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Joan Ann Alli dies at age 84; worked at Courier for more than 41 years Pages A2, A3

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AHA: ‘Don’t Die of Doubt’ Heart Association campaign urges those with heart attack or stroke-like symptoms to still call 911 immediately Data shows people weary about going to hospitals during pandemic

by Renee P. Aldrich For New Pittsburgh Courier

America’s death toll due to the coronavirus pandemic has surpassed 400,000.

In California, someone contracts COVID-19 every six minutes, as it’s currently the epicenter for the virus.

Tragically, over the past 10 months, we all know of someone close to us, a family member or friend, or someone in our neighborhood, who has had to deal with the virus. We have been living under a “shutdown” since last March.

Schools are operating virtually, and many employers have their employees working from home. Oth-

ers, unfortunately, have lost their jobs.

With all these statistics, and everything associated with what they mean for this country, as well as the drastic impact COVID-19 has had on our lifestyle, there remains an even greater risk to men and women; the presence of coronary heart disease.

Strokes and heart attacks remain the number one killer in this country.

According to Dr. Conrad Smith, director of Cardiac Catheterization Labs, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, “Cardiovascular diseases—heart attacks and strokes, are still the number one cause of death in the United

States, with heart attack being the number one of those. A heart attack is caused by a blockage of an artery and we know that as soon as an artery becomes blocked, that part of the heart dies. And as such we have learned over the years that the sooner you can get to a hospital, and healthcare professionals can begin protocol to unblock the artery and re-establish blood flow, the better off you’ll be. The less likely you are to die, have a failing heart, or have issues down the road.”

The American Heart Association (AHA) is finding that due to the fear around contracting COVID-19— where many folks believe

DR. CONRAD SMITH, director of Cardiac Catheterization Labs at the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, wants people not to be afraid to go to hospitals during the pandemic. Symptoms of a heart attack or stroke must be addressed immediately by calling 911. that if they go to a hospital during this time, it is highly likely that they will catch the virus—people are not calling 911 at the first signs of a heart attack or stroke.

These findings have led to very aggressive actions on the AMA’s part to get this message out to the public; if you’re home and begin to experience any of these symptoms, getting to

the hospital immediately is paramount. Doing this can possibly ensure that a serious heart condition can get stopped in its tracks.

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New ‘Executive Leadership Academy’ cohort announced 28 African Americans to prepare for the C-Suite during eight-month training program

by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer

Dara Ware Allen is the CEO and principal of City Charter High School. Tammy Spencer Bey is the vice president, business tech liaison, for Bank of New York Mellon. Cynthia L. James is the president and CEO of YouthPlaces, Inc. Thomas Powell is a financial solutions advisor for Merrill Lynch. Diamonte Walker is the heralded deputy executive director of the Urban Redevelopment Authority

JAMES E. DOYLE is a member of the newest cohort for TALI’s “Executive Leadership Academy.”

of Pittsburgh.

They’ll be getting to know each other pretty well over the next eight months, as they will join 23 other African Americans in the Pittsburgh area, creating the third cohort of The Advanced Leadership Initiative’s Executive Leadership Academy.

As the New Pittsburgh Courier has reported in previous editions, the Executive Leadership Academy is a collaborative effort between TALI and Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business to build a pipeline of African American leaders who are prepared to contribute to their organizations and communities at the highest level. The C-Suite level, as it’s called.

Two cohorts have already graduated from the program, totaling 51 participants. The third cohort’s members was released Jan. 22. The cohort members will obtain leadership development training as well as a curriculum that ad-

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DARA WARE ALLEN AND DIAMONTE WALKER are two of the 28 newest members of The Advanced Leadership Initiative’s “Executive Leadership Academy,” an eight-month program in Pittsburgh that prepares Black professionals with the skills and training necessary to advance to executive-level positions.

dresses specific challenges that are faced by African Americans in the workplace. The cohort members also will be paired with a professional coach and an executive mentor to leverage relationships and maximize their experience.

“TALI’s commitment to preparing Pittsburgh’s African Americans for the challenges faced in executive leadership is increas-

ingly more relevant,” said Evan Frazier, founding director of TALI and senior vice president of community affairs at Highmark Health, in a statement provided to the Courier. “I am inspired by the enthusiasm and passion of each member of this cohort. It is my pleasure to welcome this group that will join a growing network to impact our city in significant ways.”

“As an institution of higher learning and a prominent pillar in the Pittsburgh region, we are committed to promoting inclusion and equity,” said Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Dean of the CMU Tepper School of Business, in a statement. “We are proud partners of TALI and share in its mission to elevate Black leaders to positions of power and influence in

our community.”

Walker called it a “tremendous honor” to be part of TALI’s Executive Leadership Academy. “It is my true belief that a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in our region is not possible without taking meaningful steps towards diversifying executive-level leadership SEE LEADERSHIP A6

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Joan Ann Alli ‘illustrated the true meaning of family and love’ Worked at Courier for over 41 years; passed away Jan. 17 at age 84

JOAN ANN ALLI

by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer

From 1972 to 2013, there was a person who worked at the New Pittsburgh Courier who everyone at the newspaper loved.

For 41 and a half years at the Courier, that person had “something good to say about people.” That person was “always looking out for others when she came to work by stopping off at the grocery store and buying bananas, donuts and other goodies and passing them out at work,” recalled former Courier managing editor Ulish Carter.

Carter called that person “a shining light at the front desk who was a beacon of joy, which always let you know that she loved you unconditionally.”

Impossible to hold back his feelings about her, Carter continued: “She, more than anyone else I worked with, and I’ve worked with some beautiful, magnificent people, illustrated the true meaning of family and love.”

That person was Joan Ann Alli.

Alli passed away on Jan. 17. She was 84.

Alli was affectionately known as “Joanann,” “Josie” or “Aunt Joan.” Alli and her twin brother, John Richard, were born on June 29, 1936, to Charles and Marjorie Scott, of Pittsburgh. Alli was edu-

cated through the Pittsburgh Public Schools system, then graduated from Penn Hills Senior High School in 1955. Shortly thereafter, she met and married the late Sy Alli Jr., of Farrell, where Joan Alli relocated. After returning to Pittsburgh, Joan Alli began working at the New Pittsburgh Courier, where she worked in various positions.

In 2009, she was an honoree of the Willie Stargell Banquet Award for devoting, at the time, 38 years of service to the Courier.

In 2013, she received a retirement celebration for her 41 and a half years of service to the Courier.

Prior to her illness, Joan Alli was an active member of Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church in East Liberty, where she participated as a cordial and usher. She also was a member of the church choir, as she loved to sing and was known to have a beautiful soprano voice.

Joan Alli had an appreciation for various types of music, especially R&B. Her family said she always had the best and latest music playing at her home.

Joan Alli loved to entertain by hosting gatherings, as family and friends were her passion. She was genuinely warm, kind and compassionate towards everyone she met. Joan Alli’s affection and love of family is one of the charac-

JOAN ANN ALLI, second from left, with her son, Sy Alli, Gwendolyn Leonard, niece, and Rhonda Alli, daughter, far right. This photo was taken in 2009, as Alli was one of the award recipients of the Willie Stargell Banquet, presented

by Champion Enterprises, which honors community champions. teristics embedded in the Scott family lineage. She was a stickler for cleanliness, her family said, as she kept an immaculate house and would wash the hands of nieces and nephews, while lovingly correcting their grammar; “Don’t say ‘ain’t!’” she’d tell them.

Joan Alli loved to travel, as she frequently visited family in California.

She enjoyed train rides to New York City, as she had an affinity for Broadway plays. Still, her greatest joys were her children and grandchildren. She cherished them dearly, and enjoyed spending quality family time, especially during the holidays.

Alli was cherished by members of the Courier family. Stephan Broadus, current assistant to the publisher at the Courier, recalled that Alli “was the first person to greet me at the door when I started at the Courier almost 30 years ago. Her warm personality was infectious.

Joan knew everybody and

I could always count on her to keep me up to date on what ex-staff members were doing. She was the anchor in the classified advertising department and our clients loved her.”

Allison Palm, who has been with the Courier since 1983, worked with Alli for 30 years until Alli’s retirement in 2013. “She treated everybody with kindness, from the moment she met you, and she was especially good to me,” Palm, the Courier’s current office manager, said.

“She liked to have a good laugh and a great party!

She was a special part of my life at the Courier, I considered her my good friend, not just a co-worker. She shared in my ups and my downs on the job and personally, was concerned about my family, my children (she attended their graduation parties, even came to my youngest’s wedding), congratulated me when my grandchildren were born, and mourned with me during my personal tragedies.”

Ashley Johnson, the Courier’s current advertising coordinator, recalled the warm greetings Alli would have for everyone who walked through the Courier’s front doors on East Carson Street. “I will always remember her beautiful smile and her laugh that was so infectious, you just couldn’t help but laugh with her,” Johnson said.

Timothy Cox, a former Courier staff writer and current freelance reporter, called Alli, “one of a kind.”

And the Rev. A. Marie Walker, a longtime member of the Courier family and current pastor of St. John Baptist Church in Wilmerding, said she “remembered most about Joan that she always greeted me when I came in the door with a hug and a kiss.”

Rod Doss, the Courier’s editor and publisher, recalled Joan Alli’s effervescent personality that touched fellow employees and customers alike. He said, “Her personality was

like a warming bright light that shown through on the cloudiest day.”

Joan Alli is survived by her daughter, Rhonda Alli (Rick James); son, Sy Alli III; grandchildren, Natasha, Samaria, Sy IV; daughter-in-law, Alicia George; and sister, Doris Leonard of Indian Wells, California.

Joan Alli was preceded in death by her parents, sister Thelma Allen, brothers Charles Scott, Edward Scott, Donald Scott, and her twin, John Scott. Also remaining to cherish Joan Alli in memory are a host of family and friends who will miss her dearly.

(Expressions of Acknowledgement: On behalf of the Alli family, we wish to express sincere appreciation for the love, support and all acts of kindness shown during this difficult time. In lieu of flowers, please send your condolences in the form of donations to Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church. May God’s richest blessings be upon each of you.)

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JOAN ALLI RECEIVES A PLAQUE to mark her decades of service to the New Pittsburgh Courier, from Courier Editor and Publisher Rod Doss, at her retirement ceremony in Nov. 2013.

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ABOUT THE PHOTOS: In the top left photo, Joan Alli is seen with Lucille Johnson, the woman who hired Joan Alli back in 1972, reflecting on the past at Alli’s retirement celebration at Pittsburgh Steak Co. on the South Side in Nov. 2013. In the bottom photo, it’s Joan Alli, center, in a 2013 photo with Courier employees Ashley Johnson, Brenda Hill, Allison Palm, Kathy Neely and Kathleen Yocum. In the top right photo is Joan Alli, who died Jan. 17 at age 84. She worked at the Courier for more than 41 years, from 1972 to 2013, retiring as a senior classified advertising executive.

