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4 Mayoral Candidates Drop Anchor THE INNER-CITY NEWS - July 21, 2021 - July 27, 2021

by MAYA MCFADDEN New Haven Independent

Four mayoral candidates walked into a bar ... ... and they were all Black.

Which means something in Connecticut.

New Haven’s Karen DuBois-Walton, West Haven’s John Lewis, New Britain’s Veronica DeLandro, and Stratford’s Immacula Cann were the four candidates in question. They met up at the Anchor Spa on College Street Thursday night to compare notes at a reception event hosted

by The Connecticut Association of Black Democratic Clubs (CABDC).

CABDC hosted the event to introduce the candidates to one another to build connections among New Haven, West Haven, Stratford, and New Britain.

Currently Suzette DeBeatham-Brown, the mayor of Bloomfield, is the only Black mayor in Connecticut.

Over the Anchor’s Yuca Fritters & Corn,“Sexy Wings,” and Pulled Pork Sliders, the candidates exchanged contacts with the goal of supporting each other during the campaign trail and working together in the future.

“I can see the four of us sitting at Connecticut CCM [Conference of Municipalities] next to our sister in Bloomfield,” said DuBois-Walton.

The event was organized by CABDC founders Sean Mosley Esq, Otis Johnson Jr, Allen McCollum, Albert Lucas, Jerry Poole, James Gatling, Earnest Mosley. It highlighted three points: “Black businesses matter, Black lives matter, and Black candidates matter.”

Poole and McCollum agreed that black businesses have been struggling in recent

MAYA MCFADDEN PHOTO Karen DuBois-Walton, Veronica DeLandro, John Lewis, and Immacula Cann at the Anchor Thursday evening.

John Lewis talks with Kara Patterson and friend.

years. While supporting black politicians, the event also supported Anchor Spa, which is a black-owned business.

The Anchor Spa celebrated its five year reopening anniversary recently and the businesses survival through the Covid pandemic. During the pandemic the bar remained connected with the public by serving cocktail kits to go and hosting instructional cook and drink making zoom sessions.

CABDC New Haven Chapter President McCollum promised the candidates help with establishing fundraising committees and volunteers to canvass for each of their campaigns.

“This will give the candidates additional hope that there is help in their towns and others,” said McCollum.

Poole noted that many more communities have Black mayors in the South than in Northern states like Connecticut. He spoke of recently watching a forum with six Black Southern mayors.

“There’s a lesson to take from the South,” he said. “It’s inspiring.”

“We need more African Americans in politics. To make change and to inspire our kids,” said McCollum.

“With voter suppression happening, the candidates need help and the people need hope to get them to the polls no matter what,” said Poole.

Other candidates showed up too. Victor Borras of West Haven joined the event in support of John Lewis and as a council candidate. Newhallville advocate Devin Avshalom-Smith announced that he will be running for alder of Ward 20.

Cann, who is a registered nurse and educator, is running for mayor in Strat-

ford, hoping to be the town’s first Haitian African American mayor. She is running to keep minority voices in Stratford from continuing to be stifled, she said “This election has consequences,” she said.

DeLandro is a mother, community advocate, and former district director for U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes. She hopes to be the change to New Britain’s eight-year Republican leadership.

Lewis, who served as former West Haven Mayor Ed O’Brien executive assistant, has a focus on improving West Haven’s economic development plan.

The four mayor candidates shared the need for campaign volunteers for phone banking and neighborhood canvassing and monetary donations.

While enjoying happy hour with friends at the Anchor, Kara Patterson was approached by Lewis. and they talked about education in West Haven. Patterson, an educator, said she would like to see schools invest in multicultural education for youth. Lewis added that he would like to see more educators of color in West Haven. Patterson remained undecided on who she will vote for in the West Haven primary, she said after Thursday conversation.

Three youth members of the CABDC New Haven Chapter, Princess Adjei, 17, Alianna Wray, 17, and Hunmae McCollum, 16, attended the event to network with the candidates and get tips on how to become “presidents, mayors, and congresswomen” in the future.

“It makes me feel like I can do anything when I see people that look like me doing great things,” said Adjei.

Trade Unions Endorse Elicker

by ISAAC YU

New Haven Independent

Unions workers are lining up to build New Haven — and Mayor Justin Elicker’s growing list of reelection endorsements.

Representatives of 13 building trades unions showed up with Elicker at one of the city’s busiest construction sites Wednesday morning to endorse his quest for a second two-year term.

About 30 of the union members gathered for the announcement, smiling for pictures in front of the Downtown Crossing construction project where some of them are employed.

Elicker held a press conference there with Chris Cozzi, president of the New Haven Building and Construction Trades Council. The group, which includes ironworkers, painters, glazers, electricians,

insulators, operations engineers, and other construction workers, represents 20,000 workers statewide, an estimated 1,000 of whom reside in New Haven.

Representatives from the group’s 13 individual unions voted unanimously at their last monthly meeting to endorse the mayor, who they said understands the value of union work and apprenticeship programs.

“Construction jobs are not always permanent — but a career in construction is,” Cozzi said. “The mayor understands that.”

The council, he said, always conducts a single-issue vote for endorsing, based on which candidate they believe will provide better work opportunities for its members. It last endorsed Elicker in October 2019, after he won the Democratic mayoral primary.

ISAAC YU PHOTO Elicker at Wednesday morning’s endorsement.

This year Elicker faces an expected Democratic primary challenge from Karen DuBois-Walton.

Elicker stressed the importance of local

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workers receiving local construction jobs.

He lauded the city’s construction jobs pipeline program, which graduated seven trainees in its first class last month, and

the council’s apprenticeship programs, which train workers for long-term careers at no cost.

He also touted the partnership between the council and his office, naming the 101 College and Tweed Airport projects as examples of successful joint advocacy.

“It’s an indication to me that this relationship is working well, and that I’m following through on the issues these workers care about,” the mayor said. “We’re doing the right thing, making sure that people who live in New Haven, that are unionized, have the right opportunities.”

Mark Buono, an ironworker in the union Local 424, agreed.

“He gets it, and he’s doing a great job,” Buono said. “We want more work in New Haven, and he’s gotten us to the table where in the past, we’ve fallen on deaf ears.”

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For 30 Minutes, They Would Not Be Moved

by MAYA MCFADDEN & NATALIE KAINZ New Haven Independent

A group of 10 ministers pressing concerns about racial justice sort of stormed CIty Hall for a sit-in — then left after praying and singing inside a mayoral conference room for 30 minutes.

The clergy members, plus community activist Rodney Williams, began by holding a scheduled press conference outside City Hall at 10:30 a.m.

Organized by the Rev. Boise Kimber of the New Haven Clergy Association, they said they were seeking answers from the mayor about the city’s unsolved murder rates, the handling of a principal who used the n-word, and a New Haven 911 dispatch that wrongfully claimed the Kevin Jiang murder was committed by a Black man, a bulletin that was heard by a North Haven cop who had stopped the suspect (who happened to be Asian) and then let him go.

“It is insulting to our community that every time a white person is killed in this city we feel as though it is a black person who has done it,” Kimber said.

“We have been mistreated while this mayor has been in this seat.”

Kimber said the police department “did not do their due diligence when it came to Mr. Pan” who was arrested for the murder of Jiang.

“It is important to us to know why 911, the police department, put such an erroneous statement out not even knowing what had taken place,” said Kimber.

Pastor D’Hati Burgess spoke about his niece Kiana Brown, who would be 21 years old in 11 days if not gunned down last year.

“It is senseless that we don’t have any answers at this time,” he said.

As the press conference ended, Kimber declared: “We’re going to go upstairs to see if the mayor is available!”

“If he’s not available, we’re going to sit around and wait on him!”

The group entered through the front door — only to be stopped by a security guard at the bottom of the stairs, at a station erected during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The mayor’s office is closed to the public,” he told the group.

Why? Kimber asked Because of Covid protocols, the guard answered.

The guard called upstairs — and city Chief Administrative Officer Sean Matteson came down.

“It’s not closed,” Matteson clarified.

“We’re just doing things by appoint-

Clergy group outside at Tuesday press conference, before storming City Hall.

Rev. Kimber in mayoral conference room.

NATALIE KAINZ PHOTO Clergy group storms mayor’s office for half-hour sit-in.

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ment.”

Matteson escorted the group inside.

He informed the group the mayor was out of the building, at meetings, for at least two hours.

He offered to seat the group in a meeting room outside the mayor’s office. Kimber requested a meeting room inside the office suite. Matteson complied, ushered them into a mayoral conference room — then left.

The group remained in the room for a half hour. They sang, “We Shall Overcome.” They sang, “We Shall Not Be Moved.”

“We ask for the power of God to change the unchangeable,” they prayed.

After 30 minutes, they decided to leave.

They promised to return to get answers.

“We’re going to keep on marching and sitting in,” said Church of God and Saints of Christ Rev. Jerald Barber.

“And keep shedding light on wrong.”

Reached by phone, Mayor Justin Elicker said that once he learned about the sit-in, he left a voice message with Kimber and offered to arrange a meeting.

At the time of the impromptu visit, Elicker said, he was meeting with his appointed interim police chief, Renee Dominguez, to discuss efforts to combat crime in the city.

Elicker invited Kimber and others interested community members to join the city’s neighborhood walk-throughs after every city homicide to check in with New Haveners and provide support from the city, clergy, law enforcement, and the Yale Child Study Center.

Asked about the error in the Jiang murder case, Elicker said call-center management has spoken with the dispatcher. ” “We can’t know why the employee made that mistake,” Elciker said. He said the city is making proactive efforts to avoid bias by working with the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) to address potential bias in the city government.

