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Isaac Bloodworth Cranks Into City-Wide

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

This is an installment in an ongoing collaboration with The Lineage Group highlighting artists of color in the New Haven region. All of the artists featured are members of the group’s Rev.A.A.R.T.lution series.

Isaac Bloodworth disappeared behind a wooden frame and began cranking. On cue, a little boy named Joy tumbled through his childhood, buoyant and playful. Head of wooly, black hair and eyes that shone bright as they took in the world around him. Joy chased butterflies in the yard. Joy walked down the sidewalk with a spring in his step.

Joy bought a pack of skittles from the corner store.

By the end of the performance, Joy would be dead at the hands of police officers.

Miles Davis’ “Freddy Freeloader” coasted over the room.

“His favorite thing to do was go outside and chase butterflies all day,” Bloodworth read from behind the screen as audience members leaned in and held their breath.

“It always seemed to bring him on an adventure.”

Bloodworth is a recent graduate of the University of Connecticut’s puppet arts program, dedicating his nascent career to work about being Black and male in America. This weekend, he will appear as one of the artists in Urban Perspective: Black Minds Rewired, a City-Wide Open Studios (CWOS) commission and performance geared toward mental health in the Black community. In addition to Artspace New Haven, support for Urban Perspective comes from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the CT Office of the Arts.

“My work is about what best way to tell my single experience as a Black man, and the things I’ve been through,” he said in an interview Wednesday afternoon. “Mental health is a relatively new thing for me.”

The two-minute CWOS performance, which he is keeping under wraps for Saturday and Sunday, is titled “Beautiful Crown Bright Mind.” But long before he had jumped into that project, Bloodworth was born and raised in New Haven’s Edgewood neighborhood, hooked on art and design from the moment he entered his kindergarten classroom.

At first, doodles of dinosaurs, animals and fantastical creatures populated his pages.

He loved superheroes, saving his weekends for trips to the Chapel Street comic book shop Alternate Universe, early-morning Saturday cartoons, and VHS tapes on Anime and Rugrats.

Art surrounded him at home. His father Earl Bloodworth, program manager for the city’s Warren Kimbro Reentry Project, is also a writer and poet whose work includes a trove of love letters he composed to Bloodworth’s mom. His mom, a doctor who immigrated from Jamaica, “is more of a math and science person,” but likes to draw. An only child, Bloodworth said he turned to his designs to keep himself occupied, watching as his parents slowly

warmed to the idea that he wanted to do art for the rest of his life.

But puppets did not interest him initially.

As a kid, Bloodworth wanted to be a magician-golfer, pulling tricks out of thin air while also quashing his opponents on the course. Until, that is, he realized he didn’t especially like golf—or magic.

“Magic isn’t real the way I thought it was,” he said. “It’s still real, just not the way I thought it was. There’s a lot of science and math that goes into making illusions.”

Still, art tugged at Bloodworth’s interests.

As a kid, he watched his mom train to become a pediatric nephrologist, certain that he didn’t want to follow in her footsteps as she completed her residency and fellowship years. He watched her experience loss, sometimes with very young patients whose kidneys failed them. He didn’t have the same tolerance for that, he said. So he kept drawing instead.

When he was in middle school, his parents put him into Achievement First Amistad Academy, where he got in trouble for drawing during classes and was ordered to cut his afro off, because “it was a distraction to the class, apparently.” But instead of giving up his craft, he dug in further (“I could get in trouble for it and still get good grades,” he laughed). He started carrying a sketchbook around with him, his mom protesting when he tried to bring it into medical events and shops around town, and his dad convincing her that it was okay to let him do his thing.

“It’s kind of funny—I would take my sketchbook everywhere,” he recalled. “It was just a part of me … either loose leaf paper or sketchbooks, because sketchbooks were expensive to buy on my own.”

In eighth grade, Bloodworth got news that he’d been accepted into Cooperative Arts & Humanities Magnet High School (CoOp), where he doubled down on a visual arts concentration. There, he nurtured an interest in not just drawing but stop-motion animation, entranced by Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas and Henry Selick’s Coraline. He added theater to his wheelhouse, ultimately snagging a role in the school’s rendition of The Drowsy Chaperone that made him realize that “I wanted to do all art.”

Over the summers, he enrolled in high school enrichment programs offered across the city and state, taking a mix of advanced classes and arts programming. One of them, the now-discontinued UConn Mentor Connection, offered him the chance to live on UConn’s campus for three weeks, and see what it might be like to be a college student there. Bloodworth was 16 and “knew I wanted to do something artsy that summer.” The only option was something called puppet arts. He didn’t know exactly what it was, but signed up anyway.

When Bloodworth arrived, he heard Puppet Arts Program Director Bart Roccoberton speak about “tons of business opportunities and job opportunities” in the field of puppet arts. Just a few days into a summer program, he was hooked.

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“I didn’t want to pigeonhole myself to just one thing,” he recalled. “And puppet arts does that. You get to perform, you get to build, you get to draw, you get to paint, you get to sculpt, and plan and all these other things. I think that’s why eventually I picked puppet arts.”

As Bloodworth approached his senior year at Co-Op, he applied to the puppet arts program, getting in the spring of his senior year. But when he returned to the university’s sprawling and picturesque campus in Storrs, he found that it seemed really white. Really, really white. In his cohort of 24 students, there were three people of color. He was one of them, becoming fast friends with two Latino students also in the program.

“Visually, I think I was the most prominent minority,” he said. “It kind of put me in the role, whether I wanted it or not, of being the social person and talking about the issues that I may be going through.”

As he eased into classes, he discovered that several of his peers hadn’t spent time with people of color, and had “a lot of questions, misinformation, and sometimes ignorance” about his lived experience and systems of racial power and privilege as they played out across the state, and across the country. But as he “burst the bubble for them,” he also learned a lot about his own upbringing—and how fellow college students, most of them white, thought about race.

Those crystallizing moments took place in and outside of the classroom. Early into his studies, Bloodworth found himself defending scholarships specifically for students of color, which several of his peers referred to as a form of “discrimination” against white people. He took a class where a professor taught students how to apply skin tone to puppets, but only supplied Caucasianlooking options until Bloodworth spoke up at the end of class. Or another in which the instructor touched his hair, for which she apologized two years later after reading an article.

His junior year, Bloodworth said he made a conscious decision to “start learning more, and being invested more in my culture and my history.” His sophomore year, he’d taken classes in Caribbean history and African-American literature, finishing out the year with an explosive puppet presentation on Rafael Trujillo’s reign in the Dominican Republic. He dug into AfricanAmerican theater, praising a white professor for holding herself accountable as she taught the class about titles Bloodworth had never heard before.

But it was also the year that a classmate hurled a racial slur right at him, yelling “the N word” across campus. He started working towards projects that had Black characters and Afrocentric themes at their core, scored with jazz, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday and Kendrick Lamar.

“I realized I’m not a protester—it brings a lot of anxiety and also fear of safety,” he said. “But I realize my art can be the way.

Also because art lasts so long, and history can get jumbled. But the art doesn’t really

get jumbled … the art kind of stays consistent. Especially if you put your mark on it.”

As he worked through his studies at UConn, Bloodworth also became involved with New Haven Promise, spending multiple summers at the Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG). Even now, he said, he takes refuge in the modern and contemporary galleries at YUAG, where works by several artists of color hang on the walls. He praised local artist and MacArthur genius Titus Kaphar, who he said he wants to get to know better.

But he couldn’t—and still can’t—walk through the European art section without his skin crawling. He started to speak candidly about racism at the gallery at the end of his internship term. There weren’t a lot of people who looked like him, he said at a staff meeting where New Haven Promise students were asked to speak. That wasn’t okay.

“The walls that we built up here physically and emotionally kind of build a barrier against the community, and we have to work against our biases,” he recalled saying. “I wasn’t looking for praise. I just want you guys [folks at the gallery] to look at the way you uphold systems of racism.”

When he graduated, he returned to New Haven, working at Long Wharf Theatre and then the Yale Center for British Art (YCBA). While working at the second, he grew interested in museum work, and the possibility of bringing more art forms into galleries.

“Being in these institutions has been really weird, especially during my awakening,” he said. “Not being woke, but just awakening of knowledge.”

Bloodworth said that focus on representation—people of color and LGBTQ and non-binary folks in particular—now drives his work. In the past several months, he has been working specifically on designs and “crankies,” or moving displays, that revolve around and lift up women of color, including a collaboration titled “Curled,” which is “pretty much the Black version of tangled.”

He’s also working on his Metamorphosis series and a project titled “The New Minstrel Show.” And bringing work like Metamorphosis I, centered on a Black boy named Joy, into community spaces like Sofar Sounds New Haven.

“I’m trying to get people to change the way they see things in different aspects by talking to people,” he said. “Just finding conversations, finding people to talk to where I can bring these issues to the front. ” “Realizing I’m in these spaces, and it’s not just to get money, and it’s not just to sit there in the office,” he said. “It’s also to tackle the issues that the university or institution has had by my art, and all these other conversations I have on a daily basis.”

Artist Isaac Bloodworth: “It kind of put me in the role, whether I wanted it or not, of being the social person and talking about the issues that I may be going through.”

Lucy Gellman Photos.

Hundreds March For Accountability THE INNER-CITY NEWS - 0ctober 31, 2018 - November 06, 2018

by MOLLY MONTGOMERY NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Under a sign that read “Fighting For Our Future,” three local boys belted out “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” before a crowd of about 400 people who marched for accountability in downtown New Haven Wednesday evening accountability on jobs from the city’s largest employer, and Election Day accountability from their neighbors. While Avion Downes and Shawn Sufra, fellow members of the antiviolence youth group Ice the Beef, backed him up, Javion Hines sang: The road is long with many a winding turn that leads to who knows where Who knows where But I’m strong ...

The crowd in front of them, composed of students, retirees, activists, and union and community members, marched from Yale’s Cross Campus to New Haven Works at 205 Whitney Ave. with a double message: Yale should make good on a 2015 promise to hire 1,000 New Haven residents by April 1, 2019. And fellow citizens should make good with their votes on Nov. 6. Yale UNITE HERE Locals 34 & 35 organized the rally along with their affiliated political activism group, New Haven Rising.

“Jobs bring hope,” said Ernest Pagan (second from the left in photo), as he stood with the fellow members of Local 326, the carpenters’ union, on Yale’s Cross Campus.

“Ned Lamont should get elected, and hopefully he’ll do the right thing by the working people.”

To support the local workers as they called on Yale to fulfill its agreement, Yale students gathered, too.

“I’m here because I think it’s important that Yale students show up to support this jobs campaign,” said Yale undergraduate Gabriel Groz, at right in photo, beside Yale undergraduate Mojique Tyler. “There’s a jobs crisis in New Haven, and Yale has the resources to hire from New Haven and continues to waver on its commitments. This is about the community holding Yale ac-

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countable to its promise.” Yale is facing an April deadline to complete a signed 2015 promise to hire 1,000 city residents, 500 of them from low-income neighborhoods.

Around 5:45 the crowd followed a line of local and state politicians, including New Haven State Rep. Toni Walker, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont, Democratic attorney general candidate William Tong, and Reverend Scott Marks, holding each other’s arms.

The hundreds marched down College Street, chanting, “Whose streets? Our streets! Whose jobs? Our jobs!” to the drums of the Elite Drill Squad and Drum Corps. Along the way to Whitney, they paused to hear Azaria McClure, a member of Local 34’s executive board, speak.

As a Local 34 member and a New Haven resident, I know that our contract and the jobs agreement are just words on paper,” McClure said. “But I also know that we have the power to hold Yale’s feet to the fire.”

A few steps later, Teanu Reid, a Yale grad-

uate-student teacher and member of Local 33 spoke: “As a member of the Equal Rights and Access Committee (of Local 33), we’ve been looking into the numbers on gender and race here at Yale, and what we’ve found is disturbing,” she said. “Of the 2900 students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, I am one of 54 black women here, a little less than 2 percent of the population. In addition to the failing to address issues of diversity here on campus, Yale has also failed to provide the jobs it promised to the New Haven community.

We are not here today asking Yale for anything unreasonable or unexpected.”

Listeners cheered and shouted, “What do we want? More jobs! When do we want them? Now!” When they arrived at New Haven Works, the job-placement organization Yale’s unions helped create jobs with the city and the business community, the crowd heard about voting from U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, who is running for reelection. A big turnout in New Haven helped him win his first

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“This election in two weeks, first and foremost, is a moral reckoning for America – that we are better together, the strength in our diversity, that we are neighbors, that we are brothers and sisters. And we’ve got some work to do. We’ve got some work to do,” Murphy said.

