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Advocates Seeking Lower-Cost Prison Calls May Get Busy Signal

by Lisa Backus Ct News Junkie

A coalition of 20 advocacy groups is calling on lawmakers to lessen the financial burden on families with incarcerated loved ones by passing legislation in the upcoming special session to make prison phone calls free.

Support authentic, locally owned and operated public service journalism! Become a member But it doesn’t appear that any legislation with a price tag will be on the agenda, according to one state senator.

The cost of phone calls to remain in contact with an incarcerated loved one is disproportionately falling on people of color who are already struggling with the financial stresses of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the letter sent Thursday to legislative leaders including Appropriations Committee Co-Chairs Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, and Rep. Toni Walker, D-New Haven.

“Prior to the pandemic, nearly one in three families with an incarcerated loved one went into debt trying to stay connected and women – largely Black and brown women – carried 87 percent of the burden,” the letter said.

Rampant unemployment during the pandemic has caused the same families to struggle to pay rent and buy food, making the cost of prison phone calls even more financially stressful, the organizations said.

“These families and their children are going without food and facing evictions,” the letter said. “They are the same families and children disproportionately targeted by mass incarceration and reliant on prison communication.”

Under its contract with Securus Technologies, the state is taking in about $7.7

million annually by charging up to 68% more than the actual cost of the service for certain in-state calls. The state’s Criminal Justice Information System receives about $2 million annually from the phone contract and the Department of Correction receives about $350,000, which is used to pay for programs for inmates.

The rest of the money, about $5.5 million, goes to the Judicial Branch to pay for probation officers in a specialized unit that works to ensure that those on probation don’t get rearrested for technical violations.

In April 2019, the Judiciary and Appropriations Committees approved a bill that would have made the calls free. However, it died on the House calendar without a vote.

The state then entered into talks with Securus in May 2019 to cut the cost of the calls which cost families about $4-5 for 15 minutes, but no action on the multiyear contract with the prison telecommunications giant has been taken.

State Rep. Josh Elliot, D-Hamden, led the charge to resurrect the bill early in the 2020 session and the effort received a boost in February when Gov. Ned Lamont agreed to give the Judicial Branch $3.5 million in funding to pay for the 32 probation officers funded by the phone commissions.

But all legislative action stopped when the pandemic began to spread across Connecticut in mid-March.

The 20 advocacy groups, including the Connecticut American Civil Liberties Union, the CT Children with Incarcerated Parents Initiative, Greater Hartford Legal Aid, and Worth Rises, a New York-based organization that focuses on mass incarceration issues, contend that the actual cost of the calls is between $1.1 to $1.3

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million – but families were spending $14 million before the pandemic hit.

The groups want the legislature to take up the issue during the special session expected to be scheduled next week. Judiciary Co-Chair Sen. Gary Winfield said he has been a proponent of cutting the cost of the calls from the start, but at this point it’s in the hands of the Appropriations Committee.

“I will definitely engage with them,” Winfield said. “But when it comes to funding, it’s always an Appropriations issue.”

Osten said she had not seen the letter yet, but she was under the impression that legislative leaders had agreed not to tackle any financial bills during the special session.

“It’s getting a little late to get something on the agenda,” Osten said. “Maybe if they had approached us a month ago, we could have looked at it.”

DOC officials did grant inmates two free phone calls a week when in-person prison visits were cancelled in March due to the pandemic. But the advocacy groups said that given the fact that roughly 16% of the state’s prison population has been infected with COVID-19, including seven inmates who have died, it’s not enough.

“Like all families, families with incarcerated loved ones have sought connectedness during this critical time,” the letter said. “In fact, families impacted by incarceration are desperate to connect because the well-being of their loved ones is more at risk than most.”

COVID Test Rate Reaches 1.6%; Lamont To Offer Guidance On Halloween

by Christine Stuart Ct News Junkie

HARTFORD, CT -Connecticut’s positive test rate for coronavirus has jumped to 1.6% and hospitalizations have increased to 75, which is the highest they’ve been since July, according to Gov. Ned Lamont.

“That’s still one of the lowest in the country, but that is a trend,” Lamont said.

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This is the first full week of positivity at or above 1% the state has seen in months.

A total of 220 people tested positive since Wednesday bringing the total number of positive cases up to 55,396.

Despite the increase in cases, Lamont said he’s looking forward to Halloween.

“I anticipate we’re going to have a Halloween season,” Lamont said Thursday.

“It’s a time of the year when people automatically wear masks, they often wear gloves, so it seems like you’re 90% of the

way towards a safe way to do Halloween just by definition.”

In Springfield, Mass., Mayor Domenic J. Sarno announced on Sept. 11 that door-todoor trick-or-treating will not be allowed this year. However, “COVID-19 safe events, such as drive by, drive-through,

drive-in, and/or car parade events may take place as long as proper public health and safety protocols and guidelines are followed and adhered to,” a press release from the city says.

Lamont says he’s going to offer guidance soon on Halloween.

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“I guess we have to issue some sort of guidance on that,” Lamont said. “But tell your five-year-old I’m really hopeful she’ll be able to get her candy.”

In the meantime, teachers’ unions have called for an increase in testing at schools.

The Lamont administration doesn’t believe the recent uptick in cases is necessarily related to schools reopening.

Josh Geballe, Lamont’s chief operating officer, said that of the 600,000 Connecticut students and teachers, only 48 students and 27 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19.

“As a percentage of the population it’s considerably lower than the rest of the state of Connecticut, “ Geballe said.

He said they are looking to create a website specifically for the school-based data.

Geballe said the schools districts are being very transparent and communicating with their school communities.

“I think we’re seeing many school districts put up their own websites,” Geballe said.

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Census, Voter Registration Crews Join Forces

by RAM VISHWANATHAN New Haven I ndependent

Demetrius Hyman had been eager to register for the Census ever since he changed his address, but had never quite had the chance to in the past. Saturday he was in luck: at a little past noon he hit one of many tents set up on the New Haven Green and completed the task with an ease that relieved and impressed him.

At an adjacent booth, Monica CloudRogers, a volunteer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was similarly buoyant: her group had enjoyed an excellent day so far, registering what she estimated to be around 25 new voters by the midway point of the event.

The NAACP was one of multiple civic organizations that joined hands on this brisk mid-September afternoon to pursue a double quest: to register voters in time for the 2020 election, and to make sure every last resident is counted in the 2020 census.

Booths run by Census 2020 and the Registrar of Voters held center stage. An impressive list of participants at the event included the New Haven Free Public Library, Caregiver Homes, the League of Women Voters of CT, the Kennedy Center, Project MORE, Witnesses to Hunger, the Urban League of Southern Connecticut and the Community Action Agency of New Haven.

Addie Kimbrough (pictured), a volunteer for New Haven’s Complete Count Committee and the co-organizer of the event, remarked that the partnership was a natural one. “Voting and the census go hand in hand,” she said, stressing the importance of increased civic engagement in all its forms.

For Kimbrough, the city’s low completion rate of the Census in its past iterations has cost New Haven. “Ten years ago, we lost a state representative because our percentage was so low,” Kimbrough said. “This year, we’ve been working vigorously to correct that,” she continued.

Kimbrough has been volunteering for the Complete Count Committee since February 2019; she spent more than a month planning Saturday’s event.

For Kimbrough, every incremental effort brought very tangible rewards. For example, every additional individual registered in the Census count would stand to bring the city an additional $29,000 in funding over the next decade, resources that she argued are sorely needed in schools and hospitals, and for the poor and homeless.

Event co-organizer Shannel Evans (pictured), New Haven’s Democratic registrar of voters, cited similar challenges in getting citizens to vote. Even residents who do vote often “don’t have knowledge of the candidate or of the positions they hold,” she said, raising her voice above the DJ system that partners UglyRadio had set up alternating between popular pop music and rap songs that chorused to the line, “Don’t let them count you out.”

Rosa Melendez Ibarra, an employee with the 2020 Census, guiding a resident through the registration process.

Passersby were also offered free tacos and ice cream on the condition that they received stickers from at least ten of the booths present.

Even in the midst of a challenging year topped off by the Covid-19 pandemic, Evans saw “so many people who want to be good citizens” participating on Saturday. Evans stated that she had earlier contacted Yale University and helped identify and register Yale students in advance.

With the partnership with Project MORE, an organization that seeks to reintegrate ex-offenders into their local communities, meanwhile, Evans hoped that the needs of individuals navigating the criminal justice system could also be met.

New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker kicked off a series of speeches that opened up the event, emphasizing the importance of registering for Census 2020: “Now more than ever, people filling out the census is vital — for funding, for representation in Congress, and to make sure every person counts.”

When asked for comment on New Haven’s historically low response rates, Elicker stated that his office was aware of the issue, and had identified a few key reasons for this phenomenon, from the city’s large undocumented population to the transitory nature of many of its resi-

dents. Like Evans, Elicker also remarked that these issues have the potential to be self-perpetuating: low response rates denied the community important resources it needed, creating a sense of marginalization that fostered mistrust in government.

“So often, we don’t have the voice — we see it in the outcry against systemic racism, and when seeing a low amount of economic resources allocated to support communities,” Elicker said.

State Sen. Gary Winfield stressed that the need to register for the Census was made doubly urgent by the redistricting that is to take place next year. Civic participation ensures that “the right voices are representing the community,” he said.

Tyisha Walker-Myers, the President of the Board of Alders of New Haven, and Caprice Taylor-Mendez, a program manager of the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, delivered passionate speeches that located the importance of registering for the Census and to vote in the politics of the moment.

“Something’s going on,” Taylor-Mendez said, imploring the crowd to vote. “Every year before 2020 has come and manifest itself into 2020. You can complain on November 4th, or on January 20th. But on November 3rd, we can’t complain — we have to go out and vote.”

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Newhallville Mural Delivers A Message

by BRIAN SLATTERY

New Haven I ndependent

A crowd descended on Bassett Street in Newhallville, ready with brushes, rollers, and cans and cans of paint. They were there to make art that delivered a simple, powerful message — Black lives matter — by spelling it out on the street for all to see.

The street mural, painted on Saturday, was born of a collaboration among the City of New Haven Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Black Lives Matter New Haven, community organizers, and New Haven artist Kwadwo Adae. It was sponsored by contributions from the City of New Haven, Black Lives Matter New Haven, The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Neighborhood Music School, International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Music Haven, and several private donors.

