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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - 0ctober 10, 2018 - October 16, 2018

AIDS Pioneer Group Gets New Name, Mission

by MOLLY MONTGOMERY NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Pride spilled off a small porch on Chapel Street as New Haveners gathered to celebrate the past and the future of APNH – formerly AIDS Project New Haven, newly rechristened “A Place to Nourish your Health.”

Chris Cole, executive director of APNH, announced the new name at an event held Saturday to commemorate the organization’s 35th birthday.

Because of the gradual evolution of an HIV/AIDS diagnosis from a death sentence to a livable condition, and after two years of planning, the center will now open its doors to all underserved individuals in the New Haven area, not only to those diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. The mission is to “provide services for those who face stigma or challenges in receiving culturally competent care,” according to the organization’s new website, launched just two hours before the 8 a.m. gathering.

With behavioral health care, case manage-

ment, nutrition, and pharmacy and prevention services, Cole said, “we treat people in their entirety – their body, mind, and spirit.”

He said the group wants people to “know they have a place to nourish their health, they have a place to get tested, they have a place to be themselves, they have a place to be proud, they have a place to make friends, they have a place to build community.”

Present at the event were APNH staff and clients as well as local, state, and federal officials including Mayor Toni Harp, State Comptroller Kevin Lembo, New Haven State Rep. Pat Dillon, and US Rep. Rosa DeLauro.

“Back in the late eighties and early nineties, I was a baby gay,” Lembo told the crowd assembled before the porch, as he reflected on the AIDS epidemic. Everyone laughed.

“Too soon?” Lembo responded with a chuckle.

Then he returned to reflection. “We were watching our community devastated by a

virus that the power structure didn’t want to deal with, and it felt many times like disposable populations. The president of the United States wouldn’t speak the word ‘AIDS’; The New York Times wouldn’t print the word or a story about what it really meant.

“And then fast forward, to when the gay community and people of color came together, because infection was crossing across our communities. There was this moment where it was like, ‘We’re stronger together.’”

Harp, who mentioned her own childhood struggle with polio, said she never had to deal with the extreme stigma that those diagnosed with HIV/AIDS have faced. She credited APNH for “waging that battle day after day, year after year.”

To both remember this history and forge new community bonds, the staff of the organization has decided to maintain its acronym as it widens its mission. “[APNH is] how we’re known in the community,” said Cole. “That’s who we’ve been for 35 years – but let’s build on that.”

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DeLauro, Dillon, Harp, Cole, and Kevin Lembo at APNH’s Saturday gathering.

Kavanaugh Fight Pivots To The Polls

by PAUL BASS

investigation into accusations about Kavanaugh but refrained from taking a public position on his nomination, stating that that’s a federal, not state matter.

At the New Haven rally, State Rep. Kim Rose of Milford told a story about breaking free from a man who grabbed her and tried to rape her when she was 11 years old. She said adults didn’t believe her when she told the story until a year later when the man was arrested for trying to abduct another girl outside an elementary school.

Rose said she had never told that story before; it happened 49 years ago. Then she attacked Lamont’s Republican opponent, Bob Stefanowski, for “supporting a president who regularly mocks women and the disabled.” She urged people to vote for Lamont in order to protect the right to abortion as well as the ability of sexual assault victims to have their stories be taken seriously; she specifically cited a bipartisan state “Yes Means Yes” law requiring affirmative consent on college campuses that Stefanowski’s running mate voted against.

Sally Grossman, a Planned Parenthood volunteer, recounted being sexually assaulted 20 years ago by a friend in college.

“History will not look kindly” on senators who vote to confirm Kavanaugh, she predicted. “You will be remembered for the cowards that you are.”

“We need leaders who will be upstanders, not bystanders” in the quest for justice, declared Fairfield State Rep. Cristin McCarthy Vahey. “Take that anger and turn it into action. Use it as fuel… Talk to voters.

Let them know how important this election is.” She argued that “only voting” can reverse the policies promoted by the Trump administration and favored by his appoin-

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As senators in D.C. moved toward confirming Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice, dozens of female elected officials and activists took to the steps of New Haven’s federal courthouse vowing to convert their anger into votes in Connecticut’s November elections.

They held a noon rally outside the Church Street courthouse that mirrored similar protests throughout the country, at which participants describe their own experiences with sexual assault and harassment.

The question now is how the Kavanaugh affair and its place in the ongoing #MeToo movement’s quest to convert anger over the Trump administration’s policies toward women into action will affect the Nov. 6 elections.

Both Democratic and Republican strategists have concluded that the uproar over Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual misconduct will work to their party’s advantage in the battle for control of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Trump led a pivot this week toward attacking the story of Kavanaugh’s accuser, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, to appeal to the party’s conservative white male base.

Here in Connecticut, the governor’s office, as well as control of the state legislature, are up for grabs. Speakers at Friday’s rally urged women and their allies to convert anti-Kavanugh sentiment into votes for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont. In hopes of picking up anti-Trump votes, Lamont has made a point of supporting Blasey Ford and opposing the Kavanaugh nomination. Republican opponent Bob Stefanowski has publicly supported the FBI

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State Rep. Kim Rose reveals childhood encounter with sexual predator.

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tees to the Supreme Court. “We will stand.

We will speak,” Vahey stated. “And we will vote.”

Rally organizer Mercy Quaye, a New Haven journalist who sits on the Connecticut board of the pro-choice NARAL organization, predicted that “after we take the Senate” and sweep the November elections, “I want to look back and say, ‘Who’s laughing now?’”

After the rally the legislators were asked specifically about why they believe the Kavanaugh affair will resound more to the Democrats’ benefit in state elections.

Bridgeport State Sen. Marilyn Moore (pictured) noted that Stefanowski found it in his interest not to take a stand on the nomination rather than follow the lead of Trump and some other Republicans elsewhere in supporting him, while Lamont concluded that opposing Kavanaugh would help his campaign. Moore also argued that “there are enough women in Bridgeport” and other major cities in Connecticut to show up at the polls to make a difference. She said she plans to keep the focus on the issue at an Oct. 11 Housatonic Community College forum on sexual assault.

Vahey added that people shouldn’t “underestimate kitchen-table conversations and the undercurrent” of outrage among many women who haven’t spoken publicly about their experiences but have nevertheless been affected by the Kavanaugh nomination.

“They’re there,” Vahey said.“Even if they’re not seen.”

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 10, 2018 - October 16, 2018

Chapel Square To Get More Apartments

by MARKESHIA RICKS NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Another 51 apartments are coming to the former Downtown Chapel Square Mall and its attached 13-story tower unit.

The City Plan Commission last week voted unanimously to approve two site plans to convert six existing office spaces in the former mall into apartments, and another 45 office spaces in the tower unit at 900 Chapel St. The conversion would bring the total number of apartments to 161. The six offices in the mall represent 6,134 square feet on the second floor.

It is the latest step in an office-to-residential transformation that started in the 1990s at the former indoor mall and the commercial tower across from the Green.

Philadelphia-based PMC Property Management Group owns the former mall and its tower through two separate limited liability corporations. Its attorney, Marjorie Shansky, told commissioners at last Wednesday’s meeting that the conversions represent merely the interior alteration of existing space. The conversion in the tower will happen on the seventh, eighth, and ninth floors of that building, which comprise about 34,485 square feet of space.

Shansky said that existing courtyard in the center of the former mall meets the city’s zoning ordinance regulation for “usable open space.” Deputy Zoning Director Tom Talbot wrote in the memo that though the

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Shansky presents plan. the degree of enclosure required for [the] creation of a mechanically controlled interior space,” Talbot wrote.

The New Haven Parking Authority is providing up to 26 parking spaces in the Temple Street garage for the new tenants of the new additional units. PMC also will provide 731 square feet of bicycle storage in an existing bike room on the first floor of the mall. The parking authority will provide the spaces for up to 10 years, according to a report from City Plan staff.

courtyard is covered by a roof, there “is a substantial open area extending from the top of the building around the courtyard up to the actual roof overhead.”

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City Schools Learn How To Be Healthier

by SONYA SCHOENBERGER NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Four New Haven schools Wednesday celebrated winning national recognition for becoming healthy places while they also heard a warning about storm clouds brewing at the federal level.

The four schools Columbus Family Academy and East Rock Magnet Schools earned Silver Awards, and John C. Daniels International Communications Magnet School and Lincoln-Bassett School earned bronze rankings from the the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a nonprofit established by the American Heart Association and Clinton Foundation. The group awards the distinction to schools that meet a set of criteria supporting student nutrition and physical activity. New Haven’s were the only four schools in Connecticut to qualify for the bronze.

The award-winning New Haven schools have taken creative approaches to fostering student wellness. Columbus, which hosted Wednesday’s joint celebration, has started a cycling program, opened a weight room, and established after-school cooking classes using fresh produce. John C. Daniels and Lincoln Bassett have established yoga programs for students. All four schools offer daily breakfast for students and healthful meals and snacks throughout the day.

Roy Araujo, principal at Columbus

Family Academy, attributed the school’s achievement to “thinking outside of the box.” Several students in attendance offered suggestions for new programs that would spur further improvement: a baseball team, more recess, and, naturally, a bobsledding program.

For decades, New Haven schools have been leaders at the state and national level in improving student wellness. In 2003, New Haven was one of three school districts nationwide to remove unhealthful foods and beverages from school premises. Four years ago, New Haven rolled out a comprehensive school wellness plan, and each of New Haven’s 32 schools now has a wellness committee.

Schools Superintendent Carol Birks said she has seen these programs lead to lower rates of chronic absence and better school performance. Birks called the national awards “a very pleasant surprise.”

Addressing the gathering Wednesday, New Haven U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro described the awards as “wonderful confirmation of excellence we have come to know in New Haven public schools.” She congratulated New Haven schools for leading efforts to confront the national obesity epidemic, stating that we must ensure that local schools are “models, not the exception.”

But DeLauro also warned that some fed-

eral changes threaten to undercut this progress.

Proposed cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and a recent farm bill that would reduce the number of schoolchildren categorically eligible for free and reduced price school lunch could have serious negative implications for student nutrition, she said. These federal changes could be a significant setback for Columbus Family Academy, where over 90 percent of students are eligible for free and reduced price lunch.

Proposed changes to the public charge rule, which would make it difficult for immigrants to obtain long-term permanent residency if they or their dependent use public benefits like SNAP, would also hurt students at Columbus, which is based in Fair Haven. The majority of the school’s students come from immigrant families, and their parents would now have strong incentives to avoid public benefit use.

DeLauro, who serves as ranking member on the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, said she is already concerned about the implications of spending cuts and school lunch deregulation for New Haven public school students. The proposed changes to the public charge rule, DeLauro explained, “would certainly exacerbate these issues,” she said.

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Superintendent Birks at Wednesday’s Columbus School gathering.

Chapman, Klaus, Melton Enter Hall Of Fame

by STAFF

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Evelyn Gard sent in the following writeup.

The Gateway Community College (GCC) Foundation celebrated its 21st annual Hall of Fame induction, October 4 with over 200 donors and supporters who were on hand to celebrate and cheer on this year’s inductees.

