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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 25, 2020 - December 01, 2020

City’s Newest Film Festival Spotlights Black Voices

by Racel Ababio, The Arts Paper www.newhavenarts.org

Names flashed against a red screen. Eric Garner. John Crawford III. Breonna Taylor. George Floyd. A disembodied voice echoed just out of frame.

“There’s a limit to a man’s patience, and everyone knows it. God, Christ, heaven, everyone knows it. What we’re asking for is not a million dollars; what we’re asking for is humanity.”

Friday evening, CTCore-Organize Now! and artist Salwa Abdussabur launched the inaugural Black Haven Film Festival via YouTube livestream. This year’s festival featured the work of five Black Connecticut-based artists and a musical performance by chad browne-springer. Festival curator and principal organizer Salwa Abdussabur moderated the event.

Abdussabur launched Black Haven earlier this year, as the parallel pandemics of police brutality and COVID-19 besieged the Black community in New Haven, Connecticut, and the U.S. Their co-collaborators included Brianna Chance, Danessa Pedroso, Camelle Scott, Ashley Blount and Raven A. Blake.

Initially, the event was planned as a limited capacity, in-person gathering at the Connecticut Center for Arts & Technology (ConnCAT). Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Black Haven made its debut online.

The virtual format did not deter them from an original mission.

“Black art matters,” Abdussabur said Friday. “I want to thank so much every single being involved in Black Haven for Black Haven. Without Black folx, this would not be possible. I’ve been blessed to be able to talk to so many leaders of color and Black artists in New Haven and across the state.

“I am incredibly honored… We put the call out, and y’all really showed up. Next year, I hope to see that list grow and grow and grow and grow to mobilize around Black arts.”

Across five films, artists explored the role of affinity spaces, artistic abstraction, and the depth and breadth of a diaspora. In Ike Abakah’s Far From Home: Voyage to Salvation, viewers met the actor Zaawadi Kalema where the sand meets the surf, a chain around his neck and face turned toward the sun. A mournful saxophone melody played, muffled. Water swept over Kalema’s face. He grimaced and sputtered, fighting for breath.

Suddenly, he was running further and further into the ocean. He was grasping for something in the air, eyes piercing, and face resolute. He jumped forward, plunging into the waves. The waters were up to his chest now, yet he trudged ever deeper.

What was he running away from? What was he running towards? This time, Kalema didn’t resist the waters as he began to drown.

The scene cut. He was neck-deep in the water now, eyes closed and head floating, as if disembodied. A golden crown encircled his head. In death, he seemed to ask

“I’m lookin’ a little rough right now, ya feel me?” Lonny X rubbed at his face and smirked at the camera. “Gotta get the beard trimmed.”

His barber laughed while walking into the shot. He smiled and waved a red barber cape over X’s front with a flourish.

He grasped Lonny’s head and tilted it forward, showing off the scruff at the nape of his neck.

“We’ll make him sharp, like a dime!” The barber wagged his finger at the camera.

X laughed. “Ya need something fresh?

Pull up here!” Ambient chatter continued in the shop. The two fell into light conversation.

This was it. Mayfair, which is based in Bloomfield, was warm and comfortable. It was fades, twist-outs, cornrows, weaves, waves, and wigs. It was generations of Black men and women sitting side by side, swapping stories and giving friendly backchat.

“There you go.” The barber brushed the hair off Lonny X’s face and swiped it with alcohol. After he was done, the artist smiled at himself in the mirror, stood, put on his cap, and walked out the busy barbershop’s doors.

True to its mission, the festival also had a strong political current running through it. In Dione Dwyer’s She Who Feels It, Knows It, the Bridgeport-based artist, advocate, and CNA opened a door into her world, exposing the state’s deep inequities in wealth and housing in the process.

Dwyer is the resident council president of PT Partners, a resident-owned community action group based in Bridgeport’s PT Barnum subsidized housing complex. She has lived in PT Barnum for 16 years and has been a PT Partners member for almost five. She loves her community, she told the camera Friday. She hates what keeps it down.

In the documentary-style work, Dwyer explained that she sees the effects of a negligent housing authority, poor education system, and the number of systemic forces that fail her community daily.

“You have to live here, and they clock out at 5:00 p.m.,” she said. “They go home. I say it to them so many times in their face.

I get exasperated. I stay here. You don’t know what it’s like, ‘cause sometimes they’re like, ‘Oh, we understand’ and this and that—whatever. No, you don’t. Stop saying that, just pissing me off even more.

I’m sorry. It gets me upset when they say that. I don’t see it in their face, and I don’t see in their actions. I refuse to hear it in their words until they do something.

That’s just me.”

She glanced toward something past the camera’s view and pursed her lips. Her gaze was unreadable. She described another PT Partners program director who came in with outreach a number of outreach programs. They introduced the phrase “PT Barnum: a place to live where opportunity lives.”

“I would actually love to see that. I live

viewers, was he finally free?

The saxophone bleated a piercing note.

Kalema stood against the horizon, dry. He wore a suit, chain replaced with a silver necklace. He was dancing, stretching his body up toward the pale sky. He looked down, where his disembodied head had steadily floated moments before. He closed his eyes. The saxophone melody and video ended with a rimshot.

Filmmaker Ammon Downer kept it conceptual in his A Conversation with Inhibitions, conceived as a dialogue between himself and “physical representations of my own internal inhibitions.” A sophomore studying acting at the University of Connecticut, Downer opened on an image of himself in quarantine, staring down a doppelgänger that lounged on his dorm room’s bed.

“Hey, look. I think that it’s time that we talked.” Downer crossed his arms.

“Ooh! Is this a fun little talk with daft adventures involved, or do you mean that awkward ‘you finally decided to grow the big pair of knockers you have forever claimed to have and face me like a true man’ talk?,” the copy shot back.

“It’s the latter.” Downer glared across the small room. “I think that it’s time that you stop being such a burden and let me do whatever I want!”

“Well then, this is a very interesting development!” The copy rested his head on his hands with a devious smile. “Come on, wanker. Lay it on me before you chicken out.”

The film probed the fact that mental health in the Black community, and particularly among Black men, has long been stigmatized. He faced that stigma and his own throughout the film. The doppelgänger patronized him. It insulted him. It fought with him tooth and nail, steadily chipping away at his psyche.

“You were just a defense mechanism!” he proclaimed at last, breaking free of it.

“No one took me—us—seriously, especially when it came to showing how we really are or wanted to be. But you’re just being a parasite, a hindrance, dare I say nuisance! I don’t need to be looked after anymore. I can take care of myself… instead of falling to the pain, I can rise and even learn from it. Hell, I can even make good use of it. I just can’t do that with you around!”

Other filmmakers dove deep on the value of Black affinity spaces, many of which have been stifled, modified, closed, or forced to move online during COVID-19.

In Mayfair Barbershop, Marcus “Tang” Russ took viewers inside Mayfair Exclusive Barber & Beauty LLC, following Hartford-based artist Lonny X and his barber Gideon Davis.

Friday night, viewers could feel an intimacy and familiarity to the film. A fisheye lens captured the barbershop. The recording had the quality of an old VHS. A timestamp ran in the top right of the frame.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 25, 2020 - December 01, 2020

Retired Educator Jeffie Frazier Surprised With Drive-By Celebration

by MAYA MCFADDEN

New Haven I ndependent

A parade of pink and green love from members of New Havens Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. celebrated the 77th birthday of Jeffie Frazier, a legendary public school educator, principal, mentor, and sorority sister.

Frazier’s family and friends celebrated her on Sunday with the surprise drive-by celebration featuring the sorority’s trademark colors. Celebrants said they wanted to honor her contributions to public education and influence on many New Haveners personally.

Visitors included church members, former students, school staff members, sorority members, and extended family from her homestate of Louisiana.

Frazier’s family joined her on her lawn shaking pink and green pom poms to the music of the car horns and “happy birthday” shouts.

Frazier sat on her front lawn with giving her “AKA wave” to the 40-car parade.

Visitor stopped briefly dropping off birthday cars, cakes, and balloons to Frazier and her family. Her lawn was decorated with lawn cards spelling out “AKA Sister” and “happy birthday.”

“This is beautiful, very very beautiful,” Frazier said who wore an AKA mask that read “Pretty safe” in pink and green.

The sorority organized the parade, first meeting at Dunbar Hill School to decorate their cars. Members were escorted by police to Frazier’s nearby residence.

Shenae Draughn, president of Theta Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, met Frazier about 20 years ago at the Community Baptist Church while they both were serving in the church community.

Later the two got closer when Draughn took on her role in the AKA community.

“She overflows with wisdom. It’s something special to experience,” Draughn

MAYA MCFADDEN PHOTO Khalilah Brown-Dean with Jeffie Frazier at the celebration.

said of the retired principal.

During times when Draughn was low in spirits, Frazier would reassure her of her excellence and abilities, she said. This helped Draughn when she took on her role as chapter president.

As an educator Frazier developed Wexler Grant’s dress code, boosted parent engagement, and took groups of WexlerGrant students on trips to Senegal. Frazier became principal of the Helene W. Grant School on Goffe Street and later the combined Wexler-Grant.

“She led from the African proverb, ‘It takes a village to raise a child,” said Draughn. “She makes everybody feel like they’re family.”

During the parade Frazier pointed out the faces passing by: “That’s my student,” “She’s from church,” “Hey, I missed you!

Long time so see!”

To Laren Williams, Frazier is Aunt Jeffie. WIllaims grew up with Frazier who had a close relationship with her parents.

Despite being family, Williams saw Frazier in a number of her roles. She recalled going to summer school at the Helene W. Grant School and seeing Frazier in “teacher mode.”

“Everyone deserves roses and flowers while they’re living,” Williams said.

After the parade some members of the sorority joined Frazier on her front lawn to take pictures. Frazier announced that at her most recent doctor’s visit, she was told her tumors are getting smaller. The group cheered. “That means I can eat more,” she said.

The group concluded by singing happy birthday to Frazier then the Alpha Kappa Alpha anthem. Frazier joined in on.

Hearts that are loyal / And hearts that are true / By merit and culture / We strive and we do/ Things that are worthwhile / And with a smile/

New Haven Symphony Orchestra Transforms 2020-21 Season in Response to Pandemic NEW HAVEN, CT (November 19, 2020) –The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) Board of Directors announces that the orchestra will not be performing the concerts as originally scheduled through June 2021. This decision comes as a response to the orchestra’s prioritization of musician and audience health and safety, a strict adherence to state and CDC guidelines, and a lack of access to its regular performance venues in schools and universities.

NHSO CEO Elaine C. Carroll says, “Although this decision does not come as a surprise, it still pains us to set aside all of the brilliant programs and performances that we had originally slated for this season. However, now that we can put that decision behind us, it makes room for our board, musicians, and music director to do what they do best – put forward musi-

cal performances that reflect and respond to our community.”

Music Director Alasdair Neale says, “We are working hard behind the scenes to reimagine what an orchestra performance can be in our changed world, and are looking forward to sharing our new concert and education program line-up very soon. I think that New Haven will have much to be proud of as our musicians perform and innovate in ways we never would have thought possible.”

Faced with concert cancellations due to the COVID surge since last March, the Symphony has already hit the ground running with ground-breaking virtual education programs and community concerts. Last month, the Symphony performed outdoor concerts at the Canal Dock Boathouse, earning high praise for

the musical performances and new levels of access offered by the unique venue.

The NHSO’s award-winning programs continue to be presented by NHSO teaching artists to schools throughout the state.

About the New Haven Symphony Orchestra The New Haven Symphony Orchestra continues to fulfill its mission of increasing the impact and value of orchestral music for its audiences through high-quality, affordable performances and educational programming. The NHSO presents more than 40 concerts annually throughout the region for more than 50,000 audience members, including 20,000 students, through its award-winning educational and community programming. For more information, visit NewHavenSymphony. org.

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Photos attached of Music Director Alasdair Neale and a performance at the Canal Dock Boathouse.

For additional photos or to arrange interviews, please contact NHSO Marketing Director Katie Bonner Russo at Marketing@NewHavenSymphony.org.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 25, 2020 - December 01, 2020

Forum Call: Boot Cops From Schools

by EMILY HAYS

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New Haven I ndependent

New Haven student Jhoaell Ruiz wants police officers out of school buildings.

Ruiz’s mother, Sonya-Marie Atkinson, wants them in there.

