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Coronavirus in the Triad

(as of Wednesday, March 30 ) Documented COVID-19 diagnoses

NC 2,628,287 (+8,098) Forsyth 92,039 (+141) Guilford 116,317 (+338) COVID-19 deaths NC 23,203 (+112) Forsyth 791 (+6) Guilford 1,157 (+8) Documented recoveries NC 2,597,732 (+18,312) Forsyth *no data* Guilford 112,361 (+603) Current cases NC 7,352 (+10,328) Forsyth *no data* Guilford 633 (-246) Hospitalizations (right now) NC 465 (-151) Forsyth *no data* Guilford 16 (-9) Vaccinations NC Partially vaccinated 6,382,481 (+7,185) Fully vaccinated 6,463,218 (62%, +9,443) Boosted: 3,252,489 (+24,282, 50.3% of vaccinated) Forsyth Partially vaccinated 251,596 (+526) Fully vaccinated 236,253 (62%, +552) Boosted: 116,773 (+1,798, 49.4% of vaccinated) Guilford Partially vaccinated 346,537 (+442) Fully vaccinated 328,768 (61%, +514) Boosted: 162,454 (+1,105, 49.4% of vaccinated)

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THURSDAY March 31

Beatles vs. Stones @ Carolina Theatre (GSO) 7:30 p.m.

‘80s vs ‘90s Rock and Dance Party @ Ziggys.

Space (HP) 7 p.m.

Abbey Road, a Beatles tribute band and Rolling Stones tribute band Satisfaction will face off in a battle of the bands at Carolina Theatre. Learn more about the bands and purchase tickets at Carolina Theatre’s website.

Ziggys.Space is reopening with an ‘80s vs ‘90s dance party with live music by the Plaids and Getaway Bronco. Grab some food from food trucks at 4, or just view the show at 7. Visit the event page on Facebook for more info.

Margot Lee Shetterly @ NC A&T (GSO) 6 p.m.

The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at A&T welcomes Margot Lee Shetterly for a discussion of her book Hidden Figures and the contributions of Black women in STEM. View the livestream at ncatcahssspeakers.com.

Reflections on the Journey of Darryl Hunt @ MUSE Winston-Salem (Online) 7 p.m.

MUSE Winston-Salem and Bookmarks partner to bring you Community Read, a series of discussions surrounding Beyond Innocence: The Life Sentence of Darryl Hunt by Phoebe Zerwick. Visit the event page on Facebook for more information and to register.

Evening of Short Plays No. 40 @ Greensboro Cultural Center (GSO) 7 p.m.

Creative Greensboro presents an Evening of Short Plays, eight new short plays written by members of the Greensboro Playwrights Forum, including “These Kids and their Equipage” by Carl Grasso and directed by Evan Wade. Admission is free with a suggested donation of $10.

Contact Todd Fisher at 336.373.2974 for more information.

SATURDAY April 2 Free Easter Pictures @ City Lake Park (HP) 3 p.m.

Put on your Easter’s best and head to City Lake Park for free photo sessions for stroller aged children, siblings and mothers hosted by FIT4MOM Piedmont. Register on the Facebook event page.

Sordid Lives @ Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance (W-S) 8 p.m.

View Cinema Beyond the Screen: An Exhibit of Local Artists to Celebrate the Art of Film until April 30 at Milton Rhodes. The exhibition, which serves as a fundraiser for a/perture cinema, features original pieces that celebrate the film industry by 18 local artists. Contact Katie Hall at khall@intothearts.org for more information.

SUNDAY April 3 Galaxies In Her Eyes @ High Point University (HP) 7:30 p.m.

Galaxies In Her Eyes will show at the Culp Planetarium beginning April 1. This family-friendly opera follows a young girl who accomplishes her astronomical dreams with the help of Annie Jump Cannon, Katherine Johnson and Ada Lovelace. Learn more and purchase tickets at highpoint.edu.

MONDAY April 4

FRIDAY April 1 Cinema Beyond the Screen Artist Reception @ Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts (W-S) 5 p.m.

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by Michaela Ratliff

Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance presents Sordid Lives, a dark comedy that follows the chaos that develops after main character Peggy suffers a head-splitting accident. Purchase tickets and view future showtimes at theatrealliance.ws/ box_office.

