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"The Chinese Lady" Brings Long Wharf Back To Life

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

Afong Moy’s small, sharp-edged world is shifting on its axis. Sitting inside a room—which is in fact a room within a room—she recounts her first trip to a zoo in America. She admired the animals, she tells the audience. Their sweet eyes.

Their soft coats. She pauses for a fraction of a beat. When she turns, her face is etched with a new kind of understanding.

“If I am in a cage, what sort of animal am I?” she asks. Before the audience can answer, she’s listing caged creatures, in a waterfall of words that hits right at chest level.

That gradual, painful kind of realization defines The Chinese Lady, running at Long Wharf Theatre through Oct. 31.

Written by Lloyd Suh and directed by Ralph B. Peña, the work juggles candid storytelling, nineteenth-century Chinese and American history, and questions around agency, bodily autonomy, and consent for bodies that are nonwhite and non-male. It is ultimately a crash course in civics and a stunning rebuke of dominant narrative, told with both teeth and biting humor.

The work, a 2020 run of which was cancelled just days before opening last year, marks Long Wharf’s first performance back in its Sargent Drive building since March 2020. Tickets and more information are available here.

The play’s inspiration is the real-life story of Afong Moy (Shannon Tyo), a young woman from Guangzhou, China who in 1834 became the property of traders and cousins Francis and Nathaniel Carnes. At the time, she was only 14 years old, cut off from her parents and six siblings halfway across the world. She originally lived and was exhibited in the home of ship captain Benjamin Obear in New York, and later was taken on tour

across the Northeast.

During the day, the Carnes cousins put her on display in a room that placed her body in the crosshairs of spectatorship, profit, fetish and (white, Eurocentric)

nineteenth-century exhibition practice.

While Suh makes it clear that this is a creative adaptation on Afong Moy’s life, several details—including a meeting with President Andrew Jackson, for

whom she performed privately at the White House—are true to the historical record.

That 1834 display is where the work begins, in a shipping container that holds a room “unlike any room in China,” Afong says. For audiences, she pours and drinks tea, displays her use of chopsticks on rice, shrimp, and vegetables, and walks on her bound feet. She is rarely without her translator Atung (Jon Norman Schneider), who balances a keen and barbed understanding of white America with a quiet, protective impulse and creeping sense of exhaustion.

If the show’s exposition is an opening for white consumption of Asian trauma, Suh flips that idea on its head, giving agency, nuance, and rich internal monologue to a woman who was robbed of all of those during her lifetime. From behind thick, doll-like makeup that gradually comes off, Tyo deftly weaves together details from Afong’s own life and dark, often horrific turning points in American history, including the Transatlantic slave trade, Trail of Tears, extractive and often deadly use of Chinese labor on the Transcontinental Railroad and Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

The fourth wall is all the way down: she acknowledges and immediately engages with the audience, in a collapsing of time and place that becomes essential to the work. The audience, in turn, must reckon with the fact that they are extensions of those nineteenth-century museum goers, who have paid an increasingly steep price to lay their eyes on this woman’s body.

They must look at themselves, in other words, in the process of looking at her.

It’s a heavy, weighted history that Tyo carries nimbly. She often delivers historical tidbits as Afong moves on her small, bound feet and a tunic decorated with blue-and-white dishes, reminding the audience that she is constantly perform-

ing (there is a sort of theatrical dab with chopsticks that is particularly memorable). But she is also smart and sharp and cuttingly funny, poking holes in the fabric of white American history through observation alone.

If Americans think foot binding is barbaric, she muses, what of corsets and the Transatlantic slave trade? Or perhaps, what would Chinese people think of a white woman kept in the same kind of touring display, sleeping on an elevated bed and eating potatoes with a fork? Or what does President Jackson think about the use of her display to foster cross-cultural dialogue?

These are questions we know the answer to already, and watching Tyo ask them is squirm-worthy for all the right reasons. The sweet poetry in her performance—her short-lived understanding that “history is an accident”—grows more complex and more fiery the older she gets. It’s a delicate balance that Tyo has mastered: Afong is increasingly more interested in rage than in resignation, but she’s not allowed to express either of those as a nineteenth-century performer who is also held captive.

Instead, she acts out in small ways, her internal monologue seeping into her decorative nineteenth-century performance, until the boundary between them is porous, tectonic. These moments of slippage, when the audience realizes that the Afong they hear is very different from the Afong that America once understood on a very surface level, give the work a deep, sinister kind of underbelly. They point to the sheer absurdity of whiteness and entitlement, from the barbaric use of corsets and forks—”violent and easy,” Afong exclaims while comparing them to chopsticks—to the Snake River Massacre of 30 Chinese miners in the late 1880s.

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Two U.S. congresswomen among panel participants in Quinnipiac University voting rights symposium on Oct. 28

Two U.S. congresswomen will be among an esteemed panel of experts participating in the Quinnipiac University School of Law’s voting rights symposium, “Finding Solutions to Protect our Most Sacred Right,” from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28.

U.S. representatives Terri A. Sewell of Alabama and Nikema Williams of Georgia highlight a national panel of preeminent voices, including advocacy leaders, community activists, engagement strategists and elected officials.

The symposium will focus on what many perceive as new attacks on voting rights and discuss efforts to find solutions to protect those rights.

The virtual event, which is free and open to the public, is co-sponsored by Quinnipiac law school and The Campaign School

at Yale University. Register: https://quinnipiac.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ s01yHTNPRPqRtnemMV6oHg Sewell is the chief sponsor of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, while Williams represents Georgia’s 5th Congregational District, the same district John Lewis represented from 1987 until his passing in 2020.

“As John Lewis so eloquently stated, ‘Voting and participating in the democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society,’” said Marilyn Ford, a Quinnipiac Law professor and panel member who organized the symposium. “He understood the importance of the right to vote and the fact that if not protected, it could be lost.

“The right to vote embodies the highly

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tally important that we continue the work of John Lewis to ensure that the binding component of this nation’s promise is nev-

er abridged or denied.”

The panel also includes: Leah C. Aden, deputy director of litigation, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc.; Barbara Arnwine, president and founder, Transformative Justice Coalition and former executive director, Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Johnnie Booker, retired diversity executive, former global director, Supplier Diversity, Coca-Cola and former vice president, Resolution Trust Corporation; Rhonda Briggins, organizer and co-founder, Vote Run Lead, co-chair, Delta Sigma Theta National Social Commission and former president, Georgia Transit Association; John Cusick, assistant counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc.; Sedgwick Daniels, pastor, Holy Redeemer Con’t on page 03

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Artspace Skates Its Way Into Open Source Festival just a lot of really good people.”

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

In a George Street parking lot, 14-yearold Justus Graham balanced his skateboard on the lip of a new skate bowl that had traveled 300 miles to get to New Haven. A live bass guitar thrummed around him. He pressed his left foot forward, focused on the curve, and was suddenly in motion.

Three blocks away on Crown Street, Elida Paiz Pineda ducked beneath a doorway and watched as a film flickered to life. Seashells stretched across an open beach. Sunlight scattered through trees in Edgewood Park. A Bridgeport street revealed itself one step at a time. This was the artist’s world, upturned in a pandemic.

Those two scenes took place just blocks away from each other Friday night, as Artspace New Haven launched its 2021 Open Source Festival, a reimagined version of City Wide Open Studios that stretches across two weekends this month. Friday night, artists and skaters alike fêted the arrival of a prefabricated skate park on George Street, as well as several outdoor films at Artspace’s Orange Street building.

The festival continues this weekend with open studios on Oct. 24 and 25.

“For me it was a perfect example of young Black people in New Haven who were running small organizations, who were working as creative people—musicians and artists and writers—and had to create a world for themselves that incorporated their practices,” said Lisa Dent, executive director at Artspace New Haven. “I knew skateboarders to be visual artists, to be interested in performance, and to create and find ways to show each others’ work.”

A Skate Bowl Takes Shape On George St. Friday night, that shift began with a new skate bowl at Orange and George Streets, in a parking lot turned DIY space with merch booths, a painting pop-up, and a skateboard repair station on site.

Up a sturdy wooden set of stairs that still smelled of sawdust and cedar, four dozen skaters gathered around the basin, watching as one or two dipped in at a time.

Every few seconds, a roar went up from those on deck, as skaters turned their boards vertical, and pounded them to the wood in a show of support. Push To Start NHV Founder Steve Roberts buzzed around, delivering praise through a bullhorn as his eyes gleamed. Below, someone had already tagged the bowl with scrawls of black graffiti.

The modular skate park, which first appeared at the Kennedy Center in 2015, is the brainchild of designer Ben Ashworth, himself a skateboarder and member of the D.C-based Workingman Collective. Earlier this month, it made the journey from

photos by Lucy Gellman.

Steve Roberts (in cap) Friday night. Bottom: Justus Graham takes the plunge.

Washington, D.C. to New Haven, where it was reassembled before last weekend’s raucous christening. It is a collaboration among Scantlebury Skate Park leaders Roberts and J. Joseph, the Kennedy Center’s Finding A Line initiative, and the City of New Haven. Roberts said that it will be there for a full year, waiting for skaters to make it their own.

“Honestly, it feels like the completion of something that I’ve had in my head for a while,” he said. He pointed to the number of unsanctioned space he and his board have recently gotten kicked out of, from Beinecke Plaza to the “tree bump” on Broadway where a hotdog place now stands. “I’m excited to do stuff like this.

We’re constantly looking for new spots.”

Nearby, Graham found his place at the edge of the bowl, waiting to take another spin. A freshman in theater at Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School, he is one of Roberts’ “Scantlebabies”—a skater who began with Push To Start NHV, and has been learning through neardaily practice at Scantlebury Park since it opened last year. For him, a wooden, wheeled board has become a lifeline during the pandemic.

In just 12 months, he said, skating has helped him ditch video games and screens, regulate his emotions, and learn to dust himself off and get back up when he falls. When the last school bell rings, he skateboards to Scantlebury Park, where he spends the next six to seven hours of his day. Only then, after dark, does he head to his home on Dickerman Street. A year in, he’s working to get his 10-year-old brother off video games and into the skatepark.

“It’s the community,” he said. “There’s

Friday, Graham kept his eyes trained on the bowl’s C-shaped slope and curved bottom. He leaned his torso forward and waited for another skater to exit the bowl. As he left the ledge and began to accelerate, his green-and-white snapback transformed into a ribbon of green. Above him, 40 voices rooted him on, some yelling his name as others slammed their boards to the ground.

As dusk fell, U.S. Ambassador of Skateboarding Neftalie Williams made his way through knots of sweatshirts, baseball caps, newly-bruised knees and elbows, and well-loved boards to one side of the bowl, and then the other. A visiting fellow in race, culture and community at the Yale Schwarzman Center, Williams looks to skateboarding as bridge and catalyst for cross-cultural dialogue, an approach he has brought to a New England skate camp, work with Syrian refugees in the Netherlands, and most recently Scantlebury Park (read a story about that from the New Haven Independent’s Maya McFadden) Every so often, he stopped to study skaters as they gathered speed and went airborne. He pointed to the way that skateboarders communicate with each other in a shorthand of locked eyes, nods, whoops, and pounding boards. Several pumped their arms, sending out clouds of sweat and body odor from their soaked shirts.

“This becomes a space where we develop a language on how to be together,” Williams said, noting that for both new and experienced skaters, a new bowl levels the field. “Everybody is learning.”

