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Richmond’s population grew by 11 percent, according to the 2020 U.S. Census. But the number of city residents who identify solely as Black slides, while the white population rises slightly. Record numbers identify as multiracial, with 10.5 percent of residents listed as Hispanic.

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

The 2020 U.S. Census did not surprise anyone when it confirmed what everyone can see with their own eyes— Richmond’s population is on the grow.

According to census results released Aug. 12, Richmond’s population jumped 11 percent to 226,610 men, women and children in the past 10 years, the biggest increase in at least four decades.

But there was a startling change in the information on race. That data showed a continuing decline in the number of people in the city self-

identifying solely as Black.

Although Richmond remains a majority-minority city, only 40 percent of those who participated in the count self-identified as Black, the smallest percentage in at least a half-century.

That’s a big change from the 2000 Census when 57 percent of the population self-identified as Black and 2010 when 50 percent did.

Based on the new data, only 90,644 people reported themselves as Black, down from about 103,000 people in 2010 and 113,000 people in 2000.

By contrast, those identifying as white increased by about 2 percent. In 2010, about 83,000

4 takeaways from the U.S. Census WHITE POPULATION DECLINED FOR FIRST TIME A U.S. headcount has been carried out every decade since 1790, and this was the first one in which the non-Hispanic white population nationwide got smaller, shrinking from 196 million in 2010 to 191 million in 2020.

The data also showed that the share of the white population fell from 63.7 percent in 2010 to 57.8 percent in 2020, the lowest on record, though white people continue to be the most prevalent racial or ethnic group.

Some demographers cautioned that the white population was not shrinking as much as shifting to multiracial identities. The number of people who identified as belonging to two or more races more than tripled from 9 million people in 2010 to 33.8 million in 2020. They now account for 10 percent of the U.S. population.

People who identify as a race other than white, Black, Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander — either

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people identified as white, or about 41 percent of the population. In the 2020 Census, about 43 percent of residents selfidentified as white, or 97,442 people.

People self-identifying as white outnumber those who self-identify as Black for the first time since 1970, when Richmond’s annexation of a part of Chesterfield County kept the city from having a Black majority.

However, another set of data suggests that it is the selfidentification that has changed. A record number of city residents self-identified as multiracial, or checked “other” on the census form, as was the case across the state and the nation.

In Richmond, nearly 31,000 people identified either as multiracial or as other race, which is nearly triple 2020 when only about 12,000 residents checked either multiracial or other in responding to the question about race.

That, too, is a big change for a city and state that has a long history of counting people as Black if they had the slightest relationship to someone who is Black, the so-called “one drop” rule.

Based on the data, more people appear to have opted to provide a more nuanced portrayal of their race after the

Census Bureau provided more options.

Another startling statistic is the growth of those who identify as Hispanic or Latino.

In 2020, nearly 24,000 people included that ethnic identifier in their census response, which is nearly double the 12,803 city residents who did in 2010 and nearly five times the 5,074

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A map of the United States and Puerto Rico shows the percentage change in population from 2010 to 2020.

people who did in 2000.

People identifying as Hispanic or Latino represent 10.5 percent of the current city population. Their numbers contributed to about half the city’s population growth in the past 10 years. The current percent-

age represents a considerable jump from 2000 when only 2.6 percent of city residents included that ethnic identification in their response.

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More devastation in Haiti Earthquake survivors in southern Haiti huddle in a tent Tuesday trying to shield themselves from Tropical Storm Grace’s torrential rains. The storm hit just three days after the desperately poor country suffered major damage and loss of life from its latest devastating earthquake on Saturday morning. Nearly 2,000 people were killed, 9,900 others injured and 37,000 homes destroyed in a section of the Caribbean nation located 80 miles from the capital Port-au-Prince in the magnitude 7.2 quake.

Cardinal Elementary School officially dedicated

By Ronald E. Carrington

It was a monumental moment Monday as the ribbon was cut officially opening Cardinal Elementary School in South Side.

The $147 million school is one of three of Richmond’s newest public schools whose opening to students for in-person learning was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Located at 1745 Catalina Drive where it replaced E.S.H. Greene Elementary, Cardinal Elementary will be Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press the new home of 900 students this fall, 89 percent of The new $147 million Cardinal Elementary School, located on Catalina Drive in South Side, will have 900 students when it opens next month, 89 percent of whom are from foreign countries, according to Principal Juvenal E. Abrego-Meneses, who is from Panama. whom are from other nations.

RPS mandates vaccinations for teachers, staff

By Ronald E. Carrington

Richmond Public Schools teachers, staff, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, volunteers, contractors and anyone else working with the district must be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus by Friday, Oct. 1.

That is the mandate issued Monday night by the Richmond School Board. It is the first public school system in Virginia to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations across the board.

The board’s 8-1 vote to approve the mandate proposed by Superintendent Jason Kamras

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Helping hands Londyn Pair, 2, gets assistance from her uncle, Jason Johnson, as she tries on her new backpack, one of the giveaways at last Saturday’s CAHN Block Party at the Manchester Medical Center in South Side. The event, sponsored by the Capital Area Health Network, or CAHN, was in celebration of National Health Center Week and featured health and wellness vendors providing information and resources to the community. CAHN, a nonprofit, operates seven low-cost health clinics in the Richmond area, including one in the medical building at 101 Cowardin Ave.

comes roughly three weeks before the city’s schools are set to open for in-person learning on Wednesday, Sept. 8.

The more than 20,000 RPS students have been learning virtually since March 2020, when schools were shut down to prevent the spread of the potentially fatal virus.

With the advent of effective vaccines for those ages 12 and older, local and state health and school officials are encouraging all eligible to get inoculated.

Gov. Ralph S. Northam also issued a public health order late last week requiring the use of masks by everyone in Virginia’s K-12 public schools to help protect against infection, particularly the highly contagious delta variant.

At Monday’s meeting, Mr. Kamras reiterated the medical data, saying, “The vaccine is the most effective mitigation strategy available to all of us age 12 and over. It is strongly encouraged as a team strategy to fight the spread of the delta variant.”

He said it’s reasonable to assume that slightly more than 50 percent of RPS teachers and staff currently are fully vaccinated, mirroring inoculation statistics from the broader

Richmond community.

“That assumption poses some concern, not just for students, but for the rest of the staff,” he told the board.

School Board Chairwoman Cheryl L. Burke, 7th District, supported the mandate along with a majority of the board.

They said the school district’s No. 1 priority is the health and safety of all students, as well as all teachers and staff.

The sole vote against the mandate was cast by board Vice Chair Jonathan M. Young, 4th District, who said he was concerned that it would send a message of distrust to teachers and staff.

“Cardinal Elementary is a United Nations,” said Dr. Abrego-Meneses. “We have students from Mexico and Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, Ghana and South Africa, Afghanistan and other Middle East countries.”

Parents, public officials, students and someone dressed as the school mascot gathered in the gymnatorium, wearing masks and social distancing, for the official grand opening Monday morning.

Five students welcomed the group as they did an interpretative performance of the school’s song read

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‘I think she’s out,’ deputy says after violent arrest

By Christopher Weber Associated Press

A woman who pulled off a road to change drivers during a trip with her father and three young children was knocked unconscious and arrested by two Northern California sheriff’s deputies, who then lied about the encounter to responding paramedics and on official reports, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.

Body cameras worn by the deputies with the Solano County Sheriff’s Office recorded them pulling guns on Nakia Porter before slamming her to the pavement while handcuffing her along a rural road in the town of Dixon, Calif., on the night of Aug. 6, 2020. Ms. Porter’s father, Joe Powell, also was placed in handcuffs and briefly detained.

Please turn to A4 Ms. Porter was jailed overnight on suspicion of resisting arrest, but never charged. She said the ordeal was confusing Free COVID-19 testing, vaccines and dehumanizing.

“I was doing my best to do Free community testing for COVID-19 continues. everything right, giving no reaThe Richmond and Henrico County health districts are son to be treated like this,” said offering testing at the following location: • Thursday, Aug. 19, 4 to 6 p.m., Henrico Government Center Ms. Porter, 33, who is Black.

West, 4301 E. Parham Road, Motor Pool Parking Lot on Prince The lawsuit brought by attorHenry Drive, drive-thru testing. ney Yasin Almadani accuses the Appointments are not necessary, but can be made by calling deputies of violating state and the Richmond and Henrico COVID-19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 federal civil rights statutes by from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or by registering engaging in “unlawful seizure, online at https://bit.ly/RHHDCOVID. assault and excessive force.”

Testing will be offered while test supplies last.

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Sports Stories by Fred Jeter

Logan Thomas finally finds niche with Washington The clouds have cleared and the sun is shining, finally, for Logan Thomas.

He has gone from being an NFL leader in receiving pink slips to someone capable of being a leader in receiving passes.

“I’m feeling very confident

In all, Thomas was cutreleased-waived—take your pick for terminology—a total of eight times by five different teams, the Arizona Cardinals, Miami Dolphins, New York Giants, Detroit Lions and Buffalo Bills.

Thomas arrived at the Wash-

Logan Thomas

and comfortable. I understand what I need to do here,” the Washington Football Team tight end told the media at the opening late last month of the NFL team’s training camp at the Bon Secours Training Center in Richmond.

The confidence has replaced the troublesome case of jitters and spirit crushing on the final day of cuts.

“I kept getting cut and cut again and cut again,” he said of his first six NFL seasons.

ington camp as an unheralded free agent a year ago on a $1.2 million contract with little guaranteed. He could have been pointed toward the exit sign at any time.

Wearing burgundy and gold, his career took off like a spacebound rocket at Cape Canaveral.

With success comes the spoils.

Following his dramatic breakout performance, Thomas now is working on a three-year

pact worth about $24 million, with at least $10.3 million guaranteed.

Here’s how Thomas graduated from an NFL version of “rags to riches.”

In 2020, he collected 72 receptions (the third most among NFL tight ends) for 670 yards and six touchdowns. Before last season, he had just 35 catches for his pro career.

What’s more, he made his bold statement with a carousel of revolving quarterbacks, Dwayne Haskins, Kyle Allen, Alex Smith and Taylor Heinicke. As soon as Thomas grew used to one, there was someone else taking the center’s snaps.

Now it appears newcomer Ryan Fitzpatrick, a free agent from Miami, will be throwing the spirals, although former Old Dominion University star Heinicke remains an option.

There are few better— or much smarter—all-round athletes around the NFL than Thomas. Along with his football exploits at Brookneal High School near Lynchburg, he starred in track and field, earning All-State honors in the high and intermediate hurdles, high jump and discus. He was also Seminole District long

jump champ.

From Brookneal, Thomas went on to become a three-year starting quarterback at Virginia Tech (after backing up Tyrod Taylor as a freshman), passing for 9,003 yards and 52 touchdowns.

At the NFL pre-draft combine in 2014, Thomas ran the 40-yard dash in 4.61 seconds and long jumped 9-foot-10,

most impressive for a man measured at 6-foot-6 and weighing 240 pounds.

Mentally, he drew rave reviews, too, posting a 29 on the Wonderlic cognitive ability test.

Average score for a quarterback is 24; for a tight end, 22.

Drafted in the fourth round in 2014 by the Arizona Cardinals, Thomas never gained traction as a quarterback and the slow

transition to tight end began.

He ricocheted around from team to team and became accustomed to disappointment until Washington gave him what just might have been his last chance.

Some might consider this a story with a happy ending.

Only in Thomas’ case, the best part of the story is just getting started.

VUU basketball team to compete in Chris Paul HBCU Tip-off A short trip South and a longer journey to New England are featured on Virginia Union University’s November basketball slate.

The Panthers will compete Nov. 12-13 in the Conference Challenge at Virginia State University’s Multi-Purpose Center. It’s a matchup of two schools from the CIAA and two from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. VUU will play Shippensburg University on Nov. 12 and Mansfield University of Pennsylvania on Nov. 13.

Host VSU will play Mansfield Nov. 12 and Shippensburg Nov. 13.

Soon after, the Panthers will be heading North.

On Nov. 22 and 23, the Panthers will compete in the new Chris Paul HBCU Tip-off at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut.

The Panthers will play Morehouse College and West Virginia State University. The order of games and game times have not been announced.

Morehouse competes in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, an HBCU conference in the Deep South, while West Virginia State is in the Mountain East Conference.