“It was something Black Lives Matter wanted to do for a while,” said Ala Ochumare, co-founder of Black Lives Matter New Haven. She said that when BLM organizers reached out to the city, they found that “the city wanted to do it at the same time.” Officials in the Arts, Culture and Tourism Division and Adae had already been talking about doing a public art project. In one conversation, Adae said, “it was inferred that they were looking for an artist to spearhead the project, and I was happy to be involved.”

This is the first mural to come out of the collaboration; a second Black Lives Matter mural on Temple Street is already planned for October. But “we knew we wanted to do it in Newhallville first,” said Ochumare. “Because it’s for the community. We don’t want another Columbus statue.” On a personal level, “this is where I grew up,” said Ochumare. “I used to live down this street.”

The sense of community building extended to the painting of the mural itself.

It was a way for “folks to come out and be a community,” Ochumare said. “do some art, sit and talk with one another.”

Adae had prepared for the project by first drawing the outline of the letters on Bassett Street, which he did overnight on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights, when traffic was at its quietest.

By 9 a.m. on Saturday, about a dozen volunteers were already at work painting the street.

A pickup truck approached Bassett Street from a side street to the north, and Ochumare waved the truck down to explain that Bassett Street had to be closed for the mural. The driver got out to check it out further, nodding his approval. “You can join us if you want,” Ochumare said.

She said the same to a couple kids who were watching from a nearby porch.

They took Ochumare up on her invitation. “I’m so glad you’re going to paint

with us,” Ochumare said to them. “Then you can tell people, ‘I painted that. This is my mural.” She gave the kids masks, showing them how to wear them properly for protection.

Adae was moving up and down the street helping people roll out paint. “Just put your backs into it a little bit,” he said to a group of volunteers. When he came by, he took the two kids to a spot on the street that required finer work. He then showed them how the outline he had made on the street worked, and the two kids got down to business both sharpening the line and filling in the space.

Another girl approached with a mask already on. She wanted to paint as well.

“Let me get you a brush, OK?” Adae said.

The number of volunteers, some of them passerby, began to grow. By 11 a.m. the project had about 25 people in the street.

“I didn’t know what kind of turnout we would get,” Adae said. “It’s so nice to see people out here.”

Shirley Lawrence, a resident of the street, longtime activist, and co-chair of the neighborhood’s management team, said she could do “a couple strokes.”

“I have the honor of living in front of it,” she said. “I think it’s going to be refreshing to come out of the house and see this monument. I think it’ll inspire people to remember that it’s a struggle that we’re going to be in for the rest of our lives — and inspire us to do better.”

Lawrence had been among those collecting signatures in the neighborhood for a

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petition in support of the project. “Before we could finish the sentence about what we wanted to do, they said ‘give me the pen,’” she said.

By midday the crew of volunteers had finished painting the yellow shapes Adae’s mural plan required. There were two colors to go, but they would have to wait until the first coat of paint was dry.

In the meantime, the organizers hosted an open mic of poetry and dance.

Black Lives Matter New Haven CoFounder Sun Queen brought the crowd together with some protest call and response, followed by positive poetry that rang down the block.

Earl brought African dance moves to the street.

And Isaac delivered words of wisdom.

The yellow paint was now dry, and with plenty of daylight left, a refreshed crew of volunteers got to work painting the second color, which would give the letters of the mural their shape.

With the second color finished, the letters spelling out the message — Black lives matter — were clearly visible as one walked along Bassett Street from Shelton to Dixwell. There was a brief moment of dread and panic at 5 p.m. when a fire engine appeared, siren blaring, on Bassett Street, on the other side of Shelton Avenue. It looked like it might have to continue down Bassett Street, where the paint on the mural was not yet dry. Everyone watched as the fire engine halted, then turned north on Shelton. The mural was still safe.

It remained only for Adae to put the finishing touches on the letters, skating across the now bright yellow street as he rolled out white highlights. The mural was done, with plenty of daylight to spare.

“There’s so much public art right now,” Adae said. “So nice to see the city engage it.” Adae’s first mural in New Haven was in 2001, and he recalled getting permission and support for public art to be an extremely arduous process at first. He was pleased that this appeared to be changing. “Even in this one year, so many pieces have gone up,” Adae said. “I’ve never had the city reach out to artists and engage them in public art projects”; that the city was doing so was “a welcome change,” and now there was “momentum” to create more.

For Adae, public art was part of public health. “When your surroundings are beautified, it changes you,” he said. “It’s the same as when your house is clean — it reflects how you feel internally. It could be the difference between having a good day and having a bad day.” Especially during the pandemic, he said, “anything that promotes positive health benefits is something we should be a part of.”

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PAC Eyes Black Progressive Power

by THOMAS BREEN

New Haven I ndependent

Five Black, female civic leaders — including the city’s public housing chief, an assistant public schools superintendent, and the former president of a local sorority — have launched a political action committee aimed at translating this summer’s grassroots uprisings for racial justice into lasting state and local political power.

The name of that new organizing and fundraising body is Ella’s Fund PAC. The co-founders are Karen DuBois-Walton, Karimah Mickens, LaMara Russell, Keisha Redd-Hannans, and Pia Gero.

On Thursday morning, DuBois-Walton, Mickens, and Russell spoke with WNHHFM radio host Babz Rawls-Ivy on “LoveBabz LoveTalk” about the inspiration behind and mission for this new partisan initiative.

“This is just a moment when the whole country and this community is having a reckoning around racial inequities and racial injustice,” said DuBois-Walton. “One piece of that has to be our political power, and the reasons we build political power.

This political action committee is one tool for funding, engaging, and supporting political power.”

The female co-founders said that they plan to use the PAC to raise money to support progressive candidates for state and local office in New Haven and Hamden, with a focus on “more marginalized communities,” particularly Black and brown communities.

DuBois-Walton said the candidates that Ella’s Fund will ultimately support must have proven track records, in grassroots and formal leadership, in promoting the various progressive ideals of the PAC, including: ending poverty, environmental justice, accessible health care, high quality education, homeownership and affordable housing, criminal justice reform, and economic development and wealth creation for

Ella’s Fund PAC organizers Pia Gero, Keisha Redd-Hannans, Karimah Mickens, Karen DuBois-Walton, and LaMara Russell.

Black and brown people.

Russell said that the mission of the new PAC is perhaps best encapsulated by one of her favorite quotes from the late civil rights leader Ella Baker, after whom the PAC is named.

“Oppressed people, whatever their level of formal education, have the ability to understand and interpret the world around them, to see the world for what it is, and move to transform it,” Russell said, reading the words of the woman who played such a key role in fundraising for and building political power for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC),

and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the mid-20th century.

From Covid-19 And BLM Organizing To Political Power The local women behind this new PAC are no strangers to social, political and public life in New Haven and Hamden.

DuBois-Walton is the current head of Elm City Communities/Housing Authority of New Haven, a member of the state Board of Education, a co-founder of Storytellers New Haven, and a former mayoral chief of staff. Redd-Hannans is a New Haven Pub-

lic Schools assistant superintendent and former principal in the city school system.

Mickens is a recently elected member of the Hamden Democratic Town Committee and the former president of the New Haven alumnae chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Russell said she has spent her career in finance; DuBois-Walton said that Gero is a business owner “passionately committed to affordable homeownership.”

All five are active members of the local Delta Sigma Theta alumnae chapter, which for years has hosted community forums on voting rights, the Census, and how to increase political engagement among New Haven’s Black and brown communities.

DuBois-Walton said that, unlike the nonpartisan efforts of Delta Sigma Theta, this new, separate PAC will be explicitly and intentionally partisan. It will advocate for specific candidates and political causes.

“We are bonded through Deltas, but this is something we’ve done very separately from Deltas,” she said.

Mickens said that the PAC plans to provide a “101 basics” public education around local and statewide politics. She said the PAC’s website, social media feeds, and other promotional activities will shine a light on who New Haven and Hamden local and state elected officials are, what they are responsible for, and what elections are coming up and when.

DuBois-Walton stressed that the impetus for creating this new PAC came from the twin devastations of the Covid-19 pandemic and the “very visible, violent killings of unarmed Black Americans all across this country.”

Both of these crises have led to heightened public awareness about structural, racial inequities that continue to plague this country, she said. They’ve also inspired community activism and mass movements of people working to force this country to “reckon with its legacy and continued expressions of racial injustice and inequity.”

This PAC, she said, is designed to help translated that activism into formal political power.

Russell said that the PAC has set a fundraising goal of $10,000 by the end of the year, and that it is already halfway towards meeting that goal. She said individuals can give up to $1,000 per year; other PACs can donate up to $2,000 per year.

According to the PAC’s filings with the State Elections Enforcement Commission, Mickens is the chair of Ella’s Fund PAC, Russell is the treasurer, Gero is the deputy treasurer. Between June 26 and July 7 — the most recent SEEC filing period — the PAC reported raising $250.

U.S. Education Department Threatens To Cut Funding To Several CT School Districts

by Lisa Backus

New Haven I ndependent

The New Haven school system has no transgender athletes, according to Mayor Justin Elicker, but the district was among several in Connecticut targeted for funding cuts by the U.S. Department of Education.

That’s because the district is a member of the Connecticut Interscholatistic Athletic Conference, which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity.

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“It is unethical that the federal government is using extortion to force New Haven to implement a policy that is against our values and against state law,” Elicker said.

If the U.S. Department of Education attempts to withhold funding, Elicker said the city will take legal action.

Officials in New Haven and several other

municipalities targeted for potential cuts are in discussions with federal Education Department officials to resolve the issue, he said.

For New Haven, there’s $6 million on the line – the final two years of a $3 million per year grant that is used to fund science, technology, engineering and mathematics, social justice and other programs for five city schools.

Four of the schools are elementary and middle schools. The fifth has no high school-level athletic programs. But all could lose the Magnet School Assistance Program grant because the district is a member of the CIAC which governs high school sports, Elicker said.

“The federal government is using multiple angles in their efforts to deteriorate the rights of transgender individuals,” he said.

The state of Connecticut banned discrimi-

nation based on gender identity in 2011.

The CIAC followed suit and also prohibits discrimination based on gender identity on the athletic field.

The CIAC policy was called into question early this year, however, when three cisgender female athletes filed a federal lawsuit claiming their right to equal participation under Title IX was being violated by the CIAC, which allows transgender females to compete in women’s sports.

New Haven was not among the municipalities named in the lawsuit, which is still pending.

The federal Department of Education Office of Civil Rights issued two letters of “Impending Enforcement Action” to the municipalities being sued following an investigation. Those include Glastonbury, Bloomfield, Cromwell, Hartford, Canton and Danbury.

