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2021 Año 19 - No. 325

Como explicamos en nuestra edición anterior (No.324), es importante tomar las mayores precauciones en caso de tener que realizar un viaje durante la pandemia.

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Recomendaciones para después de su viaje

Hágase una prueba de detección 3 a 5 días después del viaje Y quédese en casa y cumpla una cuarentena voluntaria de 7 días después de viajar.

Para esto las pruebas de detección viral son de suma importancia Por Yuri Cunza La Noticia para proteger a nuestro prójimo y cuidar Editor inChief @LaNoticiaNews nuestra salud.

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COVID-19 y las Pruebas de Detección Viral (cont.)

“Si planea viajar al extranjero, deberá realizarse la prueba de detección dentro de los 3 días previos a viajar en avión o deberá presentar una prueba con resultado negativo ante la aerolínea antes de abordar el avión o prepararse para presentar una constancia de una prueba viral reciente con resultado positivo y carta de su proveedor médico o de salud pública en la que se indique que está autorizado a viajar.

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Pueden usarse dos tipos de pruebas virales: Las pruebas de amplificación de ácido nucleico (NAAT) detectan el material genético del virus y son utilizadas comúnmente en laboratorios. En general, las NAAT son más precisas pero el proceso suele demorar más que otros tipos de pruebas. Foto: Yuri Cunza

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La orden exige presentar un informe de laboratorio a la aerolínea o a los funcionarios de salud pública si lo solicitan. Los kits caseros de obtención de muestras que se analizan en laboratorio deberan cumplir los requisitos, siempre y cuando dichos métodos estén autorizados por las autoridades de salud del país correspondiente. ¿Qué es un resultado de prueba verificable? Un resultado de prueba verificable es un documento escrito (impreso o en formato electrónico) del resultado de una prueba de laboratorio. La prueba de detección realizada debe ser del tipo viral (NAAT o de antígeno) y se debe presentar el resultado negativo a la aerolínea antes de abordar. La documentación del resultado de la prueba debe incluir información que identifique a la persona, la fecha en que se tomó la muestra y el tipo de prueba. La prueba con resultado negativo debe incluir información que demuestre que la prueba se hizo en los 3 días previos al vuelo. La prueba con resultado positivo debe incluir información que demuestre que la prueba se hizo en los 3 meses previos al vuelo.

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¿Quién controla que las personas tengan una prueba con resultado negativo o la documentación de recuperación antes de abordar un avión rumbo a los EE. UU.? La aerolínea confirmará el resultado negativo de las pruebas de detección del COVID-19 o la documentación de recuperación de pasajeros antes de abordar.

¿Qué tipos de pruebas de detección del SARS-CoV-2 son aceptables? Los pasajeros se deben hacer una prueba viral de antígenos o de amplificación de ácido nucleico (NAAT). Las NAAT para la detección del SARS-CoV-2 incluyen la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa con transcriptasa inversa (RT-PCR), la amplificación isotérmica mediada por bucle con transcriptasa inversa (RT-LAMP), la amplifiación mediada por transcripción (TMA), la reacción de amplificación de enzima de corte (NEAR) y la amplificación dependiente de helicasa (HDA).

¿Puedo hacerme una prueba rápida? Las pruebas rápidas son aceptables siempre y cuando sean del tipo viral.

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¿Admiten el resultado de pruebas de detección caseras?

Si el resultado de la prueba de un pasajero es positivo para COVID-19 y luego se hace una prueba que resulta negativa, ¿puede viajar? Las personas con COVID-19 confirmado o presunto deben autoaislarse y NO viajar hasta reunir los criterios de los CDC para suspender el aislamiento.

Si el resultado de la prueba de un pasajero es negativo, pero estuvo en contacto cercano de un caso confirmado de COVID19, ¿puede viajar? Las personas que tuvieron contacto cercano con una persona con COVID-19 (es decir, que se consideran expuestas al COVID-19) deben cumplir una cuarentena voluntaria y NO viajar hasta reunir los criterios de los CDC para suspender la cuarentena.

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¿El resultado de la prueba negativa o certificado de recuperación deben estar en inglés?

Con información de: www.espanol.cdc.gov

Incluso si el resultado de su prueba es negativo, quédese en casa y cumpla la cuarentena de 7 días. Si el resultado de su prueba es positivo, debe aislarse para proteger a otras personas y que no se infecten. Si no se hace la prueba de detección, lo más seguro es quedarse en casa y cumplir una cuarentena voluntaria de 10 días después del viaje.

Evite el contacto con personas que corren mayor riesgo de enfermarse gravemente por 14 días, así se haga una prueba de detección o no. Siempre siga las recomendaciones o requisitos locales y estatales en relación con los viajes.

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Brian W. still strives to be top seller BY HANNAH HERNER When Brian W. was doing iron work, he would buy papers from Contributor vendors. After getting laid off, he became one. Now he’s been selling the paper for nearly 10 years, and has spent most of them at his spot at First and Main in Franklin. He’s also spent most of those years at the very top of our vendor list, selling the highest number of papers. Now, he aims for the top five. He’s stayed on top through The Contributor’s largest vendor force of about 400 vendors and more than 30,000 sold per two-week issue, down to the roughly 150 vendors and 8,000 papers sold per two-week issue today. “I used to be real popular. I used to come in and load up with a dolly,” he says. “Back in the day, I used to sell probably

600 a week.” A key part of this success is getting customers to actually take the paper. Being in the top 15 earns vendors 15 free papers, and the number one seller earns 25. “The more papers I hand out, the better for me, and The Contributor,” Brian says. Brian and his wife met 20 years ago on a blind date, and though he loves his hometown of St. Louis, he moved here for her those years ago. He doesn’t have children of his own, but unofficially adopted some kids of a childhood friend that he’d help take care of as they grew up. The families of Franklin have become like kin to Brian, too. He loves to talk to the kids, reminding them to brush their teeth so they end up with more teeth than the few he has left. Knowing that

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thritis and high blood pressure limit the amount of time he can sell these days. He used to be out seven days a week for many hours a day, but has scaled back in recent years. Sheer determination keeps Brian going — plus the support of his customers, he says. He just wants to sell more papers so he can save more money, to have it to fall back on in case his health forces him to take some time off. “I’m happy where I’m at, as long as I can provide for me and my wife,” he says. “The Contributor has been a blessing to me too, it really has. It’s provided me with an income. I got a level head on my shoulders.” Perhaps one of the secrets to Brian’s success is also his personal motto: “God is good, God is great. Why can’t we all relate?”

NASHVILLE HISTORY CORNER

The Southern Grassland Hunt and Racing Foundation BY RIDLEY WILLS II This private hunting park and equestrian sports center was stunning. Prior to this venture in 1929, no private preserve had ever been laid out in the United States. Grasslands in Sumner County, Tenn., was conceived by a small but wealthy group of foxhunters in the autumn of 1929. Mason Houghland and Rogers Caldwell of Nashville; John M. Branham of Gallatin were three of the founding members. All we rabid foxhunters. In January of 1929, they invited Joseph B. Thomas, a famous eastern breeder of foxhounds, to Nashville. Impressed with the lay of the land around Nashville, Thomas was especially ecstatic about the farmland that surrounded Branham’s home, Foxland Hall, near Gallatin. He and his local hosts identified 28 square miles of farmland, with Foxland Hall near its center, as a potential sportsman’s park. the land was bordered by the Cumberland River on the south, Woods Ferry PIke on the east, Highway 31-E, a railroad and an electric streetcar line on the north, and Drakes Creek on the west. The well-watered site with groves of magnificent shade trees seemed perfect for foxhunting, steeplechasing, polo and other outdoor events. Two other like-minded sportsmen of the hunt and chase, Arnold Hanger of Richmond, Ky. and Julius Fleishmann, Jr. of Cincinnati, joined the development group and organized a corporation to acquire the land, and another corporation to operate sporting events. On Oct. 23, 1929, the State of Tennessee issued a charter of incorporation to the Sumner County Land Company, Inc. Thomas, Branham, Caldwell, Fleishmann and Houghland then established the Southern Grasslands Hut and Racing Foundation. Each of the five men put up $10,000 to pay for memberships. Offering premium prices, the local farm owners signed up quickly to sell their land to the Land Company. Soon, the land company controlled 28 square miles of land. Included in the purchase was the historic Fairview Farm, of 600 acres.

