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THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 30, 2017 - September 5, 2017

Harp, Sanctuary Policy Get Senator’s Endorsement

by THOMAS BREEN

New Haven Independent

Two Connecticut politicians who have ardently defended New Haven’s status as a sanctuary city promised supporters that they would continue to protect local immigrants from what they see as unjust federal orders of deportation.

That promise came from Mayor Toni Harp and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal at a reelection campaign event Saturday.

Around 50 local politicians, labor organizers, and New Haveners gathered in a small classroom at the New Haven Federation of Teachers Union Hall at 267 Chapel St. to see Blumenthal as he formally endorsed Harp in her bid for a third two-year term as mayor of New Haven.

Harp faces challenger Marcus Paca in a Democratic Party primary on Sept. 12.

Saturday’s event reflected the role that immigration policy is playing in the campaign. It emerged last week as one central difference between the two candidates at their first debate. Paca said that he would decide in “real time,” when elected, whether he would continue New Haven’s sanctuary city policies if those policies truly put the city in danger of losing federal grant money.

New Haven has a policy of not detaining nonviolent arrestees in response to

federal law enforcement orders concerning undocumented immigrants, which puts it in the path of a promise by President Trump to withhold Department of Justice grants from sanctuary cities. Harp promised to maintain the policy no matter what, even if Trump withholds grants.

Harp Saturday called Blumenthal one of the most effective U.S. senators in the country as she praised him for his support for undocumented immigrants who are facing deportation after spending years in this country working, paying taxes, and raising families.

“He represents the values that we in New Haven have on immigration,” she said. “He used the power that he has a senator to help our neighbors who are threatened by deportation.

So much so that they [the Trump administration] are trying to shut him down.”

Both Sen. Blumenthal and Mayor Harp have spoken out in support of Marco Reyes, an undocumented Ecuadorian immigrant who has spent the past two weeks living with his wife and two children at the First & Summerfield Church at College and Elm Streets in downtown New Haven.

The First & Summerfield Church is

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Harp introduces Blumenthal at endorsement.

one of a handful of local religious institutions that have declared themselves to be sanctuary congregations: safe havens for undocumented immigrants facing federal orders of deportation.

Earlier this month, Sen. Blumenthal also introduced a private immigration bill for Reyes in an attempt to secure him permanent legal residency, though Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have said that they will seek to follow through on the deportation order for Reyes even before Congress votes on Blumenthal’s bill.

Blumenthal Saturday said Harp has distinguished herself as a national leader on immigration, and that her work would keep alive the hope for comprehensive immigration reform in this country.

“Had she done nothing else but her leadership on immigration, I would be here urging for her reelection,” he said.

“But she has been a national spokesman and a national leader.”

He went on to praise her for supporting minority and women-owned business in New Haven, for taking a “reasonable and thoughtful approach to taxes and fiscal responsibility,” and for generally being a leader of action, not words.

“She is a leader of extraordinary competence and caring, conviction and courage,” he said. “She expresses the highest values that we have as a nation

and as a people. On immigration, on fighting drugs, on issues relating to civil rights and civil liberties, her victory will be a national victory.”

From 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, around 25 New Haven Rising organizers and volunteers took to the streets to canvass for Mayor Harp. After Blumenthal’s endorsement, the Harp campaign sent out another bevy of 25 or 30 campaign staffers and volunteers to spread the word about the upcoming primary and to promote Harp’s candidacy.

Brian Levy, 25, and Tayler Thorpe, 23, traveled up to East Rock to knock doors on Orange Street between Linden and Cold Spring streets. Only one or two of the 30 registered Democrats they were trying to reach during the canvassing outing actually opened their doors to the canvassers, and none were interested in talking politics. The two Harp campaign staffers dutifully wedged campaign flyers into each closed door as they walked the sunny residential blocks. In between homes, they talked about why they were supporting Mayor Harp.

Levy, a Branford native who has been working as Harp’s deputy campaign manager since May and whose mother has taught at the King-Robinson School for 20 years, praised the mayor for working to-

wards improving the state of the New Haven public school system.

He cited higher graduation rates, lower suspension and expulsion rates, and the development of the Youth Stat program, which focuses community and institutional support on students most at risk of getting in trouble, all as indicators of a positive shift in culture and in results in New Haven public education under Harp’s leadership. Thorpe, a Hamden native who has been working a campaign field organizer since July and whose mother has taught for 10 years in the New Haven Adult Education program based out of Ella T. Grasso Boulevard, also praised the mayor for her commitment to public education.

“Growing up in Hamden, I was always aware of Toni Harp, first as a state senator and then as mayor,” he said. “And I really credit her with helping make New Haven one of the best cities in the country.”

As joggers passed and doors remained unopened, Levy and Thorpe continued their early afternoon canvassing, hoping to reach some potential voters included in their turf assignment.

“We come from the Obama school of campaigning, the Chris Murphy school of campaigning,” Levy said, “where you take every opportunity you get to pound the pavement and talk with voters. And when politics comes calling at home, we’ve got to answer it.”

THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 30, 2017 - September 5, 2017

Judge Campaign Submits Forged Signatures

by PAUL BASS

New Haven Independent

Americo Carchia Wednesday said he’s considering whether to end his campaign for probate judge and vowed to cooperate with any potential criminal investigations after learning that he had submitted petitions with forged signatures to qualify for the Sept. 12 Democratic primary ballot.

Carchia turned in petitions on Aug. 9 with the names and alleged signatures of over 2,000 registered New Haven Democratic voters putatively supporting having his name appear on the Sept. 12 primary ballot against partyendorsed candidate Clifton Graves Jr. He needed 1,852 certified signatures to qualify; the Registrar of Voters office found 1,982 signatures to be valid based on the names and addresses and birth dates listed matching those of registered Democrats. So Carchia made the ballot.

One of those signatures belonged to Andrew Weiss, a Yale student listed as living in Yale’s Arnold Hall. Weiss told the Independent by email Tuesday that he never signed a petition. In fact, he wasn’t even in New Haven during the two-week period at the end of July and beginning of August when the petitions were collected. “I was in Japan,” he wrote.

Another signature belonged to Rae Ellen Bichell. Her address was listed as Yale’s Welch Hall where she used to

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oh: Carchia reviewing petitions Wednesday in the City Clerk’s

live when she was a Yale undergraduate. Bichell, too, stated that she was nowhere near New Haven this summer and never signed a petition. “I haven’t lived in New Haven since I graduated in 2012,” she wrote to the Independent.

“That’s interesting,” Joanna Lee wrote, when informed her name appears on a Carchia petition along with a scribbled signature at a Yale Saybrook College address. “The last time I was in New Haven was in May and I wasn’t there for either July or August.”

Grace Paine? Her name also appears

with a signature based on a Saybrook College address. “I was not in New Haven,” she informed the Independent. “I graduated undergrad in May and haven’t been back to New Haven since. I definitely don’t remember signing a petition of that sort in person.”

Those four alleged signers’ names all appear on a single petition page of Carchia petitions (pictured). A woman from Waterbury collected those signatures on behalf of the Carchia campaign.

That same woman submitted eight

pages of petitions for the campaign.

Each petition has a capacity of 20 names. She was one of five Waterbury petitioners who turned in pages with signatures for Carchia. They submitted a total of 59 sheets, according to a review of records on file at the City Clerk’s Office. Many of those pages had similar patterns of either the names of on-campus Yale students or clusters of voters in one location with scribbled signatures alongside names printed in apparently identical handwriting.

Carchia said Wednesday that the Waterbury petition-gatherers all worked for a new Bristol-based political consulting firm he hired to help with the signature-gathering process, called Yellow Dog Strategies. The company formed in April. It helps candidates with “PAC Fundraising, Traditional and New Media press outreach, Social Media Organizing, Political Campaign, Strategy, FEC Compliance, Grassroots Organizing, Salsa Labs, NGP, VAN/Votebuilder, Vocus,” according to the LInkedIn page of founder Cole Haymond. Haymond declined comment Wednesday.

Carchia, meanwhile, was at the 200 Orange St. municipal office building seeking answers. He had learned the day before that someone had filed a complaint about his petitions with the State Elections Enforcement Commission.

