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Trailblazer Takes On The Trash Ceiling

by MARKESHIA RICKS NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

When Janice Parker became the first female trash hauler in the city’s history, she was recognized by the mayor and Board of Alders president for breaking the garbage can glass ceiling.

Three years after her one-time stint as a seasonal “refuse laborer,” she has filed a discrimination complaint against the city that once honored her.

Parker alleges in a complaint filed with the state’s Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) that she was discriminated against because of her gender when the city hired man after man over her for a full-time refuse job.

She was hired as a seasonal trash hauler back in July 2015 for a 120-day assignment in what today is still an all-male Refuse & Recycling Division of the city’s Department of Public Works. She never got recalled for an opportunity to work full-time in that division specifically for the refuse laborer, refuse truck driver, and a laborer position in the department’s Streets Division.

MARKESHIA RICKS PHOTO Parker, who said she’s fighting for women workers.

Parker hurt her knee just two days shy of completing the seasonal assignment but not before she’d collected citations from Mayor Toni Harp and Board of Alders President Tyisha Walker, two women in the city who know what it means to bust barriers.

After that seasonal job ended, Parker said

she applied for full-time refuse laborer positions with the department but got nowhere. Meanwhile, she learned that as many as eight men former seasonal workers like her and at least two former workers who were reinstated were hired for fulltime positions instead.

Parker, who now works full-time for the city’s parks and recreation department, told the CHRO in her complaint that between November 2013 and January 2017 she applied for positions in both departments for which she believes she was as qualified or more qualified than the men who were ultimately hired.

The city, in its response to the complaint, argued that any claim of discrimination that predates Parker’s hiring in July 2015 is invalid because it exceeds the 120-day period allowed for making such allegations. The city further argued that all of the men hired after July 2015 were more qualified than Parker.

Edwin Martinez, superintendent for public works, said in an affidavit provided to the CHRO that Parker missed work because of her injury and he never heard from her after the seasonal work ended. Parker disputes his claim, saying that she contacted the office repeatedly and eventually showed up unannounced and clocked in at the office.

She said it was Martinez who sent her home on that day.

Martinez also said in his affidavit that

Parker was a complainer, who indicated that she would not work in the winter.

“As a seasonal employee, Ms. Parker complained about the working conditions,” Martinez said in the affidavit. “I just did not have the sense that Ms. Parker was serious about a position as a Refuse Laborer.”

Parker said her alleged lack of seriousness was news to her given that she’s spent a number of years doing seasonal work for parks and rec before working for the refuse division. She also had taken the civil service exam to be a caretaker in the parks department and has had and demonstrated she knows how to use her commercial driver’s license. She said she was qualified to work refuse.

Parker has been on the job with parks and rec for a year. She is happy with the position, she said; but she still intends to move forward with the CHRO complaint about her past workplace.

“I want them to know that how they handled this wasn’t right,” she said, “and I want the door to be open for other women to work in that department.”

Elm Shakespeare Does A Winning “Love’s Labour’s Lost”

by BRIAN SLATTERY NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

A half-hour before Elm Shakespeare Company’s production of Love’s Labour’s Lost is set to start in Edgerton Park, several of the cast members strut onstage with instruments — a guitar, a banjo, a bass, a trumpet, a sax, a drum — to explain that they’re going to warm up the crowd. And warm the crowd they do, with take after enthusiastic take on early jazz, with a few more modern flourishes thrown in.

It’s the kind of music that makes the audience tap their feet and chuckle spontaneously. It’s also a great encapsulation of Elm Shakespeare’s approach to this not-oftenperformed Shakespeare play. This Love’s Labour’s Lost is smart, lighthearted, full of energy, and a lot of fun.

The play runs through Sept. 2.

Love’s Labour’s Lost is pretty much a sex farce. Four guys — Ferdinand, the king of Navarre, and three of his friends, Berowne, Longaville, and Dumaine — make a pact to devote themselves to their studies for three years, adopting an ascetic lifestyle that involves a very meager diet, only three hours of sleep a night, and no sex. You can guess how long that’s going to last. Within a few minutes, their monastic plans are foiled by four women — the Princess of France, Rosaline, Maria, and Katherine — who arrive in Navarre on a diplomatic mission.

The women and men are instantly drawn to each other, but nothing in these stories can ever be simple. Letters are sent and apprehended. Arrangements are tampered with.

There are machinations and misunderstandings. There is Russian dancing. Meanwhile, in an even more ridiculous B-plot, a Spanish visitor named Don Adriano de Amado

is set to punish Costard, a local fool, for a dalliance with a local girl, Jaquenetta. He enlists the aid of Moth, a young page, and ends up in a thrown-together theater troupe with a schoolteacher, a priest, and a constable, who are set to perform for the local and visiting royalty.

You’ll be forgiven if the above sounds both a little cobbled together and also familiar. Scholars are unclear when exactly Shakespeare wrote Love’s Labour’s Lost, but it feels a lot like a first draft of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which, it is believed, Shakespeare wrote at the same time or shortly thereafter. So many elements appear in both: the young, thwarted lovers; a royal couple trying to connect; a mockable play within a play; even a small, impish character who acts as the play’s court jester. Putting the two plays side by side, it’s easy to see why Love’s Labor’s Lost isn’t performed all that often while Midsummer is performed all the time. Love’s Labor’s Lost isn’t nearly as coherent as Midsummer is, and Lost doesn’t have anything in it to rival the profound wonderment of Nick Bottom’s famous speech, or the chance for a sudden, gut-wrenching bait-and-switch at the end of an intentionally amateur drama originally played for laughs.

What Love’s Labour’s Lost does have, however, is some of the most delightful language Shakespeare wrote. Overwrought in the best sense, with line after impossibly clever line, the play is the kind of thing someone writes when they’re drunk on their own creativity — and since Shakespeare was a genius, his version of that is a thrill to hear, and a thrill to see performed. The play is at its best and most fun when it’s most off the rails. And thanks

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Kingston Farady and Betzabeth Castro.

to Rebecca Goodheart’s fleet direction, an immensely talented and game cast, and some inspired set and costume design, Elm Shakespeare finds a way to make every joke land, no matter how preposterous.

As the four young men, Martin Lewis, Aaron Bartz, Michael Hinton, and Kingston Farady exude camaraderie and wellintentioned, misspent youth. Bartz in particular shines as Berowne, a natural ham who is somehow both the smartest and the dumbest of the lot. Rachel Clausen, Lori Vega, Sasha Mahmoud, and Betzabeth Castro come across as four women who have been friends for a long time and all

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know they’re way smarter than their suitors. James Andreassi gloriously chews the scenery as the melodramatic Don Adriano, and Brianna Bauch imbues Moth with a wired athleticism that is a joy to watch.

The set, designed by Izmir Ickbal, is redolent of the best Jazz Age party you wish you could have gone to, complete with a pavilion of lights that by rights should be a permanent installation in Edgerton Park. A clever color-coded costume design by Elivia Bonvenzi pairs off the four men and four women right from the start, making the end of the romantic entanglements seem like a foregone conclusion, until the colors mix

and remix as the machinations and misunderstandings kick in.

But as the 23-member cast populates the stage more and more, it becomes clear that Love’s Labour’s Lost is really an ensemble piece, and not just an extended ode to love (and horniness). It’s also an extremely selfaware piece of theater to the point where it’s almost ahead of its time. It’s as much about a playwright in love with the theater, and in love with the musicality of language, the songs he can make the grammar sing. It’s thus a rare treat to see the play performed, and performed so well.

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Back to School: $5,000 in Scholarships Now Available to Help Local In-Need Students Get Into the College of Their Dreams Students From Low-Income Families Score Lower on SAT/ACT Tests, One Person Focused on Giving Access to These Students by Awarding Scholarships to Local SAT/ACT Prep Training Course

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More than 25 local (greater Harford/ Fairfield area) students can now get free help with SAT/ACT Prep. The scholarships are available to students from lowincome families who might not otherwise be able to afford the crucial preparation for the most important test needed to get into college. Studies show that students from low-income families usually score significantly lower in the SAT/ACT, limiting their chances to get into a quality college. The College Board now agrees that taking an SAT prep course can increase a test takers score, in some cases by as much as 200

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by MARKESHIA RICKS NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Top Harp administration employees will get to keep their raises, but it will cost some city departments thousands in operating dollars.

MARKESHIA RICKS PHOTO Alder Evette Hamilton reads the measure aloud before Tuesday night’s vote. vices, and a combined $52,260 from Economic Development.

The Harp administration has maintained that the mayor was within her right to give out the raises, which took effect on June 11, 2018, with retroactive pay effective July 1, 2017, through June 8, 2018. The money for the raises came from the $1.8 million contract reserve line item included in the Fiscal 2018-19 (FY19) budget that the alders approved at the end of May. Alders accused City Hall of sneaking through controversial raises without public debate at a time of a controversial tax hike.

Esther Armmand, who serves as the mayor’s liaison to the alders, said Tuesday night there is still concern that alders took this step after the process of setting a budget for the year had already ended. She also raised concerns that this step might be outside the standards of good budgeting prac-

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Alders Claw Back Mayor’s Raises A vote Tuesday night of the Board of Alders made that official.

The alders voted to approve a plan that will pull back nearly half a million dollars from city departments in an effort to minimize the burden of a new 11 percent property tax increase. Alders voted unanimously in a roll call vote Tuesday during their regular bimonthly meeting at City Hall to reduce the funding it had previously approved for 16 city departments in the current budget, which went into effect July 1, by a total of $483,172.

That figure equals the amount of money that the mayor gave to 36 non-unionized department heads and aides who had not received raises in as many as seven years. The raises were revealed only after the alders had approved the new fiscal year’s budget.

The money is to be transferred to a new line item in the budget dedicated to reducing the city’s property mill rate, which was raised in the new budget from 36.68 to 42.98.