The fourth school in Chris Paul’s tournament is Winston-Salem State University of the CIAA. VUU did not play basketball in 2020-21 because of the pandemic. The Panthers were 18-11 overall in 2019-20, including 11-4 in the CIAA. Named for NBA star Chris Paul, the HBCU Tip-off is a first-year event in partnership with the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass.

VUU’s Mike Davis: First Virginia player picked in NBA draft first round First round draft choices

Keyshawn Davis

Norfolk’s Keyshawn Davis following career path of boxing great ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker Keyshawn Davis is showing signs of becoming the next Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker, which is about the top compliment any young boxer could receive.

Davis, from Norfolk’s Granby High School, went 4-1 and took the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the lightweight division, losing to Cuba’s Andy Cruz in the final.

That’s the same weight class in which Whitaker won the gold at the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles.

Whitaker, who also was from Norfolk—Booker T. Washington High School—and who died in 2019, went on to become a professional world champion in four different weight classes.

The 22-year-old Davis’ oft-stated motto in Tokyo was: “This is for Sweet Pea.” Unusual circumstances enabled Davis to compete in Tokyo for a sport traditionally reserved for U.S. amateurs.

Davis was set to represent the United States at the Olympics in 2020, but when the games were postponed a year because of the pandemic, he turned pro in February 2021.

He went 3-0 with two knockouts as a pro and felt his amateur days were behind him. Davis, along with two other U.S. fighters, were given reprieves when Olympic organizers made a one-time exception allowing young pros to punch for a medal.

In addition to Olympic excellence, Davis has something else in common with Whitaker—a snazzy nickname.

While Whitaker was called ‘Sweet Pea,’ the enterprising Davis is known as ‘The Businessman’ for his family-run company DB3 that sells boxing gear.

Virginia’s colleges and universities boast a rich history in producing NBA first round draft choices.

With that, the average hoops fan around the Commonwealth might not readily guess who was the first to be bestowed with that honor.

It all started, surprisingly, far from the brightest lights and media exposure, on April 7, 1969, with Virginia Union University’s Mike Davis.

Playing home games at Barco-Stevens Hall under venerable Coach Tom Harris, and with no television coverage, Davis grabbed the full attention of the NBA scouts.

With the 14th pick of the first round, the NBA’s Baltimore Bullets chose Davis, a 6-foot-3, 182-pound wing guard known as “The Crusher.”

Out of Eastern District High School in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, N.Y., Davis scored 2,758 career points at VUU and led the NCAA Division II in 1968 with a 36.3 point average.

The prolific scoring came despite no 3-point shot and no shot clock.

Davis averaged 31 points for his career, becoming a three-time All-CIAA pick, threetime All-CIAA All-Tournament selection and CIAA Player of the Year as a senior.

He holds VUU’s single game mark of 62 points against Shaw University.

At the time, with Division I integration in its infancy, the CIAA ranked with the nation’s premier conferences, regardless of division.

In that same 1969 NBA draft, three Norfolk State players were selected—Charles Bonaparte (picked in the third round by San

Mike Davis

Diego), Bobby Dandridge (drafted in the fourth round by Milwaukee) and Rick “Pee Wee” Kirkland (13th by Chicago).

The overall No. 1 pick in 1969 was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar from NCAA champion UCLA. Davis didn’t disappoint. Playing in Baltimore with the likes of Earl Monroe, Wes Unseld, Fred Carter and Gus Johnson, Davis made the NBA All-Rookie Team, averaging 12 points. He went on to post career norms of 10.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists for a five-year career.

Since Davis’ first round selection in 1969, the University of Virginia has dominated the headlines on that subject.

This year, Trey Murphy III became the Cavaliers’ 13th round one selection. U.Va’s first No. 1 pick was Barry Parkhill in 1973.

In 1983, Ralph Sampson was the first overall pick in round one.

Virginia Union is among the few Division II schools with more than one player drafted in the first round. In 1985, Charles Oakley was the ninth overall pick in the NBA draft.

University of Virginia Barry Parkhill (1973), 15th Wally Walker (1976), fifth Jeff Lamp (1981), 15th Ralph Sampson (1983), first Olden Polynice (1987), eighth Lance Blanks (1990), 26th Bryant Stith (1992), 13th Cory Alexander (1995), 29th Courtney Alexander (2000), 13th Justin Anderson (2016), 21st Ty Jerome (2019), 24th De’Andre Hunter (2019), fourth Trey Murphy III (2021), 17th Virginia Commonwealth University Eric Maynor (2009), 20th Larry Sanders (2010), 15th Nah’Shon “Bones” Hyland (2021), 26th Virginia Tech Nickeil Alexander-Walker (2017), 19th Dell Curry (1986), 15th Virginia Union University Mike Davis (1969), 14th Charles Oakley (1985), ninth Old Dominion University Chris Gatling (1991), 16th Here are some second rounders: Virginia Military Institute’s Ron Carter (26th overall, 1978); VCU’s Sherron Mills (29th overall, 1993); University of Richmond’s Johnny Newman (29th overall, 1986); VCU’s Jesse Dark (32nd, 1974); VUU’s A.J. English (37th, 1990); Hampton University’s Rick Mahorn (35th, 1980); Norfolk State’s Kyle O’Quinn (49th, 2012).

Richardson gets her chance to race Jamaican Olympic medalists Aug. 21 Sha’Carri Richardson made a name for herself earlier this summer at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Now she’ll try and do it again.

The fast and flashy Richardson won the U.S. Olympic Trials 100-meter dash in 10.86 seconds but was denied the opportunity to compete in the Tokyo Olympics due to a positive marijuana test.

This Saturday, Aug. 21, Richardson will get her much deserved chance to run with the fastest women in the world.

Her competition in the Prefontaine Clas-

sic will include three Jamaican women who finished first, second and third in Tokyo.

Elaine ThompsonHerah won Olympic gold in the event at 10.62, followed by fellow Jamaicans ShellySha’Carri Richardson Ann Fraser-Pryce, 10.74, and Shericka Jackson, 10.76.

Richardson ran a 10.76 in the semifinals at the Olympic Trials.

The men’s 100 meters at the Prefontaine Classic is shaping up as a world-class affair, too, with Americans Trayvon Bromell, Fred Kerley, Ronnie Baker and Justin Gatlin racing the likes of Canadian Andre De Grasse and Akani Simbine of South Africa.

The women’s 100 meter race is set for 4:51 p.m. Eastern time, with the men at 4:58 p.m.

Bromell, the U.S. Olympic Trials champ, had the world’s fastest 100 time heading to the Olympics but lost his rhythm in Tokyo and failed to reach the finals.

The Bahamas makes a splash in sprint competition Nico Ali Walsh

Muhammad Ali’s grandson launches pro boxing career Boxing fans have heard the name before: Ali. Wearing shorts gifted to him by his grandfather, the late Muhammad Ali, 21-year-old Nico Ali Walsh has launched his pro boxing career in high style.

A middleweight, Ali Walsh scored a first round technical knockout over Jordan Weeks on Aug. 14 in Tulsa, Okla.

“This lived up completely to my expectations,” Ali Walsh told the media.

Ali Walsh, who grew up in Las Vegas, is the son of Muhammad Ali’s daughter, Rasheda Ali, and chef Bob Walsh.

After some 30 amateur fights, Ali Walsh signed a professional contract with Top Rank Boxing. He is trained by SugarHill Steward, the same man who trains heavyweight champ Tyson Fury.

Befitting a nation surrounded by the sea, The Bahamas made a big splash— actually two big splashes—at the Tokyo Olympics.

The chain of islands just off the Florida coast ranks 177th among nations by population but first among 400-meter sprinters.

Bahamians Steven Gardiner and Shaunae Miller-Uibo both won gold in the 400 meter competition, with Miller-Uibo repeating her 2016 title in the same event.

Gardiner, 25, was no surprise. His Olympic gold came on the heels of his 2019 title at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

The 6-foot-4 sprinter answering to “Speedy Stevie” covered the quarter mile in 43.85 seconds. Jose Zambrano of Colombia won silver and Grenada’s Kirani James took home the bronze.

Miller-Uibo, who is 27 and 6-foot-1, won her race in 48.36. Her golden time in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro

Shaunae Miller-Uibo

was 49.44.

In Tokyo, Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic won silver and Allyson Felix of the United States won the bronze medal.

Miller-Uibo ran collegiately for the University of Georgia

before turning pro.

A total of 204 countries sent at least one competitor to the Summer Games.

The relatively small Caribbean nations more than held their own.

Cuba had the 14th most medals, followed by Jamaica (21st), The Bahamas (42nd), Bermuda and Puerto Rico (tied at 63rd), Dominican Republic (68th) and Grenada (86th).

Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas, is just 183 miles from Miami. On a clear

day, you can actually see The Bahamas from the top floor of Miami’s Panorama Tower.

Despite a population of fewer than 400,000 people, the island chain with a Steven Black population of Gardiner more than 90 percent has produced a disproportionate number of stellar athletes.

The Bahamas began participating in the Olympics in 1952 at Helsinki. Its first track and field golds were won in 2000 at the Sydney Olympics in the women’s 4x100 relay and by Pauline Davis-Thompson in the 200 meters.

NBA stars hailing from The Bahamas include Mychal Thompson, Dexter Cambridge, Rick Fox, Buddy Hield and Deandre Ayton.

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Dr. Leonard L. Edloe installed as president-elect of Virginia Pharmacists Association

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Dr. Leonard L. Edloe, the former owner of a small chain of pharmacies in Richmond, has been installed as the first Black president-elect of the 140-year-old Virginia Pharmacists Association, the same group that once barred his late pharmacist father from joining the organization because of the color of his skin.

He and other officers were installed during the VPA’s virtual annual two-day convention that closed Saturday, Aug. 14.

Dr. Edloe’s election to the post puts the 74-year-old pharmacist on track to serve as VPA president in 2022, another milestone achievement for Dr. Edloe.

During his 50-year career, he has received virtually every state and national pharmacy Dr. Edloe award and has been showered with numerous accolades. Dr. Edloe previously has been a national officer of the American Pharmacy Association and served on its board and as president of its foundation.

Dr. Edloe also is pastor of New Hope Fellowship Church in Middlesex County. He said he has sought to follow the advice of his father, Dr. Leonard Lacy Edloe: “You have to be better; you have to prove you are better.”

In 2012, Dr. Edloe closed the pharmacy business his father began 67 years earlier, but remains active in the profession.

For several years, he worked on weekends to fill in for a fellow independent pharmacist and currently is a consultant for Westwood Pharmacy, a major distributor of COVID-19 vaccines for the Henrico Health District and medications to prisons and other public institutions around the state.

Dr. Edloe said he was involved in ensuring safe delivery and appropriate use of the coronavirus vaccines during the mass inoculation program at Richmond Raceway. He said he regularly visits various jails and prisons in Virginia that are Westwood Pharmacy customers to review medication services on Westwood’s behalf.

He also teaches pharmacy students as an associate clinical professor in Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Pharmacy.

He began his pharmacy career after earning his pharmacy degree from Howard University. In 2003, he earned a doctorate in pharmacy from the University of Florida.

Premier Bank, which traces its history to Maggie L. Walker, sold to Ohio banking company Free Press staff report

The bank that history-making business pioneer Maggie L. Walker founded and led in Richmond soon will be under new ownership.

Peoples Bancorp Inc. of Marietta, Ohio, has acquired West Virginia-based Premier Bancorp Inc., whose holdings include the Richmond and Hampton branches of what had been Mrs. Walker’s Consolidated Bank.

Peoples has notified customers of the Richmond branch of Premier Bank, located in the 300 block of North 1st Street in Jackson Ward, that it will take over the branch Sept. 17.

Mrs. Walker The once Black-owned bank began life in 1903 as St. Luke Penny Savings Bank. Mrs. Walker launched the bank and led it until her death in 1934 in her role as the leader of a fraternal insurance group, the Independent Order of St. Luke.

The bank changed its name to Consolidated when it acquired two failing banks during the Great Depression. The bank’s independence essentially ended in 2005 when the then-struggling institution was sold to Washington, D.C.,-based Abigail Adams National Bancorp Inc. Premier gained control of Consolidated in 2011 when it acquired Abigail Adams and subsequently replaced the Consolidated named with its own.

Plunky & Oneness to play at Summer Groove Aug. 21

Mr. Branch

Plunky & Oneness, the funk and smooth jazz band led by saxophonist James “Plunky” Branch, wants to help people get their groove back.

The band will take the Dogwood Dell stage 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, for Summer Groove 2021.

The program, open to the public without charge, is part of the annual Festival of Arts that the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities stages at the amphitheater in Byrd Park.

