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By Christian Lewis, ICN Correspondent

Chris ‘Big Dog’ Davis will be having his album release party at the Stetson Library, located at 200 Dixwell Avenue in New Haven, CT, on Thursday, November 3; the event will start at 5pm and Big Dog will have copies of his CDs for sale, $10.

Last week I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking to Chris ‘Big Dog’ Davis, a two-time Grammy nominated music producer from Waterbury. I thoroughly enjoyed his energy and his passion for music. Big Dog, as he preferred to be called, will be having his album release party at the Stetson Library on Thursday, November 3, 2016 from 5-8pm, here is the interview with Big Dog, hope you enjoy and hope to see you on November 3rd at the Stetson Library!!

Q: How did you get started in the music industry?

A: I played the keyboard in church for years, and I wanted to get in the music industry so I became a producer, playing music and being in the music industry are two different things.

Q: How did you get star ed in playing music?

A: It was a gift, a lot of people get gifts and I was chosen to play music, music pla er, music giver, entertainer.

Q: Are either of your parents musically talented?

A: Yes, both are; both sang and my mother played the piano.

Q: Who are your biggest motivators when it comes to your music?

A: Quincy Jones, David Foster, producers, Babyface, and Dr. Dre. Q: Other than your parents, does the love of music run in your family?

A: yes, my siblings are musically inclined, they don’t do it

for a living but they can hold a note and do a beat. My youngest brother’s son is an extraordinary drummer who played at First Cathedral Church in Bloomfield.

Q: Past or present, are there any artists that you would love to work with?

A: Lalah Hathaway because she’s in my category, smooth jazz, adult contemporary, the other one on my list as far as Jazz would be Norman Brown, great, great guitarist.

Q: Are you nervous about the release of your debut album?

A: Not musically nervous, I’m very happy but as far as the marketing, you get very nervous, it’s like your baby, a baby is going to do what a baby is going to do.

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Q: Out of all of the artists or producers you have worked with, do you have any favorites?

A: Oh, I have a couple of Phil Perry, Mesa, Gerald Albright, Will Downing, Kim Burrell, when I produced them, they’ve been in the business for a while, so they were seasoned, it wasn’t a “who are you” type of thing.

Q: Can you give our readers a sense of what to expect with this album?

A: How this album came about, with today’s marketing, and getting people to know who you are you have to be in the forefront. I’m used to being behind the scenes, so this time with me doing my album they have Big Dog out in the front and it’s a whole different thing.

Trevor Summerville, a musician from New Haven, I did a record with him, Give Love on Christmas day, I muted all the music and had Trevor sing and I muted all the music and the sound reminded me of One Last Cry by Brian McKnight, that started this whole thing. The record company I’m an independent producer, Danny Weiser, told me I should keep going with this, and three months later, here we are. I wanted to incorporate my classical training with hip hop. All of the artists featured on the album are from Connecticut, which is why I named my album Christmas in Connecticut.

Q:What made you choose the library to have your album release party?

A: Tyrell Zimmerman, who I call my son, work with kids had the idea to have the release in the library for the kids to experience hip hop with Christmas music.

Tyrell set up a meeting with Diane (runs the Stetson Library) and they came together to set up the album release in the library.

Diane Brown-Pettaway, who runs the Stetson Library wanted to add that the inner city youth no matter what color are talented and they hear a record, they never get to know who the producer is, Big Dog gets to share his story.

There is a certain discipline that goes along with following your dreams, the work ethic you have to have and sacrifice for your dreams. The youth needs to be exposed to people they can see and touch; hoping this event with encourage parents to support the children through their dreams.

Again, Chris ‘Big Dog’ Davis will be having his album release party at the Stetson Library, located at 200 Dixwell Avenue in New Haven, CT, on Thursday, November 3; the event will start at 5pm and Big Dog will have copies of his album for sale, $10. This is a great event for the community because people of the community are coming together to help. People’s Bank is a sponsor, Smokin’ Skillet will be catering the event, Sean Reaves of RHR is a sponsor. We hope to see you on November 3! Tell all of your family and friends, this is an event you won’t want to miss!

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Corey Menafee Joins Rename-Calhoun Cause

by MICHELLE LIU NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Months after he smashed a slavery-themed window in Yale’s Calhoun College with a broom, cafeteria worker Corey Menafee stepped away from his job during a 30-minute break on Friday to return the favor for those who helped him regain that job this summer.

In a two-hour rally that afternoon, over 150 Yale students, faculty, staff and New Haven community members joined together on the New Haven Green near College and Elm Streets, opposite Calhoun College, to demand that Yale change the name of the residential college, christened in 1933 for ardent slavery proponent and former U.S. vice-president John C. Calhoun.

The crowd, organized by the newly established town-gown Change the Name Coalition, marched around Yale’s Old Campus before arriving at the front of University President Peter Salovey’s office. There, a series of local activists spoke up against what they perceived as the deep injustice of institutional racism embodied by the name of the college. They were waiting on a speech from Menafee, who was walking over from Stiles College near Broadway, before delivering a letter to Salovey calling on the president to take action.

The letter pointed to Menafee as the catalyst for community activism to rename the college. The last line reads: “No process, no matter how well meaning, should be allowed to delay the inevitable. The time for change has come, and this community intends to fight until that happens.” Menafee, whose destruction of the window originally led to his forced resignation, kept his time in the spotlight brief: a few lines, hardly a minute.

“Thank you all for coming out today to demonstrate discontent with John Calhoun College,” he said.

“We are here because we no longer want the name Calhoun casting a shadow on our university, the university we all come to know and love. And we are here because we want the powers that be to hear us loudly and clearly that the time for change is now. Not next semester, not the year after, but now. Thank

you very much, and God bless all of you.”

A Public Figure Earlier this month, Menafee signed a petition calling for a position for Yale’s blue-collar workers on the University’s Committee to Establish Principles on Renam-

ing, which was itself established Aug. 1 amid the national attention drawn to the window incident.

(Activists soured on the committee at Friday’s march and rally, pointing to the ambiguous language that describes the committee’s purpose: “to articulate a set of principles that can guide Yale in decisions about whether to remove a historical name from a building or other prominent structure or space on campus — principles that are enduring rather than specific to particular controversies.”)

Menafee told the Independent on his way back to Stiles — where he was placed after community and media pressure led Yale to both drop a felony charge against him and reinstate him that he didn’t regret his actions in breaking the window. He doubts he would have been able to effect

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change any other way. “Now I’m a public figure,” Menafee said.

“You can’t just think about your own wants and needs, you have to think about the public. The public who were there for me when I was unemployed. It’s right that you reciprocate that love and support and show your appreciation.”

“He’s the connector between campus and the city,” his lawyer, Patricia Kane, said.

A Town-Gown Effort A series of chants could be heard throughout the afternoon: “Take down those racist windowpanes, change the name”; “hey hey, ho ho, Calhoun College has got to go.”Edgar Sandoval of Unidad Latina en Accion carried around a broom Friday, as a reminder of Menafee’s actions in breaking the window in Calhoun College.

Charles Musser (pictured), a professor of American studies at Yale, noted that the university’s faculty senate had voted 19 to 1 to change the name. He himself suggested “Amistad,” after the famous slave ship on which a mutiny took place.

“For a lot of us, I think, something very important happened this summer when Corey Menafee did his courageous act,” Musser said.

“What he made clear was this is not just about the name of Calhoun College. It’s about getting rid of a shrine, a monument to white supremacy.” Another Yale employee Vanesa Suarez, who works in Trumbull College’s dining hall took the megaphone, pointing out her consciousness that she was “a part of the working class, a large body of people who are exploited on a regular basis because of the capitalist society we live in.”

“We demand reparations, and I hope Yale takes a change in the right direction against institutional racism,” Suarez added.

After the two demands by community activists that the university reinstate Menafee and drop charges against him were met, activists recognized that though Menafee’s needs had been resolved, a larger systemic problem was at hand, organizer Kica Matos of the Center for Community Change said. And so, nearly 50 community and university organizations, from ULA and New Haven Rising to the Black Student Alliance at Yale and Fossil Free Yale, agreed to unify as a way of ramping up pressure on Yale to change the Calhoun name.

That pressure followed months of weekly Friday protests ULA has held outside Calhoun College on Elm Street since the organization began advocating on Menafee’s behalf.

This broader coalition is prepared to escalate actions further, Matos told the Independent, up to and including acts of civil disobedience.

Ultimately, an attempt to handdeliver the letter to Salovey failed: an assistant cracked the door open halfway, only to tell Matos that the president was in a meeting.

“How convenient!” someone in the crowd jeered.

Soon, the chants shifted: “We want Salovey”; “we’ll be back.”

Day Of The Living Dedication THE INNER-CITY NEWS November 2, 2016 - November 08, 2016

by PAUL BASS

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

New Haven dedicated a new school to a local leader who’s not only still living and breathing but, in an unexpected twist, back at the helm of the system.

The dedication took place Sunday at the $51 million Dr. Reginald Mayo Early Learning School on Goffe Street.

The city decided to name the planned school which serves over 500 3 and 4-year-olds after Mayo in 2013 when he retired after 21 years as the school system’s superintendent.

Then, just this month, after his successor was pushed out of his job, Mayo volunteered and was then chosen to step back in the role for up to 174 days until New Haven finds a permanent replacement next spring or summer.

So an event that usually takes place after a public figure has left the public scene (if not the scene, period) took on an unusual twist.

New Haven has rebuilt almost all its schools since the late 1990s.

Former Mayor John DeStefano whose 20 years in office overlapped with Mayo’s superintendent tenure noted during a heartfelt tribute at Sunday’s event that only one other of the 41 those rebuilt or newly constructed schools has been named after someone still living: former Mayor John C. Daniels, who has since died.