As for the Brennan Rogers case, Elicker stated that as a member of the Board of Education, he voted to demote Roblee at the recommendation of the schools superintendent in order to ensure the former principal didn’t go unpunished. “What was said by Ms. Roblee was deeply offensive and I do understand that,” he said.

Elicker said the police department puts all of its resources toward solving each and every homicide in the city. He added that there has been a recent increase in walking beats, doubled the number of street outreach workers, and established a shooting task force.

C A Hot Topic At Barbershop THE INNER-CITY NEWS - July 21, 2021 - July 27, 2021

by MAYA MCFADDEN New Haven Independent

Two city Health Department nurses set up class in a barbershop. The topic at hand — Why should we trust the Covid-19 vaccine? — elicited straight talk about why people choose to remain unvaccinated.

The Health Department’s Clinic Charge Nurse (RN) Robb Blocker and Clinical Director Stacey Hutcherson stopped into Transformerz at 1440 Whalley Ave. Friday for the informal dialogue around the Covid vaccine, barbershop style, as New Haven continues its “ground game” of reaching the wary unvaccinated one by one now that demand has peaked and mass clinics have closed.

The shop had a full house of customers in chairs getting shape-ups and others waiting for fresh cuts. The Covid conversation ensued over the buzzing of clippers, music playing quietly in the background, and children’s giggles and chatter in the waiting area.

Transformerz owner Majesty Whitaker has been a friend of Blocker for more than ten years. In the comfort of the group’s “second home,” the nurses answered questions about how the vaccine was made, the varying effects of getting Covid, and how the vaccine can help.

Meanwhile, a health department mobile clinic bus was parked outside of the barbershop for New Haveners to get vaccinated. The two-hour discussion didn’t persuade any community members to get vaccinated at the event. Customers and barbers aired their concerns openly and took in the responses; some claimed afterwards that they are closer to considering getting the vaccine in the future.

Before the Friday discussion Transformerz barber Jay Newt was set on getting the vaccine two to three years from now, he said. After being swayed by the information provided by Hutcherson and Blocker, Newt said, he shortened that timeline to two to three months.

Newt and his household all caught Covid last year. which caused him to temporarily lose his sense of taste and smell. “I thought since I had it that meant my body could fight it off and so I wouldn’t need the vaccine,” he said.

“It meant a lot that they came here, because they didn’t come for a big crowd or anything. Just us,” he said. “I felt I could trust what they were saying because it was like my uncle was giving me advice.”

While brainstorming about how to reach the community, Blocker and Hutcherson thought about community hubs like the barbershop. “This is what we’d do at the barbershop anyway,” said Hutcherson.

“We wanted to reach out and educate not just do a pop-up without interacting with the community,” said Blocker.

The community health nurses started the discussion by hearing the stories of

Angel Lugo: Hopes co-workers come around.

some barbers who caught and recovered from Covid.

Transformerz barber Angel Lugo hoped the Friday discussion would convince some of his co-workers to also get vaccinated. “I wish more people understood that it’s not just you, it’s everyone around you that’s affected by your stubbornness,” he said.

During the discussion Lugo told the group about his experience getting infected with Covid. Lugo was asymptomatic when diagnosed last October. He and ten other friends caught Covid while at a party. “It scared me, because we all had very different symptoms,” he said.

While Lugo had no symptoms, his friends dealt with loss of taste and smell, fevers, vomiting, and breathing problems, even after recovery.

After recovering, Lugo decided to get vaccinated to keep his child safe as well as his grandmother, who watches his kid.

“If they get sick, my whole life gets turned upside down,” he said. He added that he wanted to keep safe his close friend who cuts hair in the chair next to his every day and his pregnant wife at home.

Despite asking several questions during the group discussion, a Transformerz hair stylist was still not convinced to get the vaccine Friday. “There’s a history with the government and my people,” the stylist said.

“Why do you still need the vaccine if you’ve had Covid already?” the stylist asked.

Blocker told the stylist that getting vaccinated is a safer way to build protection than getting infected. He added that the antibodies your body naturally fights the Covid infection last only a limited amount of time.

“Although unlikely, if you get Covid after getting the vaccine, you won’t be in the hospital forever, because it won’t be severe and it will help you to recover,” Blocker responded to the stylist’s question.

The stylist said she refuses to get the vaccine because she doesn’t trust the government, doesn’t know the long-term effects of the vaccine, and doesn’t understand why someone would need the vaccine if they were “strong enough to fight Covid the first time.”

The stylist caught Covid in January this year and dealt with mild cold-like symptoms. “I’d rather take the chance of catching it again than inject myself with something that I don’t know what it is,” she said.

The stylist said she would consider getting the vaccine some years from now after more research is done about the long-term effects. “I’d rather give them time to straighten the kinks out,” she said.

“There’s too many red flags.”

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Hutcherson and Blocker also stopped by to inform the community that the Health Department will return to providing routine childhood immunizations in addition to the Covid vaccine.

Whitaker opened shop 10 years ago. He has been a barber for 30 years.

Although Whitaker isn’t ready to get the vaccine yet himself, he said, he invited Hutcherson and Blocker to his shop to tackle others’ skepticism due to misinformation.

“I don’t want my opinion to be everyone’s opinion,” Whitaker said.

Whitaker said he is in no rush to get vaccinated. Due to his decades of barbering and hands-on work with the community, he believes his body has a strong immune system that can fight off most anything. “Barbers of all people our immune systems are different from everybody else’s,” he said. “Before we even knew about a Covid, we was getting all kind of shit from people that they ain’t tell us about.”

“How would that impact your family if you got really really sick?” Hutcherson asked Whitaker.

Whitaker said he hasn’t taken a flu vaccine since he was a minor and he very rarely takes medicine to allow his body to naturally fight off the sicknesses.

“I feel like the minute I go volunteering to take this shot, it’s going to start triggering shit inside of my old ass, and stuff is going to happen,” Whitaker said.

After the group discussion Whitaker cut Scott Martin’s hair. Martin has been a customer of his for the past 22 years.

Martin said golf courses, cigar lounges, and barbershops are where “the truth comes out.”

“Barbers are the last link and leg to the community. We educate the kids and build up the community everyday,” Whitaker said.

After the group discussion inside the barbershop, Hutcherson, Blocker, and the Health Department’s Ryan White Program Program Director Tom Butcher talked with international hip-hop dancer Bobby Mileage about Mileage’s reasons for getting the vaccine, which narrowed down to his dedication to “taking care of my community and respecting the people around us.” Mileage shared the experiences of his friends from around the world in places like Japan, China, and Italy. “There’s a difference in culture and what respect is. It’s not selfish in other places or about freedom. They believe in taking care of each other to reduce the safety risk,” Mileage said.

Hutcherson and Blocker provided the barbershop with a box of digital thermometers, which Whitaker distributed to customers throughout the day.

“If no one wants to get vaccinated, they should at least get tested,” said Blocker.

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After Witness Recants, Prisoner Presses Case

by SOPHIE SONNENFELD New Haven Independent

In the wake of a newly released affidavit regarding a false witness statement, attorneys, family, and friends of a convicted man are calling for a case review.

In the affidavit, the sole witness to a 1996 shooting recanted his story. He said he initially offered his witness statement as part of a deal with police and prosecutors. That original statement put New Havener Gaylord Salters behind bars for 21 years for a nonfatal shooting in New Haven.

Now Salters’ lawyers are pushing for more information on what they say is evidence of a wrongful conviction.

That November 1996 shooting involved two members of a street gang called the Ghetto Boys. Those members, Kendall Turner and Daniel Kelly, were injured in a shoot-out with members of a rival gang called the Island Brothers. Based on Turner’s witness statement, Salters was convicted of first-degree assault and conspiracy to commit assault and sentenced to 29 years in prison.

In a signed 2018 affidavit, which was publicly released this week, Turner admitted to framing Salters in exchange for avoiding a mandatory prison sentence for felony gun possession.

“I gave police a false statement implicating Gaylord Salters in the shooting because the detective who I gave the state-

ment to promised to help keep me out of jail for the illegal gun I was carrying,” Turner wrote.

Following Turner’s now-declared false statement, the state charged Salter with the weapons violation.

Months after that, on May 28, 1997, a judge granted Turner advanced rehabilitation on charges related to the same shoot-out. That decision kept Turner out of prison and erased his felony gun charge from his public record.

One of Salters’ attorneys, New Haven criminal-defense lawyer Alex Taubes, also said that four months after Salters was arrested, police caught another man in possession of the same gun the victims were shot with in the November 1996 shooting. The man, named Orien Thomas, lived on the corner of East and Humphrey Streets at the scene where Turner and Kelly were shot. “Yet the police made no effort to investigate whether this individual was responsible for the shooting- instead proceeding with the prosecution of Mr. Salters,” Taubes wrote in a statement on the case.

Thomas was not charged in the shooting, but only with illegal use of a firearm.

He served a six-month sentence for possession of firearm charge.

The State’s Attorney’s habeus unit is currently reviewing the case as part of ongoing litigation.

In a press conference outside the New

Family plea: Gabrielle Salters (left), Gaylord Salters Jr. (center), Emoni Salters (right) with Gloria Johnson at Wednesday press conference outside the police station.

Haven Police Department Wednesday morning, Taubes publicly called on the department to release more information about Turner’s case. He has submitted a Freedom of Information Act request.

Taubes is looking to access case files for Turner’s weapons charge as well as any other documents pertaining to the case.

Police spokesperson Officer Scott Shumway said the department has handed over all records requested by Salters’ attorneys and offered to release any more they consider relevant.

Taubes said he is now is pressing with the new request for notes, recordings, power burn tests, and reports confirmer Turner was under investigation for assault with a firearm, in the quest of establishing which crime was the bases for his grant of advanced rehabilitation.

On the same day as the affidavit was prepared, Turner signed a release allowing his sealed criminal history to be disclosed. Taubes said Turner authorized this release to “expose” his deal with police and prosecutors.