Street Films Light Up Crown St. Gallery

Artist Ruby Gonzales Hernandez interviews dancer-turned-filmmaker Alexis Robbins. Bottom: Elida Paiz and Ruby Gonzales Hernandez.

14-year-old Justus Graham (in green and white cap) was one of dozens of skateboarders who came to Friday’s launch.

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Down Orange Street and onto Crown, artists and passers-by milled around Artspace’s street-facing windows, watching as light spilled onto the sidewalk from videos playing on loop. This summer and fall, Artspace commissioned work from cross-disciplinary artists Alexis Robbins, Elida Paiz Pineda, and Amira Brown. Viewers have a chance to weigh in, by making a short response video that Artspace will share to its website.

Artist Ruby Gonzales Hernandez, who served as the project manager for the films, referred to the process as a “closed call”—an effort to diversify the artists working with the festival by reaching out to them directly. As attendees nibbled on tamales her family had dropped off at the event, she brought them over to watch the films, sometimes chatting with the artists as their work played a few feet away. On Orange Street, she spoke animatedly as Amira Brown’s cartoon film played behind her.

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A New Day Celebrated At Goffe St. Park

by LISA REISMAN

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New Haven Independent

Napoleon Jenkins jumped from the gleaming bars of the jungle gym, his feet landing on the spongy surface of the Goffe Street Park playground with a soft thud.

“It’s pretty good,” said the 8-year-old, grinning, testing out the new surface, one of a host of improvements at the park.

The occasion Sunday was billed as a ribbon-cutting for the park’s new splash pad.

With gusts blowing down painted scarecrows and scattering leaves in the air, it was, it turned out, “more of a harvest festival,” as neighborhood Alder Jill Marks put it, marking a range of new amenities in the park.

“This is to celebrate the completion, the bounty, of a four-year effort to make our park a place of pride in this community, a safe place of family cookouts and birthday parties and fun and enjoyment for our kids and families,” she said, as volunteers handed out free apples and pumpkins.

“The playground has new tarp and paint,” she told a crowd of roughly 125 that included neighbors, elected officials, vendors and service providers, as well as a veritable army of people clad in tan Tshirts bearing the acronym FOGSP, for the park advocacy and stewardship group Friends of Goffe Street Park.

“There are four new picnic tables and grills for families to have cookouts.

There’s the new splash pad. There’s the new grass coming up, and the two trees the city is planting to give kids shade.

And that’s all thanks to all of you,” Marks said. Playground equipment was repaired as well.

Marks called Pastor Donald Morris “an advocate for restoration,” leading an effort for park amenities, playground equipment, and the construction of an outdoor amphitheater with a stage and pavilion, after a period of decline.

Marks said a meeting with Mary Brown early in her tenure inspired her to continue his work.

“She lives directly across the street.

She’s been here for over 60 years. There were little kids sitting on the ground eating lunch, and Mary Brown said, ‘We’ve got to do something about this. We’ve got to do better,’” Marks said.

By June 2017, the newly formed FOGSP was clearing sidewalks of leaves, sweeping debris from the basketball court, and picking up litter. There were neighborhood festivals, Christmas tree lightings, holiday coat drives. There was the clang of iron from spirited games in the horseshoe pit, kids perfecting their jump shot on the basketball courts and spiraling a football on the playing fields.

Then came a $217,595 grant from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to fund outdoor upgrades. Work would start soon.

And then came the pandemic.

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how to go forward with construction in a safe way,” said city Chief Landscape Architect Katherine Jacobs. “We’ve had national labor shortages and global supply chain issues that made it hard for us to advance construction on the schedule we wanted to bring to the community.”

Mayor Justin Elicker pronounced the park a triumph of collaboration and persistence.

“Things are always a little more complicated than any of us would like them to be, and they take a little longer, but it takes organization, it takes community members working together,” he said. (He was obliquely referring to a last-minute protest by some users of the park over some of the plans.

“The work that this team has done to advocate for the neighborhood, for the park, to take ownership over the challenges, and that’s everything from trash cleanup to making sure neighbors are heard on what they want in their park, that’s all helping this city move in the right direction,” Elicker said.

He praised city landscape architect Jacobs as an “unsung hero,” likening her efforts to the quietly outsize impact of her predecessor Dave Moser, as well as outgoing Alder Marks.

“She may be retiring, but she ain’t going nowhere,” he said.

New Haven State Rep. Toni Walker sounded a similar refrain.

“We need to have family activities, places for families to enjoy each other, have picnics, come out, talk to each other and get to know their neighbors, and just have fellowship. That’s what community is, so thank you, Jill Marks, for recogniz-

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Kametria McNeil, with her kids Nyny Murphy and Tyty Murphy, handed out apples and pumpkins.

ing that,” she said.

Soon the crowd was migrating to the splash pad for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“Long story short, this lady started with me, and never stopped, so we are grateful for her,” Marks said of Mary Brown, who stood beside her.

“My kids used to play in the park til 11 pm or midnight,” Brown said, the aroma of roasting chicken from Eat Up Catering wafting through the air. “Now we have that back. Now children can come and have a safe place and they don’t have to sit on the ground anymore, and mothers can bring their kids and not have to go to another park and not have to worry about

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their kids being safe.”

Shahma Talton was helping paint a festive Goffe Street Park banner by a chainlink fence bordering Country Street.

“This park used to be dirty, people smoking and drinking here,” he recalled, as strains of Millie Grenough and the Peace Singers filled the cool autumn afternoon.

“Now it feels family-oriented, community-oriented. It feels welcoming.”

Back over at the playground, Napoleon Jenkins was looking longingly at the splash pad.

“I can’t wait til summer,” he said. “But I’m still going to play here whenever I can.”

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Amazon, State Unveil Cloud Job-Training Initiative At Community Colleges

by MAYA MCFADDEN The state is partnering with its community colleges and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer Connecticut residents with technology training opportunities to fill some of the 40,000 posted computing “cloud” jobs available as of last year.

The joint initiative was announced Monday at Gateway Community College (GWCC) by Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU), AWS, and the state’s Office of Workforce Strategy.

The partners plan tol work together to provide technical skills training and education through a AWS certification program for 2,000 Connecticut residents by 2024.

Three Rivers Community College, Housatonic Community College, Asnuntuck Community College, and Manchester Community College will begin the trainings as soon as this November and December, CSCU President Terrance Cheng said.

The remaining eight community colleges will begin in the coming spring 2022 semester.

The trainings will be non-credit courses that will provide resident with certificates and the skills needed for “in-demand careers.” A five-to-seven-week course will cost $795 certification, said Cheng.

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improve their technology infrastructure, Chief Operating Officer for the State Josh Geballe said.

Geballe highlighted that some jobs can provide residents with six-figure salaries to design, administer, and design cloud systems.

“Today’s announcement is a testament to CSCU’s role as a key component of Connecticut’s workforce pipeline,” GWCC CEO William Brown said.

Aaron Osborn, the U.S. lead for Amazon’s Education to Workforce, said the partnership is an opportunity to improve the state’s education system and AWS workforce.

“We have come a long way, as the world has migrated the importance of moving our infrastructure to the cloud,” Osborne said.

Gov. Ned Lamont said his office is working to offer subsidies for the courses’ outof-pocket costs, such as child care and transportation, to provide all residents with the opportunity to up their skills.

“I want to do everything I can to make sure that every business in this state knows they can grow and expand with a well-trained workforce right here in the state of Connecticut,” Lamont said. “I guarantee you that if you get this AWS certification, you’re gonna have a job.: The course curriculum is developed by Amazon, which is in the process of training 20 faculty instructors to teach at the Connecticut campuses.

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The Rise Of Toad’s Place: How Hip Capitalism Redefined The Mainstream

by PAUL BASS

New Haven Independent

Toad’s Place outlasted decades’ worth of music-club competitors in New Haven.

It also outmaneuvered Yale — and pivoted and mastered digital marketing while competitors were still addicted to print advertising.

In other words, Toad’s Place isn’t just a legendary club where the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, U2, Bruce Springsteen, B.B. King, Billy Joel, and pretty much any other prominent pop or rock act took the stage over the past 46 years. It is a business success story.

They should study this place at Yale’s and Harvard’s business schools.

They can get a start by reading a new book out, in which the business brain behind the York Street nightclub’s perseverance, Brian Phelps, tells his story.

The book, published by Globe Pequot, is called The Legendary Toad’s Place: Stories from New Haven’s Famed Music Venue. (You can find it in a local bookshop or order it here.) Journalist Randall Beach co-authored the book with Phelps.

Part of the fun of the book is leafing through the photos of Phelps over the years with stars ranging from George Thorogood to (New Haven-born and raised) Michael Bolton to Cyndi Lauper to Mick Jagger to Chick Corea to ... well, you get the picture. Another part of the fun is looking through the 25-page appendix listing hundreds of the acts you spent memorable nights watching up close in the club, many of them when they were on the cusp of stardom. (My list includes Albert Collins, Bob Dylan, 999, King Sunny Ade, the Go-Go’s, Michelle Shocked, Arlo Guthrie, Jorma Kaukonen, the Roches, Steve Forbert.) There’s fun gossip about which stars got trashed, or caused a scene, or avoided a drunk-driving ticket from the cops.

The deeper story here is the club’s rise and perseverance. Toad’s was among a wave of “hip capitalist” enterprises that emerged in the mid-1970s as the Baby Boomers came into mainstream society while preserving their cultural inclinations. They made a bargain with “The Man”: Libertinism would be encouraged in American society as long as its practice fueled capitalism rather than questioned its premises (a trend foreshadowed by the 1969 “but the man can’t bust our music” ad pictured at right, which Columbia Records placed in underground weeklies).

Getting wasted, hooking up, rocking out — those became bipartisan, all-American, profit-generating pursuits.

The Legendary Toad’s Place documents the decision by Mike Spoerndle, an entrepreneurial chef, to catch that wave by turning a fledgling French restaurant into Toad’s in 1975. The demand for live music was building in town and across the nation. Around the same time Toad’s launched, that demand also helped fuel the rise of New Haven’s WPLR FM and the alternative weekly New Haven Advo-

SAMUEL HADELMAN PHOTO Fans at Cardi B’s five-minutes-before-superstardom Toad’s show.

cate, all with a counterculture bent and a revenue stream that no amount of pharmaceutical use or unexpected challenges could interrupt.

In the book, Phelps documents how he came to work at Toad’s a year later, evicting troublemakers and learning the nuts and bolts of running a club under Spoerndle’s inspirational tutelage. The book documents Spoerndle’s sad descent into drug abuse (which eventually killed him), concomitant with Phelps’s mastering of the mechanics of running what became a nationally recognized intimate live venue. He hired a skilled crew, and kept them. (Beach interviews the bouncers and schedulers and other staffers in the book.)

As the years went on, Phelps also changed with the times, launching dance parties when the college kids wanted them, welcoming R&B and rap when they went mainstream. He was an early master of social-media advertising and curated email lists to develop a new generation of return customers. The book details how he even prevented Yale from gobbling up the building and getting rid of the last independent cultural institution on the block not controlled by the university. (Some questions will forever remain a mystery — like why the lights would suddenly turn on and Blondie’s “The Tide is High” would start playing on the sound system in the middle of a show ...)

