Tracking Money and Influence in 2016 Presidential Campaign

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Tracking Money and Influence
in 2016 Presidential Campaign
As the 2016 presidential
campaign attracts more money and bigger political donations than any campaign in
U.S. history, the University
of Chicago Booth School of
Business has created a financial index to capture the influence that corporations and
special interest groups have
on politics and the economy.
The George J. Stigler
Center for the Study of the
Economy and the State at
Chicago Booth launched the
Campaign Financing Capture
Index to measure the concentration of campaign funding
in the 2016 U.S. presidential
election. The index ranks the
concentration of funding for
each candidate with an eye
toward predicting how political donations could influence
policy decisions under a new
president.
The creation of the index
comes as the U.S. courts have
lifted limits on the size of political donations, and special
interest groups, in the form
of super PACS, are playing a
bigger role in how campaigns
are financed.
“The more concentrated
the sources of funding to a
political campaign, the higher the risk a politician will
be influenced by special interests,” said Professor Luigi
Zingales, director of the Stigler Center. “Candidates receiving large donations from
few donors may be less willing and able to lead reforms
in markets where powerful
special interest groups benefit from the status quo.”
The Campaign Financing Capture Index, published
quarterly, will track when
and how big-money political
donations shift during the
course of the campaign. Researchers at the Stigler Center
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United Not
Divided:
Economic
Inequality and
Opportunity Gap
Celebrities Talk Diversity at 47th
Annual NAACP Image Awards
Entertainment Tonight’s Nichelle Turner interviews the cast and
producer of ABC’S “black-ish.” Cast members (l-r) Laurence
Fishburne, Marcus Scribner, Tracee Ellis Ross, Yara Shahidi,
Marsai Martin and Miles Brown. (Mesiyah McGinnis)
By Amen Oyiboke, Special from the Los Angeles Sentinel
expect there to be significant
changes in the concentration
of donations as the race progresses.
The index measures
“concentration” by the number of donors and the amount
of each donation. Candidates
with highly concentrated
funding have the fewest donors giving the most amount
of money. Candidates with
low concentration of funding have the largest number
of donors giving the smallest amounts of money. The
Stigler Center defines large
donations as contribution of
$5,000 or more.
“We think that when donations start to exceed $5,000,
donors are not just expressing
a political preference, they are
trying to influence future policies,” said Zingales.
First Round of Results
Republican candidate
and former Florida governor
Jeb Bush ranked as the candidate with the highest concentration of big donors at
77 percent of total campaign
contributions above $5,000.
Republican Senator Marco
Rubio of Florida ranked second at 59 percent, closely followed by Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas at 58
percent. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton fell in
the middle of the pack with
32 percent of political contributions above $5,000, followed by Democratic former
Maryland governor Martin
O’Malley at 17 percent, Republican Ben Carson at 12
percent, Republican billionaire Donald Trump at 2.9 percent, and Democratic Senator
Bernie Sanders of Vermont at
0.1 percent.
The candidates ranked in
the same order when tracking donations of $100,000 or
more. Bush had the highest
concentration of $100,000plus donors at 58 percent, followed by Rubio at 47 percent,
Cruz at 45 percent, Clinton at
29 percent, and O’Malley at
4.3 percent. Figures for Carson were inconclusive.
Sanders and Trump are
the only candidates to have
received no political contributions over $100,000. Sanders’
campaign is dominated by individual donations of $200 or
less. Trump is in a category of
his own, digging into his own
pockets to fund much of his
campaign.
The funding results are
for the campaigns are through
Dec. 31, 2015.
Analysis is based on
Federal Election Commission data collected by the
Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit, nonpartisan
research group. The Stigler
Center is a nonpartisan, academic research institution
that is focused on the creation
and dissemination of research
on competitive markets, regulatory capture and the ways in
which special interest groups
distort markets.
The Campaign Financing
Capture Index is led by Professor Luigi Zingales, along
with the University of Chicago’s Milena Ang and Chicago Booth’s Eran Lewis. •
Forty Years After Fair Credit Laws, Racial
Discrimination Continues: Toyota Motor Credit
to Pay $21.9 Million for Discriminatory Practices
By Charlene Crowell
Each year observances
and events offered in recognition of Black History Month
offer opportunities for people of all colors and locales to
reflect on the unique experiences of Blacks both past and
present. Many of the annual
observances chronicle progress since the passage of laws
adopted years ago to ensure
that Black citizens and others
of color would enjoy all freedoms and benefits that come
with citizenship.
Yet in recent months,
too many headlines have illustrated how multiple forms
of injustice still plague Black
America. Whether from Ferguson to Flint or Chicago to
Cleveland, the barrage of assaults remind us how far our
journey towards justice has
yet to go.
And when it comes to
credit and financing, racial
disparities remain despite a
42-year old federal law guaranteeing fair treatment in
lending. Four decades ought
to be long enough for businesses and corporations to ac-
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cept and comply with the law
of the land.
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) of 1974 requires financial institutions to
‘‘make credit equally available to all creditworthy customers without regard to sex
or marital status.’’ It is illegal
for ‘‘any creditor to discriminate against any applicant
with respect to any aspect of
a credit transaction on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex or marital
status, or age.”
T he above la ng u age
seems clear and yet, just a few
days ago another financing
arm of a major auto manufacturer reached a multi-million dollar settlement with the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the
Department of Justice (DOJ)
for its failure to treat consumers of color fairly.
Toyot a Motor Cred it
agreed to pay $21.9 million
in restitution to thousands of
Black, Asian-Americans and
Pacific Islander borrowers.
These borrowers paid higher
interest rates than White borrowers for their auto loans due
to the lender allowing dealers
to mark up a borrower’s interest rate for compensation.
Toyota Credit also agreed to
change its pricing and compensation system to significantly reduce the dealer’s
ability to manipulate the interest rate.
“No consumer should be
forced to pay more money for
a loan because of their race or
national origin,” said U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker of
the Central District of California. “This settlement resolves our claims by providing compensation for affected
consumers and seeking to ensure that future loans funded by Toyota ref lect equal
terms.”
Toyota is only the latest
perpetrator, extending a series of actions by law enforcement to address discrimination in auto lending. Last May, Evergreen
Bank Group, based in Oak
Brook, IL settled charges
that it violated the ECOA by
charging Latino and Black
borrowers higher interest
rates on motorcycle financing.
The bank settled the claim by
paying $395,000. Toyota continued on page 7
(NNPA) The 47th annual NAACP Image Awards was
a hit at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif.,
as Black entertainers showed their support for one another
and the show, while some expressed concerns over the lack
of diversity in other major award shows like the Academy
Awards.
“I think it’s very unfortunate that we are not included
more often in the Oscars. Whether to boycott it or not that’s
up to each individual’s discretion,” said Andra Fuller, star
of TV One’s “Here We Go Again.” “The boycott will bring
awareness. If you want us to be at your award shows, then
recognize us.”
The Image Awards honor the achievements of African
Americans in television, music, literature and film. ABC’s
“black-ish” star Anthony Anderson hosted the show, opening
with a “Straight Outta Compton” rap performance spoof that
talked about the lack of diversity in this year’s award season.
Diversity continued on page 5
My Head Says Hilary, My
Heart Says Bernie
By Julianne Malveaux
NNPA News Wire Columnist
I am looking forward to November 8, 2016, and to
voting for Hilary Rodham Clinton to lead these United
States. I am so extremely excited that a woman of character,
experience, and discernment can lead our nation. Even as
I look forward to the November vote, I am fully enjoying
the path to November. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has
provided tone and texture to this race. He has forced Senator
Clinton to hone her positions on health care, Wall Street and
income inequality. He came so amazingly close to toppling
her in Iowa that it gave me Post Dramatic Stress Syndrome.
She didn’t make my drama hers, though. She has managed,
with stoic dignity, to stake her claim for this presidency.
My head is with Secretary Hilary Clinton, but my heart
is with Senator Bernie Sanders. I realize that he has promised
everything and hasn’t shared how he might pay for much
of it — free tuition, universal health care, or Wall Street
reform. Still, his energetic bluster has been a galvanizing
factor in a race that might otherwise have been seen as a
cakewalk or a coronation. Hilary needs to be pushed as hard
as Senator Sanders can push her. And even though Sanders
says he does not care about her “damn e-mails,” the e-mail
conversation has to remind Senator Clinton that she has to
figure out ways to restore trust among those who support
her positions but look askance at the ways she has been too
frequently presented.
There is an element of sexism in this. Hillary Clinton
has been on the national stage for several decades, from the
time when her husband, was elected governor of Arkansas
in the 1980s.
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Education officials served notice, to all that care, that the
economic exclusion of communities and people of color
is totally unacceptable. Board
members, the Honorable Mary
Blount-Williams and the Honorable Mildred Council asked,
during a Board discussion
about awarding a building design contract, for details of expected minority business participation in numerous building
projects expected to total nearly $25,000,000.00 of public
spending. (See link No. 1 below @ the 1:06-1:25 timeline).
It is safe to say that they
did not like the answers they received during the Board’s discussion of minority business
participation in their building
projects, past, present and fu-
ture. It is also safe to say that
their discussions will be repeated around North Carolina and
around the country. Their discussions made it clear to all that
the status quo of economic exclusion would not stand. Theirs
is a Third Reconstruction Discussion. (See link No. 2 below
for a 3rd Reconstruction article). The die is cast. The status quo will not stand. This issue, at this moment, will not
go away.
In order for our elected officials to succeed in their efforts to create economic equity
in our communities and businesses of color, voters of color must vote like never before.
As we continue with this issue,
voters of color must understand
that this issue strategically addresses the issue of voter apathy by showing the direct connection between the politics of
voting and economics.
On Saturday, February 6,
2016, in Martin County, North
Carolina, the Alliance of North
Carolina Black Elected Officials (ANCBEO) participated
in a candidate’s forum and reported on the results of an economic disparity study conducted under the guidance of
the North Carolina Caucus of
Black School Board members
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Mildred Council
by the Eastern North Carolina
Civic Group (ENCCG) and was
very well attended by Black
Elected officials. Many Black
and White candidates competing for numerous statewide offices participated in the forum.
The economic disparity study was done under the
supervision of Dr. Forrest D.
Toms of A&T State University.
He reported on the findings of
the disparity study which concluded what most of us already
knew; that any notion of equity
in the spending done by North
Carolina public bodies was a
total fiction. The study confirmed that businesses of color are systematically excluded
from billions of dollars spent by
public bodies.
Although the report has
yet to be posted, please monitor
the website of the ANCBEO for
its availability. (See link No. 3
below). Also, Dr. Toms is writing two articles that will outline
the findings and conclusions
of the disparity study. Greater Diversity News will bring
you those articles when they
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The audience was both
outraged and frustrated with the
findings and many pledged to
engage in the same type inquiry made by Council and Williams. They agreed to become
a part of a pilot study designed
to discover the diversity attitude and spending done by their
public bodies. They agreed to
use our survey document “Equity in Public Hiring and Contracting” as a guide when raising the issues with their public
Mary Blount-Williams
bodies. (See link No. 4 below).
I should also note that the question of equity in public hiring
and spending was also an official question asked of several candidates interviewed during the forum. Equity in public
hiring and spending is truly a
Third Reconstruction issue.
