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“We Are Still Here” THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 16, 2019 - October 22, 2019

by CHRISTOPHER PEAK New Havven Independent

To a song and a drumbeat, they lifted their arms to accept blessings from all four cardinal directions. They knelt on one knee to feel the grass in their hands.

And they looked skyward to thank the Creator in the last light of day.

That age-old ceremony from the Taíno, the indigenous Caribbean people whom Christopher Columbus first encountered more than 500 years ago, was repeated on the New Haven Green on Monday afternoon for Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the celebration created as an alternative to Columbus Day. The prayer’s words gave thanks, but its performance also hinted at defiance. In a country that pushed Native Americans off their ancestral lands and into reservations, then taught them to forget their customs in residential boarding schools, simply repeating it showed 500 years of efforts to stamp out their traditions hadn’t worked.

“We’ve been in obscurity for so long, for us, the Taíno, 527 years since the invasion,” said Angel Lionheart Ortiz.

“The history books erased us, but we are writing ourselves right back into history.

We’re still performing our ceremonies.

We’re still gathering. We’re still telling our oral stories from thousands of years ago. We continue to do that.”

During the hourlong get-together, participants circled up on a corner of the Green.

They purified the space in a “smudging” by burning white sage. They held a round dance as students from Yale’s Blue Feather Drum Group sang in the center. And they gave speeches about what they’d learned from their elders and how else to

Rick Mazzadra and Norm Clement at Monday’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

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The event came after a debate this summer after Fair Haven Alder Kenneth Reveiz suggested permanently naming the second Monday of October, now known as Columbus Day, to Indigenous Peoples’ Day in New Haven, as close to 100 communities have already done. Opposed by Italian-Americans and the Knights of Columbus, that proposal didn’t make it out of committee.

Despite that setback, more than 50 people showed up on Monday for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Organizers said that was the largest turnout for the event in New Haven so far.

Norm Clement, Connecticut Bail Fund staffer and Penobscot Tribe member, said the day was a chance to remember how Columbus started the European colonization of the West and the genocide of its native peoples.

It came after a three-day weekend of activism, including a Friday evening rally to rename Christopher Columbus Family Academy, the elementary school in Fair Haven, and a Monday morning confrontation, between Yale College students and their dean, over the university endowment’s fossil fuel investments.

But on Monday afternoon, politicians were noticeably absent from the celebration, just across the street from City Hall.

Only Hamden Councilman Justin Farmer joined in.

Clement contrasted that with Saturday morning’s event in Wooster Square, where officials like Mayor Toni Harp and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro participated in a wreath-laying around Columbus’s statute in the park.

“Even though City Hall has proclaimed Indigenous Peoples’ Day today, no one from there comes to celebrate with us.

Every politician in town was on Wooster Street this Saturday,” Clement said.

“That’s a problem for me, and I think it should be a problem for all of us.”

New Haven was originally inhabited by the Quinnipiac. Ravaged by smallpox, the tribe negotiated a treaty with English settlers in 1638 that limited them to a two-square-mile reservation on the East Shore, considered to be the first in the country. They traded away most of the land around the harbor, primarily for dining utensils, cloth coats and hatchets.

Within a century, as encroachment made hunting untenable, the Quinnipiac were prevented from farming outside their lands and denied opportunity to buy back what they’d sold. Just before the American Revolution, the last tribal members sold off their lands and merged with the Tunxis in Farmington.

Clement pointed in the direction of the Knights of Columbus headquarters just a few blocks away. He said it was strange to have that society, named “in honor of a person who tried to erase us,” towering over New Haven.

“We’re not going to allow that to happen.

That’s why we’re here today,” Clement said. “We’re not going anywhere. We are still here.”

“We will get rid of that, and we will get rid of the statutes in honor of Columbus, the school that is named in honor of Columbus. Those will be erased from our memories one day,” he added. “We don’t coexist with that; we cannot. We need to decolonize our minds from those things.”

Rev. Cousin Backs Elicker, Calls For Healing

by PAUL BASS

New Havven Independent

The Rev. Steven Cousin threw his support Friday to Justin Elicker’s mayoral campaign while offering ideas for how New Haven can learn from the current divisive election season.

Cousin, the influential pastor of Bethel AME Church on Goffe Street, supported incumbent Mayor Toni Harp in the Sept.

10 Democratic primary. Elicker trounced Harp in that primary by 58 to 42 percent.

Now the two face each other again in the Nov. 5 general election, this time with Elicker as the Democratic candidate and Harp on the Working Families Party line.

Speaking during an appearance on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven” program, Cousin — who also serves on the city’s fire commission and police

and pension fund board — spoke highly of Harp but said he now backs her opponent.

He emphasized that he is supporting “the Democratic candidate.” “We have to support the Democratic primary nominee. I’m supporting the process of the Democratic Party. Justin Elicker is the nominee. I would have been saying the same thing if Mayor Harp had won the primary: ‘We have to support the nominee.’

“I believed that Mayor Harp was the better candidate. That was the reason I supported her [in the primary]. It had nothing to do with Justin’s ideas or his vision. I just believed that Mayor Harp was the better candidate for what she has done for the city. Her vision, her ideas, aligned more with mine.

“I have friends on both sides of the aisle. ... I’ve lost friends on both sides. On primary day, I had a Justin Elicker supporter call me a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

Cousin was asked if he thinks Elicker will be a good mayor.

“Only time will tell,” he responded. “I think that people are going to have to find out that it’s very different to govern than it is to campaign. Campaigns, you can say anything you want. Once you’re actually in that seat and you realize everything that goes in it, it’s a huge learning curve.”

Some of the discourse and controversies of this year’s campaign stem from an endemic problem with New Haven politics, Cousin argued: two-year mayoral terms.

Past efforts to change the city charter to lengthen the mayor’s term to four years

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to match Hartford’s and Bridgeport’s terms have fallen short in the face of arguments that two-year terms make mayors more accountable.

Cousin argued that the two-year term leads to short-term decision-making on issues like taxes, and a focus on shortterm rather than long-term results of actions like Mayor Harp’s trip to China.

“It’s very hard to govern when you’re always running,” he said. “You can’t really think long term. You’re always thinking about the next election. You only have six months to govern. You’re spending the next 18 months running.”

Cousin also argued against a system that allows candidates who lose a Democratic primary to run again on an independent or third-party line in the general election.

He wasn’t criticizing Harp’s decision

to proceed with a run on the line of the Working Families Party (which endorsed her); Elicker, too, had secured an independent line to run in case he lost the primary.

Rather, Cousin argued that the rules should change.

Either way, the extended campaign has prolonged a divisive season in New Haven’s community, Cousin observed.

“Our politics today has become so divisive. It seems as if after the election we talk about reconciliation and healing and bringing people together. We talk about it. But do we really see it? That’s really where the challenge lies.”

He called on whoever wins the general election to keep the door open to all sides and lead a healing process.“I’m praying,” he said, “that it will happen.”

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October 16, 2019 - October 22, 2019

The Narrative Project Launches Into Orbit

by Lucy Gellman, Editor, The Arts Paper www.newhavenarts.org

It started with a tape recorder. Mercy Quaye didn’t know it then, but she was already on her way to socially conscious storytelling—and she hadn’t even turned six.

Quaye unpacked that history Thursday night at the official launch of The Narrative Project, a new communications and consulting firm with social justice at its core, and of which she is the founder and principal consultant. Close to 75 people attended the event at The State House, which included a “fireside chat” with New Haven Independent Founder and Editor Paul Bass and impromptu dance party led by Quaye’s two-year-old nephew, Kwei.

“Our goal is to help level the playing field for those who seek to do good in the world,” said Ashlee Niedospial, social media and account manager with the group.

“Because now more than ever, narratives matter.”

Currently, The Narrative Project works with such groups as the Connecticut Center for Arts & Technology (ConnCAT) and its subsidiary ConnCORP, CT Core-Organize Now!, Connecticut Voices for Children, Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance, and Take Action Running among others.

At its center, Quaye is driving that mission with a background that yokes grassroots storytelling, community organizing, investigative journalism and antiracism work. In 2015, the project began as a series of conversations around social justice, at a time when Quaye was working full time as a reporter for the New Haven Register and then as communications director for the city’s Board of Education.

From those chats, it grew outward, extending to socially conscious events, film screenings, privilege walks and panel discussions as Quaye jumped into positions at the New Haven Board of Education, Educators for Excellence, WNHH Community Radio and Hearst Media Group, where she is currently a weekly columnist.

“I’ve always thought of Mercy as the bridge in New Haven about how we’re gonna tell stories,” said Bass, noting that Quaye has lived through the decline of the city’s print papers and rise of digital journalism. “She knows every single piece of how to get a story out. How to tell it, to whom, what technology [to use]. I think she’s gonna hit it out of the park.”

But how she got there is a longer story.

Quaye—who is proudly a twin—was born and raised in New Haven, where she spent most of her life in the city’s West River neighborhood in a home on Judson Avenue that her mom still owns and lives in today.

As a kid, her interest in storytelling grew out of an old-school tape recorder she received when she was five.