Jeffrey A. Klaus (Jeff) was inducted as this year’s Corporate Honoree, along with Community Honorees, Elsie Blackshear Chapman and Ruby H. Melton. Distinguished Alumni honors were conferred on 218 Gateway Community College alumni that are currently employed at Yale New Haven Healthcare’s (YNHH) Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and Radiation Oncology.

The honorees and the donors and sponsors who came together for this year’s Hall of Fame were welcomed by GCC President, Paul Broadie II, who congratulated the honorees while emphasizing the impact of a “student centered institution with a laser focus on success and completion.” As the evening unfolded, Emcee, Justin Schecker, NBC newsroom reporter, introduced each inductee with a moving video preview.

The Hall of Fame event is the GCC Foundation’s major fundraiser for schol-

arships, and with over 70% of the college’s population relying on financial aid to complete their programs of study, the hundreds of scholarships awarded by the Foundation over the years have made tremendous impact.

Well known for his education advocacy, Jeff Klaus has been active in the community in support of improving urban public school education. He was appointed by Governor Rell to serve on the Educational Cost Sharing Commission, and serves as a founding board member of Amistad Academy. As a former Board of Directors member for the Foundation who currently serves on Gateway’s President’s Executive Council, Klaus is a long-time friend and committed supporter of the college.

In recognition of his outstanding support of education and the college, Klaus was presented with the college’s annual President’s Award at their 24th Commencement Ceremony in 2017. “Education has long been a priority for me,” explained Klaus.

The GCC Foundation is also a co-founder of the Gateway Executive Mentoring (GEM) program, which provides one-onone mentorship opportunities for GCC students. The 2018 Community inductees, Elsie Chapman and Ruby Melton, were recognized for “their tremendous impact and selfless effort to help students

Elsie Chapman

in the GEM program.”

Following a 30-year career at IBM, Elsie Blackshear Chapman has established herself as a celebrated pillar of the New Haven community. Chapman serves as the president of the New Haven Free Public Library Foundation, vice chair of the Board of Directors of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, and as a board member of the New Haven Preservation

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Trust. She is on the Cultural Affairs Commission for the City of New Haven’s Department of Arts, Culture, and Tourism, and is a member of the New Haven Chapter of The Links, Incorporated—an international corporation of nearly 15,000 professional women of color.

With a background in maritime and international law at New York firm Nourse & Bowles, Ruby H. Melton held a key position at the Switzerland-based commodities-merchant company Lord Dreyfus Group. By the time she left the company in 2008, she was overseeing all legal and compliance functions for the company’s worldwide energy activities. Melton now serves on the Advisory Council of Women’s Health Research at Yale, the National Council for the American Theatre, the Boards of the Long Wharf Theatre, Shubert Theatre-New Haven, Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame, Shepherd’s, Inc., and Gateway Community College Foundation. She also served on the Board of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas for nine years.

The 218 graduates of the Gateway Community College received official notice of their recognition at a reception, September 20 and were represented at the Hall of Fame Induction by Alumna Juliette Buccilli and Cheryl Granucci, Director of Diagnostic Radiology at YNHH. A Gate-

way graduate, Granucci was honored as a distinguished alumna in 2012.

“We are a teaching site for Gateway, and the college is our main source of technical staff for Radiology and Biomedical Imaging,” Granucci explained. “We always turn to Gateway if we have an opening in these departments, and we’re especially interested in hiring candidates who have trained at our site. We have worked with these students, and we find them well qualified and well trained.” Granucci also cited the alignment between the college’s academic curricula and what the students experience at the clinical site, including YNHH, where they train.

Mark Ojakian, President of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities spoke about the inspiring students whose open conversations about their concerns led to many of the initiatives currently underway, including the $20 per semester bus and rail passes, and the recent renegotiated contract to provide savings and alternative access to college textbooks— an initiative that saved CSCU students over $4 million in the past year.

The 2018 Gateway Community College Hall of Fame was sponsored by Alexion, William Curran, Wells Fargo and Comcast. Proceeds for the event go to support student scholarships at Gateway Community College.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 10, 2018 - October 16, 2018

Democratic Noodles Abound At 3rd Annual 9th Square Street Fest

by MOLLY MONTGOMERY NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Hundreds of artists, dozens of chefs, and crowds of New Haven residents were relaxed as noodles on Friday night.

They gathered to slurp and dance and stretch on Orange Street, which was closed to traffic between Crown and Center for the third annual NoodlesOn9 street festival.

The Town Green District, Artspace’s City Wide Open Studios (CWOS), and nearby restaurants organized the event to promote the 9th Square and celebrate the 2018 launch of CWOS. The theme of this year’s festival was wellness, complete with yoga mats that quickly became dance mats.

“I’m lovin’ it,” said Joseph Smith, who also goes by “King Jazz,” when he took a quick break from dancing. “I’m lovin’ it.

My lady’s havin’ a great time.” He pointed and smiled to his partner, Cynthia Boll, who was busy twisting to D.J. Dooley O’s rhythms. “We live downtown, and this is beautiful.”

Later in the evening King Jazz and Boll would groove with Aidan Pearson and Tremaine and Trent Barr… …while across from them June Lanpher, Melissa McGrath, Illisa Kelman, and Luke Cantarella swung and leapt and clapped.

Attendees drifted between dancing and eating, sampling noodles that ranged from Cajun … … at Amoy’s Cajun Creole & American Restaurant booth, with owner Amoy Kong Brown … … to Japanese, prepared by Mecha chefBrian Reilly.

With full bellies attendees wandered into Artspace, at 50 Orange St., where gallerygoers sipped beer from Shebeen, a Connecticut brewery, and pondered paintings in squid costumes.

“It’s a Friday,” said Rhea Drozdenko about her and her friend’s Rich Mackin’s matching outfits.

The show includes 475 artists from around Connecticut – scupltors, photographers, jewelers, painters, digital artists, cartoon-

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ists, and designers. “It’s wonderful. It’s hot. It’s crowded. It’s very democratic,” said Richmond Jones, a political cartoonist, designer, and photographer, whose photographs are on display at Artspace.

Democratic indeed – outside, the League of Women Voters set up a table beside the noodle booths so that passers-by could register to vote for the mid-term elections.

Members Abby Roth and Anne Schenk helped Ann Haberman, who recently

moved to Hamden, register.

And neighbors met for the first time…

Deborah Greig and Veneira Bernard, both residents of Westville, encountered each other over a bowl of noodles from Mecha and a slice of pizza from Marco Polo.

“I love the fact that it gets so crowded, that there are so many artists in New Haven,” Bernard said. “It’s a great way to start the weekend.”

John Lugo Wins National Award

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New Haven immigrant rights and social justice organizer John Jairo Lugo heads to Washington, D.C. this week to pick up a national award “for organizing empowered leaders to build a community-wide movement addressing entrenched inequality.”

The “Emerging Change Champion Award” comes from the Center for Community Change. He and other recipients of awards.including U.S. Rep. John Lewis will be honored at the group’s 50th anniversary event. Melissa Perry is scheduled to emcee the event.

The organization is recognizing Lugo’s work “protecting immigrant families, winning fights against wage theft, and calling for criminal justice reform on a path to systemic change.”

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John Lugo outside City Hall.

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Long Wharf Makes Room THE INNER-CITY NEWS - 0ctober 10, 2018 - October 16, 2018

by BRIAN SLATTERY NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

There’s a moment in Jen Silverman’s The Roommate when Sharon, a woman in her fifties putting her life together after a divorce, and Robyn, her new housemate, have already gotten to know each other a bit. They know about each others’ kids.

Robyn knows about Sharon’s dissatisfaction with her marriage. Sharon knows Robyn knows how to grow weed. They’ve even shared a joint together. But then Sharon discovers that she doesn’t know the half of what’s going on with Robyn, and she’s scared by what she finds. She’s not sure she even knows Robyn’s real name anymore.

“But what were you born as?” Sharon asks her. And Robyn answers: “I was born as a malleable, changeable template.”

It’s a turning point in The Roommate, which takes a well-worn plot a stranger comes to town, connects with someone who’s stuck there, and together they both change and makes it something fresh and contemporary. And it begins its run at Long Wharf on Oct. 10.

“The wonderful thing about it is how familiar it feels, but then underneath is Jen’s take on that, which is very specifically Jen — it’s not a straight up-and-down point of view,” said Linda Powell, who plays Sharon. That specificity, rooted in character and language, is what lets the play slowly go off the rails and chart its own course.

For both Powell and Tasha Lawrence, who plays Robyn, that meant a lot of fun, and a lot of character work.

“Sharon is tricky. On paper she could just be dithering, but there are a lot of levels to

Lawrence.

Powell.

her. How much about her is there from the beginning, and how much is she discovering about herself?” Powell said, as “she’s going through kind of rebirth, into a new phase of herself.”

Sharon also happens to do it out loud.

She’s the kind of person who says things as they occur to her. She leaves personal details on her son’s voicemail now and again just because she’s excited about them.

Meanwhile, Robyn plays her own cards close to the vest an entirely different challenge for Lawrence.

“She is so mysterious, but at the same time, Jen has laid in very subtle things for an actress to grab onto,” Lawrence said.

“There are a couple lines in the play that allow you to create a backstory for her.” That backstory includes a shaky family life, relationships that didn’t work out, and without

giving too much away periods of solitude, of being very much on her own.

In poring over the text of Silverman’s play, Lawrence said that “she writes almost like a poem. She gives a lot of good indication about thought.” This means that director Mike Donahue has been “very careful in calibrating how to watch this relationship grow.”

At a recent rehearsal for the play, Lawrence said, Donahue reminded both actors that “you have to be word-perfect in this play, or it loses its tension. This play is almost like a musical score. You’re scoring all the way through. The beats are as much words as the words in this play.”

The music Silverman is playing, however, is the language of everyday speech, of people figuring things out, for themselves and for each other.

“When you choose not to finish a sentence, or to restart a sentence, that is a human being muscling through a thought, through their courage, through their fear,” Lawrence said. “Whatever it is, it informs the spirit, the brain, the heart, climbing that mountain, and how they navigate the boulders, the vines the trees.”

“It’s active,” she said. “You’re on the balls of your feet.”

Powell agreed. In playing Sharon, “the trickiest part is to not let myself get ahead of her, because every step in the play, everything that happens to her, is an accumulation of not just scenes, not just beats, but tiny little moments that all build up, and if I wash over everything, I don’t find myself in the right place,” she said. “It’s a very Zen exercise letting myself stay unsure.

As an actor, I need to know what to do but as Sharon, I need to be completely open to everything.”

It helps that actors and director have some history together themselves, and with the play. Lawrence, in fact, originated the part of Robyn in a production of The Roommate at the Humana Festival held by the Actors’ Theatre of Louisville several years ago. Powell and Lawrence, both veterans of stage and screen, meet while attending Circle in the Square Theatre School and were part of the same company at Willow Cabin Theatre Company in New York City, though Powell guessed that they “probably haven’t worked together for 20 years.”

“I’ve worked with Mike before, I’ve worked with Jen’s material, and Tasha and I started from a certain place,” Powell said.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 10, 2018 - October 16, 2018

Fred McKinney of Trumbull named the Carlton Highsmith Chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Quinnipiac University Hamden, Connecticut – Oct. 8, 2018 Fred McKinney of Trumbull has been named the Carlton Highsmith Chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Quinnipiac University.