“The ticket price of being an American is understanding when your country, when your democracy, is under siege. Don’t assume that this democratic experiment,

that’s been around for 240 years, is around for another two hundred and forty. Don’t assume that if we don’t stand up right now, that our way of life will be there for your kids and your grandkids. This next two weeks is a decision moment for the nation.

And your ticket price as an American is recognizing that that moment is here, and doing everything within your power to make sure that we are still in this together for the next 240 years.”

Then, the song.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 31, 2018 - November 06, 2018

Can A Lone Lawmaker Sue A Governor?

by Christine Stuart

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

HARTFORD, CT — Does a lone lawmaker who voted against funding that the executive branch used to study electronic tolls have standing? That was the question Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher pondered Wednesday during a 56-minute hearing.

Assistant Attorney General Michael Skold argued that individual lawmakers have no special powers to bring a lawsuit challenging the actions of the executive branch.

“One single legislator, who has not claimed personal harm, does not have standing,” Skold said.

Moukawsher asked how many lawmakers would it take to authorize an action to challenge an executive branch decision.

Skold conceded that if it was the General Assembly as a whole voting to bring an action against the executive branch that it would be a much different argument.

However, state Sen. Joe Markley, who sued Gov. Dannel P. Malloy over spending bond funds on an electronic toll study, brought the case pro se.

Markley was represented by two attorneys who are also lawmakers — Craig Fishbein and Doug Dubitsky — in court Wednesday.

Fishbein argued that there were bills intro-

duced that would have prohibited the state expending any money on electronic tolls, but those bills only made it out of committee and died on the calendar.

“Is inaction a statement of the legislature?”

Moukawsher asked. “Did he vote for the proposal?”

Markley voted against the bond package that authorized the funding Malloy then used to ask the Bond Commission to approve a toll study. The toll study was never spelled out as part of the bond authorization.

“So then how did anyone nullify the vote that he took?” Moukawsher asked. “Then the argument would have to be he nullified the vote of a bill that got out of committee.”

Fishbein said there never was a vote of the legislature regarding this matter. He said the governor made these decisions on his own.

“Essentially what happened here is an expansion of the executive branch,” Fishbein said. “The executive branch took a power that normally is done by the legislative branch and did it on its own.”

He said transportation can be dealt with by executive order when there’s a transportation emergency, but there was no emergency listed in the executive order that accompanied the funding.

“The real problem is the usurpation of power,” Fishbein said.

Moukawsher said the fact that legislation seeking to defeat any toll proposals died could be interpreted many different ways.

“The court could say that the defeat of a bill that says don’t do anything about this toll stuff could be argued by some that it’s okay to do something about this toll stuff,” Moukawsher said. “Others might argue that inaction shouldn’t be taken to be anything other than the fact that the crush of business prevented us from getting to it . . . Maybe the court should say: ‘how do we know what to make of legislative inaction?’”

Markley’s decision not to vote for the bond authorization used to help fund the toll study may also present a problem.

“He doesn’t have anything he voted for that he can argue the governor frustrated, does he?” Moukawsher said.

“No,” Fishbein conceded.

Markley, a fiscal conservative who is running for lieutenant governor, joked that maybe it would have been a good idea to vote for the bond package. At the same time he speculated that both a no vote and a yes vote should hold the same weight.

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under most circumstances. Moukawsher declined to listen to sovereign immunity claims Wednesday.

“I don’t like the perpetual arguments that the state puts forth in virtually every case that you get in front of it that nobody can

sue about anything,” Moukawsher said.

“As a general proposition I think it overreaches.”

Moukawsher didn’t rule on whether Markley had standing Wednesday. Rather he listened to the arguments and said he would make a decision soon.

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Montessori Charter Quashes Doubts

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As Elm City Montessori faces an up-ordown vote on its continued existence next month, a tour of the school appears to have won over skeptics on the New Haven Board of Education.

School board members went on a factfinding mission Wednesday morning to the charter school’s new Blake Street campus, where they met the board of trustees, observed classes and questioned staff. Elm City Montessori is asking to expand to eighth grade by 2023.

By the end of the two-hour visit, a majority of the board members expressed a willingness to extend the school’s charter, although they cautioned that the process of hearing public input is just beginning.

The members’ enthusiasm seemed to flip earlier worries about the budget. In September, right after the school board took tough votes to close its $19.4 million budget deficit by shuttering schools and laying off teachers, members of the Finance & Operations Committee sent up red flags over the district’s $614,709 annual payment to Elm City Montessori. a school whose charter is overseen by the city, not the state.

Some outstanding budgetary questions remain, particularly over the size of the charter’s administration. But board members suggested those could be addressed while letting the school grow.

The Board of Education plans to hold two hearings with Elm City Montessori parents, on Nov. 5 and Nov. 13, before it makes a final decision. The state will then make a site visit on Nov. 28, before the Connecticut State Board of Education decides whether it too believes the school’s charter should be extended.

Split between early childhood classes in Fair Haven and elementary school classes at the new Blake Street location in West Hills, Elm City Montessori is now entering its fourth year with 198 students.

Compared to most public schools in New Haven, the charter is racially integrated: 44 percent black, 28 percent Hispanic, 24 percent white and 4 percent multiracial. Just under 7 percent of the students require special education.

Elm City Montessori is the only school of its kind in Connecticut: a charter school that’s still under the local school board’s supervision.

Unlike “state charters,” public schools (such as Achievement First) that get approval and money directly from the state to operate independently, “local charters” fit within the district’s offering of traditional public schools under the Board of Education’s supervision.

In both cases, the schools get to operate on some of their own rules rather than district rules, while receiving public money to operate.

Students enter the school through the same open-choice lottery as the magnet schools use. Most of the school’s staff joins the unions for teachers and principals.

Elm City Montessori receives most of its funding directly from the district. The amount is calculated based on the average amount that New Haven’s traditional schools received per pupil two years ago,

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CHRISTOPHER PEAK PHOTO Riley Sinclair independently practices writing out vocab words.

Principal Julia Webb, Dean Amelia Sherwood, Director Eliza Halsey and Trustee Jose Cuapio.

Susan Clark quizzes students, including Elijah Rosf to her left, on the hierarchy of needs.

minus in-kind support for rent and transportation. The school supplements with grants and donations.

Founded By Moms In late 2012, a group of moms who were frustrated by the lack of early childhood options in New Haven applied to open a PreK-3 school. They said they envisioned child-centered learning in a racially and economically diverse environment. New Haven’s Board of Education and the State Department of Education both gave Elm City Montessori the go-ahead.

The school opened in the fall of 2014.

The Montessori model has been around for more than a century. The Italian physician Maria Montessori started the first school in 1907, based on her observations about how children teach themselves in a structured environment. Through prepared activities, kids of multiple ages discover how to puzzle out problems, either on their own or in a

small group in the space they pick.

“The vision of Montessori is one that focuses on the whole child, on really meeting children where they are,” said Julia Webb, the school’s principal. “A lot of education models, especially recently, are really about limiting children’s choices. This school is about providing so many choices, so many opportunities for children to explore and find themselves: both in terms of socialemotional development [as well as] in the curiosity of algebraic equations or the beauty of the alphabet. Everything is in front of them.”

That means the classrooms end up looking a little different, Webb said. Unlike in traditional learning environments, there is no class-wide instruction, no breaks between subjects, no textbooks, and no standardized tests. In a Montessori school, “I hope you Con’t on page 13

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 31, 2018 - November 06, 2018

One-Stop Domestic-Violence Refuge Set To Open

by ALLAN APPEL

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

When a woman leaves a domestic violence situation, on average she will have from ten to 30 appointments that need to be kept in the follow-up to a decision. Legal appointments. Child care appointments.

Therapy for herself and the child ...

Almost all are in different locations. Almost all can involve time-consuming public transportation. At each new interview, the victim has to re-tell her painful story.

Result: Often she gives up, exhausted, and succumbs to returning to an unsafe situation. That’s why on average, a woman temporarily leaves an abusive partner seven times before she leaves for good.

That situation was described at an event Thursday night in a backroom at BAR on Crown Street.

The event was held to raise money for a new institution aimed at changing that situation: the HOPE Family Justice Center (HFJC) of Greater New Haven, a multidisciplinary, one-stop-shop for victims of domestic violence, with services all under one roof.

It opens next month in temporary headquarters at 316 Dixwell Ave. A regional agency called BHcare Umbrella for Domestic Violence Services is putting it together.

The center will operate a nationally accepted “best practices” model. It will offer a single place where the state’s attorney’s office, psychologists, police, therapists,

legal aid lawyers, and women’s advocates can have representatives under the same roof helping a person in a stressed situation without adding more stress of disconcerting and difficult travel.

About a hundred such centers operate nationwide, including one in Bridgeport.

The New Haven center will be a program of BHcare’s Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services, one of the state Department of Health’s designated mental health authorities. It already has staffing in place.

The police department has been helping to organize the project; a recently retired top cop, Julie Johnson, is spearheading it.

Up to 40 percent of BHcare’s 6,200 annual clients coming from New Haven and most without automobiles advocates argued persuasively that it makes sense to have a center near to downtown, on the major bus routes, near the courthouse, lawyers, and the Yale Child Study Center.

Organizers are still raising the $150,000 needed for costs including annual rent.

That’s why 100 people friends, beneficiaries, lawyers, advocates, cops including New Haven Police Chief Anthony Campbell — were on hand to launch the kick-off fundraiser with pizza and toasting at BAR Thursday night.

Retired Police Capt. Johnson and Esperina Stubblefield, who directs BHcare’s Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services, will lead the staffing of the new centralized facility.

The center, which has been in the works

for two years, will have its soft opening on Nov. 13 at the temporary 316 Dixwell spot.Then, assuming fundraising proceeds as hoped, a full launch will take place in March at a to-be-determined downtown rental location.

As people enjoyed BAR’s signature salads and pizzas, they read placards displayed around the room, one of which stated that in 2017 New Haven police officers responded to 4,217 domestic violence calls for service. The department reported 2,058 domesetic violence-related arrests.

“Too often we make an arrest and tell them to get out of the relationship, but we don’t have the tools” immediately at hand to provide them, Chief Campbell said.

Campbell made the case that domestic violence unleashes profound ripple effects in a whole community: “The kids who don’t go to school, the grandpaents, the teachers, the officers who see the carnage.”

The center, he said, “will improve the health of the whole community.”

Julie Johnson said the original hope was for the recent city budget to include the $150,000 for the center, which is the brainchild of the Greater New Haven Domestic Violence Task Force. Though the money did not come through, Johnson said, the city has contributed in other ways, including providing the temporary inaugural location at city-owned 316 Dixwell.

Johson and Stubblefield said the center will have 9.5 full-time-equivalent staff positions filled by BHcare employees. Op-

Volunteers Tanaysia Jefferson and Paola Serrecchia greeted guests at the kick-off fundraiser at BAR.

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erations will be funded primarily by money from the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence and from a three-year federal Department of Justice (DOJ) grant.

Those interested in donating, volunteering, or being part of the HOPE Family Justice Center can contact Esperina Stubblefield at

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Biden: ‘We’re in a Battle for America’s Soul’

by Christine Stuart CT News Junkie

HARTFORD, CT — The minimum wage, paid Family and Medical Leave, healthcare, democracy, environmental protection, workers rights, and reproductive rights are on the ballot this year, according members of the Democratic Party who gathered Friday for a pre-election rally.

The values of the Democratic Party were the focus of candidates from the top of the ballot down, from U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy to gubernatorial nominee Ned Lamont to Jahana Hayes, who is running for the 5th Congressional District seat.

An estimated 1,300 attended the rally at a Hartford Arts Magnet School near Trinity College.

The Democratic Party has dominated Connecticut politics for years. All five Congresspeople are Democrats and the party currently holds the governor’s office and the House. The Senate is evenly divided between the parties.

But in spite of that winning tradition, Democrats are leery of their ability to hold on to their majorities after the results of the 2016 election.

“We learned the hard way that elections really matter,” Lamont told the crowd.

He said that’s why he’s going to work hard over the next 11 days. He said if Republican Bob Stefanowski gets elected it’s going to be a “$1.3 billion tax cut for the 400 richest families.”

