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Hillhouse Principal Ready To “Mend Fences”

by ALIYYA SWABY NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Stepping into a hot seat at New Haven’s second-largest high school, Glen Worthy is getting lots of advice as the new academic year approaches.

Advice has been rolling in from concerned community members about how to reverse the trajectory of the once-beleaguered 1,003-student comprehensive high school since Worthy was named its new principal.

And Worthy has reached out to mentors and peers to help him get an early start on winning the trust of Hillhouse High School’s community, which spent the past year demanding the Board of Education and the city decrease the number of principals at the school from three to one.

His main goal: to make a divided school feel whole again.

One of the first steps toward that aim comes this Saturday, when Hillhouse hosts a back-to-school rally called “Hillhouse Lives Matter” to rustle up community excitement around the school in advance of next Thursday’s opening day.

Hillhouse had been divided into four smaller “academies” with three principals, leading staff and students to complain about an overarching lack of organization and limited access to important resources. In June, the Board of Ed unanimously voted to get rid of the three incumbent principals and hire Worthy to replace them.

Some of the advice Worthy got was useful, he said. Former Superintendent Reginald Mayo assigned him a litany of practical tasks: Make sure the master schedule is “tight.” Make sure to get teachers to buy into your vision before the first day. Make sure the first three days feel like a smooth transition to a new leader.

He heard from retired Wilbur Cross High School Principal Robert Canelli, who had taken up his position during a difficult time at that school.

Canelli stressed the importance of building a strong team of involved teachers, and meeting with top students and vocal parents immediately.

And most importantly: “Be transparent, open and honest.”

Worthy has some experience of his own to tap for this new challenge.

Born and raised in Newhallville, he chose to study at Wilbur Cross High School over Hillhouse, because a lot of his friends were there.

He later spent seven years as the principal of Hill Central Music Academy, which managed to get off the state’s list of struggling turnaround schools last year largely due to his leadership.

For the last two years, he was principal of adult education, focusing on recruiting community organizations

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Worthy in the principal’s seat.

Hillhouse teachers called for less division between academies.

Last year’s seniors said they couldn’t access computers to apply for college.

to help students access job training and post-graduation opportunities.

Worthy felt guilty applying to leave adult ed for Hillhouse, he said.

He saw the posting and talked to many

people about the job, before putting his name in the running.

“I felt like if I didn’t jump on this, I wouldn’t have the opportunity for a traditional high school,” he

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said. He was excited at the opportunity to be in a school where parent participation is high—parents are not often involved in adult ed.

Already, at Hillhouse, numerous “passionate” parents have called him up or visited his office to talk about the upcoming school year.

Schools Superintendent Garth Harries said Worthy was a candidate with a “strong track record” as a leader and a “deep interest” in people and students. The academy structure at Hillhouse “lends itself” to Worthy’s main priority of “distributed leadership,” which ensures academic leaders are working together and building teams throughout the school.

The large size of a school like Hillhouse “can be isolating for both teachers and students,” Harries said.

Worthy can delegate leadership to “create a sense of intimacy and organization for people to work together.”

Worthy has met with teachers three times since his approval as principal June 13, including one meeting this week. “I need to mend some fences,” he said.

Alders visited Hillhouse last March and held a subsequent hearing to talk with members of the school community about their grievances with the school. Teachers said they wanted fewer divisions between academies, a more organized schedule and more class options for students.

Worthy is responsible for building trust among teachers, students and administrators, some of which he said broke down in the previous structure.

As an administrator, he has to figure out how to support teachers and build their capacity to work with students.

That’s where his resume comes in.

When Hill Central got a federal “School Improvement Grant” to fund a major overhaul, Worthy replaced half his staff and allowed strong teachers to take leadership positions to help him improve the school. Under his leadership, the school culture leader, academic leader and bilingual leader were responsible for determining professional development opportunities for other teachers. They also would research and discuss with the administration best practices for approaching challenges Hill Central was having, Worthy said.

The school culture leader at the time focused on celebrating the students who were doing well and building relationships with all students outside of the classroom. “Other kids really fell in line,” he said. Behavioral issues and suspensions dropped.

“It was very easy for buy-in,” he said.

Worthy said he seeks to develop a similar structure of teacher leadership at Hillhouse.

On a more basic level, he wants to make sure teachers can learn from each other. Last year, teachers said they couldn’t talk to their peers in the same subjects in different academies, because the schedule and physical layout of the school separated them.

This year, Worthy is building time in the schedule for teachers in the same content area to meet regularly and “hold each other accountable for their work.” The same classes should have the same rigor in each academy.

Worthy said he believes in the academy system, at least the part where students learn a specific set of skills for a career path over four years of high school. But students shouldn’t be separated from classes that interest them. This year, Advanced Placement classes in any academy will be open to all students. Other types of electives in the academies will be open to students outside of those academies, as long as there is extra room, he said.

Students said last year that they couldn’t meet others in their grade.

Seniors, especially, were relegated to one half of the third floor, and were shooed back up when they tried to see teachers in other parts of the building.

They will eat lunch by grade this year, not by academy, Worthy said.

Award ceremonies, dances, and trips will be school-wide activities, instead of being segregated by academy. Each academy used to have a parent-teacher organization; now they’ll be merged into one.

Worthy was a school counselor for years before becoming Hill Central assistant principal. He wants to meet with Hillhouse counselors at the beginning of the year to “build their capacity” to direct students through the college application process. “Every kid should have a nice portfolio,” he said.

Worthy plans to start a shared Excel file tracking students’ progress as they apply. “We need to do a better job telling everyone what the counseling department does,” he said, in part by making a bigger deal of celebrating college acceptances at the end of the year.

Hillhouse senior and student Board of Ed member Coral Ortiz said she’s “hopeful” about the coming academic year. “Everybody’s on board now. When everybody wants the same goal, things are going to happen. Right now everyone does want the same goal,” she said during an interview Thursday on WNHH radio’s “Dateline New Haven” program.

She praised the principal selection process. “We wanted to be involved in the process. At the end of the day, we did get that. We got to be involved in the choosing of the new principal.”

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Taking advantage of a ruling last week by the National Labor Relations Board that gave students at private universities the right to organize, Yale graduate students filed a petition Monday to form a union.

“We’re excited to get our election, win our election, and begin negotiating a contract that addresses the issues that our members have been facing for years,” Aaron Greenberg, chair of the Yale Graduate Students and Employees Organization (GESO), said.

The National Labor Relations Board ruled last week that both graduate and undergraduate students who work as teaching and research assistants should be considered employees. The case reversed a 2004 decision.

The move could affect thousands of students in Connecticut, where the issue of union representation for graduate students has already appeared on several campuses.

The University of Connecticut gave official recognition to its graduate employee union in 2014 and Yale’s GESO, recently rebranded as UNITE HERE Local 33, has been trying to gain university recognition since the early 1990s.

Many colleges and universities, including Yale, have argued that allowing grad students to unionize would undermine their academic relationship with the school.

“I have long been concerned that this relationship would become less productive and rewarding under a formal collective bargaining regime, in which professors would be ‘supervisors’ of their graduate student ‘employees,” Yale President Peter Salovey wrote in an email to students and faculty concerning the ruling last week.

Yale filed an amicus brief in the Columbia case (along with the seven other Ivy League schools) calling on the NLRB to rule that the relationship graduate students have with their university is primarily academic.

Graduate students and adjunct faculty now teach about 70 percent of college courses, which has led to criticism that institutions are using them as a cost-cutting measure instead of hiring more expensive tenure-track faculty.

“They rely on these students to teach classes, support research projects and further the work of faculty, all of which contribute to the college’s academic bottom line. But, on payday, the anemic paychecks show how much the

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graduate student workers are undercompensated and underappreciated,” Brian Bonina, president of the Congress of Connecticut Community Colleges, said.

Greenberg said ensuring “secure teaching and funding, equity for people of color and for women and access to mental health care and affordable health care” were his group’s priorities.

Lindsay Zafir, graduate teacher in the history department at Yale said that “unilateral changes the Yale administration made over the last couple of years” meant that another Yale graduate teacher she co-taught a course with was making nearly half as much as her, despite having spent seven years with the program.

“Not only is this unfair, it puts our most experienced teachers in a precarious position,” she said.

“This is an extremely important ruling for graduate students at Yale where GESO has been working for many, many years for official recognition as a union,” Irene Mulvey, who serves as treasurer of the Connecticut Conference of the American Association of University Professors, said.

Mulvey, who is a long-time professor at Fairfield University, said that there was little momentum

for a union at Fairfield right now, but “with this ruling, graduate student employees at any private university could be empowered to organize — Wesleyan, Trinity, etc.”

Greenberg agreed that the decision had “electrified” campuses across the country.

Both Mulvey and Greenberg were optimistic about the prospects for student organizing rights in the long term. The recent decision is the third time the NLRB has reversed its ruling on graduate unions in the last 16 years, first in 2000 and then in 2004. The president appoints the five-member NLRB board.

Unlike Yale and Fairfield, UConn is a public university, so its student employees have always had a right to form unions.

The UConn GEU-UAW (affiliated with United Auto Workers) gained recognition in 2014.

Thirty-three schools currently have graduate employee unions, but most are at public universities where students already had a right to organize.

“This is a lot more than just a labor decision,” Mulvey said.

“In my view, the decision reinforces higher education’s contribution to the common good.”

THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 31, 2016 - September 06, 2016

Moving On, Morrison Summons An Apostle

By DAVID YAFFEBELLANY NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

The Rev. Eldren Morrison said farewell to the congregation he helped raise from the near-dead by invoking a biblical message from Paul the Apostle: It’s not about me.

Morrison delived that message in his final Sunday sermon at Varick Memorial AME Zion Church, which the beloved and influential reverend is now leaving to assume a pulpit in a larger city down south.

In his last act as a New Haven preacher, Morrison discussed a biblical verse in which Paul attributes the growth of his church in Corinth to God’s grace rather than to human intervention. “‘I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow,’” Morrison said, quoting from 1 Corinthians.

“There were pastors before. There will be pastors after me,” he added. “We’re not what’s important.

The church is not about me.”

Over the past decade, Morrison has established himself as a leader in the New Haven community: a Joshua figure whose inspiring sermons and political savvy brought Varick back from the brink of financial collapse.

In 2007, two-century-old Varick, one of the oldest AfricanAmerican churches around and a one-time stop on the Underground railroad, had a dwindling attendance and more than $1 million in debt. Morrison — who

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A packed house for Morrison’s last sermon.

Morrison at the pulpit.

also opened a charter school, the Booker T. Washington Academy, and chaired the fire commission during his tenure at Varick quickly reversed that decline. Under his

leadership, Varick has paid its bills, repaired a leaking roof, and significantly expanded the congregation, welcoming young families from diverse backgrounds into the fold. Membership has risen from 250 to over 2,000. It’s hard to find a seat many Sunday services. Morrison had also begun discussing plans to undertake economic development in Dixwell and Newhallville through Varick.

As his final sermon Sunday tacitly acknowledged, the departure of such a successful leader has prompted the question of whether the progress seen under his tenure will continue.

“I know a few people will leave, but I hope a few who have really become committed will stay,” Morrison told the Independent, as he reflected on the future of the church. “The next day and the next

moment are not promised to any of us. I didn’t come to stay forever.”

Morrison, who grew up in the South, has family in New Haven but had never set foot in Varick when he agreed to take over as pastor.

“I’m going to remember this as some of the best years of ministry that I’ve had,” he told the Independent. “I came here as a single preacher. I’m leaving as a husband and a father.”

After nearly a decade in the city, Morrison said, he thinks it’s the right time to move back to the South, closer to his parents and extended family. He is set to take over at Shaw Temple AME Zion Church in Atlanta.

On Sunday, reflecting the influence Morrison had built up here, a string of politicians and prominent community members attended the final Morrison-led services, including Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, Mayor Toni Harp, schools Superintendent Garth Harries and former Mayor John DeStefano. They praised Morrison’s dedication to the church, his passion for education, and even his sartorial prowess.