As a result, Toad’s stayed in business when other clubs ran their course. It remained independent and linked to the city when, say, WPLR sold out to a big chain and became automated, and when the New Haven Advocate sold to a corporate newspaper chain that drove it out of business. Toad’s and another resilient business from the mid-1970s, Claire’s Corner Copia, survive almost a half-century later

PAUL BASS PHOTO Randall Beach, co-author of new history of Toad’s Place, at WNHH FM.

as iconic New Haven draws the way an earlier generation of locally run enterprises — Pepe’s, Sally’s, the Shubert, Louis’ Lunch — live on. They continue to help make New Haven a fun, colorful, distinctive place.

In between the lines of The Legendary Toad’s Place is a tale of how that trajec-

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tory continually pitted the counterculture against the mainstream. Phelps regularly dined at Mory’s. (The book recalls how Cyndi Lauper broke into tears when he brought her there and the Whiffenpoofs serenaded them with “Time After Time.”)

Spoerndle would raise hell — while he also pushed hard to gain entrance to Branford’s exclusive Pine Orchard Yacht and Country Club. By the 1990s Republican Gov. John Rowland would appear onstage at Toad’s singing “Mustang Sally” with his state party chair at a fundraiser, claiming the mantle of what was once outsider culture. The seekers and genrebreakers and risk-takers gravitated to Cafe 9 and found a home there.

Still, Toad’s remained in the game.

Seconds before rapper Cardi B made it big, for instance, the Independent’s Samuel Hadelman spotted the connection between her and her fans at this 2017 Toad’s gig. Toad’s survived the pandemic, with the help of a nearly $1 million federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG), and is amping up the volume once more.

As the Independent’s Brian Slattery noted, “Toad’s survival and persistence as an independent is quite improbable. All the clubs of that generation are now gone in and around Ithaca, and even the ones in the Pioneer Valley have gone quite corporate. It’s pretty neat.”

Randall Beach, a retired reporter who covered Toad’s shows in its heyday, spoke about the book during an appearance Thursday on WNHH FM’s “Dateline New Haven.” You can watch the episode in the above video. Click here for a previous interview with Brian Phelps conducted by the Independent’s Brian Slattery on the nightclub’s 40th anniversary.

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Long Wharf Back To Life Tyo has made the role her own, transforming from a bright-eyed 14-yearold to a 29-year-old to a 44-year-old as though she has lived all of those lives herself. As he jumps in as her translator, her foil, and occasionally her protector, Schneider becomes a masterful scene partner, laying bare the lie that is Manifest Destiny. There’s a tension and also a tenderness that builds between the two, whose worlds are most closely linked the longer they are severed from their homes and families.

Costume designer Linda Cho is especially balletic in this transformation, using full-face makeup, fabric flowers, various hats and headpieces, a quilted robe and a shimmering blue-and-white dress to mark the passage of time. Around her, fantastical, sometimes haunting and carnivalesque lighting from Jiyoung Chang keeps pace, with a particular flare for the spectral at the end of the show.

Set designer Junghyun Georgia Lee holds all of it. Midway through the play, Afong herself acknowledges that the room—this collapsible container within a container, which also holds the container of her body—is a third character in the show. By that moment, Lee has made the point with no words at all.

Together, the production works to illuminate the violence against and cultural erasure of Asian voices baked into American history, and into Western imperialism more broadly. It is as much a story for 1834 as it is for 2021, and an 18-month period that has seen a sharp rise in anti-Asian violence across the country. It is equally a story for New Haven, where projects like AAPI New Haven and Yale-China’s Brilliant Boba are now taking root.

As a playwright, Suh does not entirely trust the audience to make that jump, and sometimes makes it for them. That’s felt most keenly in the play’s closing 15 minutes, which sees a sudden and explicit compression of 200 years into the present. It’s jarring, reminding the audience that Afong Moy’s story is not so far away at all.

But when American history is an open wound, what reason does he have to do anything else?

The Chinese Lady runs at Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Dr., through Oct. 31. On Wednesday Oct. 20, the performance will be followed by a talkback with members of Yale-China, Seeds & Sprouts, Amity student organizers, aapiNHV collective, and Vermillion Theater 朱雀剧社. Shifu Shirley Chock of the Aiping Tai Chi Center will lead the audience in a healing exercise after the show. Tickets and more information are available here.

Shannon Tyo in The Chinese Lady. T. Charles Erickson Photos.

Jon Norman Schneider in The Chinese Lady. T. Charles Erickson Photos.

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Bella Vista Tenants Still Displaced

by THOMAS BREEN

New Haven Independent

Three days after the lights went out at a Bella Vista high rise, dozens of displaced tenants remain in area hotel rooms and at family members’ homes as the apartment complex’s managers try to figure out what caused the power outage—and how to fix it.

That’s the latest development with the blackout at Building E of the 1,413-unit Bella Vista apartment complex on Eastern Street for low-income seniors and people with disabilities.

At around 11 a.m. on Friday, 171 apartments in one half of Building E suddenly lost power.

The complex is owned and managed by the Meriden-based landlord Carabetta.

By Monday morning, according to Carabetta Senior Vice President of Management Operations William Stetson and Mayor Justin Elicker, the lights are still out—and the displaced tenants will likely have to continue staying at hotels and with family for at least a few more days.

“Our electrical engineers and the equipment manufacturer are now trying to determine both the cause and the extent of the damage,” Stetson told the Independent.

He said that one of the “electrical feeders” that run through the high-rise building “failed at a lower level. At this point, we don’t know the cause.” He said Carabetta is confident that the cause was not a fire, but rather an “equipment failure.”

“We’re trying to determine if there is a temporary fix that could be made,” Stetson said, “that would enable us to get the residents back into their homes. We won’t know for a few days whether that is possible.”

What does that mean for the tenants who have been displaced?

Stetson said that roughly 100 units’ worth of tenants have been relocated to area hotels, while the remaining 70 units’ worth of tenants are staying with family members. (He did not have an exact count on Monday morning as to how many individual tenants have been displaced from their Bella Vista homes due to the blackout. He did say that most of these units are occupied by one individual each.)

Mayor Elicker said that Carabetta initially relocated displaced tenants to seven area hotels. As of Sunday, all of the displaced tenants who have not been able to stay with family members have been relocated to just two hotels: the Extended Stay in Meriden, and the La Quinta on Long Wharf.

Elicker said that between 22 and 25 rooms at the Extended Stay in Meriden are currently rented out for displaced Bella Vista tenants, while between 68 and 70 rooms at La Quinta are rented out to Bella Vista tenants. (He said those hotel room numbers have changed a little bit each day, as some displaced tenants who started out in hotels have subsequently

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Outside Bella Vista’s Building E on Friday afternoon.

Gayle Hall, Tomas Robles, and Griselle Crespo awaiting help.

found family members to stay with.)

“Carabetta has instituted wellness checks in the afternoon for everyone,” Elicker said. The management company also has a system in place to make sure everyone has access to breakfast, lunch and dinner. He and Stetson both said that Carabetta has a residents’ coordinator on site at each of the two hotel locations for displaced tenants to check in with.

Elicker said that the city’s Livable City Initiative (LCI) and Elderly Services division facilitated the tenant relocation to La Quinta on Sunday, and have played major roles in making sure displaced tenants are doing OK during this power outage.

Elicker said he was at Bella Vista for around four hours on Friday, and that city staff had multiple Zoom meetings with Carabetta over the weekend. He said LCI and Elderly Services city staffers “were working all weekend long, checking on residents, setting up transportation,” and tending to a variety of other needs of the uniquely vulnerable displaced tenant population.

Stetson also praised the city’s fire department and various emergency response teams for doing a “tremendous” job in responding to Bella Vista on Fri-

day and helping with tenant relocations over the weekend.

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Bringing Joy To Children Battling Cancer

Dunkin Joy in Childhood Foundation

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Two U.S. congresswomen

Church of God in Christ and jurisdictional prelate, Wisconsin First Jurisdiction; Randal Gaines, state representative, Louisiana District 57 and vice chair, Southern Christian Leadership Conference; CK Hoffler, civil rights lawyer, past president, National Bar Association and chair, Rainbow Push Coalition; Reginald Jackson, presiding prelate, African Methodist Episcopal Church, 6th Episcopal District of Georgia; Patricia Russo, executive director, The Campaign School at Yale; and Dov Wilker, regional director, American Jewish Committee Atlanta and AJC National Director for Black Jewish Relations.

“Voting is America’s commitment and promise to itself,” Russo said. “It is our most precious right as a country. It is something to be preserved, honored and protected in order for our Democracy to thrive and represent a future for all of its citizens.”

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Source Festival

Photo: Reed Wester, age 9, pictured with Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Gaming Specialist, Max William.

by Francette Carson, ICN Sr. Correspondent Dunkin Donuts franchise established the Dunkin Joy in Childhood Foundation in 2006 and has donated over 30 million dollars to national and local charities across the country. The foundation is committed to educating and bringing awareness to the need for greater research, treatment and bringing joy to children battling cancer and serious illnesses. Francesco D’Andrea, Dunkin’ franchise owner, stated “Dunkin Donuts is all about smiles through donuts and ice cream, which brings joy to children. The foundation’s mission is to celebrate children in need of support by creating moments of joy and happiness when they need it the most.”

Dunkin Connecting Joy launched a new initiative to enhance gaming programs at hospitals. Donuts Joy in Childhood Foundation partnered with Yale-New Haven Hospital to create a positive healing environment for children. The collaboration between Yale Children’s Hospital and Dunkin Joy Foundation began several years ago to support children during their hospitalizations through the Yale gaming and dog therapy programs. The foundation provided a generous donation of 1 million dollars to fund the programs, enabling a Child Life Specialist to provide support services to the children and their families. D’Andrea stated” the gaming program helps children work on coping mechanisms and provides them an op-

portunity to be kids. The Dog for Joy has brought inspiration and hope to children as their emotional connection develops, bringing joy and happiness to their day.”

Yale-New Haven hospital’s gaming program began in 2017. The support services are provided by an advanced academic masters’ degree, Child Life Specialist.

Max Williams, a Gaming Specialist, indicated the program is accessible to every unit at Yale Children’s Hospital. The vast majority of the support is provided to patients in the Hematology and Oncology units. The ages range from 6 to 23 yearsold, and support is given to patients their parents and siblings. According to Cure Search, more than 40,000 children undergo cancer treatment each year. Children facing cancer and other serious illnesses feel separated from friends, family, and normal life. The Child Life Specialist is an advocate, educator for patients and their families. The parents are often overwhelmed and stressed. It is a relief to observe their children engaging, smiling, laughing, and enjoying moments throughout the day. The program has positive outcomes providing social connection, normalization, and distraction as it is challenging for patients and their families to cope with illness and hospitalizations. The gaming program offers patients an opportunity to make choices and set goals, which provides measurable outcomes such as decreased use of pain killers, engagement, and positive attitudes. Williams described his role of

Gaming Specialist as a “Master of Toys,” using technology as a therapeutic arm to take the patient out of where they are and put them into a world of adventure.

Reed Wester participated in the gaming program at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and he was excited to share his experience. Reed is nine- years old and has had 20 hospitalizations related to multiple chronic conditions. He was introduced to the Yale Gaming program in 2019 and 2021 at Yale Children’s hospital. A smile emerged at the mention of Max Williams, Gaming Specialist. Reed stated, “the gaming program made me feel happy, and it made it easier to stay at the hospital. I was the best patient during these times.”

Reed has experience playing games. His favorites are Fortnight Freedom, Madden, Minecraft, and Free Fire game play.