In those years, she was living on Division Street, in a housing development that was later knocked down for new houses. It was “a full house”—her grandparents, aunt and uncle, mom and siblings all lived under one roof. And instinctively, she knew exactly what to do.

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Photos by Lucy Gellman “I went around the house, and interviewed everyone,” she recalled to laughs from the audience. “About everything. For a really long time.”

It was how she learned to spot sources— and sniff out fake news. To laughs, she recalled hearing from her aunt that her mom was pregnant, a story on which “I was gonna scoop everyone in the house,” until she realized that she hadn’t verified with the source and ended up getting some major facts wrong. She explained that it was her first taste of giving herself distance from a source, to ultimately get a better and more insightful story.

“With a microphone in between myself and the subject, I was able to, I think, compartmentalize a little bit,” she said. “This isn’t my family member. This isn’t my aunt, my uncle, my grandfather—these are identities in my story. And I think I found that that was a useful tactic in asking better questions.”

“If I’m asking my grandfather questions about, what was it like growing up in Beaufort, South Carolina in the 50s … I as a 5-year-old can’t tell that story in the same way if I’m talking about my grandfather,” she continued. “But if I’m talking about, you know, someone who’s on the other side of the microphone with me, I can tell that story in a more authentic way. I can be in your shoes now, because my shoes don’t matter when I’m telling a story.”

The leap to storytelling wasn’t immediate, Quaye said. As a student at Troup School and then Conte West Hills Magnet School, she did what most students her age did—she kept a journal, venturing into poetry and spoken word. When she started high school at Hill Regional Career High School, she majored in information technology, and discovered that the school “had a little bit of a journalism program.”

Her freshman year, she jumped on the student magazine, which she ultimately edited for the remaining three years of high school. Inside the classroom, she was able to bounce between journalism and creative writing, a balance that she now finds

uniquely well-suited to the kind of storytelling The Narrative Project does.

Outside of the classroom, she honed an interest in becoming a foreign correspondent, reading the work of journalist Tina Susman, who was then working for the Associated Press (and who she would later meet as a member of the Journalism & Woman Symposium), and hundreds of issues of National Geographic. She worked as an intern for the New Haven Independent, which was still in its early days of online journalism.

In hindsight, she said, it was clear that all roads pointed back to her love for New Haven. But at the time, that wasn’t where she thought she was going at all.

After high school, Quaye attended the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford for a year, then transferred to Quinnipiac to be part of its journalism program.

At the time, she said, she still wanted to be a foreign correspondent, a path from local to national to international news she planned to follow “until I’m in Benghazi.”

“I was going to continue until I was no longer here,” she said.

So after college, Quaye jumped right in when the New Haven Register put her in Torrington, where “I was the only Black person” for miles for the six months she lived there (“I walked through the Stop & Shop once, and I saw another Black guy, and we just kind of gave each other a head nod,” she said to laughs).

She hit the ground running, part of a team that broke a story about the town of Winstead’s then-director of finance embezzling millions of dollars from the tiny town. Just as she had with the tape recorder years before, she sniffed out the story by following the details and talking to people, noticing roads that weren’t getting fixed and schools that were no longer getting funding from the city.

The reporting brought her back to New Haven. At the time, Bass recalled, the New Haven Register “was trying to figure out

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the internet,” and brought in Quaye to do a new kind of breaking news that included tweeting, posting status updates, doing sixsecond stories on Vine, and still scooping the competition.

Quaye was an anomaly: she wasn’t just good at technology, but was from the city itself, which meant that she often knew the people she was covering. Among a sea of white reporters, many of whom lived outside New Haven, she had context.

“I knew all these identities, but I also knew all these identities,” she said. “So when I was running out to cover, you know, shootings, sometimes I knew those people— whether I knew the shooter or I knew the victim. Sometimes I knew those people and it was hard to cover those stories.”

“This became a new skill,” she added.

“How do you tell a story authentically?”

It gave her a particularly empathetic way of telling stories. She recalled learning that a friend’s sister had died in a car accident in New York City, and calling the friend not to get a scoop for the Register, but to counsel her on how to handle news cameras and reporters that would inevitably show up at her house. She knew that those reporters weren’t bad people—but they were under pressure to deliver stories.

She also knew her friend was grieving. She didn’t think twice about making the call.

That was the kind of journalist she knew she wanted to be, Quaye said Thursday.

She brought that skill set to the city’s Board of Education, where Bass praised her for her responsiveness to journalists.

But she was also starting to use it in a parallel universe, as a community organizer and social justice champion.

In 2013, Quaye watched as George Zimmerman was acquitted after violently killing unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin. She watched as the names of Black men and boys murdered by police multiplied—and as those officers walked away from the legal system without charges.

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October 16, 2019 - October 22, 2019

Milton Fisher Fund Awards $120,000 in Scholarships Six Students Awarded for Creativity and Innovation; Honorable Mention to Five

Jody Bell The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the region’s largest grantmaker and charitable endowment, announces the winners of the 2019 Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity. A total of $120,000 in college scholarships (payable over four years of college) was awarded this year to six high school students who came up with distinctive solutions to problems faced by their schools, communities, families and the world. In addition, a total of$2,500 in scholarships was awarded to five high school students receiving honorable mentions.

While each application submitted for consideration highlighted a creative project, scholarships were awarded to the candidates who demonstrated the greatest innovation and whose projects have the most potential impact. The winners were recognized for projects involving the arts, science, technology and social action.

The Milton Fisher Scholarship for Innovation and Creativity was established in 2003 at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven by the Reneé B. Fisher Foundation. This scholarship is not a traditional scholarship focused on

Sophie Edelstein Leon Aharonian Samuel Loseff Sophia Wang rewarding academic achievement and ad- also served on the boards of several pub- ily members may be deported and directs dressing financial need. Its specific goal lic companies and wrote two books about them to local sources of legal and other is to reward and encourage innovative and Wall Street. assistance. She will attend the College of The Milton Fisher Scholarship is one Charleston. creative problem-solving. High school juniors and seniors and college freshmen of dozens of scholarships adminisSophie Edelstein (Wilbur Cross High from Connecticut and the New York met- tered through The Community Founda- School, New Haven, Conn.) Sophie tion for Greater New Haven. Thanks to the knew that the human airway or trachea ropolitan area are eligible to apply.

The application deadline for 2020 is May generosity of three generations of donors, can be damaged by infection, cancer, ex1; a complete of set of guidelines and a link The Community Foundation awarded cessive intubation or trauma—but no efto the online application can be found ath- $34 million in grants and distributions in fective replacement exists for this crucial ttp://www.rbffoundation.org and www.cf- 2018 from charitable assets of more than connective tissue. Sophie’s personal exgnh.org/scholarships. For more informa- $600 million composed of hundreds of periences with multiple surgeries for hip tion, please email mfscholarship@gmail. individually named funds. In addition to and leg problems sparked her passionate com or contact Denise Canning at The its grantmaking, The Community Foun- interest in biomedical research and led Community Foundation for Greater New dation helps build a stronger community her to make important strides towards by taking measures to improve student developing a more functional tracheal Haven at 203-777-7076.

Milton Fisher was born and educated achievement, create healthy families in replacement graft. She will be studying in New York City and was a Connecticut New Haven, promote local philanthropy biomedical engineering at Yale. resident from 1960 until his death in 2001. through www.giveGreater.org® and The Zhiyuan Li (Freedom High School, He was an attorney and an investment Great Give®, and encourage better un- Chantilly, Va.) Zhiyuan worried about the banker who also taught a unique course derstanding of the region. The Commu- fact that existing treatments of chronic for adults called “Applied Creativity” for nity Foundation for Greater New Haven’s wounds and ulcers in an increasingly over 25 years. His deep interest in the 20-town service area includes: Ansonia, diabetic and aging population around the roots of creativity, and the many exercises Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East globe led to an over-use of antibiotics; but he developed to help people become more Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, she also knew that the expense of medinnovative and creative in their lives, also Milford, New Haven, North Branford, ical-grade honeys that were alternatives led him to write the book “Intuition: How North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Seymour, to antibiotics disadvantaged low-income to Use it in Your Life,” which has been Shelton, Wallingford, West Haven and communities. She developed a honey translated into several languages. Fisher Woodbridge. For more information about from blueberries that had strong antiThe Community Foundation, visit www. microbial power, and patented a low-cost cfgnh.org, find us on Facebook at www. method that can be used to make any honfacebook.org/cfgnh or follow us on Twit- ey medical-grade—a new and effective ter atwww.twitter.com/cfgnh. treatment for wounds and inflammation.

She plans to study Applied Mathematics 2019 Winners at Columbia.