Both student and parent argued their perspectives not just at home, but at a Tuesday evening forum on the subject held by the New Haven Board of Education’s School Security Taskforce.

“I have personally watched officers cultivate relationships with some of the most unlikely students and help prevent them from becoming part of the prison [pipeline],” Atkinson said.

Ruiz had clearly heard that line of reasoning, the concept that “school resource officers” (SROs) are a positive touchpoint between students and law enforcement that promotes community policing.

“I still don’t feel like that’s a good enough reason to allow other students to feel uneasy,” Ruiz argued. “Having an officer near the school in a patrol car, in case of emergencies, should be what we do instead of having them in school.”

Ruiz was in the clear majority on Tuesday evening. Of the 22 parents, students, teachers and community members who spoke, all but four asked the district to remove school resource officers (SROs) from school buildings.

The New Haven Board of Education put together the School Security Taskforce after students demanded SRO removal in this summer’s Black Lives Matter protests.

Task force members have shared personal experiences with SROs, considered school arrest data from different angles and discussed how the program started.

Tuesday night’s forum was part of a broader effort to get feedback on the question of removing SROs. Surveys of students, teachers and administrators on their opinions and experiences will help the task force make a recommendation to the Board of Education by the end of 2020.

Most of those who spoke at the forum made a data-driven argument for removing SROs. They said that Black and brown students are suspended and arrested at higher rates than their white peers for the same kinds of behavior. They argued that SROs contribute to that exclusion and criminalization. They asked the city to invest in school social workers, counselors and psychologists instead of police officers.

A 2019 Connecticut Voices For Children study found that SROs do not measurably improve school safety or academic performance. The study found schools with SROs disciplined students more for non-criminal misbehavior and they found that Latino students were six times more likely to be arrested at a school with SROs than a school without them.

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“It felt like jail. You know that you have officers in school who have the power to arrest you and criminalize you for minor infractions, while other students will get social workers and help,” Massaquoi said.

Aside from Atkinson, two people asked the district to keep SROs stationed at schools. One was retired Ross-Woodward principal Cheryl Herring-Brown, who represented a dozen other retired administrators. Another was New Haven Academy math teacher Marianne Maloney. (The SRO is not stationed at NHA, but rather “borrowed” on call from nearby Cross.)

Both educators spoke about their positive experiences with SROs and their impact on school safety.

“We had a kid who had a seizure. That officer was right there and made contact with the EMTs,” Maloney said. “As hard as we try as teachers to eliminate bullying, those students [who get bullied] know that they can stand near an officer and be safe.”

Most schools have school security officers, not the uniformed SROs who work for the New Haven Police Department.

The schools that do have SROs tend to be large schools like Wilbur Cross High School, James Hillhouse High School and Hill Regional Career High School.

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Community have an officer assigned to them whom they can call if need be.

One parent, Magaly Cajigas, agreed with the vast majority of speakers that city dollars should go to school counselors and trauma specialists instead of police officers. She called for some level of police presence near her child at Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School to prevent school shootings.

One of the students on the call, Abdul-

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rahman Elrefaei, read a statistic on the extremely low likelihood of school shootings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Massaquoi and others spoke about the need for other professionals to fill the roles that SROs often play.

“Schools should have nurses to handle seizures and they should have counselors to handle bullying,” said parent Laura McCargar.

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Hall of Change Plaque Unveiling THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 25, 2020 - December 01, 2020

Connecticut’s Hang Time Organization in partnership with Career Resources, Inc., The Arts Preservation & Museums at DECD for the State of Connecticut, and the Re-Entry Collaboratives of Connecticut introduced the nationwide, first ever of its kind, The Connecticut Hall of Change. This effort is designed to recognize and memorialize those formerly incarcerated men and women who have made substantial contributions to Connecticut communities since their release.

This initiative is aimed at creating a public forum that acknowledges the growth and accomplishments of the formerly incarcerated individuals. Upon returning home many of these men and women have sought to improve their lives and communities. Through this journey they have become pillars of hope, inspiration, and transformation.

Each year, nominees will be selected by a committee composed of law enforcement, community leaders and nonprofit organizations. Only eight individuals from across the state are to be inducted into the inaugural group of awardees. In light of of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Committee changed the original plans to present the awards at a live ceremony and opted for a virtual ceremony to be streamed on Sunday, September 20, 2020 via Facebook Live @CTHallofChange. This unique project was created by Hang Time’s founder Charles Grady. The goal of Hang

Time is to provide specific former offenders and group/gang members diagnosed and yet to be diagnosed with post and/or current traumatic stress disorder a choice in mental health treatment while also helping them navigate social services. It seeks to enlighten, educate, entertain, deconflict and problem-solve through discussion. Hang Time currently operates in Bridgeport, New Haven and Waterbury.

Their stories and photos will tour as a mobile exhibit throughout the state with stops at local libraries, colleges, universities and city halls, beginning with the recent plaque unveiling in Granbury, Connecticut. We recently officiated the memorializing of the “Great 8” men and women at the Old New-Gate Prison and Coppermine on November 4, 2020.

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Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz shared heart-felt and moving words, as she and the Hall of Change committee congratulated the inaugural class of 2020.

This will serve as a reminder of the diligence and determination that breeds success and living proof of redemption. As of today, this is the first exhibit to honor and celebrate the lives of the formerly

incarcerated. This unique exhibition will layer the photographs and voices of these men and women with story-telling, artmaking, and intimate conversation that fosters connections. The proposed Hall of Change will undoubtedly serve as a catalyst for justice reform efforts as it promotes community healing and the importance of a second chance.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 25, 2020 - December 01, 2020

Turkey Drives Feed Thousands For Thanksgiving City’s Newest Con’t from page 02

by MAYA MCFADDEN

New Haven I ndependent

The plan: Hand out 1,000 free turkeys on Monday, another 1,000 on Tuesday.

By the end of Monday, all 2,000 were gone.

That was the result of an event held Monday afternoon outside the police substation at 26 Charles St. behind Dixwell Plaza.

Kingdom International Economic Development Corporation (KIEDC) organized the event with the help of local police and other officials as part of an ongoing effort to feed hungry families during the pandemic.

Volunteers started packaging the boxes of cans and veggies Monday at 6 a.m.

Amanda Waite picked up a turkey Monday after seeing a flyer on Facebook about the event. “God told me about this. I was just on my knees this morning praying to figure out how I was going to do Thanksgiving this year,” she said.

Waite got help from her two sons. Quinton, 7, carried the turkey while older brother Amir, 13, put a box of non-perishables in his little sister’s baby stroller.

Amir pushed the stroller alongside Waite, who carried her 1-year-old daughter.

Waite and her family were financially struggling before the pandemic. Things have only gotten worse, she said. Waite said her landlord has been letting her pay her rent late since May because of her struggle as a single mom of three. “I work when I can, but it’s hard finding someone to stay with the kids. No one wants to stay at your house with Covid going around,” she said. Waite said she has no time to keep up with her kids’ schooling but trusts that they are going to their classes online.

Waite said she is relieved that she was able to get the Thanksgiving food so her kids can “not worry about mommy for once” and enjoy the holiday. Quinton said he plans to help his mom cook on Thursday.

Before leaving, KIEDC founder Metashar Dillion gave Waite two extra chickens for her family to have later in the week.

The holiday giveback drew together a diverse volunteer group of locals on a mission to serve the community, including Melissa Marici of Candlewood Valley Health & Rehabilitation, Amy Stefanowski, fire union President Patrick Cannon, Newhallville/Prospect Hill Alder Steven Winter, Lt. Troy Frost, fire union VicePresident Daniel Del Prete, community advocate Eric Mastroianni, and attorney Andrew Giering.

This turkey drive was one of many that will happen throughout the week to assist families in-need of a holiday meal.

Chase Dillion, 11, joined the team distributing the food Monday. “When I help them, it helps me,” he said. While loading cars, Dillion reminded drivers to wear a mask and to roll up their windows.

Volunteers took a brief break to greet “Santa,” better known as Pastor Troy McNulty. McNulty stopped by to pick up a

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turkey for a friend and single mom in Waterbury after seeing volunteers post about the event on Facebook.

Teens Duidone Minis, 17, Angel Claxton, 16, and Angelic Santiago, 17, stopped to take a picture with McNulty.

The trio agreed that although Thanksgiving will come with some adjustments this year, they are looking forward to spending time with their families and forgetting about “Covid bullshit.”

Turkey donations are still being accepted for a scheduled second day of the event Tuesday afternoon to meet the growing demand.

“They told everyone to get out and vote, and now we’re hungry for change,” said Dillion. “New Haven needs to have the same energy for this like it did for voting.

We’re trying to feed our people.”

During the distribution Pat Solomon and Jose Romero (pictured) worked together receiving hundreds of calls from New Haveners, providing them with directions to the giveaway and translating the flyer information to Spanish for some.

West River Comes Through, Too Also on Monday, 55 West River residents gathered at Barnard Environment Studies Interdistrict Magnet School to pick up a free turkey each and non-perishables for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.

Ice The Beef President Chaz Carmon helped plan the event in collaboration with Ice the Beef for its annual turkey drive.

Each elementary and middle-school teacher picked two students’ families to give the turkeys to. Word got out about

the giveaway by 11 a.m., and neighbors of the school began coming in hopes of getting a turkey for the holidays.

“We know some of these families are having to pick between buying actual food for the week or one turkey,” Carmon said refusing to turn any visitors away.

“We want our families to feel supported even when educaton isn’t in-person,” said Assistant Principal Cassandra Thomas.

“Ms. L.D,” whose great grandson attends Barnard, picked up a turkey on Monday for a downsized thanksgiving dinner this year. “It’s still going to be awesome because we’re going to use Facetime and Zoom till we can’t no more,” she said. “Six feet apart is better than six feet deep.”

Ms. L.D is a medical frontline worker who, although overwhelmed by the Covid pandemic, works to keep hers and her families spirits high.

Carmon received help from his son Robert, who during remote learning breaks helped to pack the bags of non-perishables and serve the families.

Then the team rolled the cart through the hallways and to the school’s front doors to hand off to families.

“As an environmental school we teach about life. Preserving and caring for it.

Feeding our community is a part of that mission,” Carmon said.

Carmon works with Barnard’s In School Solutions program. He works with the school administration to push for the use of restorative practices with students who may act out in result of problems at home.

During the pandemic, Carmon’s work continues virtually and with home vis-

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its. Teachers reach out to Carmon when it seems that a student may be troubled in class. To address the issue, he joins the student in a virtual break-out room to talk out issues or makes a visit home if the problem is technological. “If that’s not working, I knock on their door and figure out what’s up, and sometimes it doesn’t just take one visit,” he said. Carmon has sat on many front porches with families helping them set up provided wifi boxes and laptops.

“It’s not about taking the student out of class and punishing them anymore. We figure out the problem so we can get them back in class and focused,” he said.

The Barnard drive was sponsored by Ice the Beef, New England Brewing Co., and Newhallville Community Action Network, which helped provide the holiday meals.

Badria Alli picked up a turkey after being called by one of her four children’s teachers. A mother of five, Alli said this year’s Thanksgiving meal will be shared by only those she lives with.

“Especially during this pandemic our families deserve something special,” said Principal Robert McCain. “It’s our job to take care of our families.”

Claudia Rojas visited the school Monday to pick up a pack of school work for her second grader. She also left with a turkey.

Rojas said her Thanksgiving won’t be too different this year because she only has a family of four. “Smaller is safer,” she said.

Ice the Beef also gave out dozens of turkeys in the Brookside development as well on Monday, bringing the total to 115.

here, and it does not feel like that,” she said. “We’re human beings first, all of us.

We all come from the human race, and you wouldn’t want any of your friends, your child, or your parents to experience this.

Why would you want somebody else to experience this? Every human being has the same end goal in this life: we want to live in a comfortable space. We all want to live a comfortable life. We all want to be happy with our friends and family. Some of us can’t even get that.”

Other takes, still, targeted national politics and policies. Kalani “Afrolombian” Jimenez-Mackson’s Letter to 45 was filmed as a video message to the 45th President of the United States. At the top, President Donald Trump’s voice rang loud and clear.

“To the African-American people that have to suffer in these inner cities, what do you have to lose? I’m gonna fix it. I’m gonna fix it.”

His voice was accompanied by videos of riots and the sound of gunshots. Photos of gunned down Black men and women flashed across the screen as police sirens blared. Someone screamed. The shot cut to a group discovering an unnamed body in a bag. A drumbeat began, and children started to sing.