The issue of economic equity by public bodies and
as seen by Black Elected officials is also being played out in
Portsmouth, Virginia. It was
highlighted when Portsmouth’s
Mayor, Kenny Wright, persuasively argues that Portsmouth’s
politics is about race. Interestingly, his pursuit of economic equity for people of color resulted in widespread attacks by
people of historical power and
privilege. (See link No. 5 below). As with the Pitt County
Board of Education, economic
equity is the issue of the Third
Reconstruction.
The economic equity in
public spending was raised
in Portsmouth when Mayor Wright made the following
observation: “That elite group
controls most of the city’s economics, but it is losing power because the new City Council is asking why are we giving
contracts to the same developers, the same law firms and the
same architects,” Wright told
the New Journal and Guide, a
paper that focuses on African
American news. This is the essence of the questions posed to
the Pitt county Board of Education by its minority members.
Additionally, if it is not already clear, there is a major mo-
bilization behind this initiative
of addressing economic equity and it is important that the
entirety of the communities of
color get involved or more involved.
Last week we announced
an important suggestion that resulted from our economic equity discussions. We announced
that we’re asking these candidates and elected officials to
support the creation of “Diversity Plans” in their particular
public entities. This suggestion
has been embraced with vigor.
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What We Blacks Need to Do: Are You
Running Toward The Right Goal?
Wilmington, NC
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Church, 719 Walnut Street,
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THE PROBLEMS:
More than fifty years ago
(1965) in a professional football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the San
Francisco 49ers, an unbelievable event happened. Jim
Marshall, defense end, of the
Vikings picked up a fumble
and ran to the wrong goal line
scoring a safety (two points)
for the other team.
• You are running to the
wrong goal if:
• ou are listening to and believing confused preachers who say your religion
does not believe in voting
but does believe in paying
taxes.
• You are not researching,
registering and voting in
every election.
• You are failing to practice what you were taught
about politics, religion
and education from your
grandparents and parents.
• You are running downhill with negative people
who live just for the moment.
#NOTE: In my family,
we have a leader from each
of the 11 children born to my
grandparents. They share
their family news at our yearly family reunions. Our matriarch is Aunt Ophelia McLean.
She is the last living member
at the young age of 93. In her
church, Norrington AME-Zion in Lillington, NC she was
the leader of leaders until she
developed health problems.
She is the leader of leaders in
our family. Those of us who
take time and listen to her advice are running toward the
“right’ goal.
THE SOLUTIONS:
Listen to your teammates. Jim Marshall’s teammates were yelling for him
to stop running to the wrong
goal.
Any preacher that tell
you not to vote for a candidate because of their positions
on five of the 75 important issues is leading you toward the
wrong goal. We all must compromise, within reason, for
the betterment of all. The only
perfect person or politician is
GOD and I don’t think he is
running for School Board,
General Assembly, Governor, U.S. Senate or President
of the United States in 2016.
Every family has many
leaders, some negative and
some positive. We have to listen to all of the leaders’ position, add in our position then
make a decision.
We must research the issues and candidate positions,
weigh them against our family needs then register and vote
in every election.
We must remember or
discover the higher power
our grandparents and parents
taught us about then as they
say in some churches “govern
yourself accordingly”.
Running to the right goal
requires you to run away from
negative people who only sell
wolf’s tickets and run with
and toward visionaries.
Run toward the right goal
in 2016. Vote and take three
with you!!!
To learn more about the
issues and candidates in our
life changing 2016 election,
read and support your local
Black newspapers.
Ruth 1:16 (Paraphrased)
And Ruth said “Don’t ask me
to leave you and turn back.
Wherever you go, I will go,
wherever you live, I will live,
your people will be my people and your GOD will be my
GOD.”
James J. Hankins graduated from all Black Williston
Senior High school, served
in the U.S. Army for three
years, NC A&T state university alumni, retired vocational education teacher, past
president of the New Hanover
County NAACP, member of
Friends of Abraham Galloway, and author of the book
“What We Blacks Need To
Do”—to comment or buy his
book—you can reach him at
www.jhankinsrealty.com. •
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Persistent ADHD Associated With Overly Critical Parents
WASHINGTON – For
many children with attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder, symptoms appear to decrease as they age, but for
some they do not and one
reason may be persistent parental criticism, according
to research published by the
American Psychological Association.
“Why ADHD symptoms
decline in some children as
they reach adolescence and
not for others is an important phenomenon to be better understood. The finding
here is that children with
ADHD whose parents regularly expressed high levels
of criticism over time were
less likely to experience this
decline in symptoms,” said
Erica Musser, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at Florida International
University and lead author
of the study. It was published
in the Journal of Abnormal
Psychology.
Musser and her colleagues studied a sample of
388 children with ADHD and
127 without, as well as their
families, over three years. Of
the children with ADHD, 69
percent were male, 79 percent were white and 75 percent came from two-parent
households. The researchers
measured change in ADHD
symptoms over that period
and measured the parents’
levels of criticism and emotional involvement.
Parents were asked to
talk about their relationship with their child uninterrupted for five minutes.
Audio recordings of these
sessions were then rated by
experts for levels of criticism (harsh, negative statements about the child, rather than the child's behavior)
and emotional over-involvement (overprotective feelings
toward the child). Measurements were taken on two occasions one year apart.
Only sustained parental
criticism (high levels at both
measurements, not just one)
was associated with the continuance of ADHD symptoms in the children who had
been diagnosed with ADHD.
“The novel finding here
is that children with ADHD
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Commends
Request to Congress: Increase Funding to Food
and Nutrition Programming and Research
C H ICAG O – T he
Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics commends President
Obama’s budget request to
Congress, which prioritizes
food, nutrition programming
and research.
“Academy members in
all areas of practice understand the need for food, nutrition and diet-related chronic disease research and the
detrimental impacts of child
hunger,” said registered dietitian nutritionist and Academy President Dr. Evelyn F.
Crayton.
Each year, the president
requests Congress to provide
funds for programs and research that are a priority for
the country. Budget requests
regularly highlight the need
for nutrition assistance programs like School Meals; the
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC);
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP);
and chronic disease prevention initiatives and research.
Heart
continued from front
As First Lady, she had to
juggle her smarts and her
secondary role, blundering
as she tried to offer clarity
around health care, soaring
as she provided rhetorical
leadership on women and
children’s issues. And since
the Clintons left the White
House, she has been nimble
and focused as a Senator,
managing to make friends
in both political parties, and
managing to provide solid
international leadership as
Secretary of State. Were she
a man, would she be judged
as harshly because some find
her “unlikeable”? Would her
every facial expression be
parsed? Would opponents
feel free to comment on her
marital business? Thricemarried Donald Trump has
spoken of Bill Clinton’s
fidelity, but it is documented
that he was a big time
philanderer. Carly Fiorina
says she would have left
her husband if he’d cheated
like Bill, but we don’t know
that, do we? What we know
is that Hillary’s gender is
a double-edged sword. I
cringe whenever she says,
“I am woman,” or “the only
woman,” or some reference to
her clear self-evident gender.
But I also cr inge when
the gender-bashers seem
incapable of interpreting her
words and her work fairly.
T hat’s not why I’ll
vote for Hilary, though. I’ll
“The Academy, as the
largest organization of food
and nutrition professionals, is encouraged by President Obama’s bold requests to
Congress to increase funding
for food, nutrition and dietrelated research and healthy
food access to help Americans develop and maintain
healthy and active lifestyles,”
Crayton said.
The Academy supports
the White House’s requests
for Congress to:
• Double the funding for nutrition and agriculture research
through the U.S. Department
of Agriculture’s Agriculture
and Food Research Initiative, the premier competitive,
peer-reviewed grants program
for fundamental and applied
agricultural and nutrition
sciences.
• Fill the hunger gap in summer months by expanding
the Summer Meals Program,
which will ensure low-income
children have year-round access to food they need to learn
and grow.
• Invest in the cancer “moonshot,” which aims to coordinate and enhance the work to
prevent, treat and ultimately cure cancer. This initiative
will highlight the role of nutrition in cancer prevention and
treatment.
“The Academy advocates for these programs and
research priorities, which
spotlight the unique contributions of Academy members to
improve the health of all people. We look forward to working with Congress, through
the budget and appropriations
process, to make these important funding priorities a reality,” Crayton said.
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the
world’s largest organization of
food and nutrition professionals. The Academy is committed to improving the nation’s
health and advancing the profession of dietetics through
research, education and advocacy. Visit the Academy at
www.eatright.org. •
vote for her because she
is a center-left moderate
(Bernie Sanders is not in
charge of who gets to be a
progressive, and I really don’t
care as much about labels as
about outcomes) who will
pragmatically work toward
social and economic justice.
She isn’t perfect and may,
indeed, be fundamentally
flawed (as most politicians
a r e), but she h a s b e e n a
consistent advocate for the
least and the left out – for
children and for elders. Is she
weak on Wall Street reform?
Absolutely. But as Bernie
Sanders pushes her, she gets
stronger.
A year ago, many
predicted this race as a
dynastic smack down, with
Jeb Bush and Hilary Clinton
w i n n i ng pr i ma r ies toe to-toe. Who would have
thought that an unhinged
demagogue, Donald Trump,
would suck much of the air
out of the Republican space,
leaving babbling bumblers
t o con f u se a d hom i nu m
ignorance with issues? The
collective performance of the
Republican team could not
equal that of either Sanders
or Clinton, but those R’s
keep slogging on. To what
end? Do we really want a
President who will trash talk
Putin, Mexico and the United
Nations? Do we want sons
of immigrants who so vilely
disrespect their ancestors
that they’d offer punitive
possibilities for citizenship?
I ’m n o t r e a l l y t o r n
between my head and my
heart. I’m simply enjoying
the excitement of Bernie
Sanders, and the way he has
galvanized young people,
e s p e c i a l l y, t o b e c o m e
politically engaged. I am
hoping that his commitment
to the process is such that he
will encourage his supporters
to remain involved, even after
Hilary wins the Democratic
nomination. And I’m sad that
a woman who might knock
it out of the park can also
be kicked to the curb if this
campaign becomes corrosive.
Congressman Stephanie
Tubbs Jones was a sorority
sister (Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, of course), and a
fierce legislator. She stuck
by Hilary Clinton in 2008
even af ter then-Senator
Barack Obama entered the
Presidential race and earned
the endorsement and support
of ma ny “mai n st rea m”
African Americans.
Stephanie and Hilary had
“heart” with each other.
As a woman, Hilary can’t
out shout Bernie without
appearing shrill. She can’t
o u t- s n id e h i m w it h o u t
appearing b*tchy. But she
can out heart him if she
channels Stephanie’s energy.
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it to win it.
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is a n aut hor, e conom ist
and Founder of Economic
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“Are We Better Off? Race,
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atjuliannemalveaux.com. •
whose families continued to
express high levels of criticism over time failed to experience the usual decline in
symptoms with age and instead maintained persistent,
high levels of ADHD symptoms,” said Musser.
While the findings indicate an association between
sustained parental criticism
and ADHD symptoms over
time, this doesn’t mean one
thing causes the other, said
Musser.