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NICKY JO DAWSON AND CYNTHIA KENDERSON, the co-founders of BlaQk House Collections, at 440 First Ave., Downtown Pittsburgh. (Photos by Courier photographer J.L. Martello)

Co-founders Nicky Jo Dawson and Cynthia Kenderson hold pop-up art exhibits during ‘Buy Black Saturday’ TWO MONTHS AFTER the BlaQk House Collections art gallery location, Downtown, had its front windows shattered by publicly unknown assailants, the New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that BlaQk House Collections is back to giving the community what they want.

BlaQk House Collections is holding a series of “BlaQk Expo” pop-up art gallery showcases, part of what’s billed as “Buy Black Saturday.” The Courier’s Ricco J.L. Martello attended the Saturday, Jan. 9 showcase at the Downtown location, 440 First Ave. In addition to

the art gallery showcase, other vendors were there too, such as Molly’s World Ikewear, Maltahara’s Jewels, A Queen’s Story Boutique, Goddess Lacquer, Fully Loaded Coquitos, and Auntie Rhonda’s Award Winning Pies and Cheesecakes.

BlaQk House Collections Co-Founder Nicky Jo Dawson told the Courier that the next “Buy Black Saturday” event featuring the “BlaQk Expo” will be in February, as more Black vendors are encouraged to sell their merchandise at the Downtown location, surrounded by artwork from Black artists.

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Willa Chandler, age 101, of Hill District, Pittsburgh departed on Friday, January 15, 2021. Beloved Aunt of Mary Farr, Great Aunt of Gerri Warren Merrick (Leon), Norman Gerard Warren and the Jackson, Farr, Wesley and Ali families.

“Miss Kitty” as she was affectionately known was the first African American meter maid police officer of Pittsburgh. She wore badge #1.

She later retired from the Prothonotary’s Office. In 2009 on September 15, it was declared Willa “Kitty” Chandler Day in the city of Pittsburgh. She was given the key to the city for contributions to society and presented with a Resolution by the late Council member Tonya Payne and eight other council members including now Mayor William Peduto.

A life long legacy member of Macedonia Baptist Church she was a faithful member of the Trustee Board, Gospel Chorus and numerous other ministries over the years.

Arrangements entrusted to Samuel J. Jones Funeral Home 2644 Wylie Ave. Pgh., PA 15219 where the funeral service will be held Tuesday, Jan. 26 , 2021 at 11am, visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made in her name to the Macedonia Church Scholarship Fund, 2225 Bedford Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

Age 94; of Pittsburgh, PA most recently residing in Shaker Heights, OH; beloved wife of the late Dr. John Carl Hairston, Jr.; loving mother to Jean Allen-Jenkins (Forney Mumford), Roderick Cerlonia (Maxine), John Martin (Malinda Smith), David Kevin, Myra and the late Cheryl Mignon. Greatly adored grandmother to Jeana Charee Allen, Dominic Martin, Lydia Carmen, Leslie Cheryl Charee and Adriane. Dear sister to the late Roderick Robinson II (Evelyne, deceased), the late Edith Roberts (Horace Sr., deceased), Dorothy Walker and the late Dr. David Cerlonia Robinson. Becky also leaves to cherish her memory a host of nieces/great nieces, nephews/great nephews, extended family and friends.

Becky was born in Homestead, PA, middle child of the late Roderick Robinson I and Minnie Robinson Walker nee Bennett. The family will receive friends (MUST practice social distancing and wear masks) WEDNESDAY, January 27, 3:00 - 5:00 P.M. at E.F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home, 2165 E. 89th/Cedar, Cleveland, OH 44106, www.efboyd.com and FRIDAY, January 29, 4:00 - 6:00 P.M. at Sixth Mount Zion MBC 6556 Shetland Street/Lincoln Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15206, as well as a Celebration of Life Service SATURDAY, January 30, 11:00 A.M. - Service will live stream on FaceBook - Sixth Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Directors for Pittsburgh arrangements: Spriggs & Watson Funeral Home, www. spriggswatson.org. In lieu of flowers, please consider charitable donations (direct-mail or on-line) in Becky’s memory to your favorite organization or the following: NAACP, National Glaucoma Research or University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work.

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across the public, private, and non-profit sectors.”

Walker also said that “what I find most remarkable is that TALI has upended the decade-long focus on trying to determine if diverse leaders are ‘ready’ for the C-Suite, and instead presents a new model which seeks to ensure the C-Suite is ready for us.”

The other members of the third cohort include: Scott A. Bartlett, director, supply chain U.S./Canada, PPG Industries; Olivia Benson, COO, The Forbes Funds; Kimberly Brevard, senior director, claim operations, UPMC Health Plan; Michael Crawford, managing director, finance and administration, FedEX Ground; James E. Doyle, Ed.D., COO, Environmental Charter School; Onyeka Egbuna, audit director, FHLB Pittsburgh; Darnell Grinage, director, environmental services, UPMC; Stephanie Morgan, senior human resources business partner, director, BNY Mellon; Shelly Hogans, vice president of external reporting and SOX compli-

ance, Limbach Holdings, Inc.; Rebekah Hughey, M.D., medical director, Gateway Health; Shabaki Lambert, assistant vice president, HR strategic initiatives, Carnegie Mellon University; Jameeta Lewis-Davis, director, team member communications and engagement, Giant Eagle; Jessica Mitchell, senior vice president, CFO of Retail Banking, PNC; Kimberly Moses, senior associate legal counsel, University of Pittsburgh; Jennifer Pannill, recruitment and employer branding lead, Covestro; Jennifer Rice, director, dental and vision operations, UPMC Health Plan; Albert Robertson, business systems manager, Koppers, Inc.; Rebecca Ross Haywood, managing chief counsel, government and regulatory enforcement group, PNC; Alicia Scott, executive director, care management, Allegheny Health Network; Morton D. Stanfield Jr., senior vice president, community development, Dollar Bank; Jamila Sykes, director, provider experience, Highmark Health; Christina Wilds,

DrPH, manager, community health and programs, CYNTHIA JAMES is a member of the newest cohort for TALI’s “Executive Leadership Academy.” (Photo courtesy Bridgeway Capital) Highmark Health; Marisa Williams, CEO, Hearth.

AHA campaign urges those with heart attack or stroke-like symptoms to still call 911 immediately AHA FROM A1

In order to do this more effectively, the AMA has entered a collaborative campaign between UPMC and UPMC Health Plan, aptly titled, “Don’t Die of Doubt!”

Key aspects of the campaign include getting out to the public the following: In the event of a heart attack or stroke, do not stay home; Don’t avoid the ER out of anxiety, don’t die of doubt; Call 911 in an emergency; When seconds count, the hospital is the safest place to be. Simply put, the campaign emphasizes the signs of a heart attack and stroke and the importance of accessing care by calling 911 even during the pandemic.

Karen Colbert, regional director of communications for the American Heart Association of Greater Pittsburgh, told the New Pittsburgh Courier: “We found this campaign to be of paramount importance. Heart attack

and stroke symptoms are always urgent; emergency responders as well as healthcare providers in our local hospitals know what to do even when things seem chaotic.”

The AHA campaign is supported with data from ImageTrend Collaborate, which aggregates de-identified, pre-hospital data for research and public health awareness

there was a 70 percent increase in the average time it took for a patient to call 911 from when they first started experiencing stroke-like symptoms.

Globally, physicians have noted reduced admissions for stroke. Studies published in the AHA scientific journal reported a 40 percent drop in stroke admissions during

Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Stanford University, and president of the American Heart Association, in an AHA release from June 2020 obtained by the Courier. “With heart attacks and strokes, time is of the essence...emergency responders, as well as doctors and nurses at the hospital, are well-

Since the pandemic began, there are more people who are hesitant to call 911 and go to the hospital. The American Heart Association is urging people to still call 911, especially if you are experiencing symptoms of a stroke or heart attack. purposes. Its data revealed that from January 2020 to April 2020, 911 transports were down 29 percent. Also, the ImageTrend Collaborate’s data found that

the pandemic.

“Heart attacks and strokes don’t stop happening just because of COVID-19,” said Robert Harrington, M.D., FAHA, Arthur L. Bloomfield

equipped to keep you, and themselves, safe while providing lifesaving emergency care.”

Dr. Smith also told the Courier that while the data shows that African

Americans are getting diagnosed with COVID at higher rates, having a heart attack that is not treated swiftly enough is far more likely to kill someone or limit them for the rest of their life.

That is far worse than their percentages of contracting coronavirus or dying from it. “Every moment counts,” the doctor said.

UPMC is working to reinforce these messages and is reaching out to their patients to make sure the messaging is not lost in all the “noise” surrounding COVID. The patients that already have known coronary artery disease and are currently managing the disease are at higher risk for a second coronary incident, than someone else who has never had a heart attack.

Dr. Smith shared that the best way to be safe from a heart or coronary incident is to not have

one in the first place. It is important to control the things one is able to manage, like not smoking, watching their diet, exercising, watching their blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and maintaining a healthy weight.

And if someone does begin to experience any symptoms related to a stroke or heart attack, Dr. Smith said without a doubt, call 911 immediately.

The symptoms of a heart attack include: Chest discomfort, especially discomfort that lasts more than a few minutes; Discomfort in other areas of the upper body; Shortness of breath, with or without chest discomfort, and other signs such as breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness. Symptoms of a stroke include: Face drooping; Arm weakness; and speech difficulty.

Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots—False Greatness Super Bowl LV is Feb. 7, with Belichick nowhere to be found On Sunday Feb. 7, Super Bowl LV will be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., between the AFC Champion Kansas City Chiefs and the hometown NFC Champs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I wonder what strategy the resident football demigod on earth, Bill Belichick, is conjuring up to defeat the Chiefs. Oops, my bad. It totally slipped my mind that the Bucs’ QB Tom Brady is no longer under the tutelage of the New England Patriots’ headmaster. Alas, Tom “Terrific” Brady is now “directed” by former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator and ex-Arizona Cardinals Head Coach Bruce Arians. Arians now “works” his trade as the sideline general of the Buccaneers. Arians is the new H.G.I.C. (head genius in charge) of QB Tom Brady, not Bill “Belicheat.”

What? Stop the presses!

There is supposed to be a general consensus that there was not even a remote snowball’s chance in

hell that when the 43-yearold “wunderkind” Brady was sent packing by the team from “Beantown,” he was thought by many to be in the twilight of his career and he would be without the genius of Belichick behind Brady’s “Wizard of Oz” performance curtain.

The stage was set. With these factors taken into consideration, Brady could not achieve even minimal success, right? Wrong, dead, wrong. Remember, it was the coaching acumen of Belichick that was the X-factor in building and maintaining the Patriots’ “dynasty.”