Salters was prosecuted and tried by former New Haven Assistant State’s Attorney James G. Clark. His case was investigated by New Haven police detective Daryl Breland, who was the witness to the allegedly false original witness statement.

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Bailout Gallery Turns Its Eyes To Palestine

by Lucy Gellman, Editor The Arts Paper

The figure lifts their head to the sky, hands clasped at the chest as their lips fall open in a cry. Their fingers are long, cheeks drawn back. Their body is a solid block, as if their limbs have frozen and congealed in place. Eyelids flutter, suspended somewhere between this realm and the next. Around the sculpture, the mere presence of wind becomes a scream.

An ocean away in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, Palestinian families are being evicted from their land. They are documenting the erasure of their neighborhoods and watching the names of their streets disappear. Others are mourning their dead and clearing rubble in Gaza. The figure seems to cry out for them.

Susan Clinard’s Lamentation is part of a relaunched Bailout Gallery, a social justice-themed art gallery raising funds for Palestine. The brainchild of 27-yearold artist Amira Brown, the gallery first launched last summer to raise funds to bail Black Lives Matter protesters out of jail. This year, Brown brought it back to support Build Palestine, a nonprofit that connects donors across the globe with grassroots activists, artists, organizers, and project leaders in Palestine.

It includes over a dozen artists from across the state and the country, all of whom have donated work to the cause.

The artist is based in the city’s Amity neighborhood. All proceeds from the gallery go directly to Build Palestine.

“When I first learned about it [Palestine] in college, I didn’t know that we were backing the occupation,” Brown said in an interview downtown Thursday morning. “I didn’t know how complicit we were. Like, what are you doing telling people it’s okay to settle where people already are? It’s the same kind of tactics that they use for Black people here.”

Brown’s support of Palestine began when they were a freshman at Paier College of Art in 2012. At the time, he was in his early twenties, and started reading articles about Israel-Palestine relations on Tumblr. That year, the United Nations voted to make Palestine a “Non-Member Observer State,” in what seemed like a move toward statehood.

Brown, meanwhile, read through articles about Gaza, settler-colonialism, World War Two and the history of Zionism itself. They learned that Israeli-Palestinian tensions weren’t decades old, but included centuries of invasion and occupation

by Ottoman, British, Jordanian and Israeli forces.

The more she learned about U.S. military involvement, the more frustrated they got. He saw parallels between the Israeli occupation and patterns of redlining, eminent domain, and the forced displacement of Black and Indigenous people in the U.S. They sought out “so many voices that would not have been seen” in the

Brown in downtown New Haven. Lucy Gellman Photo.Sarah Zund

mainstream media, he said. Those included Palestinian artists and activists who were working and writing on the ground.

“I was just like, this doesn’t make sense,” they recalled.

Brown wasn’t sure where to put that activism until an opportunity arose this year. Last year, she launched Bailout Gallery in the midst of a summer roiled by the twin pandemics of Covid-19 and entrenched racism. The gallery allowed him to yoke their love for New Haven artists and support of protesters who filled the streets to decry the state-sanctioned murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and hundreds of others taken by police brutality. It ultimately supported the Pimento Relief Fund, Black Visions, Liberty Fund and Connecticut Bail Fund.

This year, a friend asked him if they planned to bring the gallery back. She had already been thinking about it, but was hesitant to support the same causes again after allegations of exploitation within the Black Lives Matter movement. In mid-March of this year, mothers Samaria Rice and Lisa Simpson, both of

whom lost their sons to police brutality, accused prominent social justice leaders of profiting off the names and stories of their slain children.

Brown, who attended a protest last year, recalled hearing those names chanted and not knowing how to feel about it.

She referred to “necrophilia politics” or “necropolitics,” a term coined by Achille Mbembe and passed on by her friend Damiana, in which there is a love for and dedication to a cause only when it involves the spectacle of death.

Then this spring, they watched as Israeli forces conducted a raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem during the final days of Ramadan. He read about the proposed eviction of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, and wider attempts at ethnic cleansing from both the Israeli government and far right-wing Zionist groups.

When days of seemingly endless rocket fire followed, she found their next cause.

Bailout Gallery launched in the midst of violence that killed 13 Israelis and over 250 Palestinians, including almost five dozen young children. Brown said that while some New Haveners may march, rally, or donate directly to a cause, the

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gallery is their form of protest.

“At what point are you like, what’s the goal of all this?” he said. “As an American, I know that my tax dollars are funding that. And then when the ceasefire happened, I feel like people stopped paying attention.”

So far, the gallery has been comparatively “slow going,” Brown said. This year, 16 artists signed up to offer work instead of the 40 that volunteered last year. In the weeks that the gallery has been open, only three pieces have sold. She attributes the shift to the fact that the pandemic is in a very different place than it was a year ago, and so is the fight for racial and social justice. And yet, they said, he hopes that people find an urgency to both.

In the gallery, multimedia works fill the screen in neat rows, waiting to find new homes. Aly Maderson Quinlog’s sweet Doe Mama finds a place beside Jacquelyn Gleisner’s numbered drawings, works that explode with color. After working with Brown last year through Attack Bear Press, artist and musician Jason Montgomery has returned with Despite A Riot, a collage that includes the words “Indians and babies. And/ground is not calculated.” It makes a viewer aware of relationships—of parents to children, of humans to the land beneath their feet.

In Amanda Rodriguez’ Blurry Face, a woman locks eyes with the viewer, her brows narrowed as her lips part. Hair cascades down her back and shoulders, falling close to her breasts. Her hands and neck are painted the color of charcoal, the black falling over them like a second skin.

Her expression holds many things at once: a pugnacious hello, an ask for assistance, a sense that she’s ready to show the world her personal topography. It’s a through line to her Apples, a still life also on sale that show the bruised, blemished skin of a yellow-green apple waiting on someone’s countertop.

There’s also a reminder to remember and celebrate those who—and that which— has come before. In Sarah Zunda’s Enraptured, a skeleton emerges from the ground, her bones turned the yellow of early-morning sunlight. Her hair is intact, woven into a thick red-brown braid and voluminous and curly around her face.

Her red and gold earrings glint out, a cheeky reminder of the material world that can outlive flesh.

The grass rises up around her, as if it has been waiting for this moment, or is getting ready to swallow her back up. Everything around her is lush to the point of feeling magical: trees sprout red and pink blossoms as their trunks catch the sunlight. A skeletal bird appears in the left hand corner.

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criminal case in return for his testimony as part of a 1994 murder trial. The four convicts, including Darcus Henry were later freed in 2013 after receiving life sentences in light of a subsequent second look at the case. Henry attended the press conference Wednesday in support of Salters.

“Gaylord’s situation is a little different from mine. I had life in prison. So there’s days you wake up not knowing if you’re gonna make it out. He has daylight regardless, however that still doesn’t diminish that he’s in there fighting for his freedom and he missed out 21 years,” Henry said.

“We have seen Mr. Clark’s prosecutions be overturned in the past. Now is the time for the state’s attorney’s office and the New Haven police department to come clean about the lying actions of its former prosecutors that continue to victimize and brutalize Mr. Gaylord Salters.” said Taubes.

In a phone interview from prison, Salters said fighting for his freedom in prison has been “extremely difficult.”

He said he struggles to hold onto printed legal papers and other files. “These are the types of roadblocks that you encounter when you’re fighting a wrongful conviction and I’ve been doing this for 20 years.”

“It’s time for them to conduct the integrity review and get down to the bottom of it. This is the New Haven Police Department of today and this is the New Haven State Attorney’s Office of today, so what they do in this case is going to determine what their morals, beliefs, and values are,” Salters said.

At the press conference, Salters’ family members handed out T-shirts with “#freeLORD.” His children have worked with other family and friends to organize rallies, publish books, and raise awareness about Salters through social media.

His oldest daughter, Gabrielle Salters, said she talks over the phone with him almost every day. She said he has always been a “great dad.”

“I know a lot of people who have their dad right in the same city as them, but they’re not involved in their life at all,” she said.

Salters mother, Gloria Johnson, flew up from North Carolina Tuesday to attend the press conference. “I’m just praying that the New Haven Police Department will do what they need to do to rectify this injustice not just for him, but for his children too and for me as his mother,” she said.

Johnson said at the time of the 1996 shooting incident, she knew her son was upstairs at home. She said he came home early from church and was looking after one of his daughters, who was sick.

Gaylord Salters Jr. said he wants the truth surrounding his father’s case to be revealed” “My father missed out on my whole life, and it wasn’t his fault.”

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BLOOM Grows A Lifestyle Movement In Westville Lucy Gellman, Editor, The Arts Paper www.newhavenarts.org

It’s a refuge from the moment Alisha Crutchfield-McLean opens the door. The smells of lavender, peppermint, bergamot and musk mingle in the air. A huge chalk orchid explodes in oranges and yellows across one wall; bird and butterfly houses chat happily amongst each other on another. Small bouquets of fresh flowers and sprigs of eucalyptus wait for their new owners in the window, soaking up the sun.

Welcome to BLOOM, CrutchfieldMcLean’s self-described “urban oasis meets community center” just blocks from her Westville home. After months of preparation, she has opened the business as a coworking space, lifestyle boutique, cafe, and therapeutic retreat at the corner of Edgewood and Central Avenues.

For her, the store’s emphasis on coming back together feels right on time. Since opening last Thursday, she has already seen dozens of customers come through the space.

“The whole idea is to have a space where people in the Westville community can gather to socialize, to get back to some sort of normalcy,” she said Saturday afternoon, as business bustled around her.

“I think it’s important for us to be uplifted during this time. We’re still uncertain, but people are getting back out. People are socializing again.”