“The first thing I noticed he had a very nice suit on,” said DeStefano, recalling his initial meeting with a sharply dressed Morrison in 2007.

In his sermon, Morrison compared New Haven to Corinth, equating the major roadways that ran through Corinth to streets like Whalley Avenue in New Haven.

“The church there reminds me

of Varick today,” he said, his voice rising. “There was nothing that church in Corinth could not do, if it put its mind to it.”

The comparison doubled as a warning. Over the years, Morrison has generally avoided lecturing on the news of the day or “preaching the headlines,” as he puts it choosing instead to emphasize everyday lessons rooted in Scripture. On Sunday, he quoted from a letter in which Paul noted that Corinth was riven by factionalism. He went on to enumerate the perils of “immaturity” a source of perpetual conflict in all kinds of human relationships, he said, and the single most disruptive force in the work of ministry.

Coming from Morrison, that reminder carried particular weight.

The turmoil he faced in the mid2000s resulted from a previous Varick pastor secretly refinancing the church’s mortgage in order to allegedly embezzle the funds.

“There’s some sense of immaturity in all of us,” Morrison told the Independent afterward. “I was glad I was able to step in and get this church on the right track.”

He ended his sermon on a lighter note, capping his serious-minded warnings with an assurance that linked biblical teachings to the music of Kendrick Lamar.

“We gon’ be alright,” Morrison declared, to cheers.

“We gon’ be alright.”

Canvassers #Start Early On School

School officials and volunteers got the school year started early, with the hope of giving kids a good early start to their academic careers.

The crew spent Saturday knocking doors during an annual canvas of city neighborhoods to speak with families of kindergarteners about the importance of attending school regularly, of setting aside family “talk time” each day, of making time to read as well.

In addition to talking to (“engaging” with) parents, the canvassers left packets with families. The packets included an English-language and Spanishlanguage children’s book, an “Art of School Success” bookmark along with a New Haven Youth Map bookmark, and a public-library-card application.

This was the fifth year of the canvas, organized by the public schools and United Way of Greater New Haven with the help of Comcast. Two hundred volunteers signed up this year, according to United Way’s Peter Schaller. Half hit the streets on Saturday; the other half plan to conduct another canvas Monday afternoon.

This year’s event incorporated the school’s systems #StartStrong campaign.

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Policing Forum A Good ‘First Step’ Of Many

By Ethan Fry

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Derby Police Chief Gerald Narowski was the first to admit it he has some work to do.

During a discussion about race and policing Wednesday night in Ansonia, Derby High School senior Chester Dockery Jr. rose to address Narowski, explaining why some students have “hatred toward the cops.”

“We don’t even know who you are,” Dockery said.

When police come to the high school, he said, it’s usually only to respond to a problem. And they usually have a demonstrably easier time interacting with white kids.

“But the minorities, we don’t even know you guys as much,” Dockery said. “So we don’t know if you really care about us like how you say you do.”

The chief’s assessment was immediate: not good enough.

“We’re not doing a good job if that’s how you feel, because we care about everybody.”

Narowski told Dockery. “I work for you. I answer to you. So we have to do a better job on that if we’re not reaching out to you.”

The back-and-forth encapsulated Wednesday’s forum as a whole a frank discussion and a good “first step,” as Greg Johnson, President of the Ansonia NAACP, put it.

“I look forward to the second step,” he went on.

Johnson said the next step will involve following up with police about several issues raised Wednesday during the twohour forum, which attracted about 60 people to the Doyle Senior Center on Main Street. ’We Have Some Problems’ The discussion was moderated

by Diane Stroman of TEAM, Inc. Johnson began the discussion by noting that the lower Naugatuck Valley is relatively quiet in terms of police-community tension at least compared to similar communities across the country where large-scale demonstrations against acts of police violence have occurred.

But that doesn’t mean

From left: Ansonia Police Chief Kevin Hale, Derby Police Chief Gerald Narowski, Seymour Police Chief Michael Metzler, and Shelton Police Chief Shawn Sequeira.

Ansonia NAACP President Gregory Johnson speaks during a forum on policing at the Ansonia Senior Center Aug. 24, 2016.

Chester Dockery Jr. speaks during a discussion on policing at the Ansonia Senior Center Aug. 24, 2016.

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everything’s great.

“We have been lucky here in the Valley that our situations haven’t escalated to some of the towns similar to the Valley towns,” Johnson said.

“What goes on in New Haven doesn’t go on in Ansonia,” he went on. “What goes on in Bridgeport doesn’t happen in Shelton. Their problems are not always our problems.

But we have some problems.”

The most obvious a lack of diversity within police departments themselves.

Solutions? Seymour Police Chief Michael Metzler said his department is “trying like crazy” to attract more minority applicants.

Narowski said that police jobs used to attract 700 to 800 applicants.

Now they consider 200 lucky.

“We’re trying to diversify, but we’re not getting the applicants,” he said.

Ansonia Police Chief Kevin Hale said a few years ago he and Bob Goldson, an Ansonia police commissioner, “pleaded” with congregations at five local churches to encourage African-Americans to apply to police department openings.

“It didn’t help,” Hale said, challenging everyone in the room to help fix the problem.

“We can’t do it alone.”

Hale said Ansonia cops had more success when they held forums during classes at Ansonia High School last year where they invited students to ask questions they had about policing.

“I think we did five sessions, and in every one of those sessions, every one of those kids was late for their next class because the teachers said ‘No, we’re going to keep going and we’ll give them a pass to their next class,’” Hale recalled.

One idea endorsed by seemingly everyone in attendance Wednesday a return of the popular Police Athletic League in which police coach kids in sports and serve as mentors.

That is, if the funding can be found for it.

About half of those in attendance Wednesday were either public officials or leaders of local nonprofits and community groups.

Even U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal dropped in to note how “immensely proud” he was of the Valley’s historically welcoming stance to immigrant and minority populations.

Common ground will be easier to find as a result, he said.

Metzler said one thing all police departments should do to gain more trust from the communities they protect be open.

“I think we’ve all come up a little short in terms of letting people know what we’re doing,” the Seymour chief said.

“We need to be more transparent on everything we’re doing.”

Johnson said after Wednesday’s forum that the most important thing to come out of it remains to be seen “the followup.”

He said he hopes to schedule another forum in the coming weeks to continue the discussion started Wednesday.

“I’ll have conversations with the chiefs later, maybe move it to a different town just to have more community members involved, and go from there,” Johnson said.

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Rebuilding Plans Set For Orphan Block

by PAUL BASS NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

From his seat on the front porch he has called home for 34 years, Sam Kelley has watched the world change across the street and one block over in either direction. Meanwhile, the abandoned properties on each side of his home have remained frozen in a state of purgatory.

Permits are now in place or on the way to start bringing that change closer to Kelley’s door.

On the lot immediately to the north of Kelley’s property stands barely a three-story, 18unit apartment building at 235 Winchester Ave. That house has stood vacant and crumbling, walls ripped and opened to the elements, for more than a decade after a local developer named Kenny Hill and the city government hit a stalemate in a dispute over use of a lead-abatement grant. Hill charged that the city forced him to use a contractor (now dead) who never did the work right but took the money. He said he has lost millions of dollars in taxes, professional fees, and lost potential rents since then, and has been stalled in his plans to rebuild the structure.

(Read more about that saga here and here.) Now he’s ready to try again to get the job done.

The house on the property immediately to the south of Kelley’s property at 215 Winchester has been deteriorating for just as long in an overgrown lot. It has stood vacant since a congregation called the Upper Room Prayer Mission moved out and never resold it. Until now.

One July 7, according to land records, the church sold the property to a local developer named Shawn Mohovich. Mohovich in turn obtained a $300,000 mortgage and has begun discussing with City Building Official Jim Turcio plans for a renovation.

Mohovich, an architect and contractor, told the Independent Friday that he plans to do a “major gut rehab” on the three-story building and create two or three apartments to rent out, as he has done with two other rehabs in buildings he bought a block away.

The first floor, where the

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vs. old: Science Park Building 25 (left), 235 Winchester.

Kelley: Caught between two hovels.

congregation once held prayer services, is in decent shape, he said. Not so the upper floors, which are currently uninhabitable.

Well, at least for humans.

“There are raccoons and squirrels living on the third floor,” Mohovich said. “There’s a hole in the roof that’s been unattended to for a long time.” Turcio said Mohovich restores about one property a year in New Haven.

Mohovich said he had eyed the property for years while doing other

work in the neighborhood. Finally this summer he tracked down the owner and made the purchase. He noted how dramatically the rest of the area had improved over the past six years, while that one side of one block at Winchester and Tilton has remained blighted.

“You walk down the street and you get to 215 Winchester — it’s like a haunted house on the hill.

It’s overgrown. You feel like you’re in a bad neighborhood.”

He promised to produce a “real

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jewel” that will “change the whole perception of the neighborhood.”

Especially if Kenny Hill can do the same. Turcio this month approved a permit for Hill a former Yale football standout and New York Giants safety who returned to his college town to buy and fix up properties finally to begin work restoring 235 Winchester.

Hill told the Independent he plans to build 12 new marketrate apartments there. His permit allows him to get started on that work by “install[ing] structural support” to the front, which he hopes to preserve and restore; demolishing the rear, and installing a new foundation.

Hill said he plans to follow a site plan already approved years ago by the City Plan Commission.

“That block has been a nightmare for many, many years. It is a major impact on everything that goes on in” that stretch of the Dixwell neighborhood, said Serena NealSanjurjo, executive director of the city government’s neighborhood anti-blight agency, the Livable City Initiative (LCI). She said she has a meeting scheduled with Hill next week. She plans to pitch him on including “affordable” apartments in his plan in return for financial help under a government housing program.

“Kenny’s been through a long haul with the city with the project,” she said. “Everybody deserves a chance to finish what they started.”

When he and a partner originally purchased already the bombedout 235 Winchester property for $420,000 in 2003, Hill looked into the future and saw a neighborhood revival. His prediction came true.

Across the street, Science Park Building 25 got redone and filled up with tenants. Science Park, the rest of which sprawls on the other side of Henry Street, thrived too.

A city-spawned tech company called Higher One converted two of the factory buildings there into a $46 million new 140,000-squarefoot headquarters (though that company has since stumbled and been purchased). A Brooklyn developer has converted one of the old factory buildings into luxury lofts renting for as high as $3,000 a month. Local developer Juan

Salas-Romer purchased a problem bar and abandoned church property at the juncture of Munson and Henry, where he has since opened a mid-scale apartment complex called Ashmun Flats.

A pedestrian/bike trail opened along the old Farmington Canal.

Heading south from Hill and Kelley’s block heading toward Ingalls Rink and two underconstruction new Yale residential colleges, Winchester Avenue is lined with well-kept single and two-and-three-family homes.

Hill himself contributed to that look when he renovated a grand 12-unit apartment building, but then it erupted in flames in 2012.

He has been renovating it and said he expects to begin renting apartments there again in January.

The McCabe Manor condo development has also stabilized that stretch of Winchester.

Hill said investors approached him to buy his vacant hulk at 235 Winchester. But he held on he wanted to finish the job himself.

Even if it took longer than he wished. More than a decade later, he still hasn’t given up.

Back on Kelley’s porch, the retired 79-year-old carpenter said he welcomes all that change in his neighborhood. So did Johnny Howard, who also lives in the two-family house Kelley has owned since 1982. Howard enjoys using the bike trail. He appreciates the upgrading of housing stock.

New security cameras are helping to keep the block quiet, he said.

He offered one complaint: “Nobody can park out here anymore. Yale took over the streets; they come out and park in front of people’s houses. The people that live out here got nowhere to park.”

“At least,” Kelley interjected, “they’re fixing it up. It’s a nice neighborhood.

Quiet.

They did a nice job. Beautiful.”

Now that final wave will wash up on his own block. Kelley’s house, too, could use some new paint and some repairs as well.

“I started fixing it up,” he said.

“Then I caught cancer, twice, so I had to stop for a while.”