In December 1929, the founders distributed a 16-page prospectus in hopes of attracting more members as only about $500,000 had been paid by subscribers. Nevertheless, a house on 31-A was converted into an inn called Race Horse Tavern and out-buildings were constructed and landscaping done. Before fences were put in place, they were dipped in crude oil which gave them a nice yellow color. The work crew in February totaled two hundred men, many of whom were building stables for three hundred horses and kennels for the dogs. In the spring three race courses were laid out. They were located “in a beautiful lowland” easily seen from higher ground. Outsiders, wealthy sportsmen, all multi-millionaires, took memberships but never as many as were needed. A strict dress code was adopted, with members wearing scarlet coats. The hunt staff wore yellow coats with scarlet colors. Although there were lots of gray foxes on the purchased farmland, more red foxes were needed. In the spring, a shipment of red foxes arrived at the L&N station in Gallatin. Charles Carter came on board as the huntsman at Grassmere. With the steeplechase course progressing nicely, the inaugural steeplechase was scheduled for May 19, 1930. On race day, members of grasslands and their guests gathered on the veranda and lawn of Foxland Hall to watch it. The event was hoped to win support from prominent sports people across the country. A Nashville newspaper bragged that the event was “held in a setting never before equalled for color and brilliance in either the social or sporting history of Nashville.” On a muddy course, Red Gold, owned and ridden by Byron Hilliard of Louisville won the inaugural event. Promotion quickly started for the first International Steeplechase. By November 3, Grasslands had received nine entries and it was hoped that there would be twenty entries before the entry deadline of December 1. Four

were English horses, the rest American. By December 1, there were twenty-four entries for the Dec. 6 event, which was a welcome diversion from the Depression, which caused Rogers Caldwell to lose $2 million a day during one week. On Friday night, a Bal Poudre held at Fairview was the social highlight of the weekend. There was also a fox hunt. On Saturday, an unusually cold one, Alligator was first to cross the finish line. The race was successful in that the course was in a class with Aintree in England. European horses participated in the event, and there was a good attendance. What was not successful was that new member recruiting lagged. The Tennessean reported that the race was successful and that its running in future years was assured. With lagging financial support, the Southern Grasslands Hunt and Racing Foundation restructured itself and persuaded creditors to give the foundation more time to pay its notes. None of this would work, howere, unless they got new members.Prospective members were invited to visit Grasslands. A new category of membership was introduced with significantly smaller initiation fees and annual due of only $15. There were two competing steeplechase events in America in 1931. One was the Prince of Wales Gold Cup Race near Lexington on November 12. It was followed by the Piedmont Hunt Race on Nov. 17 in Upperville, Virginia. The Grassland owners viewed both as prep races for Grasslands. The second Grasslands International Steeplechase was held December 5, 1931 over the most grueling race course in America. Again, as in 1930, the chase was preceded by fox hunting Grasslands. The night before the race, four hundred guests attended a costume ball at Fairview.The women wore wigs and evening gowns while the gentlemen wore formal hunting attire. Until midnight, everyone wore masks. There were also trap shoots and

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pigeon shoots with national champions competing. Thirteen horses competed in the second international Steeplechase at Grasslands. Glangesis, owned by Richard K. Mellon, won with a time 10 minutes and 14 seconds better than the winning time in 1930. No horses were injured and only two jockeys suffered injuries that required medical treatment. The 1931 race was a great show but the financial results were truly disappointing. Foundation members noticed that about 3,000 of the 10,000 who witnessed the race did so outside the grounds of Grasslands and didn’t pay anything. Despite the monetary problems, President Arnold Hanger announced that the third Grasslands International Steeplechase would be held Dec. 3, 1932. Despite restructuring the memberships again, this time to attract more Nashvillians to become involved, the problem persisted. John Hay Whitney was asked to purchase the real estate of the Sumner County Land Association and lease it back to Grasslands. This didn’t work and Gallatin merchants filed suit to recover money owed them. In truth, the Grassland Company was insolvent. Frantic efforts by the Grassland owners to survive brought little sympathy from Nashvillians who were suffering from the Depression. On Oct. 17 and 18, the Grassland trustees sold 62 tracts of property, primarily to previous owners of the land. Many farmers found their land in better shape than when they earlier owned it, with better fencing and gate The brush jumps on the course withered and rotted. The kennels and barns , without maintenance, slowly deteriorated and commercial and residential development resulted in their demolition. Today, the only visual reminder of Grasslands is the original water tower which stands near where the Race Horse Tavern once stood. The great effort to transplant English sports culture to Middle Tennessee lasted 29 months. Grassland’s survival that long was more than a minor achievement.

The New Christian Year Selected by Charles Williams

Charles Walter Stansby Williams (1886–1945), the editor of the following selections, is today probably the third most famous of the famous Inklings literary group of Oxford, England, which existed in the middle of the 20th century, and which included among its ranks the better-known and longer-lived Oxford Dons J.R.R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. First published in 1941, this series of profound quotations, encompassing all walks of life, follows the sequence of the themes and Bible readings anciently appointed for contemplation throughout the church's year. It is hoped that the readings reproduced here will prove beneficial for any who read them, whatever their place in life's journey. — Matthew Carver

3RD WEDNESDAY IN LENT THE Christ of God was not then first crucified when the Jews brought Him to the cross; but Adam and Eve were His first real murderers; for the death which happened to them in the day that they did eat of the earthly tree was the death of the Christ of God or the divine life in their souls. For Christ had never come into the world as a second Adam to redeem it, had He not been originally the life and perfection and glory of the first Adam. William Law: The Spirit of Love.

3RD THURSDAY IN LENT WHAT is Christ but the death of the body, the breath of life? And so let us die with Him that we may live with him. Let there then be in us as it were a daily practice and inclination to dying, that by this separation from bodily desires of which we have spoken, our soul may learn to withdraw itself, and . . . may take upon herself the likeness of death, that she incur not the penalty of death. St Ambrose: On the Death of Satyrus.

Desire, however, must be ridden by Reason . . . Reason, like a good horseman, directs Desire with bridle and spur. It uses the bridle when desire is pursuing (and this bridle is called Temperance, which prescribes the limits up to which pursuit may be carried); it uses the spur when Desire flees, in order to turn it back to the spot from which it wishes to flee (and this spur is called Courage or Magnanimity, the virtue which points out the spot where we ought to take out stand and to fight). Dante: Convivio. I LOVE because I love; I love in order to love. St Bernard: On the Song of Songs.

3RD TUESDAY IN LENT

OUR Lord wishes to reveal what He is; Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, hath everlasting life. As if He said; He that believeth on Me hath Me: but what is it to have Me? It is to have eternal life: for the Word which was in the beginning with God is life eternal, and the life was the light of men. Life underwent death, that life might kill death. St Augustine, quoted in Aquinas: Catena Aurea.

THE very toys of all toys, and vanities of vanities, (those ancient favourites of mine) were they which so fast withheld me; they plucked softly at this fleshly garment, and spake softly in mine ears: Canst thou thus part with us? And shall we no more accompany thee from his time for ever? And from this time forth shall it no more be lawful for thee to do this or that for ever? . . . And now I much less than half heard them, nor now so freely contradicting me face to face, but muttering as it were softly behind my back, and giving me a privy pluck as I went from them that I might look once more back: yet for all this as I hesitated they did hold me back from snatching away myself, and shaking them off, and leaping from them to the place I was called unto; for violent custom thus rounded me in the ear: Thinkest thou to be ever able to live without all that? But by this time it spake very faintly. St Augustine: Confessions.

