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Touting Fed $, Rosa Rides The E-Bus THE INNER-CITY NEWS - December 01, 2021 - December 08, 2021

by NORA GRACE-FLOOD New Haven Independent

Politicians shared a victory lap on the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s first electric bus Monday — and celebrated a future in which more routes and greener rides will be available for working-class people thanks to the new federal infrastructure law.

On her first full day as Hamden’s mayor, Lauren Garrett met with U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker, State Sen. Jorge Cabrera and State Rep. Robyn Porter in one of CT Transit’s garages, located on State Street in Hamden, where 12 new electric buses are scheduled to park in the coming weeks. (The Department of Transportation runs the state’s bus service through CT Transit.)

The point of the event: The state is buying the buses at $900,000 a pop out of the $1.3 billion that CT Transit will receive over the course of five years through the newly enacted federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. DeLauro, a champion of the bill as chair of the House Appropriations Committee, hosted Monday’s event to show how the money will help local communities.

“Infrastructure is really the driver of economic development,” Garrett declared Monday. “Our economic development, our infrastructure really need to be two things: Equitable and environmentally sustainable.”

DeLauro noted that CT Transit runs over 22 local routes — many of which operate seven days a week — that connect individuals around New Haven and Hamden to Meriden, Waterbury, Milford, and the Lower Naugatuck Valley.

“People need the services to get to work, to get to school, to see their doctors, to see their loved ones,” DeLauro said.

“Transit is a lifeline in this state.”

She reported that Connecticut lost more than 90 percent of its ridership during the height of the pandemic.

With people returning to work and recovering economically from the pandemic, DeLauro said, the federal funding will support those who were disproportionately impacted by Covid-19.

Nonwhite households, she noted, are two times more likely to commute by public transport than white ones. Purchasing more electric buses — as well as revamping railroads and constructing new bus-only lanes to facilitate faster travel — will increase access to employment opportunities while decreasing the amount of fossil fuels polluting neighborhoods and exacerbating health conditions like asthma, which plague communities of color more so than white ones.

Paul Farrell, the assistant director of air planning and standards for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environ-

NORA GRACE-FLOOD PHOTOSU.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (center) with Hamden Mayor Lauren Garrett and State Sen. Jorge Cabrera Monday on new CT Transit electric bus.

mental Protection, told the Independent that on an annual basis, electric buses on average reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 92.1 short tons, carbon monoxide emissions by 0.15 short tons, and nitric oxide emissions by .43 short tons.

Plus, the upcoming construction needed to implement these changes will create countless jobs, the crew of politicians repeated. Establishing universal pre-k — as Hamden intends to do — and expanding child care across the country, DeLauro maintained, are important partner programs to support a healthy workforce.

“This is about health, this is about climate, this is about Rosa DeLauro being a champion for all of us at the capitol,” Justin Elicker summarized. How great is it, he noted, that a new mayor like Garrett can start off her first day in office with announcements of fresh funding.

“We can not only improve air quality locally and fight climate change globally, but we can also provide users of public transportation with the best technology we have to offer,” CTDOT Deputy Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto told his audience at the presser.

Then the group — including CT Transit workers — crowded onto the bus to test traveling around the block.

“You can tell it’s new because there are no fingerprints on the windows,” one passenger admired.

“It’s astonishing how quiet it is!” marveled another.

As the bus journeyed throughout town, DeLauro peppered Eucalitto with questions and chatted about the broader goals of the infrastructure plan.

In total, Connecticut is taking in $5.38 billion through 2026 to spend on infrastructure; that’s $1.63 billion more than from the most recent transportation bill enacted in 2015.

Eucalitto said the state’s last diesel powered bus was purchased last year. CT Transit owns 740 buses, all of which will be replaced with electric ones over the next 15 years (the maximum life span of the vehicles).

Electric buses cost around $300,000 more than diesel buses, which are valued at around $600,000. However, “purchasing isn’t the hard part,” Eucalitto explained. Most of the money will go towards retrofitting DOT’s garages to accommodate the buses, which means years of electrical work to successfully install new chargers.

Off the bus and away from the podium, Transit Union Chairman of the Connecticut Joint Bargaining Council Ralph Buccitti, described how he hopes to use the infrastructure bill to two Hamden Legislative Council members — Laurie Sweet and Justin Farmer — who attended the event along with Garrett.

It’s not just about high wage jobs, he said, but forty hour job guarantees. Because the infrastructure bill is not limited to capital expenditures, he wants the money to go towards an apprenticeship program to prepare individuals for fulltime jobs in the field, investing in people and education rather than equipment alone.

Sweet suggested a partnership between the local garage and Hamden High, in line with Garrett’s goal of creating a pipeline between Hamden students and trade jobs.

“We still have to lobby and negotiate,” Buccitti reflected. But for once, “the money is here.”

New Policy Supports Students Who Opt Out Of Standardized Tests

by MAYA MCFADDEN

Students who opt out of standardized testing may no longer be treated differently from their testing classmates, under a new policy approved by the Board of Education.

The board voted unanimously Monday night to approve the Standardized Testing Opt Out Support Policy. It aims to “provide support for students when parents or guardians opt their child out of statemandated standardized testing.”

The policy was developed by the board’s Governance Committee after Chair Tamiko Jackson-McArthur was told by New Haven Public School parents that their children were being “made to feel different” due to their testing opt-out decision.

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Jackson-McArthur said parents told her their students were being marked absent on testing days and told to stay home by school staff.

“This policy is simply to support families who have chosen to opt out,” JacksonMcArthur said. “This district recognizes the need and the reason why they’re testing, and that this is not in any way going against that.”

“Students shall not be penalized for their participation or lack thereof in standardized testing,” the policy reads.

It adds that “appropriate instructional experience while students are testing” should be offered to those students that are opted out.

Little discussion ensued before board members voted 7-0 in support.

“Every moment that a child spends in

school is very important. And if parents decide to opt out, their kids are still entitled whatever education they can get out of that day,” BOE secretary Edward Joyner said.

The policy identifies three main goals: • To maintain a fair and equitable environment for all students regardless of parents’ or guardians’ decision to test.

• To ensure that students whose parents or guardians opt out of testing receive instruction and supervision during designated testing times.

• To outline a process for managing and supporting students whose parents or guardians decide to opt out of standardized testing that can be instituted districtwide annually.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - December 01, 2021 - December 08, 2021

3 Hamden Cops Promoted After 2 Retire

by NORA GRACE-FLOOD New Haven Independent

Hamden’s Police Commission filled one of two empty deputy chief positions Monday night — leaving the other seat open and waiting for an appointment by incoming Mayor Lauren Garrett.

Three long-term Hamden police officers in all were promoted at the commission meeting.

The action followed the retirement of Deputy Chief Boguslaw Kicak on Nov. 20. Capt. Kevin Samperi, who has worked in Hamden since 1993, with two years in North Haven before that, is the newly appointed deputy chief.

Lieutenant Timothy Wydra, hired the same day as Samperi back in ‘93, will fill Samperi’s role as captain.

And Sgt. Nathan Youngberg, who joined the department in 1999, will take Wydra’s spot as a lieutenant.

“I’m very proud of the officers that were promoted tonight,” Chief John Sullivan told the Independent. “I think they’re going to be very important to our department going forward.”

Michael Iezzi, chair of the Police Commission (who joined Monday’s meeting via Zoom), said that the group will meet again on Nov. 29, one day after a new administration is sworn in, while “this com-

NORA GRACE-FLOOD PHOTO Deputy Chief Kevin Samperi, Lt. Timothy Wydra, Chief John Sullivan, Sgt. Nathan Youngberg Monday night.

mission will still be intact,” in hopes of making an additional promotion to deputy chief.

Meanwhile, Garrett said she is in no

hurry to fill the second deputy chief post.

Deputy Police Chief Gabriel Lupo’s retirement is effective Nov. 27. Because he isn’t a union member, Garrett gets the

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chance to appoint a replacement, who will then be vetted by the Legislative Council.

Garrett told the Independent that she has used the weeks leading up to her inauguration to form a transition team and meet with departments to discuss capital needs and departmental directions. “There is so much need in the town,” she said, and hiring another deputy police chief is not on her list of priorities.

Since the commission granted retirements to the two deputy chiefs on Nov. 11, she has also met up with Sullivan to discuss the current needs of the department.

One option, she said, could be to hire an acting deputy chief on a temporary basis in order to “get through the busy season while they have all these shortages.”

She noted the police department’s shortage of patrol officers: The town’s contract with the police union requires that the Hamden patrol division maintain a minimum manning of officers, of which the department is currently down by about 15 officers.

“I would have liked to see more patrol officers hired before those promotions,” Garrett said.

In an early November Legislative Council meeting, Sullivan was granted a $350,000 intradepartmental transfer to

account for unexpected overtime costs.

He told the council that the department had “depleted our street interdiction division, there’s no one in community policing… one of our SROs is out… our traffic division has been reduced to three officers,” because individuals have been pulled from their positions to fill the minimum patrolling requirements.

On Monday night, Sullivan said that he currently has a list of seven certified police officers from neighboring police departments whom he is considering hiring to fill the patrol seats, as well as a group of non-certified applicants who would be sent through training.

Garrett said that during her meeting with Sullivan, he told her that additional overtime would have to be paid to officers who staff holiday town events, like the turkey collection and donation, the tree lighting, and the “Toys for Tots” gift giveaway.

“I have a problem with people getting paid for what appears to the public to be charity work,” she stated. She said the town should no longer pay for police to staff community celebrations — especially when those events are meant to provide financial relief to residents. Plus, individuals from other town departments, Con’t on page 09

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Sen. Gary Winfield

Going Back For Those Left Behind

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TwitterFacebookLinkedInRedditEmailPrint Sen. Gary Winfield Credit: Christine Stuart / CTNewsJunkie There was a moment during the Senate debate on the 2020 police accountability law when Judiciary Committee Chairman Gary Winfield, D-New Haven, expressed his frustration by explaining to his colleagues that as a Black man, he feared being stopped by officers.

“I can’t say for sure that I leave that encounter, no matter the fact that I wear a suit, no matter the fact that I have done everything right in my life, I was in the military, I was a Boy Scout – no matter all of that stuff – because I’m Black and because of the history we have,” Winfield said in answer to concerns expressed by Republicans that the legislation was “anti-police.”

“And then we say, ‘Let the system handle it,’ the same system that has not handled it to this point.”

The bill was passed along party lines after a 10-hour debate and ultimately became law during a special session in the summer of 2020.

Winfield’s pointed and impassioned speeches often referencing his own experiences while advocating for controversial criminal justice reforms are his hallmark, according to state Rep. Robyn Porter, DNew Haven, who lives around the corner from her colleague in the area they both represent.

He says what he means, means what he says and is unabashedly unapologetic about saying the truth and calling out others to do the same, Porter said.

“He’s not afraid to hold people’s feet to the fire and demand transparency and hold people accountable,” Porter said. “He’s well-respected and he wields a lot of power. He’s a force to be reckoned with and he gets the job done.”

Winfield, a 47-year-old Navy veteran serving his second two-year term as the committee’s Senate chairman, is known for his candor, passion for criminal justice reform and ability to get controversial bills signed into law.

Winfield has mastered the art of compromise, said Rep. Craig Fishbein, RWallingford, the ranking member of the minority party on the Judiciary Committee who is often on the other side of the debate on controversial bills. But Winfield is not afraid to make clear what he won’t give up to get a piece of legislation passed, Fishbein said.

“I can say in my experiences with him that he’s extremely open to discussions while also reminding us of his boundaries,” Fishbein said.

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support her three children. He’s publicly discussed being sexually molested as a child and admitted that the crime rate was so high in his neighborhood that he often slept with a knife under his pillow.

He joined the Navy to give his sister an opportunity to attend college. He was assigned to the nuclear power program, often referred to as the military’s most strenuous academic program with 45 hours of classroom instruction on subjects like calculus and another 10 to 35 hours of study time each week. After serving for six years, Winfield worked as a chief electrical construction engineer for Alstrom power company which brought him to Connecticut. He left the company in 2003 and began studying political science at Southern Connecticut State University, completing a degree in 2006.

As part of his studies, he interned with former Rep. William Dyson, D-New Haven, who was seeking to retire. “He came to me and said, ‘You should run,’” Winfield said. “I told him, I like you, Bill, but I really don’t like politicians. I don’t see this working out.”

He’s considered himself an activist on human rights and criminal justice issues for 30 years. But Winfield didn’t take running for office in New Haven seriously until the chair of the Federation of Black Democrats asked him to give a speech.

“You can keep hoping somebody shows up to do that work, or you can actually do it,” Winfield said.

He hit the ground running after winning a seat in the House representing New Haven in 2009, announcing his intention to repeal the state’s death penalty just months before the two perpetrators of the 2007 Cheshire home invasion that killed Jenni-

fer Hawke-Petit and her daughters Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, and seriously injured Dr. William Petit, who is now a legislator, were set to go to trial.