An overflow crowd of hundreds of former colleagues and community members listened inside the school’s multi-purpose room to tributes to Mayo before Sunday’s official ribboncutting. For the most part, they focused on the past tense — on Mayo’s 50-year New Have pubic school career working his way up from teacher to superintendent.

Mayor Toni Harp noted that Mayo for decades focused on boosting pre-school and early education in general at a time when the legal age for starting school was still 7. So it’s fitting that the state’s largest public pre-school will bear his name, she said.

“He knew before the science that young people’s brains develop early and they can do things earlier”

Architect Ken Boroson, at right, designed the school, his fifth in New Haven.

Mayo School students sang “Twinkle Twinkle” and the ABC song under the direction of music teacher Jennie Chan.

than we had realized, Harp said.

In his own remarks, Mayo spoke about how his mother, who had dropped out of school in 8th grade, raised him and his two brothers alone in public housing in Richmond, Virginia. She insisted he work hard at school, follow rules, “deep clean” their home on the weekends.

“I know she’s up there somewhere smiling,” Mayo said.

Teachers union President David Cicarella spoke of how “Reggie came in” to the top school job after a controversial period in the system, “steadied the waters, brought people together.”

“He always held us accountable, as he should,” Cicarella added.

He spoke in the past tense. Left unspoken was the fact that Mayo temporarily returns to that task this week.

Apparent or unintended? references to the new challenges that Mayo and the schools face, and to a new period of political conflict that led to the sudden midyear departure of Mayo’s successor, crept into the tributes.

DeStefano, for instance, spoke of how whenever he and Mayo disagreed over the years, they never let it “become a distraction to everybody else” and hurt “the kids.”

“If we ever get confused about that,” he added, ” we need to get out.”

In praising state legislators for obtaining the money to rebuild over 40 city schools, Harp, during a shout-out to incoming State Rep. Al Paolillo of the East Shore, noted: “I think we have three more schools [to rebuild], Al. Maybe you can help us get that done. I think there’s one on the east side.”

United Way CEO Jennifer Heath spoke of the need to fill the new Mayo pre-school’s library with books. She announced that her organization’s “Women United” group has vowed to raise the money to fully stock it.

Amid the hugs and accolades after the ceremony, Mayo was asked how it felt to receive the ultimate honor

Power schmooze: Board of Ed’s Darnell Goldson, Alder (and unopposed state rep candidate) Al Paolillo Jr. and State Rep. Toni Walker before the dedication.

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for his public-school career the same week he unexpectedly returns to the superintendent’s office.

“I’m as excited,” he responded, “as when I first became superintendent.”

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New SCSU Prez Pursues “Justice” Rep

by PAUL BASS

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

A Black Student Union march headed to the office of the new university president, who was busy in a staff meeting.

The new president stopped the meeting and joined the march.

It wasn’t your typical scene in this season of racial stirrings on American campuses. But it was the kind of scene Southern Connecticut State University’s new president intends to make common on his campus: the president engaged with his students, and pursuing social justice.

The new president is Joe Bertolini. Since moving from the presidency of Vermont’s Lyndon State College to take the SCSU job in late August, he has made a point of not getting stuck at meetings, and instead wading into campus life amid students and faculty.

“It’s about being present,” Bertolini, who is 52 and grew up in New Jersey, said during an interview on WNHH radio’s “Date-

Bertolino on campus.

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New Haven” program.

He described how he ensures that he’ll do more than talk about visibility: He carves hours into his daily schedule to roam the campus, pop in on classes, talk with students. Several nights a week he eats in the dining hall. (He particularly likes the stir fry.) He sits with

students and hears what’s on their minds, from concerns about midterms to a desire for longer library hours and more mentoring in the dorms. He has set up meet-andgreets in the dorms to work on that.

He has also declared that he seeks to make SCSU, which has 8,100 undergraduate students as well as

thousands of graduate students, the state’s premier “social justice” school. At campus gatherings, he has spoken openly of his 23-year relationship with his partner Bil Leipold, an administrator at Rutgers University. (The couple has purchased a home in New Ha-

ven’s Morris Cove neighborhood.)

The Black Student Union march occurred four weeks into the fall semester. “I was very proud of how they conducted that march,” Bertolini said. He enlisted his top aides to join him on the student march. He said he agrees with the marchers about the need to speak openly on campus about concerns of black and Latino students. “I have been stressing since the day of my arrival that we will treat each other with kindness and respect” and that whenever a controversy arises, “we will meet it head on.”

“My partner and I have experienced injustice, discrimination and oppression” as gay men in America, Bertolini said. At the same time, he said, he acknowledges “the privilege Bill and I have as white men in prominent positions [at universities].... I will never know what it is like to be a man or woman of color in our community.” So, he said, his ears are open.

Young Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your ... Applications

by ALLAN APPEL

NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Devonte Fletcher, who plays the trumpet and is the band’s drum major, wants to be a music/ band teacher—preferably right back at Hillhouse High School in the years to come.

Flutist Iyonna Pottinger is equally passionate about majoring in music education, but wonders whether she should apply at an historically black college or to an in-state school where tuition is less.

Those two and the 241 other Hillhouse High School seniors began to answer those questions and formally planning for their college or other post-secondary school lives Wednesday morning.

They participated in an annual American College n Campaign which, along with the participation of New Haven Promise, is seeking to increase the number of firstgeneration and low-income students pursuing a college degree or other higher education credential.

Students in all nine high schools

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Seniors Pottinger and Fletcher.

in the city participated in the daylong series of workshops on topics such as college essay writing, literacy about financial aid, navigating the common application, applying to New Haven Promise,and roll playing mock college interviews.

That latter is particularly im-

portant to Iyonna and Devonte.

They said they are less worried about getting their applications in and more about acing the musical auditions required in any school they would hope to enter.

“I’m going to pick the hardest, most frustrating piece [of mu-

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sic] and do it beautifully, ” said Devonte, who lives the Hillhouse band and its teachers.

District Lead School Counselor Dr. Chaka Felder-McEntire complimented the Hillhouse High seniors gathered in the spacious auditorium. She briefed them about choosing, minimally, one “reach” school and one “safety” school; that is, having a Plan A and a Plan B. She also made sure the kids were locked in on the difference between “early action” and “early decision.” The latter is binding, but not the former. And if you go with “early action,” which is often required before Christmas,” then you can “chill” and have a relaxing time with your family during the holidays, with at least one school waiting for you, Felder-McEntire noted. She urged the teens to get their parents on board especially on getting in their FAFSAs. Translation: Free Application For Federal Student Aid. To be eligible parents submit their tax returns.

Felder-McEntire said the goal this year is to have the city’s se-

niors submit 10,000 college applications by the campaign’s Dec. 15 deadline. If you apply on March 15, you’ll get the “FAFSA leavings,” she admonished.

“Procrastination and s nio tis are not your friends senior year,” she added.

One person who is definitely the kids’ friend is Olafemi Hunter, one of only two guidance counselors on staff at Hillhouse. Although he has some other staff back up, he and another counselor split the class of 243, and guide them through the process, which includes individual meetings with all 243 students in addition to all the workshops, trips, and other sessions.

Hunter is in his third year as a guidance counselor at the school.

Prior to Wednesday’s kick-off his team had already organized two workshops on financial aid.

Hunter said he takes heart from one of apothogems that’s a favorite among the brothers of his college fraternity, Omega Psi Phi: “The difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a little longer.”

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Parole Wants Out Of “Sick Building”

by MARKESHIA RICKS NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Parole officers are calling on the state Department of Administrative Services (DAS) to move them out of a New Haven office building that they claim is making them sick. Between 18 and 20 parole officers and administrative employees work out of a leased space in an office building at 50 Fitch St. And some have had enough of the “sick building” that they say is plagued with water leaks that lead to toxic mold.

The office space is leased by the (DAS) on behalf of the Department of Corrections as a parole office. The building is be owned by Edward Roubeni of Great Neck, N.Y., who could not be reached for comment. Veteran Parole Officer Paula Curry said during a press event Monday with fellow members of AFSCME Council 4 Monday in the 50 Fitch St. parking lot that officers have been sounding an alarm about the condition of the building for a number of years.

Four years ago the DOC was cited by the state Department of Labor’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (CONN-OSHA) for failing to maintain a clean and sanitary workplace.

It was cited again in July and hit with a $1,000 fine after a large patch of black mold was found behind a file cabinet, Curry said.

“The landlord sent workers who were not qualified to remove mold,” she recalled. “The original

MARKESHIA RICKS PHOTOPaula Curry and Larry Doorman at 50 Fitch St.

spot of mold has been removed but there is more mold in the ceiling and the walls.”

Not only are their offices riddled with mold, Curry said, but now one of the staff bathrooms is not functioning because of a toilet leak that produced a second mold sighting. She said the office where the original patch of mold was found remains uninhabitable, and has been that way for so long that the protective plastic and tape meant to keep people out until it is fully remediated is starting to fall down.

And Curry said all of it is causing health problems such as chronic sinus infection and bronchitis linked by their doctors to toxic mold. “We all have filed workers compensation claims

against the state,” she said.

Larry Dorman of AFSCME Council 4 said that the parole officers who work in the office deserve to have their concerns taken seriously by the state. “What our parole officers do is really vital to public safety and law enforcement and the problems at this building have been evident for years and years and years,” he said. “Workers deserve better and we want the Department of Administrative Services, which is in charge of leasing this space, to help us get out of this situation.”

