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MORE THAN 150 KIDS AND PARENTS showed up to a bowling event in North Versailles, Oct. 30; a positive event in light of the recent shooting death that occurred at a haunted house in the area weeks earlier. (Photo by Rob Taylor Jr.)

Bowling event brings families together after Hayride shooting

by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer

Some kids and their parents bowled perfect strikes; others bowled the dreaded gutter balls.

But truthfully, no one was keeping score. The only thing that mattered was that kids and their parents got a chance to have fun together in a

safe environment.

A group of Woodland Hills High School graduates, now in their 30s, sponsored a bowling event in North Versailles, Oct. 30, as a way to provide a positive outlet for area kids, after a shooting at the nearby Haunted Hills Hayride left a 15-yearold dead and yet another scar on Pittsburgh’s Black

community.

“This is great,” said Jaquan Leech, a 2003 Woodland Hills High graduate who helped put on the event at New Great Valley Lanes. “The community needs this. It’s something for the kids to come out in a safe environment, a family-oriented environment.”

With the event falling

on Halloween weekend, many kids were dressed in their favorite costumes.

More than 150 kids and parents took part in the daytime bowling, which also featured bags of candy for the kids.

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Sources have confirmed to the New Pittsburgh Courier that Jake Wheatley, longtime member of the state House representing the Hill District, North Side, Downtown and parts of the South Side, will become deputy mayor of the City of Pittsburgh under soon-to-be Mayor Ed Gainey.

The news was first reported by KDKA-TV. That means two of the most recognizable African

American men in Pittsburgh will join forces to lead Pittsburgh into its future, after a shaky past that’s seen 7,000 African Americans exit the city proper in recent years.

Wheatley has been a state representative since 2003, his highly recognizable “People’s Office” located on Centre Avenue in the heart of the Hill. Representative Wheatley is a 1989 graduate of Osseo Senior High School in Minnesota, SEE WHEATLEY A2

Summer Lee announces run for U.S. Congress Woodland Hills graduate has served in state House since 2019

by Charlie Wolfson PublicSource

Less than 24 hours after Mike Doyle announced his retirement, state Rep.

Summer Lee, D-Swissvale, on Oct. 18, formally announced a campaign to succeed him with a video and a press conference in Braddock. Representative

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Lee, 33, is the second candidate to announce a run to represent Pittsburgh and some of its suburbs in Congress, along with Pitt Law professor Jerry Dickinson.

Representative Lee is backed by national progressive group Justice Democrats, according to a campaign statement; the group has had high-profile successes electing progres-

sives since its 2017 founding, including New York’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, St. Louis’ Cori Bush and Boston’s Ayanna Pressley.

Representative Lee’s campaign announcement said she will run as someone who has “lived through the struggles of environmental racism, unaffordable healthcare, crushing SEE LEE A3

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and earned his bachelor’s from North Carolina A&T, an HBCU. He holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh.

Representative Wheatley had begun his latest term as state House member in January, saying at the time he wanted to help keep minority-owned businesses afloat during the pandemic. He is currently

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the Democratic chairman of the House Professional Licensure Committee, and previously served two terms as Democratic chairman of the House Finance Committee.

Representative Wheatley has been one of Gainey’s most ardent supporters, not only as teammates in the state House, but during Gainey’s mayoral run. “I’m enthusiastically supporting Ed Gainey for mayor because Ed shows up, Ed cares, Ed delivers, and I want to encourage you to join me to make sure our next four years are better than our last eight,” Rep.

Wheatley said in a video announcing his endorsement for Gainey.

Representative Wheatley’s expected leave from the state House would open a spot for someone to become the next representative of Pa.’s 19th House District. Even before Gainey became the official mayor-elect, former Wilkinsburg School Board member Ashley Comans announced she would be seeking Gainey’s House District 24 seat. No other candidates have yet emerged publicly for a spot on the 24th or 19th House seats.

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student debt and job insecurity,” and signaled her support for Medicare for All and the Green New Deal.

Pittsburgh mayor-elect Ed Gainey spoke at her campaign announcement in Braddock, providing a high-profile endorsement in the first hours of her candidacy. Other local officials, including Democratic state Reps. Sara Innamorato, Jessica Benham and Jake Wheatley and County Councilwoman Bethany Hallam backed Rep. Lee at the Braddock event.

Mike Doyle, the Democrat who has represented Pittsburgh in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1995, announced that he would not seek reelection in 2022. Hours earlier, a state lawmaker filed to run for the seat,

setting up a matchup between progressives to replace Doyle.

“I believe the time has come to pass the torch to the next generation,” Doyle said during a press conference announcing his retirement plans.

“This was not an easy decision, and I spent most of this year going back and forth.”

Doyle, of Forest Hills, is opting to retire rather than seek a 15th term in office as House Democrats are preparing for a grueling campaign to defend their narrow majority. Doyle’s district, Pennsylvania’s 18th, is likely to remain deeply Democratic after congressional districts are redrawn this year.

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ready set to choose nominees for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat and governorship. Now, there will be an open primary in Pittsburgh’s congressional district for the first time in almost 30 years.

Doyle declined to endorse a candidate and said he hoped the district would “hear from a robust field of candidates.”

Though the district hasn’t had a wide open contest since Bill Clinton was president, the race to replace Doyle is already partially developed. Jerry Dickinson, a Pitt Law professor who ran against Doyle in the Democratic primary in 2020, announced another run earlier this year.

And state Rep. Summer Lee, a progressive from Swissvale who unseated a longtime incumbent in 2018, filed paperwork to run just hours before Doyle’s announcement.

Dickinson, running on a progressive platform, collected a notable 34% of the vote in the 2020 race. He reported eye-catching fundraising numbers in the second quarter of 2021, bringing in $210,000, all from individual donors. Three weeks ago, he reported raising more than $121,000 in the third quarter.

Dickinson has also collected a slew of endorsements: County Councilor Liv Bennett; Michelle Kenney, the mother of Antwon Rose II; Brad-

dock Mayor Chardae Jones; plus a handful of activists and even a couple former Doyle staffers.

Representative Lee may be starting with less cash than Dickinson but enjoys name recognition and an electoral track record after she pulled off an upset win in 2018 and defended her seat in 2020. She is a leader in

local progressive politics and was backed by the Democratic Socialists of America in her 2018 run.

“I want to thank Congressman Doyle for his service to our country and our region in the U.S. House of Representatives,” Dickinson said in a statement. “For 26 years, he has represented Western Pennsylvania

with dignity and advocated passionately for our communities in Washington.

“From the start of this campaign one thing has been clear: Pittsburgh is ready for a new direction.

I’m not a career politician, and I’m not running for Congress just to rise the political ranks or to advance my career.”

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E.A.T. INITIATIVE hosted “World Food Day” 2021 in the Centre-Heldman Plaza in the Hill District, Oct. 17. E.A.T. Initiative was founded by “Chef” Claudy Pierre in Pittsburgh, to help people with acquiring healthy, home-cooked meals in times of need. (Photos by Courier photographer J.L. Martello)

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Supporting Veterans’ Health: Using data to promote health equity This month’s health page “Take Charge of Your Health Today. Be Informed. Be Involved.” addresses a vitally important topic – the health of those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Many of us have family members and loved ones who have served in our military. In fact, Black Americans are well-represented in military service - a higher proportion of individuals identifying as Black work in the U.S. Armed Forces compared to the general civilian population. This involvement of Black/African American individuals (especially Black men) in the military related to the reality that military service is one pathway to economic stability and mobility for people of color in this country.

As a result, there is a disproportionate burden on Black Americans who are serving our nation and being placed in harm’s way. Our veterans return to civilian life, often related to an injury, and struggle with high levels of mental health problems and substance use disorders, traumatic stress symptoms, and traumatic brain injury Dr. Leslie Hausmann’s research, featured this month, focuses on providing appropriate health care for life after military service. She shows that disparities in health and health care exist for veterans, similar to other populations. She shares with us that fundamental to eliminating disparities in veterans’ health is recognizing that these disparities exist and working to address these disparities intentionally.

This includes disparities based on being a sexual minority (lesbian, gay, or bisexual) and identifying as female (unique challenges experienced by female veterans including exposure to sexual violence).

Particularly exciting about Dr. Hausmann’s work is the development of the VA Primary Care Equity Dashboard which any VA can use to look at how they are doing regarding disparities among the veterans they are caring for.

Having data that is easily accessible also allows for implementing important quality improvement initiatives that address specific disparities and evaluating those efforts. Dr. Hausmann and her team are doing an incredible job with coaching and facilitating the VAs on how to use these data and work towards making concrete improvements.

Knowledge, transparency, and access to data – these are all key to creating community and cultural change.

I am so pleased that the Pittsburgh VA’s Center for Health Equity and Promotion is leading the way nationally on helping us to eliminate health and health care disparities for our veterans.

Esther Bush President and CEO, Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh

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Saying farewell to Esther Bush For more than a decade, Esther Bush has been an essential voice in the “Take Charge of Your Health” partnership. Every month, she has provided to the New Pittsburgh Courier readership her expertise, vision and conviction to improve health disparities and to bring the research community and the general public closer together toward a shared goal of improving health for everyone. As Ms. Bush steps down as president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, it is vital to highlight and applaud her hard work and dedication to this series and to the health and well-being of the entire region.

The “Take Charge of Your Health” series began in 2011 to accompa-

ny the publication of Allegheny County Health in Black and White, a report produced by the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Health Department and the University of Pittsburgh’s University Center for Social and Urban Research. At Ms. Bush’s suggestion, the newspaper series was created as a way to disseminate the report’s findings. It was her firm belief that the right information needed to be available for people to make well-informed decisions about their health.

As a research participant herself, Ms. Bush also felt strongly about encouraging people of color to get involved in research studies. She knew that when African Americans do not participate in research

that it results in findings that do not always reflect their health needs or concerns. However, Ms. Bush also knew that the long and understandable history of African Americans’ mistrust of research had to be acknowledged, respected and addressed.