The mood of the state was pensive and there had been a period after the murders when all parole had been suspended due to the horrific nature of the crime.

Winfield was undaunted, he said. “I don’t know what I can’t do until I discover what I can’t do,” he said. “There’s a difference between impossible and improbable.”

The repeal passed in both chambers before being vetoed by Republican Gov. Jodi Rell. Despite the defeat, Winfield said that “at that point, people knew it can be done.”

It was signed into law three years later by Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy.

Winfield was appointed to the Judiciary Committee as a freshman representative and quickly established himself as a valuable member of the group, then chaired

by Rep. Michael Lawlor, D-East Haven, and Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford.

Lawlor, an attorney and criminal justice law professor, went on to become Undersecretary of Criminal Justice under Malloy and McDonald, also an attorney, is now an associate justice on the state Supreme Court.

“I would stay to the end of every hearing.

I would know issues. I know people took notice,” Winfield said.

In 2011, he was made the House vice chairman of the committee – a position usually held by someone with a law degree. A year after winning the state Senate seat formerly occupied by Toni Harp, D-New Haven, in 2014, Winfield was appointed the Senate vice chair of the committee – another first.

Senate President Martin Looney, D-New

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Haven, said Winfield’s attention to detail made him the perfect candidate for Senate chair of the committee in 2019. Winfield is now the first non-lawyer to serve as committee co-chair.

“He’s a very careful and conscientious researcher. He doesn’t do things off the cuff,” Looney said. “He informs himself well and is engaged in gathering information to do his due diligence.”

This year, Looney and House Speaker Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, assigned Winfield to be the point person on an ad hoc committee to examine legalizing cannabis for adult use and creating state-licensed dispensaries for the sale of cannabis to the public.

Under Winfield’s leadership shepherding legislation through in 2021, the legislature passed bills legalizing recreational use of cannabis by adults and setting up a framework for dispensaries to open at the end of 2022.

“He does his homework. He reads everything. If he doesn’t know something, he asks,” said Winfield’s House co-chairman, Rep. Steven Stafstrom, D-Bridgeport, an attorney who also served as vice chair with Winfield. “I couldn’t ask for a better co-chair. We’ve been able to pass a lot of criminal justice reforms from police accountability to gun legislation.”

Winfield had been instrumental in passing police accountability laws that required more transparency and more independence in investigations of the use of deadly force in 2015 and 2019. But he was aware that there were loopholes that didn’t allow for truly independent investigations and most police departments had difficulty firing officers who had been accused of wrongdoCon’t on page 18

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Elicker Appoints 2 School Board Members, Replaces Critics

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New Haven Independent

Two dissenting voices are leaving the Board of Education, in the wake of Mayor Justin Elicker’s latest appointments.

Elicker has decided not to renew the terms of board members Dr. Tamiko Jackson-McArthur and Larry Conaway, who often raised questions about administration policy at board meetings and most often cast dissenting votes along with the one sometimes-dissenting voice on the board, elected member Darnell Goldson.

“I’m thankful for the service Dr. Tamiko Jackson-McArthur and Mr. Larry Conaway. Their commitment to the success of our students is laudable,” Elicker stated in a news release announcing their replacements.

Elicker announced that he has appointed Dr. OrLando Yarborough III and Dr. Abie Quiñones-Benítez to fill the pair’s slots.

The appointments now go before the Board of Alders for review and confirmation.

“Collaboration is one of our core values,” the release quotes schools Superintendent Iline Tracey as saying.

The appointments come at a time when the Latino population has grown fast in New Haven, representing the largest group of both New Haven public school students and city residents in general.

Some activists have pushed for greater

representation of Latinos on the Board of Education.

Dr. Quiñones-Benítez is an educational professional with an expertise in English as a Second Language (ESL) learners and curriculum development. She has taught and served in leadership roles at the Elementary, High School, and Collegiate levels.

Dr. Quiñones-Benítez began her career in education at New Haven Adult Ed in 1986 where she taught ESOL and Spanish GED classes. Following a stop at Gateway Community College, she returned to Adult Education where she served as a Spanish teacher for over a decade in an inter-district program between New Haven, Hamden, and Orange.

After spending time as a Professor at the University of Connecticut and Southern Connecticut State University, Dr. Quiñones-Benítez returned to New Haven Public Schools and served two years as vice principal of Hill Regional Career High School and eleven years as Principal of Christopher Columbus Family Academy (now FAME). More recently she served as Lancaster, PA Director of Schools and is currently serving as a consultant for Meriden public schools.

Dr. Quiñones-Benítez holds a PHD in Curriculum and instruction from the University of Connecticut. She completed a master’s degree from the University of

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Pittsburgh and has an undergraduate degree from Universidad de Puerto Rico.

Dr. OrLando Yarborough III Dr. OrLando Yarborough is a leadership consultant, coach, scientist, and faith leader. Since 2015 he has served as Pastor at the Black Church at Yale University.

Dr. Yarborough also serves as a coach and facilitator at the Yale School of Management while running his own company – The Well Company – which offers coaching and consulting services for STEM and other professionals.

Dr. Yarborough earned his PhD in Genetics from Yale University investigating the genetics of high blood pressure and he completed a Yale postdoc in Internal Medicine investigating mitochondrial metabolism in Type 2 Diabetes. Prior to that he completed his undergraduate work at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, where he majored in Biological Sciences and Africana Studies.

Dr. Yarborough serves in leadership capacities of numerous non-profit organizations, including as Board Chair of Friends Center for Children, Board Member of the Yale Alumni Association, and as Cofounder of EMERGE. Dr. Yarborough and his wife, Dr. Rashele Yarborough, have a daughter and are members of Church on the Rock New Haven.

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Trans Day Of Remembrance Centers A Call To Heal, And A Call To Fight

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

The names rose from a crowd gathered on the New Haven Green, each followed by a muscled cry of “Rest In Power!” Tyianna Alexander, 28, in Chicago. Samuel Edmund Damián Valentín in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico. Bianca Bankz, an Atlanta resident whose friends and family called her “Muffin” for the blueberry baked goods she loved. Dominique Jackson in Baton Rouge and siblings JJ Bright and Jasmine Cannady, both under 23, in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.

The list continued for three minutes. By the end, attendees had read 47 names. A few deep breaths filled the space as friends held each other, bowed their heads, and listened.

Saturday marked the 22nd annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, held for the third consecutive year on the New Haven Green. To date, 2021 marks the deadliest year for transgender and gender nonconforming people on record. The majority of people killed were trans women of color, and specifically Black trans women.

Roughly four dozen attended the event, the culmination of a week of trans-specific programming at the New Haven Pride Center.

“There were 47 this year, I’m afraid of being number 48,” said Karleigh Chardonnay Webb, a Black trans woman, journalist, activist, and fierce advocate for trans lives across the state and the country.

“I’m afraid of being number 49. Or 50. Or 51. Or number one next year. Or any number next year. This is why I fight. Because yes, I’m scared.”

Transgender Day of Remembrance began in 1999 to honor Rita Hester, a Black trans woman who was murdered in her Boston apartment in November 1998. Over two decades later, her case and so many others like it remains unsolved. 2021 has also been a deadly year worldwide: this week, the advocacy group Transrespect Versus Transphobia reported 375 murders of trans and nonbinary people across the globe, 125 of which took place in Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil.

As a cold wind cut through the Green Saturday, attendees began to read the names of the dead from strips of paper they’d picked out of a hat. In a year of deadly violence, the list is still likely incomplete because of the number of trans and nonbinary people who are misgendered and deadnamed by dieners, morticians, obituary writers, and next of kin.

Together and apart, they told a story of an epidemic of both transphobia and of entrenched racism: of sisters, aunties, cousins, and sons struck down before their thirties and forties, sometimes by partners and members of their own family. Many faced housing insecurity during a pandemic that has laid bare a crisis in tenant rights. Others relied on sex work and an underground economy to survive.

At the end of three minutes, Party for Socialism and Liberation member Kirill

Staklo cried one more name: musician, activist, and trans advocate Maia Leonardo, who died in New Haven earlier this year at 28. Last year, it was Leonardo’s voice that carried a portion of the Nov. 20 gathering at the same place, as an icy and wet wind ripped through the city and candles flickered against a November drizzle.

“Miss you, comrade!” Webb cried, her fist raised in a gesture of solidarity.

“There are so many names that aren’t remembered, just because of the day in, day out toll that it takes on people’s lives,” said Eliot Olson, transgender, nonbinary and intersex program officer at the New Haven Pride Center. “If everybody could just reflect on all the lives that have been lost, all the futures that will not be anymore, and all the love that’s been taken out of the world.”

Olson, like many of those gathered Saturday, has felt that toll firsthand. On Friday night, he was stopped at a gas station on his way home from work when “this asshole” began throwing change at his car and yelling transphobic slurs at him.

It was a shock to the system. Olson had spent the afternoon running a program on supporting trans youth (watch it here). He had picked up Chinese food for dinner and was excited to get home.

“It was coming from such a high to such a low so quickly,” he said. “And you think you’re making a change, and in a split second, you see how much there is to change.”

During a short speaking program, a number of community partners reminded attendees that they don’t have to fight transphobia, or the emotional and social isolation that it breeds, by themselves.

Dr. AJ Eckert, who leads the gender and life-affirming medical program at Anchor Health Initiative, thanked attendees for coming out to the event in a year “disproportionately marked by death.”

Taking the microphone, Eckert spoke about their own experience as an openly nonbinary person and suicide survivor. In seeking and now providing medical care, they have experienced a system that is not built for or particularly supportive of trans people, from the frequent misgendering of patients to outright denial of genderaffirming care. According to the Trevor Project, 42 percent of LGBTQ+ youth, and half of all transgender and gender nonconforming youth, considered suicide in 2021. Even before the pandemic, that number was also extremely high among transgender adults as compared to the general population.

In particular, they said, it is incumbent upon healthcare professionals and patient advocates to defend the rights of the most marginalized—trans and nonbinary people who also live at the intersection of Blackness, who are trapped within the carceral system, who are doing survival sex work.

“To my trans family, remember that you are perfect the way you are, and that you are loved,” they said. “Join me as we remember our dead, and fight like hell for

the living.”

Seth Wallace, assistant director at Yale’s​​ Office of LGBTQ Resources, echoed that message. When people walk into his office—or now, log onto a Zoom appointment—he often tells them “that they belong to a rich tradition of resilience and intentional family,” he said. On days like Saturday, he’s buoyed by that reminder himself. He looked out over the crowd, noting that the faces he recognized knitted together different corners of the city.

“I hope that you know how loved you are, and I hope that you take excellent care of yourselves,” he said.

Webb, who has covered the Alliance Defending Freedom’s attack on Black trans athletes in Connecticut, closed the outdoor gathering with a fiery call to arms.

After opening with an adaptation of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come”—I wanna see trans people livin’/I don’t want us to die/But for my humanity/I will stand and fight—she turned toward the crowd, eyes blazing.

Beneath her coat, four lines of large blue, white and pink patterned text read “End Trans Genocide.” A powder-blue skirt and striped socks that doubled as tiny trans pride flags matched it below.

“My head’s in a swivel every day I walk

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out of my apartment,” she said. “But I’m here to tell you friends, I’m here to tell you comrades, every day with that fear, we walk out into the world, every day we walk into our workplaces, and every day we walk into our schools, we are committing an act of revolution.”

Each year, she said, she comes to the same gathering to hear the same message: that it has again been the deadliest for trans people on record. As the event itself has moved from the steps of New Haven’s Superior Courthouse to the Green, she has watched the death count climb senselessly from 22 to 47.

As she roared the word “Again!” over the Green, it caught in her throat for a moment, then sailed over the space. She bent at the knees and waist, as if wounded by its weight.

Then, she sprang back into action. She drew a through line from the systematic and violent erasure of trans people, particularly Black trans women like herself, to waves of white supremacist, often statesanctioned violence across the country.

She pointed out that Alexander, a 28-yearold Black trans woman killed in Chicago, was discovered dead on the morning of January 6. By that afternoon, supporters of former president Donald Trump had

stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overthrow Congress.

“To those of you who may call yourself an ally, understand this,” Webb said, scanning the crowd. “If they can go after trans healthcare, they can go after yours too.

And in fact, they already did. It was called the COVID pandemic, which is still going on … if they can go after my employment rights, they can go after yours. In fact, that’s part of the plan.”

She urged attendees to take the space to mourn, but also to stand up to attacks on LBGTQ+ and specifically transgender rights that have exploded in number across the country. Almost 40 of 50 states have proposed at least one anti-trans piece of legislation. Currently, there are 102 pieces of proposed anti-trans legislation across seven U.S. states alone, including almost 50 in the state of Texas alone.

They represent a wide-ranging attack on transgender rights, and particularly the rights of transgender children. They target arenas that range from the sports field to the classroom to the pediatrician’s office.