“You know who’s gonna pay for it?”

Lamont asked. “We are,” the crowd responded.

He said Stefanowski is “Trumpian” because he wants to cut more than 50 percent of the budget but has not proposed a way to pay for it.

Lamont said every time he talks about healthcare or a woman’s right to choose, the Stefanowski campaign says, “There goes Ned again, talking about anything but the economy and jobs,” Lamont said. “I’d be the first governor who actually started a business and created a job ... I am fighting for jobs. Bob is the guy who fires people.”

He said he’s fighting for “F.D.R.” which stands for “fairness, decency and respect.”

At one point, Lamont broke into a little Bob Marley in introducing former Vice President Joe Biden, saying “You got to get up, stand up, don’t give up the fight.”

Biden used more than a half hour to highlight what he believes is at stake in this election.

He said, “Our political opponents are not our enemies,” and “the press is not the enemy of the people.”

Biden noted that although it sounds corny, “before we are Democrats and Republicans, we are Americans.”

Moreover, Biden said the election is about a lot more than politics.

“It’s about the character of our country. It’s about who we are as Americans”.

He said his travels around the world have shown him that America is perceived as unique. He described having dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping and being asked to define America for him in one word.

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“Possibilities,” Biden said.

He accused the Republican majority of “choosing party before country.”

Biden said he agreed to give the Trump administration a year to settle before making public comments, but he couldn’t remain silent after Charlottesville.

“We’re in a battle for America’s soul,” Biden said.

He said never thought he would have to condemn such racism and bigotry again.

“Our children are listening,” Biden said.

“Our silence is complicit.”

He went on to talk about the “love letters” Trump said he got from Kim Jung-un and Trump’s decision to take Russian President Vladimir Putin’s word over that of his own intelligence agencies Biden said the world already knows who Donald Trump is; the question is “who are we?”

Biden also talked about the Affordable Care Act and the Republican tax cuts.

“Folks, they created a deficit of $1.9 trillion … the reason they’re doing this is to eliminate things they couldn’t otherwise touch,” Biden said. “You cannot sustain this additional deficit of $1.9 trillion. They’re going to eviscerate Medicare.”

He said Republicans couldn’t make a direct case to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security, so they have created an economic problem to force cuts instead.

“They’re now trying to use an economic argument that they created in order to eviscerate them,” Biden said.

Without using his name, Biden said it seems like Stefanowski is making the same argument and if he succeeds, Connecticut won’t have any money left to fund infrastructure or services.

“Look, this game has been exposed,” Biden

said.

He said the Democratic Party stands for giving the middle class a fighting chance.

Connecticut Republican Party Chairman JR Romano reminded his supporters Friday that “the radical left is pulling out all the stops for Ned Lamont.”

He said Biden will draw “mobs of left wing supporters” who will resist Republican efforts to “take back Connecticut” and “preserve their status quo.”

Republicans have been arguing that electing Lamont would be, in effect, a third term for Malloy.

However, Lamont, who has not held elected office at the state level, was defeated

by Malloy in 2010 in a Democratic Party primary.

This is Lamont’s first time running against a Republican candidate and the most recent public polls show the race is a dead heat.

K2 Guilty Plea Entered

A 47-year-old man targeted in an investigation of K2 dealing on the Green pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday.

Quentin Staggers entered the plea for possessing with intent to distribute K2, a synthetic cannabinoid before U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall. He was released on $100,000 bond pending a Jan. 16 scheduled sentencing. He faces up to 20 years in jail.

The arrest stems from a federal-state-local investigation into K2 dealing on the Green in July. Investigators said they found K2 packaging and residue in the trash at a Farren Avenue residence where Staggers had been staying. Staggers has also spent time living on the streets in New Haven and helped organize and lead a 2017 homeless rights protest.

Investigators have also questioned Staggers about the distribution of a bad batch of K2 that lead to 120 poisonings/overdoses on the Green in August.

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“Love Will Always Outweigh Hate” THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 31, 2018 - November 06, 2018

by PAUL BASS

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

In the face of terror, New Haven stands together.

That message resounded at a local standing-and-sitting-room-only communal vigil held Sunday evening for the 11 Jews massacred by an anti-Semitic gunman during Shabbat services this weekend at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.

The massacre sent horror through Jews throughout the world, especially those of us who happened to have been sitting in our own synagogues that same morning, singing “etz chayyim hi” “it is a tree of life” as the Torah was returned to its ark after the weekly reading. By a stroke of fortune, the massacre didn’t happen in one of our New Haven shuls. This time.

By filling the Jewish Community Center’s Vine Auditorium on Amity Road Sunday night, Jews from all local congregations came together to remember the 11 people killed in Pittsburgh and to join hands in determination not to let terror and hate defeat us.

And New Haveners of all different faiths joined hands with us to declare that we all stand together in that quest.

Five hundred people filled the auditorium, with another 300 spilling out into the hallway, according to Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven CEO Judy Alperin, who emceed and organized the event.

In between some Hebrew singing hinei mah tov uma nayim/ shevet achim gam

yachad (how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity) Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox rabbis took turns in most cases calling on the crowd to unify as both Jews and as members of a broader New Haven community. Local Unitarian, Episcopal and Methodist ministers spoke as well, as did a representative from the Muslim Coalition of Connecticut.

The names of the 11 Jews gunned down in Pittsburgh flashed on a screen behind them as they spoke.

Temple Beth Shalom Rabbi Benjamin Scolnic set the universalist tone for the evening.

“When a gunman shoots children in a school in Connecticut, or churchgoers in South Carolina, or a concert in Las Vegas; when bombs are sent to many of our finest leaders, there is no distance” between us and tragedy, Scolnic said.

“And when you’re in shul on Shabbos morning, and you hear that people in another shul were just killed, on that morning, on that Shabbos, there is no distance. ...“Distance was a lullaby that helped us to fall asleep.

“There is not distance anymore,. We have to understand that if someone is a hater, it doesn’t make any difference if they happen to hate this ethic group or that nationality, or this skin color, or that sexual identity.

“If anyone hates any group, they hate us.

“Because we are part of the human ‘us.’

“If you hate any group, you hate me. Hatred of anyone is hatred of everyone. ...

We are united in our grief. But we are also united in our hope.”

The Rev. Steven Cousin recalled how New Haven Jews joined other New Haveners in a similar coming-together in his church, Bethel AME Zion on Goffe Street, in 2015 after a racist gunman shot dead nine African-American members of an AME congregation in Charleston, South Carolina. “ You stood with us on that night to say that you were here for us and ‘we are grieving with you. We are mourning with you.

And we love you.’

“And so on this night I would like to tell those of the Jewish community that we are standing with you. We love you. We are mourning with you. And we are grieving with you.

“In the African-American community, we know all too well what it’s like to lose lives, especially in a house of worship. Our churches have been burned down. Four little girls lost their lives to a church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. And then what happened in the church in Charleston, S.C., in 2015.

“We have much more in common than we do have that divides us. It is through our grief and through our mourning that we can form a bond so strong and so potent that on a night like tonight we can send one clear message: Love will always outweigh hate.”

That was one of the two applause lines of the evening.

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Fatma Antar and the Rev. Bonita Grubbs at Sunday’s vigil.

The other applause line came from Rona Shapiro, rabbi of Congregation B’nai Jacob, when she issued a call to action.

“Things like this will happen when antiSemitism proliferates and goes unchecked in our country, when leaders and candidates for public office give voice to antiSemitic statements,” Shapiro said. “It is a straight line from Charlottesville to the demonization of George Soros to Pittsburgh. Things like this will happen when we allow hatred to be part of our discourse, when it becomes OK to hate people with

whom you disagree or who look different than us. Things like this will happen when guns proliferate and madmen can purchase a full arsenal sufficient for a small army,” Shapiro said.

She reminded the crowd that “this murderer’s proximate motive” was a recent statement by the Jewish nonprofit group HIAS supporting the immigrant caravan in Central America. She spoke of how local synagogues celebrated an HIAS-sponsored “National Refugee Shabbat” a week ago in

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Congress Goes Caribbean THE INNER-CITY NEWS - 0ctober 31, 2018 - November 06, 2018

by MARKESHIA RICKS

The taste of the Caribbean has come to Congress Avenue thanks to three immigrants who’ve recently decided to put out shingled right next door to each other.

Mayor Toni Harp and city economic officials held a joint ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday just in time for the lunch rush to welcome the new establishments, Patty’s Caribbean Cuisine and International Tastebuds, to the Hill.

Marcia Kemp is the Guyanese owner of International Tastebuds. She came to New Haven and the Hill more than 30 years ago.

She recently retired from Yale-New Haven Hospital and is now opening a restaurant has always been her dream.

She made sure to let those gathered know that though Guyanese cuisine has the flavor of the Caribbean, it also has its own distinctive flavor. Kemp, who also is Muslim, noted that all meat at the restaurant is halal, which means that it is prepared to the high standards prescribed by Islamic law. The restaurant is the newer of the two, having opened in September.

“This is an endeavor of love,” she said.

“My husband and I have planned this for a lot of years and teamed up with Dawn to make this happen. There is no other cuisine in Connecticut that can say they are Guyanese cuisine.”

“We are not the first but we hope to be the last,” she added. “Come in and enjoy some of our Guyanese, though somewhat reflective of the Caribbean it is an entirely different experience.”

Patty Deroche and Kenrick Durand, owners of Patty’s Caribbean Cuisine next door, hail from Trinidad and Dominica, respectively. And they’re bringing not only flavor from the Caribbean but also art. Durand is the artist and Deroche is the chef. He thanked the city for its support of the restaurant which opened in January of this year.

“It shows us how needed we are in the community because people need to be fed,” Durand said. “We partnered up together to have a gallery and Caribbean cuisine.

When you enter here it feels like the Caribbean in cuisine and the art. We want to show you what we can do to promote each other and grow as a community.”

Mayor Harp said it was exciting to add to two new “foodie destinations” to New Haven’s ever-growing roster of places to eat.

“The opening of these businesses today is symbolic of how New Haven is open for business,” Harp said.

Steve Fontana, deputy economic development director for the city, said that as excited as city officials often are for new developments downtown, in a way neighborhood openings are even more exciting.

“It’s where so many live in New Haven and come to start their businesses with new ideas bringing fresh and exciting things,” he said.

International Tastebuds was able to open with the help from a new leasehold program through the Livable City Initiative, the city’s anti-blight agency. That program is run by former LCI neighborhood specialist and Hill native Jeff Moreno, who got a shoutout from Mayor Harp for his enthusiasm for the program.

Moreno said the improvement program provides grants up to $10,000 to small businesses and landlords for property improvements. People can be reimbursed 50 percent of costs for interior improvements.

He said the program has been around about a year and International Tastebuds is the first one to be completed in the Hill, another 13 will be happening on the city’s main throroughfares of Whalley, Dixwell, Grand, Congress and Kimberly avenues.

“Since I’m from here this is my small way of giving back,” he said.

Hill Alder Ron Hurt said that the new businesses showcase the diversity of the Hill and New Haven as a whole.

“There’s no place like the Hill,” he told the owners. “New Haven is a great city and your business is in a great city, you are great people, wish you the best in all you do.”

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City officials joined the owners of Patty’s Caribbean Cuisine

Chef Marcia Kemp specializes in Guyanese cuisine …

Youth On Climate Change Frontlines

by MARKESHIA RICKS Environmentalists gathered at the New Haven federal courthouse on Church Street to defend what they called our fundamental right to an earth that is capable of sustaining life.a They held a rally Monday afternoon outside the U.S. District Courthouse on Church Street as part of a series of similar rallies nationwide in a support of a a landmark climate lawsuit filed by 21 young people ranging in age from 11 to 22. That case, Juliana v. U.S., was scheduled to go to trial Monday.

The lawsuit was filed against the federal government in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in 2015. About 35 people here who have been following the case closely gathered on Church Street court steps to show their support.

The rally was organized by Paul Rink, a Yale Law School and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Science student who worked on the case during this past summer as an intern.

The suit asserts that the federal government is responsible for the damage being caused by climate change because it has known, at least as far back as the 1960s, about the threat and did nothing to stop the perpetuation and use of fossil fuels. Instead, in the face of climate change science, the government still issued permits to polluting compa-

nies and gave them access to federal lands.

“This is not a case about what the government didn’t do but a case about what the government did,” Rink said.