Sharing her positive experiences with research helped people see a way to be involved in research themselves and ensure that their needs are included.

That it was Esther Bush who forged this partnership and encouraged people to be informed and involved in their health was key to the series’ success.

Black and Brown communities in Pittsburgh have had an ally in Ms. Bush almost like no other. A Pittsburgh native, Ms. Bush

began her career as an educator and, after earning a graduate degree, she was recruited to serve in the National Urban League in New York. She eventually returned home to lead the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh for nearly three decades. It would be impossible to list all of her achievements in this role, but they include starting the city’s first charter school, increasing housing and food support for marginalized families and advocating for social justice.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ms. Bush mobilized the Urban League to fundraise for and provide essential services, including rent, utility and mortgage assistance; partner with UPMC on a vaccine clinic in Duquesne; and work with Koppers to dis-

tribute pandemic supplies to residents of Homewood, the Hill District, the North Side and Duquesne.

The “Take Charge of Your Health” series includes a monthly commentary—a note directly from Ms. Bush to Pittsburghers.

She has always spoken honestly and with love to the people for whom she has fought and carried in her heart. Though we will miss her words on this page, Ms. Bush’s passion and efforts to uplift the community will be ongoing.

Thank you, Ms. Bush, for many years of leadership.

We will continue to follow your example of caring for people’s health and well-being and ensuring biomedical research and innovation serves everyone.

Veterans’ health care vital to life after service For individuals who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, accessing appropriate health care is vital to life after service. Disparities exist in veterans’ health as they do in other populations. The key to eliminating disparities in veterans’ health is knowing what they are and how best to address them.

Veterans are a multifaceted group with health issues that are both common and unique to their service experiences. Veterans have various unique issues, including those stemming from return to civilian life or living with traumatic injury. They experience mental health and substance-use disorders, post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury at disproportionate rates compared to their civilian counterparts (https://www. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4671760/).

Health disparities also exist within the veteran population itself. According to a chartbook compiled by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), veterans who are lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB)*—compared with veterans who do not identify as LGB—report worse health and more chronic conditions; report higher rates of smoking, drinking excessively and having poor sleep quality; and female veterans who are LGB report depressive and anxiety symptoms at double the rate of female veterans who are not LGB.

LESLIE HAUSMANN, PH.D. As investigator and codirector of the Equity Capacity Building Core of the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Leslie Hausmann, PhD, is working to eliminate health disparities in the veteran population. Her research and activities focus on building tools to engage the health care workforce and identifying and making systemic changes to address disparities happening at the local level.

“When I would present research about veterans’ health disparities, leaders of various VAs thought that these disparities weren’t happening in their population,” she says. “There was a disconnect between data at the national level and action on the ground. I’ve been working with the na-

tional VA Office of Health Equity Research and a team here in Pittsburgh to design tools specifically to bridge that gap.”

One of the tools Dr. Hausmann and colleagues are developing is the VA Primary Care Equity Dashboard.

VAs across the country can use this tool to look at data with regard to disparities in their own patient population. The intent is to support quality improvement and to get VA health care providers to think about equity in every step of their quality improvement process. With the dashboard, users can see how their facility is performing overall in several quality measures—like chronic disease management.

“Then there’s an equity deep-dive area of the dashboard where there’s infor-

mation about how specific subgroups are performing in terms of health equity,” says Dr. Hausmann, who is also associate professor of medicine (Division of General Internal Medicine) and of clinical and translational science at the University of Pittsburgh. “Because they comprise the majority of the data, white, male veterans’ health measures are often right in line with the national average. This doesn’t provide a complete picture. If you look at the breakdown of data, smaller populations like veterans who are women or racial/ ethnic minorities may be performing at lower rates than the national average.

We’re trying to shift the culture to move past the idea that if the overall data on veterans’ health measures are fine, that everyone must

be fine. We want people to think intentionally about how groups that we know are at risk for health disparities are performing.”

In using the dashboard’s data, if a quality improvement team notices a disparity in its VA, Dr. Hausmann and her team then do coaching and facilitation with them to figure out how to eliminate the disparity. The dashboard also includes toolkits to help VA health care providers tailor different treatments to different populations and make systemic changes by looking at exactly how marginalized populations are being underserved.

Dr. Hausmann says that, overall, the VA is doing well in providing high-quality health care to veterans.

Disparities are not even as stark within the veteran population as they are in the general population. But, she points out that the goal is to eliminate any disparities that exist, which is her ongoing research focus and that of the Pittsburgh VA’s Center for Health Equity and Promotion.

To learn more about participating in research about veterans’ health, please visit https://veteranshealthfoundation.org/get-involved/. *Data are taken from the 2013-18 National Center for Health Statistics National Health Interview Survey, which only has data available for the LGB subset of the LGBTQ+ population.

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hang out with their children outside of the normal confines,” said Allon Wallace, the lead organizer of the event. He said the bowling event gave parents a prime opportunity to spend quality time with their kids.

D’Jamar Sanders took his son, niece and nephew to the bowling event.

“As adults, we want somewhere that is safe,” he said.

The shocking, brazen shooting on the night of Sept. 11 at the Haunted Hills Hayride still lingers in people’s minds. Fifteenyear-old Steven Eason, a sophomore at Central Catholic High School, was shot and killed while trying to break up an altercation between the alleged suspect and another person. The alleged suspect also shot a Penn Hills High School student, who survived.

There have been no arrests in the case, even as Eason’s mother, Shantel Pizaro, pleaded with those in the community to come forward with information.

“We need this person off of the streets,” Pizaro said, Oct. 1. “At some point, us as adults, we have to come forward to make a change.

Where are the adults leading these children down the

right path? Someone has to do it. We need to teach our kids the right morals, teach them the right way to go.”

Gun violence in the local Black community is going to be an area of major focus for incoming Pittsburgh mayor Ed Gainey, the first African American mayor elected in the city.

The 51-year-old grew up in East Liberty, and now lives in Lincoln-Lemington.

“We can build the safest city in America,” Gainey said during his victory speech at the Benedum Center, Nov. 2. “We can have a city where our kids don’t have to walk to school and see negativity, but see clean positivity, so when they enter the classroom, their minds can learn.”

Wallace, a 2004 Woodland Hills High graduate, is no stranger to sponsoring positive events. In June, he hosted a barbecue for Father’s Day at a local park.

On Nov. 21, he’s planning a turkey giveaway at a basketball court in East McKeesport.

As he waved good-bye to kids leaving the bowling event on Oct. 30, Wallace told the Courier he had this message for the youth: “When you’re at your lowest point, that’s when you bounce up and be a winTHE YOUTH—SAVANNAH, JAMES AND D’JAMAR, with dad/uncle D’Jamar Sanders, at the bowling event. (Photo by Rob Taylor Jr.) ner.”

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Meet the Memphis school nurse who helped a shooting victim survive Karen Taylor’s instincts kicked in to help a 13-year-old boy who was shot in a stairwell

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With more than 50 years of nursing behind her, including as a trauma nurse, Karen Taylor has encountered countless life-anddeath situations.

All those decades of experience weren’t really needed after Taylor became a Shelby County Schools nurse in March because her days were spent dealing with belly aches and scraped knees—that is, until the morning of Sept. 30, when an urgent announcement blasted over the intercom: “Nurse Taylor, we need you in the counselor’s office right now.”

Instinct set in. The 73-year-old Taylor bolted out of her office and ran to the opposite end of the school, putting on two layers of gloves on the way.

When Taylor arrived, she learned a 13-year-old boy had been shot in a stairwell by another student just minutes earlier.

As the nation faces a school nursing shortage, Taylor is part of an expanded pool of nurses inside of Shelby County Schools this year thanks to a COVID-relief grant. When she got the call that a student was in crisis, her years of training set in. She rushed to the student’s side, comforted him, and called his father. She wrapped her arm around his shoulder to comfort him and used her other hand to put pressure on his wound until paramedics arrived.

As the students and staff at Cummings K-8 Optional School continue to heal after the pain and chaos of the school shooting last week, Taylor has been heralded as a hero for leaping into action that morning, and for her quick, selfless efforts to soothe the injured student and keep him alive. The boy is recovering from his injuries and has since returned to school.

To Taylor, she was just doing her job.

“It’s kind of like adrenaline and what I’ve been doing for more than 50 years —nursing—took over,”

Taylor said. “I knew I had to keep a level head. I’ve had to learn how to do that over my nursing career. I can’t afford to panic. I can’t afford to not think rationally. I can’t afford to just start crying and blubbering all over the place.”

Calling Taylor a “shero,” Shante Avant, a Shelby County Schools board member who represents Cummings school, said she’s grateful for Taylor’s selflessness, and her calm, reassuring presence.

Taylor’s actions are especially impressive, Avant said, considering how little information she had about the situation at that time.

“She had to, in the back of her mind, be thinking, you know, someone just got shot in the school. Are we all safe? Am I safe? But she was focused on making sure that student was OK,” she said.

“I’m a firm believer that these things don’t happen by happenstance,” Avant added. “I’m so thankful to God that he put the right people there on the right day.”

Taylor’s notoriety comes as school nurses play an outsized role in keeping schools across the U.S. open amid the ongoing pandemic. In August, an influential Tennessee panel urged Gov. Bill Lee to prioritize more funding for school nurses to allow the state to fund 1 nurse for every 750 students next year, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The state’s current ratio is 1 nurse to 3,000 students.

And yet, while discussions of nurses’ importance have grown in recent months, schools are grappling with a nationwide shortage. A September study of the nursing workforce estimates that about a quarter of schools lack a nurse, despite their heightened importance in fighting COVID in schools and helping students address mental health issues.

This year, Shelby County Schools officials announced they would have a nurse in every school, thanks to a nearly $30 million grant

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The district has yet to tell Chalkbeat if it had met that goal yet, or how many total nurses it employs or contracts.

For “Nurse Taylor,” as students at Cummings affectionately call her, COVID is the reason she became a school nurse in the first place.

Since Taylor became a nurse some 54 years ago, she’s worked at almost every hospital in Memphis —often multiples at once, splitting her time between two or three on weekdays and weekends.