Built into an old office building at 794 Edgewood Ave., BLOOM has “a little bit of everything for everyone,” CrutchfieldMcLean said—including a three-pronged business model rolled into a single space.

Set back from the street and sidewalk, the shop beckons with a curtain of white flowers and handmade birdhouses in butter yellow and thick white polka dots. A sign on the door reads “It’s Never Too Late To Be What You Might Have Been.”

Plants sit around the doorway with dainty veined leaves and huge green fronds, reaching out their fingers to say hello.

Inside, she and four staff members have created a small flower and retail business, cozy coworking room with nooks, a fluffy couch and a large wooden table, a mini cafe-bar and a wellness room. In every direction, shelves are stocked with handmade soaps, candles, tea towels, and birdhouses. A case of necklaces glitter in one corner. Pyramids of pasta sauce peek out from another, backed by a wall of plush, silky throw pillows. Tucked in a back room, two diffusers send streams of essential oils into the air.

True to the space’s name, flowers and houseplants bloom in every direction— along the walls, on the tables, arranged in a neat B for the store’s namesake. So do flyers for neighborhood gatherings and events. It is as if the idea has been waiting to burst forth from the building all this time.

BLOOM Founder Alisha Crutchfield-McLean puts the final touches on a bouquet before it goes out. Lucy Gellman Photos.

While Crutchfield-McLean signed the lease on the space in March, her inspiration for BLOOM has been decades in the making. Growing up in Boston’s Mission Hill and Brookline neighborhoods, she fell in love with mentorship opportunities at her local community center when she and her brother were still young, and her mom had to work long hours. Her first job brought her into a flower shop at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where she found she could communicate her feelings for others through just the right bouquet.

After attending UMass Amherst, she spent almost two decades styling celebrities. She said that BLOOM, which also offers a limited selection of clothing, coffee mugs with funky mottos, and smallbatch designer goods allows her to put all of those interests into one place. She plans to open the coworking space for day passes, weekly passes, and monthly memberships this week.

Already, the shop has made her feel closer to the community. While her family has lived in the neighborhood for six years, it wasn’t until she opened BLOOM that she and her husband Tom began meeting their neighbors, including families with young kids around their daughter’s age.

During the renovation process, Crutchfield-McLean would stop what she was doing to say hello to passers-by, field questions about the shop, and get input on what Westvillians wanted to see in the neighborhood. Those conversations—and the knowledge that Westville Village was going through something of a renaissance itself—ultimately led her to add the co-

Top: The store from the outside. Bottom:

working component and wellness room.

She also plans to host bingo and movie nights, adult and all-ages crafting activities, and social gatherings in the space.

“We don’t ever stop to speak and to vibe with each other and get to know each other,” she said. “I just feel like Westville is such an amazing neighborhood and community that we should be talking to each other more.”

She is also quick to say that she doesn’t do it alone. In addition to her husband Tom, who she praised as an impromptu, pro-bono sales associate and steadfast support, the shop has four employees. Peter Berta, a neighbor of hers who is now BLOOM’s creative director, has helped shape a business model that revolves around supporting New Haven and Con-

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necticut makers, as well as small businesses that are women-, LGBTQ- and global majority-owned.

Saturday afternoon, he buzzed from one side of the shop to another, bouncing between coffee- and rose-scented soaps and a fleet of bright birdhouses that caught sun in the front window.

“It’s really a communal lifestyle experience,” he said. “We want it to be a space where the community has the opportunity to come back together and start to engage with each other.”

After 19 years of working in New York’s high-paced fashion industry, he’s taken that mission to heart himself—he prefers the two-block walk to work to a four hour round trip on multiple forms of transit.

As he spoke animatedly, he motioned to

the store’s full container of Bitchstix, a small lip balm company in Chicago that donates a portion of its proceeds to survivors of sexual abuse and assault.

Around him, the store exploded with activity. Matthew McCreight, a Westvillian and avid gardener, popped into the shop after hearing about it from his wife, Rev. Kathryn Greene-McCreight. In the 28 years that the two have been in Westville, he’s seen it change quite a bit—including its recent flourishing of new businesses.

Since the pandemic, he said, he’s also noticed that neighbors tend to stop and say hello more often. Since his wife discovered BLOOM in the days leading up to its opening, he said he’s been excited to step inside and take a look. Saturday, the two walked away with a few soaps and the intention to come back.

“It’s wonderful to have the shop here, and to be able to support business in Westville,” he said.

Nearby, Beaver Hills resident Sharon Lomax looked over sweet, fragrant soy candles set out on a three-tiered stand and sipped a black cherry fizz with lime and lavender. The candles are the work of artist and designer Kiah Smith, who grew up in Westville and still lives in the neighborhood. Lomax said she’d come to BLOOM in the hopes of finding something for a friend who is battling cancer at Yale New Haven Hospital.

She chatted with Shizah Mangi, a Guilford resident who is crashing with a friend in New Haven for the summer and working at BLOOM during her time in the city. At the bar, Mangi did alchemy with egg whites, plump blackberries and a stream of carbonated liquid that glowed gemstone-pink. She said she’s been well trained by Eddy Caves, the head of the shop’s beverage program.

“This is wonderful,” Lomax said on her way out. “You’re transported into another world.”

Inside the coworking space, CrutchfieldMcLean put her finishing touches on a vase that exploded with lilies, sunflowers, and red and pink roses. She padded barefoot to the patio outside, hand-picking thistles that would set off the bright yellows and marbled reds already on display.

Nearby, two friends caught up at a sunsoaked bay of cafe tables. CrutchfieldMcLean smiled at them as she studied the plants before her, and made a final selection. She finished the vase and fitted a tiny card inside. In addition to formal arrangements, she offers daily bouquets to brighten customers’ everyday lives.

“I say, a flower a day keeps the drama away,” she said as she carried the arrangement out into BLOOM for pickup.

“I want to encourage people to look for upliftment and good in the small things.”

To find out more about BLOOM, visit it on Facebook. The store is still figuring out its hours.

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Tuskegee relatives promote COVID-19 vaccines in ad campaign

by Jasmine Browley, BlackDoctor.org

Six-time Olympic runner Allyson Felix knows how to stay in her lane both on and off the track.

During times of social unrest in years past, she mostly has chosen to focus on what she can control: her athletic performance. But when she recently faced what she and most of the world saw to be unfair treatment by her longtime sponsor, Nike, she had to stand up for what was right.

When Felix became pregnant, she experienced what she described as unfair contractual stipulations by the brand.

This was especially tough due to not only what comes with being an unsponsored Olympic hopeful, but the circumstances surrounding Felix’s pregnancy.

While with child, Felix developed preeclampsia, a very dangerous condition marked by high blood pressure and adverse childbirth outcomes that plague Black women more than any other group.

This caused a great challenge to the respected athlete. It also contributed to her daughter’s troublingly early birth.

Although the child is healthy and happy now, America’s deep racial divide in maternal care could well have brought a very different outcome for both mother and daughter. The CDC published findings in a 2019 study that found Black women

with at least a college degree were 5.2 times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than their white counterparts.

Because of that, Felix felt moved to speak to the issue before Congress that same year. “We need to provide women of color with more support during their

pregnancies,” Felix told the House Ways and Means Committee. “Research shows that racial bias in our maternal health care system includes things like providers spending less time with Black mothers, underestimating the pain of their Black patients, ignoring symptoms and dismiss-

ing complaints.”

Now, one can only imagine the blow she felt when her partnership with Nike became shaky due to her pregnancy.

In a piece with the New York Times, she accused Nike, her longtime sponsor of penalizing her and other pregnant ath-

letes in contract negotiations. Speaking out in this way meant she could lose a very lucrative deal and possible access to the Tokyo Olympics which is notoriously expensive for unsponsored athletes.

In an interview with Time, Felix even shared that she hid her pregnancy in a way.

As she started to show, she would purposely train in the wee hours of the morning so no one could see her growing body.

She wore baggy clothes and limited her baby shower celebrations to about 15 people, with guests being restricted from using their phones.

“It was super isolating and very lonely,” she says in the interview. “I think about that a lot. All of those things that you look forward to, those experiences of embracing that time, I didn’t get to do any of that. I don’t feel like I ever really was pregnant.”

Now, she has since parted ways with Nike and working with Athleta who is in support of athletes who are mothers.

Felix is now an advocate for maternal mortality equity and hopes no working mother has to experience what she went through, especially as she ventures to the Olympics.

My main focus is on awareness,” says Felix. The U.S., she notes, “is a very dangerous place for a woman of color to give birth. And that shouldn’t be the case.”

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MC Lyte, DJ Hollywood, DJ Kool Herc, Busy Bee, & Grandmaster Caz Join NFT Project, Masterminds of Hip Hop

by BlackNews.com Nationwide — In an unprecedented move, Tokau is collaborating with Russell Simmons, aptly named the ‘Godfather of Hip Hop’ to exclusively launch an NFT (non-fungible token) collection, ‘Masterminds of Hip Hop’. The joint venture aims to bring honor, credit and compensation back to the original musicians who helped create the multi-billion dollar industry that it is today.

Following the next few weeks, they will be releasing the names of the original pioneers who have joined the program, with the first group being DJ Hollywood, Grandmaster Caz, MC Lyte, and Busy Bee. Such names are considered among the most important and influential pioneers of old school rap, with Hollywood being the first rapper in the hip-hop style, Grandmaster Caz being the first simultaneous DJ and MC in hip-hop history, MC Lyte being the first female rapper to ever be nominated for a Grammy Award, and Busy Bee having gained a large following through MC rap battles.

This collection series brings an insight to the history and roots of Hip Hop, giving exclusive behind the scene stories and memories from the early years of hip-hop that helped form the foundation of the culture, in the form of digital art collectibles.