(One mill corresponds to $1 in taxes for every $1,000 of assessed taxable real estate. Since the average New Haven home is assessed at just under $140,000, according to the 2016 grand list reassessment, the 11 percent tax increase raised property taxes for the average city homeowner by around $600.)

The amount cut from the various departments includes $133,124 from the finance department’s Office of Technology Maintenance Agreements, $78,786 from Human Resources other contractual, $22,500 from Corporation Counsel other contractual ser-

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tices and might have trouble withstanding the scrutiny of an audit.

“There is a question of how to implement this after the fact,” she said after the meeting. “But we will work with the Board of Alders leadership to work this out.”

Board President Tyisha Walker-Myers said that the expectation is that Acting Budget Director Michael Gormany will begin adjusting budgets to reflect the alders’ decision and that those adjustments should show up in his reports starting next month.

“They did what they did and we’re doing what we’re doing, and we’ll see what happens,” Walker-Myers said. “I think we were clear on our intent and what we were doing.”

The ordinance amendment would lower the average homeowner’s tax bill by an average of $10.

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High School Artists Honor Heroes Of New Haven

In one portrait, a man with glasses gazes from the frame, friendly but appraising. In another, Ruth Bader Ginsburg peers out from a background swirling with color, bringing all her intelligence and experience to bear to size up the viewer. In a third, a woman, nobody’s fool, gazes out from a scintillating wall of hues, a clock tower to her left.

It turns out that the woman is Marilyn Walton, a construction worker, hairdresser, and business owner who happened to be the grandmother of artist Jaida Stancil. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is, of course, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, rendered by Aliya Anna Hafiz. And the man with the glasses is artist Salvador Bacón, father of Patricio Salvador Bacón Guaray, who painted his father’s portrait.

He is an artist and I really love how he combines his colors and presents his work to the public,” Guaray writes of his father. “I learned my family’s history since I was very young, and it made me value, improve and change the way I live my life.”

Walton, Ginsburg, and Bacón are part of a mosaic of portraits, of judges, activists, friends, artists, relatives, and athletes — each image three tiles across and four down — made by the 20 high-school students in Artspace’s Summer Apprenticeship Program, which began in July and concludes on Saturday with a day-long environmental justice summit involving the students, artists, and community leaders.

The idea behind the project was “to pay homage to an unsung hero who is local to New Haven,” said Artspace curator Sarah Fritchey. “Personal heroes who are family members or friends.” But the students in the program ran with that idea. Soon Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Freddie Mercury joined the ranks of people on the walls.

The portraits are just part of the gallery show.

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Elm City Sounds Spins Into Westville has his “conversion album”—the record you put on immediately after playing a digital recording of the same album, for your skeptical friend who needs convincing of vinyl’s superior sound.

“Any early jazz records,” he said. “Miles Davis, John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme … certain jazz records, you really feel like you’re in the room. You feel the depth of the room.”

Digital music, he added, is getting more and more compressed.

“Instead of having all these different dynamic sound waves that are all over the spectrum, everything’s compressed into this little field, and that’s why it sounds like you’re listening through this little tunnel.”

He said he hopes that Elm City Sounds will bring new depth to the Westville community, similar to the way vinyl can bring a depth of sound back to music culture.

Currently, Replay Records in Hamden and Redscroll Records in Wallingford are the closest other shops that specialize in record sales.

“New Haven has been without a record shop now since 2012, which is six long years,” said Chamiec. He referenced Cutler’s Records, which closed after 64 years in business on Broadway Avenue in 2012.

by Ariel Shearer, The Arts Paper www.newhavenarts.org

Elm City Sounds doesn’t have a sign yet.

On a recent Saturday, its only building marker was an old Stax record nailed above display windows at 24 Fountain St. If you hadn’t looked closely, you could have mistaken it for a music lover’s midcentury living room.

The space, nestled in New Haven’s Westville neighborhood, is the city’s newest record store and indy establishment. At the end of August, record enthusiasts and community members found their way to the store’s grand opening, trickling into its 670 square feet over 10 hours. As English Jazz quartet IllConsidered played in the background, half a dozen browsers set the tone for the morning, flipping through rows of colorful vinyl ranging from soul to punk, reggae to rock n’ roll.

It’s the newest move for 37-year-old shop owner Chris Della Ragione. A Connecticut native and longtime New Havener, he’s been collecting, buying, and selling records for 15 years, but has only ever sold online.

He said he “wouldn’t have guessed we’d be opening a physical shop right now.”

And yet, the timing seemed right. Della Ragione noted a recent resurgence in vinyl sales (a trend that has actually been on the rise for the last nine years, and particularly the last three to five) as the main factor for his shop’s opening. While he also acknowledged the convenience of digital streaming services, he suggested that “you’re not just ready to throw everything else in the trash and move to just iTunes.”

Della Ragione discovered his love for vinyl as a kid, learning about music from collectors he met in record shops. After working as a deejay and starting his own record label in New Haven in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he moved to New York City, working in stores like Manhattan’s now-defunct Big City Records. Over several years, he’s curated a collection that spans 5,000 titles. Many of those are now available at Elm City Sounds and priced between $5 and $500.

“I would like it [the store] to be a community space where people go to talk about music,” he said at the grand opening. “You look up to other people there, and they tell you things, and you learn about recommendations, instead of Pandora being the only source that tells you anything about music.”

“I’d be doing something else if I really just wanted to be making as much money as possible,” he added. “But it’s not a bad living, and it’s something I feel good about.”

Della Ragione said that he’s tried to walk away from collecting more than once, but his love for vinyl has pulled him back in.

He’s acquired an extensive record collection over the years—large enough to stock the store, with added contributions from collector friends like Jeff Chamiec, 27, who will be helping staff the shop.

In the middle of our conversation, Chamiec popped outside to ask about the price of an album.

“Tell him fifty,” Della Ragione quipped after mere moments of deliberation.

In addition to selling records curated by Della Ragione and his friends, the shop will offer customers a chance to sell and trade their own vinyl. Della Ragione said he’s willing to purchase clean records in good condition. But unlike places that take

records based chiefly on condition alone, Della Ragione said he’ll be a bit more discerning. Not snobby, he insisted—he’s willing to carry whatever people want to buy, including new records.

“I want to see what people want and I’m willing to go there,” he said.

He’s carved out a niche for the store. He

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“We’re trying to get together with New Haven as a whole,” he added, explaining that he thinks people will be happy to travel to the shop from different parts of the city—and further— because it’s a destination.

“People who are into finding records and listening to records will usually go wherever they have to go to find them, and this just makes it so much easier and closer to be able to go on a treasure hunt,” Chamiec said.

Ben Berkowitz, a Westville resident who is the founder and chief executive officer of SeeClickFix, sat outside the shop with his dogs Del and Pepper. He recalled when the storefront used to be a comic book shop.

As part of a semi-formal committee involved in the rebuilding and expansion of the Edgewood Skate Park, Berkowitz said he’s excited to see Elm City Sounds offering another creative draw for the Westville community.

“I think that the market is already here for this type of shop,” Berkowitz said. With Strange Ways, Lotta Studio, Alisa’s House of Salsa, the revitalized skate park and several galleries, “it’ll hopefully add one more attraction for people to come to Westville.”

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Coding School Boots Up In Fair Haven multiple venture capitalists, plus eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and former Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang.

The sleek press conference felt like a debut for the latest smartphone or musicstreaming service, complete with a videorecorded endorsement from the Grammywinning singer Ne-Yo, a teary testimonial from a graduate, and a predictions of an economic boom from officials, after companies like Alexion Pharmaceuticals left the state last year.

“Aerospace, defense, insurance, finance, healthcare, digital media and pretty much everything in between in this great state: tech is disrupting everything. All of these companies are going through digital transformations,” said David Salinas, the cofounder of DISTRICT, whose non-profit arm will host the school in a renovated bus depot. “No matter the industry, no matter the size, startups and major corporations need technical talent in order to grow, to face the challenges of tomorrow and for Connecticut to be competitive.”

At the school, which is named for Betty Holberson, one of the six staff who worked on the ENIAC, the first programmable computer, created by the U.S. Army in 1943, students learn by collaborating on projects, which ratchet up in difficulty throughout the term. Staff might help troubleshoot, but otherwise there’s no teacher giving directions. That model of projectcentered peer learning fits with what their jobs will eventually be like, Barbier says.

Students don’t need any background in computer science to enroll, and the application doesn’t ask about any demographics, including gender, race, current income or zip code. Through an algorithm, the application process instead looks at teamwork and persistence.

“Today, everybody wants to be an entre-

by CHRISTOPHER PEAK NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

A computer programming school is betting New Haven could become the next Silicon Valley, only without the Bay Area’s crushing cost of living.

The Holberton School, a training program for aspiring software engineers, plans to open its second campus early next year inside District, a new tech campus on James Street in Fair Haven.

Within a few years, the school could attract up to 1,000 students on site who want to learn to code through a hands-on method without any lectures from instructors, the co-founder said at a Tuesday morning press conference.

Unlike some short-term boot camps that harp on one skill for three months, the forprofit Holberton School covers the “full stack,” meaning every aspect of software engineering, over its two years.

Pointing to graduates’ recent hires at Apple and IBM, Julien Barbier, the cofounder and chief executive officer, said that tech companies want a deeper level of experience that’s needed to keep up with an ever-changing industry.

“The fourth Industrial Revolution … brings us a huge challenge. We have to rewrite what education should be. We have to rethink everything. This is a massive challenge, it’s very complex,” Barbier said.

“But we also have a new opportunity. This time, we can make sure that everyone has access to high-quality education.”

