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Popular Prince To Visit Tampa
On Saturday, April 14th, His Royal Highness Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie and grandson of the late Em- peror Haile Selassie and Princess Saba will visit Tampa. He will be the hon- ored guest at St. Mary Epis- copal Church, 4311 Miguel Street, Tampa, FL 33629, be- ginning at 6 p.m.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of St. Mary, in collaboration with the brothers and sisters in the Episcopalian community, will celebrate their Silver Ju- bilee on April 14th.
The celebration will be
On Saturday, April 14th, the National Crime Victims Rights Week Convention will take place in Tampa. The event will be held at Lee Davis Neighborhood Service Center, 3402 N. 22nd Street.
The healing vigil will take place at 11 a.m.
The speakers will include: survivors of crime, criminal justice reform advocates, state and local leaders, elected offi- cials, and community and faith leaders.
The speakers will reaffirm their commitment to share stories, honor loved ones, and advocate for smart justice policies that prevent crime, reduce incarceration,
Without much fanfare (to- tally apropos, given what’s been happening in the world of the White House in the last 72 hours), President Don- ald Trump signed an execu- tive order Tuesday that will force recipients of Supple- mental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, Medicaid and low-income housing sub- sidies to find work or lose their assistance.
Trump quietly signed the long-anticipated order, oddly named “Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Op- portunity and Economic Mo- bility.” Given that many government agencies, includ- ing the Department of Health
PRINCE ERMIASSAHLE-SELASSIE
held at the church. For addi- tional information contact
and better support survivors, families, and communities.
The local event will include survivors sharing their stories, honoring loved ones with a powerful and emotional heal- ing circle, and participants calling on local, state and na- tional policymakers to imple- ment new safety solutions such as programs for at-risk youth, trauma recovery cen- ters, mental health treatment, drug treatment, and rehabili- tation.
Thousands of crime sur- vivors are expected to attend the event. It is being hosted by the Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice.
The national network advo-
Carl Norton, II, at (813) 625-0396.
cates for balanced approaches to public safety focused on stopping the cycle of crime.
Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice has been instru- mental in expanding a first-of- its-kind trauma recovery model, leveraging existing federal and state dollars to ex- pand comprehensive trauma recovery services for victims of violent crime. Trauma re- covery centers are an evi- dence-based model in helping the hardest-to-reach survivors of violent crime heal and re- cover from the effects of trauma.
For more information on the organization visit https://cssj.org.
want to impose stricter work requirements on Medicaid recipients to cut costs, it will not make much of an impact, according to the New York Times.
The fact remains that most able-bodied adults who re- ceive federal aid in the form of subsidized health care or housing already work—but are still unable to make ends meet; others receive exemp- tions for legitimate reasons.
According to the Kaiser Foundation, most able-bod- ied adults who do not already have jobs face obstacles in working, including mental problems, criminal records and certain family situations.
Crime Survivors Meet For National Crime Victims Rights Week
President Signs Executive Order Mandating That Poor People Work Or Lose ‘Welfare’
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
and Human Services, have al- ready begun issuing waivers to Republican governors who
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