Commenting on joining the program, DJ Hollywood said, “It’s an honor to have our story retold and to be given the opportunity to have the fans old and new to connect with and learn about what we’ve done to get here”.

“Not enough people know that the first records would not have been made without the success and raw talents of these artists. The most amazing part is seeing a piece of history and the future of technology come together; NFTs are truly a game-changer and I can’t wait to pay

homage to my fellow pioneers of the movement known as Hip Hop, so stay tuned to Tokau for the announcement of many more names which will be a part of the collection,” added Simmons.

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“TOKAU is super excited to be part of this joint venture and create the Masterminds of Hip Hop NFT,” says Miranda Tan, the spokesperson for TOKAU. “These exclusive and limited NFTs are

available only on TOKAU and Hip Hop fans globally can access and buy an NFT of these original pioneers who built Hip Hop to what it is today.”

TOKAU will be launching its NFT Eternal Bond products this month. TOKAU’s Eternal Bond is an incredibly special and cool NFT where fans and their Idol(s) can be intricately linked to each other through staking TOKAU tokens and sharing the financial benefits. Mastermind’s NFT and eternal bond will be available on TOKAU website where fans can buy the original creators NFT plus have an eternal bond with the Masterminds of Hip Hop by staking TOKAU tokens and sharing fi-

nancial benefits with these keepers of Hip Hop culture.

“The Mastermind of Hip Hop NFT and eternal bond is the first of its kind, financial product where fans can be eternally bonded with their favorite stars by staking tokens and sharing the financial benefits with the creators,” says Dennis Tok, TOKAU’s Co-CEO. “This is a new instrument to fully utilize the celebrities star power and help stars and fans connect to each other and share the financial benefits.”

The ‘Masterminds of Hip Hop’ NFT collection will be available on Tokau, the world’s leading platform that allows ce-

lebrities and influencers to interact with their fans using blockchain NFT technology.

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Meet the Three Sisters With Five HBCU Degrees Alabama at Birmingham.

They were all thankful for Tuskegee for always motivating them and getting them ready for what they wanted to pursue next.

“Being in that type of environment helps to cultivate young students into believing in themselves. I feel like HBCUs help you to see different types of Black people,” Ayannah told Black News Channel.

They were also grateful for the financial support they received from the HBCU when they were struggling financially, making them feel “appreciated and worth the investment.”

They also give credit to their parents, as well as their grandmother who graduated with her Juris doctorate at 66-years old, for setting a good example. At a young age, they said they were taught by their parents the importance of education and were en-

The Page sisters — Jamilah, Hadiyah, and Ayannah — have celebrated a special moment together as they all recently graduated with their respective degrees. The three sisters from Alabama, who were all HBCU alumnae, have already earned a total of five degrees.

The three have all graduated from Tuskegee University. Years ago, the eldest of the three, Jamila earned her Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition Sciences and Dietetics while Hadiyah, the middle sister, earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biology.

Most recently, Ayannah, the youngest one, earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with a concentration in Biology. Her older sisters joined in the celebration as Jamila also received her Ph.D. from Auburn University and Hadiyah graduated with Master of Public Health from the University of

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couraged to always be prepared and hardworking.

Moreover, their recent graduations only serve as a beginning for them as they further pursue their dreams.

Jamilah, who takes interest in the importance of community gardens, is set to become an assistant professor of nutrition with a tenure track at Berea College.

Hadiyah, who is a former Albert Schweitzer fellow, continues conducting mindfulness courses for those who experienced trauma at Impact Family Counseling and is bound to medical school at the Ross University School of Medicine in Barbados.

Ayannah, who is interested in cosmetic chemistry, plans to open a salon and create products for hair, nails, and skincare or take a master’s in business.

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Ethiopia Is Open for Unity, Business, Progress and Empowerment

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

With archaeological findings that date back to around 980 BCE, Ethiopia sits along the easternmost peninsula in Africa.

Not only does the culturally rich nation count as Africa’s oldest country, but some believe it’s the oldest in the world.

With a population of 112 million – roughly 70 percent of whom are 30 and under – Ethiopia has never suffered under colonization.

Moreover, unlike most others on the continent, Ethiopia has beaten back all attempts by would-be colonizers.

That and the many current reforms has Fitsum Arega, the Ethiopian Ambassador to the United States, beaming confidently with expectations about the future of his nation.

“There is economic reform, vast investment opportunities in agriculture, manufacturing, and energy,” Ambassador Arega told the Black Press during a meeting at the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington, D.C. “Ethiopia is an ancient country that takes care of its tradition and culture,” the Ambassador remarked.

“We have a youthful population, and that is the force for transformation.”

Ambassador Arega continued: “We want to engage more in manufacturing which requires labor and skill.

Ethiopia has vast opportunities for textile and apparel manufacturing along the value chain, and we have the capacity to expand cotton production; we have power that is all generated from green energy.”

“Winemaking is good because of our soil and because in the daytime it is hot and at nighttime, it is very cold. So that

is good for fermentation, so as you see, we are coming up with so many opportunities.”

Ambassador Arega said Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who just won another fiveyear term after a landslide election victory, have made reform their mission.

“The election was the first of its kind in terms of free and fairness,” the Ambassador stated.

He said with the expansion of educational opportunities, Ethiopia is poised to launch a large skilled labor pool to meet the demands of a diversified economy.

Among Ethiopia’s priorities are agriculture, manufacturing, energy, ICT, mining and tourism among others, the Ambassador noted.

“We have a home-grown economy reform program where we are enabling the private sector to play more of a role. In the past, the public sector played a big role.”

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Ambassador Arega noted that Ethiopia had invested heavily in infrastructure and built the fastest electric railway. over rugged terrain.

“We want to build on democracy,” Ambassador Arega declared, noting that everyone is proud that the African Union continues to headquarter in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

The Ambassador, who twice met with NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., said the Black Press of America help must tell Ethiopia’s story of reform and prosperity.

But there have been some disappointments.

“I went to Congress to discuss the GERD issue, and one of the congressmen opened a New York Times article [quoting just

Fitsum Arega, Ethiopia’s Ambassador to the United States (left) and National Newspaper Publishers Association president and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.

one farmer in Egypt], who complained about what we are doing,” Ambassador Arega demurred.

“We’ve been sending many Op-ed pieces, press releases and other statement to the mainstream press to ensure a balanced perspective, but so far most of the stories have been one-sided.”

Dr. Chavis announced, “I am so very pleased to state on-the-record that the Black Press of America via the NNPA is now in the process of establishing a strategic media partnership between the NNPA and the Ethiopian Press.

“Our two trade associations will work together henceforth on economic sustainability interests, international media relations in print, digital and social media, and on sponsoring mutual trade delegations between the United States and Ethiopia with specific focus on Black-owned businesses in America and in Ethiopia.

“This will be another answer to the centuries-long prayers of all people of African descent for global unity, progress and empowerment.”

In 2011, Ethiopia announced to build a hydroelectric dam on its Abbay River, known to outsiders as the Blue Nile or Nile River.

The dam was named the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) because it was designed to bring about the economic renewal of Ethiopia, Ambassador Arega told NNPA Newswire.

In an op-ed, he wrote that the GERD would be the largest hydropower dam in Africa.

When completed, it is expected to generate more than 5,000 MW installed power generation capacity and will have more than two times the capacity of Hoover Dam. The total capacity of the reservoir is 74 billion cubic meters to be filled over several years. It will cost nearly $5 billion

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to complete the dam, Ambassador Arega continued.

The GERD has now reached 81 percent completion, including 98.5 percent of civil, 55 percent electromechanical, and 55.3 percent of the hydroelectric structure.

Ethiopia generates 85 percent of the Nile River flow, but colonial-era and postcolonial agreements on the Nile, to which Ethiopia was not a party, have given Egypt the disproportionate amount of water while giving Sudan a lesser amount,” the Ambassador wrote.

“These agreements gave zero water allocation to Ethiopia. Egypt today wants to keep the old colonial arrangement in place in one form or another.”

According to a 2018 World Bank report, “About 70 percent of the population in Ethiopia live without electricity.”

The GERD aims to provide access to electricity to more than 60 million Ethiopians and provide affordable electricity to the service, industrial and agricultural sectors.

“It also aligns with Ethiopia’s green development ambitions as it represents a sustainable socio-economic project replacing fossil fuels reducing CO2 emissions,” Ambassador Arega continued.

“Therefore, for Ethiopia, building the GERD is not a matter of choice, but an economic and developmental necessity and the way out of poverty for a nation of 112 million people.”

Kamau Marshall, Top Biden Campaign Spokesman, Joins Office of U.S. Trade Representative

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Reports Kamau Marshall, President Joe Biden’s former chief spokesman who helped to guide the 2020 presidential campaign, has taken a top communications job at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).

Marshall is now the top deputy assistant for media and public affairs at the USTR, which is led by Ambassador Katherine Tai. With extensive experience in politics and communications, Marshall served as a speechwriter and communications advisor for the Department of Agriculture during former President Barack Obama’s administration.

He also worked with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, where he was a team member that helped to win back the U.S. House in 2018.

It marked the first time in 12 years that Democrats controlled the House.

Kamau Marshall

Marshall also earned accolades for his work with Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), and late Democratic Reps. John Lewis and Elijah Cummings.

He also counts as a friend to the Black Press.

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Black History of Health:

by Jasmine Browley, BlackDoctor.org

When James Brown died on Christmas Day 2006 at age 73, officials at Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital Midtown cited congestive heart failure as the cause of death. Nearly a decade later, the medical team that signed Brown’s death certificate says that prognosis has changed.

For many years, the famed entertainer was coined the hardest working man in entertainment, so his death caused a ripple effect in the music business. It also raised some hard questions.