If it’s a national problem, Webb said, it’s also a Connecticut problem. Shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic hit Connecticut, the Alliance Defending Freedom mounted an attack against trans women in Connecticut high school sports that sought to legalize statewide discrimination against trans student athletes (the Southern Poverty Law Center has listed the Alliance Defending Freedom as a documented hate group since 2016). Webb called for the swift passage of the Equality Act, which would prohibit sex- and genderbased discrimination on a national level.

“You right!” yelled someone sitting beside the fountain, who had been silently listening to speakers for 20 minutes. “You right!”

Webb also pointed to the LGBTQ+ Needs Assessment Survey results recently released by the New Haven Pride Center earlier this month, which show an overwhelming need for greater housing security and support among LGBTQ+ Connecticut residents. According to the results, one in three transgender residents report that they have been denied housing in the state.

During her life, Webb said, she’s been one of them.

“We must stand at the barricades together,” she said. “We have systems that we’re fighting against and systems that we need to change.”

“We have to lift each other up, we have to hold each other up, we have to be there for each other,” she added. “If there’s someone you don’t know, meet them.

Don’t just come here, have this moment, and then leave … we are in an emergency situation.”

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. Eliot Olson is accessible at trans@newhavenpridecenter.org.

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Soccer Fans Cheer On Arsenal, Bring Cannon Closer To Goal

by KAREN PONZIO

On Saturday afternoon the New Haven Gooners — the official supporters’ club for Arsenal, a London-based football team — came together at The State House to do what they have done countless times before: watch their beloved team play a match while lifting a few pints and laughing with a few friends.

The event had a purpose far beyond cheering on Arsenal; the fans also raised funds for their future home, The Cannon, a bar, restaurant, and gathering place at 135 Dwight St. that has been trying to open for over a year now and has ties to not only the Gooners, but to New Haven’s arts scene.

Kevin Mackenzie, one of the three owners of The Cannon, started watching Arsenal games in the basement of Anna Liffey’s 15 years ago with Teague Dwyer, executive branch manager and founder of The Gooners. The club became official around 11 years ago, recognized by Arsenal America. The group moved its gatherings to Christy’s and then Trinity, but The Cannon will be their official home once it opens. Mackenzie has been a staple both in the New Haven bar scene, working at Rudy’s for the past seven years, and the music scene, as a part of The Hulls (who will be headlining a fundraiser for CT Food Bank at State House on Dec. 10) and many other bands, including The Simulators.

“The Gooners will be at The Cannon once it’s open,” said Mackenzie. “I want to be behind the bar serving drinks. I just want to be open and do our thing.”

The Cannon has been trying to do just that since the beginning of 2020. According to co-owner Tessa Davis, an 18-year veteran of the restaurant industry, the business had the unfortunate experience of bad timing.

“We signed the lease in February 2020, and almost immediately began looking for equipment,” said Davis. “Then lockdown happened.”

She and Mackenzie didn’t even see each other again until May 2020, speaking via Facetime meetings and asking each other “can we do this?” and “how?” They decided to focus initially on the kitchen, receiving a wealth of pieces from Yale’s Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life, which was remodeling and getting rid of equipment. They kept brainstorming about how to achieve their goals.

“We asked, ‘How can we keep people protected but also let them enjoy themselves?’” said Davis. They wanted an affordable menu and an inclusive space and community. “We want to foster an environment where everyone is safe,” she said, “where social justice is practiced — a place that doesn’t ostracize important members of our community and is a welcoming environment.”

They decided to try takeout and delivery hoping to be accessible to hospitals and essential workers as well as the local

KAREN PONZIO PHOTOS Cannon co-owners Kevin Mackenzie, Tessa Davis, and Skyler Melton.

neighborhood and communities, but they were unable to do so due to ongoing construction — mostly done by Mackenzie and his father.

“We’re all in the same boat,” said Davis.

“Trying to do this through a global health crisis — It’s a miracle story really.”

Family and friends came through in many ways this the past year — especially through word of mouth on social media and through a GoFundMe page — and continued to come through on Saturday at The State House. Following the game was a raffle that included Arsenal-related prizes as well as selections from Counterweight Brewery. Samples of food from The Cannon’s menu were also set up during the match. The menu, which will be 100 percent meatless, is an important part of the The Cannon’s goals to be able to provide for all, according to co-owner and chef Skyler Melton.

“It’s a driving factor for me, an obstacle I can overcome,” said Melton, a veteran of a multitude of New Haven bars and restaurants including Heirloom and Ordinary. “If I can make vegan/vegetarian food that people who eat meat can enjoy, then everyone can enjoy it. I want to make everyone happy.” He said he has been “in the lab” trying recipes out on friends and family. “I made a seitan chicken and steak, and they (my family) couldn’t tell the difference.”

On Saturday the sample menu included jerk lentil and plantains in small pies or gluten-free without a crust and a birria jackfruit grilled cheese with a consommé for dipping (Davis noted that the jackfruit will be in taco form on the menu at The Cannon, but the grilled cheese was made today due to easier transport). Each one

KEVIN MACKENZIE PHOTO The Cannon. was smoky and sweet with just a hint of yard” until they started gathering again heat that lingered on the lips. Patrons hap- at Trinity, knowing that The Cannon was pily grabbed a plate to enjoy during the “coming down the pike.” game.

“From the Gooners’ end we said, ‘Let’s “It’s all about comfort and happiness do a fundraiser. Let’s get those doors now,” said Melton. open.’ It’s a natural progression, a comThe steady stream of friends, family, and munity effort that benefits everyone.” soccer fans kept the level of enthusiasm O’Keefe has been assistant branch manhigh through the event, even as Arsenal ager of the Gooners since 2019, when the failed to score a goal. Gooners assistant position was vacated by a relocated Craig manage Abigail O’Keefe noted that al- Taylor. “Kevin taught me the game,” said though the fans were hoping their team O’Keefe about Mackenzie. “He answered would win, this day was about more than my questions and made me the Arsenal one game. fan I am today.”

“The last match we saw together at All of the Arsenal scarves and flags Christy’s was March 7, 2020,” she said, adorning The State House on this day noting that during the pandemic they were there courtesy of O’Keefe, who said would get together in “someone’s back- they will all go to The Cannon when they

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open.

“This is a community thing,” she added.

“It’s more than an Arsenal bar. It’s a soccer bar. That’s very much the energy….

We don’t care who you cheer for. I’ll buy you a pint.”

Arsenal ended up being defeated by Liverpool 4-0, leaving fans in a less than a celebratory mood that quickly changed when O’Keefe arrived onstage to announce that the event had raised $1,600 thus far for The Cannon. She was joined

by Gooners branch manager and founder Teague Dwyer, who, after offering his thanks to attendees and Carlos Wells of The State House, spoke about his friend Mackenzie and The Cannon, reiterating the story of how they met.

“We started watching Arsenal together about 2006 at Anna Liffey’s, may it rest in peace.… The true story is it took about three years for me to know his name was Kevin. He was just the other guy who yelled at the TVs with me, which is pretty fantastic,” Dwyer said. He also expressed his joy and anticipation for what The Cannon will bring to the city. “I cannot wait for you guys to see what these guys have done,” he said.

“You’ve tasted the food today, you’ve met the folks, but you can’t wait to watch an Arsenal game at The Cannon,” added O’Keefe.

They then brought up the three owners to the stage as applause and cheering brought smiles to everyone’s faces. Mackenzie thanked the crowd for supporting them.

“We can’t do any of this without you and hopefully very soon we will be doing this in our new home,” he said.

Davis added details about the menu being vegan/vegetarian with gluten free options and the kitchen being kosher as well.

“If you have friends looking for something a little off the beaten path send them our way,” she said. “We’ll provide a real wholesome family-oriented environment.

We just want to open a place where everyone wants to go.” She was answered with more cheering.

Dwyer took a moment to interject that the gathering had now raised over $2,500.

The announcement was met with thundering applause, and the owners once again expressed their gratitude.

“It’s been a long road to this point,” said Mackenzie. “We still have a little ways to go and with all of your support we’re going to get there.” The crowd erupted in cheers as the raffle winners were chosen, eventually chanting and singing the Gooners theme song. Their team may have lost, but their club, and New Haven, was gaining so much more.

The Cannon does not have an opening date scheduled yet. More information about the spot can be found on The Cannon’s website, Facebook and Instagram pages, as well as its GoFundMe page.

More information about the New Haven Gooners can be found on its Facebook and Instagram pages.

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like the library, have expressed excitement about voluntarily working those functions, Garrett shared.

Garrett said she believes Monday’s promotions “were rushed in order to take advantage of the current Police Commission.”

During her campaign, Garrett promised to replace current Police Commission appointees in order to diversify the group’s professional experience as well as to bring greater geographic and racial representation to the commission.

She also argued throughout the election campaign that “we need to have newer police officers” rather than have department veterans fill vacant seats in order to build “a police department that is interested in community policing” instead of continuing “old-school practice.”

She did not comment directly on the commission’s Monday promotions.

Force Policy Updated The commission Monday night also updated the department’s use of force policy for the first time since 2014 to include newly mandated language voted on by the state.

The new policy includes a clearer restriction on and definition of chokeholds.

The old orders denied officers the right to use “any chokeholds or neck restraints, with or without a device, that restricts a person’s airway,” unless deadly force is authorized. It now reads: “Officers are prohibited against the intentional use of a chokehold or other method of restraint applied to the neck of another person, including but not limited to, (1) Arm bar hold, (2) Carotid artery hold, (3) Lateral vascular neck restraint, (4) Neck restraint or hold with a knee or other object is prohibited. The use of a chokehold or neck restrain may only be used when the use of deadly physical force is authorized.”

A new general guideline adds that “officers have a duty to intervene and stop any unreasonable, excessive, or illegal use of force by another police officer.” In addition, employee’s responsibilities in terms of reporting excessive use of force have been expanded upon. Three new rules state that “officers who directly observe a use of force that is unreasonable, excessive or otherwise in violation with the agency’s use of force policy and/or a violation of state or federal (illegal), shall contact a supervisor as soon as practicable and inform them”; “Officers who have knowledge of excessive, unreasonable, or illegal use of force against a person shall notify a supervisor and submit a written incident report to the supervisor in a timely fashion”; and “Officers will ensure that there is no retaliation of any kind of any Officer that intervenes against the excessive use of force, reports misconduct, or cooperates in an internal investigation.”

In January, all officers will also be required to take additional classes training them on the updated use of force policy.

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“Cool Science” Pulls Up To Mauro-Sheridan

by SOPHIE SONNENFELD

Huddled around a high-intensity microscope, Mauro-Sheridan eighth-grader Lauren Sellers and 12 of her classmates gasped as the tiny Abraham Lincoln statue etched into the penny came into full view.

The microscope is used by quality-control employees in advanced manufacturing.

The Mauro-Sheridan middle schoolers rotated through a 44-foot trailer parked outside the school Monday to learn about and experiment with such tools that manufacturers use to create jet planes, submarines, and helicopters.

They were participating in a Goodwin University Advanced Manufacturing Mobile Training Lab, which is scheduled to stop by five middle schools in New Haven to give kids a look into high-tech manufacturing jobs.

Sellers said she enjoyed learning the “cool science” from a laser engraver to precise measuring tools used in quality control inspections inside the mobile lab.

She said she especially liked seeing the high-intensity microscope: “I did not know that Abraham Lincoln was sitting on the chair in the memorial on the penny!”

Goodwin Quality Inspection Instructor and Lead Technologist Les Sinnock and Scott Kennedy, an instructor and driver of the Advanced Manufacturing Mobile Training Lab, led 120 seventh and eighth graders in groups of 14. They explained manufacturing processes including welding, engineering, and quality control. He then showed off the products of these processes and spoke about manufacturing employment opportunities in Connecticut.

“It’s the future of manufacturing. We no longer have people working on assembly lines. You have robots working on them but somebody’s gotta program them, somebody’s gotta build them, somebody’s gotta figure out how to make them and that’s these kids,” said MauroSheridan Video Literacy Bill Slusky, who attended the lab session.

Magnet Resource Teacher Judy Goodrich gathered groups of students and walked them in front of the school into the mobile manufacturing training lab.

She told them, “you can go to college and then do this kind of cool stuff. Or you can go to Eli Whitney or Platt Technical High School and then do this cool stuff. It’s just to give you some cool options for your future.” She encouraged the students to ask questions aboard the mobile lab.

Goodrich said kids need to be aware of career options like advanced manufacturing. “If you’re not a college-bound person, if that’s not your thing there’s still a pathway for you to get a really wonderful job. Or if you want to go to college you can still move ahead into this kind of advanced manufacturing,” she said.

SOPHIE SONNENFELD PHOTO Les Sinnock leads students through the mobile lab, aimed at introducing them to high-tech manufacturing.

“It’s good for creative kids, especially hands-on kind of stuff that they’ve never learned about before,” she added. Goodrich said the program fit well with Mauro-Sheridan’s science, technology, and communications themes.