He’s feeling better now, he said. He might not have to stop for much longer.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 31, 2016 - September 06, 2016

by ALIYYA SWABY NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

As a judge continued a hearing on whether to try a 17-yearold as an adult for allegedly participating in an attack on a 79-year-old professor, fellow students rallied on the teen’s behalf outside the courthouse.

With the help of the Citywide Youth Coalition, New Haven students organized the rally in support of 17-year-old Aymir Holland Thursday morning in front of state Superior Court at 235 Church St. They got a civics lesson in real time while supporting a peer in his quest to avoid a 61-year jail sentence.

Holland is being tried as an adult for allegedly helping to attack the Yale professor in East Rock last November. His supporters are trying to get the case moved to juvenile court.

Latoya Willis, Holland’s mother, attended the court session with Jason Goddard, an attorney she hired to represent her son. Goddard declined to comment after a pretrial hearing in the case Thursday in Judge Patrick Clifford’s courtroom and encouraged Willis to do the same. The hearing date was pushed to Sept. 9.

Holland was charged with felony counts for his alleged participation in the attack: first-degree assault, first-degree assault on an elderly person, first-degree robbery, second-degree larceny, reckless endangerment, and conspiracy. On Nov. 27, 2015, Holland met a friend downtown, who was joined by a group of men he didn’t know well, according to Willis. Two of the men then attacked the professor, punching and kicking him until he blacked out, and then stealing his wallet and backpack. In the arrest warrant affidavit, one of the alleged assailants said Holland stomped on the professor as he lay on the ground after being attacked. The professor was subsequently hospitalized.

Willis said her son was terrified during the attack and didn’t participate. Because the charges were so serious, his lawyer will have to argue against the state prosecutor why Holland should be tried as a juvenile, not an adult.

Older teens tried and convicted as adults go through the adult

ALIYYA SWABY PHOTO Valeta

(right) offered to practice Mandarin with Holland in jail.

prison system, where they are less expensive to house compared to the cost of a juvenile facility.

Some experts argue certain people should get adult prison time no matter their age; others say a 17-year-old’s brain is still developing and should not be considered comparable to an adult’s.

Students Thursday stopped people walking by the courthouse to ask for signatures for a petition calling for Holland to be tried as a minor. Briyana Mondesir, an incoming sophomore at Coop High School, was having trouble getting responses around 9 a.m., an hour before court started.

“A lot of people are saying they’re

in the judicial system, or they’re lawyers and can’t get involved,” she said. “Some people said they didn’t have enough information” about the case, and ran off.

Mondesir thought about how to change her tactics. She began to tell passersby upfront that Holland was charged at 16 years old and being tried as an adult. That got her more attention. After two hours, students collected around 50 signatures.

Latoya Willis said the students’ energy in supporting her son was “exhilarating.” She encouraged them as they started a series of chants on the corner in front of Superior Court on Church Street, led by adult or-

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ganizers Marcey Moore and Addys Castillo, executive director of the Citywide Youth Coalition.

“It’s not every day you see people outside rallying,” one security guard said, watching from inside as teenage protesters milled around the courtroom steps.

Students proudly showed off homemade T-shirts and posters with variations of the slogan “Bring Aymir Home” written in bright block letters.

“Honk for Aymir! Can I get a beep?” organizers shouted to drivers zooming by, with some success.

Jillian Valeta, an incoming Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School junior, said she felt

a sense of connection to Holland when she first heard about his case at a Citywide Youth Coalition meeting a couple of weeks ago.

She listened to his English teacher Mark Fitzpatrick from Highville Change Academy talk about Holland’s commitment to anti-bullying and his “gentle” nature—and was convinced that she had to help him. “It was heartbreaking to see,” she said.

Valeta sent Holland a letter at the Manson Youth Institution in Cheshire asking if he wanted to practice Mandarin with her. Holland has been in the institution for seven months with bail set at $250,000. His family finally raised enough money to hire Goddard, a private attorney, instead of relying on public defender Angelica Papastravros.

Holland studied Mandarin at Highville, and Valeta is now learning it. It’s difficult, she said, to remember how to write out the characters without practice.

She planned to go to a Citywide Youth Coalition meeting planned for Thursday evening, learning from Yale Law School students how to handle an unplanned, involuntary encounter with the police.

“We don’t have law in our school, just basic government class,” Valeta said. “I know my Miranda rights, from watching movies or seeing TV shows,” but little beyond that.

Willis reiterated the importance of students learning their rights. She is getting a thorough education on the legal process by being thrust into navigating it; the learning curve is steep. She had never really been an activist. “I am now,” she said.

Support from the community will keep her involved well beyond her son’s trial, she said.

Students packed the courtroom with her as she waited for the hearing to start. And they waited outside the room when the judge decided to close the hearing to the public.

In the hallway as they waited, Moore directed them to hold hands and form a crooked prayer oval.

“Aymir will stand strong. He’ll live through this,” she prayed, tears falling from her eyes as she prayed. “We’ll still be here no matter how many doors they’ll close.”

THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 31, 2016 - September 06, 2016

Fear Turns To Faith At PAL Camp

by MARIA SOLOMON NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

We know our kids can succeed.

Together, we can help them rise.

I am the mother of three sons, Angelo, who is 18, Tyrek, who is 11, and Malachi, who is 8. We would like to salute the entire New Haven Police Department for its extraordinary “PAL” summer athletic camp.

I signed Malachi up for the camp, even after hearing about all that was going on in other states with police in their communities. I had a little fear in my heart for my son and the officers. I prayed and gave it to God. Malachi was excited to start, so I let him attend. As the days went on, the fear was replaced by faith, and that faith turned into victory.

The children and officers were safe on and off-site as they went on field trips.

Malachi loves to play basketball and wants to be a basketball player. PAL camp gave him courage to move forward, since the officers allowed children to have open gym everyday. Basketball was one of the sports the boys enjoyed. Malachi played in the Hoop It Up tournament for the first time this year and was very excited.

He was blessed beyond measure to have the amazing Officer Nancy Jordan overseeing the 8-year-olds and to have a Yale student named Spencer. He and Spencer had their own special way of saluting each other with a thumbs up. It brought great joy to my heart.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTOSWith the friendly officers in Fair Haven.

We didn’t have transportation in the afternoon. Malachi was sure he would be fine getting on the bus. Though I was scared, I prayed and God showed me he was covered. His drop-off station was on Blatchley Avenue. The police there Sgt. Anthony Maio, Officer Sean Sullivan, and Officer Mike Criscuolo made sure my son Tyrek and I had enough water.

They allowed us to sit inside the station where it was nice and cool, although that wasn’t part of their job. They were assigned to make sure all the children off the bus and

crossed the street safely. These officers went above and beyond for their community.

Malachi and I would like to thank Sgts. Elisa Tuozzoli and Albert McFadden for being supportive in the beginning of the application process. Thank you also to the New Haven school resource officers: Ivelisse Ortiz, Nancy Jordan, James Baker, Charles Tyson, Miguel Aponte, Victor Fuentes, Jeremy Elliott, Edrick Agosto.

Thank you to Yale University, University of New Haven and Southern Connecticut State University.

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“Land Of Opportunity” Beckons THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 31, 2016 - September 06, 2016

by MARKESHIA RICKS NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

A commercial building instead of a police station in at 1 Union Ave. Another one in the historic former New Haven Railroad building. A now half-empty Church Street South razed and reborn as a 900-unit, mixeduse and -income development.

City officials asked U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal to envision all those changes and to help them make them happen on a one-mile walking tour from Alexion Pharmaceuticals’ 100 College St. headquarters to Amistad Park.

At Blumenthal’s request, Mayor Toni Harp and about 40 city department heads, politicians, bike and Hill neighborhood advocates pointed out during a tour early Monday evening, the strides New Haven has made in making the city more bike and pedestrian-friendly.

And they raised suggestions for how state and federal dollars could help make things even better. Blumenthal also got to se changes that have already started taking place near the train station, Ninth Square, and Yale medical area.

The tour started at Alexion’s 13-story headquarters, which is part of the first phase of the city’s “Downtown Crossing” project.

That project has been replacing the old Route 34 Connector minihighway-to-nowhere with revived streets between downtown and the Hill. The goal is to recreate a neighborhood feel that allows people to walk and bike safely, while allowing developers to put up new offices, apartments and stores.

Phase II of the project reconnects Orange Street with South Orange Street near where a Montreal developer is theoretically going to build a $400 million new-urbanist community on the site of the former New Haven Coliseum.

The city received $16 million from a federal TIGER grant to help make the first phase happen.

It has since received a second $20 million grant that will get the city started on Phase III, which involves connecting Temple Street to Church Street South. (The city had asked the feds for $40 million and now must reexamine plans for Phase III. Phase II is taking place by the old Coliseum.)

MARKESHIA RICKS PHOTO

Tour hits George Street.

City economic development chief Matthew Nemerson pointed out to Blumenthal that since the rise of Alexion and the tech/biotech center at 300 George St., several new housing developments including the 160-unit College & Crown luxury apartment complex have risen.

As the group walked down George Street, city transit chief Doug Hausladen pointed out what he called “garage alley” as the landscape gave way to a streetscape dominated by one-way streets and big concrete structures with few windows and even less foot traffic.

Hausladen described a plan to move the parking authority’s administrative office out of Union Station and into office space at the Temple Street garage, which would save $170,000 a year; and an effort to connect those who use the Temple Street garage to more public transportation such as the free downtown shuttle.

The shuttle has a stop at the garage, which helps people connect to the Green. Hausladen said the city also has made investments in CT Transit to put GPS on the shuttle, created a phone application that helps people find out the shuttle’s schedule in real time that it will roll out in a couple of weeks, and has installed screens at the garage and at Union Station that provide real time information to transit users. He said the city could use federal money to improve

the streetscape around George and Temple streets, and make the area friendlier to bikes and pedestrians.

Blumenthal said the transformation in the area made him think of his Yale Law School days.

“I am so excited and inspired to be back in New Haven,” he said. “The city has literally been transformed. It is like a different city. It is new wine in an old vessel, and the wine is wonderful.”

As the group made its way to George and Orange, Nemerson told the senator about talks the Harp administration has been having with the Knights of Columbus, which owns a park and parking lots in the two blocks between their museum and Gateway Community College. The talks concern opportunities for developing those lots into something more. He said they’re interested. Their interest complements the city’s plans to rebuild the old coliseum site.

“This is now the land of opportunity,” Nemerson said.

Blumenthal also heard about improvements that have been made to help people get safely from downtown to Union Station, and learned about the city’s struggle to get the state to catch on to its vision of something more than a 1,000-car, second parking garage at the train station. The city wants the state to recognize how that part of the city could be transformed in the next

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decade with a new Church Street South and different developments where the police department and the Board of Education now have their headquarters. A week ago, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced that a garage was all the city was getting out of plans for a second garage at Union Station not retail space, nor a bus depot. A stance to which lawmakers, Hill neighbors and bike advocates strongly objected.

“The street becomes very important in terms of having a functioning, transportation oriented development in this district,” Nemerson said. “Those are the kinds of conversations we’ve been having [with the state] and want to continue having.”

Blumenthal also got an update on the status of Church Street South from Rafael Ramos of the Livable City Initiative, the city government’s neighborhood anti-blight agency. LCI was instrumental in ringing the alarm that eventually started the process of condemning mold-infested apartments at the federally subsidized, dilapidated, 50-year-old building, and moving residents out. Just over 120 out of an original 301 families remain there, and they’ll soon be gone.

Ramos said the city, working with the owners and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is on track to have the place emptied out by the end of the year. He also pointed out several

reasons that the 301-unit complex has such a problem with mold: It has flat roofs that collect water, and the building is built below the level of the Long Island Sound and the concrete walls, and the space between the walls collect moisture.

Mayor Toni Harp thanked Blumenthal for his help advocating for portable Section 8 vouchers for residents that allowed them the opportunity to move where ever they chose. She told him that the city could use more federal resiliency money to not only shore up Union Station’s railroad tracks, which are at sea level, from flooding, but also to address floodprone areas around Union Avenue.