Jeffrey Beckham, DAS staff counsel and director of communications, said that the department is looking for an office to relocate the parole office, but it’s a challenge. “Since the spring we have

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been vetting other locations,” he said. “We have an RFP [request for proposals] out ... but it’s a challenging office to try to locate space that meets the specifications that we have to have for that type of facility. Sometimes when folks find out what we’re trying to lease the property for, they may not be interested to have that activity there.”

Curry said a space in North Haven fell through once the other tenants in a building in that town got wind that it was a parole office moving in.

Beckham said he had no timeline on how soon a new location might be decided upon, if it would stay in New Haven, and when people would move from the 50 Fitch St. location. He said steps

are being taken by the DOC and the landlord to mitigate the mold and address some of the other concerns. “We requested that they move us,” said AFSCME Local 1565 Parole Representative Mark Sarsfield. “We have regularly through the labor management meetings for the last couple of years requested that they move us. Somebody is always putting a band-aid on something, but every day there seems to be another problem in the office. It’s gone on for far too long. And we would just hope that the same energy and effort into taking care of the parole officers and everybody else that goes in an out of those doors that they do with streamlining the process for getting offenders out of jail with the Second Chance Society. That seems to be the focus on everything, but we have to be prepared to work with these people and I don’t think its asking too much to work in a clean, healthy environment.”

Sarsfield said that given that finding a new location could take a year or more, the union has asked the state to do something to accommodate the officers right now to get them out of their current space.

Curry said in the interim, the parole officers and other employees in the office, independently of the union, have reached out to local attorney Robert Kowalczyk for possible legal action against the building owner.

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2016 - November 08, 2016

Dr. Charles Atkins to headline program

Union Official Resigns After Airing on the opioid epidemic Nov. 18 at Quinnipiac University Controversial Campaign Ad

North Haven, Conn., – Nov. 1, 2016 – Dr. Charles Atkins, chief medical officer at Community Mental Health Affiliates, LLC, of New Britain, will be the featured speaker at the program, “The Opioid Epidemic: Assessment, Intervention and Call to Action: A Public Health Approach,” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, at the Center for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Quinnipiac University, 370 Bassett Road. The Connecticut Women’s Consortium and the master of social work program at Quinnipiac, are co-sponsoring the program.

In addition, the program will feature a panel discussion featuring: Dr. Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, commissioner of the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; Allison Kernan, who is in recovery; State Rep. Sean Scanlon; and Karen Zaorski, a former state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services social worker who lost her 26-yearold son to a drug overdose six years ago. Zaorski is now an administrator and moderator for The Compassionate Friends - Loss to Substance Related Causes, an online support group with 2,500 members.

The current opioid epidemic in the United States, which includes a death rate from overdoses that exceeds those caused by motor vehicle accidents, is a public health crisis. This day-long workshop will explore how we got to where we are and which strategies, including medication-assisted treatment and legislative changes, are being implemented to turn back the tide of disability and death. The program is for individuals who work in the behavioral health field, including social workers, addiction counselors, nurses, physicians, behavioral health and community administrative leaders, as well as lawyers, law enforcement, emergency medical staff, community policy makers and legislatures and students.

The program will present a public-health perspective, including primary, secondary and tertiary interventions, and includes a discussion on how to accurately assess an individual with an opioid-use disorder. Presenters will review gender, culture and age-specific factors, including pregnancy and the post-partum period.

Dr. Charles Atkins, chief medical officer at Community Mental Health Affiliates, LLC,

Since the majority of individuals with opioid-use disorders often will have at least one co-occurring mental health problem and often other related medical issues, presenters will explore a whole-person approach. This includes strategies to diagnose and construct treatment to ensure that all active issues are addressed. The program content includes the use of standard diagnostic criteria, public-domain screening tools, current psychopharmacological interventions and a broad range of evidence-based therapeutic and theoretical strategies.

As chief medical officer at Community Mental Health Affiliates, LLC, Atkins works with people with substance use and mental disorders. He is a national presenter and trainer, published fiction and nonfiction author, member of the Yale volunteer clinical faculty and a sub-committee co-chair for the current Commissioners’ Alcohol and Drug Policy Council (ADPC).

His recent books include: “Co-Occurring Disorders: The Integrated Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use and Mental Disorders” and mysteries and thrillers penned as both Charles Atkins and Caleb James.

Participants are eligible to receive six (6) continuing education units (CEUs) from the CT Association of Social Workers (NASW), Continuing Medical Education (CME), and the CT Certification Board (CCB).

To register for this training visit:

http://training.womensconsortium. org. Registration is $85. For more information, call 203-909-6888.

About the Connecticut Women’s Consortium The Connecticut Women’s Consortium is an independent nonprofit organization that offers education, advocacy, and training for caregivers and service providers in the behavioral health field. Our mission is to ensure that the behavioral health system responds to the needs of women and the people and organizations that affect them. For more information on the Connecticut Women’s Consortium please visit: www.womensconsortium.org or like us on Facebook at The Connecticut Women’s Consortium.

About Quinnipiac University Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 6,784 full-time undergraduate and 2,884 graduate and part-time students in 100 degree programs through its Schools of Business, Communications, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, Law, Medicine, Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences. Quinnipiac consistently ranks among the top regional universities in the North in U.S. News & World Report’s America’s “Best Colleges” issue. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton Review’s “The Best 381 Colleges.”

The Chronicle of Higher Education has named Quinnipiac among the “Great Colleges to Work For.” For more information, please visit www.qu.edu. Connect with Quinnipiac on Facebook at http://www. facebook.com/quinnipiacunews and follow Quinnipiac on Twitter @QuinnipiacU. Contact Information: Aili Arisco, director of education and training, The Connecticut Women’s Consortium. aarisco@ womensconsortium.org or 203909-6888 x17 John W. Morgan, associate vice president for public relations, Quinnipiac University, john.morgan@quinnipiac.edu or 203-5825359 Caption: Dr. Charles Atkins, chief medical officer at Community Mental Health Affiliates, LLC, of New Britain. Contributed photo.

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by Christine Stuart Ct. JUNKIE NEWS

A top union official resigned Thursday after a campaign ad a month-old union PAC purchased caused protests from both parties and labor officials.

Paul Filson, executive director of the SEIU Connecticut State Council, resigned following a digital ad that likened Dr. William A. Petit to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Petit, the lone survivor of a 2007 home invasion, is running for a state House seat in Plainville.

The ad asks voters to “Stop Donald Trump and Republican William Petit’s attack on women and families.”

It was widely criticized Wednesday by Petit, Republicans, a union official, and his opponent, Rep. Betty Boukus, D-Plainville.

SEIU Connecticut State Council sent a statement Thursday night that explained they are not able to coordinate with Labor United for Connecticut and didn’t approve and was not made aware of the digital ad that was geotargeted to Petit’s district.

“Once the ad became public yesterday it was clear it was

not reflective of our locals’ or SEIU’s standard and it should have never taken place,” the SEIU Connecticut State Council said in the state. “We offer our sincere apology to Dr. Petit and feel strongly this ad should have never run in his district under any circumstances.”

The statement goes on to state that “It is extremely regrettable that such poor judgment was exhibited by those tasked with running the independent expenditure and we have taken action to remove those responsible from the campaign.”

Petit was targeted by the PAC along with a dozen other House Republicans, who became the subject of similar digital ads.

House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R-Derby, said the ad was wrong on so many levels.

She said the same ad was used to target Republican candidates who are women.

“How does that even make sense?” House Majority Leader Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, said earlier in the day that he was disgusted by the ad and suggested that someone should lose their job.

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2016 - November 08, 2016

by MARKESHIA RICKS NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT

Two of Rosa DeLauro’s grandchildren and one of their friends had the day off from school, but they got schooled nonetheless in sustainable food sourcing and how to make sushi while meeting a woman who is making business history.

DeLauro, New Haven’s U.S. Congresswoman, and her grandchildren stopped by Miya’s on Howe Street Friday afternoon to suprise Miya’s matriarch Yoshiko Lai with a certificate and cookbook to honor her and her family’s work in promoting the use of sustainable seafood for more than 30 years.

“We only inspect 1 percent of food that comes into the United States,” said DeLauro, who has worked for years in Congress to change that.

“I think that leaves people at risk.

But the work that you do here in sustainable seafood and your farmto-table [approach] and you’re looking at plants and other kinds of invasive species to make your product really in the vanguard.

“You are so deserving of this

DeLauro along with two of her grandchildren and their friend got a lesson on sustainable

award and I am very, very proud to represent you in the Congress,” DeLauro told Yoshiko Lai, who is as demure as one of her two sons is gregarious.

Her son happens to be chef Bun Lai, who now runs the restaurant that she started 34 years ago and has developed its national ecofriendly reputation. (The restaurant is named Miya’s after Yoshiko Lai’s youngest child and Bun’s younger sister, Mie Lai, who also works at the restaurant.)

Earlier this month, Bun was named one of 12 White House Champions of Change for Sustainable Seafood.

Brother Ted, an investment banker in Atlanta, who came up for his mother’s celebration, said Friday

that people who know about his family business, often ask how he ended up in such a different field.

“I tell them that investment banking is easier than the restaurant business,” he said.

Miya’s is the world’s first sustainable sushi restaurant. It specializes in sustainable seafood and plant-based sushi. It also features forged ingredients and edible invasive species. The Champions of Change program was created by the White House to recognize people who are going out of

their way to empower and inspire members of their communities.

The DeLauro grandkids Rigby, 11, Teo, 9, and family friend Pierre, 12, along with their grandmother, got to learn about the invasive lion fish and also learn how to make sushi.

Bun Lai asked if the kids like to eat shrimp. He got mixed reactions.