“The challenge that all universities have is that you have to be relevant and you have to continue to be innovative and develop relationships,” McKinney said. “This is going to be a solid challenge that I am extremely excited about. At this point in my career, I really want to be more engaged in a specific academic community. The opportunity to come in and make an impact will be fun and rewarding for all Quinnipiac University stakeholders.”

In addition to teaching students at Quinnipiac, McKinney will be responsible for the People’s United Bank Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Quinnipiac University.

“I have several ideas that I envision happening with the center,” he said. “I see the center being a transformative place where students, staff and faculty can work and develop entrepreneurial ideas that ultimately go to market.”

Matt O’Connor, dean of the School of Business at Quinnipiac, said McKinney brings a wealth of business and academic experience to his new appointments.

“He will provide tremendous help and support to our entrepreneurship students as well as all members of the university interested in innovation and business development,” O’Connor said. “McKinney also bring this knowledge, support and enthusiasm to the external community. We are truly excited to have him joining the Quinnipiac community.”

McKinney added that he hopes to use his

vast corporate connections to develop advisory councils and to form partnerships with the university.

“Innovation often comes from the outside,” he said. “I see the center and our students as being the outside source of innovation and entrepreneurship that corporations –– locally, regionally and eventually nationally –– will rely upon.”

‘Fred McKinney is a recognized thought leader in entrepreneurship and business education,” said Carlton Highsmith, vice chairman of the Quinnipiac University Board of Trustees, who established the chair in 2012 with a $1 million gift. “He brings exceptional expertise to Quinnipiac University, along with a proven track record of forging innovative and collaborative partnerships across a broad and diverse network of constituencies.”

McKinney earned his doctorate in economics from Yale University. He also has a bachelor’s degree from UCLA. While pursuing his doctoral degree, McKinney spent two summers at the Rand Corporation on domestic economic policy and one year in Washington, D.C., on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers.

His work at Rand and at the White House helped him focus his graduate school research on national health policy.

McKinney was a tenure track assistant professor at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Advanced Studies in Social Policy. In 1987, he became an economics professor in the MBA and executive MBA programs at the University of Connecticut School of Business.

While at UConn, McKinney and a friend started Jamaica Gourmet Coffee, a whole-

sale gourmet coffee company in New Haven. The business grew from a start-up that only included the two founders to a company that employed 20 workers and served over 200 grocery stores and restaurants throughout the Northeast.

Jamaica Gourmet Coffee continues to operate today. In 1999, McKinney left Jamaica Gourmet Coffee and started a new company, Advanced Dispensing Systems, a business based on a U.S. patent he was awarded for a system of dispensing whole bean coffee in a retail environment.

In 2001, McKinney became President and CEO of the Connecticut Minority Supplier Development Council (CMSDC). During his tenure, McKinney and his team executed two nonprofit acquisitions, raised millions of dollars in public and private foundation support, grew the Council’s staff and expanded to become the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council, which operated Minority Business Development Agency Centers in Boston and Bridgeport.

In April 2015, McKinney became the managing director of minority business programs at Dartmouth University’s Tuck School of Business.

McKinney has published four books on minority supplier development and corporate supplier diversity. In addition, he has had over 100 articles published in the minority business press and received numerous awards and recognitions over his career for his work and dedication to minority business development, including the 2017 Ronald Brown Leadership Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

That award was inspired by the late U.S.

Fred

McKinney

Secretary of Commerce, Ronald Brown, and recognizes individuals who have achieved significant results in creating diversity, expanded minority business enterprise and demonstrated exceptional leadership in the public or private sector.

McKinney has also served on numerous for-profit and not-for profit boards in leadership positions, including the Gateway Community College Foundation, Yale New Haven Health Care’s Bridgeport Hospital, The American Automobile Association of Connecticut, Habitat for Humanity, The Community’s Bank and The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Community Advi-

sory Committee.

McKinney and his wife, Ivy, have two children, Dana and Warren.

About Quinnipiac University Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 7,000 fulltime undergraduate and 3,000 graduate and part-time students in 110 degree programs through its Schools of Business, Communications, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, Law, Medicine, Nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences.

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by KAREN PONZIO

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Rick Omonte recalled the first time he heard of the band Orquesta el Macabeo on a trip to Puerto Rico, the band’s native island.

“My entire life I’ve gone to Puerto Rico,” Omonte said. “I found them while looking for underground punk music there. People asked me if I had heard of them while in record stores there digging around for punk and salsa records.” The band “popped up on radar” because “they have roots in salsa but also grew up listening to and playing punk and metal music.” He finally caught the band in San Juan about five years ago after missing them many times, and opened a dialogue with the bass player, José Ibanez. The two kept in touch and traded playlists according to Omonte, who not only spins records on WPKN and at local clubs under the name DJ Shaki but is also a bass player himself for New Haven-based bands Mountain Movers and Headroom.

Their mutual goal: to get the band to play in New Haven.

Omonte, who also books shows for the newly opened State House, was finally able to book the band for a show in July of this past year which ended up being held at The Grove. When he found out they were touring again a few months later for their 10th anniversary, he worked on booking them at The State House.

“We were looking at mostly weekdays. I pitched a Monday and saw it was the holiday and it clicked,” said Omonte. That holiday was Indigenous Peoples Day, which will be celebrated this Monday, Oct. 8.

“Their last record, La Maldicion del Timbal (translated: The Curse of Kettledrum) half of it is about world and social issues and growing up in Puerto Rico.” said Omonte, a self- described huge fan. “They have a lot of

crossover with funk, psychedelic, and rock ‘n’ roll. They clearly appreciate all kinds of music in a subtle nuanced way.” Omonte even praised their aesthetics. “Their logo is a skull with maracas instead of crossbones.

They have amazing videos and are amazing live. They are the real deal.”

Omonte also booked a CT band The Lost Tribe that has been on his radar for a while.

“They are a world groove band that are genuine and earnest and refreshing,” said Omonte, “and they embrace positivity.”

Jocelyn Pleasant, leader and percussionist for The Lost Tribe, said her band had been trying to work out a day to play the State House for a while and was excited to open for Orquesta el Macabeo and experience them. Experience is the key to both Pleasant’s and The Lost Tribe’s mission as well.

Playing drums since the age of nine, Pleasant has been involved in music most of her life, as a performer and as an educator. Previously a teacher at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, she is now a full-time student at Wesleyan University getting her masters in ethnomusicology.

“I want to take my experience and bring it to the audience,” she said. “Beginning with traditional West African drumming and djembe music, then expanding the full band format, adding guitar, bass, drums, adding the melodies via horns, the horns improvising and adding as a singer would, I want to try something different.”

Recently she has collaborated with the Hartford-based Artists Collective and the Mudcloth Cultural Arts Movement, and will be doing so again as part of Hartford’s Felabration, celebrating famed Nigerian musician Fela Kuti. She also has plans to bring The Lost Tribe back to New Haven in November for Phat Astronaut’s anniversary show at Pacific Standard Tavern (where this

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Lost Tribe

reporter first saw this band last year).

“Drumming and dance go together,” Pleasant said. “When you hear a drum you want to move. It’s part of the culture itself. There’s movement and dancing. It’s audience participation. You don’t sit, everybody participates sings, dances, chants.”

One of her goals is to “take that energy from traditional settings and bring it to outside venues, to mix and match from different backgrounds and come together to celebrate community.”

Ibanez, Orquesta Macabeo’s bassist, also spoke about his band, its music, and the importance of community.

“Everyone has their own space for music, but we are together in this,” Ibanez said.

“Our minds are filled with world music, rock, tropical, and from this we create our

own sound. Others might say it is not traditional, but for us it’s amazing, delivering our own message, using art as a weapon. Saying these things and getting people to identify, and then they are grateful and feel identified.

We might break the rules, but we want to try things as long as it sounds good.”

It is music with a message. “Don’t be afraid of new things,” said Ibanez. “Encourage new things. Be brave.”

That embrace of the new is in keeping with Ibanez’s punk roots. “I come from punk bands. They talk about problems in society and the government and injustice. I wanted to do it the same way with this band, the same message in a different style,” Ibanez said. “The older you get the more grateful and interested you become, learning more Con’t on page 09

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Kavanaugh Fight

Democratic Malloy administration than about Trump or Kavanaugh or D.C. when they voted in November.

State Republican Chairman J.R. Romano noted that when Trump was on the ballot in 2016, Republicans made gains in Connecticut. They pulled even with Democrats in the State Senate and narrowed the gap in the House. Both chambers are considered up for grabs this November. Opinion polls have shown Trump unpopular in Connecticut, but Malloy more unpopular.

“Connecticut Democrats do not give the average voter enough credit to know what is happening federally is not the same as what is happening here,” Romano argued.

“The average voter in Connecticut understands that Democrats want to raise taxes.

Republicans want to go into Hartford and start holding bureaucrats accountable.”

Stefanowski spokesman Marr echoed the idea that the Kavanaugh appointment is a federal, not a state, matter.

“Bob has made his opinions on the matter clear: He thinks sexual assault should be taken seriously. Victims should be treated with respect,” Marr said of Stefanowski.

“But he’s running for governor of Connecticut, not senator. In that role as governor, he would be responsible for appointing justices for the court here. He’s committed to picking only justices who have demonstrated moral character and impeccable track records. We believe that Ned Lamont is going to continue to make this race about anything other than what Dan Malloy has done to this economy.”

He added that Stefanowski has said he recognizes Roe v. Wade as the law of the land and “would not seek changes.”

Remembering The Very Elegant Mr. Parker:

Henry Ellsworth Parker, 90, the former state treasurer of Connecticut, died on September 29, 2018 in New Haven, Connecticut.

Parker was elected state treasurer in 1974, on the Democratic ticket that saw Ella T. Grasso gain office as the state’s first female governor.

As Connecticut treasurer, Parker was sole fiduciary of the state’s $3.8 billion pension fund, and served as Bond Commissioner, Bank Commissioner and a member of the Financial Advisory Board.

His charismatic personality, grace, eloquence and sartorial elegance quickly became a hallmark of his visionary leadership and expanding national influence in the financial services arena.

Among his many achievements as treasurer was the creation of Yankee Mac, a $450 million home mortgage program helping the urban centers, and his chairmanship of the Governor’s Task Force on South Africa, a body that produced for Connecticut model anti-apartheid legislation, the first in the nation.

He counted as his greatest achievement his 1977 chairmanship of the State Citizen’s Committee that resulted in Dr. Martin Luther

Henry Ellsworth Parker King Jr.’s birthday becoming a state holiday seven years before it became a national holiday. Parker’s Governor Grasso signed it into law in 1976?

In 1986, Hank joined Atalanta Sosnoff Capital Corporation in New York. He retired

from the financial services industry in 1997.

Prior to winning statewide office in Connecticut, from 1966 to 1969 Parker served as chairman of New Haven’s newly formed Black Coalition, a civic organization that would address a variety of problems inhibiting African American progress.

In 1969, Parker was asked to run for mayor of New Haven and to chair the Democratic Alliance.

He received 36% of the vote, won ten wards, and seven Democratic aldermen—dubbed “the Magnificent Seven,” were elected. He ran again in 1971 and received 42% of the vote and ten wards.