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Cityscape

Artist Hamilton Glass speaks at the unveiling Aug. 12 of the dramatic new mural he created to celebrate the Richmond Behavioral Health Authority’s 25th anniversary. Location: 107 S. 5th St. in Downtown. RBHA commissioned the veteran muralist and founder of the mural group Slices of life and scenes Mending Walls to mark the occasion. RBHA staff also worked with Mr. Glass on the mural that in Richmond focuses on shining a light on mental health needs. A former city department, RBHA was organized as an independent authority in 1996 to enable it to seek other sources of funding for its services. The agency offers mental health, addiction treatment and mental disability services to residents of Virginia’s capital city, including crisis, counseling and day programs for those with mental health issues. RBHA plans to host open houses next month to allow the public to learn more about its offerings, according to its current board chair, the Rev. Cheryl Ivey Green.

Kamras proposes changing role for SROs; board gives green light to new 1,600-student high school

By Ronald E. Carrington

Richmond schools Superintendent Jason Kamras presented a proposal to the School Board Monday night to re-imagine the role of school resource officers, or SROs, the police hired to provide public safety in the city’s public schools.

The proposal is a result of a year of study, a statewide call for the removal of SROs from school buildings and a push for police reform.

The board has stated in the past a need to review the value and purpose of SROs in the disciplinary process. The RPS administration believes that law enforcement officers and policing do not belong in schools, reflecting the conviction that city schools should not serve as an entry point to the criminal justice system for youngsters.

In June 2020, two School Board members urged the administration to dissolve the school system’s relationship with the Richmond Police Department and eliminate the 13 SROs working in five high school, four middle schools and at the Richmond Alternative School. The officers made 121 arrests during the 2019-20 school year, primarily for assault, drug possession and weapons possession, officials said at the time.

In a virtual town hall with students in July 2020, about a dozen students told Mr. Kamras that SROs should be removed and that the money should be reallocated for mental health professionals to be placed in schools.

None of Mr. Kamras’ recommendations, however, involve a reduction in the scope of SRO involvement in Richmond schools. Instead, his proposal, submitted in response to the current board’s vision, is an effort to soften the image of SROs and to re-imagine their role.

His proposal calls for SROs to be called “care and safety associates” and they would wear “soft” uniforms, not regular police uniforms. Their duties also would expand to mentoring groups of students with weekly one-on-one and group sessions, and developing a diversion program to end arrests for non-violent offenses.

Additionally, SRO arrest data would be tracked by the location of the offense – in school versus out of school—and reported quarterly to the School Board.

Mr. Kamras also recommended that a 10-person SRO committee be established immediately composed of two members each from the School Board, the administra-

tion, teachers, students and parents or caregivers. The committee would be responsible for collaborating with the Richmond Police Department to negotiate an update to the memorandum of Mr. Kamras understanding regarding SROs for implementation during the 2021-22 school year.

It was noted during the School Board meeting that a number of RPS staff, the majority of whom areAfrican-American, said they are concerned and feared for their safety if SROs were removed from schools.

During the public comment period at the meeting, several parents and others said they had concerns about the possible removal of SROS, particularly from Huguenot High School. Administration officials said Huguenot High had the highest number of arrests among the schools in 2018. Other speakers expressed concerns about the removal of

SROs from Armstrong High School, saying officers have helped reduce the number of incidents by consistently unruly students.

The board will take up the issue for more public discussion at its next meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 7.

In other matters, the School Board approved items to be included in RPS’ request for proposals for the design of the new George Wythe High School. The Kamras administration is to issue the RFP by Aug. 31.

Despite disagreement, the board voted 5-4 to move ahead with plans for the new high school to have a 1,600-student capacity and to contain a health clinic. Several board members said that, based on projections of student enrollment, the school would be over capacity by the time it is built.

The School Board also agreed that the new school should have a silver LEED certification for energy efficiency, also known as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and the school should be designed around a theme of either the arts or STEM.

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New wheels for Chesterfield schools Al Parham, supervisor of Chesterfield County Public Schools’ bus fleet, wipes off the plug-in station for the school system’s two new electric school buses during a “Plug-in Ceremony” Aug. 12 at the county’s bus maintenance facility, 7300 Walmsley Blvd. School and county officials, along with officials from Dominion Energy, attended the event held to show off the two new vehicles that were delivered in May. Chesterfield is the first municipality in Metro Richmond to receive the electric school buses through a program sponsored

by Dominion Energy. Under the program, school districts pay no more for the electric buses than they would for a diesel model. The program also covers the cost of the charging stations. The first 50 buses were provided under the program in 2020 to 14 school districts in various parts of the state.

Waiver sought for some RPS student-athletes to continue playing sports

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Student-athletes in Richmond whose grades suffered when schools went virtual could still play football or participate in other fall sports.

The Free Press has learned that Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras is seeking to waive the current grade requirement for athletes for one semester and is polling School Board members to ensure he has majority support, which some members anticipate.

Henrico County Public Schools already has granted principals authority to grant grade waivers for their student-athletes for fall sports.

Currently, RPS policy requires students must maintain a 2.0 or C average in their studies to play on intermural teams.

The waiver would benefit athletes who had difficulty with their schoolwork during the last

school year when classes went completely online and who have lost eligibility to play.

The board did not discuss the issue at its final August meeting on Monday, but Mr. Kamras apparently reacted to an appeal for a waiver that came from parents and supporters of students.

The most notable appeal came from Keisha Cummings, founding chief executive officer of the nonprofit community support and advocacy group 2Love LLC. Ms. Cummings sent an email Aug. 12 to Mr. Kamras and the board urging the waiver for student-athletes “who are being informed they are unable to participate in the sports programs” due to their grades.

The Free Press was provided a copy of the email.

She cited the example of one athlete who “started the past school year with a 3.0 GPA

and now has a 1.6 GPA,” and she indicated that other student-athletes also are impacted.

Ms. Cummings noted that the school system distributed to students laptops and hotspots to enable students to gain internet access to attend virtual classes. But she described the situation as imperfect.

“I saw firsthand in students’ homes that the wifi was very janky, constantly going in and out. The hotspots were low grade,” she continued, “and the walls of many homes I went into were cinderblock” that made Wi-Fi reception more difficult.

She stated that the impact was most noticeable on Black and Brown students in lowincome families, particularly those living in Gilpin Court and Mosby Court public housing communities that have never been wired for broadband. Students from those communities had far more difficulty attending virtual classrooms

and completing assignments. In her view, the student-athletes who live in poverty are being penalized for the failure of adults to ensure that the students’ computers operated properly.

For many students, she said in an interview, there is little recreation available and participation on school sports teams is a mainstay for helping keep students on track in school.

Richmond did not resume its sports programs in February, as did schools in neighboring Chesterfield, Hanover and Henrico counties and Petersburg and Hopewell, leaving too many students with few positive outlets, she said.

For some student-athletes whose grades have fallen, this could be their final year of high school sports eligibility, she said.

Blocking students from playing organized sports does not contribute to the city’s stated goal of promoting equity, she concluded.

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4 takeaways from U.S. Census Continued from A1 alone or in combination with one of those races — jumped to 49.9 million people, surpassing the Black population of 46.9 million people as the nation’s second-largest racial group, according to the Census Bureau.

SKYROCKETING HISPANIC AND ASIAN GROWTH The nation’s 7.4 percent growth rate over the decade, the smallest since the Great Depression, largely was propelled by a Hispanic boom. The Hispanic population grew by almost 25 percent over the decade. By comparison, the non-Hispanic growth rate was 4.3 percent.

Hispanics stood at 62.1 million residents in 2020, or 18.7 percent of the U.S. population, up from 16.3 percent in 2010.

The most Hispanic growth was in Florida, Texas, New York, Illinois and California.

Meanwhile, Asian growth jumped more than a third over the decade, rising to 24 million people in 2020.

THE U.S. BECAME MORE URBAN Almost all of the growth of the past 10 years happened in metropolitan areas. More people in smaller counties moved to larger counties. Around 80 percent of metropolitan areas saw population gains, while less than half of the smaller so-called micropolitan areas did.

Phoenix was the fastest-growing of the nation’s top 10 cities.

It moved from sixth to fifth, trading places with Philadelphia, which is now the nation’s sixth-largest city.

DECLINE IN CHILDREN; ADULTS TAKE LARGER SHARE The share of children in the U.S. declined because of falling birth rates, while it grew for adults, driven by aging baby boomers.

Adults over age 18 made up more than three-quarters of the population in 2020, or 258.3 million people, an increase of more than 10 percent from 2010.

However, the population of children under age 18 dropped from 74.2 million in 2010 to 73.1 million in 2020, a 1.4 percent decrease.

Nationwide, children under age 18 now make up around 22 percent of the population, but it varies by region. The Northeast had the smallest proportion of people under age 18, around 20 percent, while the South had the largest at 22.5 percent.

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panic or Latino also comprise about 10.5 percent of the total population of Virginia.

Another surprise is that the Richmond failed to reach the 230,000-population level as anticipated. Both state and federal demographers had issued pre-Census estimates last year suggesting that the city’s population was around 230,000 residents.

The official count indicated that Richmond added 22,396 people from 2010 when 204,214 people were counted. The new total of 226,610 is about 4,000 people fewer than estimates Richmond has embraced in its planning documents.

The official count is important as it is used in determining the division of trillions of dollars in federal grants and payments for a wide array of programs and for redrawing election district boundaries for the U.S. House of Representatives and the state Senate and House of Delegates and for local elective offices.

It remains to be seen how much the change in demographics will affect City Council’s redrawing of election districts in Richmond.

Richmond, though, grew at a faster clip than Henrico County, which gained only 6 percent in population to reach 334,389 residents, up 27,454 residents from 2010.

The city’s pace, however, trailed that of Chesterfield County, whose population

jumped 15.2 percent to reach 364,48 people, up 48,312 residents from 2010. For both counties, the growth percentages were the smallest in 40 years.

Both neighboring counties became more diverse, most notably in Henrico County.

Only 51 percent of the population selfidentified as white non-Hispanic, according to the census, possibly the lowest percentage of white people since post-Civil War. Nearly 30 percent of Henrico’s population identified as Black, nearly 10 percent percent as Asian, with 10.2 percent identifying as mixed race or other race.

In Chesterfield, only about 59 percent of census participants identified as white.

Meanwhile, nearly 23 percent of the population listed themselves as Black, the largest percentage since at least 1900.

The remaining 18 percent are comprised of people of color, those identifying as Asian, multi-race or other race.

Across the state, the population grew 7.9 percent to 8.6 million. Despite the increase, the growth in Virginia’s population also was the smallest since at least 1980. The reduction in growth reflects separate data showing that women in Virginia are having fewer children and that outmigration from the state continues to exceed in-migration.

While statewide, the majority of people still identify as white, the census data show for the first time that the majority of those under age 18 are Black, Asian and people self-identifying as multiracial or

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the celebration by using a huge pair of scissors to cut a bright red ribbon to officially dedicate the building, which can hold 1,100 students.

Keynote speaker Elizabeth Solano, RPS community site coordinator for the school, noted that Cardinal Elementary is a very special place with a heart and soul, just like its predecessor, Greene Elementary.

For many students, this is the first time they have ever dealt with a school system, Ms. Solano said, with many the first in their family to attend a public school.

“This makes the experience very challenging, with possible anxiety for families,” Ms. Solano noted. “However, this is the Disneyland of South Side, where all are encouraged to dream big—building their resilience skills with the support of caring adults. Achieve academic excellence. Above all, develop a sense of belonging and worth, regardless of gender or age, race or ethnicity, status or language they speak,” she said.

School Board member Nicole Jones, 9th District, has an additional new school in her district—River City Middle School, which held orientation sessions by grade level Tuesday through Thursday and is having a “Back To School Party” with food and music at 5 p.m. Sept. 2 for students to pick up their schedules and parents and students to meet teachers.

With Cardinal Elementary, Ms. Jones is witnessing the behind-the-scenes of opening a new facility. Elected to the School Board last November, she has voted with the minority of board members who want to collaborate with the city on the construction of a new George Wythe High School.

“This is a well-thought-out, intentional, student-focused process,” she told the Free Press Monday. “It is good to know the School Board members before me were an integral and active part of the process to get these schools built.”