“Your grandmother is a pioneer in getting safe seafood from other countries to the United States,” he told them. “Most people like shrimp. But most shrimp comes from Asia and is farmed with chemicals that shouldn’t be in your body. Your grandma fought and continues to fight to make sure that dirty shrimp doesn’t come here.

“That’s what’s so special about this restaurant, and it’s why it got and award from the White House,” DeLauro added.

Bun pointed out that one of the best ways to make critical choices about where one’s food comes from is to ask. And when eating seafood like shrimp, to ask not only where it comes from but how it is caught. He said that fish like tuna is caught with hundreds of miles of long lines that catch not only tuna but other fish and even sea birds.

“If most people knew that eating shrimp was hurting all these other animals, they probably wouldn’t eat it,” he said.

“That’s why I don’t eat shrimp,” Rigby said. “You guys are smart,” Bun said.

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Access Health Readies For 2017 Enrollment

by Christine Stuart

Monthly premiums have increased an average of 25 percent and there are 21 fewer insurance plans to choose from on Connecticut’s insurance exchange, but Access Health CEO Jim Wadleigh remained positive Thursday about the future of the marketplace.

Enrollment opens on Nov. 1 and Wadleigh estimated they will enroll 115,000 to 125,000 customers this year. Last year about 116,000 residents signed up for plans, but only about 99,038 customers remain.

Wadleigh said traditionally they have a 15 percent attrition rate due to a myriad of reasons.

Some customers get jobs that offer health insurance, or leave the state. Others may qualify for Medicaid.An estimated 53.8 percent of customers were terminated this year because they failed to pay their monthly premiums or provide the income verification documents needed to receive a subsidy. There are more than 759,000 residents currently receiving Medicaid, according to the Department of Social Services. Wadleigh said about 60 percent of its customers churn between exchange plans and Medicaid.

Asked if he’s worried about the negative publicity of two carriers leaving the exchange and premium increases, Wadleigh said he’s always worried. “Healthcare continues to rise at unaffordable rates for everyone,” Wadleigh said in a conference call Thursday with reporters. Earlier this year, UnitedHealthcare announced it would no longer participate in the exchange and HealthyCT was put under an order of supervision by the Insurance Department and prohibited from selling any new policies or renewing the ones it currently offers.

That left Anthem and ConnectiCare as the only two carriers on the exchange for 2017. Last month, insurance regulators approved an average 22.4 percent

increase for Anthem plans and an average 17.4 percent rate increase for ConnectiCare’s onexchange rates.

Wadleigh said 75 percent of its customers receive federal tax subsidies to help bring the cost of their monthly premiums down and a recent federal report found 15,000 consumers who purchase their health insurance outside the exchange would benefit from those tax subsidies if they purchased plans on the exchange.

Those who use financial assistance will largely be protected from insurance rate increases, according to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, because tax credits will increase “in parallel” with premium rates. In a hypothetical scenario in which 2017 rates jumped by 25 percent, the department found 73 percent of current marketplace consumers would still be able to get coverage for less than $75 per month with tax credits.

The HHS data, released in early October, found that 2.5 million people nationwide who buy individual coverage off-exchange may qualify for tax credits.

There also will be 21 fewer plans on the exchange this year, mostly because of the disappearance of UnitedHealthcare and HealthyCT. ConnectiCare also modified its portfolio, resulting in the reduction of four plans and Anthem added one. That means consumers will be able to choose from 19 different benefit plans at three different medal tiers. Consumers who already have plans on the exchange will be automatically re-enrolled in their plan if they don’t contact Access Health to change their plan. However, consumers who previously had plans with UnitedHealthcare and HealthyCT will have to shop for new plans.

Last year, about 62.7 percent of consumers did not actively shop for a new plan and simply allowed the plan they had in 2015 roll over.

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Diabetics Should Do Light Physical Activity Every 30 Minutes

By HealthDay News

People with diabetes need to move more often than previously advised, new guidelines say.

To improve blood sugar management, people with diabetes should do three or more minutes of light activity every 30 minutes during prolonged periods of sitting, such as working on a computer or watching TV. This is especially true for those with type 2 diabetes, according to the latest recommendations from the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

These light activities include: overhead arm stretches, walking in place, leg lifts or extensions, desk chair swivels, torso twists and side lunges.

Previously, the association recommended light physical activity for every 90 minutes of pro-

longed inactivity. “These updated guidelines are intended to ensure everyone continues to physically move around throughout the day — at least every 30 minutes — to improve blood glucose manage-

ment,” said guidelines lead author Sheri Colberg-Ochs, consultant/ director of physical fitness for the ADA. “This movement should be in addition to regular exercise, as it is highly recommended for

people with diabetes to be active.

Since incorporating more daily physical activity can mean different things to different people with diabetes, these guidelines offer excellent suggestions on what to do, why to do it and how to do it safely,” she explained in an ADA news release.

The guidelines also emphasize specific types of exercise — aerobic exercise, resistance training, flexibility and balance training and general lifestyle activity. They also elaborate on how each type of exercise helps patients.

For example, aerobic workouts benefit type 2 diabetes patients by improving blood sugar control, controlling weight and reducing heart disease risk. Regular aerobic and resistance training offers health benefits for people with type 1 diabetes, including im-

proved insulin sensitivity, heart fitness and muscle strength.

There are also activity suggestions for women with gestational diabetes, who should do aerobic and resistance exercise. Also, people with prediabetes are urged to combine increased physical activity with healthy lifestyle changes to prevent progression to type 2 diabetes.

Supervised, structured exercise programs are more beneficial for diabetes patients, according to the guidelines, which also outline how patients should monitor their blood sugar levels during physical activity.

The guidelines, based on a review of more than 180 studies and the input of diabetes and exercise experts, were published online Oct. 25 in the journal Diabetes Care.

Dr. Kwasi Debrah The Ghanaian Body Sculpting Surgeon

Dr. Kwasi Debrah in a conversation with TheAfricanDream.net: “After my initial training in women’s health; Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBGYN), I noticed a growing request and interest from my patients for Cosmetic Surgery.

That really sparked my interest.”

The US-based Ghanaian Cosmetic Surgeon said this in response to why he became a cosmetic surgeon.

Dr. Kwasi Debrah has a private practice in Bowie, Maryland, in the USA where he offers procedures like facial rejuvenation, botox, dermal fillers, chemical peels and body sculpting to clients.

The surgeon tells TheAfricanDream.net that he also specializes in liposuction, fat transfer to the buttocks; also known as the Brazillian butt lift, tummy tuck, smart lipo, vaginal rejuvenation, and sculpture; a state-of-the-art laser treatment for non-invasive lipolysis of the flanks and abdomen.

Dr. Kwasi Debrah desired to set up shop in Africa When asked when he developed the desire to practice in his native Ghana and west Africa, Dr. Kwasi Debrah said it began in the year 2000 when he led a team of 14 physicians, nurses and medical students on a medical mission to

Dr. Kwasi Debrah Ghana. “During my trip, I saw the real need for medical professionals to help in various capacities in the health care delivery system there, this really touched me and I felt inspired to do my bit based on my area of expertise.”

“As a women’s health provider too, I had several requests from patients who wanted cosmetic procedures at the time of routine abdominal surgery. This led me to obtain additional training that gained me more experience to be able to combine plastic and cosmetic surgery.” “Because I get additional requests from expatriates in Ghana in addition to clients from various West African countries, I figured I’d visit Ghana and

the west African sub-region quarterly to honor them” - based on this the surgeon set up a practice in Ghana’s capital city of Accra in 2006.

Africa ready for cosmetic surgery The surgeon’s take on how ready Ghana and Africa is for these kinds of surgical procedures was: “Africa is ready, there are facilities in some countries located in Southern, Eastern and Northern Africa although West Africa is the last frontier.

This is something I hope to change in the near future with the establishment of my Ghana practice.”

A few of the things Dr. Debrah felt Africa needs to do to prepare

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itself in the plastic and cosmetic surgery venture included the addressing of the health insurance matter in relation to cosmetic surgery.

He asked that special attention is paid to the creation of policies to ensure the right things are done in the cases of developing countries as cosmetic surgery is not covered by health Insurance for the most part.

A major challenge Africa and other advanced countries are grappling with in this field is the difficulty to control or monitor outcome, malpractice insurance requires a standard of care, which is non-existent. ...but much more needs to be done This is the reason why Dr. Debrah feels there is a dire need for a medical group or association to provide peer review, education, and standard of care, especially in Africa.

He said “there are a lot of well trained and qualified plastic and cosmetic surgeons of African descent outside the continent that could be encouraged to return home if most of these challenges I mentioned are given a critical look over time.

We must, of course, consider the technology and cost of supplies involved also as almost everything is imported presently.”

Because there are a lot of fake products, educating the public is also important because some people all over are mostly drawn to the least pricey things. This could become problematic as some of those drawn to cosmetic surgery based on what they see on the Internet, TV, in movies and via digital communication, could be taken advantage of by quacks.

Some people believe everything they see in this world of instant gratification thanks to information proliferation. They tend to want the experience, and this sometimes creates an interest in cosmetic surgery in Africa that is mostly driven by vanity.

Difference between Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery It is necessary though to know the difference between plastic and cosmetic surgery. Dr. Debrah explained to TheAfricanDream. net that “plastic surgery is a surgical specialty dedicated to the reconstruction of facial and body Con’t on page 19

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HIV May Hide In Tissues Even After Treatment

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“Notably we saw no evidence of drug resistance, which we would have seen if the virus had been exposed to medications,” said McGrath. He is UCSF professor of laboratory medicine at the AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource, which is supported by the U.S. National Cancer Institute.

This finding is expected in untreated patients, but it was a surprise to see it in virally suppressed patients, he added.