Henry E. Parker was born to Daisy and Henry L. Parker in Baltimore, Maryland, on February 14, 1928. Parker often reflected that he and his siblings were children of the Great Depression and World War II, reared against a painful backdrop of racial discrimination, abject poverty and flagrant injustice.

Throughout his youth, Parker was a high achiever. Legendary sportswriter Sam Lacy regularly reported in the Baltimore AfroAmerican newspaper on Hank’s athletic prowess in football and basketball at the famed Frederick Douglass High School. He

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was an honor student, captain of the football and basketball teams, president of the student council, and winner of the H. S. McCard Medal for declamation.

Upon graduating in 1946, Hank was awarded a scholarship to the historically Black institution, Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania. After funding fell through, Parker was drafted into the U.S. Army. He became a starring center for his unit’s basketball team.

After discharge from the army, Parker declined an offer to play for the Harlem Globetrotters; instead, he attended Hampton Institute from which he graduated in 1956.

In 1959 he married Janette (Jan) Johnson of Poughkeepsie, New York. They moved to New Haven, where Parker became the Program Director of the Winchester Community School, and Jan organized Mother Goose Nursery and Kindergarten.

Hank was an avid golfer and enjoyed playing with his friends in Connecticut during the summer, spring, and fall and enjoyed the Palm Coast in the winter.

He will be remembered by many as a kind and generous person who strove to be the best in all his endeavors and left a significant mark on the lives he touched in so many

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ways.

His parents, son, Curtis Hasan; three sisters, Thelma Parker Wiley, Bettye Parker Ford, Florence Parker Monroe, and brother, Jerome Parker, precede him in death.

In addition to his wife Janette (Jan) and his daughter Janet, he leaves to mourn sister, Peggy Parker Ammons; his grandson Troy Brown, a great grandson, Daniel Brown and mother Janice Long; nephew, Frank Wiley; nieces, Lisa Monroe, Susan Monroe, Jodi Ammons Johnson, Riley Johnson. He is also mourned by his in-laws, the Johnson family of Poughkeepsie, New York, and a host of friends.

Calling hours will be held on Thursday, October 4, 2018, and the funeral service will be conducted on Friday, October 5, 2018, at Dixwell United Church of Christ in New Haven. Services are being arranged through the Curvin K. Council Funeral Home, http:// curvinkcouncil.com .

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Henry E. Parker Education and Scholarship Fund, c/o Atty. Martyn Philpot.

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Makes Room

with a woman whose work I admire so much. And I know her. It’s delicious,” she said.

It also means that Powell and Lawrence have been able to dig into their characters to get a sense not only of what they have done in their lives to get to the point where they are when the play’s action starts, but to imagine where they may end up when the play is over. Part of what makes the play feel so contemporary is that neither woman is trapped by her past or her circumstances. This isn’t The Yellow Wallpaper. It isn’t Thelma and Louise, either.

“That’s one of the things that Sharon is discovering in this play is that she does have choices,” Powell said. “In the first half of her life, she’s gone with the flow and done what was expected of her. And now she doesn’t have a map.”

But Sharon isn’t “lost,” Powell added.

“She has choices and she has agency.”

Meanwhile, without giving away too much about Robyn, Lawrence said “she’s a survivor, a person who’s been on her own and raised a kid on her own.”

Who knows where Robyn ends up?

Though as Powell said, “I was in Stop and Shop yesterday and saw an ad for a 67-year-old woman looking for a roommate.” She took a picture of it and showed it to Donahue and Lawrence.

“This is Robyn,” Powell said. The Roommate runs at Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Dr., from Oct. 10 to Nov. 4.

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Our School-to-Career program gives students in area high schools a unique opportunity to get hands-on training from Yale New Haven Hospital professionals, preparing them for their own careers in health care. The program, a combination of volunteer and paid internships, is a first step to college and vocational training that has led to rewarding jobs throughout the healthcare industry, including right here at Yale New Haven.

It makes us proud to know that we have played such a vital role in their success through School-to-Career. It’s another example of our commitment to caring beyond the bedside. ynhh.org/community

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State House

and learning how things work. Every year I’m becoming more punk than the year before.”

“Everyone tries to make music a product, but that’s not from the heart,” Ibanez added.

“We are doing it from the heart. We started from nothing, just jamming and having fun.”

But “I care for humanity and helping people, the education of people. It is important to put out our ideas and present them to people. To tell them ‘I’m just like you and have problems just like you. Let’s have fun and maybe you go home and think about a song.’ Why not?”

Omonte likewise spoke about community and connection. “I’ve realized for me that the lines blur with music, musician, audience, band member — booking is making a connection to people and to music. I want the groups to show up and say, ‘this is cool and these people care and like it.’ You want hospitality, you want love. It’s more of an exchange. I want everyone to walk out of New Haven like, ‘hey, it’s cool here.’”

Omonte will also be playing a DJ set at the show with a heavy concentration on Latin, salsa, and world music as well as punk.

There will also be Caribbean-inspired food

by Feliz PopUps. “I wanted this show to be a conscious party and for everyone to be here to have a good time and all be real aware,” Omonte said.

“People think you can’t party and be woke, but you can’t party until you are woke.”

Priscilla Torres, Patient Care Associate, Yale New Haven Hospital and graduate of the School-to-Career program with mentor Nancy Busch, Patient Services Manager, Yale New Haven Hospital.

Yale New Haven Hospital was awarded the 2017 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service from the American Hospital Association. The McGaw Prize is awarded annually to a single healthcare organization that provides innovative programs that significantly improve the health and well-being of its community.

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“LEAD” Gains Footing After Rocky Roll-Out

by THOMAS BREEN

You can’t try something new without making mistakes.

So reasoned managers of an experimental city initiative to divert low-level drug users toward help and away from prison. They said they’re learning from those mistakes and making progress.

That’s the message that three managers of the city’s new Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program delivered in an hour-long interview with the Independent Thursday in the offices of the Harp administration’s Community Services Administration (CSA) on the second floor of City Hall.

They gave an update on their progress in the wake of community criticism about LEAD’s rollout .

The CSA (which encompasses all city government’s social service departments) is responsible for LEAD. Both the CSA and the program are firmly under new leadership nearly a year after the pilot officially launched. The managers said they’re confident that the weeks and months ahead will see greater levels of transparency, community participation, and pre-arrest diversions for people who commit low-level crimes related to their struggles with addiction.

“It’s a pilot,” said Dakibu Muley, the administrator of the department, sitting alongside LEAD Program Manager Cynthia Watson and CSA Manager of Community Development Ayishea Denson. “It’s intended for us to make mistakes, and to figure out what’s best.”

The interview came one week after community watchdogs, sex worker advocates, and Yale law and public health students held a highly critical teach-in on the city’s adoption of LEAD. They criticized city management of the grant-funded program for not being transparent about how many people the program has served since launching in Nov. 2017, and for not including community members with lived experience of substance abuse and sex work in the local program’s weekly leadership meetings.

The interview also coincided with reports that the police department has informally made progress in winning the trust and cooperation of advocates for street sex workers, who helped the cops arrest an alleged serial sexual assaulter.

49 Helped So Far LEAD, based on a national model that has been adopted in Seattle, Santa Fe, and Albany, is designed to divert low-level drug offenders who voluntarily choose to participate away from the criminal justice system and towards an array of housing, mental health, employment, and addiction services.

Last year, Cornell Scott Hill Health Center received a $200,000 state grant and the city received a $75,000 federal grant to develop a two-year-pilot implementation of LEAD in the Hill North, the Hill South, and Downtown neighborhoods, with the grant funding expiring in April 2019.

Muley and Watson said that the city’s

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CSA Administrator Dakibu Muley: Turnover’s over. We’re on it.

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LEAD Program Manager Cynthia Watson and CSA Manager of Community Development Ayishea Denson.

LEAD pilot has served a total of 49 people through the beginning of October. Two pf those participants entered the program through arrest diversions, meaning that they were picked up by the police for committing a non-violent misdemeanor or for possession of a controlled substance and chose to opt into the LEAD program rather than be arrested.

Forty-three of the program’s participants have entered LEAD through “social contacts,” a non-diversionary method for people who have not committed any crimes but whom police officers or social workers or other community members believe would benefit from participating in LEAD. Watson said that she is not sure whether the four other program participants came in through diversions or social contacts, and that she and an intern are currently researching the records collected on those participants to figure out how they joined.

“I think we want to make sure that we’re offering the service to as many people that fit the criteria and are in search of needed services,” Muley said in response to a question about how many people LEAD hopes to serve by the end of the pilot in April. “A bottom line for us is nonexistent.”

Watson said that she did know off hand how many of those 49 people are currently, actively engaged with the program and

working with the program’s two engagement specialists based out of Cornell Scott Hill Health Center and Columbus House.

Muley said that, for much of this spring and early summer, he was playing catch up on how New Haven’s LEAD pilot was structured and who its key stakeholders were and are. Muley inherited the pilot two months after it launched when he replaced Martha Okafor as the head of CSA in Feb. 2018.

Watson said that she, too, is relatively new to the program, having been hired by the city with LEAD grant funding just this past August.

“A lot of work in my first couple months was just trying to unpack where we were as a city this initiative,” Muley said.

He said that one of the first key administrative changes he made to LEAD came in June, when he divided the program’s interagency leadership team into two groups: a policy group, focused on high-level decision making and laying out a vision for how LEAD should work during the duration of the pilot, and an operations group, focused on the day-to-day interactions between engagement specialists and city residents struggling with addiction.

The policy group meets on the first and third Fridays of the month at Cornell Scott’s offices on Columbus Avenue. The operational group meets on the second and fourth Fridays of every month at that same location.

The groups consist of representatives from Cornell Scott, Columbus House, CSA, the state prosecutor’s office, the New Haven police, the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), the Community Foundation of Greater New Haven, Yale researchers, and LEAD community liaisons Jesus Garzon Ospina and Rasheen Murphy. (Denson said that former Hill South community liaison Alejandro Pabon-Rey left the job earlier this summer and now works for the state.)

“This will not be successful if the com-

munity is not a part of this,” Muley said.

“We’re not withholding from the community. We want to make sure that this is not something that is controlled by any one or two entities. This is a community effort.”

He said that he has been making the rounds of different community management teams, introducing the many services that CSA offers around homelessness, prison reentry, and elderly needs while also talking up LEAD. He and Watson have planned a “community leadership team” meeting for Oct. 23 at John C. Daniels School from 6 to 7 p.m., where they hope to present on the latest with LEAD to some of the community groups like Sex Workers and Allies Network (SWAN) that the city signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with last year in which they promised to include those groups in positions of Lead leadership.

Muley said that the Oct. 23 meeting should lead to the permanent appointment of a community advocate to LEAD’s policy group.

After the late October meeting, he said, city managers of LEAD as well as visiting officials from LEAD’s National Support Bureau will visit New Haven to train six new Hill and Downtown police officers as well as community representatives on how the pre-arrest diversions and social contacts should work.

