New Haven, and

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worked with young people at a juvenile detention center. He died in 1996, when he was only 45 years old. Kali was just 19. Shareebah was 16.

The basketball courts—used many times daily, and well-loved—are central to preserving that memory, Kali said. Two decades ago, city officials dedicated DeGale Field to her father and installed a memorial marker with his image and biography beside the court. Twenty years later, it is covered in thick lichen and a carpet of empty bottles and candy bar wrappers that litter the park.

Any design should address that problem and beautify the space in his memory, she said. She knows there’s a street named after her dad in Fair Haven, she added, but it’s not the neighborhood he loved.

“We really just wanted to make sure that he was still incorporated into whatever happens in the park,” Kali said. “He was fond of the area, his family still lives in the area … the park just really means a lot to us.”

“He has a lot of respect in these streets

and, like my sister said, we’re just trying to keep his name alive,” Shareebah chimed in, remembering how beloved her father was by youth in the neighborhood, and those he nurtured during his time working at a state juvenile detention center. “This is his area, his stomping ground … I still would like something in his community that represents him.”

L ​ ike Ashley, both she and Kali agreed that eyeballing—with the right community partners—could also double as a call to violence intervention. She pointed to the annual basketball games that Ice The Beef holds in honor of Donnell Allick, who was shot and killed in New Haven in 2011. His brother, Darrell Allick, went on to found the group, which teaches nonviolence tactics through after-school and extracurricular engagement and collaboration.

“So many things have happened over the last three years with our community in New Haven, with the world,” Kali said.

“And I think the eyes tell a lot … the eyes are the window to the soul.”

“We need that oral history!” Ashley jumped back in. At the front of the room, Self didn’t miss a beat. In addition to doing her own research, she suggested generating press around Williamson’s legacy, and adding a QR code to the design or to the memorial marker at the park.

In recent years, Self said, she’s seen QR codes that can lead to first person interviews, video footage, or articles. In the front row, City Landscape Architect Katherine Jacobs nodded enthusiastically, her eyes bright over a mask.

Other attendees wondered if there might also be a chance to honor local sheroes in basketball history, including living NCAA legend Tracy Claxton. Ashley noted that he can’t see the eyes and not not think of Brittney Griner, a W.N.B.A. player for the Phoenix Mercury who is currently detained in Russia. The State Department—and at least half of the country—believes that her detainment is wrongful.

A lifelong New Havener and former basketball coach who now lives in Newhallville, Marshall moved the conversation back to Claxton, whose likeness lives beside Williamson’s in a 2009 mural on the old Stetson Library. She pointed to the fact that the star’s history is a living one—which means Claxton could her roses while she’s still here.

“New Haven has a lot of rich history,” she said. “This city is full of history. It just doesn’t get a chance to get told because we’ve got Mass and New York right around us, so all those guys get our clout.”

“A lot of people don’t realize what you can learn in this little town,” she added.

“It’s very rich. This neighborhood, it’s old.”

Roberts, who grew up nearby on Gibbs Street, also advocated for a court that acknowledges the history of basketball Con’t on page 18

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JORDAN ASHBY PHOTO Rosangela Ward reads The Year We Learned to Fly with 7 and 8-year-olds.

by JORDAN ASHBY

New Haven Independent

Almost 600 children and 75 volunteer storytellers gathered on the New Haven Green Friday to celebrate reading and literacy.

The occasion was an annual community “read-in” sponsored by LEAP (Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership).

The event was part of the group’s summer literacy curriculum aimed at preventing the “summer slide” in which kids lose their reading gains during months without regu-

lar school.

“Continue to imagine and continue to dream,” Keisha Redd-Hanans, assistant superintendent for instructional leadership for the New Haven Public Schools, encouraged the kids at the event’s kick-off.

Participants were then split into groups led by community volunteers who selected a book to read. LEAP has made an effort to include diverse books in their curriculum to reflect the students being served.

Surrounded by attentive 7 and 8‑year-olds,

Luba Margai read Aaron Slater, Illustrator

by Andrea Beaty, a story about a boy with dyslexia who learns that his disability does not define him and that he can still achieve his dream to become a storyteller.

When the group finished the book early, Margai led them in a game of “jelly fish,” waving their arms and pretending to swim through the sea.

“One of the best things kids can do is read, just to help them read and grow,” sai Margai, who is a pediatrician at Yale New Ha-

ven Hospital. “And the kids did great, so it was a great day!”

Eugene Scott, another volunteer, selected The Shaking Bag by Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert to read to his group. The story tells of a woman who generously gives everything she has to those in need and one day is gifted a mysterious bag from which wonderful things appear.

Scott brought his own “shaking bag” filled with stuffed animals for the kids in his group. As he read the book, he would

stop and ask the kids comprehension questions, such as: “What was this character’s name?” The kids eagerly raised their hands and shouted out answers to get rewarded with a stuffed football or fluffy penguin for the bag.

Scott has been a storyteller for third- and fourth-graders in the New Haven public schools for 12 years.

“It feels like I’m back in the classroom again,” he said of the read-in.

DeLauro Hears About Childcare, Aid-Distribution Challenges At Hamden Roundtable

by YASH ROY

New Haven Independent

The federal pandemic-relief and infrastructure bills have sent billions of dollars to local and state governments, but those local government needs federal help to disperse that money effectively at the grassroots.

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro received that message from Hamden’s economic development director Monday during a roundtable discussion she convened at the Hamden Public Library with two government, nonprofit, business, and higher education leaders. The point of the roundtable: to brainstorm on possible solutions to the cost-of-living squeeze families are feeling, a top national issue during this election year. DeLauro aske for ideas she could take back to Washington.

“We need talent at the local level,” the development director, Erik Johnson, told her. “If there is one thing I wish we could do on the federal level, is create some sort of program that places highly talented individuals on the local level, because the local level is actually where the money is distributed.”