Leon Aharonian (Bronx High School Samuel Loseff (School Without Walls of Science, Bronx, N.Y.) Back pain High School, Washington D.C.) Samuel caused by bad posture can be alleviated brought us one step closer to transmitting only by changing one’s habits—a diffi- clean, renewable space-based solar power cult process that requires advanced bio- to earth by using 3D printing to fabricate feedback. Recognizing the limitations a microwave antenna that he designed of existing devices, Leon designed a and coated with silver epoxy. He will distinctive Posture Monitoring Shirt that study materials science and engineering uses artificial intelligence algorithms to at Columbia. provide reliable biofeedback on posture Sophia Wang (Amity Regional High in real time that could benefit individuals, School, Woodbridge, Conn.) By comtherapists and researchers dealing with bining approaches from multiple fields— the challenge of back pain. He will attend civil engineering, computer science, arColumbia University. tificial intelligence, applied technology, Jody Bell (Greenwich High School, chemistry and mathematics—Sophia deGreenwich, Conn.) Appreciating the veloped a novel system of underground confusion and sense of helplessness felt sensors for detecting sinkholes prior to by many American-born children of un- collapse. The low-cost, accurate, userdocumented immigrants, Jody created friendly detecting device could help stem an accessible and easy-to-use website to the threat that sinkholes pose to both pubprovide answers and help. “In Case of lic health and property. Sophia is a junior Deportation” ICODhelp.org helps chil- in high school. dren prepare for the possibility that fam- 2019 Honorable Mentions

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Madeline Bale (Clayton High School, St. Louis, Mo.) created, directed, filmed and edited a prize-winning documentary entitled “Menstruation Discrimination,” which has been shown nationwide on CSPAN, to explain why the discriminatory “tampon sales tax” must be abolished nationwide. As a result of the impact of her film, she is now working with Missouri politicians to abolish this tax in her state, which especially affects poor women, while men’s products like Viagra, Rogaine and shaving cream are not taxed. She plans to major in Economics and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies at Yale.

Joseph Benedetti (Amity Regional High School, Woodbridge, Conn.) researched how the amount of DNA affects a plant’s traits. His research has implications for which species of plants may become most endangered by climate change. Joseph plans to study Civil Engineering at UC-Berkeley.

Gavin A. Krois (Jonathan Law High School, Milford, Conn.) developed a new design for a vertical axis wind turbine that would allow it to operate without causing the fatigue and stress on the system that leads to frequent breakage in current designs. His design could promote the greater use of an important form of sustainable energy. Gavin will attend Stony Brook University.

Annika Morgan (Joel Barlow High School, Redding, Conn.) replaced hydrogen atoms in Ebola vaccines with deuterium, a non-radioactive, naturallyoccurring isotope, resulting in an increase in the vaccine’s thermostability and shelf life, and making it easier to transport it in hot climates. Annika will study biomedical engineering at Dartmouth.

Cook Shaw (Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.) drew inspiration from videos on modular architecture to design and construct an ingenious modular backpack with removable inserts that could be reconfigured at will, solving the problem of organizing and accessing what he needed as he shuttled between school and the homes of his mom and dad. Cook will study architecture at Cornell.

The Milton Fisher Scholarship is administered by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven in partnership with the Arts Council of Greater New Haven.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 16, 2019 - October 22, 2019

Hartford Celebrates 9th Annual Community Health and Wellness Fair

By Bobbi Brown,

Communication/Journalism Major,

Eastern Connecticut State University

Hartford’s Department of Families, Children, Youth and Recreation (DFCYR) hosted its 9th Annual Hartford Community Health and Wellness Fair on Oct. 5, at the Parker Memorial Recreation Center. Nearly 1,000 Greater Hartford Area residents, up from the original 75 when the fair began 8 years ago, participated and celebrated the occasion.

The fair showcased grand opening of its new EnVision Center in the recreation center, with a special feature known as the “Family Resource Hub,” created to provide a widerange of support from several city offices and designed to better align and integrate existing services at Parker. Throughout the day, children enjoyed arts and crafts, storytelling and face painting, along with plenty of giveaways. The first 50 children were presented free bicycle hel-

mets, school supplies and haircuts.

Complimentary healthy snacks were provided to all who took part in this wonderful day.

Former Teacher of the Year at the Simpson-Waverly School in Hartford Geneva Williams conceived the idea of the health fair. For years, the Farmington Valley Chapter of the Links, Inc. of which Williams is a member, organized the fair and has been a key provider for this annual event. The Links mission is to provide “Hope & Opportunities” to the community.

At the event, the Links supplied “Bright Smiles, Bright Futures Program/Colgate Dental Van,” which provided dental screenings for children. The dental van has serviced more than 600 Hartford school children in the past 7 years. The Chapter also sponsored the “Hartford Hospital Digital Mammography Van,” which issued screenings for women over 40.

Williams said the community and city officials are pleased with the success at the fair, which also provided information on homeownership and financial planning for college, safety and emergency preparedness and much more.

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“iHaven”

October 16, 2019 - October 22, 2019

Entrepreneurship Program Launched

THOMAS BREEN PHOTOS City economic development deputy Cathy Graves. Below: Health Haven Hub CFO Donna Lecky and Small Business Counselor Gerry Garcia with his daughter Hannah.

by THOMAS BREEN

New Havven Independent

City officials and economic development boosters celebrated the kick-off of a new 10-week training and mentorship program designed to keep local college student entrepreneurs rooted in New Haven even after they graduate.

That new program, dubbed iHaven, was at the center of a grand opening and celebratory press conference Tuesday morning on the ninth floor of 195 Church St. downtown.

The presser took place in the offices of Health Haven Hub, a new health-tech business incubator that will be host to the biweekly iHaven courses and that has partnered with the city to line up some of the academics, lawyers, bankers, and business leaders who will be teaching participating students.

The program will hold its first classes every Tuesday and Thursday evening starting next week, Health Haven Hub CFO Donna Lecky said, with a cohort of roughly 20 student entrepreneurs from partner institutions Gateway Community College, University of New Haven, Southern Connecticut State University, Quinnipiac University, and Albertus Magnus College. The courses will focus on everything from perfecting a business pitch to financial modeling to raising capital to creating provisional patents.

“The goal is to work with these students to help create their minimum viable product,” Lecky said, “or, if they already have a product, teach them to scale and develop their business in a more meaningful way.”

City economic development deputy and Small Business Resource Center Director, who spearheaded the development iHaven project along with city Small Business Counselor Gerry Garcia, said

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the primary motivation for establishing this course was to make it “too expensive” for young New Haven entrepreneurs to leave for New York, Boston, or San Francisco.

“We believe that if there were resources available,” she said Tuesday, “we could root them here. We could grow them here. And they would hire here.”

Lecky said that iHaven is designed to support two different groups of student entrepreneurs: those still in the “ideation phase” who are in the midst of coming up with an idea for a business, and those past that phase, who already have a product and are looking to scale and develop a consumer base.

Students in the latter group will each receive a dedicated mentor from the local business world and will participate in a series of 16 training workshops over the course of the 10-week program. That will culminate in a pitch competition before investors with the opportunity to win seed capital. The former will be able to participate in a weekend-long “bootcamp series” consisting of a variety of intensive workshops that mirror the 10week curriculum. “iHaven is emblematic of how New Haven has quickly become the region’s epicenter for entrepreneurship and tech training,” Mayor Toni Harp said.

This program, along with the variety of entrepreneurship incubators and coworking spaces that have sprouted up over the course of her administration, like Health Haven Hub, DISTRICT, and Collab, will only expand upon the city’s already burgeoning small business economy.

“It wasn’t luck that got us here,” she said. “It was hard work over years by many people” dedicated to promoting Con’t on page 09

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New Haven and encouraging businesses to grow in New Haven.

The program itself is cost-free for students to participate in, and is funded primarily by a $200,000 grant from the state Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) and a $50,000 grant from CTNext.

State Senior Development Specialist Lindy Lee Gold said that DECD was interested in supporting such a venture in large part because of its focus on Albertus, Quinnipiac, UNH, Southern, and Gateway. Many students at those schools “have not been privileged to have the mentorship and [business] accelerators that their peers at Yale have,” she said.

“I think it’s in our enlightened self-interest,” she said, for the state to fund a program designed to keep young entrepreneurs innovating and growing their businesses in New Haven.

In addition to the five local colleges, DECD, and CTNext, iHaven’s partners include the law firm Bankwell, Carmody, Torrance, Sandak & Hennessey, the accounting firm Marcum, LLP, and Peoples United Bank and Webster Bank.

Tong Sues Feds To Respect State Pardons

State Attorney General William Tong has sued the the federal government to try to force it to recognize the legitimacy of state pardons used to block deportation orders.

AG spokesperson Elizabeth Benton made that announcement Friday morning in an emailed press release about the state’s new lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Justice.

“Today, we filed suit against federal immigration officials seeking a declaratory judgment that Connecticut’s pardons are indeed executive pardons under federal law,” Tong is quoted as saying in the release. “Such a judgment could force the federal government to recognize Connecticut’s pardons and reverse their flawed and discriminatory policies that have subjected our residents to the threat of cruel and needless deportation.”

Attorney General William Tong announced today that the State of Connecticut has sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Justice in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, seeking a declaratory judgment that the federal government must honor and respect Connecticut’s pardons as sufficient to waive deportation under the Pardon Waiver Clause of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The lawsuit explains that fed-

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William Tong.

eral agencies have singled-out Connecticut for unfair and prejudicial treatment by refusing to recognize our pardons.