3RD SATURDAY IN LENT

4TH WEDNESDAY IN LENT

. . . EVERYTHING the good man is suffering through God he is suffering in God, and in suffering my suffering in God, God is my suffering, my suffering God. Eckhart: The Book of Benedictus.

. . . IT is needful to us for to show it to our power and get and keep the virtue of discreet abstinence as our Lord Jesus and His Apostles and other saints have both taught us and given us example; keeping the body and feeding as it is needful thereto after the kind thereof and the travail that longeth thereto. In manner as a horse oweth to be kept for to do his journey, so that he fail not by default into much abstinence on the one side and that he be not rebel to the spirit and too proud by pampering on the other side, but in a good face of abstinence that teacheth the virtue of discretion. The which discretion, as Saint Bernard said, is not only a virtue but also a keeper and leader of all other virtues: for if that lack, that same virtue is vice. The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ, tr. by Nicholas Love.

3RD FRIDAY IN LENT

DOST thou wish that it always cost Me the blood of My humanity, without thy shedding tears? Pascal: Pensées. ALL angels, all saints, all the devils, all the world shall know all the deeds that ever thou didest, though thou have been shriven of them and contrite. But this knowledge shall be no shame to thee if that thou be saved, but rather a worship, right as we read of the deeds of Mary Magdalene to her worship and not to her reproof. Middle English Sermons.

THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT THE enticement of earthly lusts creeps in and the outflow of vanities takes hold of the mind, so that the very thing which you desire to avoid you think upon and turn over in your mind. It is difficult for a man to guard against this; to escape it altogether is impossible. For our heart is not in our own power, and our thoughts suddenly stream forth and confound our mind and reason, and draw us in directions other than we purposed. Who, indeed, among the many passions of this body, among the many enticements of this world, can walk securely and purely? The eye looks, and the sentiment of the mind is deflected; the ear hears, and the resolution is perverted; the sense of smell acts and hinders thought; we touch and take fire. St Ambrose: De Fuga. WE seek truth in ourselves, in our neighbours, and in its own nature: in ourselves, judging ourselves; in our neighbours, sympathizing with their ills; in its own nature, contemplating with a pure heart. St Bernard: The Steps of Humility.

3RD MONDAY IN LENT DESIRE never does anything else but pursue and flee; and whenever Desire pursues what it should, and as far as it should, a man keeps within the limits of his perfection. This

4TH THURSDAY IN LENT A CERTAIN monk was sitting by the monastery, and whilst he was occupied in great labours, it happened that strangers came to the monastery, and they forced him to eat with them contrary to his usual custom, and afterwards the brethren said unto him, "Father, wast thou not just now afflicted?" and he said unto them, "My affliction is to break my will." The Paradise of the Fathers. GREAT is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins. One may passively be cast down by God's terrors, and yet not willingly throw himself down as he ought at God's footstool. Thomas Fuller: A Wounded Conscience.

4TH FRIDAY IN LENT ENGLAND! awake! awake! awake! Jerusalem thy sister calls! Why wilt thou sleep the sleep of death, And close her from thy ancient walls? Thy hills and valleys felt her feet, Gently upon their bosoms move: Thy gates beheld sweet Zion's ways; Then was a time of joy and love.

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And now the time returns again: Our souls exult, and London's towers Receive the Lamb of God to dwell In England's green and pleasant bowers. Blake: Jerusalem. HE who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars. Blake: Jerusalem.

4TH SATURDAY IN LENT IF thou hast prayed for thy companion thou hast also prayed for thyself, but if thou hast prayed for thyself only thou hast impoverished thy petition; and if thou hast shown that thy brother hath offended thee, thou hast also shown that thou hast offended thyself. The Paradise of the Fathers. ALMIGHTY God, have mercy on N and N and on all that bear me evil will, and would me harm, and their faults and mine together, by such easy, tender, merciful means as Thine infinite wisdom best can divine, vouchsafe to amend and redress, and make us saved souls in heaven together where we may ever live and love together with thee and they blessed saints, O glorious Trinity, for the bitter passion of our sweet saviour Christ, amen. Ascribed to Sir Thomas More.

FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT 'THIS mind was in Christ Jesus'—[St. Paul] means as man: being in the form of God—that is, finding, as in the first instant of his incarnation he did, his human nature informed by the Godhead—he thought it no matching-matter for him to be equal with God, but annihilated himself, taking the form of servant: that is, he could not but see what he was, God, but he would see it as if he did not see it, and be it as if he was not, and instead of snatching at once at what all the time was his, or was himself, he emptied himself so far as that was possible of Godhead and behaved only as God's slave, as his creature, as man, which also he was, and then being in the guise of man humbled himself to death. Gerard Hopkins: Letters.

4TH MONDAY IN LENT WHEN Adam and Eve went trembling behind the trees through fear and dread of God, it was only this wrath of God awakened in them; it was a terror, and horror, and shivering of nature, that arose up in themselves, because the divine life, the birth of the Son of God, which is the brightness and joy of the soul, was departed from it and had left it to feel its own poor miserable state without it. And this may well enough be called the wrath and justice of God upon them, because it was punishment or painful state of the soul that necessarily followed their revolting from God. But still there was no wrath or painful sensation that wanted to be appeased or satisfied, but in nature and creature; it was only the wrath of fallen nature that wanted to be changed into its first state of peace and love. William Law: Christian Regeneration.

4TH TUESDAY IN LENT INTO myself I went, and with the eyes of my soul (such as it was) I discovered over the same eye of my soul, over my mind, the unchangeable light of the Lord . . . He that knows what truth is, knows what that light is; and he that knows it, knows eternity. Charity knows it. O eternal Truth! and true Charity! and dear Eternity! Thou art my God, to thee do I sigh day and night. Thee when first I saw, thou liftedst me up, that I might see there was something which I might see; and that as yet I was not the man to see it. And thou didst beat back the infirmity of my own sight, darting thy beams of light upon me most strongly, and I trembled both with love and horror: and I perceived myself to be far off from thee in the region of utter unlikeness, as if I heard this voice of thine from on high: I am the food of strong men, grow apace, and thou shalt feed on me; nor shalt thou convert me like common food into thy substance, but thou shalt be changed into me. St Augustine: Confessions.

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Seeing the signs of human trafficking BY HANNAH HERNER The phrase “human trafficking” probably brings a certain situation to mind. Maybe it’s a woman being kidnapped and forced to have sex for money. While that is situation is certainly possible, it accounts for a very small number of cases of human trafficking. End Slavery TN, a nonprofit serving victims of human trafficking, looks to educate the public on what human trafficking looks like, while offering supportive services for victims. Human trafficking also includes labor trafficking, where workers are trapped and have to keep working for someone even if they don’t want to. Labor traffickers most often target immigrants in the United States, according to Freedom Network USA, a national coalition working to influence policy and to provide training and opportunities for those affected by human trafficking. Sex trafficking is defined by a minor being given anything in exchange for a sex act, or any time an adult is forced into sex for money or other economic benefits by someone else. Traffickers can be family members, including parents and spouses, friends, and partners, too. At End Slavery Tennessee in 2020, 70 percent of the clients were white, 97 percent were U.S. Citizens, and large majority were women. They do not have a staff member that speaks other languages. A resolution passed by Nashville’s City Council in 2019 estimated that there are 31,000 undocumented immigrants living and working in Nashville. The 2020 report also shows that End Slavery provided after care to 140 reported cases of human trafficking in Middle Tennessee, and 86 of those were in Davidson County. Seventy five of them were referred by the victim themselves or their family, and 12 were referred by the state hotline. Most of the cases were involving sex trafficking, a spokesperson for the organization added. In 2020, End Slavery also opened a fourbed Safe House in partnership with Thistle Farms, another area nonprofit that serves victims of sex trafficking. The prevalence of human trafficking is notoriously underreported in some places, and over-inflated in others. What we do know is that people experiencing poverty and homelessness are especially vulnerable to these types of exploitation, and those who have been trafficked are vulnerable to it happening again if they do not get stable housing. In addition, being a woman on the streets adds another layer of vulnerability. That is why The Contributor is training staff to spot the signs of human trafficking in the people we serve. We talked with Leah Moyer, Director of Development at End Slavery Tennessee about what their work looks like.