Delegate Betsy B. Carr, who represents the area in the House

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Celebrating Cardinal Elementary’s dedication with a ribbon-cutting are, several students and, from left, School Board member Nicole Jones; Principal Juvenal E. AbregoMeneses; School Board Chairwoman Cheryl L. Burke; Delegate Betsy B. Carr; Superintendent Jason Kamras and the Cardinal mascot.

of Delegates and formerly served on the Richmond School Board from 2006 through 2010, recalled E.S.H. Greene Elementary as one of the schools that was in sore need of replacement in 2010.

“I am so happy we have a Cardinal Elementary now. It is such a beautiful facility,” Delegate Carr said.

After the celebration, School Board Chairwoman Cheryl Burke said she was on cloud nine.

“This is what it’s all about,” Ms. Burke said. “To have a new school should not be a dream. This should be a given,” said Ms. Burke, who has voted with the board minority to collaborate with the City of Richmond on the design and construction of a new George Wythe High School to speed up the process.

“This school, as well as the other two new schools, are a result of a collaborative effort between the district and the city,” she said. “This shows what collaboration and consensus can do as we sit down together and work for the best interest of all students in our city.”

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“We consistently convey messaging that we don’t trust them,” Mr. Young said. “So, vaccination, yes. Mandate, no.”

Some parents expressed apprehension about the mandate during a two-hour public comment session.

The mandate means that RPS employees who do not get vaccinated, and who do not have a medical or religious exemption, will face discipline up to and including termination.

Mr. Kamras said medical and religious exemptions with a signature from a doctor or faith leader would be accepted.

Dr. Danny T.K. Avula, Virginia’s vaccine coordinator, was invited to speak at the meeting about the current rise in the pandemic

among children and the general public and the importance of vaccination to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in schools.

“The COVID virus, particularly the delta variant, is presenting a new challenge for our community,” Dr. Avula said, emphasizing that vaccinations “are the most effective tool” to stem the rising number of cases.

“We expect there will be more pediatric cases because so many adults have not been fully vaccinated,” he told the board.

School officials also said that ventilation in school buildings is an important step as well to prevent transmission of the virus and is part of the RPS COVID-19 health and safety protocols. RPS Chief of Staff Michelle Hudacsko made a presentation on the ventilation systems being installed in schools, in the central office and on all

207 school buses.

School officials already have had to contend with coronavirus outbreaks at the district’s charter school, Patrick Henry School of Science & Arts, and at J.B. Fisher Elementary’s summer school program.

According to Richmond health district officials, 53 students in the fourth grade at Patrick Henry elementary in South Side were quarantined after three positive COVID-19 cases were confirmed.

Mr. Kamras said Fisher Elementary did not have the same widespread issues as Patrick Henry. He noted in an interview with the Free Press that the charter school is not directly managed by RPS. However, there are 300 “RPS kids” at Patrick Henry and the school is under the same vaccination mandate passed on Monday night, he said.

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dence contradicted the fabricated facts,” Mr. Almadani said. “So what occurred here, we believe, was a racially motivated beating and terrorizing of a Black family.”

Solano County sheriff’s officials did not immediately return phone messages seeking comment on the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Sacramento.

The lawsuit asks a judge to order a jury trial for the arresting deputies, Dalton McCampbell and Lisa McDowell, and seeks unspecified damages.

The events unfolded as Ms. Porter and her 61-year-old father were making the 100-mile drive home to Orangevale, Calif., northeast of Sacramento, after a family trip to Oakland.

Her two daughters, ages 3 and 6, and her 4-year-old niece were in the back seat.

Ms. Porter was behind the wheel when they stopped along an empty road in Dixon.

other – a clear sign that predictions that that majority-minority future of the country is on its way to becoming reality.

The bulk of Virginia’s population growth took place in the suburbs and cities in Central and Northern Virginia. Somewhat surprisingly, the seven cities in Hampton Roads gained only 50,000 in population, with most of that growth in Chesapeake, Suffolk and Virginia Beach. Four of the cities, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk and Portsmouth, collectively registered about the same number of people as was counted in the 2010 Census.

Overall, 62 of the state’s 133 counties and cities lost population, with most of the population decline occurring in the counties and cities in the coal country of Southwest Virginia and cotton-, tobacco- and peanutgrowing communities in Southside Virginia, south of majority-Black Petersburg.

By contrast, Petersburg was among the 71 cities and counties that added population in the past decade, another sign that community has begun turning around.

Ten of the 15 localities with the biggest percentage gains are located to the north of Richmond.

Loudoun County took first place in population growth with a whopping 35 percent increase to almost 421,000 residents. Other big gainers among places that already had more than 100,000 in population include majority-minority Prince William County and increasingly diverse Stafford County.

The deputies’ squad car pulled up behind them with lights flashing. Ms. Porter already was out of the car and explained that they were just switching drivers and would be on their way, according to the court filing.

Deputy McCampbell, who had his gun drawn, ordered Ms. Porter back to the driver’s side, and he and his partner moved to detain her, according to edited bodycam footage acquired by Mr. Almadani and provided to The Associated Press. Mr. Almadani acquired more than 18 minutes of raw footage through a California Public Records Act request, and edited it down to just under 10 minutes.

“For those that are listening, I am not resisting,” Ms. Porter said to the deputies’ cameras. “You are not reading me my rights.”

The deputies pushed Ms. Porter against the squad car and then to the pavement while trying to handcuff her.

“Put your hands behind your back. Get on your stomach,” Deputy McCampbell shouted.

The footage gets very shaky, and it’s hard to see whether Ms. Porter is resisting.

Ms. Porter and the court filing allege the deputies punched her in the head and the stomach, kneeled on her back and pulled her hair. She said she passed out seconds after the deputies closed the handcuffs.

“I think she’s out,” Deputy McCampbell said on the video.

Ms. Porter, who is 5-foot-2 and 125 pounds, said she was dragged unconscious to the back of the squad car, where she came to about five minutes later.

The lawsuit accuses the deputies of lying on their arrest reports about Ms. Porter fighting them and the length of time she was unconscious.

The suit also names a superior officer who signed off on the reports.

COVID-19 testing also is available at various drug stores, clinics and urgent care centers throughout the area for people with and without health insurance. Several offer tests with no out-of-pocket costs.

A list of area COVID-19 testing sites is online at https://www. vdh.virginia.gov/richmond-city/richmond-and-henrico-areacovid-19-testing-sites/ The Virginia Department of Health also has a list of COVID19 testing locations around the state at www.vdh.virginia.gov/ coronavirus/covid-19-testing/covid-19-testing-sites/.

Want a COVID-19 vaccine?

The Richmond and Henrico health districts are offering free walk-up COVID-19 vaccines at the following locations: • Thursday, Aug. 19, 2 to 4 p.m. – Brookland Middle School, 9200 Lydell Dr.; 2 to 4 p.m. – Fat Dragon restaurant, 1200 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd., Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.

• Friday, Aug. 20, 9 a.m. to noon – Henrico West Health Department Clinic, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson; 10 a.m. to noon – Deering Manor Apartments’ Back-to-School Event, 2720 Hopkins Road, Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson; 3 to 5 p.m. – East End Branch Richmond Public Library, 1200 N. 25th St., Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.

• Saturday, Aug. 21, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Whitcomb Court Back to School event, 2302 Carmine St., Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – RPS Summer Fest: Hotchkiss Field, 701 E. Brookland Park Blvd., Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.

• Tuesday, Aug. 24, noon to 2 p.m. – St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, 9801 Fort King Road, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.

• Wednesday, Aug. 25, 10 a.m. to noon – Ginter Park United Methodist Church Food Pantry, 1010 W. Laburnum Ave. • Friday, Aug. 27, 9 a.m. to noon – Henrico West Health Department Clinic, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson • Saturday, Aug. 28, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Broad Rock Farmers Market, Back to School event, 3300 Broad Rock Blvd.; 4 to 7 p.m. – Mosby Summer Night Lights event, 1400 Spotsylvania St., Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson Children ages 12 to 15 may only receive the Pfizer vaccine.

Appointments are not required, but individuals can schedule an appointment online at vax.rchd.com or by calling (804) 205-3501.

VaccineFinder.org and vaccines.gov also allow people to find nearby pharmacies and clinics that offer the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Virginia Department of Health announced Aug. 13 that third shots, or booster shots, of coronavirus vaccines soon will become available for immunocompromised residents to better protect them as the delta variant continues to surge.

The announcement came shortly after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that people with significantly compromised immune systems get a third dose of either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines. The CDC guidance followed an announcement Aug. 12 from U.S. regulators saying transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems can get an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID19 vaccines.

The state health department said vaccine providers are expected to make third doses available during the next several days.

Gov. Ralph S. Northam issued a public health order on Aug. 12 mandating the universal use of masks in K-12 schools in Virginia.

“We all share the same goal of keeping our schools open and keeping our students safe,” Gov. Northam said in a statement.

“This public health order makes it very clear that masks are required in all indoor K-12 settings, and Virginia expects all schools to comply.”

Virginia has continued to reach highs in its daily case counts of coronavirus infection not seen since April, prompting further action on the state and local levels.

Wednesday was the deadline for employees of the City of Richmond to provide proof of full vaccination, have their first dose of the vaccine or obtain a religious or medical exemption as required under a mandate put in place two weeks ago for all city employees to be vaccinated. Richmond officials have warned that refusal to get vaccinated could lead to sanctions, including leave without pay or firing.

More than 2,500 new COVID-19 cases were reported Wednesday by the Virginia Department of Health, adding to a total of 728,523 cases in the state. Data also show a total of 32,493 hospitalizations and 11,632 deaths statewide.

Virginia’s seven-day positivity rate continues to rise at 8.6 percent. Last week, it was 7.5 percent.

According to state health department data, 55.3 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated, while 62.4 percent of the population has received at least one dose of the COVID19 vaccine.

State data also show that African-Americans comprised 22.7 percent of cases statewide and 25.1 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 15.5 percent of cases and 6.4 percent of deaths.

Reported COVID-19 data as of Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021

Cases Hospitalizations Deaths Richmond 18,655 843 281 Henrico County 27,915 1,129 643 Chesterfield County 30,707 1,076 457 Hanover County 9,144 335 170

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Childhood Vaccinations Many childhood illnesses can be prevented: • Childhood vaccinations will prevent an estimated 936,000 early deaths, 8 million hospitalizations and 419 million illnesses • Routine childhood vaccinations help prevent 14 diseases • Ask your doctor about your child’s recommended vaccination schedule – many schools require vaccinations

Protections for a Lifetime Some childhood vaccines can wear off over time and there are several immunizations that you need as you get older.

Even adults need to keep their vaccinations up to date.

The CDC recommends getting protected against: • Chickenpox • Influenza • Pneumococcal Disease • COVID-19 • (MMR) Measles, (under 2 yrs or Mumps and • Hepatitis over 65 yrs) Rubella • Hepatitis B • Rotavirus • MMR+Varicella • Hib • Shingles • Meningococcal • HPV (50 yrs+) Disease

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NEW YORK Most people know him for “I Believe I Can Fly,” the 1996 hit that became an inspirational anthem played at school graduations, weddings and in advertisements. Or possibly for a stinging parody by comedian Dave Chappelle.

But starting this week, what prosecutors say was a not-sosecret dark side of R&B superstar R. Kelly will be presented in lurid detail for a jury in New York City.

The federal trial comes after years of frustration among women who say they were sexually abused by the 54-year-old singer, who vehemently denies any wrongdoing.

If the trial brings some satisfaction to women who say they were victims of Mr. Kelly’s alleged depravity, “there’s also a feeling of ‘too little too late,’ ” said Jim DeRogatis, a music writer and college professor who authored a book on Mr. Kelly called “Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly.”

“Thousands of people,” he said, “knew about his behavior for decades.”

The question is “why didn’t anyone notice?” writer Mikki Kendall said in the documentary series “Surviving R. Kelly.”

“The answer is that we all noticed. No one cared because we were Black girls.”

Opening statements were scheduled for Wednesday, Aug.

18, before a jury made up of seven men and five women. The trial, coming after several delays due mostly to the pandemic, will unfold under coronavirus precautions restricting the media and the public to overflow courtrooms with video feeds.

Even before Mr. Kelly beat a narrowly constructed child pornography case in Chicago in 2008 with one alleged victim and a home video that a jury found unpersuasive, his alleged perversions were part of pop culture. In 2003, the “Chappelle’s Show” aired a mock music video which starred Mr. Chappelle as R. Kelly performing a song about an allegation that he urinated on an underage girl.

But after the acquittal, Mr. Kelly’s life went on as before.