“Today, we filed suit against federal immigration officials seeking a declaratory judgment that Connecticut’s pardons are indeed executive pardons under federal law. Such a judgment could force the federal government to recognize Connecticut’s pardons and reverse their flawed and discriminatory policies that have subjected our residents to the threat of cruel and needless deportation. Connecticut’s pardons have long been

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recognized and respected. It is unlawful for the federal government to suddenly strip Connecticut residents of the benefits of the second chance that our state has chosen to grant them and that they are entitled to under federal law,” said Attorney General Tong.

The Pardon Waiver Clause of the INA provides critical protection against removal for pardoned noncitizens. Since the passage of the INA in 1952, the federal government had consistently respected and honored Connecticut pardons and had given Connecticut residents the same rights as all other residents under the Pardon Waiver Clause. That changed in 2018 when immigration authorities broke from past settled practiced and reversed themselves, suddenly refusing to recognize Connecticut’s pardons based on an illogical and unsupported reading of Connecticut’s pardon process.

Federal authorities have now singled out Connecticut residents for harsher treatment merely because our pardons are issued by the governor-appointed Board of Pardons and Paroles rather than directly by the governor.

Connecticut’s pardon system is virtually identical to those in five other states – Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, South Carolina and Utah. The Board of Immigration Appeals accepts pardons from Alabama and Geor-

gia as satisfying the Pardon Waiver Clause, and before this recent reversal has even previously accepted a Connecticut pardon.

By disregarding Connecticut’s pardons, the lawsuit argues, the federal government has violated Connecticut’s rights under the Tenth Amendment and the constitutional principle of equal sovereignty, as well as Administrative Procedure Act prohibitions against federal agency actions that are arbitrary, capricious and contrary to law.

Attorney General Tong personally defended the legitimacy of Connecticut’s pardon process before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Walton v. Barr on September 3. Last month, the Second Circuit dismissed the appeal in Walton v. Barr and vacated a previously issued temporary stay of removal, meaning Wayzaro Walton now faces the possibility of imminent deportation. The Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal finding they lacked jurisdiction, and no federal court has yet ruled on the merits of the serious question that were raised—whether ICE can disregard and disrespect the effect of Connecticut pardons.

He delivered oral arguments in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston in Thompson v. Barr on July 23.

The First Circuit is expected to rule on that case later this fall.

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New Play Follows Women’s Post-Prison Lives DeLauro Endorses Elicker

by THOMAS BREEN

New Havven Independent

An FBI community outreach worker and a local youth worker have teamed up to write, direct, and produce a play about the challenges women face after leaving prison.

That new play, Her Time, is the brainchild of Charles Grady, a specialist for the Connecticut FBI Community Outreach Program, and Steve Driffin, the youth and community programs manager for New Haven’s Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology (ConnCAT).

Her Time is scheduled to have a threeshow run at the Klein Memorial Auditorium in Bridgeport on Nov. 16 and Nov. 17.

The subject of the play, Grady and Driffin explained on a recent episode of WNHH’s “Criminal Justice Insider with Babz Rawls-Ivy and Jeff Grant,” is Kim Williams, a woman who has spent 25 years in federal prison for transporting a gun and drugs for a boyfriend suspected of murder.

Grady and Driffin co-wrote the script, with Driffin serving as the director and Grady as the executive producer.

This character last appeared in The 5K Motion, a 2012 movie that Grady, who spent 21 years as a Hamden police officer and continues to work as a professional television and movie actor, made with the FBI. That movie was filmed in parts of Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven, in-

cluding at the former Church Street South housing complex .

In that movie, Williams received a 40year sentence at just 18 years old for actions done in allegiance to her boyfriend, Grady said. Once the police caught up with her, though, her “boo” abandoned her to stay out of legal trouble himself.

The play picks up with Williams over two decades later. She has gotten out of prison on appeal, and returns home to find that her mom has died, her children are now adults, and everything and everyone in her pre-incarceration life have changed beyond recognition.

While Williams herself is a fictional character, “it was all based on reality,” Grady said about the stories of postincarceration hardship featured in this play. “This is the real deal.”

“We want to tell the real story of post-incarceration,” Driffin said. “Your neighborhood has changed. Everything has changed. You’re in this time vacuum, and you have to try to catch up—and real quick.”

Over 70 percent of women prisoners in this country are incarcerated for something they’ve done for a man, Grady said. He said he hears former female prisoners’ stories all the time through a program he founded in Bridgeport called Her Time, which is geared specifically towards providing a place for such women to meet, talk, share, and break bread with other former prisoners trying to reacclimate to life outside the bars.

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Steve Driffin (left) with Gov. Ned Lamont at ConnCAT.

That program is an outgrowth of another venture Grady founded, called Hang Time Real Talk, which has chapters in New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, and Waterbury.

“It’s all about tapping into the after effects,” Grady said about the reentry group sessions, “and emotion, and how do you move forward with that level of pain?” Members of Her Time and Hang

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Time talk about both history and current events, he said, go on field trips together to everywhere from Washington D.C. to Newport, Rhode Island, and learn how to talk about the difficulties of life in and after prison.

“When you treat people like human beings and fairly,” he said, “great things happen.”

Justin Elicker earned another endorsement from a member of the state’s federal delegation as U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro threw her support behind the Democratic mayoral candidate.

Elicker announced that latest endorsement in a press release sent out by his campaign Tuesday morning.

“Justin Elicker earned the Democratic nomination for Mayor of the City of New Haven, and I am proud to endorse his candidacy,” the longtime Congresswoman from Connecticut’s Third District is quoted as saying. “Justin has a vision that will carry the City of New Haven forward–a progressive platform that seeks to address the needs of all of our residents. I am certain that he will do great things for the Elm City, and I look forward to working with him.”

“I am grateful to have the support of Congresswoman DeLauro,” Elicker is quoted as saying in the release. “Rosa has, and continues to be, a strong voice for New Haven residents at our nation’s capital, and I will be proud to work with her as the 51st Mayor of New Haven.”

The endorsement comes less than a week after U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy announced his support for Elicker, and just a day after U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he plans to do the same, according to the New Haven Register.

Elicker trounced incumbent Mayor Toni Harp in September’s Democratic Party primary, and will appear on the Nov. 5 general election ballot as the Democratic nominee.

Harp will also appear on the ballot on the Working Families Party line, though she has formally suspended her campaign.

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New 24/7 News Network Scheduled to Launch in November 2019

Black News Channel (BNC) TV Launches in America

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent

In a joint teleconference broadcast live from the Four Season’s Hotel in New York’s Financial District, the Black News Channel (BNC) and the National Newspaper Publishers Association announced the official launch date and time for the nation’s first 24-hour, 7-days a week all-news TV channel that will focus on African American news.

The new channel promises to inform, educate, and empower nearly 50 million African Americans now living in the United States.

The potential for the network appears almost limitless.

BNC will immediately have the potential to reach 33 million households daily in all the major media markets across the nation.

Combined with the millions of readers who consume information from NNPA’s Black-owned newspapers and media companies each week, the BNC could quickly become the top destination for all who want to consume African American news on TV and on mobile devices.

BNC, which officially launches at 6 a.m. on Friday, November 15, 2019 has agreements with Charter Communications, Comcast and DISH TV. The network already has commitments for carriage in major African American hubs

like Atlanta, New York City, Chicago, New Orleans, Houston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Washington, DC, Baltimore and Los Angeles.

Tallahassee, Florida, houses BNC’s headquarters, and the network will have news bureaus around the country, including Washington, D.C. and New York City.

Former Republican U.S. Congressman J.C. Watts is chairman of BNC, which is backed financially by business mogul and Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan.

“This platform will create a venue for the African American community to have a dialogue to talk about news, education and cultural things,” stated Watts, who added that the network has been in the planning stage for many years.

“I had an afro when I started this,” Watts referenced.

“It’s especially important to have the Black Press of America join us in this venture. I bet most people don’t realize that there are 223 African Americanowned newspapers in the NNPA, and that’s content for us,” Watts stated.

“We suffered a big blow with the loss of Ebony and Jet, publications I grew up reading. But I still read the Black Press in Oklahoma City, growing up.”

NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., who participated in the teleconference, said the NNPA’s

partnership with the BNC is a profound win-win for Black America.

“This year marks the 192nd year of the Black Press of America. Black Americans striving for excellence in all fields of endeavor give life to our culture that attracts and impacts all people. We set trends for ourselves and others,” Chavis stated.

“We’re not a cursed people, and we are a blessed people. We continue to strive for excellence, and to have Shad Khan announced as a primary investor for the launch and sustainable development of

the BNC is of major significance,” Chavis noted.

Kahn told NNPA Newswire that the decision to back BNC was easy once he looked at the mission and the business model.

“I am a big believer in the fact that we have a number of communities, obviously especially the African American community, who are underserved,” stated Kahn, a magnate in the auto equipment industry.

In addition to the Jaguars, he owns the Fulham Football Club of the English

Football League, All Elite Wrestling, and the Four Seasons Hotel Toronto.

“I hope that as time goes on, this becomes a bridge to connect all the cultures, including obviously south Asian.