Rink said he’s been interested in environmental justice for some time and hopes to build a career fighting for it. He said this case is particularly important because it speaks directly to the harm of climate change.

“Not only will it impact everyone in the future, but it’s going to impact the people least responsible for the problem — the youth and people living in the least developed part of the world the most,” he said of climate change.

A judge has denied the federal government’s request to dismiss the case. The case has been stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court, whose newest member is Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who is believed to have conservative views on climate change. Still, supporters of the suit remain optimistic.

Metro Business Academy student Adara Huq, 16, was one of the young people who spoke out in support of her fellow youth at Monday’s rally.

“Climate change does and will affect us more in the future,” she said. “What about us? What about our future families? Why are we sweeping our responsibilities under the carpet when it is more important than ever to save our planet.”

MARKESHIA RICKS PHOTO Rally organizer Paul Rink on the steps of the federal courthouse.

New Haven environmentalist showed their support.

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She told those gathered that the world is already 1-degree Celsius warmer than preindustrial levels and climate change impacts are showing up in devastating hurricanes, record droughts, and forest fires.

“Climate change i and well being of our planet.”

Environmental activist Melinda Tuhus said she was encouraged to see young people taking the lead in holding the government responsible but also was a bit heartbroken for their plight.s already happening, and every bit of additional warming will worsen impacts,” Adara said.

Yale College student Nick Famularo urged those gathered to make their voices heard in the Nov. 6 elections.

“Climate change is the single greatest threat facing our planet today,” he said. “For decades our country has failed to implement common-sense solutions despite the warnings of the scientific community. The fact that young people have to sue their own government for its inaction against climate change is immoral and absurd.

“By definition, a government is meant to protect and provide for its citizens but seems our elected officials today care more about short-term profits than the long-term health “I’m not going to see the very worst aspects of this because I’m not going to be around much longer, but they will,” she said.

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Redemption, Religion, And The A Train ents as crazed and short-fused, Jenkins speaks truth to power, telling Cruz that as he carried out eight documented murders, it’s “funny how people start payin’ attention when white people start droppin.’”

That hardened, no-nonsense kind of writing is exactly what drew Singleton back to the play when he was planning the current season. Ten years ago, he and Bregamos Community Theater founder Rafael Ramos brought the work to the Atwater Senior Center, staging the show in the center’s all-purposes common area. It was a gamble: when the lights came up after the first act on opening night, they discovered that half of attendees had walked out, incensed by the language. They worried, momentarily, that it had been too much for New Haven, where none of Guirgis’ works had ever been produced (or have been produced since). But the play’s remaining nights sold out.

In the years since, Guirgis kept writing, producing The Motherfucker With the Hat on Broadway in 2011 and winning a Pulitzer Prize for his play Between Riverside and Crazy in 2015. Last year, Jesus Hopped The A Train surged in popularity at New York’s Signature Theatre, where it performed to sold-out audiences for two months. As Singleton thought about tie-ins with contemporary prison reform, including the inhumane treatment and subsequent release and death of Kalief Browder in 2015, he could feel the pull of the show once again. While he and CCT Associate Director Jenny Nelson had some initial apprehension with bringing the work back, “that lasted for about 10 seconds,” after which they decided it was the right show to open the season with.

“I think a play set in a prison, a play that’s so timely like this one, and is so explosive, we want to make sure that people can look past the language,” he said during a five-minute break at a recent rehearsal.

“We know that people who are incarcerated are easily forgotten about, we easily throw them away and discard them, and it’s a part of life that a lot of people want to forget about.”

“A lot of people have family members that are incarcerated, and they don’t go and visit them, friends, and it just becomes like an exile,” he added.

As it comes to Erector Square, Singleton has worked with a creative team to take the audience psychologically inside the prison’s walls, as artists did with Jireh Holder’s 50:13 at the Yale Cabaret four years ago, or in the National Religious Campaign Against Torture’s “Inside The Box” installation at the New Haven Free Public Library in 2017. The set—grey brick walls, concrete floors and fencing that rattles in the prisoners’ fists all designed, painted and installed by David Sepulveda—is affecting in its minimal design, becoming an additional grim-faced character in this inescapable and deeply psychological drama.

So too lighting by Jamie Burnett, harsh

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Angel Cruz is learning to lie. His lawyer, Mary Jane, has started pacing in front of him. She’s visibly nervous: this could cost her her job, but she’s sure it’s the right thing to do. Angel sits at a simple steel table, not sure how to hold his body. Light glares overhead. He just wants to do the right thing too. The problem is, he doesn’t know what that means anymore.

Mary Jane swivels to face him. Her eyes are laser beams.

“Tell me a lie,” she says. “Anything. Lie. Right now.”

So unfolds Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Jesus Hopped The A Train at Erector Square, where it begins a three-week run at Collective Consciousness Theatre (CCT) this Thursday. Directed by CCT Co-founder Dexter Singleton with a tight cast and crew, the show runs Thursdays through Saturdays through Nov. 11. Tickets and more information are available at CCT’s website or below.

On its face, Jesus Hopped The A Train is a morality tale that gets into the weeds, pulling organized religion, systemic racism, toxic masculinity, and the prison industrial complex along with it before it has run its course. Guirgis wrote the work in 2000, but it is set at present-day Rikers Island correctional facility, where 30-yearold Angel Cruz is awaiting his sentence for shooting Reverend Kim, the megalomaniacal leader of a popular faith cult, in the butt. Or, as Cruz says to his lawyer in a brusque exchange, “with the intent to bust a cap in his lyin, bullshittin ass.”

He’s done it for what he thinks are all the right reasons: the leader has corrupted his best friend, leaving Cruz to take matters into his own hands. Putting a bullet in that ass—and “mothahfuckah got an ass like a water buffalo”—is a form of vigilante justice at its best. Or so he thinks until he meets Lucius Jenkins, a notorious serial killer who has conveniently found God in prison, and challenges Cruz’ sense of morality.

From its first breath, everything about the play is explosive: Rikers Island is a delicate tinderbox waiting to blow with all the electricity and heat inside. Inmates fret and fume and pray without knowing to whom exactly they are speaking; lines between ethical and not, just and unjust are constantly blurred; and the script is a thick, full-lunged soup of obscenities from page one, where several iterations of “fuck,” “fucking,” “motherfucker,” and “shut the fuck up” greet audience members like the cacophonic cry of a Greek chorus.

But this world is not made for our shock value, or without dark humor: harsh, ragefueled language becomes integral to plot and character development, lyrical even at the height of obscenity. Even as he pres-

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in all the places it is meant to be. Spend enough time in this world, and it’s easy to feel trapped inside something cold and foreboding, where the law of the land does not weigh all lives equally. Onstage, that feeling takes on a persona—prison officer Valdez (Jason Hall), who sees wrong and right as completely binary, with nothing in between. But also something that is darkly, unsettlingly funny—like we’ve lived through it before, and we will again.

In a recent rehearsal, Singleton credited that sense to having the right team of actors. CCT veteran Terrence Riggins has returned as a particularly maniacal Jenkins, stepping into a role that is as physically as it is emotionally demanding. Until his exit, Jenkins rarely stays still, communing with the lord (whatever lord that really may be) as he cycles through push ups, running in place, and jumping jacks, sweat pouring down his face. Bridget McCarthy is on fire as public defender Mary Jane Hanrahan, taking us on her tightrope between good and evil, ethical and not.

And playing Cruz—the first name of Angel seems no mistake at all—Jhulenty Delossantos is captivating, taking on this frightened, angry boy who is stuck in the body of a man, and exploring him from every possible angle. Before trying out for the role, Delossantos had read Gurgis’ The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, performed at New York’s Public Theatre in 2005. He had also been eager to get back to CCT after his debut in Idris Goodwin and Kevin Coval’s This Is Modern Art in spring 2016, and felt that this gave him the right chance to do it.

“I like the fact that it’s a very meaty role—there’s a lot of ways to go about it,” Delossantos said at a recent rehearsal, adding that he’s been watching documentaries including The Kalief Browder Story and Hard Time to prepare for the role. “A lot of pain, and frustration, a lot of sadness, a lot of rejection. It’s something that I kind of wanted to harness and just go all out.”

“We just kind of forget about them [people that are incarcerated],” he said. “It just made me think. Like, wow. Some of these people are in here because they actually did something wrong, and some of these people are in here because they made a mistake and now they gotta pay for it with 20 years. And after those 20 years, it’s still not gonna be great. What jobs are gonna take them? And now they’ve got all this debt. It’s kind of like a major cluster f, you know? And it made me want to … it would be nice if we were a little more compassionate and understanding.”

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Montessori Charter Quashes Doubts see joy,” she added. “It’s something I want to provide for all our children: this joy in learning.”

New Haven did once try out a Montessori experiment within a traditional school. Administrators at the time concluded the method was too costly because the classrooms need trained teachers and tactile equipment.

Multiple faculty members said they joined Elm City Montessori because they want to make the model available within the public school systems, rather than limiting access to those who can afford private tuition.

“Montessori can be very elitist, and that’s why I was so excited to come to a public Montessori school,” said Amelia Sherwood, the school’s dean, who leads anti-bias and anti-racism trainings. “I want [our children] to see themselves in the instruction. All of our white teachers know they are very white, and their population is very black and brown. They own that and are working within themselves to own their biases.”

Several Board of Education members said the visit Wednesday was their first experience with the Montessori model. Afterwards, they gushed about the students’ eagerness to learn and the faculty’s willingness to confront racial bias head-on.

Five board members and two administrators arrived at the school’s Blake Street campus around 9 a.m. After a brief talk with the charter school’s board members, they were sent off to classrooms to observe.

In the Oak Room, students sat in a wide circle on a rug, learning about mindfulness.

Schools Superintendent Carol Birks pulled up a chair and snapped a picture on her phone.

The instructor, James Erard, asked why the class thought they did an activity together every morning. One student answered that it helps him transition from the hubbub of home and buses into learning. Another said it helped him “not be so crazy” and get his work done. Erard eventually proposed the word “focus.” “That’s what I was thinking!” someone said.

Erard asked a student to grab a chime. Then he told them to close their eyes, straighten

their backs and see how long they could hear its resonating echo. Birks closed her eyes too and waited for the gong.

Next door, in the Gingko Room, two firstgraders, Theo Price and Estela Rivera, had written an addition problem that ran several feet long on a piece of ticker tape, with one random, single-digit number after another.

With that as their guide, they both weaved a chain of multicolored beads together into a “golden snake” representing the total. The chain had grown so large that looped around itself. “And we’re not even finished!” Rivera exclaimed.

After they explained their project to a reporter, Price asked questions about how newspapers worked and which other visitors were in his class. Unprompted, he said he’d noticed that the mayor was in the school too.

“I heard he’s deciding whether to close the school or not,” he said. “I hope he does not.”

Over in another corner of the room, one of the teachers, Susan Clark, quizzed students about human needs, asking them to distinguish between “material” needs like shelter and food and “spiritual” needs like art and music. She showed them pictures of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater house, a potter’s wheel (that one student guessed was dough), and a bus decked out in lights.

When the noises got too loud in the Gingko Room, one of the students walked to the door and flicked off the lights for 30 seconds. Everyone hushed to a whisper, even the visitors, and once the lights came back on, the volume stayed lower.

All the board members had positive things to say about Elm City Montessori as they reflected on the visit.

“If it looks like I’m filled with joy, it’s because I am,” school board member Ed Joyner said after returning to a conference room to talk business with the school’s administrators.

Later, Joyner said he found the faculty “highly energized” and “knowledgeable.”

Fellow board member Jamell Cotto said he believes it is important for the Montessori model to be available in a public school, which he said “really levels the playing

field.” Board member Joe Rodriguez said he was impressed by the level of parent and student engagement. And board member Tamiko Jackson-McArthur said she appreciated how “intentionally” the school addressed racial bias.

Before voting on whether to approve the expansion to middle school, board members have asked more information about the school’s finances and the city’s demographics.

One question: Whether the executive director position is necessary, on top of a principal. Executive Director Eliza Halsey said that dual leadership is common for several of the city’s charters, including Common Ground High School and Booker T. Washington Academy. She said it allows the principal to focus on core instruction, while she fills out reports on the school’s academics, manages payroll for non-district employees, and fundraises to support broader work in the community, like its anti-racism training.

She added that her salary is paid independently of district funds.

Another question: Whether the district needs more desks at those grades. Halsey said that the school will grow to accommodate its current students already at Elm City Montessori, not to siphon more away from other schools.