“When this gets re-done with 800 to 900 units, it will be a little bit more high rise,” Nemerson said of Church Street South. “Once upon a time this site was out of sight, out of mind. But now you [will be able to] walk to jobs at the hospital, walk to jobs downtown. We can’t lose affordable housing that is walkable to downtown, now that there are so many more service jobs in downtown. This is a great place for people to get employment.”

Nemerson told Blumenthal that is especially true for a low-wage worker who has to take a one-hour bus ride to get to work versus being able to walk to a job downtown.

The tour concluded with the recently approved plan for Stamford developer Randy Salvatore to proceed with a three-phase project that would build up to 140 apartments, 7,000 square feet of stores, 120,000 square feet of research space, and 50,000 square feet of offices on the blocks between Congress Avenue and Church Street South closest to downtown. The city has been trying since 1980 to get a developer to build on that land, a former neighborhood destroyed by mid-20th century urban renewal.

After the tour, Blumenthal said that the city’s future holds “immeasurable promise.”

“The promise for more jobs and economic development is just exciting and inspiring,” he said. “New Haven is on the cusp of really explosive job creation and i’m going to go to work in Washington to make sure we invest in that vision.”

The Party of Lincoln THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 31, 2016 - September 06, 2016

by William Spivey, Noted Blogger and ICN Contributing Writer

“I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.”Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861.

I often hear Republican’s these days calling themselves “The Party of Lincoln.” It is a defense I think, against charges that their party is racist. Despite the number of policies they promote that are racist in effect without regard to intent. The claim while historically correct is quite misleading in that a total upheaval in the party has made it far less the Party of Lincoln than it is the Party of Trump or even David Duke.

One thing I’d like to get straight is that even Lincoln was ambivalent about slavery. I don’t doubt his claim that he was personally opposed to it but he had no intention of ending it. Even saying specifically in his 1861 Inauguration Speech that he didn’t intend to interfere with slavery, thought he had no right to do so nor the inclination. The Party of Lincoln.

A second thing is that the Emancipation Proclamation itself was less about freeing slaves than it was about weakening the Southern economy which with slavery

had some inherent advantages and to keep Britain and France from siding with the Confederacy. It only freed slaves in the states in conflict with the Union and left

slavery intact in several states including Kentucky and Missouri.

At war’s end, the Republicans did lead the South into the Reconstruction Era which led to many Black elected officials. Reconstruction was highly dependent on the Federal troops still located throughout the South that kept the peace. This lasted until 1877 where Republicans agreed to withdraw the troops to resolve a dispute over the 1876 Presidential election. In other words, Republicans sold out the former slaves for political expediency.

This opened the door to the era of Jim Crow. The Party of Lincoln.

In 1920 a Republican-controlled Senate refused to pass an antilynching bill that had already passed the House. Midwestern and Western Republican Senators joined with Southern Democrats to kill the bill. In the 1960’s.

Democrats passed Civil Rights and Voting Right’sbillswhich sent the most racist Southern Democrats (Dixiecrats) scurrying to the Republican Party. The Party began to look then as it does today. The Party ofLincoln.

We got from Republicans after that the “Southern Strategy”

courtesy of Lee Atwater. All you need to know is “Willie Horton” to understand what that strategy was/is.We next got the “Tea Party” and now we have Trump. The Party of Lincoln.

Even with Lincoln, the Republican Party was no panacea for Black people. Since Lincoln, the Party has gotten progressively worse and they would rather suppress your vote than earn it. Last week Trump began his alleged appeal to African-American voters by speaking to 95% White audiences and refraining from his comments of the week before calling for “more police”in the inner-cities.

So when Republicans call themselves “The Party of Lincoln.”

It was never that great an honor to begin with. It serves only as a response to those who point out their racist behavior, while they steadfastly engage in it.

William Spivey is a writer and noted blogger residing in Orlando Florida. He can be read at www.

EnigmaInBlack.wordpress.com.

He can be reached at spiveywilliamf@gmail.com

Trump on fatal shooting of Dwyane Wade's cousin: 'Just what I've been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!' Following reports of the shooting of Dwyane Wade's cousin, Nykea Aldridge, in Chicago on Friday, Donald Trump posted on Twitter Saturday morning citing the news as a reason that AfricanAmericans will vote for his candidacy. Aldridge, 32, was shot and killed while pushing her baby in a stroller approximately a mile and half west of the University of Chicago.

Aldridge was caught in the crossfire when two men attempted to kill a third man near Aldridge. Her child was not hurt in the shooting.

Chicago currently has one

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of the highest murder rates among major cities in the US, outpacing New York and Los Angeles. The city recorded 381 homicides by the end of the July, 30 percent higher than the same period in 2015.

Trump's tweet on Saturday recalled another Trump tweet posted following a shooting at the LGBT club Pulse in Orlando, Florida in June.

Several hours after the shooting, Trump tweeted that he was thankful for supporters who congratulated him for "being right" about the dangers of terrorist acts committed by extremists.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 31, 2016 - September 06, 2016 Con’t from page 4

“Mend Fences”

over the past year that her school was getting so much negative attention. It made students feel uninspired about going to Hillhouse, she has said. But many of the problems at Hillhouse exist at other schools, and have existed even before the academy system.

“I was here before the academies, during the academies, after the academies,” she said Thursday. “A lot of the problems discussed were always there” before this past year’s controversies.

What does Worthy think caused the previous Hillhouse structure to fall?

“It’s hard when you have three principals,” he said. “Who makes the ultimate decision? How do you come to consensus when you don’t agree?”

He was careful to blame the situation, not the principals. “They were put in a difficult situation through no fault of their own. If they had more time to plan it, they would have been more successful,” he said.

The third Hillhouse principal, David Diah, was hired in August, days before the school year started last fall. Parents and teachers “rebelled” because they felt they had no input.

The assistant principals this year were hired and approved in July and August. Monica Joyner, daughter of Board of Ed member Ed Joyner, will be the assistant principal of the Law, Public Safety and Health Academy, with freshman through seniors. Digna Marte returns from an assistant principal position in Bridgeport to be the assistant principal of the IDEA Academy also overseeing students in all grades.

John Tarka, a former administrative intern who comes to Hillhouse with Worthy from adult ed, will lead SMART, the freshman and sophomore academy created last year.

Worthy doesn’t know everything about Hillhouse just yet. He was surprised to hear that some Hillhouse seniors last year had struggled to get enough in-school time on computers to work on their college applications. He pulled out a notepad and scribbled down a reminder to himself in blue ink.

He wants to bring the third-floor computer lab to the first floor so more students can access it.

“I’m sure there are a lot of things I’m going to find out about that need to be addressed,” he said. “I don’t think I’m going to get to all the things in one year.” Worthy self-described as

“competitive” and he plans to work hard to make sure he catches up.

“I want us to be the best,” he said.

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I find it somewhat amazing that many of the same people hating his actions go to a sporting event, and say and do the most foolish foul things. They get drunk and they harass people, and most don’t take their caps off. People will be on their cellphones, talking, and laughing while the star Spangle Banner is playing. They’ll fight you for not liking their team, and they’ll fight you over a parking spot, but yet it is their American freedom to act out as they please for as long as they don’t break the law.

The man has not broken a law.

All too often, almost every time a person of color stands or sits down for what they believe in, which is an American right, the White Privilege comes unglued.

Sadly, I’m most uneasy with those who claim a soldier has died or been injured for our America freedom. Often said here in these situations as in Colin Kaepernick sitting down so-called patriots say he is being disrespectful. I look at as, he would be disrespecting his American fought for freedom of protest, if he acts, as if he does not have concern and not make change of his chosen right.

Here is a question, and Google if you need to; Jackie Robinson was up on Court Marshal charges, and for what? Then now, we have Black men who have served for our American rights, but are being shot, and Colin Kaepernick has had enough, and chose to take a seat to bring discussions of right and wrong-life and death. I personally believe it’s arrogant to tell someone what he or she should do as an acceptable way to protest, which then can be easily overlook.

However, the whole point of fighting for rights is for all Americans to express their rights. There is no dispute in that. It’s like some politicians, who can and has said the most

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awful statements, yet a certain segment support all that is said and often double down with even more ugliness...they have an American right that was fought for. What do you think they are not hurting anyone?

It’s Colin Kaepernick money, his time, his life, and to be hated by a system that loves to tell him what he can do and not.…Well Ali, was the most hated Black man at one time in America.

He took his version of making a stance and followed through with no compromise. Now, most love him for refusing to be a part of an unjust war. Colin Kaepernick is not on the level of an Ali, but he is a part of a new awaking. He is a cut from the same willing to take stance action DNA of John Carlos, Malcom X, and all the Black men and women who have died from not complying too the powers that be. R.I.P. Emmett Till, and Travon Martin, and to a man expressing his second amendment rights. As in the young man, shot in front of his daughter while reaching for his gun permit, and for which, Colin Kaepernick has sat down, for enough is enough.

Often, the privilege who take a hardline verbal stance or keyboard warrior standpoint against

the actions of People of Color, who take a position, are also the same ones, who have nothing to say everytime we see another Black man murdered by the police, or they think it justified. The star Spangle Banner is lyrics of violence and war.

I’d love to see it changed to the playing of the song America, a song of promise as Ray Charles sung in his form of protest, and most don’t know that.

I’m proud of him and I’m proud that the majority of people of Color are supporting him. One of the reason people of color offer support, is we see the privilege speak so ill of his rights wanting him to act submissive. I have asked the privileged do they even know what he is protesting, and nearly all don’t know, and for sure they little or no depth of the issues. And that there, is where most people of color, will tell you, a thing or two, and often a lot more.

This is about an awaken or a resurgence of the Black athlete, and entertainers who will speak up and show their true color…I stand with them or will sit down with them. © Alvin L.A. Horn www.alvinhorn.com

THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 31, 2016 - September 06, 2016

“2 Strong, 2 Real” — Celebrate at the 22nd Annual International Locks Conference:

Natural Hair, Wholistic Health, and Beauty Expo

Philadelphia, PA — With all the turmoil in the world, it sometimes gets difficult to see good things, to know what is real and what is propaganda, to remain strong in the face of nonsensical debates and confusion, to feel positive vibrations, or to envision a better, healthier and safer life. Each of us needs a moment to recharge, to reevaluate, to safely release stress and pain. Even the fiercest advocate of social change needs a momentary break from the front lines.

The 22nd Annual International Locks Conference (AILC) Natural Hair, Wholistic Health and Beauty Expo is not the cure all of the world’s ills. However, AILC (affectionately called the Philly Locks Conference), which will be held Saturday and Sunday, October 1 & 2, 2016 at the Universal Audenried Charter High School in Philadelphia, does offer a great opportunity to revitalize oneself, to relax, to learn, to reconnect with old friends, to meet new friends, to network, to have fun, to witness Aboriginal creativity and to build solid business and relationship possibilities, to buy black, to shop and shop some more, to eat delicious food, to hear live music, and to be motivated to move from talking about change to actively seeking solutions all while supporting an important cul-

tural and educational institution.

Instead of ruminating on violence, mass genocide, and the devastating ills of this society The Kuumba Family Organizing Committee inspired by the song “Something Inside So Strong” by Labi Siffre decided to focus on what youth and awakened men and women want: to raise up the banner of global liberation and empowerment, to proclaim unapologetically for the divine right to be free, healthy and alive, and to honor African and Aboriginal Indigenous culture. Thus, they chose

the theme of “2 Strong, 2 Real.”

The Annual International Locks Conference: Natural Hair, Wholistic Health and Beauty Expo, now in its 22nd year, has become the most authentic and longest running cultural and educational natural hair expo of its kind in this country and has been a grateful catalyst for the growth of many similar natural hair conferences and international natural hair meet-ups worldwide.