* * * I think that people probably have like a picture of like, just mostly women who are forced into sex trafficking, but I know that End Slavery also deals with labor trafficking. Can you tell me about that? I will say the majority of our clients are women. Just I would say overall, men are far less reporting their victimization. And I would also say that speaking of demographics, as well, [people who identify as LGBT and women or girls of color] are definitely affected by this issue at a higher rates, but they are far less reported. And I think, too with labor trafficking, because it can be more men that are affected, it’s probably less reported in general, versus sex trafficking, just because of that dynamic. When you’re talking about labor trafficking, you also could be talking about an entire family unit that’s being trafficked. So that’s a harder kind of dynamic to serve as well, because you have victimization going across different family members that are involved. I see that 97 percent of the people you served last year were U.S. citizens. Do you see prevalence in trafficking in the undocumented immigrants here? A lot of people still think that domestic trafficking is just not happening. At 97 percent — that’s our statistic of what we’re seeing our United States citizens — there’s a lot of people that think it affects more non-US citizens in this country. And that’s definitely not the case. A lot of people think that in this country, more of the non U.S. citizens are affected by trafficking. And it’s definitely a misconception because we serve so many domestic clients that are being trafficked. Your podcast Someone Like Me looks to bust myths about human trafficking. Is there a common one you hear? There’s a lot of times people think that this issue looks a certain way based on movies or media or just things that are out there circulating. I can’t even tell you the number of people that referenced the movie Taken, which is not a depiction of what domestic trafficking looks like. Also it just uses a little bit of fear as well of just that kidnapping situation of someone being snatched out of a parking lot and being forced into sex trafficking. I will say I don’t think I can think of a situation like that of a client we’ve served, where it’s been kind of a kidnapping situation. It’s been a really close relationship to this person, someone that has preyed on a person and taken months and months of time to groom them and to build their

trust, and to find their vulnerability to turn around and exploit. Do you find that like women who don’t have permanent housing to be more vulnerable to this type of abuse? There are definitely vulnerabilities that make someone more susceptible to trafficking. And so a few of those would be former child abuse, or especially sexual abuse, just because that does distort that self esteem, body image, as well as just the overall mentality of sex. That is a big one. I think foster care, runaways, homelessness, poverty, [make people more vulnerable to human trafficking] for sure. Can you tell me about the specialized groups to keep vulnerable youth safer that you mention on your website? Fairly recently we have really ramped up our prevention programming. We obviously already partner with [the] Department of Children Services, law enforcement and then several other behavioral treatment facilities for youth just around town. And through those programs, we not only receive clients who have been trafficked, and we have confirmed that, but we also sometimes now will see prevention clients. It’s basically when these partners see someone, and they’re really nervous that they are participating in some behavior that could lead to exploitation, they will refer them to us. It’s really just working on building that rapport with that client and that individual to hopefully be that positive influence, and a positive example in their life of what they deserve in their relationships so that they are less vulnerable to exploitation. What would help stop some of this from happening as far as policy goes, like keeping people from being in a situation where they’re vulnerable to trafficking, beyond just awareness? I think we have been really making the mark in Tennessee. Since we have been a 501(c)(3), we’ve [helped pass] over 40 laws that have been supportive of the victim and basically promoting that justice, and keeping and holding and traffickers and even purchasers accountable. Our CEO is the former [Tennessee Bureau of Investigation] Assistant Special Agent in charge of the human trafficking task force. I think, working with the recovery of victims has definitely made this type of thing a big passion of hers because she has seen children being pulled out of the situation. I know that just overall, harsher consequences for purchasers is definitely something she wants to see because of the contributions

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TENNESSEE HUM AN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE: (855) 558-6484. they’re making to the trauma of these of these victims, especially the children. So does your work in policy changes mostly focus on harsher consequences for those participating in it, or are there changes you’d like to see for victims and prevention? We’re also talking about other things as well, as far as like expungement laws for someone who has been trafficked and has maybe committed a crime that’s trafficking related. Just, for instance, last year, [we] worked on advocating for a law that mandated educators be trained in human trafficking and being a required profession that has to report if they suspect trafficking and having a specific streamlined process for what they do if they suspect trafficking. And so not only did we advocate for that law to happen, and it passed, but we also created the training for these educators, and over 25,000 educators in Tennessee. How do we report suspected trafficking without bringing attention and making things worse for the person involved? The first, the first thing to do is to call the human trafficking hotline. I always tell people to just put it in their phones. You never know when you might suspect that. I also tell people put Tennessee and put the national hotline in your phone because you could be traveling and see something suspicious. One thing is there is no repercussion if you suspect something and make a report and stuff ends up not being a trafficking situation. I would say usually people’s gut instincts are probably accurate, if something feels just off, the hairs are kind of standing up on the back of your neck. I think the biggest thing that you don’t want to do is just making sure you’re not putting yourself in an unsafe situation. That is obviously first and foremost priority. And then just trying not to take responsibility of what the professionals need to do. Asking too many questions that the victim can be really triggering or traumatizing. And so just making sure you’re kind of leaving that to the professionals, whether it’s law enforcement, or just trained professionals that are trauma informed, to be able to work with a victim and kind of make sure that they’re feeling comfortable to disclose what they what they can at that point.

YOUTH VOICES

ART BY ANNA DEL PRIORE

DOS MUJERES JÓVENES HABLAN DE SUS EXPERIENCIAS CON FALTA DE RESPETO

TWO YOUNG WOMEN SPEAK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH DISRESPECT

POR SHERLYN SERRANO AND REGINA CIPRIAN

BY SHERLYN SERRANO AND REGINA CIPRIAN

Hola! Somos Sherlyn y Regina. Hay un problema con la cultura entre los estudiantes en la escuela. Específicamente en cómo los hombres tratan a las mujeres. Vamos a contar historias de ejemplo: Sherlyn: “Les vengo a contar una historia de lo que me pasó una vez en la escuela. Yo tenía un compañero, era un grado menor que yo. Nos topamos en un pasillo y empezamos a platicar y camine más rápido para llegar a mi clase. Un chico empezó a caminar lento y de repente el me dio una nalgada. Para defenderme, le di un golpe y me fui corriendo a mi salon. Llegue al salon y le dije a mi maestro y él luego lo fue a buscar y lo regañaron. Igual, mis papás hablaron con el director y él dijo que le pondría una sanción de hablar con un policía.” Regina: “Muchos niños faltan respetar a las niñas. Por ejemplo, meten mano en las partes de las niñas, sin consentimiento. También a veces las maltratan psicológicamente, las humillan o dicen cosas feas. Yo les digo esto porque en mi país (soy de Guatemala) lo hacen y cuando las niñas confían a los maestros o a los papás de los niños, ninguno hace nada para protegerlas. Por ese motivo, los niños siguen haciendo eso.” Entonces, queremos hacer tres preguntas: • ¿Qué es lo que hace pensar a los hombres para que traten a las mujeres con desprecio?

• Por que piensan que es gracioso molestarlas faltandoles al respeto a las mujeres. • ¿Qué queremos que ellos sepan? Si podríamos hablar con los muchachos, queremos decir que cuando tocan a las mujeres sin consentamiento, no los hace buenos hombres, los hace povo hombres. Esto es cierto no sólo cuando les faltan el respeto a las mujeres tocándolas sin su consentimiento, pero también al hablarles de una manera grosera. Sería un maltrato psicológico. ¿Cómo pueden las escuelas cambiar esa cultura? Sancionarlos o los maestros habla sobre el tema en alguna clase. Lo mismo, los padres deben de hacer. Ésta problema empieza al principio, y empeora a medida que crecen. Tenemos que enseñar una norma diferente.