“It’s just been a journey,” Taylor recalled. “There’s never not a job for a nurse.

If you want to work, you can find work. So that’s what I’ve always done.”

Her last RN job was working for Lakeside Behavioral Health System. A minor fender bender changed everything.

After her accident, Taylor saw her doctor for a precautionary check-up, and asked her to write a letter explaining her absence from work. The pandemic was in full swing, and her doctor turned to her and said, “Ms. Taylor, you don’t

have any business working right now,” Taylor remembered with a laugh.

Instead, Taylor, a 20year breast cancer survivor with asthma and other pre-existing conditions that made her more vulnerable to serious illness if she contracted COVID, returned to work with a letter saying she could be a nurse until the pandemic eases.

About a year later, Taylor grew restless. She had always worked. She’d gotten vaccinated. Her doctor suggested a less risky job, like school nursing, and with some hesitation, her husband agreed. Starting in March through the end of the school year, Taylor split her time between Whitehaven High School, Whitehaven Elementary, and Holmes Road Elementary.

In August, she was moved to Cummings.

Until last week, Taylor spent her school days helping children who had fallen ill and calling their parents to take them home, assisting students with diabetes, and making sure everyone keeps their masks in place.

Without a doubt, the best parts of Taylor’s job are the children and the overall camaraderie in the school community, she

said. Quickly, she’s bonded with many of the students, teachers and other staff at Cummings.

“I go in the hallways when they change classrooms or go to the restrooms and they always show me they got their masks on, and I give them high fives and pats on the back,” Taylor said. “There’s definitely a bond there.”

Although Taylor wouldn’t call herself a hero, she agrees with Avant that she happened to be in the right place at the right time.

When Taylor was undergoing chemotherapy and “all that other ugly stuff” while fighting breast cancer, she remembers asking God to take her away quietly amid all that pain. When she survived, it felt like “he slapped me on my head and said, ‘I’m not through with you, girl,’” she said.

Now, Taylor counts her role in last week’s school shooting as one of the reasons she’s still here today.

“I’m in good health and I’m grateful for that,” she said. “And I’m grateful to be here at this school and help in this situation.”

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- Psalms 95:2 REV. WALKER SAYS: Every day is a day of Thanksgiving. A day of giving thanks to the Lord. Know that we don’t need to wait for November 25, 2021, of this year to give God thanks. Let’s sing to the Lord; He may be the only one that enjoys our voice.

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1 Hood Media awarded part of $1 million in grants from Michael Jordan to help fight racism The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that local organization 1Hood Media was one of 18 recipients of the inaugural Community Grant program from NBA legend Michael Jordan and the Jordan Brand. Competition was fierce for the grants—hundreds of applicants vied for one of the grants, which collectively total $1 million.

The program hopes to empower organizations across the country to help fight racism.

“Action over words is the foundation of our Black Community Commitment,” Jordan said in a release. “These 18 organizations put action over words every day to make their communities a better place. Each of these groups has demonstrated the courage to make a difference at the local level and I could not be more proud to support the work they are doing.”

Some of the other grant recipients include: Love Now Media (Philadelphia); Mortar Cincinnati (Cincinnati); Our Village United (Atlanta); Revolution Workshop (Chicago); and 1619 Freedom School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

“We received hundreds of applications for Community Grants and every single one of them was a reminder of the unique impact and powerful personal connections local community efforts can make happen. Making a decision on the first cycle selected was certainly not easy,” said Craig Williams, President, Jordan Brand, in a release. “We

MEMBERS OF 1 HOOD MEDIA are thrilled to not only stand behind them but based on the volume of applications received, we look forward to continuing to offer this program each year in support of local grassroots efforts that create real, meaningful change for people and communities.”

Through the 10-year,

$100 million Black Community Commitment, Jordan and the Jordan Brand identified three main focus areas that are critical to improving outcomes for African Americans: Social Justice, Education and Awareness and Economic Justice.

“We at 1Hood Media Academy are honored to

have been chosen as a 2021 Community Grant recipient by Michael Jordan and his iconic Jordan Brand,” said Jasiri X, 1Hood Media Founder and CEO, in a release.

“As we continue to work alongside our people in the fight for an equitable and livable Pittsburgh and in the struggle for

justice worldwide, this funding will help us to tell the stories that are far too often overlooked and continue the work of keeping our community informed and safe in these unprecedented times.”

1Hood Media is a collective of socially conscious artists and activists who

utilize art as a means of raising awareness about social justice matters affecting people around the world. The mission of 1Hood Media is to build liberated communities through art, education and social justice.

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Three tips to help you prepare for retirement (NewsUSA)—After spending years working hard and saving up, retirement is that welcome reward of relaxation, travel, and new hobbies, or even a transition to something new such as consulting or a new business endeavor. While most people can say definitively that they would like to and plan to retire, the issue of when is often less clear.

The ideal age for retiring depends on several things—occupation, health status, financial circumstance, and the state where you reside. While some pension plans allow you to start collecting early- retirement benefits as soon as age 55, generally, most people today are opting to retire later.

Nationally, the average retirement age is 64, though in some states, the average retirement age is 66. The decision to retire later can impact several important life decisions.

For example, healthcare considerations for someone who retires at 65 versus 55 are quite different.

We’ll highlight some points to consider as you gear up to slow down.

Coverage Shifts Medicare eligibility begins for most individuals around age 65, so if your retirement coincides with that milestone birthday, it’s a good idea to learn more about Medicare as well as Medicare-Related Options for those enrolled in Medicare Part A and B. You can find details about enrolling in Medicare for the first time by visiting

this informational site for AARP members.

For those not yet eligible for Medicare, and for other considerations not covered

by Medicare such as vision, prescription drugs, and dental care, retirement might mean a shift from employer-sponsored insurance to individual insurance. If you had employer-sponsored insurance, your employer did the insurance research and provided you with coverage options. Now, as a retiree, you can select the coverage options that align with your health and financial needs.

Financial Considerations By leading a healthy and active life, many people are living longer, which means that even if you retire later, you’ll have plenty of time to enjoy. However, costs are also rising on everything from groceries to gas, making the prospect of living on a fixed income stressful. With a little advance planning, though, it doesn’t have to be.

Prescription medication is common as you age and can be a regular expense.

Nearly 90 percent of adults aged 65 and older use at least one prescription drug. The good news is that AARP members have access to a free prescription discount card from AARP® Prescription Discounts provided by OptumRx® that can be used to save on FDA-approved medications. While anyone can enroll, AARP members can unlock deeper discounts and benefits such as home

delivery, coverage for dependents, and more.

Maintaining a focus on your health now also means you may be able to avoid chronic health issues down the road, and you can consider coverage options that cover regular doctor’s visits and exams.

Annual wellness visits, eye exams, and dental visits help you monitor and even potentially prevent more serious, and costly, health issues. Most eye conditions can be treated

if found early, for example, so you may want to look for health coverage that includes vision benefits.

Not only do these benefits include eye exams, but AARP® Vision Discounts provided by EyeMed also provide savings on prescription glasses.

Oral health can also deteriorate with age, and over time, teeth can become more brittle and susceptible to decay, infection, and gum disease. Dental insurance provides coverage for

regular visits and any special procedures or treatments that may arise. And AARP members have access to affordable plan options specifically designed to meet their needs.

Resources When it comes to healthcare, it’s important to plan and research to make your retirement years enjoyable ones. Fortunately, there are many tools available to guide you in making decisions that work best for you. AARP members have

access to resources that provide detailed information, discounts, and more to ease your healthcare search.

You’ve worked hard to achieve retirement, so why not enjoy it by taking the necessary steps to ensure continued good health and proper coverage? Start putting your plan in place by visiting this informational site today. https:// www.aarp.org/benefits-discounts/healthcare/

Crystal McCormick Ware named chief diversity officer at Duquesne

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Duquesne President Ken Gormley has named Crystal McCormick Ware as the university’s first chief diversity officer and senior advisor to the president for diversity, equity and inclusion, effective Jan. 5, 2022, the New Pittsburgh Courier has learned.

McCormick Ware has served as director of diversity and inclusion initiatives at the University of Pittsburgh Library System since 2004. She is responsible for these initiatives for more than 250 faculty,

staff and students on five campuses, including four regional campus libraries.

In that role, McCormick Ware developed diversity programming and training for the entire system and led University Library System-driven diversity efforts throughout the larger academic community.

“I’m grateful to our search committee for presenting an excellent pool of applicants for this extremely important position at Duquesne,” said Gormley. “I’m delighted

that Crystal McCormick Ware will be returning to the university where she holds two degrees and has a long history of service.

Her extensive experience collaborating with faculty, staff and students at Pitt has prepared her well to help shape this new role at Duquesne. Crystal’s deep community networks and connections also will help us continue to connect and work side-by-side with the city residents among whom our students and faculty live, learn and work.”

In addition to her work in diversity and inclusion, McCormick Ware previously held marketing and communications roles at times in the University of Pittsburgh Library System.

She was director and field instructor with the University Community Career Development Partnership Project of Pitt’s School of Social Work and executive director of Pittsburgh’s Urban Youth Action, Inc. McCormick Ware started her career at Duquesne, working in admissions and

coordinating multicultural programs.

“Diversity and inclusion has been my life’s work throughout my academic and not-for-profit careers, and I look forward to more of this important work in a deeper capacity at Duquesne University,” said McCormick Ware.

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Blacks lead in one personal finance statistic—bankruptcy dismissal Black Americans are more likely to have their bankruptcy filings dismissed or being steered towards filing Chapter 13 over filing Chapter 7 ~ Atlanta Black Star According to an article appearing in Atlanta Black Star, a recent study released by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business reveals bias in bankruptcy dismissal rates. This study, along with a 2012 report, found that Black Americans were more likely to be advised to enter Chapter 13 versus Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings, revealing implicit bias existing in bankruptcy advice and proceedings.