Along with Johnson, State Sen. Jorge

YASH ROY PHOTO Erik Johnson at Monday's roundtable.

Cabrera spoke about how the pandemic has highlighted the importance of government.

“Somewhere in the ’80s or ’90s, a campaign was created throughout this nation to convince people that the government was a boogeyman,” said Cabrera. “That meant huge disinvestments in our governmental institutions and infrastructure, and we’re reaping the benefits of that today

with hollowed-out institutions.”

DeLauro agreed with Johnson, pointing to nearly $24 billion in federal mentalhealth funding that she said has been underutilized. The reason, she said, is that the federal appropriation did not always translate to money on the ground due to a lack of knowledge around the funding existing.

Chris Cozzi, vice-president of Local 478

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of the International Union of Operating Engineers, also stressed the importance of ensuring that the contracts awarded under President Biden’s infrastructure laws include project labor agreements. PLAs ensure that the workers that are hired are from Connecticut and local neighborhoods, require apprenticeship programs, pay a living union-negotiated wage, and focus on hiring minorities and women.

DeLauro, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, committed to ensuring that federal budgets and appropriations going forward would include text on PLAs. Attendees also told DeLauro about food insecurity and problems accessing housing, higher education, and child care.

Almost every attendee of the roundtable emphasized that limited child care in particular is limiting people’s ability to work.

Hamden Mayor Lauren Garrett and Qunnipiac University Dean of Business Holly J. Raide both pointed to the increasing costs of child care as well as a post-pandemic work landscape where more people are not working traditional 9 – 5 jobs.

United Way of Greater New Haven

CEO Jennifer Heath also told DeLauro that child care currently costs $17,000 per child annually, which is unsustainable for many families making only $30,000 to $40,000 per year.

“My biggest ask on the federal level is affordable healthcare to cover the costs for families. It’s a broken system,” said Heath. “We also need to make sure that we are not paying child care providers poverty wages, because that is also contributing to child care shortages at the moment.”

Garrett and Heath both told DeLauro about people who have received rental housing vouchers but couldn’t find apartments because of a lack of supply.

Erik Johnson also told DeLauro that food insecurity is quickly becoming a problem for many families. He said some whose parents work full-time still come to food banks because of rising prices.

“Companies like Aldi, which is a good example of affordable good food, are no longer building in New Haven, but rather going to Branford, because their algorithm is telling them they can’t make a profit in New Haven,” Johnson said.

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The 988 Suicide Hotline Has Launched, Here’s What You Need to Know

by Jessica Daniels, BlackDoctor.com

Kinks to be worked out?

If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide or having a mental health crisis, you can dial just three numbers — 988 — to get help.

The three-digit code for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline replaces the 10-digit number for what was formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

“We are trying to help people deal with crises before they become life-threatening,” says Anthony Wood, interim CEO and COO of the American Association for Suicidology. The group has been calling for a three-digit suicide hotline for years.

And while a three-digit number is a big step forward, there are still some kinks to work out, Wood notes.

For starters, local crisis centers will need more counselors to handle the expected surge in calls, he shares.

Why this new line is crucial The new three-digit number is easy to remember, free, available 24/7 and confidential, says Thea Gallagher, a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health in New York City.

“If 988 becomes just as ubiquitous as 911, we are saying that mental health and physical health are on the same level, and that breaks stigma,” she adds.

The need for such access and services has never been greater, Gallagher shares.

“With the ongoing pandemic, we have seen an increase in depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts and behavior, so we know mental health has never been more negatively impacted,” she notes.

In 2020, more than 47,000 Americans died by suicide, a 33% increase from 2000, according to The Pew Charitable Trusts.

In 2021, 3.6 million people reached out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Dani Bennett, a press officer at the SAMHSA, tells SELF. For Blacks, in particular, suicide rates have continued to increase during the pandemic with notable celebrities such as former Miss USA and attorney Cheslie Kryst, 30; “Walking Dead” star Moses Moseley, 31; and Ian Alexander, Jr., 26, son of Regina King, all taking their lives.

“Over the last decade, suicide rates in the United States have increased dramatically among racial and ethnic minorities, and Black Americans in particular. Suicide deaths occur across the lifespan and have increased for Black youth, but the highest rate of death is among Black Americans aged 25-34 years of age.” Rheeda Walker, professor of psychology and director of the University of Houston’s Culture, Risk and Resilience Lab., says.

The new hotline will provide necessary updates to the services currently provided by the 1-800 number. The services provided by 988 will be “distinct from the public safety purposes of 911,” which are focused on dispatching fire, police, and EMS as needed. The main focus of the hotline will be to have trained experts respond to mental health emergencies rather than law enforcement who may be unfamiliar with the proper protocols to take when approaching suicidal individuals.

“There’s a very small window between when somebody has the urge and actually

“We think there will be an increase in call volume,” Gebbia says.

The SAMHSA predicts that the call volume will double within 12 months of the transition to 988.

acts on the urge. You’ve got to act quickly,” Marianne Goodman, MD, says. “You really need people who have an elevated level of expertise.”

Counselors answering calls for 988 will be trained to stay calm while working with people having suicidal thoughts, and to engage them in conversation. They will also be trained to make decisions about when an in-person response is needed versus when a caller can benefit from guidance given over the phone.

For example, if a caller has a plan in place and the resources to execute the plan, an on-the-ground response may be needed. This is especially true if the caller has weapons such as a firearm in their possession.

However, if a caller has a plan that is more elaborate (involving many steps), the counselor may be able to intervene over the phone before the plan is successfully executed. suicide hotline Another thing counselors will take into consideration is whether or not the caller’s consciousness has been altered. Have they been drinking or taking drugs? These factors and more are important and will help them make quick decisions that can save lives.

Another benefit of the new number? It’s much easier to remember, which will be crucial in a state of emergency.