El Youth Voice Column es una asociación de The Contributor y Girls Write Nashville. En Girls Write Nashville, y también Loudmouth Community Music, la sección género neutral de la organización, los estudiantes son guiados entre el proceso de escribir, y grabar canciones originales. En este proyecto, los jóvenes escritores ofrecen composiciones, poemas, y sus perspectivas junto a las cuentas regulares de The Contributor.

Hello! We are Sherlyn and Regina. There is a problem with the culture between students in schools. Specifically, in how the young men treat young women. Here are our personal stories to give you examples: Sherlyn: “I am going to tell you a story of something that happened to me in school. I had a friend who was in a grade just below mine. We bumped in a hallway, and started to talk, walking faster to get to class on time. A boy started walking, and he spanked me. To defend myself, I hit him and went running to my classroom. I got there and told my teacher. He went looking for the boy and scolded him. In the same way, my parents spoke with the principal, and he said he would talk with security.” Regina: “Many boys have disrespect for the girls. For example, they touch the girls inappropriately, without their consent Sometimes they also treat them poorly psychologically, they humiliate and say ugly things. I tell you this because in my country (I am from Guatemala) they do this, and when the girls confide in the teachers, or tell the parents, no one does anything to protect them. That is why the boys feel as if they can continue”

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So, we have three questions we’d like to discuss: • What makes boys think they have the right to treat girls with disrespect? • We think it is because they think it is funny to tease like that, and that thought gives them a disrespect of women. • What do we want them to know? If we could talk to them, we’d want to say that when they touch ladies without their consent, it doesn’t make them good men, it makes them small men. This is true not only when they disrespect by touching without consent, but also when they speak to us in a rude way. How can school change this culture? They can give consequences, and teachers can discuss this topic frequently in a class. The parents of the boys should do the same. This problem starts at the beginning, and only worsens as they grow. We need to teach them a different normal.

The Youth Voice Column is a partnership between The Contributor and Girls Write Nashville. In Girls Write Nashville, as well as their gender neutral wing Loudmouth Community Music, students are guided through the process of writing and recording original songs. In this project, youth writers will offer essays, poems and insight to The Contributor’s regular roster of stories.

COVER STORY

THE FUTURE OF ME TOO

Tarana Burke talks about how to bring a movement forward BY SANDRA PANDEVSKI

ack in 2006, Tarana Burke coined the term ‘Me Too’ to support and empower young black women who have survived sexual violence. She herself was raped as a child and has fought abuse her entire adult life. When the movement went viral on social media with the #MeToo hashtag, the hitherto relatively unknown Tarana Burke became the subject of international attention. Faktum was one of the first newspapers to meet with her in New York in the fall of 2017. “It’s been three years since we saw each other, but it feels like 10 because so much has happened!” Tarana Burke exclaims when I reach her on a video call one day in November 2020. Since we first met, Burke has graced prestigious magazines and been interviewed in major newspapers, received awards for her engagement and spoken at a TED talk that has since racked up almost two million views. She has kept growing the movement she started and has also launched the Me Too organisation, whose work supports vulnerable women and increases awareness of the problem of sexual violence and how it can be addressed. The organization’s goal is that we should reach a point at which there will be no further

need for the movement to exist. Since the fall of 2017, structures have been disrupted, cultures of silence have been broken and intense scrutiny has revealed countless acts of misconduct. The public discourse has been transformed, and sexual violence moved into public awareness as an issue that concerns everyone. “The attention that the movement, myself as an individual as well as others who work with these issues has received has made many things possible,” Burke says. “Just the fact that the media has changed the way they report on sexual violence is significant. I fought for it for many years, but nothing happened. Now the word ‘survivors’ is used instead of ‘victims’, and sexual violence is seen as a real problem. It’s a big win.” Given the fact that media attention has diminished since the 2017 explosion of the Me Too movement, it has become important for Burke to shift her focus. “The hashtag is not the movement; it is a tool to strengthen the movement,” she explains. “It acts as a unifying force and a conversation starter. It gave us a common language and a sense of community. But it does not do the work.” Burke wants to see political changes and concrete proposals on how to help survivors and stop abuse. The Survivors’

Agenda Initiative is a collective of various organisations working tirelessly to bring the issue of sexual violence into the political agenda. Burke is one of its co-founders. “We want politicians to listen and give us answers — just as they do for industrial workers and other groups,” Burke explains. Recently, Burke and Me Too embarked on a project to unify the Me Too movement around the world. “We have contact with Me Too in India, Mexico, Iran, Sweden, South Africa, Ghana and Australia,” she tells me. “Everywhere, there are people who champion the work against sexual violence. We want to start a global movement.” One step in this direction is the Act Too application, which is a tool that will engage people to make a real difference. Burke shows me the Act Too app on her mobile phone and holds it up to her computer screen to explain how it works. You can select different subject areas within the app; everything from grooming and violence to gender equality and consent. You then fill in details about how you want to get involved — it can be through donations, training or organising an event. Personal interests count as much as where one is based. When everything is filled in, the app will provide a list of suggestions, recommendations for further reading on the top or link to a volunteer job.

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In addition to taking part in global initiatives and implementing innovative technology, the focus is on the more healing aspects of the work that take place within communities. Me Too trains people to become so-called “community healers” so that they can hold group conversations with those who have experienced trauma. During our interview, Burke’s mobile rings almost constantly, but she does not look away from her computer screen screen. When she finally answers it, she discovers that she has missed another meeting and has to dash. We make plans to have a follow-up chat for two days later. It is a Friday morning when we catch up with each other again online, and Burke starts by apologizing for what happened the last time. On the day that we are speaking, it is now just over a week since Joe Biden was elected President of the United States. One fact that cannot be shied away from is that the main candidates were two white men who have both previously been accused of sexual assault. Burke was criticized during the campaign for being vague in her tweets about the accusations against Joe Biden. That she chose to support the vulnerable woman instead of entering the debate was a strategic move. The

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Tarana Burke speaks at TEDWomen 2018: Showing Up, November 28-30, 2018, Palm Springs, California. Credit: Callie Giovanna /TED

most important thing at that time was to not to give Trump the victory. “We’ve all got PTSD,” Burke sighs. “It has been traumatic to have such an incompetent government. By that I mean the entire administration, not just the president. But with each passing day, I feel more relieved. Just the thought of having Kamala Harris and Joe Biden in the White House feels reassuring.” The fact that the vice president is both a woman and Black will not mean much to Burke — not until it leads to actual change. She believes that it is important to have representation in the White House, and that the government should reflect the country’s population, but feels that watching Kamala Harris on TV may make little difference to young Black girls. “When they go out on the streets, they meet a world that does not support them,” Burke tells me, as she explains her sentiments. “The vice president must show that she wants to improve conditions for Black people. In four years, I do not want to say: ‘It was nice to look at a Black woman who just sat on her chair, but who did nothing.’” The truth is that young Black women are particularly vulnerable in the United States. According to a

study by Black Women’s Blueprint in 2011, 60 percent of the country’s Black minors have been sexually abused. When the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement blossomed in 2020, Burke spent a lot of time trying to explain that everything is connected. “Like Me Too, BLM is closely linked to many other societal problems. It is not possible to talk about BLM without talking about sexual violence; it is not possible to talk about police brutality and the abuse of power without talking about BLM,” she says. Before Me Too, Burke was, she says, an “ordinary citizen” with her address listed in the phone directory. She did not have to worry about anyone wanting to do her harm. But now that she has landed in the spotlight, a lot has changed. Cryptic messages and threats became common. She got scared and moved to an apartment with a doorman and other security measures in place. It is mainly Trump supporters who are against Burke’s work; they think she is against white men. On the other hand, Black men say that she advocates for a movement that is against them. “I just feel: You should talk to each other!” she says. “Sexual violence spans a spectrum — from

verbal attacks to rape. The guy who makes sexist jokes at work should not be held accountable in the same way as a rapist like Harvey Weinstein. “Of course, none of these behaviours are okay, but they should not get the same sentence in the media,” she clarifies. “I think men boycott Me Too because they are afraid of being hung out. “Not all men” is a phrase that has become common in the years since Me Too was catapulted into public awareness. Burke agrees, but she thinks that it is a misunderstanding that Me Too is viewed as being a women’s movement. Women have driven the movement because they are more vulnerable to sexual abuse — but the message concerns everyone. “That men are only included as perpetrators is a problem. This is a flaw in the movement,” she reflects. “Me Too should be a safe place for men too. It is a myth that if men only changed their behaviours, we would all be spared. It is the universal patriarchy that perpetuates sexism. A man laughing at a rape joke is as counterproductive as a woman calling another woman a whore. It’s all about patriarchal structures and it’s not just men who have to get better — everyone has to.