Gardening Program Ribbon Cutting Ceremony @ Gateway Gardens (GSO) 10 a.m.

Rosa Foundation International is partnering with Greensboro Parks & Recreation Department and the Dig Box to bring an educational summer gardening program for youth in the area, kicking off the program with a ribbon cutting ceremony that is open to the public. Learn more about RFI at rosa-foundation.com.

Conversation with Chelsea Clinton @ Salem Academy and College (W-S) 7 p.m.

Salem Academy and College in partnership with Bookmarks is hosting a conversation with Chelsea Clinton surrounding girls and women in STEM fields and Clinton’s picture book She Persisted in Science. Tickets include a signed copy of the book and can be purchased at chelseaclintonatsalem.eventbrite.com.

Send your events to calendar@triad-city-beat.com for consideration in City Life and the Weekender.

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ELECTIONS: Incumbents take on seven challengers in Greensboro city council at-large race

By Sayaka Matsuoka

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n the fight for the Greensboro city council at-large seats, three incumbents will take on seven additional candidates for the upcoming May 17 primary, with six advancing to the general election on July 26. Like the mayor, the three at-large members of city council are elected to represent the city as a whole and serve four-year terms.

The incumbents running for re-election for the at-large seat include Marikay Abuzuaiter (D), Yvonne Johnson (D) and Hugh Holston (U). While the Greensboro city council race is a nonpartisan race, for the purposes of this story, Triad City Beat has included the political party that each candidate has registered under as noted on their state voter registration. Those running to unseat the incumbents include Taffy Buchanan (U), Melodi Fentress (R), Tracy Furman (D), Franca Jalloh (D), Dustin Keene (U), Katie Rossabi (R) and Linda Wilson (D).

The candidates are listed in order of last name starting with the incumbents.

Marikay Abuzuaiter (D)

A long-time incumbent with ties to the police ome May, this will be Marikay Abuzuaiter’s seventh time running for office and her fourth time running as an incumbent. Abuzuaiter began her political journey in 2007 when she first ran for city council and lost by about 100 votes. She ran a second time just two years later, in 2009, when city council seats were two-term seats and lost by 500 votes. Then, in 2011, Abuzuaiter was elected to one of the three at-large seats, which she has held for the last decade. Since then, she has come under fire for her alignment with local law enforcement, particularly after Triad City Beat co-founder Eric Ginsburg, broke a story in 2013 for Yes! Weekly finding that Abuzuaiter had worked as a confidential informant for the Greensboro Police Department. The story uncovered emails obtained by Ginsburg showing that Abuzuaiter forwarded information to police about activist gatherings in 2010 and 2011, often with projections about which groups and individuals would participate. According to Abuzuaiter’s campaign website, she has been endorsed by the Greensboro Police Officers Association. When asked about police reform in light of the 2018 and 2020 killings of Marcus Deon Smith and George Floyd, Abuzuaiter expressed her support for

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Greensboro Police Chief Brian James, who was first hired for the role in 2020.

“Our current Police Chief, Brian James, has done everything in his power to make sure that anything that will help bridge the gap between the community and the police department is implemented,” Abuzuaiter said. “On his first day as Chief, he changed many directives that needed to be revised and/or changed.”

According to reporting by TCB, the Greensboro Police Department had implemented five of the eight “8 Can’t Wait” policies — an anti-police violence platform that took off in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder — by mid last year.

Abuzuaiter also noted that she supports the co-response team that assists officers on mental health calls as well as the police department’s homeless outreach team.

In addition to public safety, Abuzuaiter said her main objectives as a council member include economic development, infrastructure and housing for the influx of employees the city will see from its new business partnerships such as Boom Supersonic and the Toyota megaplant.

“We need to work with real estate developers to make sure that the appropriate type of housing/development is considered for our workforce and for the betterment of the community,” she said. “Most all developers have meetings with surrounding neighborhoods to make sure that everyone understands what is being planned and to make sure the neighborhood is supportive. This is where the city is most important in assisting the developer and the community to have those conversations.”