“We cannot say, from
our data, that criticism is
the cause of the sustained
symptoms,” she said. “Interventions to reduce parental
criticism could lead to a reduction in ADHD symptoms,
but other efforts to improve
the severe symptoms of children with ADHD could also
lead to a reduction in parental criticism, creating greater well-being in the family
over time.” •
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&
Education
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Urban Prep Academy Turns Boys Into Scholars in Chicago’s
Roughest Neighborhoods
Photo by Curtis Bunn
By Curtis Bunn,
Urban News Service
CHICAGO – In some
of Chicago’s lowest income
neighborhoods, AfricanAmerican teenage boys are
overcoming their challenging
surroundings.
They are the young men
of Urban Prep Academy, an
all-male charter high school
with a 100 percent graduation
rate. All of those students earn
college scholarships. And it
all starts each morning with a
sort of pep rally in the school’s
gym.
There is blaring music
with inspirational messages.
A five-piece drum band performs African-themed beats.
The students – about 125 black
teenagers – line up in rows,
dressed in blue blazers, white
shirts, red neckties and khakis.
A video appears, featuring black trailblazers from
various disciplines around
the world. A student leads his
classmates in a punctuality
pledge.
In the bleachers, Principal Dion Steele grips a microphone. “You are black, proud,
beautiful young men,” he tells
the students. “There is a battle out there, and the battle is
yours to win.”
When Steele says, “It’s
time to show some love,” the
students greet each other with
handshakes, hugs and laughs.
When they line back up, Steele
updates them on the highestscoring groups in particular
classes. They cheer each other.
Then, in unison, they recite the school’s creed – a 17line treatise that begins and
ends with “We believe.” In between, its principles champion
success, integrity, self-commitment, community and family.
This daily wake-up lasts
about 30 minutes. It ends with
Steele directing the young men
to first period at 9 a.m. “Exit
through the Door of Solidarity,” he says as they disperse
through various parts of the
gym. “Exit through the Door
of Integrity. Exit through the
Door of Resiliency.”
This display represents
one of this dynamic charter
school’s guiding principles: elevating students’ self-esteem
while focusing on test scores.
Eighty-five percent of the students come from single-mom
homes in impoverished areas,
according to Roosevelt Moneyham III, the school’s student recruitment chief. The
only admissions requirement
is to be a Windy City resident.
A lottery selects 450 students
among some 1,500 applicants
to attend one of Urban Prep
Academy’s three campuses in
inner-city Chicago. The faculty at these schools brims with
black men, a rarity in U.S. education systems.
Moneyham, a former Chi-
Homeownership a 'Dream Deferred'
for Millennial Generation
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. –
For previous generations of
Americans, homeownership
was seen as one of the final
rites of passage into adulthood and financial independence.
Despite the Great Recession and the subsequent
housing crash, more than
85 percent of the millennial generation -- that is, those
born between 1980-2000 -still believe that owning a
home makes more financial
sense than renting. But according to a new paper cowritten by a University of
Illinois expert in household
and individual financial behaviors, millennials still face
significant hurdles in their
quest for homeownership.
Although millennials
are most associated with
their embrace of the sharing economy and a preference for splurging on the latest electronic gizmo rather
than on big-ticket items, the
general public has the wrong
perception about their attitude toward owning property, said Yilan Xu ("E-Lan
SHE"), a professor of agricultural and consumer economics at Illinois.
"The perception is that
millennials are the generation that would rather have
the latest smartphone than a
new car, so it stands to reason: Why would they want
to own a home?" Xu said. "It
doesn't seem like they would
want to. But it turns out that
millennials still do eventually want to own a home. They
just face significant obstacles
in doing so."
In the paper, Xu and her
co-authors examined the factors that affect housing demand of the millennial generation. They draw three
conclusions:
Mortgage accessibility
is a key constraint to homeownership for millennials.
The burden of student
loan debt among millennials impedes their transition
from renters to homeowners.
Millennials are taking
a longer time to settle down,
so family events related to
home purchases -- such as
marriage and having children -- are being pushed
back.
"All of those factors indicate that the American
dream of homeownership is
not dead -- it's just deferred,"
Xu said.
As a result of the Great
Recession, millennials who
were underemployed may
cago police officer, “decided
to stop arresting little brothers
and find a way to keep them
out of trouble,” he said.
The teachers and staff call
the students “Mr.” followed by
their surnames. The students
refer to each other the same
way.
“It took a while to get used
to this school,” said Dashawn
Cribbs, 17. “It’s better than I
thought it would be because
the teachers push you, everyone cares, and you gain a lot of
pride in the process.”
This school is a return to
the sometimes-controversial
single-sex education system. It
was founded in 2006 by Chicago educational entrepreneur
Tim King and a group of African-American business, civic
and education leaders.
The Englewood campus
of Urban Prep is its original
location, in one of this city’s
most impoverished and violent regions. NBA stars Derrick Rose, Anthony Davis
and Jabari Parker and singer
and actress Jennifer Hudson
hail from southwest Chicago,
which has a 44 percent poverty rate – quadruple the 10.4
percent average across Chicago, according to the Illinois
Commission on the Elimination of Poverty.
“ T he neig hb or ho o d
doesn’t exactly inspire future
success,” said Nakkia Burn,
whose son, Trevon Lucas, 15,
is an Urban Prep student. “He
has black male mentors that really care, so the students feel
connected to them. . . And they
don’t just push them to get to
college; they emphasize getting their degree.”
Jessie Mack, a member
of the school’s first graduating
class in 2010, earned a communications degree from Denison University and now works
as an assistant to Urban Prep’s
CEO. “My time here as a student made up for what I missed
by not having a father growing
up,” Mack said.
That parental element
permeates the school. “It’s a
personal connection many of
us have,” Steele said. “We try
to fill in the gaps, with positive reinforcement about their
strengths as a key part of our
message.”
“I was always curious
about the school because I
would see how the guys were
dressed, in their jackets and
ties,” said Malik Johnson, 16,
who lives in Englewood. “You
just didn’t see that in my neighborhood. . . And it’s turned out
to be a great place. We love
each other, but are too manly
to say it. But we’re put in a position to pursue success.”
Added Moneyham: “The
unbelievable part is watching
some of them walk in as [kids]
who don’t want to be here …
and years later watching them
walk across that stage at commencement as mature young
men about to go off to college
... It’s a powerful thing.” •
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Millennials face significant hurdles in their quest for homeownership, said Yilan Xu, a professor of agricultural and consumer
economics at Illinois and co-author of a new paper examining
homeownership trends among those born between 1980-2000.
not have enough money for
the initial down payment
necessary for a mortgage. Or
they may have a low credit rating, which often translates into a higher interest
rate on a home loan or completely disqualifies them as a
borrower, Xu said.
"Economic downturns
are a great time to buy real
estate, but millennials did
not have the chance to take
advantage of that opportunity," she said. "They were
trapped in a cycle of student
loan debt payments and underemployment. So they
were and continue to be at a
disadvantage in that regard."
With millennials getting
married and having children
later in life, there's also no
incentive for them to move
from a bachelor pad to the
suburbs.
"Millennials consider
their homebuying decisions
along with their family decisions," Xu said. "We don't
have real good data on millennials, but the trend is that
millennials are getting married and having children later in life; therefore, there's no
real urgency for them to own
a home."
But the biggest factor
impeding their transition to
homeownership is student
loan debt, Xu said.
"Student loans are the
biggest problem for this generation, potentially disqual-
ifying millennials for mortgage loans due to low credit
scores and high debt ratios,"
Xu said. "It is estimated that
millennial student-loan debtors have to spend about half
of their monthly income to
make debt payments, but if
they wish to finance a home
while they are paying the
student loan debt, the high
debt-to-income ratio effectively disqualifies them for
almost all mortgage loans.
Even among those millennials who are doing well financially, just a general aversion
to debt is also discouraging
them from taking out a mortgage."
The silver lining: Student-loan holders are more
likely to simply delay buying
a home rather than giving up
on homeownership altogether.
"Student loans are a
factor, but it only has a temporary effect," Xu said.
"They're probably just going
to postpone homeownership
rather than rent for the rest
of their lives. So it's a dream
deferred further into the future. But what's not clear is
just how much further millennials will postpone homeownership."
Dream continued on page 5
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Whistle While You Work
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve
probably heard the hit song
“Happy” by Pharrell Williams. The lyrics encourage
listeners to “…clap along if
you know what happiness is
to you.”
Which begs the question,
what is the key to being happy? More specifically, what
is the key to being happy at
work? More money, more
time off, family benefits?
That’s what researchers
at The University of Alabama
want to know and they may
have found some answers.
Dr. Jonathon Halbesle-
Diversity
“Hollywood needs to
know that this is what diversity is supposed to look like,”
Anderson said after his performance.
Since 1967, the Image
Awards has celebrated “outstanding achievements and
performances of people of
color in the arts, as well as
those individuals or groups
who promote social justice
through their creative endeavors,” according to the
NAACP website.
Will Smith and Jada
Pinkett Smith attended the
Image Awards after publicly announcing that they
would not attend the Academy Awards due to the lack
of diversity. After the Smiths
and director Spike Lee announced their plans to skip
the Oscars this year, several actors of color have been
more vocal about their views
on diversity in Hollywood.
“We don’t need to ask
for acceptance from anyone,”
said “Empire” star Taraji P.
Henson when she received
her award for outstanding
actress in a drama series.
“We are enough, we’ve been
enough and we always will be
enough.”
Creed actor Michael B.
Jordan went home with two
awards for outstanding actor
in a motion picture and entertainer of the year. “Straight
Outta Compton” received an
award for outstanding motion
picture.
Both films were snubbed
during the nomination process for the Academy Awards.
“I’m excited to have
the NAACP Image Awards
to recognize African American artist and talent. But,
it doesn’t say to me that we
don’t have a role or place at
ben, associate professor of
human resource management
and organizational behavior
at the Culverhouse College of
Commerce, has spent his career researching what makes
people happy and more productive in their jobs.
“When people feel like
they have meaningful work
and it’s adding to what the
company is trying to accomplish—particularly if they
buy into the company goals—
that can be the most powerful
force to keeping people happy,” says Halbelsleben.
Halbesleben’s research
shows that pay and benefits
the Oscars. We’re not mutually exclusive. We can be here
tonight celebrating each other and we can be there on the
[February] 28th,” said attorney Areva Martin.
Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph
noted the importance of viewing African American-branded award shows in the same
light of shows like the Academy Awards.
“We shouldn’t look to
others to validate how wonderful and beautiful we are,”
Ralph said. “I am a great actress and I’ve been in the
game for a long time. Remember, we weren’t always
celebrated by others that’s
why we created shows like
this.”
The show paid great attention to those in entertainment and public service.
Sanaa Lathan received the
award for best actress in a
motion picture for her role in
“The Perfect Guy.”
Pastor Jamal Bryant,
Jussie Smollett of the hit show
“Empire,” activist group Concerned Student Collective
1950 at the University of Missouri at Columbia, and five
other recipients received the
NAACP Chairman’s Award,
which honors those with distinguished public service.
The ceremony also featured performances by Smollett, singer Alice Smith and
Grammy Award-winning
artist John Legend, who received the NAACP President’s Award for his philanthropy.
John Legend said that,
“Despite the daunting problems, I am hopeful that our
generation will demand and
achieve radical change in our
lifetime.” •
only get employees so far and
these benefits don’t necessarily contribute to workplace
happiness.