Throughout New Haven, demand is growing for spots at charter schools, with wait lists that can run hundreds of students long.

At the last count, all of the city’s charters enrolled nearly 2,700 students.

Opponents argue that charter schools result in a two-tiered education system by attracting students with proactive parents and rejecting kids with behavioral problems.

During a public job interview almost a year ago, Superintendent Birks touched off a controversy by saying that charters give parents “other choice opportunities” and help traditional schools identify “promising practices.”

“I say we shouldn’t fight charter schools,” Birks said at the time. “We should learn from them.”

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

Captain America couldn’t get enough of the tiny bags of M&M’s. Wonder Woman was feeling shy, until a fleet of lollipops made their way into her sack. And a notso-fearful hyena straight from The Lion King was all about the airheads—and posing with a few spiderwebs, pumpkins, and cop cars.

Tuesday night, they were just some of the superheroes and Disney villains who came out to Newhallville’s second annual “Trunk or Treat,” held at the neighborhood’s police substation on Winchester Avenue. The event was organized by Newhallville/East Rock district manager Lt. Manmeet Colon with support from the Livable City Initiative (LCI) and pumpkin donations from the Shore Line Trolley Museum. A few dozen families came out.

As temperatures dropped, kids in costume flocked to the station. Some, like 12-year-old Tamia Robinson and her mom Shanette, had come from as far as Hamden when they’d heard about the event, a chance for Tamia to celebrate Halloween a day early. While she said she loves the spooky holiday, she has dance lessons tomorrow night, and won’t make it out before nightfall. So she and her mom made a quick costume choice—her hyena garb from a dance recital earlier this year—and hustled over to the substation.

“It’s fun when you get to see people’s reactions,” she said.

But most were neighborhood kids who don’t otherwise trick or treat in the neighborhood. As he arrived at the station, 4-year-old Caydan Prince Cave flitted excitedly between three haunted cop cars, their trunks open and decorated with thick spiderwebs, half-submerged skeletons,

and orange-haired witches. He pulled a Captain America mask over his eyes and chatted with Lt. Colon as and Officer Monique Moore as East Shore district manager Lt. Jason Rentkowicz went to grab a pumpkin for him to decorate at home.

M&M’s securely in his hand, he ran around the cars, red cape whipping in the wind.

Watching him from the corner, his grandmother Megara Cave said that she was thrilled to learn about the sugar-fueled event, because it lets young kids of color interact with the police in a non-negative way. She had been preparing dinner for Cayden, who lives just down the block on Winchester Avenue, when a neighbor told her about the Halloween commotion at the substation. The two suited up—one in costume and one as herself—and headed over.

“I’m lovin’ this right now,” she said. “We need it for our young Black men, and Latino men, and white men for that matter.

Right now, it’s Halloween. Right now, we are feeling good.”

That’s the hope for the event, said Colon, decked out in a glittery harlequin mask for the occasion. As Westville’s district manager last year, she organized a Trunk Or Treat at Westville Manor, held the night before the city’s bigger Trunk Or Treat at Edgewood Park. When she was shuffled to Newhallville this year, she decided to continue the trunk or treat tradition Lt. Renee Dominguez had also started in that neighborhood. Unlike last year’s event, which featured pumpkin decoration and a temporary tattoo station inside the substation, this year’s was kept to outside.

In addition to the event’s low-key use of contact theory the idea that social and physical contact between two groups can break down bias—she said it’s particularly important to give families something to do, from picking up candy to bringing

home small pumpkins for the kids to decorate. As kids arrived for the evening, parents and grandparents each got a pumpkin to decorate at home, with the invitation to return to the substation and show them off next week.

“I’d rather have kids doing something like this than going out with their friends and doing something crazy—throwing eggs or anything like that,” Colon said.

“I’d rather have them come here, give them something to do, so when they get home, they’re just tired and ready for bed.

I want to take that stigma from Mischief Night … it’s bad, it’s bad, it’s bad. No. I want to take that away and actually give them something positive to do.”

Just moments before, she had put that theory to the test with 5-year-old Emilee Follins (pictured below), dressed as Halle Berry’s Catwoman under a puffy pink coat. As Emilee made the candy rounds, her grandmother had praised the event for gathering kids in a safe environment. After Emilee had finished picking up candy, Colon checked in with her on the pumpkin front.

“Can I see that pumpkin after you paint it?” Colon asked? Emilee nodded timidly.

Colon started to give her grandmother directions to swing by the substation when she saw her car parked outside. Then she changed her mind.

“I’d rather knock on your door, and see your pumpkin in person,” she said.

Lt. Manmeet Colon with 4-year-old Caydan Prince Cave. Robinson: Fun to get people’s reactions. Officer Monique Moore. Samantha Kucewicz and Laura Frazier, with Kucewicz’ 6-month-old Taylor. There was some dispute over whether Taylor was a lamb or a polar bear. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Tamron Hall responds after fans bombard NBC to bring her back after Megyn Kelly Gets the Ax one wrote after news of the firing surfaced.

“Miss you on ‘Today’ show, Tamron. The day you left was my last day watching it,” a second person admitted.

“When NBC went low, Tamron went high,” wrote a third. “Keep doing us proud down in Texas. Can’t wait for the new show next year.”

In 2017 Hall inked a talk show development deal with Harvey Weinstein’s The Weinstein Company. But once the former Hollywood producer was accused of sexual assault and rape, there was a lot of uncertainty.

Last month, however, after signing a new deal with ABC Owned Television Stations Group, Hall had a new show in the works, and she shared a preview of it from her studio in Harlem, N.Y. The new deal with ABC will likely mean the 48-year-old won’t be going back to

By Defender News Service

Megyn Kelly’s firing at NBC has fans calling for Tamron Hall’s return. Kelly came under fire for vehemently defending people who wore blackface on Halloween. The backlash was swift. Kelly was blasted by fans and her former colleagues for her “racist” remarks. Even though she apologized for the comments, the damage was done and the anchor was let go. Fans quickly suggested Hall to be Kelly’s replacement.

If you recall, Hall left her longtime position at the network and its flagship “Today” show after Kelly was hired.

Kelly’s show eventually replaced Hall’s time slot on the morning program. Fans tagged Hall and flooded NBC with their request.

“I hear there is probably a 9 a.m. slot opening soon. Please come back,” some-

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NBC or the ‘Today’ show anytime soon, but people continued to share their hope and blast Kelly in the process.

“I thought you were awesome,” one person wrote. “Prince wrote your theme music, and yet Becky Kelly gets to make $20 million for spouting BS. Best to you.”

“Still missing you. Please come back to NBC,” another person commented.

“Anyone know what @tamronhall is doing right now?” another person asked, only to get a response from Hall herself.

“I do, I do,” Hall wrote back. “See my pinned tweet about my syndicated talk show. Oh, and raising money for @SafeHorizon Tamron. Oh, and taping Season 6 of #deadlinecrime and oh, livin’ my best life. I hope that’s enough.”

This article originally appeared in the Defender News Network.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 31, 2018 - November 06, 2018

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She understands the importance of being a strong leader that will not fold under pressure but will stand up for what’s right, even when it means standing alone. Have no doubt; she will continue to be a warrior on the front lines and an authentic voice at the table and on the floor of the House as your State Representative.

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Blacks, Jews, Elections Op Ed – Janet R. Parker

This week we lament the ruthless killing of 11 Jewish congregants of the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburg, PA who came to worship and lost their lives to yet another violent and vicious gun attack last Saturday by a white supremacist spewing anti-Semitic slurs in their sanctuary.

The incident is not far removed from the Mother Emmanuel AME Church massacre in Charleston, SC were 9 African American members were gunned down on June 17, 2015 by a white supremacist who tried to ignite a race war in their sanctuary.

Blacks and Jews are, historically, the common bearers of pain and suffering in America and abroad. It was in June 1964 that Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Cheney - three civil rights workers of Jewish and African American descent - were brutally murdered for trying to forward a progressive agenda in Mississippi that would allow Blacks the right to vote.

At that time there were signs across the south that read No Blacks, No Jews, No Dogs. So we share a common bond of anguish and grief that has reared its ugly head once again; first in Mississippi, next in Charleston and now in Pittsburgh.

To say that our values, our morals, and our principles, are under attack and that fire is stoked every time the titular head of the government travels across America and fans the flames of Nationalism, is an understatement.

What’s worse, it’s not just the actions of the people who have sadly bought in to

this dangerous rhetoric, but the appalling silence of good people who know better – men and woman in congress and across America who have thought it better to sit on the sidelines, to “sit this one out” rather than say something, rather than stand up.

Those whom I disagree politically have blurred the line of decency for the sake of party politics. More than this, they have stepped across that line of decency because they cower in the face of conscience and refuse to stand up for the principles and standards this country was founded on: integrity, character and the ability to draw clear and distinct boundaries between right and wrong, without equivocating because they like their jobs too much.

Mr. President, you do a disservice to America, when you forward an agenda that gives license to vitriol and then blame the press and democratic donors which in turn put their very lives in jeopardy. Congressional Republicans, you do a greater disservice when you do not reign in the remarks of your party’s titular head because you either believe what he is saying or you are lack the courage to do the right thing by standing up to him. Either way you damage the very fiber and fabric of the country you say you love by your apathy, excuses and indifference to the events that diminish us locally, nationally and internationally. And it appears the only thing that will get your attention – indeed has gotten your attention is this midterm election that puts you on the line, that marks your self-interest.

There is a lot riding on the ballot next Tuesday. Some people will vote their pocket book, some will vote their party, and some will simply vote their interests.

While these are important, in the larger scheme of things, we need to vote the country’s best interest. We need to vote our communities interests. We need to vote our conscience. No reasonable American could go to the polls next Tuesday and not take a stand against the vitriol and decline of the nation in recent months. A Calderon of hate is about to come brimming over. Indeed it has. Not withstanding, the scandals, the senseless shootings and the tempered responses, their is a terrible malaise that hoovers about in wait.

We are indeed a fateful moment with both our values and our future. It behooves us to take a closer look at the attitudes and the platforms of responsible candidates who are steeped in a tradition of public service that heals, not harms – that speaks truth to power – and has the courage to right the wrongs that have become common place in our society – those that weaken the human condition. There should be a political renaissance that echoes the days of a Tip O’Neil or a Barack Obama for the democrats, or a John McCain or a George W. Bush for the republicans…maybe these gentleman were fierce political partisans but always always with a view towards doing what was in the best interest of the country - not mean spirited, not petty nor personal…just hard ball politics where

there were no political losers and the real winners were Jane D. and John Q. Public.

This is not the case now nor has it been for the last several years. There is an ideological force that has tainted the senate and congress and is now spilling in to ever corner and crevice of America.

Evil is flourishing because good men (and women) are saying and doing nothing. Inaction is paralyzing, non productive and lifeless. Action is affirming, powerful, and life giving. Now is a time of action – Now is the time to vote. We must vote our con-

science as a call to conscience – for it’s not just our livelihoods that are on the ballot this Tuesday - it maybe our very lives.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 31, 2018 - November 06, 2018

Early Voting Numbers Signal Big Turnout for Midterms as Voter Suppression Looms

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent

In Georgia, close to three times the number of people who voted early during the last midterm election have voted early.

The numbers went up over the first week of early voting in a state featuring one of the biggest races for governor in the U.S: Democrat Stacey Abrams vs. Republican Brian Kemp.

Abrams would be the first African American female governor elected in history if she wins.

Over 482,000 people have voted in Georgia in advance which included 92,000 on October 19 alone. According to the New York Times, “vote totals have increased almost 200 percent at the same point since the last gubernatorial election.” Typically high turnout favors the Democratic Party.

The news regarding record turnout predictions have collided with the news of voter suppression.

Election officials in Kansas closed the only polling place in Dodge City. Latinos

currently make up 60 percent of Dodge City’s population. Dodge City has only one polling site for 27,000 residents.

An October 9th Associated Press report found around 53,000 people — nearly 70% of them African-Americans — had their registrations placed in limbo because of some kind of mismatch with driver’s license or social security information.

Tellingly, Abrams is running against an opponent who has had a hand in the details in making voting more difficult in the state.

Greg Palast, a voter suppression expert who runs the Palast Investigative Fund, asserts that Kemp is responsible for removing over 300,000 voters from Georgia’s voter rolls over two years. Palast’s team of experts includes statisticians and lawyers analyzing changes and removals from voter rolls across America.