Police Turnover Muley said that around 33 local police officers were trained in how to use the program’s intake form last November. But some of those officers have retired or resigned. Now the city’s program managers are looking to get a new group of officers up to speed on how to participate in LEAD. Muley, Watson, and Denson also answered a few specific criticisms leveled against the Con’t on page 18

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With week 5 of the NFL season now in the books, teams are starting to show their true colors

By Anthony Scott, ICN Sports Correspondent

The scores this week were: Patriots over Colts 38-24, Bengals over Dolphins 27-17, Bills over Titans 13-12, Steelers over Falcons 41-17, Lions over Packers 31-23, Jets over Broncos 34-16, Panthers over Giants 33-31, Browns over Ravens 12-9 (OT), Chargers over Raiders 26-10, Rams over Seahawks 33-31, Cardinals over 49ers 28-18, Vikings over Eagles 23-21, Texans over Cowboys 19-16 (OT).

The player of the week has to be Drew Brees, who broke Peyton Manning’s record for most career passing yards. He had a great game in general, in an expected blowout, finishing 26-29 with 363 yards. The record was broken in spectacular fashion on a 63-yard touchdown catch by rookie Tre’Quan Smith.

There were fireworks for different reasons in New York, where both teams had quite the interesting week. While the Jets seemed to exorcise some of their demons Sunday, the Giants had to face their biggest one. Although Sam Darnold was not spectacular, the Jets put together a great team win. Isaiah Crowell was stellar, setting a franchise record with 219 rushing yards on 15 carries. Bilal Powell was in the mix as well, adding 99 yards. Robby Anderson had two big touchdown receptions. They consistently pressured Case Keenum defensively, and they looked good on special teams as well.

As for the Giants, their closely contested loss was a side story to the Odell Beckham Jr circus. He organized a TV interview where he proceeded to trash his team, and deflect all blame away from himself. This

drew the ire of Coach Pat Shurmur, who was clearly heated after the game. This had to be one of the dumbest ideas ever, especially considering how relentless the New York media is.

Mason Crosby had about as bad of a Sunday as one could have. In a game where both offenses looked as advertised, it was decided by three missed field goals by the Packers veteran kicker. Green Bay was already put behind the eight ball after Detroit recovered a muffed punt on their own 1-yard line and scored an easy touchdown.

Ty Montgomery also had a huge kick return called back because of a penalty. It takes those kind of quirky things for a team to lose despite having a 521 to 264 advantage in total yards.

Someone actually did have a day as bad as Crosby’s; the Dolphins. Miami had full control for the vast majority of their game against the Bengals, and still somehow found a way to lose. They lead Cincinnati 17-3 going into the fourth quarter, but went on to totally implode. That cannot happen for a team that wants to seriously compete.

Considering that it followed a poor showing against the Patriots last week, the Dolphins may be one more bad loss away from being done.

The Chiefs keep rolling, as the now sit 5-0. They faced a stiff challenge in the Jaguars’ defense, but creative scheming made things look easy. Travis Kelce had 100 yards on 5 catches, even with stellar coverage LB Myles Jack on him. The pre-snap motion and big play threats like Tyreek Hill had Jacksonville confused all game.

The Jags had chances on offense, but a series of bad luck prevented them from get-

ting back in the game. Pat Mahomes did throw his first pick of the year, but it turned out not to matter. The Chiefs’ passing defense was nonexistent again, having allowed 430 passing yards to Blake Bortles.

As good as this team is, pass defense may be their downfall eventually.

The Rams continued to impress on offense against Seattle, and they had to use some unfamiliar faces in the process. After losing Brandin Cooks and Cooper Kupp to concussions, Jared Goff kept producing with Robert Woods, Josh Reynolds, and KhaDarel Hodge. Although Goff did not have his best game, he still finished with 321 yards and completed 72 percent of his passes. That type of efficiency is hard to match. Although they lost, the day was not all bad for Seattle. The smashmouth Seahawks are back, as they are reestablishing themselves as a power running team. Chris Carson finished with 116 rushing yards, and Mike Davis finished with 68. They had 6.1 and 5.7 yards per carry, respectively. The play action game was opened up, and Russell Wilson connected on two big touchdowns as a result. Tyler Lockett continued to impress. All of a sudden, Seattle’s offense looks legit again. The Rams run defense was 23rd in the league entering the game. That may be their only flaw, but Seattle took advantage. If this is a sign of things to come for Seattle, then they just might find themselves in the playoff mix at the end of the season.

Both the Steelers and Falcons have been major disappointments thus far, and Atlanta wilted under the pressure on Sunday.

Matt Ryan got hit all game, and never got in a rhythm as a result. He was sacked

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six times. Julio Jones did not have a catch until the fourth quarter. This offense has had some rough stretches ever since Steve Sarkesian took over as OC, but it looks particularly bad now. Whether it’s better playcalling, or adjusting some pass blocking schemes, he needs to figure things out fast. As for Pittsburgh, they took control early with their James Connor-led running attack. He got seemingly every touch on their opening drive, which ended in a touch-

down. He finished with 185 total yards, and had three plays of at least 25 yards. The Steelers took control early, and Atlanta struggled playing from behind.

The Vikings are starting to resemble their team from last year, and the Eagles are looking less and less like theirs. After getting killed by the Rams last week, the Vikings’ defense looked much improved Sunday. They constantly got pressure on Con’t on page 13

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Carson Wentz. He was able to attack the middle of the field with short passes, but he never got comfortable on five step drops.

Jay Ajayi only had 29 rushing yards (he was placed on IR after the game), so the run game was never established. The inability to make big plays makes Philly appear less threatening than last year. Kirk Cousins looked great again for Minnesota, continuing to justify his contract. He had 301 yards and completed 81 percent of his passes. He has now completed 30 passes in four straight games, becoming the only player ever to do so. On top of that, Adam Thielen has emerged into a star. He became the first player ever to have five straight games with 100 receiving yards to start a season. The Vikings showed just how good they are when everything comes together.

The biggest story to come out of the Texans-Cowboys game was Jerry Jones being critical of Jason Garrett punting in overtime in 4th and 1, allowing Houston’s game winning drive. The game was there for the taking, but the lack of aggressiveness ultimately cost them. The reality is that Dallas’ offense has looked terrible for a while now, and maybe Garrett really did not have confidence they could pick the yard up. If Ezekiel Elliot does not have a huge game, no one seems to step up for Dallas. His 84 total yards were not enough on Sunday. Dak Prescott looks like a below average quarterback right now. The lack of fire from Garrett and Prescott is problematic since they’re supposed to be the leaders of the team. Despite their continued offensive struggles, Dallas’ defense is becoming pretty scary. Leighton Vander Esch and Jaylon Smith were both great, combining for 21 tackles. DeMarcus Lawrence had a relatively quiet game, but he constantly attracts blockers, which opens things up for others.

Houston’s offense almost looks like the Michael Vick era Falcons, with DeShaun Watson running around trying to make plays. When things are clicking, the offense looks great. But Watson’s recklessness and proneness to getting hit could ultimately cost them. Especially considering how recently he has had a serious injury.

The red zone play calling, and the o-line play, have been awful. This team has a lot of talent, but it is not humming how it should be.

In what was an ugly game, the Browns pulled out a gritty win against the Ravens.

Cornerback Denzel Ward had a great game.

He shut down Raven receivers all game, and finished with a pick and a blocked field goal. Baker Mayfield struggled, largely due to the Ravens’ ability to keep him from running. He did very little until the end, when he made just enough plays down the stretch. Michael Crabtree had 66 yards, but that was overshadowed by costly drops in crunch time. Alex Collins played well in the first half but struggled mightily in the second. The lack of running game played into the hands of Cleveland’s defense.

As a side note, this is Cleveland’s fourth overtime time out of five total. Extra time feels like a foregone conclusion to them at this point.

The Superwoman Syndrome and it’s Affects on the Culture of Black Women

By Tyler Doggett HOUSTON- In modern media, you’ll see the powerful stereotype of the unwavering successful, strong black woman on every TV shows and movie adaptations in 2018.

From political figures like Olivia Pope from Scandal and the entertainment world like the infamous Cookie Lyon from Fox’s hit series Empire, the persona of strength has often shifted from fiction to fact.

What was once seen on our screen is now expected to be reflected on to all women of color within our ever-growing society; placing most of our Black women leaders such as our forever FLOTUS Michelle Obama, Platinumselling artist Rihanna onto a pedestal supported by the ambitions and expectations of people around the world.

This “Superwomen Syndrome” a term coined by clinical Psychologist Jazz Keyes, is a self-created persona that Black women have adopted into their sense of being that promotes managing multiple roles of a worker, a homemaker, a volunteer, a student, or other such time-intensive occupations to support their sense of independence.

Because of this ideology though, many of our Queens suffer from a sense of inadequacy not because they aren’t successful, but because they aren’t “successful enough” which can lead to a series of mental health issues like depression.

“I don’t think Maxine meant any harm, and I saw it as an affirmation of herself,” Kaila Story, an studies at the University of Louisville, said to The Washington Post, “But in these times and especially in this climate, with all of the violence affecting black girls and women constantly every day, we need to leave room for a more holistic picture and understanding of who we are as human beings, not stereotypes.”

This stereotype has a long history of being the foundation of many Black homes starting with the mother of the household. But, we didn’t see a strong image shift in our entertainment until it was created to combat common media troupes like the loud, broken English house servant Mammy, or overly seductive Jezebel or always angry and confrontational Sapphire monikers that are used throughout history to depict our ladies.

What once was a symbol of progressive and times, now places an almost impossible expectation on to Black women today who are, then ridiculed once they’ve fallen short of balancing the entire world.

Dr. Cheryl Giscombe developed Superwoman Schema: African American Women’s Views on Stress, Strength, and Health and has broken down the 5 key characteristics that lead to a woman having the superhero syndrome: Her Obligation to manifest Strength, her Obligation to suppress emotion, Resistance to being Vulnerable or dependent, Her Determination to succeed despite the limited resources and her overall Obligation to help others over an initial sense to help herself.

“You have to be strong. . . Society makes you have to be a strong woman.

People in relationships make you have to be a strong woman. Our past makes us have to be a strong woman and it’s really annoying as hell,” One of the women in Giscombe’s focus groups said.

Black women have been projected to be the backbone of the culture but, who helps them when they’re supporting everyone else? “Damsel in distress” never really fit the black women of today. Instead, they are the decision makers, trailblazing through our community as a beacon of fortitude.

So even when these foundations of the family start to crack and crumble, the establishment that their holding up refuses to allow them to deal with their own emotional trauma because everyone’s selfishly relying on them while she “suffers in silence.”

“Their needed all the time,” Keyes says, “whether to make decisions, whether it be to make decisions, whether it be to clean up messes, they’re always the people coming in, being the savior.”

Does it feel personal yet?

These aren’t necessarily negative traits to have, but, it’s a gateway to the real problem that’s severely deteriorating the lives of Black women; depression, anxiety, and stress.

Amani Nuru-Jeter, associate professor of epidemiology, community health and human development of the School of Public Health at the University of California-Berkeley, expresses how the caretaker ideology does more harm to the mental health of the Black woman than the praise of their resilience

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boost their mental self-confidence.

“This slow deterioration may not be captured in a typical clinical encounter, because doctors are not measuring our stress hormones or the level of inflammation in our bodies,” NuruJeter said to the LA Sentinel. “So often this sub-optimal functioning goes unnoticed until it becomes a chronic disease, such as the diseases we see Black women suffering from the most, like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension.

Within 13.5 percent identifies itself as Black or African American in the United States, over 16 percent have a diagnosable mental illness according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; roughly estimating to 6.8 million Black Americans.