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The Office of Civil Rights concluded from the investigation that cisgender female high school students had been denied athletic benefits and opportunities to participate in finals and championships because of the transgender policy.

As a result, those school districts that had been investigated were threatened with losing various types of funding, according to court papers.

But New Haven is among five Connecticut districts, including the Capitol Region Education Council which runs magnet schools in the greater Hartford area, and similar schools in New London, Groton, Enfield and Norwich, that receive the MSAP money and were told their funding was in jeopardy unless they agree to not discriminate on race, sex, religion, color, national origin or disability.

“Congress requires the Department to with-

hold funds from schools that aren’t in compliance with the law,” said Angela Morabito, press secretary at the U.S. Department of Education.

“Connecticut applicants declined – on multiple occasions – to assure the Office for Civil Rights that they are in compliance with Title IX.” Elicker contends that the federal agency has a process for changing their policies that they aren’t following. He also said the federal government is asking the city to violate state law by discriminating based on gender identity.

The process to receive the funding includes a signed “civil rights non-discrimination assurance” form and the Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights must determine that the “assurances” are met, according to the agency.

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Neighbors Unite To “Freshin Up” Beaver Hills

by EMILY HAYS

New Haven I ndependent

Salwa Abdussabur paused while raking up trash to wave at a passing car and call out a greeting to the driver visible through the open window.

It was “Freshin Up Friday” — when Abdussabur and her neighbors take to the streets in a new initiative to improve life in Beaver Hills.

Abdussabur, who grew up in Beaver Hills, started the Freshin Up initiative in July as part of a quest to build neighborly connections. Heres is one of several initiatives that have been keeping neighbors together, face to face, building community during the pandemic.

The 21-year-old Abdussabur recently returned home after a stint in Los Angeles that was shortened by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Salwa held their first Freshin Up Friday’s in July as their own form of protest against the killing of George Floyd by a police officer. The Black Lives Matter protests that Floyd’s death sparked occurred at the height of Covid-19 cases in New Haven.

Because Salwa’s sister-in-law had a baby at home, the longtime activist felt unable to join the thousands who took to the streets.

Instead, Salwa turned that pent-up energy into building community across economic disparities within Beaver Hills. They said that they noticed one side of the neighborhood, the northern side of Goffe Street, was getting more attention and street sweeping from the city than the other side.

“We wait until a young person dies to be their family. I believe that [violence] does not thrive when we know each each other,” Salwa said in an interview with their father, retired city cop and business owner Shafiq Abdussabur (who also hosts WNHH’s Urban Talk Radio program).

“This is my service to folks who don’t have the capacity, because there is a war on their mental, physical and psychological health,” Salwa said.

“I’ve met more neighbors in this process than I’ve met my whole life,” Freshin Up Friday happens every other week from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Salwa started this past Friday’s clean-up at the corner of Goffe and Winthrop Avenue with an assortment of carts, trash bags, gloves, masks and other equipment.

Salwa said that they were able to buy some of the equipment from donations, largely through their Venmo account, salwa_withlove. Other items, like the carts, rakes and brooms, came from the Abdussabur household.

By 5 p.m, two other volunteers had arrived. The trio set off down Winthrop.

Almost immediately, Salwa and family friend Nan Bartow met a Winthrop neighbor. Cheryl Sargeant peeked out of her hedges to talk about past neighborhood clean-up efforts she had been involved in.

She described trees she had helped plant and early mornings spent picking up trash,

until she was frightened by meeting two men at 6 a.m. in her own backyard.

Salwa nodded and listened. Cheryl asked whether Salwa knew anyone who could help her plow snow or tend to her yard now that she is older. Salwa jotted down Cheryl’s contact information to pass on to her brother.

The two neighbors had lived on the same street for almost 20 years and had never met each other before.

“This is more of a passing of the baton, rather than something fresh and new,” Salwa explained.

While doing research for Freshin Up, Salwa had stumbled upon a video of Nan in a previous neighborhood clean-up effort.

“Nan has been part of a lot of these initiatives. They die out. There’s nothing wrong with that,” Salwa said.

Meanwhile, Dominic Warshaw combed through the edges of a new sunflower bed on the other side of Winthrop for broken glass. Dominic and Salwa have known each other for years from queer youth organizing in the city. Salwa had told Dominic, who lives in Wooster Square, about Freshin Up Friday’s the night before over dinner.

“I like dirty work,” Dominic said from the depths of the flower bed.

Dominic has gotten involved in mutual aid networks to relieve their pandemic-related anxiety. Most often, Dominic drives food and cash to recipients of the aid. Dominic likes the informal set-up of these networks and how they feel less hierarchical and impersonal than nonprofits can be.

“This is more relational, which feels really important right now when we are so isolated,” Dominic said, while peeling gum from the sidewalk.

Salwa crossed over to Dominic to hand over a trash picker.

“I need to preserve your back,” Salwa said.

Dominic tried out the new tool and learned that they could pick up a bobby pin without bending over. Salwa joked that they were going to add that to their resumé.

Shafiq arrived to help his daughter. Because Dominic was leaving, Salwa took over Dominic’s trash can.

Around the trio, one neighbor tended to potted plants and another offered advice to acquaintances through the window of a stopped car. Across the street, a group of teenagers shouted and played basketball in a front yard.

“The key is to be consistent,” Salwa said.

“Even if it’s only me, or only two people, everybody knows what I’m doing.”

Salwa said that they have cleaned more sidewalks with the help of two very effective people than with ten volunteers.

Both Shafiq and Salwa fall into the “very effective” category. Rather than picking through grass, Salwa rakes the trash onto the sidewalk and then sweeps it up with their family’s industrial-style brooms.

EMILY HAYS PHOTO Shafiq (left) and Salwa Abdussabur on Friday Winthrop Ave. clean-up crew.

Shafiq Abdussabur runs a cleaning and construction company, Eco Urban Pioneers. Shafiq reeled off a list of advice picked up through the business: Know your scope—how much time you are going to spend, what you are going to pick up and what you won’t. Have the right equipment and enough of it for everyone. Keep your team safe with reinforced gloves, hand sanitizers and masks.

Salwa said that they kept the Freshin Up Friday’s initiative intentionally separate from any nonprofit or other agency that makes money based on inequality and poverty. Their hope is to eventually pass on the initiative to another young person of color.

“Nonprofits should be working to go out of business,” Salwa said.

“Black nonprofits don’t get funded at the same rate as white nonprofits,” or bring in Black executives or board members, Shafiq added.

Nan keeps up a similar pace to Salwa, focusing on cans and large pieces of trash.

A retired High School in the Community English teacher, she has the time she used to spend grading papers to herself now.

She has been interested in building communities since serving in the Peace Corps in the 1960s. Neighborhood volunteer efforts fit the bill. She now has a tightknit group of friends through the Friends Of Beaver Pond Park. She said that she planned to spend Saturday kayaking with the group and pulling trash out of the pond.

Like members of other park-based volunteer groups, Nan and the other park friends focus on invasive plants as well. Nan pointed out a weed that she said has been creeping more into the neighborhoods and can be nearly impossible to clear out without expertise.

While Shafiq and Salwa chatted with a neighbor across the street, Nan grabbed a soggy, greyed-out sock and a flattened aluminum can from the gutter.

“What most people don’t realize is that what’s here will end up in Beaver Pond Park,” Nan said.

She pointed out the oily surface of the water below and recounted a story of finding the ground next to the pond pigmented pink and purple because someone had thrown paint down the drain.

“That’s one reason why people don’t swim there,” she said.

Around 6 p.m, the remaining crew met at the corner of Percival and Carmel streets.

As they loaded the equipment into the back of Shafiq’s truck, they chatted about visions for the future.

“I want to save the world,” Salwa said.

“You’re saving it,” Shafiq responded.

While Nan and Shafiq had a parallel conversation about other community initiatives planned for the next few months, Salwa said that they want to expand the cleanup efforts into some form of mutual aid. Salwa and other volunteers have alCon’t on page 14

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LCI Chief Stepping Down THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September 23, 2020 - September 29, 2020

by PAUL BASS

New Haven I ndependent

Serena Neal-Sanjurjo is resigning as chief of New Haven’s neighborhoods anti-blight agency after expanding its mission to promote affordable homeownership and jobcreation.

Neal-Sanjurjo will retire from her post as executive director of the Livable City Initiative (LCI) as of Oct. 9.

She informed her employees of the decision in a Tuesday evening email message. In the message, she called the decision “one of the most difficult decisions I have had to make in more than 30 years of working in neighborhood community development.”

In a conversation Wednesday with the Independent, Neal-Sanjurjo said it was a lifestage personal decision to step down. She said she hopes to contribute part-time in some form to seeing through some projects she got started, such as the redevelopment of Dixwell Plaza and the former Church Street South as well as a worker-owned laundry in Newhallville. She plans to do that through the quasi-public Economic Development Corporation, which works closely with city government.

“I’m not done yet,” Neal-Sanjurjo said, adding that she looks forward to “supporting the city and the administration in its initiatives toward reinvesting our neighborhoods.”

The Elicker administration mid-Wednesday had not yet announced a replacement for Neal-Sanjurjo.

“Serena was an incredible asset to the city. I’m very sad to see her go. She’s been in particular very dedicated to improving options for affordable housing. Many more residents now have access to high-quality affordable housing because of her work,” Mayor Justin Elicker told the Independent.

“LCI is in good hands. We have the best team in city government,” Neal-Sanjurjo said.

Former Mayor John DeStefano created LCI in the 1990s to send neighborhoodbased government workers throughout the city to respond to building code and nuisance complaints and to help neighbors reclaim abandoned spaces to create community gardens, additions to their homes, or new buildings.

Neal-Sanjurjo, a Hillhouse High School grad who grew up in the Dixwell neighborhood’s Florence Virtue Homes, held community-development posts in New Orleans and Baltimore (where she appeared as a walk-on for two scenes of The Wire). She came home to run LCI in 2014. In addition to overseeing its building code enforcement and property acquisition functions, she had the agency create affordable housing of its own, helping working New Haveners purchase multi-families to live in and rent out some of the units (such as this

project on Judith Terrace). LCI also revisited unfinished past deals to spur developers to build more affordable housing. She has paid particular attention to Newhallville, where LCI is building nine new affordable two-family homes on a long-vacant stretch

by Thompson Street and Winchester Avenue.

She also worked on broader job-creation projects currently in planning stages, such as the worker-owned laundry for Newhallville and a commercial revival plan for Dixwell Avenue.