With a maker lounge, 3D printer, and hands-on scientific activities at school, many Mauro-Sheridan students have a foundation and interest in advanced manufacturing, Goodrich said. “They know that technology is not just a computer. It can be advanced technology.”

She said that Goodwin University’s partner in this effort, Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology (CCAT) Industry Ambassadors, will also be hosting Zoom informational webinars throughout the year for students on advanced manufacturing opportunities. They plan to meet virtually with students for 30 minutes every month to speak about their career path and answer questions.

Inside the trailer, Sinnock held up wooden designs and a cube made by a computer numerical control (CNC) machine and by a wood laser engraver. He pointed students to a sewing machine at the next station that allows manufacturers to stitch together leather and heavier textile fabrics.

At the following station, he showed the students a sheet metal brake that cuts metal. The metal, he said, “goes into all sorts of stuff” such as car exteriors, washing machines, dryers, stoves, and refrigerators.

He then demonstrated precision measuring tools including an advanced ruler that can measure to thousandths of an inch called a caliber and a tool called a

Mauro-Sheridan students board the mobile manufacturing lab on Monday’s visit.

micrometer for measuring objects to tenthousandths of an inch. “Very high precision tools are required to make parts for things like jet aircraft which we’re home to in this state,” he told them.

Students shifted to look at another station with a welding display.

Sinnock explained that a filler metal is added at high heat to bond heavy metal pieces together for truck frames or submarines.

“There are some very good jobs out there so when you get out of high school you may consider doing this kind of work. It’s a good living and it’s interesting so it’s something to consider a couple of years from now,” Kennedy said at the end of the session.

One student asked what education level

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people need to enter advanced manufacturing. Kennedy responded that some jobs require only a certificate-level education with the completion of a 22-week course in quality control, for example.

After that, people can start working for a company and making between $45,000 and $50,000 a year, he told them.

Goodwin Director of University Relations Guy LaBella who is the point person for the lab listened to the tour and handed out purple and black tee-shirts to students after each session.

He said they aim to reach students as young as middle school because “they’re going to be making choices soon.” He said that making students aware of manufacturing opportunities can help inform choices to attend technical high schools,

magnet schools, or other schools that have a manufacturing component.

“It raises awareness about career opportunities with good-paying jobs in advanced manufacturing and there is a dire need for us to build a pipeline,” LaBella said. He said the average age of employees at companies like Sikorsky and Pratt & Whitney is above 50. “They’re going to be retiring soon so we need to fill that gap,” he noted.

LaBella said New Haven and neighboring towns are a hub for manufacturing. “I think it’s critical that we reach out to big cities like New Haven, Waterbury, and Bridgeport.”

The lab is used both for outreach and for incumbent worker training. LaBella said they take the lab to manufacturers across the state and parts of Western Massachusetts, where they train employees on-site. “Most manufacturers don’t have a meeting room or a facility that’s conducive to training so we can take the mobile lab and transform it to a classroom,” he explained.

The lab is converted to hold 12 working stations and a Smartboard to host training in blueprint reading, conflict resolution, and lean manufacturing principles (how to manage operate and run a green manufacturing facility).

The mobile lab has been in operation for five years and has a generator. Outside, the trailer has an awning and built-in monitor to run presentations while kids wait outside sometimes in summer or spring. It is also equipped with air conditioning and heating for training and outreach in any season, LaBella said.

In the past five years, he estimated, they have trained over 3,000 employees and reached more than 5,000 middle and high school students.

During the summer they were awarded a summer enrichment grant grant by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to visit five summer camps across the state. LaBella said the laser engraver and 3D printer are usually a favorite on visits with kids.

Last week 98 students at Beecher Magnet School and 101 students at Family Academy of Multilingual Exploration (FAME) had the chance to visit the mobile lab.

After a recent Zoom call with the Bridgeport Schools superintendent, who heard about the mobile lab in New Haven, they are now scheduled to visit 17 sites in Bridgeport starting Jan. 12 through the end of the year.

“There’s still this stigma out there that manufacturing is my grandfather’s old dirty, dungy, greasy job which it really isn’t. It’s just the polar opposite today.

Manufacturing is very clean, it’s animated, and very high tech,” LaBella said on these visits he is looking forward to addressing that stigma and making more students aware of future opportunities in advanced manufacturing.

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Zakiya Dalila Harris Brings "The Other Black Girl" To SCSU Lucy Gellman, Editor, The Arts Paper www.newhavenartspaper.org

Zakiya Dalila Harris envisioned a better version of the publishing world while she was in it. So she quit and wrote a thriller with the industry’s quiet, ticking and persistent racism at its core.

Harris outlined her path to publishing Friday night, as she graced the stage at Southern Connecticut State University to discuss her debut novel, The Other Black Girl, with English Professor Brandon Hutchinson. Over 100 people attended the event, held in the university’s John Lyman Center for the Performing Arts.

In a line for signed copies afterwards, they introduced themselves to each other as students, professors, dyed-in-the-wool bibliophiles and SCSU alumni who have remained sister friends for decades.

It is not her first time on campus: Harris first attended SCSU with her dad, journalism Professor Frank Harris III, when she was just a baby. Back then, she was drinking a bottle of milk from a carrier on his back. Almost three decades later, she’s now a bestselling author whose first book has defied genre, stirred in noir, mystery, and science fiction, and catalyzed discussion about whiteness and white supremacy in the workplace.

“It was surreal to have this conversation with white people in publishing,” she said Friday, beaming after an introduction as “the ah-maaaa-zing Zakiya!” from her dad. “I was like, will white people get this book? There were some who did get it.”

Harris’ book is based on her own quest for personal and professional freedom after years in the still-very-white publishing world. Born and raised in Hamden’s West Woods neighborhood, “I’ve always wanted to be a writer,” she said Friday. She grew up aware of the fact that she and her sister Aisha were two of few Black girls in their neighborhood, schools, play groups, and extracurricular activities.

Hamden played a role in her story from the beginning. At Hamden High School, she worked on the school newspaper and was transformed by a class with English teacher Gloria Chapman, a Black woman who introduced her to Octavia Butler’s Kindred. After studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Harris pursued a graduate degree in creative writing at The New School.

The program gave her dedicated time to reflect on her experiences through writing. Harris wrote about her childhood. She wrote about her hair, including her use of relaxers for almost 15 years and decision to do the big chop after watching Stanley Nelson’s documentary about the Black Panthers. She wrote about her lived experience from Hamden to New York. It gave her space to think, she said—and a foundation for what would later become her first novel.

For three years after graduate school, she worked as an editorial assistant at Knopf Doubleday while freelancing on the side.

As she rose from editorial assistant to assistant editor, she was the only Black employee in her division for years. After a promotion to assistant editor, she went to her desk and cried. Then she quit to pursue fiction writing full-time. She recalled noticing a new Black woman starting just as she departed, and finding the humor in it, as if there could only be one person of color at any point in time.

The Other Black Girl, written as she cobbled together several part-time gigs, came out of that decision to leave. So it’s not a surprise that there is a lot of Harris in her main character, Nella Rogers.

When readers meet Nella, she is an editorial assistant and the only Black employee at Wagner Books, a fictional publishing house in New York City that feels entirely plausible as Harris world builds. In her

mid-twenties, Nella is sharp and ambitious—and sensitive to the micro (and macro) aggressions through which she must tiptoe, sidestep, and smooth out to survive in her workplace. She is on her own natural hair journey, a detail that later plays a central role in the book.

If she has her people outside of the office—her best friend, Malaika, and a white boyfriend named Owen—that doesn’t extend to Wagner’s chilly, cubicle-filled 13th floor. Then one day, Hazel-May McCall walks in, stepping forward in a cloud of cocoa butter to introduce herself as the newest editorial assistant. She is the titular Other Black Girl, from her “Erykahmeets-Issa” vibe to a social justice gig with students on the side.

What follows is a propulsive, bitingly funny and smart dive into their time at

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Wagner together. In particular, Harris does not shy away from exploring the way historical systems of oppression ask oppressed people to undercut each other. As readers get deeper into the text, she combs through a thick, intricately woven web of microaggression, KGB-level conspiracy, and magical, speculative takes on white supremacy and horror that channel Butler, N.K. Jemisin, and Grady Hendrix.

“I really wanted to make this book as thrilling and twisty as possible,” she said Friday to knowing laughter from those who had already finished the book.

She has succeeded wildly. For any reader who has been an “only”—or experienced the treatment of an only in a workplace— there’s a painful authenticity to her writing. It’s there when Nella sits across the desk from her white boss, Vera, and must choose her words carefully or risk a dramatic, career-threatening blowout. Or when she faces a white, male author who has written a caricature of a Black woman, and sees that he is more offended by the suggestion of his racism than his actual racist behavior.

Harris has hit the nail on the head not just about publishing, but also the museum and curatorial world, the academy and nonprofit industrial complex, and the American theater among others. She undergirds her observations with an equally acute sense of humor and satire, denying readers any sort of stereotype or box for the book to fall into. In a year and change of robust lip service and very little demonstrated action around diversity and antiracism in the workplace, it is a delicious and necessary read.

Parts of it are so real that they sting.

Harris based one of the book’s most climactic scenes, which takes place between two Black women in a Wagner bathroom, after watching Philando Castile’s murder on the news and knowing she would have to walk into a part-time job at a pie shop, smile at customers, and ask them how

their day was.

Friday, the author was quick to say that none of her work happens in a vacuum.

Beyond her parents, who she referred to as “my first teachers,” her narrative muses range from Nina Simone, Otis Redding, Diana Ross, Janet Jackson and Chaka Khan to Butler, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Gillian Flynn and Stephen King. Hutchinson, who has taught Black feminist writers, the Harlem Renaissance, and American Experience and Literature among several other courses, probed her on everything from her relationship to self-disclosure to her hope for readers who pick up the book.

“What is your advice for the ‘onlys’ that are in the room?” she asked.

Harris, who sometimes paused and looked briefly at the ceiling as she considered an answer, didn’t miss a beat. When she was an “only” in publishing, she said, she was painfully aware of how isolating it could be for someone who looked like her. While she didn’t face explicit racism, she knew to look out for something much more subtle. That weaves itself through every section of the book, from interactions with her cubicle mates to the dinners she and Malaika have to blow off steam.

“There’s a voice. There’s a tone. There’s coded language,” Harris said. She considers herself lucky to have found allies and accomplices at Knopf during her time there. Some were white colleagues invested in doing anti-racism and work with her. Some were fellow Black women in the publishing industry who formed a slack channel and informal affinity group.

What it taught her, she told the audience, was that things weren’t in her head. If people think they’re experiencing racism in the workplace, she told the audience, they probably are.

“Your feelings are valid,” she said. “If you feel comfortable saying something, do it. If you don’t,” she continued, it’s also okay to not to be the one to speak out. At a moment of intense, constant connectedness to technology, she’s still learning how to set boundaries and disconnect.

It’s one of the reasons she advocates for and lifts up other Black artists, she added.

She shouted out the book jacket by Temi Coker, a Nigerian artist who is now based in Dallas, who originally created the design as a celebration of Juneteenth. She is co-writing an adaptation of the book for Hulu with ​​Rashida Jones, which will expose it to an even wider audience.

And she’s hoping that the publishing industry—and readers—take note of the vision in the book. It’s a thrilling one, but it also hints at the fact that another, very different industry is possible.

“I truly think the answer is it needs to be dismantled and rebuilt,” she said. A few cheers went up from different spots in the auditorium. The applause began immediately.

To learn more about Zakiya Dalila Harris, including where to find The Other Black Girl, visit her website.

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Westville Artists Welcome Small Business Saturday

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

Hailey Jones grabbed a hula hoop wrapped in silver foil and started moving to the beat. Dresha Shaw turned her mask into a mouth warmer between sips of hot apple cider. Bonita Robinson-Fuller found a sliver of sunshine to dip under.

And when a steady mix of Prince and The Talking Heads blasted over Central Avenue, vendors and patrons alike danced to stay warm between sales.

Artists braved wintry, windy temps Saturday, as the Westville Arts Market (W.A.M.) welcomed the holiday season on the closed-off section of Central Avenue. After launching the market as a form of small business support earlier this year, co-founders Dooley-O and Kate Stephen have kept it going on a semi-weekly basis.

Both are working artists themselves.

For small businesses Saturday, they brought in makers from around the state, from Raspberry Cloud Studio and Coco Lilies Skincare to hometown favorites Smithmade Essentials and Dooley-O himself (artists rotate by design; Stephen said one goal of the market is to mix in old and new faces). As people pulled on their winter coats and perused small-batch goods from soap to wooden spoons, it seemed less likely that corporate supply chain woes would sour their holiday plans.

“It’s great,” Dooley-O said, surrounded by dozens of paintings, collages, and large-scale, labyrinthine canvases. “I’m really excited. The community has supported Westville artists, and it’s been wonderful to work with Kate.”