“The traditional number is hard to remember. When we have a medical emergency, we immediately know 911,” Robert Gebbia, the chief executive officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, tells SELF. “This is similar.

When there’s a mental health crisis, people will remember 988.”

The new number will also accept texts, and live chat is available, according to Dr. May Lau. She is a pediatrician at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the medical director of the

Adolescent and Young Adult Clinic at Children’s Medical Center Dallas.

Crisis counselors speak multiple languages and are culturally competent at counseling members of the LGBTQ community. There are also resources available for people who are deaf or hearing-impaired, Lau adds.

“The text function is only in English for now, but most of the people who feel comfortable texting are younger, and many of them are bilingual,” Lau notes.

The new line is not just for people who are contemplating suicide, either. Counselors are also skilled in discussing selfharm, addiction, domestic violence and other mental health issues. If a caller

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needs immediate medical attention, 988 will collaborate with local police or hospitals to dispatch services.

What happens when you dial 988?

Upon dialing 988, you will automatically be directed to a local crisis center, which is determined by your area code. If no one is available to take your call, you will be redirected to a backup crisis center where you’ll be able to speak to a trained crisis counselor in either English or Spanish. Automated translation services for over 250 additional languages will also be available, according to press materials from SAMHSA.

“Member centers are gearing up for more volume and accountability to their communities, and while funding has been expanded, we are still in a situation where there are not enough dollars to cover the cost for every part of the country,” Wood says. “Every state is struggling with how to fund the program.”

The SAMHSA’s long-term vision for 988 is that it provides a nationwide crisis care system that can handle mental health emergencies without relying on police.

The goal is to have crisis teams that know mental health practices, Gebbia explains.

They will be able to tell when a suicidal person would receive better care at a mental health facility rather than with the emergency department.

The existing number, 1-800-273-8255, will still be available. When dialed, you will be directed to the 988 hotline.

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AFRO Wins Big at NNPA Awards Ceremony During Annual Convention

By Kara Thompson, MDDC Intern | The AFRO

The AFRO American Newspapers won big at the National Newspapers Publishers Association’s (NNPA) Messenger Awards this year.

The publication, which began in 1892, was one of many newspapers recognized for their outstanding work in the Black Press. Among the eight awards won by the AFRO, the most notable was the John B. Russwurm Award, which was the pinnacle award of the evening.

The award is named after Russwurm, who was the founder of Freedom’s Journal in 1827, the first newspaper in America that was owned and operated by African Americans. It is given to the paper with the most cumulative points of all the papers recognized.

In total, the AFRO won five first-place awards, two second-place awards, and one third-place award.

The NNPA is a trade association of over 200 African American-owned newspapers across the country. For the past 82 years, the NNPA has been the voice of the Black community and is the largest and most influential Black-owned media resource in America. This year marks the

195th anniversary of the Black Press.

Many of the awards given out each year are named for significant Black journalists, including the Armstrong Ellington Award in Entertainment. This year, the

first-place award was for an article titled, “Elton John and My Coming of Age” by Mylika Scatliffe, of the AFRO. The award is named after musicians Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.

“I’m incredibly honored and proud to be recognized both individually and as a part of the AFRO team,” said Scatliffe. “‘Elton John and My Coming of Age’ was one of my more personal pieces and I’m glad it resonated with readers.”

Frances “Toni” Draper, AFRO CEO and Publisher, wins ‘Publisher of the Year.’

Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper, chairman of the board and publisher of the AFRO, received this year’s Publisher of the Year award from the NNPA. “I am grateful to the members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) for selecting me as Publisher of the Year. There is absolutely nothing more thrilling (and humbling) than being recognized by one’s peers,” said Draper.

“Thanks to NNPA treasurer Cheryl Smith, publisher of the Texas Metro News, for nominating me and to the NNPA Fund. I also am grateful to God, for the dedicated and talented AFRO team for trusting my leadership.”

The AFRO publisher also added that “while our methods are constantly changing, our mission remains the same— to uplift, challenge, and empower the communities we are privileged to serve.”

The AFRO’s own Lenora Howze also

won an award in advertising.

The Lifetime Achievement Award was granted to Bobby R. Henry Sr., the publisher and CEO of Westside Gazette Newspaper in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In addition to working for the family-owned African American newspaper, Henry has served on the board of various organizations, including the NNPA. Stephanie Mills, the 65-year-old R&B singer and stage actress performed at the event. She was given the 2022 Legacy Award, along with Rep. Maxine Waters (D–CA) of California and Jackson State University Football Head Coach Deion Sanders.

“Where would we be without the Black press? Before we as Black artists received any press back in the day, we got love from the Black press,” said Mills, in a statement posted to Instagram. “Too many artists today forget that it was the Black newspapers that covered us. So this award means so much to me. Being honored by my own is so liberating and appreciated. So let it be known, the Black press matters.”

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Black Contractor Hired to Remove Confederate Statues Launches NFT Collection to Raise Millions for Social & Economic Programs Across the U.S.

By BlackNews.com Nationwide — Devon Henry, whose company was hired to meticulously dismantle Confederate monuments across the country, is giving new meaning to the Confederate flag’s 13 stars with the launch of the “13 Stars” NFT Collection to raise $13 million for social causes.

On July of 2020, Devon said yes to a job that no other contractor had the courage to accept. The story of Henry’s role will likely be told in history books – as depicted in the April 2022 front-page feature of The New York Times.

Since 2020, Devon and his construction teams have meticulously and safely removed and relocated 23 Confederate statues across the former Confederate South. Henry is now repurposing this history into a charitable CryptoFederacy project that highlights 13 star causes and changemakers via “The Thirteen Stars” NFT Collection at CryptoFederacy.com.

A Monumental Task “The task of dismantling these statues has literally been monumental,” states Devon, who faced harassment and even death threats, as a result of answering the call to “re”mantle history. “It’s very humbling to be the one who fulfills a 131-year prophecy. But that’s not enough. I feel a responsibility to use these deconstructed pieces of our past to construct a better tomorrow.”