Democratic Registrar of Voters Shan-

nel Evans Wednesday confirmed that she had filed the complaint with the SEEC after speaking with voters listed on the petitions who said they, too, had never signed. (SEEC spokesman Joshua Foley said the agency can’t confirm or deny receipt of such a complaint until the full commission meets and votes on whether to launch an investigation.)

Carchia was shaken as he received photocopies of all his petitions from the City Clerk’s office before visiting the Registrar of Voters Office to learn more about the approval process.

“I can’t be more numb right now.

Look at these!” he exclaimed.

“I’m seething inside.”

He said someone who gives him political advice — he said he couldn’t remember who — had steered him to Yellow Dog Strategies. He said he trusted that the company knew what it was doing. “It was difficult” to find enough help to gather so many signatures in just a two-week window, Carchia said. He said he had no knowledge of corners being cut by the consultants.

Yellow Dog handed him the completed petitions on Aug. 9, the deadline for turning them in to the Registrar of Voters office, Carchia said. “We made copies and filed them. These guys were supposed to have everything certified and done. When I got them, my Con’t on page 14

Bridgeport Snags Star Elm City Principal

by MARKESHIA RICKS New Haven Independent

The principal credited with helping to turn around Lincoln-Bassett School has been hired away by Bridgeport Public Schools.

Janet Brown-Clayton, who has served as principal at the Newhallville school since 2014, was noticeably absent on the first day of school Monday. Vice Principal Jenny Clarino and other staff took on the task of welcoming back students and their parents. And it looks like they’ll be shouldering those duties until BrownClayton’s replacement is found.

Brown-Clayton this week was appointed the assistant superintendent for instructional leadership for K-12 by the Bridgeport Board of Education. She admitted Wednesday that this is a bittersweet step to take in her career. But it’s a necessary step, she said.

“It’s hard for me to be a proponent of education and the stretching of our children and the enlarging of their territories and not do the same,” she said. “But I was born and raised in New Haven and I absolutely love my school, my teachers, and the community.”

Under Brown-Clayton’s leadership and that of her team Lincoln-Bassett which was widely believed to be floundering and one of the district’s poorestperforming schools when she took over has won statewide recognition for its gains on state standardized test scores.

The school was number two in the state among high-needs students for growth in math. With the help of community organizations like COnnCAT, it has also pioneered a pre-school through after-school schedule aimed at helping working parents keep their kids safe and engaged all day.

The assistant superintendent appoint-

ment comes at a time when BrownClayton is enrolled in the University of Connecticut Educational Leadership program, where she is working on her certification to become a superintendent.

She called being in the program and getting the offer for the Bridgeport position “a cataclysmic clash of opportunity.

“I couldn’t turn down learning and leading as I did at Lincoln Bassett,” she said.

Brown-Clayton said she is most proud of the teacher talent retention rate at Lincoln-Bassett, which is high. She also is proud that the suspension rates are low and the parental involvement rates are high.

“Our teachers are phenomenal, she said.

“We have double digit increases in our [Smart Balanced Assessments]. And the parents are demonstrating that they see Lincoln-Bassett as a viable part of the community. Lincoln-Bassettis on a really good trajectory and I expect that

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 30, 2017 - September 5, 2017

New Q House Plans Unveiled

by MARKESHIA RICKS New Haven Independent

When you walk past the corner of Dixwell Avenue and Foote Street, a sign will remind you that a new Q House is on the way.

City officials Monday afternoon unveiled new signs at the site of the future rebuilt Q House that depict what neighbors will start seeing the beginning of next spring.

Curlena McDonald, who has served as the Q House building committee cochair, could not be more excited. She said there was a lot of discouragement along the way of the community pushing for a replacement for the stories community center, but finally things are happening.

“We did all that we needed to do to make sure that this corner, this area is reclaimed for the community,” she said. “I’m just excited.”

Dixwell Alder Jeanette Morrison, committee co-chair, reminded those gathered at the intersection of Dixwell Avenue and Foote Street Monday that the original Q House was built in the early 1920s as a one-stop shop to help African-American migrating from the South get acclimated to the city.

The new Q House, which will feature a full gym, workout space, a senior center, a recording studio, a new home for the Stetson Library branch, and a new location for Cornell-Scott Hill

Dixwell neighbors got their first look at a new Q House.

Health Center, will also be a one-stop for the Dixwell neighborhood and the entire city.

“The concerned citizens and other groups have worked tirelessly since the days the doors closed of the former Q House building,” Morrison said.

“And although we were really sad, it’s kind of a blessing in disguise. We knocked down a 20,000-square foot building and now we’re going to build a 54,000 square foot building, so it worked in our favor.”

“I don’t think we’re going to need a fourth Q House,” she added.

The empty second Q House was torn down in January. Construction of the new ! was delayed partly because of the death of architect Regina Winters.

Winters had done the drawings for the new Q House and those drawings had to go through Probate Court before they could be used. With that resolved, City Engineer Giovanni Zinn said, Kenneth Boroson Architects have taken over the final stages of design. The project is slated to be bid for construction this fall, with construction slated to begin in the spring of 2018.

Bill MacMullen, of the city’s engineering department, said that some of the old Q Houses will come back to the new Q House as part of a museum on the second floor.

“We have a lot of artifacts that were here from the other two buildings,” he said. “They have been stored off site for the last 11 years. We also have all

the old plaques and the cornerstone.”

MacMullen pointed out that for years people doubted not just the rebuilding of the Q House but the hopes of a new Stetson Library too. The library, which celebrated 100 years in July, will move to its fourth location when the new Q house is built.

“We had a huge dream and now we’re seeing our dream come true,” Stetson Librarian Diane Brown said.

City Librarian Martha Brogan said that a campaign to raise $2 million to outfit the new library with furniture and new technology is more than halfway to its goal. She reminded attendees to the unveiling Monday that any gift from $50 to $10,000 would be matched by the Seedlings Foundation.

Mayor Toni Harp, who was State Sen. Harp when she sponsored the bill that eventually secured the funding for the new Q House, said that the vacant site had been the focal point for a lot of “wishful thinking and eager anticipation for the past 12 years or more.”

The state is providing $15.5 in state bond money for the new Q House.

“Today, we are gathered here to start making new memories,” she said. “it is important to remember that every year since the former Q House was closed many different community groups have been working to reopen it. Today we’re gathered in testament to those non-stop efforts.”

Harp Vows Toull Deposits From Wells Fargo

by PAUL BASS

New Haven Independent

Mayor Toni Harp promised to withdraw city deposits from Wells Fargo in response to an activist petition drive, but said the process will be gradual.

Harp made the promise on her latest appearance on WNHH radio’s “Mayor Monday” program.

She was responding to a caller, Melinda Tuhus, who has helped organize the petition drive in response to the bank’s financial support for a 1,172mile pipeline carrying crude oil from North Dakota to southern Illinois. The pipeline runs near the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. It has been the subject of protests in New Haven and throughout the nation.

“Wells Fargo stands for Dishonesty (creating two million costly fake accounts for unsuspecting customers),” the petition reads. “Disingenuousness (providing $467,000,000 to the dan-

gerous and polluting Dakota Access oil pipeline (DAPL) — which threatens Native Americans’ drinking water, violates land that is rightfully theirs, and accelerates climate change — despite claiming a “commitment to a clean energy future…; and Discrimination (against low-income Americans and specifically against African American and Latino mortgage holders).

WF also has a history of investing in private prisons, which in turn exploit prisoners for profit.

“Wells Fargo is not local; it takes its profits out of New Haven instead of reinvesting significantly in our community. Please choose a local bank.”

“I’ve seen the petition” and met with city Controller Daryl Jones to discuss how to respond, Harp told Tuhus on the program.

She said the city will “planfully remove dollars” from operating accounts with Wells Fargo. She said the

city can’t do it all at once. Among the reasons: It’s hard to find alternatives.

It needs a large enough bank to handle the volume of daily transactions the city does, she said.

Asked about misdeeds by other banks Bank of America, for instance, has been responsible for blight at “zombie” houses dragging down New Haven neighborhoods — Harp responded: “We’re going to see if there’s a big enough bank that is less” of a problematic actor than Wells Fargo.

Wells Fargo recently agreed to pay a $185 million settlement for massive fraud, opening fee-generating sham accounts and issuing unrequested credit cards for unsuspecting customers.