During his hospitalization had a gaming system in his room he played video games every day. He was introduced to new games such as Hello Neighbor and learned how to set up full gaming. Reed said he was able to set goals, and each day he looked forward to playing the games and spending time with Max, who is knowledgeable and helped him improve his gaming skills. Reed aspires to be a Professional Gamer when he grows up.

Kate Wester, Reeds’ mom, stated YaleNew Haven Children’s Hospital provided a wonderful experience through their programming, which encourages overall wellness and engagement for patients and their families. She further indicated these

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fantastic art programs creates excitement for the children and a positive healing environment.

The Dunkin Joy in Childhood Foundation is a nationwide program that has collaborated with food banks, children’s hospitals, and nonprofit organizations to fund joyful environments and joyful experiences for children with serious illnesses. Through a collaborative team effort, franchisees, employees, guests and vendor partners donated over 30 million dollars in grants since 2006. The foundation has donated $460,000 to Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital and $187,000 to fund the Yale Gaming program. This year, the Connecting Joy foundation will be donating 7 million dollars to children’s hospitals.

The foundation has other initiatives to drive awareness and support young cancer patients, such as the Jimmy Fund Foundation, local grants, and gift cards.

Local organizations can apply for grants from the Dunkin Joy in Childhood Foundation. To learn more about Dunkin Joy in Childhood Foundation, Dogs for Joy, and Teen programs, visit www.bringjoy. org and follow Facebook and Instagram.

The fundraising efforts are supported through campaigns such as National Ice Coffee Day. Every coffee sold a $1 is donated to the Dunkin in Joy initiative. It takes a village to support our children and communities. Support your local Dunkin Donuts and help to give the gift of joy to children.

relationship with the community,” Gonzales Hernandez said. “Any work has to reflect the people who are actually from here. This is where rebuilding starts.”

By a Crown Street doorway to the gallery, Paiz Pineda talked viewers through their film, Just at the Edge of Earth and Breath. Strips of sand and empty beach, scenes from Edgewood Park, and sections of their childhood street Bridgeport flashed up on the screen, poetry in white text below. A rose garden appeared, flowers gently swaying. Some lines—I wanna hold you—felt like Sappho’s fragments, yanked into the present day.

The film is a reflection on their year, they said. When Covid-19 hit last year, the artist was working in a grocery store, and contracted the virus. After lasting symptoms forced them to leave their job, they were unemployed from May to September 2020. During that time, they relied on mutual aid, including the New Haven Pride Center’s food distribution program.

They got involved in support work in their own neighborhood. They lost family members. The world, impossibly, kept going.

“Grief is just love with nowhere to go, right?” they said beneath the covered alcove where the film is based. “I chose this space because it reminded me of seeking shelter.”

Dent said the Open Source launch, which kicked off two weekends of open studios across the city, is part of a wider reimagining of the years-running fall festival.

This year, she said, she looked at ways to engage artists and viewers while still in the midst of the pandemic, make it financially sustainable for the organization, and “create a moment of engagement that was also healthy for my staff.” After a year braving the virtual pivot in 2020, four weeks of open studios became two.

There are still online events for viewers who wish to engage that way.

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U.S. to Reopen Borders to Vaccinated Travelers from Canada, Mexico

by Cara Jones, BlackDoctor.org

Beginning in November, the United States will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travelers from Canada and Mexico for the first time since pandemic closures began 19 months ago, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.

The move comes just weeks after U.S. officials said they would soon lift a similar ban on foreigners traveling to America from overseas.

Tuesday’s action effectively completes the reopening of the United States to tourism, ushering in a new phase in the pandemic recovery, The New York Times reports.

The reopening comes with a requirement: full vaccination. Unvaccinated travelers will continue to be banned from entering the United States, officials told the Times. Those who were never banned from traveling across the land borders, including commercial drivers and students, will also need to show proof of vaccination, starting in January, they add.

The nation’s travel restrictions, first

imposed in March 2020, only applied to “nonessential travelers” — relatives visiting family members or shoppers — whom border communities relied on for income.

Politicians representing such communities have pleaded with the Biden administration to lift the travel restrictions to help struggling businesses.

What this means Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, says the border closings had cost one county in her state at least $660 million annually.

“This reopening will be welcome news to countless businesses, medical providers, families and loved ones that depend on travel across the northern border,” Gillibrand told the Times.

Those entering at the Mexico or Canada borders will be questioned by Customs and Border Protection officers about their vaccination status before being allowed to cross. The officers will have the discretion to send travelers to secondary screenings to Importantly, President Biden will continue to use a separate border policy

implemented early in the pandemic to turn away migrants seeking protection or economic opportunity, the Times said.

While travelers flying to the United States will need to show both proof of vaccination and a negative coronavirus test to enter the country, there will be no

testing requirement for those crossing the land border, the Times noted.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers people fully vaccinated two weeks after they receive a second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or a single dose of Johnson &

Johnson’s shot.

Those who have received vaccines listed for emergency use by the World Health Organization, such as the one made by AstraZeneca, would also be considered fully vaccinated.

A standard one senior official said it would probably be applied to those crossing the land border, the Times reports.

But officials added that the CDC was still discussing whether foreigners crossing from Canada or Mexico with two doses from different vaccines could enter.

The reopening of the United States comes not a moment too soon: Tourism spending dropped in the United States by nearly half, to about $600 billion in 2020 from a year earlier, according to the U.S. Travel Association, a trade group.

“Border communities have been hamstrung because of port closures,” Rep. Veronica Escobar, a Texas Democrat who represents a border district, told the Times. “Not only did we suffer more significant health devastation in 2020, but the economic devastation has been longer for us because of those port closures.”

FDA Expected to Allow Mix n’ Match COVID Vaccines

by Jason Henderson, BlackDoctor.org

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to announce Wednesday that people can mix and match their COVID vaccines and booster shots, a move that would give health officials more flexibility as they try to immunize as many Americans as possible.

The FDA wouldn’t recommend one vaccine over another but might say it’s preferable to use the same booster as the vaccine first given when possible, but vaccine providers will be able to use their discretion when giving shots, officials with knowledge of the plan told The New York Times.

Last month, the FDA authorized booster shots of the two-dose Pfizer vaccine.

The agency is expected to authorize boosters of the two-dose Moderna and the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccines by Wednesday, and it could also give the green light to mixing and matching booster doses at that point, according to the Times.

In a presentation last week that hinted at a mix-and-match strategy, federal health officials presented findings from a National Institutes of Health study looking at that possibility to an FDA advisory committee.

What the data shows The study showed that people who initially received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine followed by a Moderna booster had a 76-fold increase in antibodies in 15 days, compared with a fourfold increase after a booster of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

A Moderna booster also triggered higher antibody levels in Pfizer recipients than a

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third injection of the Pfizer vaccine, while a Pfizer booster increased antibody levels in Moderna recipients about as high as a third Moderna shot, the study said.

The researchers cautioned that the findings shouldn’t be used to conclude that any particular combination of vaccines is better, the Times reports.

The study “was not powered or designed to compare between groups,” Dr. Kirsten Lyke, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who presented the data, tells the Times.

And experts note that the preliminary results were short-term findings from small groups of people and focused only on antibody levels — just one measure of the immune response.

What’s next for the COVID booster

shot?

The issue of COVID-19 booster shots will be addressed by a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee on Thursday, and that agency will then issue its own recommendations about who should get the extra shots.

A critical question remains: If Moderna is used as a booster for Johnson & Johnson recipients, should it be a half dose of the regular shot — the dosage that will be authorized for Moderna boosters — or should it be a full dose, which was the amount tested in the NIH study, the Washington Post reports.

With the impending decisions from the FDA and CDC, tens of millions more Americans should soon be eligible for booster shots, according to the Times.

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Access Health CT extends Special Enrollment Period deadline to October 31 Connecticut residents have more time to shop, compare, and enroll in health insurance – and they may qualify for plans for $0. This is made possible by the new Covered Connecticut Program created by the State of Connecticut.

James Michel CEO of Access Health CT

“Typically, you have to wait until a certain time of year to sign up for health insurance, known as ‘Open Enrollment,’” said James Michel, CEO of Access Health CT. “But the pandemic is a threat to public health, making it more important than ever for the people of Connecticut to have access to quality, affordable health insurance plans. That’s why we’ve made it possible to enroll in health insurance outside of the annual Open Enrollment period. If you or someone you know needs health insurance, please look into your options through Access Health CT.”

Access Health CT – Connecticut’s official health insurance exchange – has extended the deadline to enroll in health insurance plans to October 31. This Special Enrollment Period started May 1, after the American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law, making health insurance coverage more affordable and accessible for many residents. The law virtually eliminates or vastly reduces monthly payments (premiums) for many people with low and moderate incomes. It also provides new financial help for people with somewhat higher incomes who can face high premiums.

Visit AccessHealthCT.com to learn more and to enroll online, or visit Project Access New Haven or the Community Renewal Team in Hartford to enroll in person.

Eligible Connecticut residents who qualify for the Covered Connecticut Program have until December 31, or the end of Open Enrollment, to enroll.

As of July 1, some Connecticut residents who meet specific eligibility requirements are paying zero dollars a month for their health insurance coverage through Access Health CT, thanks to the new Covered Connecticut Program created by the State of Connecticut.

To qualify for the program, you must be a parent or caretaker relative, and you and your tax dependents must meet all of the following eligibility requirements.

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Former Secretary of State Who Shaped National Security, Passes Away at 84

By BlackDoctor.org

Colin Powell, the trailblazing soldier and statesman, has died from Covid complications at the age of 84. Powell was the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations has helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st.

“General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19,” the Powell family wrote on Facebook, noting he was fully vaccinated.

“We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,” they said.

The family thanked the staff at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland, where Powell was receiving care.

He had multiple myeloma, according to NBC News. It is a type of blood cancer that hurts the body’s ability to fight infections.

Multiple myeloma is twice as common—and twice as deadly—in African Americans than in Caucasian Americans.

Additionally, the incidence of conditions associated with the development of myeloma (including monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance or MGUS) is high in African Americans.

Powell also is a cancer survivor.

“When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer at 66, I wasn’t terribly surprised or shocked,” former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Powell said. “For the five years before that, I had been going for very regular checkups and my PSA was always high. It floated up and down. PSA alone doesn’t indicate cancer, it just says something is going on.”

Thankfully, Powell had the knowledge he needed to deal with this challenge, in addition to the understanding that cancer doesn’t care about reputation. He eventually overcame that before being diagnosed with multiple myeloma.

Born Colin Luther Powell in New York to Jamaican immigrants, Gen. Powell rose rapidly through the Army to become the youngest and first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs. His climb was helped by a string of jobs as military assistant to high-level government officials and a stint as national security adviser to President Ronald Reagan. Charming, eloquent and skilled at managing, he had a knack for exuding authority while also putting others at ease.

Powell first joined the Reagan administration in 1987 as national security adviser, becoming the first Black individual to serve in the role.

He later transitioned to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989, a position he held for four years under former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Clinton.

Gen. Powell was able to claim some victories early on. In his first year as secretary, he won the release from China of the crew of a U.S. surveillance plane that had made an emergency landing after colliding with a Chinese plane over the South China Sea, killing a Chinese pilot. He averted the pullout of U.S. troops from NATO peacekeeping operations in the Balkans, and he facilitated the U.S. withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty without provoking a harsh Russian backlash.

Calls for Powell to wage a presidential bid ramped up ahead of the 1996 election following the U.S.-led coalition’s win in the Gulf War. He ultimately passed on a campaign of his own, concluding that he did not have a “passion” for elected politics.