One of Neal-Sanjurjo’s LCI deputies, Rafael Ramos, called Neal-Sanjurjo among the most effective department heads he has seen in his over 20 years in city government.

“She’s tough. And she got it done,” Ramos said Wednesday.

LCI instituted a grassroots democracybudgeting effort under Neal-Sanjurjo.

Called the Neighborhood Public Improvement Program, it gave community management teams $10,000 to spend however they wish to improve their communities.

Neal-Sanjurjo also worked on the deal last year that requires a new owner to keep half of the Ninth Square’s housing affordable.

In her email message to her department, Neal-Sanjurjo said the decision to resign was so hard “not because of the job but because of you! It is rare in this business that

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THOMAS BREEN PHOTO Neal-Sanjurjo updates Newhallville neighbors on development plans.

one can get the opportunity to work with people that you consider more than just coworkers but family.

“Together we have reinvented LCI. ...

The Executive Team of LCI have taken my crazy ideas and brought them to life ... However, we’re not done yet. There’s still so much more we can do together, we have tenacity, now how and the foundation for the work we’ve built at LCI to keep us focused.”

In her part-time work at the Economic Development Corporation, Neal-Sanjurjo’s responsibilities will include “planning, guiding, and executing redevelopment projects currently underway, and identifying other possible redevelopment projects and partners for continued inclusive growth throughout New Haven,” EDC Executive Director Virginia Kozlowski is quoted as a saying in a city government press release issued Wednesday afternoon.

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Ribbons Cut Amid Recession On New Storefront Eateries

by RABHYA MEHROTRA New Haven I ndependent

In the midst of a pandemic-spawned recession, New Haven officials Wednesday cut the ribbon on three new storefront businesses.

A group of restaurant owners and government officials, including Mayor Justin Elicker and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz joined a group of business and government officials for the first outside of CBH (Crafted by Hand) Cafe at 167 Orange St. at 12:30 p.m.

The three restaurants highlighted were CBH, Vegan Ahava, and Edible Couture.

CBH Cafe technically opened up in July, while Vegan Ahava and Edible Couture have now opened a shared storefront business after operating as food truck and catering enterprises.

Chris Bateman, the owner of CBH Cafe grew up in Connecticut. His career as a hotel chef took him around the world. “I helped open up 16 restaurants in Dubai,” he said. “But I’ve also done openings in Hartford and Stamford.”

He’s now been living in the East Haven area for four years, and has “dreamed of having a restaurant in New Haven for ten to 15 years.” This is Bateman’s first time opening up a restaurant on his own.

“The best part is that you can completely do what you want,” he said. “I have total creative license.”

His new cafe serves breakfast and lunch.

Dishes range from a bacon-cheddaravocado-egg “sunrise quesadilla” and corned-beef hash bowl to chipotle cauliflower tacos and truffled grill cheese.

His favorite dish? The Huli Huli chicken tacos, which he learned while working in Hawai’i.

His new customers include Gabriel Legos, who first came right when the cafe opened. “It’s pretty courageous to open up in a pandemic, so I came in and asked what the best sandwich was,” Legos said. “[Bateman] couldn’t give one answer, but I liked what I got! I’ve been back about

RABHYA MEHROTRA PHOTO One of Wednesday’s ribbon-cuttings.

six or eight times.”

The second ribbon-cutting took place at 129 Court St., where Vegan Ahava and Edible Couture have jointly moved their businesses.

Poreyah Benton is the owner of Vegan Ahava; Trisha Hudson owns Edible Couture. They met when Benton posted about co-owning a cafe space on Facebook.

The two women clicked, opening up a joint storefront together two months ago.

“We’re like family now,” said Hudson.

Hudson, of Edible Couture, always knew she “wanted to be an entrepreneur and open up her own bakery.” She loves making desserts; her favorite recipe is her ba-

nana pudding cupcake.

Fourteen years ago, she began a catering business out of her home, eventually expanding into a food truck in the last three years. Hudson’s business is truly a family affair: “My mother helps with the dishes, my son runs the register, and her husband drives the truck and runs errands,” Hudson said.

The move from truck to storefront was not Hudson’s idea. “I was content with a truck,” she said, “but my customer base wanted more.”

Benton, of Vegan Ahava, also initially had a food truck. (“Ahava” is Hebrew for “love.”)

She opened her truck last November, often parked at the corner of College and Elm Streets. (Read a previous story about that here.) . Its convenient location near parks and the Green allowed people to sit and meet for meals. “People, especially vegans, have so few places to go,” Benton said. “Often I’ll see families bring blankets and have a whole picnic on the Green. I love that.”

Benton decided to open up a storefront when “things slowed down around Covid,” since she had always needed a space to work and store food. “I’m trying to let my customers know that we’ve also got this space,” she said, “because so

many people still just come to the truck.”

Popular dishes include the Jackson Five” (sweet potatoes, kale, collards, macaroni and cheese, and bbq “drummies,” with cornbread on the side) and lasagne.

“It’s been a struggle to get our businesses reopened during the pandemic,” and unemployment hit 10,000 over the summer, noted city economic development chief Michael Piscitelli. Business restrictions and closures have impacted the local economy, leading to a peak unemployment circulation of 10,000 in July, hitting restaurants particularly hard: the city found that the accommodations and food service industry accounted for the largest share of unemployment, or about 17 percent.

And now restaurants have helped steer the economy back, Piscitelli said:“Thanks to careful reopenings and new businesses, the unemployment circulation is now down to 8,200 as of August.”

Bysiewicz cited the “leap of faith and optimism” that each restaurant owner has had to open up during a pandemic. “It’s a testament to their creativity and New Haven as a restaurant mecca,” she said.

Mayor Elicker congratulated the business owners, although he warned that there “is a slight uptick of [Covid-19] cases in Connecticut, so we all need to be extra diligent.”

“We’ve started doing business surveys in each neighborhood,” said city economic development officer Dean Mac. “There are a surprising number of restaurants opening up, especially over the last month.” He, along with colleague Steve Fontana, noted that for every restaurant closed, another has opened.

Local programs also help with small businesses. “Collab, for example, helps pre development for small businesses before our staff come in,” said Steve Fontata, Deputy Economic Development Director. “In fact, they helped Vegan Ahava.”

Opinion: Put Families Before Eversource’s Greed

by JORGE CABRERA

New Haven I ndependent

(Opinion) Eversource is a prime example of a corporation that suffocates Connecticut’s working families.

The Covid-19 pandemic did not create the perils that our families face everyday, but it does highlight the barriers to success that already exist for thousands across the 17th State Senate District.

Our district, which covers Ansonia, Derby, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Hamden, Naugatuck and Woodbridge, has a per capita income of just under $37,000. We cannot tolerate senseless financial attacks by politically connected corporations.

These companies do not care about the mother who works two jobs to provide

for her children, senior citizens who struggle with the high cost of health care and prescription drugs, small business owners trying to stay afloat and so many other people who are just trying to support themselves and their families. These are good people who are just trying to make it.

Connecticut’s largest utility company, Eversource Energy, has done nothing but become a continuous financial headache to its customers. In the midst of a global pandemic and a series of storms that have made their way through Connecticut, families have been left devastated. The situation has been worsened by Eversource’s inability to do its job, take accountability, and overcome its greed for

the sake of the regular people trying to pay their bills.

Over one million homes in Connecticut were affected by Tropical Storm Isaias, and what were we left with? Spikes in utility rates and empty promises from Eversource.

How is this justified? How are increased costs and failures to provide basic services in the midst of a pandemic acceptable?

Eversource failed to meet the needs of Connecticut families during Tropical Storm Isaias and now they want permission from the state to borrow $700 million. Eversource made this request one week before the State Senate and House come together to assess a new system of performance-based rate-setting for utility

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suppliers. In short, they want Eversource customers to pay for their shortcomings!

Electricity rates have already spiked, and now they want more? The executives of Eversource received a 40 percent increase in salary last year compared to 2018. The five highest-paid Eversource executives made a total of just under $40 million in 2019.

This is why we need to put an end to the influence and power of corporations like Eversource, and the politicians that support them. My opponent, State Senator George Logan, refuses to call out his employer Eversource and demand accountability. In 2017, Logan refused to vote against a bill that ultimately resulted in a 40 percent increase in utility rate hikes.

State Senator Logan cannot be trusted to put families before Eversource. Like too many politicians who deceive their constituents, he simply has not stood up for the people that elected him.

Too many corporations are getting too big, too greedy, and too powerful. It’s time we do something about it.

That’s why I stand in full support of the Take Back Our Grid Act. This legislation has been proposed as a response to companies like Eversource. It also to puts a system of accountability in place that prioritizes people over profits.

This legislation is monumental in that it will hold electricity providers, like Eversource, accountable for poor results.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September 23, 2020 - September 29, 2020

Grape Leaves, Biryani Arrive On Temple Street

by EMILY HAYS

New Haven I ndependent

The staff wrapped the grape leaves carefully, filled them with just the right amount of tomato sauce and rice. The finished product — an Iraqi appetizer — was then available for purchase for $4.99.

It also served as a way for refugees to train for gainful employment.

The appetizer was for sale Tuesday, opening day for a new storefront business at 25 Temple St. run by a nonprofit called Havenly Treats.

It’s the second space in a few months for the nonprofit. This time, they have a year lease and bright orange evidence of their plans to stay.

Tuesday’s grape leaves were not quite up to the aesthetic goals of Head Chef Nieda Abbas.

“Over time, they will become more standardized. For the first time, they really learned a lot,” Abbas said.

The Temple Street location allows Havenly Treats to expand beyond the baklava they have become known for. The restaurant serves a mezze-style collection of appetizers like hummus and parsleybased tabbouleh, as well as main dishes like a falafel sandwich and the rice dish

biryani.

All of the dishes have an Iraqi twist. Abbas’ style of grape leaves have tomato sauce and are less lemon-heavy than Syrian versions. The sauce on the falafel sandwich involves pickled mango, and the tea includes cardamom.

Tucked behind the kitchen is a classroom. The six refugee fellows in the Havenly Treats program spend an hour a day on English, food safety, digital and financial literacy or advocacy. The last class teaches the fellows how to navigate local government to access services and push for policies.

Like local schools that are meeting inperson, only half of the class is present on any one day. The others attend the class virtually.

For Havenly Treats fellow Maryam Tareq, Tuesday’s cooking lessons were not as novel as the chance to work the iPad-based cash register.

Tareq is the oldest of five siblings and helps her mother cook for the family. The family left Iraq when Tareq was 7 years old and then later fled from Syria to Turkey to await passage to the United States.