People close to the “It’s a Man’s World” singer theorized he was actually killed and his heart was in normal condition shortly before his passing. Although the cause is still being debated, we do know that heart failure is one of the leading causes of death in the Black community.

Per the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, African Americans were 30 percent more likely to die from heart disease than nonHispanic whites.

Although African American adults are 40 percent more likely to have high blood pressure, they are less likely than non-Hispanic whites to have their blood pressure under control; African American women are 60 percent more likely to have high blood pressure, as compared to nonHispanic white women.

What is congestive heart failure?

According to the American Heart Association, congestive heart failure (CHF) is a chronic progressive condition that affects the pumping power of your heart muscle.

While often referred to simply as heart failure, CHF specifically refers to the stage in which fluid builds up within the heart and causes it to pump inefficiently.

You have four heart chambers. The upper half of your heart is made up of two atria, and the lower half of your heart is made up of two ventricles.

The ventricles pump blood to your body’s organs and tissues, and the atria receive blood from your body as it circulates back from the rest of your body.

CHF develops when your ventricles can’t pump enough blood volume to the body. Eventually, blood and other fluids can back up inside your lungs, abdomen, liver and lower body.

CHF can be life-threatening. If you suspect you or someone you know has CHF, seek immediate medical treatment.

What are the symptoms of congestive heart failure?

In the early stages of CHF, you most likely won’t notice any changes in your health. If your condition progresses, you’ll experience gradual changes in your body.

Symptoms that indicate a severe heart condition fatigue irregular heartbeat chest pain that radiates through the upper

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shortness of breath, which may indicate pulmonary edema fainting chest pain that radiates through the upper body can also be a sign of a heart attack.

What are the treatments?

You and your doctor may consider different treatments depending on your overall health and how far your condition has progressed.

There are several things you can do to lower your risk of heart failure, or at least delay onset.

Avoid or quit smoking If you do smoke and haven’t been able to quit, ask your doctor to recommend products and services that can help. Secondhand smoke is also a health hazard. If you live with a smoker, ask them to smoke outdoors.

Maintain a well-balanced diet A heart-healthy diet is rich in vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. You also need protein in your diet.

Things to avoid include: salt (sodium) added sugars solid fats refined grains Exercise

body swelling in your ankles, feet, and legs a cough that develops from congested lungs rapid breathing weight gain wheezing skin that appears blue, which is due to lack of oxygen in your lungs increased need to urinate, especially at night

As little as 1 hour of moderate aerobic exercise per week can improve your heart health. Walking, bicycling, and swimming are good forms of exercise. If you haven’t exercised in a while, start with just 15 minutes a day and work your way up. If you feel unmotivated to work out alone, consider taking a class — it can even be online — or sign up for personal training at a local gym.

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IN MEMORIAM:

Biz Markie, Clown Prince of Hip Hop, Dies at 57

By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D, NNPA Newswire Culture and Entertainment

The world is mourning the loss of rap legend Biz Markie who passed away Friday at age 57 at a Baltimore hospital. Lisa Respers France, senior writer for CNN confirmed the Hip-Hop icon’s death.

Nicknamed the “Clown Prince of HipHop,” Biz Markie gained fame through his collaborations with Big Daddy Kane and Marley Marl. Born Marcel Theo Hall, the Harlem born rapper burst onto the scene with his classic 1988 album “Goin’ Off,” which featured the hit songs, “Nobody Beats the Biz,” “Vapors,” and “Make the Music With Your Mouth Biz.” Biz Markie formed the legendary Juice Crew with Marley Marl and released the album on the Cold Chillin’ rap label under the guidance of legendary hip-hop DJ, DJ Mr. Magic. In a 2008 interview with Hip-Hop A3C, the rap legend stated, “When we did pick the Juice Crew, it was about people being different and dope in their own way.”

Always in on the joke, the beloved rapper created a persona of a happy go-lucky jokester and kooky rapper with funny and clever lyrics and videos like “The Vapors” amid a sea of rap personas wrapped in machismo and conflict. Biz Markie’s

collaborations gave Hip-Hop some of its most iconic hits. Biz followed up “Goin’ Off,” with 1989’s “The Biz Never Sleeps,” album which produced the iconic hit, “Just a Friend,” which went platinum. Biz Markie lamenting over a love interest openly cheating on her boyfriend while singing loudly and off-key was pop culture gold, catapulting the beloved rapper into the pop culture stratosphere.

There was even a popular dance named “The Biz” and “The Biz Markie.”

The good times wouldn’t last forever.

Biz Markie was sued for his followup 1991 album, “I Need a Haircut,” by musician Gilbert O’Sullivan, for sampling his 1972 hit song, “Alone Again,” on Biz’s song with the same name. In what would become a landmark case, O’Sullivan won the lawsuit changing the way samples were licensed in rap music going forward. Biz Markie learned from the experience, naming his next album, “All Samples Cleared,” as a nod to the game changing Hip-Hop in the process.

In 2009, Biz Markie appeared in a Radio Shack commercial parodying his smash hit, “Just a Friend.”

Over the years, Biz Markie continued to work as a producer and traveled the world as a DJ, DJing sets or parties for celebrities, many of whom were close

friends like Will and Jada Pinkett Smith.

In 1999, Biz Markie was featured on Will Smith’s song, “So Fresh,” along with rap legend Slick Rick and appeared in the music video directed by Jada Pinkett Smith. Over the years, Biz Markie appeared on numerous television shows and films including The Meteor Man, Men in Black II, “Eve,” “Crank Yankers,” “Empire,” “Yo Gabba Gabba,” “Sharknado 2,” “Mad TV” and “Black-ish.”

In recent years, Biz Markie suffered from diabetes and had been hospitalized for the past few months following a stroke. In early July, it was reported and confirmed the Hip-Hop legend had been moved to hospice care, after false reports of his death surfaced online.

Hall is survived by his wife Tara Hall, who reportedly held his hand as the rapper transitioned. The “Clown Prince” is now the “Crown Prince” of Hip-Hop. Biz Markie was 57.

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

Biz Markie performing. Taken at SXSW 2016. / Daniel Benavides / Wikimedia Commons

Olympic Runner Allyson Felix’s Balance Between Mother and Athlete

by Jasmine Browley, BlackDoctor.org

Six-time Olympic runner Allyson Felix knows how to stay in her lane both on and off the track.

During times of social unrest in years past, she mostly has chosen to focus on what she can control: her athletic performance. But when she recently faced what she and most of the world saw to be unfair treatment by her longtime sponsor, Nike, she had to stand up for what was right.

When Felix became pregnant, she experienced what she described as unfair contractual stipulations by the brand.

This was especially tough due to not only what comes with being an unsponsored Olympic hopeful, but the circumstances surrounding Felix’s pregnancy.

While with child, Felix developed preeclampsia, a very dangerous condition marked by high blood pressure and adverse childbirth outcomes that plague Black women more than any other group.

This caused a great challenge to the respected athlete. It also contributed to her daughter’s troublingly early birth.

Although the child is healthy and happy now, America’s deep racial divide in maternal care could well have brought a very different outcome for both mother and daughter. The CDC published findings in a 2019 study that found Black women with at least a college degree were 5.2 times more likely to die in pregnancy or

childbirth than their white counterparts.

Because of that, Felix felt moved to speak to the issue before Congress that same year. “We need to provide women of color with more support during their pregnancies,” Felix told the House Ways

and Means Committee. “Research shows that racial bias in our maternal health care system includes things like providers spending less time with Black mothers, underestimating the pain of their Black patients, ignoring symptoms and dismiss-

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ing complaints.”

Now, one can only imagine the blow she felt when her partnership with Nike became shaky due to her pregnancy.

In a piece with the New York Times, she accused Nike, her longtime sponsor

of penalizing her and other pregnant athletes in contract negotiations. Speaking out in this way meant she could lose a very lucrative deal and possible access to the Tokyo Olympics which is notoriously expensive for unsponsored athletes.

In an interview with Time, Felix even shared that she hid her pregnancy in a way.

As she started to show, she would purposely train in the wee hours of the morning so no one could see her growing body.

She wore baggy clothes and limited her baby shower celebrations to about 15 people, with guests being restricted from using their phones.

“It was super isolating and very lonely,” she says in the interview. “I think about that a lot. All of those things that you look forward to, those experiences of embracing that time, I didn’t get to do any of that. I don’t feel like I ever really was pregnant.”

Now, she has since parted ways with Nike and working with Athleta who is in support of athletes who are mothers.

Felix is now an advocate for maternal mortality equity and hopes no working mother has to experience what she went through, especially as she ventures to the Olympics.

My main focus is on awareness,” says Felix. The U.S., she notes, “is a very dangerous place for a woman of color to give birth. And that shouldn’t be the case.”

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

Plant Maintenance Mechanic Highly skilled mechanic needed in the repair and maintenance of all plant equipment to include pumping station equipment and motor vehicles for the Town of Wallingford Sewer Division. Requires graduation from a high school/trade school and 4 years experience in the repair and maintenance of mechanical equipment. Must obtain a CDL Class B motor vehicle operator license within 6 months of employment. $30.85 to $36.18 per hour plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Application forms may be obtained at the 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 Town of Wallingford Department of Human Resources Web Page. Phone: (203)-294-2080. Fax (203)-294-2084.