Wearing a T-shirt and a hands-free microphone, Barbier ditched the podium at Tuesday morning’s press announcement and paced in front of the audience like he was delivering a TED talk. A native Frenchman, Barbier founded three startups before starting the school. The school is being backed by a $13 million investment from

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preneur or software engineer because it’s cool. The problem is that it brings a lot of people who are not built for that. You need to sit for an entire day, every day, in front of a computer, thinking about very abstract stuff like what is a pointer, memory alloca-

tion and a loop,” Barbier said. “We want to make sure, during the application process, that this is good for them.”

Only 2.5 percent of applicants get a spot, Barbier said.

So far, about one-third of the students are

female. Three-quarters are racial minorities, including 45 percent Asian-American and 20 percent African-American.

Barbier said that he expects that New Haven’s campus, midway between Boston and New York City, will actually be more diverse than San Francisco. The goal will be to draw students from Hartford, Bridgeport, New London and other nearby Connecticut cities, Salinas added.

The program offers two payment methods. Students can pay either $85,000 up front over the two years, or they enter into an income-sharing agreement, where they pay back 17 percent of their salary over three years after they start their career.

Every graduate from Holberton has found a job, Barbier said. The average starting salary is $105,000, which is expected to drop to around $90,000 outside the red-hot job market in Silicon Valley, he added.

Currently, about 18 percent of students drop out before completing the program, Barbier said. Some realize a job in coding isn’t right for them, while others run out of savings. He said that the expansion to New Haven, where housing costs will be far lower, could help improve their success rates.

“Looking at the price of living in San Francisco, that’s a very big problem for a lot of candidates who can’t come to the school because of the price,” he said. “New Haven is a great city, with tons of students, but the price of living is like a third of what it is in San Francisco. Going back to our mission of providing education to the most, we thought that this is a really great city and state.”

Holberton is finalizing its licensing to teach classes and permits to build out the space. Applications are being accepted now, and the school is expected to open in January, Barbier said.

$10,000 Awarded to Linens of Love Serving New Haven County + Beyond

Linens of Love, a nonprofit group serving the New Haven area and beyond that lovingly collects and provides linens and toiletries to those in need in their community shelters and service organizations dedicated to helping the homeless, has been awarded a $10,000 donation from Abbate Insurance Associates, Inc. through the 2018 Safeco Insurance® Make More Happen Awards. The donation will help launch their expansion from supporting five shelters to supporting the whole state, they will also be able to provide shelters with bed bug mattress covers – which they desperately need.

Abbate Insurance Associates, Inc. originally received $5,000 for Linens of Love through a submission process, and Safeco offered Mary B. Pursell, an independent agent at Abbate Insurance Associates, Inc., an additional chance to help. The insurance agency and nonprofit had a story about their relationship and positive impact on the community featured on the official Safeco Insurance Facebook page. Together, they were able to raise an additional $5,000 by having their story shared on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn at least 200 times over the course of a week.

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Linens of Love was awarded a $10,000 donation from Abbate Insurance Associates, Inc. through the 2018 Safeco Insurance® Make More Happen Award program. (L to R) - Jim Waldron, Safeco Insurance Connecticut Territory Manager, Kathy Marinaccio, Director of Linens of Love, Mary Pursell, President of Abbate Insurance & Founder of Linens of Love, Caitlin Pursell, Marketing of Linens of Love & Abbate Insurance, Charlie Dupont, Commercial Lines of Abbate Insurance & Operations Manager of Linens of Love.

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Credit Card Fraud Prompts Call For Public Hearing

by MARKESHIA RICKS NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

A recent revelation that a now-ex-city employee allegedly ran up an unauthorized $11,000 tab on a city credit card has caused two alders to request a public hearing to probe deeper into which others employees have access to government-issued cards, what they’re using them for and why they have them.

East Rock Alder Anna Festa and Downtown Alder Abby Roth requested the public hearing in a letter dated Aug. 28 in light of the firing of a city employee who allegedly misused a city-issued credit card.

“Larger issues have been raised and many questions are now being asked by residents about how many credit cards are issued by the city to its personnel, and which employees have access to such credit cards,” Festa and Roth wrote in a letter to Board President Tyisha Walker-Meyers requesting the hearing. “Citizens would like to know what the total balance is for credit card use by city

employees, the amount charged by each employee, and the purpose of each transaction.”

The alders want to know if there are regular audits of the city’s credit card accounts, what expenses have been incurred on such cards in the last two years, what budget line item covers the transactions on the cards, and what governs the use of such cards.

Festa said at the board’s regular bi-monthly meeting Tuesday that before the alleged theft, the issue city-issued credit cards never came up. She said though the specific incident likely won’t be discussed because it is under investigation, she believes her colleagues will want to know more about the protocol for how someone gets a city-issued credit card and who is authorized to make purchases on such a card.

Roth echoed Festa’s sentiments, saying that she’s interested in learning more about the oversight process and whether a new automated system will provide more accountability.

Roth and Festa want to know who has access to a city credit card.

Davis Street School Turns 100

by MARKESHIA RICKS NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

They didn’t know it but Carolyn Steward’s kindergarteners became part of history just by walking into her classroom Tuesday with their parents and taking their first shy steps to find their seats.

On their first day of school, they were joining the ranks of people educated at the Davis Street School over the last 100 years.

The Davis Street School, officially known as the Davis Academy for Arts and Design Innovation Magnet School, turned 100 this year. The staff has been prepping for the upcoming centennial celebration while simultaneously preparing for the start of school.

On Tuesday, the school welcomed Steward’s kindergarteners the Class of 2031 into a building that has changed and grown as its mission has done the same over the last century. Davis is a pre-K-8 school that serves about 500 students, of which a little over 10 percent are kindergarten students.

After Steward announced their name, each child filed into the classroom wearing a slightly oversized backpack, most clutching the hand of a parent. A classroom aide helped them find a seat at a table with their name on it.

There were some tears, but for the most part the students were able to put whatever apprehension they had away in favor of coloring and bonding with their tablemates.

Parents tried to mask their own emotions, putting on brave smiles for each of their kindergarteners and waiting for the big moment when they’d have to give their little one a final hug and say goodbye.

Some students needed an extra hug, a pep talk from dad, or a little more time on mommy’s lap but eventually, when all of the students had been seated, Steward gently encouraged parents to wrap up their goodbyes.

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Chance gets one last hug from mom on opening day.

..While Alya colors a first day of school picture.

It was time for the children to do what kindergarteners have done for 100 years at Davis: start learning the rules of the road on their own.

“When I say, 1-2-3 all eyes on me,” Steward said after she’d quieted the class and

Trinitee needed extra hugs from her mom. got their attention, “You get to say, 1-2 all eyes on you. Then you turn to look at me and put your hands together.”

Steward demonstrated to the students how she wanted them to clasp their tiny hands together and hold them in front of their

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After that, they learned how to find their personal cubby where they would hang up their backpack and their lunch and store the extra set of clothes. And so went the first hour of kindergarten.

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cilitator Roberto Lugo. Fritchey came across Lugo — who also teaches at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University — through his work, which she saw at the Wexler Gallery in Philadelphia, Pa. where the artist is based.

“It was so inspired and visually stunning,” she said. She also found out that Lugo was a performance artist and spoken word poetry.

“I just thought he would be such a good mentor” for the SAP students.

Her intuition proved correct, as Lugo combined a focused project with spirited abandon in the gallery. “He told them he was going to paste them up on the walls and gave them free rein to draw on the walls” around the portraits and the art they were making. Many of those drawings were part of an exercise the students did on the program’s first day.

They had to “talk about a challenge they had faced that made them stronger,” Fritchey said. Then Lugo had them take their stories a step further, weaving them together in illustration to “tell the story as one.”

The project also involved research. The students visited the local history archives at the New Haven Free Public Library as well as the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale to learn about New Haven’s past, and got visits from Stetson Branch librarian Diane Brown.

When it came time for the students to make their tile portraits, however, Lugo encouraged them to follow their intuitions and passions, and not to worry about making a mistake. “Let’s turn defect into effect,” Fritchey recalled him saying. If a student made a paint stroke he was unhappy with, rather than trying to erase it, Lugo directed them to use it.

“This is a mark. Keep going. Put it down and see what happens.”

Lugo’s helped the students unlock what they were passionate about and translate it to their tile pieces. They worked diligently through the summer. Sometimes, Fritchey said, she would come to the office on a weekend to find students putting in extra hours working there.

Certain felicitous coincidences accompanied the project as well, such as the fact that two of the students (one of them Guaray) came from Riobamba, Ecuador, a town known for its own ceramic industry. It got the students thinking about where they materials they were using came from, which in turn fed into the themes of a parallel project at Artspace by Ruben Olguin, who used his ceramics to call attention to the politics of land use in New Mexico, where he is from. It got the students talking about the themes underlying their project, ranging from environmental justice to human rights to gun control.

“And love,” Fritchey added.

At the show’s opening in July, the students passed the microphone around to talk about the subjects of their portraits. Some read poetry. Some danced in homage to their subject. They will return on Sept. 8 to do it again. “It’ll be a moment for them to reach anyone they didn’t get to,” Fritchey said.

Sept. 8 will also feature attorney and environmental activist Elizabeth Yeampierre as keynote speaker, opening up the day to a series of panels involving artists, activists, and community leaders from New Haven and beyond. Meanwhile, the students’ pieces will be assembled into a mural that will be installed at Common Ground High School to be timed for next year’s Rock to Rock ride.

“It will live outdoors and be a public artwork,” Fritchey said, an act of generosity from students who dug deep and came up with gold.

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Lamont Gives “SteFanowski” An “F” On Education

by THOMAS BREEN

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Ned Lamont said he has a plan that will responsibly and equitably fund education in this state.

That plan hinges on not doing what his Republican opponent is proposing, he said, and preserving the income tax.

Lamont, a Greenwich businessman who secured the Democratic nomination for governor in August, offered that criticism of Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski on Monday morning during a brief education-centered press conference outside of East Rock Community Magnet School on Nash Street.