“What’s happening #GaGovRace right now might be a defining moment in the brief history of our Democracy – it will be the 1st publicized, well understood and quantifiable rigged and stolen election in the deluge. They will point here and say

this was the moment and it happened with little fanfare,” tweeted pollster Cornell Belcher about the Georgia race.

A coalition of advocacy groups has launched a lawsuit to block Georgia from enforcing the “exact match” requirement that could block over 50,000 votes in the state.

The Campaign Legal Center and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law argued in the suit, which was filed in a federal district court on Thursday, that the state’s “exact match” requirement violates the Voting Rights Act and the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

The question a little over two weeks from Election Day is: Will high turnout be able to erase attempts at voter suppression.

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

HBCU Boards, Presidents Should Prepare for Prospect of Mass Shootings on Campuses Commentary, HBCUDigest.com Two years ago, dozens of presidents from historically black colleges and universities pledged increased attention and discourse on the issue of gun violence in the United States. Their appeal followed police shootings in several cities where black men were fatally victimized by police officers.

Since that letter, federal statistics reveal that there have been more than 640 incidents of mass shootings (four or more people shot in one location at one time) in

the United States between 2017 and today, when members of a synagogue in suburban Pittsburgh were assaulted by a lone gunman during worship.

The numbers on mass shootings are increasing. The number of recognized hate groups is growing, with the greatest concentration of organizations in states where HBCUs are located. And as of 2016, African Americans were the ethnic group with members most likely to be victimized by a hate crime.

HBCU board members, presidents and di-

rectors of public safety must prepare for the growing possibility of an HBCU being the site of a tragic act of domestic, race-based terrorism. While mass shootings or bombings can take place anywhere, the intersections of hate, social anxiety and opportunity run right through HBCU campuses.

American hate is rediscovering despicable forms. With mid-term elections just weeks away, certain political outcomes could generate more violence towards people at large, and specifically people of color.

In the enclaves where hate is clearly grow-

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ing you’ll find HBCUs; byproducts of hate from generations ago which continue to transform a race and a nation for the better. Our campuses and our culture could not withstand a large-scale attack; we’ve seen the national coverage which results from neighborhood crime which finds its way onto our campuses.

So what does preparation look like? Many folks would believe it to be more personnel and more encouragement for students to be mindful of their surroundings and willing to report strange people and movements on

campuses. But those are ideas for when a campus visitor or stakeholder can easily blend into our campus communities; the emerging challenge is when a madman arrive on campus with artillery to spare and a plan requiring mere seconds to create mayhem.

Functioning security cameras. Active shooter drills and blueprints. Assessments of campus access points and building entry systems. Agreements with local police, fire and emergency response agencies.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - 0ctober 31, 2018 - November 06, 2018

Kevin Hart and Chris Rock Team Up for ‘Coparenting’ Movie

IN MEMORIAM:

Celebrated author Ntozake Shange Dies at 70

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor

By Defender News Service With Will Packer as the producer and Rock as the director, Hart will be starring in a film entitled Coparenting, Deadline reports. In the film, Hart plays a stay at home dad while his CEO wife is the breadwinner for the family. After she decides she wants out of their marriage, their relationship becomes everything but amicable as their divorce and custody battle gets nasty.

Yamara Taylor, who is a writer for the hit show black-ish, will be penning the script.

Hart and Packer are frequent collaborators and their movies are always huge successes. Their latest flick, Night School, grossed about $28 million in the box office its opening weekend earlier this month.

Their Think Like A Man series was a big

money maker. Think Like A Man grossed over $91 million in the U.S while its sequel grossed over $71 million.

Coparenting will be Rock’s second shot at directing. The comedy great made his directorial debut back in 2014 with Top Five.

The topic of coparenting is something Rock and Hart know all too well. Hart, and his ex-wife Torrei, have been open about their ups and downs of learning to co-parent after their divorce.

“Listen, at the end of the day, things happen. What happened was in the past, I’m so far removed from what happened years ago. I’ve done too much to get in a happy place to let anything steal my joy,” Hart told Essence.

This article originally appeared in the Defender News Network.

Pioneering poet and playwright Ntozake Shange died on the morning of October 27 at an assisted living facility in Bowie, Maryland. She was best known for her much celebrated Obie Award-winning play, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf.”

“To our extended family and friends, it is with sorrow that we inform you that our loved one, Ntozake Shange, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning of October 27, 2018. Memorial information / details will follow at a later date,” her Twitter account announced.

Shange, who turned 70 on October 18, had suffered multiple strokes over the last few years. She died in her sleep.

“I write for young girls of color, for girls who don’t even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they arrive,” Shange once said.

“Zake was a woman of extravagance and flourish, and she left quickly without suffering,” said her sister Ifa Bayeza, who was also a writer. “It’s a huge loss for the world.

I don’t think there’s a day on the planet when there’s not a young woman who discovers herself through the words of my sister,” she added.

Her death is a “a major shift in the cosmos,” said Sarah Bellamy said on October 27. “Ntozake Shange invited us to marvel at the resiliency and power that women of color harness in order to survive a hostile world. She invited us to practice the ritual

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(Photo: Barnard College Archives / Wikimedia Commons) of loving ourselves.”

“R.I.P. Ntozake Shange (#ForColoredGirls) #YouAreBroadwayBlack you will forever be remembered and eternally etched in our minds as The Lady in Orange, a prolific poet, an amazing playwright, and the Black feminist we all aspire to be. Well done,” a tweet from the Broadway in Black twitter account read.

Shange was also the author of the novels Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, Liliane, and Betsey Brown, a novel about a Black girl who runs away from home. Shange was also awarded a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship an in April 2016, Barnard College announced the acquisition of Shange’s papers.

But her most celebrated and famous work,

was the 20-part poem depicting the lives of women of color. The poem was made into the stage play and a published book in 1977. In 2010, Tyler Perry made her work into a film entitled a “For Colored Girls.”

The recent book by Donna Brazile, Yolanda Caraway, Leah Daughtry, Minyon Moore, and Veronica Chambers, entitled “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics,” was a play on the famous work

by Shange.

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

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 31, 2018 - November 06, 2018

Kirk Franklin’s Dad Dies Shortly After Meeting Him: “Forgiveness Is Painful, But Necessary”

By Christian Carter, BDO Assignment Reporter

Forgiveness is something that all of have to go through at one point or another in our lives.

Forgiving a mate, a friend or even a family member. Forgiveness even hits celebrities as well, just ask gospel superstar Kirk Franklin.

The popular singer/songwriter never had a relationship with his dad and got a phone call saying that he was dying.

How would you react? Let him die and not try to reach out or try to find closure in his final moments?

Because Franklin said he had held resentment for his father for putting him up for adoption, it was a tough decision whether or not he wanted to reconnect with his dad before his death.

Still, the 48-year-old singer decided to do something that he said changed his life forever.

“Two days ago, I received an anonymous call that my biological father, who I never knew, has 3-6 months to live,” explains Franklin on his Instagram.

“I’ve lived my entire life hating this man.

He and my biological mother gave me up for adoption, and it left me never feeling good enough….to this very day.

I took my hate for him and used it as fuel to be the best father I could be for my own.

But what I did wrong, is I never took that RPand inner news 5.471 x 5.1.that oct fuel, turncity it into forgiveness….and

is wrong. Wrong for him, me, and the God I proclaim to represent. How can I preach what I don’t practice?

So I flew to Houston yesterday to do that.

It’s painful, it’s a process, but how disappointed I would be in myself for this man to leave this earth without being forgiven.

He deserves to receive what God gives me every day. Pray for him, and for me. God this is hard…I weep as I write.”

“So many emotions. Being abandoned, being adopted, and when I got that call, I knew I didn’t want to continue living in that,” Franklin told his followers in a video posted on his Instagram page.

“So, I fought past it, moved past it and got on the plane, and I’m so glad I did. I just got a call tonight that he passed.”

According to the Bowen Theory, the Gertrude, having been abandoned as a tension created within a family relationbaby by his mother and never knowing his ship negatively affects other relationships real father. in that structure and when this tension is Gertrude collected and resold aluminum heightened or lasts for a long time, clinical cans to raise money for Kirk to take piano problems can occur. lessons from the age of four. Kirk excelled It’s important to confront tension because in music, being able to read and write muit never disappears, the theory says. Even sic, while also playing by ear. when family members become emotionHe received his first contract offer at the ally cut off from their family, they can’t age of seven, which his aunt turned down. fully run away from it.

He joined the church choir and became Those same issues will manifest in any music director of the Mt. Rose Baptist “substitute” families they create. Many Church adult choir at the age of twelve. psychologists cite forgiveness as a major Despite his strict religious upbringing, factor in letting go of such negative emoFranklin rebelled in his teenage years, and tions. in an attempt to keep him out of trouble, Franklin’s childhood was riddled with rev.qxp_Layout 1 was 10/12/18 PM Page 1 his grandmother arranged an audition for disappointment. He raised by1:35 his aunt,

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him at a professional youth conservatory associated with a local university.

He was accepted, but later he had to deal with a girlfriend’s pregnancy and his eventual expulsion from school for behavioral problems.

After the shooting death of a friend, Franklin returned to the church, where he began to direct the choir once again. He also co-founded gospel groups, gained notoriety, all of which led to him being signed and the rest is history.

Now, Franklin is a dedicated father, husband, and worshiper whom many call a mentor. Our continued prayers go out to Kirk and the entire family.

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Presidents Should Prepare

Trustees should be asking presidents, and presidents asking their police chiefs about the status of these security touchpoints in advance of a crisis, not in the moments after one has started.

The goal is not to stop a lunatic with guns from killing indiscriminately; nothing can stop that. It is about getting faculty, students and staff aware and skilled enough to limit the loss of life in such a scenario, while making sure that the institution can claim a proactive approach to security in an era of intense sociopolitical attitudes and a growing willingness to act upon them.

Responsibly planning for domestic terrorism against HBCUs is not fear mongering, but strategic planning for dealing with life in a fragile democracy. Every single progressive movement in American history has attracted violence from agents of opposition; no one knows this reality better than black people.

The twisted plans of some, or even one zealot driven to help make America great again can turn HBCUs into a countercultural commodity. Our schools, our communities, and our lives are more important than that, and our leaders must be out front in making that clear through planning and preparation.

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INNER-CITY July 2016- -November August 02,06, THE INNER-CITY NEWS NEWS - 0ctober 31,27, 2018 2018 2016

ATTENTION GENERAL CONTRACTORS NOTICE ***INVITATION TO BID***

FIRE ALARM SYSTEM UPGRADES AT VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE KENNEDY, RIBICOFF & GRAHAM APARTMENTS HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this development located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations ap1. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY of the CITY OF NEW BRITAIN (Housing Authority) Pre-applications be availablefor from 5PM beginning Monday willply. receive sealed bids, inwill TRIPLICATE, the 9AM aboveTO referenced construction projectJu;y at its 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient (approximately 100) have development, known as Kennedy, Ribicoff &pre-applications Graham APARTMENTS, New Britain, CT. been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon re2. quest The work generally consists of at removal and replacement existing fire alarm system.preby calling HOME INC 203-562-4663 duringofthose hours.

Completed applications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third 3. Floor, All bids shallHaven, be clearly New CTmarked 06510.“Fire Alarm System Upgrades at Kennedy, Ribicoff and

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AREA

Graham Apartments”, delivered to the Authority Offices by mail or courier, and time and date stamped upon receipt. Bids will be received until December 6th, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. at the office of the Housing Authority, 16 Armistice Street, New Britain, CT 06053, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

NOTICIA

VALENTINA DE November ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES 4. There will be MACRI a pre-bidVIVIENDAS walk thru on 8th, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. at Kennedy Apartments 300 East Main Street, New Britain, CT 06051. Interested bidders should attend thisHOME meeting to understand the scope of ywork intent of bid documents.

Anyestá bidINC, en nombreand de laclarify Columbus House de laand New Haven Housing Authority, der,aceptando who is notpre-solicitudes in attendance at thisestudios meeting,y will be held responsible for the en understanding and para apartamentos de un dormitorio este desarrollo extent of the scope of work and the contract. ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos estarán a.m.-5 p.m.

5. máximos.