Damon says: Just when you thought you’ve heard it all, Black people don’t get a fair shake at bankruptcy court?? Implicit Biases—suggest upwards of 80 percent of Bankruptcy filings are dismissed for Black People. Meaning Black People don’t get the 2nd chance at a Fresh Start Bankruptcy protection supposed to afford those who could not afford to pay their bills.

The report states that the majority of Blacks are steered towards filing a Chapter 13 payment plan as opposed to chapter 7 straight liquidation. Across all races, 50 percent of all Chapter 13’s are dismissed from failure to honor payment plans. In other words, those bankruptcy payment plans don’t work! Yet Black people tend to be forced to go the payment plan route as opposed to the slate being wiped clean from the date of discharge as offered under a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing.

I find it odd that every published financial statistics I’ve ever read that involves race, Black people are LAST! However, when it comes to admitting to the courts

that we’ve fallen behind on our bills and we can’t catch up, we are at the TOP of the list—Number 1 for not being able to get bailed out? As a racial group: Black people make the least income! Black people have the lowest net worth! Black people have the lowest homeownership rate! Black people have the lowest credit scores! How is it possible that Black people have the highest dismissal rate when it comes to bankruptcy!? How sway!?

I’m not advocating bankruptcy. In fact, I work hard to help people “Get A Grip On Their Money” and avoid negative money experiences including bankruptcy. ****** Kobe Bryant’s Investment in BodyArmor Now Doubles His Career Earnings ~ VladTV The late, great Kobe Bryant entered into the investment space with his 2014 investment of $6 million in the upstart sports drink company BodyArmor.

Fast forward seven years, and that investment has witnessed a 13,233 percent overall gain totaling nearly $800 million.

Kobe’s investment more than doubles his career earnings in a little over a quarter of his entire playing career.

Damon says: Investing made Kobe more money than his hoop game and he’s a top 5 player on anyone’s list. It took him a quarter of the time to do so. Let that marinate!

Kobe was an amazing human being. His strong work ethic, relentless dedication,

consistency and his Mamba mentality allowed Kobe to succeed in practically everything he attached his name to.

He’s the winner of 5 NBA championships, 2 NBA Finals MVP, A NBA Most Valuable Player, an Oscar and countless other accolades. He’s a manifestation of proof that when confidence, competence, consistently are combined with a strong work ethic, greatness awaits you!

Since my hoop dreams died over 30 years ago, I’d like to expound on some personal financial gems we can learn from Kobe.

Multiple Streams of income: Kobe derived income as a NBA player, business owner, shoes, apparel, endorsements, and investments to name a few. We should all aspire to have multiple streams of income.

Multiple streams of income is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity.

Investing is wealth accumulation: Watching Kobe put in the work on the basketball court and reading several stories of how other celebrities squander through millions of dollars, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Kobe had made some great investments. Although Kobe invested in Body Armor when it was a private company isn’t something many of us have the resources to do, it’s important to note that saving and investing is how you Flex your money muscles! It’s incumbent upon us to make our hard-earned dollars work hard for us!

Adopt the Mamba Mentality: The

Mamba Mentality is a mindset for constant self-improvement in the pursuit of your highest potential in life. You simply cannot go wrong striving to be the best you! ***** What does $100,000 per year look like in a paycheck? ~ Facebook Question Damon says: The coveted $100,000 plus salary.

There’s always conversation regarding the goal to earn six figures or $100,000 per year. Many strive for it. Few achieve it. Less than 15 percent of Americans earn $100,000 or more per year.

Below is what it looks like after taxes and other payroll deductions: • Approximately $3,050 per pay • Approximately $6,100 per month Point is $100,000 is great money but you still have to save to purchase big-ticket items and avoid mountains of debt.

Clearly, earning upwards of $100,000 per year is challenging. Here’s a little secret….Unless you’re in sales, executive management, information technology, lawyer, or doctor, it’s hard to convince an employer to pay you $100,000 or more.

But it becomes easier if you incorporate multiple streams of income. Sure, it will demand more man-hours than a traditional 40-hour work week. But those earning upwards of 6-figures work anywhere from 50-55 hours per week.

I have two single mom clients—both who live in my hometown, Youngstown, Ohio. Like Pittsburgh, Youngstown suffered greatly when the steel mills started SEE BANKRUPTCY B2

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Goldman Sachs and Loop Financial join forces Two large financial firms are teaming up to provide classes geared towards the educational and career development of Black women in STEM and related fields.

Loop Capital Markets, founded in 1997, is a full-service investment bank, brokerage and advisory firm helping link corporations, government and institutions with capital. Now, one of the largest privately-held investment banks in the country is partnering with Goldman Sachs to help bridge the gaps in racial equity.

Together, both companies will combine to create market fund share class offerings for the clients of the Black-led financial firm, Loop Capital Markets, which is also the largest minority- or women-owned investment banking firm in the world. To further their cause, Loop Capital and Goldman Sachs will use some of the revenue generated from the classes to invest in other causes that also aid in growing racial equity.

Internet giant Google also made a $500 million investment and provided assistance in developing the fund in its beginning stages.

Google has been active in addressing racial inequalities.

The investment with Loop Capital and Goldman Sachs adds onto the more than $320 million the internet conglomerate has already committed to organizations working to address racial inequities.

“We are delighted to have partnered with Goldman Sachs and Google on this important initiative. This launch creates a partnership for corporations to use the cash on their balance sheets to further opportunities for Black women and have a real, lasting impact on communities far and wide,” says Kourtney Gibson, president of Loop Capital Markets.

For many companies, racial equity and diversity have been hot button issues during recent years. With the continually growing wealth gap, African American women, yet topping the class in entrepreneurship, are steadily left behind in the greater economic makeup of the country. The coronavirus pandemic helped to shine a light on growing disparities for minorities, especially Black women.

“We’re proud to be at the forefront of incorporating responsible investing into

the money market fund ecosystem, translating our racial equity commitments into lasting and meaningful change. This share class, distributed by Loop Capital, will create economic opportunity within diverse communities and promote educational and career development for Black women in STEM,” says Juan Rajlin, corporate treasurer for Alphabet and Google. “We hope to inspire other corporations to invest in these types of opportunities to make a positive impact.”

The share classes will be distributed by Loop, but will be offered as a part of the Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund and the Goldman Sachs Financial Square Treasury Instruments Fund.

“This launch with Google demonstrates our shared commitment to both partner with organizations like Loop Capital that are led

by Black women and to create commercial solutions to advance racial equity,” says Margaret Anadu, global head of sustainability and impact for Goldman Sachs Asset Management. “Rooted in our belief that diversity is foundational to success, this partnership will create opportunities for young Black women pursuing careers in STEM and related fields, aligning directly with our One Million Black Women initiative.”

In 2021, Goldman Sachs, in response to the financial impact of the pandemic on communities of color, launched an initiative geared towards investing in Black women to help create economic opportunities for them. The One Million Black Women initiative commits to an investment of $10 billion as direct investment capital as well as $100 million in philanthropic capital over the next ten years to help combat gender and racial biases for Black women.

As an added feature of the partnership, Loop Capital Markets and Goldman Sachs will donate yearly from the net revenue earned from the share class offerings to additionally provide funding for organizations who are creating opportunities for Black women. Scholarship recipients will also be provided with access to comprehensive training, networking opportunities, career coaching and mentoring.

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More Black people are investing in stocks and you can, too—here’s how Black Information Network For generations, statistics have shown that Black Americans have been apprehensive about getting involved in the stock market, whether it be because of disenfranchisement and/ or cultural stigmas. However, with the advent of the Internet, simpler means to start investing, and more access to financial literacy, more Black Americans are investing.

In fact, about 67 percent of Black Americans with incomes of at least $50,000 have money invested in stocks or stock mutual funds as of 2016, according to a 2017 report from McKinsey.

In 2020, a record amount of Black people became first-time investors, most of whom were under 40, a recent survey found.

As the stats above show, the investment gap between Black and White Americans is closing, and you can also be part of that trend. Here are some resources to help you get started: U.S. News Money One thing you need to understand as an investor is that there’s always risk involved. The key is to minimize that risk, so it’s best to be well-informed about investing before hopping in.

U.S. News Money has a helpful article outlining the basics behind stock market investments, from terms you may not be familiar with to tips and tricks.

some of them may provide bonuses when you sign up.

Check out NerdWallet‘s list for the best recommendations.

Building a portfolio Most investors don’t just

We saved this one for last since it mentions some complex topics, like dollar-cost averaging. They also mention leveraging benefits and “free money” from your employer. Since

Investment apps for beginners You may have heard investment apps like Robinhood in the news due to the GameStop stock buying craze that originated from Reddit. That’s because platforms like Robinhood make it easy for people to manage their stocks from your smartphone. They’re far from the only ones on the market, too. Many sources praise apps like SoFi, ExTrade, and Acorns since most of them don’t require you to have money to start investing. In fact,

invest in one or two companies—they have stocks in several different companies. This is called your investment portfolio, and experts recommend having a diverse portfolio to maximize investments and minimize risk. Your portfolio isn’t just isolated to stocks.

It also includes bonds, mutual funds, and other assets like a 401(k).

NerdWallet outlines what goes into an investment portfolio and how you can start off strong.

The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

it’s a U.S. government agency, they also outline your protections and rights as an investor. You can read more here. They also have a fact sheet of things every investor should know, including what’s illegal and what’s not.

Even though this is a lot of information and may seem intimidating, it gets easier with time. Better to be safe than sorry, especially when it comes to your hard-earned money!

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committed itself to an action plan with broad reach for the benefit of all who are part of the Duquesne community.”

Well known for her community involvement, McCormick Ware is a founding member of the Greater Pittsburgh Higher Education Diversity Consortium.