Standing before a half-dozen representatives from the state American Federation of Teachers (AFT) union, Lamont took aim at his Republican opponent, who has thus far run a campaign focused on eliminating the state income tax.

The teachers and union reps behind Lamont held signs reading “SteFanowski,” with the “F” highlighted in red to indicate Lamont’s grade for Stefanowski’s campaign.

Kendall Marr, who heads communications for the Stefanowski campaign, responded with a press release claiming that Lamont’s income tax and highway toll proposals will only drive more people and jobs from Connecticut.

“His plan won’t do us any good if there are no jobs for graduates and no one can afford to live here,” the press release reads.

Instead, the press release claims that Stefanowski will maintain state grants to municipalities, encourage students interested in technical studies to attend vocational and technical schools, and remove existing mandates on how towns and cities can spend their own money.

“We need to restore local control,” the press release reads, “put power back in the hands of municipalities, who are more in tune with the needs of their communities, and ease the burden placed on the them by the state.”

When asked for a response to Lamont’s specific accusations that cutting the income tax would mean cutting education funding, Marr replied, “Lamont is attempting to use scare tactics to distract from his plan to continue to raise taxes, which will continue to devastate our economy and further jeopardize funding for education and other priorities.”

Lamont called Stefanowski’s plan to cut the state income tax, which brings in roughly half of the state’s annual $20 billion budget, “pie in the sky” and a burden on local property taxes.

He notedthat Kansas’s governor tried cutting that state’s income tax back in 2012 with promises of trickle-down economic prosperity for all.

“What you saw was an education system that was decimated,” Lamont said. In 2017, the Kansas state legislature overturned Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of efforts to raise state taxes by $1.2 billion in large part

to better fund the state’s public education system.

Ed Leavy, the president of the State Vocational Federation of Teachers (SVFT) and the secretary/treasurer of the state AFT, called Stefanowski’s proposal to cut the income tax “irresponsible, immoral, wrong, and planned to fail.”

He said that, based on the current level of state education funding that comes from the income tax, that the cut could result in as many as 8,900 teacher positions lost throughout the state.

Referencing state cuts in the mid-1980s that kept him from starting his high school English job in Bridgeport until three months after the school year had begun, Leavy said, “I learned then and I know better now that every day a student doesn’t have a teacher in front of them is a day that’s lost.”

Besides pinging his reclusive opponent on his proposal to cut the state income tax, Lamont offered few specifics on how he would fund education differently than his predecessor, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

He said that he disagrees with Malloy’s proposal that local cities and towns should cover a portion of teacher pension costs.

And he said that one of his priorities as governor would be to make sure that the state budget comes in on time so that cities and towns and local boards of education do not have to craft education budgets without knowing exactly how much they will be receiving each year from the state.

THOMAS BREEN PHOTO Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont at Monday presser.

“I think education funding should go to those towns and cities most in need,” Lamont said in response to a question about what role state funding can play to counteract recent teacher layoffs and education budget deficits in New Haven. “But I’m not going to pull any punches. I’m also a reformer. I know that we can do things more efficiently.” He promised to work with teachers, unions, and local boards of education to make sure that funding remains in the classroom and not with non-teaching administrators.

Lamont promised not to reduce the current level of state funding for education from the current year’s levels during his first year in office, if elected.

“I think that’s a priority we ought to make,” he said. “I think I ought to be able to tell folks that they can count on the amount of education funding that they’ve got right now.”

During the fiscal year that ended in June, the city received around $148 million in state grants for education.

Narcan Distributed To Dozens On Green

by ALLAN APPEL

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

In rehab from an opioid addiction, Kyle Cummings, who not long ago had been homeless and living in his car, is in a good place now. Yet there are many people in his life who are not. That’s why he was happy to receive the latest edition of the opioid antidote, Narcan, in a nasal spray variety to keep in his pocket, just in case.

Linda Guttierez smokes a synthetic cannabinoid known as K2 or Spice, a bad batch of which which sent approximately 47 people, including Guttierez, to the hospital for a total of over 100 times in a couple of days last month.

As she copes with addiction, she said she now feels more secure to have received several packets of specialized fentanyl detection strips to dip into the K2. With a little water, you insert the strip and see if it’s positive or negative, just like in a pregnancy test.

Their stories of addiction how to do it without killing yourself, as well as the struggle to get clean and not relapse — emerged this past Thursday afternoon as the Cornell Scott Hill Health Center, along with other organizations dealing with addiction and homeless services, marked the third annual National Overdose Day on the Green.

The idea was to raise awareness of drug overdose, reduce stigma, and spread the word about prevention.

The latter took the form of writing “scrips,” as the professionals call prescriptions, for Narcan not only for users of opioids but for anyone who would like to have it handy to save a life if necessary.

“On a bus, a train, in schools, no one’s immune from a place where someone might overdose,” said Melissa Zuppardi, an assistant program director for the Cornell Scott Hill Health Center.

“That’s why we need to get the word out.”

In the first hour of the the 10 a.m.-2 p.m. event, Zuppardi and the pharmacist sitting beside her wrote Narcan prescriptions for 15 people.

“It gives parents a measure of control,” she said. “I’ve heard from parents. They hear gurgling from behind the door of the room.

Their kid’s overdosing.”

Now, with the Narcan, which she taught people at her table how to use, they can save their kid’s life.

Workers from Cornell Scott, the Yale University School of Medicine’s Community Health Van, the city’s emergency operations center, and the volunteers from SWAN (Sex Workers Alliance Network), all of whom were busy demonstrating the nasal spray, and injection Narcan, would

distribute about 150 kits altogether, estimated Phil Costello, Cornell Scott’s clinical director of homeless care.

Sally Graveline, a volunteer with SWAN, said Narcan has saved her life and she has used it to save others’ lives.

“Every urban dweller should be required to carry one,” she said.

Yale School of Medicine Department of Infectious Diseases nurse Sharon Joslin, on duty with the community van, put it this way: “We’re losing 200 people a day to overdose. My goal is to get people the care they need, as if they had diabetes.”

“Some people believe we are encouarging addiction” through distribution of the Narcan, and the methadone and Suboxone which she also had on hand,” Joslin said. “I respect that position but I don’t agree. My belief is we need to help because substance abuse is a disease like diabetes. I don’t believe we should just let people die. Everyone should be treated equally. Not just people who can afford to go to the Betty Ford Clinic.”

While injection Narcan obviously requires a needle (big enough to go through clothing), the latest version of the nasal Narcan, as demonstrated by Zuppardi and others, is easy to administer.

Here’s what you do, said Zuppardi, if you come across someone who is having an

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opiod overdose: First you call 911, because each dose of Narcan lasts only from 20 to 90 minutes. Then you open the package, put the cone in one nostril and press. You wait for two or three minutes for the person to arouse. If the person doesn’t, you do it again in the other nostril.

The Narcan being distributed comes two to a box, with a portion of four milligrams to each, which is twice the strength of the previous version, said city emergency management chief Rick Fontana.

Narcan wouldn’t have helped the vast majority of K2 overdose victims in midAugust, because that batch turned out not to be laced with fentanyl.

That’s why part of the focus Thursday was to get the word out about K2, for which there is, at this point, no antidote, said Costello.

“I feel marijuana users will see it as ‘synthetic’ marijuana, which it is not,” he added. “It’s harmful,” and cheap, which is why he fears people may be switching over to it.

Dr. Phil As he was helping to supervise the event, several people called out to Costello, aka “Dr. Phil.” Costello is not a doc but an advanced practice registered nurse—actually a guy who was a mechanical engineer for 20 years, before he retrained to do what he loves.

“They call me Dr. Phil, from what they see on TV,” he said.

Between checking one guy’s heart and repairing, with iodine, gauze, and bandages on a bad gash on the heel of another homeless man who approached him, Costello reflected on the larger picture: “The Narcan is just to keep people alive until they can get into recovery. But a lot of these people relapse and self-medicate.

They have had terrible problems in their youth or as children. When they stop using, PTSD or bipolar returns and can devastate them. What’s little known is that relapse is a part of the recovery process.”

His solution? It’s double-pronged, he said: Starting in school there has to be far more of a concerted education campaign about drugs. Ultimately that is the only way to “close the barn door.” In addition, there has to be a long-term wholistic approach with enough mental health services to do the job.

Yale Medical School’s community health care van, a mobile clinic, will be parked in front of Trinity Church on the Green every Tuesday from 8 a.m. to noon for the immediate future while the city pursues longerterm actions, like opening a walk-in center a block or so from the Green.

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Fans Burn Shoes After Nike Makes Kaepernick Face of Campaign

By Perry Green, AFRO Sports Editor Nike shocked the world on Labor Day when it revealed Colin Kaepernick as the face of its 30-year anniversary celebration of the famous “Just Do It” slogan and campaign.

Kaepernick first revealed his endorsement deal with Nike when he posted an image on Twitter that showed a close-up photo of the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, along with the caption, “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.” Nike then retweeted the image.

This image taken from the Twitter account of the former National Football League player Colin Kaepernick shows a Nike advertisement featuring him that was posted Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. (Twitter via AP) According to the Washington Post, Kaepernick had already long been signed to Nike, since 2011, the year he was first drafted into the NFL. But Yahoo Sports senior NFL writer Charles Robinson reported that the multibillion dollar sports apparel brand had “sat on Kaepernick for two years with no idea

what to do with him” after he began kneeling during the playing on National Anthem in protest of racism and police brutality in the U.S. Robinson said interest from other major shoe brands “absolutely changed [Nike’s] tune,” resulting in a newly negotiated deal with the Black rights activist. According to reports, Kaepernick’s new contract with Nike is a wide endorsement deal that will give him his own signature branded line, which will include shoes, jerseys, shirts, and other apparel. He will reportedly make “millions per year” from Nike, including royalties.