He continued touring and recording, including a 2013 duet with Lady Gaga titled “Do What U Want.”

With the dawn of the #MeToo era, Mr. Kelly came under renewed media scrutiny fueled by the widely watched “Surviving R. Kelly.” The work in part delves into how a cadre of supporters protected Mr. Kelly and silenced his victims for decades, foreshadowing a federal racketeering conspiracy case that landed Mr. Kelly in jail in 2019. He initially was behind bars in Chicago before being transferred to New York in June.

The New York case is only part of the legal peril facing the

singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly. He also has pleaded not guilty to sex-related charges in Illinois and Minnesota.

Mr. Kelly already was feeling a cultural shift backlash in 2018, when The Women of Color branch of Time’s Up publicly supported the #MuteRKelly movement, a social media campaign meant to turn up the heat for his record label to drop him. His camp responded with a statement describing his treatment as a “lynching” of a Black man who respected women.

“Soon it will become clear Mr. Kelly is the target of a greedy, conscious and malicious conspiracy to demean him, his family and the women with whom he spends his time,” the statement said .

It was a reaction that could become the crux of the defense at the trial of the Grammywinning, multiplatinum-selling singer. Some of his lawyers have said Mr. Kelly’s alleged victims were “groupies” who only started accusing him of abuse years later because of the #MeToo movement.

Prosecutors paint a different picture, detailing how an enterprise of managers, bodyguards and other employees helped Mr. Kelly recruit and transport women and girls for sex. The travel violated the Mann Act, the 1910 law that made it illegal to “transport any woman or girl” across state lines “for any immoral purpose” — the same

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In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. The R&B star gained weight and lost money while he awaited a sextrafficking trial that started with opening statements on Wednesday.

law that sent rock legend Chuck Berry to prison in 1959.

Prosecutors in Brooklyn have lined up multiple female accusers — mostly identified in court papers as “Jane Does” — and cooperating former associates who have never spoken publicly before about their experiences with Mr. Kelly.

When the women and girls arrived at the lodging, a member of Mr. Kelly’s entourage would provide them with instructions prohibiting them from interacting with each other, prosecutors said in court papers. At the concerts, they were positioned so that Mr. Kelly could see them from stage.

Mr. Kelly had rules barring

partners from leaving their room to eat or to go to the bathroom without receiving his permission and from looking at other men. He told them how they should dress and required them to call him “Daddy.”

The breadth of the latest investigation also brings a new twist that sets it apart from other signature #MeToo era cases like those of Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein: Prosecutors say there will be new evidence about at least two underage “John Doe” victims.

The documents say Mr. Kelly also groomed two teenage boys, including a 17-year-old he met at a local McDonalds in late 2016.

“Thereafter, Kelly invited John Doe #1 into his studio under the guise of helping and mentoring John Doe #1 with his musical aspirations,” the papers state. “Kelly also asked John Doe #1 what he was willing to do to succeed in the music business and clarified that he wanted John Doe #1 to engage in sexual contact with Kelly.”

Mr. Kelly developed a sexual relationship with another boy he met as a teen, the papers state.

He later paid for the victim to have sex with some of his girlfriends, sometimes filming the encounters, they state.

“I believe some of what’s going to come out will shock people,” Mr. DeRogatis said.

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Rally-goers call for reinstatement of parole in Virginia

By George Copeland Jr.

Photos by Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press

Savannah Watkins, 19, holds a picture of her father, Calvin Watkins, who has been incarcerated since 2004 at Buckingham Correctional Center. She said she doesn’t remember her father outside of prison.

Below, Kimberly Dyke-Harsley displays her own message about freedom as she listens to the speakers at last Saturday’s parole restoration rally at Chimborazo Park.

“He was incarcerated when I was young, and I can’t remember a day with him not behind bars.”

These words were shared by 19-year-old Savannah Watkins as part of a letter she and her sister wrote about their father’s incarceration since 2004 after being convicted of murder.

Hers was just one testimonial among many given last Saturday during a rally in Chimborazo Park about the impact of incarceration on inmates and their families and calling for the restoration of parole in Virginia.

Parole was abolished in Virginia in 1995.

Anyone who has committed a felony is required to serve at least 85 percent of his or her sentence with the possibility of earning credit toward early release.

While many personal experiences were shared by people who were formerly incarcerated and family members of those behind bars, the stories carried common themes: The poor state of Virginia’s criminal justice system, the knock-out effect incarceration has on families and communities and the need for rehabilitation over punitive treatment.

Ms. Watkins was among 100 or so people at the rally organized by the nonprofit Freedom Over Everything, which was started in 2018 by inmates at the Buckingham Correctional Center.

Calvin Watkins, Ms. Watkins’ father, serves as founder and developer of a parole peer support group at Buckingham.

Through the years, Freedom Over Everything has gathered a network of advocates and likeminded groups to their cause and built an action plan for prison reform and a better future for the incarcerated after time served.

The reform initiative includes reinstating discretionary parole in Virginia and reducing the amount of time someone is required to serve to 65 percent of the sentence with good time credits toward early release.

These measures were in place before parole was abolished under former Republican Gov. George Allen in 1995.

“How long can Virginia continue to operate as a state whose mentality is ‘lock them up and throw away the key,’ when in fact the numbers show that the recidivism rate here in Virginia is at an all-time low,” Freedom Over Everything founders asked in a statement.

While supporters of the ban on parole claim that it is responsible for Virginia ranking as the state having the fourth lowest violent crime and the lowest recidivism rate in the United States, parole reform advocates argue that the

data speaks more to the desire of the formerly incarcerated to rebuild their lives for the better and not repeat past mistakes.

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread last year, state lawmakers approved a proposal by Gov. Ralph S. Northam giving the director of the state Department of Corrections the authority to consider early release of inmates with less than a year left to serve on their sentences. Inmates convicted of violent felonies or sexually violent offenses were not eligible. More than 2,100 state inmates were released early from state and local facilities. But that early release plan expired on July 1.

That effort, however, gives Freedom Over Everything hope for the possibility of parole restoration.

“When we put hope in sight of an incarcerated man’s future, you will see him transform himself into someone that will be productive,” the FOE founders said. “If you give an incarcerated individual nothing to work toward, this individual

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“The incarcerated men here at Buckingham Correctional Center ask that the citizens of Virginia believe that we deserve a second chance; we are not just talking the talk but are walking the walk as well.”

At the rally, advocates also talked about protecting those awaiting release, integrating former inmates back into society and helping them restart their lives. From Bridging the Gap in Virginia aiding the formerly incarcerated in restoring their rights to the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice and Equality spotlighting the need to for vaccinations for inmates and expanding the early release program, those present at the rally seemed to have a common refrain — second chances.

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Redistricting We are not surprised by the partisanship that seems to be weighing down the efforts of the new Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw the state’s legislative and Congressional districts.

What did we expect?

While proponents driving the creation of the commission touted it as a way to keep politics out of the redistricting process, the very nature of its composition mires the commission in politics. It has 16 members (there is no way to break a tie), including eight legislators—four Democrats and four Republicans—and eight citizen members who were recommended by Democratic and Republic legislative leaders and then selected by a committee of five retired circuit court judges (who owed their selection and service as judges to a Democratic or Republican majority of the legislature).

Out of the starting gate this week, the commission couldn’t agree on an independent organization or company to make a first attempt at redrawing new legislative maps based on the new census data for the state. The result?

The Republicans and the Democrats will each draw their own maps and then try to mesh the two.

What a headache and waste of time. How is this fair?

This is exactly how the maps were drawn in the past— by legislators in the General Assembly, with the political party in the majority—that would be the Republicans for the last 20 years—winning in the end and retaining power to draw favorable boundaries for the House of Delegates and state Senate seats to help them maintain their grip on government.

We can see now where redistricting is headed—to the courts.

Under the law, which was approved by voters in a referendum last November, if the commission is stymied and doesn’t come up with a map, the Virginia Supreme Court will get involved and draw the maps. Remember, the majority of the high court’s members were selected by Republican lawmakers.

Meanwhile, the commission has until Oct. 10 to submit redistricting plans to the General Assembly, which can approve or reject the maps, but not change them.

Why is redistricting important for Black people and people of color?

How the lines are drawn will determine what district you live in and, ultimately, the strength of your voting power. For example, if Richmond’s Black community is split among, say five different districts and lumped in with parts of Chesterfield and/or Henrico, that may keep Black voters from being a major constituency in any one district and block them from electing a legislator or member of Congress who could best represent their interests.

Such map drawing of this type in the past has been responsible, in part, for a lack of Black representatives in state government and in Congress. As a result of court battles and other challenges to unfairly drawn redistricting maps, Virginia voters have been able to elect two AfricanAmericans to the U.S. House of Representatives, while the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus now has a record 23 members in the General Assembly.

It is clear that how Virginians are counted for purposes of redistricting is critical to retaining power. Already, state and local officials from conservative Southwest Virginia have filed a lawsuit challenging the new redistricting rule requiring inmates to be counted where they last lived, and not where they are incarcerated.

This practice of counting inmates in the census tracts where they are incarcerated rather than where they lived has helped dilute the political power of those home communities. While inmates with felony convictions are not allowed to vote, they—and their families—still have an interest in the communities where they are from.

Most of Virginia’s prisons are located in rural, white areas.

Counting inmates—many of whom are Black or people of color and primarily from urban areas—as residents of those rural communities falsely transfers political power from urban and diverse cities to those rural, white communities whose political interests often are diametrically opposed to those of the inmates and their families.

According to an analysis of the 2010 Census data by the Prison Policy Initiative for the League of Women Voters of Virginia, 18 Virginia counties and one city were using the prison population in their redistricting efforts. In six of those counties, the prison population accounted for 30 percent or more of that county’s population. In fact, inmates in Lunenburg County made up 67 percent of that county’s population, while they made up 51 percent of the population of Southampton County, and 45 percent of Buckingham County’s population.

In several Southwest Virginia counties—Bland, Buchanan, Pulaski, Scott, Tazewell and Wise—inmates made up between 10 percent and 36 percent of the populations.

Likewise, in conservative Goochland County, the prison population accounted for 30 percent of the county’s population in the 2010 Census, according to the figures.

For decades, this practice of using inmates of color to enhance the political power of rural, predominantly white communities has allowed conservative policies to dominate Virginia’s politics and legislature. And now that this inequity is being erased from the books, conservative politicians are rallying to keep Virginia in the past as the Old Dominion.

We hope justice will prevail and this lawsuit will result in a permanent end to this prison-based gerrymandering.

We also urge the Virginia Democratic Party to step up and demand that their members who sit on the redistricting commission not give in to conservative forces that would try to steer the redistricting process.

Voters want fairness. When we go to the polls, we want to make sure our vote counts. We hope voters of color across the state will keep an eye on this latest redistricting process and make their views known to the commission and to their state legislators.

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‘We have no time to waste’ When presented without context, the name Roger Brooke Taney means little to most contemporary Americans. Justice Taney was born in Calvert County, Md., very close to Washington, D.C. He was an attorney, served in the executive and judicial branches of the U.S. government, was a member of the Democratic Party and is infamous as the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court for authoring the equally infamous Dred Scott decision.

To provide context, in addition to being the chief justice of the nation’s highest court, Justice Taney was pro-slavery and a Southern sympathizer during the Civil War. His legacy of racism would live for more than 100 years. Some, like me, say that his legacy yet lives on. His decision held that no Black, free or enslaved, had ever enjoyed the rights of citizenship under the U.S. Constitution. He argued that Blacks were “regarded as beings of an inferior order,

altogether unfit to associate with the white race ... and so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.”

I would argue that, consciously or not, his decision is ingrained in the psyche of white America and is used as justification for all

Dr. E. Faye Williams forms of racial discrimination. I submit that the current pattern of race-based voter suppression is rooted in the same mindset that Justice Taney used to reach his decision.

Counting the number of jellybeans in a jar or guessing the number of bubbles released by a bar of soap were mere indicators of the respect accorded to the rights of Blacks. After 1965, as long as African-Americans and other people of color offered no real threat to the power and authority of the white establishment, they could “play” the game of voting.

Ultimately, the usefulness of gerrymandering as a control against the demands for equal rights began to erode. We now see an unapologetic, full-blown racist attack on the voting rights

of people of color and a perversion of the democratic principles fundamental to this nation. They understand that we have learned to effectively use the most powerful tool in any democracy.