The market’s main source of support is the Westville Village Renaissance Alliance (WVRA). Three more iterations are planned for Dec. 5, 12, and 19 on the Central Avenue Patio.

Saturday, a mix of new and familiar vendors filled the space, all of them chatting with customers as they donned masks, mittens and winter coats. Off Fountain Street, BringTheHoopla’s Jones whirled around an empty section of the patio, a huge painted bird peeking out beneath her shoes. A few feet away, fellow hoop enthusiast Sherine Jamshidian chatted with passers-by about the benefits of hula hooping. She watched closely as one young Westvillian pulled a hoop from the tent, pulled it over his shoulders, and worked on balancing it with his pint-sized razor scooter.

While the company is based out of Seymour, Jones said she likes coming to New Haven, where she lived for several years after growing up in the Naugatuck Valley. During the week, she and several other BringTheHoopla employees teach hula hooping in schools across the state.

Since schools reopened, the business has weathered the pandemic surprisingly well—maybe because social distancing is baked into the activity’s DNA. In schools, Jamshidian said, students still mask up unless they’re outside.

As if on cue, Jones picked up the hoop she’d been working with, and began to roll it from her palm to her wrist, and then onto the inside of her arm. She swayed and bent back as it rolled gently across her chest, then her shoulder, and then into her other palm. A shiny black Santa hat, trimmed with white fur, flopped back in time with the hoop. Then she began the routine all over again.

“It’s getting to make somebody’s day,” she said. “Especially the little ones. You never know what somebody’s going through—especially in this day and age.”

Nearby, artist Dresha Shaw laid out bright, cacophonous canvases with furry blue dogs, blue and burnt orange starbursts, and dancers in neat coiffures and wispy, rainbow-patterned tutus. Beside her left leg, a figure’s voluminous, curly and glittering afro filled the upper register of a streaked blue canvas. A starched, tiny fabric jacket met the sparkles at the collar, a result of Shaw’s experiments with collage.

A lifelong New Havener and hairdresser by trade—“I’ve worked everywhere [in the city],” she said—Shaw first began painting six years ago, after receiving a diagnosis of epilepsy. In 2016, she passed out after seeing bright, flashing lights in an establishment, and woke up in the hospital two days later. When she closes her eyes, she still sees firework-like explosions of color. It is as if her world had tilted on its axis.

“It really did something to me,” she said.

A few months after the diagnosis, a friend asked Shaw if she was up for a sip n’ paint.

Shaw said yes. She hasn’t stopped painting since. When the W.A.M. put out a call for artists earlier this year, she figured it could be a good place to try selling her work.

As “Take Me To The River” blasted over the street, she chatted with two young women who had stopped on their walk down Fountain, intrigued.

Every so often, a sweet, fruity cloud of steam rolled off a cauldron of hot cider down the block. Shaw held her cup in one hand as she gestured animatedly with the other. At one point, the warm liquid sloshed over, and she rushed to dab it off a canvas. As she checked for any damage, she explained that she leaves many of her figures faceless so they will be open to interpretation.

“I don’t like to pass expressions onto my characters,” she said, pointing to two Black ballerinas who danced against a background filled with pin-pricks and fractals of light. “I want you to say, ‘what the hell is going on with her?”

A few booths down, Hamden-based artist Nancy Nearing walked people through neat, narrow drawers of polymer earrings, pins, and pendants. Beside them, a table beckoned with shallow bowls and vases done in vivid color, the polymer bits small enough to look like petals from afar. Bluewinged owls and masked, sharp-billed clay plague doctors hung from a white

wire tree designed for ornaments. Days after the city warned that the pandemic was far from over, they seemed right on time.

For Nearing, they’re all part of an artist growing her footprint in a new home.

After moving to Hamden in June 2020 to

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be closer to her daughter Elizabeth, the maker experienced a burst of creativity that pushed her to connect with the community. In October of this year, an earlier iteration of the market marked her first inperson craft fair in almost three years.

Among polymer earrings, vases and ornaments, she is now selling a run of pins designed to support The Ponderosa Project, which covers the cost of therapy and other postpartum mental health services for Black and Brown women seeking out those resources. Janina Tauro, a fellow Hamdenite and therapist who is herself a mother, founded the organization as a response to a crisis in maternal care that was and continues to be far more pronounced for Black women and non-Black women of color.

Nearing said she chose medicinal herbs to represent knowledge that is passed “from mother to daughter for generations.” Beneath her hands, delicate sprigs of lavender sprang up from the face of a pin.

Across the patio, Reinaldo Cruz fielded questions on his woodcarving tools, watching as the market filled with a new batch of afternoon customers on their way through Westville Village. Born in the Bronx and raised between Bridgeport and Waterbury, Cruz started painting when he was in his twenties, and wanted to learn more about his Puerto Rican heritage.

Three decades and several moves later, he hasn’t stopped expanding his craft.

Growing up in Connecticut, Cruz’ parents rarely talked about Puerto Rico, he said Saturday. When he started looking into what it meant to be Puerto Rican himself, he found a rich legacy of Afro-Caribbean and Indigenous Taíno history. He began practicing Santeria. He started painting Indigenous faces and masks, experimenting with “how to create an eye, nose, mouth” in a way that paid homage to a history he’d never learned in school.

“We Latinos are more African than we are white,” he said. Several years ago, he moved to Utuado, Puerto Rico to live “off the grid” with his now-ex and two kids.

He tried to live off the land and reforest the area, he said. On days that it rained, he taught himself to carve wood as a way to occupy his time. He moved to New Haven almost a decade ago, and now lives in the Westville neighborhood.

Four years ago, he became the director of training and business for EMERGE, which fights recidivism through job placement for formerly incarcerated people.

He now thinks of his craft as “something I do on the side,” he said—but jumps at opportunities to share his work. Saturday, he came with a woodworking demo and sharp tools, but stopped because it was too cold for his bare hands.

Other businesses have used the past year to experiment and expand, becoming part of the 4.4 million small businesses that grew directly out of the Covid-19 pandemic last year alone. In August 2020—just five months into the pandemic—Bridgeport’s Bonita Robinson-Fuller launched Cocoa Lilies Skincare to get her own eczema under control. Over a year later, she said that business is soaring.

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Lee Elder, 1st Black Golfer to Play Masters, Dies at Age 87

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

Lee Elder, a golfing pioneer, and the first Black player to compete in the Masters has died at 87.

“It’s remarkable to look back on Lee’s life and career and realize the hardships he endured and the sacrifices he made to reach golf’s highest level,” said PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan.

“To have the success he had while paving the way for others to dream big and achieve is a testament to the type of man he was and how much talent he possessed.

The TOUR is profoundly grateful for the career of Lee Elder, and we extend our sincere sympathies to his family.”

Born in 1934 in Dallas, Texas, Elder took up golf to help his parents financially.

He caddied at the all-white Tennison Park Golf Club in Dallas, but soon the golf pro began allowing Elder to play the course.

In 1959, Elder joined the United Golfers Association In 1959, Elder joined the United Golfers Association and dominated the all-Black group.

According to BlackPast.org, Elder won four Negro National Open Championships and an eye-opening 18 of the 22 tournaments in which he participated.

Using the purses from those victories allowed Elder to participate in the 1967 qualifying school for the PGA TOUR. In 1971, Elder made history as the first Black player invited to participate in the South African PGA Tournament.

“His participation in that event made this the first integrated sports event in South Africa since the establishment of the official Apartheid policy in 1948,” researchers at the Black Past wrote.

However, they noted further that Elder and other Black golfers continued to face racial challenges at home.

“Although the PGA Tour was officially open to African Americans, it was not friendly to them. Many tournaments would not allow Black golfers into the clubhouse and instead required that they change and eat in the parking lot,” the researchers wrote.

However, in 1975, Elder made history again in Augusta, Georgia, when he was invited to compete at the Masters Open, the most prestigious tournament in golf.

With his victory at the 1974 Monsanto Open, Elder automatically qualified for the Masters Open, but he also became the first Black player invited. Unfortunately, Elder missed the qualifying round in the tournament.

Still, his entrance was an African American milestone covered by almost every major magazine and news program in the country, noted the Black Press.

Elder played in five more Masters, won three PGA tournaments, and was named to the 1979 Ryder Cup Team.

He had a combined 12 tournament victories on the PGA and Senior Tours, earning

more than $1 million on each tour.

However, his invitation to the Masters in 1975 proved that African Americans could compete at the highest levels of golf, the researchers continued.

“Lee Elder was a pioneer, and in so many ways,” legendary golf champ Jack Nicklaus told Bill Fields during a PGATOUR. com interview.

“Yes, he was the first Black player to compete in the Masters Tournament, but that simply underlined the hard work Lee put in to further the cause of everyone who has a dream to play on the PGA TOUR and perhaps thinks there were too many barriers before them. It was wonderful that the Masters Tournament and Augusta National paid a well-deserved tribute to Lee by inviting him to be an Honorary Starter on this last Masters. That morning, you could see the joy in Lee’s face, and Gary Player and I were honored to enjoy that moment with him. That memory will remain special for so many, including me, for many years to come.

“Lee was a good player, but most importantly, a good man who countless people very well respected,” added Nicklaus.

“The game of golf lost a hero in Lee Elder. Barbara and I send our heartfelt condolences to Lee’s wife Sharon and their entire family.”

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What Happened to Millions of NBA All-Star Stephen Curry’s Money?

Can a seed planted and cultivated at a historically Black university over time grow into a full-blown, competitive NCAA Division 1 program in an athletic endeavor that many don’t even consider a sport, even after Tiger Woods? So far, the answer seems to be yes.

Jackson said she has been playing golf since she was 6 years old and has always wanted to play at the collegiate level. In middle school, Jackson started going to the golf course every day and began playing in tournaments.

“I have always wanted to play golf at a HBCU,” she said.

Being the only child, Jackson was hesitant about attending Howard, because she wanted to stay closer to home.

After talking to Puryear and meeting some of her teammates, she was sold, she said. Jackson said that there is a small ounce of pressure with all the eyes on the program.

“I feel pressured slightly, but it’s more of a responsibility to be good,” she said. “The chemistry between us is good. We live together, have team bonding outside of golf, and support one another.”

You Might Be Surprised

By Gregory Smith, Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – They are a diverse bunch.

Some are just eligible to vote. Many are not old enough to legally drink, while others are full-grown adults working on graduate degrees Their hometowns and backgrounds are a microcosm of America and beyond — East Lansing, Michigan; Chesapeake, Virginia; York, Pennsylvania; Ellicott City, Maryland; Pearland, Texas; West Palm Beach, Florida; Memphis.

Four are from Chicago with a metro population of eight million people and one is from Suwanee, Georgia with just 16,000 souls.

Another calls home tiny Lugazi, Uganda, whose sports claim to fame is that in In 2012 its Little League baseball team qualified for the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

They have been drawn together to Howard University by three things; first, their love of golf, seven-time NBA All-Star Stephen Curry’s money and finally, to answer a question the sports world has been asking since 2019 when it was announced that Curry had donated $6 million over six years to Howard to create a golf program at a university that hadn’t competed in the sport in nearly 50 years.

Can a seed planted and cultivated at a historically Black university over time grow into a full-blown, competitive NCAA Division 1 program in an athletic endeavor that many don’t even consider a sport, even after Tiger Woods?

So far, the answer seems to be yes.

The team has equipment, uniforms, camaraderie, commitment, and talent and two golf teams, eight women on one and seven men on the other. So far, they already have posted wins and highly respectable first-year record in a sport season burdened by the coronavirus pandemic.

Additionally, the university raised an additional $3 million in July to support the program during its Bison at the Beach Golf Classic at Pebble Beach, California, golf course, the nation’s number one public golf course.

Curry made the commitment after then Howard student Otis Ferguson IV approached about the idea of a Howard golf program while Curry was screening a film he had made at Howard.

To begin the program, the university’s first step was to find an experienced leader who could build a program.

They hired Sam Puryear.

At Michigan State, Puryear became the first African-American head coach in a power five conference. He produced one national championship, one Big Ten cham-

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BA all-star Stephen Curry, fourth from left, is surrounded by members of the program he created during the university’s fundraiser at the famous Pebble Beach Golf Course. From the left, Otis Ferguson, the former Howard student who asked Curry to fund a program, golfers Morgan Taylor, Everett Whiten, Curry, Kendel Abrams, Richard Jones Jr., Edrine Okong and team Coach Sam Puryear

pionship, two coach of the year awards.

Prior to Michigan State, Puryear was an assistant coach at Stanford University, an intense program that attracted world-wide attention during Tiger Woods’ tenure.

Puryear said he expects to bring the winning pedigree to Howard “My standards are the exact same,” Puryear said. “We want to find the best student athletes with the resources that we have available. Dealing with a champion like Curry could help us build something and go after the best players.”

Puryear is no stranger to HBCU golf. He graduated in 1992 from Tennessee State University where he was captain of the golf team. The team was led by Catana Starks, the first woman to coach a men’s golf program at the highest collegiate level.