Let us explore the history of Bill Belichick, the coach that many fans and pundits alike have anointed as the G.O.A.T. Is this the same Bill Belichick that won an average of seven games per season and nine losses during his five-year tenure as the

head coach of the Cleveland Browns from 19911995? Ya think with that won-loss record he might qualify as a “loooooooser.”

After he moved on to the Patriots, it was alleged for several years that the Patriots, under his watchful eye, directed an illegal operation that included

fore any litigation against the cheating Patriots was completed. The team was subsequently fined the equivalent of a year’s worth of Sunday brunches at the country club for the violations. That devious operation even helped to determine the outcome of several of the Patriots’ Su-

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Aubrey Bruce videotaping the practices of opponents, giving New England an unfair and illegal advantage. The reason that I say alleged is that the videotapes of the supposed violations went the “Puff the Magic Dragon” route and disappeared be-

per Bowl victories.

Hey, wait a freakin’ minute! Tom Brady does not get a pass. He could have confronted his coach and refused to cheat but Brady was just as shady as his boss and did not mind utilizing an advantage that

made him look great and, in the process, aided and abetted his unscrupulous head coach in his quest for pseudo-greatness. Brady also could have retained the knowledge of the tendencies of certain teams (especially the Patriots’ AFC East opponents) long after the practice of illegal videotaping had ceased. How many teams would be on edge just coming into Foxborough to compete when suddenly the electronic sideline communications apparatus of the visitors would unexplainably malfunction?

It was also at that point that Belichick began to dissect and manipulate the NFL rulebook, doing things like calling quick plays at the line of scrimmage to catch the opposition with 12 men on the field and deflating footballs that allegedly helped Brady to have a better grip on the ball and to have less “bounce,” thereby

helping to limit deflections of the pigskin during crucial games played in cold weather. Belichick often seemed be standing at or near the precipice of illegality to help ensure that he came out on top, “by hook or by crook.”

Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the cheating and skullduggery of a coach to fear. I do not care how much any coach operates in the shadows, he still has to have the “horses.” There have been many past NFL Drafts that the Patriots were forced to pick last because of their winning (and cheating) ways.

Having to compete with no hidden agenda and illegal competitive advantages finally caught up with Bill Belichick. Why? Because he just simply ran out of the “horses” to put on the field.

Remember this timeless piece of advice from NFL superscout Bill Nunn Jr.: “You can’t take a mule to compete at the Kentucky Derby.”

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THE POSSIBILITY OF NOT SEEING ECONOMIC OR BUSINESS RECOVERY until at least mid-2021 highlights the importance of planning for multiple scenarios.

5 tips to set your business up for success in 2021

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NNPA NEWSWIRE—Wells Fargo Bank, NA—The challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic hardships can make 2020 a difficult year to look back on. 46 percent of small business owners surveyed in the Q4 Wells Fargo Small Business Index reported decreases in revenues, while the prospect of closing their business was most frequently ranked as the top concern. Nonetheless, even the most challenging times can yield opportunities for the future. 2020 provided hard truths, but also valuable insights that small business owners can use at the outset of 2021 to move forward.

Get online Nearly one third (29 percent) of businesses planned to start using a website in 2020.1 Luckily for those that followed through on that plan, 2020 showed that having a strong online presence, user experience and functionality can not only be a competitive advantage in the marketplace, but also critical to a business’s survival. 86 percent of consumers rely on the internet to find a local business.2 With a well-rounded digital strategy, including a website and social media, business owners can build awareness and leverage how people are searching for information online. Further, ensuring a positive user experience with these channels can

help set up an environment for business growth.

Key questions: • Is my website mobile friendly?

• Can customers place orders or make payments online?

• Are my hours and contact information up to date?

Take advantage of digital banking Online and mobile banking can help business owners monitor and manage their accounts from anywhere and make analyzing cash flow easier. In fact, 73 percent of small businesses utilize these services, according to Barlow Research.

What 2020 exhibited is the ability of this functionality to help in preparing for uncertain circumstances, such as not being able to visit a physical bank branch for an extended period. Utilizing tools like these can provide extra insurance against potential challenges that may arise.

Key Questions: • Am I using all of the available features for my online banking service?

• Is my accounting software up to date and synced with my bank accounts?

• Have I downloaded any requisite applications so I can use tools like mobile deposit?

Check your tech Almost one third (29 percent) of business owners said in November 2020 that the closure of their business was their top concern, while 57 percent said they

did not anticipate recovery for businesses like theirs until at least the second half of 2021. With recent surges in COVID-19 cases, one key thing business owners can do to withstand these challenges and to help safeguard negative impacts to the business down the line is to ensure the right technology is fully utilized to serve operations, including sufficient internet bandwidth and wireless capabilities.

Key Questions: • Can I use accounting software to better analyze sales, costs, and opportunities in 2021?

• Is my accounting software synced to my bank accounts?

• Can I use social media or a client-relationship manager to get to know my customers better?

Join a professional organization Networking can help small business owners through crises like COVID-19 and help facilitate a potential reset or even rebuilding of a business in the coming year. Whether it’s a traditional chamber of commerce or networking group or an online or social media-based community, networking groups can provide ideas and resources for growth, and may also help with recruiting talent, finding vendors, or even generating sales.

Key Questions: • Could I join my local chamber of commerce?

• Are there trade groups or industry or-

ganizations that serve my area?

• Could I start an informal network of business owners?

Create a plan B and a plan C The possibility of not seeing economic or business recovery until at least mid-2021 highlights the importance of planning for multiple scenarios. Having a backup plan for each area of your business, from sales to operations to marketing, will help mitigate potential negative impacts of unforeseen circumstances.

Key Questions: • What happens if there’s another shutdown in 2021?

• What happens if 2021 sales return to 2019 levels?

• What happens if costs increase?

One key thing to remember is the lesson that permeates all of the others listed here: flexibility is key. Planning is as important as ever, but the ability to shift those plans based on the realities of a situation could make the difference between continuing toward recovery or facing a business closing. As the New Year is upon us, it is important for business owners to reflect on the past year and plan for success in 2021.

1 “2020 Small Business Marketing Stats,” Visual Objects, 2020.

2 “Thinking about Updating Your Business Website? Here are 5 reasons You Should,” Small Business Trends, 2019.

How do you stretch a dollar? Answer: B U D G E T! Type in the question, “How do you stretch a dollar in your Google search?”

You’re certain to get images of a dollar bill being stretched to the point of it being torn. Growing up in a single mom-headed household, I recall my mom saying we have to stretch this money to last us the entire month. I don’t recall ever making it through the entire month without being cash-strapped for weeks before another deposit hit.

My mom was on a fixed income. She received her check once per month.

Apparently, the money didn’t stretch as far as she had hoped it to. Every month! There was too much month left at the end of the money. We’d go broke within the first couple of weeks in the month. Then we’d have to live through the rest of the month with no cash. The only thing that felt stretched was the number of days left in the month before our next check.

A dollar is a dollar! You can stretch it.

You can fold it. You can crumble it up.

You can create a paper airplane out of it. Fact remains, a dollar is worth a dollar. You can only trade it for something of equal value. Money is the greatest magician of them all. It can disappear right before your eyes leaving you to wonder where the money went.

Money can be a great servant. It will obey your every command. You have to be the master of it. The only way to stretch a dollar is to be proactive and manage it before you spend it. You have to tell your money where to go instead of wondering where it went. You have to live below your means with a purpose. Being a master over your money is how I define budgeting. Budgeting is

you taking control of your life and your money. Budgeting is you putting your priorities, responsibilities and goals in order.

I’ve teamed up with CCAC Adjunct Professor Tracy McDonough. Below she’ll share her personal budgeting story: “No one wants to be put on a budget. I know I didn’t. I grew up in tight circumstances with a single mom for most of it and not much money coming in. When I got my first real job out of college making a whopping $17,000 per year, I did not want to budget. I had never in my life been able to spend freely. I wanted to buy clothes, a car, etc.

But $17,000 per year is not much to live on—especially after taxes. Budget here I come. Ugh!” “I wasn’t great at it in the beginning.

When I decided to go to grad school, I knew I had to get better at it as money would be even tighter. Luckily, I was getting an MBA, so finance became part of my studies. On this relatively small salary, I had to cover everything including student loans from undergrad and current tuition (about $5,000 per year).”

“Recommended steps to working in a budget: 1. PRIORITIZE. Rent, utilities, food, transportation, debt payments, current biggest need (for me that was tuition) 2. No more than 30 percent on average of your net pay should go towards rent/ mortgage

3. A car payment lasting longer than three years is a car you can’t afford 4. NEVER defer student loan payments as they grow quickly and can’t be discharged—even in bankruptcy 5. IMMEDIATELY start an emergency fund 6. Make tough, even hated decisions” McDonough continued: “Number 6 is challenging. One tough decision I made was to give up life in a condo with my college roommate to save money by living with my mom. I paid her about $150 a month to cover utilities, “rent,” and groceries. Those things were previously about $650 a month. $415 of that savings went to tuition, another $85 went to the emergency fund. I also gave up my gym membership for walking at the park during this time.

I loved my aerobics classes. God worked it in for me. My best friend that I met in grad school’s mom owned a gym. My weekly aerobics class was now free. God worked through my mom, too. Because I helped her with shopping, paying bills and cooking, my mom saved most of the money I was paying her in rent. When I moved to Pittsburgh three years later after finishing grad school, she handed me a check for several thousand dollars to get started in my new life.”

Thank you again, Tracy. This is Damon Carr...

As I was reading your story, Tracy, the first thing that jumped out at me was you gave your mom $150 per month and

it covered rent, utilities, and food. If your mom has some extra rooms available, there’s a couple of readers that would like to rent one of those rooms (joking).

You could see from Tracy’s story that she was intentional. She knew what she wanted. She was knowledgeable about both her income and her expenses. She understood that she can have it all.

She just couldn’t have it all right now.

As a result, she prioritized what was most important to her. Her buying and spending decisions were based on that priority. She made sacrifices. Her being willing to give up her luxury apartment and move back home with her mom allowed her to cash-flow graduate school and minimized student loan debt.

Most importantly, her creating a budget where she could see in black and white how to best manage her money to get the biggest bang for her buck is what gave her the foresight to make those decisions. Having a budget is what allowed her to stretch her dollars.

Today Tracy, her husband and two sons are living a financially stress-free life.

They have a firm handle on their personal finances.

In closing, remember, if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. A budget is what allows you to manage your money and track and measure your progress.

If you’re having a hard time getting forward traction with your money, you need a budget to help you stretch your dollars.

(Damon Carr, Money Coach be reached @ 412216-1013 or visit his website @ www.damonmoneycoach.com)

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Black Americans are being vaccinated at far lower rates

by Stacy M. Brown For New Pittsburgh Courier

(BlackPressUSA)—When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved two new vaccines to combat the coronavirus, the initial concern was whether African Americans would accept vaccination.