“Such a life requires a calling that I do not yet hear,” Powell told reporters in 1995. “And for me to pretend otherwise would not be honest to myself, it would not be honest to the American people.”

The four-star general reentered the political sphere in 2001, when he was tapped

by George W. Bush to serve as secretary of State, breaking another barrier and becoming the first Black American to serve in the role.

He served in the post until 2005.

During Trump’s tumultuous term in office, Gen. Powell became increasingly outspoken in his criticism of the president, who threatened and encouraged the use of force against racial-justice activists in 2020. He scorched Trump’s ethics and accused other Republicans of accommodating or acquiescing to the president’s divisiveness out of political self-interest.

“The one word I have to use with respect to what he’s been doing for the last several years is the word I would never have used before, never would have used with any of the four presidents I worked for: He lies,” Gen. Powell said on CNN’s “State of the Union” show. “He lies about things, and he gets away with it because people will not hold him accountable.”

“I think it shows to the world what is possible in this country,” Powell said of his history-making nomination during his Senate confirmation hearing. “It shows to the world that: Follow our model, and over a period of time from our beginning, if you believe in the values that espouse, you can see things as miraculous as me sitting before you to receive your approval.”

Later in his public life, Powell would grow disillusioned with the Republican Party’s rightward lurch and would use his political capital to help elect Democrats to the White House, most notably Barack Obama, the first Black president whom Powell endorsed in the final weeks of the 2008 campaign.

“He was a great public servant” and “widely respected at home and abroad,” former President George Bush said. “And

most important, Colin was a family man and a friend. Laura and I send Alma and their children our sincere condolences as they remember the life of a great man.”

Powell leaves his three children and his lovely wife Alma of nearly 60 years of marriage.

The pair had met on a blind date in Boston, where Alma, who attended Fisk University and did her graduate work at Emerson College, worked as a speech pathologist. In that same year they married on August 25th 1962, Colin and Alma married at First Congregational Church in the Smithfield community of Birmingham.

Mrs. Powell’s grandfather was born into slavery, and her grandmother was born just after slavery ended. Against enormous odds, both earned college degrees — then saw their five children through college, too.

In the process of finding love, Colin and Alma altered the course of American History.

Thank you for your service, Gen. Powell.

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Warnock, McEachin Introduce Bicameral Legislation Establishing Voucher Program to Help Close Digital Divide

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent In the increasingly digital world, internet services and the devices to access them have quickly become essential to participate in the 21st-century economy.

The COVID-19 pandemic has further demonstrated this need and underscored the stark disparities that currently exist in our country.

Against that backdrop, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Congressman Donald McEachin (D-Va.) have introduced the Device Access for Every American Act to ensure more Americans can afford connected devices.

The bicameral legislation would authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a program to administer up to $400 vouchers for lowincome Americans to purchase laptops, tablets, and desktop computers.

“It is nearly impossible to get by without access to a laptop or tablet—especially after a year of adjusting to virtual learning, working, and more,” Sen. Warnock stated.

“For that, I am incredibly proud to introduce the Device Access for Every American Act, which ensures that every American – regardless of income or zip code – can participate and thrive in our increasingly digital economy.”

Sen. Warnock continued: “This legislation also ensures students

stay on track, especially following a year of learning loss, with the necessary devices at their disposal.”

Sen. Warnock and Congressman McEachin said more than 11 percent of American households are without computers.

They noted that millions of Americans migrated to virtual learning and teleworking since the outbreak of the pandemic.

Still, many households struggled to connect because of a lack of or an insufficient number of connected devices.

Further, while computer access is nearly ubiquitous for high-income households, 40 percent of those making under $30,000 a year lack a desktop or laptop computer.

Statistics show that 1 in 3 African American and Hispanic households lack access to a computer in their homes – twice the number of White families.

Most concerning, the lawmakers said 4.4 million households with students lack consistent access to a computer at home, with more than 9 million schoolchildren struggling to participate in class and complete schoolwork.

“Laptops, tablets, and other connected devices are indispensable in our increasingly digital world. Many students’ homework assignments now require laptops, more employers are exploring telework models, and more doctors’ offices are migrating toward telehealth services as the new standard of care,” Congressman McEachin explained.

The Device Access for Every American Act would: • Allocate $2 billion in federal funding for the establishment and implementation of the voucher program • Authorize the FCC to administer up to $400 vouchers for eligible individuals and families to purchase a connected device

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• Permit up to two low-income individuals per household to receive a voucher so that families can receive multiple devices • Direct the FCC to collaborate with connected device retailers, promote the program to eligible Americans, and provide individualized technical assistance to assist in enrollment “The COVID-19 pandemic has further

demonstrated this need and underscored the stark disparities that currently exist in our country. Unfortunately, for too many low-income Americans, prohibitive costs pose unnecessary challenges and hardships for them and their families,” McEachin concluded.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 20, 2021 - October 27, 2021

When will Black Students’ Lives Really Matter in U.S. Public Schools?

K.H. Hamilton, West Coast Correspondent Muslim Journal & Contributing Writer, San Diego Voice and Viewpoint As activists and policymakers continue to urge the US Senate to pass HR 1280, the George Floyd Policing Act of 2021 prompting for police reform on our streets, is anyone paying attention to the policing that is happening against Black students in U.S. Public schools?

Black students report the highest percentage of racial bias incidents nationwide (CRDC, 2018) more than any other racial group of students. This reporting includes disproportionately higher rates of referrals to law enforcement and school arrests. However, these statistics rarely make national headlines. It’s no wonder that most folks haven’t heard about the August 31, 2021, at Valhalla High School in El Cajon. Where a 14-year-old African American experienced a similar physical restraint to that of the late George Floyd when a 5’11, nearly 208 lb. 51-year-old campus security supervisor placed his knee on her neck in an attempt to break up a fight.

After several videos circulated on social media, and the story was reported in local media outlets, including the San Diego Voice and Viewpoints Newspaper, published by Dr. John Warren, the Grossmont Union High School District immediately launched an investigation.

Now, less than a month after this assault occurred, Investigator, Attorney Dan Quiller recommends that the Campus supervisor remains on paid administrative leave until he receives additional training and be reassigned to a different school.

Attorney Quiller also concluded that actions of the Campus Supervisor, who is a former Sheriff’s Deputy were not racist

in nature and GUHSD’s Superintendent Teresa Kemper, who released Attorney Quiller’s findings could only apologize to the student for what should not have happened.

The fact that a 9th grade student was placed in a “hogtie” position with Campus Security Supervisor’s knee on her neck for 4 seconds while he simultaneously smooshed her face into the ground with his elbow as her legs were held down by two other White male staff members was not only a violation of California Education Codes use of physical restraint but a violation of her civil and human rights.

It is equally disturbing that what prompted the Campus Supervisor’s initial anger abrupted when the student knocked his $300 pair of glasses to the ground during the incident. After this 9th grader was assaulted and restrained by the former Sheriff’s Deputy and staff, she was handcuffed, and arrested (Crenshaw et al., 2015) for “…Assaulting School Staff and Resisting Arrest” while her peers laughed, jeered, and videotaped the incident.

Let’s be clear, the dehumanization (Goff et al., 2014) and criminalization (Morris, 2016) of this young student call for more than an apology from Superintendent Kemper and recommendations from an outside investigator for more training and a job transfer.

The Campus Security Supervisor along with the two other men who held down this young student’s legs must ALL be released from their duties. But the consequences, must not end there. The only transfer that needs to occur is that of Principal Brianne Froumis, who took 8 minutes to arrive at the fight scene and allowed two of her assistant principals to

be absent on the same day, which caused a shortage of staff and supervision. It should be noted that the tactics used by the Marine Corps Recruiter who de-escalated the other student involved in the fight were humane and respectful.

Attorney Quiller, who is African American described the school climate at Valhalla High School where students use the n-word and several staff have made racist comments. Vice Principal Sandra White, who is also African American stated that she noticed a slight decline in the word being used by students from every day pre-COVID to nearly every day post-COVID. Black students make up less than 3% of the school’s total population.

Local community organizations like the NAACP San Diego put out a statement calling for action, including firing the Campus Supervisor. In spite of this plea, the collective outcry of injustice from Black, Brown, Asian and White voices demanding justice for this student is missing. Interestingly, in July of 2021, local activists of all races rallied together to call for the firing of a basketball coach when tortillas were thrown at a CIF Championship game. This cultural misappropriation prompted Coronado High School to relinquish its CIF title and release the coach from his duties. Yet, for a Black 9th-grade foster student who was clearly harmed, the recommendation is

for more training and a job transfer.

So today I call on NNPA, the National Black Press to alert our community and all of humanity who care about Black students’ lives about this egregious act of Anti-Blackness. This story must go viral!

Everyone including lawmakers must be held accountable for the systemic changes that are needed in our community. Remove school policing from school and provide students with educators, including Black teachers and mental health staff to promote racial healing and support.

Black students, including this young 9th grader, who may still be in juvenile hall, must know that we care and that their lives truly matter!

Dr. Tony Allen Appointed as Chair of President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs support, administration officials said.

Dr. Allen became President of Delaware State University in January 2020, after serving as Provost and Executive Vice President since July 2017.

Prior to joining the university, he brought a diverse background in the private and nonprofit sectors.

He served as Managing Director of Corporate Reputation at Bank of America; co-founded the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League and Public Allies Delaware; and led Delaware’s K12 public education reform effort from 2014 – 2019.

Dr. Allen’s tenure has largely been during the pandemic, but he and his team have built a strong portfolio of accomplishments focused on student success.

The university has seen its elevation to the No. 3 public HBCU in America (US News), an R2 “high research activity” designation, and the historic acquisition of nearby Wesley College.

The university’s “Together” COVID-19 plan has been touted as a national exam-

The White House

President Joe Biden has appointed Dr. Tony Allen as the Chair of the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

The Board will advance the goal of the HBCU Initiative, established by the Carter Administration, to increase the capacity of HBCUs to provide the highest-quality education to students and continue serving as engines of opportunity.

The Biden-Harris Administration said it remains committed to supporting the vital mission of HBCUs. Through the American Rescue Plan and by forgiving capital improvement debt of many these institutions, the Biden-Harris Administration has already committed more than $4 billion in support.

Reestablishing the White House HBCU Initiative – and placing strong leadership at the head of the Board – will allow the administration to build on that financial commitment with continued institutional

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ple of campus safety strategy, and a year into the pandemic enrollment has shattered all previous records.

Dr. Allen has drawn national attention to Delaware State University through successful fundraising ($40 million in 2020) and national appearances on major media platforms including ABC World News Tonight, CNN, the Black News Channel, and many others.

He also served as the chief executive officer of the 59th Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies.

Dr. Allen is Chairman Emeritus of the National Urban Fellows and a Whitney Young Awardee for Advancing Racial Equality, the National Urban League’s highest honor.

Currently, he serves on the boards of Graham Holdings and Pepco Holdings and on the Economic and Community Advisory Council for the Philadelphia Federal Reserve. Dr. Allen holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Delaware.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 20, 2021 - October 27, 2021

At least Four Black Females were Murdered Each Day in 2020

would love to be with,” her mother, Claumisha Reed, remarked. “Her friends loved her, and our family loved her.”

Before her death, Zymia had recently completed her sophomore year at Trinity Washington University in Northeast, D.C. Her aspirations included nursing and owning a business.

After graduating as a standout student at Dunbar High School, Zymia set her sights on specializing in obstetrics and gynecology.