“Our results suggest that HIV in varied tissue compartments can be untouched by the medications,” McGrath said in a university news release.

The researchers analyzed autopsy tissue samples from five HIV patients who took antiretrovirals and found undetectable levels of

HIV patients who’ve been treated with antiretroviral drugs still have the AIDS-causing virus in their tissues, a new study suggests.

Treatment with antiretrovirals eliminates detectable levels of HIV in the blood and controls the disease. But the new findings suggest that HIV in the tissues may not cause AIDS but could contribute to the development of unrelated conditions, such as cancer and heart disease, according to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researchers.

“Looking in tissues of treated HIV patients, we found that HIV in some tissues did not appear to be affected by antiretrovirals,” said study senior author Dr. Michael McGrath.

the virus in their blood.

However, the virus had evolved and migrated to brain, kidney, spleen and other tissues similar to the way it does in HIV patients who don’t take antiretroviral drugs, the study authors said.

The study appears in the October issue of the Journal of Virology.

It’s possible that active, untreated virus in tissues could be driving diseases unrelated to AIDS “that are increasingly the cause of death for virally suppressed patients,” McGrath said.

“In addition, our findings suggest that strategies to ‘cure’ HIV infection, which are centered on treatment of blood, must consider targeting tissue-based sites of HIV,” he added.

The Invisible 90 Percent: Changing The Narrative On Black Men & Depression

By Idries J. Abdur-Rahman, MD, FACOG

October is Depression Awareness Month and Kid Cudi’s recent tweet about his personal struggle with depression has brought the issue of depression and specifically depression in African-American men to the forefront. Depression as a disorder has been recognized for centuries with many documented cases of what was then called Melancholia. While conversations about depression have become more commonplace in the general population, there is still an undeniable stigma when it comes to discussing depression in the African-American community. This is especially true when it comes to depression and African-American men.

What Is Depression?

Okay, I am a doctor so I’ve got to get some of the nerdy doctor stuff out of the way. Before we discuss depression, we really should define what depression is. Depression is not just feeling blue or down from time to time, everyone feels this way at some point in their lives.

Depression, rather, is a long-term condition (lasting months to years) that results from an imbalance in

the brain’s neurotransmitters (serotonin, dopamine, epinephrine and norepinephrine) combined with genetic factors, life stressors and other medical conditions.

Depression leads to an inability to function normally in daily life.

The most common symptoms of depression include: 1. Sleep disturbances (either insomnia or hypersomnia); 2. A loss of interest in activities that used to be or should be pleasurable; 3. Feelings of intense guilt and/or sadness;

4. Loss of energy/lethargy;

2. Muscle, back and joint pain;

5. Inability to concentrate or focus on tasks/work;

3. Chest pain;

6. Changes in appetite (either loss of appetite or over-eating); 7. Feelings of irritability and/or anxiety; 8. Thoughts of self harm and/or suicidal thoughts (passive or active); Depression also often has physical symptoms including: 1. Headaches;

4. Abdominal pain; 5. Digestive problems; The incidence of depression varies widely with the United States being the most depressed country (approximately 17% of Americans report at least one depressive episode in their lifetime) and Japan being the least depressed country (only 3% of its population report at least one major depressive episode in their lifetime).

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affected by depression than men, and while African Americans only make up 12% of the U.S. population, we account for 33% of U.S. depression cases. While we are more likely to experience depression, we are less likely to seek treatment. As a matter of fact, only 10% of African-American men seek treatment for depression. That means that 90% of African American man with depression never report their symptoms and never seek medical care. Like most things in medicine and life however, this statistic doesn’t just exist in a vacuum.

History of Black Men & Depression Historically, African Americans have almost been forced to suppress their depression as a coping and survival mechanism. During slavery, only the “strong” (physically and emotionally) survived; weakness literally meant death.

African Americans were conditioned to look beyond the bondage, the physical and emotional abuse, the tearing apart of families and the literal rape and pillaging of their bodies, spirits and cultures to simply be able to get up every

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defects due to birth disorders, trauma, burns, and disease, while cosmetic surgery enhances beauty.”

The procedures, techniques, and principles of cosmetic surgery are entirely focused on enhancing a patient’s appearance. Improving aesthetic appeal, symmetry, and proportion are the key goals.

Cosmetic surgery can be performed on all areas of the head, neck, and body. Because the treated areas function properly, cosmetic surgery is elective. Cosmetic surgery is practiced by doctors from a variety of medical fields, including plastic surgeons.

Dr. Debrah’s past and what he hopes for the future Both parents of Dr. Debrah are Kwahu from Obomeng in the Eastern region of Ghana where he was born at Nkawkaw. He grew up living all over Ghana in cities like Saltpond, Accra, Cape Coast and Kumasi because of schooling.

“I started at a Roman Catholic School in Ghana’s Central region of Saltpond, moved to Accra to attend Kinbu Boys high school, went to Cape Coast to further my education at Mfantsipim School after which I attended the School of Medical Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi.”

“I started my residency at Howard University Hospital in 1988 in Transitional Medicine in Washington, DC. I went back to school for my Executive MBA at the College of William and Mary located in Williamsburg Virginia in July 1999.

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The Invisible 90 Percent:

morning and survive the day.

Those who became more adept at suppressing their feelings of depression were emotionally rewarded with the ability to live in the deplorable situation over which they had little power. Postslavery, African-Americans still had to “put on a brave face” (i.e., suppress feelings and emotions) to endure the many day-to-day indignities and injustices of Black life in America.

For African-American men, this struggle was more acute. As Black men we had to suppress our feelings of rage when the master or overseer would take our wives to the fields and rape them; we had to suppress our feelings of humiliation when as grandfathers with gray hair we were called “boy” by actual white boys whom we had to refer to as “mister”; we have had to suppress our feelings of shame when despite our education or skill set we were unable to find a job that allowed us to support our families; we have had to suppress our feelings of embarrassment when people see us coming and cross the street, or clutch their purses a little

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Can HBCUs Create a Black Silicon Valley?

tighter in an elevator, or follow us around a store.

As as result of these micro-aggressions and flat out aggressions, many of us have lost touch with our feelings because doing so allowed us to function in a society that in large part provided no socially acceptable outlet for us.

While there have been lots of historical reasons for African-American men to feel emasculated, the one thing that we have been able to control is a perception of strength that makes vulnerability very difficult.

Where Do Men Go From Here?

And this brings us back to Kid Cudi and the very open and honest tweet that he shared with his fans regarding his struggle with depression and his plan to seek treatment.

Depression is highly treatable with a combination of antidepressant medications and psychological counseling (i.e., talk therapy). Kid Cudi is definitely on the vanguard of the movement highlighting the phenomenon of African American male depression, and thankfully he is not alone.

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By Jarrett Carter, Sr. Founding Editor, HBCU Digest Public and private black colleges could be cornerstone for African American tech movement.

Students from North Carolina A&T State University are the winners of Black Enterprise Magazine’s TechConneXt Summit BE SMART hack-a-thon held last week in San Francisco.

Angelica Willis, Brandon Long, Ashana Evans and Jean Beya comprised the winning Aggie team which designed ‘Let’s Go Black,’ a mobile app allowing users to geotarget black-owned businesses along their travel routes.

HBCU students are at the center of an effort to spur interdisciplinary creation in the nation’s STEM innovation imperative. And in the way that HBCUs helped to create the black middle class and helped to cultivate black legislative power at federal and state levels, is the next great HBCU creation an independent tech culture meeting black consumer and business needs?

Which HBCUs Can Build the Valley?

Several HBCUs are well-positioned with degree programs in computer science, engineering and applied sciences that could meet black tech development needs, even within the highly-segregated sector of tech startup culture.

But which schools are best prepared to inspire and train those future moguls? Colleges with strong baccalaureate programs in techspecific fields (in no particular order): North Carolina A&T State University Morgan State University Morehouse College Delaware State University Spelman College Bowie State University

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Shaw University Claflin University Howard University Jackson State University Alabama State University Hampton University Between these schools, and the leagues of alumni which have come out of them to forge exceptional careers in the sciences, there should be optimism about our chances to develop mobile app development companies, video game design studios, virtual reality design firms, medical technology, solar power devices, and a few other tech areas which many of us don’t think about more than twice a week outside of shopping at Best Buy.

What’s Does the Market Need?

Given that the future of American industry is digitized, here are the industries in which HBCU graduates can develop immediate impact for black consumers and corporate entities working to reach them. And given that the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the United Negro College Fund are in partnership with tech giants, the logical next steps for developing a black tech hub are in place for seed funding or preliminary partnership with students and graduates.

A better system of online college course access for working professionals

Where Would the Black Silicon Valley Be?

Personal systems of healthcare monitoring (heart, brain, lungs)

The requirements, seemingly, would have to be a metropolitan or metropolitan-annex with a growing black population, relatively liberal politics that wold allow for bank and municipal funding to help black folks start these kinds of companies, affordable space for offices and commercial development around them, and connectivity to major industries like transportation, manufacturing, military, finance, and government.