But I do believe there is an undeniable calling for everything the Black News Channel will deliver to African American television audiences, who have historically been underserved in an era where networks have otherwise successfully targeted news to specific demographic groups and interests. My Con’t on page 14

Cengage, UNCF Provide Students Free Textbooks

By Briana Thomas

Earlier this month, digital learning company Cengage and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) announced a free online textbook program to help Black students shoulder the financial strain of purchasing college materials.

This upcoming school year, Cengage Unlimited will offer 1,000 students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) free, semester-long subscriptions to their all-access digital college textbook and course material platform.

According to a press release, UNCF will administer the program and select the recipients on behalf of Cengage Michael Hansen, CEO of Cengage, said in a press release that his company is proud to partner with UNCF to assist minority students in paying for educational resources.

“Every student should have an equal opportunity to succeed, and having the

right learning materials can have a critical impact on performance,” Hansen said. “The high [costs] of textbooks have prohibited this for many students…”

The free subscription to Cengage Unlimited grants Black students access to more than 22,000 Cengage eBooks, online homework access codes and study guides. The subscription price usually costs $119.99 a semester.

According to a 2018 study by Morning Consult, 60 percent of African American students chose not to buy required textbooks and course materials, and 52 percent expressed that buying course materials has a big impact on their finances while in school.

The same study listed the cost of textbooks as the highest financial stressor for students after paying for tuition. This was in comparison to the responsibilities of student housing, healthcare and food.

Dr. Michael L. Lomax, president and CEO of UNCF, said in the press release that it is important to support the educa-

tion of the next generation of leaders.

“For 75 years, our motto ‘A mind is a terrible thing to waste, but a wonderful thing to invest in,’ has remained at the forefront of everything we do,” Lomax said. “We must continue to invest our time and money in better futures for young people around the country.”

In recent years, student enrollment across the nation’s 102 HBCUs has decreased.

According to data from the National Center for Education Statistics, the number of HBCU students increased 47 percent between 1976 and 2010. That number decreased between 2010 and 2017 to a HBCU student population of 298,000 students.

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minority learning and college readiness, according to the UNCF website.

The recipients will be awarded based on financial need, a minimum GPA of 2.5, a one-page essay and letter of recommendation.

Five hundred subscriptions will be granted for the Fall 2019 semester and

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This article originally appeared in The Afro.

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COMMENTARY: Fannie Lou Hamer Died of Untreated Breast Cancer

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the proliferation of pink ribbons is about to start. Predatory capitalists will make breast cancer their cause, producing pink t-shirts, pocketbooks, everything. It’s a mixed blessing, this awareness, because too many will make this both a marketing and a profit-making opportunity, while others will wonder how they can use their health insurance to afford a mammogram. Health equity is a major issue, and there is a gap in health care and health access. It is especially sharp when we address the issue of breast cancer.

While Black women get breast cancer at a lower rate than white women, we are 42 percent more likely to die from it. And young Black women, those under 35, are twice as likely as white women to get breast cancer, and three times as likely to die from it. Black women are also three times as likely as white women to get triple-negative breast cancer, an especially aggressive form of breast cancer.

I am privileged to know Ricki Fairley, a triple-negative breast cancer survivor, and marketing maven who now holds a leadership role at the nation’s oldest and largest black women’s breast cancer network group. Sister’s Network, describes itself as a “survivorship organization” that provides support for Black women who are diagnosed with breast cancer.

Ricki only recently joined the organization as its Vice President for Strategic Partnerships and National Programs, and she is on a mission to raise awareness about breast cancer in the African American community. Propelled by her own survivorship story, but also by the many women she has provided support for, she is passionate about the reasons that African American women must be informed

and engaged around breast cancer issues.

Our civil rights icon, Fannie Lou Hamer, died of untreated breast cancer. She was just 59 when she made her transition, and one can only speculate about why this fearless leader had an untreated disease. Her untreated breast cancer was not the first collision she experienced with our racist health care system. At 44, she had surgery to remove a tumor, and the hospital also gave her a hysterectomy without her consent. These unconsented sterilizations happened to lots of Black women in southern states. It eroded the trust that many Black women had in our health care system. Had Fannie Lou Hamer noticed a lump, would she be inclined to return to the health care system that had already oppressed her? Probably not.

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her daughter, Alexandra. Because Williams was gracious enough to share her story, we are reminded that Black women are all too often ignored or dismissed by health care providers. Racial bias in the medical field is not only real, but also life-threatening. Reference Fannie Lou Hamer. Ask Serena Williams. Consider the thousands of Black women that are being sidelined by a health care system that does not hear our voices.

What must we do to ensure that Black women don’t carry the heavy burden of health disparities? We must be mindful and aware of the risks of breast cancer.

We must talk about breast care with our sisters and our young ‘uns. We must engage in a policy conversation about the ways health insurance can support our breast health. Too often, health insurance covers some, but not all, of the cost of screening. We must engage our civic organizations in breast health education.

We must remember Fannie Lou Hamer, who said she was “sick and tired of being sick and tired.” That means as tired as we are of being tired, we must also

be committed to taking care of ourselves.

Too many studies say that Black women ignore self-care for the care of others.

Fannie Lou Hamer was a leader and an icon. She was also a Black woman who gave voice to her tiredness and the way it impacted her. In saying that she was “sick and tired of being sick and tired”,

she challenged us all to be less sick, less tired, and more self-aware. If we celebrate her, we must hear her. The health care system is biased against Black women, and we must take our health care in our own hands. Neither sick, nor tired, just empowered. And in October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, be supportive of organizations like the Sister’s Network, an organization that provides opportunities and services for the Black women who are diagnosed with breast cancer. We must do this in the name of Fannie Lou Hamer.

Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist. Her latest project MALVEAUX! On UDCTV is available on youtube.com. For booking, wholesale inquiries or for more info visit www.juliannemalveaux.com Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights leader, at the Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 1964. This image is available from the United States Library of Congress’s Prints and Photographs division.

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Dixwell Rezoning Debate: 7 Stories Or 4? Black News Con’t from page

by ALLAN APPEL

New Havven Independent

The latest passionate neighborhood wrangling over the city’s planned rezoning of its three major commercial corridors Whalley, Grand, and Dixwell avenues focused on whether to limit new buildings to four stories rather than the proposed seven-story 75-foot height limit.

Thirty Dixwell homeowners, small business owners, and nonprofit officials gathered in the community room of the Florence Virtue Houses Thursday night for the session. Their mission: to dig deeper into some of the controversial aspects of the city’s Commercial Gateways District project that were aired at last month’s City Plan Commission (CPC) meeting. It was the latest of numerous such meetings around town to discuss the proposal, aimed at helping local and small-scale investors building businesses and denser, lower-rent housing in struggling commercial districts with outdated single-use, car-oriented zoning.

City Plan Director Aicha Woods and Deputy Director for Zoning Jenna Montesano were on hand taking notes and passing out cards for participants to formally put their two cents, and more, into the record.

This Wednesday night, the City Plan Commissioners are slated to receive the plan from Woods and her staff, including changes that might result from public input, and then to take a vote.

That proposed new zoning district classification seeks to use parking maximums, building height increases, and affordability and sustainability incentives to encourage denser commercial and residential development along the avenues connecting downtown with the city’s neighborhoods.

Thursday night’s gathering featured three hours of spirited debate. As was the case at last month’s CPC gathering, some speakers, while acknowledging a profound need for improvements in Dixwell, criticized the the rezoning initiative. Some suggested that allowing seven-story developments would lure out-of-town builders not committed to affordable housing, projects that could theoretically displace residents. The plan, so the critique continued, could distort neighborhood character in a way that might compromise or lose Dixwell’s culture and history, and continue a century-long trend of projects imposed without adequate community engagement.

“From what I understand,” said New Haven Legal Assistance Association (NHLAA) community organizer Kerry Ellington, taller buildings promote more market-rate housing.

“Nobody in my neighborhood can afford market rates,” Ellington added.

Others at the gathering, such as lo-

cal landlord Jayuan Carter, objected.

“Higher is okay if it’s [also] affordable,” he said. Policymakers have generally seen denser projects are more likely to promote affordable housing, because the builders can more easily afford to keep rents lower if they have more units.

Also, Woods and Montesano were at pains to point out, the commerical corridors don’t even have height limits right now, meaning developers can build higher as of right. They noted that the proposal’s language has built-in incentives for affordable housing..

There was more agreement at the meeting that a 75-foot limit would be fine for one portion of the Dixwell corridor where new owners have plans to build: Dixwell Plaza.

The plaza’s properties have been purchased by ConnCORP, a for-profit community development sussidiary of the nonprofit Connecticut Center for Arts and Technology CEO Erik Clemons, who was on hand with his development lieutenant, banker Paul McCraven, revealed that his group plans to put jobtraining, business-incubating, arts, day care, and other enterprises profoundly needed by the community.

To support those largely nonprofit activities below at the street level, a rental apartment building must rise above, and, to make the finances work, it must rise above four stories, he said.

That also is the case with development planned for the northern end of the proposed corridor, at a proposed 100 percent affordable-housing project planned on a vacant lot by the nonprofit Beulah Land Development Corporation.