“We want to build something that no one has seen,” Puryear said. “HBCU golf is getting stronger and better. I don’t feel pressured (by Curry or Howard) to win.

All of the pressure that I have, I put on myself.”

Howard’s men’s and women’s golf team could have the same success as previous teams he has coached, Puryear said, which is why he reached out for Everett Whiten Jr. Everett Whiten Jr., a junior majoring in marketing, received a call from Puryear just two days after he found out Hampton University discontinued their golf program due to budget cuts caused my COVID-19.

“We had only been home for a few days because of the pandemic when my coach called and said that the program had been cut,” said Whiten of Chesapeake, Virginia.

Whiten played multiple sports until 12 years old. His dad played golf and wanted him to play as well, but basketball had his

heart. Whitten gave golf a chance in middle school and hasn’t looked back.

Since joining the university’s golf team, Whiten has finished in the top 10 at the Georgetown Invitational, top 15 at the Howard Invitational and won the Towson Invitational.

He credits much of his success to Puryear.

“Coach Sam is special,” he said. “At Hampton, I had a coach that went through the motion. Coach talks to us like we are one of his kids. We are really building a good culture for the next generation and I’m glad to be a part of it.”

Whiten got a chance to play golf with Stephen Curry during a fundraising event for the program.

“He’s a normal guy,” he said. “He came up to me and made a simple conversion like he was a Howard student himself. It’s exciting to see that he is invested into the program and not just financially.”

Puryear said he didn’t have much time to recruit after initially taking over the program, so during the recruiting process he targeted student athletes who were in the transfer portal.

Raquel Simpson, a sophomore majoring in political science from Chicago, said that she was committed to Hampton University, but had to look elsewhere once the golf program was cut due to the pandemic.

“Coach reached out to my parents, because he heard about what happened at Hampton,” Simpson said.

Simpson did not qualify to play in any tournaments this fall.

“I didn’t play as well as I hoped,” she said.” The regiment that coach has us on and the workouts with our trainer has me

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feeling prepared for the spring season.”

To get Simpson on track, she works out three days a week with the athletic trainer.

“On Tuesdays we work on lower body, Wednesdays is upper body, and Thursday is full body,” she said. “Other days we are expected to go to Woodmont Country Club, Argyle Country Club, or Woodmore Country Club to practice actual golf.”

Puryear said Curry’s financial support for the program attracted him to the head coaching job. Puryear said he has since found Curry is personally really invested into the program.

“The biggest thing is the support that Curry shows,” he said. “We have talked many times. He is a big supporter of the kids and actually wants them to play well.”

Justin Green, a first-year business management major, said golf is the main reason he came to Howard. The university wasn’t on his radar until he saw the donation from Curry, he said.

“My dad’s friend went to school with coach Puryear and that’s how we connected,” Green said. “I eventually came on a visit and continued to send my tournament result to him.”

Green has qualified and played in four of the five tournaments this season. He attributes his early success to hard work, the coach and his teammates.

“I use the donations from Curry as an opportunity,” he said. “We are really blessed because the coach has a lot of experience.

He knows how to shape great golfers.”

In two seasons Puryear has had three athletes win an event.

Kendall Jackson, a first-year finance major from Pearland, Texas, said that she reached out to Puryear after learning about the donation from Curry.

Left Behind

ing.

Winfield said he didn’t think twice about seizing the moment in the summer of 2020 as the country and the state expressed horror over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, one of whom was later convicted of murder.

The State Capitol was closed due to the coronavirus, leaving Winfield to largely pen the bill and gather consensus through phone calls and Zoom meetings. There was no public hearing, but there was stiff opposition from police unions and Republicans who claimed that the legislation would cause good officers to flee the profession in droves.

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Winfield kept moving, issuing a draft of the bill days before a special session called to address the pandemic. The legislation included the creation of the Office of the Inspector General, an independent body to investigate deadly use of police force incidents and in-custody deaths, and allowed citizens a greater ability to sue police by changing the state’s standard for qualified immunity.

More than a year later, the law is largely intact except for a few minor revisions.

At one point during the 10-hour debate Winfield held back tears as he recalled how his mother had passed away eight years before and he now was doing the work that she had hoped and inspired him to do.

His mother’s name, Araminta, had connections to abolitionist Harriet Tubman, Winfield said last week. “Although she was free, Harriet’s work was the work of going back for those who were left behind,” Winfield said. “The work I’m doing is exactly that work.”

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IN MEMORIAM:

Trailblazing Congresswoman Carrie Meek Dies at 95

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor

the devastation of Hurricane Andrew and won over $100 million in federal assistance after the disaster. Meek also advocated for Haitian immigrants.

Meek was born in 1926, in Tallahassee.

She graduated from Florida A&M College for Negroes, now known as Florida A&M University but in 1946 Blacks could not attend graduate school in Florida. Meek earned a Masters degree from in 1948 from the University of Michigan. She was then hired as a teacher at Bethune-Cookman University.

Meek’s son, Kendrick Meek, also served in Congress from 2003 to 2011, in the same congressional seat as his mother.

When Carrie Meek retired in 2002 she wanted to focus more of her time to the Miami foundation named after her.

Meek’s daughter, Lucia Davis-Raiforde, said her mother focused on making sure, “her people, no matter where they were in the African diaspora, benefited from the benefits offered by being in the United States.”

Lauren Victoria Burke is an independent journalist and the host of the podcast BURKEFILE. She is a political analyst who appears regularly on #RolandMartinUnfiltered.

Former U.S. Congresswoman Carrie Meek, who was the first Black person to represent the state of Florida in Congress since Reconstruction, died on November 28. She was 95.

Meek served in Congress from 1993 to 2003. She as the granddaughter of slaves and became a Congresswoman at the age of 66 after serving the Florida House and Senate.

Meek’s political career began when Florida state representative Gwen Cherry, Florida’s first ever Black woman legislator, was killed in a car crash in 1979. Meek won a special election to succeed Cherry.

In 1992, after court-ordered congressional redistricting mandated that there would be three minority majority districts in Florida to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act. Former U.S. Representative Corrine Brown and the late Congressman Alcee Hastings, who passed away in April, were also elected in 1992.

Meek ran and won a seat in Congress and represented parts of Dade County. She focused on middle class issues and the poor.

She focused on assisting her district from

Investigators exonerate men convicted in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

Two of the men found guilty of the assassination of Malcolm X had their convictions thrown out on Thursday, the Manhattan district attorney, and lawyers for the two men said, according to the New York Times.

The stunning reversal recasts history and reopens the case of the slaying of Malcolm X, who died in a hail of gunfire at the old Audubon Theater in New York’s Harlem area.

The exoneration of the two men, Muhammad A. Aziz, and Khalil Islam, represents

a “remarkable acknowledgment of grave errors made in a case of towering importance: the 1965 murder of one of America’s most influential Black leaders in the fight against racism,” the Times reported.

The newspaper noted that a 22-month investigation conducted jointly by the Manhattan district attorney’s office and lawyers for the two men found that prosecutors and two of the nation’s premier law enforcement agencies — the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New York Police Department — had withheld key evidence that, had it been turned over, would likely have led to the men’s acquittal.

The two men, known at the time of the

Meet Jessica Watkins, the 1st Black Woman Astronaut to Live and Work on the International Space Station Jessica Watkins, a 33-year old female astronaut from Lafayette, Colorado, will make history in April 2022 when she becomes the first Black woman to live and work on the International Space Station.

Watkins will serve as a mission specialist on the ISS as part of the SpaceX Crew-4, which is the fourth batch of astronauts on a flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. She is one of the 4 members of the crew who will live on the ISS for 6 months.

Since 2017, Watkins has been an astronaut in NASA where she worked in its research centers, particularly on the Mars rover Curiosity. Her mission next year will be her first mission in space.

As a child, Watkins had always been inspired by iconic astronauts like Mae Jemison, the first Black woman in space, and Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. Now, she hopes to be the one to inspire more children of color to pursue space travel.

“I do hope that all young girls, especially young girls of color that are interested in STEM and in-

terested in exploring space, feel empowered to do so,” Watkins said, according to NPR. “I just hope young girls across the country feel that way now.”

After the ISS, Watkins, who had a background in geology and the surface of Mars, said she is also interested in traveling to Mars soon.

killing as Norman 3X Butler and Thomas 15X Johnson, spent decades in prison for the murder, which took place on Feb. 21, 1965, when three men opened fire inside a crowded ballroom at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan as Malcolm X was starting to speak.

Earlier this year, the civil rights leader’s daughters formally requested that authorities reopen the murder investigation because of new evidence.

“Any evidence that provides greater insight into the truth behind that terrible tragedy should be thoroughly investigated,” said Ilyasah Shabazz, one of Malcolm X’s six daughters.

Shabazz and her family cited a deathbed letter of confession from a man who was a policeman at the time of the 1965 killing, alleging New York police and the FBI conspired in the murder.

Raymond Wood wrote his responsibility was to ensure Malcolm X’s security team were arrested days before he was shot dead in Manhattan, the daughters stated.

The men convicted were all members of the Nation of Islam and were each sentenced to life in prison. At the time of his death, Malcolm X had separated himself from the Nation of Islam.

Assassins gunned him down at the age of 39.

Entrepreneur and Iconic Singer Jody Watley Releases Surprise New Dance/Club Remix Album on Her Avitone Recordings Label Imprint digital age. All of the curated selections The new Jody Watley Dance/Remix EP are danceable with meaningful lyrics from has arrived, just in time for the holidays and the empowering “A Beautiful Life”, the a ‘must-have’ in your playlist! thought-provoking “Clouds”, the relationWatley recently dropped a special collection of Alex Di Ciò Dance/Club remixes to ship angst of “More”, the uplifting “Whenever” and the poignancy of “Not A Single the surprise of her fans under the umbrella of her very own Avitone Recordings label Day” it’s a well-round mini collection.”

Following up on recent critically acimprint. Alex Di Ciò is a world-renowned claimed releases, The Healing, and the Top producer and remixer.

When asked about the creative process be5 UK Soul release, Winter Nights EP, Jody Watley brings on Renderings EP – The hind her latest project, ‘Renderings,” WatAlex Di Ciò Remixes, a collection of upley says, “One of the definitions of a rendering is an interpretation or translation of lifting songs penned by Watley and longart that’s what I thought about as I listened time collaborator Rodney Lee. to Alex’s mixes that he was inspired to The iconic singer, songwriter, producer, and respected entrepreneur is one of the do on songs from my critically acclaimed architects of 21st-century pop. From her “The Makeover’ and ‘Midnight Lounge’ electronic soul fused projects. I recognize groundbreaking marriage of rap & R&B (1987’s “Friends,” a collaboration with that not everyone is up on everything I’ve hip-hop legends Eric B. & Rakim) to her done and quality music can be freshly discovered for the first time, especially in the vision-forward marriage of high fashion,

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Entrepreneur and Iconic Singer

street fashion, and music in the ‘80s (long before it became the norm), to her fusion of jazz and underground club culture with keen pop instincts, and the ease with which she crossed and still crosses genre, Jody Watley forged the standard that is now everybody’s playbook.

This month, she is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the release of her solo debut blockbuster single, “Looking for a New Love”. The platinum-selling single was nominated for American Music Awards, NAACP Image Awards to name a few.

The success was on a global scale becoming a hit in many countries beyond the USA, including the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Japan, and beyond.

Watley’s debut album produced three top-ten singles on the US Billboard Hot 100: “Some Kind of Lover,” large Grammy Nominated, “Looking for a New Love” and “Don’t You Want Me,” 4 Top 10 R&B Singles including “Still A Thrill: All Top 10 Hot Club Play” Singles countless nominations and subsequently garnering the Best New Artist Grammy and becoming an instant influential style template for many.

“Renderings,” the mini collection of dance mixes is now available on all digital platforms.

The limited-edition copy of Jody Watley – Renderings -The Alex Di Ciò Remixes is exclusively available at JodyWatleyShop. com Be sure to connect with Jody Watley on all her social media platforms: @jodywatley

All of Us:

Equity is the Key to HIV Epidemic Control

By Loyce Pace, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services

The United States government’s theme for Worlds AIDS Day 2021—Ending the HIV Epidemic: Equitable Access, Everyone’s Voice—highlights a critical moment in our domestic and global HIV/ AIDS response. Colleagues from across the government will share their reflections, progress, and updates on our journey to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. and globally.

This year’s World AIDS Day theme is particularly poignant as we currently confront the dual challenges of HIV/ AIDS and COVID-19. The lessons learned from the HIV/AIDS epidemic have provided a solid foundation for the COVID-19 response. I recall when global activists marched, protested, and advocated for greater focus on equitable access to life-saving HIV therapies. During my own experiences as a community outreach worker in Western Africa, and as an advocate in Washington D.C., I witnessed firsthand the impact of everyone’s voice to affect change.