Letter to 45 was a music video JimenezMackson shot for The HUBB Arts & Trauma Center headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. The center serves low-income families of color in a subsidized housing complex. This year’s realities have been real, harmful, and traumatic for them and for the Black community as a whole.

“It really just stems from everything that’s going on and trying to find the truth in it for myself, really sharing the truth that I’m discovering with everybody else,” Jimenez-Mackson said Friday. “In a way, I have been semi-aware of everything that’s been going on, but after George Floyd, that was really an eye-opener for myself and a lot of other people.”

Banners that read “No justice, no peace” filled the frame. Clips from Civil Rights Era marches interposed photos of Black leaders and iconography. A little girl held a sign, with the words “I am human” scrawled on its front. Families protested for their loved ones. Families protested for no more Black lives lost. They held their fists proudly in the air.

At the video’s conclusion, Abdussabur clasped their hands.

“We thank you, we thank you, we thank you, Kalani, for this beautiful piece.”

They closed their eyes. ‘Thank you for immortalizing this time. It’s just so essential for us not to repeat it again. Thank you, Kalani.”

Black Haven will release Friday’s livestream with ASL interpretation, full artist interviews, and a separate cut of “Sonic Sage” on Saturday, Nov 28. Click here for more information.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 25, 2020 - December 01, 2020

Carpenter, Trucker Win Home-Buy Lottery

by THOMAS BREEN

New Haven I ndependent

Nearly a decade after losing his first house to foreclosure during the Great Recession, Eli Fletcher won a second chance at homeownership in a city-hosted raffle in Newhallville.

Fletcher, a 42-year-old carpenter and Jamaican immigrant, was one of four applicants who showed up to Winchester Avenue and Thompson Street Monday morning with the hope of landing permission to buy one of the new publiclyfunded “affordable” houses recently built by the city atop long-vacant lots.

The homes raffled off at 27 Thompson St. and 523 Winchester Ave. — at the below-market sales prices of $170,000 each — are part of a recent burst of “affordable” homeownership construction led by the city’s Livable City Initiative in Newhallville.

LCI Deputy Director Cathy Schroeter said seven of the nine newly built houses in the neighborhood are already under tentative contract with low-to-moderateincome homebuyers after the city received only one qualifying application for each of those properties.

These two remaining houses received two sets of qualifying applications each from prospective homebuyers making no more than 80 percent of the area median income (AMI)—thus Monday’s raffle, which was presided over by Schoeter and LCI Acting Director Arlevia Samuel.

(The Board of Alders must sign off on a city-proposed order allowing the city to enter into formal contracts of sale with qualified homebuyers before these nine homes can be formally purchased.)

Under an overcast sky soon after the morning’s rain let up, the LCI directors gathered with applicants Edward Randall and Shellina Toure outside of 523 Winchester, and then with Fletcher and Alonda Emery outside of 27 Thompson, to pull a number out of a plastic container to determine who would get to sign a contract of sale for the respective houses.

The morning’s lotteries brought together four working-class locals all looking to take advantage of what they saw as an exceptionally affordable price to purchase a home, start building intergenerational wealth, provide some housing security and stability for their families, and deepen their roots in the Elm City.

“Owning a home, it’s a beautiful thing, man,” Fletcher said as he smiled beneath his blue surgical mask after finding out that he had won the Thompson Street home raffle. “Especially when you’re raising children, it’s different. It’s home.”

“This Neighborhood Is Being Rebuilt” The first raffle of the morning took place on the sidewalk in front of 523 Winchester Ave. The applicants were Randall, a 52-yearold truck driver who currently rents in Brookside Estates, and Toure, a New

THOMAS BREEN PHOTO Fletcher with LCI approval letter at his new house.

LCI Acting Director Samuel (center) with LCI Deputy Schroeter and Samuel’s daughter, Ace.

Haven native and the director of housing for Christian Community Action who currently rents in West Haven.

Toure said she grew up on Huntington Street and is eager to move back to the city she works in and, for many years, called home.

“I want to come back to New Haven,” she said. “I believe in the community.” A mother of five, she said she’d like to own a house that she could pass down to her children one day.

And she said she was drawn to the poten

tial of renting out one of the units while living in the other of the new two-family house.

“You’re helping a family with a rental while also helping your own family,” she said about the appeal of the new Winchester Avenue house.

Randall showed up to the raffle with his realtor, Herb Jackson.

The local truck driver said he too was looking for a multi-family house where he, his wife, and two kids could live while potentially renting out a second unit to

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bring in another line of income.

“And also, this neighborhood is being rebuilt,” he said. “It’s up and coming.”

When asked about the $170,000 sale price, Randall said, “You’re not gonna find a house like for that price” on the regular real estate market. He and Jackson said they had looked at a number of used houses in New Haven that were selling for around $250,000 each. But each of those would require quite a bit of an investment—in a new roof, in wiring— after moving in.

“This is like a no-brainer,” Randall said.

“And I think of it as an investment. Maybe as you go along, you can leave something for your kids to have. Also, it’s gonna create a better neighborhood because I’m gonna be an owner and an occupant.

I’m gonna make sure the neighborhood around here is clean.”

Each of the nine new city-built houses come with a covenant requiring owneroccupancy for at least 30 years following the sale.

Schroeter asked each of the two applicants to write their city-provided certificate of approval number on the back of a small slip of paper and then pass it to her.

She put the two pieces of paper into a plastic Tupperware, shook the container, and passed it along to Samuel.

Samuel then let her daughter, Ace, reach into the container and pull out the winner.

“Take it away,” Schroeter said. “Pick one out. Just one.”

Ace then passed the number to Samuel, who gave the piece of paper to Schroeter to read.

“Congratulations,” Toure immediately said to Randall. Randall breathed a sigh of relief, and elbow-bumped with Johnson.

“I’m feeling OK,” he said after finding out he had won the house. “It’s exciting.

Getting it over with.”

A 2nd Chance After the Winchester raffle, the LCI staffers moved over to Thompson Street to greet two applicants looking to win the right to buy another new “affordable” city-built house.

The two participants in this second raffle were Fletcher, who currently rents an apartment on Howard Avenue and works as a self-employed carpenter, and Emery, a 27-year-old pharmacy tech at YNHH’s St. Raphael’s hospital who currently lives in her parents’ house on Brooklawn Circle.

Emery (pictured with her boyfriend Shaquille Glasper) said she had been saving up money for a few years to try to buy her own home.

She said her family used to rent in the Brookside public housing complex.

When the city’s housing authority tore down and rebuilt those apartments, she said, her mom had the option of renting a new apartment in the remodeled complex or purchase her own home on Brooklawn

Circle. She chose the latter.

“I’m trying to follow in her footsteps,” Emery said.

Emery said she shares her family’s house with eight brothers and sisters, and she’s looking to find a place of her own.

“I’ve got to branch out before starting a family,” she said.

As for the $170,000 sale price for the new Thompson Street house, Emery said, “That is a very fair price.”

“I’m just really proud of her,” Glasper said about his girlfriend. “She’s just kept at it” in filling out the necessary paperwork and keeping in touch with a realtor and the city since finding out about the Thompson Street house this summer.

Fletcher was the only applicant at Monday’s raffles who said that this would not be his first time owning a home in New Haven, should he win.

Fletcher said he bought his first house on Quinnipiac Avenue in 2006, at the height of a housing bubble.

Once the subprime mortgage bubble exploded and the Great Recession hit, he lost his job as a carpenter. He was out of work for six months, and then another three months.

“I couldn’t keep up with the mortgage,” he said. He wound up losing the home to foreclosure in early 2011.

Currently, he, his wife, and his two children rent an apartment on Howard Avenue.

“By owning a place you’re investing in your self instead of giving all your money away to a landlord,” he said about his interest in the Thompson Street property.

Plus, he likes the neighborhood. Fletcher said he recently worked a job at Highville Charter School in nearby Science Park, where he helped install plexiglass barriers and expand the size of classrooms in the runup to that school’s return to in-person education amidst the ongoing pandemic.

Just as outside of the Winchester Avenue house, Schroeter asked the two applicants to write down their certificate of approval numbers on the back of a piece of paper and then hand those slips back to her.

While Emery used her boyfriend’s back as a temporary desk ... ... Fletcher used the front hood of his car.

Schroeter shook the plastic container, passed it to Samuel, who then let Ace take another draw.

“It looks to me like 146419469,” Schroeter read.

“Congrats, bro,” Glasper said to Fletcher who smiled by the side of his car.

“Mr. Eli,” Schroeter said, “you’ll have a contract by Monday.”

“It feels good,” Fletcher said about winning the right to buy the house. “I feel very good.”

When does he plan on moving in with the rest of his family? “As soon as they give me the paperwork.”

"Their Charge Is Ours Now” THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 25, 2020 - December 01, 2020

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

Mercy Mack, 22, from Dallas, Texas.

Dustin Parker, 25, in McAlester, Oklahoma. Lexi, 33, New York, New York. Nina Pop, 28, from Sikeston, Missouri. Tony McDade, 38, in Tallahassee, Florida. Felycya Harris, 33 in Augusta, Georgia.

Friday night, those were just six of the 43 names remembered, mourned, and honored on the New Haven Green during a masked, socially distanced Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil from the New Haven Pride Center and Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL). Close to 30 gathered for the event, held against the flicker of tea lights and a blue-and-pink trans pride flag by the Green’s flag pole.

Dozens more joined through a livestream online.

“I look forward to a day when our humanity is no longer debated,” said organizer Karleigh Webb, dressed in a blueand-pink “Black Trans Lives Matter” mask and matching striped knee socks.

“I look forward to the day when no transgender child is kicked out of their home.

I look forward to the day when no trans elder is denied the rest they deserve. I look forward to the day when no one is deadnamed when they die, and deadnamed twice when their death is reported. I look forward to a day when November 20 is like any other day.”

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) began in 1999 to honor Rita Hester, a Black trans woman who was murdered in her Allston apartment in November 1998. Twenty-two years later, 2020 marks one of the deadliest years on record.

Between September 2019 and October of this year, Transrespect Vs Transphobia documented 350 murders of trans people, most of them women of color.

Since the beginning of this year, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has reported 37 acts of fatal violence against transgender and gender nonconforming people in the United States; Friday’s vigil included 41 from this year and 2 from December 2019. Last year at this time, that number was 22. By the end of 2019, it was 25. As both the HRC and speakers at Friday’s event noted, the number is likely much higher due to the number of trans people who are misgendered or unaccounted for at the time of their death.

Due in part to COVID-19, violence is also on the rise behind closed doors: many trans people have been killed within their own homes or spaces they once considered safe. Meanwhile, members of the trans community are also fighting legislative assaults from the Trump administration, including in New Haven and Connecticut.

In a sweeping attack this fall, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposed changes to its Equal Access Rule that would target transgender

people with housing insecurity.

“That is not the first time that we should be mentioning their names,” said Eliot Olson, transgender, nonbinary and intersex program officer at the New Haven Pride Center. “During their lives is the first time that we should be mentioning their names.

Supporting them in their livelihoods is the first time that we should be mentioning their names.”

As names rang out into the wet, cold air, participants paused on pronunciations and locations, weaving the story of an epidemic that spans the country and the globe. Spread out on the grass, attendees read not in a line but from feet and sometimes yards apart, in a ballet of grief that spanned the space. Cacophonous cries of “rest in power” went up after each name, remembering the mothers, daughters, sons, brothers, cousins, family members and friends lost far too soon.

During an hour-long program, Olson and other speakers also focused on the intersections of trans rights, immigrant rights, an end to police brutality, and equitable access to jobs and healthcare. Musician Maia Leonardo, marketing and development coordinator at the New Haven Pride Center, pointed to the direct correlation between anti-trans bias in the job market and a reliance on the underground economy, including survival sex work.

Chris Garaffa spoke on Friday’s decision among Trump-appointed judges on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that banning conversion therapy for minors violates First Amendment rights.

Garaffa pointed out that judges on that court, like the Supreme Court, are lifetime appointees. They added that each year they come to the event, they spend time thinking about the names that aren’t read, because no one has recorded them.

“I think tonight, we need to make a pledge when we’re leaving here,” they said. “That we’re gonna fight. And we’re gonna fight in our communities, and at our universities, at our workplaces, in our neighborhoods. We’re gonna fight in our city halls, and at the State House, and in D.C. And we’re gonna stay in the streets too. We’re gonna stay in the streets too.”