Tareq has spent six years in New Haven now and has graduated from James Hill-

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EMILY HAYS PHOTO Havenly Treats Head Chef Nieda Abbas packs up boxes of grape leaves.

house High School and Gateway Community College. She is hoping to become a nutritionist and is thinking about more university education to achieve that goal.

“I love to give advice: how to eat healthy, that some food is not good. I love to help,” Tareq explained.

She spent Tuesday cooking and learning how to take orders.

“I’m so excited, because this is my first time,” she said.

Only a few tables and bright orange chairs fill the cafe space in front of the counter where Tareq was working. While

indoor seating is available, the restaurant is focusing on pickups and deliveries for the time being.

Havenly Executive Director Caterina Passoni said that the group knows the Covid-19 pandemic is a difficult time to open a restaurant. She expects that sales may drop off after Yale sends students home in November, but the organization’s baklava sales to cafes and grocery stores maintains a minimum income for the organization. If things get dire, the nonprofit also has access to fundraising in a way that most restaurants do not.

Havenly Treats has mostly been in pandemic relief mode for months, cooking free meals for refugee families and distributing them through the Semilla Collective and Apostle Immigrant Services.

Passoni estimated that the organization has donated 7,000 meals. They have the resources to continue the food aid for three months.

“We know a lot of businesses are struggling right now,” Passoni said. “It is definitely going to be difficult, but we are hoping this is something the community will want to support. And the food is delicious.”

First-time customers Jon Ozaksut and Rebecca Schneider agreed. The pair lives across the street and had spotted the new restaurant on the block. After scoping out Havenly Treats’ Instagram page, they decided to walk in.

Passoni told the pair that the asabe was free, as one dish would be each day of the opening week. They nodded and each accepted one of the rolled pastries.

After a request from the Independent, Ozaksut and Schneider turned away from the reporter, took off their masks and bit into the treats.

“It’s great. It’s a little different from baklava. I’m used to the pistachios in baklava and this has cashews. It’s nice,” Ozaksut reported.

“This is delicious. It’s a great treat,” Schneider said.

“I’m glad they’re here,” Ozaksut added.

Havenly Treats is open from noon to 8 p.m. on Tuesday through Saturday.

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Drivers like Valentine Perez, pictured, have had trouble enforcing the mask-wearing rule for riders.

by STAFF

New Haven I ndependent

Starting next week you’re going to have to pay to ride CTtransit buses again — and you’ll be able to board at the front.

The state Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the change in a press release Monday afternoon. The change takes effect this coming Monday, Oct. 5.

Since the Covid-19 outbreak, riders have had to enter buses through the rear door, and fare collection was suspended, in order to keep drivers and riders safe.

The buses are expected to have new safety barriers installed by next Monday, DOT Commissioner Joseph Giulietti stated in the release.

“The relaxation of fare enforcement allowed us to continue to provide service while we upgraded our bus fleets with the installation of safety barriers. These barriers, along with appropriate social distancing and wearing of masks by our customers and bus operators, will help ensure the safety of the bus riding public.”

Those buses without permanent barriers installed will have temporary ones, according to the release.

Meanwhile DOT has indefinitely put on hold structural changes aimed to improve the city’s broken bus system, promises the department has been making over 12 years of study.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September 23, 2020 - September 29, 2020

IN MEMORIAM:

NCNW mourns the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Dear NCNW Family,

My heart is broken over the passing of my shero, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But as Ella Baker’s words declared and were written and set in music by Bernice Johnson Reagon:

“We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes.”

And that is why we must honor our sister, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, by carrying on her relentless work for the emancipation of women, and the equality of all under the law.

Among Justice Ginsburg’s many critical judicial opinions were those involving disability rights, gender equality and affirmative action. The second woman

appointed to the Supreme Court, she stood firmly against discrimination leveled against her because she was a woman and a Jew. Her experiences as a woman and a mother, together with her superior intellect, shaped a legal philosophy firmly opposed to all forms of discrimination against marginalized people. She wrote bluntly in 1986, “to pretend that [affirmative action is unconstitutional] is to pretend that history never happened and that the present doesn’t exist.”

We all remember our sister’s fearless dissent from the 2013 Supreme Court decision to remove voting rights protections. Indeed it was that dissent that earned her the nickname “Notorious R.B. G.” When I vote in the November 3rd election, her name will be among the names of our heroes and sheroes

that I will call. The sincerest tribute that can be paid to Justice Ginsburg is to vote and urge everyone we know to do the same.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed on the evening of the beginning of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, a time when wishes are extended for a joyous and peaceful new year. Join me in wishing that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s soul will rest ever so peacefully during her new year as an ancestor for justice…..and forever more.

Onward!

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Carol H. Williams Receives Ad Age’s Prestigious Vanguard Award

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire

Carol H. Williams not only for her outstanding leadership but also for her longstanding commitment to freedom, justice, and equality. Our society and the world continue to be made better because of leaders like Carol H. Williams.”

Carol H. Williams will receive Ad Age’s Vanguard Award during this year’s Women to Watch Awards event scheduled tonight.

Williams, the CEO of Carol H. Williams Advertising, is being honored for a lifetime of significant achievements, including being named to the AAF Advertising Hall of Fame.

According to a news release, now in its second year, the Vanguard Awards is given to women like Williams, who have inspired, mentored, and blazed trails for other women in the industry.

“Carol H. Williams personifies the best and the most effective advertising genius mind in the global advertising industry,” said National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. “The NNPA congratulates and salutes

The first African American female to be named a VP and creative director at Leo Burnett Co., Williams opened her firm in 1986.

Among the Fortune 500 clients she has created work for are General Motors, General Mills, Kraft, Procter & Gamble, the U.S. Army, and Walt Disney Co. Williams is also the first African American creative inductee in the Advertising Hall of Fame and a 2020 Matrix Award honoree.

Her creative credits include Secret’s “Strong enough for a man but made for a woman,” and campaigns for brands

including New Freedom and Pillsbury while at Burnett.

Williams reportedly has led and motivated more than 5,000 employees over a more than 30-year career and has exceeded $30 million in revenue during highperformance and growth periods.

The agency previously won an award for its multicultural online and interactive campaign during the 2018 Chevy/NNPA DTU campaign.

“Powerful narratives are the shaping force in our lives and thereby creates empathy and motivates action at their most profound level,” Williams told NNPA Newswire in a statement on Tuesday, Sept. 15. “Narratives that ignite and nurture passions within us, envision new possibilities, develop confidence, and inspire us to overcome any obstacles that we face in making what was once unimaginable, imaginable,” she stated.

WNBA Star Maya Moore Helped Free a Wrongfully Convicted Man — And Then Married Him!

By BlackNews.com

Nationwide — Former WNBA star Maya Moore has announced that she and Jonathan Irons, a man whom she helped overturn a wrongful conviction and was released from prison last July, were married over the summer.

“We wanted to announce today that we are super excited to continue the work that we’ve been doing together, but doing it as a married couple,” Moore said in an interview with Good Morning America.

“We’re excited to share this new chapter of life together.”

Moore, who is now 31-years old, and Irons, who is now 40-years old, got married during the ongoing pandemic. They had a small gathering with their closest

his love for her while still in prison but waited until he was freed to ask her for marriage.

In March, a judge overturned Irons’ conviction, citing been issues with the investigation and trial of the case such as the fingerprint evidence blocked by the prosecutors that would have proved Iron’s innocence. He was released from prison on July 1.

Meanwhile, the married couple hopes to help others who have been wrongfully convicted as well.

“Hopefully, I can continue to do and whatever else, you know, that we can contribute to the fight because it’s a big fight and the more hands involved makes the work easier. So we’re doing our part,” Irons said.

friends and family, implementing health protocols such as wearing masks and social distancing.

Irons was then 16-years old in 1998 when he was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment after he was convicted by an allwhite jury for burglary and twice shooting a homeowner. Irons maintained his innocence through the years, saying he was wrongly identified.

In 2007, Moore, who was then 18-years old, met Irons during a visit to the Jefferson City Correctional Center in Missouri.

Moore paused her basketball playing career in February 2019 to focus more on helping overturn Iron’s wrongful conviction.

Their friendship blossomed gradually to a romantic relationship. Irons revealed

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September 23, 2020 - September 29, 2020

AARP Spotlights Importance of 50+ Voters in New Presidential and Senate State Polls

WASHINGTON, D.C. — AARP released a series of battleground state polls of likely voters in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The full survey results was be released on Tuesday, September 15.

“This election hinges on battleground states and these results show either candidate can win,” said Nancy LeaMond, AARP EVP and Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer. “Most importantly, people are casting their ballots earlier than ever. The window is closing, so candidates need to address concerns of 50plus voters now.”

Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump in five states: Colorado (50% to 40%), Maine (54% to 40%), Michigan (50% to 43%), Pennsylvania (49% to 46%) and Wisconsin (50% to 45%). Trump leads Biden in one state: Montana (50% to 43%). In five states, Biden and Trump are tied or within the margin of error: Arizona (48% to 47%), Florida (48% to 46%), Georgia (47% to 46%), Iowa (45% to 47%) and North Carolina (48% to 48%).

The polls also surveyed key U.S. Senate races, which found: In Arizona, Democrat Mark Kelly (48%) leads incumbent Republican Sen. Martha

McSally (45%).

In Colorado, Democratic former Governor John Hickenlooper (51%) leads incumbent Republican Sen. Cory Gardner (46%).

In Georgia, Democrat Jon Ossoff (48%) leads incumbent Republican Senator David Perdue (47%).

In Georgia’s special election, Repub-

lican Senator Kelly Loeffler (24%) leads Republican Congressman Doug Collins (20%), Democrat Raphael Warnock (19%), Democrat Matt Lieberman (10%), Democrat Ed Tarver (7%) and 19% of voters are undecided.

In Iowa, incumbent Republican Senator Joni Ernst (50%) leads Democrat Theresa Greenfield (45%).

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In Maine, Democrat Sara Gideon (44%) and incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins (43%) within the margin of error and Independent Lisa Savage with 6%.

Due to Maine’s Ranked Choice voting, undecided voters and those who support Lisa Savage, an independent candidate, were asked a follow up about their next choice. The results found Gideon (48%)

and Collins (47%) within the margin of error.

In Michigan, incumbent Democrat Sen. Gary Peters (45%) leads Republican John James (41%).

In Montana, Senator Steve Daines (50%) leads Democratic former Governor Steve Bullock (47%).