“What you need to do is
have that (pay) at a baseline
level that people can be satisfied with it, and then these
social factors like how meaningful their work is, how well
they get along with their coworkers—these things play
a much larger role,” explains
Halbesleben. “The people
that ask a lot of questions
about pay and these basic
things, they tend not to be
real happy in their jobs. The
people that stay in their jobs
Dream
continued from page 4
It's a finding that should
give policymakers pause,
since homeownership is associated with a number of good
outcomes, Xu said.
"Prior research indicates
that homeownership carries
numerous benefits," she said.
"The children of homeowners typically perform better
in school than those of renters, for example, and homeownership reduces the risk
of divorce among couples. So
there are a lot of benefits.
It's definitely a policy target that should be promoted,
which is why policymakers
should worry."
Xu noted that homeownership has been promoted in
the past through the commercial credit expansion through
the government-sponsored
lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
"There's also the Community Reinvestment Act,
which ensures that there's
credit available for underserved communities. All
those efforts dramatically
increased homeownership
in the late 1990s and early
2000s," Xu said.
Then, of course, the
housing market crashed in
September 2008.
"If we think about what
happened during the credit expansion, many people
who were not really ready for
homeownership were lured
into homeownership, and
that's certainly not what we
want to see again," Xu said.
"Ultimately, I do see some upside in millennials delaying
homeownership. The more
stringent credit conditions
will select the more financially prepared millennials for
homeownership. As a result,
and are really happy are people who often, from the beginning, are asking about opportunities for growth.
Companies known for
making their employees happy like Google and LinkedIn
often pay less than expected, but they may have found
the key to creating a happy
workplace.
“Those are really good
examples because many of
those companies act ually pay below average,” says
Halbesleben. “I think a lot of
people don’t even know that
people often take a pay cut to
work at Google. And the reamillennials' homeownership
will be more sustainable, and
their financial stability and
wealth accumulation may be
enhanced. If that's the case,
then maybe a little delay in
buying their first home isn't
too bad if they're a more responsible homeowner."
The paper was published
in the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal and was selected as 2015's
best paper in housing economics.
The paper's co-authors are Suzanne Bartholomae of Iowa State University; Michael S. Gutter of the
University of Florida; Carrie Johnson of South Dakota
State University and Barbara
O'Neill of Rutgers University.
The paper was the product of a multistate research
project titled "Behavioral
Economics and Financial Decision-making and Information Management Across the
Lifespan." The participating
universities in the research
project were the University
of Delaware, the University
of Florida, the University of
Georgia, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
the University of the Incarnate Word, Iowa State University, Kansas State University, the University of
Maryland, the University of
Missouri, Pennsylvania State
University, Purdue University, Rutgers University, South
Dakota State University and
Utah State University.
The activities of the research project were partially supported by the National
Institute of Food and Agriculture. •
son is, they do a really good
job at identifying talent that
can contribute in meaningful ways, and then they give
them the space to contribute
in those meaningful ways.”
Halbesleben adds that
companies like Google give
their employees freedom
and room to grow. His research indicates that companies need to find people they
trust to do the job and then let
them do the job.
“At Google, there is a
set percentage of time within the workweek that an employee can do whatever they
want with that time, and
it’s not whatever you want
as long as it makes Google
more profitable, it just gives
them the freedom to develop these new, crazy ideas
that they don’t have to worry
about it intruding on the other
work that they should be doing,” explains Halbesleben.
“So rather than coming into
work each day and you’ve got
this to-do list and you’re just
checking it off, it’s a chance
to sort of shape the job in a
way that you really, truly enjoy. I think a lot of these companies do a really good job of
that and as a result people are
really happy there.”
So why aren’t more companies following Google’s
lead?
“I think a big part of it
sometimes is hard for companies to give up sort of the
control. Standardization has
just been ingrained in everything that has been produced
in America for so long,” says
Halbesleben.
There is also new research in something called
job crafting. The idea behind job crafting is that the
employee creates the job description they’re interested
in, one that suits their skills,
and that makes them happy.
“ O n t he s u r fa c e t h at
sounds really scary because
you’re like, look at all these
people doing their own thing,
Halbesleben says. “Take for
example professors at a university—the courses have to
get taught. You don’t all decide that you’re going to craft
your jobs, but not teach. The
work gets done, but employees might naturally reconfigure how the work gets done
and who does what work in a
way that better suits their desires, their talents, and their
aspirations for the future.
And as an employee, working
with your coworkers to craft
your jobs in a way that puts
you in that place that makes
you happy, that’s going to be
really important.”
A nother factor to job
happiness that is important,
but often overlooked is the
time employees are not on
the job. Research consistently shows it’s a huge contributor to job satisfaction.
“So actually switching
off from work for a while,
not checking your email at
night, these types of things,
go a long way to the time
at work being happier and
more productive,” says Halbesleben. “There’s a whole
line of research about recovery that looks at that issue
of what people do in their
off time. And it consistently
finds that having time away
from work—truly away from
work—gives people a chance
to recharge their batteries and
come back to work in a much
better place, be more productive and less stressed.” •
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Black History Month Power Networking
Exclusive Social Gathering of Business Leaders for a Discussion of the Economic State
GREENSBORO, N.C. –
Black Pages USA will host
the ‘Black History Month
Power Networking’ event.
The event will feature guest
speaker, Richard Kaglic, the
Senior Regional Economist at
the Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond. He joined the Research Department in 2009
and is responsible for analyzing regional economic conditions and developments, as
well as educating the region’s
diverse constituents on the
role of the Federal Reserve
and its Districts Bank.
The purpose of the net-
Richard Kaglic, the Senior Regional Economist at
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Moral March/HK on J Rally This Sat.
By Cash Michaels
The political stage is
set for this Saturday’s Tenth
Annual Moral March in Raleigh/HK on J People’s Assembly, kicking off at 8:30
a.m. with a pre-march rally
at 2 East South Street near
Shaw University in downtown Raleigh, with a march
down the Fayetteville Street
Mall to the steps of the State
Capitol kicking off at 10 a.m.
It is called the “Get Out
The Vote Gathering and Mobilization,” sponsored by
the NCNAACP and the Forward Together Movement.
The People’s Assembly at the
Capitol will end at 12:30 p.m.
At the assembly, there
will be voter registration for
the tentative March 15th primaries (tentative thanks to a
federal appeals court ruling
last Friday throwing out redistricting maps for the First
and Twelfth Congressional
Districts, and ordering that
they be redrawn within the
next two weeks).
Following the Moral
March on Raleigh, there will
be a Souls to the Polls training about how faith communities can register, educate,
and mobilize their congregations and communities to
the polls.
On Friday evening, Feb.
12, there will be a pre-Moral March/People’s Assembly mass meeting and wor-
ship service, featuring Rabbi
Fred Guttman, starting at 7
p.m. at First Baptist Church,
101 S. Wilmington Street in
Raleigh.
The agenda, as always,
for the Moral March, includes the expansion and
protection of voting rights;
economic justice and livable wages per labor rights;
educational equity through
proper funding for quality public schools and support for historically black
colleges and universities;
health care for all Medicaid
expansion, women’s health
and environmental justice;
equal protection under the
law through justice without
regard to race, creed, class,
gender, sexual orientation or
immigration status; and police reform.
According to the USA
To d ay n e w s p a p e r, ove r
80,000 demonstrators participated in the 2015 Moral
March/People’s Assembly,
making it one of the largest
social justice gatherings in
the nation at the time. This
year organizers say they are
trying to attract even more
participants in an effort to
register as many as possible
for this year’s state and national elections.
A highlight of Saturday’s People’s Assembly
will be an address by David Goodman, the brother
of the late Andrew Good-
man, who, along with fellow
civil rights workers Michael
“Mickey” Schwerner and
James Chaney, was killed
by the Ku Klux Klan in Neshoba County, Mississippi in
June 1964. They were there
to help register black people
there to vote.
David Goodman, along
with his wife, heads up the
Andrew Goodman Foundation, which promotes
creative and social action
among young people nationwide. Mr. Goodman will
serve ambassador for the assembly.
Last year, the foundation recognized actor/social
activist Danny Glover and
“Selma” director Ava DuVernay, among others, with
the 2015 Hidden Heroes
Award, named after Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney.
Many of the speakers
this year will be persons negatively impacted by the 2013
voter restrictions passed by
the Republican-led NC General Assembly, and signed by
Gov. Pat McCrory.
The entire event will be
live streamed across the nation.
For more information
call the NCNAACP office at
919-682-4700, or go to www.
naacpnc.org or www.hkonj.
com. •
Aging in Place Downtown Presents
"Tuesday Talks" Dinner and a Movie, etc.
Wilmington is home to an abundance of
restaurants, and a remarkable number of theaters, both stage and screen. It’s hard to keep
track of all the changes.
Our Tuesday Talk will take a look at the
best restaurants in the area and those that are
expected to open soon. We will get a sneak
peek at upcoming theater productions and
movies expected in Wilmington, and may
even get a preview of the Oscars.
Our Experts:
John Staton is Arts and Entertainment
Editor of the StarNews, where he has covered
the beat since 2000. Previously he was edi-
tor of Encore Magazine and is an avid Thalian
Theater-goer.
Paul Stephen began at the StarNews as a
photographer in 2004 but soon became the full
time foodie. He covers all the dining trends,
restaurant buzz, and reviews the local eateries.
• Tuesday February 16, 2016, 5:30 pm –
7:00 pm
• Main Library · 3rd & Chestnut Sts. ·
New Hanover Room
• FREE! Please RSVP: [email protected] or leave a
message at: 910-805-HOME (4663)
• Free 2 hour parking on the ground level
of the deck on 2nd Street •
working event is to bring together business professionals
to discuss and share collective ideas about the economic state of corporations
worldwide and the vital roles
consumers play.
Kaglic will discuss the
state of the general economy
in North Carolina and across
the United States. “The microeconomic conditions being faced by black owned
businesses or other ownership is the same when we take
a look around the overall economic environment. It’s important to all businesses.
He will also talk about
t he st at e of educat ion i n
North Carolina as it pertains
to African Americans and
job readiness in order to contribute in economic growth.
“I would like to see business leaders come away with
a better sense of where the
economy is going and what
that may mean for their own
businesses.”
The event will take place
inside the International Civil Rights Museum on Thursday, February 18th, 2016
from 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. The
museum’s location address
is 134 S. Elm Street Greensboro, NC 27401. Black Pages
USA is a magazine published
and distributed by McCants
Communications Group, Inc.,
highlighting African American owned businesses. To
RSVP by February 12th contact the office at (336) 2741709 or by email at gerry@
blackpagesusa.com
T h e s p o n s o r s of t h e
event include McCants Communications Group, City of
Greensboro Minority and
Women’s Enterprise, Wells
Fargo, James C. Byers II and
Leslie Garner from Prudential, M&F Bank, Black Pages USA, Emma S. Allen
from State Farm, and Reliable Home Care Services.
About Rick Kaglic:
Rick Kaglic is the Senior Regional Economist at
Richmond serving the Carolinas.
He joined the Research
Department in 2009 and is
responsible for analyzing regional economic conditions
For 28 years GDN has made change
happen with the help of our sponsors
and advertisers
and developments, as well as
educating the region's diverse
constituents on the role of the
Federal Reserve and its District Banks.