Bid forms Las and pre-solicitudes contract documents are disponibles on file as of09 November 1st,comenzando 2018 at 1:00Martes P.M at 25 the julio, 2016 hasta Offi cuando se han recibido (aproximadamente 100) Housing Authority ce. Copies of these suficientes documents pre-solicitudes may be obtained by depositing a $50.00 check (CHECK NO INC. CASH) payable toserán The Housing the City en las oficinasONLY, de HOME Lasmade pre-solicitudes enviadas Authority por correo of a petición of llamando New Britain for each documents so obtained.

Such deposit will be deberán non-refundable. a HOME INCsetal of 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes remitirse a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

6. Each bidder is required to submit with their bid, a bid guarantee of not less than 5% of the amount of the bid in the form of a certified check or bank draft, U.S. Government Bonds at par value, an irrevocable letter of credit or a bid bond secured by a surety company.

7. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a performance and payment bond for 100% of the contract price; or a 100% cash escrow; or a 25% irrevocable letter of credit. The surety must be a guarantee or surety company acceptable to the Housing Authority and licensed to provide sureties in the State of Connecticut. Individual sureties will not be considered.

NEW HAVEN

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

8. The Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informality in the bidding. No bid shall be withdrawn for a period of 90 days subsequent to the opening of bids without the consent of the Housing Authority.

All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, neartobus stop the & shopping 9. It is the responsibility of the Bidder monitor nbhact.org center website for any notices and Addendum(s) that may be issued pertinent to the information being viewed.

Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258

The Housing Authority of the City of New Britain is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative AcCT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s tion Employer and conducts business indesigned accordance with all intellectual Federal, State andofLocal laws, Certificate Program.

This is a 10 its month program to assist in the formation Candidates regulations guidelines.

Small, Minority, Business and 20, Disabled are in responseand to the Church’s Ministry needs.

The costWomen is $125. Classes startEnterprises Saturday, August 2016 1:303:30 Contact: Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. encouraged toChairman, participate in this process.

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

the CITY OF NEW BRITAIN

_______________________________ John T. Hamilton, Executive Director

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Listing: Assistant - Immediate Sealed bidsTransportation are invited by the Housing Authority of the TownOpening of Seymour until 3:00 petroleum pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 its Transportation office at 28 Smith Street, High Volume oil company is seeking a fullat time Assistant.

Work time begins atCT 6:00AM. petroleum oil, retail or commercial dispatching experiSeymour, 06483 Previous for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the ence a plus. MUST possess excellent attention to detail, manage multiple projSmithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 ability Smith toStreet Seymour. ects, excel proficiency and good computer skills required. Send resume to: Human Resource Dept., PO Box 388, Guilford, CT 06437.

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

Scale House Operator, Data Entry, Print, Copy & Scan Documents. Working knowl-

edge of Haz.documents Waste Regs.,are & Manifests.

OSHA certification a +. Forward resumes Bidding availableDOT from&the Seymour Housing Authority Ofto fice, RED28 Technologies, LLC Fax 860-218-2433; or Email to HR@redtechllc.com RED Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

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

Field Engineer

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

BA/BS in Civil Engineering or Construction Management.

2-5 yrs. experience. OSHA Certified.

Proficient in reading contract plans and specifications.

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

Project Manager Environmental Remediation Division

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

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

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

RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

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

Administrative Assistant

10 Northwood Dr., Bloomfield, CT 06002;

Fax 860.218.2433; or Email to HR@redtechllc.com

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc

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

Must have DOT Construction Exp. Involves traveling to Job Site for record keeping.

Reliable transportation a must. NO PHONE CALLS EMAIL RESUME TO michelle@occllc.com EOE/AA Females and Minorities are encouraged to apply

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc

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

Project Manager

InvitationDivision to Bid: Environmental Remediation nd 2 Notice

3-5 years exp. and Bachelor’s Degree, 40-Hr. Hazwoper Training Req. Forward resumes to RED Technologies, LLC, 10 Northwood Dr., Bloomfield, CTOld 06002; Fax 860.218.2433; or Saybrook, CT Email to HR@redtechllc.com RED(4Technologies, LLC is an EOE. Buildings, 17 Units)

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

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

Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project

Firefighter/ParamediC

Union Company seeks:

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition,Tractor Site-work,Trailer Cast- Driver for Heavy & Highway ConThe Town of Wallingford currently Asphalt acceptingShingles, applications in-placeis Concrete, Vinylfor Siding, struction Equipment. Must have a CDL License, Firefighter/Paramedic. Applicants must have: a valid CPAT card, clean driving record, capable of operating heavy Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, HS diploma/GED, valid driver’s license and hold a valid Paramedic equipment; be willing to travel throughout the Electrical, Plumbing Fire Protection.

License that meetsMechanical, CT State Regulations.

Copies ofand licenses and certifi cations must be submitted with application materials.

The This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. Northeast & NY.

Town of Wallingford offers a competitive pay rate of $55,145.48 We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits to $71,095.44 annually. In addition, there is a $4,500 annual paraContact Dana at 860-243-2300.

Bid Extended, Duet package.

Date: August 5, 2016 medic bonus plus an excellent fringe benefi Application Email: dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com deadline is November 13, 2018 or the date theAugust 75th application Anticipated Start: 15, 2016 is Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply received, whichever occurs first. Apply: Human Resources DepartProject documents available via ftp link below: Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer ment, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main St., Wallingford, CT. phone:http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage (203) 294-2080; fax: (203) 294-2084. EOE.

FENCE ERECTING SUBCONTRACTORS

Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com Town of Bloomfi eld S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 Large CT Fence & Guardrail Contractor is looking AA/EEO EMPLOYER for experienced, responsible commercial and resi-

Full Time Custodian $22.87 hourly

Pre-employment drug testing.

AA/EOE For details and how to apply go to www.bloomfieldct.org

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dential fence erectors and installers on a subcontractor basis. Earn from $750 to $2,000 per day. Email resume to pking@atlasoutdoor.com AA/EOE

INNER-CITY NEWS July 27, 2016- - November August 02,06, 2016 THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 31, 2018 2018

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport

Dispatcher

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

Request for Proposals NOTICE Master Lease Agreement Services

Galasso Materials is seeking a motivated, organized, detail-oriented candidate to join its truck dispatch office. Responsibilities include order entry and truck ticketing in a fast paced materials manufacturing and contracting company. You will have daily interaction with employees and customers The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Comas numerous truckloads of material cross our scales daily. We are willing munities is currently seeking Proposals for Master Lease Agreement to train the right individual that has a great attitude. NO PHONE CALLS Services. complete copy of of Columbus the requirement may be the obtained from Housing PLEASE.Authority, Reply to Hiring Manager, PO Box 1776, East Granby, CT 06026.

HOMEAINC, on behalf House and New Haven Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.

EOE/M/F/D/V.

VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this devel-

cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Monday, October 15, opment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations ap2018 at 3:00PM.

DELIVERY PERSON

ply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have ELM CITY COMMUNITIES been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon rePart quest by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed pre-Time Delivery Needed Invitation for Bid applications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third One/Two Day a Week, Pest Control and Preventative Maintenance Services Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

Must Have your Own Vehicle

The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Bids for Pest Control and Preventative Maintenance Services. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway Monday, OcVALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DEbeginning ALQUILERonPRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES tober 15, 2018 at 3:00PM.

NOTICIA

If Interested call

(203) 435-1387

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos esteCommunity desarrollo Foundation for Greater New Haven The Glendower Group, Inc de un dormitorio enThe ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos is seeking máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martesto25fill the position of Director of Gift Planning.

Request for Proposals Please refer100) to our website for details: http://www.cfgnh.org/ julio,Market 2016 hastaResearch cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente and Brand Positioning About/ContactUs/EmploymentOpportunities.aspx.

EOE. en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición Electronic submissions only. No phone calls Thellamando Glendower Group, Incal an affiliate of durante Housingesas Authority City of a HOME INC 203-562-4663 horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse New Haven d/b/adeElm city INC Communities is currently proposa las oficinas HOME en 171 Orange Street,seeking tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

Request for Proposal (RFP) General Counsel Solicitation Number: 115-EO-18-S

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport (HACB) d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) seeks proposals from attorneys/law firms for the provision of a full cadre of legal services. Respondent(s) must have graduated from an accredited law school and be a member of the Connecticut Bar. A complete set of RFP documents will be available on September 24, 2018. To obtain a copy of the solicitation you must send your request to bids@parkcitycommunities.org, please reference solicitation number and title on the subject line. A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held at PCC’s Administrative Offices at 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604 on October 11, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. All interested parties are strongly encouraged to attend the conference. Although not mandatory, all applicants are encouraged to attend to better understand the PCC’s requirements under this RFP. Additional questions should be emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities.org no later than October 18, 2018 @ 3:00 p.m. Answers to all the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycommunities.org. Proposals shall be mailed or hand delivered by November 5, 2018 at 3:00 p.m.to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Director of Procurement, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604. Late proposals will not be accepted.

Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport

Request for Proposal (RFP) Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Management and Support Services Solicitation Number: 116-S8-18-S

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport (HACB) d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is seeking proposals from consulting/management firms to provide management and support services for our HCV Program. A complete set of RFP documents can be obtained on September 24, 2018 by emailing your request to bids@parkcitycommunities. org, please reference solicitation number and title on the subject line. A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held at PCC’s Administrative Offices at 150 Highland Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604 on October 10, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. All interested parties are strongly encouraged als for Market Research and Brand Positioning. A complete copy of to attend the conference. Although not mandatory, all applicants are encouraged to attend the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaborato better understand the PCC’s requirements under this RFP. Additional questions should tion Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway The Town of be emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities.org no later than October 18, 2018 @ 3:00 beginning on Monday, October 15, 2018 at 3:00PM Wallingford Electric Division is seeking a highly technical manp.m. Answers to all the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycomager with strong administrative skills to manage the construction, munities.org. Proposals shall be mailed or hand delivered by November 5, 2018 at 3:00 Public Notice maintenance and operation of the utility’s electric transmission and The Manchester Housing Authority will open the waiting list for distribution systems. The utility serves 24,700 customers in a 50+ p.m. to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Director of Procurement, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604. to Bid: Late proposals will not be accepted. the Federal Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. square mile distribution area with a peak demand of 130 MW.Invitation The Applications will be available at 8:00 AM Monday November 5th, position requires a B.S. degree in electrical engineering plus 8 years 2nd Notice 2018- Friday November 5th, 2018 at 4:00PM in person and on the of responsible experience in electric utility distribution, construction Listing: Retail Assistant MHA website at http://manchesterha.org and may be returned to maintenance and operations which must include 4 years of super24 Bluefi Drive Manchester, 06040 in person or by mail Alleld new apartments, newCTappliances, new carpet, close to I-91 experience, & I-95 visory or an equivalent combination of education Petroleum Oldand Saybrook, CT Company has an immediate full time opening. Previous experience helpful in 8:00AM Monday November 26th,near 2018bus - 4:00PM Novemanswering multiple telephone lines and in dealing with customers. Personable customer highways, stop &Friday shopping centerexperience substituting on a year-for year basis. Salary: $91,742 Buildings,service 17 Units) ber 30th, 2018. Important Information: This is not first come first $117,382 plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Apply to: (4 Human skills a must. Previous petroleum experience a plus. Applicant to also perform Pet MHA under will 40lbplace allowed.

Interested parties Maria @ 860-985-8258 serve, The all applications into a contact lottery process Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project Resources Department, Town of Wallingford, Tax 45 South Main Street, administrative tasks such as typing proposals, scheduling appointments and ordering parts that and select 400 applications to be placed on the waiting list. Wallingford, CT 06492. Fax #: (203) 294-2084. Closing date will and materials. Please send resume to: H.R. Manager, Confidential, P O Box 388, Guilford Once the lottery is performed the 400 chosen applicants will re- be November 6, 2018 or the date the 50th application is received, CT 06437.

CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castceive a letter informing them that they have been placed on the ********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer********** Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates HCV waiting list.

Due to the anticipated volume of applications, in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:30Contact: Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., the3:30 MHA willChairman, not contact applicants who areB.S. not chosen.

