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Peace Awards News, Page 3 Celebrating Women’s History Month Women Opinion, Page 2 Requested in home 3-14-19 home in Requested Time sensitive material. material. sensitive Time Are Running Postmaster: Attention ECR WSS ECR Postal Customer Postal permit #322 permit Easton, MD Easton, Lake Anne Plaza PAID U.S. Postage U.S. News, Page 8 STD PRSRT Photo by Mercia Hobson/The Connection by Mercia Hobson/The Photo March 13-19, 2019 online at www.connectionnewspapers.com Opinion Reston A+ Primer for Our Neighborhoods www.ConnectionNewspapers.com @RestonConnect cluding defining your area, recruiting leaders, An independent, locally owned weekly County Community Emergency Response Guide knowing your area, building an emergency newspaper delivered response team, and planning your approach. to homes and businesses. strengthens community, builds local resiliency, Everything is laid out in this step-by-step guide, Published by and mitigates potential risks. including how to organize an emergency team, Local Media Connection LLC creating a family emergency kit, and adding 1606 King Street disabled residents to a functional needs regis- Alexandria, Virginia 22314 By John C. Cook That’s why I am so thrilled that Fairfax try. It even lists the most likely emergencies Braddock District Supervisor (R) County has published its first ever Community and explains how to prepare for, respond to, Free digital edition delivered to Emergency Response Guide from the Office of and recover from them. Users can also find your email box. Go to connectionnewspapers.com/subscribe ur Fairfax County government is Emergency Management. The publication of information on local volunteer groups who can well prepared to deal with emer- this document, and the plan behind it, fulfills assist in these emergencies, such as the Com- gencies, both large and small, a goal of mine that even predates my election munity Emergency Response Team (CERT). By NEWS DEPARTMENT: O [email protected] from large storms to disease out- to the board. When I served as president of filling out the Community Emergency Response breaks to criminal and even terrorist events. the Kings Park Civic Association I recognized Guide will give you a never-before-seen view Kemal Kurspahic But our communities are not so prepared. In the great need for a citizen-focused emergency of your own neighborhood. Editor ❖ 703-778-9414 the first 72 hours after a major emergency planning tool. As a supervisor I have pushed You can find the Community Emergency [email protected] event, governmental ser- for this program for years. Now the Office of Response Guide online at https:// Commentary vices may not be available. Emergency Management made this idea a re- www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ Mercia Hobson Power may be out, trans- ality. The end result is a comprehensive plan- emergencymanagement/cerg. The Office of Community Reporter [email protected] portation blocked, medical ning tool that will strengthen community, build Emergency Management offers community services overwhelmed, and food, gas, and even local resiliency, and mitigate potential risks. workshops to those who would like extra help Andrea Worker money difficult to find. Community coordination is needed in mak- in creating their emergency response plan. The Contributing Writer In those first few days, communities would ing a successful community emergency plan. request form can be found on the Office of [email protected] need to come together so neighbors can help It requires citizens to take initiative, reach out Emergency Management website. Jean Card each other. And even during those lesser emer- to their peers, and work together to identify I encourage all residents to work within their Production Editor gency events which occur with some regularity local risks and assets. The Community Emer- particular communities to create an emergency [email protected] — snowstorms, serious thunderstorms, and the gency Response Guide breaks down emergency response program appropriate for your neigh- like — neighbors need to help each other out. planning into easy-to-follow steps. These in- borhood. We are here to help. ADVERTISING: For advertising information [email protected] Women’s History Month 703-778-9431 Debbie Funk of elections with their tireless work in making Display Advertising/National Sales Eleven new women members were elected to the 703-778-9444 calls, knocking on doors, and working on be- [email protected] half of the candidates they support. Organiza- Virginia House of Delegates in 2017, all of whom tions like Indivisibles, with Herndon-Reston David Griffin Indivisibles being a model organization, and Marketing