The city averages around $10 million of deposits on any given day at Wells Fargo, Controller Jones said later Monday. It has two operating accounts there, one for general fund dollars, an-

other for capital budget dollars.

The audit process prevents the city from simply removing all its money at once from the bank, he said, along with the limits on other banks’ ability to handle the work. Liberty Bank “can’t handle that kind of volume,” he said. Larger institutions, like Chase and People’s, can.

The city also must take into account fees that are charged at other banks, Jones said. He added that the charter requires city government to have at least some deposits at all local banks.

That said, the city has already removed some money from Wells Fargo in response to the petition, and will continue to, according to Jones. “It’s going to take some time,” he said.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 30, 2017 - September 5, 2017

The Regional Educational Service Centers Minority Teacher Recruiting Alliance

Awards Scholarship to life-long New Haven Resident Karen Brown Karen Brown was recently awarded a $2,500.00 scholarship from the Regional Educational Service Centers Minority Teacher Recruiting Alliance to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a certified educator. Ms. Brown, a life-long New Haven resident who has dedicated her professional life working as a para-educator in the New Haven Public Schools, will enroll in the Department of Higher Education’s Alternate Route to Certification Program where she is seeking a Business Education certification.

“Para-educators play a vital role in the education process including classroom management, lesson planning, delivering lessons, connecting with students and communicating with parents.

Those of us who do this work believe that para-educators are an untapped resource that, with financial support, professional development and guidance, can play a vital role in diversifying the educator workforce” said ACES Human Resources Specialist / Minority Teacher Recruiting Coordinator Kevin Walton Walton, who is also the ACES representative on the RESC MTR Alliance stated that “Ms. Brown is exactly the type of person who we think will make excellent educators. She grew

up in New Haven; attended New Haven Public Schools and has worked as a para-educator for over 20 years while living in the community that she serves.” “Kevin has been encouraging me to get certified for years. The time was finally right for me” said Ms. Brown.

The RESC MTR Alliance develops and implements programs designed to assist Connecticut school districts to

recruit, hire, develop, support and retain a racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse teaching and administrative workforce. The RESC MTR Alliance Accelerated Route to Certification Scholarship Program provides financial support for ethnic minority career changers seeking certification through a state-approved accelerated teacher certification program.

F.W. de Klerk’s former chief of staff to lecture at

Quinnipiac University on Sept. 21

Hamden, Conn. – Aug. 2017 – David Steward, former chief of staff for former South African President F.W. de Klerk, will deliver the community lecture, “Democracy, Constitutions, and Human Rights: South Africa’s Journey from Apartheid to Non-racial Constitutional Democracy,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21, in the Mount Carmel Auditorium at Quinnipiac University, 275 Mount Carmel Ave. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Having served as chief of staff, secretary of the cabinet and principal speechwriter in the de Klerk administration, Steward held a front-row seat to the end of the apartheid in South Africa. The transition came about following a series of negotiations between the governing National Party, the African National Congress and a wide variety of other political organizations from 1990 to 1993 and through unilateral steps by the de Klerk government.

During his lecture, Steward said he would discuss the factors that led to the historic agreement in the early 1990s between representatives of all South Africa’s people; the nature of the constitutional democracy that was established; the progress that has been made in extending human rights to all South Africans; and the serious constitutional challenges that South Africa now faces.

Steward retired from public service in 1996, following de Klerk’s withdrawal from the Government of National Unity. He went on to co-author de Klerk’s autobiography, “The Last Trek: A New Beginning” and helped de Klerk to establish the FW de Klerk Foundation in 1999. He served as the foundation’s executive director until June 2016 and is now chairman of the board of trustees for the foundation.

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Bank Sued Over Stealth Practice THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 30, 2017 - September 5, 2017

by CHRISTOPHER PEAK New Haven Independent

Isaac Newton Kinity has learned firsthand what happens when big banks decide to force homeowners to buy expensive extra insurance and dig them into deeper and deeper holes that may lead them to lose their houses.

The Dwight homeowner has filed suit against U.S. Bank in hopes of keeping his home. In the process, he has joined thousands of other Americans in going to court against lenders over a controversial practice deemed by some a form of secretive extortion called “force-placed” or “lender-placed” insurance.

In the course of a single week, U.S. Bank (USBNA) added $3,452 onto Kinity’s mortgage bill. The unexpected charge came nine months after the bank swapped out his hazard insurance for a far more expensive policy without the client’s knowledge.

The bank gave him just a month and a half to come up with the cash. Three years later and $30,000 behind on his payments, the homeowner is taking U.S. Bank to court for fraud, negligent misrepresentation and unfair business practices, while hoping to remain in his home.

Kinity, a 62-year-old Kenyan refugee who moved into his house 475 Elm St. in October 2003, filed a tort suit in April, contesting the practice of forceplaced insurance.

Here’s what happens with that practice: Lenders deem a homeowner’s

insurance policy deficient (often for disasters like high winds or floods) or nonexistent. Then they unilaterally replace it with new coverage. While technically legal, the new force-placed insurance often comes at an extortionate price enough for the insurer to send a “kickback” to the bank, as multiple class-action lawsuits across the country have alleged.

Force-placed insurance sounds like a reasonable way for lenders to protect their investments, but in practice, the costly exchange of insurers often seems to be about bilking customers, Dana Conkrite explained in a 2016 Chicago-Kent Law Review article.

“In mortgage contracts, there are generally provisions that require borrowers to maintain hazard insurance on their homes. This makes sense; lenders want to ensure that their collateral is protected in case something causes damage to the property,” she writes.

“However, banking practices regarding force-placed insurance are controversial and have recently come under increased scrutiny … partly because force-placed insurance policies are typically much more costly than insurance policies acquired by consumers on the open market, and … because many banks that act as lenders have been accused of receiving kickbacks or unlawful commissions from forceplaced insurance companies.”

That fits the pattern in Kinity’s case.

In late 2013, U.S. Bank stopped forwarding dues to Norcom Insurance, the agency that booked Kinity’s home-

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That much is agreed upon by both Kinity and the bank. But from there, the accounts of the financial transaction diverge, and the story gets murkier.

Why didn’t U.S. Bank continue paying the premium to Norcom, if Kinity had money in his escrow account for that purpose? Why did it take so long for Kinity’s monthly statements to reflect the switch? And why did a letter mysteriously arrive late last year, saying Kinity could collect a $1,243

check if he would “agree to indemnify and hold harmless State Automobile Insurance Company” — his old carrier — “against any claims or demands”?

Voyager Indemnity’s spokesperson directed all inquiries to U.S. Bank, which, in turn, declined to offer its side. “Because this is an ongoing legal matter, we are not able to provide comments regarding this situation,” Michael L. Walsh, a communications Con’t on page 14

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Women’s Day Luncheon Aims At Stalled Progress

by MARKESHIA RICKS The women were assembled in an-air conditioned suite overlooking an outdoor court at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale for lunch and to celebrate women in business. But they were asked to resist the forces that might turn back the progress that has helped more women succeed.

That serious tone permeated the fourth Women’s Day Luncheon at the Connecticut Open Wednesday. The event was sponsored by Mayor Toni Harp and state Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Katherine Smith.

“I thoroughly enjoy having so many of the world’s most talented women tennis players and so many of the state’s most accomplished women here in town at the same time,” Harp said. “But this year women in this nation are challenged in a way I don’t think we could have imagined a year ago.”

Alluding to the election of Donald J. Trump as president, Harp encouraged attendees to use the luncheon “as a springboard to resist so much of what’s happening in this country this year.

“I hope we connect here as women and as activists who won’t allow pillars of this nation to be eroded without resistance,” she added.

The annual luncheon was created four years ago to honor women in business in New Haven and the rest of the state.

This year’s honorees locally were La Voz Hispana de Connecticut and its president Norma Rodriguez for two decades of services to Greater New Haven and the state; and Maria Grzegorzek and her daughter Dorothy Carlone, who run the Southington-based General Machine Co. Smith told the audience that Connecticut has tried to make progress on problems of equality and equal pay. It also promotes women owned businesses. But she said a recent survey by WalletHub shows that there is still much work to be done.