On Thursday, July 29, I stood for the restoration of voter rights established under the For the People Act and the John Lewis Act and was arrested. Inaction is unacceptable. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee; Dr. Johnnetta Cole, former president of Spelman and Bennett colleges and president of the National Council of Negro Women; attorney and former Judge Faya Rose Touré of Alabama; Arlene Holt of the AFL-CIO; Jarrett Sawyer of Morehouse University and I were arrested for allegedly blocking the entrance to the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington. When given the option to pay a fine or request a court date, I chose the latter. The federal magistrate will hear my concerns on Nov. 24.

Considering the struggles of the past, this experience was relatively uneventful. There were no batons. There were no firehoses. There were no horses or dogs. There was a sense of urgency. We all knew that action could not be deferred for

a later date. We all know that for the sake of survival, we must mobilize in greater and increasing numbers. We have no time to waste.

On Aug. 3, 1857, the same year as the Dred Scott decision, Frederick Douglass delivered what some consider to be his greatest speech. From that speech came the words, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress…

Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.”

He continued: “Power concedes nothing without a demand.

It never did and it never will.

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both.”

The writer is president of the National Congress of Black Women.

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Climate change must be dealt with Tuvalu is a tiny Polynesian island nation located midway between Hawaii and Australia. Home to just 11,000 people, it is just 10 square miles. It is smaller today than it was a decade ago. Thanks to world climate change, Tuvalu is sinking, and the evidence is everywhere.

I’d never heard of Tuvalu until I attended COP15, the Copenhagen climate change conference in 2010. It was an intense experience, partly because white climate change progressives were prepared to disrespect President Obama for not taking an extreme enough position on climate change. It also was intense because many small countries, like Tuvalu, did not have the opportunity to address the assembled delegates.

Instead, they had to clamor for attention through booths and flyers in an area outside the main assembly.

Tuvalu is sinking, a man said, grabbing my elbow to get my attention. He was angry, anxious for attention. He described how beautiful his island once was and how he had seen the destruction from the rising ocean, partly a function of climate change. We talked for more than a few minutes and we met for tea before the conference was over. He asked repeatedly why the United States won’t do more to stop the destruction of the planet. I had no answers.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in a report

released Aug. 9 offers both answers and condemnation. It describes climate change as “widespread, rapid and intensifying.” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says the report is a “code red for humanity.”

“The alarm bells are deafening,” he said in a statement.

“This report must sound a death

Julianne Malveaux knell for coal and fossil fuels before they destroy our planet,” he went on to say.

Code red means emergency, but few are treating this climate crisis as an emergency. Indifference or the tepid responses to the evidence we are experiencing have led us into a situation that will worsen before it gets better, a condition requiring world cooperation when such cooperation is rare.

Frank, a 32-year-old Tuvalu native who is quoted in a 2019 piece that appeared in The Guardian, stated, “Before, the sand used to stretch out far, and when we swam, we could see the seafloor and the coral.

Now, it is cloudy all the time, and the coral is dead. Tuvalu is sinking.”

Tuvalu is sinking, California is burning, the Pacific Northwest, known for its mild weather, is experiencing temperatures sometimes exceeding 100 degrees. Folks, this climate madness is all our fault. The IPCC says that emissions are “unequivocally caused by human activities.” They have pushed the global temperature up and will move it further if we don’t do something.

But climate change de-

niers seem to think this is all-natural. The 44th president was rabidly vocal on this matter, and his acolytes deride climate change mitigation as a part of a “woke” Democratic plan. The leader of the pack is a non-Missouri-living U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, whose residence issues could be the subject of an entire column. This man has raged against the infrastructure bill, which, though insufficient, represents necessary bipartisanship as we look to the future.

The commitment to spend $39 billion on transit is significant, especially in the context of climate change. We need to get cars off the road, and we can only do it if people have easy ways to get around. Safe, reliable public transportation could help, but, as always, there is tension. Many would use the $39 billion for public transportation. Some would use it for roads and carbon emissions. If our country and others are committed to combatting climate change, we must consider reducing or eliminating carbon emissions. And we must consider the ways climate change will change the world.

We will pay for ignoring climate change one way or another. We will pay now, we will pay later, but we will pay.

Thus the infrastructure bill, while not enough, is to be applauded. The provision of some climate change mitigation in the budget is also commendable. But there is so much more to do, and Tuvalu is sinking.

The writer is an economist, author and dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at California State University, Los Angeles.

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March on Washington 2.0: We must save America As late August approaches Washington, D.C., something deep in the soul-psyche of millions of African-Americans reflexively sweeps history out of its sepia-colored corners and into an annual ritual of remembrance and pride.

On Aug. 28, 1963, 250,000 people—mostly Black, but certainly not exclusively so—gathered peacefully at the Lincoln Memorial for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Nothing before it had ever remotely equaled its visionary audacity, organization, cultural influence and political punch at a time when major federal civil rights legislation hung on a promise by a young President John F. Kennedy and a nation teetering on truly becoming a multiracial democracy, or something much less; something much emptier than the soaring pronouncements of America’s founding documents.

Today, as we prepare for a 2021 March on Washington on Saturday, Aug. 28, we must resist the temptation of nostalgia.

We can acknowledge the now famous speeches of the late civil rights giant Congressman John Lewis, and march founder and organizer, the labor and civil rights lion and icon, A. Philip Randolph. And there are always the indelible imagery and timeless words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” that so often, and unfortunately, serve as the Cliff Notes for the entire day of demands and demonstrations.

I remember it all so well. I was there as staff coordinator for the 1963 march, working directly with my mentors Mr. Randolph and his chief aide, Bayard Rustin. Now, some six decades later, I am convinced more than at any other time in my long life of activism, that this is not the time to memorialize.

It is the time to mobilize. Our very democracy is at stake.

As President Biden recently underscored in a speech he delivered on the South Lawn, “Without democracy, nothing is possible. With it, everything is.”

Much of a post-President Trump America has been infected—much like it has been with an ever-spreading COVID-19 virus—by an urgent agenda to dismantle the very core of the American experiment in self-governance. Not since the pre-civil rights era has access to the ballot box been so blatantly threatened, particularly for Black, Brown and poor voters.

Already, Georgia has enacted some of the most restrictive voting suppression laws in the nation, with Texas soon to follow with its own targeted, draconian measures severely limiting, for example, polling places and hours and mail-in ballots. Most disturbing are rules that would permit state legislatures to overturn election results on the thinnest suspicion of fraud. In nearly every state in the union, similarly outrageous, anti-democracy provisions are being readied to become law.

Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams has referred to this modern tide of mostly racebased disfranchisement as Jim Crow 2.0. I agree.

While African-Americans still face some of the same issues that bedeviled us in 1963 —underemployment, police brutality, crime and violence and limited access to health care—the new, Republicandriven movement to overthrow democracy is the issue that must supersede all others.

When we meet again at the Lincoln Memorial this month, this March on Washington must call on the lessons and successes of its origins. Mr. Randolph and Mr. Rustin well understood the power of a broad-based coalition that was sharply focused on achieving clearly delineated goals. There is little doubt in my mind that the march greatly pressured and influenced Presi-

dent Lyndon B. Johnson to move Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and then the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was tragically gutted in 2013 by a conservative U.S. Supreme Court.

Today’s coalition must not only include civil rights and Hispanic organizations, but also labor, Native Americans,

Norman Hill women, the LGBTQ community, religious institutions, educators and, of course, political activists like Ms. Abrams and Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, and political leaders like Rep. Joyce Beatty, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.

We also must work exceedingly hard to bring all the components of this coalition into a massively cohesive whole, much like the way Mr. Randolph was able to do in 1963, mostly on the basis of his enormous reputation as a civil rights and

labor leader. And yet I have enormous gratitude to lifelong activists Martin Luther King III and the Rev. Al Sharpton who have principally organized this 58th anniversary of the Great March.

In this light, I am especially encouraged by the coalition building of the Rev. William J. Barber II of the Poor People’s Campaign who has joined forces with former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke. Both are calling for an end to voter suppression efforts. They also are calling on Congress to put an end to the filibuster that prevents passage of federal voting rights legislation.

It is of paramount importance that this year’s march pushes hard for either an end of the paralyzing filibuster – another troubling remnant of Jim Crow—or at least a carve out for matters of constitutional import, of which the vote clearly qualifies.

Free of the filibuster’s demand for a super majority of 60 votes to pass federal legislation, Democrats could

make S1, the For the People Act, law. S1 would create a national baseline for access to the ballot box for all Americans.

Such a law would overturn the litany of state-enacted voting suppression efforts.

House Democratic Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina recently noted that House Democrats also are moving to introduce a revised H.R. 4, also known as the John Lewis Voting Rights and Advancement Act, which, among other things, would restore the pre-clearance review and clearance of any new voting laws. This was part of the original Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Enacting both measures are vitally important to protecting how votes are cast and counted.

There is nothing more important than achieving this – not even the White House’s commitment to infrastructure.

This is a fundamentally simple proposition: Without the vote, there is no democracy; without democracy, there is no America. We must remember what Rep. John Lewis reminds

us: “Democracy is not a state.

It is an act.”

During this month’s March on Washington in the stony, statuary shadows of both President Abraham Lincoln and Dr.

King, we must meet to act.

The writer served as the president of the A. Philip Randolph Institute from 1980 to 2004, the longest tenure in the organization’s history.

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Spotlight on founder and program director of More Than Art: Inner City Mural Project It’s a time of sweeping artistic development for the city of Richmond, with a wide variety of new pieces, programs and exhibits in various districts.

But not all of the city has seen equal creative attention, and Rā-Twoine Shameel “Rosetta” Fields has been working diligently this year to change that.

Across a span of several months, More Than Art: Inner City Mural Project has been collaborating with local artists to create and bring art to Richmond’s overlooked areas and residents.

Murals centered on themes like urban culture, family, rebirth and historical roots have gone up in the 900 block of Hull Street in South Side, at Mosby Street and Fairmount Avenue in the East End and are in progress on Mosby and Redd streets.

“The project brings art to the ‘hood’ and not just the neighborhoods that are slowly or quickly being gentrified,” Mr. Fields says. “These are the places that are neglected and overlooked.

These are the neighborhoods where we only hear stories sourced in negativity.”

While More Than Art officially began this year, Mr. Fields says he has been contemplating its creation since 2015, a year after he founded Crenius LLC, a creative collective that More Than Art comes under.

The Jersey City, N.J., native cites a life growing up in underserved communities as a major inspiration. He said he saw a clear disparity existed between the vandalized and ignored parts of these neighborhoods, and the business districts and downtown areas flush with attention from artists.

To add insult to injury, the art

produced tended to draw from the cultures of the overlooked communities but was never “presented nor offered to the people and communities that create and foster the culture daily.”

It’s a dynamic Mr. Fields says he has seen in many other cities, including Richmond, and a gap that More Than Art seeks to fill.

“There was a gap between the who and what was seen as the ‘city of Richmond’,” says Mr. Fields, pointing to the lack of art among properties controlled by the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, their surrounding areas and Richmond’s South Side.

“The art was concentrated in several locations and these places never benefited,” he says.

“We wanted to change that and we are.”

Alongside the 11 art pieces already painted throughout Richmond, More Than Art also provides these neighborhoods with mutual aid, from cleanups and community programming to special events and more.

More Than Art is seeking funds to continue its work, with plans underway for a collaboration with Community 50/50 for 15 youths to help with mural and mutual aid projects. Mr. Fields says the organization plans to build more relationships as well as apply for grant funding next year.

“We need art everywhere,” Mr. Fields says. “Everyone deserves to see something that will make them stop and think or simply gaze in amazement.”

Meet the leader of Richmond’s latest mural initiative and this week’s Personality, Rā-Twoine Shameel “Rosetta” Fields: No. 1 volunteer position: Founder and chief executive of-

ficer of Crenius LLC, which was founded in 2014. “More Than Art: Inner City Mural Project” is under Crenius and I function as the founder and program director of that project.

Date and place of birth: Jan. 21, 1991, in Jersey City, N.J. Where I live now: Richmond’s South Side.

Education: Bachelor’s in psychology, philosophy and creative writing from the University of Richmond; currently enrolled in Ph.D. clinical psychology program at Saybrook University.

Occupation: Qualified mental health professional; curator/ gallerist/art dealer; firearms instructor; and writer.

More Than Art: Inner City Mural Project is: An ongoing mural project using art and mutual aid as vehicles for catalytic change in underserved and underrepresented communities.

More Than Art’s mission: To

use art to create portals in these underserved neighborhoods that will offer more opportunities for community engagement, partnership, volunteerism, youth programming, city safe spaces, local business support and more.