Nike instantly caught backlash from several right-wing supporters after news broke of Kaepernick’s endorsement deal. According to CNBC.com, Nike’s shares dropped by 3.2 percent following the announcement of the deal.

The backlash also made its way to social media as several people posted photos on-

line of them burning their Nike shoes.

One Twitter user posted a video of him burning his Nikes and said “First the @NFL forces me to choose between my favorite sport and my country. I chose country. Then @Nike forces me to choose between my favorite shoes and my country. Since when did the American Flag and the National Anthem become offensive?”

Popular country singer John Rich tweeted that his sound engineer cut the Nike swoop sign off his socks right before a show in protest of Nike.

“Our Soundman just cut the Nike swoosh off his socks. Former marine. Get ready @Nike multiply that by the millions,” Rich tweeted.

But many of Kaepernick supporters responded to Rich’s tweet, reminding him that it was Nate Boyer, a former Army Green Beret soldier, that first gave Kaepernick the idea to kneel during the anthem, instead of sitting down, as a sign of respect for all vets.

“You do know that Kaepernick spoke with

an Army veteran who suggested he kneel instead of sitting,” @CampDukes tweeted to Rich. “And you are aware that protesting is the foundation which this country was founded upon.. I assume you celebrate the 4th of July.”

Nike is currently the official brand for the NFL, so many were wondering how the league would react to Nike’s announcement, considering that Kaepernick still has an active collusion suit against the league. The NFL didn’t directly mention Kaepernick’s new Nike deal, but did release a statement to the media Tuesday, referencing the former quarterback.

“The social justice issues that Colin and other professional athletes have raised deserve our attention and action,” the statement read. “We embrace the role and responsibility of everyone involved with this game to promote meaningful, positive change in our communities.”

NNPA EXCLUSIVE: Cosby Spokesman Salutes Geoffrey Owens; Slams Hollywood

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Contributor

Hollywood’s biggest names, including Tyler Perry, Halle Berry and Patton Oswalt, have all joined a growing list of celebrities speaking up for former Cosby Show actor Geoffrey Owens who was shamed on social media for working at a Trader Joe’s in New Jersey.

Today, following Owens’ appearance on Good Morning America, Bill Cosby’s spokesman Andrew Wyatt exclusively told NNPA Newswire that he and the comedian are both proud of Owens.

“There’s nothing wrong with working at Trader Joe’s and I commend him for taking care of his family,” said Wyatt, who noted Cosby was unavailable to comment because he’s continued to closely follow the terms of the court order that has him under house arrest.

Wyatt said Owens and other Cosby Show actors have been victimized by Hollywood studios which have elected to halt re-runs of the iconic show and all of Cosby’s works.

The result, Wyatt said, is actors like Owens

are deprived of potentially lucrative residues cast and writers earn from syndicated shows.

“You take ‘The Cosby Show’ off the air, yet you leave ‘7th Heaven’ on the air and all of Harvey Weinstein’s movies are still playing whether it’s on Netflix or Hulu you can find them everywhere because you don’t want to hurt these Hollywood starlets and take away their money and residue pay, yet you take ‘The Cosby Show’ off the air,” Wyatt said.

While Cosby was convicted of aggravated indecent assault for an incident that he maintains was consensual, “7th Heaven” star Stephen Collins admitted to molesting at least three young girls and Weinstein has been charged with several counts of rape and more than 100 women have come forward accusing the movie mogul of assault.

Sporting his Trader Joe’s badge, Owens appeared on Good Morning America on Tuesday, Sept. 4, one week after Fox News broadcast photos of him stocking shelves at the grocery store.

“No one should feel sorry for me,” said Owens, who played Elvin, the husband of Sandra Huxtable on ‘The Cosby Show.”

“I’ve had a great life. I’ve had a great career

and I’ve had a career that most actors would die for,” he said.

The actor noted that he was overwhelmed by the response he’s received after the shaming incident. “I feel like more of a celebrity now than when I actually was a celebrity,” he said.

Since leaving “The Cosby Show,” Owens has worked part-time as an actor and as a producer.

He has taught acting and directing at Yale and other universities for more than 30 years.

But, he said he took the Trader Joe’s job 15 months ago to support his family.

Since the GMA appearance, however, Perry has publicly offered him a role on a popular OWN television show and others like Berry and Oswalt have tweeted support.

“My respect to actor Geoffrey Owens, who found honest work between gigs. As Fox News will tell you, all actors, when not acting, seal themselves in protein-solution ‘shame pods’ until re-activated by the Council of Casting,” Oswalt said.

“Geoffrey had the courage to stand up to the Council,” he said.

Geoffrey Owens Berry, the Oscar winning actress, also saluted Oswalt.

“Labor Day celebrates the value of our country’s workers. I’m just so sad to hear than an American felt the need to ‘expose’ a man for working hard,” Berry said.

“I wish there were more people with as much integrity as Geoffrey Owens.”

For his part, Owens discussed the sanctity and honor of being a working person. Every job is “worthwhile,” he said.

“I hope what doesn’t pass is this … rethinking about what it means to work,” he said.

“The honor of the working person and the dignity of work. And I hope that this period we’re in now, where we have a heightened sense about that and a reevaluation of what it means to work, the reevaluation of the idea that some jobs are better than others.”

Wyatt said Owens displayed what “The Cosby Show” was all about.

“What Mr. Cosby built was legacy. It wasn’t just legacy to show how families should conduct themselves and live in a certain way in society,” he said.

“It was to make sure that these actors were able to survive and enjoy their livelihoods.

Yet, [the powers that be] have taken it away.”

Love Blossoms in Budapest Between Teacher and African Refugee

Wilson (Cake-Baly Marcelo) escaped to Hungary a number of years ago after his wife and daughters were slaughtered during civil unrest in his African homeland. The 50-something widower opted to seek political asylum in Budapest rather than continue on to Western Europe like most of his fellow refugees.

After all, he’d taken a liking to the town, and found a nice apartment and steady work as a supermarket security guard. Now, the only thing standing in the way of his staying in Hungary permanently is his repeatedly flunking the country’s tough citizenship test.

Not wanting to lose her reliable “Employee of the Year,” his boss Eva (Tunde

Szalontay) innocently suggests that he take history and language lessons from her sister, a teacher, never expecting it might cause any trouble. But sparks fly between Wilson and miserably-married Mari (Agnes Mahr), and it’s not long before their tutorial sessions morph into a taboo whirlwind romance which includes dancing, swimming and dining together.

She finally abandons her husband (Peter Barbinek) and son (Peter Sandor) and moves into Wilson’s flat. The plot thickens further, however, when she discovers that he already has a much younger woman living with him. Might he be a bigamist?

He explains that his relationship with Shi-

rin (Arghavan Shekari), an Iranian refugee, is purely Platonic, and that her newborn baby isn’t his. Nevertheless, that doesn’t sit well with Mari, who obviously isn’t comfortable with such an unorthodox arrangement.

Thus unfolds The Citizen, a poignant, cross-cultural love story directed by Roland Vranik (Transmission). What makes the film unique is the advanced age of the protagonists, since most romance dramas revolve around considerably younger couples.

A touching, timely and zany soap opera ostensibly reflecting the sensibilities of the modern Immigration Era.

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Roland Martin Launches New Digital Show This Week

By Lauren Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor

Journalist Roland Martin launches his new digital show, Roland Martin Unfiltered, this week. The show will feature a live stream broadcast on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Periscope and IGTV, Monday through Friday at 6 p.m. eastern. It will then replay four times on all of the same platforms, providing several opportunities for views to watch shows and recover ones they may have missed.

“I can’t sleep! I’ve been waiting for this day for almost 9 months. Gonna happen in 18 hours!” Martin wrote on his Facebook page on the morning of September 4, the day of the launch of Roland Martin Unfiltered.

The popular journalist has close to a million “likes” on his Facebook fanpage. He is asking viewers to “support independent fact-based journalism” in the form of the #BringtheFunk fan Club to support the new show. In the wake of President Donald Trump attacking the press and the First Amendment on a continuous basis, some in the profession are taking an offensive position. Memberships for Roland Martin Unfiltered can be seen here: http://rolandsmartin.com/unfiltered/.

During a recent interview, Martin said, “I’ve always been an early adopter of the digital space. When I ran the Chicago Defender, I launched the first

black news audio podcast in 2005, and one year later, I launched the first black news video podcast. I’ve also launched numerous websites such as BlackAmericaWeb.com with founding editor Tom Joyner. I’ve always understood not only the power of the digital world but also where we were going in terms of the future and the role the digital world would play…

I’ve been waiting for the day where you had broadband capabilities to be able to do exactly what we’re doing right now. Even when I was on NewsOne, we were doing things on the digital side, and I even proposed that we should livestream the show.”

In an Instagram post on the last day of August, Martin outlined the past, future and present.

“Over the last eight months, we’ve had numerous discussions about what I would do next with TVOne. As that was happening, I was planning my own daily digital show, #RolandMartinUnfiltered, to take advantage of this new media world we are now living in. So, with much sadness, but tremendous gratitude, my tenure at TVOne comes to a close on Friday, Aug. 31. I am eternally grateful for all of the folks at TVOne who I have encountered over the last 13 years. To be on the frontlines of watching a Black cable network become one of the fastest growing in history has been eye opening. I’ve learned so much about

this business and have truly grown as a journalist.

“Why did I never leave TVOne when I was at CNN, even when I asked to give it up? Because TVOne gave me a chance to speak my truth – unimpeded. I served as managing editor of Washington Watch and NewsOneNow, given final authority over all news matters. There were no censors to run things by. Johnathan, and later presidents Wonya Lucas, Brad Siegel, as well as Alfred Liggins and our founder, Cathy Hughes, trusted me to set the standard for our editorial voice. TVOne gave me a level of freedom my peers at broadcast and cable networks have never had. I never did take that lightly,” Martin wrote.