“We actually came out not so great in some of the areas we care deeply about,” she said of the survey. “We’re 41st in the pay gap problem. Women in our state are 23 or 27 percent behind the men in pay.

We’ve got to keep working on making that problem go away. On women executives inside some of our companies, we’re not doing as well as we’d like to be doing at the state level.”

She said the state is doing slightly better than other states in the number of women elected to the state legislature, pointing to Harp as a former state legislator who was elected to the mayor’s office. Smith said women and women owned-businesses— of which 33 percent of state business are women owned—pump about $15.7 billion into the state’s economy through sales and revenue. And she said that the revenue of those women-led businesses is up 9 percent over traditionally male-run businesses.

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“So, it’s an important component of our economy to have women running and owning businesses and they’re doing better than the average business,” she said.

Connecticut Open Director Anne Worcester said the Women’s Day luncheon is one of her favorite events during the week-long tournament. She was rocking a tiara Wednesday because it was “superhero and princess” day at the tournament. She would have preferred a Wonder Woman costume, she said, but the tiara was easier to find.

“We’re celebrating 20 years of women’s professional tennis in New Haven and Connecticut this year,” she said. “We kicked off the week by bringing in Martina Navratilova ... and at 60 years old she’s still got it. We’re very proud of the 20-year heritage of our tournament and the fact that our past champions are like a who’s who of women’s tennis.”

Past champions include Steffi Graf, Venus Williams, Jennifer Capriati, and Lindsay Davenport. Champion hopeful, Daria Gavrilova dropped by to speak to the women and share a little about her time in New Haven for the tournament.

The 23-year-old foodie tennis player, who is Russian by birth but plays professionally in Australia, said she was talked into trying BAR’s famous mashed potato pie on Tuesday.

“I was like, ‘Are you serious? That sounds terrible,’” she said. “Then I tried it and I enjoyed it—though I probably wouldn’t go out of my way to order it

again.”

Gavrilova is expected to face Belgian tennis player Kirsten Flipkens in a quarterfinal match on Thursday. Worcester said that what people are seeing during this year’s tourney is the transformation of women’s tennis.

“This year the field is wide open,” she said. “There is a changing of the guard.

We’ve already seen some of our top seeds toppled.”

Worcester added that while the Open is proud of celebrating 20 years and bringing world class women’s tennis to the state, it also tries to play a supportive role to causes that touch young people, women, and the military. She also said that the tournament plays a role in not only attracting more than 50,000 fans to the Connecticut Tennis Center, it brings in about $10 million to the New Haven region in the forms of jobs, hotel rooms, and local contractors. The 25-year-old center has seen some $2.5 million in improvements thanks to bonding from the state.

“What makes me so proud is how the Connecticut Open brings the community and a diversity of people together,” she said. “This is how we need to live our lives and be the change that we wish to see in the world as Gandhi taught us.

“And we need to throw our energy and our self into all the areas that bigotry and hatred are ripping apart,” she added. ” Nothing makes me prouder in this tournament than helping to do that.”

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this growth will continue.

“We have a staff that is second to none,” she added. “They are invested in the work and they love our students, and that is all you can ask for as a school leader.”

Brown-Clayton pointed out Wednesday that she still catches herself saying “we” when she refers to Lincoln-Bassett. It’s her baby she said.

“I want the same thing any parent wants for a child who is being allowed to fly,” she said. “That you take the lessons we’ve learned, you practice what has worked and we continue to keep our children as the focus of everything we do, which is cyclical for Lincoln-Bassett’s success.”

In her new role as assistant superintendent of instructional leadership for K-12 in Bridgeport, she will be responsible for 12 schools and principals, 16 assistant principals, and 8,107 students.

She called it “home work” she said because New Haven and Bridgeport are not so different.

“I’m excited about it,” she said. “I’m looking forward to building relationships and building a climate and culture of trust that impact students positively.

I’ve been blessed enough to have this type of experience at many points throughout my career, including at Lincoln-Bassett,” she added.

New Haven Public Schools Superintendent Reginald Mayo had nothing but praise for Brown-Clayton.

“Janet exemplifies what it is to be a leader in public education within an urban setting,” Mayo said in a statement released by his office. “She has led by example through her work ethic and diligence and has inspired others to follow her lead, giving it their all for the children of their school. Her experience and leadership skills will serve her well as she ascends to a top leadership position in the largest school district in Connecticut.

“As a New Havener and homegrown leader Janet also serves as a real life role model for our students and she models the qualities and traits that we want to see exemplified across the District,” Mayo added in his statement. “She believes in the students of her school and that helped them gain the confidence to believe in themselves and to follow her daily message of living the Basset motto: ‘Where eagles soar and failure is not an option.’ While it is a great loss to our District we wish Janet well on her professional journey and we thank her for building such a strong program and team of professionals at Lincoln Basset who will carry on her work. Basset had a wonderful start of the school year and we expect to have a new building leader in place very soon after consultation and approval by the Board of

Education.”

Brown-Clayton said that she was fortunate enough to count Mayo as one of her teachers—he taught her when she was 12—and it means a lot to make him proud.

“The work he has done with me has paid off,” she said.

New Haven Public Schools Chief Operating Officer Will Clark said that the transition and replacement process is currently in the works at Lincoln-Bassett. He noted that the team currently in place, which was put together by Brown-Clayton, is a good one and capable of handling the start of the school year.

“Through her leadership and efforts, Ms. Brown-Clayton assembled a team of educational professionals and partners who were laser focused on supporting the growth of each and every student,” he said in a statement. “Those coordinated efforts produced significant academic gains as well as increased attendance, improved behavior, and health as well as community and parent support. Ms. Brown-Clayton has set a standard and built a strong foundation upon which sustained growth and student gains can be realized for years to come.”

Brown-Clayton a New Haven native, grew up on Ashmun Street in Dixwell’s old Elm Haven public housing.

She started out in New Haven public schools as a kindergartener in 1961.

She attended Winchester and Augusta Lewis Troup schools before heading to an all-girls private school, Day Prospect, which merged with Hopkins School while she was there. BrownClayton graduated from Hopkins, the elite Westville private school, in 1972.

Brown-Clayton would go on to attend Lincoln University, a historically black university in Pennsylvania. She received her administrators’ certificate from Southern Connecticut State University.

Her teaching career in New Haven began with a substitute position at Roberto Clemente School. She spent 10 years teaching at Sheridan Middle School, then headed to work in Hamden. She spent five years as an assistant principal at Hamden Middle School and five as principal of Dunbar Hill School. After spending five years as a principal in Georgia, Brown-Clayton returned to the Elm City in 2012.

During the 2012-13 school year, Brown-Clayton became an assistant principal at Lincoln-Bassett, where she worked under longtime Principal Ramona Gattison. Brown-Clayton moved to Brennan/Rogers School, the city’s first and most successful turnaround school, before assuming command of Lincoln-Bassett.

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Black Breastfeeding Week: Bridging The Gap

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Founded in 2012 by three nationally recognized breastfeeding advocates, Black Breastfeeding Week is an annual, week-long multi-media campaign from August 25th-31st to raise awareness of the health benefits and personal empowerment of breastfeeding in the Black community. Despite the proven benefits of breastfeeding for mothers and babies, for over 40 years there has been a gaping disparity in breastfeeding rates between Whites and Blacks. The reasons are complex.

“There’s a sense of stigma,” said Ms. Crawford-Hemphill, the Cincinnati nursing administrator and lactation consultant, in a recent New York Times article. She added, “I’ve encountered black women who will say they aren’t a slave, or they don’t want the baby to be too attached to them or that no one else can help care for them if they’re being breast-fed.”

Like many organizations, the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) in Washington, DC is working to change that narrative. In observance of the 5th Annual Black Breastfeeding Week, NACCHO’s Senior Advisor Calondra Tibbs, MPH, describes the organization’s work to improve breastfeeding rates among African-American and low-income women: Ms. Tibbs, its National Breastfeeding Month. Why is breastfeeding a public health priority?

Calondra Tibbs: Breastfeeding is a critical public health issue, as it is the optimal source of infant nutrition, and has long-term health benefits for mom and baby.

Breastfeeding protects babies from infections and decreases the risk of leukemia, sudden infant death syndrome and obesity. For mothers it reduces their risk of breast and ovarian cancer, diabetes and heart attacks.