The rollout of the medicine from Pfizer and Moderna featured heavy promotion.

High-profile African Americans like former President Barack Obama, National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Coronavirus Task Force Member Dr. Ebony Hilton, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson received their shots publicly.

An African American nurse in New York earned distinction as the first person in the country to receive a vaccination, and Meharry Medical College President Dr. James Hildreth, a Black man, sat on the FDA board that approved the vaccines.

Now, concern has shifted from whether African Americans will accept the vaccine.

Many now wonder whether doses would be available to the Black community.

A new Kaiser Family Foundation report has revealed that African Americans are getting vaccinated at much lower rates than Whites.

The report, released on Saturday, Jan. 16, shows that in 16 U.S. states where the vaccine is available, White residents are being vaccinated by as much as three times higher than African Americans.

One example is Pennsylvania, where 1.2 percent of White residents had been vaccinated, compared with just 0.3 percent of African Americans in the Keystone State.

Kaiser Family Foundation researchers noted that vaccine distribution is supposed to align with healthcare and frontline workers’ demographics, presumably making the vaccine equally available to all races.

Some have hinted the lack of vaccine access is rooted in racism—not an unwillingness of minorities to get vaccinated.

Dr. Taison Bell, of the University of Virginia, told NBC News that he was “horrified to discover that members of environ-

SOME HAVE HINTED THE LACK OF VACCINE ACCESS is rooted in racism—not an unwillingness of minorities to get vaccinated. mental services—the janitorial staff —did not have access to hospital email.”

Hospital staff receives its vaccination information via email, Dr. Bell stated.

“That’s what structural racism looks like,” Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, told NBC. “Those groups were seen and not heard —nobody thought about it.”

As of Jan. 16, the U.S. had surpassed more than 23.3 million total cases and 388,700 deaths due to the pandemic, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported.

According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis, African

Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans are dying from COVID-19 nearly three times the rate of white people.

“With the country’s coronavirus pandemic continuing unabated as cases and deaths increase, and a more contagious variant of the virus spreads, there is a greater focus on vaccine distribution troubles,” Kaiser Family Foundation President and CEO Drew Altman wrote.

The covid-19 vaccine distribution effort is in trouble, Altman demurred.

According to federal data, only about a third of the more than 25 million doses distributed nationwide have been given to people.

“Hundreds of different distribution programs are being organized across states and counties for frontline health workers, residents of long-term care facilities, the elderly and others that states are prioritizing in different sequences,” Altman continued.

“The country needs a distribution strategy that our fragmented, multilayered healthcare system can effectively implement. This will require more federal direction, a simpler priority structure, and a different role for the states.”

(Stacy M. Brown is NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent.)

New year, new administration, new opportunities to take charge of debt As the world welcomed 2021’s arrival, many people pledged to adopt good practices, change behavior or accomplish a new goal.

While exercising and losing weight continue to top the list of New Year’s resolutions, many adults are focused on physical, mental and financial wellness in 2021, particularly as many continue to cope with lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This week marks the start of the Biden-Harris administration. President-elect Biden recently outlined a $1.9 trillion economic relief plan that, if confirmed by Congress, would provide an additional $1,400 in relief payments to eligible adults and children, extend emergency unemployment benefits through September, extend a federal moratorium on evictions through September and provide $30 billion in additional aid to renters.

How should households best utilize the stimulus package passed late December as well as additional relief potentially afforded by the Biden relief plan if it is finalized? National nonprofit GreenPath Financial

Wellness suggests that households first use stimulus funds to take care of essential needs (housing, medicine, food/water, electricity, etc.). Once these expenses are covered, use stimulus to establish emergency savings.

GreenPath’s stimulus guide can help people understand stimulus eligibility and track payment: https://www.greenpath. com/how-to- get-your-stimuluscheck/.

“January is often our busiest call volume month as people come to grips with their spending and make resolutions to become financially fit,” says GreenPath CEO, Kristen Holt.

“As women and workers of color bore the brunt of lost jobs last month, we are confident that the stimulus will provide needed relief for many, many households.

Many of our bank and credit union partners are continuing

to offer hardship assistance when requested. Yet, we advise our clients that this assistance and relief is temporary, and that forbearance is not forgiveness.

The sooner borrowers make a plan to tackle their debt and prepare to stick to that plan, the better.”

Now’s a good time to acknowledge if debt has become a challenge. Does the individual only pay the minimum monthly payment? Use credit card cash advances to pay bills? Is maxed out or over the limit on credit cards?

Is receiving collection calls? If the answer to these questions is “yes”, the individual should first outline the amount of debt owed. Using a debt calculator will give people a clear picture of their financial situation.

He/she should understand their “why”—imagine what a debt-free future would look like, identify the financial goals he/ she wants to achieve, and use these as incentives to reduce debt. Automate payments to pay bills on-time (set it and forget it) and pay as much above minimums as possible. Rethink non-essential spending. Identi-

fy additional sources of income (i.e., sell things no longer used) to free up cash.

Those overwhelmed with debt can take control of their finances using a free financial health assessment. Examine which payoff strategy—either the Snowball method (paying off smallest debts first) or Avalanche method (paying more on debt with highest interest) would best help the individual pay off debt. Consolidate debts into a personal loan or balance transfer credit card with zero or low interest.

Contact GreenPath to discuss if a Debt Management Plan can help to pay off unsecured debt in 3-5 years. In 2020, GreenPath helped thousands of households pay off more than $250 million in debt.

Holt adds: “It can take anywhere from 18 to 254 days for a person to form a new habit.

GreenPath’s certified counselors are ready to help people seamlessly adopt financial wellness practices and make debt management and saving a new habit. Many of our clients often say they wish they had sought help sooner.”

President Biden issues executive orders on racial equity

by Stacy M. Brown For New Pittsburgh Courier

After taking the oath of office, President Joe Biden immediately went to work.

In his first hours in the White House, the Democrat picked up a pen and signed 17 executive orders to begin undoing some of the damage inflicted by Donald Trump’s administration.

Among the first actions was President Biden’s order to advance racial equity and support for underserved communities.

The 46th president had pledged to do his part in the fight against systemic racism in America.

The President said he wants all federal agencies to review equity in their programs and actions. With the executive order, President Biden demanded that the Office of Management and Budget analyze whether federal dollars are equitably distributed in communities of color.

Last month, the new Pres-

ident’s team told the Black Press that Biden intended to follow through on legislation put forth by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.).

Congresswoman Norton’s bill mandates that all federal agencies provide a line item in their budget for money spent with Black and Latino-owned newspapers and businesses.

Congresswoman Norton’s bill would reject any agency budget that did not demonstrate “substantial” advertising and other spending with minority-owned businesses.

The executive action also disbands the former administration’s “1776 Commission,” an 18-member board Trump put together presumably to study his stated concern about the education system being too liberal when it comes to American history.

“The [president’s] equity agenda is grounded in advancing racial justice and building back better for com-

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN munities who have been underserved, including people of color and Americans with disabilities, LGBTQ+ Americans, religious minorities, and rural and urban communities facing persistent poverty,” the Biden White House wrote in a statement.

Among the other executive actions taken by the President include ordering that non-citizens count in the U.S. Census.

That order reverses Trump’s order last summer

prohibiting the Census Bureau from counting undocumented Americans.

The Biden administration said Trump’s order violates the U.S. Constitution.

“It is inconsistent with our nation’s history and our commitment to representative democracy,” The White House noted.

“President Biden will ensure that the Census Bureau has time to complete an accurate population count for each state and he

will then present to Congress an apportionment that is fair and accurate, so federal resources are efficiently and fairly distributed for the next decade.”

The President also moved to protect workers from discrimination, and he called on Congress to grant permanent status and a path to citizenship to Dreamers. In keeping with another campaign promise, President Biden also signed an order to end the Trump-imposed travel ban on individuals from Muslim countries.

He ordered the U.S. State Department to restart visa applications for affected countries.

President Biden also ordered the immediate stoppage of funds toward a border wall.

“Over the last four years, the previous administration took enormous steps backward. One of the first things we must do is undo the Trump regression, and executive orders are one of the most effective tools to

accomplish just that,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement.

“We must use every tool in our toolbox, including executive orders tailor-made to quickly undo some of the most egregious policies the previous administration implemented, to address the multiple crises we face, deliver immediate relief to American families, and put us back on a path to a more prosperous and equitable country.”

Senator Schumer continued: “From the reversing the heinous Muslim Ban and inhumane family separation policies to reentering the Paris Climate Agreement, mitigating the spread of COVID-19 and accelerating vaccine distribution, the executive orders announced by the Biden-Harris administration today are just the beginning.”

(Stacy M. Brown is NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent.)

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A welcomed departure

Guest Editorial

Trepidatious transfer of power in America The United States is currently in the throes of an incredible scenario, a slippery slope that is totally unexpected and makes scant sense. Actually, unless you have peanuts for brains, it would make sense to live in such a way that we would live cooperatively. But that’s not what is happening.

The January 6 attacks on the Congressional Electoral College proceedings were beyond ridiculous. Incredibly, it is slowly coming out that the mobs were actually targeting members of Congress for the purpose of killing them!

Vice President Mike Pence would have been a casualty if they had been able to find him, and Nancy Pelosi was also a target. Five people were ultimately killed during the melees, and it is a miracle that more people were not killed.

Now, the unthinkable has happened…State Capitals all around the country were on high alert because they anticipated violence connected with President–Elect Joe Biden’s January 20 inauguration. Thousands of National Guard troops were also deployed, and the country braced for high drama.

Fortunately, the inaugural ceremony was conducted without any violence, and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were successfully sworn in as the new President and Vice President of the United States.

The most ridiculous thing about this current debacle in which we find ourselves—a divided nation—is that we are all in this together…there is nowhere for Americans to go… this is our home.

To think that only one group should be allowed to live here is ludicrous. The situation is so dire that the rumor is that members of Congress held tours of the building so that the interlopers would know where to find offices and other locations so as to harm their colleagues. Unbelievably, a scaffold was erected to “hang” Mike Pence.

What we are experiencing is a very real breakdown of society being fueled by fake news and hatred. It is as though people have taken leave of their senses; they cannot think straight.

They are actually set on destroying the Republic in order to satisfy their own selfish ends.

Now, where does this leave African Americans? There is no doubt that the outgoing President bears a great deal of the responsibility for what has happened, and it’s no secret that he does not harbor a great deal of love for Black people. This might be why he has not created viable strategies to offset the spread of COVID-19, which seems to be disproportionately lethal in the Black community.

What all of this means is basically this: Black people must take matters into their own hands in order to ensure our own safety. Black people must lay aside their suspicions of each other and make sure that our mutual safety is assured.

Now, what this does NOT mean is that Black people paint every White person with the same brush. White supremacists are driving these actions wherein they are trying to tear the country apart from within. But there are a whole lot of others who are not on the same page in that regard. They are as American as the insurrectionists are “Un-American,” and we mustn’t forget this fact.