However, many of the councilmembers, including Abuzuaiter, have been noticeably quiet when it comes to the plight of the residents of the Hiatt Street mobile home park. Recently, Yes! Weekly reported that the remaining residents have until the end of this month to vacate the property. Reporting by TCB and other news outlets have shown that only Michelle Kennedy, a former city council member, has been actively involved in working with the residents throughout the process.

As far as her greatest accomplishments, Abuzuaiter noted her work on the Family Justice Center project, chairing the Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation, and working with Crimestoppers as well as Mothers Standing Against Gun Violence.

Hugh Holston (U)

A new incumbent with a focus on business t hasn’t been that long since Hugh Holston has been a city councilmember. Holston was unanimously chosen for the seat in September 2021 after Michelle Kennedy resigned from the post in August to take a job with the city. Holston, who is registered as unaffiliated, formerly served as chair of the city’s planning and zoning commission and has served as chair of the board of adjustment.

As part of his run for re-election Holston said he is focusing on “three pillars for progress: economic development, public safety and community engagement.”

He noted his track record in business, which includes 17 years as assistant vice president for AT&T as well as assistant vice president of Wells Fargo in Greensboro, as evidence of his skills in working with budgets and project management.

“My track record of over 30 years of finance and business experience affords me the skills to hit the ground running to understand the financials that will drive future decisions that impact Greensboro,” Holston wrote.

Holston argued that some of the main issues facing Greensboro include job

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creation, and making it easier to do business in Greensboro by designing effective public transit, housing and public safety. To recruit and retain college students and talent in the city Holston suggested supporting more incubators and opening workspaces to foster start-ups and small businesses. He also supported the idea of working with local universities to develop curriculums for a “talent pipeline” to the new businesses like Boom Supersonic and Toyota.

“While our identity was primarily textiles and manufacturing for so long, we are now adding technology and distribution to our identity,” Holston said. “Recent new business opportunities… are examples of this complementary mix…. The combination of high-quality research at our local colleges and universities, available land and infrastructure (especially in the east and southeast), workers with skills and a ‘can-do’ city council will well-position residents of Greensboro to live, work and engage into the future.”

Yvonne Johnson (D)

Current mayor pro-tem and the first Black mayor of Greensboro s far as incumbents go, Yvonne Johnson touts the most experience of them all. First elected to Greensboro city council from 19932007 to an at-large seat, Johnson has since served as Greensboro’s first Black mayor (2007-09) as well as mayor pro tem, a position she currently holds — the mayor pro tem is the at-large member who gets the most votes.

Johnson has served as the executive director for One Step Further, Inc., a nonprofit that helps people convicted of crimes through mediation, nutritional programs, life skills classes and a teen-court program that provides trials for first-offenders aged 8-17.

In her responses to TCB’s candidate questionnaire, Johnson pointed to her decades of experience as evidence of her ability to help lead the city. She noted her efforts as part of the recruitment team that helped land the Honda Jet and Lab Corp. contracts as well as serving as the council liaison for the development of Willow Oaks, one of the city’s redevelopment housing projects. During her time as mayor, Johnson helped to start the International Advisory Council which helps facilitate conversations and understand the needs of the immigrant community in Greensboro.

In terms of what she still wants to work on, Johnson noted that economic development, including small businesses that pay workers a living wage, was high on her list. She also said she wants to help the police department develop a better relationship with the community. Last year, prior to Michelle Kennedy’s resignation, Johnson was the only other councilmember besides Kennedy who supported an independent investigation into the death of Marcus Deon Smith. At the time, she said that she wanted to settle the civil suit “at a rate that is reasonable and satisfactory to the family.”

On Feb. 1, the city settled with Smith’s family for $2.57 million.

Johnson also said that with so many colleges and universities in the city, she would like to see each of the institutions flex their creative muscles by installing street art or public art in their respective areas.

“I have extended experience and have experienced what works and what doesn’t,” she said. “I love Greensboro and want to see our city be one of the most viable cities in the US.”

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Taffy L. Buchanan (U)

While TCB did not hear back from Taffy Buchanan, a search of Buchanan’s social media accounts shows that she is the owner and operator of Ciao Bella Beauty Co. in Greensboro. Buchanan attended GTCC and NC A&T State University.

Melodi Fentress (R)

A vaccine skeptic and farm lover focused on public transportation elodi Fentress is one of two registered Republicans who are running for the at-large seats in this race.