Dr. Burnett- Zeigler is a clinic doctor whose experiences and research shows the downside of Superwomen syndrome.

“We are proud of our tenaciousness and never let the world see us crack.”

Dr. Burnett-Zeigler said to the New York Times, “But we are suffering silently with the mental and physical health consequences of carrying the burden of family, work and community responsibilities, compounded by personal experiences of trauma and loss, all in an environment of pervasive racial and gender discrimination.”

Black women are the cornerstone of our culture; our loving wives, prolific daughter, powerful mothers, and the long history of strong women they have kept our family bond together.

Your actions resonate throughout of communities.

You are phenomenal, extraordinary, and unrelenting. You are the true superheroes within our Blactivity. You are all of these things and more. But, even Wonder Woman had to hang up her cape and her shield sometimes and just be Diana.

This article originally appeared in the African American News & Issues.

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By Stephen Cooper

The deafening drumbeat of the unfree

Above the din of disturbing news – that discordant banging you’re hearing, steadily getting louder and louder, that you can no longer ignore – that’s the drumbeat of the unfree.

Dehumanized by the labels “prisoner,” “inmate” and “convict,” even reduced to serial numbers like Victor Hugo’s Jean Valjean in “Les Misérables,” these men and women are, just like you and me, or any mortal – irrespective of flaws, frailties, even felonious acts and misdemeanors – endowed with the right to be treated with dignity, decency and respect.

Advancing 10 specific demands as a rallying cry in prisons nationwide, these brave incarcerated souls are striking by: not eating, refusing to do prison work, engaging in sit-ins, and taking part in myriad other acts of nonviolent resistance that could, nonetheless – given the carceral, contentious environment they’re taking place in – quickly trigger violence (even reprisals, including the nefarious, all-too-frequent imposition of solitary confinement).

So what can you do? At a minimum, read the list of demands; they’re not long and considerable thought and effort went into crafting them. Since the very act of striking places the safety of the strikers in greater jeopardy, it’s the least you, as a civic-minded, compassionate citizen, can do.

Once informed, please support and amplify these reasonable demands for prison reform. As conscientious, justice-loving Americans, we must, all of us, collectively join the call to implement this list of humble reforms through the power of our pocketbooks, our votes, our voices and, perhaps most importantly, our resolve.

All of us have a part to play in pressuring legislators, correctional officials, and all the many state and federal bureaucrats with clout to end unseemly, unsatisfactory

“slave labor” practices behind bars; these are grossly unfair regulations which pay nothing (or next to nothing) for work done in prison – even indisputably backbreaking, life-threatening, heroic work.

Please support and amplify these reasonable demands for prison reform. As conscientious, justice-loving Americans, we must, all of us, collectively join the call to implement this list of humble reforms through the power of our pocketbooks, our votes, our voices and, perhaps most importantly, our resolve.

We must demand an end to the insidious institutional racism that keeps so many of our brothers and sisters, disproportionately Black and brown-skinned, languishing behind bars – unfairly, unproductively, disconsolately, for far, far too long.

In the purported “land of the free” and “home of the brave,” we have to end our horribly destructive, dysfunctional reliance on physically and psychologically ripping our people apart from their friends, family, and communities – often setting them up to return to prison again, later, in a maddening, self-perpetuating, defeating cycle, to serve even harsher, more punitive sentences. Federal judge Raymond J. Dearie, formerly the United States Attorney in Brooklyn, once aptly lamented: “Why this love affair in this country with lengthy incarceration, to our great embarrassment as a civilized nation?”

No longer can we tolerate the pervasive rehabilitative deprivations and despicably inhumane living conditions that define our penal system. As a Norwegian prison “governor” and clinical psychologist eloquently and pragmatically cautioned in a 2014 piece exploring “Why Norway’s prison system is so successful”: “In the law, being sent to prison is nothing to do with putting you in a terrible prison to make you suffer.

The punishment is that you lose your freedom. If we treat people like animals when

they are in prison they are likely to behave like animals. Here we pay attention to you as human beings.”

We must follow the sage advice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who, in demanding an end to racial discrimination in 1963, famously articulated the “fierce urgency of now”; for it is that same unrelenting, unquelled urgency that no less characterizes our nation’s long-lagging need for meaningful, far-reaching prison reform.

In his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Rev. King poignantly observed that “[t] here comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men [and women] are no longer willing to be plunged in the abyss of despair.” It is this dark and ominous feeling that currently dominates morale inside America’s prisons today; danger is the foreseeable consequence.

We must demand an end to the insidious institutional racism that keeps so many of our brothers and sisters, disproportionately Black and brown-skinned, languishing behind bars – unfairly, unproductively, disconsolately, for far, far too long.

Outside of our too numerous prisons, with their too crowded confines, the need for people with integrity to speak up and to act out on behalf of achieving prison reform is every bit as pressing. For as Dr. King elegantly concluded in his book “Why we can’t wait”: “The bell of man’s inhumanity to man does not toll for any one man, it tolls for you, for me, for all of us.”

Stephen Cooper is a former D.C. public defender who worked as an assistant federal public defender in Alabama between 2012 and 2015. He has contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers in the United States and overseas. He writes full-time and lives in Woodland Hills, California. Follow him on Twitter @SteveCooperEsq. This article originally appeared in The California Voice / San Francisco Bay View.

Study on Blacks and Tech Reveals Digital Users Becoming Owners engagement from 2014 to 2017 (from 2.12 million to 3.6 million). African Americans make up a significant portion of U.S. gamers as seventy-three percent of African Americans 13 and older identify as gamers compared to 66% of the total population.

Because new technology has allowed many people to access digital power and reach thousands in a way that was impossible decades ago, some consumers have quickly flipped the game around into being the operators of content platforms such as blogs, podcasts and even broadcast shows on YouTube.

“African Americans are leveraging innovations in technology and social platforms to level the playing field and get ahead in a marketplace unencumbered by corporate barriers to entry,” said Cheryl Grace, senior vice president of U.S. Strategic Community Alliances and Consumer Engagement at Nielsen.

Barriers to entry such as licensing, start-up costs, regulatory barriers and fees for entry

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor

No one doubts that Black Twitter has had an impact on real world and policy change. But now, according to a new study

by Nielsen, African American consumers, influencers and digital entrepreneurs are leveraging digital power to not only influence events but to own content.

The new study entitled “From Consumers to Creators: The Digital Lives of Black Consumers” concluded the following: • Sixty-one percent of African Americans agree that they enjoy learning about technology or electronics products from others, which is 14% higher than for non-Hispanic whites.

• African Americans are one of the most active Twitter segments with 19 million users, 28 percent of the popular platform’s 67 million users.

• African Americans 18+ are increasingly tuning in to podcasts, with 70% growth in

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have historically been problematic for entrepreneurs to navigate. Minority entrepreneurs face an even larger set of challenges since their ability to attract angel investors and institutional startup money has always been more of a challenge.

Another noteworthy find by the global analytics and data company is that black gamers are the second largest group after Asians. The report also highlights that African Americans are still spending money faster than any other group of people, with a current buying power of $1.3 trillion. This number is expected to increase to $1.54 trillion by 2022 based on gains in population, income, and education.

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

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Film Review by Kam Williams Revealing Retrospective Revisits Life and Times of SNL’s Gilda Radner Gilda Radner (1946-1989) wais best known as an original cast member of Saturday Night Live. In fact, she was the very first of the “Not Ready for Prime Time Players” hired back in 1975 by the show’s creator/producer, Lorne Michaels.

She soon skyrocketed to superstardom on the strength of sketches where she played such unforgettable characters as Roseanne Roseannadanna, Emily Litella and Baba Wawa (aka Barbara Walters), to name few.

Sadly, her career would be aborted by a diagnosis of ovarian cancer which would claim her life at the age of 42.

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Nationwide — Roots & Vine Produce and Café, spearheaded by Ena Jones, a single mother of 3, born and raised in Chicago, has set its Grand Opening for this fall 2018 on Chicago’s South Side in the Morgan Park Community. The plan is to create a Wi-Fi friendly café with a healthy menu, coffee, smoothies, and juices as well as tempting pastries.

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Explores the Long and Winding Path of Soul Exploration

By S. E. Williams, Contributor

“Nature teaches us that becoming is an essential part of life. From tadpoles to frogs; caterpillars to butterflies; seedlings to blossoms; clouds to rain; and branches to fire.

The process of becoming is ubiquitous in life, there is no escaping.” — Brooke Lehmann Every evolution toward self-discovery is sacred. Every quest to realize the meaning of life and one’s reason for being is, as the great philosopher Joseph Campbell instructed, a hero’s journey.

Some hold their life experiences as close to themselves as they do their own breath, while others, like Dr. Queen Shamala Sykes, are born to teach, to use their life journeys as lessons—compelled to share wisdom garnered from their own experiences with other seekers.

In her masterful work, Blackbutterfly Soul Song, Queen Shamala shares riveting experiences from her personal journey as she searched for the meaning of her life. The book culminates with profound revelations and a powerful soul awakening.

Queen Shamala is an ordained minister and metaphysical practitioner who facilitates guided group meditations, spiritual counselling sessions, autobiographical writing classes and ancestral painting. She is the founder of the University of Creative Light Initiation System (UCLIS), where art, writing, meditation and service are used to restore divine balance and honor the higher self.

Born in North Carolina, Queen Shamala is a long-time resident of Los Angeles, where she worked for more than thirty years as a secondary school counselor with the Los Angeles Unified School District. She holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Southern California, a master’s degree in Psychology from California State University, Los Angeles, a Doctor of Theology from Christ is the Answer Unity in Florida and is completing a PhD in AfRaKan Spiritual Science from the University of Creative Life Initiation System (UCLIS) in Los Angeles.

Queen Shamala is also an artist who, in her Artful Lifestyle Studio in Eagle Rock,

paints images of love, light, energy and upliftment while also touching and inspiring others to live from purpose and with passion.

In addition to these numerous and laudable accomplishments, like so many others, Queen Shamala has continued to seek deeper answers to questions like, “Who am I? What is my purpose?”

Sometimes it is not the big things that guide us in our quest for answers to these timeless questions, but instead, can be one of the 10,000 little things that can occur in our daily lives—incidents that to others, might go unnoticed, ignored and/or are quickly forgotten. For Queen Shamala it was indeed one of those 10,000 little things that for her, has lingered as inspiration for a lifetime. In her case, it was the memory of a chance touch of a butterfly’s wings that stayed with her and years later encouraged her quest for a deeper spiritual awareness—a search for the soul.

Recently, in an exclusive interview with The Black Voice News, Queen Shamala explained, “When I was twelve years old, a multi-colored butterfly landed on my extended right arm. We exchanged soul secrets and I fell in love with the butterfly and its soft fluttering wings.”

As a gift to herself on her 50th birthday, she had a butterfly tattooed on the same arm. She described the pain and discom-

fort of the tattoo process and added jokingly how until that day, she had not learned the ‘no pain, no gain’ principle of some life experiences.

On a lighter note she shared, “I became intrigued with the butterfly as the mystical creature continued to show-up in my life,” adding how she began to wonder what it meant.