We are in the midst of a very interesting confluence of events.

Trump is getting ready to face his second impeachment trial; Biden and Harris took their oaths in an unprecedented ceremony, under the protection of national guardsmen everywhere; the country is on a lockdown that will soon enter year two; a vicious pandemic is raging—with new strains on the horizon—and hatred is proliferating like it is going out of style.

Moreover, some GOP congressmen are said to be paralyzed by fear if they vote to impeach President Trump, so even if Trump is impeached by his senatorial colleagues, the country is still not out of the woods! Remember, Trump has not conceded the presidency; he still insists that he won the election!

UNBELIEVABLE! So yes, these are tempestuous times that we are in. Make no mistake about this.

And because of this, it is important that we each do whatever we can to offset the shenanigans. We want to ensure that there is a world left for us to inhabit when the smoke clears, and if we play into the hatred and bigotry, there is no guarantee that there will be something left for us to inhabit!

A Biden presidency does not guarantee that he will be able to heal America singlehandedly. It’s going to take all hands on deck to fix what ails us. And it won’t happen overnight!

(Reprinted from the Chicago Crusader)

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(TriceEdneyWire.com)—For the first time in over four years, I have awakened without the gnawing feeling of anticipated dread. I have moved through the day without concern about a new violation or elimination of a valued national tradition or governmental construct.

Moreover, I have not been worried about the imposition of a law or practice that opposes my personal values or misrepresents my participation and support as a citizen of the United States. I feel a relief from personal threat that I can only liken, in some small measure, to the relief the ancestors must have felt when they learned they could come and go as they pleased. The obvious source of this relief and joy is the ignominious departure of Donald Trump. It is only matched by a single regret.

(More on that later.)

His election as president has always been in conflict with the principle of the “will of the majority.”

Losing by millions of votes, his victory was predicated by the Electoral College, an archaic instrument of this nation’s original sin, SLAVERY! He used his ill-gotten position as the basis of his announced goal—a “deconstruction of the administrative state”—a goal that he almost accomplished. Four years of Trump and his administration did immeasurable damage to our democracy.

Political scientists confirm that a party without a popular agenda will commonly resort to voter suppression. In addition to common misinformation, Trump and his minions

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Commentary engaged in gerrymandering, voter roll purging, and fear tactics to reduce the participation of citizens likely to vote against them. Before leaving on January 20th, Trump had whittled his cabinet down to, mostly, acting secretaries, assuring that his decisions would not be challenged.

If challenged, he could easily “Fire!” the defiant offender without dispute —the recipe for a genuine despot.

While upholding the interests of the wealthy, Trumpers and Republicans systematically attacked democratic protections and practices, health care, and social safety nets.

I am confident that Trump will be considered the most virulent racist to occupy the White House since Woodrow Wilson. His litany of racist tropes include: calling Mexican refugees rapists and drug dealers; identifying the anti-Semites and White supremacists in Charlottesville among “Good people on both sides, identifying African and Caribbean countries as “S--t hole” countries.

His disrespect for people of color was matched only by the disrespect shown to the general public. When

he departed on Air Force One, the Washington Post estimated that he had lied publicly over thirty-thousand times! I’m unsure if this count includes his lies about the severity and management of the COVID virus. The Federal management plan for COVID is a travesty beyond belief that deserves its own singular discussion.

His last and greatest infraction was his televised incitement to sedition. He invited the masses to Washington to “Stop the Steal.” The repeated lies and propaganda promulgated since the General Election convinced Trump loyalists that the will of voters in the states lost by Trump could be overturned with direct action. Trump, and others in his close circle, whipped those assembled into a frenzy causing them to assault, occupy and ravage our nation’s Capitol. In addition to the loss of lives and innumerable official documents, countless artifacts and historical relics of our nation were damaged or destroyed.

I can only express a feeling of relief and anticipation of the return to some measure of normalcy.

Oh, BTW!! The singular regret I have about Trump leaving office is the amount of time, if ever, it will take to rectify the damage he has wrought on this nation and our evolving democracy. He definitely deserves all credit for the negative legacy he leaves in the wake of his destruction. Good riddance!

(Dr. E. Faye Williams is President of the National Congress of Black Women.)

President Biden and Vice President Harris face historic challenges of pandemic, racial justice (TriceEdneyWire.com)—“A cry for racial justice some 400 years in the making moves us. The dream of justice for all will be deferred no longer. A cry for survival comes from the planet itself. A cry that can’t be any more desperate or any more clear. And now, a rise in political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism that we must confront, and we will defeat. To overcome these challenges—to restore the soul and to secure the future of America—requires more than words. It requires that most elusive of things in a democracy: Unity.”—President Joe Biden, Inaugural Address I had the honor of attending the Inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris.

It was an inauguration unlike any in my lifetime, and perhaps unlike any in American history.

The twin pandemics that plague our nation—COVID-19 and racially-motivated violence—meant there were no cheering crowds of hundreds of thousands. Those of us who were invited to attend were tested for COVID and required to wear masks.

25,000 National Guard members were on hand to prevent a repeat of the deadly riot of January 6.

But the inauguration was historic for other, more hopeful reasons, as well. Kamala Harris became the first woman, the first African American, and the first person of South Asian descent to hold the office of Vice President. A 22-year-old Black woman, the nation’s first Youth Poet Laurate, captivated the nation with her vision of hope and healing.

It was a ceremony that was at once

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To Be Equal uplifting and weighty with the lifeand-death challenges that face the new administration.

Among the very first actions he took upon assuming office—after mandating masks and social distancing on federal property—was directing every federal agency to review its state of racial equity and deliver an action plan within 200 days to address any disparities in policies and programs.

The Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government reads, in part, “The Federal Government’s goal in advancing equity is to provide everyone with the opportunity to reach their full potential. Consistent with these aims, each agency must assess whether, and to what extent, its programs and policies perpetuate systemic barriers to opportunities and benefits for people of color and other underserved groups. Such assessments will better equip agencies to develop policies and programs that deliver resources and benefits equitably to all.”

The order also rescinds the Trump administration’s 1776 Commission, which “sought to erase America’s

history of racial injustice,” as well as Trump’s order preventing federal agencies and contractors from holding diversity and inclusion trainings, which the National Urban League sued to overturn.

It was an encouraging sign from a President who campaigned on a promise to bridge the nation’s racial divide. He has assembled the most racially diverse presidential Cabinet in U.S. history, with people of color making up half of the nominees for Cabinet positions and Cabinet-level positions.

In a memo issued Saturday, the President’s chief of staff promised “significant early actions to advance equity and support communities of color and other underserved communities.” He was not specific about these actions, but President Biden has promised he would create a national police oversight commission in his first 100 days.

The National Urban League stands ready to assist and support President Biden and Vice President Harris as they tackle what the memo called the “four overlapping and compounding crises: the COVID-19 crisis, the resulting economic crisis, the climate crisis, and a racial equity crisis.”

We also stand prepared to hold the Administration accountable to its commitments.

In the words of our Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, “We will not march back to what was but move to what shall be, a country that is bruised but whole, benevolent but bold, fierce, and free.”

Trump, as President, was not an aberration (TriceEdneyWire.com)—In June 2019, I wrote a column entitled “No. 45 Is Not An Aberration” that included the following: “The American news media is deceiving the world when it consistently describes No. 45 (Donald Trump) as an aberration in the history of the United States presidency....Rather than being an aberration he is a direct descendant of former presidents, most notably Saint George Washington and Saint Thomas Jefferson who bought, sold, owned and exploited African men, women and children.”

How can he be an aberration when he is a direct descendant of a president who wrote the Declaration of Independence while being an enslaver of over 200 Africans?

How can he be an aberration when he’s the direct descendant of former presidents who helped write the United States Constitution that declared enslaved Africans as threefifths of a person? How can he be an aberration of former presidents

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Commentary who from the Reconstruction Era through the 1950s passively looked on as White supremacist terrorists killed several thousand Black people and viciously oppressed millions of others? How can he be an aberration when presidents since the 1960s passed Civil Rights legislation only for foreign policy considerations?

American presidents have never voluntarily supported civil and human rights for Black people in this country. They always took the position that the federal government had no jurisdiction in those arenas. It was up to individual

states, they said, to deal with the situation. They finally were moved to action because of propaganda needs resulting from the so-called Cold War with Russia. Even then, many Black warriors were killed in the war against White supremacy.

That’s why there is no reason to extend gratitude to anyone or any government that do the right thing only after people have been killed.

This history documents why Donald Trump was not an aberration as an American president. He was just more outwardly flagrant with his actions than most of his predecessors. A possible positive result of his presidency may be that more Black people than ever before during the past 50 years will now understand that we must organize ourselves economically, culturally, politically, educationally, technologically, legally, health-wise and self-defense wise in order to promote and protect our vital interests.

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What a difference a day makes (TriceEdneyWire.com)—It took only one day, one inauguration, for the shift between pessimism and optimism. Just one day to anticipate new opportunities, new possibilities. The skies opened up on the day that President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris of the inauguration, and the sun of truth and light shone in.

I had a mixtape running through my brain. The Fifth Dimension, Let The Sun Shine In; Nina Simone, Here Comes the Sun; Nina Simone, Young Gifted and Black; McFadden and Whitehead, Ain’t No Stopping Us Now. You could not have wiped the grin off my face if you had a Brillo pad. The inauguration met my expectations. Biden spoke hope and reconciliation. Harris spoke history and healing. The highlight of the inauguration for me, though, was young Amanda Gorman, the Poet Laureate, at 22, the youngest poet laureate ever.

There have been many times in the last few years when I wished that Dr. Maya Angelou was alive. Sometimes it’s personal—I’d like her advice, her words, her soothing. Sometimes it’s political—I’d like to know what she thinks. But on Inauguration Day, I wanted her to see a brilliant young lady stand on her shoulders, to watch

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Commentary Amanda Gorman recite her poem The Hill We Climb. It is a complex, hopeful, alliterative, and aspirational poem that declared that our country “is not broken but unfinished.” What shone through her appearance was not only her bold words but also her shining presence. Nina Simone. To Be Young Gifted and Black.

While the substance of inauguration was most important, those of us who are fashionistas had plenty of eye candy. Jill Biden’s light blue outfit. Kamala’s purple (a combination of blue and red), Michelle Obama’s bold maroon with a striking belt, and the monochromatic look that many of the women rocked. The presence of women, especially Black women, was also notable. Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar was part of the Presidential Inauguration Committee (PIC) and opened the ceremony.

Firefighter Andrea Hall spoke and signed the Pledge of Allegiance. Black girl magic was in the house. My mixtape is running through my head.