Roland Martin Unfiltered has a studio in downtown Washington, D.C. and promises to bring some of the same energy and news insight that was seen on NewsOne Now. Given the plethora of platforms the show can be viewed on, viewership is expected to be high.

Martin is a veteran journalist who has won the NAACP Image Award twice. He was also a CNN contributor and is a regular guest on MSNBC. In November 2013, Martin launched News One Now at 7 a.m. on TVOne. The popular Black news show focused on politics, entertainment and sports news in the black community. In 2013, TVOne cancelled the show due

to “budget cuts.”

“One can never say never. Even though I’m launching this daily digital show and working on other projects, I may end up doing something for TV One down the line. But as for now, we’ve come to the end of a road. All I have left to say, is thank you,” Martin added in the final words of his Insta-

gram post. Roland Martin Unfiltered debuts its first show on September 4.

Lauren Victoria Burke is an independent journalist and writer for NNPA as well as a political analyst and communications strategist. She may be contacted at LBurke007@gmail.com and on twitter at @LVBurke

Criticism of Rev. Jasper Williams Follow His Remarks at Aretha Franklin’s Funeral In Memoriam, Lauren Victoria Burke

Saying his subject was “Aretha the Queen of Soul,” Rev. Jasper Williams of the Salem Bible Church in Atlanta gave the audience gathered for Aretha Franklin’s funeral a few unexpected memories laced with political commentary.

Though he began simply, referring to the history of soul music and gospel, his talk became political as he Williams appeared towards the end of the ten-hour service.

Rev. Williams was one of over three dozen speakers at Franklin’s lengthy Detroit home going ceremony.

Rev. Williams referenced black-on-black crime, said single mothers are incapable of raising sons alone and proclaimed that black America has lost its soul and it’s “now time for black America to come back home.”

“Where is your soul, black man?” he asked the audience at one point. “As I look in your house, there are no fathers in the home no more. Where is your soul?”

“Seventy percent of our households are led by our precious, proud, fine black women.

But as proud, beautiful and fine as our black women are, one thing a black woman cannot do. A black woman cannot raise a black boy to be a man. She can’t do that.

She can’t do that,” Rev. Williams said.

“It amazes me how it is that when the police kills one of us, we’re ready to protest march, destroy innocent property,” he said. “We’re ready to loot, steal whatever

we want. …But when we kill 100 of us, nobody says anything. Nobody does anything,” he went on.

“There was a time when we as a race had a thriving economy. I remember we

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had our own little grocery stores. We had our own little hotels. They weren’t big and fancy, but they were ours. As bad as the days as Jim Crow and segregation were … it forced us to each other instead of forcing us on each other. We quickly come to realize that as a people, all we really have is one another,” Rev. Williams said during his 40-minute eulogy to Franklin.

Social media quickly blew up after Rev. Williams spoke in response. Legendary singer Stevie Wonder proclaimed the phrase “black lives do matter,” as he turned in the direction of Rev. Williams after the minister left the stage. Singer Gladys Knight’s performance was also viewed as a moment that brought the ceremony back from Williams’ political speech.

“Black Mothers been raising Black boys for years!! We’re Still are raising proud, accomplished and aware Black man!! I should have known! Rest of this eulogy has been a conservative Black confusion rant!” wrote attorney Barbara Arwine from her twitter feed during the speech.

“Folks, he can’t see, but Stevie Wonder can hear. And he is offering a rebuke to the eulogy. Don’t think for a second, he isn’t!

And the folks in the room heard it,” wrote

journalist Roland Martin, who attended the service.

“Reverend Jasper Williams plantation style speech at #ArethaFranklinFuneral is a prime example why there is a total disconnect between young Black people and the older Black church crowd. All that cowardly “you’s gots to do better” talk ain’t fooling these kids,” offered anti-racism strategist Tariq Nasheed on twitter.

Before Rev. Williams spoke, Smokey Robinson, Shirley Ceasar, Jennifer Hudson, Chaka Khan, Jennifer Lewis and Ron Isley performed among many others.Rev. William Barbour and Rev. Jesse Jackson also delivered remarks.

“Aretha was in her very own special category,” said founder of Arista Records Clive Davis. “Her voice will be impacting others literally for centuries to come,” Davis added. A second tribute to Franklin and her music is planned at Madison Square Garden this fall.

Lauren Victoria Burke is an independent journalist and writer for NNPA as well as a political analyst and communications strategist. She may be contacted at LBurke007@gmail.com and on twitter at @LVBurke.

Who are Black Women Voters?

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By Dr. J. Ester Davis, www.esterday.com Fifty-seven (57%) of black women attended college, but did not attain a four year degree. Black women are particularly active on Twitter especially around political issues. Facebook Business has more black women business-owners in all categories.

In 2014, 13.5% of black women were union members active in their unions and/or started their own unions, i.e., Black Women Mechanics, Black Women in Construction.

We must never forget that black women voters in Birmingham, Alabama, voted and supported Doug Jones for Senate over the forever seated ‘self entitled’ Roy Moore, the Republican rival. It is important that we remember that the voter turnout was 98%.

An unmistakable message indeed! The overwhelming reason was a simple one: they did not want the clock turned back.

The reason explaining the changes in African Americans is apathy. Apathy is endless.

Apathy is a strong word, but I am considering the lack of emotion, indifference and interest to name a few for not voting.

Some say integration has unraveled a once cohesive Black community, thus robbing it of a talented middle class that once supported thriving businesses, churches, schools and neighborhood organizations.

Some argue that racism still hinders Blacks from economic and educational opportunities needed to support families and communities. Some point to society’s overall emphasis on self and material gain. Now there is the disruptive influence of drugs saturated on certain street corners and the subsequent mass incarceration of black men. And a ‘shrug’ of it all. . . with a simple explanation of changing times. Whatever the causes, my polling agree that the work of restoration must begin at home.

Who are black women voters? Black women are the vast majority of the student population at HBCU’s earning more higher degrees. Black women online has surged 30% over the past three (3) years, with 60% using the internet. Black women are among the most engaged users of social media. Afterall social media is all about conversation, communication and contact.

Which today equals influence. Social media is a powerful tool and the majority of users are using it for its original intent with massive audiences. The sister team “Diamond & Silk”, the FOX loyal supporters is a direct testimony of the black woman vote and the recognized influence of numbers. My growing concern is the false narratives that exist on black women’s leadership. Meaning it is time to support the black women running for office. Meaning further, loud and clear, that it is time for black men to support black women. These false narratives do not exist when you example the qualifications of other women or men running for office. Let me cite one of many articles on black women’s leadership. “Progressives need to pay attention, because these imbalanced judgments are not only unfair, but also defeating in an age when black women are an indispensable and perhaps the most critical factor in Democrats prevailing come November.”

Glynda C. Carr and Kimberly Peeler-Allen.

Who are black women voters? Highly qualified and beautiful leaders.

This article originally appeared in the Dallas Post Tribune.

There is A Black Wave Sweeping across the State of Florida

By Roger Caldwell, NNPA Newswire Contributor

Many political experts and pundits will admit that their polls were wrong, when they discuss which Democratic candidate would win the Florida governor’s primary election. When a candidate like Jeff Greene comes into a campaign and spends $34 million, and Philip Levine spends $28 million, you must begin to ask the question, “Is politics a game only rich men play?”

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, a Black man saw the Florida primary election from a different lens and surprised everyone with a historic victory. Black men and women don’t like to talk about the special sauce, which is given to them from their ancestors, but the mayor’s gift was on display in the election. During the race, Gillum was invisible, his campaign started with very little money, and many pundits expected him to drop out of the primary.

Many will suggest that the mayor’s oratorical skills reminded Florida Democrats of President Obama’s speeches, but still many thought his campaign was not very significant. Historically, Democratic primaries were about only older voters and women, but in 2018 the younger voters stood up and showed out.

From the very beginning of this race, the Gillum camp knew that three middle of the road Democrats would split the base vote, and a progressive and diverse candidate could pull off an upset. When Jeff Greene entered the race late, he improved Gillum’s chances to win the primary, by splitting up the wealthy older Jewish Democratic vote

even more. Gillum’s campaign stayed under the radar, but he kept his eye on the prize.

Many political experts are now saying that the young vote in Florida from age 18 to 30 increased after the Parkland High school shooting by over sixty percent this year, after registering new voters. Early in the election Gillum did college tours and continued to utilize progressive young organizations to get the vote out. The final 12 weeks is when Gillum made his move after millions were donated by organizations, celebrities, Senator Bernie Sanders campaigning with Gillum, and an infusion of cash from billionaires Tom Steyer, George Soros and a super PAC. The fight for the soul of the Democratic Party starts with the unification, mobilization, and organization of the base. Gillum is a bold powerful voice for change, and the question is, “Will the Florida Democratic Party get behind this progressive candidate 150%?”

With Gillum being 39, it is very easy for the older Democrats to say they want fresh ideas, but the test is for them to support a young progressive Black man. All across the state diversity is winning and more women, African Americans, and Hispanics are winning their primary race. Now that these candidates are winning, “Is the Florida Democratic Party all in?”

In the four most powerful positions in the state, two African Americans won, one woman won, and one white man won. This is unprecedented, and I am willing to guess that many African Americans don’t know that Sean Shaw running for Attorney Gen-

Andrew Gillum, eral is a Black man, and they don’t know his story and the significance of his father’s legacy in the state, and to the Black community.

Ex-Senator Jeremy Ring is running for Chief Financial Officer. He is a tech pioneer, and helped establish “The Florida Growth Fund,” which invest in homegrown Florida companies. Nikki Fried is a lawyer and will be the second women to hold the

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title of Commissioner of Agriculture in Florida, if she wins. She is a proponent of legalizing medical marijuana, improving public schools, fighting for children, seniors, and the quality of life for everyone.