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“It has become a war about which side you’re on, which feels completely wrong,” she says. “Because there should be no opposition to anyone who is against sexual violence.” When we saw each other three years ago, Burke was surprised by all the attention she and her movement were receiving and certainly could not have foreseen the future that awaited her. Today her situation is different: she is more experienced, more media savvy. But she is still the same person with the bright red lipstick and passionate commitment to the causes she cares about. We conclude our conversation by reflecting on the fact that it will soon be 2021 and that it is a time of year when many people make resolutions for the year to come. Burke tells me that she would like to ring in the New Year with her new fiancé, but there will be no New Year’s resolutions. “I’m not going to do that this year. We did it last year, and we know what happened — 2020 tried to destroy us all!” she concludes. “My only pledge for 2021 is to live every day one day at a time.” Translated from Swedish by G.S.Q. Courtesy of Faktum / INSP.ngo

NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHT

Autism Career Training bridges gap between school and the workforce BY HANNAH HERNER Spencer works bagging groceries at Publix, and recently learned to sanitize the carts. When asked about it, he gives some short responses aloud, and uses a speaking touch screen device to fill in the gaps. One day, he hopes to be a barista at Starbucks. Autism Career Training looks to help him reach that goal. The center, which opened in October in Franklin, seeks to fill a gap with young adults with autism. They age out of the traditional school system at 22, and may not yet have the skills they need to enter the workforce. Curriculum focuses on six domains — academic, communication, behavioral, intellectual, social and emotional — personalized for each trainee. Program director Matthew Powell says they suss out what the person needs as far as accommodations and technology to help

them complete tasks independently, not only in a work setting, but at home, too. “Independent living could look like living at home with your parents, but being able to do the majority of things for yourself,” Powell says. The school day program runs 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., and there’s a social skills group 3:30-5 p.m., plus one Saturday a month. The social group is one of Spencer’s favorite parts, along with getting outside and cooking. He said the hardest part is Teach Town, a computer software that walks students through the steps of doing tasks such as making a bed, first with assistance and eventually without prompting. Powell says a key piece of the program is also working with employers to find jobs that will fit well with trainees. “The second piece of [the program] is working with employers and edu-

cating the employer on how to employ young adults with autism and what those acceptable accommodations are and what that might look like, in the job atmosphere.” Powell says. He says there’s quite a bit of debate around what category autism falls into. Some people think that it falls under mental health, and some people think it falls under intellectual disabilities. He likes to remind people that if you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve just met one person with autism. It manifests in many different ways. “They’re all so vastly different, that you have to really individualize that program for that one individual student,” Powell says. “I think it’s kind of the biggest thing, that there’s not a mold that they fit into. They’re all vastly, vastly different. But I think what sets us apart a little bit differently than

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some other agencies is, since we only have young adults with autism, then we’re able to meet some of those social and sensory needs that are typically associated with autism.” The center does not have grants or scholarships to offset the price at this time, and the cost varies based on the type of services offered and the amount of time spent at the center. Just as autism can look a lot of different ways, success can look a lot of ways for the students of Autism Career Training. “I don’t want to just place them in a job that might or might not work out, I want them to have something that they can continue to do, and have that career success and be a part of the community, either through that employment or the community that they live in,” Powell says.

MOVING PICTURES

Street Scenes: CLASSIC VAGABOND DOCUMENTARY, ‘HOBO’ AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE BY JOE NOLAN, FILM CRITIC Here at Moving Pictures, we keep our eyes on all types of social-message cinema. While there are always new movies of conscience being made, sometimes we also come across classics to point our readers too. Street Scenes is our ongoing chronicle of classic social cinema tucked in the corner of your local library or buried in the search results on your favorite video platform. Street Scenes movies are established classics you may have never heard of, and which are ripe for re-watching or enjoying for the very first time. I can’t think of many movies that deserve a place in our Street Scenes curating as much as Hobo. The 1992 documentary by Northern Ireland filmmaker John T. Davis is one of the best movies about folks without houses because it immerses viewers in the experience of a rootless vagabond existence. Along the way, Davis and the characters he meets disrupt myths about a carefree life “on the road,” and the false securities of the well-to-do. Davis might be a familiar name to some Nashvillians as his film career is all tangled up in music: As a kid Davis stumbled upon DA Pennebaker filming Bob Dylan strolling down a street in Belfast. Pennebaker was working on his Don’t Look Back masterpiece, and Davis was badly bitten by the film bug.

After inheriting his own camera from an uncle, Davis created a groundbreaking punk rock documentary trilogy: Shell Shock Rock, Protex Hurrah and Self-Conscious Over You. The trilogy is a definitive documenting of the northern punk music scene that incubated bands like Stiff Little Fingers and The Undertones. The trilogy also pointed towards Davis’ ongoing explorations of American subcultures – like American hobo culture in the 1990s.

Hobo is Davis’ most famous film and it deserves its audience. Davis meets a man named Beargrease at a hobo convention. The pair agree to ride the Highline railway from Minneapolis, Minn., to Seattle, Wash., one cattle car, one scenic vista, one striking close up, one dumpster dive at a time. Beargrease reveals that he’s spent his whole life in motion, with stints as a sailor, an engineer in Southeast Asia, and as a rail-riding hobo all over America. Beargrease is an unforgettable character, but the star of the film is Davis’ camera. The director literally stuffed his camera in his bedroll to protect it during the 2000-mile journey he captures in the film. It’s Davis’ courage to risk life and limb — not to mention jail or a beating in a train yard – to hop on this journey that gives his film such immediacy. Hobo is a film about intense isolation captured out in the middle of beautiful nowheres that most of us will never see from our cars on the roads that lead from home to work and back again. Hobo has moments of transcendent beauty accompanied by the thrill of boundless-seeming liberation. Davis

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films those scenes because that part of the myth of the free American individual is real. It’s out there and anyone can touch it, but only briefly. Davis also kept his camera running in the hours and days that went by between those magical glimpses. He captures the hard realities of being exposed to elements, of hunger, and the personal tragedies that can make the difference between a life of sameness and stability, and a life on the move or on the run. Nashvillians might also be interested in John T. Davis’ film Power In the Blood, which compares and contrasts the evangelical American South with the religious conservative culture of Northern Ireland. Davis’ subject in the film is Vernon Oxford – a singing preacher from Nashville. Hobo is currently available for free on YouTube and Power in the Blood can be screened for free at https://qft.vhx.tv/john-t-davis

Joe Nolan is a critic, columnist and performing singer/songwriter based in East Nashville. Find out more about his projects at www.joenolan.com.

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LOCALES - POLÍTICA - INMIGRACIÓN - TRABAJOS - SALUD - ESPECTÁCULOS - DEPORTES Y MÁS...

2021

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Año 19 - No. 325

“DONDE OCURREN LOS HECHOS QUE IMPORTAN, SIEMPRE PRIMERO... ANTES”

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Marzo

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Recomendaciones para después de su viaje

Hágase una prueba de detección 3 a 5 días después del viaje Y quédese en casa y cumpla una cuarentena voluntaria de 7 días después de viajar.