As she continued studying the concept of the soul, Queen Shamala paralleled her new found understanding of the soul with the butterfly and its process of metamorphosis. She came to realize much like the butterfly, humans are also on a path of rebirth and reawakening. “I realized that reawakening the soul, is similar to the changes that the butterfly experiences as it births itself,” she explained.

In her insightful work, Blackbutterfly Soul Songs, Queen Shamala shares this powerful journey to soul awareness in a way that guides, informs, inspires, elevates, and validates the journeys of all who immerse themselves in the wisdom of this work.

The book is divided into five parts. In Part 1, the author examines the meaning and the journey of the soul. Part 2, shares the history and origin of her soul songs and awareness of love. In Part 3, the author describes how she attuned to the voice of her soul and released the old to make space for the new through meditation. In Part 4,

she describes the experience of awakening to the awareness of the ancestors’ voices–a powerful facet of the soul’s journey; Part 5 reveals the author’s soul awareness in five scrolls and answers the archetypal question, “Who am I?” In a clear, riveting and precise voice uniquely her own, Queen Shamala skillfully unfolds her compelling, bitter-sweet journey to soul awareness and personal enlightenment. Marrying the wisdom of the ancestors with thoughtful symbolism and poetic expression, she opens a door to personal wholeness, universal connectedness and illumination that can be transformative for those seeking a greater understanding of the soul in alignment with spiritual awakening.

“You will find the journey is not static, linear or predictable, but multi-dynamic,” Queen Shamala explained, through it, “You can learn to live a bold and creative life.” Adding, “Much testing, reflecting and living must intervene before we can say, ‘My soul is my own.’” Blackbutterfly Soul Songs is the perfect place to begin this journey.

Blackbutterfly Soul Songs by Dr. Queen Shamala Sykes is now available online at Shamalasykes.com and Amazon.com.

This article originally appeared in Black Voice News

city last week during the LEAD teach-in.

Muley called the mayor’s office an appropriate entity to manage LEAD in New Haven because city officials were the ones who had the foresight last year to visit Seattle’s LEAD operation and recognize the importance of trying out a pre-arrest diversion program right here in the Elm City.

“The city recognized the need to be forward thinking and reaching out to try to secure such a grant,” he said. “They recognized that innovation was needed and a change was needed.”

Watson said that the city is sticking to the national model’s recommendations that LEAD should only address people who commit certain low-level addiction-related offenses, and that the program should exclude, for now, people who have more serious criminal records.

“We’re trying to stay true to what the model is saying,” Watson said. “The model is based on low-level crime. In a pilot, one of the things you want to test is: so what is the best fit?”

In theory New Haven’s LEAD pilot allows police officers to reopen arrest warrants for diverted participants who do not check in with their assigned social worker within 30 days of opting into the program.

In practice, that has not happened in the Elm City, Denson said.

“It’s not concrete,” she said about the actual time limit that the city uses to determine when a person who once opted into the program is officially considered done with LEAD, whether because they’ve dropped all communications with the city or because they’re achieved more permanent housing and a more stable level of services.

In response to a question about transparency, Watson and Denson said the policy and operational working group’s meeting minutes will be posted to a public-facing website soon once Watson and an intern finishing combing through the many pages created to date and redacting names and any personal identifying information for program participants.

Muley said that, after the grants end in April 2019, the city will report out to state and federal funders on how the pilot went and seek to secure new funding to roll out LEAD to other city neighborhoods beyond the Hill and Downtown.

Meet the Black Billionaire Who Adobe Just Paid Another $3 Billion For His Cloud Software

Back in 2016, African-American billionaire Robert F. Smith, founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, made a big bet when he paid $1.8 billion for the cloud-service company, Marketo. Well, that bet has significantly paid off... because he just sold Marketo to Adobe Systems, Inc. for $4.75 billion, which has earned him a profit of just about $3 billion the largest acquired profit from a single company in the last 20 years.

A former Goldman Sachs investment banker who was the first to focus on billion-dollar technology mergers and acquisitions, Smith ventured into his own equity firm called Vista Equity Partners in 2000 to invest exclusively

Robert F. Smith

in software companies.

Many have been skeptical about his idea, saying that at that time it was impossible to succeed in that field because target companies had no assets to lend against. Smith, however, continued with his business. Since then, people saw Vista becoming a very successful private equity firm and Smith becoming the wealthiest African-American along the way.

In May 2016, Vista closed a deal to buy Marketo for $1.8 billion. It was a relatively richly priced acquisition, noting that Marketo, a marketing automation software company, was then failing to grow and was losing

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a lot of money. But under Smith’s leadership, Marketo’s revenue grew to over $100 million within only three years.

Adobe, a leading provider of graphics and video software and services, became very much interested in Marketo. Last month, Adobe announced that they will incorporate Marketo into its Adobe Experience Cloud platform.

The acquisition will enable Adobe to “offer an unrivaled set of solutions for delivering transformative customer experiences across industries and companies of all sizes,” according to a press release.

The recent acquisition is just one of the

many deals made by Vista’s founder, chairman, and CEO Robert F. Smith. Moreover, the 61-year-old businessman was ranked by Forbes as the 226th richest person in America in 2017, 668th on Forbes 2016 list of world’s billionaires, with a net worth of $4.4 billion.

He was also named by Forbes as one of the 100 greatest living business minds and was declared as the wealthiest African-American in a 2018 cover story of Forbes.

For more details about Robert F. Smith’s company, visit www.vistaequitypartners.com or his personal website at www.robertfsmith. org.

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OP-ED:

Nigeria’s 2018 Olojo Festival

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO, NNPA

One of the best kept secrets among African Americans is how much our brothers and sisters in Africa enthusiastically would love for us to “Come home.” Such was the case most recently in Nigeria as delegations of African Americans traveled to lle-Ife, Nigeria, the ancestral home of the Yoruba culture and tradition, for the 2018 Olojo Festival, September 28-October 2, 2018.

I was pleased to be joined on this unique and meaningful pilgrimage to Nigeria by Claudette Perry of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA); Jeffrey L. Boney, Texas city councilman and contributing writer for the NNPA; Tish Bazil, author and photographer; and Gary Foster, videographer and social media visionary.

We were invited to attend the Olojo Festival by His Imperial Majesty The Ooni of Ife, who is the global leader of Yoruba and King of the Osun State in Nigeria. Ile-Ife is one of the oldest cities in the world dating back thousands of years.

Yes, Africa is very rich with oil, gold, diamonds, uranium, titanium, platinum and other precious stones and metals. Africa’s richest resource, however, is its human resource in the context of thousands of years of culture, language and tradition. Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation with over 190 million people.

But from what we witnessed firsthand during the five days while we were in Ile-Ife, it was the culture that has had and will continue to have the greatest impact on unifying Nigerians and all people of African descent throughout the Diaspora. The Olojo Festival was one of most authentic and impactful cultural festivals that we had ever seen.

We saw vibrantly displayed cultural genius in native language, traditional dress, dance, spirituality, pageantry and food.

In fact, we experienced a real-life “Wakanda” celebration of the sanctity, diversity, and cultural wealth of Africa in the ancient sacred city of Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The Yoruba language and cultural manifestations were so evident at the Olojo Festival that we were all moved to tears of insatiable joy and passionate responses.

In preparation for this year’s Olojo Festival, H.I.M.The Ooni Of Ife, stated, “We are set for a legacy project that will uplift one of the oldest cities in the world and put it on the global tourist map.” I certainly plan to let all of our NNPA member publishers

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and media company owners know about this historic city and all-inspiring annual festival. We should start planning now for next year’s festival.

In truth, African Americans have so many issues that are impacting our quality of life, some may ask, “Why should we focus on Nigeria and other nations in Africa?” The answer to that question is quite factual. African Americans have a history that did not begin or end in slavery in the United States.

Our ancestry in Africa needs to be better known, appreciated and embraced.

We must travel back to our ancestral homelands. We must reconnect with who we really are without the trappings and ornaments of white supremacy. We are an African people. That is more than a PanAfrican slogan from the 1960’s. Our children and our grandchildren should be told the truth about our African past, present and future.

It is our responsibility and opportunity to reconnect to Africa beyond sentimentalities. It is time to develop joint economic development ventures. Our Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) should teach African languages and culture as a prerequisite for graduation. We should hold our family reunions in Africa.

The NNPA will take trade delegations to Nigeria and to other African nations. The African Press Association will become a member of the NNPA. We know that there will always be challenges both at home and abroad. The point here is that African leaders such as H.I.M.The Ooni of Ife are calling for all of us to “Come home.”

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. is the President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and can be reached at dr.bchavis@nnpa.org

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INNER-CITY NEWS July 27, 2016 -- August 02, 2016 THE INNER-CITY NEWS - 0ctober 10, 2018 October 16, 2018

Water Treatment

Dispatcher

Water Treatment Pumping Operator I. The Town of Wallingford Water Division is seeking qualified candidates to maintain and opGalasso Materials is seeking a motivated, organized, detail-oriented candierate the water treatment plants, pump stations, and well facilities. date to join its truck dispatch office. Responsibilities include order entry and truck ticketing in a fast paced materials manufacturing and contracting Must process a High School Diploma or G.E.D with one (1) year company. You will have daily interaction with employees and customers of experience involving the operation or maintenance of equipment VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE as numerous truckloads of material cross our scales daily. We are willing of the type predominant in the water treatment industry. Ability to to train the right individual that has a great attitude. NO PHONE CALLS obtain within one (1) year, State of Connecticut DPH Class I Water PLEASE.Authority, Reply to Hiring Manager, PO Box 1776, East Granby, CT 06026.

HOME INC, behalf ofCertifi Columbus HouseI Water and the New Haven Housing Treatment Planton Operator’s cate, Class Distribution EOE/M/F/D/V. is accepting studio and one-bedroom at this develSystem Operatorpre-applications Certification andforsuccessful completion of an apartments apopment located at 108 Frank Street,certifi Newcate Haven.

Maximum proved water treatment plant operator’s program. $25.01income limitations apply. Pre-applications will be available fromt 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y - $30.40 hourly plus an excellent fringe benefi package.

Apply: Department Human Resources, Town ofpre-applications Wallingford, 45 South 25, 2016 of and ending when sufficient (approximately 100) have Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492.

The closing date will be the been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon redate the 50th application/resume received, or October 2018 quest by calling HOME INC atis203-562-4663 during23, those hours. Completed prewhichever occurs first.beEOE applications must returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third

NOTICE

DELIVERY PERSON Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week, Must Have your Own Vehicle

Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

Town of Bloomfield NOTICIA Full Time Assistant Assessor $39.96 hourly

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES Pre-employment drug testing.

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If Interested call

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For details and how to apply go to www.bloomfieldct.org

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio enThe esteCommunity desarrollo Foundation for Greater New Haven The Glendower Group, Inc ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos is seeking to fill the position of Director of Gift Planning. máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando PleaseMartes refer to25our website for details: http://www.cfgnh.org/ Request for Qualifi cations julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) About/ContactUs/EmploymentOpportunities.aspx.