Fentress currently works as the owner of Rainbow Magic Alpaca Farm, a business that “specializes in environmentally conscious fiber production, compassionate animal-centered care and alpaca therapy for exceptional children and adults,” according to the business’ website. Fentress has also previously worked for the Blind Tiger as a marketing manager and as the gallery director for a local art shop.

When asked why she was running for office, Fentress said that the “current city council has been in power for too long and has made it clear they serve their special interests and the interests of big business over the interest of their constituents.”

Fentress noted the city’s crime rate, improving the public transportation system and combatting food deserts as some of her key platform ideas.

For the crime rate, Fentress suggested investing in the police department to “crackdown on violent and property crimes.” She stated that the “most egregious area is the vast shortage of officers on the force leaving police and citizens vulnerable.” She also said that the police department should be “fully funded,” and should prioritize combatting violent and property crimes rather than non-violent drug offenses.

When it comes to public transportation, Fentress pointed out that the current system doesn’t “provide transportation from low-income neighborhoods to areas of the city where there is access to decent-paying jobs.” She also commented on the lack of bus shelters overall in the city.

As a farmer herself, Fentress advocated for easing restrictions on the rules for community gardens and urban farms. She said policies and fees needed to be reduced to encourage more of these types of farms and also advocated for the addition of bus stop markets to combat food insecurity.

While the city of Greensboro has not had a mask mandate for several weeks, Fentress notes on her campaign website that she supports medical freedom.

“I will never support the mandate of medical devices or treatments, including but not limited to mask mandates and vaccine passports,” Fentress writes. “I will advocate for and support defunding and removing all city-sponsored COVID-19 testing, tracking and tracing.”

On her Facebook, Fentress has shared COVID-19 misinformation including misleading posts stating that masks harm children physically and psychologically, as well as statistics that attempt to downplay COVID-19 by stating the survival rate of the world population. She has also compared the influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a Facebook story.

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Tracy Furman (D)

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Nonprofit leader with a background in public policy racy Furman first entered the political realm in 2018 when she ran for Guilford County Commission, barely losing to Republican Justin Conrad by less than one percentage point.

In February 2021, Furman announced her intentions to run for the District 3 city council seat but later switched to running in the at-large race. She is the executive director of Triad Local First, a nonprofit that promotes local businesses, a position she previously told TCB she would keep if elected

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In her answers to TCB’s questionnaire, Furman stated that she would bring new ideas to combat issues that pertain to housing, jobs and transportation in the city.

“I have studied public policy at Johns Hopkins and will bring that knowledge to the job,” she said. “I have also been on the Minimum Housing Standard Commission for three years…. I bring both the work and the academic knowledge that no one person has.”

Furman mentioned the lack of access to shops and retail in east Greensboro and a need to improve the public transportation system, including allowing college and university students to use the bus lines for free.

“We need better connectivity between schools and businesses for internships and employment,” she said.

She mentioned the need for better-priced housing for students as well as a need for council to keep its overarching goals for the city in mind when it comes to working with developers.

“We need a broader plan for the whole city and while we need to work with developers to see the plan through, we need to keep the interest of the city as the guide,” she said.

When it comes to the growth the city has seen in the last few years, Furman said that she wants to make sure the city is utilizing small businesses to support these larger entities coming into the city.

“This will be an enormous time for engineering firms, machine-making facilities and all other times of supporting industries and we need to foster that growth as well,” she said.

With regards to police reform, Furman was the only candidate who alluded to the fact that the GPD killed another unarmed man back in November 2021 — Joseph Lopez. She said she wants to make sure the culture of the police department is “one of community policing and not militant enemy/combatant.”

“I’m sure the police chief believes what they have is community policing but my experience with the training during the city academy told me otherwise,” Furman said.

She pointed to the STAR program, which stands for “Support Team Assisted Response” and will act as an extension of the already existing co-response model of policing that the city has in place, as a good start. The city received $330,000 as part of the state budget to expand that program at the end of last year.