The organization, launched in 2014 with Duquesne as

the host institution for several years, comprises diversity and inclusion professionals at colleges and universities in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

McCormick Ware has provided diversity and inclusion training to Pittsburgh Public Schools Food Service Divisions, the Junior League of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Diversity Council, the National School Nutrition Association and

other not-for-profit organizations in the Pittsburgh region. McCormick Ware holds several certifications related to diversity, equity and inclusion, including from Pitt’s first Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program, where she was in the program’s first cohort; Pitt’s Center for Organizational Leadership and Ethics; the University of South Florida’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion in

the Workplace Certificate program, where she was a member of that program’s first cohort; Pitt’s Global Competencies Certificate Program, where she was a member of the first cohort; and Duquesne’s School of Professional Development. She has a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Duquesne and is a past member of the University’s Alumni Board of Governors.

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closing.

However, Youngstown has had a harder time recovering.

Opportunity for six-figure jobs in Youngstown is even harder to come by.

These two single moms both adopted and applied my multiple streams of income philosophy. They are both tracking to earn six-figures for the first time in their life. One is a registered nurse and

the other is a social worker. Both have second jobs.

They work these extra jobs in an effort to enter the coveted six-figure income status. More importantly, they work these extra jobs because it will help them

achieve other financial goals they have faster.

(Damon Carr, Money Coach can be reached at 412-216-1013 or visit his website at www.damonmoneycoach.com)

Salem’s chosen from among four contestants for talks on former Shop ‘n Save site

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(PublicSource)—Salem’s Market & Grill will get a shot at negotiating a lease for a key spot in the Hill District, Mayor Bill Peduto’s administration has announced.

Salem’s won out over three competitors for first

dibs on the former Shop ‘n Save site in the Centre Heldman Plaza, which is owned by the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority. The contestants made their pitches to the neighborhood in September, in a virtual meeting. In a subsequent online poll by the Hill Community Development Corp., Salem’s

was the first choice of 47.5 percent of respondents, and the second choice of 28 percent.

In a press release, the mayor’s office highlighted the vote, Salem’s plan to collaborate with the neighborhood and its status as a four-decade-old local and minority-owned business as factors in its selection.

“Salem’s has a proven record for providing high quality food and products and supporting our minority communities,” Peduto said in the release.

Shop ‘n Save operated in the 30,000-square-foot site from 2013 until it closed in 2019.

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A tale of two diasporas According to Wikipedia, a diaspora “is a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic locale.

Historically the word diaspora was used to refer to the mass dispersion of a population from its indigenous territories, specifically the dispersion of Jews.”

In recent times, the word has been used by Black people to describe their dispersion from Africa to locations across the globe.

There are great similarities between Blacks and Jews.

Both groups have been unjustly persecuted by whatever countries in which they have resided. Both have experienced “holocausts,” the Jews in Hitler’s Germany during World War II, and Black people during the Middle Passage and western slavery. However, while Black people have been relegated to the “bottom caste” in most places around the world, Jews have ended up as disproportionate achievers everywhere they have landed. At the same time, they have been discriminated against.

Blacks and Jews have been sojourners on a similar social justice train, and both groups have worked together to fight oppression. It is no secret that Jewish people played prominent roles in the Civil Rights Movement; they have been long time allies in the struggle. Of course, there are people who disagree with this notion citing the fact that Jews are considered as “White.” The truth is that both groups have endured seemingly undeserved hatred from people around the globe.

During the latter part of the 20th Century, things began to change regarding the perception of Jews, which is partially connected with the institution of the state of Israel in 1948 and the seeming persecution of the Palestinians. In this regard, the oppressed are said to be acting as oppressors, which once again gives people of the world a reason to love to hate them. This is where the Black/Jewish train ceases to meet.

Black people, who have experienced continual oppression everywhere around the globe, including on the African continent, have witnessed the birth of the Black Lives Matters movement in America. This has also generated somewhat of a backlash among people who have irrationally taken umbrage with the idea of the movement, retorting with “All Lives Matter.”

Basically, when observing the foregoing, these two diasporas have experienced oppression, but they have responded differently.

The Jewish community, through a type of cultural unity, has ended up on top of society; they wield global power that is disproportionate to their numbers. On the other hand, Black people, in spite of the fact that they have excelled in every endeavor they have engaged in, remain the bottom caste socially and economically just about everywhere.

There are reasons for this, and a close examination of the causes boils down to several important factors, which can be loosely categorized as a collective lack of self-esteem among Black people. As Blacks, we feast on a consistent diet of self-hatred as demonstrated by the negative music we promote and distribute, by the self-hatred that it conveys; and by the Black-on-Black crime that we deny is a real thing.

So basically, we have two significant diasporic experiences with widely disparate outcomes: one is in control of their society and is arguably one of the most successful groups on the world’s stage, while the other is at the bottom everywhere.

One group was able to acquire a whole country; the other makes continual excuses as to why they dislike the African continent.

This may be connected with the fact that one group, based on their religion, literally considers themselves a “chosen people” and benefits from the esteem enhancement that accompanies that notion.

The other group sees themselves as b!tches, hoes, ni**as, dogs, and continually advocates for killing each other.

In other words, one group demonstrates high self-esteem, and the other group remains hopelessly self-flagellating.

The Black community is less than globally successful due to a penchant for internal division. Black people just don’t seem to love and value each other. Of course, this is not to say that ALL Black people are like that, but there are enough to keep widespread success from happening.

Things are changing, and the truth is that Black people will remain struggling against oppressors as long as internal divisions remain. Nothing can be achieved without cultural unity!

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When law enforcement traumatizes children (Indianapolis Recorder)—We are failing our children.

Those were the words that came to mind after reading two articles in recent weeks detailing abuse of power and trust with regard to our children and the criminal justice system. We love to spout platitudes such as “children are our greatest asset,” and “children are our future” all the while treating children, specifically Black and brown children as well as poor children, like criminals almost at birth.

Children are a blind spot in the conversation about police abuse, brutality, mistreatment and misconduct.

We need to rethink the way we treat children.

A ProPublica article exposed the juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, where children are actually arrested and jailed at the whims of the juvenile court judge, police officers and juvenile detention center director. Children are actually jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist.

Police officers are arresting children as young as 8 at school. And they’re arresting the wrong children at that.

There are outrageous consequences for children, but none for the adults who are responsible for the madness.

The judge of juvenile court, Donna Scott Davenport, elected in 2000, rules as if she’s omnipotent and omniscient. She has no qualms with locking up 8- and 9-year-olds regularly. She believes the behavior of youth and parents has gotten worse over the years. She even calls herself the “mother of the county,” believing herself to be a benevolent figure. Talk about an inflated sense of ego.

While the ProPublica article focused on one county in Tennessee, AP looked at how police force is used on

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AP reporters examined about 3,000 incidents of police force used against children 16 and under from the past 11 years. The sampling was small— 25 police departments in 17 states— but it found Black children comprised 50 percent of youth handled forcibly by police. Black children make up 15 percent of the child population.

That’s a pretty clear overrepresentation. No one is going to convince me that Black children are—to use a less than eloquent and grammatically incorrect phrase—more bad than other children.

Children are pinned using the officer’s body weight, Tased and had guns pointed at them. Right here in Indianapolis, 160 children were handcuffed. In an incident in San Fernando, California, the officers blamed the youth for escalating the situation. If not for video recorded by a brother of one of the victims, no one would know the truth. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?

Something is wrong here.

When there’s public outcry about an incident, time and again we hear the officer followed protocol or procedure or their training. That excuse is so tired. It is abundantly clear police officers aren’t receiving the training they need when it comes to dealing with children and procedures and protocols need to change.

That just-following-their-training answer is actually lazy and tired. Am I to believe that policies and procedures can’t be revisited for improvements? Am I to believe that training has never been updated? So the training from 1932 is still applicable?

I sure hope not, but that may as well be the training followed because today’s training seems just as out of date.

Children are not adults in smaller bodies. It’s common knowledge today that our brains aren’t fully developed until we’re in our 20s. Children won’t react the way adults do. Heck, many adults react out of fear when interacting with the police, so why do we expect any different from children?

I suspect most children, especially young children, will be confused and terrified. If you’ve ever dealt with a confused, terrified child, you know that child will shut down. Barking orders won’t make the situation better.

I know someone will counter with the argument that some of these teens are as big and strong as adults and sometimes force is needed. That argument doesn’t change anything.

Better training is still needed.

It’s heartbreaking to think of how these children have been traumatized at the hands of adults—adults who are supposed to have their best interests in mind. Adults who are supposed to keep them safe. Folks are always talking about ways to improve this always tenuous relationship between police officers and the Black community. How does this help police-community relations?

In many of these instances, the parents sued the city and the police department and won. I’m waiting for the day taxpayers will get tired of these lawsuits for rogue police behav-

Dems’ failure at the federal level causes losses in Virginia, elsewhere (BlackPressUSA)—Election night proved as much an indictment on current Democratic leadership and the party’s inability to pass meaningful legislation.

It also was a show of strength by Republicans as they continue to unite after former President Donald Trump’s resounding loss in the 2020 election cycle.

In a state that President Joe Biden won by ten percentage points one year ago, the incumbent Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe not only lost to Republican Glenn Youngkin, but the race proved close to a landslide.

Youngkin and other Virginia politicians mostly kept Trump away from campaign events, even refusing to appear with the former president.

Likewise, while Trump endorsed Youngkin, he rarely mentioned the former president even if he embraced many of his policies that have led to other GOP governors crafting or pushing repressive voting and human rights laws.

On the other hand, McAuliffe did bring in former President Barack Obama and attempted to use Trump’s endorsement of his opponent as a reason for voters to go against the Republican.

“All of these attempts to pinpoint the answer ignore the myriad ways that demographics, turnout, geography, candidate appeals, and policy mix together,” opinion columnist Hayes Brown wrote for MSNBC. Critical race theory proved a stick-

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“Republicans don’t need to let up, they need to double down,” South Carolina Politician Graham Allen wrote on Twitter. “Don’t mess with our kids,” he demanded.

Sirius XM radio personality Tim Young agreed. “The lesson of this election [is] don’t [mess] with people’s kids,” Young exclaimed.

Youngkin spotlighted education during his campaign after McAuliffe weighed in with his thought that parents should not tell educators what to teach children.

Conservatives seized upon that, claiming that McAuliffe pushed critical race theory.