The many sponsors, attendees, exhibitors, and speakers alike will passionately attest to the fact that the AILC is much more than a nat-

ural hair show, much bigger than an Afro, more than live musical and spoken word performances, and definitely more than an exceptional marketplace. It has become an essential and creative marketing tool for new and seasoned businesses, natural hair artists, and wholistic health and wellness practitioners seeking to empower themselves and to reach more clients, as well as a place where noted scholars and motivational speakers present their valuable information and where positive energy is experienced. This year the conference

will feature among many presenters and artists, Professor Bayyinah Bello from Ayiti; Professor Griff from the group Public Enemy; Richard Muhammad, Editor in Chief of the Final Call newspaper; and social activist Dick Gregory.

The conference has also become a much anticipated and well supported autumn gathering for networking and spiritual renewal.

Meeting new and old friends, learning valuable information, having the opportunity to shop, and shop some more, and joining in the celebration of our cultural expressions are just some of the reasons why we suggest that you mark your calendars now. Save the dates of Saturday, October 1 and Sunday, October 2, 2016. The 22nd Annual International Locks Conference: Natural Hair, Wholistic Health and Beauty Expo will be held at the Universal Audenried Charter High School (UACHS), 3301 Tasker Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19145. UACHS is near public transportation and free parking is available. Children under 12 receive FREE admission.

To purchase tickets and/or for more information about volunteering, vending and/or general information, visit www.LocksConference.com or call 215-438-8189.

Comedy Central cancels ‘The Nightly Show’

The last episode of the late-night talk show, which premiered in January 2015, will air Thursday at 11:30 p.m. Comedy Central’s 12 a.m. show “@midnight” will temporarily replace the programming at 11:30 p.m. until the network finds a permanent replacement in the timeslot. According toVariety, the network is developing a show with “Daily Show” contributor Jordan Klepper that could, in time, perhaps become a replacement to ”The Nightly Show.” Comedy Central president Kent Alterman told The New York Times that the show was canceled because it “hadn’t resonated.” The show, which replaced Steven Colbert’s “The Colbert Report,” was averaging around 776,000 viewers a night in 2016, according to data from Nielsen.

Wilmore informed staff Monday about the cancellation.

“I’m really grateful to Comedy Central, Jon Stewart, and our fans to have had this opportunity,” he said in a statement. “But I’m also saddened and surprised we won’t be covering this crazy election or ‘The Unblackening’ as we’ve coined it. And keeping it 100, I guess I hadn’t counted on ‘The Unblackening’ happening to my time slot as well.” The cancellation, which comes less than two months before the 2016 presidential election in November, is due to the timing of a contract renewal, Alterman said.

Wilmore hosted the White House Correspondent’s Association annual fund-raising dinner in April of this year.

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‘A Trusted Comrade,’ Black Press Legend George Curry Dies at 69

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA News Wire Contributor

The Black Press lost one of it’s most celebrated warriors when George Curry, veteran journalist and former Editor-In-Chief of the NNPA News Wire, died from an apparent heart attack on Saturday, August 20. Curry was 69.

“On behalf of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), we are all saddened and heartbroken by the sudden passing of one our most admired, respected, and gifted colleagues, George E. Curry,” said NNPA President Dr. Benjamin Chavis. “Black America, and in fact millions of African people all over the world, had come to know George Curry as a fearless scholar and writer, who used his pen and wit to aggressively advance the cause of freedom, justice and equality for Black people and for the whole of humanity.”

Chavis continued: “George was our trusted comrade on the frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement and on the front pages of the Black Press of America. We will miss him.”

Washington Informer Publisher and NNPA Chair Denise Rolark Barnes said that it was hard to believe that Curry has passed away.

Curry led the NNPA News Wire as Editor-In-Chief from 2003 to 2007 and then from 2012 to 2015. Barnes called Curry a giant in the journalism profession.

“As publisher of ‘The Washington Informer,’ I admired George’s leadership as Editor-In-Chief of ‘Emerge,’ the preeminent monthly news magazine targeting issues impacting African-Americans,” Rolark Barnes said. “George’s uncompromising, journalistic leadership delivered on the magazine’s promise to produce edgy, hard-hitting, intellectual, well-written and thoroughly researched content that attracted national attention and left an indelible mark on the lives of many.

As a member and now chair of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, I was honored to carry George’s weekly column in ‘The Washington Informer’ and to work with him while he served as Editor-In-Chief of the NNPA News Wire. George provided so much of his time, energy, wisdom

Phill Wilson (left), the executive director of the Black AIDS Institute, talks to George Curry at the 2016 International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. (Freddie Allen/ AMG/BAI

Veteran journalist George Curry (left) and Ann Ragland attend an NNPA reception during the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference in Northwest Washington, D.C. in 2014. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

Black Press icon George Curry works on a story in the media center at the 2016 International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. (Freddie Allen/AMG/BAI)

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and incredible journalistic genius to the Black Press,” she said.

Freddie Allen, the managing editor of the NNPA News Wire, called Curry an icon in the Black Press and said that his legacy of mentoring young journalists will bear fruit for many years to come.

Recently, Allen and Curry were part of a Black media delegation that worked with the Black AIDS Institute to cover the 2016 International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa.

“George taught me what it meant to be a professional journalist and also about the importance of working in the Black Press,” Allen said. “His writing and insight on critical issues affecting the Black community will be sorely missed. I’m thankful for the time we spent together in Durban.”

Phill Wilson, president and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute said that he was still coming to grips with the loss.

“It’s been really difficult.

George and Ann went with us to the 21st International AIDS Conference last month in Durban, South Africa,” said Wilson.

“It’s hard to believe he’s gone.”

Wilson continued: “I will always remember George for his integrity.

He and I met around 13 years ago over a conversation around gay marriage. I remember how willing he was to listen and then to act on the things he heard. He understood that multiple things can happen in the same space in the Black community, and that we can work together without needing to agree on the same thing. He demonstrated to me the importance of being committed to progress and to moving forward and bringing all of our communities with us and not leaving anybody behind.”

Wilson said the next issue of the Black AIDS Institute newsletter will be dedicated to George and four of the last articles he wrote will be republished.

Also, the entire BlackAIDS. org website will be converted as a tribute to George Curry.

Curry was a consummate journalist with integrity as his mantra, said Dorothy R. Leavell, publisher of the Crusader newspapers in Chicago, Ill., and Gary, Ind. “We shall miss this voice of reason and thought-provoking col-

umns full of researched facts. It was just the week of August 13th that George wrote a column titled ‘Even Funerals Are Not Family Reunions Anymore.’ He used his family as an example of the loss of closeness that he had enjoyed during his childhood and early adult life and bemoaned the fact that at his cousin Charlene’s funeral, the week before, that closeness was no longer there,” Leavell said.

“What was ironic is that he pledged that he would try to get his family back together by saying, ‘Neither Big Mama nor Aunt Julia Mae would be pleased that our once close-knit family is in shambles, but as long as I have breath in me, I am going to try to get my family back together. I know it’s a very long shot, but I owe that to Big Mama and Aunt Julia Mae to keep trying.’

Leavell said that she’s sure that George meant to keep that pledge and now maybe that closeness of his family will become a reality, but at a large cost, adding that she hoped his family would reunite at his funeral.

“We miss you already, George,” said Leavell. Cloves Campbell, the publisher of the Arizona Informant, said that Curry was the epitome of a real journalist.

“He always told me that the real story wasn’t what everyone was talking about, but really what everyone wasn’t saying. He knew that there was always more to the story,” said Campbell.

“George was always encouraging young people to get involved in the Black Press, understanding the need to cultivate the future.”

Curry left the NNPA News Wire in 2007 and when Campbell served as Chairman of the NNPA, he picked up the phone and called George and asked him to come back to run the news wire in 2012.

“I told him that Danny Bakewell resuscitated NNPA and now it was his turn to revive the wire service and he did it without hesitation,” said Campbell. “I will always remember how willing he was to help me and the NNPA. He was a friend and a brother to me.”

The news of Curry’s death not only reverberated throughout Black media, the loss was also felt in the halls of government.

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Apple HBCU Scholarship Program via Thurgood Marshall College Fund

The Apple HBCU Scholarship Program is offered to eligible college students who are in their final year of college at a HBCU institution. Eligible students include those who are majoring in Computer Science, Information Science/Technology, Mathematics, and/or Engineering.

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Enhancing Black-Owned Newspapers in the Age of Social Media

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Black Press

“The Congressional Black Caucus joins with members of the press from around the country to mourn the loss of George E. Curry, a pioneer in Civil Rights and journalism,” CBC Chairman G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), said in a statement. “Curry was a giant in journalism and he stood on the frontlines of the Civil Rights era and used his voice to tell our stories when others would not.

The CBC offers our sympathies and condolences to his friends and family, his readers from around the country, and to the countless number of individuals he mentored in the art of reporting and journalistic writing until his untimely death.”

Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton even took a moment from her busy campaign to express her thoughts about Curry, whom she called a friend.

“I am saddened by the loss of an outstanding journalist and supportive friend. George E. Curry was a pioneering journalist, a tireless crusader for justice, and a true agent of change,” Clinton said in a statement. “With quality reporting, creativity, and skillful persuasion he influenced countless people, including me, to think beyond their narrow experience and expand their understanding. George may be gone, but he will not be forgotten.”

In 2003, Curry was named “Journalist of the Year” by the National Association of Black Journalists and he’s also on NABJ’s list of the Most Influential Black Journalists of the 20th Century.

“We pledge to keep the journalistic genius and spirit of George Curry alive in all that we will do in the future to sustain the liberating and empowering voice of Blackowned newspapers and media companies,” Chavis said. “George and I were life-long friends and co-workers at the NNPA, NAACP, SCLC, ANC and just about every other national and international organization that is serious about demanding justice and equality.”

Chavis continued: “The legacy of freedom fighter journalists like George Curry will never pass away, but will always be kept dear and present in our continued struggles to liberate all from injustice.”

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. President and CEO of the NNPA

The D.U.E Justice (Democracy, Unity and Equality) Coalition will welcome the Rev. Dr. William Barber, II, the president of the North Carolina NAACP and architect of the Moral Mondays movement, to Connecticut.

At “Take Back CT” Rev. Barber will speak to the urgency of “reviving the heart of our democracy” and mobilize a shared pursuit of economic and social justice for all.

WHEN: Thursday, September 8 at 6:30 PM. WHERE: Welte Auditorium, Connecticut Central State University in New Britain Connecticut, located at 1615 Stanley Street.

HOW: Event is free and open to the public.

D.U.E. Justice, a statewide coalition of faith, civil rights, labor, advocacy and public policy organizations representing over 40 organizations from across the state, is committed to an economy that creates shared prosperity for all.

The coalition formed in January to advance democracy and equality for all Connecticut residents by focused on five key public policy issues: • Good Jobs and Fair Wages; • Universal Access to Quality Public Education, Preschool to Grad School; • A Vibrant and Fairly Funded Public Sector; • Racial, Gender, and Ethnic Justice; & • Democracy in our State and in Our Work Places.

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) salutes the first class of the Discover the Unexpected (DTU) NNPA Journalism Fellowship program and congratulates the students on taking the next successful step in their professional careers.

The NNPA and Chevrolet offered students from the Howard University School of Communications the unique apprentice opportunity to work at NNPA member newspapers in Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and Detroit.

As the NNPA member newspapers shared the legacy of the Black Press with the students, the journalism fellows were able share their knowledge of social media and recommended a number of strategies for reaching a younger audience.

Black-owned newspapers are

not opposed to the digitalization of our content or to the digital distribution of the trusted, vibrant, prophetic voice of the Black Press of America. In fact, as Black-owned media companies, it makes good business sense for our newspapers to embrace digital and social media platforms that have the power to enhance and increase the value and profitability of our publications.

One mutual benefit that emerged this summer during the NNPA/ DTU Journalism Fellowship program was the students’ ability to increase the daily utilization of social media as an integral component of their reporting on behalf of our newspapers. It was a summer of news reporting. It was a journalistic “Freedom Summer.” It was a print, digital and social media summer.