EOE. For INC. Farnam Courts Phase II enCo-Developer las oficinas de HOME Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición Electronic submissions only. No phone calls The Glendower Group, an affiliate ofdurante Housing City llamando a HOME INCInc al 203-562-4663 esasAuthority horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse of aNew Haven de d/b/a Elm INC city en Communities is currently las oficinas HOME 171 Orange Street, tercer seeking piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport 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 proposals for Co-Developer For Farnam Courts Phase II. A comto attend the conference. Although not mandatory, all applicants are encouraged to attend plete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s The Town of to better understand the PCC’s requirements under this RFP. Additional questions should Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobbleWallingford Electric Division is seeking a highly technical manbe emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities.org no later than October 18, 2018 @ 3:00 stonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Tuesday, September 4, ager with strong administrative skills to manage the construction, p.m. Answers to all the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycom2018 at 9:00AM maintenance and operation of the utility’s electric transmission and munities.org. Proposals shall be mailed or hand delivered by November 5, 2018 at 3:00 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 square mile distribution area with a peak demand of 130 MW.Invitation The 06604. to Bid: Late proposals will not be accepted.

Full Time Deputy Finance Director/Town Account position requires a B.S. degree in electrical engineering plus 8 yearsnd Notice 2 $82,023 - $126,603 of responsible experience in electric utility distribution, construction Listing: Retail Assistant Pre-employment drug testing. AA/EOE For details and how maintenance and operations which must include 4 years of superto apply go to www.bloomfieldct.org visory experience, or an equivalent combination of education and All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 Petroleum Old Saybrook, CT Company has an immediate full time opening. Previous experience helpful in experience substituting on a year-for year basis. Salary: $91,742 answering multiple telephone lines and in dealing with customers. Personable customer highways, near bus stop & shopping center$117,382 plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Apply to: (4Human Buildings,service 17 Units) skills a must. Previous petroleum experience a plus. Applicant to also perform Resources Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Pet under 40lb allowed.

Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project Full Time Fleet Services Manager administrative tasks such as typing proposals, scheduling appointments and ordering parts Wallingford, CT 06492. Fax #: (203) 294-2084. Closing date will $70,904 - $109,445 and materials. Please send resume to: H.R. Manager, Confidential, P O Box 388, Guilford be November 6, 2018 or the date the 50th application is received, Pre-employment drug testing. AA/EOE CT 06437. whichever occurs first. EOE. CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, CastFor details and how to month applyprogram go to www.bloomfi eldct.org ********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer********** Certificate Program.

This is a 10 designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates

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Manchester Housing Authority PoliceFlooring, OffiPainting, cerDivision 10 Specialties,TheAppliances, Residential Casework,

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

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding,

will open the State of Connecticut Elderly waiting list for Spencer Village I & II. The property consists of 80 studio units with a base Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

St. New Haven, CT Town of Greenwich APPLY NOW! rent of $425.00. 300 applicants chosen by lottery will be entered on the waiting list. AppliThis contract is subject to state set-asidecations and contract compliance requirements.

Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders 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 Top pay for top performers. Health Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. 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 Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT 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 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 ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER SealedAFFIRMATIVE bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town · Beofa Seymour U.S. Citizen Project documents available via ftp link below: at least 20 years of age until 3:00 pm onConstruction Tuesday, August 2, 2016 Needed at its office at ·28 Be Smith Street, Experienced Workforce · Possess 45 college credits,http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage or 2 years of active military Seymour, 06483 Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the Site Laborers -CT Min 3yrs Exp - for Hvy Equipment Operator - 5+yrs Exp & Versatile service or equivalent

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Smithfield Gardens Living Facility, Smith CDL Drivers (A&B) 5yrsAssisted Exp moving/hauling Hvy Eq26 over roadStreet Seymour.

Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses HazMat/Tanker Endors Encouraged to Apply The Town of Greenwich is dedicated to Diversity & Equal OpHaynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 A pre-bid conference be held at the Housing Office 28 Smith Working Foreman – 3yrswill Exp w/HazWoper & Conf SpaceAuthority Entry portunity Employment; Town of Greenwich, HR Dept., 101 Field AA/EEO EMPLOYER Point Rd, Greenwich, CT 06830 Close Date 4:00 PM 11/4/18.

Proof of Current when applying. July 20, 2016.

Street Seymour, CT atCredentials 10:00 am, on Wednesday,

Current Salary: $64,552

Driver License, OSHA 10, OSHA 40 HazWoper, Confined Space Apply in Person – No Phone Bidding documents are available fromCalls the Seymour Housing Authority Cisco LLC 525 Ella Grasso Blvd, New Haven,(203) CT 06519 fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 888-4579.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer/AA

ClassOf-A driver F/T Experienced Email-Hherbert@gwfabrication.com

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

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Mechanical Insulator position Insulation company offering good pay and benefits.

Please mail resume to above address.. MAIL ONLY This company is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Full-Time Technician Wanted:

Must have mechanical ability, knowledge of power tools along with electrical knowledge. Welding a Plus. Will train the right person. Must be able to lift 100 lbs. and work in some adverse weather conditions when needed. Must have a valid Connecticut driver’s license and be able to obtain a medical card. Must pass a physical exam and drug test. Compensation starts at $16.00 per hour plus benefi ts with room forRENTAL advancement.

PleasePREsendAPPLICATIONS resume to mcomo@atlasoutdoor.

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NOTICE

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 apply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon request by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preapplications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

HazWaste Central

Last Collection of the Year

October 27, 2018 NOTICIA SAFE & FREE DISPOSAL OF HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 SATURDAYS ONLY, 9 AM–NOON julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) HazWaste is forINC. residents of these participating Bethany, Branford, en las oficinas Central de HOME Las pre-solicitudes serán towns: enviadas por correo a petición East Haven, Fairfield, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven, Woodbridge. a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

Residential Waste Only

PARTIAL LIST OF WHAT TO BRING TO HAZWASTE CENTRAL Visit www.rwater.com/hazwaste for a complete list.

KITCHEN & BATHROOM

NEW HAVEN

Aerosols

Floor Care Products

Nail Polish Remover

Bathroom Cleaners

Metal & Furniture Polish

Oven, Drain, Tile Cleaners

242-258 Ave GARAGEFairmont & WORKSHOP Antifreeze Brake & Transmission Fluid Thinner,& 1BA Stripper 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1Paintlevel Auto Batteries Gasoline Used Motorto Oil*I-91 All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close Auto Body Repair Products Latex & Oil-Based Paints* Varnish highways, near bus stop & shopping center

& I-95

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

Batteries* Herbicides, Fungicides Photographic Chemicals Chemical Fertilizer Insecticides, Pesticides Propane Cylinders (Small 1 lb.)

CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s Fluorescent Bulbs Mercury & MercurySwimming Pool Chemicals Certificate Program.

This is a 10 month Containing program designed (Including CFL type)* Items 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. NO ELECTRONICS OR GAS GRILL-SIZE PROPANE TANKS (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

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.

Do not mix items or remove from their original package.

* Local disposal options may be available. Please check with your public works department, local transfer station or the following resources: Batteries: call 1-800-8-BATTERY or log on to www.call2recycle.org (excluding alkaline and auto batteries).

Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) Bulbs: call 1-800-CLEANUP or log on to www.earth911.com.

Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour Paint: log on to www.paintcare.org and visit the Connecticut portion of the site to untilfind3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, a drop-off location for household paint.

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the Small Businesses: Call 203-401-2712 for26 Disposal Information Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, Smith Street Seymour.

For more information sign at in early, visit: A pre-bid conference willand betoheld the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith www.rwater.com/hazwaste Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

or call 203-401-2712.

Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority OfLocated at the Regional Water Authority, 90 Sargent Drive, New Haven, I-95 exit 46. fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

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

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

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

FENCE ERECTING CONTRACTORS

10 Northwood Dr., Bloomfield, CT 06002;

Fax 860.218.2433; or Email to HR@redtechllc.com

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc

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

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

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

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc

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

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

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

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

RED Technologies, LLC is EOE/AA.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - 0ctober 10, 2018 - October 16, 2018

Spelman Receives $5.4M for Art History and Curatorial Studies Initiative

By Tiffany Pennamon

Increasing diversity in museum curatorship is the basis of a new initiative at Spelman College established through the support of a five-year, $5.4 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation.

The Atlanta University Center (AUC) Collective for the Study of Art History and Curatorial Studies initiative will create a pipeline into art museum leadership and position Spelman, Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University to be leading producers of African-American museum professionals nationally, Spelman officials said. A new Art History major and Curatorial Studies minor at the historically Black college will stem from the initiative.

“The Atlanta University Center has a rich history of excellence in the arts,” said Spelman president Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell. “The Walton Family Foundation grant builds on this history. We applaud the foundation’s commitment to closing the diversity gap to ensure that leadership at the nation’s cultural institutions begins to reflect the shifting demographic profile of the communities they serve.”

An increase in diversity of museum leadership will advance the “pioneering contributions” of Black museum administrators,

said Dr. Melanee Harvey, assistant professor of art history at Howard University and a Spelman alumna. Currently, minorities hold only 16 percent of museum leadership positions, despite making up 38 percent of the U.S. population, according to a 2015 survey by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

“Diversity in museum leadership means that decisions made around art and matters of representation will reflect the true diversity of perspectives and cultures that make up American identity,” Harvey added. “Diversity and inclusion are needed for deciding how money is spent, what artists are exhibited, how the art is interpreted as well as removing and undoing the legacy of exclusionary perspectives.”

This fall, AUC leaders will be planning efforts to enhance coursework in Art History and Curatorial Studies and work to raise awareness and attract students to the new courses and program.

The Walton Family Foundation grant will support the initiative by funding: -Scholarships for Spelman, Morehouse and Clark Atlanta students to incentivize their enrollment in the Art History major and Curatorial Studies minor and for Art

History majors to minor in fields such as business and technology; -Opportunities for hands-on experiences through paid internships at major museums, archives and other cultural institutions across the country; -Hiring a distinguished visiting professor/ director, a visiting associate professor of art history and curator-in-residence; -A 2019 lecture series, featuring at least three guest lecturers who will deliver public lectures in the field of art history and museum professions on all three campuses; -An intensive summer program for high

school students, starting in 2019, to cultivate a pipeline of talented, diverse students interested in pursuing museum careers; and -Bringing in guest faculty members in art history for each academic year.

Clark Atlanta president Dr. Ronald Johnson said the grant for the AUC Collective for the Study of Art History and Curatorial Studies initiative recognizes “the importance of our collection of mid-century African-American Art at CAU.” Morehouse president Dr. David A. Thomas said the gift will enable Morehouse students and AUC peers to increase their knowledge

in the arts and be competitive in top graduate programs in art and curatorial studies.

Leaders in art, museum curation, education and philanthropy praised the gift and new initiative for the opportunities it will bring AUC students – a nurturing environment filled with mentorship, collaborations with prominent museums and experiential learning.

Reflecting back on her Spelman experience, Harvey said the college gave her the skills and confidence needed in the field, leading her to pursue a Ph.D. in the History of Art and Architecture.

“Spelman gave me the tools to be ambitious, prepared but most of all audacious and creative in thinking about art production and visual representation,” she said, adding that there are several generations of art historians, museum administrators and cultural influencers with Spelman degrees.

“This grant means there will be more support and assurance that this tradition of Spelmanites shifting the museum landscape will be amplified,” she said. “It is promising to know the Walton Family Foundation is facilitating Spelman in their choice to change the art and museum world.”

This article originally appeared in Birmingham Times.

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