Financial management (retirement, social security, budgeting, investment monitoring)

Raleigh, NC Hampton, VA Houston, Texas Baton Rouge, LA Petersburg, VA Albany, GA Orlando, FL

Crowdfunding systems for black startups Credentialing bootcamps for tech, educational, social service certifications Transportation support systems Boutique personal service apps (food, grooming, fashion, dating) 3D printing There’s talent, there’s opportunity, and there’s a foundation. All that is missing, seemingly, is the shared idea that it can and must be done

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Howard University Honors Radio One, Inc. Founder and Chairperson Cathy Hughes as New Namesake For Its School of Communications With Star-Studded Unveiling Ceremony and Celebration Hosted by Anthony Anderson, Celebratory Program Featured Newsmakers and Entertainers Rev. Al Sharpton, Debbie Allen, Joe, Donald Lawrence, Vashawn Mitchell, Richard Smallwood, Russ Parr, Denise Boutte, Chrystee Pharris and More Silver Spring, MD — Howard University honored Cathy Hughes, founder and chairperson of Radio One, Inc., the largest Black-owned multi-media company in the country, with the unveiling of the Cathy Hughes School of Communications Sunday. During an exclusive, star-studded extravaganza, the prestigious university commemorated her lifetime commitment to excellence. University and public officials Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick, President, Howard University; Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD 7th District); Gracie Lawson-Borders, Ph.D., Dean of Cathy Hughes School of Communications; Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD 8th District); and Civil Rights Leader Rev. Al Sharpton recognized Hughes for blazing the path for African Americans in the media and communications industry.

“She took the mute off of Black America,” said Rev. Sharpton. “We were on mute, we couldn’t talk. She made talk radio stations. She preserved our culture; she gave us TV One. We can speak for ourselves, to ourselves, and [that] is an enormous contribution to our people.”

celebrated – it’s like a dream!”

Howard University honored Cathy Hughes, founder and chairperson of Radio One, Inc., with the unveiling of the Cathy Hughes School of Communications Sunday. Pictured L-R: Actor Anthony Anderson, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Hughes, and Activist Rev. Al Sharpton.

Hughes remarked that she was humbled to be honored by the institution that helped her find her voice as an educator and entrepreneur with a passion for her community.

“My whole goal in life has been to get

pertinent information to my community that they can use to uplift and improve the quality of their lives and their lifestyle,” said Hughes. “Becoming the namesake for Howard University’s School of Communications and having my life’s work

Hosted by Emmy-nominated actor Anthony Anderson (Black-ish), along with narration from radio host and film director Russ Parr, the three-hour celebration featured keynote speeches and performances from a variety of award-winning and notable entertainers, including writer/director/ choreographer Debbie Allen representing Howard’s Board of Trustees; R&B artist Joe; and Gospel artists Donald Lawrence, Richard Smallwood and Vashawn Mitchell who performed a rousing medley of Gospel favorites brought the audience of friends, family and supporters to their feet in praise. YouTube Harpist Tulani and Howard University Gospel Choir also took to the stage, while Hughes’ son Alfred Liggins III, CEO of Radio One, Inc., offered heart-warming remarks of gratitude and appreciation. Other prominent figures in attendance included Baltimore Mayor Stephanie RawlingsBlake, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), television and radio personality Bevy Smith and from Hughes’ upcoming TV One original movie “Media,” actresses Chrystee Pharris and Denise Boutte.

Prior to the celebratory program, Howard University held a private, invitationonly unveiling ceremony of the Cathy Hughes School of Communication with

a special appearance by Maryland Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford. The event was also live streamed via Facebook and on all of Radio One, Inc.’s local and national digital media platforms. To view the unveiling ceremony in its entirety, visit Radio One’s Facebook. Photos of the unveiling ceremony and celebratory lunch are also available online and clips and footage can be pulled from http://tinyurl.com/CHSOC2016. (Courtesy Credit: Radio One, Inc./TV One).

Hughes, who started her career in radio at Howard University, is a dynamic, media pioneer who demonstrates the power of one – one woman, one vision, one company – Radio One. As Founder and Chairperson of Radio One, Inc., the largest African-American owned and operated, broadcast company in the nation, Hughes’ unprecedented career has spawned a multimedia conglomerate that generates original content across the spectrums of radio, television and digital media. Her humble beginnings in Omaha, Nebraska, were not a deterrent to her success but rather part of the catalyst that fueled her ambition to empower African Americans with information and to tell stories from their perspective.

Additional biographical and background information is available at www.cathyhughes.com.

NNPA, Howard University Team Up to Poll Black Voters

By Freddie Allen, Managing Editor, NNPA Newswire

In a historic effort to measure the pulse of African American voters, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) partnered with Howard University to conduct the first scientific poll of the Black community during the 2016 election cycle.

“The NNPA was pleased to join with one of the nation’s leading historically Black colleges and universities, Howard University in Washington, D.C., to conduct, analyze, and present timely and strategic findings that pertain to the political, economic, social interests of Black Americans across the United States,” said Benjamin Chavis, the president and CEO of the NNPA. The NNPA represents more than 200 Black-owned media companies that reach an estimated 20 million readers every week.

“The Howard University/NNPA National Black Voter Poll is very important during this momentous

season of political change,” said Chavis.

The 2016 Howard University/ NNPA National Black Voters Poll covered a range of issues including racial inequality, criminal justice system, jobs and the economy, global trade, terrorism, education, immigration and environmental pollution.

Rubin Patterson, the chairman of the Department of Sociology

and Criminology, said that the 2016 National Black Voter Poll is of huge importance, not only because it is a collaborative product of two major Black institutions — Howard University and the National Newspaper Publishers Association — but also because it is the first scientific poll of the Black community concerning the 2016 election season.

“As a result of this poll, candi-

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dates and those who will be successful in occupying the White House and controlling Congress will know the prioritized issues and nuanced concerns of the complex Black community,” said Rubin Patterson, the chairman of the Department of Sociology and Criminology. “We hope that these findings will shape their policy and legislative agendas starting next year.”

The 2016 National Black Voter Poll is of huge importance, not only because it is a collaborative product of two major Black institutions — Howard University and the National Newspaper Publishers Association — but also because it is the first scientific poll, solely focused on the Black community, concerning the 2016 election season.

Howard University faculty and students from multiple departments were represented including Economics, Political Science, Sociology, and Communications, Culture, and Media Studies.

“This multi-disciplinary team

has drawn on its expertise to develop a comprehensive polling instrument designed to assess the opinions of Black Americans on the presidential candidates and other important issues facing the Black community and the nation,” said Terri Adams-Fuller, the associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University.

William E. Spriggs, the chief economist at the AFL-CIO and an economics professor at Howard University, said that the national poll will let people see the motivation of registered Black voters to vote and the motivations behind their choice of candidates.

“Instead of hidden behind a mask of race as motivation, this survey will show how income, education, success in the job market, all act to motivate the Black vote,” said Spriggs.

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#VotingWhileBlack Digital Campaign Seeks to Mobilize African-American Voters

By Glenda Baskin Glover, President, Tennessee State University This article summarizes why African Americans should be eager to vote this year, and why historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), students, and the Black community as a whole should vote for Hillary Clinton for President.

Additionally, parents should urge young millennials to support Hillary as well.

Voting affects every aspect of our American lives. It is the cornerstone of our democracy as well as a constitutional right that we must responsibly exercise as American citizens. As an outspoken college president regarding civil rights, I can easily articulate that the most critical challenges facing African Americans today center around educational issues, economic inequality, and growing injustices.

Voting is the first step and a necessary condition to fashioning solutions to many of these challenges.

The right to vote is a matter of dignity and democracy. Sometimes it is important to remind each other

of the significant bloody and deadly battles that were fought for such a fundamental right that should have been enforced from the inception of our democracy. In fact, we honor the legacy of those who made sacrifices by exercising this decisive right.

This brings us to the critical choice between the candidates for this all-important election on No-

vember 8 that many are characterizing as one of the most crucial elections in the last sixty years.

In analyzing the candidates, their platforms, experiences and qualifications, Hillary Clinton is the clear choice for this nation for the following reasons: • Her commitment to HBCUs is far reaching. Her New College Compact pledges $25 billion to

HBCUs and minority serving institutions, thereby strengthening opportunities for African Americans and other minorities to attend college. It provides that families with income up to $125,000 will pay no tuition at in-state public colleges and universities, and that community colleges are tuition free for all working families. Also, it makes debt-free college available to everyone and addresses student loan debt.

• Her pledge to protect Pell grant funding for minority students and reinstate summer Pell grants, thereby making this funding available year round.

• Her history of supporting concerns that affect African Americans including improved education, unemployment, civil rights, the current criminal justice system, racial injustices and other disparities in the Black community.

• Her experience with health care initiatives which will ensure that affordable health care is available for families. This is especially important since there are enormous health disparities that affect African Americans and other minorities.

• Her platform advances an economy that works for everyone, and presents an investment in the nation’s infrastructure, thereby providing a comprehensive new jobs program.

• Her proven record of promoting and advancing women; and she will continue to tear down barriers, especially as it relates to African American women.

• Finally, and most of all, her unparalleled credentials and experience in government, public service, law, and international affairs.

These are only a few of the reasons that define the choice for Hillary Clinton, and explain why I’m with her and you should be too!

Hillary Clinton will build upon President Barack Obama’s legacy and chart her own path toward issues that are important to us.

Your vote counts! Your vote matters! We have a responsibility as well as a duty to vote. In this critical election, we must vote to effect change.

No vote, no voice, no victory!

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Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover is the eighth president and first female president of Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee.

An alumnae of TSU, President Glover, is one of a few women to hold the PhD-CPA-JD combination in our nation. She is a lifetime educator and a longtime advocate of civil rights and social issues impacting the African American community. President Glover serves several corporate boards, and is regarded as an expert in the area of governance and economic empowerment.

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Poll Black Voters

in this election and mainstream polls have often ignored their issues.

“This joint effort between Howard University and the NNPA shows just how much we care what African Americans think about the issues that will influence their voting choices on November 8,” said Rolark Barnes.

Rolark Barnes continued: “The Howard University faculty and students are to be commended for leading this historic and noteworthy effort. Their findings will show that Black voters will make a difference in the outcomes of this election in counties, cities and states where they live all across this country. It will show that Black voters matter and their votes do, too.”