Her love of her children and passion to help others served as a driving force behind her nursing desires.

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

According to statistics released by the FBI this month, more than four Black women and girls were murdered each day in the United States in 2020.

The uniformed crime reporting statistics revealed that those startling numbers were a sharp increase from 2019.

The FBI said it recorded at least 405 additional murders of Black women and girls, but reports have strongly suggested that the number represents an undercount.

Those reports don’t surprise or comfort victims’ families but only serve as another reminder about the lack of value attached to the lives of Black females.

“There’s been no justice,” stated Claumisha Reed, whose daughter Zymia Joyner was shot and killed last year.

A little more than one month before her 20th birthday, Zymia and 19-year-old Rashard Waldo were shot by an unknown assailant in the 3100 block of Waclark Place in Southeast Washington, D.C. Since the murder, Zymia’s mother and siblings have tried to keep one foot in front of the other.

“Zymia had a lot of things that she had going on,” Claumisha Reed remarked.

“She started a small business selling hair products, and she really wanted to work in obstetrics and gynecology. We lost an angel. Her dreams were cut short.”

Zymia counts among the many victims of an increasingly murderous country,

She lit up a room,” Reid proclaimed.

with reports noting that murders overall have climbed about 30 percent during the pandemic.

“Black women are at risk of police violence and systemic racism every day, all day and all night.” Marcela Howell, founder and president of In Our Own: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda.

“We face the sting of racism at work, in school, on the streets, and in our own homes. We cannot escape it, nor deny racism it’s too-often deadly toll. We most certainly cannot count on the criminal justice system to value our lives or deliver justice for the Black lives taken by

police.”

Rosa Page, the founder of the advocacy group Black Femicide U.S., told The Guardian news outlet that the increase in murders of Black women in 2020 did not surprise her.

In her work as a nurse, Page listened for years as Black women and girls described the history of abuse they had experienced or knowing someone else who was abused or murdered.

“Black women and girls have been indoctrinated to believe everyone matters but themselves,” Page told the outlet which first reported on the latest FBI statistics.

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According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, Black women were twice as likely as White women to encounter an offender armed with a handgun even before the pandemic.

Further, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that homicides of Black women had continued to rise before 2020.

Parents, activists, and others said concrete early prevention and intervention plans are desperately needed. They argue that it’s past the time when Black women are honored with the same value as others.

“Zymia was the type of person you

“She was an outgoing person and was more motivated than most other people we knew. But, on top of that, she was so focused, and you couldn’t tell her to stop at something because she was going to accomplish whatever she had set her mind out to accomplish.”

Zymia enjoyed a large social media following and provided advice to friends who sought it, Reid recalled.

“She inspired her friends, and they felt they could talk to her,” Reid noted.

“Zymia would always listen attentively, and when she gave advice, it was the kind of advice that came from the heart, and she would tell it like it is and tell her friends it was up to them if they would heed the advice.”

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 20, 2021 - October 27, 2021

Study Shows How Medical Community Neglected African Americans with Covid

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

It’s well-documented that the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in communities everywhere, but African Americans mainly have borne the brunt of the disease’s impact.

Now, a new study published by the University of Michigan delves further into yet another systemic problem.

Findings from the study show that Black patients experienced the lowest physician follow-up post-discharge and the most protracted delays (35.5 days) in returning to work.

More than half of hospital readmissions within the 60 days following discharge were among non-White patients (55%), and the majority of post-discharge deaths were among White patients (21.5%).

“The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected Black and Latinx communities in the United States compared with White communities in both morbidity and mortality,” the study authors wrote.

The report noted that hospitalization

rates for Black and Latinx patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 are approximately three times higher than those of similar White patients.

“It is therefore unsurprising that of the 216,635 COVID-19–related deaths in the

United States to date for which we have race and ethnicity data available, 29.3% have been Black (34,374) or Latinx (29,063), which correlate with US population norms,” the authors continued.

White persons in the United States ac-

count for approximately 76% of the population and 61.1% of deaths (132,315).

Notably, Black and Latinx adults have an increased prevalence of comorbid conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease, associated with an increased risk of severe illness due to COVID-19.

Further, significant numbers of Black and Latinx adults have occupations considered essential, requiring close contact with others, thereby hindering the ability to effectively socially distance, selfisolate, or work from home, the study revealed.

“Health disparities, or preventable differences in health outcomes, are known to be driven by a variety of economic, environmental, and social factors, including institutional or structural racism and bias in health treatment,” the authors conceded.

For example, researchers cited a recent study that evaluated patients with COVID-19 among five US emergency departments. That study found that Black patients accounted for the majority (56.7%) of readmissions within 72 hours, whereas

White patients only accounted for 16.7%.

The study investigated variation in 60day post-discharge clinical, financial, and mental health outcomes of diverse patients with COVID-19.

“I think people only think of Covid in terms of death, you know, or having like a mild cold,” Dr. Sheria G. Robinson-Lane, a gerontologist and the study’s lead researcher, wrote.

“They don’t think about all of those spaces in between where people are having these effects post-Covid.”

Robinson-Lane said one of the most surprising findings was the lack of followups with physicians, noting that hospitals need to improve discharge plans to serve patients better. The physician shortage and stigma to going into the doctor’s office when infected with Covid might contribute to the lack of follow-ups, Robinson-Lane said.

“So, we need to do a much better job about coordinating care, to find out what it is that people need,” she said. “Because we’re seeing a significant number of people also that are dying within those 60 days after hospitalization.”

Black Women Most Likely to Feel Discriminated Against or Face Unfair Judgment While Seeking Medical Care

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

The Urban Institute’s Coronavirus Tracking Survey, a nationally representative survey of adults ages 18 to 64, found that Black adults were more likely than White or Hispanic/Latinx to report being discriminated against or unfairly judged by a doctor or health care provider.

“These patterns are concerning given that health care disruptions and suboptimal quality that result from unfair treatment can lead people to delay or forgo care, to search for a new provider, and to experience adverse health consequences,” authors of the study wrote.

The report comes as Covid deaths and hospitalizations continue to soar, with people of color disproportionately affected.

It also comes as many advocates and activists call more attention to the dire maternal health crisis facing Black women.

CNN reported that Black women in the United States are more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than any other demographic – and the Covid-19 pandemic may be exacerbating one of the starkest disparities in American health care.

The network reported that health care practitioners and advocacy groups had raised the alarm that the pandemic may further increase barriers to care for pregnant women.

“Even before the pandemic, the United States was considered the most dangerous developed nation to be pregnant,” Stacey Stewart, CEO, and President of the March of Dimes, a nonprofit that advocates for better health care outcomes

for mothers and babies, told CNN. “Black women and women of color are far more likely to die — and that was the case even before the pandemic.”

Earlier this year, Congress introduced the Black Maternal Momnibus Act, providing pre-and post-natal support for Black mothers.

However, the bill has lingered since its February introduction.

The Urban Institute’s study, part of an ongoing body of work exploring patients’ reported experiences of discrimination and unfair treatment in health care, found: Roughly 5 percent of all nonelderly adults reported having been discriminated against or judged unfairly by a doctor, other health care provider, or their staff in the previous 12 months.

Black adults (10.6 percent) were more likely than Hispanic/Latinx adults (4.5 percent) and White adults (3.6 percent) to report having experienced this type of discrimination or unfair judgment.

Just over half of respondents reporting this type of discrimination or unfair judgment in the past 12 months indicated there were multiple reasons for it.

Race or ethnicity (cited by 3.0 percent of adults) was the most common reason reported for perceived discrimination or unfair judgment by a health care provider or their staff, and 7.9 percent of Black adults reported having experienced this type of discrimination or unfair treatment.

Black women (13.1 percent) and Black adults with low incomes (14.6 percent) reported having experienced discrimination or unfair judgment by a health care

provider or their staff in the prior year at, exceptionally high rates.

Although researchers found less prevalence of discrimination or unfair judgment than comparable surveys due to differences in survey wording and question reference period, the disparities in these experiences by race and ethnicity were similar across surveys.

Given the well-documented pattern, researchers asserted that it’s imperative to identify and implement needed changes in policy and practice to eliminate the systematically worse treatment that Black patients and other people who frequently experience discrimination receive.

They determined that immediate steps include educating and training providers

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and other health care staff to acknowledge and recognize racism and the implicit, unconscious, and explicit biases ingrained in the health care system – including how such biases harm patients.

The Urban Institute researchers added that it’s vital that institutions acknowledge other forms of discrimination based on gender identity, language spoken, or health insurance coverage.

Researchers wrote that institutions should implement practices to disrupt these patterns to ensure that health care providers and their staff provide consistent, evidence-based, and culturally effective care.

They also should hold providers, their staff, and health care education institu-

tions accountable for racist and other discriminatory policies and practices.

The authors continued that reducing inequities in the health care system will also likely require diversifying the racial, economic, linguistic, and educational backgrounds of physicians and other health professionals to more closely resemble the communities they serve.

Policies that would make the health care workforce more diverse and culturally competent include expanding and targeting scholarship and loan repayment programs for medical school.

Urban Institute researchers said that policies should include expanding training opportunities in other health professions for underrepresented communities and providing mentoring and tutoring programs to support a pipeline into these programs.

Further, the intentional implementation of antiracist medical school programming will also be essential.

At the same time, health policy and health services researchers should prioritize building the evidence base on what public and private investments and interventions reduce unequal treatment and contribute to equitable outcomes in the health sector.

“To fully ameliorate racial and ethnic inequities in health outcomes, policymakers and the health care system will need to confront and address the adverse experiences patients have when seeking health care and hold payers, providers, and their staff accountable for discriminatory practices and unfair treatment,” the authors wrote.

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The White House Supports HBCUs THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October 20, 2021 - October 27, 2021

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By Glenda Glover, Ph.D., JD, CPA, is President of Tennessee State University, and International President and CEO, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have changed the college landscape and have provided a significant return on investment. Our country cannot reach its goals without strong, viable, sustainable HBCUs – goals necessary to close the education gap, health, wealth and economic gaps. HBCUs were founded to educate the newly freed slaves, and have fulfilled this mission with limited resources, discrimination in funding, and inadequate facilities.

At HBCUs we see Black excellence at its best. HBCUs have made enormous contributions, and in spite of finding a way to survive, the lack of funding has prevented many HBCUs from excelling at an even higher level. As president of Tennessee State University, I see firsthand the difficulties that HBCUs experience and the continuing, looming disparity in the educational gap.

The Build Back Better Act is significant legislation that proposes to invest in HBCUs, and reflects this Administration’s understanding of how important these investments are in helping HBCUs continue their central role in resolving many of the challenges that threaten the general welfare and prosperity of our country.

The President and Vice President have provided historic support for HBCUs and invested in HBCUs at unprecedented levels. We must now work with Congress to pass the legislation that will more sustainably support HBCUs. These investments as detailed from the White House are described below: Historic Investments in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) American Rescue Plan. The American Rescue Plan provided over $4 billion in relief funding to HBCUs, including ap-

proximately $1.6 billion in debt relief to 45 HBCUs (13 public institutions and 32 private institutions) earlier this year.