Brandi Montgomery and Brelaun Douglas were at “The Atlanta Voice”; Briahnna Brown and Mckenzie Marshall at the “Chicago Defender”; Victoria Jones and Rushawn Walters at “The Washington Informer”; and, Tatyana Hopkins and Sidnee King were at the “Michigan Chronicle.” In addition

to writing front-page news stories pertinent to improving the quality of life of Black America, all of the NNPA fellows were actively engaged on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and Youtube.

Most of the 209 Black owned newspapers that are affiliated with the NNPA now have active websites with various degrees of interactivity and digital capabilities. But the challenge of linking social media with the world of Black-owned media, while formidable, will be a growing opportunity to enhance the future economic sustainability of Black-owned newspapers.

One goal that the NNPA is now actively planning and researching is how to effectively and efficiently establish the NNPA Digital Network (DigitalNetwork@ nnpa.org). The truth is that by having the DTU fellows working at some of our member newspapers has helped to crystallize the need and the opportunity for the timely development of the NNPA Digital Network. Again, the digital network will not replace or supplant the NNPA’s Con’t on page 23

Taking a Closer Look at Black Mental Health

By Patricia Maryland, Dr.PH, NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist

Good physical and mental health help drive success and enjoyment in our lives. But when it comes to overcoming some of our society’s biggest health challenges – from HIV/AIDS to cancer to diabetes to behavioral health issues – the African-American community unfortunately shoulders a disproportionate share of the burden. As our nation increasingly deals with violence, suicide and depression, it’s important to take a close look at the state of Black mental health in America.

The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that one of every five adults in the U.S. — some 43 million people — will experience mental illness this year. African-Americans are far from immune. In fact, Blacks are

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more than 20 percent more likely than Whites to report having serious psychological distress. For people of color living in povertystricken neighborhoods, where rates of homelessness, incarceration, substance abuse and violent crime are higher, the risk of mental illness is compounded.

One of the challenges AfricanAmericans with mental health issues continue to face is an imbalance in health insurance coverage. While the Affordable Care Act has caused the uninsured rate among Blacks to decline by close to 10 percentage points between 2013 and 2016, it remains almost twice as high as the uninsured rate for non-Hispanic Whites.

There is also a lack of AfricanAmerican mental health professionals who can deliver culturally competent care for illnesses that are often deeply personal and can be the subject of stigmatization. According to a 2014 survey, less than 2 percent of American Psychological Association members are African-American.

These disparities are unacceptable. It is clear that we must make mental health equity a guiding principle and an utmost priority. As Ascension’s President and CEO Anthony Tersigni recently stated: “Insurance coverage for the treatment of these disorders has long been discriminatory compared with coverage for physical diseases. In 2008, the federal government essentially legislated that there be parity between mental health coverage and physical health coverage, but the intended changes have been problematic and slow in coming.”

On the part of healthcare providers, addressing this challenge means promoting and expanding access to affordable mental and behavioral healthcare — care that recognizes the stressors that African-Americans experience and provides solutions that are culturally competent. For our part, we have established behavioral/mental health as a dedicated priority service line across Con’t on page 26

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Darryl “DMC” McDaniels’ Message To Black Men:

“Be Honest With Your Feelings…That’s Your Power” Tiffany, BlackDoctor.Org

Most hip-hop heads know lyrical mastermind Darryl “DMC” McDaniels from his days in the rap group Run-DMC. But most people, including hardcore RunDMC fans, don’t know that McDaniels spent years battling alcoholism and depression. This later escalated to suicidal thoughts after McDaniels found out he was adopted and the 2002 murder of bandmate Jam Master Jay. After stints in rehab and therapy, McDaniels put the bottle down and penned his mental-health journey in his latest memoir, Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide.

“I’m not a solution for everybody but I’m an example,” McDaniels said. “I shared how I felt.”

During a book signing and discussion at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, McDaniels took questions from the audience about mental health in the Black community.

After stints in rehab and therapy, McDaniels put the bottle down and penned his mental-health journey in his latest memoir, Ten Ways Not to Commit Suicide.

“I’m not a solution for everybody but I’m an example,” McDaniels said. “I shared how I felt.”

During a book signing and discussion at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, McDaniels took questions from the audience about mental health in the Black community.

Darryl McDanielsAudience member: Can you talk a little bit about mental illness in the Black community? Was it hard for you to tell your story?

DMC: In anything in life, if you remove the guilt and the shame – I don’t mean for this to rhyme, but – you remove the pain.

Black men in general, since we have this false role that we got to live up to, they think that admitting you have a problem that is emotional, admitting that you have a problem with anything, is considered weak and soft.

What happened to me was simple.

After Jam Master Jay passed away, Run-DMC disbanded. My partner, Run [Joseph Simmons], went on to have nine or 10 years of a successful TV reality show [Run’s

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House, which aired on MTV].

Me, on the other hand, I lose my voice. I find out that I’m adopted. Jam Master Jay is shot and killed. That’s what happened to me. I thought I was going to kill myself after I found out I was adopted. When Jay died, now I really got to kill myself because there’s no more Run-DMC. Everybody would see Run on TV and when they see me, they go, DMC, what’s up with you?

I just found out at age 35 that I was adopted and everybody knew.

Whoa. But then, [people] would immediately go, wow. We’re really glad you didn’t kill yourself. We’re really glad you been helping yourself out but could you come talk to my daughter?

And I’m like, why? Because, we just revealed to her that she’s adopted and she’s acting out.

When I first went into therapy, my therapist just sat there and asked this question: D, during your time with Run-DMC, did Run, Russell [Simmons] or Jay or anybody at the label do anything to upset you?

I said, no. He pushed his glassed up on his nose and he looked at me and said, you a [expletive] lie.

When he said that, it all spilled out.

So for Black men, the most gangster, the most masculine thing you can do, is be truthful and honest with your feelings. The reason why you have emotions is because they’re yours and that’s your power.

BlackDoctor.org: What could friends and family have done for you at the time when you felt like you were going through depression? In your opinion, would they have been able to see that you were depressed and be able to do something?

DMC: They knew something was wrong. Friends and family and people should never [say] this to a person: you shouldn’t feel that way because…

Right away, you become the enemy. OK. I got money. I got fortune and fame. Everybody loves me but I feel like this.

When they first noticed something was wrong with me, why do you feel that way? You’re DMC – first to go gold, first to go platinum. And Run is like, suck it up,

D. Right from the minute I found out I was adopted, suck it up, D. The first thing we can’t do when somebody is suicidal or something is to say, you shouldn’t be suicidal. [Instead], OK, come sit down. Why do you feel that way?

You may not want to tell your spouse. You may not want to tell your mother, your brother. Kids may not want to tell their teachers, but maybe you can tell the librarian.

Darryl “DMC” McDaniels A lot of times, we’re ashamed to tell people that we’re close to.

So this is advice to somebody who don’t have a budget [for therapy], who don’t have the finances [for therapy], and just feel like they want to end it all.

In the midst of your depression, there’s somebody that you smile at when they walk in the room and you see them. Go up to that person and say, I need to talk to you.

Ninety-nine times out of 100, this is what’ll happen: Oh my God. I can’t believe you’re telling me that because I feel like that, too.

Curious how Darryl reconciled his relationship with DMC? I realized DMC cannot work for y’all or creatively for me in life if Darryl isn’t right. So Darryl cannot be ashamed of who he is or what he is, and that’s totally – emotionally, spiritually, physically and artistically.

What had happened was, after raising hell, Darryl was living up to expectations of everybody else… not knowing, Darryl’s not supporting Darryl. There’s no way I’ma go out there and fight crime or even write a rhyme.

I had to sit back and realize that everything that made me who I am comes first. I gotta write the rhyme from – I don’t write a rhyme to be heard, to be known, to sell records, to be famous, to maintain my status. I write my rhyme because I have something to say – not even to the world because I had to get this out of me.

So I reconciled the fact that me being the superhero cannot work if I’m not right with who I am because that is my superpower. It makes me a superhero.

Darryl “DMC”McDaniels/Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

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existing network of 209 Black owned newspapers. The digital network will help to increase the market value of the trusted content of NNPA member newspapers.

We are living at a time when candidates to be President of the United States routinely communicate to their constituents and supporters via Twitter, Facebook, Google and Instagram. The national and global news cycles are now ten seconds in length. Yet, there is still market demand from millions of people across the United States and throughout the world for more indepth and detailed news accounts of what is happening in a rapidly changing and challenging world.

Black-owned newspapers in print and their online editions provide in-depth news coverage and uplift the cultural genius of Black America as part of the long unique and respected tradition of the Black Press of America. From our perspective, we are encouraged by the emergence of committed student journalists like our DTU fellows.

The future maybe challenging, but the opportunities to soar with success and progress are much greater.

Social media has increased the instantaneous awareness and involvement of millions of people.

It is driven by content. Blackowned newspapers are content rich. As various social media platforms become additional distribution vehicles for Black-owned newspapers, the overall value of Black-owned print and digital media will increase correspondingly.

Learn more about the Discover the Unexpected (DTU) program at http://www.nnpa.org/ dtu/ and use the hashtag #DiscoverTheUnexpected on Twitter.

Follow us on Twitter @BlackPressUSA, @NNPA_BlackPress and @NNPADTU, like our Facebook pages at NNPA Black Press and Black Press Matters.

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is the President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and can be reached for national advertisement sales and partnership proposals at: dr.bchavis@nnpa.org; and for lectures and other professional consultations at: http://drbenjaminfchavisjr.wix.com/drbfc.

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September Is African Fabric Month THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 31, 2016 - September 06, 2016

The Appeal of African Culture in Cloth Continues to Grow Worldwide!

Rahway, NJ — African fabrics are more popular than ever, and the time is right to spotlight some of the continent’s most popular textile arts with a month-long celebration in September! From fashion runways all around the world to exclusive boutiques to discount home décor retailers, the appeal of African culture in cloth continues to grow. And unique forms of creative expression take on even greater meaning when they’re transformed into DIY (doit-yourself) sewing, quilting, craft, fashion and home decor projects.

African Fabric Month™ (www.

AfricanFabricMonth.com) is an exciting new venture sponsored

by Cultured Expressions, Inc. It promotes the artistic and practical uses of such fabrics as batik, kuba, adinkra, bogolan/mudcloth, korhogo, adire, kente, and more, and serves to honor and promote the cultures that create them. Fabrics like these lend themselves to one-of-a-kind garments, handbags and accessories, quilts and home accents, connecting DIY makers to the creators of the cloths through their culturally relevant colors, patterns and symbols.

“One of my greatest joys is sharing

the awe-inspiring textile artistry of Africa as one of its many positive contributions to the world, in contrast to the negative media depictions of the Continent. My passion is creating events and activities that expose people of all backgrounds to the beauty of the fabrics, giving them an opportunity to truly “Feel the Fabric… Embrace the Culture,” and African Fabric Month is just another fun vehicle to reach people,” says author and designer Lisa Shepard Stewart, the owner of Cultured Expressions.

The month-long celebration encourages a variety of suggested activities and projects that are fun, educational, and culturally relevant. Because it’s primarily geared to people who like to sew, quilt and create (the DIY audience), the one-month time frame gives people of all skill levels enough time to engage in the creation of unique projects. Lisa adds, “Everyone is welcome to participate, and to share their own ideas for African Fabric Month with social media posts to include #African-

FabricMonth or #SewAfrican.”

Interested in sponsorship opportunities? Contact Lisa at 866-MUDCLOTH (866-683-2568) or email lisa@CulturedExpressions.com About Cultured Expressions, Inc. African Fabric Month is sponsored by Cultured Expressions, Inc, a niche business specializing in the creative use of African fabrics for DIY sewing, quilting, craft and home dec projects through workshops, SewJourn™ travel opportunities, lectures, specialty merchandise and more. Cultured

Expressions is also the publisher of Fabrigasm®, the Magazine for Lovers of African Textiles. Visit www.CulturedExpressions.com About Lisa Shepard Stewart Lisa is an award-winning author, designer and instructor. She founded Cultured Expressions, a specialty company that promotes the use of authentic African textiles and embellishments in sewing, quilting and crafts. Through her three how-to project books, specialty merchandise, workshops and SewJourn travel experiences, Lisa encourages others to express themselves creatively.