Inspiration for More Than Art: Growing up in these same neighborhood environments and recognizing that the only “art” that was observed was gang tags, memorial or “R.I.P.” tags, vandalized buildings and the like. I also began to recognize as certain art programming blossomed in my city that the locations chosen usually focused on business districts and Downtown areas. The culture was drawn upon—more leeched on—and represented, but never presented nor offered to the people and communities that create and foster the culture daily.

Story behind project name: “More Than Art” was formed through a recognized need in the city of Richmond and other cities. There was a gap between the who/what was seen as the “city of Richmond” and this was heavily observed through the lack of art in locations such as all Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority properties, their surrounding areas and the South Side of Richmond. The art was concentrated in several locations and these places never benefitted. We wanted to change that and we are.

What art is to me: Art is anything that is created by an individual as a form of freedom, becoming, being, rebellion, resilience and expression.

How More Than Art is different from other mural projects: The project brings art to the “hood” and not just the neighborhoods that are slowly/quickly being gentrified. These are the places that are neglected and overlooked. These are the neighborhoods where we only hear stories sourced in negativity.

Why public art is vital for all communities: Public art is known to have several benefits: It improves overall aesthetics, increases environmental stewardship, increases investment potential, improves multiple factors of well-being, increases representation in the arts, provides access to fine art to the general public in various locations, allows children to have visual benefits as they develop, provides access to local and visiting artists to share their skills/ stories and more.

How More Than Art is funded: We are currently fundraising through GoFundMe and minor sponsorships. We are not funded by any major organizations or any grants. We plan to build more relationships and apply for grants in 2022.

Current number of More Than Art murals: 11.

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Area teen spreads anti-bullying message

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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Chyna-Marie Johnson, a rising eighth-grader at John Rolfe Middle School, sometimes comes up with her anti-bullying raps while playing on the trampoline.

Ray Charles to be inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame Free Press wire report

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R&B legend Ray Charles, who helped redefine country music in the civil rights era will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

The Country Music Association on Monday announced the new class of Hall of Fame members, who will be formally inducted in a ceremony in 2022.

Also being inducted are the Grammy-winning duo The Judds, drummer Eddie Bayers and pedal steel guitarist Pete Drake.

Mr. Charles, who died in 2004, showed the commercial potential of country music when he released “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music” in 1962, a genre-defying personal project for the Georgia-born singer and piano player.

Mr. Charles grew up listening to the Grand Ole Opy and his record, which was considered a risk at the time, became one of the best-selling country albums of the era. His version of “I Can’t Stop Loving You” spent five weeks on top of the Billboard 100 chart and remains one of his most popular songs.

He later recorded an album of duets featuring country legends such as Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash. Mr. Nelson in particular has lauded Mr. Charles’ impact on the genre and they had a 1985 No. 1 duet together called “Seven Spanish Angels.”

“Needless to say, Ray Charles loved country music,” Valerie Ervin, president of the Ray Charles Foundation, said in a statement. “As a matter of fact, he risked a lot in 1962 when he decided to record ‘Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.’

“I cannot express enough how happy and honored Ray Charles would be at this moment in time, as I am for him,” her statement continued.

“Congratulations to all the fellow inductees and as Ray Charles would say, ‘That is so nice.’ ” Through the years, Mr. Charles’ impact on country music has been more widely recognized, with a major museum exhibition on Mr. Charles at the Country Music Hall of Fame and

Adults forbid it and impose rules against it, but bullying continues to take place in schools.

One of every four students experiences bullying from other students at some point in their K-12 educational journey, according to government statistics, and much of it goes unreported, separate surveys find.

But one spunky 13-year-old is seeking to shine a spotlight on the topic with the rap songs she has created, including “Bullies Real Bad” and “The Bully Kid.” Chyna-Marie Johnson, a rising eighth-grader at John Rolfe Middle School in Henrico County, has brought her anti-bullying message to various back-to-school, National Night Out and school opening events in the Richmond area.

This week, she performed at the city’s new River City Middle School at rallies for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders who will be attending the school on Hull Street Road. And her manager mother, Kwe Johnson, said Chyna-Marie is scheduled to appear at the school’s public grand opening in September.

“It’s like a horror movie,” the teen raps in “Bullies Real Bad.” “Yeah, Yeah, I’m not really with these bullies.”

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Find the good and praise it.

It’s a phrase the late Alex Haley, author of the 1976 novel “Roots: The Saga of anAmerican Family,” often said during his life, from his days residing in the small West Tennessee town of Henning through his world travels as a journalist and writer. His seminal book about the horrors and injustices of slavery include messages of perseverance, courage and strength.

Now, on the occasion of his 100th birthday, Mr. Haley’s bridge-building legacy is being invoked once again as a kind of antidote to an especially contentious period of American

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The grave of late author Alex Haley sits outside his former boyhood home in Henning, Tenn. The home is part of the Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center, which is honoring the writer of “Roots: The Saga of an American Family,” on what would be Mr. Haley’s 100th birthday.

life. A ribbon-cutting at the renovated Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center took place Aug. 13, and a community celebration featuring music, food and a fashion show occurred on Aug. 14.

Mr. Haley’s life was filled with examples of living by those words. There was the time he

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encouraged close friend Fred Montgomery to become his hometown’s first Black mayor, pushing back at resistance from some of the town’s white populace.

Mr. Haley, who died in 1992, also is remembered in this month’s re-release of a 2003 book titled “Finding the Good” by former Associated Press journalist Lucas L. Johnson II. Mr. Johnson’s book discusses the life of Mr. Montgomery, who befriended Mr. Haley in Henning. As young boys, they would swim together and write love poems to girls. Mr. Haley had wanted to write a book about Mr. Montgomery, who was born into a family of sharecroppers

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Mr. Johnson weaves Mr. Montgomery’s story with examples from his own life dealing with racism, family members grappling with substance abuse and incarceration, and issues of faith.

Mr. Haley is most wellknown for “Roots,” which earned him a Pulitzer Prize and was turned into a TV miniseries watched by a record-setting 130 million people when it was released in 1977. Mr. Haley also wrote “The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” based on interviews with the activist and human rights leader.

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“They want to give her a hug or tell her how much her words meant to them,” she said. “They have been bullied and haven’t been able to talk about it and want to thank her for raps that reflect their own feelings.”

Ms. Johnson said she is proud of her daughter for speaking up on a topic that she said too often is a fact of educational life for young people. For them, the turn to virtual school last year provided relief from the verbal and physical harassment that was taking place in school.

In Ms. Johnson’s view, adults in positions of authority too often turn a blind eye to what is happening to children, or blame the victim as well as the instigator.

“Bullying definitely needs more exposure and more attention,” Ms. Johnson said.

Chyna-Marie turned to music for solace after her father died when she was in grade school. She started strumming a guitar and suddenly found herself brimming with ideas for songs and raps.

She is grateful the words she composed are reaching a wider audience.

“I hope what I am doing will help,” she said.

Late author Alex Haley honored in 2-day hometown celebration

Museum and a 2019 Opry television special dedicated to him.

Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna, were the most successful duo in country music in the 1980s, with more than a dozen No. 1 hits, including “Mama, He’s Crazy,” “Love Can Build a Bridge” and “Grandpa (Tell Me ’bout the Good Old Days).”

“We had a such a stamp of originality on what we were trying to do,” Naomi Judd said in an interview after the announcement.

Originally from Kentucky, Naomi Judd was working as a nurse in the Nashville area when she and Wynonna started singing together professionally. Their unique harmonies, together with elements of acoustic music, bluegrass and blues, made them stand out in the genre at the time.

The Judds released six studio albums and an EP between 1984 and 1991 and won nine CMA Awards and seven from the Academy of Country Music. They earned a total of five Grammy Awards together on hits like “Why Not Me” and “Give A Little Love.”

In 1990, Naomi Judd announced her retirement from performing due to chronic hepatitis. Wynonna has continued her solo career and they have occasionally reunited for special performances.

The Hall of Fame also announced a tie this year for the category of recording musician between Eddie Bayers and Pete Drake.

Mr. Bayers, a drummer in Nashville for decades who worked on 300 platinum records, is a member of the Grand Ole Opry band. He regularly played on records for The Judds, Ricky Skaggs, George Strait, Alan Jackson and Kenny Chesney.

Mr. Bayers is the first drummer to be inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Mr. Drake, a pedal steel guitar player and a member of Nashville’s A-team of skilled session musicians, played on hits like “Stand By Your Man”

by Tammy Wynette and “He Stopped Loving Her Today” by George Jones. Mr. Drake, who died in 1988, is the first pedal steel guitar player to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Mr. Drake’s widow, Rose Drake, said that her husband’s work with George Harrison and Peter Frampton introduced a whole new audience to the sound of the steel guitar.

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Her words stem from her own experience at John Rolfe, though she doesn’t like talking about the incidents.

Ms. Johnson said that her daughter was twice assaulted without provocation at the school during her sixth-grade year.

A boy punched her in class because she helped her girls’ team win a contest over a boys’ team, Ms. Johnson said.

Later, another girl just wanted to fight her and did when Chyna-Marie tried to walk away, Ms. Johnson said.

In both cases, Chyna-Marie was suspended for fighting back, her mother said.

“You aren’t allowed to defend yourself,” her mother said. “Anyone involved in a fight gets punished.”

Chyna-Marie’s raps do not address the way adults handle such situations.

Instead, she focuses on the impact of bullying and seeks to address students who are doing the bullying to encourage them to change.

“All of you bullies are not scary,” she wrote in “The Bully Kid,” “even though you think you is. I don’t know who told you this. You want to be the bigger kid. The education and conversation will make you better …”

Chyna-Marie said she enjoys performing. “I’m happy that people want to hear what I have to say,” she said.

For her, the real reward has been

the home where Mr. Haley lived with his grandparents from 1921 to 1929 are state historic sites.

In his book, Mr. Johnson includes examples of Mr. Haley’s influence on himself and Mr. Montgomery. In this month’s re-release, Mr. Johnson updates his book to bring Mr. Haley’s message of “finding the good” into the context of current-day issues, including the coronavirus and the global protests following the May 2020 murder of George Floyd, a Black man, by a white police officer in Minneapolis.

“Prayerfully, I started looking for the good,” Mr. Johnson writes. “And I found the inspiring stories of health care workers and first responders—as well as everyday people—who risked their lives to help others.

“I saw people who had once ignored the reality of racism remove their blinders, embrace humanity, and work alongside non-whites to create change,” he continues. “I saw hope for a truly divided nation.”

“Finding the Good” has received praise from “Roots” actor Louis Gossett Jr., civil rights leader the Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., and Bernice A. King, daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The re-release also includes a timely foreword by Lamar Alexander, a former Tennessee governor and former Republican U.S. senator, who was friends with Mr. Montgomery and Mr. Haley and cites Mr. Haley’s inspirational motto.

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Ulysses Kirksey, longtime music director and conductor of the Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, succumbs after illness

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Ulysses Kirksey grew up in Richmond, traveled the world with his cello and landed back in Petersburg, where he led the community’s symphony orchestra for 32 years.

Mr. Kirksey is being remembered for his musical leadership and talent following his death Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. He had been in hospice care at an area hospital for what his family described as “a lengthy illness.”

Funeral arrangements remained incomplete at Free Press deadline.

Mr. Kirksey was an institution in Petersburg in working with the orchestra to spread the joy of music in a volunteer organization that welcomed performers who ranged from teenagers to retirees. He is credited with upgrading the string section and expanding the selection of music the symphony plays.

“You can do anything you want to with an orchestra,” Mr. Kirksey once said. “You get to bring all these people together and make music as one.”

Online tributes posted since his death reflect the esteem in which he was held. Exemplifying the testimony is a post from orchestra member M. Felicia Bishop: “Such a kind-hearted, caring, talented man who inspired and changed me as a musician and a person.

He said he selected the cello “I am so grateful that I was and took private lessons because blessed to be in the symphony with John Marshall High School did him. He changed my daughter’s not have a music teacher who life through music and just being could teach him how to play. a powerhouse and a nurturing Mr. Kirksey said his music tuperson who was so inclusive of tor soon had him playing Johann young talent. He was tough and Sebastian Bach’s cello suites, gentle, stern and witty, a musical enabling him to earn a place in giant, a tornado in a teacup, and I the Richmond Symphony Youth will miss him desperately.”