FY 21 Grant Funding. In FY21, the Department of Education awarded a total of $1 billion to build the capacity of institutions that serve large numbers of students of color and low-income students. $500 million of this funding went directly to HBCUs. FY 22 Budget Request. The President’s FY22 budget requests a total of $887 million for HBCU-specific funding in Higher Education Act (HEA) Title III funds—an increase of $247 million over last year’s level. This would triple the mandatory Title III funding at the Department of Education— for a total of $252 million. Title III mandatory funds provide formula grants to all HBCUs to invest in capacity-building initiatives and student success programs. The President’s budget request includes funding for research opportunities at HBCUs, labs, IT infrastructure, workforce development programs in STEM, and DOJ funding for Violence

Against Women Act programs at HBCUs, among other priorities.

Teacher Quality Funding. Through the FY22 budget request and the Build Back Better plan, President Biden has proposed $60 million for the Augustus Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program to support teacher preparation programs at HBCUs and minority-serving institutions (MSIs).

Strengthening the White House Initiative on HBCUs In September, President Biden signed an Executive Order to re-establish the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through HBCUs and issued a proclamation recognizing National HBCU Week.

The President’s Executive Order calls for a whole of government approach to support HBCUs in responding to and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and bolster HBCUs in a number of ways, including by breaking down barriers and

improving access to Federal funding and other programs, particularly in areas of research and development.

The Order specifically directs senior officials in the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President to consult and collaborate with the Initiative on policy priorities for HBCUs. Federal agencies must submit plans

by February 1st of each year to describe how they are increasing HBCU access to Federal programs and improving Federal recruitment activities at HBCUs to build pathways to Federal employment.

During HBCU week, President Biden also named Dr.Tony Allen, President of Delaware State University, as Chair of the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs. The Board, originally established by the Carter Administration, is meant to engage key stakeholders in fields such as education, business, and philanthropy to advance the goals of the HBCU Initiative.

Ensuring Continued Support for HBCUs through the Build Back Better

• The President’s Build Back Better plan would provide tuition subsidies to students who attend HBCUs with a family income below $125,000. It would also provide free community college to students who attend one of the 11 HBCUs that are also community colleges.

• Build Back Better also includes a $5 billion increase in funding for HEA Title III and Title V, which can be used

by HBCUs, Tribal colleges and universities (TCUs), and MSIs to strengthen their academic, administrative, and fiscal capabilities, including by creating or expanding educational programs in highdemand fields (e.g., STEM, computer sciences, nursing, and allied health). Build Back Better would direct an additional $2 billion toward building a pipeline of skilled health care workers with graduate degrees from HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs. • Recognizing the historic underfunding of HBCUs and other institutions that serve large numbers of students of color, the President’s plan also would invest $40 billion in upgrading research infrastructure, half which would be reserved for HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs. • The President also proposed creating a new national lab focused on climate that would be affiliated with an HBCU. In summary, the Build Back Better legislation is a game changer for HBCUs. We all must continue to work with Congress to pass this legislation as it would indeed Build Back Better HBCUs. We must ask Congress to reinforce the agenda of the President and Vice President to include the proper research funding to strengthen HBCUs, support the students they serve, address historic discrimination, and put HBCUs on equal footing with majority institutions.

Glenda Glover, Ph.D., JD, CPA, is President of Tennessee State University, and International President and CEO, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

WHO Approves First Malaria Vaccine, a Lifesaver for Children Worldwide

by Jason Henderson, BlackDoctor.org

The first vaccine to protect against malaria has been endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and could prevent the deaths of tens of thousands of children a year.

Malaria kills about half a million people worldwide annually.

Nearly all of those deaths occur in subSaharan Africa and include 260,000 children younger than 5 years, The New York Times reported.

About the vaccine The Mosquirix vaccine is given in three

doses between the ages of 5 months and 17 months, with a fourth dose about 18 months later.

In clinical trials, the GlaxoSmithKline vaccine was about 50 percent effective against severe malaria in the first year, but that fell to close to zero by the fourth year.

After the clinical trials, the vaccine was incorporated into routine immunization programs in Kenya, Malawi, and Ghana.

So far, more than 2.3 million doses have been given to more than 800,000 children in those countries.

of children protected against malaria in some way to more than 90 percent, from less than 70 percent, Mary Hamel, M.D., head of the WHO malaria vaccine implementation program, tells The Times.

Last year, a modeling study estimated that the use of the vaccine in countries with the highest incidence of malaria could prevent 5.4 million cases and 23,000 deaths in children younger than 5 years each year, according to The Times.

Another recent trial assessed how well a combination of the vaccine and preventive drugs protected children during high malaria transmission seasons.

This dual approach was found to be

How effective is it?

Those doses boosted the percentage

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much more effective at preventing severe disease, hospitalization, and death than either method alone.

The vaccine — the first for any parasitic disease — triggers the immune system to target Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest of five malaria pathogens and the most common one in Africa.

Later this year, the board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is expected to consider financing a broader rollout of the vaccine across Africa.

If Gavi also approves the vaccine, it will buy the vaccine for countries that request it. ºThat process is likely to take at least a year, The Times reports.

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FHI Studio is actively seeking an innovative and self-motivated full-time Community Engagement Specialist to work on projects focused on improving the quality of life in communities. As a community engagement specialist, you are vital to engaging communities in developing high-quality, livable communities that support the community's residents, employees, and visitors. You work on Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders Invitationprojects to Bid: that range from major transit, bridge, airport, and related infrastructure Top pay for top performers. Health projects to neighborhood development plans to street activation and community nd Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. 2 Notice events. You utilize your understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusiveness in planning and design to increase the diversity of community voices. Your attenEmail Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT tion to Old Saybrook, CTdetail and event planning experience fosters an engaging and collaboraAFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER tive environment for a variety of stakeholders. Excellent time management is (4 Buildings,your 17 Units) specialty that is used to be a project team member, provide excellent client Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wageand Rate Projectbusiness development. You gain great enjoyment from enservice, conduct gaging others in a collaborative process through social media and various virtual and in-person mediums.

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, CastAssistant Assessor willSiding, hold a degree in planning, marketing, sociology, or related field in-place Concrete, Asphalt Candidates Shingles, Vinyl Full Time – Benefited with a minimum of threeCasework, years of experience in consulting, event organizing, Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential or public relations. Candidates will also demonstrate experience in developing Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. and implementing engagement strategies and in social media, targeted publicity, This contract is subject to state set-aside and and event contract compliance requirements. planning.

If you feel you'll be perfect as our Community Engagement Pre-employment physical/drug test reSpecialist, apply now using our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application at quired. AA/EOE For more information, Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 https://fhistudio.com/join please visit www.bloomfieldct.org

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SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour. !"#$%"&'($C/8'($1/0206/1%7)8%(9$"#29%:;8!1,$8"/+'%21(%(91%'<0//'%,.+% &-0/,'*"+('.&2(+&&-(3")(,(10//&1130%(30'0)&,$P)0C$"=1$%7**%($,0.0.2% ,)&,1Q$0C/$'&"<&*1$'&"@)?/($:"7$B)0C$0C/$.,+-19"+('),*+*+45('""%15(,+-( '&/.+"%"42('"($0)10&(2"0)(-&1*)&-(/,)&&),$! ! %"22/A0$B)0C$*2$*?1)(()"2($A"72(/8"&$0"$?)(A7(($C"B$:"7$A*2$(0*&0$! !"#$%"&'($@)&07*88:,

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Town of Bloomfield

THE GLENDOWER GROUP

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

Proposals

Senior Recreation Assistant for Businesses Redevelopment of Westville Manor for Phase 1 HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, Lender/Investor S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Construction Part Time –Haynes Non BenefiCompany, ted 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483

$15.71 hourly

The Glendower Group is currently seeking proposals for a lender/investor for AA/EEO EMPLOYER

Pre-employment physical/drug test required. AA/EOE For more information, please visit www.bloomfieldct.org

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redevelopment of Westville Manor for Phase 1. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Glendower’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https:// newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 3:00PM.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - October , 2021 - October 27, 2021 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27,20 2016 - August 02, 2016

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks:

Construction

Listing: HVAC Technician

Construction Equipment Mechanic preferably experienced in Reclaiming and Road Milling Equipment. We offer factory Fast paced Petroleum Company is hiring for a full time, CT training on equipment we operate. Location: Bloomfield CT HVAC Technician. License required – S-10,S-2 or S-1. ApWe offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits plicant must have experience in oil, propane, natural gas and Contact: Tom Dunay VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE A/C. Competitive wage, 401(k), sign on bonus and benefits.

Send resume to: Attn: HR Manager, Confidential, PO Box 388, Phone: 860- 243-2300 HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Guilford,Authority, CT 06437.

Email: tom.dunay@garrityasphalt.com is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to applyapartments at this develAffirmative opment locatedAction/ at 108 Frank New Haven.

Maximum income**An limitations ap- Action/Equal Opportunity Employer** Affirmative EqualStreet, Opportunity Employer ply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon reGarrity Asphalt Incduring seeks: CT Fence quest by calling HOMEReclaiming, INC at 203-562-4663 those hours.Large Completed pre- Company looking for an individual for our Reclaimer Operators and Milling Operators with current licensing PVCStreet, Fence Third Production Shop. Experience preferred but will applications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange and clean driving record, be willing to travel throughout the Northtrain the right person. Must be familiar with carpentry hand Floor, New Haven, CT 06510. east & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits & power tools and be able to read a CAD drawing and tape measure. Use of CNC Router machine a plus but not required, will train the right person. This is an in-shop production poContact: Rick Tousignant Phone: 860- 243-2300 sition. Duties include building fence panels, posts, gates and Email: rick.touMust have a valid CT driver’s license & be able to obtain VALENTINAsignant@garrityasphalt.com MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDESmore.

DISPONIBLES a Drivers Medical Card. Must be able to pass a physical and Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply drug test. Please email resume to pboucher@atlasoutdoor.com.

Affirmative Action/deEqual Opportunity HOME INC, en nombre la Columbus House y Employer de la New Haven Housing Authority, está AA/EOE-MF 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 Tractor Trailer Driver for Heavy & Highway Construction Equipjulio,Must 2016have hastaacuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes ment.

CDL License, clean driving record, capable of (aproximadamente 100) en las oficinas HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas porSeeking correo atopetición operating heavyde equipment; be willing to travel throughout the employ experienced individuals in the labor, foreman, llamando HOME INC alexcellent 203-562-4663 horas.Pre-solicitudes deberánand remitirse Northeast &aNY. We offer hourlydurante rate &esas excellent benefits operator teamster trades for a heavy outside work statewide. a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT personal 06510 . transportation and a valid drivers license reReliable

NOTICE

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

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

THE GLENDOWER GROUP

PVC FENCE PRODUCTION

NOTICIA

Union Company seeks:

Contact Dana at 860-243-2300

Email: dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

NEW HAVEN

Request for Qualifications

Project Architect for the Repositioning of Elm City Communities Scattered Sites Properties The Glendower Group is currently seeking Proposals for a project architect for the repositioning of Elm City Communities scattered sites properties. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Glendower’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https:// newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

Construction

Monday, September 27, 2021 at 3:00PM.

State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management

quired. To apply please call (860) 621-1720 or send resume to: Personnel Department, P.O. Box 368, Cheshire, CT06410.

Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V

242-258 Fairmont Ave 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258

We all have

DREAMS.

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

Let Job Corps help you achieve yours.

