4 The Hampton Roads Messenger


Volume 14 Number 1


Editorial Three Weeks in Europe Nice, France: The rest of the story


Black Caucus FROM PAGE 1


pension fund investors around; where we quit giving these money managers, all white, our pension funds and they take our money and give ‘em to white developers that gentrify our community. Grandma losing her house. Financing her own removal… we can turn this around,” Sharpton said.


“If I stepped off this stage and


Urban League “Now that


FROM PAGE 1 the


report racist


has been issued about Northam’s yearbook page,


investigative the


photograph on Gov. Ralph the work


View from the top of Castle Hill BY ANGELA JONES In my last article, I mentioned


traveling to Nice, France but I did not reveal a lot of details. That was intentional. I wanted to maintain a certain level of anticipation about a province one must visit to be able to fully appreciate it. I must say, that of the more than a dozen countries that I have visited in the last year, Nice is my favorite city. I have not been able to say that about any of the other exquisite places I discovered during my travels. One of the most impressive things


about Nice, is its weather. Throughout the year, the temperature rarely dips below 35 degrees or reaches above 86. On the coldest day of the year, usually January 12, the average high temperature is 54 degrees. During the summer, when I toured Nice, the high temperature averaged around 85 degrees. With a breeze blowing off of the Mediterranean Sea, the city offered the perfect climate for visiting Nice’s many pebble-filled beaches. Although I did not spend much time at any beaches, they were ever-present and offered the most picturesque views from many parts of the city.


The most spectacular view of


the city, in my opinion, was from Castle Hill, where the Castle of Nice once stood above the Bay of Nice from the 11th to the 18th century. Its walls were impenetrable until Louis XIV mistakenly captured it in 1705. It is said that a stray cannonball, accidentally fell into the window of a room that stored artillery. It blasted a hole in the wall around the castle which


was completely destroyed in 1706 by the army of Louis the XIV to ensure that the French would never have to go through the effort of recapturing it. Not everyone will be able to reach the top of Castle Hill without some type of assistance. It is for that reason, an elevator is provided to take those who need assistance to the top. Anyone who has made the trek will tell you that the expansive 360 degree view of Nice makes it well worth the physical and mental effort it takes to reach the pinnacle where a waterfall adorned oasis awaits. Just below Castle Hill is the des


Promenade . Anglais along


portion of the Mediterranean, France's Côte d'Azur, also known as the French Riviera


Promenade des Anglais


leads to great bargain shopping and eclectic restaurants in Old Nice in one direction and the bustling Port of Nice in the other direction. From the Port of Nice, one can take day excursions around the Bay of Nice or to an exotic location like St. Tropez, Cannes or Antibes. A great past-time at the port is yacht-watching -- trying to determine which bodacious yacht belongs to which celebrity. Nice is definitely a first world


city. One can easily feel as though they are in the middle of an episode of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” while vacationing there. The warm and friendly attitudes of its inhabitants keep


vacationers grounded. When


traveling to Nice just bring a smile and plenty of sunscreen. Everything else can be found in spades.


Promenade des Anglais where the 2016 truck attack took place killing 86 people


of the Community Advisory Board (CAB) to the Eastern Virginia Medical School is beginning in earnest. While the McGuire Woods law firm’s report was inconclusive, the CAB has a clear commitment comprehensive


knocked you off of your seat, that’s on me. But if we come back in here next Saturday night, you still laying on the floor, that’s on you,” Sharpton added. “Even if you [are] not responsible for being down, we [are] responsible for getting up… Get up and fight back. Every generation before us fought back.”


Is it a coincidence that EVMS to conducting a assessment of the


EVMS culture around diversity, equity and inclusion,” Bland said in a letter on June 9, 2019 that was published on the Virginian Pilot and Daily Press newspapers’ websites. “It is my hope that a renewed resolution to address diversity, equity and inclusion in our community will come out of this latest, tragic episode of racism. It is for that reason that I accepted the role as chair of the CAB at the invitation of Richard Homan, M.D., EVMS president, provost and dean, with support from the EVMS private foundation”


a Opportunity Zones FROM PAGE 1


revitalization into economically


distressed areas, many of which have suffered from a lack of opportunity for decades," Secretary Ben Carson said.


"We are proud to launch


OpportunityZones.gov and look forward to continuing to spread the positive message of opportunity and revitalization


in the Since President underserved


communities of America," said Scott Turner, Executive Council.


Director of the Trump signed


an Executive


the White House Opportunity and Revitalization


Order creating Council


it,


nearly 170 actions to align existing Federal resources, policies,


has taken and


programs to Opportunity Zones. To date, the Council has traveled to more than 40 urban, rural, and Tribal areas


designated opportunity in their communities. as Opportunity


Zones throughout the country to listen to stakeholders about how the initiative can enhance the economic


and Virginia’s governor have both made Bland offers to serve on Advisory Boards? Is it ethical for Bland to accept appointments from Governor Northam while serving as chairman of a board that was convened, in Bland’s words, “to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the EVMS culture around diversity, equity and inclusion?” Was the firm's report inconclusive because the CAB chairman has two appointments from the governor? Since the Blackface/ Klan photos were uncovered on the governor’s 1984 EVMS yearbook page, have the efforts of EVMS, the governor and Bland been sincere and transparent? Virginians want answers to these poignant questions.


Urban League, their


According to the National mission is “to


enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights."


October 2019


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