The prophecy Henry references is that of John Mitchell, the editor of the Black

newspaper, The Richmond Planet. In 1890, when the Robert E. Lee statue was erected on Monument Avenue in Richmond Virginia, Mitchell foretold of a Black man one day taking down the statue. “He put up the Lee monument, and should the time come, will be there to take it down,” Mitchell wrote.

Thirteen Stars CryptoFederacy’s 13 Stars NFT Collection represents the thirteen stars on the Confederate flag and the first of the thirteen stars dropped on the 157th anniversary of Juneteenth–a Federal U.S. Holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Americans, and marks when the last enslaved people in the U.S. were officially informed they were free– following the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate states in April 1865. Henry endeavors to sell these NFTs and raise $1 million dollars for 13 different charitable causes that address societal issues that stem from the ideals and actions reinforced by the Confederate Generals whose statues were removed.

Henry and his CryptoFederacy team are finalizing partnerships with established nonprofits and planning launch events in New York, Richmond, D.C., and Los Angeles. Attendees will be able to meet the CryptoFederacy team, view the NFT artwork, meet the artist, explore physical pieces of the dismantled confederate statues, and view framed professional photographs of the behind-the-scenes historymaking moments from the statue removal

process.

Reclaiming History Henry hopes that impassioned individuals and foundations will feel compelled to be part of this historic reclamation of ideology, by collecting one of the 13 exclusive pieces of artwork–which will help raise awareness for the charities the NFT artwork represents. As the CryptoFederacy NFT community grows, the team has plans to follow the inaugural NFT collection with a 10,000-piece CrazyStats NFT collection – and appeal to an even wider audience.

NFTs With A Mission CryptoFederacy is a community rooted in creating NFT artwork and NFT Moments that give back to the underserved communities most impacted by Confederate ideology. Founded in 2022, CryptoFederacy is the brainchild of Devon Henry, the CEO of Team Henry Enterprises, LLC– the company hired to dismantle 23 Confederate monuments across the South. CryptoFederacy’s mission is to bring social activism into the world of Web3 by creating innovative NFT Art projects and initiatives that educate individuals and organizations about Web3 opportunities – and specifically how to generate revenue to address critical economic and social issues in the United States.

The inaugural collection, “The Thirteen Stars” NFT Collection, gives individuals an opportunity to own a digital moment in history that commemorates the disman-

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tling of the monuments that encapsulated America’s centuries-long relationship with slavery and institutional racism. The goal is to raise $1 Million dollars for 13 charitable organizations.

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garding the 13 Stars NFT drop, visit the official website at CryptoFederacy.com Also, follow the brand on Twitter @CryptoFederacy.

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Black History of Health:

by Karen Heslop, BlackDoctor.org You may know Zoe Saldana for all her popular acting roles now, but as a little girl growing up in the Dominican Republic, her passion was ballet. Though she eventually gave up on learning that particular form of dance, her training was integral to her performances with the Faces theater group in Brooklyn. After her performance in a production of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’, Zoe was recruited by a talent agency, and by 2000, she was acting in ‘Center Stage’.

Afterward, she had several roles in movies and television shows but her breakthrough role came in ‘Avatar’. Since then, she’s been involved in many highly recognized movie projects. While acting though, she was always aware that she was at risk for Hashimoto’s disease because it affected her mother, grandmother, and sisters. Still, she noted in an interview with ‘The Edit’ that she wasn’t prepared for her official diagnosis in her 20s. Zoe has been managing her disease with the help of her doctor and living a healthy lifestyle.

What Is Hashimoto’s Disease?

Hashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks the thyroid and affects the quantities of hormones the gland produces. The disease usually results in an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) but in some cases, it makes the thyroid gland overactive (hyperthyroidism). The effects of Hashi-

moto’s disease can be varied because the thyroid hormones control the way almost every organ in the body uses energy.

As a result, some of the common symptoms of the illness include fatigue, weight gain, constipation, dry skin, thinning hair, irregular menstrual cycles, and a slowed heart rate.

While doctors don’t have an exact number of people who are living with the illness, it’s believed to be one of the common causes of hypothyroidism, which affects approximately 5 in 100 Americans.

Additionally, studies show that women are up to 10 times as likely to develop Hashimoto’s disease than men. If you’re

already dealing with another autoimmune disease, you typically have a higher risk of having Hashimoto’s disease as well.

How The Disease Is Diagnosed Before giving a diagnosis of Hashimoto’s disease, your doctor will first need to determine if there is a problem with your thyroid. To do this, they will discuss your symptoms and check if your thyroid is enlarged. If there are reasons for concern, they’ll recommend further tests.

First, you would do blood tests to check the level of certain thyroid hormones.

With the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test, high levels of the hormone usually indicate that you’re dealing with hypothyroidism. This diagnosis can be confirmed with a Free T4 test.

If your doctor thinks you might have Hashimoto’s disease, they’ll recommend an antibody test. This test checks for antibodies to the protein thyroid peroxidase (TPO), as this is common for people with the illness.

In the event that the antibody test is negative, the doctor may go further to order an ultrasound of your thyroid. The ultrasound will give a more accurate picture of the size of your thyroid as well as any other abnormalities related to Hashimoto’s disease.

In some cases, the hormone levels are not low enough to require treatment so your doctor will only continue to monitor your levels until something needs to be done.

For those who need an intervention, the typical treatment is T-4 hormone replacement therapy, where you’re given a synthetic hormone that mimics the role of T-4.

This replacement hormone will break down to T-3 in the system and your body will operate as if it has a fully functional thyroid. While this is generally enough for many people with the disease, there are a few cases where T-3 replacement therapy is also needed to effectively regulate the body’s systems.

When you’re being treated, it’s likely

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Since the disease is a chronic one, doctors focus on alleviating the symptoms.