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Franca Jalloh (D)

Immigrant advocate with a background in police reform lthough this is Franca Jalloh’s first time running for political office, she’s no stranger to city government. Jalloh, who has more than 15 years of legal experience helping the immigrant community, has served as the chair for the city’s International Advisory Committee — the first woman to do so — and currently serves as a commissioner on the city’s Criminal Justice Advisory Committee as well as a board member of the Police Community Review Board. She, like Tracy Furman, is a graduate of the city’s police citizens academy.

As a Black, Muslim immigrant from Sierra Leone, Jalloh has built her reputation working on behalf of the local immigrant community, namely through her work as the founder of the nonprofit Jalloh’s Upright Services of North Carolina, an organization that supports international, low-income immigrant and refugee community members by connecting them with resources. Using this background, Jalloh told TCB that she is running to remove barriers and “support initiatives investing in job training opportunities and resources that will help make our most marginalized communities have what is needed to survive and thrive.”

In terms of specific campaign platforms, Jalloh listed education equity, economic opportunity, housing security and justice and public safety as her top priorities.

As a member of GCJAC and the PCRB, Jalloh said that in order to promote public safety, the city needs to address the root causes of crime such as economic disparities. To do so, she supports eliminating cash bail and decriminalizing homelessness and mental health issues. She also stated that she would fight back “against hostile law enforcement agencies that seek to tear our immigrant families apart.”

When it comes to the influx of large companies to Greensboro, Jalloh said the city “has done a great job of incentivizing business to come here,” but that she wants to make sure to hold those businesses accountable and also invest in minority and women business enterprises. She supports city workers making a living wage and incentivizing businesses to prioritize hiring residents who need second chances.

When asked about working with developers, Jalloh had the most direct response of any of the candidates. She mentioned unsafe housing conditions, holding negligent landlords responsible and increasing municipal support for repairs so homeowners can stay in their homes.

“I believe it’s a conflict of interest for city council representatives to work closely with real estate developers who only seek after making profits rather than securing the best interest of the people they serve,” Jalloh said.

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Dustin Keene (U)

An entrepreneur with broad ideas, no political experience espite the fact that Dustin Keene is entering the political realm for the first time, he is a fairly well-known entity in the Greensboro community. Keene is the owner of both Common Grounds Coffee Shop, which has been open since 2013, and the Flat Iron, a music space in downtown Greensboro which opened in 2019.

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As an entrepreneur and artistic spacemaker, Keene describes himself as a “champion of the arts” and talked about utilizing the city’s creative and innovative leaders to enact change, much like in the way of mayoral candidate Eric Robert, with whom Keene is close friends. Many of Keene’s talking points expressed broad views of change rather than specific policy initiatives, alluding to his lack of political experience.

One of the more specific answers Keene gave pertained to his thoughts on police reform. To that, he mentioned that the department should invest in an education approach and officers should learn “how to de-escalate any situation.” He also supported paying police officers more.

Katie Rossabi (R)

Conservative who says Marcus Smith was treated “humanely” by police hile Rossabi did not answer TCB’s candidate questionnaire, she has spoken to TCB in the past and her website offers her views on a number of topics, namely policing.

In a previous article for TCB, Rossabi said she didn’t feel that the current city council has supported the police department and its chief.

“I support policing changes that are initiated by people with experience in law enforcement,” Rossabi said at the time.

On her website she supports increasing pay for officers and “will speak out against those who wrongly try to vilify them.” She also notes that she would support any police reform by experienced law enforcement.

In one of her campaign videos posted last year, Rossabi alludes to the Marcus Deon Smith case, disparaging the forthcoming $2.57 million settlement that was reached earlier this year.

“What you shouldn’t see is our city council and mayor trying to decide on an unwarranted settlement amount,” Rossabi says in the video. “A settlement that would go to the family of a man who was on drugs and had serious health issues.

A man who died in the ambulance after police officers humanely helped him get assistance.”

As TCB and many other outlets have reported, Marcus Deon Smith was killed in September 2018 after he was hogtied by police. Smith’s death was ruled a homicide despite the city’s findings that officers had not violated any departmental policies. Hogtying was banned by the police chief shortly after Smith’s death.