Breastfeeding has many benefits, so why are there still disparities among black women and women living in poverty?

photo: Calondra Tibbs, MPH,NACCHO’s Senior Advisor Calondra Tibbs: Disparities persist, as with many health outcomes, due to several barriers such as low availability and access to breastfeeding support, lack of family and community support, unaccommodating workplace and childcare environments, and aggressive marketing of infant formula.

Among infants born in 2014, black infants had the lowest breastfeeding rates of all reported race/ethnicity groups. Only 68% of black infants were ever breastfed as compared to 85.7% of white infants. Initiation rates for infants of mothers living in poverty was 73.2% among infants born in 2014.

Structural barriers disproportionately impact women of color and women living in poverty. For instance, birthing facilities using breastfeeding-friendly practices are less likely to be located in communities with high percentages of people of color or residents living in poverty.

In addition, the lack of federal legislation regarding paid family medical leave to support working families can impact decisions on returning to work. One-in-four

women return to work within two weeks of delivery, and low-wage earners return to work sooner than higher wage earners. This limits the ability of women to establish breastfeeding prior to returning to work. And, although there are mandates for workplaces to support breastfeeding women, those working in the service industry are less likely to have adequate accommodations to support the pumping and storing of human milk.

Why has it been so important to increase breastfeeding rates among Black infants?

Calondra Tibbs: Although there have been great strides in breastfeeding, this persistent disparity in breastfeeding rates suggests that there are other factors that impact breastfeeding in the black community. The goal of our collective efforts should be to improve maternity care practices for black women; champion workplace and paid family medical leave policies; provide skilled and culturally-attuned breastfeeding support

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About NACCHO The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) represents the nation’s nearly 3,000 local governmental health departments. These city, county, metropolitan, district, and tribal departments work every day to protect and promote health and well-being for all people in their communities. For more information about NACCHO, please visit www.naccho.org

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Bank Sued Over Stealth Practice

vice-president, wrote in an email.

In several interviews, Kinity reconstructed what he believed happened.

At times, he veered into conspiracy.

Fearing a plot to swindle him out his home, he questioned whether the bank’s letters had originally been written for another borrower and simply replaced with his name. Having faced several assassination attempts in Kenya as one of the country’s top labor leaders, he said, he has history with hidden agendas.

“They listened to my accent and said, ‘This is someone who must be very new in America and probably doesn’t know the laws in America. We can get the house very easily,’” Kinity speculated. “Many people have become victims and losers of houses through [the bank], because of not knowing what to do. It’s complicated, the way they bought insurance, a very complicated scenario. I almost would have let the house go, but let me say: I’m a fighter. I had been fighting for rights of people, even telling the [Kenyan] president to stop routing public funds.

I escaped death several times. So, in fact, [force-placed insurance is] a very good avenue to fight and to stop, with such dubious intentions as defrauding people’s money. It’s a cause on my crusade to help other people, because I don’t like corruption.”

Kinity did produce several important documents proving the bank acted furtively; he shared them with the Independent. A pack rat, Kinity kept old bills, letters and contracts related to the case in stacked boxes. His wife, Jane Kinity, 57, used to nag him about all the hoarded paper, but now, she offers gratitude.

“The State of Connecticut should be very concerned about my case, because I suspect so many people are falling into some predicament and don’t know what to do,” he said. “It will please the state to look at it carefully, so that if [the court] finds them guilty, they should raise an alarm so that many other people should not be defrauded and suffer.”

Kinity’s troubles began in September 2013, when he missed two mortgage payments. He said this was a regular occurrence, and his billing statements reflect that he’d often double up the following month. But this time, his account was marked delinquent after more than 30 days behind, triggering an alert at U.S. Bank.

USBNA claims that it sent an inspec-

tor to the property on Oct. 28, 2013.

The following day, its Foreclosure Department mailed Kinity a letter saying that his property appeared to be “vacant and/or unsecured.” It asked him to return a signed copy of the letter within five calendar days. “Please understand that this is not an attempt or an action to dispossess you of your property,” the letter stated. “It is merely an action to protect our security interest as provided in the [mortgage] agreement.”

Without waiting for the clock to run down, USBNA’s Insurance Department mailed another letter the same day to State Automobile Insurance Company about the property’s status.

(USBNA subsequently claimed this letter went out later.)

On Oct. 30, 2013, the bank sent a follow-up letter to Kinity advising him that his insurer had been notified and instructing him to contact his agent to update his coverage, in light of the “change of risk.”

In court filings, USBNA maintained it didn’t get a response to either letter. Yet in the Oct. 30 letter to Kinity, the bank implied that it did. “We have contacted your insurance carrier to confirm whether the policy would cover a loss if the property was vacant and was advised your current policy does not provide vacancy coverage,” a representative from the bank’s Hazard Insurance Processing Center wrote.

Throughout, Kinity maintains he never left. “They never called me. They never called my place of work or my wife’s place of work,” he said. “They even could have consulted with neighbors. ‘Is this house occupied?’ Just that, and they could confirm.” Indeed, the bank’s internal files indicate that Kinity called up the lender on Dec. 27, 2013 to say he lived upstairs and rented out downstairs.

Despite that call, on Jan. 8, 2014, USBNA received a cancellation notice from the insurance carrier because of non-payment of the premium. USBNA said it had paid the premium in September 2013, but it heard that the money was refunded to Kinity directly. Kinity said he never received a cent; a letter from State Auto Mutual Insurance Company would show up two years later claiming he never cashed the check.

Both parties say they spoke with Shira Stein, the agent at Norcom, to see if she could have the policy reinstated. In the bank’s version, Stein said she was

unable to reach Kinity to set up a new policy; in Kinity’s, she was unable to reach the bank to set up payments.

Stein no longer works at Norcom, and a company representative was unable to provide the Independent with files on Friday.

Because of the cancellation, USBNA launched into the process of buying their forced-placed insurance. The bank said that it sent Kinity a series of letters, warning him that he had no active hazard insurance in place and that the company intended to obtain one on his behalf. Kinity said he never received them.

On March 27, 2014, USBNA said, it disbursed the annual premium of $4,891 for the lender-placed insurance, through Voyager Indemnity, which had been backdated for three months prior.

Despite the high price tag, Voyager’s policy didn’t cover much. The policy insured only the Kinity’s two-story structure, not the owner’s belongings or persons. Even then, the policy applied only to a select set of circumstances. The policy excluded collapse; water damage from floods, backed-up sewage or faulty plumbing; mold and rot; vermin infestations; “earth movements” like a quake, landslide or sinkhole; power failure; any type of war, “including undeclared war, civil war, insurrection, rebellion, [or] warlike act by a military force”; nuclear hazards; neglect or any other willful loss. The insurer did agree to pony up for fires, explosions or lightning strikes.

The policy may have cost so much because force-placed insurance is a higher-risk pool than other homeowners’ insurance, explained Gerard O’ Sullivan, the consumer affairs director at the state’s insurance regulator. “The ‘excess and surplus’ providers are licensed [through the state] as well, but an individual wouldn’t be able to go to those [carriers], unless they’re rejected and couldn’t get insurance through the admitted market,” he said. “We always recommend [consumers] contact us if they have these problems,” particularly to apply for help from the CT Fair Plan, guaranteed coverage for those who don’t qualify for a homeowner’s plan on the standard market.

Weirdest of all, Kinity said, he believes he was charged for two insurance policies at once. Throughout the year prior, the bank had earmarked $108 in each month’s billing statement to repay the annual premium it

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had supposedly disbursed to Norcom, before the policy was cancelled. Yet, it wasn’t until October 2014 that the statements were updated, and Kinity was slammed with a “past due” sum of $2,243, a “shortage” of $706 and next month’s payment of $408 for what he owed to Voyager Indemnity.

“They billed me throughout, without telling me, ‘You don’t have insurance,’” Kinity said. “All of a sudden, they told me, ‘We bought insurance, and we bought it one year before: a new one.’ And I had already paid for the insurance all year round.”

On Apr. 2, 2014, USBNA said it sent Kinity a letter informing him of the change in insurers. Kinity claimed he was not officially informed of the change until Nov. 24, 2014, when the policy was up for renewal.