Currently, as the Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), I have the privilege of working alongside dedicated public servants to promote

Loyce Pace, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services

more equitable access to services and ensure that the communities’ voices are heard through HHS’s respective responses to HIV/AIDS and COVID-19. These efforts are made possible by leveraging the lessons learned and best practices

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from existing HIV/AIDS programs such as the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

We have made enormous progress towards achieving HIV/AIDS epidemic control in many countries around the world. This success has been possible through a whole-of-society, whole-ofgovernment, and whole-of-globe approach – academic institutions, civil society, governments, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, and regional and global multilateral institutions have all made valuable contributions. The United States Government has played a vital role. Since the launch of PEPFAR in 2003, the program has saved more than 20 million lives around the world through support for life-saving antiretroviral therapy and other proven interventions.

The United States has invested more than $100 billion to combat global HIV/AIDS through PEPFAR and U.S. contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

However, our work is not yet complete.

Despite our progress towards achieving epidemic control, there are persistent gaps in access to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services to communities that have historically been disproportionately impacted and yet underserved, such as adolescent girls and young women,

children, and key populations, such as men who have sex with men, sex workers, transgender people, people who inject drugs, and people who are incarcerated.

In sub-Saharan Africa, which continues to bear the greatest HIV/AIDS burden, six in seven new HIV/AIDS infections among adolescents aged 15 to 19 were among girls. Young women in sub-Saharan Africa aged 15 to 24 were twice as likely to be living with HIV/AIDS than men. Globally, in 2020, key populations and their sexual partners accounted for 65 percent of new infections.

As we have learned throughout this journey, HIV/AIDS affects everyone – and we are all in this together. Reducing HIV/ AIDS-related disparities and health inequities at home and throughout the world is a public health and moral imperative.

HHS is committed to promoting health and human rights for all people, which includes addressing stigma, discrimination and harmful policies that serve as barriers to accessing vital services.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us that we are an interconnected, interdependent global community.

Amplifying global health equity is essential to unlocking opportunity for us all.

As we enter this next phase of the global HIV/AIDS response, we must hold fast to our shared vision, purpose, and determination to end HIV/AIDS.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - December 01, 2021 - December 08, 2021

A Guide To Health Screenings For Black Men

by Jasmine Browley, BlackDoctor.org

New research has suggested that many Black men may not visit their doctor or partake in a health screening because they find the interaction stressful and don’t feel physicians give them enough useful information on how to make recommended lifestyle changes.

The findings from a recent study stem from a series of focus groups with Black men regarding their physicians. The results show doctors are coming up short when it comes to advising patients on how to make healthy changes in behavior — such as eating better, exercising more or weight loss — without sacrificing time with family.

When Black men do go to the doctor, it’s usually because they have to get test results, or because a family member forced them to pay a visit, research shows. Even then, the men reported not liking the tone that doctors take with them.

With those interesting findings, it’s hard to ignore the fact that our Black men need to take their health (specifically, screenings) seriously.

Here’s a guide that can help: Health Screening Checklist Take this checklist to your next doctor’s appointment. Your doctor can help you develop a more tailored screening plan if needed.

These exams are for men at average risk of cancer. If you believe you may be more likely to develop cancer because of your personal or family medical history, speak with your doctor about early screening methods.

Ages 40-49 Beginning at age 40, you should speak with your doctor about the benefits and limitations of prostate screening.

If you choose to screen for prostate cancer, you should get a digital rectal exam and PSA test every year starting at age 45 to check for prostate cancer if you are Black or have a family member that had

prostate cancer before the age of 65 (father, brother, son).

The average age for colorectal cancer screening begins at age 45. However, those at a higher risk, such as Black men and men with a family history of colorectal cancer should discuss whether they should start screening earlier with their doctor. Colonoscopy is recommended every 10 years while a virtual colonoscopy should be done every 5 years to check for colorectal cancer.

Ages 50-75 If you choose to get a prostate cancer screening, you should get a digital rectal exam and PSA test every year to check for prostate cancer.

Age 76 and older If you’re age 76 to 85, your doctor can help you decide if you should continue screening. MD Anderson does not recommend cancer screening for men age 85 and older.

All Ages Testicular cancers can occur between

the ages of 15 and 45. Therefore all men should examine their testicles regularly to gain familiarity with their normal look and feel. If at any point you notice changes, they should be reported to your healthcare provider for further testing.

Speak with your doctor about cancer screening exams for lung and skin cancers. Exams are available for those at increased risk.

Lung cancer screenings aren’t typically recommended for men that have an average risk.

However, those who are at high risk due to cigarette smoking might consider screening if they meet the following: • 50 to 80 years of age and in fairly good health.

• Currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years.

• Have at least a 20 pack-year smoking history (A pack-year is the number of cigarette packs smoked each day multiplied by the number of years a person has smoked.

Someone who smoked a pack of cigarettes per day for 20 years has a 20 pack-year smoking history, as does someone who smoked 2 packs a day for 10 years).

• Have gone through smoking cessation counseling if they are current smokers.

Screening is done with a yearly low-dose CT scan (LDCT) of the chest. If you fit the list above, consult with your provider about whether you should start screening.

Although Black men are less likely to develop skin cancer, dark-skinned people can develop skin cancers, most often in areas that are not exposed to the sun (on the soles of the feet, under nails, and genitals) so it is best to protect yourself and take measures to detect skin cancer early.

Check out this guide from the American Academy of Dermatology Association for tips on how to perform a skin self-exam.

Regardless of your age, practice awareness. This means you should be familiar with your body so you’ll notice changes and report them to your doctor without delay.

50-Year Old First-Time Mom Welcomes Baby Girl; The Father is 61

ferred them to Carolinas Fertility Institute where Susie’s fibroids were removed before performing rounds of egg collections and IVF. “None of that worked, and we were down to our last embryo,” Susie Troxler told WFMY News about their experience.

“They bring me into the ultrasound, and the first thing they said was, ‘Oh, she’s moving!’ I was like, ‘Yes!’” Last September, Susie gave birth to a healthy baby girl that they named Lily.

“We are thrilled. Sleep-deprived, but totally beyond worth it. She is a miracle baby,” Susie said.

Meanwhile, even though giving birth at the age of 50 is extremely rare, HarrawaySmith said it is not always recommended as it involves several risks such as miscarriage, stillbirth, among others.

ByBlackNews.com

Susie Troxler, a 50-year old woman from Greensboro, North Carolina, recently gave birth to a baby for the first time. She and her 61-year old husband Tony are very excited about being parents to their miracle baby.

Since the couple got married in 2008, they have always dreamed of having their own baby. But years have passed and Susie still didn’t get pregnant. They tried consulting doctors but they were always told that it could not happen.

Aside from their age, Susie had uterine fibroids and Tony had some medical issues that lowered their chances to have a baby in a natural way.

That is when they tried other procedures like IVF and egg donation. Cone Health OBGYN Dr. Carolyn Harraway-Smith re-

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Westville Artists

While she works on the business in her limited free time—Robinson-Fuller also holds down a full-time job at St. Vincent’s Medical Center and is in school—she said she tries to be as responsive to new and returning customers as she can. This year, she rolled out new products including a pink clay face mask, and a scented foot soak. As a slice of sun fell over her face, she talked to vendor-turned customer Hailey Jones.

Jones, who used to work for LUSH Cosmetics, praised the focus on all-natural and vegan products as she looked over bottles of toning mist, facial cleanser, and small pink and white jars of body butter. One, creamy and cool to the touch, smelled of spun sugar and vanilla. Another brought out hints of sandalwood. Tins of fruit-flavored lip balm winked from across the table. In the herbal foot soak, dried and crushed flower petals added pink pops of color.

In the tent next to Cocoa Lilies, Anthony Murrell of Black GOAT Milk Clothiers described the store as “a love story” still in the making. Born and raised in New Haven, Murrell grew up on Quinnipiac Avenue, and fell for fashion during his time at Wilbur Cross High School. As a student, he saw fashion as a way to express his love for hip-hop. The idea for the brand reaches back to those years, using the acronym for Greatest of All Time (G.O.A.T) to telegraph a movement that nourished culture.

“For me, growing up in hip-hop culture, fashion was a way to express yourself,” he said. “I couldn’t breakdance. I couldn’t rap. I didn’t do graffiti. But I could express it every time I got dressed.”

After marrying his high school sweetheart, Murrell put fashion on the back burner and became a devoted dad and full-time contract specialist for Yale New Haven Hospital. Black GOAT Milk Clothiers was always somewhere in the remote reaches of his mind, he said—but it never seemed like an opportune time to do it. When work went remote during the pandemic, he realized that he could pursue both his day job and his passion project.

In the months since the brand started in May, “it’s going great,” he said.

Buzzing between her own booth and checking in on other artists, Stephen said that the market has felt like a whirlwind since it first started. That’s not a bad thing, she added—the regularity of an outdoor market has given Westville repeat customers, who might come to buy a bar of soap one week and leave with a necklace or hand-printed onesie the next.

She and Dooley-O plan to bring it back next year, she said. Until then, she’s working to get through the next three weeks.

Sessions are planned right up to the Sunday before Christmas, then will go on a short hiatus.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - December 01, 2021 - December 08, 2021

Hep C TESTING FOR ALL. Since anyone could have Hepatitis C, testing is essential—and easy. One test can lead to the treatment you may need. There is a cure!.

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For more information, please contact your doctor or visit: ct.gov/HepC 19

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - December , 2021 - December 08, 2021 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27,01 2016 - August 02, 2016

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks:

Listing: HVAC Technician

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

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

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

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

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

Affirmative Action/deEqual Opportunity HOME INC, en nombre la Columbus House y Employer de la New Haven Housing Authority, está AA/EOE-MF aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 Tractor Trailer Driver for Heavy & Highway Construction Equipjulio,Must 2016have hastaacuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes ment.

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

NOTICE

PVC FENCE PRODUCTION

NOTICIA

Union Company seeks:

Contact Dana at 860-243-2300

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

NEW HAVEN

Construction

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

LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION TO BID WELLINGTON AT MADISON MINORITY CONTRACTOR OPPORTUNITY – Wellington at Madison, Madison, CT SOLICITATION OF SBE/MBE CONTRACTORS: Enterprise Builders, Inc., an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, seeks certified SBE/MBE Subcontractors and/or suppliers and local business enterprises to bid applicable sections of work/equipment/ supplies for the following construction project: Wellington at Madison, Madison, CT. This project consist of new construction of 23 units spread across 4 buildings as well as a new clubhouse and renovations of 1 existing historic building consisting of 4 units.

Anticipated start date is 2023. Bid Date and Time: 12/15/2021 by 4:00PM. Electronic Plans and specifications can be obtained at no charge by contacting the Estimating Department at Enterprise Builders at (860) 466-5188 or by email to jcaporiccio@enterbuilders.com. Project is Taxable and Prevailing Wage (Residential) applies. This project is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements. EBI encourages the participation of certified SBE/MBE contractors. EBI is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

THE GLENDOWER GROUP, INC. Request for Proposals Construction Manager at Risk for the Redevelopment of Elm City Communities Scattered Sites Properties The Glendower Group, Inc. is currently seeking proposals for Construction Manager at Risk for the Redevelopment of Elm City Communities Scattered Sites Properties. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Glendower’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway

beginning on Monday, November 29, 2021 at 3:00PM.

Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V

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

We all have

DREAMS.

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

Let Job Corps help you achieve yours.

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

St. New Haven, CT

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

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

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

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

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

Drug Free Workforce

Invitation to Bid:

WATER TREATMENT

nd State of Connecticut 2 Notice LEVEL I WATER TREATMENT PUMPING OPERATOR - The Town of Wallingford’s Office of Policy Water Division is seeking qualified candidates to maintain and operate the Town’s porand Management

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

table CT (drinking) water treatment plants, pumping stations, storage tanks, and ground Old Saybrook, well facilities. Must process a High School Diploma or G.E.D with one (1) year of (4 Buildings,demonstrated 17 Units) experience involving the operation or maintenance of equipment of the The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for an Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project type predominant in water supply and treatment; or a technical high school diploma Undersecretary - Office of Policy And Management for Finance, Strategic Decisions and Accountability.

with a demonstrated career and technical education related to electronics technology,

electrical, H.V.A.C or water supply and treatment activates and operations. A State of New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, CastConnecticut Department of Public Health Class 1 or higher Water Treatment Plant OpFurther information regarding the duties, in-place Concrete, Asphalterator Shingles, Siding, eligibility requirements and application certifiVinyl cation (WTP1) and a certification of achievement in water management instructions are available at: 10 Specialties, Flooring, Painting, Division Appliances, Casework, from a State ofResidential Connecticut community college, college, or university, or ability to https://www.jobapscloud.com/ obtainand bothFire within (12) months from date of hire. Wages: $26.44 - $32.13 hourly (ConMechanical, Electrical, Plumbing Protection.

CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= Currently Under Negotiations), plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Apply: This210921&R2=0450EX&R3=001 contract is subject to state set-aside tract and contract compliance requirements.