In the same video, Rossabi also laments the use of funds to support Cure Violence and the Interactive Resource Center that are run by Mayor Pro Tem Yvonne Johnson and former councilmember Michelle Kennedy respectively. Studies and data have shown that Cure Violence, a violence disruptor program, works as an alternative to policing. The Interactive Resource Center is a nonprofit that works with unhoused individuals during the day. In her video business growth and devel-

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opment, Rossabi appears to place blame for how “dirty” the city is on a downtown that is “overrun by the homeless due to the city council and mayor gutting the homeless ordinances.”

Past city ordinances targeting panhandlers were alleged to violate freedom of speech, equal protection and due process against the city.

Part of Rossabi’s stance on policing may be influenced by her husband Amiel Rossabi, who has supported the Greensboro Police Officers Association through his work. As reported by TCB in the past, Rossabi and his partner Gavin Reardon currently represent the police association as part of a North Carolina Supreme Court hearing which would decide “whether city council members should be allowed to speak publicly about police body-worn camera footage depicting an incident of alleged racial profiling that took place in 2016.” Rossabi and Reardon, as part of Rossabi Reardon Klein Spivey law firm, argued to maintain the gag order which would prohibit council members from publicly discussing the contents. TCB and roughly a dozen other community organizations signed onto an amicus brief that supported the city of Greensboro’s appeal which argued that the gag order subverts the right to self-governance. The case is currently ongoing.

Linda Wilson (D)

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NC A&T alumna with years of leadership experience

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n Aggie through and through, Linda Wilson brings years of medical administrative experience to her role as a city council candidate. Wilson currently serves as the executive director of the Sebastian Health Center on NC A&T State University’s campus where she attended and received her Bachelor of Science, master’s degree in guidance and counseling and PhD in leadership studies and adult education.

While she doesn’t have any political experience, Wilson said that she has extensive management experience, namely in the healthcare field, and was recognized for her efforts with a North Carolina Governor’s Award for Excellence. In addition to working as the executive director of the student health center, Wilson has served as the interim director of alumni affairs at NCA&T, as well as the assistant athletic director for the athletics department.

In her candidate responses, Wilson said she would focus on economic development, expanding public transportation and improving safety. With regards to policing, Wilson said she supports providing police offices with mental health training, cultural sensitivity and equity and inclusion training.

In terms of economic development, Wilson said she supports news businesses coming to Greensboro, but that council should “make sure every stage of development is mindful of the environment and energy resources.” She also noted that when working with developers, that city leaders should “err on the side of caution” and identify areas where “there may be a difference in what the city needs and what the real estate developers offer.” Part of recognizing the needs of the community includes being attuned to the immigrant and refugee populations, which Wilson said she would do by working with nonprofit agencies like the Center for New North Carolinians.

Early voting for the May 17 primary begins on April 28. The general election for all Greensboro city council races will take place on July 26.

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A dozen candidates are running for the at-large WS/FCS school board seats. Here’s what they have to say.

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ost years, there aren’t enough candidates running for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board to necessitate a primary election. This year, amid heightened interest in school curricula and social issues, 28 people registered to run, giving us primaries in every

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A dozen candidates have filed to run for three at-large seats: four Democrats and seven Republicans. Three from each party will advance to the November general election, along with Libertarian candidate Regina Garner, who has no primary opponent.

Currently, Democrats hold all three at-large seats, but two of them — Andrea Bramer and Elisabeth Motsinger — did not file for re-election this year.

Candidates are published by political party and alphabetically by last name.

Their responses have been edited and shortened for clarity and length.

REPUBLICANS Sarah Absher (Winston-Salem) According to Absher’s personal Twitter and LinkedIn profiles, she is currently a Registered Nurse in the Winston-Salem area. Absher does not appear to have a campaign website or social media accounts. She declined to answer candidate questions.

Carolyn Albright (Pfafftown) According to Facebook and her candidate email address, Albright is a professional photographer. TCB did not receive a response from Albright and there is currently no campaign website or social media accounts for her.

Robert Nunzio Capizzi (Winston-Salem) According to Capizzi’s LinkedIn profile, he is the owner of CapED Educational Group, based in Winston-Salem. The company, which was founded in 1992, works to help students excel in academics and train for college entrance exams. Capizzi is also a Wake Forest University alum. He does not appear to have a campaign website or social media account.