“We’ve heard tonight for the first time about Beulah Heights and ConnCAT,” said Ellington. “Can’t we specifically rezone for those two, and then allow the rest of the community to participate in rezoning the rest of the corridor?”

“We can’t rezone just for them,” Montesano replied. “It’s called ‘spot zoning’ and it’s illegal.”

Some participants in the discussion suggested that officials peel Dixwell away from the three-neighborhood rezoning plan.

That didn’t sit well with Livable City Initiative (LCI) Executive Director Serena Neal-Sanjuro.

“The challenge is when does Dixwell move if we take it off? Whalley and Grand will move forward. I’m afraid [there’s a risk] Dixwell will stagnate,” she cautioned.

Woods said that it is indeed possible to propose to the commissioners on Wednesday to vote [only on] Whalley and Grand. However, Montesano added: “It can’t just be tabled.” The process, which has already consumed years, would begin all over again for Dixwell.

decision to invest is an easy one because we get to answer that calling,” Kahn explained.

Both Watts and Kahn promised that BNC will give a voice to the varied experiences of African Americans and will not just tell a segment of the story but will tell the entire story.

“We will inform, educate, inspire, and empower the African American community,” Watts added.

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Zoning chief Jenna Montesano with neighbors, rezoning map.

Participants Kerry Ellington , Jayuan Carter, and Lillie Chambers.

ConnCorp’s Paul McCraven, City Plan Director Aicha Woods, and Dixwell activist Pat Solomon.

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BNC will have three primary anchor teams who will host the network’s evening newscast, morning newscast, and mid-day D.C. Today Live broadcast. In addition to primary anchor teams, BNC also will have high-profile expert contributors who will add commentary and information to each newscast.

The network will work with historically black colleges and universities to ensure that all African Americans have a voice.

A BNC correspondent will examine life on the HBCU campuses and explain why the experiences students have at these institutions of learning are so meaningful in the cultural development of many students’ lives. The weekly one-hour program will focus on what is happening at HBCUs that is good, positive, and uplifting.

Additionally, one of the many topics will include Sickle Cell Diseases, the blood disorder that disproportionately affects African Americans.

Veteran TV anchor Kelly Wright, who will host a 6 p.m. show on BNC, said his inaugural program would include a segment on the NNPA’s missing black girls national series.

That series spotlights the more than 424,000 African American women and girls who have gone missing in the United States over the past half-decade.

“We’re not looking to be Republican or Democrat. There will be current affairs, but we are culturally specific to the African American community. MSNBC, Fox News, CNN may have African American faces on their news shows, but they are not necessarily covering the community from a cultural perspective,” Watts stated. “We’re not looking to be left or right. We will be authentic and true to enriched and diverse African American experience.”

NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (pictured at right), who participated in the teleconference, said the NNPA’s partnership with the BNC is a profound win-win for Black America.

(Also pictured are Former Republican U.S. Congressman J.C. Watts, chairman of BNC (left) and Jacksonville Jaguars owner, Shad Khan, who is a primary investor in the new network (center).

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Festival to Highlight Black ‘Films with a Purpose’

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent

On Saturday, October 12, at Los Angeles Center Studios in California, and in conjunction with its anniversary, the nonprofit Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) will present its inaugural Faith-based Inspirational Film Festival.

The 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. event at Los Angeles Center Studios in California will feature “Emanuel,” the story of a white supremacists’ murder of nine African Americans at bible study. There will also be a screening of “Amazing Grace,” the documentary of the late Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. A question and answer session with several prominent local pastors will follow each screening.

“This is also our 25th year for our main film festival which provides a forum for emerging African American filmmakers,” stated Sandra Evers-Manly, who founded BHERC. “It is critical for black filmmakers to share their talent,” Evers-Manly states.

“We must create avenues that allow people to express themselves through the arts. In my opinion, film is one of the most powerful mediums of art there is.

The goal is to make sure that black artists are in an industry that is welcoming; an inclusive industry where they don’t have to fight to tell their stories. We have seen some breakthrough but still have a long

way go.”

The 25th annual African American Film Marketplace and S.E. Manly Short Film Showcase festival will open with the Los Angeles Premiere of Five films funded

by Films With a Purpose (FWAP) a BHERC initiative. The Festival will take place Wednesday October 23 – Sunday, October 27, 2019 held at Cinemark 18 Theatres at The Promenade @ Howard Hughes LA Complex in Los Angeles, California and The Nate Holden Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles.

The Festival will present a combination of over 90 documentaries and short films, over 50 filmmakers and concludes with a Q&A after each film block. The community-at-large is invited to celebrate the artistry of this year’s filmmakers whose projects cover diverse topics, stories, techniques and broad themes multi-layered with humor, drama, and reality.

The Opening Night Reception and Award Gala are set to be held at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles to honor the behind-the-scenes professionals who have made laudable contributions to Black Hollywood and the community on Friday, October 25.

Hosted by award-winning and veteran Actor/Director William Allen Young the 2019 class of honorees are: • Ivan Dixon Award of Achievement: Charles Floyd Johnson, Executive Producer CBS Television Series, “NCIS,”

three-time Emmy award winner and first African-American to produce a Primetime Drama Series; • President’s Award: Neema Barnette, Writer\Director\Producer, First African American Woman to direct a primetime sitcom and receive a major studio deal; • Lifetime Achievement Award: Oz Scott, Director\Producer and Executive Producer “Black Lightning”; • Paul Robeson Legacy Award: Harry E. Johnson, Sr., President and CEO, The

Memorial Foundation (Builders of the King Memorial) • Community Service Award: Pat Prescott, Morning Show Host, 94.7 The Wave One of the highlights of the Festival is the annual Youth Diversity Film Festival for Middle and High School students. These aspiring young filmmakers study the craft at local arts organizations and schools in the Los Angeles community and across the country. Closing the

Festivities on Sunday, October 27 will include the classic Soul Food & Film Reception.

Past BHERC Honorees the famed Black Stuntmen’s Association with Sandra Evers-Manly. Also in picture Academy Award Winner Actor Louis Gossett, Jr. The mission of BHERC is to advocate, educate, research, develop, and preserve the history and future of African Americans in film and television. BHERC also Con’t on page 16

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IN MEMORIAM: Legendary Morgan State and New York Knicks Assistant Coach:

Nat Frazier Passes Away at 84

By Lauren Poteat, NNPA Washington Correspondent

Morgan State University, a historically Black institution located in Baltimore, Maryland, recently celebrated the life of legendary award-winning basketball coach Nathaniel Frazier, who passed away Sept. 22 at Howard County General Hospital at the age of 84.

A former NBA New York Knicks Assistant Coach and an NCAA Division II Championship Coach, “Nat” Frazier was devoted not only to the love of basketball but also to the community, hard work and, most importantly, his family.

“My dad loved the game of basketball, he was a master at it, but it was his love for family that really made him great,” Kevin Frazier, eldest son of Nat Frazier and co-host of CBS’s Entertainment Tonight, said.

“He was an amazing dad. My dad was always in my corner. He never held a grudge and his big thing was ‘people make mistakes, you’re going to make mistakes, but it’s how you bounce back from that mistake the matters.’”

Born in Beaufort, S.C., Nat grew up in the racially segregated south of Savannah, Georgia, where he graduated from Alfred E. Beach High School after leading his team to the Georgia State High School basketball title in 1953 and being named to the All-Tourney team in 1954.

Nat, who attended Tuskegee Institute, and became an All-SIAC pick twice, went on to play semi-pro basketball in the New York State Industrial Basketball League before receiving a Master’s in Health Counseling from City College of New York and completing a post-Mas-

ter’s studies at New York University and the University of Illinois in Educational Administration.

Dedicated to the importance and strength of education, not only did Nat obtain his own multiple degrees, but he also helped to make sure that all of his siblings attended and graduated from college as well.

When Nat initially began coaching at Morgan State in 1972 (where he remained until 1977), he introduced a style of basketball that would emphasize intricate offenses and hard-nosed defense.

Through these techniques, the Bears would go on to play a form of triangle offenses, popularized by Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s.

Those same techniques would go on to secure unprecedented success for Morgan State University, including the team’s 1974 NCAA Division II Championship (which has never been won since) and an Associated Press National “Coach of the Year,” given to the passionate leader for his exceptional coaching.

During his seven seasons with Morgan State, Frazier was the 10th winningest coach in Division II history — a very proud moment for his son.

“I remember Morgan State winning the national championship. I was there with him,” Kevin recounted. “I basically grew up going everywhere with him…

I always felt like I was his sidekick… living life with him was always a huge adventure.”

While at Morgan State, Nat took his teams on several overseas trips and traveled to Africa to help spread the game and train coaches in the Western part of

(Photo provided by the Frazier family

the continent.

Nat also spent a decade of summers coaching overseas in the Venezuelan Special Basketball League, where his Carabobo team won the league title in 1973.

Following Frazier’s first tenure at Morgan in 1977, Frazier went to the NBA as an assistant coach for the New York Knicks.