Department of Human Resources, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, WallThe State of Connecticut is an equal ingford, CT 06492. Fax # 203-294-2084. The closing date will be the date opportunity/affirmative action employer application/resume Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016is received, or December 20, 2021 whichever occurs first. and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, andAnticipated persons Start: August 15, 2016 with disabilities.

Construction

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Project documents available via ftp link below: http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage QSR STEEL CORPORATION Seeking dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com to employ experienced individuals in the labor, foreman, opFax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran,erator S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses and teamster trades for a heavy outside work statewide. Reliable Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 and a valid drivers license required. To apply personal transportation Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders AA/EEO EMPLOYER please call (860) 621-1720 or send resume to: Personnel Department, Top pay for top performers. Health P.O. Box 368, Cheshire, CT06410.

Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay.

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

INNER-CITY NEWS July 27,01 2016 THE INNER-CITY NEWS - December , 2021 - December 08, 2021 - August 02, 2016

Watershed Caretaker NOTICE

Patrols & performs general care & upkeep of the Town’s potable (drinking) water reservoirs, watershed lands and properties. Responds to emergency calls & performs scheduled VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE-(Contract APPLICATIONS overtime patrol work.

Hourly rate: $25.53 - $30.92 CurrentlyAVAILABLE Under Negotiations). Some knowledge of State of CT public health regulations relating to dams, water HOME on behalf of Columbus House and Newsimplifi Havened Housing Authority, supply andINC, watershed maintenance and the ability to the operate mechanical equipment is required.

Must possess for & maintain a valid State of CT Motor Vehicle is accepting pre-applications studio and one-bedroom apartments at thisLicense. develH.S. diploma or GED plus Frank 2 yrs. experience related Maximum fields such income as landscaping, grounds opment located at 108 Street, NewinHaven. limitations apmaintenance etc. The closing for applications/resumes is December 2021 or the ply. Pre-applications will bedate available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning 13, Monday Ju;y date receive 50th application whichever occurs first. Apply: Department of Human 25,we2016 andtheending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have Resources, Town of South INC. Main Applications Street, Wallingford, 06492, Forms been received at Wallingford, the offices of45HOME will be CT mailied upon rewill be mailed upon request from the Department of Human Resources or may be downquest by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preloaded from the Department of Human Resources Web Page. Phone: (203) 294-2080 Fax: applications (203) 294-2084.must EOE.be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third

Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

NOTICIA GROUP THE GLENDOWER VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES

Request for Qualifications

Project Architect for the Repositioning of Elm City Communities Scattered Sites Properties

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos.

Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 comenzando The Glendower Group is currently seeking Proposals for ap.m. project architectMartes for the25 rejulio, 2016of hasta se han recibidoscattered suficientessites pre-solicitudes 100) positioning Elmcuando City Communities properties. (aproximadamente A complete copy of the requirement maydebeHOME obtained Collaboration Portal https:// en las oficinas INC.from Las Glendower’s pre-solicitudesVendor serán enviadas por correo a petición newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on deberán remitirse llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

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

Portland

Youth Services Administrator

full-time position.

Go to www.portlandct. org for details.

DPW Truck Driver Full-time position Go to www.portlandct. org for details

MECHANIC TRACTOR TRAILER

Full Time, Benefits, Top Pay

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport Request for Proposal (RFP) A & E Services for Harborview Towers Solicitation Number: 198-PD-21-S

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is currently seeking proposals from qualified consultants to provide architectural, engineering and construction administration related to the rehabilitation of the public housing property known as Harborview Towers. The property is participating in the HUD Rental Assistance Demonstration program (RAD) and is proposed for LIHTC financing.

Solicitation package will be available on November 08, 2021. To obtain an electronic copy of the RFP you must send your request to bids@parkcitycommunities.org., please reference the solicitation number and title on the subject line. A Pre-proposal conference will be held on November 23, 2021 @ 10:00 a.m. at 376 East Washington Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06608. Although attendance is not mandatory, submitting a proposal without attending the pre-proposal conference may not be in the best interest of the Offeror. Additional questions should be emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities. org no later than December 02, 2021 @ 3:00 p.m. Answers to all the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycommunities.org. Proposals shall be emailed, or hand delivered by December 16, 2021 @ 3:00 p.m., to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Chief Procurement Officer, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604. Late proposals will not be accepted.

Apply:Pace, 1425 Honeyspot

Rd. Ext., Stratford, CT EOE

Town of Bloomfield

Construction Project Manager

LaRosa Building Group is looking for a Project Manager with experience working on projects between $10MM and $30MM in commercial, industrial, military, large multifamily residential, healthcare, public works, and mill conversions. Individuals must have Assessor – Full Time strong management and leadership skills and be highly motivated. Applicant must be able to effectively lead a team for fast-track projects in New England and be able to manPre-employment drug testing. For age multiple and diverse projects, work independently and meet project deadlines and more details, visit our budgets. Applicants must be able to maintain and report on project budgets and schedule website – www.bloomfieldct.org to the team leadership.

InvitationApplicants to Bid: must have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and nd 10 years construction project management experience. Expertise in Procore and Mi2 Notice Deadline: Applications will be crosoft Project are desired. Salary is based on experience; salary range is $90,000 to accepted until position is filled. $130,000 plus benefit package. Fax resumes to LaRosa Building Group, HR Dept. at 203-630-1998 or e-mail to HR@LaRosaBG.com. We are an EOE/AA Employer. MiOld Saybrook, CT norities are encouraged to apply.

$85,587 to $104,000

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

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

$41.82 hourly

Listing: Accounting

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castin-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Pre-employment drug testing. Accounting Department has an immediate opening in Accounts ReFlooring, Painting, Division 10 webSpecialties, Appliances, Casework, This full time position in a fast-paced ceivable for Residential an AR Specialist.

For more details, visit our Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. office environment, requires good computer and organizational skills, site – www.bloomfieldct.org This contract is subject to state set-aside attention and contracttocompliance requirements. detail, and multi-tasking. Benefits include health, dental & LTD insurance plus 401(k). Send resume to: Human Resource Deadline: Applications will be accepted until position is filled. Due Date: Bid Extended, August 2016388, Guilford CT 06437.

Dept.

P O5,Box Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer********** Project documents available********An via ftp link below: http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage Seeking qualified condidates to or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com fillFaxnumerous vacancies to inHCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses clude, DeputyHaynes Assessor, Mechanic Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 Sewer Line, Public Health Nurse Experience in repair of sewer services, pipe laying and installation & AA/EEO EMPLOYER and more. For information and repair of water mains, service lines experience, CDL license detailed application instructions, Must be able to pass pre-employment drug screen, driving record visit www.ci.milford.ct.us verification Click on SERVICES, JOBS and Legal working status, OSHA 10, 30 & OSHA 40 a plus Apply at: Butterworth & Scheck, Inc., 10Thompson St., Stratford, CT 06615 JOB TITLE.

CITY OF MILFORD

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Full Time Construction Position: -

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - December 01, 2021 - December 08, 2021 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27, 2016 - August 02, 2016

360 MANAGEMENT GROUP COMPANY NOTICE Invitation for Bid

Snow Removal Services

VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

360 Management Group Co. is currently seeking bids for snow removal services. A complete copy on of behalf the requirement mayHouse be obtained Management’s Vendor HOME INC, of Columbus and thefrom New 360 Haven Housing Authority, Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beis accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develginning onlocated at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apopment

ply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y Monday, 25, 2021 at 3:00PM. 25, 2016 and ending when October sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon request by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preapplications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Floor, NewinHaven, 06510.

Experience repair CT of sewer services, pipe laying and installation & repair of water mains, service lines experience, CDL license Must be able to pass pre-employment drug screen, driving record verification Legal working status, OSHA 10, 30 & OSHA 40 a plus Apply at: Butterworth & Scheck, Inc., 10Thompson St., Stratford, CT 06615

Full Time Construction Position: NOTICIA

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES

Listing: Commercial Driver

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos Full time Class driver for petroleum deliveries for exmáximos.

LasApre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 nights a.m.-5 and p.m.weekends. comenzandoPrevious Martes 25 perience required.

Competitive wage, 401(k) andpre-solicitudes benefits. Send(aproximadamente resume to: HR 100) Manjulio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes en las oficinas de HOME INC.CTLas pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición ager, P. O. Box 388, Guilford, 06437. llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse a las********An oficinas de HOME INC enAction/Equal 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

Affirmative Opportunity Employer**********

NEW HAVEN

LaRosa Building Group, LLC is requesting trade bids for Phase 2 of the Hamden

Newhall/Highwood community, rehab to residential housing units. Plans and specifications can be obtained by 242-258 contacting Vince Parete viaAve email and are due to vparete@ Fairmont larosabg.com on December 07, 2021 by 3pm. This project is subject to CHRO State Set 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA,and3BR, , 1BA PrevailAside requirements.

This project is tax exempt subject1tolevel State Residential All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 ing Wages.

highways, near bus stop & shopping center Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258

Truck Driver -

CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s Warehouse Associate has a CT Class A CDL License, a license to operate forklifts, Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates lulls, excavators, and an up-to-date OSHA-10 Knowledge electriin response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125.Certifi Classescation. start Saturday, August 20,of 2016 1:30Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. cal3:30 construction tools and materials is helpful. The successful candidate will deliver (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster

equipment and tools to various jobsite locations as required, and perform general St. New Haven, CT warehouse functions (unloading common carrier trucks, UPS, checking in freight, tool repair, inventory control, and general housekeeping of the warehouse facility and yard.) Hours: M-F 7am-4pm. Competitive compensation and benefits package. Send resume to Ducci Electrical Contractors, Inc. 74 Scott Swamp Rd. Farmington, CT 06032 or via email at humanresources@duccielectrical.com.

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour An pm affirmative action August equal opportunity employer.

EOE/M/F/D/V. until 3:00 on Tuesday, 2, 2016 at its office at 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

Listing: Commercial Driver

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith Street CT atfor 10:00 on petroleum Wednesday, July 20, Full TimeSeymour, Class B driver a fastam, paced company for2016. days and weekends.

Previous experience required. Competitive wage, 401(k) and benefits. Send resume to: HR Manager, P. O. Box are 388,available Guilford,from CT 06437.

Bidding documents the Seymour Housing Authority Of-

fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**********

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

DELIVERY PERSON

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Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week,

(203) 435-1387 QSR STEEL CORPORATION

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

POLICE OFFICER

City of Bristol $69,017 - $83,893/yr.

Required testing,

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES Request for Proposals

Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Project-Based Assistance Program to Support the Development of Affordable Housing

Elm City Communities is currently seeking proposals for Housing Choice Voucher registration info, and apply (Section 8) Project-Based Assistance Program to Support the Development of Affordonline: www.bristolct.gov Invitation able to Bid:Housing. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City Communities’ Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesysnd DEADLINE: 10-29-21 2 Notice tems.com/gateway beginning on

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 3:00PM. MECHANIC Old Saybrook, CT (4 Buildings, 17 Units) TRACTORTaxTRAILER Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project State of Connecticut

Full Time, Benefits, Top Pay Office of Policy and Management New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, CastApply:Pace, 1425 Honeyspot in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Rd. Ext., Stratford, CT EOE Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Casework, The StateResidential of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for Planning Analyst positions, a Chief Administrative Officer position Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing two and Fire Protection. and a Policy Counsel (Legislative and Administrative Officer 2) position.

DRIVER CLASS A and contract This contractCDL is subject to state set-aside compliance requirements.

Full Time – All Shifts Top Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and cation instructions are available at: Pay-Full Benefits BidinExtended, 5, 2016 EOE Please apply person: Due Date: August https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 1425 Honeyspot Rd. Ext. Start: August 15, 2016 211012&R2=6297AR&R3=002; Anticipated Stratford, CT 06615

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Project documents available via ftp link below: https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 211012&R2=6297AR&R3=001; http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

Town of Bloomfield

https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 211018&R2=0447MP&R3=001; and

FaxDirector or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com of Planning HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= and Economic Development Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 211015&R2=7108MP&R3=001 AA/EEO EMPLOYER The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer $98,980 to $152,780 (expected starting and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and pay maximum is mid-range) persons with disabilities.

Pre-employment drug testing. For more details, visit our website – www.bloomfieldct.org

Full Time

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - December 01, 2021 - December 08, 2021

New Haven Public Schools

Early Childhood Programs FREE and Sliding Scale 6-hour Programs for 3 and 4 Year Olds of low-income New Haven families Available in the following New Haven Public Schools:

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Contact:

NEW HAVEN

HeadStartNewHaven.com 475-220-1462 / 475-220-1463

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How to Apply

Application begins with a phone call

What you will submit with your Application 1) Proof of Age

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2) Proof of Address

3) Proof of Income

4) Proof of a Physical (within one year-to-date)

5) Proof of a Dental Exam (within 6-months-to-date)

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Merceditas S. Villanueva, MD

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