According to an ABC News/ Washington Post poll conducted in September, 93 percent of likely Black voters favored former Secretary Hillary Clinton in the presidential race; just three percent of likely Black voters favored the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump.

Chavis said that the HU-NNPA National Black Voter Poll is very important during this momentous season of political change.

Chavis continued: “The NNPA newspapers reach more than 20 million Black American readers every week and we know there is a hunger and thirst for the vital information and perspectives that the results of this poll will reveal.”

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Why the HBCU Community Should Support Hillary Clinton for President

By Glenda Baskin Glover,

President, Tennessee State University

This article summarizes why African Americans should be eager to vote this year, and why historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), students, and the Black community as a whole should vote for Hillary Clinton for President. Additionally, parents should urge young millennials to support Hillary as well.

Voting affects every aspect of our American lives. It is the cornerstone of our democracy as well as a constitutional right that we must responsibly exercise as American citizens. As an outspoken college president regarding civil rights, I can easily articulate that the most critical challenges facing African Americans today center around educational issues, economic inequality, and growing injustices. Voting is the first step and a necessary condition to fashioning solutions to many of these challenges.

The right to vote is a matter of dignity and democracy. Sometimes it is important to remind each other of the significant bloody and deadly battles that were fought for such a fundamental right that should have been enforced from the inception of our democracy. In fact, we honor the legacy of those who made sacrifices by exercising this decisive right.

This brings us to the critical choice between the candidates for this allimportant election on November 8 that many are characterizing as one of the most crucial elections in the last sixty years. In analyzing the candidates, their platforms, experiences and qualifications, Hillary Clinton is the clear choice for this nation for the following reasons: • Her commitment to HBCUs is far reaching. Her New College Compact pledges $25 billion to HBCUs and minority serving institutions, thereby strengthening opportunities for African Americans and other minorities to attend college. It provides that families with income up to $125,000 will pay no tuition at in-state public colleges and universities, and that community colleges are tuition free for all working families. Also, it makes debt-free college

available to everyone and addresses student loan debt.

• Her pledge to protect Pell grant funding for minority students and reinstate summer Pell grants, thereby making this funding available year round.

• Her history of supporting concerns that affect African Americans including improved education, unemployment, civil rights, the current criminal justice system, racial injustices and other disparities in the Black community.

• Her experience with health care initiatives which will ensure that affordable health care is available for families. This is especially important since there are enormous health disparities that affect African Americans and other minorities.

• Her platform advances an economy that works for everyone, and presents an investment in the nation’s infrastructure, thereby providing a comprehensive new jobs program.

• Her proven record of promoting and advancing women; and she will continue to tear down barriers, especially as it relates to African American women.

• Finally, and most of all, her unparalleled credentials and experience in government, public service, law, and international affairs.

These are only a few of the reasons that define the choice for Hillary Clinton, and explain why I’m with her and you should be too! Hillary Clinton will build upon President Barack Obama’s legacy and chart her own path toward issues that are important to us.

Your vote counts! Your vote matters! We have a responsibility as well as a duty to vote. In this critical election, we must vote to effect change.

No vote, no voice, no victory!

Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover is the eighth president and first female president of Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee. An alumnae of TSU, President Glover, is one of a few women to hold the PhD-CPA-JD combination in our nation. She is a lifetime educator and a longtime advocate of civil rights and social issues impacting the African American community.

President Glover serves several corporate boards, and is regarded as an expert in the area of governance and economic empowerment.

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Days Before the Election, Clinton Talks about Criminal Justice, Jobs and Education with the Black Press

By Cash Michaels,The Carolinian

In an exclusive interview with North Carolina’s African-American press, Hillary Clinton said that even though she is running to benefit all Americans, the first woman expected to be elected president of the United States on Nov. 8th does have a special focus on working with the African-American community and its leaders — both local and national — to improve employment, business, education, and other important quality of life issues.

“I want to pay particular attention to Americans who feel left out and left behind by the economy, or the situation in their communities,” the former First Lady, senator and United States Secretary of State said Oct. 23rd at St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh, a historically Black college, during perhaps one of her last sit-down interviews of the campaign.

“I’ve laid out a really extensive agenda for African-Americans, starting with improving the economy so that its producing more jobs for more people; raising the national minimum wage – [we’ve] got mostly women earning minimum wage, often times being the sole support of their children, and they deserve a better economic opportunity,” she said. Clinton also cited more affordable housing as a need.

She maintained that getting equal pay for women as a “particularly big issue for African-American women,” adding that black female small business owners are “the fastest growing segment of the small business world in our country.” “[But] they’re running into credit… [and] regulatory problems.

We’ve got to look at those, not just from a 30,000-foot view, but right down on the ground. What is it that stands in the way of men or women getting their businesses going?”

Improving higher education not only through the proposal that she and Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) have developed to make public universities “tuition-free” for students from families making $125,000 or less, but also creating a “dedicated $25 billion fund” to help private historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) like St. Augustine’s and Shaw universities to continue to grow.

“Taking on systemic racism,” something she has “talked very openly and specifically about,” is something Clinton added to her pronounced agenda for African-Ameri-

cans. She points towards reforming the criminal justice system “from end to end” to help stem the tide of questionable fatal police shootings of black people, improving police training, and building greater respect between law enforcement and the African-American community.

“I particularly want to provide more diversion from the criminal justice system and more second chance programs for people who have paid their debt to society so that we begin to reverse what has been an over incarceration that has really disrupted communities.”

“But I also have to do more to heal the divides that we face in our country, and I’m taking all of this on because I want to build on the progress that Pres. Obama has made. I don’t want to see it reversed or ripped away.” And yet, a “President” Hillary Clinton’s approach would be from “a different perspective that will hopefully get even more people listening,” she said.

Clinton certainly disagrees with Donald Trump’s assessment that African-Americans “live in hell,” instantly exclaiming, “Oh, that’s so wrong,” and then adding “One of many insulting, divisive comments that Trump made was his characterization of African-American communities. It just shows he’s never been in any, he doesn’t know any people, he has no idea of the dynamism of small business or the importance of historically black col-

leges and universities, or the role that black churches play, or black professionals, and every walk of life.”

Clinton continued: “He has characterized in such a negative way what I see as a part of America that has a lot going for it, but [also] has some challenges that we must honestly address.”

Clinton expressed support for South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn’s “10-20-30” plan – ten percent of federal funds should go to the twenty percent of communities that have been living with generational poverty and lack of development for thirty years. Clinton says she’s developed a plan that not only implements 10-20-30 into the federal budget, but also the empowerment and enterprise zones that helped build Black businesses under President Bill Clinton’s “New Markets” tax credits to be able to further invest, and hire people within their communities.

Mrs. Clinton said she’d like to see “a much bigger effort” when it comes to upgrading skills training so that more people can actually qualify for the 1.2 million available jobs in the marketplace. She says she wants to accomplish this challenge literally on a “neighborhood by neighborhood” basis, working with local officials, businesses and faith leaders who know the most about their own communities, and bring different perspectives to the

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table.

When asked if “President” Hillary Clinton’s United States Justice Department would continue to pursue the strengthening of voting rights, keeping in mind the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that the Republican-led N.C. General Assembly deliberately suppressed African-American voters with “surgical precision,” Clinton immediately said, “Yes, a hundred percent.”

She furthered that she was “proud” of the efforts of both United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch and her predecessor, Eric Holder, combatting unconstitutional voter ID laws in North Carolina and across the nation. However, Clinton also blasted the United States Supreme Court for striking down Section 4(b) of the 1965, effectively taking away the Justice Department’s most effective tools in policing how various states are upholding the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA).

Clinton lamented that the High Court crippled the VRA, especially since Democrats and Republicans in the United States Senate when she served voted 98-0 to renew the VRA, and then-Pres. George W. Bush signed it.

“I want to appoint people to the [United States] Supreme Court who understand, based on what you read in the Fourth Circuit [and other court findings against Republicans trying to suppress the vote]. I also

want to go back to Congress and try to get legislation to fix the heart of the Voting Rights Act…” noting that Congressman John Lewis (DGa.) is leading a bipartisan effort now “…to reinstate the full reach and power of the VRA.” Clinton lauds President Obama’s leadership in getting the country out of the greatest financial crisis since the great Depression – an economic collapse she says was caused by a combination of huge tax breaks for the wealthy, and Republicans taking the regulatory eyes off of Wall Street and the financial markets.

Clinton says that Obama “doesn’t get the credit that he deserves for pulling us out of that big ditch.”

She credits the president’s “steadiness” in guiding the economy with a substantial stimulus and recovery package and the reinstatement of a higher tax rate on the wealthy, all resulting in over 75 consecutive quarters of economic growth. Last year until now, Clinton adds, more people are finding work, incomes went up and more people are entering the jobs market.

“I want to build on that foundation,” Mrs. Clinton says of Pres.

Obama’s achievements, “and I don’t want to see it ripped up and thrown away by a false ideology that the way you create economic wealth and equality in America is top down. I think its middle out, and bottom up. I will build on what the president has done.”

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Housing Authority of the City of Danbury 2 Mill Ridge Rd, Danbury, CT 06811 Envelope Must be Marked: IFB No. B16003 Landscaping Glen Apartments 25 Memorial Drive, Danbury, CT 06811 November 3, 2016 by 2:00pm EST November 09, 2016 at 10:00am EST

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NOTICE OF INVITATION FOR BID HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DANBURY Snow Removal/Glen Apartments IFB No. B16004

CONTACT PERSON HOW TO OBTAIN THE IFB DOCUMENTS:

BID SUBMITTAL RETURN PRE-BID WALK THROUGH BID SUBMITTAL DEADLINE/BID OPENING

Ms. Devin Marra, Director of Procurement Telephone: 203-744-2500 x141 E-Mail: dmarra@hacdct.org Contact Ms. Devin Marra, via phone or email.