PSL member and Trans Lifeline Hotline Director IV Staklo urged attendees to honor, support, and celebrate trans people during their lifetimes, rather than remembering them only after their premature deaths. They returned to a phrase that became a rallying cry at last year’s TDOR vigil and rally on the Green: “Give us our roses while we’re still here.”

“One of the things that slowly murders us as trans people is the erroneous, poisonous, disgusting and absolutely wrong and violent thought that we’re alone,” they said. “No matter where you are, no matter who you are, no matter who you’re with right now and no matter who you’re stuck with, no matter how they treat you, no

matter how the world treats you … you’re not alone. There’s so, so, so many of us reaching out our hands to each other, even six feet apart.”

“Trans people aren’t just sad,” they continued. “Trans people aren’t just dead. We get to be a lot more things than sad and dead. We get to be together, and we get to be powerful, and we get to be beautiful, and we get to be resilient, and we get to be leaders.”

Around the space, attendees shouted out adjectives to add to Staklo’s list. Resilient.

Creative. Magical. Human. Here to stay.

And, Webb noted as she closed with poetry, beautiful. She took the time to honor Monica Roberts and Jerimarie Liesegang, both trans activists who died this fall.

Roberts, who passed away in October at the age of 58, was a trans Black woman and journalist who ran the blog TransGriot. Closer to home, Liesegang served as the founder and inaugural director of CT Transadvocacy Coalition. She passed away earlier this month, on Election Day, at the age of 70.

As Webb repeated their names, the crowd bellowed back “Presente!”

“Their charge is now ours,” she said.

“They may be gone, but their spirit lives in each of us. Let that spirit carry us forward to do the work that they courageously lived and died for. Their charge is ours now.”

As a journalist for OutSports and operator at Trans Lifeline, Webb also recalled her first Transgender Day of Remembrance in New Haven four years ago, on the steps of the city’s Superior Courthouse across from the Green. She arrived feeling isolated. Then she heard activists speaking about trans pride, and giving their testimonies one by one.

With over 100 attendees, she marched through downtown New Haven, finishing at the New Haven Pride Center on Orange Street. While COVID-19 made a postvigil gathering impossible, she encouraged attendees to leave with at least one new friend. For Webb, that first friend was Staklo. Their support for each other has changed her life.

“I’m there,” she said. “And because someone embraced me, that led to a chain reaction, and another chain reaction, and I met more and more people. I realized that there was an entire community of trans people and allies with open arms saying come, come on in.”

If you or someone you know is looking for trans support and community, Trans Lifeline is accessible 24/7. The Trevor Project offers 24/7 confidential support for LGBTQ+ youth in crisis. Other resources include The Trans Women of Color Collective, The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), and The National Center for Transgender Equality.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 25, 2020 - December 01, 2020

Biden Announces Key Staff Appointments

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

President-elect Joe Biden has announced members of his White House senior staff, including naming former Congressional Black Caucus Chair and Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond as senior advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.

Richmond deftly led the Biden campaign to victory, signing on with the former vice president when the Democratic field of contenders remained wide.

Richmond was a leader in helping to enact landmark criminal justice reform and ensuring that the people of Louisiana’s 2nd District were prepared for emergencies and natural disasters through his oversight of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on the House Committee on Homeland Security.

Born and raised in New Orleans, Richmond is a graduate of Morehouse College and Tulane University School of Law, where he earned induction into the Hall of Fame.

Biden also announced Julie Rodriguez as his Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

Rodriguez served as a Deputy Campaign

Manager on the Biden-Harris Campaign.

Before that, she was the National Political Director and traveling Chief of Staff for then-Senator Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.

Rodriguez also served as a special assistant to the President under Barack Obama.

In a news release, Biden’s campaign officials noted that “these diverse, experienced, and talented individuals demonstrate President-elect Biden’s commitment to building an administration that looks like America.”

The campaign noted further that each has deep government expertise and will be ready to help the president-elect deliver results for working families on day one.

“I am proud to announce additional members of my senior team who will help us build back better than before,” The President-Elect stated.

“America faces great challenges, and they bring diverse perspectives and a shared commitment to tackling these challenges and emerging on the other side, a stronger, more united nation.”

Incoming White House Chief of Staff

Ron Klain noted that ambition in which the team made the selections.

“President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris have an ambitious and urgent agenda for action. The team we have already started to assemble will enable us to meet the challenges facing our

country on day one,” Klain offered.

Among the other appointees announced on Tuesday, November 17: Anthony Bernal, Senior Advisor to Dr. Jill Biden; Mike Donilon, Senior Advisor to the President; Jen O’Malley Dil-

lon, Deputy Chief of Staff; Dana Remus, Counsel to the President; Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon, Chief of Staff to Dr. Jill Biden; Steve Ricchetti, Counselor to the President; and Annie Tomasini, Director of Oval Office Operations.

Dixwell Presses Rebuilders On Rents, Jobs

by LAURA GLESBY

The final remains of the old Winchester Arms factory — a now-rotting building that reeks of oil on a hot summer’s day — is slated to be replaced with a new mixeduse apartment complex.

Dixwell residents pressed a redevelopment team on whether they and their neighbors will be welcomed there.

The exchange took place at the latest meeting of the Dixwell Community Management Team, at which Developer Alex Twining of Twining Properties and Science Park Development Board Chair Dave Silverstone made a presentation on the plan for the site at the corner of Mansfield and Munson Streets.

The questions echoed similar concerns expressed by neighbors when the pair made a presentation at last month’s Newhallville Community Management Team meeting.

The planned new building would include 250 apartments, 20 percent of which would be affordable units.

Twining painted a vision not only for the development but for a ripple effect it would have on the blocks that comprise the Science Park (former Winchester) complex as a whole. He spoke of opening up the segments of Sheffield Avenue within the fence. He described new storefronts, additional apartments, and open streets.

Twining told the management team

(which met remotely) that he wants Science Park to become “more of a center of the surrounding neighborhoods, not just a place where people go to work.”

“The more we can have people come and dine here, the more it will be a walkable place — which right now, it’s really not,” he said.

While Twining said he would ideally like to preserve and rehabilitate the historic building, he anticipates that it will need to be knocked down and replaced due to oil contamination.

“There was a lot of drilling and milling of guns with lots of oil” at the site, he explained to the management team. “If you had an oil leak in your basement from an oil tank — imagine that, floor-to-ceiling, on every story. If you walk down the street on a hot summer day, you can smell that.”

After previously telling the Newhallville Community Management Team that the building was set to be demolished, Twining later clarified to the Independent that that decision is not final: “We’ve been reaching out to every different preservation group and consultant around to see if they’ve encountered anything like this.”

“We’ve got a few more leads to run down before we — probably — find out that we have to knock it down,” he added.

Crystal Gooding, the management team’s vice chair, asked how the developers would ensure that the environmental cleanup of the property would be safe for

the surrounding neighborhood. “The oil has seeped into the concrete, the flooring, the columns. What can be done to guard it so that it’s isolated from going into the rest of the community?” she asked.

Twining responded that the cleanup would be a multi-step process. First the building itself will need to be remediated before its presumed demolition. Then, after the building is knocked down, the soil needs to be remediated.

“That process will be overseen by the city and the state environmental officials,” said Silverstone. “It will be remediated to the standards that they require, which include making sure that there’s no off-site migration.” Silverstone noted that other former Wincherster Arms buildings have been successfully remediated.

Were the buildings across the street on Hillside tested for contamination? Gooding asked.

Twining replied that the oil doesn’t tend to spread through the air across the street.

The potential source of spread to watch for would be groundwater contamination.

Silverstone interjected that there are monitoring wells, which assess groundwater conditions, throughout Science Park.

“We fully expect in this project as well that there will be an addition of monitoring wells to make sure that there is no escape of contaminants offsite. That’s monitored regularly for a number of years,” he said.

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Gooding noted that other Science Park buildings continue to have vacant retail spaces. What kind of stores and restaurants would be sought for the Munson/Hillside development? she asked.

“The challenge is to try to get enough critical mass that the retail will survive,” Twining said. He called the dilemma a “chicken-and-egg problem”: Science Park needs enough stores to make the area more vibrant, and more conducive to attracting a customer base.

He said he hopes to house “retailers that are not the plain vanilla that are everyone else, that are more community and attractive to the wide array of people in the community.”

Jaime Myers-McPhail pressed the developers on the apartments’ affordability.

“Winchester Lofts [next door] is notoriously inaccessible to neighborhood residents,” she said.

Silverstone conceded that the planned level of 20 percent of affordable apartments is “not as much as the neighborhood probably needs,” but argued that “Alex [Twining] is trying to do his best to provide as much affordable housing as the project can afford.”

What about the construction of the building? Will there be jobs for neighborhood residents? asked Lindsey Ruminski.

“There will be construction jobs,” promised Silverstone. He said Science Park

complies with state and city requirements to hire minority- and women-owned contractors, with a preference for local bidders.

Dixwell/Newhallville/Prospect Hill Alder Steve Winter pressed Twining and Silverstone on this question. “Will you be making any neighborhood-level hiring commitments for Dixwell-Newhallville folks?”

City Economic Development Director Mike Piscitelli jumped in. At a later inperson or video conference meeting, he said, he will share resources on job training and a business fair. “This is a great area of jobs of the future,” he added, alluding to Science Park’s growing biotech economy, “and there’s a bit of a concern that that stuff is gonna drift to the suburbs or New York. This is a good moment to really work on it for Science Park.”

Ruminski remained skeptical that the added economic activity from the biotech world would trickle down to benefit the neighborhood.

That sounds like a great soundbyte, but you need to make sure that you have the resources in the community to fill those jobs,” she said.

Jerome Perkins, a contractor who expressed interest in working on the project, echoed this sentiment. “We want to make sure that we get jobs and be a part of this, more than we have in the past.”

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 25, 2020 - December 01, 2020

Program provides much-needed FREE support for HBCUs hit by COVID-19

PRESS ROOM: S.T.A.R. Development Works to Open New Doors of Opportunity for HBCU Basketball Talent

CHICAGO, IL – Chicago is a mecca of basketball talent. High school ballers have had tremendous success at top colleges and universities, and some have gone on to impressive NBA careers. S.T.A.R. Development wants to connect Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to the Midwest’s pool of talent, especially in a COVID-19 environment that has affected many of these schools’ ability to travel.

“Our goal is to support the HBCU athletic structure and assist budget restricted small school programs,” said Anthony Welch, founder and president of Serious Threat Athletic and Recruitment (S.T.A.R.) Development. “Our work focuses on helping to develop college athletic recruitment plans, mentoring athletes and parents, and working as a liaison between college recruiters and student-athletes. Ultimately, we want to help increase our youth’s chances of receiving financial assistance for higher education.”

Welch brings years of basketball experience to his work with HBCUs and small schools. He played under the legendary Coach Lou Henson at the University of Illinois, helping the team win the Big Ten Championship in 1984. He was drafted in 1986 by the Dallas Mavericks, later played in

the Continental Basketball Association and overseas. In 2011, he launched a sports marketing business designed to showcase high school athletes. His interest in and support of HBCU basketball deepened when his sons went to HBCU Livingstone College and played on the school’s first ever team to win a CIAA Basketball Championship in 2014.

Most of the more than 100 HBCUs are in the South and are not able to make recruiting trips to Midwest cities like Chicago, Detroit and Indianapolis.

According to Welch, while big name talent is heavily recruited, there is still a wealth of talent with skills that would be tremendous assets to college programs, particularly HBCUs that are getting more media attention with the signing of top talent like five-star high school basketball recruit Makur Maker who chose to attend Howard University.

S.T.A.R. Development provides talented student-athletes that are under the radar and coaches with limited recruiting budgets access to one another through a free recruitment platform of services from athlete scouting reports to recruitment profile development to distribution of player videos to college coaching staffs. The website also has a feature called S.T.A.R. Watch, which

highlights talented players. Post pandemic, S.T.A.R. is planning a spring HBCU prospect recruiting event to bring together some of the Midwest’s best high school talent.

The S.T.A.R. Development team’s passion for their work and commitment to supporting HBCUs has been well-received by college coaches. “Serious Threat Athletic and Recruitment Development is great stuff. We are big supporters and value their assistance in recruiting from Chicago,” says Lonnie Blow Jr., Head Coach at the Virginia State University. As HBCU coaches plan for basketball during and after the pandemic, S.T.A.R. Development is dedicated to providing no-cost recruitment support that can assist them in their work to build winning teams.