Prior to joining the Richmond Fed, Rick served as a
Senior Economist for Eaton
Corporation, a diversified
manufacturing firm headquartered in Cleveland, OH;
as Chief Economist for the
Washington State Employment Security Department;
and spent eleven years as Senior Business Economist for
Chicago.
Rick is currently participating in Leadership North
Carolina and has served in
leadership roles in the Chicago and Cleveland Associations for Business Economics
and provided economic analysis for Governor’s Economic Advisory Councils in four
states.
He completed both his
undergraduate and graduate
work at Youngstown State
University with specializations in regional and urban
economics. •
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United Not Divided: Economic
Inequality and Opportunity Gap
Public Forum at Marriott
Inner Harbor at Camden
Yards – March 30-31, 2016
The distribution of income and wealth in the United States has been widening
steadily for several decades.
The American middle class is
shrinking. Children of disadvantaged families lack access
to the quality educational resources and the opportunity
gap between the poor and affluent Americans is increasing. The trend is alarming, but
many believe that it can be reversed.
“United not Divided:
Economic Inequality and Opportunity Gap” is a two-day
public forum where scholars, community leaders, policy makers, students and the
general public will discuss issues of economic inequality
and the opportunity gap with
the goal of exploring ways to
mitigate their negative impacts
on the social, cultural and political fabric of the nation. The
second day is devoted to discussions on Baltimore and its
efforts to transform low-opportunity neighborhoods.
The forum will take place
at the Marriot Inner Harbor
at Camden Yards, Baltimore,
Md., on March 30-31. The
event is organized by the Center for the Study of Democracy
at St. Mary’s College of Maryland with the National Center
on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA) and St. Mary’s
County Arts Council.
At the end of the forum,
attendees are invited to participate in the Theory Meets Practice Tour of NCIA, a nonprofit organization that provides
support services to adults and
children with intellectual and
emotional disabilities and develops credible alternatives to
incarceration and institutionalization. The tour will last 1
hour 15 minutes; it is free and
open to the public. Bus transportation is provided.
This forum is free and
open to the public, but advance registration is required.
Attendees should register by
March 25, 2016 at www.smcm.
edu/baltimoreforum or by calling 240-895-4215.
Topics to be explored:
• What does scholarly re-
search say about economic inequality?
• What do we mean by the
opportunity gap?
• What are the specific enduring challenges faced
by many communities in
American cities?
• What strategies are available to meet these challenges?
• How hopeful can we be
in our efforts to transform
low-opportunity neighborhoods in cities such as
Baltimore into neighborhoods of greater opportunity?
Forum Chair: Dr. Maija
Harkonen, Executive Director, Center for the Study of Democracy at St. Mary’s College
of Maryland. Co-Director and
Moderator: Dr. Helen Daugherty, Professor of Sociology
and G. Thomas and Martha
Myers Yeager Chair in the Liberal Arts, St Mary's College of
Maryland.
Forum Speakers:
Hon. Steny Hoyer (U.S.
Representative, 5th Congressional District, Maryland), Dr.
Tuajuanda C. Jordan (President, St. Mary’s College
of Maryland), Mr. Kurt L.
Schmoke (President, University of Baltimore, former Mayor,
City of Baltimore), Dr. Karl L.
Alexander (Chair and the John
Dewey Professor of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University), Mr. Michael Cryor (Chair,
OneBaltimore), Mr. Herbert J.
Hoelter (CEO and Co-Founder, NCIA), Dr. Nasir M. Khilji (Senior Economist, Office
of Economic Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury), Ms.
Diane Bell McKoy (President
and CEO of Black Charities),
Dr. Branko Milanovic (Visiting Presidential Professor,
Luxemburg Income Center,
Graduate Center of University of New York), Mr. Keiffer
Jackson Mitchell (Special Adviser to Maryland Governor
Larry Hogan), Mr. Antero Pietila (Baltimore Sun Reporter, Author of Not in My Neighborhood: How Bigotry Shaped
a Great American City), Mr.
Arloc Sherman (Senior Fellow,
Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities), and Dr. Margery
Austin Turner (Senior Vice
President, Planning and Management, The Urban Institute).
The Center for the Study
of Democracy (CSD) explores contemporary and historical issues associated with
the ideas of democracy, liberty and justice in national and
international contexts. It supports research that enhances
our understanding of liberal democracy and its critics.
Isaiah 61:8-9
New Living
Translation (NLT)
8: For I, the LORD,
love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I
will faithfully reward my
people for their suffering
and make an everlasting
covenant with them.
9: Their descendants
will be recognized and
honored among the nations.
Everyone will realize that
they are a people the LORD
has blessed.” •
CSD facilitates activities that
strengthen democracy and the
rule of law; enhance security
and individual freedoms; invigorate the civil society; encourage free enterprise; and
increase economic, environmental, educational and cultural equity.
St. Mary’s College of
Maryland, founded in 1840, is
Maryland’s only public honors
college. The College is consistently ranked as one of the
top public liberal arts colleges
in the nation by U.S. News &
World Report, Kiplinger’s and
The Princeton Review.
The National Center on
Institutions and Alternatives
The National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
(NCIA) is a Baltimore-based
nonprofit organization providing support services to adults
and children with intellectual
and emotional disabilities. It
works in sentencing advocacy,
parole release advocacy, and
the development of credible alternatives to incarceration and
institutionalization. NCIA also
offers a Youth In Transition
School and vocational training
programs for those who have
not done well in traditional academic settings.
The St. Mary's County
Arts Council is a non-profit
organization whose goal is to
cultivate the arts to enrich the
quality of life in our community. It also aims at increasing
the awareness of and access to
the arts; providing a supportive environment for local artists and arts organizations to
thrive; fostering economic vitality through the arts; and developing the St. Mary's Arts
Council as a high performing
organization. •
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Toyota
Months later in July,
Honda Finance Corporation
agreed to pay $24 million on
similar violations. In September, Ohioba se d Fi f t h T h i rd Ba n k
agreed to pay $18 million
and cooperate with an independent administrator appointed to identify affected
borrowers and distribute restitution. The largest of the recent
cases came two years earlier when in 2013 Ally Bank
agreed to pay $98 million in
civil penalties and restitution. This enforcement action found that approximately 100,000 Black borrowers,
125,000 Latino borrowers,
and 10,000 Asian/Pacific Islander borrowers paid
higher rates for their auto
loans than similarly situated White borrowers. Even
more troubling, just one year
later Ally paid an additional
$38 million to borrowers for
discrimination that occurred
after the initial settlement.
Despite progress resulting from these recent
enforcement actions, discrimination in the market
remains, says Chris Kukla,
a senior vice present with
the Center for Responsible
Lending (CRL).
“The terms of the settlement continue to move in the
right direction,” noted Kukla. “However, dealer discretion to mark up interest rates
remains an unfair and hidden practice with continued potential for discrimination. The only effective
way to completely eliminate
the discriminatory impact
and the unfairness of hidden
dealer interest rate markups
is to end the practice altogether.” A t $1 t r i l l i o n , a u t o
lending is the third-largest
source of consumer debt, behind that of mortgages and
student loans. CRL has also
determined through survey
research that even though
Black and Latino consumers make more of an effort to
negotiate auto interest rates
than others, they still wind
up paying higher rates.
“ L aw e n fo r c e m e n t
must continue to vigilantly and swiftly act when they
uncover discriminatory or
unfair lending as they have
done with other enforcement
actions,” continued Kukla.
“The recent news that Ally
paid an additional $38 million in restitution to compensate borrowers harmed
after Ally’s settlement with
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Justice shows
that the issue of discrimination due to car dealer interest rate markup is real and
needs to end.”
Here’s hoping this Black
History Month fair-minded
people of all races and ethnicities will better understand that the struggle for
justice must continue.
Charlene Crowell is a
communications manager
with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be
reached at responsiblelending.org. •
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
BakerMechanical,Inc.SeekingMinority
prices for work relating to HVAC.
Contact: John Williams
P.O. Box 2284
Wilson, NC 27894-2284
Telephone: (252) 291- 4460
Fax No.: (252) 291- 7204
Invitation to Bid
February 18, 2016
2:00 PM
Project:
NCDOT New Hanover County
Contract ID: DC00130
WBS Element: 17BP.3.R.28
Work Description:
Culvert Replacement – Structure #640028
Greenfield Lake Overflow
Estimator:
Michael Griggs,
(P) 910-675-2554 (F) 910-675-3709
Plans and specifications may be viewed at
the following address and at
https://connect.ncdot.gov/letting/Pages/
Letting-Details.aspx?let_type=3
Barnhill Contracting Company
4901 N. College Road
Castle Hayne, NC 28429
Invitations to Bid
February 25, 2016
11:00 AM
Project:
City of Goldsboro – New Hope Road
Multi-Use Path
Work Description:
The work shall consist principally of:
Installation of 10 foot wide multi-use path
along New Hope Road from hare Road
to the City of Goldsboro property line at
the corner of Wayne memorial Road and
new Hope Road and to include a bridge
installation across Reedy Branch.
Estimator:
Ricky Russell,
(P) 252-527-8021 (F) 252-527-4739
Plans and specifications can be viewed at
the following:
Barnhill Contracting Company,
604 E. New Bern Rd.,
Kinston, NC 28502
City of Goldsboro,
214 North Center Street,
Goldsboro, NC 27533
Download at www.ci.goldsboro.nc.us
C. M. Lindsay & Sons, Inc.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Is seeking subcontractor/supplier quotes
from NCDOT Certified DBE/MBE/WBE
contractors for the following project.
RE:
NCDOT HIGHWAY LETTING
BID DATE:
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
CONTRACT ID:
C203781
COUNTY:
COLUMBUS
Quotes and Sub Bids should be submitted
to our office by 12:00 pm on August 17,
2015. Quotes can be faxed to 910-7392820, by email to [email protected] our
by phone 910-739-8988. Attention: C. M.
Lindsay, Jr.
Invitation to bid
New Hanover County Schools invites
General Contractors to bid on the
Renovations to New Hanover High
School’s George West Building located
at 1307 Market Street, Wilmington NC
28401. Sealed single prime Bids will be
received by the Office of Facility Planning
and Construction in Conference Room
101 of the New Hanover County Schools’
Administration Building, 6410 Carolina
Beach Road, Wilmington NC 28412, at
3:00 pm on Thursday, March 3, 2016.
All Bids will be opened and read aloud
starting at 3:00 pm. This project will be
bid and awarded in accordance with G.S.
143-128 and G.S. 143-129.
The project generally consists of the
renovation of approximately 28,000 sf
of the NHHS George West and ROTC
buildings including selective demolition,
concrete slab and masonry construction
and repair, roofing repairs, exterior and
interior finishes, equipment, fixtures,
plumbing, HVAC and electrical systems.
A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be
held on Wednesday, February 17, 2016,
at 2:00 pm in the Media Center of New
Hanover High School, 1307 Market
Street,Wilmington NC 28401.The Design
Consultant, Becker Morgan Group, and
a representative from New Hanover
County Schools will be available at that
time to answer questions concerning the
project. A walk through of the George
West and ROTC buildings will be
conducted at the end of the meeting.