In North Carolina, Democrat Cal Cunningham (42%) leads incumbent Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (39%).

The bipartisan team of Benenson Strategy Group and GS Strategy Group conducted the surveys in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin between August 30 and September 8, 2020. The bipartisan team of Fabrizio Ward and Hart Research conducted the polls in Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Maine and Montana between August 30 and September 5, 2020. The methodology for each survey is available here.

In August, AARP launched “Protect Voters 50+,” a comprehensive voter engagement campaign to support and protect Americans 50-plus as they vote in the 2020 elections. The campaign will help Americans over 50 vote safely, whether at home or in person. The “Protect Voters 50+” campaign will provide people with the information they need about this year’s elections, including video voters’ guides, issue briefings, direct mail, text messaging, social media and paid media.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September 23, 2020 - September 29, 2020

Asthma Is 6 Times More Lethal For Black Children “Freshin Up” Con’t from page 08

ALERT:

by HealthDay News

Asthma attacks can prove deadly to kids, but a study shows that black American children are six times more likely to die of the illness than their white or Hispanic peers.

The gap in death rates “may imply a differential access to care” based on a family’s race, said lead author Dr. Anna Chen Arroyo, in a news release from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI). She is from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Arroyo presented the findings at the 2017 academy’s annual meeting in Atlanta.

There is no cure for asthma, and it can be deadly if not properly controlled through proper diagnosis, medication and a management plan, the authors noted.

One respiratory specialist agreed, and said kids everywhere are affected.

“Asthma is a chronic condition which affects approximately 9 million children in the United States,” said Dr. Sherry Farzan, who specializes in allergy and immunology at Northwell Health in Great Neck, N.Y. “There is a wide range of symptoms and degrees of severity,” she added, “with some children having intermittent symptoms, whereas others have chronic daily symptoms with recurrent exacerbations and hospitalizations.”

Families can help control a child’s asthma through regular access to health care professionals, making sure kids stick with their meds, and cutting down on allergens in the home, Farzan said.

But do all American families have equal access to these measures?

In the study, Arroyo’s team tracked data

regarding the asthma deaths of almost 2,600 children nationwide between 2003 and 2014.

The researchers found that just over 50 percent of all the deaths among children with asthma occurred in emergency departments or clinics rather than at home (14 percent) or in a hospital (30 percent).

And in all these locations, black children were more likely to die than any other group of children, the study found.

According to Farzan, this suggests that “health care disparities affect the most vulnerable in our society.”

Taking steps to reduce your child’s exposure to his or her asthma triggers will lessen the possibility of asthma attacks. In addition to finding the right long term and short term medication, it’s important to

take steps to help avoid triggers that trigger your child’s asthma. Here are some things that may help: Maintain low humidity at home. If you live in a damp climate, talk to your child’s doctor about using a device to keep the air drier (dehumidifier).

Keep indoor air clean. Have a heating and air conditioning professional check your air conditioning system every year.

Change the filters in your furnace and air conditioner according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Also consider installing a small-particle filter in your ventilation system.

Reduce pet fur. If your child is allergic to pet hair or shedding, it’s best to avoid pets with fur or feathers. Regularly… … bathing or grooming your pets also

may reduce the amount of dander in your surroundings.

Use your air conditioner. Air conditioning helps reduce the amount of airborne pollen from trees, grasses and weeds that finds its way indoors. Air conditioning also lowers indoor humidity and can reduce your child’s exposure to dust mites.

If you don’t have air conditioning, try to keep your windows closed during pollen season.

Keep dust to a minimum. Reduce dust that may aggravate nighttime symptoms by replacing certain items in your bedroom. For example, encase pillows, mattresses and box springs in dust-proof covers. Consider removing carpeting and installing hard flooring, particularly in your child’s bedroom. Use washable curtains and blinds.

Clean regularly. Clean your home at least once a week to remove dust and allergens.

Reduce your child’s exposure to cold air. If your child’s asthma is worsened by cold, dry air, wearing a face mask outside can help.

“Further studies must be undertaken to determine which aspects contributing to poor control play a role in this population of patients,” she said. “This can inform national measures to help improve the components of asthma control among black children.”

Dr. Craig Osleeb is a pediatric allergist at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, N.Y. He said that while certain genetic or environmental factors might play a role in the higher death risk to black children, “this study may [also] suggest discrepancies in access to care.”

These findings were presented at a medical meeting, and they should be considered preliminary until published in a peerreviewed journal.

Actress Lori Loughlin to Serve 2-Month Sentence at the Prison of Her Choice

By BlackNews.com

Victorville, CA — Lori Loughlin, a Hollywood actress who was arrested in March 2019 for a college admissions scandal, will be serving two months in the prison just a 2-hour drive away from her home after agreeing to plead guilty to the case.

The 56-year old actress reportedly was given the choice of where she wanted to serve her sentence and so she chose a federal correctional institution in Victorville, California which is the prison closest to her new home. Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton approved the request.

The low-security prison houses only about 300 inmates and was used as a set for some Hollywood series, according to Vanity Fair. Other Hollywood stars, such as Abby Lee Miller, also served sentence there.

In addition to her sentence, Loughlin was also given a $150,000 fine, 100 hours of community services, and 2 years of supervised release in August. Her husband, Mossimo Gianulli, was sentenced to 5 months in prison, a $250,000 fine, 250 hours of community service, and 2 years of supervised release in connection to the same scandal.

The couple is both set to start their sentence on or before 2 pm on November 19 but is still hoping that their sentences won’t overlap so they won’t have to leave their daughters on their own.

Moreover, the Bureau of Prisons has yet to approve Loughlin’s request but she already appears to have a registration number assigned to her in the records.

Meanwhile, a homeless Black mom who lied about her son’s residence so he could attend a better school was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

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ready planted flowers at the Crescent Street roundabout, thanks to suggestions from other volunteers. Salwa has plans to ask neighbors more about what they need and host an event connecting them with those resources.

“What if the city knocked on doors and said, ‘What do you need?’” Salwa said.

Salwa pointed out lots for sale and reimagined them as community arcades, art galleries and a cafe based on an L.A. concept in which neighbors could buy $1 groceries. The nearby liquor store had once been a movie theater, Salwa reported. What if the movie theater could come back?

An elderly man stopped his car and asked Salwa about the cleanup.

“Awesome!” he said, before driving off.

“This is my favorite time of day, when the sky turns to cotton candy,” Salwa said.

Salwa is not sure when they will go back to L.A. yet. They like the idea of moving out of New Haven, gaining insight into how other places build community and bringing that knowledge back. While the mention of L.A. still adds a dreamy quality to Salwa’s voice, they are enrolled in this year’s Democracy School on how New Haven government works and are wondering whether they should buy a house in the city.

In the meantime, there’s work to do on the block. They’re on it.

One day after Freshin Up Friday, another group of neighbors took on the track in Beaver Pond. One of them, Robin Ladouceur, sent in this write-up and these photos.

Eighteen packed-to-the-gills bags of trash, three tires, a board, and a bike: That’s what we found at Beaver Pond Park Saturday, all in the pond itself. The third of three cleanups in three weeks!

It was all part of Save the Sound’s Clean Up Connecticut initiative and sponsorship of The Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup. A fabulous crew of 17 intrepid individuals came out on a spectacular fall day with a distinct chill in the air to tackle our toughest challenge yet.

The Pond sees high levels of trash from storm drains overflow and wash street garbage into the ecosystem and from careless passers by and the people who fish there.

We did what we could. and there is still much garbage to remove.

Subsequent canoe cleanups are already in the planning phase. Our experience at Beaver Pond Saturday indicates that New Haven really needs an enormous anti-littering campaign and broad-based education on how trash compromises the nature we are so fortunate to have in the midst of our wonderful small city. Please join us in advocating for such a campaign!

A big thank you to all the organizations that organized and individuals who participated in Saturday’s clean up: Menunkatuck Audubon Society, West River Watershed Coalition, Friends of Beaver Pond Park, CPEN, & our fellows from the UrbanScapes Native Plant Nurs-

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September , 2020 - September 29, 2020 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27,23 2016 - August 02, 2016

THE GLENDOWER GROUP NOTICE

Request for Proposals VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE Construction Manager at Risk PREfor McConaughy Terrace HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, The Glendower Group isfor currently proposals foratconstrucis accepting pre-applications studio andseeking one-bedroom apartments this develtion manager for McConaughy Terrace.

Aincome complete copyapof opment locatedatatrisk 108 Frank Street, New Haven.

Maximum limitations Pre-applications will be fromfrom 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday ColJu;y theply.requirement may beavailable obtained Glendower’s Vendor 25, 2016 andPortal ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have laboration https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems. been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon recom/gateway quest by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed prebeginning September at 3:00PM applications muston be Wednesday, returned to HOME INC’s offices2, at2020 171 Orange Street, .Third Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

Listing: Dispatcher

NOTICIA

Extremely fast paced petroleum company needs a full time (which inVALENTINA VIVIENDAScoverage) DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES cludes on callMACRI and weekend detail oriented experienced Dispatcher. A strong logistics background and a minimum of one year preHOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está vious petroleum experience required.

Send deresume to: en HR aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos un dormitorio esteManager, desarrollo ubicado la calle 109 Frank New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos P.O. Box en 388, Guilford, CT.Street, 06437 máximos.

Las pre-solicitudes disponibles 09 a.m.-5Employer********** p.m. comenzando Martes 25 ********An Affirmativeestarán Action/Equal Opportunity julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición Listing: HVAC llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 duranteTechnician esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

Fast paced Petroleum Company is hiring for a full time, CT (minimum S2 license) HVAC Technician. Applicant must have experience in oil, propane, natural gas and A/C. Send resume to: Attn: HR Manager, Confidential, PO Box 388, Guilford, CT 06437.

NEW HAVEN

**An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**

242-258 Fairmont Ave 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR,Assistant 1 level , 1BA Listing: Customer Retail

All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 Petroleum Company has an immediate full &time opening.

Excellent customer highways, near bus stop shopping center service Pet skills a must.

Requirements include: billing questions, assistunder 40lb allowed.

Interested partiesanswering contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 ing in sales calls received, scheduling service calls as well as assisting in collections and account set ups. Previous petroleum experience and/or experience in a CT. Unified Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s to also perform administrative/ very busy Deacon’s office environment a plus.

Applicant Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates clerical tasks as assigned.

Please send resume to: H.R. Manager, Confidential, in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:303:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon J. Davis, M.S., PO Box 388, Guilford CTJoe 06437.