The symbolism was stunning, but it was far more critical that President Biden hit the ground running, and he did. He signed 17 executive orders, reversing some of the most onerous declarations of his predecessor. He dissolved the 1776 Commission, an odious truth-erasing propaganda body charged with developing “patriotic education.” Replete with lies, peppered with quotes by Dr. Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln, neither of whom would have cosigned the report, the previous administration had the utter audacity to release this madness on Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday holiday. One of the final slaps in the face from the deranged “leader.”

Hours before Biden offered his stirring and hopeful speech, the previous president, who defied precedent and declined to attend his successor’s inauguration, the former president slunk out of Washington, designing his departure with a 21 gun salute and an exit on Air Force One. It was a pitiful party, sparsely attended and suffused with gloomy moods. The former president’s deputy press secretary, Hogan Gidley, described the departing ceremony as “a funeral” and said, “In many ways, the country died.”

No, Hogan, the country was reborn with hope and joy, and a commitment to turn the hope and enjoyment of the inauguration into a reality.

What a difference a day makes. We have gone from a history-denying administration into a history-affirming one. We have moved from an administration that attacked workers and the environment to an administration that fights for them. To be sure, the Biden-Harris administration is walking a legislatively narrow tightrope, with a narrow margin in the House of Representatives and just a one-vote margin in the Senate.

Suppose Biden can work the bipartisan magic he promised to attempt. In that case, there will be more vaccines into arms and more relief for those whose economic status has been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

These early days of the Biden-Harris administration are hopeful, inspirational days. They must also be workdays. There is much that must be done, many obstacles to clear. The previous administration did lots to cement their gains with last-minute executive orders and appointments. Many of these obstacles can be removed. The Biden-Harris team has, so far, been productive and resilient. They must continue that relentlessness moving forward. What a difference a day makes! Oh, happy day.

(Dr. Julianne Malveaux is an economist and author.)

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Third-graders and social identity maps I started Kinderenthusiastic about J. Pharoah Doss garten at a private education.

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Since the transition My parents didn’t between third and send me back the fourth grade is vital to following year due student development, to financial difficulno interference should ties. So, I completed be allowed. That’s first grade in public why Christopher F. school. My parents Rufo’s report in The solved their ecoCity Journal about nomic problems and sent me back to the a teacher instructing third-graders to Christian academy. However, I returned create social identity maps in Cupertino, to the Christian academy with a problem California, was bothersome. of my own.

According to Rufo, a third-grade teacher Apparently, my time away from the began a lesson on “social identities.” The Christian academy’s rapid reading prostudents were asked to create identity gram left me behind the other students maps, listing their race, class, gender, who were there since Kindergarten. I religion, family structure and other wasn’t the only student behind. There characteristics. The teacher explained were three others. All three were firstthat the students lived in a dominant year attendees, but all four of us were culture of “White, middle-class, cisgender, Black. educated, able-bodied, Christian, English Between second and third grade the speakers—who created and maintained Christian academy provided all the extra this culture in order to hold and stay in resources to get us up to speed. I don’t power. The teacher told the students remember all the details, but I do rethose with privilege have power over member the four of us leaving the school others. The teacher explained: “There building to have extra reading sessions are parts of us that hold some power and inside an RV (reading van) that parked other parts that are oppressed,” even in front of the school twice a week. within a single person. Then the teacher Even at that young age, I noticed it was asked the students to circle on their identhe Black students that needed additiontity maps which of their identities held al instruction while the White students power and privilege. Then the students were asked to describe which aspects of did not need extra help. It would have their identities do not hold any power or been easy for all four of us to internalize any privilege. we were behind because we were Black The irony, Rufo pointed out, the eleand our classmates were advanced bementary school is 94 percent non-white, cause they were White. I can’t speak for the majority of the families are Asian the others, but I never developed an infeAmerican, the median household income riority complex, and I believe it was due of Cupertino is $172,000, and the school to the fact that I attended a Christian academy. Our teachers taught us that we ranks in the top 1 percent of all elemenall were “children of God” with individual tary schools in California. Rufo pointed out that no one there is oppressed. The gifts that made us unique, but “equal in Asian American parents complained the eyes of God.” about the lesson because they claimed it Years later, in college, I took a course divided American society into oppressed called Foundations in Education. One vs. oppressors. of our reading assignments was a book That’s a legitimate complaint.

by Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu called—“CounBut I fear the outcome if these social tering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black identity lessons trickle down into poor Boys.” Kunjufu identified a problem, inner-city schools, whose parents don’t he labeled “Fourth Grade Failure Synmonitor their class work. Imagine after drome.” Kunjufu suggested Black boys Black third-graders circle Black on their do not transition well from primary-level identity maps, these Black third-graders learning to intermediate-level learning. are going to be told that the Black part By the fourth grade, students are ready of their identity has no power and has no to transition from learning to read to privilege in America. reading to learn. However, if the student What would prevent these third-gradstruggles with this transition, then readers from internalizing that falsehood? ing becomes a hassle, learning becomes a chore, and the student becomes less

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Biden’s inauguration gives us new hope and new energy (TriceEdneyWire. com)—On Monday, Jesse Jackson we celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King’s 91st birthday; on Wednesday, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as president, promising change after a dark period of division.

Dr. King’s relationship with John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson offers instructive lessons for today’s movement for justice. Kennedy, inaugurated after eight years of Republican Dwight Eisenhower, brought new energy to Washington.

Kennedy favored action on civil rights but was terribly worried that trying to move a civil rights bill would get in the way of the rest of his legislative agenda.

During his campaign, his call to Coretta Scott King when Dr. King was jailed, helped him capture immense Black support in a razor-thin election.

Yet, he was wary of King, unhappy that King and the movement kept demonstrating and forcing change. King appreciated Kennedy but understood the conflicting pressures he faced. The movement continued independently. The Freedom Riders in Montgomery, the dogs and water cannons in Birmingham, the sit-in in Jackson forced Kennedy to act.

Even then the legislation—and much of Kennedy’s agenda—was stuck in the legislature.

Kennedy’s assassination brought Lyndon Johnson, the master of the Senate, to the presidency. Johnson decided to push civil rights legislation and put his enormous skills behind passing it. King conferred with Johnson and helped put pressure on legislators who were reluctant. King wasn’t simply interested in protest; he wanted a change in policy and was prepared to work with LBJ to get it.

Johnson, like Kennedy, was wary of King. He often besmirched him in private, angry that King would not stop the demonstrations. Again, the movement— this time the dramatic scenes at Selma —forced action, and Johnson rose to the moment, leading to the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The collaboration of Johnson and King, however, soon ended.

The Watts Riot angered Johnson who thought Blacks should be grateful for

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what he had done.

When Dr. King went public with his opposition to the Vietnam War, the relationship was severed. The FBI under J. Edgar Hoover continued its efforts to discredit and intimidate King. Today the situation is different.

Black voters were critical to Biden’s election victory. He chose Kamala Harris as his vice president. He has reaffirmed his commitment to criminal justice reform, to addressing the continued disparities in education, housing, health care and opportunity.

What African Americans still seek is an even playing field. On economic justice issues, our agenda speaks to all: the right to a job, the right to health care, the right to a high-quality education, retirement security. To drive reform, the lessons of the 1960s still apply. The movement for justice must continue to organize nonviolent protest, challenging the entrenched systemic racism that still pervades our institutions. It must continue to build, as Dr. King did, a poor people’s campaign across lines of race and region. The movement can’t follow Biden’s timetable; it must continue to build on its own agenda.

There should be no reluctance to work with Biden to help pass critical reforms, but at the same time, the pressure for outside must continue to build for there to be any hope of change. The 1960s offer another caution: the war on poverty, the progress on civil rights, was lost in the jungles of Vietnam, as that war consumed resources and attention as well as lives. While Biden’s domestic pledges offer hope, he inherits a country mired in endless wars and gearing up for a new cold war with both Russia and China.

Once more, follies abroad may sap the energy needed to rebuild at home.

Once more, the movement for justice must not be silent about the administration’s priorities. Biden’s inauguration offers new hope and new energy. He inherits severe crises—the pandemic, mass unemployment, extreme inequality, the climate crisis, racial upheaval. He’ll need all the help he can get. And the best way the movement can help is to keep on keeping on.

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The horse he rode in on “Good riddance to bad news and the horse he rode in on.”

That’s a saying in the corner of the world where I spent my early youth.

We have rid ourselves of the bad news that was the Donald Trump presidency, but more bad news could ride in on that same old horse.

America will make no real progress unless we ask ourselves how we came to stumble so badly into “the age of Trump” and how we prevent it from ever happening again.

This nation cannot bury its head in the sand and ignore the fact that 74 million Americans voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election despite his dismal failure as a national leader—or even as a decent human being.

What did those 74 million Trump voters expect to gain from four more years of Donald Trump setting the national agenda and steering the ship of state?

With Trump’s disastrous response to the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens, it is unlikely that his supporters believed that he would ensure their personal safety.

The Trump presidency wrecked our economy, trashed America’s reputation as a world leader and thumbed its nose at both the international efforts to save the planet from environmental disaster and the need for sober diplomacy to avoid nuclear holocaust.

Donald Trump’s presidency left most Americans poorer, less safe and facing a bleak future of internal strife. So, what were his 74 million supporters voting for when they cast their ballots for him in 2020?

The answer to this question is ingrained so deeply in the DNA of the body politic of this nation that we must cut into the very marrow of our cultural bones to expose the cancer that has inflicted this land for more than 400 years.

When Donald Trump gave his famous “What Do You Have to Lose” speech during the 2016 presidential campaign, he was not trying to convince African Americans why they should vote for him. Instead, he was reminding bigoted Whites that they needed to put him in the Oval Office to protect White supremacy.

Donald Trump mounted the horse of racial hatred when he announced his candidacy in 2015 and falsely declared that Mexicans coming to America were drug dealers and rapists. He galloped through the land espousing American exceptionalism while calling professional football players “sons of bit***s” for quietly kneeling during the playing of the national anthem and accusing Black Lives Matters marchers of being “thugs” for peacefully demonstrating against police brutality and the racial hatred he promoted.

Trump’s capacity for spewing racist venom was further demonstrated when he declared that there were “very fine people” among the neo-Nazis and rabid racists whose protests in Charlottesville, Va., resulted in the murder of a counter protester.

Now that Trump has left Washington and the White House has been fumigated, Republican politicians want us to pretend that these past four years never happened. Taking a page out of the old South’s playbook that submerged the historical fact that 11 states mounted a treasonous rebellion to continue to enslave human beings, most of today’s Republican officeholders want to rewrite recent history to exonerate themselves from any wrongdoing.

But the elected Republican officials are just the tip of the iceberg.

No longer constricted by the expected norms of human decency, those 74 million voters who put their support behind Trump, and now comprise the base of the Republican Party, will continue to demand racial, ethnic and religious intolerance in return for their votes. And they will want the LGBTQ community labeled “Enemy No. 1.”