Contractors attending the mandatory
Pre-Bid Conference will have additional
opportunities to visit the site on Friday,
February 19, 2016 from 1:00 pm to
5:00 pm, Tuesday, February 23, 2016,
Wednesday, February 24, 2016, and
Thursday, February 25, 2016 from 3:30
pm to 5:00 pm. Questions after the PreBid Conference shall be submitted in
writing to Rick Collins, AIA, Becker
Morgan Group, 3205 Randall Parkway,
Suite 211, Wilmington NC 28403 (fax
#910.341.7506; email rcollins@becker
morgan.com), or to Eddie Anderson,
Director of Facility Planning and
Construction, New Hanover County
Schools, 6410 Carolina Beach Road,
Wilmington NC 28412 (email Eddie.
[email protected]).
Complete full sets of plans and
specifications may be obtained from
Copy Cat Print Shop at no expense
upon receipt of a refundable $300.00
plan deposit. Partial sets will not be
available. Plan deposit checks shall be
made payable to New Hanover County
Schools and mailed or delivered to Becker
Morgan Group, 3205 Randall Parkway,
Suite 211, Wilmington NC 28403,
attention Rick Collins, AIA. The deposit
will be refunded upon return of the
Contract Documents in good condition
within thirty (30) days after the Bid
opening. Complete sets of digital plans
and specifications are available from
Becker Morgan Group beginning Monday,
February 8, 2016 upon receipt of a signed
“Release for use of Digital Media” form
by Becker Morgan Group. The form is
included in Section 011000, “Summary
of Work”, of the specifications, or
available upon request from Becker
Morgan Group (phone #910.341.7600).
Contract Documents are also available
for review at New Hanover County
Schools’ Office of Facility Planning and
Construction and the following regional
plan rooms.
AGC
FW Dodge
East Coast Digital Plan Room
Carolinas Plan Room/McGee Cadd
Hispanic Contractors Association of the
Carolinas
Copy Cat Printshop
A Bid Security in the amount of five
percent (5%) of the Base Bid Amount
must accompany each Bid in accordance
with Section I - Information for Bidders
of the project specifications. No Bid may
be withdrawn for a period of forty-five
(45) days after the opening thereof.
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Sealed proposals from contractors will be
received on March 8, 2016, in the office of
the Wake County Public School System,
Facilities Building, Reception Desk, 1429
Rock Quarry Rd., Suite 116, Raleigh,
NC, for the construction of Rolesville
Elementary School Additions and
Renovations. All bids will be opened
and read aloud starting at 2:00 p.m. For
a complete description of the proposed
work and bidding specifications visit
www.wcpss.net/page/250. Minority and
women-owned businesses are encouraged
to participate. The Wake County Public
School System reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
ATTENTION
DBE/WBE/MBE
SUBCONTRACTORS
Smith-Rowe, LLC, 639 Old US 52 South,
Mount Airy, NC 27030 will be bidding
the following projects on February 23,
2016 at the North Carolina Department
of Transportation Division 8 bid
opening:
Contract #
DH00191
County
Randolph
Description
Replace Bridge 84 Over Muddy Creek
With Box Culvert on SR 1603 (School Rd)
Contract #
DH00192
County
Randolph
Description
Replace Bridge 366 Over Unnamed Creek
on SR 1311 (Bescher Chapel Rd)
We are interested in your quotations for
hauling, grading & drainage, asphalt,
shoulder berm gutter (DH00192),
guardrail, temporary traffic control,
paint pavement marking lines, waterline,
trenchless installation of utilities,
temporary silt fence, seeding and
mulching, and vertical concrete barrier
rail (DH00192). A pre-bid conference
will be held on February 16, 2016 at 10:00
A.M. to discuss the proposed projects.
Please call 336/789-8221 if you would
like to attend the pre-bid conference. You
may call in your quotes to our Mount Airy
office at 336/789-8221, fax 336/789-6807,
or email Frank Fulp at frank@smithrowe.
com .
Sharpe Brothers is actively requesting
quotations from certified state of
North Carolina HUB MBE/WBE
Subcontractors and suppliers for the
City of Greensboro Resurfacing of
City Street Projects. We are looking for
quotes for the following items: Trucking
Asphalt & Millings Milling, traffic
control sub and materials, sidewalk &
curb ramps, manhole & water valve
adjustments, striping, silt fence, &
seeding & mulching. We request the
receipt of quotations prior to 5:00 p.m.
on Feb 17, 2016 in order to fairly evaluate
all quotations. If interested please contact
Kenny Alston at 336-235-2756 or Kenny.
[email protected]
The successful Bidder will be required to
furnish a 100% Performance Bond and
a 100% Labor and Material Payment
Bond.
New Hanover County Schools has a
verifiable ten percent (10%) goal for
participation by minority businesses in
the total value of the work. Bidders
are required on school construction and
renovation projects covered by N.C.
G.S. 143-128 to make a “good faith
effort” to meet this goal. Bidders shall
identify on the Bid Form the minority
businesses that will be used on the project.
Bidders shall submit along with the Bid,
Affidavit A - Listing of Good Faith Efforts
pursuant to subsection (f) of G.S. 143128.2, and the total dollar value of the bid
that will be performed by the minority
businesses. A Bidder that performs 100%
of the work under the Contract with its
own workforce must submit Affidavit
B - Intent to Perform Contract with Own
Forces in lieu of the aforementioned
affidavit otherwise required under this
subsection.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
AT RISK
The New Hanover County Schools
reserves the right to reject any and all Bids,
waive informalities and irregularities in
bidding, and to accept Bids which are
considered to be in the best interest of the
New Hanover County Schools.
INVITATION TO BID
WeaverCooke Construction invites all
qualified MWBE / HUB subcontractors
and vendors to submit proposals for
the following project: Sumner Ridge
Apartments in Greensboro, NC – The
new construction of a 72 unit Apartment
Community, with Clubhouse. Bids
due Tuesday February 16, 2016 5:00
pm. Contact: Courtney Field at 336-3787900, email [email protected]
or fax 336-378-7901 for information on
this and other projects and for assistance
with plans and specifications. Davis
Bacon and Section 3 Program compliance
may be required. WeaverCooke, LLC
is an equal opportunity employer.
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INVITATION TO BID
WeaverCooke Construction invites all
qualified MWBE / HUB subcontractors
and vendors to submit proposals for the
following project: River Oaks Village in
Little River, SC – The new construction
of an 190 residential town-homes
community, with detached garages.
Bids due Thursday February 18, 2016
5:00 pm. Contact: Courtney Field at 336378-7900, email cfield@weavercooke.
com or fax 336-378-7901 for information
on this and other projects and for
assistance with plans and specifications.
Davis Bacon and Section 3 Program
compliance may be required. Weaver
Cooke, LLC is an equal opportunity
employer.
Sealed proposals will be received until
3:00 PM on Thursday, March 3, 2016,
at Wake Technical Community College,
Main Campus, Montague Hall, Room
MHB343, 9101 Fayetteville Road,
Raleigh, NC 27603, for the construction
of Buildings A&B Renovations
Northern Wake Campus at which time
and place bids will be opened and read.
Complete plans and specifications for
this project can be obtained from Accent
Imaging, www.accentimaging.com or
www.planscope.com, 8121 Brownleigh
Drive, Raleigh, NC 27617, 800-280-0755
phone, 800-477-0755 fax after Sunday,
February 7, 2016. A refundable plan
deposit of one hundred and fifty dollars
($150.00) in cash, check payable to
Accent Imaging, or credit card is required
for each set. Contractor will be required
to pay for all shipping.
Contractors are required to attend the
mandatory pre-bid and preferred
brand alternates meeting, which will
be held on Thursday, February 18, 2016
at 2:00 PM, at the Wake Technical
Community College, Northern Wake
Campus, Building B, Room 239, 6600
Louisburg Road, Raleigh, NC 27616. In
Accordance with GS133-3 and SCO
procedures, the following preferred
brand alternate items are being considered
for this project: interior panel signage by
Corum Signs, parking control gates by 3M,
and lock cylinder hardware by Schlage.
Wake Technical Community College
reserves the unqualified right to reject any
and all proposals.
Architect:
HH Architecture
520 S Harrington Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
919-828-2301 phone
919-828-2303 fax
Signed:
Daniel Edwards
Wake Technical Community College
Facilities Operations Division
Main Campus, Montague Hall, Suite 208
9101 Fayetteville Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: 919-866-6167
UNC Hospitals, acting through KSQ/
Peterson, is accepting applications for
Construction Manager at Risk for the
project entitled “Medical Vacuum Pump
Replacements”.
Sealed applications for prequalification
will be due no later than 5:00 pm, Monday,
March 7, 2016 at KSQ/Peterson 2115
Rexford Rd. Suite 500, Charlotte, NC
28211. Qualification questionnaire may be
obtained from KSQ/Peterson, telephone
(704) 319-5341 or email Pam MacMillan
at [email protected]
The project involves the removal and
disposal of two (2) existing medical
vacuum pumps (work includes removal
of existing plumbing water supply –
cooling water, along with floor drains
and drainage piping to be terminated at
source) and the installation of two (2) new
medical vacuum pumps and associated
power and controls, new distribution
piping, cutting and patching of ceilings,
floors and walls, fire stopping of
penetrations, removal and installation
of lay-in ceilings and dust partitions. The
project shall comply with NFPA 99 for
Level 1 medical gas systems as well as
other applicable NC Building Codes, NC
Hospital Licensure codes and Federal
codes governing Hospital construction.
The project will take place in an active
Hospital building and shall be constructed
in accordance with UNC Hospitals
policies governing construction, infection
control, life safety and fire safety.
The project construction budget is:
$1,210,000.00.
A Mandatory Pre-Proposal Conference
will be held on:
Conference Date:
February 23rd
Conference Time:
10:00 AM
Conference Address:
9th Floor Memorial Hospital, Plant
Engineering
For purpose of coordination, primary
contact for project information is:
Project Manager:
Michael Rogers, PE
Title:
Principal
Mailing Address:
2115 Rexford Rd
Suite 500,
Charlotte, NC 28211
Phone Number:
704-319-5370
E-Mail:
[email protected]
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
BIDDER PRE-QUALIFICATION
REQUEST
Choate Construction Company, as
Construction Manager at Risk, is seeking
to pre-qualify construction trade and
specialty contractors for the 05F-Stair
Railing System and 07F-Water Repellent,
Waterproofing and Caulking bid packages
for the Mary Ellen Jones Building
R e n o v a t i o n p ro j e c t o n t h e U N C
campus in Chapel Hill, NC. PROJECT
DESCRIPTION: This project includes
extensive renovations to approximately
220,000 sf of existing lab, mechanical
a n d o ff i c e s p a c e s i n c l u d i n g n e w
mechanical systems, selective site work
improvements and building envelope.
For these packages, the bid date is early
2016. Historically underutilized business
participation is encouraged. Bids will be
accepted only from pre-qualified firms.
Deadline for interested contractors to
submit their completed prequalification
submittal is 5PM EST March 01, 2016, to:
Ms. Sharon Lee, Choate Construction
Company, 4800 Falls of Neuse Road, Suite
106; Raleigh, NC 27609 or via email to:
[email protected]. Prequalification
forms are available at the Choate
Construction Company offices in Raleigh,
NC or via email from: slee@choateco
.com. Questions may be directed to
Mitchell Puryear at mpuryear@choateco.
com, Eric Bendixen at ebendixen@
choateco.com or Sharon Lee at slee@
choateco.com at (919) 508-1989.
WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS
COMPLEX
SCO ID # 07-07389-02A
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
PRE-QUALIFICATION SUBMITTAL
Pre-qualification submittals for the
W O R K F O R C E S O L U T I ON S
COMPLEX – Project at Catawba
Valley Community College (CVCC) will
be received by Phillip Steele, of ADW
Architects, 101 W. WorthingtonAve, Suite
270, Charlotte, NC 28203 no later than
2:00 PM on MARCH 3RD, 2016. Prior
to that time, pre-qualification submittals
may be hand delivered to Mr. Steele.
Applicants are to provide two (2) complete
hard copies and one (1) digital copy (on
CD disc) of the pre-qualification
submittal by the date submittals are to be
received. A non-mandatory informational
meeting will be held in The Instructional
Conference Room on the CVCC
Campus - Main Administration Building
on February 24th at 2:00 PM. The
Contractor Qualification Statement form
can be obtained from Mr. Steele at
adwarchitects.com or by calling ADW
Architects at 704.379.1919 during normal
office hours.
February 11, 2016 - February 17, 2016
INVITATIONS TO BID
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
11:00 AM
Project:
NCDOT Carteret County DB00252
Work Description:
Intersection Improvements on US 70 in
Morehead City
Estimator:
RYAN HOLTON,
(P) 252-527-8021
(F) 252-527-4739
Plans and specifications can be viewed
at the following:
Barnhill Contracting Company,
604 E. New Bern Road,
Kinston, NC 28502
https://connect.ncdot.gov/letting/Pages/
Letting-List.aspx?let_type=2
BID REQUEST
BARNHILL CONTRACTING
COMPANY
Attention MBEs & WBEs
Barnhill Contracting Company is
requesting bids from any interested firms
for the following projects: NCDOT
Contracts: #DA00293 Dare County;
#DA00294 Gates & Perquimans
Counties; and #DA00295 Camden,
Currituck & Pasquotank Counties.
Pre-Bid Meeting is on Wednesday,
February 10, 2016 at 10:00 AM in our
Elizabeth City Office at 1304 US 17 South,
Elizabeth City, NC. These projects
bid on February 24, 2016 and include
opportunities on hauling, milling,
temporary silt fence, and seeding &
mulching. Plans can be viewed in our office
at the address listed above or on the
NCDOT website: http://www.ncdot.gov/
doh/operations/division1/BidRequests.
html. Please contact James Spivey at (252)
335-9503.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
EMPLOYER
PUBLIC ADVERTISEMENT
HOUSING AUTHORITY
OF THE CITY OF
WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
The Housing Authority of the City of
Wilmington North Carolina (WHA)
invites proposals from contractors for
Landscaping Services / Painting
Services / Cleaning Services & VCT
Flooring Removal & Replacement .
Please go to www.wha.net for bid package
and further information.
Advertisement for bids
State Utility Contractors, Inc. solicits
subcontract proposals for the following
work: Demolition, Hauling, Clearing
and Grubbing, Erosion Control, Asphalt
Paving, Fencing, Grassing, Concrete,
Insulation, Painting, Electrical for
Wa s t e w a t e r Tr e a t m e n t P l a n t
Improvements, Phase 1, Granite Falls,
NC. The bid date for this project is
February 18, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. Minority
businesses are encouraged to submit
proposals for this work. If additional
information is needed, please contact.
David Lucas at (704) 289-6400. EOE M/F
Yates Construction Co. Inc. is seeking
certified MBE/WBE quotations on the
following projects:
Project:
North Carolina Department of
Transportation
DG00281 – Guilford County
Replace Bridge with Culvert
Bid Date:
February 18, 2016 @ 11:00 AM
Trucking, Milling, Paving,
Masonry Drainage Structures,
Guardrail, Pavement Marking, Erosion
Control, Seeding & Mulching, Signs &
Safety, Clearing and Grubbing
** Quotes must be submitted to our
office no later than 4 hours before bid
to be considered. Please fax bids to
336-548-1903 Attn: Leslie Gaines **
Interested parties may contact Bret
Arnold at (336) 548-9621 or lgaines@
yatesconstruction.com for further
information. Plans and specifications
can be reviewed at our office located at
9220 NC Hwy 65 in Stokesdale.
Agency:
Johnston Community College
104-0202 2016
Project Name/Number:
Ta r t & S T E A M B u i l d i n g R o o f
Replacement / NCCCS Project No. 2090
Design Services:
Engineering/Roof Design
Scope:
Engineer/Roof Designer is needed to
provide design services and construction
administration for approximately 75,000
square feet of roof replacement on 2
buildings.
There will be no JCC guided tours or
meetings prior to the submittal of the
letters of interest.
Contact:
Michael Massey
Telephone:
919-209-2087
Fax:
919-209-2133
Email:
[email protected]
Total Project Budget:
$1,225,000
Source of Funds:
County Bond Funds
Publish Date:
February 11, 2016
Closing Date:
February 18, 2016 @ 2:00 pm
Submit THREE (3) Copies of Letter
of Interest and SF-254:
(Include also in CD form)
Michael Massey
Phone: 919-209-2087
Fax: 919-209-2133
Johnston Community College
U.S. Postal Service:
PO Box 2350
Smithfield, NC 27577
UPS/FedEx:
245 College Rd
Smithfield, NC 27577
NC Licensing Statement:
In order to offer architectural, engineering,
or landscape architectural services in
response to this solicitation, the
proposing firm must be properly licensed
to practice Architecture, Engineering, or
Landscape Architecture in the State of
North Carolina. More information on
the North Carolina state boards may be
found at the following websites:
NC Board of Architecture:
(http://www.ncbarch.org)
NC Board of Examiners for Engineers
& Land Surveyors:
(http://www.ncbels.org)
NC Board of Landscape Architects:
(http://www.ncbola.org)
SELECTING CRITERIA
In selecting designers, the selection
committee should take into consideration
qualification information including such
factors as:
1. Specialized or appropriate expertise
in the type of project.
2. Past performance on similar projects.
3. Adequate staff and proposed design
or consultant team for the project.
4. Current workload and State projects
awarded.
5. Proposed design approach for the
project including design team and
consultants.
6. Recent experience with project costs
and schedules.
7. C o n s t r u c t i o n a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
capabilities.
8. Proximity to and familiarity with the
area where the project is located.
9. Record of successfully completed
projects without major legal or
technical problems.
10.O t h e r f a c t o r s w h i c h m a y b e
appropriate for the project.
SUBMITTAL CRITERIA
Please submit THREE (3) copies of current
SF 254 Form with the required letters of
interest and the information package. In the
interest of costs-savings to the designers,
consistency of the submittals and more
efficient use of time by the pre-selection
committee, the submitted information
package should not include any notebooks,
binders, tab, clips, etc. The format should
be 8-1/2” x 11” pages stapled in the
upper left-hand corner. The package
length should not exceed ten (10) pages
plus the SF 254 Form.
Greater Diversity News Online at GreaterDiversity.com
American South General Contractors,
Inc. is accepting bids for the New
Elementary School in Gaston County,
North Carolina. All bids are due no later
than 1:00 pm on March 3, 2016. Send all
questions, request for plans, and bids to the
following: Seth Chambers schambers@
americansouthgc.com 828-777-6889
or Cameron Howellchowell@american
southgc.com 828-777-0653.
Sealed proposals will be received from
General Contractors, on March 10, 2016
at 3:00 pm in the Municipal Building
Boardroom at 504 S Broad Street,
Edenton NC and bids shall be reviewed
by the Owner for the furnishing of labor,
material and equipment entering into the
construction of the New Facility for
Edenton Police Department. Bidders
shall be advised of the results. Bids will
be received for Single Prime Contracts.
The Project consists of the construction of
a 9,440 square foot single story building
including plumbing, mechanical,
and electrical, along with related site
development. Construction includes slab
on grade, load and non-load bearing steel
stud walls, pre-manufactured wood roof
trusses, engineered framing, steel stud
and masonry interior walls, brick veneer
and a single ply membrane roofing system.
An open Pre-Bid Meeting will be held
on February 24, 2016 at 10:00 am in the
Municipal Building Boardroom at 504 S
Broad Street, Edenton NC. This meeting
will address project specific questions,
issues, bidding procedures and bid forms.
this project are available free of charge
for a Digital Download or for $150.00
(refundable) deposit by cash or certified
check for hard copies. Either format can be
obtained from Oakley Collier Architects,
109 Candlewood Road, Rocky Mount,
NC 27804 (252.937.2500) beginning
February 10, 2016, during normal office
hours. Plans will also be available in the
plan rooms of the Associated General
Contractors, Carolinas Branch, Raleigh,
NC, in the local North Carolina offices of
McGraw-Hill Dodge Corporation, and
in the Eastern Regional Office of Reed
Construction Data in Norcross, GA and
in Minority Plan Rooms in the Hispanic
Contractors Association of the Carolinas
(HCAC) in Raleigh and in East Coast
Digital – Minority Plan Room Provider,
Greenville, NC.
The owner reserves the right to reject any
or all bids and to waive informalities.
Owner:
Town Of Edenton
Bud Powell
400 South Broad Street
P.O. Box 300
Edenton,
North Carolina 27932
Architect:
Oakley Collier Architects, PA
109 Candlewood Road
Rocky Mount,
North Carolina 27804
252-937-2500
NOTICE MBE/WBE/DBE
ENTERPRISES
Young McQueen Grading is currently
soliciting bids from NCDOT certified DBE
certified contractors and suppliers for the
project below. We will be receiving bids for
all materials and for the following scopes
of work, if applicable: hauling, erosion
control, seeding storm drainage, asphalt,
guardrail, signage, striping, retaining walls,
structures, clearing & grubbing, curb &
gutter, surveying, and all other areas related
to the projects.
NCDOT #DM00159 Replace Bridge
#202 over Brummett Creek in Mitchell
County and #DM00160 Replace Bridge
#204 over Bird Creek in Mitchell
County. Bid Date: 3/2/2016. Plans and
specs may be examined at our office, at the
NCDOT office in Raleigh, or downloaded
at NCDOT.gov.
ALL DBE Subs and Suppliers are
encouraged to participate. Please notify us
at the email address below if you intend
to bid.
Young & McQueen will consider a
reasonable request for assistance from
contractors for equipment, supplies and
other items necessary to perform work. We
will also break work out into economically
feasible units. Please call to discuss any
requests you may have prior to bid.
If you have questions regarding this project
please call 828-682-7714, ext 40.
All project item lists, specifications and
plans are available in .pdf format at: http://
ncdot.org/doh/preconstruct/ps/contracts/
letting.html or can be viewed at our office:
25 Crest View Road
Burnsville NC 28714
ALL QUOTES MUST BE RECEIVED
BY 3/1/2016 AT 12:00 PM.
Send quotes to 828-682-9286 or email to
[email protected]
Page 9
INVITATION TO BID
MWBE/DBE SUBCONTRACTORS
Sealed proposals will be received from
all Bidders by The NC Department of
Transportation, attn: Priscilla Tyree
Williams, PE, in the NCDOT Morehead
City DMV Office, 5347 Hwy 70 W,
Morehead City, NC 28557 up to 3:00
PM, Thursday, March 17, 2016, and
immediately thereafter publicly opened
and read for the furnishing of labor,
material and equipment entering into the
construction of:
Bar Construction Co., Inc. is soliciting
quotations for the following: City of
Graham Park Complex Phase One
- Jim Minor Road. Bids are due at
11:00 am on 02/23/2016. Interested
subcontractors should contact Bruce
Guarini at 611-A Industrial Ave,
Greensboro, NC 27406, (336)-274-2477,
or [email protected].