TheAppliances, Manchester Housing Authority will open the State of Connecticut Elderly Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Residential Casework, (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster . waiting list for Spencer Village I & II. The property consists of 80 studio units with a base Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

The Manchester St. New Haven, CT Housing Authority does not discriminate based upon race, Town of Greenwich rent of $425.00. 300 applicants chosen by lottery will be entered on the waiting list. Applicolor, disability, familial status, sex or national origin This contract is subject to state set-asidecations and contract compliance requirements. are available in person and on the MHA website at http://manchesterha.org and will Do You Want A Job That Makes A Difference? Become A Town be accepted by mail or in person at 24 Bluefield Drive Manchester, CT 06040. Applications of Greenwich Police Officer. To view detailed information and will be accepted October 1st 8AM – October 31st, 2018 4PM. Applicants must meet the Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 apply online visitwww.governmentjobs.com/careers/greenwichct income limits and the definition of an “elderly person”. An “elderly person” is 62 years of Public Notice Candidates must fulfill several basic requirements including: Anticipated Start: age August 15, 2016 or older, or a person who has been certified by the Social Security board as being totally The Manchester Housing Authority open the waiting list for Town of Seymour Sealed bids are invited by the will Housing Authority of the · Be a U.S. Citizen the Federal Low Income Public Housing (LIPH) program (Elderly/ Project documents available via ftp link below: at least 20 years of age until 3:00 pmunits on atTuesday, 2,1,2016 its office at ·28 Be Smith Street, Disabled) 2 BR 8:00 AMAugust November 2018.atApplications · Possess 45 college credits,http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage or 2 years of active military areSeymour, available in andfor on Concrete the MHA website at http://manchesCTperson 06483 Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the service or equivalent terha.org and may be returned to 24 BluefiFacility, eld Drive26 Manchester, Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Smith Street Seymour.

Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com CT 06040 in person or by mail.

HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses .

The Town of Greenwich is dedicated to Diversity & Equal OpThe Manchester Housing Authority does not based Authority Office 28 Smith Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 A pre-bid conference will be held atdiscriminate the Housing portunity Employment; Town of Greenwich, HR Dept., 101 Field upon race, color, disability, familial status, sex or national origin AA/EEO EMPLOYER Point Rd, Greenwich, CT 06830 Close Date 4:00 PM 11/4/18.

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NOTICE VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this development located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apPlease findwillbelow information a Studio or 1 Bedroom housing unit at the property ply. Pre-applications be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginningfor Mondayobtaining Ju;y 25, 2016 and as endingHarbour when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have known Townhomes, located at 1645 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield CT. The Harbeen received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon rebour Townhomes property is owned by Harbour Townhomes, LLC and is professionally manquest by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preaged bymustARG applications be returnedConsulting. to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Floor, New Haven, There are CT906510. units available to families who meet the income threshold for 60% & 80% of area

Dear Interested Applicant:

median income:

NOTICIA

(3) One-bedroom units at 60% of area median income VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES (2) Studio units at 60% of area median income One-bedroom HOME INC, en nombre de(2) la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housingunits Authority, estáat 80% of area median income aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentosunits de un dormitorio desarrollo of area median income (2) Studio aten este 80% ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

The current income thresholds are as follows: 60% of Area Median Income: 1 Person max income $40,680 2 Person max income $46,500

80% of Area Median Income: 1 Person max income $50,350 2 Person max income $57,550

NEW HAVEN

Invitation to Bid:

242-258 Fairmont Ave 2nd Notice The application period will run from November 5th, 2018 to November 19th, 2018. We will be 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA SAYEBROOKE sending out applications at approx. 10:00 AM on Monday,VILLAGE November 5th, 2018 via email. If

Saybrook, CTHouses (see email body) or email you would like a hard copy please come to one of ourOldOpen highways, near bus stop & shopping center (4 Builbe dings, 17mailed Units) harbourtownhomes@gmail.com .All Applications must to: ARG Consulting (address Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project below) with a postmarked date prior to the close of the application period on November 19th, 2018.

Fax, email, or electronic submissions will not be accepted.

CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castin-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, ARG FloorinConsulting g, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Mechanical, EleTurnpike ctrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

1645 Black Rock This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:303:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster St. New Haven, CT

Fairfield, CT 06825

Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY Applications need to mailed prior to November 19th, postmarked after that Anticipated2018.

Start: AugustApplications 15, 2016

Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour date will only be considered if there is a shortage qualifi who applied on time.

Projectof documents availableed via ftpcandidates link below: until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage Once the application period has concluded, we will be using the random selection method to Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the determine placement theStreetHarbour Studio & One-bedroom wait list. The qualiSmithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility,on 26 Smith Seymour. Townhomes or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com fied applicant list will be capped at 12 forFax HCC the One-bedroom units, and 10 for the Studio units. encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses Occupancy will in Authority mid-December.

However, this date beCT 06483 delayed by up to a month.

Haynes Constructi on Company, 32 Progressmay Ave, Seymour, A pre-bid conference will be heldbegin at the Housing Office 28 Smith Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

AA/EEO EMPLOYER

Rent Prices are as follows:

Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority Ofincluded in rental prices, estimated at $50-$60 a month) fice, 28 Smith Street, (Utilities Seymour, CT 06483not (203) 888-4579.

with 1 tooccupant at 60% AMI - $925 per month The Housing Authority reserves theStudio right to acceptunit or reject any or all bids, occupants at 60% AMI - $955 per month reduce the scope of the project toStudio reflect availableunit funding,with and to waive2any informalities in the bidding, if such actions are in the best interest of the Studio unit with 1 occupant at 80% AMI - $955 per month Housing Authority.

Studio unit with 2 occupants at 80% AMI - $955 per month

POLICE OFFICER

One-bedroom unit with The Wallingford Police Department is seeking qualified applicants for Po- 1occupant at 60% AMI - $925 per month One-bedroom unit lice Officer. $1137.20 weekly plus an excellent fringe benefitwith package. 2 occupants at 60% AMI - $1,066 per month The physical performance, written and oral board exams will be administered by the South Central Criminal Justice Administration.

Candidates must 1occupant at 80% AMI - $1,152 per month One-bedroom unit with register at: www.PoliceApp.com/WallingfordCT. One-bedroomRegistration/Applicaunit with 2 occupants at 80% AMI - $1,152 per month tion deadline is Friday, August 19, 2016. The registration requires a fee of $85.00. EOE Receipt and completion of the housing application is not a guarantee of eligibility for housing.

The application submitted must be 100% complete, signed and dated. Please contact us via 25 email at harbourtownhomes@gmail.com with questions related to the application period, or to get yourself on an email list to be provided with an application once the period starts. We will be accepting applications until the deadline noted above.

Harbour Townhomes, LLC does not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, creed religion, sex, national origin, age, familial status, ancestry, gender identity, sexual orientation, unfavorable discharge, marital status, receipt of governmental assistance, disability or handicapped status in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its programs or services.

Very truly yours, Harbour Townhomes, LLC ARG Consutling Anthony. R Gigliotti

The NFL season is now halfway over, and reality has set in for most teams and fanbases. The Giants have finally accepted their limitations, the Browns fired their coach, and Jameis Winston got benched after throwing four picks. The Jets stink, the Colts have turned things around, and some players care more about their own egos than winning.

The scores this week were: Texans over Dolphins 42-23, Eagles over Jaguars 2418, Panthers over Ravens 36-21, Chiefs over Broncos 30-23, Steelers over Browns 33-18, Seahawks over Lions 28-14, Bengals over Bucs 37-34, Bears over Jets 2410, Redskins over Giants 20-13, Colts over Raiders 42-28, Cardinals over 49ers 18-15, Rams over Packers 29-27, Saints over Vikings 30-20, Patriots over Bills 25-6.

The Rams are 8-0, which seems rare in recent memory. They have only needed one fourth quarter comeback all year, so almost all of their wins have been convincing.

Todd Gurley is a star, finishing with 195 total yards this week. He ran for 208 two weeks ago. Aaron Donald got off to a slow start, but now has eight sacks after adding two this week. The possibility of going 16-0 is on the table, but that is unlikely due to their tough second half schedule.

Their biggest liability moving forward is CB Marcus Peters. The former Pro Bowler has struggled mightily this year, with his penchant for allowing big plays. The Rams were very active this offseason, so it would not be surprising if they added a corner before the trade deadline. Their next three games are against the Saints, Seahawks and Chiefs. If they win all those, I’ll feel comfortable predicting them to win the Super Bowl.

Speaking of the Rams, they needed some good fortune against Green Bay this week.

It looked like the Packers were going to have another chance for late magic, but the football gods had different plans. This was a relatively low scoring game, mostly due to great QB pressure from both teams. The Rams trailed 10-0 at one point. It ended up being a see saw affair where the Packers had a chance to drive the field and win late.

However, Ty Montgomery inexplicably ran the kick return out of the endzone and subsequently fumbled. Even worse, he apparently decided to defy the coaches after he got upset about being taken out at RB on a previous drive. Aaron Rodgers was deprived a chance at handing the Rams their first loss, and he was visibly agitated on the sideline. Albeit just one game, this loss may cause some upheaval in the locker room.

Montgomery could be cut, and questions about Mike McCarthy’s leadership are now being raised. This could all be a non-issue in a few weeks, but this is a rare speed bump for a seemingly well run franchise.

All of a sudden, here come the Colts. This team is healthy for the first time in a while, and everything is starting to click. The oline looks great all of a sudden. This has made life easier for Andrew Luck, and Marlon Mack has turned into a top level back. Mack ran for 132 yards, one week after running for 126 (he is the first Colt

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to run for 100 yards in consecutive games since Joseph Addai in 2007). Luck did a great job spreading the ball around. All three of his tight ends caught a TD, and newly acquired Dontrelle Inman contributed with 52 receiving yards. The team is 3-5, but lately they have looked better than the record indicates. It appears Coach Frank Reich has corrected some issues, so this team could be a real threat down the stretch.

The Cleveland Browns decided to clean house. Their 2-5-1 start isn’t horrific considering they doubled their win total from the previous two years, but I guess GM John Dorsey has seen enough. He fired HC Hue Jackson, followed by the axing of OC Todd Haley. Their controversial DC Gregg Williams (see bountygate) is the interim coach, and the Browns optimism that fans and myself had is gone now. It seem the main reason these firings happened now is because Jackson and Haley were clashing, which could hold back Baker Mayfield’s development. Some of this tension was on display during HBO’s Hard Knocks. Jackson and Haley are both offensive coaches, so this kind of back-and-forth can be make life abstruse for Mayfield. Also, things got worse when Jackson suggested he should get more involved in the offense last week.

The friction became unbearable at that point, so this is where they find themselves.

Chaos is no stranger to the city of Cleveland, so whoever the next coach is will have his work cut out for him.

Jameis Winston is bad. In more ways than one. I thought he may be done during the preseason due to his off the field issues, but he served his three game suspension and won his starting job back. Since then, he has thrown ten picks. He is tied for most in the league despite playing three less games.

He threw two picks in each of his previous three starts. He got benched for Ryan Fitzpatrick Sunday after throwing 4 more, and he could possibly be done. Fitzpatrick played very well for the rest of the game, and Tampa scored 18 unanswered points to it. Tampa announced Fitzy will start the

next game, but what does the future hold?

Winston was a first overall pick and supposed to be the starter for years to come.

Moving on from him will been a huge admission of failure, but it seems they don’t have a choice. Keep in mind, many wanted him gone for reasons other than his play.

New York football fans are a depressed bunch this year. The Giants are 1-7, and they may finally be forced to bench Eli Manning. He has struggled all year, and his performance Sunday was particularly bad.

He was 30-47 for 316 yards with a touchdown and two picks, most of which came in garbage time. More importantly, he was 2 of 14 on third down, and 1 for 4 in the red zone. The Giants offense has been allergic to the end zone, and Eli is the guy running the show. A full-fledged rebuild may be around the corner for Big Blue. They traded Snacks Harrison and Eli Apple, and they’re apparently shopping OBJ, Landon Collins, and Janoris Jenkins. The thing is, this rebuild could have started earlier. The Giants had high hopes for this season, despite winning three games last year. They convinced themselves they could turn things around quickly, and that Eli was still a star. Both are severely untrue, so hitting the reset button looks like their only option. Maybe they will take finding their QB of the future seriously now. The Jets played the Bears minus Khalil Mack this week, and their offense was straight abysmal.

They only produced 207 total yards, they were three of 14 on third down, and had six three and outs. The running game averaged 1.8 yards per carry, and the receivers could not get open at all. They also had several drives stifled by false start penalties, of which they had five. Sam Darnold has clear ability, but the situation around him is hindering his growth. HC Todd Bowles is on the hot seat most likely, considering that young offensive coaches are the trend now. Especially considering that Darnold’s development it the number one priority for the organization. I doubt anything will happen midseason, but it would be shocking if Bowles is back next year.

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