Para esto las pruebas de detección viral son de suma importancia Por Yuri Cunza La Noticia para proteger a nuestro prójimo y cuidar Editor inChief @LaNoticiaNews nuestra salud. “Si planea viajar al extranjero, deberá realizarse la prueba de detección dentro de los 3 días previos a viajar en avión o deberá presentar una prueba con resultado negativo ante la aerolínea antes de abordar el avión o prepararse para presentar una constancia de una prueba viral reciente con resultado positivo y carta de su proveedor médico o de salud pública en la que se indique que está autorizado a viajar. ¿Quién controla que las personas tengan una prueba con resultado negativo o la documentación de recuperación antes de abordar un avión rumbo a los EE. UU.? La aerolínea confirmará el resultado negativo de las pruebas de detección del COVID-19 o la documentación de recuperación de pasajeros antes de abordar. ¿Qué tipos de pruebas de detección del SARS-CoV-2 son aceptables? Los pasajeros se deben hacer una prueba viral de antígenos o de amplificación de ácido nucleico (NAAT). Las NAAT para la detección del SARS-CoV-2 incluyen la reacción en cadena de la polimerasa con transcriptasa inversa (RT-PCR), la amplificación isotérmica mediada por bucle con transcriptasa inversa (RT-LAMP), la amplifiación mediada por transcripción (TMA), la reacción de amplificación de enzima de corte (NEAR) y la amplificación dependiente de helicasa (HDA). ¿Puedo hacerme una prueba rápida? Las pruebas rápidas son aceptables siempre y cuando sean del tipo viral. ¿Admiten el resultado de pruebas de detección caseras?

Exámen nasal antes de un viaje por avión (Nissan Stadium Lot “N” / Metro’s Community Assesment Center)

Las aerolíneas y otros operadores aéreos deben estar en condiciones de confirmar el resultado de la prueba y revisar el resto de la información obligatoria y determinar si es necesaria una traducción a estos fines. Los pasajeros cuya documentación está en un idioma que no es el inglés deben consultarlo con su aerolínea o con el operador de su vuelo antes de viajar. Si el resultado de la prueba de un pasajero es positivo para COVID-19 y luego se hace una prueba que resulta negativa, ¿puede viajar? Las personas con COVID-19 confirmado o presunto deben autoaislarse y NO viajar hasta reunir los criterios de los CDC para suspender el aislamiento. Si el resultado de la prueba de un pasajero es negativo, pero estuvo en contacto cercano de un caso confirmado de COVID19, ¿puede viajar? Las personas que tuvieron contacto cercano con una persona con COVID-19 (es decir, que se consideran expuestas al COVID-19) deben cumplir una cuarentena voluntaria y NO viajar hasta reunir los criterios de los CDC para suspender la cuarentena. Con información de: www.espanol.cdc.gov

Conoce tus derechos: ¿Que hacer en caso de una redada? 1. Mantenerse callado 2. Sólo dar nombre y apellido 3. No mentir 4. Nunca acepte/lleve documentos falsos 5. No revelar su situación migratoria 6. No llevar documentación de otro país 7. En caso de ser arrestado, mostrarla Tarjeta Miranda (llámenos si necesita una)

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Las pruebas de antígeno detectan proteínas virales y por lo general no son tan sensibles como las NAAT, especialmente si la prueba de antígeno se usa en una persona sin síntomas de COVID-19. Si la prueba de antígeno arroja un resultado positivo o negativo, es posible que su proveedor de atención médica solicite una NAAT para confirmar el resultado. Incluso si el resultado de su prueba es negativo, quédese en casa y cumpla la cuarentena de 7 días. Si el resultado de su prueba es positivo, debe aislarse para proteger a otras personas y que no se infecten. Si no se hace la prueba de detección, lo más seguro es quedarse en casa y cumplir una cuarentena voluntaria de 10 días después del viaje. Evite el contacto con personas que corren mayor riesgo de enfermarse gravemente por 14 días, así se haga una prueba de detección o no. Siempre siga las recomendaciones o requisitos locales y estatales en relación con los viajes. Envíenos sus sugerencias por e-mail: news@hispanicpaper.com

VENDOR WRITING

IN REMEMBRANCE JEN A.

He was a proud American He always flew his flag On solemn ceremonial days From a post out on his porch He’d left a leg in a foreign land Sometimes he would meet up With his buddies from the war At Wendy’s or McDonald’s Depending on the time of day But mostly he was a home body He provided for his family Never missed a day of work He planted a big garden every year And took great pride in its bounty He had a serious “Prairie Home Companion” habit And enjoyed a beer or two He read Louis L’ Amour paperbacks

THEME: HEA D TO TOE

Though he didn’t like to be seen In his ugly military issue glasses His favorite singer was Hank Williams And he would spin fantastic yarns About Hank’s wild honky-tonk past He couldn’t possibly have known firsthand He thought Trump was an asshole And said so everyday He commanded a chair Where no one else would dare to sit Until an unseen, unforgiving Vile, petty, microscopic virus Felled this giant hero of a man In just four days We mourn for all we did not know Let us grieve

ACROSS 1. *A or O, to blood 5. Catch a wink 8. “Don’t know what to say” sound 11. Eon, alt. sp. 12. Severe blow 13. *Blood ____, type of blood test 15. Eastern ____, 1947-1991 16. *Respiratory rattling 17. Enormous ones 18. *Annual exam 20. Largest city of Norway 21. Like a romantic movie? 22. *Anatomical pouch 23. Work over with fists (2 words) 26. Levee next to water mill 30. Not cooked 31. What a terrorist wants to spread 34. Continental currency 35. Wide open 37. Charged particle

And remember

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38. Colorado resort 39. Hipbones 40. Recede, as in tide (2 words) 42. Laos resident 43. Stinging shrub, pl. 45. Handrail’s main supports 47. Caribou kin 48. Relating to a lobe 50. Saint’s topper 52. *L in ACL 55. Bad-tempered 56. Affirm with confidence 57. Stain on Santa 59. Work the dough 60. Tiger Woods’ pegs 61. Ruptured 62. “____ my party, and I’ll cry if I want too...” 63. Store posting, abbr. 64. *Largest organ

DOWN 1. Can opener 2. Crowd’s judgement 3. Tubby little cubby 4. Enclose within a cyst 5. W.E.B Du Bois’s org. 6. Assuage 7. Spa treatment 8. 2016 western “____ or High Water” 9. Type of shark 10. Not Miss or Ms 12. Influenza 13. Sandbar 14. *Cardiac, smooth or skeletal ones 19. Quickly fry 22. Knightly title 23. *Cerebellum location 24. Two under on one hole 25. Look forward to 26. *Kissing disease? 27. Having two parts 28. Beatles: “He’s ____ ____ nowhere man” (2 words) 29. Plural of #26 Down 32. *12 pairs of these 33. Rip off 36. *a.k.a. kneecap 38. Mr. T’s team 40. Comic book cry 41. Unlocks the gate 44. Andrew Webber’s middle name 46. Forcefully grabs 48. *Blood filter 49. S-shaped moldings 50. “The ____ for Red October” 51. Greek god of war 52. Strip of wood 53. Breakfast spot? 54. Spelling or Kelly 55. Biathlon equipment 58. One less than jack

FUN

HOBOSCOPES PISCES

Picture yourself a year ago, Pisces. What did you want? What did you think was going to happen next? What were you afraid of? What did you get right? What did you miss? Now imagine yourself a year from now. Of course, it’s hard to predict the future. (That’s the first rule of amateur astrology.) One of the things I’ve learned over the last year is that I don’t know what’s coming, so I may as well enjoy today. Next year will worry about itself.