Lisa returned to natural hair in 2000, and has since expanded her clientele to include other natural hair enthusiasts who love her imported batiks for headwraps — she enjoys the opportunity to convert some of these customers into DIY enthusiasts as well.

She graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York with degrees in Communications and Marketing, and has held various marketing and merchandising positions in the sewing/craft /textile industry.

Three Black Women Who Changed Space History

When it comes to the strides of African-Americans in space, history books have always told the tales of select pioneers. Icons like Guion Bluford and Mae C. Jemison, the first African-American men and women to fly into space, respectively, have been etched into history textbooks for decades. 20th Century Fox’s upcoming feature film “Hidden Figures” tells the story of three African-American women that changed astronomy forever.

Golden Globe Award winner Taraji P. Henson stars as Katherine Johnson, a scientist and mathematician responsible for calculating the trajectory of several of the earliest trips into outer space for NASA. But Johnson is most famous for her work in helping Astronaut John Glenn become the first man to completely orbit planet Earth.

Along with her team of fellow Black female math whizzes Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), the trio

(Left to right) Janelle Monáe, Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer star in the upcoming ‘Hidden Figures,’ about three women who were instrumental in the early flights to outer space. (Courtesy photo)

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paved the way for not only women in a male-dominated field, but broke down color barriers that paved the way for men and women of today.

Spencer is an Academy Award winner for her supporting role in the pivotal 2011 drama “The Help”.

Monáe is an award-winning singer and musician, who added acting to her repertoire after several roles on the big and small screen like 2014’s “Rio 2.” Kevin Costner portrays Al Harrison, the leader of the group responsible for Glenn’s orbit.

In an trailer released by 20th Century Fox, a brief background of Johnson’s childhood and road to NASA is depicted. Although the story of Johnson and her counterparts is documented online, “Hidden Figures” is based on the upcoming book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly. The novel is set to release September 6, while the movie will debut in theatres on January 13, 2017.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 31, 2016 - September 06, 2016

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 31, 2016 - September 06, 2016

Hey Donald, When Was America Great?

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Columnist Our American exceptionalism allows us to shimmer, too fully in our greatness. We are the biggest and the baddest. We are the best armed and the most influential. We win the most Olympic medals, and we have the most nuclear weapons. We are so great that we wave our flags and shout out, “U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!”

In some ways, it is an imperialist chant, a chant of dominance, a chant that ignores the fact that we chant because we have the luxury, as a nation, of an uneven playing field, especially in terms of resources. I’m not jumping up and down and flag waving.

It took the Simones (Biles and Manuel) to win gold medals for me to celebrate the Olympics. It took just a flip of the switch, a flick of the kaleidoscope, for me to see it differently. While there is a great difference between the athlete who comes from a highlysubsidized Russian or Chinese environment and one who comes from an urban area combining grit and corporate sponsorship,

as in the United States, or those who either make it on their own or cobble together possibilities, all of these athletes are chasing greatness and perfection.

Indeed, their obstacles may be a metaphor for the challenges that we all face in life. Some will be subsidized, some will scrap, and sometimes the cream rises to the top, regardless of barriers.

Even as Olympians strutted their excellence, enforcing the notion that America is “great,” at least in our medal dominance, Republican candidate Donald Trump’s campaign slogan is “Make America Great Again.” The use of the word “again” suggests that we were great, once upon a time, and that we have to regain something that we lost. When were we “great?”

What have we lost? What does it take to make us great again?

Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump said he views the 1980s as the time when things were good for the nation, though he also hearkened back to the late 1700s and early 1800s.

“The industrial revolution was certainly � in terms of economically � that was when we started to grow,” Trump said.

“I liked the Ronald Reagan years. I thought the country had a wonderful, strong image.”

The basis of the Industrial Revolution was a credit system that re-

lied on using enslaved people as collateral to lend and spend for economic expansion. The North and South were always connected, even in war, with economics often trumping ideology. The Cornell University historian Edward Baptiste, in his book, “The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of U.S. Capitalism,” connects the dots between southern oppression and northern complicity. The era that Mr. Trump touts includes legislation to penalize those who dare educate enslaved people in the early nineteenth century, and the oppression of Black Codes in the post-Reconstruction era. Mr. Trump wants to make America great again? For whom?

Whenever anyone does that throwback stuff, “we used to be great,” I have to wonder what he or she are nostalgic for. Do they wish they were in the land of cotton? Are they hankering for segregationist signs? Or are they simply pining for the days when, though it was unstated, White was right and everybody else had to step. This manifested by the assumption of deference, the assumption that African Americans would step aside and allow a White person behind them in line to step ahead or shrugging off microagressions because they “aren’t that deep.”

Many have touted our “Greatest Generation,” the World War

II contributors, as people who made America great. Yeah? These folks had to elbow their way into our nation’s service, fighting for the right to fight, struggling for the right to contribute. Is this what you call greatness, Donald Trump? Are we all supposed to put blinders on to the cracks in our collective national armor?

Thus, it is exciting that President Obama signed an executive order to stop the rampant use of a distorted statement called the “Pledge of Allegiance.” He wrote that federal office and contractors should not force employees to swear to “One Nation under God,” and that’s a good thing. One nation? With a Back unemployment rate twice that of the White unemployment rate? How do I pledge allegiance to a flag “and to the Republic for which it stands.”

President Obama tickled me, for the first time during his presidency, by reminding us of the flaws in the Pledge of Allegiance. How do we transcend the flaws when Trump’s “great again” message suggests “slave again” to me?

Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist. Her latest book “Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy.” Is available via amazon.com for whole and booking inquires visit julianemalveaux.com.

Smokey Robinson and Wife Launch New Skincare Line Called Skinphonic The song "My Girl" recorded

by The Temptations was a number one hit in 1965. It was written by Smokey Robinson who followed with several solo hits of his own, including "Cruisin", "Being With You" and "Just to See Her". So, what's Smokey up to these days?

Well, the successful singersongwriter, record producer, and former record executive and his wife, Frances, have started a new skincare company called Skinphonic featuring products made for people with pigmented skin.

Named after his hit songs Smokey, who is 76 years old, and Frances, have created two lines of skincare products, appropriately named after his hit songs - "My Girl" for women and "Get

Ready" for men. Both products help with cleaning, hydration, and nighttime treatment of skin.

Their natural ingredients include tea tree oil, avocado oil, cucumber

extract, mushroom extract, bilberry fruit extract, and vitamin A. The products are advertised to clean pores, reduce wrinkles, heal sun damaged skin, and im-

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prove skin elasticity. The Skinphonic team included boardcertified dermatologists and took 2.5 years to research and test.

Helping African Americans stay young Smokey and Frances wanted to create skincare products for people of color because most skincare products are created for use by everyone but are tested on only Caucasian skin.

Looking at Smokey, you would never guess he has been in the music business for over 50 years. Even Essence Magazine recently commented on Robinson's ageless appearance.

Could be he's on to something...

For more details and/or to order the Skinphonic products online, visit www.skinphonic.com

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Black Mental Health

our national healthcare system.

This work demands continued investment in community health centers, which are vital to serving high-need minority neighborhoods. And it requires that we go beyond the traditional scope of care by addressing the socioeconomic needs that contribute to mental health, including access to affordable housing, food security and more.

Going beyond the traditional scope also means that our nation must address the care of our military veterans. Current statistics reveal that 18 to 22 veterans die by suicide each day in America because of their unique mental and behavioral health needs. Some of these veterans are African-Americans; we must do more to help all vets. That’s one reason for Ascension’s participation in the federal Veterans Choice Program, which was formed to improve the quality and access of care to veterans nationwide.

All of these programs and investments are important, but real gains in this fight will not come without the support and participation of the African-American community overall. We must stop viewing mental illness in America as if it were a personal failing rather than a serious health concern. And we must help our loved ones and neighbors to stop neglecting the care they need because of stigmas that surround mental health. These stigmas must be addressed and overcome.

While communities of color are having important conversations about mental health, we can do more. Breaking down these barriers will compel us not only to recognize the necessity of mental health care, but also to marshal our support for family, friends and neighbors who are seeking the help and treatment they need. Together, we can build a healthier, stronger community, where getting support for mental health problems is not a sign of weakness, but one of strength.

Patricia A. Maryland, Dr.PH, is the President of Healthcare Operations and Chief Operating Officer for Ascension Health, the healthcare delivery subsidiary of Ascension, the nation’s largest non-profit and largest Catholic health system.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS August 31, 2016 - September 06, 2016

Fusco Corporation is seeking a Project Manager for Construction Projects in the $ 15M to $100 M range.

DUTIES AND RESPONSBILITIES

WINDSOR LOCKS HOUSING AUTHORITY 120 Soutwest Avenue Windsor Locks, CT 06096 860-627-1455 / 860-627-1456 860-292-5994 Fax WLHA@WLOCKS.COM SECTION 8 APPLICATIONS

The Windsor Locks Housing Authority will be opening the waiting list for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program.

Applications will be available on 9/1/2016.

The First Fifty (50) Approved Applicants will be placed on the waiting list. After the maximum (50) amount of applications are approved, the waiting list will close until further notice.

• Develops, monitors, and maintains Progress and Cash Flow Schedules for the project.

• Reviews invoices and approves payment to all subcontractors and vendors required for the project.

• Maintains proper contractual relations with owners, subcontractors and vendors, interpreting contracts, plans and specifications.

Applicants must apply in person at the Windsor Locks Housing Authority Office located at: 120 Southwest Ave. Windsor Locks, CT, 06096. Phone (860)627-1455 Applicants must meet yearly income guidelines: EXTREMELY LOW INCOME: 1 Person 2 Person 3 Person 4 Person 5 Person 6 Person 7 Person $18,400.00 $21,000.00 $23,650.00 $26,250.00 $28,410.00 $32,570.00 $36,730.00 $40,890.00 VERY LOW INCOME: 1 Person 2 Person

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$30,650.00 $35,000.00 $39,400.00 $43,750.00 $47,250.00 $50,750.00 $54,250.00 $57,750.00 Items to bring when applying: !

Driver License/State ID/Passport for all family members. !

Social Security Cards, Birth Certificates for all family members. !

Current Lease for rented apartments. !

Current Utility Bills (Electricity or Gas) for months June-August 2016. !

Proof of Current Job Income (consecutive paystubs) for months June – August 2016 for all family members. !

Proof of Current Income from Social Security, SSI, Veterans Disability, State Cash Assistance, Food Stamps. ! Proof of Current Annuities, 401K, Pensions, Death Benefits, !

Proof of Child Support (Court Award Letter/Proof of Deposits into bank account) for months July 2015-August 2016. !

2015 Income Taxes for all family members. !

Last six (6) months of Bank Account Statements for Checking/Savings for months March 2016 – August 2016. !

Proof of Current Assets (Stocks, Bonds, CDs IRA’s, Vehicles, Property) for months August 2015–August 2016.

Disabled Applicants needing a Reasonable Accommodation to complete Applications may contact the WLHA Office.

Facilities Manager:

Responsible for leadership, management & maintenance of plant infrastructure and all related/associated equipment. 5 plus years supervisory experience. Email: Info@redtechllc.com, Fax: 860-218-2433, RED Technologies, LLC is an EOE.

ELECTRICIANS

Semac Electric is seeking Electricians (CT Licensed Journeymen & Foremen, E1 and E2) to join our team for medium & large commercial construction projects thru out the State of CT: Hartford, Fairfield & New Haven Counties. We have excellent wages and benefits. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications available at our main office at 45 Peter Court, New Britain, CT or send resume to P.O. Box 638, New Britain, WINDSOR LOCKS HOUSING AUTHORITY 120 Soutwest Avenue Windsor Locks, CT 06096 860-627-1455 / 860-627-1456 860-292-5994 Fax WLHA@WLOCKS.COM

APLICACIONES PARA SECCION 8

La Autoridad de Vivienda de la Cuidad de Windsor Locks, abrirá la lista de espera del Programa de Vivienda de la Sección 8.