The candidates running for the four most powerful positions in the state are progressive, innovative, diverse and care about all Floridians.

There is a Black wave sweeping across

Florida and the nation and it starts with the Collective Super PAC. The Collective PAC is focused on increasing the number of African Americans in public offices at all levels. This super PAC has helped 18 candidates win in primary and general elections, and they have assisted Andrew Gillum and Sean Shaw in winning their primary elections.

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sion seeking St. is New Haven, a CThighly technical individual to work in the design and NONE NONE Sept. 20, 2018 development of overhead and underground power distribution lines. The This contract is subject to state set-aside*and contract compliance requirements. utility serves 23,000 customers in a 50+ square mile distribution area Note:No Bidders on2.18 bid packages so identified above are required to submit their DAS Update (Bid) – Final Cleaning 100% MBE Sept.

20,Statement 2018 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER with the bid, as noted hereafter. with a peak demand of 130 MW. The position requires a B.S. degree in electrical engineering plus 2 years of responsible experience in utility Bid Extended, Due Date: Augustwith 5, 2016 In accordance C.G.S. 4a-100, 4b-91, and 4b-101, any contractor or subcontractor submitting a bid is reengineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience quired to submit their DAS Update (Bid) Statement with their bid. Failure to submit this item with the bid will Anticipated Start: result August 15, 2016 substituting on a year-for year basis. Salary: $73,999- $94,676 annually in disqualification of the bidder. All subcontractors must be pre-qualified at the time of performance of Sealed bids are invited the Housing of the Town of Seymour plus an excellent fringe benefit by package.

Apply to:Authority Human Resources their work.

If you any questions regarding these requirements contact CTDAS, at telephone number (860) Project documents available via ftp linkhave below: Department, 45 South Main Street, until 3:00Town pm ofonWallingford, Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at Wallingford, its office at 28 Smith Street, 713-5280 or visit their web site at www.das.state.ct.us. http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage CT 06492. Fax #: (203) 294-2084. Closing date will be September 11, Request for Qualifications Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the 2. A Non-Mandatory Prebid Meeting will be held in the Shepaug Valley School Auditorium on Thursday, Sep2018 or the date the 50th application is received, whichever occurs first.

Co-Developer For Farnam Courts Phase II tember 13, 2018 @ 3:00 p.m. Immediately following this meeting, all contractors are invited to walk through Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

EOE. Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com

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the school building. Although the Prebid meeting is non-mandatory, all bidders are responsible for examining

HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified existing conditions affecting theirBusinesses work. All contractors are strongly encouraged to attend the Prebid meeting and the walk Construction Company, Ave,through.

Seymour, CT 06483 A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith The Glendower Group, Inc an affiliate ofHaynes Housing Authority City 32 Progress Common Ground is looking for an Assistant Manager of Fa- of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking AA/EEO EMPLOYER 3. Plans and specifications may be viewed and downloaded free of charge from SmartBidNet at the following Street atthe 10:00 am, on with Wednesday, July and 20, 2016. cilities andSeymour, Grounds to CT assist Site Manager the care, upkeep proposals for Co-Developer For Farnam Courts Phase II. A comaddress: maintenance of Common Ground’s site and facilities in order to ensure they effectively meet all of Common Ground’s programmatic needs. plete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s https://secure.smartbidnet.com/External/PublicPlanRoom.aspx?Id=388047 Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority OfVendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobbleClick here for a full job descrtipion and how to apply: http://commonstonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Tuesday, September 4, groundct.org/2018/07/common-ground-is-seeking-an-assistant-managfice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Copies of the plans and specifications may be obtained at the cost of reproduction by contacting Aaron or Dean 2018 at 9:00AM at the following location: er-of-facilities-and-grounds/ Con’t on next page

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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4. Bidders be on heldbehalf accountable for the requirements of allthe documents made available including subseHOMEwill INC, of Columbus House and New Haven Housing Authority, quently issued Addenda and Memoranda, if any. Although efforts will be made to make bidders aware of all is accepting pre-applications for studio andMark one-bedroom apartments thisthey develAddenda and Memoranda, bidders are advised to contact Carroll at the above number toat verify have all opment Addenda and Memoranda. located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations ap-

ply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y

5. This project is being performed under the Construction Management form of construction. With respect to 2016 endingManager whenissufficient pre-applications (approximately 100)thehave this25, project, the and Construction the representative of the Owner. The Owner shall approve award of all tradereceived contracts. Each Trade Contractor’s contractINC. shall be with the Construction been at the offices of HOME Applications will beManager. mailied upon re-

quest by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed pre6. The Owner, Regional School District No. 12, has contracted with O&G Industries to serve as the Constructionapplications Manager (CM).must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

7. No oral, telephone or telegraphic proposals will be considered. All bids shall stand available for acceptance for a period of ninety (90) days from the date proposals are received.

NOTICIA 8. No bid shall be accepted from any person/company who is in arrears to the Owner upon debt, or contract, or who is a defaulter as surety or otherwise upon obligations to the Owner.

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES

9. The Owner and/or Construction Manager reserves the right to reject any or all bids, without stating reasons therefor, including without limitation the right to reject any or all nonconforming, non-responsive, unbalanced, or HOME conditional bidsen and to reject bid of any bidder Construction Manager believes INC, nombre dethe la Columbus Houseif ythedeOwner la Newand/or Haven Housing Authority, está that it would not be in the best interest of the Owner or the project to make an award to that bidder, whether aceptando para y apartamentos de unfidormitorio enoreste because the bid pre-solicitudes is not responsive or the estudios bidder is unqualifi ed or of doubtful nancial ability failsdesarrollo to meet any other pertinent criteria established the Owner and/or Manager. The and/ ubicado enstandard la calleor 109 Frank Street,byNew Haven.

Se Construction aplican limitaciones deOwner ingresos or Construction Manager reserves the right to waive informalities and to negotiate contract terms with one or máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 more bidders without reopening the bidding process insofar as such negotiations are not violative of applicable julio, 2016 hastastatutes cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) competitive bidding or law.

en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición

In evaluating bids, the Owner and/or Construction Manager will consider the qualifications of the bidder, llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse whether or not the bids comply with the prescribed requirements, and such alternates, unit prices, and other a las oficinas de HOME enof171 tercer piso, The NewOwner Haven , CTConstruction 06510 . data, as may be requested in theINC Form BidOrange or prior Street, to Notice of Award. and/or Manager may consider the qualification and experience of subcontractors and other persons and organizations proposed for those portions of the work as to which the identity of subcontractors and other persons and organizations must be submitted as provided by the bid documents.

The Owner and/or Construction Manager reserves the right to require, prior to Notice of Award, a statement of facts in detail of the business and technical organization and plant of the bidder available for the contemplated work, including financial resources, present commitments, and experience of the bidder in performance of comparable work.

NEW HAVEN

10. Bid Security, Payment and Performance Bonds will be required for all trade packages with the exception of Trade Packages 2.12 – Firestopping and 2.18 - Final Cleaning. No Bid Security, Payment and Performance Bonds are required for Trade Packages 2.12 – Firestopping and 2.18 - Final Cleaning.

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

11. Bidders O&G’s insurance All should new note apartments, newrequirements. appliances,

new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, nearoffibus & shopping center 12. Out-of-state bidders without a permanent ce instop the State of Connecticut are required by the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services to obtain an Out-of-State Contractors “Guarantee Bond” if awarded the Pet under 40lb allowed.

Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 contract.

13. This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements, including non-discrimination statutesDeacon’s and set-aside requirements.

State a minimum of twenty-five (25%) percent of the CT. Unified Association is pleased to law offerrequires a Deacon’s state-funded ofThis the contract be setprogram aside for award totosubcontractors holding current certifi cation from Certificate portion Program. is a 10 month designed assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates in response to the Church’s Ministry needs.

The cost is $125.

Classes must start Saturday, August 2016 1:30-to the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services. The contractor demonstrate good20, faith effort 3:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. meet the 25% set-aside goals.

(203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster

Contractors shall note St. New Haven, CT the Small/Minority Business participation requirements identified for each trade package and are responsible for ensuring that they, and the SBE/MBE’s they have selected, are eligible contractors and that they meet State requirements. Trade Contractors will be responsible for compliance with the following Goals and Requirements established for this project as follows:

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

a) Contractors shall note the CHRO MWBE Set-aside Program Requirements and Small/Minority Business participation requirements as indicated above for each trade package and are responsible for ensuring that they, and the SBE/MWBE’s they have selected, are eligible contractors and that they meet State of Connecticut CHRO Project Requirements. Referring to the Table above, trade contractors working on this project shall utilize State of Connecticut Supplier Diversity program certified Small Business Enterprises (SBE) and Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) for the minimum as stated above. For those trade contractors with goals indicated, the contractors shall provide documentation of their good faith efforts.

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. b) Prior to the Scope Review Meeting, Bidders are required to provide Contractor’s Means of Compliance

Table totaling their Bid Value and outlining their means of compliance with these minimum project SBE and M/WBE goals. The successful contractor shall provide a clear and concise breakout of their Bid Value and assigned value allocation representing the contractor’s means of compliance with the State of Connecticut CHRO percentages. This information is mandatory and required to be submitted for review and discussion at the Scope Review Meeting and compliance is a condition of contract award. See Specification Section 00 21 13 titled Instructions to Bidders.

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 Of14. O&G is an affirmative action-equal opportunity M/F/veteran/disability employer. fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 12

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

Field Engineer

State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for an Information Technology Analyst 1 position, a Municipal Assessment Professional position and a Research Analyst position.

BA/BS in Civil Engineering or Construction Management.

2-5 yrs. experience. OSHA Certified.

Proficient in reading contract plans and specifications.