Housing Authority of the City of Danbury 2 Mill Ridge Rd, Danbury, CT 06811 Envelope Must be Marked: IFB No. B16004 Snow Removal Glen Apartments 25 Memorial Drive, Danbury, CT 06811 November 3, 2016 by 2:00pm EST November 09, 2016 at 10:15am EST

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS November 2,

2016 - November 08, 2016

Elm City Communities

Union Company seeks:

Tractor Trailer Driver for Heavy & Highway Construction Equipment. Must have a CDL License, clean driving record, capable of operating heavy equipment; be willing to travel throughout the Northeast & NY. Contact Greg at 860-243-2300.

We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits Contact: Dana Briere Phone: 860-243-2300 Email: dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

INVITATION TO BID

DAS Certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Subcontractors are invited to bid on the Abatement Package at the Sono Life Center located at 2 Merritt Place, Norwalk, CT 06854 This Package will be awarded to DAS Certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) subcontractor as part of the Set-Aside Contractor Program. BIDS DUE 12:00 PM, November 4, 2016.

Send Email to ngorneault@pacgroupllc.com for electronic access to the bid package.

PAC Group LLC, the Construction Manager and the owner reserve the rights: to accept any, all, or any part of bids; to reject any, all, or any part of bids; to waive any nonmaterial deficiencies in bid responses; and to award the bid that in its judgment will be in the best interests of the owner.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION / EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Request for Proposals

Lenders or Investors for Selected RAD (Rental Assistance Demonstration) Projects Housing Authority City of New Haven d/b/a Elm city Communities is currently seeking Proposals for Lenders or Investors for Selected RAD Projects. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from Elm City’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on Monday, October 31, 2016 @ 9:00 AM.

Mechanical Insulator Insulation Company offering good pay and benefits.

Please forward resume to P.O. Box 475, North Haven, CT 06473 This company is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

STATE OF CONNECTICUT OFFICE OF THE TREASURER SECURITIES ANALYST DEBT MANAGEMENT DIVISION Applications are being accepted for the above full-time SECURITIES ANALYST position.

Job specific information and application instructions can be found at http://www.state.ct.us/ott/employmentopportunities.htm

Application Deadline is November 25, 2016

Public Notice

The Manchester Housing Authority will close the waiting list for the Federal Low Income Public Housing (LIPH) program (Elderly/Disabled, 0/1 BR units) at 4:00 PM October 31, 2016. Applications are available in person and on the MHA website at http://manchesterha.org and will be accepted until 4:00 PM October 31, 2016. There is no scheduled date to re-open the waiting list. When the MHA is prepared to re-open the waiting list a public notice will be issued in order to give proper notice to interested parties.

The Manchester Housing Authority does not discriminate based upon race, color, disability, familial status, sex or national origin.

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 required when applying. EOE

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

The Office of the Treasurer is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages the application of women, minorities, and disabled persons.

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, CT 06050 or via fax to 860-229-0406 or email: careers@semacelectric.com

Special Projects Manager Immediate opening in a fast-paced petroleum environment For a degreed manager with a BA Degree required, MBA Preferred with 5+ years of oil industry experience.

Proficient in oil, logistics software and solutions, IT Knowledge needed with assistance managing network and System projects. Strong Excel and analytical skills a must. Candidate must possess a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. Petroleum and energy industry knowledge experience a plus. Send resume to: Human Resource Dept., P O Box 388, Guilford CT 06437. **An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**

Welder: Large CT fence & guardrail contractor looking for a shop welder. Duties include welding & fabricating chain link gates, steel gates and aluminum; some welding on road and equipment repair work. Must be able to weld steel and aluminum. All necessary equipment provided. Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to get a DOT medical card. Required to pass a physical and drug test. Medical, vacation & other benefits included.

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Please email resume to pboucher@atlasoutdoor.com AA/EOE

THE INNER-CITY NEWS November 2, 2016 - November 08, 2016

Viola Davis To Black Women: Self Care “Is Not A Sign Of Weakness”

by Nicole Brown, BlackDoctor.Org Shondaland superstar Viola Davis is teaming up with Vaseline skincare brand to promote more self-care among Black women.

The project is called The Vaseline Healing Project. Through this, the “How To Get Away With Murder” actress is encouraging people in underserved communities – especially Black women — to stand up for their health.

Meanwhile, for dermatological care, Vaseline Jelly and medical supplies are being given to impoverished communities around the world, according to the project’s website.

“I think people forget how much we hold in as Black women, how much our health is affected by

outside factors,” Davis told The Huffington Post. “We have a tendency to care for everyone else, other than ourselves. We have a tendency to always feel like we’ve got to suck it in.”

Hair is one of the issues being

tackled in The Vaseline Healing Project. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, African-American women are prone to hair loss. The no. 1 cause of this is central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, a condition where

the hair follicles become inflamed, causing scarring and permanent hair loss.

One expert, dermatologist Yolanda M. Lenzy of the University of Connecticut, says Black women may be increasing their chances of hair loss due to damaging hair styles such as braids, weaves and chemical relaxing.

“When hair loss is caused by styling practices, the problem is usually chronic use,” Lenzy told BlackDoctor.org. “Women who use these styling practices tend to use them repeatedly, and longterm repeated use can result in hair loss.”

In Lenzy’s work with the Black Women’s Health Study at Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center, about 48 percent of African-American women reported

hair loss on the crown or top of their scalp – that’s out of the 5,594 women surveyed.

I hope my research demonstrates the prevalence of hair loss among African-American women and creates more awareness of this problem,” Lenzy says.

Davis, according to The Huffington Post, is also concerned with hypertension, breast cancer and diabetes – all issues plaguing the Black community.

“Caring for one’s self and getting care is not a sign of weakness. It’s a sign of what we should be doing.

Our basic kind of responsibility as a human being,” Davis said.

Obama steadied our nation in 'interesting times’

By Jesse Jackson “May you live in interesting times.” This curse, attributed tenuously to the Chinese, bespeaks a preference for order over change. We now live in interesting times and Americans are hungering for change. Yet, surprisingly, President Obama enjoys increasing popularity as he heads into the final days of his presidency.

Why is the president the most popular politician in America (outside of Bernie Sanders)? As he put it, to be elected with popular majorities twice with the name Barack Hussein Obama, something has to be going right.

And something has. He inherited an economy in free fall, losing hundreds of thousands of jobs a month. Wall Street was on the verge of collapse. The auto companies were about to close their doors. Bush left an annual budget deficit soaring above $1

trillion. Millions were at risk of losing their homes, and millions more were losing their shirts as their homes went “underwater” — worth less than the debt owed on them. The U.S. had suffered the worst foreign policy debacle since Vietnam in Iraq. The nation had been shamed as it watched Americans left to suffer after Katrina hit New Orleans.

Obama was elected because he represented change and hope. He passed the largest stimulus plan in history — and staunched the free fall in jobs.

He saved the financial system and began putting sensible regulations back on Wall Street. He rescued the auto industry that has now enjoyed its best years in history. He revived competence in government. He passed comprehensive health care reform — a flawed compromise plan but one that as provided health insurance to 20 million Americans. He raised taxes on the rich and lowered them on the working poor. He pushed a reactionary Congress to begin addressing the real and present

danger of catastrophic climate change.

The results are apparent. The deficit has been more than halved. The recovery has been slow and halting, but we’ve enjoyed private sector job growth for a record number of consecutive months. And now, with unemployment down around 5 percent, workers are starting to be in demand and wages have just begun to inch upward.

The president has governed with grace. His rhetoric informed and lifted us. His family provided admired role models.

He suffered insult and obstruction with patience and dignity.

As he would be the first to admit, none of this is sufficient.

Our politics remain polluted by big money. Our economy is still rigged to favor the few.

Our trade deficit remains extreme. The banks are still too big to fail. Workers still don’t capture a fair share of the profits and productivity they help to produce. The tax evasions of the corporations and rich reach grow ever more obscene.

People of color were the biggest

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victims of Wall Street’s housing frauds, with many yet to recover. The racial wealth gap keeps growing. Workers — white, people of color, the young and women — all struggle against the odds. Stunningly, the life spans of white male workers are declining, as drugs, despair, sickness and suicide take an increasing toll. The U.S. is still mired in wars without victory across the Middle East. We still invest too much in making smart bombs and too little in developing smart children. The climate grows more dangerous as global warming accelerates.

The president who hoped to bring us together instead was hit by the bitter racial enmities that still divide us.

Now we’re nearing the end of a presidential campaign marked more by scandal than by substance, featuring more insults than ideas. Donald Trump captured the Republican nomination by stoking fear and anger.

Both candidates have been plagued by scandals, real and invented.

Contradictions result. The

country hungers for a change in course but is fearful about what comes next. The two candidates for the presidency offering change are looked on with unprecedented disfavor, while the incumbent president enjoys rising popularity.

President Obama has suggested that a president is something like a sprinter in a relay race. No one racer can determine the outcome. Your job is to run your part of the race as well as you can — and then hand on the baton to the next.

It’s more complicated than that, of course. The best presidents change the direction of the race to insure that their successors have the wind at their backs.

One thing is clear today.

Barack Hussein Obama came to office facing harsh economic and political tempests. And he will leave office handing the baton to a successor with the wind at her or his back. More and more Americans are beginning to appreciate that now. And we will appreciate it even more in retrospect.

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