Las aplicaciones estarán disponibles el 1 de septiembre de 2016.

Las primeras cincuenta (50) aplicaciones aprobadas serán puestas en la lista de espera. Después que el máximo de 50 aplicaciones sea aprobado, la lista de espera será cerrada hasta nuevo aviso.

Los solicitantes tienen que aplicar en persona, en la Oficina de Autoridad de Vivienda de Windsor Locks localizada en: 120 Southwest Ave. Windsor Locks, CT 06096. Teléfono # (860) 627-1455

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Documentos a traer cuando aplique:

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QUALIFICATIONS

• BS degree in Engineering or Construction Management would be helpful.

• Well rounded computer skills Fusco Corporation offers a competitive benefit package including medical, dental and 401k. Fusco is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Resumes should be sent to openjobs.group@fusco.com. Phone calls will not be accepted.

Maintainer II Must have 2 yrs. exp. as laborer in field of construction work involving the operation and care of mechanical equipment or 2 yrs. in a skilled trade and 1 yr. exp. in construction operations or and equiv combination of experience and training. A valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Class B and a clean driving record. Pay rate: $21.33 to $25.00 hourly plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Apply Personnel Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. The closing date will be that date the 50th application form/resume is received, or August 17, 2016, whichever occurs first. Candidates without a valid CDL should not apply. A copy of your license will be

City of Norwich Fire Department

FIREFIGHTER

Salary: $49,296 - $62,901 Visit www.norwichct.org/hr to apply and for more information. AA/EEO.

CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:30-3:30 Contact:

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$30,650.00 $35,000.00 $39,400.00 $43,750.00 $47,250.00 $50,750.00 $54,250.00 $57,750.00

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• Participates in formal presentations and interviews on qualification based project selection teams.

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$18,400.00 $21,000.00 $23,650.00 $26,250.00 $28,410.00 $32,570.00 $36,730.00 $40,890.00 INGRESO SUMAMENTE BAJO: 1 Persona 2 Personas 3 Personas

• Produces customized Monthly Owners Progress Report

• Assists in Pre-construction Services, attend meetings, produce constructability and plan completion reports...

Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitt hapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster St. New Haven, CT

El solicitante tiene que cumplir con el ingreso anual según las normas: INGRESO EXTREMADAMENTE BAJO: 1 Persona

• Keeps a complete current record of work performed under the contract, and maintains the Cost Reports in conformance with the requirements of the corporation’s established cost system..

• Reviews and drafts monthly requisitions for final processing by the Owner. Monitors the payment requirements of the contract.

• Accumulates data and prepares statements covering extra work for the owner’s account; subcontractor and vendor claims, back charges and any data required by the Manager of Construction Administration.

• Reviews required procedures and develops systems necessary to close out all projects for which he/she may be responsible.

Administers processing of guarantees, warrantees, releases, maintenance and procedures manuals.

Insures collection of final payment from owner and proper final payment to all subcontractors and vendors.

!Licencia de Conducir/Identificación del Estado/Pasaporte de todos los miembros de la familia. !Tarjeta de Seguro Social y Certificado de Nacimiento de todos los miembros de la familia. !Actual contrato de apartamento arrendado. !Actuales facturas de servicios públicos (Electricidad y Gas) para los meses de junio a agosto 2016. !Prueba de ingreso de empleo actual (talonarios consecutivos) para los meses de junio a agosto 2016 de todos los miembros de la familia. !Prueba de ingreso actual de Seguro Social, Ingresos por Incapacidad de Seguro Social (SSI), Ingreso de Veterano por Incapacidad, Asistencia de efectivo del Estado y Cupones de alimentos. !Prueba actual de anualidades, 401K, pensión, beneficio por seguro de muerte. !Prueba de Manutención de Menores (carta de la corte / Prueba de depósitos en la cuenta de banco) para los meses de Juliofoaro 2016. !Impuestos del año 2015 de todos los miembros de la familia. !Estado de cuenta de ahorro y chequera de los últimos seis (6) meses de marzo a agosto 2016. !Prueba de Bienes Actuales (Bolsa de Valores, Bonos, CDs IRA’s, Vehículo de Motor, Propiedad) para los meses de 2015 agosto 2016

FENCE ERECTING CONTRACTORS

Large CT Fence & Guardrail Contractor is looking for Fence Installer foreman and helpers. Foreman must have at least 5 years’ experience. Helpers-no experience required, will train the right person. Work available 10-12 months per year. Valid Ct. Driver’s license required and must be able to get a DOT Medical Card. All necessary equipment provided. Medical, vacation & other benefits included.

Must be able to pass a physical and drug test. Foreman rates from $22 to $28/hour plus benefits, helper rates from $18/hour plus benefits. OSHA 10 training is a plus. Please email resume to rhauer@atlasoutdoor.com AA/EOE

Portland Youth Services – Junior Staff

Town of Portland, CT (EOE) Junior Staff: High School Youth (age 15 to 18) part-time from August 31, 2016 to June 2017, Monday thru Friday 3:00 to 6:00 PM; Counselor I, $9.60 per hour. Individual schedule determined by need and availability. Based at Brownstone Intermediate School, the Kids Blast After School Program is a very structured team program. Working, interacting and supervising children ages 5 to 12. Help with homework by staff is required. Other creative activities are also planned. Previous experience working with children preferred.

Send Seasonal Recreation Employment Application to: First Selectwoman’s Office P.O. Box 71 Portland, CT 06480-0071 Deadline: August 29, 2016 or until filled

Por favor de llamar a la Oficina de Authoridad de Vivienda si necesita ayuda para completer la aplicación

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Cheshire Housing Authority 50 Rumberg Road Cheshire, CT 06410

Pre Applications for waiting list for the affordable housing development called Foote Commons, with two accessible apartments, will be accepted September 1, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. for 90 days (November 30, 2016 at 7:00am) or until the waitlist has 60 applicants.

There is one-one bedroom apartment and one-three bedroom apartments that will be on a first come first serve bases. All Cheshire Housing Authority properties will be smoke free facilities in 2018.

To pre-qualify you must have the following maximum income requirements 36,780-1 person; 42,000-2 person; 47,280-3 person, 52,500-4 person, 60,100-6 person gross annual income (maximum income limits are subject to change). Vouchers are welcomed. We are currently offering one, two, and three bedroom units with rental rates ranging from $561-1020. interested parties may pick up a pre-application at 50 Rumberg Road or all to have one mailed.

For more information call (203) 272-7511 or email: cheshirehousing@aol.com relay service by dialing 711.

All applications must be returned to: The Cheshire Housing Authority 50 Rumberg Road Cheshire, CT 06410 Financed by Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and The State of Connecticut Department of Housing

Construction Truck and Equipment Mechanic

Growing CT based roadway guide rail contractor looking for experienced, self-motivated, driven construction industry experienced mechanic to join our maintenance & repair team. Competitive salary and benefits. Send resume to mpicard@atlasoutdoor.com AA/EOE

TOWN OF EAST HAVEN ASSISTANT TOWN CLERK

The Town of East Haven seeks qualified candidates to serve in the position of Assistant Town Clerk. The Assistant Town Clerk works under the direction of the Town Clerk and upon the absences of the Town Clerk, serves as such. The duties require knowledge of the laws, ordinances and charter provisions governing the duties of the Town Clerk and Registrar of Vital Statistics; some knowledge of legal instruments used in connection with the ownership and transfer of property; and strong computer skills. The Assistant Town Clerk also directly oversees and coordinates the operations of the offices as well as the employees in the office of the Town Clerk. Qualified candidates should possess a High School Diploma and one year of Business School or the equivalent and 4 years of experience in a responsible administrative position.

Experience in the Town Clerk’s Office is preferred. The salary range for this position is $47,848-53,181/ year, 35 hours per week and the Town offers an excellent benefit package. Please send resume with references to: Frank Gentilesco, Jr., Assistant Director of Administration & Management, Town Hall-250 Main Street, East Haven, CT 06512 or email to eh.gentilesco@att.net . Deadline September 23, 2016. The Town of East Haven is committed to building a work force of diverse individuals. Minorities, females, handicapped and veterans are encouraged to apply. The Town of East Haven is an equal opportunity employer.

Town of Bloomfield Town Assessor - Reposted $77,881 - $120,209

For details and how to apply, go to www.bloomfieldct.org. Pre-employment drug testing.

AA/EOE

NOTICE

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

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

NOTICIA

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 julio, 2016 hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición llamando Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas. a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

Senior Construction Estimator for Fusco Corporation, NEW HAVEN, CT Provide cost estimating on a variety of project types including mixed use, commercial and tenant fit-out and education sectors.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be able to work with minimal supervision to prepare estimates and bids for General Contracting / Construction Management, both new construction and renovation.

• Design-Build, Hard Bids and CM-R estimating will be the main focus of this person’s estimating role.

• Take a project from schematic design through CD stage working with Owner and design professionals.

• Present budgets and estimates to management and Owners.

• Assist with the development of the project schedule.

• Participate in design review meetings with Owners and Design Professionals.

• Ability to perform constructability reviews in conjunction with the project manager.

• Ability to incorporate new estimating systems and software as they are made available.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Presentation experience and ability to participate in proposal interviews with Owners.

• Working knowledge of structural and architectural building systems including a general knowledge of all trades.

• Experience in participating as member of a project based estimating team.

• Working knowledge of various software systems such as iSqft, on-screen take-off, MC2 or Timberline, Excel and Microsoft Office applications.

• Possess the analytical skills necessary to compare various building systems and configurations

MINIMUM YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:

12 + years of estimating experience working for a general contractor or construction manager.

Prior field experience a plus.

Prior experience in Design-Build a plus.

EDUCATION: BA/BS degree in related field REPORTS TO: Chief Estimator CONTACT INFORMATION: Interested candidates please email cover letter and resume to openjobs.group@fusco.com.

Candidates will be asked to provide references.

Competitive benefits include medical, dental, life and 401(k). Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Phone calls will not be accepted.

ELECTRIC UTILITY ELECTRICIAN

Electric utility is seeking a highly skilled maintenance electrician with extensive substation experience to maintain and repair transmission and distribution class switchgear, bus-work, lightning arrestors, protective relays, insulators, switches power transformers, data circuits, controls and other related components. Must be a high school/trade school graduate and have 4 years’ experience in the maintenance and operation of electric utility substations and/or utility grade protection and control systems. Completion of a recognized four (4) year maintenance electrician apprenticeship program may substitute for the experience requirement.

Two (2) years of college-level education or advanced training in related field may substitute for two (2) years of the experience requirement. Must possess a valid motor vehicle operator’s license issued by the State of Connecticut and be able to obtain with 6 months of hire a valid Protective Switching and Tagging Procedure certification from CONVEX or other approved agency. Wage rate: $34.73 to $38.31 hourly plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Closing date will be September 26, 2016. Apply: Personnel Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. (203) 294-2080 / Fax: (203) 294-2084. EOE

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The Zoo just got a little cooler!

2016 SPECIAL FEATURE AFRICAN PENGUINS ICNEWS516

50% OFF BEARDSLEY ZOO

CHILD ADMISSION (ages 3-11)

with purchase of adult ticket and this coupon.

Limit 1 free ticket per household. May not be combined with other offers. EXPIRES: 12/31/16

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Toddler Special Mon-Thurs 10-12 • 1 Parent 1 Toddler • Only $15 1 hr $20 2 hr

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10 1-hour jump/play passes reg. $150 now $90 Complete coupon must be presented at time of purchase.

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Faxon Law New Haven Road Race

Labor Day: 9/5, 8:15am

Half Marathon (13.1 Miles), 20K (12.4 Miles), 2-PERSON RELAY, 5K & Kids Fun Run On the New Haven Green

NEW HALF MARATHON & 2-PERSON RELAY • Flat and scenic courses!

• Tech tees to the first 6,000 entrants • USATF 20K National Championships

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