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

St. New Haven, CT

Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour Now enrolling! until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 Tuition-free at its officecareer at 28training Smith Street, High school diploma programs Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the College credit opportunities Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility,Housing, 26 Smith Street Seymour. meals and medical care provided

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith For more information, visit jobcorps.gov or call (800) 733-JOBS [5627] Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

New Haven County - Jesselica Rodriguez – Rodriguez.Jesselica@JobCorps.org !"#$%&'(")*+,$*-+#".&/$*0(1,)2*3*4&//2*0(,,&"*5*Conner.Kelly@JobCorps.org Waterbury and Surrounding Areas – Abdul Shabazz – Shabazz.Abdul@JobCorps.org

Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority OfCAREERS BEGIN HERE fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Job Corps is a U.S. Department of Labor Equal Opportunity Employer Program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. TDD/TTY telephone number is (877) 889-5627.

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

Drug Free Workforce

The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for two (2) Fiscal and Program Policy Section Directors, a Leadership Associate (confidential) and a Broadband Mapping Coordinator.

Invitation to Bid:

nd State of Connecticut 2 Notice Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and application instructions are available at: Office of Policy and Management

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

Old Saybrook, CThttps://jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/BulPreview.asp?R1=210901&R2= 1585MP&R3=001&Viewer=Admin&Test=Y; (4 Buildings, 17 Units) The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for an https://jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/BulPreview.asp?R1=210913&R2= Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project Undersecretary - Office of Policy And Management for Finance, Strategic Decisions and Accountability.

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6856AR&R3=001&Viewer=Admin&Test=Y CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= This210921&R2=0450EX&R3=001 contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer The State of Connecticut is an equal and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and opportunity/affirmative action employer Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 persons with disabilities. and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, andAnticipated persons Start: August 15, 2016 with disabilities.

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Listing: HVAC Technician

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 Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 Fast paced Petroleum Company is hiring for a full time, CT HVAC Technician. LiSteel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders AA/EEO EMPLOYER cense required – S-10,S-2 or S-1. Applicant must have experience in oil, propane, natuTop pay for top performers. Health ral gas and A/C. Competitive wage, 401(k), sign on bonus and benefits. Send resume Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. to: Attn: HR Manager, Confidential, PO Box 388, Guilford, CT 06437.

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

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**An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**

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Town of Greenwich, NOTICE Connecticut

Police Officer

VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this development located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations 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.

NOTICIA VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES

Do You Want A Job That Makes A Difference?

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de unPolice dormitorio en este desarrollo Become A Town of Greenwich Offi cer.

ubicado en la callemust 109 Frank New basic Haven. requirements Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos Candidates fulfillStreet, several including: máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) Be U.S. Citizen en las oficinas de HOME • INC. Lasapre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición llamando a HOME• INC al 203-562-4663 horas.Pre-solicitudes Be at leastdurante 20 esas years of age deberán remitirse a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven 06510 .

• Possess 45 college credits, or 2 years of, CT active

military service or equivalent

Current Salary: $69,701 plus benefits.

To view detailed information and apply online visit: www.governmentjobs. com/careers/greenwichct *Application Deadline: 11/01/21 4:00 PM

NEW HAVEN

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

The Town of Greenwich is dedicated to Diversity & Equal Opportunity Employment

All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 The Housing Authority City center of Bridgeport highways, near bus of stopthe & shopping Request for Proposal (RFP) Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258

Green Physical Needs Assessment Solicitation Number: 190-MD-21-S CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s

Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:30-

The Authority ofJoe the CityM.S., of B.S. Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities 3:30Housing Contact: Chairman, Deacon J. Davis, (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D.qualifi Pastor of Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster (PCC) is currently seeking proposals from edPitts consultants to conduct a Green St. New Haven, CT Assessment (GPNA), an Energy Audit and UPCS/REAC inspecPhysical Needs tions of PCC’s development portfolio, in accordance with applicable regulations issued by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). HUD’s regulations require that the GPNA incorporate the recommended Energy Conservation Measures from the Energy Audit. All of the information must be provided in a format as bids prescribed

by HUD using the Authority HUD GPNA Solicitation packSealed are invited by (i.e., the Housing of Tool). the Town of Seymour age will be available on October 04, 2021, to obtain an electronic copy of the RFP until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, you must send your request to bids@parkcitycommunities.org., please reference Seymour, CTnumber 06483 for Concrete Repairs and Replacement at the the solicitation and title on theSidewalk subject line.

A Pre-proposal conference will Gardens call Assisted Living19,Facility, Smith Street Seymour. beSmithfield held via conference on October 2021 @26 10:00 a.m.

Although attendance is not mandatory, submitting a proposal without attending the pre-proposal conference may not be in the will best be interest of the theHousing Offeror. Authority AdditionalOffice questions should A pre-bid conference held at 28 Smith be emailed only to Caroline Sanchez at bids@parkcitycommunities.org no later Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. than October 26, 2021 @ 3:00 p.m. Answers to all the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycommunities.org. Proposals shall be emailed, or Bidding documents are available thep.m., Seymour Ofhand delivered

by November 8, 2021 from @ 3:00 to Ms.Housing CarolineAuthority Sanchez, Chief Procurement Offi cer, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604.

Late proposals fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579. will not be accepted.

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

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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MAINTAINER II - Performs a variety of semi-skilled tasks in road and grounds maintenance. Must possess 2 years’ experience as laborer in construction work involving operation and care of trucks and other mechanical equipment used in construction OR two (2) years training in one of the skilled trades and one (1) year of experience in construction operations OR an equivalent combination of experience and training. Must possess and maintain a valid commercial driver’s license (CDL) Class B to operate equipment. (Provide a copy of your CDL license with your application) $23.73 - $27.82 Hourly. Applications may be obtained at the Department of Human Resources, 45 S. Main Street, Room 301, Wallingford CT 06492. Forms will be mailed upon request from the Department of Human Resources or may be downloaded from the Department of Human Resources Web Page. Fax (203)-294-2084 Phone: (203)-294-2080.

The closing date will be the date the 50th application or resume is received or October 27, 2021, whichever occurs first. EOE

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

POLICE OFFICER

City of Bristol

HARTFORD HIRING EVENT:

$69,017 - $83,893/yr.

Required testing, registration info, and apply online: www.bristolct.gov Invitation to Bid: DEADLINE: 10-29-21 2nd Notice

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MECHANIC Old Saybrook, CT (4 Buildings, 17 Units) TRACTORTaxTRAILER Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project

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October 30, 2021 Hartford Post Office 141 Weston St., Hartford, CT 06101 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

STARTING PAY: Mail handler assistant: $16.87 /hr City carrier assistant: 18.51 /hr Mail processing clerk: $18.67 /hr

Full Time, Benefits, Top Pay New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, CastApply:Pace, 1425 Honeyspot in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Rd. Ext., Stratford, CT EOE Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

DRIVER CLASS A and contract compliance requirements.

This contractCDL is subject to state set-aside Seeks an experienced accounts payable specialist to join the fast paced AP department.

Full Time – All Shifts Duties include coding invoices, routing for approvals, problem solving, invoice entry, Top Pay-FullBid Benefi ts Due Date: cutting checks, matching packing slips, filing, compliance. Full-Time Position. ExcelExtended, August 5, 2016 EOE Please apply in person: lent compensation Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 and benefits package. Send resume to Ducci Electrical Contractors, Inc. 74 Scott Swamp Rd. Farmington, CT 06032 or via email at humanresources@ 1425 Honeyspot Rd. Ext. Project documents available via ftp link below: duccielectrical.com.

Stratford, CT 06615 http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage An affirmative action equal opportunity employer. EOE/M/F/D/V.

Ducci Electrical Contractors, Inc.

Town of Bloomfield

Heavy/Highway general contractor

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 Part Time - Foster Care Family Support Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 is looking to hire a skilled Carpenter with willingness and eagerness to become a Carpenter Worker (non-benefited) AA/EEO EMPLOYER Foreman. Training will be provided. Prefer candidate to be familiar with ConnDOT procedures, bridge, and road construction work. Must communicate effectively with clients, $20.00 hourly be well organized and safety conscious, and must be able to read plans. This is hands-on Pre-employment drug testing. field leadership position. Top compensation and benefits are available. Full time position.

For more details, visit our website We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage qualified woman and minorities to – www.bloomfieldct.org apply. Email resume to jobs@rothacontracting.com

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QSR STEEL CORPORATION

NOTICE VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this development located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations 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.

NOTICIA VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES 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 julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

(800) 733-JOBS[5267] OR JOBCORPS.GOV

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

WATER TREATMENT

All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center Superintendent-Water – The Town of Wallingford is seeking a highly qualified Pet under 40lb parties contact @ 860-985-8258 Manager to direct the allowed. technicalInterested and administrative workMaria involved in the operation of

the collection, storage, pumping, treatment and distribution systems of the Water Division. This position requires a bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or uniCT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s versity in Program. civil orThis sanitary engineering plus seven years of progressively Certificate is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation ofresponsible Candidates in response to $125. fi Classes startof Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:30experience inthe theChurch’s water Ministry utility needs. field The withcost atisleast ve years supervisory experience, 3:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. or(203) an equivalent combination ofElijah education and qualifying experience substituting on a 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster year-for-year basis. Must possess and maintain a valid State of Connecticut DepartSt. New Haven, CT ment of Public Health Class II Water Distribution System Operator Certification or be able to obtain the same within 6 months of hire. Must possess and maintain a valid State of Connecticut Driver’s License. Salary; $ 94,207 - $ 120,532 (annually). Apply to: Department of Human Resources, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Application materials can be emailed to wlfdhr@wallingfordct. gov.

Application willby be the mailed upon request by calling Department of HuSealed bids areforms invited Housing Authority of thethe Town of Seymour man Resources, 294-2080August or may be2,downloaded the at Department Human until 3:00 pm(203) on Tuesday, 2016 at itsfrom office 28 SmithofStreet, Resources Web Page. Fax#: (203) 294-2084. The closing date for applicaitons will be Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the October 21, 2021. EOE

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

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

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

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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The Housing Authority of the City of Norwalk, CT

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Town of Bloomfield Custodian

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looking for a full-time individual for our Wood Fence Production Shop. Experience preferred but will train the right person. Must be familiar with carpentry hand & power tools and be able to read a CAD drawing and tape measure. This is an in-shop production position. Duties include mortising & drilling wood posts for fence panels, building fence panels, gates & more. Use of table saws, routers, miter saws, nail guns and other woodworking equipment is required. Some pickup and delivery of materials will be required. Must have a valid CT driver’s license and be able to obtain a Drivers Medical Card. Must be able to pass a physical and drug test. Please email resume to pboucher@atlasoutdoor.com. AA/EOE-MF

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Seeking qualified condidates to fill SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE numerous vacancies to include, Old Saybrook, CT Deputy Assessor, Mechanic Buildings, 17 Units) Sewer Line, Public Health (4 Nurse Exempt & Not and more. For Tax information andPrevailing Wage Rate Project detailed application instructions, New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castvisit www.ci.milford.ct.us Click on SERVICES, JOBS and in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, JOB TITLE. Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework,

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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 Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 AA/EEO EMPLOYER

Full Position: - DPW Truck Driver A pre-bidTime conferenceConstruction will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith Experience in repair of sewer services, pipe laying and installation & repair of water mains, service lines experience, CDL license Bidding available from thescreen, Seymour Housing Must bedocuments able to passare pre-employment drug driving record Authority verificationOfLegal working status, OSHA 10, 30 & OSHA 40 a plus fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

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Listing: Dispatcher

Extremely fast paced petroleum company needs a full time (which includes on call and weekend coverage) detail oriented experienced Dispatcher. A strong logistics background and a minimum of one year previous experience required. Send resume to: HR Manager, P.O. Box 388, Guilford, CT. 06437

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