Kinity was able to switch over to a policy at State Farm Insurance on Dec. 9, 2014. Two days later, USBNA cancelled the lender-placed insurance and obtained a partial premium refund of $377, which was applied to Kinity’s escrow. It also disbursed the premium of $2,833 to State Farm.

The payments today are far cheaper, yet with late charges and interest, the one year’s worth of charges for Voyager’s coverage snowballed into a massive debt.

Kinity said he hopes to recover some of the funds in his suit; otherwise, he’ll have to scrounge together $30,000 from his friends if he wants to stay in his home.

His lawyers, Benita Darlene Lee and Karen Elaine Haley, had previously initiated litigation against U.S. Bank in 2015 and won until a judge found out the case named the wrong subsidiary and was improperly served. In the newly filed case, they’re about to start discovery, allowing them access to the bank’s internal files. Pointing to a regulatory crackdown on forcedplaced insurance by New York State and multi-million-dollar settlements against U.S. Bank specifically in California, Minnesota and Florida, Kinity’s optimistic about his case.

Until then, Kinity said, he hopes to bring attention to the industry’s tactics, so that no one is duped like he felt he was. “I want to talk publicly because I know that this company fears very much publicity. They do things in secret, without anybody knowing,” he said. “Once [people] go public, they know they are exposed; their evils are known.”

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presumption was everything” was in order.

On top of the Waterbury crew, which was responsible for about half of the signatures Carchia turned in, New Haven volunteers also circulated petitions for Carchia to help him make the ballot. “If this is all true,” Carchia said, “I feel like I’ve let down everybody” in town who “worked so hard for me.”

Democratic Registrar Evans said that her office’s job was to review names listed on petitions with addresses, dates of birth, and party registration to make sure they match current records.

All the petitions include the following warning in bold capital letters at the top of the front page, as required

by Chapter 153 Section 9-404b of the Connecticut General Statutes: “It is a crime to sign this petition in the name of another person without legal authority to do so.” State law classifies it as a misdemeanor for to “fraudulently sign, attest or file a false certificate.”

The State Elections and Enforcement Commission also has legal authority to levy fines for violating state campaign statutes.

As he left 200 Orange St. Wednesday morning with copies of petitions in tow, Carchia said he wants to analyze them before deciding whether or not to end his campaign. To withdraw, a candidate must file a letter with the local town clerk, according to Secretary of the State office spokesperson Kevin Bronson. The letter arrives after ballots have been printed, any votes cast for the withdrawn candidate will not count.

Carchia promised to work alongside law enforcement if a criminal case ensues.

“I want to get to the bottom of it,” he said. “If there’s something wrong, we have to make sure the person is prosecuted. If they call me in, I’m willing to participate in any way necessary.

“For 22 years, all I’ve done is make sure people get what they deserve.

I don’t want to be on the ballot if it wasn’t done right.”

A spokesman for the Graves probate campaign, city government youth services chief Jason Bartlett, issued a statement Wednesday afternoon attaching Carchia for widespread errors and alleged fraud in his petitions and arguing that “he knew or should have known about the extensive irregulari-

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 30, 2017 - September 5, 2017

Partisan Polemic Revisits Mike Brown Shooting in Ferguson, Missouri Film Review by Kam Williams On August 9, 2014, Mike Brown was shot a half-dozen times by police officer Darren Wilson on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, a predominantly-black suburb of St. Louis. Because several eyewitnesses said the 18 year-old had his hands up at the time, the incident triggered nationwide civil unrest which gave rise to the Black Lives Matter movement.

But Wilson was not even indicted by the grand jury which deemed his testimony credible. He claimed to have pulled the trigger in self defense after Brown had punched him and tried to grab his gun. The legal case divided the country along color lines in the same way as the O.J. Simpson trial, with African-Americans generally feeling that cops are too quick to shoot young black men, and most whites being inclined to give law enforcement the benefit of the doubt.

Co-directed by Damon Davis and Sabaah Folayan, Whose Streets? is an incendiary documentary which revisits the tragedy in partisan fashion, arguing entirely in favor of Brown’s innocence while conveniently ignoring the mountain of evidence which ultimately exonerated Wilson. Granted, this provocative polemic might serve as a Black Lives Matter recruiting tool, but it is likely to be of little value to any truth seeker interested in an impartial investigation.

After all, there was video proof that Brown and Dorian Johnson had robbed a convenience store just 3 minutes before the encounter with Wilson who was summoned to the scene by a police dispatcher. Furthermore, the county, federal and independent autopsies corroborated the cop’s story while simultaneously refuting Johnson’s claim that his accomplice had been shot in the back and with his hands up. After an exhaustive investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, even Attorney General Eric Holder concluded that Wilson was innocent.

So, what’s dismaying about Whose Streets? is how its presentation of a thief as an altar boy flies in the face of Dr. Martin Luther King’s appeal that black people be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Why make Mike Brown the poster child for the Black Lives Matter movement, when there are so many martyrs far more deserving, like Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis and Tamir Rice, to name a few?

A soulful cinematic sermon elevating a sinner to sainthood for the sake of an uncritical Amen choir still in denial about the truth of the Mike Brown case!

Good (2 stars) Rated R for ethnic slurs, mature themes and pervasive profanity Running time: 101 minutes Distributor: Magnolia Pictures

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 30, 2017 - September 5, 2017

Black Girls Rock: BET Celebrates Black Women at Annual Event

By Lauren Poteat

During a star-studded showcase of social activism, creativity and courage, BET celebrated the achievements of Black women and girls at the “Black Girls Rock! 2017” awards show.

Taraji P. Henson, the award-winning actress and star of the hit television show “Empire,” hosted the event that was held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Henson said that “Black Girls Rock! 2017” honored Black women and girls from the boardroom to the block on stage and onscreen.

“There are so many examples of gorgeous Black women changing the world and perceptions of beauty,” said Henson. The “Empire” star and Washington, D.C. native said that the event was dedicated to Black love and “the fearless women, who remind us every day, that the sky is not the limit, it’s only the view.”

“Black Girls Rock! 2017” featured entertainers, philanthropists, community leaders and athletes; Anthony Hamilton, India.Arie, SZA and Tyrese performed. Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), whose “reclaiming my time” proclamation during a recent hearing in Congress went viral, was honored for her service and leadership in the Black community; Waters received the

“Social Humanitarian” award.

“I want you to know that if it was not for the love and respect shown to me by Black women, those rightwing ultra conservatives would have me believe I’m too Black, I’m too confrontational, I’m too tough, and I’m too disrespectful of them,” Waters said. “But, now I know I’m simply a strong, Black woman.”

Music legend Roberta Flack, pop star Solange Piaget Knowles, “Insecure” producer and star Issa Rae, and the uber-successful businesswoman Suzanne Shank were also honored.

A biography posted on the “Black Girls Rock” website said that, “Shank co-founded a trillion-dollar municipal finance firm, Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., L.L.C., from the ground up. She is CEO and chairwoman of the company. Her firm has transacted $1.4 trillion of municipal bonds and more than $1.1 trillion of corporate bond and equity transactions since its founding in 1996.”

The biography continued: “Shank is the most successful AfricanAmerican women on Wall Street and continues to grow her business with her niche. If a city or state needs funding for infrastructure or environment developments, her firm is their first choice. Suzanne Shank took on Wall Street and is dominating.”

On the red carpet, before the show, Sports Illustrated model Ebonee Davis said that Black women and girls are often told that they’re not good enough.

“These barriers that society has…I just want to break all of that down and I want [Black women] to realize how beautiful and how powerful we are,” said Davis.

R&B singer Ne-Yo said that Black

girls rock, because they have passion, integrity and class.

“We’re born with style, we’re born with swag we’ve got that coming out of the womb, but passion and integrity and class are things you choose to have, as a woman,” said the World of Dance judge.

Actress Michelle Mitchenor said that the strength of Angela Davis and Harriet Tubman runs through

the veins of today’s Black women that lead movements, start their own businesses and run major corporations.

“Realize and understand your worth,” said Mitchenor. “We are beautiful and we rock!”

Lauren Poteat is a NNPA Newswire Contributor.