B.S.

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

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

St. New Haven, CT

Listing: HOUSING HVAC Technician SEYMOUR AUTHORITY

Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour Fast Company a full time, CTSmith (minimum untilpaced 3:00 Petroleum pm on Tuesday, Augustis hiring 2, 2016for at its office at 28 Street, S2 license) HVAC Technician. Applicant must have experience in oil, Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the propane, natural gas and A/C. Send resume to: Attn: HR Manager, Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

Confidential, PO Box 388, Guilford, CT 06437.

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith **An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer** Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

Construction FT-Exp Bidding documentsAdministrative are available from the Office Seymour Position.

Housing Authority Ofrequired.EmailHherbert@ gwfabrication.com fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

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

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED

Invitation for Bids Robert T. Wolfe Building Upgrade Phase II The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Bids for Robert T. Wolfe Building Upgrade Phase II. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City Communities’ Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/ gateway beginning on

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week,

Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

(203) 387-0354

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

APPLY NOW!

Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders Top pay for top performers. Health Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay.

Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 3:00PM.

Construction Administrative Office Position. FT-Exp required.Email- Hherbert@ gwfabrication.com CITY OF MILFORD

Seeking qualified condidates to fill numerous vacancies to include, Engineer Technician, Secretary and more. For information and detailed application instructions, visit www.ci.milford.ct.us Click on SERVICES, JOBS and JOB TITLE.

Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

PUBLIC WORKS

HELP WANTED:

MAINTAINER II- Performs a variety of semi-skilled tasks in road and grounds main-

tenance. Must possess 2 years’ experience as laborer in construction work involving operation and care of trucks and other mechanical equipment used in construction OR two (2) years training in one of the skilled trades and one (1) year of experience in construction operations OR an equivalent combination of experience and training. Must possess and maintain a valid commercial driver’s license (CDL) Class B to operate equipment. (Provide a copy of your CDL license with your application) $22.42 - $26.27 Hourly. Applications can be printed from the Town’s Webpage. Once completed please mail or fax your application to: Human Resources Department 45 S. Main Street, Room 301, Wallingford CT 06492 Fax (203)-294-2084 Phone: (203)-294-2080. The closing date will be the date the 30th application or resume is received or September 30, 2020, Invitationwhichever to Bid: occurs first. EOE

Large CT guardrail company looking for Laborer/Driver with valid CT CDL Class A license and able to get a medical card.

Must be able to pass a drug test and physical. Compensation based on experience.

Email resume to dmastracchio@atlasoutdoor.com AA/EOE M-F

FENCE ERECTING SUBCONTRACTORS2

nd

Notice

Large CT. Fence Company SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

Large CT Fence & Guardrail Contractor is looking for an individual for our is looking for experienced, responsible stock yard. Warehouse shipping and receiving and Forklift experience a must. commercial and residential fence erectors Old Saybrook, MustCT have a minimum of 3 years’ material handling experience. Must be able and installers on a subcontractor basis.

(4 Buildings, 17 Units) to read and write English, and read a tape measure. Duties will include: LoadEarn from $750 to $2,000 per day. Email ing and trucks, pulling orders for installation and retail counter sales, Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wageunloading Rate Project resume to rhauer@atlasoutdoor.com AA/ keeping the yard clean and organized at all times and inventory control. IndividEOE

ual will also make deliveries of fence panels and products, must be able to lift at

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castleast 70lbs. Required to pass a Physical and Drug test, have a valid CT. Driver’s LEGAL NOTICE of in-place Concrete, AsphaltLicense Shingles, Vinyl Siding, and be able to obtain a Drivers Medical Card. CDL B & A drivers a plus.

TOWN OF PORTLAND, CT Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Send resume to pboucher@atlasoutdoor.com AA/EOE/MF Town of Portland has amended its CitiMechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. zen Participation Plan for the purpose of This contract is subject state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. informing the public abouttoits intent to

Coventry Housing Authority

apply for CDBG, Covid-19 funding. For a copy of the amendedBid Plan go to www. is accepting applications for low income Section 8 Elderly/DisExtended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 portlandct.org.

abled 15, housing.

Annual income limit is $21,600 (one person) Anticipated Start: August 2016 Project documents available via ftp link below: & $24,650 (two people). Also accepting applications for low http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage income State Elderly/Disabled housing. Annual income limit

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED

is $54,950 (one person) & $62,800 (two people). Interested

Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com an application at the Coventry Housing HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran,parties S/W/MBE &may Section 3pick Certifiedup Businesses Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 Authority, 1630 Main St., Coventry, CT, or have one mailed.

AA/EEO EMPLOYER Completed applications must be postmarked or hand delivered

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week,

Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

(203) 387-0354 15

no later than October 31, 2020. For more information call 860742-5518.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September 23, 2020 - September 29, 2020 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27, 2016 - August 02, 2016

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks:

Listing: Commercial Driver

Construction Equipment Mechanic preferably experienced in Full time Class A driver for petroleum deliveries for nights Reclaiming and Road Milling Equipment. We offer factory training on equipment we operate. Location: Bloomfield CT and weekends. Previous experience required. Competitive We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits wage, 401(k) and benefits. Send resume to: HR Manager, VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE Contact: Tom Dunay P. O. Box 388, Guilford, CT 06437.

Phone: 243-2300 HOME INC, on behalf of860Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, ********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer********** is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develEmail: tom.dunay@garrityasphalt.com opment& located at 108 Frank Street, Haven. Maximum Women Minority Applicants are New encouraged to apply income limitations apof TOWN OF PORTLAND, CT ply.Affirmative Pre-applications willEqual be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning LEGAL MondayNOTICE Ju;y Action/ Opportunity Employer Town of Portland 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have has amended its Citizen Participation Plan the purpose of informing the public about its intent to apply been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will befor mailied upon reforCompleted CDBG, Covid-19 funding. For a copy of the amended Plan quest by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. preGarrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Incoffices seeks: go toStreet, www.portlandct.org. applications must be returned to HOME INC’s at 171 Orange Third Reclaimer Operators Floor, New Haven,and CTMilling 06510.Operators with current licensing

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

NOTICE

Request for Proposals IT Outsourced Help Desk and Infrastructure The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Proposals for IT Outsourced Help Desk and Infrastructure. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City Communities’ Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 3:00PM.

Town of Bloomfield

and clean driving record, be willing to travel throughout the Northeast & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits

Entry Level Police Officer & Certified Police Officer

NOTICIA

Contact: Rick Tousignant Phone: 860- 243-2300 VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES Email: rick.tou-

$71,957 annually Pre-employment drug testing For more details visit www.bloomfieldct.org AA/EOE

signant@garrityasphalt.com HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer dormitorio en este desarrollo

ROTHA Contracting Company, Inc.

ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 seeks to fill 100) a full-time and/or part-time position in our julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente construction yard. The ideal candidate will be able to en lasTrailer oficinasDriver de HOME INC. & Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas correo a petición Tractor for Heavy Highway Construction Equip- por llamando HOME INCLicense, al 203-562-4663 duranterecord, esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse ment.

Must ahave a CDL clean driving capable of work indoors and outdoors, in all weather conditions, . a las oficinas de equipment; HOME INCbe enwilling 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, , CT 06510 operating heavy to travel throughout theNew Haven and assist in keeping the construction yard clean and Northeast & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits

Union Company seeks:

Contact Dana at 860-243-2300

Email: dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply

NEW HAVEN

CLERK TYPIST

Performs a wide variety of routine clerical duties requiring excellent computer and interpersonal skills. This position requires 1 year of office work experience organized. We are an equal opportunity employer and of a responsible nature and a H.S., GED, or business diploma. Wages: $20.42 encourage woman and minorities to apply. Please to $24.72 (Town) $19.23 - $24.94 (Board of Education) hourly plus an excelemail resume to jobs@rothacontracting.com. lent fringe benefit package. Apply: Department of Human Resources, Town of Wallingford 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Phone: (203) 2942080 Fax: (203) 294-2084. The closing date will be that date the 30th application Invitationform/resume to Bid: is received or September 30, 2020 whichever occurs first. EOE nd

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

Town of Bloomfield2

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

Lead Building Maintainer - Facilities

Finance Director Full Time - Benefited

Old Saybrook, CT Full Time - Benefited Request for Proposals (4 $31.26 hourly Buildings, 17 Units) Development of Single-Family Homeownership Housing Taxdrug Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project Pre-employment testing.

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

$96,755 - $149,345

Pre-employment testing.

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

Real Estate Controller

St. New Haven, CT Fusco Management is seeking a Real Estate Controller. Candidate should have leadership, communication and supervisory skills. Controller should have 6+ year’s hands on accounting experience and have a BS in Accounting.

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Duties and Responsibilities: Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour Oversee the activities of the Accounting Department for the accurate and timely disuntil 3:00 on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at itsinternal office and at 28external Smith monthly Street, semination of pm financial management reports including Seymour, CT 06483 foraudits Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the financial statements, annual and annual budgets.

Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

Desired Skills and Experience Qualifications: A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Timberscan, BNA, TValue.

Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, Timberline on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

• Discretion, good judgment and good communication skills.

• Strong general ledger, accounts payable and accounts receivable.

Bidding available from the Seymour Housing Authority • Real Estatedocuments experience are a plus.

Notice

Of-

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

Education and Experience Required: Bachelor's degreeAuthority in Accounting or Finance.

CPAtocertification a plus.any Mustorhave 6+years The Housing reserves the right accept or reject all bids, to of reduce hands-on managerial Fusco Management offers a competitheaccounting scope of the project experience. to reflect available funding, and to waive any tive benefit package. Fusco is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer informalities in the bidding, if such actions are in the best interest of the Housing Authority.

For more details, visit our website –

www.bloomfieldct.org The Housing AuthoritySite-work, of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, CastProposals for Development of Single-Family Homeownership in-place Concrete, Asphaltcurrently Shingles,seeking Vinyl Siding, Housing.

A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Communities’ Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobbleMechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

Seeking qualified condidates to fill stonesystems.com/gateway beginning on This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. numerous vacancies to include, Monday, August 10, 2020 at 3:00PM. Benefits & Pension Coordinator Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 and more. For information and Construction Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 Administrative Office Position. FT-Exp required. detailed application instructions, Email- Hherbert@ gwfabrication.com Project documents available via ftp link below: visit www.ci.milford.ct.us http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage Click on SERVICES, JOBS and ELM CITY COMMUNITIES JOB TITLE. Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com

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

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The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Proposals for Electronic File Management Services. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City Communities’ Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/ gateway beginning on

Monday, August 17, 2020 at 3:00PM.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September 23, 2020 - September 29, 2020 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27, 2016 - August 02, 2016

THE GLENDOWER GROUP NOTICE Request for Proposals VALENTINA MACRIEngineering RENTAL HOUSING PREAPPLICATIONS AVAILABLE Architectural Services for McConaughy Terrace HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, isThe accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develGlendower Group is currently seeking proposals for architectural opment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apengineering services for McConaughy Terrace.