To this end, they will develop a program that tackles your hypothyroidism.

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that the dosage of your medication will be adjusted over time to ensure that it’s still working well. This means that your doctor will check your hormone levels regularly.

There can also be complications from Hashimoto’s disease if the treatment isn’t working properly so it’s common for doctors to perform other tests on your general health. A few of these complications include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, and heart failure.

It’s hard to say how common Hashimoto’s disease is, but it’s certain that most of those who have been diagnosed with hypothyroidism may have the autoimmune disease to blame. If you recognize any of the symptoms here, it’s a good idea to talk to your doctor as soon as possible.

Communities all across the country are facing public safety crises.

Crime is rising in ways that leave many people feeling unsafe. At the same time, police violence and killings of unarmed civilians demonstrate that pouring more money into more-of-the-same policing is not the answer.

Here’s some good news. There is a new road map for public officials who are eager for solutions. And there is a growing network of mayors and other officials who are ready to do what it takes.

“All Safe: Transforming Public Safety” is a game plan for transformative change.

This massive policy blueprint just published by People For the American Way is grounded in real-world data and the expertise of local elected officials, law enforcement experts, clergy, and other community activists.

There are two truths about authoritarian policing. They do not contradict each other. In fact, they point us toward the possibility of building coalitions that are broad enough to make change happen.

One truth is that Black Americans, Native Americans, and other people of color pay a disproportionate price. Black Americans are more than twice as likely as white people to be shot and killed by police officers. Racial profiling is experienced by communities of color through-

out the U.S. A second truth is that people of color are not the only victims of authoritarian policing. As with so many other issues, Black and Brown communities are the canaries in a much larger American coal mine. White people make up the secondlargest group in our prisons, disproportionately low-income white men, and they make up a majority of people killed by police each year.

Four years before George Floyd died under the knee of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, a white man named Tony Timpa called Dallas police to ask for help during a mental health crisis. He was handcuffed and zip-tied and killed by an officer who pressed his knee into Timpa’s back for 14 minutes while Timpa cried, “You’re gonna kill me!”

Every community is put at risk by systems that resist accountability for those who abuse their power.

Every community is put at risk by a police culture that promotes and tolerates an aggressive “warrior” mentality among law enforcement officers.

Those problems are compounded by communities’ over-reliance on police.

Over the decades, we have added additional burdens to police officers that distract them from their primary purpose.

That leaves all of us underserved and less safe.

Transforming public safety requires policy change in four major areas: restructuring public safety systems to ensure communities’ underlying safety and social needs are met; holding unfit officers responsible and accountable for their actions; removing unfit officers, particu-

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - July 20, 2022 - July 26, 2022

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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Housing HOPE

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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middle school hands-on science education since being founded in 1995.

Gold is the president of the Amour Propre Fund, which secured and donated the funds to renovate and furnish all 18 apartments in the building.

Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz thanked the project’s champions including Grubbs, Gold, and Karen DuBois-Walton.

“If you want to make something happen, you should ask busy women,” Bysiewicz said.

The CCA collaboration with Housing Authority of New Haven/Elm City Communities allows for 18 approved families to be given federal Section 8 rental vouchers tied to the apartments at 660 Winchester. The program vouchers will cost $280,000 total a year.

Families will pay 30 percent of their annual income while in the program.

The one-bedroom apartments allow for single or coupled parents to live with one child under 3 years old. Two- and three-bedroom apartments allow one to four children.

DuBois-Walton said the program will allow struggling families to go from “surviving to thriving.”

So far more than 30 applications have been submitted for the program. Of those, 11 are currently being looked over by Elm City Communities. (Click here for more information about applying.)

Bysiewicz said the revived housing program will help the state to continue to address its affordable housing crisis.

She highlighted strides like the new state minimum wage of $14 per hour as of July 1 and a one-time child tax rebate of $250 per child.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal described the opening of the program as “undefeatable hope.”

He compared New Hope’s commitment to rebuilding the community to the “restoring and rebuilding of lives” that he witnessed less than 24 hours before the ceremony while visiting Kyiv, Ukraine.

He awarded CCA with a certificate of federal recognition at the Saturday celebration.

“It’s a new day, new dawn, new hope,” U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro said.

Mayor Justin Elicker said he looks forward to the program offering families with affordable and “loving” homes that are also beautiful inside.

Newhallville Alder Devin AvshalomSmith agreed with Elicker and said he looks forward to the apartments providing families with a sense of pride and belonging.

He added that he hopes the New Hope program will give the city inspiration to bring more resources to the neighborhood.

“This will bring some new hope to Newhallville,” he said.

Community members celebrated the ribbon-cutting Saturday with cake, home cooked food, popsicles, and tours of the apartments.

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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

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

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

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

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

Drug Free Workforce

WATER TREATMENT

LEVEL I WATER TREATMENT PUMPING OPERATOR - The Town of Wallingford’s Water Division is seeking qualified candidates to maintain and operate the Town’s portable (drinking) water treatment plants, pumping stations, storage tanks, and ground well facilities. Must process a High School Diploma or G.E.D with one (1) year of demonstrated experience involving the operation or maintenance of equipment of the type predominant in water supply and treatment; or a technical high school diploma with a demonstrated career and technical education related to electronics technology, electrical, H.V.A.C or water supply and treatment activates and operations. A State of Connecticut Department of Public Health Class 1 or higher Water Treatment Plant Operator certification (WTP1) and a certification of achievement in water management from a State of Connecticut community college, college, or university, or ability to obtain both within (12) months from date of hire. Wages: $27.49 - $33.40 hourly, plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Apply: Department of Human Resources, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Forms will be mailed upon request from the Department of Human Resources or may be downloaded from the Department of Human Resources Web Page. Fax # 203294-2084. The closing date will be the date the 50th application/resume is received, or July 26, 2022 whichever occurs first. EOE

Renovations to D.J. Komanetsky Estates

Bristol Housing Authority INVITATION TO BID Bristol, Connecticut

The Housing Authority of the City of Bristol (BHA) will receive sealed bids on or before 1:00 p.m. EDT, Fri., Aug. 19, 2022 at their offices at 164 Jerome Ave., Bristol, CT 06010 and said bids will be opened and read out loud.