He then became a part of the ownership team and was the general manager in the groundbreaking Women’s Basketball League that would pave the way for what is now known as the “WNBA.” “My dad was a bigger believer in good basketball… basketball was basketball to him, and I think he recognized early the impact that women could make, before a lot of other people did,” Kevin continued. “He loved and appreciated the contributions that women could make in basketball and even though his particular

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franchise didn’t exactly work out, he was still so supportive of the WNBA.” In 1986 Nat returned back to Morgan State where he remained until 1989, where his son Kevin said was home for him.

“He played at college level, the NBA and overseas but Morgan was his home,” Kevin laughed. “And you know, I know people got mad at Jemele Hill for saying this, but I really don’t understand why more Black athletes aren’t going to more Black colleges.”

“I think people have forgotten why these colleges are important and I am old enough to remember when Black colleges were still the powerhouses for so many great players, like Doug Williams from Grambling State University… HBCU’s are an experience where you’re not only in your comfort zone, but you learn about yourself.”

Nat was inducted into the Athletic Halls of Fame for A.E. Beach High School (1996), Tuskegee University (2001), and Morgan State University (2004).

Nathaniel Frazier is survived by his wife of 57 years, Alice Frazier; his eldest son, Kevin, daughter-in-law, Yasmin, and grandsons, Tony, Shane, and Reece; his youngest son, Kenneth, daughter-inlaw, Rona, and grandchildren, Kennedy and Ava; two brothers, James (Al) Frazier and Timothy (Neil) Frazier; and a host of nieces, nephews, close friends, and former students and basketball players who became like family to him.

“It was always remarkable to see the impact that he had on so many people.

I still meet people today, all over the states, who come up to me and tell me what an impact my father had on their lives,” Kevin said.

“I think it makes you understand the effect that he had on so many lives. He raised a lot of young Black men and women, too. It is beautiful to see that and to talk to everybody.”

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Festival to Highlight

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supports the work of student filmmakers including those who have become blockbuster producers, directors, and creators of some of Hollywood’s most significant, and most memorable movies.

The organization provided scholarships and supported the early works of filmmakers such as Gina Prince-Bythewood and Ryan Coogler. Prince-Bythewood directed groundbreaking films like “Love & Basketball,” and “The Secret Life of Bees.” Coogler, of course, earned fame by directing the global phenomenon, “Black Panther.”

So, how did the cousin of Civil Rights Icon Medgar Evers become so intertwined in the film industry? “I would ask my mother, ‘Why don’t you see us on TV,’” Evers-Manly said, referring to the shortage of African Americans on the tube when she was growing up in California. “My mother finally said, ‘Change it,’” Evers-Manly recalled. “It was as simple as that for her. “While a lot of people came to Hollywood to be actors and actresses, I came to try to bring about change for more of our images in front of and behind the scenes,” EversManly — a former President of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP — told NNPA Newswire.

A spinoff of BHERC is an initiative, Films With a Purpose – or FWAP. This endeavor is an innovative, invitation-only fund established to provide independent and diverse students and filmmakers who need funding to tell the stories that no one else will. “This is the one area that I truly believe in,” Evers-Manly stated.

Unlike BHERC, Evers-Manly said FWAP has a goal to support the production and completion of diverse films.

FWAP, selects films that tell stories to inspire, educate, uplift, challenge and in some cases bring about action. The FWAP fund is more than an advocate for filmmakers of color. It is an innovative and provocative resource for use in “assaulting the ills that plague our society, that scream for action and answers; giving a platform to a new generation of filmmakers and artists,” Evers-Manly noted.

Both efforts share a common goal, which is to continue to support African Americans in filmmaking. “We have to help infuse the pipeline within Hollywood and get more diversity behind the scenes,” she stated. “We must tell stories that uplift and educate about our community, being mindful of important issues that impact our community. We must have films that have purpose.”

For addition details on FWAP, visit www.filmswithapurpose.com.

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Unrest at the African Union Follows the Firing of Popular Ambassador

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent

A speech denouncing France’s colonization of Africa and her continued efforts to unite Africa and the African Diaspora has cost H.E. Dr. Arikana ChihomboriQuao, the African Union’s Ambassador to the United States, her job.

The African Union has given her until November 1 to clean out her office in Washington.

“I will continue to speak out on the issues that affect our people, and I will continue to tell the truth,” H.E. Dr. Chihombori-Quao told NNPA Newswire in an exclusive interview.

The interview occurred just days after she received a termination letter from African Union Commission Chairman, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat.

“I have the honor to inform you that, in line with the terms and conditions of the service governing your appointment as Permanent Representative of the African Union Mission to the United States in Washington, DC, I have decided to terminate your contract in that capacity with effect from November 1, 2109,” Mahamat wrote in the letter dated October 7.

The letter didn’t specify the reason for

firing the ambassador, who has served in that capacity for two years.

Mahamat didn’t return several messages left by NNPA Newswire.

African Union Commission Spokeswoman Ebba Kalondo deflected questions about why Mahamat terminated Dr. Chihombori-Quao.

“Political appointees at the African Union, including Dr. Chihombori, are appointed at the discretion of the ap-

pointing authority. The duration of such political appointments is also determined at the discretion of that appointing authority,” Kalondo stated.

“This is normal diplomatic practice for political appointees everywhere,” she continued, later refusing to respond to whether France was involved in the decision to terminate Dr. Chiombori-Quao.

A spokesperson for French President Emmanuel Macron declined to say whether or not Macron either ordered or

turn home and put their money and resources back into Africa.

“More African physicians are practicing in the United States than those who practice in Africa,” Dr. ChihomboriQuao noted. She has even begun a development called the Wakanda One Village Project, which would include health care facilities, hotels, manufactured homes, and shopping centers.

“The dismissal of Arikana ChihomboriQuao, AU Ambassador to the United States raises serious questions about the independence of the A.U.,” said former Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings.

“For someone who spoke her mind about the detrimental effects of colonization and the huge cost of French control in several parts of Africa, this is an act that can be described as coming from French-controlled colonized minds,” Rawlings stated.

played a role in the termination.

However, supporters of Dr. Chihombori-Quao, remain adamant that the French government ordered the ambassador’s termination.

Dr. Chihombori-Quao has remained outspoken about a colonial tax on Africa that nets France about $500 billion each year. “It goes back to the Berlin Conference,” Dr. Chihombori-Quao said.

The 1884-1885 conference is considered the turning point in Africa’s history.

Before the conference, nations within the African continent were treated as trading partners because of the continent’s vast resources and wealth.

The Berlin Conference ignited what became known as the “Scramble for Africa” between European powers like France, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, Denmark, the U.S., and others.

“The globalization construct of divide and conquer is still alive and well,” the ambassador stated. “Benin and other small, dependent colonies in Africa and its people were forever defeated and dominated because of the Berlin Conference,” Dr. Chihombori-Quao said.”

The ambassador has worked diligently to try and reverse the effects of the conference. She has called on people throughout the African Diaspora to re-

He continued: “How can this shameful behavior emanate from us? A woman with all that it takes to galvanize our continent is chopped down by French-colonized power mongers good enough to be cleanCon’t on page 22

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Atatiana Jefferson, Killed by Police Officer in Her Own Home

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Atatiana Jefferson, a 2014 Xavier University biology graduate who worked in the pharmaceutical industry and was contemplating becoming a doctor, lived a life of purpose that mattered to all of those who gathered for a vigil on Sunday, Oct. 13, outside of her single-story, purple-painted home in Fort Worth.

Atatiana also mattered to her eightyear old nephew, who is a witness to this tragedy.

But she didn’t seem to matter at all to 34-year old Fort Worth, Texas Police Officer Aaron Dean.

Dean and his unidentified partner were asked to check on the well-being of the occupants in her home – Atatiana and her young nephew.

It was very late at night and James Smith, a concerned neighbor, noticed that her door had been left ajar. Smith dialed 311, a service established specifically for non-emergencies, to ask police to simply check on the home.

Dean and his partner arrived. Upon hearing the commotion outside of her home, Atatiana approached her window to see what was happening. Without identifying himself as a police officer, Dean shouted a command, “Let me see your hands!” and immediately

opened fire, shooting through the window and killing Atatiana.

Atatiana Jefferson didn’t matter to Officer Aaron Dean, and his indifference meant that she would become the sixth African American to die at the hands of police gunfire in 2019.

It’s a statistic that activists and residents are very much aware of, one that has the city of Fort Worth on edge.

After Dean’s resignation on Sunday, and his arrest on murder charges a day later, residents are demanding action from the City’s leadership.

“Every day you are worried about who might be the next victim,” Stephon Little, one of the many mourners to gather at Jefferson’s home, told reporters.

“You’re worried about what could happen if you’re pulled over, or in other circumstances. Now, you worry about sitting inside your house eating ice cream, sitting inside your house playing video games with a child,” Little stated.

Eating ice cream was a clear reference to Botham Jean, a Dallas resident killed by a police officer. Jean was shot and killed while sitting inside his home eating ice cream and watching television.

Only days before Atatiana’s killing, a jury convicted former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger for Botham

Kraus and Fort Worth Mayor, Betsy Price.