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Ed J. Aunins, a French horn After high school, he was player who has been with the accepted into the Manhattan Petersburg Symphony Orchestra School of Music. He said that for nearly 25 years, said Mr. opened the door to musical opKirksey was “really a lot of fun portunities, along with exposure to work with.”

Mr. Kirksey to America’s largest city. At the Mr. Aunins said that as music director and conductor, Mr. Kirksey challenged school, he said, he played under guest conducthe orchestra to learn new and more difficult pieces tors from major orchestras and also was tapped as part of the cross-section of music he included for solo performances.

As a student there, Mr. Kirksey enrolled in in the orchestra’s standard repertoire.

The Richmond native was involved with a conducting class, thinking, “ ‘I could become music all his life. As a child, he started out a better orchestral musician if I found out what playing the saxophone and became ambitious was going on on the conductor’s podium.’ It was in that class that it was discovered I had a to be part of an orchestra.

In a biographical video he posted in 2020, talent for conducting.” he said he switched to string instruments after he realized that few symphonic groups included the saxophone and that he would need to play an instrument that was favored.

The teacher hoped Mr. Kirksey would focus more on becoming a conductor, but he stuck with the cello in hopes of getting his dream orchestra job.

While that did not happen, he found work playing with orchestral groups at Radio City Music Hall, the Apollo Theater in Harlem and Carnegie Hall’s Symphony of the New World.

He also linked up with a touring string quartet and traveled overseas to perform.

Returning to Richmond, he said he got a call from Dr. F. Nathaniel Gatlin, the Virginia State University music professor who founded the Petersburg Symphony Orchestra in 1978. Dr. Gatlin invited him to bring his cello and play with the group. He did in 1980.

Six years later, Mr. Kirksey was tapped as assistant director and was the choice to become director after Dr. Gatlin died in 1989. Mr. Kirksey held the post until his death.

“I have never felt more at home than I have playing with and conducting the Petersburg Symphony,” Mr. Kirksey said in 2020. “It is truly a family. I’ve never had that feeling playing with any other group or organization all through my career. This has been a great ride.”

MLK’s initial leadership site gets preservation funding Free Press wire report

MONTGOMERY, Ala. As the Alabama church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was elected to his first leadership position in the Civil Rights Movement marks its 155th anniversary, work has begun to make a museum out of the crumbling building where that vote was taken.

Dr. King was 26 when the Montgomery Improvement Association met at Mt. Zion AME Church on Dec. 5, 1955, the first day of what turned out to be a yearlong bus boycott that ushered in the Civil Rights Movement.

In his 1958 memoir about the boycott, Dr. King wrote that his

election “happened so quickly that I did not even have time to think it through. It is probable that if I had, I would have declined the nomination.”

The church, which marked its 155th anniversary Aug. 15, moved to another building in 1990, so the 19th century structure is now an annex. It became known as “the falldown church” after an interstate project split the neighborhoods around it, the Montgomery Advertiser newspaper reported.

Now the Central Alabama Community Foundation has begun work under a $500,000 grant to renovate the church and turn it into a museum.

The National Park Service approved the grant in 2018

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The building was saved from demolition nearly 20 years ago by $75,000 from a Central Alabama Community Foundation fund, but its future remained uncertain.

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Legal Notices/Employment Opportunities City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the City of Richmond Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. and the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing on Monday, September 13, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2021-214 To amend Ord. No. 2010028-36, adopted Feb. 22, 2010, which authorized the special use of the property known as 5724 Patterson Avenue for the purpose of waiving certain yard requirements, to allow additional floor area within the shopping center for restaurant use, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in a B-2 Community Business Conditional District. The Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Community MixedUse. Primary Uses: r e t a i l / o ff i c e / p e r s o n a l service, multi-family residential, cultural, and open space. Secondary Uses: Single-family houses, institutional, and government.

Ordinance No. 2021-215 To amend Ord. 2020-023 authorizing the special use of the property known as 821 N. 25th Street to allow the construction of a multi-family structure containing three livework spaces that do not conform to some of the features required in the R-63 Multi-Family Urban Residential District, to now modify certain occupancy requirements, upon certain terms and conditions. The Richmond 300 Master Plan designates a future land use category for the subject property as Community Mixed-Use. Primary uses: Retail, office personal service and multi-family residential.

Secondary uses: Singlefamily homes, institutional and government. The density of the proposed development is approximately 53 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2021-216 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1505 West Main Street for the purposes of a mixed-use building, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in a UB Urban Business Conditional District and PO3 Main Street/Uptown Parking Overlay District. The Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Community MixedUse. Primary Uses: r e t a i l / o ff i c e / p e r s o n a l service, multi-family residential, cultural, and open space. Secondary Uses: Single-family houses, institutional, and government. The density of the proposed development is 46 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2021-217 To authorize the special use of the property known as 1520 West Main Street for the purposes of two mixeduse buildings containing commercial uses, outdoor dining, and up to 20 multifamily dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in a UB Urban Business Conditional District and PO3 Main Street/Uptown Parking Overlay District. The Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Community MixedUse. Primary Uses: r e t a i l / o ff i c e / p e r s o n a l service, multi-family residential, cultural, and open space. Secondary Uses: Single-family houses, institutional, and government. The density of the proposed development is 33 units per acre.

Ordinance No. 2021-218 To authorize the special use of the property known as 2320 East Marshall Street for the purpose of two single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. The property is situated in an R-63 Multifamily Urban Residential District. The Richmond 300 Master Plan designates the future land use category for the subject property as Neighborhood MixedUse. Primary Uses: Single-family houses, accessory dwelling units, duplexes, small multifamily buildings, and open space. Secondary Uses: Large multifamily buildings, retail/ office/personal service, institutional, cultural and government. The density of the proposed Continued on next column

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Ordinance No. 2021-219 To authorize the special use of the property known as 4331 Shackleford Road for the purpose of a twofamily detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. The City’s Richmond 300 Master Plan designates a future land use for the subject property as Residential.

Primary uses: Singlefamily houses, accessory dwelling units, and open space. Secondary uses: Duplexes and small multi-family buildings, institutional, and cultural uses. The general density is 2 to 10 dwelling units.

The density of the proposed development is approximately 8.5 units per acre.

Interested citizens who wish to speak will be given an opportunity to do so by following the instructions referenced in the September 13, 2021 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda.

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The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 21st day of September, 2021 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BERNARD STRONG, JR, Plaintiff v.

SUSAN STRONG, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20002491-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 17th day of September, 2021 at 9:00 AM and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT Continued on next column

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FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER BONNIE BUTLER, Plaintiff v.

CLIFFORD BUTLER, III, Defendant.

Case No.: CL21002471-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 17th day of September, 2021 at 9:00 AM and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

Court at Instrument Number 06-10629 on April 3, 2006, has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/ or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that COREY D. ASKEW, CITICORP PERSON-TOP E R S O N F I N A N CI A L CENTER, INC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 763 page 553 on January 28, 1980, CLYDE A. BILLINGS, JR, Registered Agent for FIRST HORIZON BANK pka FIRST HOME LOAN CORPORATION, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 06-10629 on April 3, 2006, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 14, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

CHARLES WEIR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 14, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

v.

MWW, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-2643 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2214 Hull Street, Tax Map Number S000-0570/006, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, MWW, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said WALLACE WARDEN, Registered Agent for MWW, LLC, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that WA L L A C E WA R D E N , Registered Agent for MWW, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 14, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that MARK ANTHONY MARSHPUND, JOHN WAYNE MARSHPUND, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 14, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that WILLIE N. HAILE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, DORIS W. HAILE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 14, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HENRICO ODELIZA DEL CARMEN GUZMAN RODRIGUEZ V. JOHN CAQUIAS GARCIA PLAINTIFF DEFENDANT CL21-4173 ORDER OF PUBLICATION The object of the above-styled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart, without any cohabitation and without any interruption, for a period of more than one year, It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the Defendant, JOHN CAQUIAS GARCIA, cannot be located within the State of Virginia and that his last known address is unknown, it is therefore ORDERED that Defendant, JOHN CAQUIAS GARCIA appear before this Court on or before the 13th day of September, 2021, and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this suit.

Entered: July 12, 2021 An Extract Teste Heidi S. Barshinger, Clerk VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF RICHMOND ROSA H. MARROQUIN LUNA, Plaintiff v.

MARIO DAVILA PAZ Defendant, CL21-2949 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of the abovestyled suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the Defendant on the grounds that the parties have lived separate and apart, without any cohabitation and without any interruption, for a period of more than one year, It appearing by affidavit filed according to law that the Defendant, MARIO DAVILA PAZ, is not a resident of the State of Virginia and that his last known address is unknown, it is therefore ORDERED that Defendant, MARIO DAVILA PAZ, appear before this Court on or before the 6th day of October, 2021, and do what is necessary to protect his interests in this suit.

A Copy Teste: EDWARD F. JEWETT, Clerk I ask for this: Mary P. Adams, Esq. VSB No. 24551 Hairfield Morton. PLC 2800 Buford Road, Suite 201 Richmond, Virginia 23235 (804) 320-6600 - telephone (804) 320-8040 - facsimile madams@hmalaw.com Counsel for the Plaintiff

PROPERTY VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

COREY D. ASKEW, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-1971 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 304 East Brookland Park Boulevard, Tax Map Number N0000978/011, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Corey D. Askew.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, COREY D. ASKEW, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that CITICORP PERSONTO-PERSON FINANCIAL CENTER, INC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 763 page 553 on January 28, 1980, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that CLYDE A. BILLINGS, JR, Registered Agent for FIRST HORIZON BANK pka FIRST HOME LOAN CORPORATION, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

HELEN K. ALVIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-2197 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1311 Enfield Avenue, Tax Map Number S007-1177/019, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Helen K. Alvis.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, HELEN K. ALVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that CHIPPENHAM MANOR, INC, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 447 page 1072 on July 27, 1995, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that HELEN K. ALVIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, CHIPPENHAM MANOR, INC, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 447 page 1072 on July 27, 1995, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 14, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

CHARLES WEIR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-3346 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1649 Hopkins Road, Tax Map Number C009-0199/022, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Charles Weir.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, CHARLES WEIR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

CATRICE BENAVIDES, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-2619 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2119 Wright Avenue, Tax Map Number S007-1582/015, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Catrice Benavides and Albert Lee Gilmore, Jr.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, CATRICE BENAVIDES and ALBERT LEE GILMORE, JR, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that CM COMMONWEALTH MORTGAGE, LLC fka COMMONWEALTH MORTGAGE COMPANY, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 401 page 345 on July 17, 1972, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that CATRICE BENAVIDES, ALBERT LEE GILMORE, JR, CM COMMONWEALTH MORTGAGE, LLC fka COMMONWEALTH MORTGAGE COMPANY, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 401 page 345 on July 17, 1972, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 14, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

MWW, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-2642 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2212 Hull Street, Tax Map Number S000-0570/007, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, MWW, LLC.

An Affidavit having been filed that said WALLACE WARDEN, Registered Agent for MWW, LLC, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that WA L L A C E WA R D E N , Registered Agent for MWW, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 14, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

LILLIE M. GREEN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-2904 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2900 Decatur Street, Tax Map Number S000-1341/008, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Lillie M. Green.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, LILLIE M. GREEN, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that THE BANK OF CHESTERFIELD, listed as inactive after a merger undocumented in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 193 page 304 on February 10, 1989, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that LILLIE M. GREEN, THE BANK OF CHESTERFIELD, listed as inactive after a merger undocumented in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 193 page 304 on February 10, 1989, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 14, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

MARK ANTHONY MARSHPUND, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-1970 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2906 Hopkins Road, Tax Map Number C009-0606/014, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record, Mark Anthony Marshpund and John Wayne Marshpund.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, MARK ANTHONY MARSHPUND a n d J O H N W AY N E MARSHPUND, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

THEO E. LOVING, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-2905 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3056 Decatur Street, Tax Map Number S000-1580/004, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Theo E. Loving.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, THEO E. LOVING, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has/have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that THEO E. LOVING, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 14, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

WILLIE N. HAILE, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-3347 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 4008 Forest Hill Avenue, Tax Map Number S000-2921/010, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record, Willie N. Haile and Doris W. Haile.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, WILLIE N. HAILE, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and DORIS W. HAILE, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

GEORGE H. MACKLIN, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL21-3199 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 701 Faye Street, Tax Map Number C005-0830/016, Richmond, Virginia, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, George H. Macklin, Jr.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, GEORGE H. MACKLIN, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that GEORGE H. MACKLIN, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before OCTOBER 14, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

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