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Back-To-School Mental Health Tips To Help Your Child Win

by Ruthie Hawkins, BlackDoctor.org Contributor

Going back to school can be stressful for both parents and students. In addition to adjusting to new schedules and shopping for school supplies, kids often face anxiety over reentering the classroom. Here are some ways parents can help students (of all ages) navigate those emotions as they head back-toschool.

“While parents receive extensive support, and are familiar with preparing their children’s physical health for going back to school,” Ian Tong, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Doctor On Demand and Clinical Assistant Professor (affiliated) at Stanford University Medical School, tells BlackDoctor.org.

“They may not always feel as prepared to address a vital component of their child’s well-being–their emotional health,” he continued. “Often, this isn’t a topic covered — parents may not realize the importance of addressing mental health on their child’s well-being.”

Dr. Tong shares six ways parents can prep their children mentally for the school year ahead.

Plan and practice your routine.

“There can be a lot to keep track of when school starts,” said Tong. “Practicing the daily routine can help your family make a smooth transition.” For older children, “a part of their routine could include setting aside time each day for homework.” This will prevent kids from building a nasty habit of procrastinating. Tong also advises, getting back on a schedule at least a week be-

fore school starts if “bedtime enforcement has become less strict over the summer.”

Curb anxiety before it starts.

“It’s normal for children to have first day jitters,” said Tong. One way to combat that anxiety is to “visit their school and meet with the teachers. You can also create a simple goodbye ritual to help reassure your child.”

Encourage them to set goals.

For younger children, Tong suggests “preparing them for their first day of school by watching videos together” that explain what to expect on their first day. For older children, “talking through their goals is a great way to help them prepare mentally.” Because what’s better motivation than having something to look forward to?

They don’t care that everything they are doing goes against the very principles on which this country was founded. They don’t care that their message of hate has been taken as a directive by various individuals as they commit horrible crimes. They don’t care that one of their members allegedly plowed his car into a crowd of innocent people, and murdered Heather Heyer, a young woman who was simply exercising her right as an American to protest and speak up for what she felt was right.

olution of some sort. What it means, I’m not sure; but there’s no doubt that this moment in history will define our country in the future.

What each of us does, matters —now more than ever. Each American has a duty to follow his or her moral conscience.

But at the forefront of some 320 million American citizens, stands our president. Our nation has always looked to each one of our presidents in our darkest hours. We have always been comforted by the fact that no matter how bleak our future seemed, we could always look for the shining light on the hill in the form of our president.

Up until now, every president has come out before us to inspire us to be better, and encourage us to do what we all know is right. The President of the United States has always borne the responsibility of lighting the torch of justice within the heart of each American citizen. And somehow, no matter who has held that esteemed position as the leader of the free world, they al-

For older children, discuss mental health.

“School can often be overwhelming as children navigate new friendships and balance homework and other obligations,” added Tong. By encouraging your child to share their concerns, says Dr. Tong, you can provide validation and give them the support they need.

Encourage engagement in fun activities, outside of school.

While “homework and school obligations are important,” allowing your child “to do what they love will give them an emotional boost,” explained Tong. “You can also help them from overextending themselves by setting limits and giving them down time.”

Put an emphasis on spending some quality time together.

Above all else, putting aside time to spend together is a “great way to reconnect,” he said. “You can engage in activities like taking a walk, playing a game, or just talking about your day.”

Alleviating the stress of back to school is important for parents and their students. Incorporate these tips to help ensure everyone has a successful school year.

The Confederate Problem

by Duvalier Malone Special to the AFRO and The Inner-City News

When our nation is defined by images of White supremacists, we have a serious problem How do we want to define our country? That is the question that has been hanging over the entire nation ever since we all watched a rally of White supremacists and neo-Nazis as they marched on the University of Virginia campus, carrying torches and spewing hate.

These white supremacists are cardcarrying members of various racist and antisemitic groups, as many of them proudly admitted during their interview with HBO’s VICE. They are also supporters of the Confederate image, and they have gone on record to say that they want to take America back to the days of blatant White privilege.

In the aftermath of the march, white supremacist leaders have taken solace in the fact that President Trump has refused to condemn their actions. In-

stead, he has skirted around the issue, declaring that there are “good” neoNazis. After President Trump’s nowinfamous press conference, former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke tweeted out his thanks to the President for his support.

The leaders of these white supremacist groups are proud of their actions.

So how do we define our country?

For decades, Americans have held ourselves out as a moral standard: as an example that other nations should look to and follow. Very few have disagreed with that position, because the world has always recognized that although we may have made mistakes yesterday, we have never refused to condemn those mistakes as we moved forward into the progress of tomorrow.

But it seems that this is now changing. America is in the middle of a rev-

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ways seemed to have the right words that would calm, inspire, encourage and renew.

But what happens when we don’t have that anymore?

It’s hard to say, but I truly feel that President Trump does not care about our country. Otherwise, why would he work so hard to divide us?

By voicing his support for Confederate images and statues, President Trump is sending a clear dog whistle to the racists in America. That is what Confederate relics have become: a rallying cry for racists.

If for no other reason than the controversy that surrounds them, these Confederate images should be removed from our culture. Send them to museums where they belong. Remove the Confederate image from the Mississippi state flag. If you say it represents your history, then I’m here to tell you: History belongs in a museum.

Duvalier Malone, a native of Fayette, Mississippi lives in Washington, D.C. He is the CEO and founder of Duvalier Malone Enterprises.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 30, 2017 - September 5, 2017

ELM CITY COMMUNITIES Invitation for Bids 162 South Genesee Street Rehabilitation The Housing Authority of the City of New Haven d/b/a Elm City Communities is currently seeking Bids for 162 South Genesee Street Rehabilitation. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

Monday, August 28, 2017 at 3:00PM.

The Glendower Group, Inc Request for Qualifications CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FOR ROCKVIEW PHASE II The Glendower Group, Inc an affiliate of Housing Authority City of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking Proposals for Construction Manager at Risk for Rockview Phase II. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Monday, August 21, 2017 at 3:00PM

The Glendower Group, Inc Request for Qualifications Co Developer for Valley Townhouses The Glendower Group, Inc an affiliate of Housing Authority City of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking Qualification Proposals for Co Developer of Valley Townhouses. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Monday, August 28, 2017 at 3:00PM

The Town of East Haven is currently accepting applications for the following positions: Firefighter D/Paramedic-Lateral Transfer: Salary- $48,972/year Firefighter/Paramedic-New Recruit: $48,972/year Requirements for both positions and the application is available online at www.FirefighterApp.com/EastHavenFD. East Haven is committed to building a workforce of diverse individuals. Minorities, Females, Handicapped and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

The Town of East Haven is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Construction Truck and Equipment Head Mechanic

Large CT based Fence and Guard Rail contractor looking for experienced, self-motivated, responsible Head Mechanic. Responsibilities will include maintaining and repairing all company equipment and vehicles, updating asset lists and assuring all rolling stock is in compliance with state and federal regulations. Must have extensive diesel engine, electrical wiring and hydraulic systems experience.

Top wages paid, company truck and benefits.

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Please send resume to Mpicard@atlasoutdoor.com

KMK Insulation Inc. 1907 Hartford Turnpike North Haven, CT 06473

Mechanical Insulator position.

Insulation company offering good pay and benefits.

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

The Glendower Group, Inc Request for Qualifications Co Developer for Valley Townhouses The Glendower Group, Inc an affiliate of Housing Authority City of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking Qualification Proposals for Co Developer of Valley Townhouses. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Monday, August 28, 2017 at 3:00PM

The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport Request for Proposal (RFP) for Security Guard Services Solicitation Number: 090-SEC-17-S The Housing Authority of the City of Bridgeport d/b/a Park City Communities (PCC) is currently requesting proposals from qualified security firms to provide security guard services at various public housing complexes throughout the city of Bridgeport. Solicitation package will be available on August 21, 2017. To obtain a copy of the solicitation you must send your request to bids@parkcitycommunities.org, please reference solicitation number and title on the subject line. A pre-proposal conference will be held at 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604 on August 30, 2017, @ 10:00 a.m. Although attendance is not mandatory, submitting a bid for the project without attending conference is not in the best interest of the Offeror. Additional questions should be emailed only to bids@parkcitycommunities.org no later than September 5, 2017 @ 3:00 p.m. Answers to all the questions will be posted on PCC’s Website: www.parkcitycommunities.org.