ARIES

I think I’m gonna plant some seeds this week. Maybe just some basil and some cilantro. Those are easy to start indoors while the nights are still getting cold. I think it’s a good time to start something, Aries. Get it into the dirt. Give it some water and some sun and we’ll see what happens.

got away in time and went on to lead all kinds of lives. Sure, some of their stories have been told, but what a strange life. But I guess we’re all survivors in some way or another. I mean, we all made it through yesterday. Someday people may ask you what that was like. Maybe this is a good day to stop and acknowledge what you’ve been through. It’s kind of a lot.

GEMINI

I love it when a movie has a fake band in it and the fake band has a fake song. The thing about fake songs, Gemini, is that, as it turns out, they are real songs. They’ve got words and a melody and a style. Sure, you can write a poem that’s a parody, but it’s still a poem. If you want to create something new today, a good place to start is to pretend to make something. If you sit down right now and pretend to paint a picture, when you’re done, you’ll have a picture.

CANCER

There were over 700 passengers and crew who survived the sinking of the Titanic. Hundreds of passengers who

They say it takes more muscles to frown than to smile, Scorpio. But it takes even more muscles to go around telling people what they ought to do with their own faces. And since when are we worried about all this muscle use, anyway? Is there some kind of shortage? Scorpio, don’t let anybody, even your amateur astrologer, tell you what you should be doing with your muscles. That’s entirely up to you.

LEO

Recently scientists found six “cloaked bees” in Australia. These unique insects were thought to be extinct since 1923 but now we know there are...definitely...at least six. It doesn’t seem like much, but when you go from believing something is impossible to discovering there’s even a small chance, that’s a pretty big deal. Now, I wouldn’t know a cloaked bee if it bit me on the elbow, but I’ve got a feeling that the thing you’re looking for, Leo, I think it’s a real possibility.

TAURUS

When the cold days start calming down I start keeping a $5 bill in my coat pocket. Not for any immediate need, just because I know that when I finally put my coat back in the closet for spring, I might leave that fiver in there until next winter. It’s like giving my future self a little surprise. It reminds me, Taurus, that you may feel like you’re coming up empty, but I’m pretty sure there are a few pockets you haven’t checked yet. You’ve prepared yourself more than you may think.

SCORPIO

SAGITTA R IUS

There are only about 1,200 Ket people left in Siberia. In times long past, the Ket were a nomadic tribe of hunters and fisherman who spread across northern asia. But now there are only a few left who remember their traditions or speak their language. The Ket language, however, is closely related to the Athabaskan languages of north America. So Navajo spoken in Arizona has a lot in common with Ket. It’s shocking how connected we all are, Sagittarius. And how lonely we can make each other feel. Reach out.

VIRGO

When I was a kid, adults would tell me I had “an old soul.” It’s strange because now that I’m all grown up, I go around feeling like I missed the line into adulthood. I liked it better when I had wisdom beyond my years. Now I’ve just got all these...years. Aging is a funny thing, Virgo. We’re all doing it. Constantly, in fact. If it ever starts to worry you, remember that everybody you’ve ever known or heard of have walked this same path. It doesn’t always seem like the best direction, but it’s the only direction available. I’ll make you a deal. If you keep going, I’ll go with you.

LIBRA

Hey, the sun’s out and it’s a little too warm for a jacket! The trees are starting to bud and birds are singing and I can’t breathe through my nose. Actually, my eyes are watering pretty good now. And I’ve got that kind of itchy feeling in the back of my throat. It’s just allergies, Libra. But isn’t it frustrating when it seems like things are on the upswing and something knocks you right back down? This week, Libra, be ready to appreciate the gifts that arise and always keep a kleenex handy.

CAPRICORN

Spring is coming, Capricorn. Again. And maybe you’re feeling something less than hopeful about the sunnier days ahead. Psychologists talk about the “anniversary effect.” People who have experienced a trauma are often surprised to discover feelings of anxiety, anger, or hopelessness as the anniversary of that traumatic event arrives. The date, the weather, or the position of the sun can remind our bodies and minds of difficult days that we thought were over. Give yourself the space you need to feel those feelings as they come up. And if you need to talk it over, spring is a great time to tell somebody how you’re feeling.

AQUA RIUS

Is this the week we set our clocks forward, Aquarius? Isn’t it bizarre that even works? Like, for some reason, we all agree that right now it’s 2 p.m. but then somebody decided that things would be better if it was 3 p.m. instead, and then we all just go along with it. It’s like, if we all agreed that tomorrow was Thursday again, it would be Thursday again. Thursday isn’t a real thing unless everybody agrees to play along. Getting people to agree with you can be a powerful thing, Aquarius. Keep that in mind this week.

Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a trained cryptographer, or a registered wheelbarrow operator. Mr. Mysterio is, however, a budding intermediate podcaster! Check out The Mr. Mysterio Podcast. Season 2 is now playing at mrmysterio.com. Got a question, just give Mr. M a call at 707-VHS-TAN1

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VENDOR WRITING

Good Times With Cats BY JAMIE W., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR What can I say, I love my cats. Their names are Pressley, Lucy, Rilley, and Emma. Emma wants to be everywhere I go. She follows me through the house. She will just stare at me in the middle of the night. She gets in my face. They all get along. Rilley and Emma will be one on March 15. Pressley will be seven on April 6, and Lucy just turned two on Dec.

16. They all love running up and down the hallway — they sound like a bunch of horses. They sound like they are trying out for the national roller derby, but these cats are my babies. I love them. Lucy don’t like to be held. You pick her up, and she will start to growl. Pressley loves everything and everyone. Pressley, she is a gray and

white tuxedo cat. Lucy is a black and white tuxedo cat. Rilley is a white calico, and Emma is a black tordachell, and we took Rilley and Emma off the street. They were stray cats, and Emma likes to get in my purse, and I tell her “Get out of my purse you would not know what to do with a dollar if I give you a dollar.” I’m happy and grateful for all of

these cats. I’m glad to be able to help them, and I can’t keep Rilley out of the grass. Rilley loves to play with anything. Rilley, Emma, and Lucy love to chase the laser lights. Pressley won’t have anything to do with a laser light. I can’t understand why she won’t have anything to do with it, but she loves anything dangly, and I hope all of my customers like this article.

TENNESSEE HYPOCRISY JEN A.

The Tennessee legislature Believed it was imperative

YOU JUST TURN YOUR HEAD JOHN H.

To draft a letter On official state stationary And sign their names to it (To later be used in campaign literature

ONE OF A KIND JOHN H.

Don’t even know why God made our minds and hearts so strong

during the next election cycle)

To be treated so terrible, even though we never did anything wrong

Condemning the actions of

Many, many say I’m tripping

Too lazy to row your own boat, so you decided to bring us along

College-age athletes of color

Not at all, you’re just slipping

Wanting to be like the Romans, so we built you a new Dome

Who kneel during the playing

I saw your heart all the way from the start

All this time you never learned your lesson

Of our national anthem

I heard almost the same conversation again, That Part

But if you knew God, you’d know we were your blessing

(Surely their 1st amendment right)

I look you in the eye, cautiously each day

But they seem to have run out of ink

Be true, don’t use an excuse

Thank you Lord, for inspiring me with words to say

And courage

Just like an addiction, I become an abuse

I’ll be stupid to try to understand the things y’all do

When maskless white thugs

Maybe I’ll lose, God just gave me a sign

But if you know God, you would know he spared you

Showed up at the Capitol

You’ll always know, It’s very hard to find one of a kind

What would you do if you was black

Proclaiming Covid is a scam

Jesus wants you to love all, it’s part of his pack

And it is their right

You can’t relate to me on Nothing that’s been said

Not to wear a mask (Spreading the deadly virus across the state)

The perfect reason you can’t look at me; you just turn your head

Citing freedom and the 1st amendment The Covid deniers wave Trump flags and guns The athletes wear shorts and sneakers Who’s the greater threat to our democracy?

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HOBOSCOPES

Vendor Poetry

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Nonprofit Spotlight

Youth Voice Column

Seeing the signs of human trafficking

History Corner

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