NCDOT MOREHEAD CITY
DMV ADDITION
SCO ID #14-11258-01A
INVITATION TO BID
Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting;Wednesday,
March 2, 2016 at 2:30 PM at the Project site.
This meeting will be followed immediately
by a HUB information session for bidders,
subcontractors, and vendors. Contractors
who do not attend the mandatory pre-bid
will not be allowed to bid the project.
this project can be obtained at JKF
ARCHITECTURE, 625 Lynndale Ct.,
Suite F, Greenville, NC 27858, during
normal office hours after February 15,
2016.
Plans and specifications available for
viewing at AGC-Raleigh, NC, McGrawHill Dodge Corporation- Raleigh, Eastern
Regional Office of Reed Construction
Data, Norcross, GA, Hispanic Contractors
Association of the Carolinas (HCAC),
Raleigh, NC, and East Coast Digital Plan
Room, Greenville, NC.
Plan Deposit: $100.
The state reserves the unqualified right to
reject any and all proposals.
Signed:
Priscilla Tyree Williams, PE
NCDOT Facilities Management Division
1525 Mail Service Center
1 South Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27699-1525
ADVERTISEMENT
ROOFING CONTRACTORS
INVITED TO PREQUALIFY
FOR J. C. Sawyer School
Roofing-Elizabeth
City-Pasquotank
County Schools
PROJECT:
J. C. Sawyer School Roofing
LOCATION:
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
OWNER:
Elizabeth City-Pasquotank County Schools
DESIGNER:
LS3P ASSOCIATES LTD.
PREQUALIFICATION REQUIRED:
The Owner will accept bids only from
Roofing Contractors that have prequalified.
quotations for the following: High Point
Library Plaza Improvements Phase
One. Bids are due at 2:00 pm on
02/24/2016. Interested subcontractors
should contact Bruce Guarini at 611-A
Industrial Ave, Greensboro, NC 27406,
(336)-274-2477, or
[email protected].
INVITATION TO BID
quotations for the following: Dudley
High School Traffic Improvements.
Bids are due at 3:00 pm on 03/01/2016.
Interested subcontractors should contact
Bruce Guarini at 611-A Industrial Ave,
Greensboro, NC 27406, (336)-274-2477,
INVITATION TO BID
quotations for the following: North
Carolina State University – Tucker Hall
Renovations. Bids are due at 2:00 pm
on 03/01/2016. Interested subcontractors
should contact Bruce Guarini at 611-A
Industrial Ave, Greensboro, NC 27406,
(336)-274-2477, or
[email protected].
INVITATION TO BID
quotations for the following: North
Carolina A&T State University –
FORT IRC Lab 222 Renovations.
Bids are due at 2:00 pm on 02/25/2016.
Interested subcontractors should contact
Bruce Guarini at 611-A Industrial Ave,
Greensboro, NC 27406, (336)-274-2477,
education
Roofing Contractors are required to
have a General Contractor’s license.
DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS
ENTERPRISESAND HISTORICALLY
UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES
ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
FOR PREQUALIFICATION EITHER
INDEPENDENTLY OR AS PART OF
A TEAMING ARRANGEMENT.
SCOPE OF PROJECT:
The Project consists of approximately
26,667 sq. ft. of existing single-ply
membrane and built-up asphalt roofing
systems which will be removed and
replaced with new rigid foam insulation
and adhered PVC membrane roofing
system. Alternate bid to include 2,436
sq. ft. of built-up asphalt roofing system
removal over kitchen and replacement with
adhered PVC membrane roofing system.
TIMELINE:
Construction is anticipated to begin
approximately mid June 2016 and to be
completed by mid August 2016.
APPLICATION:
Interested General Contractors may obtain
an Application for Prequalification on or
after 15 February 2016 by contacting
the Designer via email: elliottoneal@ls3p.
com.
S U B M I TTA L O F B I DD E R
QUALIFICATIONS:
The Owner will evaluate each Bidder’s
qualifications pursuant to its procurement
policies and North Carolina General
Statutes Chapter 143. The Owner’s
Application for Prequalification must be
delivered to the Designer no later than
5:00 P.M. Wednesday 9 March 2016.
Fayetteville Technical Community College
is now accepting applications for the
following positions:
Psychology Instructor
English-as-a-Second
Language Instructor
For detailed information and to apply,
please visit our employment portal at:
https://faytechcc.peopleadmin.com/
Human Resources Office
Phone: (910) 678-8378
Internet: http://www.faytechcc.edu
An Equal Opportunity Employer
SOUTHEASTERN COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
English Instructor
Minimum requirements, position
description and required application for
this position can be found on the SCC
website at www.sccnc.edu or call 910642-7141, ext. 310. SCC application,
resume, letter of interest and educational
transcripts must be submitted in order to be
considered for this position. Application
deadline is listed on the position
announcement. AA/EOE
February 11, 2016 - February 17, 2016
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bids continued
NOTICE MBE/WBE/DBE
ENTERPRISES
Young & McQueen Grading is currently
soliciting bids from NCDOT certified
DBE contractors and suppliers for the
project below. We will be receiving bids
for all materials and for the following
scopes of work, if applicable: hauling,
erosion control, seeding, storm drainage,
electrical, security guards, NAVAIDS,
surveying, and all other areas related to
the projects.
Appointment only:
professional
Permanent Runway 17-35 Construction
– Bid Package 3 – Site Preparation and
NAVAIDs. Bid Date: 2/25/2016.
Plans and specs may be examined
technical
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The Orange Water and
Sewer Authority
UTILITY MECHANIC I
Fayetteville Technical Community College
is now accepting applications for the
following positions:
Programmer/Analyst II
Accounting TechnicianAccounts Payable
For detailed information and to apply,
please visit our employment portal at:
https://faytechcc.peopleadmin.com/
Human Resources Office
Phone: (910) 678-8378
Internet: http://www.faytechcc.edu
An Equal Opportunity Employer
THE CITY OF STATESVILLE
T H E C I T Y O F S TAT E S V I L L E I S
CURRENTLY ADVERTISING TO
FILL THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS.
APPLICANTS MUST APPLY ON-LINE
AT WWW.CI.STATESVILLE.NC.US
RECREATION/PARKS
DEPARTMENT
AIRPORT/PUBLIC GROUNDS
& PARK MAINTENANCE
DIVISIONS
TEMPORARY LABORERS
HOURLY RATE: $10.00
RECREATION/PARKS
DEPARTMENT
POOL MANAGER
HOURLY RATE: $12.00
ASSISTANT POOL MANAGERS
HOURLY RATE: $10.50
POOL STAFF
HOURLY RATE: $8.50
LIFEGUARDS
HOURLY RATE: $9.00
RECREATION SUPERVISORS/
SUMMER CAMP
HOURLY RATE: $9.00
INTERN
HOURLY RATE: $9.00
WATER RESOURCES
DEPARTMENT
LAB TECHNICIAN/PART-TIME
30 HOURS PER WEEK
SALARY RANGE:
$18,204.58 - $30,037.02
The Orange Water and Sewer Authority
(OWASA), a progressive water utility
p r o v i d i n g w a t e r, w a s t e w a t e r a n d
reclaimed water services to the Towns
of Chapel Hill, Carrboro and to the
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, seeks highly motivated and qualified
candidates for Utility Mechanic I positions.
Duties include installing and maintaining
water, sewer and reclaimed water lines.
Tasks include servicing meters, valves,
hydrants, manholes, easements, etc.
Position reads water meters using a hand
held device and downloading data, as well
as connecting and disconnecting services.
Position uses a wide variety of equipment
including air compressors, jack hammers,
dump trucks, backhoes, compact rollers,
metal detectors, etc.
Successful candidates must have the
ability to work outdoors in all kinds
of weather and respond to after-hour
situations as necessary.
Prior experience in a water and wastewater
utility preferred but not required.
Requires a High School Diploma or
equivalent and a Valid NC Driver’s
License. Candidate must be able to
obtain a Commercial Driver’s License
(CDL).
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At our office.
McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge
Online Plan Room –
www.construction.com
Carolinas AGC Online Plan Room –
https://ibuild.cagc.org
Electronic files by contacting the
Program Manager RS&H at
704-752-0610.
Young & McQueen will consider a
reasonable request for assistance from
contractors for equipment, supplies and
other items necessary to perform work. We
will also break work out into economically
feasible units. Please call to discuss any
requests you may have prior to bid.
If you have questions regarding this project
please call 828-682-7714, ext 27.
ALL QUOTES MUST BE RECEIVED
BY 2/24/2016 AT 12:00 PM.
Send quotes to 828-682-9286 or email to
[email protected]
EDUCATION
REQUEST FOR BIDS
Salary range: $33,124 - $51,012.
Apply online at www.owasa.org.
Closing date
is February
22, 2016.
SOUTH
PIEDMONT
EOE.
Thompson Arthur Paving &
Construction COLLEGE
is seeking bids from
COMMUNITY
qualified subs and suppliers for traffic
POSITION AVAILABLE
control, concrete patching, milling, signs,
markings, material
supply, and hauling on
Systems Technology
Adjunct
THE CITYAutomotive
OF STATESVILLE
the
Division
9 - DI000126 I-40
NCDOT
Computer and Industrial Technologies Department
THE CITY OF STATESVILLE IS
From Harper Rd to NC 801 project
CURRENTLY
South
Piedmont isADVERTISING
seeking applications for
an the
Automotive
and
9 - DI00121
NCDOTSystems
DivisionTechnology
TO
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AdjunctFILL
Instructor.
This is a part-time teaching
located
on64
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Charlotte
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from Old
Hwy
Holly
Grove
POSITION. APPLICANTS
Highway
Campus
in
Monroe,
NC.
Required
Qualifications:
Associate’s
degree
in
Road
project.
MBE/WBE
firms
are
MUST APPLY ON-LINE AT
Automotive
Systems Technology or relatedencouraged
field with a minimum
of two
(2)will
yearsbe
to participate
and
WWW.CI.STATESVILLE.NC.US
of full-time equivalent experience in the field
and ASE
Certifications.
afforded
the maximum
opportunity in the
COLLECTIONS/REVENUE
performance
of
this
work.
Fax quotes to
See job description
for complete details. Position is open until filled.
MANAGER
(336) 767-7427 before 5 PM on Mon, Feb
FINANCE
DEPARTMENT
To apply,
visit jobs.spcc.edu
or contact us at [email protected]
or 704-993-2478.
22, 2016. Complete plans
and specs can
be
reviewed
at
NCDOT
Division
9, 375
Access, Equal Opportunity Employer
SALARYEqual
RANGE:
Silas
Creek
Parkway,
Winston-Salem,
and
$41,513.89 - $68,498.35
Thompson Arthur, 4130 N. Glenn Ave.
POSITION OPEN UNTILL FILLED Winston Salem, NC 27105. For questions,
call Tyler Beam at (336) 354-1213.
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