Proposals shall be mailed or hand delivered by September 11, 2017 @ 3:00 PM, to Ms. Caroline Sanchez, Sr. Contract Specialist, 150 Highland Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06604.

Late proposals will not be accepted.

ELECTRIC Distribution Technician- the Town of Wallingford Electric Utility is seeking highly skilled candidates for Distribution Technician. Applicants must be a H.S. graduate and be fully qualified as a Journeyman Lineman or First Class Lineman. Hourly rate: $38.16 to $43.22, plus an excellent fringe benefits package. The closing date for applications is September 22, 2017 Apply: Personnel Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492, (203) 294-2080, Fax: (203) 2942084. EOE.

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Town of Bloomfield

Deputy Town Engineer Salary $72,606 - $112,067 For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.org Deadline to apply 9/05/17 Account Clerk-Payables: The Town of East Haven is currently

accepting applications to participate in the examination for Account Clerk-Payables. The current vacancy is in the Finance Department of the Board of Education but this list may be used to fill other Account Clerk positions within the Town of East Haven. The starting hourly rate is $18.78/hour, 37.5 hours per week. Candidate must possess a High School Diploma or equivalent and an Associate’s Degree in Accounting or equivalent experience, and a minimum of 3 years’ experience in accounts payable and a thorough working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel. Applications are available from The Office of the Mayor, 250 Main Street, East Haven, CT or http://www. townofeasthavenct.org/sites/easthavenct/files/uploads/notice_of_testing_and_application-_account_clerk_and must be returned by September 22, 2017. The Town of East Haven is committed to building a workforce of diverse individuals. Minorities, Females, Handicapped and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Diesel Mechanic 3-5 years min.

exp. 40-Hr. Hazwoper Repair/maintain triaxles, roll offs, heavy equipment.

Kenworth, Mack, John Deere, Cat. FAX resumes: 860.218.2433; or Email: Info@redtechllc.com.

RED Technologies, LLC is An EOE.

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Help Wanted:

Immediate opening for construction laborer for Heavy and Highway Construction. Please call PJF Construction Corp.@ 860-888-9998. We are an equal opportunity employer M/F Help Wanted: Immediate opening for Dump Truck Driver for Heavy and Highway Construction. CDL A license and clean driving record required.

Please call PJF Construction Corp. @ 860-888-9998. We are an equal opportunity employer M/F.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT - Portland Administrative Assistant for reception, phones, filing, and corporate staff support. Working knowledge of Haz. Waste Regs., Manifests, AP & billing. OSHA certification a +. Forward resumes to RED Technologies, LLC Fax 860-218-2433; or Email to HR@redtechllc. com RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE. VNA Community Healthcare is searching for Certified Home Health Aides (HHA). Must have 6 months – one year of experience as a HHA. Several opportunities for full and parttime flexible schedules. Submit resume and cover letter to jobs@vna-commh.org. Visit our website www.connecticuthomecare.org for other opportunities. EOE/M/F

TRANSFER STATION LABORER

Off load trailers, reload for trans/disp. Lift 50 lbs., operate industrial powered trucks and forklift. Asbestos Worker Handler Training a +. Resumes to RED Technologies, LLC, 173 Pickering St., Portland, CT 06480; Fax 860-342-1022; or Email to lkelly@redtransfer.comRED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

Listing: Senior Accountant 2+ years public accounting or 4 + years corporate accounting experience. CPA preferred.

Monthly tax prep, assist w/monthly closing, account analysis/reconciliation, maintain subledgers, assist managing network and system projects. Must be able to work independently with little/no supervision. Report to Dir. of Acctg. w/heavy exposure to CFO. Strong Excel and analytical skills a must. Great growth potential! Benefit package. Petroleum industry experience a plus. Send resume to: Human Resource Dept. P O Box 388, Guilford CT 06437. **An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**

ELECTRIC Distribution Technician- the Town of Wallingford Electric Utility is seeking highly skilled candidates for Distribution Technician. Applicants must be a H.S. graduate and be fully qualified as a Journeyman Lineman or First Class Lineman. Hourly rate: $38.16 to $43.22, plus an excellent fringe benefits package. The closing date for applications is September 22, 2017 Apply: Personnel Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492, (203) 294-2080, Fax: (203) 294-2084. EOE.

Common Ground High School is looking for a Campus Safety Manager too patrol and monitor Common Ground’s campus for the purpose of maintaining student safety, order and security.

Part Time: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 2:45-5:45 pm; Wed 1:00-3:00 pm. Common Ground is particularly eager for candidates who help us fulfill our commitment to building a racially and culturally diverse faculty and staff. For a full job description, please visit http://commongroundct.org/2017/08/common-ground-seeks-campus-safety-manager/

Office or General Help:

Immediate opening in the Contract Department, in a fast-paced petroleum environment.

Strong computer skills (ie: Excel, Microsoft Office) and analytical skills a must. Candidate must possess a high level of accuracy, attention to detail and be able to research and work independently. Petroleum and energy industry knowledge experience a plus. Send resume to: Human Resource Dept., P O Box 388, Guilford CT 06437.

**An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**

Field Engineer

BA/BS in Civil Engineering or Construction Management.

2-5 yrs. experience. OSHA Certified.

Proficient in reading contract plans and specifications.

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

Project Manager Environmental Remediation Division 3-5 years exp. and Bachelor’s Degree, 40-Hr. Hazwoper Training Req. Forward resumes to RED Technologies, LLC, 10 Northwood Dr., Bloomfield, CT 06002;

Fax 860.218.2433; or Email to HR@redtechllc.com

RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

Class A CDL Driver

with 3 years min. exp. HAZMAT Endorsed. (Tractor/Triaxle/Roll-off) Some overnights may be required. FAX resumes to RED Technologies, at 860.342-1042; Email: HR@redtechllc.com Mail or in person: 173 Pickering Street, Portland, CT 06480. RED Technologies, LLC is An EOE.

Common Ground High School

has a part time opening (29 hours per week) for a Math Teaching Assistant (TA). The Math TA is responsible for supporting Math teachers in the classroom during the school day, providing targeted supports in academic labs both during and after school, and assisting with a four week summer school in 2018. For a complete job description, please visit http://commongroundct.org/2017/07/ common-ground-seeks-part-time-math-teaching-assistant/ for a complete job description. Common Ground is particularly eager for candidates who help us fulfill our commitment to building a racially and culturally diverse faculty and staff.

KMK Insulation Inc. 1907 Hartford Turnpike North Haven, CT 06473

Mechanical Insulator position.

Insulation company offering good pay and benefits.

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

Account Associate – Town of Manchester

37.50 hrs. - $41,651.58 CLOSING DATE: August 25, 2017 Call HR Recruitment Line at (860) 647-3170 for info or visit: www.townofmanchester.org.

CDL Class A Tractor trailer driver needed F/T. Send Resume: hherbert@gwfabrication.com

The Housing Authority of the City of Norwalk, CT

is requesting qualifications from experienced firms for Internet, Internet Voice Bundle and Hosted Voice service. RFQ documents can be viewed and printed at www.norwalkha.org under the business tab, RFPs/RFQs. Norwalk Housing Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Curtis O. Law, Executive Director

Truck Mechanic

Immediate opening for a truck mechanic. Maintenance “hands on” to be done on petroleum trucks and trailers. Must have commercial truck repair experience. Send resume to: Attn: HR Dept, P O Box 388, Guilford, CT 06437. **An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**

TRANSFER STATION LABORER Off load trailers, reload for trans/disp. Lift 50 lbs., operate industrial powered trucks and forklift. Asbestos Worker Handler Training a +. Resumes to RED Technologies, LLC, 173 Pickering St., Portland, CT 06480; Fax 860-342-1022; or Email to lkelly@redtransfer.com

Listing: Receptionist/Office Assistant

Petroleum Company has an immediate full time opening. Previous experience in a very busy office handling multiple telephone lines and dealing with customers required. Excellent customer service skills a must. Previous petroleum experience a plus. Applicant to also perform administrative/clerical tasks as assigned. Please send resume to: H.R. Manager, Confidential, P O Box 388, Guilford CT 06437.

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