For more information on Serious Threat Athletic and Recruitment (S.T.A.R.) Development, visit http:// www.serious-threat.com.

Anthony Welch, founder and president of Serious Threat Athletic and Recruitment (S.T.A.R.) Development is focused on supporting HBCUs by providing talented student-athletes that are under the radar and coaches with limited recruiting budgets access to one another through a free platform of services.

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COMMENTARY: Biden-Harris Administration Tasked with Dismantling America’s History of Hate

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent A lot of past cruelties can underscore America’s history of hate.

Today, one could capture that hate through the lens of at least some of the more than 74 million people casting a vote for President Donald Trump.

Often described as a racist, chauvinist, and one whose policies separated immigrant children from their parents and put them in cages along the Southern U.S. border, Trump supposedly embodies the very qualities that much of America — including many of its major corporations and our next-door neighbors — protested against when they stood with Black Lives Matter demonstrators.

Yet, he received the second-highest vote count of any presidential candidate in history.

Even now, Trump and his campaign have specifically sought to have officials toss out many of the votes that were legitimately cast in heavily African American-populated cities like Atlanta, Detroit, and Milwaukee. Ironically, their actions would include disenfranchising thousands of Republicans whose votes were also submitted by other means than in person at a polling place.

In the specific instance of the effect on the Black vote, seeking ways to deny African American voters our Constitutional right to make our voice known at the ballet box is a tactic used since, during, and after Reconstruction.

African Americans have not been alone on the receiving end of our nation’s history of hate-driven actions.

“The history of the United States over

the past 200 years has been largely a struggle to define who might enjoy the rights and privileges of full citizenship,” offered Sarah Silkey, a professor of History at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Penn.

“Each successive gain made in broadening the definition of American citizenship was quickly followed by a backlash.

Jim Crow segregation, the convict lease system, redlining, the war on drugs, and other systems created to maintain white supremacy denied access to full citizenship for generations of Americans,” Silkey wrote in an email.

“By defining personal success solely as a product of individual initiative and effort, the popular myth of the American Dream served to reinforce white privilege, perpetuate damaging racial stereotypes, and absolve white politicians from responsibility for dismantling entrenched systems of inequality,” she added.

“The crises of 2020 exposed vast inequities of health, wealth, safety, and political access to a broader cross-section of the American public. That growing public awareness of systemic inequalities has created an opportunity for the next administration to enact meaningful change,” Silkey concluded.

As American families prepare for another Thanksgiving, many are left to ponder just what they should celebrate.

“The US was built on powerful myths of equal opportunity in the pursuit of happiness and the city on a shining hill. The reality was less uplifting,” observed Nora V. Demleitner, a Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University in Lexington City, Va. “Racism, racial exclusion of immigrants,

and the vilification of ethnic and religious groups have long been an integral part of US history,” Demleitner posited.

“There has been substantial progress in the creation and enforcement of civil rights for all especially during the civil rights era, yet it has been uneven, and rising economic inequality and the impact of climate change threaten to undermine some of that progress.”

The playbooks of racial and ethnic vilification were never entirely discarded.

They are coming back as seen in the demand for “law and order,” widespread suppression of minority voters, and unwillingness to invest in infrastructure and education to support all, Demleitner offered further.

Tim Powell, a University of Chicago journalism master’s student, discards the myth of an America that welcomes labeling as a melting pot.

“Consider that the colonists left England to rebel against religion, and when they arrived here, we had a colony of rebels to some degree,” Powell relayed.

“The administrations can only do so much to counter the inherent unacceptance of races by a white, male American.

It will be up to the next generations that will determine the acceptance of differences.”

“The best administrations will be those that do not stoke division.

“Look at McCarthyism as an example of the people demanding we rid America of ‘communists.’ It was not McCarthy himself, but the people demanding it. Without

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a market, a leader of a campaign – like Trump’s immorality – the leader has no followers.”

The 14th Amendment was meant to give slaves – only slaves – equal protection of the law, Powell added.

However, in nearly all relevant court cases since 1860 – Plessy, San Mateo v.

Southern Pacific, Citizens United, Hobby Lobby – it has rarely given Amendment protections to Blacks but to corporations and other entities deemed as ‘persons.’”

Photographer Michael Freeby expressed that, “It’s not just the kids in cages, as if that weren’t bad enough.”

“Let us not forget ICE abducts perfectly law-abiding citizens in the middle of the night, performs cruel unethical unasked for surgeries on them, and that a disproportionate number of coronavirus deaths have been taking place in ICE captivity.”

“As a Mexican who lives close to ICE’s headquarters at the USA/Mexico border, it especially sends chills down my spine,” Freeby objected.

“Once people are placed in ICE captivity, they lose all rights. We are the United States of America, a country whose entire premise was based on people fleeing from elsewhere to start fresh and pursue their dreams. Picking and choosing based on skin color is not right. We are not animals – we are people.”

Terrell L. Strayhorn, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Virginia Union University, where he also serves as Professor of Education and Director of the Center for the Study of HBCUs, noted that African Americans are the only group denied access to education by law.

“No matter how uncomfortable or un-

popular to admit, it was once legal to punish or kill an African American, but you could not educate them,” Strayhorn submitted.

“Teaching Blacks to read and write was prohibited by law. In the year 2020, there are over 4,300 colleges and universities in the United States, collectively enrolling over 20 million college students. Virtually 2 million are African Americans, with the vast majority (two-thirds) being Black women.

“And when African Americans enroll in college, approximately half do not graduate, accrue high amounts of educational debt, or report experiencing hostile, unwelcoming environments at predominantly white institutions.”

Strayhorn asked that the incoming Joe Biden/Kamala Harris administration do all it could to reduce, or remove, those challenges.

“A new administration, comprised of individuals who reflect the diversity of their constituents, can champion culturally-relevant initiatives, create equity, and foster racial healing,” Strayhorn proposed.

As a Black and Indian American, a plan of Kamala Harris should include equality for Black women in the workplace, opined Dr. Carey Yazeed, the editor of the anthology, “Shut ’em Down: Black Women, Racism and Corporate America.”

“Malcolm X stated it best, ‘The most disrespected person in America is the Black Woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black Woman.’ This country has done little to help uplift Black women, yet we are the ones who continuously come to its rescue,” Dr. Yazeed remarked.

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Student Loan Debt Widens Racial Wealth Gap

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

President-elect Joe Biden wants to immediately erase student loan debt, a move that could prove more meaningful for African American students who, on average, owe much more than anyone.

With the freeze placed on student loan repayments set to end December 31, Biden has gotten behind the Democratled House’s HEROES Act, which calls on the federal government to pay off up to $10,000 in private, nonfederal student loans for economically distressed borrowers.

“People having to make choices between paying their student loan and paying the rent … debt relief should be done immediately,” Biden stated during a news conference on Monday, November 16.

NPR reported that Senate Democrats also are pushing for much more debt relief.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) co-authored a resolution in September with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (DMass.) calling for the next president to cancel up to $50,000 of outstanding federal student loans per borrower.

According to data from the U.S. College Board, that would mean erasing all debt for more than three-quarters of borrowers.

Andrew Pentis, the student loan debt policy expert at Student Loan Hero, pointed to an analysis published by his company, which shows student loan portfolios now

total $1.67 trillion.

Further, the data shows that debt distribution is more massive among borrowers of color, particularly Black students.

Nearly 9 in 10 Black students take out federal student loans to pay for college, compared with 7 in 10 white students.

African American students are far more likely to have large student debt than their white, Hispanic or Asian classmates, with 59.5 percent of African American students borrowing more than $29,500.

Pentis noted that the Black borrowers are more than twice as likely as white borrowers to default on their student loans, which he said is a by-product of a U.S. median household income that’s about $25,000 less for Black families than whites.

The end of the federal loan moratorium would disproportionately impact Black and brown borrowers, Pentis warned.

“Student loans have long been seen as a tool to make the wealth gap in this country better,” Pentis said.

“We are seeing that those loans are actually making the racial wealth gap worse because the loans become a burden on families that are already disadvantaged in terms of having a lower household income, having a lower net worth, and student loans can be a hindrance for families trying to achieve financial goals like buying a house instead of helping those families sort of climb the social ladder and increase their financial wherewithal.”

Student Loan Hero’s student loan debt analysis also revealed that large amounts

of debt could act as a roadblock to completing college on time.

Data showed that while 42.6 percent of students in the Class of 2017 graduated in four years or less.

However, that number drops to 28.8 percent among Black students and 29.7 percent among Hispanic students.

For white and Asian students, Student Loan Hero said the rates were higher than

average at 46.7 percent and 48.5 percent, respectively. Conversely, more Black students – 40.7 percent – took over six years to graduate college, compared with 35.2 percent for Hispanic students, 25.3 percent for white students, and 19.7 percent for Asian students.

“It’s proven that earning degrees allows students to earn more income,” Pentis remarked.

“So, if you have students not able to graduate, they’re carrying debt into careers that may not be able to pay for it.

Black students are borrowing at higher amounts because of the racial wealth gap in this country.

“Typically, white and Hispanic students might borrow at relatively high rates, but they’re not borrowing as much.”

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 25, 2020 - December 01, 2020 COMMENTARY:

Exhale. Inhale. Roll Your Sleeves Up

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor It took five days for the 2020 election to be called for former Vice President Joe Biden. Five days with me peeled to the television and the internet. Five days holding my breath. Five days, meditating and praying for strength. I could not imagine four more years of Trump. I actually started going through my belongings, trying to decide which one would make the cut for my move to Ghana (yes, if the Chump had won, I was seriously considering a transcontinental move).

At 11:34 on Saturday morning, the good news trickled down. Biden won. Kamala Harris is Madame Vice President (MVP).

People were sending funny and smart text messages. From one friend – ‘ladies keep your shoes on, there is glass on the floor.

Exhale. Savor the feeling. Kamala’s win is a “dancing in the street” victory for Black women, for all women, for our nation.

From Psalm 30:5, “Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes in the morning.” Well, on November 7, joy came in the morning, the afternoon, the evening.

All around the country, people celebrated.

Some of us were buoyed by the celebrations, especially their intergenerational, multicultural, masked participation. But as horns honked, people hollered, and people hoisted “you’re fired” signs outside the White House, some of us wondered how much change, exactly, we could expect from Biden-Harris. Inhale.

Inhale the fact that Donald John Trump was an extreme symptom, but not the cause, of the structural inequities that plague our nation. Inhale the fact that all the executive orders in the world can’t fix the racism that is baked in the cake we call the United States. Inhale their names, the disturbing roll of Black folks killed by white so-called “law enforcement” officers. Inhale the macro and micro aggressions that impact our lives.

I will not be pessimistic in this optimistic moment, nor will I ignore the amazing history we experienced in this election. I will simply say, as I often do, that voting is not the most, but the least we can do.

This election reminds us that Black Votes Matter, that Turnout matters, that, in the words of Rev. Jesse Jackson, “the hands that picked peaches can pick presidents.”

There was no blue wave, this was a scrappy contest, with margin, in some cases, less than one percent. There was no takeover of the Senate (yet), and Democrats lost seats in the House of Representatives. And more than 70 million people affirmed Donald Trump, which reveals the stark division in our nation.

Exhale (relief). Inhale (recognition).

And then just roll your sleeves up and get to work. Yes, there is much work to do.

There are to elections for Senate seats in Georgia. They’ll be decided on January 5, and if Democrats can pull both off, President-elect Biden will have the Senate he needs to make policy changes.

Meanwhile, 45 has seventy days to wreak havoc on our nation. He can randomly fire folks, mismanage agencies (more so than he already has), develop harmful executive orders. As of this writing he has yet to concede the election, even though he has no possible chance of winning. His refusal to smell the coffee slows the transition process, but since this s about him, not about our nation, he really doesn’t care. Yes, we have work to do. We need to roll up our sleeves and get to it. Civic engagement is not a seasonal thing, it’s an all the time thing. We get the government that we choose to participate in.

So, kudos to the folks like Melanie Campbell (National Coalition of Black Civic Participation), LaTosha Brown (Black Voters Matter), Stacey Abrams (Fair Fight) and the many others who raised awareness, got the vote out, and then protected it. Inhale. Exhale. Get to Work!