Bids will be received for furnishing all labor, materials, tools and equipment necessary to complete the Renovations to D.J. Komanetsky Estates, 81 Grove Ave., Bristol, CT 06010. The scope of work shall include but not limited to kitchen renovations, bathroom renovations, new finishes, and site renovations. Sealed bid packages to be clearly marked “Renovations to D.J. Komanetsky Estates.”

InvitationAtopre-bid Bid: contractor meeting will be held on Thurs., Aug. 4, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. nd Attendance at this meeting is mandatory for all bidders. Please meet in front of the State of Connecticut 2 Notice building at 81 Grove Ave., Bristol, CT 06010. Face masks will be required.

Office of Policy and Management

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE Contact Documents including Plans and Specifications, as prepared by J ASSOCI-

Old Saybrook, ATESCT ARCHITECTS, 84 Market Square, Suite 3, Newington, CT 06111, will be on BHA, 164 Jerome Ave., Bristol, CT. Contract Documents can be reviewed and (4ofBuildings,file17atUnits) The State of Connecticut, Office purchased the on-line plan room of Advanced Reprographics, Plainville, CT at Policy and Management is recruiting Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage within Rate Project www.advancedrepro.net or by calling (860) 410-1020. Project information can also be for a Research Analyst. obtained online at Projectdog.com.

Further informationWood regarding the Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, CastNew Construction, Framed, duties, eligibility requirements and reserves theSiding, right to reject any or all bids and/or to waive any informalities in bidin-place Concrete, Shingles, Vinyl application instructions for this AsphaltBHA dingAppliances, when such Residential action is deemed to be in their best interest. All bid documents must be positionPainting, are available at: 10 Specialties, Flooring, Division Casework, filled out completely when submitted.

Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. https://www.jobapscloud.com/ CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= This contract is subject to state set-asideAand contract compliance satisfactory Bid Bond inrequirements. an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the base bid shall 220512&R2=6855AR&R3=001 be submitted with each bid. The Bid Bond shall be made payable to the Housing Authority of the City of Bristol and shall be properly executed by the Bidder. A 100% The State of Connecticut is an equal Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 opportunity/affirmative action employer Performance, Labor and Material Bond is also required. All sureties must be listed on and strongly encourages the Anticipated applications Start: the August 2016IRS circular 570. most15, recent of women, minorities, and persons Project documents with disabilities.

available via ftp link below: Attention of bidders is directed to provisions of this contract which require compliance http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

with certain local, state and federal requirements. This contract is subject to set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses No bids shall be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the opening of bids Company, 32 Progress Full Time –Haynes All Construction Shifts Top withoutAve, theSeymour, consentCT of06483 BHA. AA/EEO EMPLOYER For further information, please contact Carl Johnson, Capital Funds Director, (860) 585EOE Please apply in person: 2028 or Jay R. Victorick, J ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS at (860) 665-7063.

DRIVER CDL CLASS A Pay-Full Benefits

1425 Honeyspot Rd. Ext. Stratford, CT 06615

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The Housing Authority of the City of Bristol is AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPOLYER. MBEs, WBEs, SBEs ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT.

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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

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES RequestDE for Proposal (RFP)

Worker's Compensation Employer's Liability Insurance HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está Solicitation Number: 215-HR-22-S aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo The Housing the City of Bridgeport Park City Communities (PCC) ubicado en Authority la calle 109ofFrank Street, New Haven.d/b/a Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos is soliciting from independent brokers or qualified Martes to provide máximos. proposals Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09agents a.m.-5 who p.m. are comenzando 25 technical andhasta costcuando proposals forrecibido worker’s compensation/employer’s liability insurance julio, 2016 se han suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) from approved package be available 22, en las oficinasinsurance de HOMEcarriers.

INC. LasSolicitation pre-solicitudes serán will enviadas por correoona June petición 2022, to obtain a copy the solicitation you must send your request deberán to bids@parkcillamando a HOME INCof al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes remitirse tycommunities.org, pleaseINC reference solicitation number and title the subject line.. A a las oficinas de HOME en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, Newon Haven , CT 06510 pre-bid conference call will be held on July 6, 2022, @ 10:00 a.m. Although attendance is not mandatory, submitting a proposal for without attending conference is not in the best interest of the Offeror. Additional questions should be emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities.org no later than July 13, 2022 @ 3:00 p.m. Answers to all the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycommunities.org. Proposals shall be mailed, or hand delivered by July 25, 2022 @ 3:00 PM, to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Chief Procurement Officer, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604, or via e-mail to bids@parkcitycommunities.org. Late proposals will not be accepted.

NEW HAVEN

242-258 Fairmont Ave 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA

Payroll

All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center Payroll Clerk- Performs responsible office work in the processing of all general governPet under 40lb allowed.

Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 ment payrolls and maintain all payroll records.

The position requires a H.S. diploma or

G.E.D, plus 5 years of experience in responsible office work involving typing, accounting, bookkeeping, data entry and payroll processing. $27.22 to $32.68 hourly plus an CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s excellent benefi Apply: Department Town of Certificatefringe Program.

This ista package.

10 month program designed to assist in of the Human intellectualResources, formation of Candidates in response to45 theSouth Church’s Ministry needs.Wallingford, The cost is $125.