A complete ply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y copy of the re25, 2016 and ending sufficientfrom pre-applications (approximately 100)Collaboration have quirement may bewhen obtained Glendower’s Vendor Portal been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon rehttps://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway quest by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preapplications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street,atThird beginning on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 3:00PM. Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

NOTICIA The Town of East Haven is currently accepting applications to VIVIENDAS participate inPRE-SOLICITUDES the examination for VALENTINA MACRI DE ALQUILER DISPONIBLES

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PROPERTY MANAGER TAX CREDIT F/T - Bristol Housing Authority is seeking an individual with working knowledge of the general management of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and HUD Programs. Preferred at least 3 years’ experience as tax credit property manager and possess LIHTC certification. Management and administrative experience helpful. Experience in contract negotiation, budget preparation, fiscal oversight, analyzing and managing a property portfolio is beneficial. Salary will commensurate with experience. Excellent benefit package. Send resume and references by September 25, 2020 to Mitzy Rowe, Chief Executive Officer, Bristol Housing Authority, 164 Jerome Avenue, Bristol, CT 06010. The Bristol Housing Authority is an equal opportunity employer.

Construction

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

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

Secretary II, Grade Level 10

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de Clerk-Payroll la New Haven Housing Authority, está Account aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos The current vacancies aredisponibles located 09the Board of Education and the starting máximos.

Las pre-solicitudes estarán a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 hourly is suficientes $19.93/hour, 37.5(aproximadamente hours per week. julio, 2016 hasta cuando se hanrate recibido pre-solicitudes 100) en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse Secretary Qualified candidates possess a High School Diploma or . a las oficinasII: de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street,must tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510

equivalent and a minimum of 3 years secretarial experience. Prior experience in a school system or related work with children preferred.

Account Clerk-Payroll: Qualified candidates must be knowledgeable of office NEW HAVEN procedures, principles of accounting, budgets, purchasing, inventory and payroll and must possess an 242-258 Associate’s Degree in Accounting or equivalent experience Fairmont Ave and three2BR (3) years of experience with a working of payroll. ThorTownhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level knowledge , 1BA ough All working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel and experience with new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center ADP payroll system a plus.

Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 Applications are available online at

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES Request for Proposals IT Outsourced Help Desk and Infrastructure The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Proposals for IT Outsourced Help Desk and Infrastructure. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City Communities’ Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

Invitation toWednesday, Bid: September 16, 2020 at 3:00PM. 2nd Notice

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE Construction Administrative Office Position. FT-Exp required.

Old Saybrook, CT

Email- Hherbert@ gwfabrication.com

(4 Buildings, 17 Units) Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project

https://www.townofeasthavenct.org/civil-service-commission/pages/job-notices-and-tests The Housing Authority of the CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Cast- City of Bridgeport Certificate This isService a 10 month program to assist in theStreet, intellectualEast formation of Candidates or fromProgram. the Civil Office,designed at 250 Main Haven and must be returned in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding,

Invitation for Bid (IFB)

by October 23, 2020

in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:303:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster

Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Re-Construction of Three – Three Family Homes Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

St. New Haven, CT The Town of East Haven is committed to building a workforce of diverse individuals.

This contract is subject to state set-aside andSolicitation contract complianceNumber: requirements. 16-BH-20-S Minorities, Females, Handicapped and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

344-346 Hanover St. Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 350-352 Hanover St. Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016354-356 Hanover St. Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour Project documents available via ftp link below: until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August Request 2, 2016 for at itsProposals office at 28 Smith Street, http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport under its instrumentality Baldwin Holdings, Inc. is Seymour, for Concrete Sidewalk General Repairs and Replacement at Services the RequestCT for06483 Proposals for Outside Counsel Legal for Elm requesting sealed bids for Re-Construction of Three – Three Family Homes located at 344-346, 350Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26of Smith City Communities/Housing Authority TheStreet CitySeymour. of New Haven, Including Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: DawnHanover Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com 352, 354-356 St. A complete set of the plans and technical specifications will be available on the participation of all Veteran, Businesses you must send your request to bids@parkcityThe Glendower Group, Inc. and Its Various Affiliates and 360 HCC encouragesSeptember 21, 2020.

ToS/W/MBE obtain &aSection copy 3ofCertified the solicitation Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 A pre-bid conference will beManagement held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith Group Company communities.org, please reference solicitation number and title on the subject line. A MANDATORY AA/EEO EMPLOYER Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. pre-bid conference will be held at 344 Hanover St., Bridgeport, CT 06604 on October 7, 2020 @ 11:00

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Proposals for Request for Proposals General Counsel LegalOfServices for Elm City Bidding documents are available fromfor theOutside Seymour Housing Authority Communities/Housing The City (203) of New Haven, Including The Glendower Group, Inc. fice, 28 Smith Street,Authority Seymour,ofCT 06483 888-4579. and Its Various Affiliates and 360 Management Group Company.

A complete copy of the requirements may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on reduce the scope of the project to reflectJuly available funding, and to waive any Monday, 27, 2020 at 3:00PM

informalities in the bidding, if such actions are in the best interest of the Housing Authority.

a.m., submitting a bid for the project without attending conference is not in the best interest of the Offeror. Additional questions should be emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities.org no later than October 14, 2020 @ 3:00 p.m. Answers to all the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www. parkcitycommunities.org. All bids must be received by mailed or hand delivered by October 22, 2020 @ 2:00 p.m., to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Director of Procurement, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. No bids will be accepted after the designated time.

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Wells Fargo gives $1 million THE INNER-CITY NEWS - September 23, 2020 - September 29, 2020

in scholarships to bridge financial gaps faced by students amidst COVID-19 Initiative comes as pandemic continues to hamper students’ ability to pursue their educational paths

SAN FRANCISCO – Students dedicated to making a positive difference in the world offer the greatest hope for the future, but for many their plans are threatened due to the unexpected financial gap posed by COVID-19 – sometimes prohibiting them from continuing and completing college. Wells Fargo wants to help close that gap by launching the Wells Fargo Student Impact Scholarship. This new initiative will provide 200 students with $5,000 each – funds that could help them cover various costs for their instruction and potentially make the difference in being able to continue their education.

Wells Fargo’s commitment will go beyond financial assistance to include an optional mentorship opportunity to provide ongoing guidance for these students.

The program, which began accepting applications on Sept. 14, will be administered with long-standing partner APIA Scholars to students entering college and current college undergraduates for the Spring 2021 semester. The financial aid will be able to help cover costs of education like books, computers, materials to support distance learning, tuition, and housing.

A survey recent survey of leaders at various colleges and universities in July showed that 85 percent of colleges intended to maintain their tuition levels, with another twelve percent saying they would increase them, while another recent study showed that more than half (56%) of college students say they can no longer afford their tuition costs. These factors combined with the impacts of the pandemic to jobs overall creates a significant and unexpected financial gap for some students in continuing their educational journey.

“Despite the incredible disruptions the

health, not just for individuals, but for their communities,” said Mike Weinbach, head of Consumer Lending at Wells Fargo. “The value of this program stems not just from the funds being allocated, but from pairing students with Wells Fargo team members and information that will help them long after they have utilized the direct financial support.”

Scholarship applications will be accepted from Sept. 14 to Oct. 2. Those interested in learning more about eligibility can visit wellsfargo.com/impactscholarship. Learn more about how Wells Fargo is responding to COIVD-19.

COVID-19 pandemic has created in their personal and academic lives, students remain some of the key drivers of change.

Many are rising to the challenges we are all facing today, and they are working hard to make a difference in their communities,” said John Rasmussen, leader of the Student Lending at Wells Fargo.

“These students are making a positive impact, but are faced with a negative im-

pact from COVID that could limit their options. We want to help them remain on their academic paths and continue cultivating their potential to benefit those around them.”

Expanding Support Through a collaboration with Wells Fargo’s scholarship partners, awardees will also have the opportunity to be matched with mentors from Wells Fargo that will

offer practical expertise and guidance as they navigate academic life and their post-graduation journey. These mentors will provide guidance to better position these students for their futures and continue the positive impact they make in their communities and beyond.

“It has been our long-held belief that a post-secondary education can be a valuable tool in building long-term financial

About Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.97 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs and help them succeed financially. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, Wells Fargo provides banking, investment and mortgage products and services, as well as consumer and commercial finance, through 7,300 locations, more than 13,000 ATMs, the internet (wellsfargo.com) and mobile banking, and has offices in 31 countries and territories to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. With approximately 266,000 team members, Wells Fargo serves one in three households in the United States. Wells Fargo & Company was ranked No. 30 on Fortune’s 2020 rankings of America’s largest corporations. News, insights and perspectives from Wells Fargo are also available at Wells Fargo Stories.

Additional information may be found at http://www.wellsfargo.com | Twitter: @ WellsFargo.

New Program Helps African Americans Create Wealth By Investing in Their Health

By BlackNews.com

Nationwide — A new program has been launched that is targeting newlycoined African American “mobile-preneurs” who want to work from home or remotely in the lifestyle consulting industry. Amidst the aftermath of the global Coronavirus pandemic, millions of people are in a desperate search to make a living and thrive financially in a market and climate where jobs literally don’t exist anymore. Business owners and entrepreneurs alike have had to evolve and adapt and find new ways of generating income and main-

tain their current lifestyle or find a new lifestyle.

This mobile-preneur business opportunity is perfect for Blacks because we are the fastest-growing demographic of successful entrepreneurs in the world.

“Even more, we love to look good, experience the finer things in life and put it on display,” says author Makeisha Lee, founder of the Lifestyle Movement. “Real wealth begins with maintaining overall health, particularly in these critical times… It’s an inside job. This is accomplished by tapping into 2 of the largest multi-billion dollar industries in the world.”

She also mentions that because the Black community has been affected the most by the COVID-19 pandemic causing many to be unemployed right now, this is a great time for interested ones to take advantage of the opportunity to mix business with pleasure while acquiring both better health and more wealth.

Even recent Black college graduates who are struggling to find a job are encouraged to sign up.

For more details and/or to inquire further, visit BlackLifestyleConsultants. com or call 949-383-0923.

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