In New Jersey, Incumbent Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy awakened Wednesday morning in a virtual tie with upstart Republican Jack Ciattarelli. With about 98 percent of the votes in, Murphy held less than a percentage point lead.

Perhaps reading the tea leaves from around the nation, Murphy sounded a conciliatory tone.

“We’re sorry tonight couldn’t yet be

the celebration we wanted it to be,” Murphy told his supporters who, like many across the nation, expected the Democrat to have an easy win.

Summoning his inner Trump, Youngkin declared that Virginia would become “great again.”

“This is the spirit of Virginia coming together like never before,” declared Youngkin, the retired former CEO of the DC-based Carlyle Group.

“We will not be a commonwealth of low expectations,” Youngkin continued. “We’ll be a commonwealth of high expectations.”

Political watchers said the GOP’s landmark retaking of Virginia resulted from a massive conservative turnout, the failure of Democrats in Washington to keep campaign promises of old, and the dog-whistle of critical race theory creating an anti-white bias in the school curriculum.

“Democrats had one year, beginning with the 2020 election, and plateauing with the January 2021 Georgia runoff and the insurrection, to get their [stuff] together, and they failed,” Amie Townsend, a Maryland poll watcher, declared.

“President Biden, Sen. Joe Manchin, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, and so many top-level Democrats failed their voters, failed America. We can’t live on promises. Even though so many Republicans represent the worst of this country, the worst in politics, they deliver on their evils. Bottom line: people want results.”

Blacks, Veterans Day and Critical Race Theory Veterans Day was created as “Armistice Day” on November 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. It became a national holiday by an act of Congress in 1938. As we honor the memory of those who served in this great conflict, separately and apart from other occasions honoring our War service members, let us not forget the special struggles of Black Veterans, especially during the years following World War I. We have seen from history that African Americans who fought for the freedom of others on distant shores, came home to disenfranchisement, segregation, and subhuman treatment on every front where they should have received respect and equality for having served. We have seen from a historical point that a Black soldier named Charles Lewis, recently discharged from the military, was lynched in uniform in Hichman, Kentucky; in 1944, four Black sol-

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What is so important about these stories today is that if “Critical Race Theory’’ is allowed to be implemented on the scale White legislatures and school boards are trying to do, to sanitize all discussion of America’s racist past, these stories will be lost along with the racist history they represent. Let us not forget that we have over 99

African American servicemen who earned and received the Medal of Honor in battle, fighting, and in some cases dying for a country who would only honor them when the flag was draped over their coffins and taps played at their graveside.

It is up to us to remember and honor our own, in spite of what this nation does or how it seeks to change or erase the history that we bled and sacrificed to build. Yes, this Veterans Day, let’s remember our own; and not by running out to catch the latest sales. How about reflecting on how we can individually build on what they left? Things like registering to vote, spending money with those who support us, demanding respect for ourselves and our elders, and remembering that we are still “Black” to America whether we are rich, poor, educated, homeless, or ignorant.

We must honor ourselves before we can demand that others do so.

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‘Build Back Better’ framework is a Why the GOP beats the pants down payment on the American dream off the Democrats The GOP beat the pants off the Democrats in Virginia, maybe New Jersey. It does that in far too many off-year elections that shake the political tree nationally. The wins are no aberration. The party has been doing that for a long time. It has a focused, disciplined game plan that has never and won’t change for 2022.

The theories why the Democrats do so lousy in many off-year elections fly fast and furious.

They lose because the GOP knows how to bend, twist, and manipulate voters with dog whistles, code words, or outright naked appeals to base race and gender fears. The latest is the bogus issue of critical race theory. It screams beware it is coming to your local neighborhood theater, excuse me school. Duck for cover.

They shamelessly rig elections by lying, cheating, and then follow that by massive voter suppression. It has a Trump-friendly media behind it to savage, hector, and belittle the Democrats openly and subtly. It’s the party of take no prisoners. It sticks by its agenda, does not compromise, or conciliate with Democrats.

All this while the Democrats are timid, weakkneed, and eternally trying to make nice with the GOP. The example endlessly cited as a classic proof is then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell flatly saying no, no, no to then-President Obama’s constitutional right to pick a Supreme Court replacement. And then doubling down on that by watching as Obama meekly complied and did virtually nothing to counteract that.

There’s great merit in all these knocks at the Democrats. However, there’s more, far more, to it than that. Start with the GOP’s core base.

There’s the great myth that is repeatedly shoved around to the point where many who should know better believe it and recite it as political gospel. The myth is that there are not enough less-educated, blue-collar, and rural Whites in the electorate to push GOP presidential and congressional candidates consistently over the top.

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Commentary But elections are almost always won by candidates with a solid and impassioned core of bloc voters. In the GOP’s case, those voters, along with White males in general, and older voters, middle-income, college-educated voters vote consistently and faithfully. They vote in a far greater percentage than Hispanics and Blacks, and especially young voters. In 2016 and 2020, Trump secured the GOP’s base, non-college-educated blue-collar, and rural Whites. But he also got a lot of votes from middle-class Whites, both male and female, college-educated, business, and professionals.

They had two things in common and one wasn’t simply borderline bigotry, loathing of Clinton and Biden, or dislike and rejection of a Democrat. Many voters still wanted what powered Obama’s 2008 win—change. The other was a mistrust of Democrats. That they were the party that shamelessly pandered to minorities on spending and social programs at the expense of tax-paying middle class and especially working-class Whites.

There’s more. The Democrats are a coalition party. It’s been that way since 1932 when FDR cobbled together Blacks, Southern Whites, Northern blue-collar workers, immigrant ethnic groups, and farmers into a winning coalition.

The composition of the Democratic Party coalition has shifted and changed over time. But not the nature of the party. The coalition players now are Blacks, Hispanics, LGBT, youth, and middle-class college-educated White suburbanites, particularly women, progressives, and beltway, corporate wheelers, and dealers.

They bring many different views, outlooks, and agendas to the Democratic table. That often ensures clash, conflict, and division. Those are the variables that far more than any naked GOP voter suppression don’t inspire a stampede to the polls in off-year elections.

The GOP by contrast has no such problem.

It is a hard-nosed, disciplined, ideological party that maintains order within the ranks, and sticks to its agenda with no wavering. Even the mildest deviation from the party marching order brings instant reprisal.

Wyoming GOP rep Liz Cheney found that out the hard way when she took a few stands on issues counter to the GOP line. The punishment was the imposition of party pariah status on her, and the threat to run a GOP candidate with the full backing and resources of the party behind that candidate in a primary contest against her.

There’s one more reason the GOP wins. The GOP takes off-year elections deadly serious.

It understands the ancient maxim: all politics ultimately is local. It engages its base not just during presidential election times but continually. Be it an issue with a local school board, water district, or taxing issue, it bombards its supporters with emails, texts, and social media messages. It holds town halls, and rallies to mobilize the troops to act. It does not rely on chance with the issues and its core supporters.

It hammers them over the head with them on the importance of action.

Time is running out. November 2022 is just around the corner. The message for the Democrats from Virginia and New Jersey is simple: learn how to win off-year elections or watch as the GOP beats the pants off you again.

(Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst.)

(TriceEdneyWire.com)—“We need to build America from the bottom up and the middle out, not from top down with the trickle-down economics that’s always failed us. I can’t think of a single time when the middle class has done well but the wealthy haven’t done very well. I can think of many times, including now, when the wealthy and the super-wealthy do very well, and the middle class don’t do well.

These are not about left versus right, or moderate versus progressive, or anything else that pits Americans against one another. This is about competitiveness versus complacency. It’s about expanding opportunity, not opportunity denied. It’s about leading the world or letting the world pass us by.”—President Biden For decades, American families have struggled to achieve the American dream of economic prosperity, homeownership, and financial freedom due to years of neglect and failure of investment from Congress and the Trump administration.

The United States ranked 22nd in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 “Best Countries for Raising Kids” rankings, and 34th of 35 in Asher & Lyric’s “Raising a Family Index.” Among 31 countries rated by UNICEF for family-friendly policies, the United States fell at the very bottom. The World Economic Forum’s Global Social Mobility Report ranked the United States 27th. We have the worst income

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To Be Equal inequality among the G7 nations. The Social Progress Index, which measures the extent to which countries provide for the social and environmental needs of their citizens, ranks the United States 27th.

By almost every conceivable metric, the United States has fallen behind.

This week, President Biden reassured the American people that their dreams have not been forgotten.

While the framework for the Build Back Better Agenda and Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill President Biden announced on Thursday does not include all of the National Urban League’s priorities, it is a substantial down payment on a historic investment in a prosperous future.

The framework is heavily based on the Main Street Marshall Plan, the National Urban League’s comprehensive plan to lift urban communities out of poverty and stimulate their economic growth.

It will facilitate the creation of millions of family-sustaining jobs, enable more Americans to join and remain in

the workforce, and expand the American economy to allow equal opportunity for growth. Elements of the Main Street Marshall plan include: • Universal and free preschool for all 3- and 4-year-olds, making high-quality education available to more than 6 million children.

• Extension of the American Rescue Plan’s expanded Child Tax Credit, which reduced child poverty by 25 percent after only one payment, and could slash child poverty by more than 40 percent in a typical year.

• Extension of the American Rescue Plan’s tripled Earned Income Tax Credit for more than 17 million lowwage workers • Closing the Medicaid Coverage Gap, extending insurance coverage to 4 million Americans who are currently uninsured • Investment in the construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of more than 1 million affordable homes.

• Down payment assistance that will allow hundreds of thousands of first-generation homebuyers to purchase a home and build wealth.

The Build Back Better Agenda and Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill is an investment in a nation that is inclusive, equitable, and most of all, attainable.

It is time for the House and Senate to pass it and send to the President’s desk so we can put the American people first.

Black America supports Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ and infrastructure bills (BlackPressUSA)—For 194 years the Black Press of America has consistently “pleaded our own cause” for freedom, justice, equality and empowerment. Today we continue to plead that all elected officials at the federal, state, and local levels do all that is politically possible to act and to ensure progress that significantly improves the quality of life for our families, communities and businesses.