Dr. Julianne Malveaux is an economist and author.

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“Although Black women are often the lowest paid in Corporate America, we often outwork and outperform our peers in the workplace,” she continued.

“When corporations talk about diversity and inclusion, Black women are usually excluded from those conversations, which is reflected in our salaries and how we are treated. Black women often walk away from Corporate America traumatized by the racial injustices that they endure and are left to carry that pain around for years.”

Actress and mental health advocate Samantina Zenon concluded that many white people remain disconnected, still seeing African Americans as maids or even slaves.

“History continues to rewrite itself. In every avenue, Black people consistently get mistreated,” Zenon said.

“In order for real changes to happen, the new administration needs to give more Black people a platform to be seen and heard, not just Black celebrities or politicians.

“Real people who face daily challenges for being Black in America. Part of the narrative on their campaigns was Donald Trump divided the country and has given white supremacists a platform to be racist, and they want to bring us back together.

While that is true, the new administration needs to be held accountable for making those changes because Black people showed up for them at the polls, make racism wrong again.”

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 25, 2020 - December 01, 2020

Pandemic Forces Families Thanksgiving Traditions to Online Platforms

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Honey-baked ham, collard greens, baked macaroni and cheese, and candied yams.

For many, particularly in the Black community, as Thanksgiving approaches, they can almost smell the aroma of the loveinfused meals.

Surely, they also can imagine the taste that might include a dessert featuring red velvet cake, sweet potato pie, or banana pudding.

With such a short time remaining before Thanksgiving, some might already ponder watching football or, perhaps, laughing at the latest incarnation of the Macy’s Parade, or a marathon of their favorite classic television show.

For most, Thanksgiving 2020 will prove a bit different than previous holidays even

as there remains an increased eagerness to return to some sense of normalcy.

Experts have reiterated that the science is precise: the threat and spread of COVID-19 have increased at alarming rates, with the United States remaining the top global hotspot.

“It’s more important than ever to double down on personal safety and public health precautions. Wear a mask, wash your hands, maintain physical distance, and avoid crowds, particularly if you are in a high-risk group,” said Dr. Tom Kenyon, the former director of the Center for Global Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Kenyon, who now serves as the chief health officer at Project Hope, a nonprofit global health organization, said it’s crucial to adhere to the CDC’s best practices as cooler weather and flu season kicks

into full swing.

“As for Thanksgiving and gatherings, we have to keep reminding ourselves: Is this group dinner or holiday party worth risking someone’s life?” Dr. Kenyon remarked.

The U.S. has recorded nearly 11 million coronavirus cases, including more than 100,000 new diagnoses each day since November 4. The death toll has exceeded 240,000, and health experts have repeatedly warned of more fatalities as officials await a vaccine.

The University of Maryland Medical Center also has listed guides to a risk-free virtual Thanksgiving dinner.

Center officials offered that families could set up a laptop at the dinner table and dig in as they enjoy conversation with loved ones.

Families can also host video calls be-

fore or after dinner to enjoy more intimate conversations and even playing charades or trivia over Zoom or other platforms.

“We are having a virtual thanksgiving.

Both of my parents advised that my family and I stay home for this holiday,” noted Tiffany Hill, an African American woman who created Puzzle and Bloom.

This creative toy company offers puzzles and stickers that highlight children of diverse cultures and traditions.

“I was sad at first, but we are going to cook, save on gas and just stay home,” Hill added.

“We have planned a Zoom or Facetime call with my parents. So, it won’t be too bad. But, I cannot remember the last time I didn’t go home for the holidays.”

Pamela Washington-Turner, a co-author of Daughters of Promise Devotional, also relayed her disappointment over not be-

ing home for Thanksgiving.

However, the Turner family has turned the gloomy prospect of missing in-person contact with loved ones into a special night that promises to become a highlight of 2020.

“Initially, [my family] planned to travel to Detroit, Michigan, to spend time with my brother and his family for Thanksgiving. His only child is turning one, so they are also going to celebrate her first birthday,” Washington-Turner stated.

“Since the COVID numbers have begun to skyrocket out of control, we have halted our plans to drive to Detroit and have family Thanksgiving via Zoom. This Zoom call will include many descendants of my great grandparents. This will ensure that we are all safe and not risking our health for the holidays.”

Reed Tuckson, MD, BlackDoctor.org From America’s Black Doctors and Nurses:

A Love Letter to Black America Black Coalition Against COVID-19 Dear Black America, We love you.

that we are urging our community to take safe and effective vaccines once available. However, for this to be successful, they must do more to earn your trust— now and in the future.

We are on the front lines in care delivery, and in key decision-making roles— from the lab to the clinic to the virtual boardroom. We urge you to hold us accountable. We also ask for your help in continuing to protect the health of our community, especially now that the pandemic is escalating at crisis levels across the country.

With the holidays around the corner, we want nothing more than to break bread with our loved ones. But tradition cannot stand in the way of our health. We plead with you to wear your masks, continue social distancing, hand washing, and

We affirm that Black Lives Matter. And as Black health professionals, we have a higher calling to stand for racial justice and to fight for health equity.

In the spirit of unconditional love for every single Black American, we have locked arms in an initiative to place the health and safety of our community at the heart of the national conversation about COVID-19.

Respect for our Black bodies and our Black lives must be a core value for those who are working to find the vaccine for this virus that has already taken so many of our loved ones.

Our colleagues across healthcare know

avoiding indoor events until vaccines are widely available.

We also ask you to join us in participating in clinical trials and taking a vaccine once it’s proven safe and effective. We know that our collective role in helping to create a vaccine that works for Black people—and that we trust—has an impact on our very survival.

We commit to keeping you updated.

Please visit blackcoalitionagainstcovid. org/loveletter to learn more about the work we are doing to keep our beloved community safe.

We will keep you in our hearts while we work to create a world that is healthier and more just than the one we know today.

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America’s Black Doctors and Nurses Dr. David Carlisle, President, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Dr. Martha A. Dawson, President, National Black Nurses Association Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, President, Howard University Dr. James Hildreth, President, Meharry Medical College Dr. Leon McDougle, President, National Medical Association Dr. Valerie Montgomery-Rice, President, Morehouse School of Medicine Dr. Randall Morgan, President, The Cobb Institute Dr. Reed Tuckson, Founding Member, Black Coalition Against COVID www.blackcoalitionagainstcovid.org

YNHH Updates: Hospitalizations Double; Vaccine Trials Offer Hope Amid Spike

by LAURA GLESBY

Covid-19 hospitalizations have doubled across the Yale New Haven Health System over the past two weeks, hospital officials reported on Tuesday afternoon.

They also expressed optimism about prospective vaccines that might start to get distributed as early as mid-December.

The number of Covid-19 inpatients across the health system’s seven Connecticut and Rhode Island hospitals now totals 420, up from 210 two weeks earlier.

In New Haven, Yale New Haven Hospital is currently treating 217 inpatients, up from 125.

The hospital system is also treating 124 patients in Bridgeport; 28 in Greenwich; 34 at Lawrence + Memorial; and 14 at Westerly in Rhode Island.

These numbers match the hospitalization

levels in late March, said Chief Clinical Officer Tom Balcezak.

The hospital has continued to see a lower mortality rate compared to the spring, Balcezak said, partly because doctors have learned more about how to effectively treat the virus in the past several months. Doctors are making use of highflow oxygen therapy and steroids, he said.

They’re relying less on intubation.

According to spokesperson Vin Petrini, Yale New Haven Hospital’s intensive care unit was filled to 80 percent of its capacity on Tuesday, with 171 of the unit’s 212 beds occupied. A total of 89 patients are on ventilators, 57 of whom have Covid-19. The New Haven hospital has 199 ventilators.

While fewer patients are intubated in the intensive care unit than in the spring, “the reality is that these are really sick people,”

Balcezak said of the inpatient population.

The stakes of the virus remain high. He said that the wave of Covid-19 cases has put a strain on already-fatigued hospital staff, who are now at a higher risk because of the influx of patients.

CEO Marna Borgstrom said one of her top concerns at the moment is a possible staff shortage if many more healthcare workers contract the virus. In the spring, when the pandemic was concentrated in the Northeast, many hospitals in the region received staffing help from other parts of the country to handle the virus’ peak. Now that the virus has reached new peaks throughout the country, traveling nurses and other healthcare workers are needed everywhere.

“Effectively, there isn’t a way to supplement our staff,” Borgstrom said.

Amid the grim report, the health system

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leaders did share a significant source of hope: the set of potential vaccines that have recently shown promising results in clinical trials. One trial of a vaccine produced by Pfizer has been based at Yale New Haven Hospital.

The Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca vaccines, Balcezak said, “are very close, I believe, to being able to seek and receive FDA approval for emergency use.”

“We are preparing to deliver that vaccine,” he added. “By the middle of December, we will be well along in our way of vaccinating our healthcare workers and some of our high-risk populations.”

As Balcezak has stressed in the past, mask-wearing and social distancing will still need to be a part of daily life well after the vaccine’s approval. The approved vaccines will have to be fully administered to 80 percent of the population in

order to reach the “community immunity” necessary to relax infection control measures, Balcezak said.

People who have already been infected with Covid-19, and who may have antibodies, won’t necessarily count towards that 80 percent, he said. “There are diseases where natural immunity is stronger than getting the vaccine, and there are diseases where natural immunity is weaker than getting the vaccine,” Balcezak said.

With Covid-19, a lot about natural immunity remains unknown.

Of those who have expressed reservations about taking the vaccine once it is adopted, Balcezak said, “That nonsense needs to stop.”

“I am going to get a vaccine as soon as I’m offered one,” he said. “I believe that all three vaccines are safe.”

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 25, 2020 - December 01, 2020

IN MEMORIAM:

David Dinkins, New York’s First and Only Black Mayor, Dies at 93

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent

David Dinkins was the stuff of political legend in New York’s Harlem. From 1990 to 1993, Dinkins served as the 106th Mayor of the largest city in America — New York. Dinkins was a historic figure as the first African American to hold the office. He often referred to the city as “a gorgeous mosaic.”

Dinkins was part of Harlem’s Democratic Party machine that dominated politics from the late 60s and into the 1990s. He was part of a power base that was made up of businessman Percy Sutton, New York State Assemblyman Herman “Denny” Farrell, attorney Basil Paterson, and Congressman Charles Rangel.

Dinkins won an Assembly seat, was appointed City Clerk and served as Manhattan Borough President before being elected Mayor of New York. Dinkins was one of fifty Black investors who helped Percy Sutton found Inner City Broadcasting Corporation in 1971. Sutton also invested

in The Amsterdam News.

Dinkins was viewed as a compromise candidate during a time of turmoil in New York. Elected a year after the infamous 1989 “Central Park jogger” incident that led to the wrongful convictions of five Black and Hispanic boys, Dinkins proved to be a cautious and stoic figure who was a competent caretaker of the city, including its many fiscal, social and political challenges. Dinkins’ administration followed that of one of New York City’s most storied politicians, Ed Koch.

Following violence in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn that many believed was not handled well by Dinkins, he lost his bid for re-election.

Dinkins was a member of the 20,000 strong Montford Point Marines and served in the Marines from 1945–1946. In 1956 he earned a law degree from Brooklyn Law School. He graduated cum laude from Howard University.

On the night of November 23rd, David Dinkins succumbed to natural causes at his home on Manhattan’s Upper East

Side. His death follows the recent passing of his wife Joyce, who died at their home on October 12th. Joyce Dinkins was 89.

The former Mayor is survived by their two children, David N. Dinkins Jr. and Donna Dinkins Hoggard.

Lauren Victoria Burke is an independent journalist for NNPA and the host of the podcast BURKEFILE. She is also a political strategist as Principal of Win Digital Media LLC. She may be contacted at LBurke007@gmail.com and on twitter at @LVBurke The inaugural ride of the Second Avenue Subway was led by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on December 31, 2016. Among those in attendance were former Mayor David N. Dinkins and Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim, President of MTA New York City Transit. On the night of November 23rd, David Dinkins succumbed to natural causes at his home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. (Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York / Patrick Cashin, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

NO TIME TO REST

by Oscar Blayton Now that the 2020 election is over, people have been celebrating in the streets across America. But as we survey the rubble that is left of an America battered by the last four years under a Trump administration, we see there is a lot of work to be done.