The closing date will be August 3, 2021 or the date the 25th application is received, whichever occurs first. EOE

ACCOUNTANT I Accountant – The Town of Wallingford Electric Division is seeking an entry level professional who will be responsible for performing a variety of basic municipal and/ or utility accounting functions. Must possess a bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university in accounting, finance, or business administration. Must have and maintain a valid Connecticut Driver’s License. Salary: $62,542 - $80,021 plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Application forms may be obtained at the 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 Town of Wallingford Department of Human Resources Web Page. Phone: (203)-294-2080. Fax (203)-294-2084. The closing date will be the date the 50th application or resume is received or July 30, 2021, whichever occurs first. EOE

Executive Secretary

The Town of Wallingford is seeking highly qualified and experienced applicants for the position of Executive Secretary. This position provides high-level administrative Invitationsupport to Bid: and assistance to a Town department head and performs difficult clerical and administrative work requiring considerable independent judgment and confidentiality. nd 2 Notice The position requires excellent public relations and office management skills. Must have 6 years’ experience in responsible office work, some of which must have been Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders in a supervisory capacity, or an equivalent combination of experience and collegeTop pay for top performers. Health Old Saybrook, CT level training.

Pay rate $28.75 to $34.86 per hour plus an excellent benefit package.

Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. (4 Buildings,Application 17 Units) forms may be obtained at the Department of Human Resources, Town of Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, Wallingford, 45 South Tax Exempt & NotCTPrevailing Wage Rate ProjectMain Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Forms will be mailed upon AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER request from the Department of Human Resources or may be downloaded from Town of Wallingford Department of Human Resources Web Page. Phone: (203)-294-2080.

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B motor operator license within of employment. $27.13 Certificate Thisvehicle is a 10 month program designed to assist6inmonths the intellectual formation of Candidates responseper to the Church’s needs. The cost is benefi $125. Classes start Saturday, 2016 1:30toin$32.33 hour plusMinistry an excellent fringe t package.

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Forms will be mailed upon request from the Department of Human Resources St. New Haven, CT or maybe downloaded from the Department of Human Resources Web Page. Phone #: (203) 294-2080 Fax #: (203) 294-2084. Closing date will be August 10, 2021 or the date the 25th application is received, whichever occurs first. EOE.

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Sealed bids are invited the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour ELM byCITY COMMUNITIES 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 Invitation for Bids Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

Robert T. Wolfe Building Upgrade Phase 2 A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Smith Elm City Communities is currently seeking bids forAuthority Robert T.Office Wolfe28Building Upgrade Phase 2. CT A complete copyonofWednesday, the requirement may2016. be obtained from Street Seymour, at 10:00 am, July 20, Elm City Communities’ Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing. cobblestonesystems.com/gateway Bidding documents are availablebeginning from the on Seymour Housing Authority Office, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Wednesday, June 30, 2021 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

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THE GLENDOWER GROUP http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage Town of Bloomfield Request for Proposals Fax or Email QuestionsII & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com Maintainer - Driver Project documents available via ftp link below:

HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 CertifiedManager Businesses Construction at Risk for Westville Manor Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 AA/EEO EMPLOYER The Glendower Group is currently seeking proposals for Construction Manager at Risk for Westville Manor. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Glendower’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems. com/gateway Pre-employment drug testing. For details and how to apply go to www. bloomfieldct.org AA/EOE beginning on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 3:00PM.

Full-time, benefited $27.94 hourly

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Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks:

Listing: HVAC Technician

Construction Equipment Mechanic preferably experienced in Reclaiming and Road Milling Equipment. We offer factory Fast paced Petroleum Company is hiring for a full time, CT training on equipment we operate. Location: Bloomfield CT HVAC Technician. License required – S-10,S-2 or S-1. ApWe offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits plicant must have experience in oil, propane, natural gas and Contact: Tom Dunay VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE A/C. Competitive wage, 401(k), sign on bonus and benefits.

Send resume to: Attn: HR Manager, Confidential, PO Box 388, Phone: 860- 243-2300 HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Guilford,Authority, CT 06437.

Email: tom.dunay@garrityasphalt.com is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to applyapartments at this develAffirmative opment locatedAction/ at 108 Frank New Haven.

Maximum income**An limitations ap- Action/Equal Opportunity Employer** Affirmative EqualStreet, 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 Listing: been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied uponOffi re-ce Assistant – Immediate Opening Garrity Asphalt Incduring seeks: quest by calling HOMEReclaiming, INC at 203-562-4663 those hours. Completed preReclaimer Operators and Milling Operators with current licensing applications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange High Street, VolumeThird Petroleum Company is seeking a full time office and clean driving record, be willing to travel throughout the NorthFloor, New Haven, CT 06510. assistant. Duties include: filing, preparing mailings, and other east & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits office duties as assigned. Must possess excellent attention to detail, ability to manage multiple projects, computer skills a Contact: Rick Tousignant Phone: 860- 243-2300 plus. Send resume to: Human Resource Dept., PO Box 388, Email: rick.touGuilford CT 06437.

VALENTINAsignant@garrityasphalt.com MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply ***An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**** Affirmative Action/deEqual Opportunity HOME INC, en nombre la Columbus House y Employer de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 Tractor Trailer Driver for Heavy & Highway Construction Equip- Galasso Materials LLC, a quarry and paving contractor, has posijulio,Must 2016have hastaacuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes 100) ment.

CDL License, clean driving record, capable of (aproximadamente tions open for the upcoming construction season. We are seeking en las oficinas HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición operating heavyde equipment; be willing to travel throughout the candidates for 1) Quality Control (experienced preferred), 2) Ofllamando HOME INC alexcellent 203-562-4663 horas.Pre-solicitudes Northeast &aNY. We offer hourlydurante rate &esas excellent benefits ficedeberán Clerks,remitirse 3) Truck/Scalehouse Dispatcher (experience and coma las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven CT 06510 . preferred) and 4) Equipment Operators and Laputer ,knowledge

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Seeking to employ experienced individuals in the labor, foreman, operator and teamster trades for a heavy outside work statewide. Reliable personal transportation and a valid drivers license required. To apply please call (860) 621-1720 or send resume to: Personnel Department, P.O. Box 368, Cheshire, CT06410.

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Ducci Electrical Contractors, Inc. seeks experienced PROJECT MANAGER to handle multiple large projects in the field of Electrical Construction. Full-time position. 10+ years experience in the following types of projects is preferred: Health care, Data centers, Educational, Industrial, Commercial, DOT, & Railroad. E-1 license REQUIRED. Excellent compensation and benefits package. Send resume to Ducci Electrical Contractors, Inc. 74 Scott Swamp Rd. Farmington, CT 06032 or via email at humanresources@duccielectrical.com. An affirmative action equal opportunity employer. EOE/M/F/D/V.

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport Request for Proposals (RFP) Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) Design Services Solicitation Number: 185-MD-21-S

borers and a Grading Foreman. NO PHONE CALLS. Please mail resume and cover letter to “Hiring Manager”, Galasso Materials LLC, PO Box 1776, East Granby, 06026.

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is requesting proposals from qualified consultants for an Indefinite Quantities Contract for Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) Design Services. SolicitaEmail: dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com tion package will be available on July 19, 2021 to obtain a copy of the solicitation you Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply ALL APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT must send your request to bids@parkcitycommunities.org, please reference solicitation ATTENTION TO RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer GENDER IDENTITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, VETERAN OR DISABILITY STATUS. number and title on the subject line. A pre-bid conference will be held at 505 Trumbull InvitationAve, to Bid: Bridgeport, CT 06606 on August 3, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m. Although attendance is not mandatory, submitting a proposal for the project without attending conference is 242-258 Fairmont Ave State of Connecticut 2nd Notice not in the best interest of the Offeror. Additional questions should be emailed only to Office of Policy 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA bids@parkcitycommunities.org no later than August 10, 2021 @ 3:00 p.m. Answers and Management All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 to all CT the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycommunities.org.

Old Saybrook, Proposals shall be mailed, or hand delivered by August 20, 2021 @ 3:00 PM, to Ms. highways, near bus stop & shopping center 17 Units)Sanchez, Director of Procurement, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604.

The State of Connecticut, Office(4ofBuildings,Caroline Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 Policy and Management is recruiting Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Ratewill Project LateWage proposals not be accepted.

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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

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Job Corps is a U.S. Department of Labor Equal Opportunity Employer Program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. TDD/TTY telephone number is (877) 889-5627.

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Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.Fencing Improvements and Basement Abatement Essex Townhouse https://www.jobapscloud.com/ ThisCT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

210506&R2=1581MP&R3=001 The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is

currently seeking Bids for Essex Townhouse Fencing Improvements and Basement The State of Connecticut is an equal Bid Extended, August A5,complete 2016 copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City ComAbatement. opportunity/affirmative action employer Due Date: and strongly encourages theAnticipated applications Start: munities’ August 15,Vendor 2016 Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems. of women, minorities, and persons com/gateway Project documents available via ftp linkbeginning below: on with disabilities.

http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 3:00PM. QSR STEEL CORPORATION

APPLY NOW!

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 Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders AA/EEO EMPLOYER Full time Class A driver for petroleum deliveries for nights and weekends. PreTop pay for top performers. Health vious experience required. Competitive wage, 401(k) and benefits. Send resume Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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Listing: Commercial Driver

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

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

INNER-CITY 27,21 2016 - August THE INNER-CITYNEWS NEWS July - July , 2021 - July02, 27,2016 2021

Construction

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

Reliable personal transportation and a valid drivers VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE license required. To apply please call (860) 621-1720 or send HOME INC, behalf of Columbus House and the NewBox Haven368, Housing Authority, resume to:onPersonnel Department, P.O. Cheshire, is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develCT06410. opment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apAffirmative Action/Equal Employer M/F/V ply. Pre-applications will be available Opportunity from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending whenDrug sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have Free Workforce been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon request by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preapplications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third State of Connecticut Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

Office of Policy and Management

NOTICIA

The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for a Fiscal and Program Policy Section Director position.

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES

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

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo 210629&R2=1585MP&R3=001 ubicado en la calle 109 Frank New Haven.