Classes startForms Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:30Wallingford, Main Street, CT 06492. will be mailed upon 3:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. request from the Department of Elijah Human Resources maybe downloaded from the De(203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Davis, D.D. Pastor or of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster partment of Human Resources Web Page. The closing date will be the date that the 50th St. New Haven, CT application form/resume is received, or July 25, 2022, whichever occurs first. EOE

THE GLENDOWER INC. SEYMOUR HOUSINGGROUP, AUTHORITY Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, Augustfor 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, Request Proposals Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs Replacement at the Construction Manager at Risk for St. Luke’s and Redevelopment Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

The Glendower Group, Inc. is currently seeking proposals for a ConA pre-bidManager conference heldSt.at Luke’s the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith struction at will Riskbefor Redevelopment.

A complete Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. copy of the requirement may be obtained from Glendower’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.

Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority Ofcom/gateway fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579. beginning on Monday, June 20, 2022 at 3:00PM. The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any informalities in the bidding, if such actions are in the best interest of the

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

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 Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week,

(203) 435-1387

Town of Bloomfield

Assistant Purchasing Manager

$68,757-$106,121

Request for Proposals Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Specialist Elm City Communities is currently seeking proposals for a Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Specialist. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City Communities’ Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing. cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 3:00PM.

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES Invitation for Bids

Scattered Site Homes Exterior and Interior Renovations – Group A Elm City Communities is currently seeking bids for Scattered Site Homes Exterior and Interior Renovations – Group A. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City Communities’ Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

Monday, July 18, 2022 at 3:00PM. Legal Notice

Request for Qualifications

(expected starting pay maximum is mid-range)

The South Central Regional Council of Governments (“SCRCOG”) is seeking qualifications from Consultants with expertise in community engagement and facilitation of discussions and educational forums, which will be designed to address affordable housing concepts and the recently adopted Affordable Housing Plans. Disadvantaged to Bid: Enterprise firms are strongly encouraged to respond as a prime contractor or Business Deadline: Applications will be accepted untilInvitation sufficient applications are received to play a significant role within a consultant team. Responses are due by August 12, 2nd Notice 2022 (3:00 p.m. local time). The full RFQ document and any potential updates can be viewed at SCRCOG’s website: www.scrcog.org. If you would like to request a copy of theCT RFQ, please contact Andy Cirioli, Director of Regional Planning and Municipal Old Saybrook, Services (4 Buildings, 17 Units)via e-mail at acirioli@scrcog.org.

Pre-employment drug testing.

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

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE SENIOR ADMINITRATIVE

ASSISTANT Full-time position

Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project

Notice of Public Hearing

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, CastGo to www.portlandct.org for detailsAsphaltThe in-place Concrete, Shingles, Vinyl Siding,City of Bristol is amending its 2022-2026 Agency Plan in comHousing Authority, pliance with theResidential HUD Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998. A Public Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Casework, Hearing will be held on September 2, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Gaylord Towers Community Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

State of Connecticut Hall located at 55 Gaylord Street, Bristol, CT. This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

Office of Policy and Management

Information is available for review and inspection at Housing Authority, City of Bristol, Please call (860) 582-6313

164 Jerome Bristol, CT during regular business hours.

Bid Extended, Due Date: August Ave., 5, 2016 The State of Connecticut, for an appointment.

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

TREASURER/PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR

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,The HCC encourages the participation S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified is Businesses City of Milford seeking position Haynes are available at: Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 Construction

a qualified candidate for the position of Treasurer/Payroll Administrator to handle receipts and disbursehttps://www.jobapscloud.com/AA/EEO EMPLOYER ments and investment of cash in accordance with state statutes CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 220621&R2=5989VR&R3=001 and city investment policy as well as oversee the preparation and The State of Connecticut is an equal maintenance of municipal payrolls. For details about qualifications opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of and how to apply, email HRrecruit@milfordct.gov or go to www. women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. ci.milford.ct.us/hr/pages/jobs.

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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

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Don’t Overheat! Tips to Keep Your Heart Safe in the Summer Heat

by Cara Jones, BlackDoctor.org

Summer is officially here and that means a rise in temperatures. As much as you may love summer, it can pose dangers for your heart if you aren’t careful, especially if you have an underlying condition such as high blood pressure, obesity, or a history of heart disease or stroke. As you prepare for a summer of fun, there are a few things you can do to protect yourself.

Heat’s effect on the heart Water will be your best friend this summer. That’s because heat and dehydration are a dangerous combination for your heart. Heat and dehydration force the heart to work harder to cool itself by pumping more blood and shifting it from major organs to underneath the skin.

Research shows that when temperatures reach extremes of an average daily temperature of 109 degrees Fahrenheit the number of deaths from heart disease may double or triple, and that the more temperatures fluctuate during the summer, the more severe strokes may become.

“While heat-related deaths and illnesses are preventable, more than 600 people in the United States are killed by extreme heat every year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you have heart disease or have had a stroke or you’re older than 50 or overweight, it’s extremely important to take special precautions in the heat to protect your health,” says AHA President Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones.

Taking medication to treat a heart-related condition? These may also affect your body’s response to the heat this summer.

“Some medications like angiotensin receptor blockers [ARBs], angiotensinconverting enzyme [ACE] inhibitors, beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers and diuretics, which affect blood pressure responses or deplete the body of sodium, can exaggerate the body’s response to heat and cause you to feel ill in extreme heat,” says Lloyd-Jones, a professor of heart research, preventive medicine, medicine and pediatrics at Northwestern University in Chicago.

If this has you considering stopping your medicines, you should reconsider.

These medications are essential to your health. Instead, talk to your doctor about your concerns.

Even if you’re not taking heart medications, you should take precautions in the heat.

“Staying hydrated is key. It is easy to get dehydrated even if you don’t think you’re thirsty,” Lloyd-Jones says. “Drink water before, during and after going outside in hot weather. Don’t wait until you feel thirsty. And the best way to know if you are getting enough fluid is to monitor your urine output and make sure the urine color is pale, not dark or concentrated.”

Tips for staying safe in the heat this summer

What to do in the face of unrelenting high temperatures?