The White supremacy nag Trump rode in on is no more a noble steed than the mounts bearing the four horsemen of the apocalypse who bring war, famine, pestilence and death to the world. Riding atop his White supremacy beast, he more deeply inflicted those four horrors that have always stalked communities of color in America. For Blacks, Latinx, people of the First Nations and other nonwhite people in America, the realities of our lives are murderous police waging war on innocent men and women, food deserts resulting in empty stomachs, inadequate health care leaving people susceptible to disease and illness and diminished life expectancies bringing untimely deaths.

Even now, White supremacy remains saddled and ready to run. And Trump wannabes like U.S. Sens. Joshua Hawley of Missouri and Ted Cruz of Texas have already tried to mount it.

History has taught us you cannot fix a problem until you admit you have one—and the widespread race-based hatred and bigotry within American culture is our greatest problem.

But armed with rampant denial, whitewashing and gas lighting, and astride White supremacy, the worst of America’s politicians will fight to protect White privilege.

Their disarmament will be neither swift nor easy. The time to begin our resistance is now, or the next storming of the U.S. Capitol may succeed.

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

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RECRUITER - MAINTENANCE Port Authority is seeking a Recruiter – Maintenance to coordinate all facets of the maintenance job bidding, picking and bumping system; coordinate the dissemination and proper communication of all information from the system; ensure the application of data, policies and procedures is consistently applied.

Administer employment and recruitment activities for assigned positions.

Essential Functions: •Utilizes PeopleSoft HRMS to do the following: •Create and maintain job requisitions.

•Enters Applicant Personal Data, Education, License, Membership, Competency and other information.

•Schedule and track applicants and interviews.

•Maintain applicant records.

•Track job offers and maintain appropriate documentation.

•Process and enter new employee information.

•Administers employment processes for maintenance and non represented positions, including recruitment, testing, interviewing and investigations.

Extends contingent job offers and maintains appropriate documentation; ensures that required employment activities are satisfactorily processed before finalizing hiring actions.

•Prepares, coordinates and administers the annual maintenance system pick and quarterly pick. Coordinates the printing/sorting/numbering of job advertisements and job vacancy notices, bump notices and award sheets.

Conducts pick, verifies education and experience, and determines if employee is qualified for the position. Awards maintenance jobs based on qualifications and seniority. Coordinates with managers, assistant managers, or supervisor of maintenance employee(s) who are to be drug tested due to safety sensitive position awarded. Updates and maintains maintenance database records and prepares various reports. Distributes the final award reports to Benefits and Compensation Services and Accounting to update PeopleSoft and to all maintenance locations. Conducts classroom instruction and practical applications training to newly hired maintenance employees; demonstrates proper procedures for bidding, bumping and picking jobs within the maintenance section Job requirements include: •High School Diploma or GED. •BS/BA degree in Human Resources Management, Industrial Relations, Business Administration or related field from an accredited school. Related experience may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year basis.

•Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in Human Resources interviewing, recruitment, and employment process and familiarity with union contractual matters.

•Knowledge and understanding of Employment/EEO laws and regulations.

•Effective and professional communication and organizational skills.

•Demonstrated ability in the use of Windows and Microsoft Word.

Preferred attributes: •Professional in Human Resources (PHR) or Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) Certification from the Society for Human Resources Management.

•Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management, Industrial Relations, or related field from an accredited school.

•Demonstrated ability in the use of Microsoft Excel.

POLICE OFFICER POSITION MT. LEBANON POLICE will be conducting a physical agility and written exam for a POLICE OFFICER on Saturday, March 20, 2021. Starting at $69,996 annually. Must be a U.S. citizen; 21 years’ of age at hire; bachelor’s degree from accredited college/university at hire; pass physical, written, oral exams plus a comprehensive background investigation.

Application and $25 fee required no later than 4:00 pm, February 19, 2021. Go to: http://mtlebanon.org/86/Employment.

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Interested candidates should forward a cover letter (with salary requirements) and resume to: Missy Ramsey Employment Department 345 Sixth Avenue, 3rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527 MRamsey@portauthority.org EOE

OPENINGS AT LITERACY PITTSBURGH Literacy Pittsburgh has three fulltime openings: Operations Assistant, Program Coordinator and Adult Basic Education/High School Equivalency Instructor. Deadline to apply is March 3. For details and how to apply, visit http://www.literacypittsburgh.org/join-our-team.

We invite candidates to include in their cover letter a statement about how their unique background and experiences can contribute to the diversity, cultural vitality, and perspective of our staff, students, volunteers, and supporters.

SOUTH FAYETTE TWP. SCHOOL DISTRICT is seeking a Middle School French Teacher: Complete job description and directions on how to apply are available at: www.southfayette.org Deadline 4:00 PM February 1, 2021 EOE

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER ALTOONA POLICE DEPARTMENT Applications for the position of Police Officer with the City of Altoona may be obtained from the Human Resources Department at City Hall, 1301 12th Street, Suite 301, Altoona, PA, weekdays between 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. For additional information, view Employment Opportunities at www.altoonapa.gov.

The City of Altoona is an Equal Opportunity Employer RENTAL SERVICE furnished Apartments

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OAKLAND AFFORDABLE LIVING (WEST OAKLAND) Accepting Applications Tax Credit Housing Project for those that qualify under LIHTC income guidelines. 3BR apartment waitlist is open!

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ANNOUNCEMENTS Meetings

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY The Community College of Allegheny County Board of Trustees will hold a meeting on February 4, 2021. The meeting will be held virtually beginning at 4:00p.m. and streamed on CCAC’s YouTube page. A copy of the Board meeting agenda will be made available for review on the College’s website (www.ccac.edu) Comments regarding items scheduled for action by the Board may be submitted via email to brichardson@ccac.edu by no later than 3:00 p.m. on the date of the meeting.

Comments will be read into the record, up to a maximum of three minutes each.

THE BOROUGH OF HOMESTEAD SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE – The Borough of Homestead will be holding a Special Meeting on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. at the Homestead Borough Building located at 221 East Seventh Ave., Homestead, PA 15120 for the purposes of discussing a personnel matter. The meeting will also be conducted via Zoom. Contact the Borough Manager at 412-461-1340 with questions or visit the Borough’s website at: www.homesteadborough.com for Zoom Link.

JANUARY HACP BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING Due to the COVID-19 protective guidelines set forth by federal, state, and local governments, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh’s Board of Commissioners will hold its monthly meeting for January on January 28, 2021, at 10:30 a.m. on a remote basis. The meeting will be held remotely, with public access to be provided online. HACP will provide a direct link to a livestream of the meeting, and instruction on how to make a public comment.

Details will be made available on http://www.hacp.org, in advance of the meeting.

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PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY Electronic Proposals will be received online at the Port Authority of Allegheny County’s Ebusiness website (http://ebusiness.portauthority.org).

Proposals/bid submittals will be due 11:00 a.m. on February 16, 2021 and will be read at 11:15 a.m., the same day, at Port Authority’s Heinz location (Please contact the respective Contract Specialist for Tele-Conference dial-in information for the Bid Opening), for the following: Electronic Proposal - Ebusiness website (http://ebusiness.portauthority.org)

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Bid Name Remanufactured/Exchange Fuel Injectors - Cummins

Paper Proposal - Documents are available for the following item at Port Authority’s Main Offices 345 Sixth Avenue, Third Floor, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15222-2527

Bid Number Bid Name B2012104A Vehicle Liquid Cleaner 1 REV2012103A Waste Oil Removal Service 2 B210102A Copier Management Sevices 3 No bidder may withdraw a submitted Proposal for a period of 75 days after the scheduled time for opening of the sealed bids.

A Pre-Bid Conference will be held via tele-conference on each of the above items at 10:00 a.m. on February 2, 2021. Please contact the respective Contract Specialist for Tele-Conference dial-in information. Attendance at this meeting is not mandatory, but is strongly encouraged. Questions regarding any of the above bids will not be entertained by the Port Authority within five (5) business days of the scheduled bid opening.

These contracts may be subject to a financial assistance contract between Port Authority of Allegheny County and the United States Department of Transportation. The Contractor will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations.

Contractor is responsible for expenses related to acquiring a performance bond and insurance where applicable. All items are to be FOB delivered unless otherwise specified. Costs for delivery, bond, and insurance shall be included in bidder’s proposal pricing.

Port Authority of Allegheny County hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprise will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award.

The Board of Port Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

ADVERTISEMENT THE TOWN OF MCCANDLESS ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Sealed Bids will be received by THE TOWN OF McCANDLESS, Department of Public Works, 9957 Grubbs Road, Wexford, PA 15090, for the following: Primary Items – Paving of various streets to include the following approximate quantities: A. 97,065 S.Y. of Milling B. 0 S.Y. of 2” Superpave 19.0 mm Binder Course, PG 64-22 C. 7,933 S.Y. of 3” Superpave 25.0 mm Binder Course, PG 64-22 D. 0 S.Y. of 4” Superpave 25.0 mm Binder Course, PG 64-22 E. 100,319 S.Y. of 1 1/2” Superpave 9.5 mm Fine-Graded Wearing Surface, PG 64-22 F. 68,326 L.F. of Asphalt Wedge Curb G. Traffic Control Optional Items – A. 160 Tons Scratch/Leveling Course Superpave, PG 64-22 B. 200 C.Y. of Class I Excavation C. 600 S.Y. of Geotextile Fabric D. 40 Tons of # 1 Crushed Limestone E. 600 S.Y. of McCandless Type “C” Base Course F. 10 S.Y. of Type 1 Driveway Restoration G. 10 S.Y. of Type 2 Driveway Restoration H. 14,000 L.F. Hot Thermoplastic Line Striping I. 19,675 L.F. Temporary Line Striping J. 12 Hot Thermoplastic Pavement Markings K. 0 EA. Driveway Apron Milling Additional Work – A) Repair of driveway at 8931 Highland Road. Level and compact millings as needed. 2” Binder, 1 ½” Wearing. Approximately 30 s.y. Traffic Control.

B) Montgomery Road. Mill approximately 360 s.y. at 1 ½”. Excavate trench line and Install 3” binder. Place 1 ½” Wearing over milled area. Traffic Control.

All Bids must be in the hands of Mark E. Sabina, Superintendent of Public Works, not later than 10:00 A.M., prevailing time, Wednesday, February 10, 2021 , and will be publicly opened and read at that time in The Town of McCandless Public Works Building located at 9957 Grubbs Road, Wexford, PA 15090.

Specifications may be obtained at the Town of McCandless, Department of Public Works Office, 9957 Grubbs Road, Wexford PA 15090.

Bids shall be delivered in a sealed envelope and clearly marked on the outside with the words “Town of McCandless 2021 Paving Program.”