Now is the time for the Congress of the United States to act and to vote to pass President Joe Biden’s bold and consequential legislations: Build Back Better Framework and Infrastructure bills. Surveying across African American communities throughout the nation reveals overwhelming support for President Joe Biden’s legislative initiatives.

Let’s be clear. This is really not about being a conservative, liberal, progressive or someone who is indecisive in the middle of today’s political spectrum. These two historic bills are about moving the nation forward. Time is out for bickering and further debate. The time to enact is now.

Decades ago, when The Honorable Congressman Adam Clayton Powell (D-NY) would repeatedly say, “Keep the faith, baby,” it was actually a call to action for Black America and for the U.S. Congress.

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) salutes all the members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and the Progressive Caucus. In particular we acknowledge the outstanding leadership of CBC Chair, The Honorable Joyce Beatty (D-OH).

Here are the pertinent racial equity facts concerning Biden’s legislative agenda that must be voted on now without delay: • President Biden believes we must invest in our country and communities of color by creating good jobs, lowering costs that hold back families, and building an economy where not just the wealthy get ahead.

• The Build Back Better Agenda and the bipartisan infrastructure deal will deliver progress towards this vision for working families across the country.

• The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal will create good-paying, union jobs all across the country by fixing our roads and bridges, replacing lead pipes, installing electric vehicle charging stations, and more.

• And the Build Back Better Agenda invests in our people and gives working people in this country a fair shot to build a decent middle-class life, succeed, and thrive—instead of just trying to get by.

• The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal includes investments that will take critical steps in advancing equity and racial justice throughout our economy—making our economy more fair, equitable, and just.

• BROADBAND: Ensures every American has access to reliable high-speed Internet with a historic

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Commentary investment in broadband infrastructure deployment, helping lower prices for Internet service and helping all Americans do their jobs, equally participate in school, access health care, and stay connected. Black families are 9 percent less likely to have high-speed Internet than their White peers, and Latino Americans are 15 percent less likely. The deal will help close the digital divide.

• CLEAN WATER: Makes the largest investment in clean drinking water in American history, replacing all of the nation’s lead service pipes to deliver safe and clean drinking water to families and children—including the families of color who are at highest risk for lead exposure.

Communities of color in cities like Chicago, Milwaukee, and Newark are also at particular risk.

• TRANSIT: Makes the largest federal investment in public transit to modernize our transit and replace thousands of transit vehicles, including buses, with clean, zero-emissions vehicles—reducing commute times and creating more opportunity for communities of color. Bus and transit workers are 31 percent Black and 19 percent Hispanic, compared to 12 percent and 18 percent respectively of the workforce overall.

• ELECTRIC BUSES: Delivers thousands of electrical school buses nationwide, including in rural communities, while helping school districts buy clean, American-made, zero-emissions buses and help make sure kids can breathe clean air since polluted air disproportionally impacts kids of color • LEGACY POLLUTION: Makes the largest investment in the country’s history to address legacy pollution, cleaning up Superfund sites, Brownfields, coal and hard rock mines, and abandoned oil and natural gas wells to create good-paying, union jobs and advance environmental justice—including in rural communities and communities of color. 26 percent of Black Americans and 29 percent of Hispanic Americans live within 3 miles of a Superfund site, a higher percentage than for Americans overall.

• RESILIENCE: Makes the largest investment in the resilience of physical and natural systems in American history, helping safeguard communities of color from the climate crisis and extreme weather events since people of color are more likely to live in areas most vulnerable to these risks that can wash out roads, cause power outages, or flood schools. People of color are more likely to live in areas most vulnerable to flooding and other climate change-related weather events.

• And, President Biden and Democrats in Congress are making progress on the Build Back Better which will: • CLIMATE: To position the U.S. to tackle the climate crisis and advance environmental justice, the plan creates good-paying, union jobs —like those building electric cars —that build a clean energy future, strengthens our nation’s resilience to more frequent extreme weather events, puts people to work capping wells and restoring abandoned mines, and puts in place tax cuts that accelerate clean energy technology and bolster domestic supply chains.

• HEALTH: The plan makes health care costs and premiums more affordable by extending the American Rescue Plan’s cost savings, closing the Medicaid gap for low-income Americans, letting Medicare negotiate drug prices to lower prescription drug costs, and helping seniors access critical health care services like dental, vision, and hearing care.

• Extending the ARP’s cost savings helps 360,000 Black people and 730,000 Latinos save an average of $50 per person per month and allows 328,000 uninsured Black people and 580,000 uninsured Latinos to gain coverage.

• The plan also adds dental, vision, and hearing coverage for the more than 5.8 million Black people and 5 million Hispanic people on Medicare and closes the Medicaid gap for low-income Americans.

• FAMILY: The plan makes caring for your family more affordable by extending the Child Tax Credit; making child care and elder care more affordable; helping people, especially women, get back into the workforce; and making sure every 3- and 4-year old in America can go to pre-k.

• Only 62.6 percent of all threeand four-year-old Black children and only 59.4 percent of all threeand four-year-old Hispanic children are enrolled in preschool or kindergarten programs.

• The President is working to get both pieces of legislation across the finish line, and the American people are demanding exactly the kind of investment that President Biden and the Democrats are proposing.

These are investments that will create jobs, lower taxes, and make life more affordable for working families.

Keeping the faith is not about patience or procrastination. It is about the courage to act, vote, and to enact legislation in real time. That time is now. Congress finally must now vote to approve Biden’s Build Back Better and Infrastructure bills. The future of our communities and the future of the nation are at stake.

(Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. is President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and Executive Producer/host of The Chavis Chronicles weekly on PBS TV stations throughout the United States; and can be reached at dr.bchavis@nnpa.org)

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Wood Street and Steel Plaza System Improvements CONTRACT NO. SYS-21-11 The Work of this Project includes, but is not limited to, the furnishing and installation of new 480V switchboard in Steel Plaza and Wood Street LRV stations, replacement of Fan Dampers and Actuators along with removal of existing 480V switchboards.

Bid Documents will be available for public inspection and may be obtained on or after Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at Authority’s offices at the following address (If you are picking up bid documents, please call Cindy Denner at (412) 566-5117 prior to arriving at this location - all participants must provide and wear a mask at all times and practice minimum social distancing of 6 feet between other individuals): Port Authority of Allegheny County Purchasing and Materials Management Department Heinz 57 Center 345 Sixth Avenue, Third Floor Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2527 Bid Documents are available for purchase as follows: Bid Documents are available in an electronic form on compact disk upon payment of $15.00 per CD. Payment shall be by check or money order (NO CASH), payable to “Port Authority of Allegheny County.” No refunds of payment will be made. Upon request, Bid Documents can be mailed upon receipt of payment in full. Should the purchaser wish to have the Bid Documents delivered via special delivery, such as UPS or Federal Express, the purchaser shall provide its appropriate account numbers for such special delivery methods.

This Project may be funded, in part, by, and subject to certain requirements of, the County of Allegheny and/or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Authority, in compliance with 74 Pa.C.S. § 303, as may be amended, require that certified Diverse Businesses (“DBs”) have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts and subcontracts for this Project.

In this regard, all Bidders shall make good faith efforts in accordance with 74 Pa.C.S. § 303, to ensure that DBs have the maximum opportunity to compete for and perform contracts. Bidders shall also not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, disability, national origin, sexual origin, gender identity or status as a parent in the award and performance of contracts for this Project. If aid is required to involve DBs in the Work, Bidders are to contact Authority’s Director of Employee Relations and OEO at (412) 566-5262.

The Bidder’s attention is directed to the following contacts for Bidder’s questions: Procedural Questions Regarding Bidding: Cindy Denner – Authority cdenner@portauthority.org (412) 566-5117 All other questions relating to the Bid Documents must be submitted by mail or email to: Port Authority of Allegheny County Heinz 57 Center 345 Sixth Avenue, Third Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527 Attn: Cindy Denner email: CDenner@Portauthority.org In addition, the Bidder’s attention is directed to the following schedule of activities for preparation of its Bid: 9:00 a.m.

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Proposals/bid submittals will be due 11:00 a.m. on November 30, 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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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 November 30, 2021, until 2:00 P.M., local prevailing time for: Pittsburgh Whittier K-5 Play Area Upgrades General Prime Pittsburgh Brashear High School Finish Floor Replacements and Miscellaneous Work General Prime Project Manual and Drawings will be avai l abl e for purchase on November 1, 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.

INVITATION FOR BIDS Notice is hereby given that specifications and proposal forms for furnishing all labor and materials for construction services for the following project: THE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF GLADSTONE RESIDENCES SOTA Construction Services is inviting interested subcontractors to submit proposals for the “THE ADAPTIVE REUSE of GLADSTONE RESIDENCES” renovations and additions construction project. The project is located at 327 Hazelwood Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15207.

This project is a PHFA funded substantial rehabilitation of a historic three-story school building into a 52 unit apartment building. Compliance with Davis-Bacon Prevailing Wage Rates apply to this project.

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Community College of Allegheny County Purchasing Department 800 Allegheny Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15233 ADVERTISEMENT COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY Bids are hereby solicited for the Community College of Allegheny County, 800 Allegheny Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15233 on the following: BID PROPOSAL NO. 1093 – SECURITY CAMERA REPLACEMENT PROJECT – OFFICE OF COLLEGE SERVICES A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting and site-visitation will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 18, 2021. The assembly point will be the lobby of the Office of College Services, 800 Allegheny Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15233 Due date: 2:00 P.M. Prevailing Time on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 ----------------------------------------------BID PROPOSAL NO. 1094 – REPLACE CONNECTOR ROOF – WEST HILLS CENTER A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting and site-visitation will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. The assembly point will be the West Hills Center security desk, around left side of the complex as you enter the driveway, 1000 McKee Road, Oakdale, PA 15071.

Due date: 2:00 P.M. Prevailing Time on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 The project labor agreement (PLA) applies to both projects.