The AHA provided the following hot weather safety tips: • Don’t go outdoors in the early afternoon (about noon to 3 p.m.) when the sun is usually at its strongest.

• Wear lightweight, light-colored clothing in breathable fabrics such as cotton, or a fabric that repels sweat. Wear a hat and sunglasses. Apply a water-resistant sunscreen with at least SPF 15 before going out, and reapply it every two hours.

• Drink a few cups of water before, during, and after going outside or exercising.

Avoid caffeinated or alcoholic drinks.

• Take regular breaks. Stop for a few minutes in a shady or cool place and hydrate.

• Continue to take all medications as prescribed.

The CDC also has some suggestions: • Stay in an air-conditioned place as much as possible. If your home does not have air conditioning, go to an air-conditioned shopping mall or public library, or call your local health department about any heat-relief shelters in your area.

• Electric fans may provide some relief, but they won’t prevent heat-related illness when the temperature is in the high 90s.

Taking a cool shower or bath or going to an air-conditioned place is a much better way to cool off. Try to limit the use of your stove and oven.

• Limit outdoor activity to when it is coolest, like the morning and evening.

Rest often in shady areas. Cut down on outdoor exercise.

• Drink more fluids, regardless of how active you are. Don’t wait until you’re thirsty to drink. Heavy sweating removes salt and minerals from the body. A sports drink can replace the salt and minerals you lose in sweat.

• If you are on a low-salt diet, have diabetes, high blood pressure or other chronic conditions, talk with your doctor before drinking a sports beverage or taking salt tablets.

• Never leave infants, children or pets in a parked car, even if the windows are cracked open.

• Monitor your local news for extreme heat alerts, and safety tips, and learn about any cooling shelters in your area.

• Learn the signs and symptoms of heatrelated illnesses and how to treat them.

Monitor others, especially those at high risk, such as infants and young children;

people 65 and older; people who are overweight; people who are physically ill or taking certain medications, such as for depression, insomnia or poor circulation, and people who overexert during work or exercise.

• Visit at-risk adults at least twice a day and closely watch them for signs of heat exhaustion or heat stroke. Infants and young children require much more frequent checks.

• If you are 65 or older, have a friend or relative call to check on you twice a day during a heat wave.

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The Plan for Transforming Public Safety and Policing in the U.S.

larly those with a demonstrated history of violence, aggression, or other misconduct from police departments; and recruiting well-trained public safety personnel committed to serving and protecting their communities.

One transformative public safety plan is currently moving forward in Ithaca, New York. It will replace the current police department with a new public safety department that will include armed officers and unarmed crisis intervention specialists. It would allow police officers to be more focused and effective while minimizing the chances that police-civilian interactions will spiral unnecessarily into violence.

The “All Safe” roadmap for transforming public safety demolishes the false narrative often promoted by police unions and their political allies to resist change and accountability. They claim that public safety reform is incompatible with effective crime fighting. In reality, the opposite is true.

The system of authoritarian policing that we have inherited from our past is not aligned with our national ideals of equality and justice for all. It is a threat

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to our people, our communities, and even our democracy. And it is not working to keep us safe.

Making America safer and more just requires a commitment to address root causes of criminal activity and violence, including unjust laws, discriminatory enforcement, and insufficient effective investments in individual and community wellbeing. And it requires a lasting transformation in the U.S. public safety system, including mechanisms to hold officers accountable for excessive use of force.

We know what kind of change is necessary. Let’s make it happen.

Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and Professor of the Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.

The post COMMENTARY: The Plan for Transforming Public Safety and Policing in the U.S. first appeared on Post News Group. This article originally appeared in Post News Group.

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All Eyes On Goffe Street in DeGale Field and New Haven more broadly. As a kid in up in Newhallville, he was close with three of Williamson’s boys, all age mates at Helene Grant School when he was a student there. As he got older, he discovered skateboarding and also played basketball for James Hillhouse High School from 2006 to 2009.

He remembered watching upperclassmen soar, glide, and block across the court and feeling motivated to become better at his craft. It ultimately propelled him to play in college and return to New Haven as a mentor for the next generation. Now, he wants to share that same spirit with the young people who hit the courts daily. He rattled off names, from De’Arie, Darrell and Donnell Allick to Williamson, Claxton, and Earl Kelley.

“What I appreciate and what I hope you convey with the motifs and the messages is the culture of street ball and of New Haven, to really give people a sense of that,” he said. “It’s something deeper than just basketball. It’s brotherhood.”

As the conversation wound down, NXTHVN Director of Exhibitions Kalia Brooks reminded attendees that Thursday’s talk was only the first of several community discussions that she, Dennis and Project Backboard planned to have.

She asked attendees to be “thought partners” with the organization as it moves into multiple phases of programming around the project.

“It’s already been rewarding,” she said.

“The discussion that’s happening right now, it is really incredible and fruitful.

I aim for it to be productive in terms of what we’re going to create together … this is just the beginning. This is just the tip of the iceberg.”

After the talk, Kali Williamson took Zy’lee by the hand, and looked down at her niece adoringly. Jacobs and Shareebah Williamson stood alongside the two; Dennis followed not far behind.

“You wanna go see pop pop?” she asked. Zy’lee smiled. She was one and a half ice cream sandwiches into the afternoon, and had that sugared glow to her as she headed toward the park.

“Pop pop!” she exclaimed as they walked the dirt path into the park. On the courts, a game of pickup basketball was in full swing. A few yards over, Orthodox kids from the neighborhood played baseball, their tzitzit bouncing as they ran.

Marshall pointed to how the park has always been a meeting place for these often separate universes.

When they got to the marker, Kali ran her finger over the letters, where lichen had grown over the surface. Jacobs reassured her: not all was lost.

“Oh, we just have to power wash it,” she said. She knelt by the marker to study any damage, then stayed to play hide and seek with Zy’lee. From the marker, a photo of Williamson—who never got to meet his grandchildren—seemed to smile a little more brightly.

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