Assistant ousted male incumbents. Moms Demand Action among others are mak- 703-778-9431 [email protected] ing their influence felt on policy issues like By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum Even more significant in recog- ending the epidemic of gun violence. Classified & Employment State Delegate (D-36) nizing women in Virginia is the The big disappointment in celebrating Advertising fact that there is historic represen- women in history is the refusal of the Virginia 703-778-9431 arch is Women’s His- tation of women in the Virginia House of Delegates to ratify the Equal Rights Mtory Month. Before House of Delegates, including the Amendment. Ratification failed on a tied vote Editor & Publisher women had the whole election of 11 new women mem- on a procedural matter that makes it even more Mary Kimm month, the U.S. recognized bers in 2017, all of whom ousted frustrating that the amendment was not al- [email protected] Women’s History Week; before male incumbents. The House lowed to be debated on the floor of the House @MaryKimm that, a single International Democratic Caucus is almost 45 of Delegates. There is more women’s history Executive Vice President Women’s Day. Dedicating the percent women, including 11 to be written in Virginia, and I suspect the next Jerry Vernon whole month of March in honor women of color. The House Re- step will be election of even more women this 703-549-0004 of women’s achievements was publican Caucus is less than 10 fall and ratification of the ERA next year! [email protected] seen “as a way to revise a written and social percent women. Caucus Chair Charniele Her- American history that had largely ignored ring is the first woman to chair a caucus in the Editor in Chief Steven Mauren women’s contributions,” according to an article House of Delegates throughout its 400-year Managing Editor in Time magazine. The first Women’s Day took history. Leader Eileen Filler-Corn is the first Kemal Kurspahic place on Feb. 28, 1909 to honor the one-year woman to be elected leader of a caucus in the Write Art/Design: anniversary of the garment workers strikes in General Assembly. Laurence Foong, John Heinly, The Connection welcomes views on any New York, when thousands of women marched Recently I served on a panel, “Can Women Ali Khaligh public issue. Production Manager: for economic rights and to honor an earlier Save Democracy? We’re counting on it!” at the The deadline for all material is noon Friday. Geovani Flores 1857 march when garment workers rallied for Schar School of Policy and Government at Letters must be signed. Include home equal rights and a 10-hour day, according to George Mason University along with Charniele address and home and business numbers. Letters are routinely edited for libel, the article. Herring, Eileen Filler-Corn, and Congress- CIRCULATION grammar, good taste and factual errors. [email protected] Recognizing the achievement of Virginia woman Jennifer Wexton. There was a clear Send to: women goes beyond naming a month. A monu- consensus in the room that women will play a ment is under construction on Capitol Square, pivotal role in getting our country back on the Letters to the Editor The Connection “Voices from the Garden,” which will be the right track. Witness this year’s state and local 1606 King St. first monument of its kind in the nation. Rep- elections when there are record-breaking num- Alexandria VA 22314 resentative of the state’s regions, the monu- bers of women lining up to run in primaries Call: 703-917-6444. By e-mail: ment recognizes the 400-year history and the and the general elections. [email protected] diversity of achievement, ethnicity and thought Not only are women running and winning that women have made to the Commonwealth. races, but they are determining the outcome 2 ❖ Reston Connection ❖ March 13-19, 2019 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic News 703-778-9414 or [email protected] Students Who Work for Peace Honored By Andrea Worker The Connection A senior at Herndon High School, Lydia Goff is the t’s not easy to be the peace president of her school’s Best Buddies Chapter and maker. Sometimes it is really works hard to foster real friendships between people Ihard, especially when you with and without intellectual disabilities. make those around you, even friends, angry when you speak out and stand up for what Herndon, Reston is right. And sometimes it can be dangerous. But in all instances, Peace Awards Winners being the peacemaker “requires Herndon and Reston both flict Resolution Youth Summit courage and commitment,” U.S. saw students achieve the Peace and in the Capital Region Lead- Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-11) told Awards honor.