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The 2-1-1 Senior Director will engage with other leaders regionally, across the Commonwealth, and nationally to advance the mission and goals of 211 initiative. Which is let through our Community Impact Department and is integral in delivering upon the three pillars of our work: Building for Success in School and Life, Meeting Basic Needs, and Moving to Financial Stability. This director will work internally to achieve organizational objectives and manage a team of 30+ contact specialists and program staff, and will report to United Way’s Chief Program and Policy Officer.

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SOUTH FAYETTE TWP. SCHOOL DISTRICT is seeking a DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANT: Complete job description and directions on how to apply are available at: www.southfayette.org Deadline 4:00 PM, November 17, 2021 EOE

FAMILY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN UPMC Community Medicine, Inc. seeks a Family Medicine Physician in Elizabeth, PA (Allegheny County).

Examine and treat patients with a wide range of conditions and refer those with serious ailments to a specialist or appropriate facility; take patient histories, perform or request diagnostic tests, make diagnoses, prescribe treatment, administer vaccinations and perform follow-up examinations, as well as educating patients in disease prevention and health maintenance. Must have a Medical degree (M.D., D.O.) or equivalent; must have completed a residency in Family Medicine; must be Board certified or eligible for certification in amily edicine and must have a valid PA medical license. Apply by following these steps; visit http://careers.upmc.com and enter 210004BR in the “Search Keyword/Job ID” field and clic Go. EOE/Disability/Veteran.

CONTRACT SPECIALIST – PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Port Authority is seeking a Contract Specialist – Professional Services to actively strategize and facilitate the development of Requests for Proposals (RFP). Provide end user department with services, guidance, coordination and consultation to identify procurement objectives and methodologies based upon policy and procedures to secure professional service agreements and provide contract administration support for such agreements. To assist Port Authority in preparing for and responding to various State, Local, and F eder al A udit s . P ro v i d e support to the Manager of Contract Administration – Professional Services.

Essential Functions: Oversees, implement, and prepares RFP solicitations according to procedures mandated by the State, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), or other agencies; including, but not limited to: •Coordinates the internal review process for the routing and approval of RFPs and contracts.

•Schedule, coordinate, and conducts pre-proposal meetings; prepares and distributes records of pre-proposal meetings to interested parties.

•Facilitating the receipt of RFP questions, review, and prepare responses to requests for clarification.

•Budget coordination, boilerplate development, scope of work development and RFP preparation.

•Performing as the Port Authority’s designated contact for the proposal solicitation process.

•Directing the activities of the Evaluation Committees and the RFP Evaluation process.

Job requirements include: •Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field from an accredited school. Contract Administration experience may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year basis. inimum of five (5) years’ contract administration experience procuring capital and non-capital contracts including preparing request for proposals, bid documents, negotiations, administering awards, contracts and preparing requisitions.

•Experience utilizing a Purchasing/ Inventory software system with regard to purchase orders and bid processes.

•Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills with the abi l i ty t o wor k well i n a te a m environment.

•Strong organizational, time management, multi-tasking capacities, detail oriented with accurate mathematical calculations, and the ability to work with minimum supervision.

•Demonstrated ability in the use of Microsoft Windows, Word and Excel. Superior ability to work with technology.

Preferred attributes: •BA/BS degree in contract management or p ro c ur em ent f iel d fro m a n accredited school.

•Electronic procurement experience in PeopleSoft / Oracle.

•Contract management or related certification.

•Valid PA driver’s license.

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits pac age. nterested candidates should forward a cover letter (with salary requirements) and resume to: Alex Kumnik Employment Department 345 Sixth Avenue, 3rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527 AKumnik@portauthority.org EOE CARDIOLOGIST (ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIST) University of Pittsburgh Physicians seeks a Cardiologist (Electrophysiologist) to work in Pittsburgh, PA(Allegheny County) and Monroeville, PA (Allegheny County). Diagnose and treat electrical abnormalities in the heart that control heart rhythm and trigger heartbeats, provide clinical care, design, manage and perform surgical procedures, and monitor patients with irregular heart rhythms and other cardiac rhythmic disorders; perform specialized procedures on patients whose cardiac devices require extraction due to infection or venous obstruction.

Must have a Medical degree or equivalent; must have completed a residency in Internal Medicine; must have completed fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology; and must have a valid PA medical license. Apply by following these steps; visit http://careers.upmc.com and enter 210004BV in the “Search Keyword/Job ID” field and clic Go. EOE/Disability/Veteran.

PROJECT ENGINEER ELECTRICAL Port Authority is seeking a Project Engineer – Electrical to be responsible for managing design and construction of electrical projects on Authority’s systems, facilities, buildings, tunnels, subways, and light rail transit system.

Ensures projects adhere to the scope, budget, and schedule as well as interfaces with consultants and contractors. Provides engineering and technical assistance in the maintenance and operation of various electrical systems including SCADA, power distribution, lighting, networking, HVAC systems, fire protection, safety, and related equipment.

Essential Functions: •Performs all project management functions necessary to implement the design, construction, and closeout of funded capital projects within established scope, schedule, budget, and quality metrics. Provides assistance to Port Authority personnel on electrical issues and activities pertaining to all capital projects.

Provides support for state of good repair programs related to systems, facilities, buildings, tunnels, subways, and light rail transit system.

•Responsible to review drawings, specifications, and contract provisions fo r c o m p l i a n c e w i th A uthori ty requirements and standards in the preparation of construction and procurement documents. Reviews and coordinates drawings and specifications of electrical systems to include SCADA, power distribution, lighting, networking, HVAC systems, escalators, elevators, fire protection, safety, and related equipment in consideration of the impacts related to operational facilities, systems, and infrastructure.

•Maintains overview of the electrical systems placed in the Authority’s operations to determine the adequacy and effectiveness of electrical engineering designs. Investigates and reports on problems that have to do with electrical systems and subsystems, th e i r re l a te d user needs and requirements.

Job requirements include: •BS Degree, Major in Electrical Engineering, or related engineering field from an accredited school. inimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in project oversight, including design and construction of job-related work •Valid driver’s license in any state or commonwealth with ability to obtain PA driver’s license within sixty (60) days of employment.

•Demonstrated ability in the use of Windows.

•Effective and professional communication skills.

Preferred attributes: •Experience in design and/or construction of electrical equipment in facilities and/or public infrastructure and systems.

•Registered Professional Engineer (PE) or Engineer-in-Training (FE) actively pursuing Professional Engineering licensure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

•Demonstrated ability in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits pac age. nterested candidates should forward a cover letter (with salary requirements) and resume to: Robyn Taylor Employment Department 345 Sixth Avenue, 3rd Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527 RTaylor@portauthority.org EOE

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RAILCAR ENGINEER Port Authority is seeking a Railcar Engineer to be responsible for developing and managing capital projects and programs in support of Railcar Maintenance and the Operations Division. Monitors and manages projects to ensure they are within scope, schedule and budget as well as interfaces with consultants, contractors and external stakeholder representatives. Provides technical support to procure equipment, parts, and services required by Rail Operations and helps to investigate and recommend solutions to vehicle equipment problems.

Essential Functions: •Develops and manages programs for the procurement of the number and types of equipment, parts, and supplies needed by the Operations Division to meet service demands.

This will include preparation of complete specifications with special and general conditions and technical and schedule requirement.

•Performs all project management functions necessary to implement the design, construction and closeout of projects within established scope, schedule, budget and quality metrics.

Provides guidance and assistance to Port Authority personnel on Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) issues and activities pertaining to all projects. Provides support for state of good repair programs related to the LRVs, related maintenance equipment and the light rail transit system.

•Reviews and evaluates manufacturers’/ suppliers’ requests for changes.

Prepares recommendations regarding approval or disapproval for review of executive management in accordance with established Port Authority and department administrative procedures.

Prepares contract change orders as required. Reviews and recommends for payment, invoices received from the manufacturer/supplier.

Job requirements include: •BS Degree in Electrical/Electronic, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/ Electronic Engineering Technology or directly related field from an accredited school plus a minimum of seven (7) years of progressive experience in general mechanical / electrical projects of which five (5) years of experience are in the design, installation and/ or maintenance of electronic equipment; or Associates Degree in field above plus nine (9) years of progress experience as stated above of which five (5) years of experience are in the design, installation and/ or maintenance of electronic equipment .

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

•Professional and effective communication and negotiation skills.

•Ability to function as a team player and work harmoniously with other people.

•Valid PA driver’s license.

Preferred attributes: •Experience in managing projects associated with the maintenance or manufacturing of Light Rail Vehicles.

•Registered Engineer in Pennsylvania or ability to obtain registration through reciprocity.

CITY OF WASHINGTON POLICE OFFICER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: Ø High School Graduate or Equivalent Ø Must be 21 years of age Ø A United States Citizen Ø Must have current, valid PA driver license Ø Must be currently enrolled and have completed Act 120 training at the time of hire Ø Upon hiring must adhere to living restriction (10 Miles) ADDITIONAL TESTING INFORMATION: Ø Civil Service Examinations Ø Background Investigation Ø Medical, Drug Screen and Psychological Evaluation SALARY AND BENEFITS: Ø Base salary 2021 $62.128.92 (Entry Level: $48,460.55) Ø Base salary 2022 $63,682.14 (Entry Level: $49,672.06) Ø Life, Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance Ø Paid Holidays and Vacations Ø Uniform Allowance Ø Longevity Pay Ø Education Compensation PROMOTIONS: Ø Corporal Ø Sergeant Ø Lieutenant Ø Captain Ø Chief of Police SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS: Ø Investigations Ø K-9 Ø SWAT APPLICATIONS: Ø May be obtained at the City of Washington Police Department, 56 West Strawberry Ave Washington, Pa. November 8, 2021, between the hours of 8:30am to 4:00pm or download online at www.washingtonpa.us Ø Applications must be returned to the City of Washington Police Department no later than 4:00pm on November 22, 2021 Ø Applicants are required to pay a non-refundable testing fee of $60.00, cash, check, or money order (payable to The City of Washington) when application is returned The City of Washington is an equal opportunity employer

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