Children are still in cages along our southern borders. Police murders of innocent people of color are still rampant. Conservative politicians refusing to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic and yelling “My body, my choice,” are prepared to imprison any woman who exercises her reproductive rights over her own body.

America is in a dangerous place. Donald Trump has emboldened and encouraged the inner demons of white supremacists to act out their hatred toward anyone they consider to be an “other.” The vast majority of white, self-proclaimed Christian evangelists have abandoned any pretense of human decency and make it clear that brotherly love and Christian charity are not meant for people of color.

White middle-class Americans, coded as “suburban moms,” have demonstrated

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by a majority of their votes that they are willing to accept the brand of raw racism that Trump represents. This, while engaging in “woke performances” to make an outward show of believing in human decency towards all.

Joe Biden’s election has not bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice. It has merely flattened it back to its previous course of injustice. Joe has a history of making common cause with racial conservatives, many of whom were segregationists. And we should not wait to see if his words of equality are turned into dust by his actions. Instead, we must stay on the move and continue to push, and push hard, for our own freedoms.

Yes, communities of color are exhausted. It is understandable why we are tired. We barely eked out a win after a bruising political battle with a hateful and determined segment of this country that pins its rising quality of life on our oppression. Now we want to take a break from this constant struggle, sit back and feel good about what we have accomplished so far. But this is no time to rest.

For us to rest now would be as disastrously careless as an athletic team celebrating its stellar performance during the first period of play and then not showing up for the remainder of the game.

We must be mindful of the history of our continued struggle. In the 1960s, the civil rights agenda was being pushed forward and the sense of accomplishment in the Black community was exhilarating. But although we celebrated the progress we

had made at the time, we knew that the goal of universal equality had not been achieved, and we fought on.

The struggle must continue because victory has not yet been won.

We have more people of color in elected office than ever before. But now that they are in office, we cannot sit back and wait for them to deliver. We must ask them, “What can we do to help you deliver for us?” We must partner with the people we put in office.

One of the persistent complaints voiced

by Black elected officials is that when they sit in their city council or school board meetings, seldom do they see the people who put them there. This is a problem on the local, state and federal levels of government. It is difficult to make a convincing argument on behalf of people who do not bother to show up in support of their own demands. And it is particularly difficult when other elected officials, who are not interested in our welfare, must be moved to support our interests.

Winning an election is never anything more than a beginning – a first step on a long journey towards achieving a goal.

So, sure, stop and take a deep breath.

Stretch your political muscles and loosen them up. Straighten your back and strengthen your resolve. And then take the next steps towards making this country and this world what we want it to be.

Oscar H. Blayton is a former Marine Corps combat pilot and human rights activist who practices law in Virginia.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November , 2020 - December 01, 2020 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27,25 2016 - August 02, 2016

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN (EMT)

NOTICE

The Town of Wallingford is accepting applications for EMT. Must possess a H.S. diploma or G.E.D., plus one (1) year of recent experience as an EMT. Must be 18 years old and be a Connecticut or National Certifi ed APPLICATIONS EMT with CPR Certifi cation and VALENTINA MACRI RENTALRegistry HOUSING PREAVAILABLE a valid State of Connecticut motor vehicle operator’s license. Starting wage $620.16 (weekly), plus an benefi t package.

Apply: Department of Human ReHOME INC, on excellent behalf of fringe Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, sources, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492.

Phone is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this devel(203) 294-2080. closing date will be theHaven. date ofMaximum the 50th application or resume opment locatedThe at 108 Frank Street, New income limitations ap-is received or December 14, 2020, whichever occurs fi rst. 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 request by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preMAINTAINER II –beOperates in the performance of road and applications must returnedmotorized to HOME equipment INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third grounds Requires 2 years’ experience in construction work involvFloor, maintenance New Haven, work.

CT 06510.

CDL DRIVER - PUBLIC WORKS

ing the operation and care of trucks and other mechanical equipment OR 2 years training in one of the skilled trades and 1 year of experience in construction operations, OR an equivalent combination of experience and training. Must possess and maintain a valid CDL Class B to operate equipment. (Provide a copy of your CDL license with your VALENTINA application)MACRI wages:VIVIENDAS $22.42 - $26.27 Hourly. PRE-SOLICITUDES Applications can beDISPONIBLES printed from the DE ALQUILER Department of Human Resources’ Webpage. Once completed please mail or fax your application or resume to:deDepartment Human 45Housing S. MainAuthority, Street, Room HOME INC, en nombre la Columbusof House y deResources, la New Haven está 301, Wallingford, CT 06492; (203)-294-2084; (203)-294-2080.

The closaceptando pre-solicitudes paraFax: estudios y apartamentosPhone: de un dormitorio en este desarrollo ingubicado date will date 30th Street, application resume received or December 2, 2020, enbe la the calle 109theFrank New or Haven.

Se isaplican limitaciones de ingresos whichever occurs first. EOE

NOTICIA

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 State of Connecticut llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse Office and Management a las oficinas de HOME INC enof 171 Policy Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for an Associate Accounts Examiner and a Staff Attorney 2 position.

Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and application instructions are available at:

NEW HAVEN

https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 201112&R2=0946AR&R3=001

242-258 Fairmont Ave and 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1=

All new apartments,201117&R2=0088AR&R3=001 new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways,isnear bus stop & shopping center The State of Connecticut an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and Pet under 40lb allowed. persons Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 with disabilities.

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

Maintenance Shop Manager

Norwalk Transit District is hiring for a Maintenance Shop Manager New Haven, CT inSt.Norwalk.

For more information and to apply, please go to:www. norwalktransit.com/employment

SEYMOUR HOUSING MechanicAUTHORITY

Sealed bids are invited by isthehiring Housing the Town in of Norwalk.

Seymour Norwalk Transit District forAuthority a Diesel of Mechanic until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, For more information and to apply, please go to:www.norwalktransit.

Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the com/employment Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

of atBloomfi A pre-bid conferenceTown will be held the Housing eld Authority Office 28 Smith Street Seymour, CT atField 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

Operations Manager - PW Full Time - Benefited

Bidding documents $75,909 are available from the Seymour Housing Authority Ofto $117,166 fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 888-4579.

Pre-employment drug(203) testing.

For more details, visit our website – www.bloomfieldct.org

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

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED

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

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week,

Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

(203) 387-0354

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

APPLY NOW!

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

HELP WANTED:

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

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

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

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

Firefighter/Paramedic

The Town of Wallingford is currently accepting applications for Firefighter/Paramedic.

Applicants must have: a valid CPAT card, issued within two (2) years prior to December 4, 2020, HS diploma/GED, valid driver’s license and hold a valid Paramedic License that meets CT State Regulations. Applicants who are enrolled in an accredited Paramedicine training program may apply, but will not be considered for appointment until they complete the Paramedic licensing requirement. Copies of licenses and certifications must be submitted with application materials. The Town of Wallingford offers a competitive pay rate of $57,232.76 to $73,786.44 annually. In addition, there is a $4,950 annual paramedic bonus plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Application deadline is December 4, 2020. Apply: Human Resources Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main St., Wallingford, CT. phone: (203) 294-2080; fax: (203) 294-2084. EOE.

Town of Bloomfield Assistant Building Official Full Time - Benefited $38.03 hourly

FENCE ERECTING For more details, visit our website – www.bloomfieldct.org Invitation to Bid: SUBCONTRACTORS2 Notice Construction Administrative Office Position. FT-Exp Pre-employment drug testing.

nd

Large CT Fence & Guardrail Contractor is looking for experienced, responsible commercial and residential fence erectors Old Saybrook, CT and installers on a subcontractor basis.

(4 Buildings, 17 Units) Earn from $750 to $2,000 per day. Email Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project resume to rhauer@atlasoutdoor.com AA/ EOE

SAYEBROOKE required.EmailVILLAGE Hherbert@ gwfabrication.com

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, CastLEGAL NOTICE of in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Invitation to Bid TOWN OF PORTLAND, CT Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, The Riverfront Town of Portland has amended its CitiMechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

Franklin Street zen Participation Plan for the purpose of This contract is subject state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. informing the public abouttoits intent to Torrington, CT

apply for CDBG, Covid-19 funding. For a copy of the amendedBid Plan go to www.

New Construction of One (1) Passive House Four-story Building, Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 portlandct.org.

60 Units, Approximately 71,600 sf. Taxable project. No wage rates.

Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 Project documents available viaExtended ftp link below: Bid Date / Due: Friday, December 11, 2020 @ 5pm http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage Link to access plans & specifications:

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED

http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=riverfrontrecapturetorrington This contract is subject to state requirements: Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com CHRO Subcontracting HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE &CT Section 3 Certified Businesses Requirements = 25% SBE and 6.25% MBE All questions and bids Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT must 06483be submitted in written form and directed to the appropriate estimator: Eric Facchini efacchini@haynesct.com for Site, Concrete, Masonry & MEP trades.

AA/EEO EMPLOYER

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week,

Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

(203) 387-0354 19

John Simmons jsimmons@haynesct.com for all trades in Divisions 6 through 14.

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

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 25, 2020 - December 01, 2020 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27, 2016 - August 02, 2016

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks:

Listing: Commercial Driver

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

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

NOTICE

Phone: 243-2300 HOME INC, on behalf of860Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Authority, ********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer********** is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develEmail: tom.dunay@garrityasphalt.com opment& located at 108 Frank Street, Haven. Maximum Women Minority Applicants are New encouraged to apply income limitations apply.Affi Pre-applications willEqual be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y State of Connecticut rmative Action/ Opportunity Employer 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have Office of Policy 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 pre- and Management Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Incoffices seeks: applications must be returned to HOME INC’s at 171 Orange Street, Third Reclaimer Operators and Milling Operators with current licensing Floor, New Haven, CT 06510. and clean driving record, be willing to travel throughout the NorthThe State of Connecticut, Office of east & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits

NOTICIA

Policy and Management is recruiting for a Leadership Associate (target class Budget Analyst).

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

242 Fairmont Avenue, New Haven Spacious 2 bedroom townhouse $1,225.00. Tenant pays all utilities including gas for heat, hot water, elec.stove, balcony and private entrance, off street parking. Close proximity to restaurants, shopping centers and on bus line. Section 8 welcome. Security Deposit varies. Call Christine 860-985-8258.

APARTMENTS FOR RENT 241 Quinnipiac Avenue, New Haven

Spacious 2 bedroom townhouses with hardwood floors. 1.5 baths. Select with basements and washer/dryer hookups. On-site laundry facility. Off street parking. Close proximity to restaurants, shopping centers and on bus line. No pets. Security deposit varies. $1,425-$1,450 includes heat, hot water and cooking gas. Section 8 welcome.

Call Christine 860-985-8258.

Further information regarding the duties, signant@garrityasphalt.com eligibility HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, estárequirements and application Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply instructions for this position is available aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer at: ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos

Union Company seeks:

máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 https://www.jobapscloud.com/ julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= en lasTrailer oficinasDriver de HOME INC. & Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas Tractor for Heavy Highway Construction Equip- por correo a petición 201015&R2=5989VR&R3=001 llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse ment. Must have a CDL License, clean driving record, capable of . a las oficinas de equipment; HOME INCbe enwilling 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, 06510State operating heavy to travel throughout theNew Haven , CTThe of Connecticut is an equal Northeast & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons Email: dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com with disabilities.

Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply

CITY OF MILFORD

242-258 Fairmont Ave Townhouse, 3BR, 1vacancies level , 1BA Seeking2BR qualifi ed condidates 1.5 to fillBA, numerous to include,

All Health new apartments, new appliances, carpet, I-91informa& I-95 Public Nurse, Mechanic Sewernew Line and close more.toFor nearinstructions, bus stop & shopping center tion and detailedhighways, application visit www.ci.milford.ct.us Pet under 40lbon allowed.

Interested parties MariaTITLE. @ 860-985-8258 Click SERVICES, JOBScontact and JOB

Real Estate Controller

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. Fusco Management is seeking a Real Controller.

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

leadership, communication and supervisory skills. Controller should have 6+ St. New Haven, CT year’s hands on accounting experience and have a BS in Accounting.

Duties and Responsibilities:

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Oversee the activities of the Accounting Department for the accurate and timely dissemination nancial by management reports including andSeymour external Sealed bids of arefiinvited the Housing Authority of theinternal Town of monthly financial statements, and annual budgets. until 3:00 pm on Tuesday,annual Augustaudits 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street,

Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the Desired Skills and Experience Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

Qualifications: • • • •

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Timberline and Timberscan, BNA, TValue.