Bids to receive consideration must be accompanied by a Certified Check or Bidder’s Bond from a Surety Company authorized to do business in Pennsylvania, made to the order of THE TOWN OF McCANDLESS, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pennsylvania in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total amount of the Bid as a guarantee that, if the Bid is accepted, the successful Bidder will enter into an Agreement within 15 days after Notice of the Award of the Contract.

All bidders must be PennDOT pre-qualified and meet the work classification codes of E, F, and F1. All bids submitted must have the Contractor’s valid pre-qualification certification attached to the outside of the bid or it will be rejected.

A Non-Collusion Affidavit must accompany each bid.

The Bids must be made to The Town of McCandless, and shall remain firm for a period of sixty (60) days. No Bidder may withdraw his Bid during the sixty (60) day period without forfeiting his Bid guarantee except as permitted by law.

Prevailing Wages are required to be paid on this project.

Performance and Labor and Material Payment Bonds, along with Public Liability and Property Damage Certificates of Insurance in the amounts specified and with the Town of McCandless identified as an additional insured, as well as Certificates of Worker’s Compensation must be filed with the executed Agreement.

The Town reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, or any part thereof, for any reason, and also reserves the right to waive any informality therein.

BY: Mark E Sabina Superintendent of Public Works

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HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) FOR FAÇADE IMPROVEMENTS AUTHORITY WIDE RFP #600-04-21 The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) hereby request proposals from qualified Firms or Individuals capable of providing the following service(s): Façade Improvements Authority Wide The documents will be available no later than January 25, 2021 and signed, sealed proposals will be accepted until 9:00 A.M. on March 2, 2021. The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh will only be accepting physical proposals dropped off in person from 8:00 AM until the closing time of 9:00 AM on March 2, 2021 in the lobby of 100 Ross St. Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

Proposals may uploaded to the Authority’s online submission site, the link is accessible via the HACP website and within the RFP. Sealed proposals may still be mailed via USPS at which time they will be Time and Date Stamped at 100 Ross Street 2nd Floor, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

Parties or individuals interested in responding may download a copy of the Solicitation from the Business Opportunities page of www.HACP.org.

Questions or inquires should be directed to: Mr. Kim Detrick Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh Procurement Department 100 Ross Street 2nd Floor, Suite 200 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-643-2832 A pre-submission meeting will be held via Zoom meeting; on February 11, 2021 at 09:00 A.M. Please see meeting information below: Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 933 0397 2521 Passcode: 638382 +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington D.C) The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh strongly encourages certified minority business enterprises and women business enterprises to respond to this solicitation.

HACP’s has revised their website. As part of those revisions, vendors must now register and log-in, in order to view and download IFB/RFPs documentation.

Caster D. Binion, Executive Director Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh

HACP conducts business in accordance with all federal, state, and local civil rights laws, including but not limited to Title VII, the Fair Housing Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act, The PA Human Relations Act, etc. and does not discriminate against any individuals protected by these statutes.

OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH Sealed proposals shall be deposited at the Administration Building, Bellefield Entrance Lobby, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15213, on February 2, 2021, until 2:00 P.M., local prevailing time for: Service & Maintenance Contracts at Various Schools, Facilities, Facilities & Properties: -Vertical Transportation Systems Preventative Maintenance and Service (REBID) Pgh. Colfax K-8 Flooring Replacement (Old Building) General Prime Various Schools: Pgh. Morrow PreK-4 and Pgh. King PreK-8 Replace PA Sound Systems Electrical Prime Pgh. Oliver Citywide Academy Oliver Bleacher Repair Project General Prime Project Manual and Drawings will be available for purchase on Monday, January 11, 2021 at Modern Reproductions (412-488-7700), 127 McKean Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15219 between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. The cost of the Project Manual Documents is non-refundable.

Project details and dates are described in each project manual.

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COMBINED NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS (“FONSI/RROF”) January 27, 2021 City of Pittsburgh-Office of Management and Budget 414 Grant St. 5th Floor, Room 501 Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219 412-255-2211 These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by the City of Pittsburgh.

REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS On or about February 16, 2021 the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) will submit a request to the nited States Department of Housing and rban Development (“HUD”) for the release of Community Development Block Grant funds under Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, to undertake an activity known as PLI Demolitions. This activity should cost approximately $1.24 million of 2020 CDBG funds. This activity will involve the demolition and removal of structures that have been deemed to be unsafe to the community, these locations are scattered throughout the City of Pittsburgh and listed below: Address

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FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT The City of Pittsburgh has determined that the project will have no significant impact on the human environment. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR). The ERR will be made available for review either via website at www.pittsburghpa.gov/omb/community-development-block-grant or provided upon request electronically via email or by .S. mail. Please submit your request by .S. mail to the address below or by email to whitney.finnstrom@pittsburghpa.gov.

PUBLIC COMMENTS Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to: Whitney Finnstrom City of Pittsburgh, 414 Grant St 5th Floor, Room 501 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412) 255-2211 Whitney.finnstrom pittsbur hpa. ov All comments received by February 15, 2021, will be considered by the City of Pittsburgh prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing.

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION The City of Pittsburgh certifies to HUD that William Peduto in his capacity as Mayor, City of Pittsburgh, consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. HUD’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows the City of Pittsburgh to use program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS HUD will accept objections to its release of fund and the City of Pittsburgh’s certification for a period of fifteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of the City of Pittsburgh (b) the City of Pittsburgh has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 58; (c) the grant recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by HUD or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to: Objections must be prepared and submitted via email in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to .S. Department of Housing and rban Development Community Planning and Development Division at : phillip.e.mckeough@hud.gov Phone number: 412) 644-5 46.

Potential objectors should contact HUD to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

WILLIAM PEDUTO Mayor City of Pittsburgh

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA JANUARY 21, 2021 The Office of the County Controller of Allegheny County, Room 104, Court House, Pittsburgh, PA., will receive separate and sealed Bids until 11:00 A.M. prevailing local time, Wednesday, February 17, 2021, and a representative of the Department of Public Works will open and read the Proposals in the Conference Room 1, Court House, Pittsburgh, PA., one-half hour later, 11:30 A.M., for the following: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS RECONSTRUCTION OF THOMPSON RUN EAST BRANCH BRIDGE NO. 2 WITHIN WILKINS TOWNSHIP/ BOROUGH OF TURTLE CREEK COUNTY PROJECT NO: TE02-0310 As a prospective bidder please note the following general Project information regarding Pre-Bid Information, Bidding Requirements, and Contract Conditions. See the Project Manual and Drawings for detailed information, responsibilities and instructions.

PRE-BID INFORMATION: iew the Proposal, Specifications and Drawings at the Office of the Contract Manager, Room 504, County Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA. Please adhere to all COVID-19 safety procedures. The non-refundable charge for the Proposal and a disc containing the Specifications and Drawings is $107.00 including sales tax. The Contract Manager will accept only check or money order to the “COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY” in that amount and WILL NOT ACCEPT CASH OR EXTEND CREDIT. Prospective bidders may request to have their bid documents mailed. An additional fee of $16.05 for handling costs for each requested proposal must be paid in advance. The fee must be received at the office of the Contract Manager prior to mailing of any documents.

Interested bidders planning to purchase bid documents or attend the public bid opening are advised to follow Self-Monitoring and Social Distancing guidelines when entering the Allegheny County Courthouse or County Office Building. Interested bidders should also be aware that when entering either the Allegheny County Courthouse or County Office Building, a face mask meeting the guidelines set by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, must be worn at all times.

BIDDING REQUIREMENTS: The County requires prequalification of bidders, includin subcontractors, as specified in Section 10 .01 of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Specifications 0 0 Publication 408) on this project.

Submit bid on the supplied Bid Forms in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders and General and Supplementary Conditions include the following documents with the Bid Form, ALONG WITH ONE COMPLETE PHOTOCOPIED SET OF PROPOSAL: •Bid Security - certified check or surety company bond on County’s form to the order of/or running to the County of Allegheny in the amount of five (5%) percent of the Bid as evidence that you, the Bidder, will accept and carry out the conditions of the Contract in case of award. The County will accept only bonds written by Surety Companies acceptable on Federal Bonds per the current Federal Register Circular 570. Federal Register Circular 570 is available for inspection in the Contract Office, Room 504, County Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

•Bidder Certification of Pre- ualification, Classification and Work Capacity.

•List of Subcontractors •Statement of oint enture Participation •MBE and WBE Goals Attainment Certification - (ONLY NECESSARY IF YOU CAN NOT MEET THE SPECIFIED MBE AND WBE GOALS) •Work Sheet Required Amount Performed by Contractor (Non Federal Project) •MBE/WBE Subcontractor and Supplier Solicitation Sheet •MBE/WBE Subcontractor and Supplier Commitment Sheet THE COUNTY WILL REJECT BIDS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE THE EXECUTED DOCUMENTS SPECIFIED ABOVE WITH THE BID FORM. You may not withdraw your bid for a period of Sixty (60) days after the scheduled closing time for receipt of bids. The County Manager reserves the right to reject any and all bids or waive any informalities in the bidding.

CONTRACT CONDITIONS: In accordance with the provisions of the “Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act” of August 15, 1961, P.L. 987, as Department of Labor and Industry, the prevailing minimum wage predetermination requirements as set forth in the Attachments apply to this Project.

For technical questions, contact risten Hash, Project Manager, at 412350-24 0. For contract related questions, contact the Contract Department at 412-350-5955 or 5924.

Project completion is to occur by August 31, 2022.

The County of Allegheny County hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises / women business enterprises [MBE/ WBE] will be afforded the full opportunity to submit bids on the grounds of race, sex, color or national origin in consideration for an award. It is a condition of the bidding process/contract that all responsive bidders/contractors shall follow the minority business enterprises/women’s business enterprises [MBE/WBE] procedures set forth in the project manual/contract documents.

Chelsa Wagner Controller County of Allegheny REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) ADVERTISEMENT The Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh (Authority) is soliciting proposals from qualified respondents to provide Shuttle Services as more fully described in the formal RFP document.

The RFP document will be available on Monday, January 25, 2021 after 10:00 a.m. EST on the Authority website at www.pittsburghparking.com.

Printed copies may also be obtained at the Authority main office located at 232 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

A mandatory pre-proposal meeting will be held virtually via oom on Wednesday, February 10, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. EST. Meeting information will be provided in the RFP document and on the Authority website.

Submitted proposals are required to be in the Authority’s possession, in the form of five (5) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy, clearly marked and sealed by 3:00 p.m.

EST on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.

OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENT THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposals shall be deposited at the Administration Building, Bellefield Entrance Lobby, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15213, on February 2, 2021, until 2:00 P.M., local prevailing time for: Various Schools and Buildings Water Cooler Replacement Phase 4 General and Electrical Primes Project Manual and Drawings will be available for purchase on Monday, January 11, 2021 at Modern Reproductions 412-4 -7700), 127 Mc ean Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., 15219 between 9:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. The cost of the Project Manual Documents is non-refundable. Project details and dates are described in each project manual.

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