Atatiana Jefferson, a 2014 Xavier University biology graduate, worked in the pharmaceutical industry and was contemplating becoming a doct

Jean’s murder, returning the verdict in less than 24 hours. Guyger received a controversial 10-year sentence in prison for her crime.

“I cannot make sense of why she had to lose her life,” Fort Worth Police Chief Ed Kraus stated during a news conference announcing Dean’s arrest.

Dean was released on $200,000 bond

and his police union vowed to financially support his defense, which is certain to highlight that a gun was later found in Atatiana’s home.

Lee Merritt, the lawyer representing Atatiana’s family, said that shouldn’t matter.

Merritt was backed in his words by

Texas’ “castle doctrine” law allows someone to use deadly force in their homes if there’s a threat, which means even if Jefferson carried her weapon to the window in which she was shot, she was within her rights legally.

“The gun is irrelevant,” Mayor Price told reporters.

“Atatiana was in her own home caring for her 8-year-old nephew. She was the victim,” Price stated.

Kraus stated that he would also refer the case to the FBI so the agency could review federal civil rights charges.

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Housing Authority City of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking Proposals for Information Technology Consulting Services. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtainedfrom Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 9:00AM

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October 16, 2019 - October 22, 2019

Meet the Black Woman Behind the Fastest-Growing Male Grooming Brand in the Country

By The Chicago Defender

The modern man is becoming more aware of his hygiene, body image, and self-grooming! According to ongoing statistics, the market size of the male grooming industry is expected to hit $29 billion by 2024 up from $15.68 billion in 2012. Spearheading this evolution is Andrea Polk, an award-winning entrepreneur with a keen interest in enriching the appearance of men of color.

Andrea’s story is as inspiring as it is captivating. It’s the story of how a determined woman is helping bring out the true potential of men of color through Solo Noir, an innovative male grooming brand. But how did the humble graduate from Tennessee State University (Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Master of Business Administration in E-Commerce and Logistics) rise to disrupt the cosmetics industry?

An Unexpected Eureka Moment Let’s rewind to where it all began. The idea for Solo Noir took root on the soils of Tennessee State University. Andrea was required to design a business plan for a company in an untapped market.

She saw a gap in the male grooming industry and sought to find a simple yet effective solution. Unknown to Andrea, the ensuing market research coupled with her inborn passion for natural health care would lead her to what is now a thriving and award-winning business idea.

Since the moment the idea of Solo Noir crossed her mind, Andrea has never looked back. This included taking a leap of faith by quitting a 9-5 corporate job to

Andrea Polk

focus on her ambitions. With accolades such as “The 2014 Ariel Investment’s Top 40 Under 40 Game Changers in Chicago” and “The 2017 Best Consumer Product in Chicago” in her trophy cabinet, it’s hard to question her entrepreneurial spirit. Andrea is a woman who saw an opportunity in an unconventional industry, grabbed it tight, and ran with it – a true inspiration for young girls to speak out and own their ideas.

Shaking Up the Male Grooming Industry with Natural Ingredients We’ve all heard the phrase “Black don’t crack!” Or better yet, seen it in some famous individuals such as Will Smith, Idris Elba and Pharrell Williams. Apparently, there is some truth to this cliché, thanks to the higher amount of melanin and collagen that protect men of color

from UV rays. But it’s not all rose with no thorns. Men of color are also more susceptible to keloid scarring, uneven complexions, dry skin, dark spots, and hormonal effects.

Andrea seemed to hear the plight of the neglected man of color as she launched an innovative line of products, which addressed their skincare needs by using potent natural ingredients. Andrea believes that the best path is natural, a path free of unnecessary complications and harmful chemicals. Solo Noir products contain coconut oil, grape seed oil, hemp seed oil, jojoba oil, avocado oil, and aloe vera among other ingredients that are individually revered in the cosmetics and health industry.

So, who is the “Solo Noir” Man? According to the brand’s slogan, Solo Noir is the definition of a man! He is confident, comfortable, and health-con-

scious – i.e., the embodiment of modern masculinity. With plans to expand and continue stirring things up in grooming industry, Solo Noir’s current roster includes a shaving and facial grooming kit (DAPPER-face /beard wash, REFINEDbuff/cleanser, SMOOTH-face/beard moisturizer, SLEEK-shave cream, and BRAVE-aftershave/toner). Andrea and her team have also ventured in beard maintenance through their MUSE and BOLD beard oils. She promises to be on the lookout for more innovative ways to meet the needs of the modern man while sticking to her initial mission of prioritizing customer experience and using natural premium ingredients.

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ble colonial and post-colonial contracts.

Dr. Arikana has been outspoken about neo-colonial maneuverings and exploitation that still exist today. Her dissemination of the truth has garnered her attention and support around the world,” Professor Nwauwa stated.

The petition has the support of various organizations, including African Union African Diaspora Health Initiative; Africa In Diaspora; Voice; Pan African Diaspora Youth Association; Pan African Diaspora Women’s Association; Africans in Boston; The African Diaspora Foundation; DFW Inclusive African Community Organization; and the Global African Business Association.

“People of African Descent around the world are appalled by Dr. ChihomboriQuao’s unjust dismissal,” Professor Nwauwa stated.

“Instead of dismantling her movement to liberate the people of African Descent from colonialism and pursue financial freedom, her dismissal has galvanized African Diaspora in the spirit of UBUNTU – I am because you are!”

ers or pruning trees at the Elysee Palace.

With leaders of this kind, how can this continent ever progress?”

More than 34,000 people have signed a petition on change.org, demanding the reinstatement of Dr. Chihombori-Quao.

After almost a year of persuading her to assume leadership as the African Union Permanent Ambassador in the United States representing the 55 countries of the Union, Dr. Arikana ChihomboriQuao accepted the position in December 2016 and has led with courage and vigor in galvanizing peoples of African Descent, the petition states.

Dr. Chihombori-Quao has spoken globally to empower all those of African Descent to come together.

The goal is to build the “Africa We Want” as adopted in African Union Agenda 2063, wrote Professor Apollos Nwauwa, the secretary of African Diaspora Congress, who started the petition.

“The unification of the African Diaspora as espoused in A.U. Agenda 2063 is contrary to the Africa that has been marginalized and pillaged through inequita-

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Learn more at https://solonoirformen. com This article originally appeared in the Chicago Defender.

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Launches Into Orbit

movement was gaining traction. And for Quaye, that was a local discussion as much as a national one.

“I’m scrolling on my Twitter feed and I’m scrolling through information on Facebook, and I’m seeing that people … people are talking about how Black people are misperceived and misunderstood,” she recalled. “And for me, all I keep thinking is: narrative. Right? What’s the Black narrative and who is in control of that?”

In 2015 she organized a conversation downtown, at Book Trader Cafe. Fifty people showed up; the cafe ran out of coffee and the group kept going. To moderate the conversation, Quaye passed around a soccer ball that attendees signed at the end.

By the time the night was over, she knew she had found a need in the community— and knew how to fill it.

“What sort of came out of it was part of the reason why we pivoted to The Narrative Project,” she said. “We had Black queer people come into the space. And then we had Black gender-nonconforming folks come into the space. And then we had people of color in general come into the space, and white people who were on their various walks and journeys into antiracism and what we call ‘wokeness,’ and I was like, I’m not actually telling the full story here.”

“How do we actually interact with each other, and how do we tell the stories of how we interact with each other?” she continued. “This is more of a project in which we talk about narrative. This is a narrative project.”

Quaye built out the project even as she juggled full-time professional work, often fielding requests on social media and turning them into discussions in the real world.

One group wanted to talk about the lack of space white feminists made for women of color. Another wanted to talk about the question of representation in futurism. She praised collaborators who have helped her organize events, from film screenings of Get Out and Black Panther downtown to privilege walks at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) and in Milford.

In 2017, she turned The Narrative Project into a limited liability company (LLC) to do consulting work professionally. Two years later, she has an office and tiny staff comprising Niedospial and her sister, education advocate Jennifer Quaye-Hudson.

She said she is working on 501c3 nonprofit status.

As her base of potential project partners grows, she said she’s excited to work with her “Coalition of Communicators,” a “boatload of communicators” in New Haven who may be invested in storytelling with a social justice lens and can help her build capacity.

“This is truly something that I believe in,” she said. “And because I believe in it, I can put my heart into it, and I can do it really well.”

To find out more about The Narrative Project, check out its website narrativeproject.com

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 16, 2019 - October 22, 2019

The Elm City Adult Club

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grant DEADLINES Letter of Intent: November 20 | Application: December 18

Saturday, November 9th 1:30pm to 3:30pm

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Oct. 21 - Wilson Library @ 5:00pm Oct. 24 - Fair Haven Library @ 5:30pm Oct. 29 - Mitchell Library@ 5:00pm

715 Sherman Parkway, New Haven, CT Light Dinner & Cash Beverage Service

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Elm City Style Meet and Greet Interested Women Introductions History of the Elm City Club Membership Packet Review Question and Answer

Nov. 6, 13, 20 6:00pm-8:00pm Nov. 23 10:00am-4:00pm

Please reply by Monday, November 4, 2019 Call/Text 203-444-4696 Email: denimandpearls2019@gmail.com

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