A pre-bid conference willand be good held communication at the Housing skills.

Authority Office 28 Smith Discretion, good judgment Street general Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, 20, 2016.

Strong ledger, accounts payable and accountsJuly receivable.

Real Estate experience a plus.

Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority OfEducation and Experience Required: fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance. CPA certification a plus. Must have 6+years of hands-on accounting managerial experience. Fusco Management ofThe Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to fers a competitive benefit package. Fusco is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opreduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any portunity Employer

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

Invitation for Bids

Phase 2 – Group 4 – Lead Abatement at Essex Townhouses The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Bids for Phase 2 – Group 4 – Lead Abatement at Essex Townhouses. A complete copy of the requirements may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Monday, October 26, 2020 at 3:00PM

Contact Dana at 860-243-2300

NEW HAVEN

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES

Invitation to Bid: nd Notice

Town of Bloomfield2

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES Request for Proposals

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE of Single-Family Homeownership Housing Development

Lead Building Maintainer - Facilities

Old Saybrook, CT Full Time - Benefited (4 17 Units) $31.26 hourly Buildings,The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is

Taxdrug Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage seeking Rate Project Pre-employment testing. currently Proposals for Development of Single-Family Homeownership For more details, visit our website – Housing. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City www.bloomfiWood eldct.org New Construction, Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Cast- Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobbleCommunities’ VendorSite-work, Collaboration

beginning on in-place Concrete, Asphaltstonesystems.com/gateway Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, Monday, August 10, 2020 at 3:00PM. Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

Seeking qualified condidates to fill This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. Office Position. FT-Exp required.

Construction Administrative numerous vacancies to include, Email- Hherbert@ gwfabrication.com Benefits & Pension Coordinator Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 and more. For information and Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 detailed application instructions, Project documents available via ftp link below:ELM CITY COMMUNITIES visit www.ci.milford.ct.us http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage Click on SERVICES, JOBS and Invitation for Bids JOB TITLE. Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com

CITY OF MILFORD

QSR

Plumbing Services Agency-wide

HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 STEELHaynes CORPORATION AA/EEO EMPLOYER The Housing Authority

APPLY NOW!

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

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of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Bids for plumbing services agency-wide.

A complete copy of the requirements

may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Monday, October 26, 2020 at 3:00PM

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November , 2020 - December 01, 2020 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27,25 2016 - August 02, 2016

REQUEST FOR BIDS NOTICE

Miscellaneous Concrete Repairs, Waterproofing and Drainage Repairs at the Union Station Parking Garage

VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

New Haven, Connecticut

HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New HavenProject Housing Authority, New Haven Parking Authority #18-016 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 reby calling INC at beginning 203-562-4663 during 9, those preBidquest Documents willHOME be available November 2020hours. at no Completed cost by downloading from the Buildapplications must be returned to HOMEBigda INC’sof offices atConstruction 171 Orange Company Street, Third ingConnnected FTP site.

Contact Maryann Turner at 203-712-6070 for FTP New Haven, CT 06510. siteFloor, access.

Bids due December 3, 2020 at 3:00 P.M. NOTICIA

The work mainly includes concrete repairs, waterproofing, and drainage repairs.

Bidders must submit with their Bid on forms provided a list of their Intended Subcontractors, including the MACRI VIVIENDAS PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES use ofVALENTINA Minority Business EnterprisesDE andALQUILER Women Owned Business Enterprises as subcontractors for a goal of at least 25% of the total value of the Bidder’s subcontracts.

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando New pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos un dormitorio en este desarrollo Haven Parking Authority is an equaldeopportunity/affirmative action employer. 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 .

PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. invites interested community members to attend an Informational Meeting to learn about and give your input into the proposed expansion of facilities ofSafety-Kleen’s existing Environmental Recycling Facility at 120 Forbes Avenue, New Haven, CT.

HAVEN OPEN TO THE GENERALNEW PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS REGARDING:

Invitation to Bid: 2nd Notice

Proposed expansion of facilities of Safety-Kleen’s existing Environmental 242-258 Fairmont Ave Oil Recycling Facility at 120 Forbes Avenue, New Haven, CT.

2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA

All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 SESSION 1 (ENGLISH LANGUAGE) – DECEMBER 1, 2020 at 7 PM highways, near bus stop & shopping center PetSESSION under 40lb allowed.

Interested parties contact – Maria @ 860-985-8258 2 (SPANISH LANGUAGE) DECEMBER 3, 2020 at 7 PM

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE Old Saybrook, CT Invitation for Bids (4 Buildings, 17 Units) Scattered Sites East and WestTax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project

Furnace & Hot Water Conversion/ Replacement

Housing of the City of New Site-work, Haven d/b/a The informational meetings will be held virtually because of Covid-19 public health restrictions.

CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s New Construction,The Wood Framed,Authority Housing, Selective Demolition, Cast-Elm City Communities is currently seeking Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates Bids for Scattered Sites East and WestFurnace & Hot Water Conversion/ Replacement. A complete Attendees can join the meeting in the following ways: in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:30copy of the requirements may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://ne3:30 Contact:By Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. Computer: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8859944711 Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster whavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway St. New Haven, CT

Meeting ID: 885 994 4711 By phone: +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) Meeting ID: 885 994 4711

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY The agenda for the informational meeting will be:

1. Welcome and Introduction Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour 2. Existing purpose, operations until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August facility 2, 2016 at its layout office and at 28 Smith Street, Proposed facility purpose, layout and operations Seymour, CT 06483 for 3.Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the 4. Safety Features Associated with Facility Operation Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living5.Facility, 26and Smith Street Seymour.

Questions Answers

Listing: Dispatcher

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. beginning on Monday, October 5, 2020 at 3:00PM This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 Performance Project documentsEnergy available via ftp link below: Contract Consultant (EPCC) Request for Proposal (RFP) http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

Solicitation Number: 149-PD-20-S

Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com HCC encouragesThe the participation all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses HousingofAuthority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is seeking a qualiHaynesfied Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 Performance Contract” (EPC). Solicitation package will firm to perform tasks related to its “Energy AA/EEO EMPLOYER be available on October 26, 2020, to obtain a copy of the solicitation you must send your request to bids@

Extremely fast paced petroleum company needs a full time (which includes on call and Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority Ofweekend coverage) detail oriented experienced Dispatcher. A strong logistics background fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579. and a minimum of one year previous petroleum experience required. Send resume to: HR Manager, P.O. Box 388, Guilford, CT. 06437 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 ********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer********** informalities in the bidding, if such actions are in the best interest of the Housing Authority.

parkcitycommunitittes.org, please reference solicitation number and title on the subject line. A Pre-proposal conference call will be held on November 12, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. Although attendance is not mandatory, submitting a proposal without attending the pre-proposal conference call may not be in the best interest of the Offeror. Additional questions should be emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunitites.org no later than November 19, 2020 @ 3:00 p.m. Answers to all the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycommunities.org. Proposals shall be mailed, or hand delivered by December 1, 2020 @ 3:00 p.m., to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Director of Procurement, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604, of via e-mail at bids@parkcitycommunitites.org. Late proposals will not be accepted.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 25, 2020 - December 01, 2020

Former College Basketball Standout’s New Book Teaches ‘How to Play Basketball the Fun Way’

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Jenarie Davis-Middleton is a self-described unconventional writer who likes to share life experiences.

A wife and a mother of five, Davis-Middleton noted that although her schedule is hectic, she tires as often as possible to incorporate quiet time to clear her thoughts.

And, to write books.

Davis-Middleton has penned, “How To: Play Basketball the Fun Way,” a 122page expose accompanied with a host of “how-to” photos that provide intriguing lessons on fundamental and expert-level hardwood acts like the two-hand chest pass, shooting a set-shot in the face of a defender, how to rebound and play defense properly.

“When you think of defense in basketball, what comes to mind? For me, playing defense was my favorite,” stated Davis-Middleton, a standout basketball player in middle school, high school, and college.

“Playing defense prepared me to score on the offensive end. It’s exciting when you can stop the other team from scoring,” she exclaimed.

It wasn’t until she was 12 years old that Davis-Middleton said she learned how to play basketball. “I didn’t know how to shoot or dribble the ball,” she said, noting that her father, the musician Aaron Teel, taught her the importance of timing.

“Timing the ball is an art,” Davis-Middleton noted. “If you can time the ball right, you can steal the ball from other players any time. It’s not too difficult. All you have to do is have fun.”

The book details just how to time the basketball – always make sure you swipe at the ball with an open palm, hitting it upward with your fingertips. “Never swipe down,” Davis-Middleton explained. “If

you do, the referee will most likely call a personal foul.”

Divided into 11 chapters and including a page on basketball terminology, a court diagram, and a bonus feature on how Davis-Middleton earned a scholarship to Jacksonville University in Florida, the book is a comprehensive tutorial on playing basketball, but getting the most fun from the game.

Davis-Middleton’s journey toward publishing the book began in 2002, during her junior year in high school. She said Teel, and her mother, Stephanie Teel, were inspirations. Her father urged her

to “write things down,” and her mother wouldn’t allow her to quit.

“When I was in college when I first felt weak, my mother left me handwritten notes,” Davis-Middleton recalled.

“She gifted me with somethings during those tough moments that I still have today. I promised that I’d stay focused and finish school, and I did. They helped me become the woman I am today.”

Davis-Middleton said she also learned her basketball skills by watching NBA games.

“Every chance that I had, I practice and learned from watching players like Allen

Iverson and Kobe Bryant,” Davis-Middleton said. “My dad and uncle taught me everything about the basic skills I needed to get better.”

She added that she needed all the encouragement she could muster initially trying out for the Jacksonville University Dolphins.

Before trying out, Davis-Middleton sprained her ankle.

“I drove to tryouts barely able to press on the gas pedal, but I ignored the pain and continued,” she said.

Before she arrived home from tryouts, the university coach had called her family

with good news.

“Mommy and daddy hugged me so tight, and we cried together,” Davis-Middleton said.

“Life experiences will teach you how to maneuver in society. Education improves your scope of thinking. Experience and education ties in together.”

To purchase “How To: Play Basketball the Fun Way,” visit amazon.com. To learn more about Davis-Middleton, visit http:// www.Jenarie.wordpress.com.

For the First Time in NFL History, an All-Black Crew Will Officiate an NFL Game

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

Barry Anderson Umpire 14-year NFL official, Anthony Jeffries Side Judge 3-year NFL official, Carl Johnson Line Judge 17-year NFL official, Julian Mapp Down Judge 12-year NFL official, Dale Shaw Field Judge 8-year NFL official, Greg Steed Back Judge 18-year NFL official Previously, five Black officials worked Super Bowl LIV in 2019, including Anderson, Johnson, and Steed. At that time, it marked the most minority officials ever on a Super Bowl officiating crew.

Boger was the referee for Super Bowl XLVII to conclude the 2012 season.

“This historic Week 11 crew is a testament to the countless and immeasurable contributions of Black officials to the game, their exemplary performance, and to the power of inclusion that is the hallmark of this great game,” said Troy Vincent, NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations.

In 1965, after beginning his officiating career working college games in the San Francisco Bay Area, the NFL hired Burl Toler as a head linesman — making him the first Black official in any major professional sports league.

Toler, who died in 2009 at the age of 81, almost certainly would be proud of what those who followed in his footsteps will accomplish on November 23 during Monday Night Football.

For the first time in NFL history, an allBlack crew will officiate an NFL game.

The historic occasion will happen when the Los Angeles Rams visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 8:15 p.m. EST, nationally televised ESPN game.

Jerome Bogar, 17-year veteran referee, will lead the seven-person crew, which includes:

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Five of the officials work together regularly, with Anderson, Mapp, Shaw, and Jeffries part of Boger’s crew. Johnson and Steed will join the group for Monday’s game.

In 2020, the NFL assigned crews based on geography in an effort to limit travel.

Crew assignment guidelines have also been relaxed in the current environment to assign officials to games closer to their homes when feasible.

Boger became just the third Black referee in NFL history when he earned a promotion from his position as a line judge in 2006, with Johnny Grier being the first at the start of the 1988 NFL season.

“I am proud of my heritage and excited about my participation in this historic game,” Boger said. “The opportunity to work with a great group of Black officials and exhibit our proficiency in executing our assignment is something I am really looking forward to.”

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