Se aplican limitacionespaperless de ingresos Information on how to apply Street, for a job using the State of Connecticut’s máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 Online Employment Center (JobAps) is available at: julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) https://www.jobapscloud.com/ct/sup/How%20to%20Apply%202017%20 en las oficinas de HOME INC. LasNov%2021.pdf pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición llamando HOME al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes remitirse TheaState of INC Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative actiondeberán employer andde strongly applications of women, minorities, a las oficinas HOMEencourages INC en 171the Orange Street, tercer piso, New Havenand , CT 06510 . persons with disabilities.

Income based affordable Rental apartment

2 bedroom, Riverview.

NEW HAVEN Contact 347-366-1204 242-258 Fairmont Ave

available in the heart of Westport.

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

Economic Development Marketing Specialist Town of Wallingford

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED

Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week,

(203) 387-0354 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

Town of Bloomfield Account Clerk

Hourly Rate - $29.77 Deadline to apply 7/22/21 Pre-employment drug testing.

AA/EOE.

For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.org

Part-Time (19.5 hours per week). Dynamic municipal economic development office seeks an individual with exceptional digital marketing skills to perform a variety of confidential, responsible administrative duties in creating and implementing marketing programs to support economic development activities within the Town of Wallingford.

The successful applicant must maintain active engagement with local businesses, State of Connecticut economic development agencies, commercial real estate brokers, and other Town of Wallingford departments in order to best position the community as a destination for business expansion and relocation. The position requires a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in marketing, business administration or related field, plus one (1) year of experience in marketing, digital marketing, economic development, business development, or an equivalent combination of education and qualifying experience substituting on a year-for-year basis. Wage Rate: $22.00 hourly. Cover letter and resume can be sent to: Economic Development Office, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. (203) 294-2062. Email: edc@wallingfordct.gov. EOE

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES Request for Proposals

Quality Control Services Elm City Communities is currently seeking proposals for quality control services. 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 12, 2021 at 3:00PM.

toSenior Bid: Services Administrator MECHANIC Invitation 2 Notice TRACTOR TRAILER SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE Full-time position Full Time, Benefits, Old Saybrook, CT Go to www.portlandct.org Top Pay (4 Buildings, 17 Units) for details Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project Apply:Pace, 1425 Honeyspot nd

Rd. Ext., Stratford, CT EOE New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castin-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, DRIVER CDL Division CLASS A Flooring, Painting, 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Tribus is seeking MBE contractors for the Barnum House project Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing andConstruction Fire Protection. in Bridgeport CT. Tribus is seeking contractors in the following trades: laborFull Time – All to Shifts This contract is subject state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. ers, painters, steel, masonry, and HVAC. Please send all inquiries to dmitchell@ Top Pay-Full Benefits tribusconstruction.com.

EOE Please apply person: Bidin Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 1425 HoneyspotAnticipated Rd. Ext.Start: August 15, 2016 Stratford, Project CT 06615 documents available via ftp link below:ELM CITY COMMUNITIES http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage Invitation for Bids Essex Exterior Envelope and Dwelling Unit Improvements Town ofQuestions Bloomfi eld Fax or Email & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com

HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is curAssistant HaynesAssessor Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483

rently seeking Bids for Essex exterior envelope and dwelling unit improvements. A AA/EEO EMPLOYER complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City Communities’ Ven-

Hourly Rate - $41.82 Deadline to apply 7/15/21

Pre-employment drug testing. AA/EOE. For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.gov

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dor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 3:00PM.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS July - July , 2021 - July02, 27,2016 2021 INNER-CITY NEWS 27, 21 2016 - August

The Town NOTICE of East Haven

is currently accepting applications for the following positions:

VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

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

is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develApply online at www.policeapp.com/ opment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apEastHavenCT<http://www.policeapp.com/EastHavenCT>. ply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have Tax Assessor: $98,377/ year For application informabeen received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon retion please visit INC https://www.townofeasthavenct.org/ quest by calling HOME at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preapplications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third civil-service-commission/pages/job-notices-and-tests Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

The Town of East Haven is committed to building a workforce of diverse individuals.

NOTICIA Minorities, Females, Handicapped and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición llamando a HOME INC of al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse The Housing Authority the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is cura las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 rently seeking Bids for VDI equipment. A complete copy of the requirement may . be

Invitation for Bids VDI Equipment

obtained from Elm City Communities’ Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 3:00PM.

NEW HAVEN

Fairmont Ave ELM242-258 CITY COMMUNITIES 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA

All new apartments,Invitation new appliances,for new Bids carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center Moving and Storage Services Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258

Elm City Communities is currently seeking bids for moving and storage services.

A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City Communities’ CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s Vendor Program.

Collaboration Portal Certificate This is a 10 month https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/ program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates in response to the Church’s Ministry needs.

The cost is $125. Classes gateway beginning on 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

Monday, May 10, 2021 at 3:00PM.

Warehouse/Maintenance SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Town of East Haven

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

APPLY NOW!

Deputy Zoning Enforcement Officer

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

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week, Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

(203) 387-0354

Town of Bloomfield Custodian

$23.40/hourly (benefited)

Pre-employment drug testing. AA/EOE. For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.gov

The Town of East Haven seeks a qualified candidate to serve in the position of Deputy Zoning Enforcement Officer. Qualified candidates should possess an Associate's Degree from an accredited college or university with some background/training in real estate or title research, construction, architecture, geography or other land use related field or an equivalent combination of training and experience for each year of education. Possession of valid Connecticut driver's license required. Must be available to attend meetings after business hours. The salary for this position is $40,436 per year, 19.5 hours per week. Please visit https://www.townofeasthavenct.org/civil-servicecommission/pages/job-notices-and-tests to obtain an application which must be submitted along with resume to: Michelle Benivegna, Assistant Director of Administration & Management, 250 Main Street, East Haven, CT 06512 or email mbenivegna@ townofeasthavenct.org<mailto:mbenivegna@townofeasthavenct.org>. The Town of East Haven is committed to building a work force of diverse individuals. Minorities, females, handicapped and veterans are encouraged to apply. The Town of East Haven is an equal opportunity employer.

Ducci Electrical Contractors, Inc.

seeks experienced PROJECT MANAGER to handle multiple large projects in the field of Electrical Construction. Full-time position.

10+ years experience in the following types of projects is preferred: Health care, Data centers, Educational, Industrial, Commercial, DOT, & Railroad. E-1 license REQUIRED. Excellent compensation and benefits package. Send resume to Ducci Electrical Contractors, Inc. 74 Scott Swamp Rd. Farmington, CT 06032 or via email at humanresources@duccielectrical.com. An affirmative action equal opportunity employer. EOE/M/F/D/V.

Invitation to Bid: CITY OF MILFORD 2 Notice nd

Seeking qualified condidates to fill SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE numerous vacancies to include, Old Saybrook, CT Deputy Assessor, Mechanic Buildings, 17 Units) Sewer Line, Public Health (4 Nurse Exempt & Not and more. For Tax information andPrevailing Wage Rate Project detailed application instructions, New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castvisit www.ci.milford.ct.us Click on SERVICES, JOBS and in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, JOB TITLE. Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework,

Portland

Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

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

Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 Youth Services Administrator Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 full-time Project position. documents available via ftp link below: Go http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage to www.portlandct.

Sealed bids are invited by theWallingford Housing Authority the Town of Seymour Warehouse/Material HandlerBoard ofof Education-Maintenance until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office 28 Smithshipping, Street, Department is seeking a qualified individual to coordinateatordering, Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement the delivery, and inventory activities as well as general maintenance activities.atPosition requires a High School Diploma or G.E.D. and fi ve (5) years’ experience Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour. in the field and one (1) year experience related to ordering material and maintaining inventory records. Wages $22.39 ~ $27.11 (hourly), plus an excellent fringe A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith benefit package. Applications may be obtained at the Department of Human Street Seymour, at 10:00 am, Wednesday, JulyWallingford, 20, 2016. CT 06492.

Resources, Town ofCT Wallingford, 45on South Main Street, Forms will be mailed upon request from the Department of Human Resources or Bidding documentsfrom are available from the SeymourResources Housing Web Authority may be downloaded the Department of Human Page.OfThe closing date will be the date the 50th application or resume is received or July fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

28, 2021 whichever occurs first. EOE

For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.org

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

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org for details.

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 Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 AA/EEO EMPLOYER

Town of Bloomfield HR Staff Assistant Hourly Rate $29.34 Deadline to apply 8/10/21

Pre-employment drug testing. AA/EOE.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - July 21, 2021 - July 27, 2021

(800) 733-JOBS[5267] OR JOBCORPS.GOV

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - July 21, 2021 - July 27, 2021

New Haven Public Schools

Early Childhood Programs

We are Accepting Applications!

Parents of 3 and 4 year olds are encouraged to apply.

Application begins with a phone call

Contact the Program Coordinator at 475-220-1462/1463.

FREE and Sliding Scale 6-hour Programs for 3 and 4 Year Olds of low-income New Haven families Available in the following New Haven Public Schools:

• Benjamin Jepson Multi-Age School • Dr. Mayo Early Childhood School • Fair Haven School • John Martinez Sea & Sky STEM School • Lincoln-Bassett Community School • Truman School • Additional community locations also participate in the program.

NEW HAVEN

Contact: Esther Pearson-Pinckney, Head Start Social Service Coordinator at 475-220-1462/1463 or email: esther.pearson-pinckney@nhboe.net

HeadStartNewHaven.com / 475-220-1462 / -1463

JULY

Meet Us in the Community All Throughout July: MONDAYS

9am-1pm Martinez 9am-1pm Fair Haven School

TUESDAYS

WEDNESDAYS

9am-1pm King/Robinson 9am-1pm Dr. Mayo 11:30am-1pm Clinton Ave. 12-6pm Floyd Little Field 10am-1pm Dr. Mayo House 20

THURSDAYS

10am-1pm Truman 12-6pm Floyd Little Field House