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

Project Manager Environmental Remediation Division

For information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and application instructions, please visit https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT and click on:

3-5 years exp. and Bachelor’s Degree, 40-Hr. Hazwoper Training Req. Forward resumes to RED Technologies, LLC,

Information Technology Analyst 1 (40 Hour) Recruitment #180815-7603FD-001

RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

Municipal Assessment Professional Recruitment #180817-5864AR-001 Research Analyst Recruitment #180822-6855AR-001 The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

FENCE ERECTING CONTRACTORS

10 Northwood Dr., Bloomfield, CT 06002;

Fax 860.218.2433; or Email to HR@redtechllc.com

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc

seeks: Construction Equipment Mechanic preferably experienced in Reclaiming and Road Milling Equipment. We offer factory training on equipment we operate. Location: Bloomfield CT We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits Contact: Dan Peterson Phone: 860- 243-2300 email: dpeterson@garrityasphalt.com Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

Large CT Fence & Guardrail Contractor is looking for Fence Installer foreman and helpers. Foreman must have at least 5 years’ experience. Helpers-no experience required, will train the right person. Work available 10-12 months per year. Valid Ct. Driver’s license required and must be able to get a DOT Medical Card. All necessary equipment provided. Medical, vacation & other benefits included. Must be able to pass a physical and drug test. Foreman rates from $22 to $28.10/hour plus benefits, helper rates from $16 Invitation Bid: to $18.10/hour plus benefits. OSHA 10 trainingtorequired.

Please nd Notice email resume to pking@atlasoutdoor.com2 AA/EOE

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc

seeks: Reclaimer Operators and Milling Operators with current licensing and clean driving record, be willing to travel throughout the Northeast & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits Contact: Rick Tousignant Phone: 860- 243-2300 Email: rick.tousignant@garrityasphalt.com

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

CDL Driver with 3 years min. exp. HAZMAT Endorsed.

Old Saybrook, CT (Tractor/Triaxle/Roll-off)

(4 Buildings, 17 Units) FAX resumes to RED Technologies, at 860.342-1042; Email: HR@redtechllc.com Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project Mail or in person: 173 Pickering Street, Portland, CT 06480.

RED Technologies, LLC is EOE/AA.

Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

Union Company seeks:

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition,Tractor Site-work,Trailer Cast- Driver for Heavy & Highway Construction Equipment. Must have a CDL License, in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER (F/T) clean driving record, capable of operating heavy Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, equipment; be willing to travel throughout the Perform routine driving (in state)/inspection of transported goods Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. and material handling duties for retail operations. Valid CDL A & Thismed contract is subject to HS stateDiploma/GED set-aside andw/1-3 contract requirements. Northeast & NY. current examiner’s card. yrs.compliance exp.

Pay rate $19.21/hr. (DOE) plus benefits. Apply in person: 432 Washington Ave, North Bid Haven/hr@goodwillsne.org/fax:203-495Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 6108 EOE/AA – M/F/D/V

We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits Contact Dana at 860-243-2300.

Email: dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com

Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Project documents via ftp link Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer Common Ground is looking for an available Assistant Manager of below: Facilitieshttp://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage and Grounds to assist the Site Manager with the care, upkeep and maintenance of Common Ground’s site and facilities in order to ensure they effectively meet all of Common Ground’s programmatic or Email Questions & Bids Dawn Lang and @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com needs.FaxClick here for a full jobto: descrtipion how to apply: http:// HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses commongroundct.org/2018/07/common-ground-is-seeking-an-assisHaynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 tant-manager-of-facilities-and-grounds/ Large CT Fence

FENCE ERECTING SUBCONTRACTORS

AA/EEO EMPLOYER

EXP, welder for structural steel, misc. metals shop Send resume: hherbert@gwfabrication.com 17

& Guardrail Contractor is looking for experienced, responsible commercial and residential fence erectors and installers on a subcontractor basis. Earn from $750 to $2,000 per day. Email resume to pking@atlasoutdoor.com AA/EOE

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Compromising VS Settling In A Relationship–What’s The Difference?

Jasmine Turner, black love advocate, professional matchmaker, and founder of Black Match Made.

decision in the middle, there are three sure ways to know if you’re compromising or settling.

By Jasmine Turner All relationships require constant compromise. In fact, the most consistent relationship advice I’ve received from older women is “Choose your battles.” In other words, learn to compromise.

We know long-term relationships require hard work. Anytime two unique people from different backgrounds decide to become one, both will have to give and take.

The day to day compromises like choosing a TV show or deciding dinner usually won’t lead to an argument. Those decisions are easy. We also know what settling looks like in the extreme. For example, we wouldn’t consider staying in an abusive relationship a compromise. We know that’s settling.

The challenge comes with the decisions in the middle where it’s not a day to day compromise or an extreme version of settling. And, it varies from person to person.

A woman who really desires kids would be settling if she married a man who refuses to have children. On the other hand, a woman unsure about kids could find happiness with the same man. If you’re struggling with a

A compromise is in line with your belief system. Settling contradicts your beliefs.

You had your own moral code before the relationship. You had your idea of right and wrong. You had your own ideologies and practices. These beliefs are at the core of your being and have made you the person you are.

In a compromise, you’re not asked to go against your own value system. You’re not asked to accept behaviors or participate in activities you believe are morally wrong. If a relationship makes you feel convicted by your own beliefs, you’re probably settling.

You might compromise with your partner on the place of worship you’ll attend. However, you’d be settling if your partner asked you not to attend worship at all. When you settle and go against your own belief system, you’ll eventually lose yourself.

A compromise moves forward. Settling is giving up.

In a compromise, both you and your partner should be heard. The goal is to come to an agreement that is beneficial to each other. You’re moving forward together with the best intentions for each other.

When you settle, you’re giving up. You know you deserve more and are being taken advantage of. You know you could do better but you accept whatever you can get because you no longer want to put in the effort to get your desired results. So, you give up. You settle.

In time, you’ll regret this decision. When you settle for less than you deserve, you give up the opportunity to be your best

self. The relationship becomes routine and you’re there for time served. In reality, relationships should help you pursue your best.

Compromise is mutual. Settling is onesided.

Think of a traditional business deal. Both parties sit at the table to negotiate a deal where everybody wins. Neither would ac-

cept a deal only beneficial to the other party. It would even be an insult to propose a deal only beneficial to your own business.

Compromise in a relationship should work the same. If you’re in a relationship with someone who always takes and never gives, you’re settling. Your relationship is one-sided. Healthy relationships are like good business deals; both partners win.

Here’s the truth, everyone has settled at some point. It’s a decision made out of fear. Some women accept certain behaviors because they’re unsure they’ll meet someone else in the time frame they have in mind. Some men settle because of the time they’ve invested into a relationship.

We assume something is better than nothing. That’s so far from the truth. When one partner settles, no one wins. Even when settling seems to work in the beginning, it usually ends with resentment. Compromise helps relationships grow.

Settling is a sign that it’s time for a new relationship.

Jasmine Turner is a black love advocate, professional matchmaker, and founder of Black Match Made, a nationwide matchmaking service. She’s a mix of southern charm and Chicago grit. Find her @ jasloveslove

Daughter Loses Weight To Donate Life-Saving Kidney To Her Dad Aria Ellise, BDO Special Contributor

In 2016, retired father Lucious Daniels was diagnosed with Stage 4 kidney failure at the age of 71. Doctors told Daniels that without a kidney transplant he had little chance of survival.

Good news! His daughter Dawn Muhammad’s blood type was compatible with her father’s.

But the good news was only short-lived because there was one problem: Doctors told her she weighed too much and would not be able to donate to her father. That hit home for Muhammad. Not being able to give back to the man, the hero, who did so much for her growing up. She knew she had to do something.

After hearing the news, Muhammad said she “cried.”

“He is my superhero, he is the man I have

looked up to all my life,” Muhammad told “Good Morning America. “He has sacrificed a lot for our family, a lot,” she added.

“I looked at myself in the mirror and I said, ‘Let’s try this, let’s try this, let’s really try and commit to it,’” Muhammad said. “We told my father, ‘This isn’t the end, this can’t be the end, we have got to find a moment to help.’”

So, she quietly hired a personal trainer, changed her eating habits, and went on a 13-month journey to lose weight and lost 55 pounds.

Muhammad said she broke down in tears when she finally reached her goal and broke the news to her father.

“I said, ‘Dad … can I tell you a secret? I have been losing this weight not just for me, but for you!’” she recalled. “‘This weight loss has been for you, I need you to give me that paperwork, I need to be that donor for you.’”

“Anytime I felt myself about to eat the

wrong food, I reminded myself of that goal and I have that picture in my…

… mind of my dad. playing baseball, golfing, you know, living his life as he had always been living it – very active,” says Dawn Muhammad.

The transplant is scheduled for a week from Friday.

“Dawn’s mother wasn’t able to come home for a few weeks after Dawn was born,” remembers Daniels. “So I decided to bring her home myself and we created a bond that lasted for a lifetime.”

Muhammad said she has a message for other potential organ donors.

“Just do it,” she said. “It’s a selfless act.

It’s an act of love, not an act of sacrifice…I was blessed enough to help my father and I’m praying that someone else can do the same for their loved one.”

(Photo credit: ABC News Screenshot)

NAACP On Kavanaugh’s Troubling Civil Rights Record “This Senate hearing on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination should not go forward. The President is in personal legal jeopardy and only a fraction of Kavanaugh’s record has been produced. To proceed now threatens the legitimacy of the Senate’s constitutional review and the Supreme Court

itself.

What we do know of Judge Kavanaugh’s civil rights record is deeply troubling. His views on voting rights, affirmative action, equal employment, fair housing, and criminal justice could shut the courthouse door on justice for a generation. Senators need to

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fight this nomination with everything they have. There is simply too much at stake.”

Read findings on Kavanaugh’s Civil Rights record Learn more about NAACP’s fight for fair judicial appointments

Watch President Johnson speak out on the importance of fair courts Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities.

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