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Allen Daniel – (Clemmons) “Many students in our district excel, but far too many students graduate without the education or life skills necessary to be successful once they walk across that stage.”

Daniel volunteered in the WS/FCS school district from 2010-15, when he left his software-development career for a one-year internship at Early College of Forsyth for licensure as a middle or high school math teacher. He

taught during the 2016-17 school year and was a sub in fall 2017. Additionally, he is a math tutor, both privately and for a local non-profit organization.

He seeks to give “a voice to those who feel they either do not have a voice, or cannot voice their concern without fear of retaliation.”

His campaign focuses on addressing an inequitable distribution of resources, both human and financial, in Forsyth County and holding every student accountable for their behavior.

“The purchase of playground equipment falls to the individual school’s PTA,” he said. “For some schools it is an insurmountable obstacle. There is at least one WS/FCS elementary school that has not been able to raise sufficient funds to purchase playground equipment in over a decade. Additionally, many schools face an issue of a lack of discipline. The students who want to learn cannot learn to their full potential due to constant disruptions.”

Regarding critical race theory and African American history studies he said, “There is more that unites the races than divides us. We should value and acknowledge our similarities and respect and acknowledge our differences. I believe we should teach all history. As an adult, I have learned much about the racial atrocities in our nation’s history that I never learned in school. That should not be. I believe there is an age when children are too young to understand and are unnecessarily traumatized by the intimate details of such atrocities. By middle or high school, I believe students are mature enough to understand and have informed discussions on such matters.”

Tabitha Hackett (Winston-Salem) Hackett declined to answer candidate questions.

According to her campaign website, she was born and raised in Forsyth County and has lived in the area her entire adult life. She attended school in the WS/FCS system; her two sons and her stepdaughter attended local schools. Hackett lives in Forsyth County and is employed in the accounting department of a local auto dealership.

From her website: “I do not believe politicians have the answers to the issues within the school system. I believe the parents have those answers. It is my goal to see as much power as possible placed into the hands of the parents whom the school system serves. I am no politician. I am a parent.

For many of us, the school system has become a source of stress and concern. Help me turn the school board into a body that listens to parents’ concerns and considers parents’ feedback.”

Michael Hardman (Pfafftown) “My primary interest and focus is with the students and the teachers.”

According to a video posted on Hardman’s campaign Facebook page, he attended schools in the WS/FCS district and graduated from Mt. Tabor High School.

He studied civil engineering at Virginia Tech and is a licensed civil engineer who works for a local construction company, at which he helps build schools. His three children attend WS/FCS ranging from elementary to high school.

Based on his campaign website, Hardman plans to focus on the following issues: teaching basic subjects without political agenda or bias, reducing the amount of screen time that students experience for school and homework, teaching students about American exceptionalism, restoring high expectations and empowering administrators to enforce behavioral standards so that learning can be achieved without distractions, and making curriculum and lesson materials easily available to parents online so they are able to make personal health decisions for their families.

Hardman shares, “My platform addresses key issues and challenges that I believe will lead to greater success for all involved.”

Millie Williams (Kernersville) TCB did not receive a response from Williams and there is currently no campaign website or campaign social media accounts for her.

DEMOCRATS Sabrina Coone-Godfrey (Winston-Salem) “We need resources to address the social and emotional needs of students to ultimately impact the academics.”

Coone-Godfrey has been an active volunteer in the WS/FCS for the last nine years. She has two children in the district, both at Title 1 Schools.

“While we have academic hurdles we need to address, we also need to acknowledge that many of our children carry a heavy burden from outside the schools,” she said. “We are also in the middle of a staffing crisis. When our staff is overworked, underpaid, and feels unappreciated, it becomes an equity issue. We need lobbying both at the local and state level for funding so that we can make sure we are able to retain and recruit quality staff to our district.”

Her campaign focuses on pushing for more lobbying for GA funding and securing grants. Additionally, she wants to free up teachers’ time to get them back to teaching. She said, “There are too many demands on educators to ‘teach to a test’ vs. meeting students where they are and helping them grow to their full potential.”

When asked about critical race theory and teaching African-American history, Coone-Godfrey said, “I think that critical race theory is a college level course and it is not currently being taught in our schools. I do believe that true and accurate history should be taught.”

Deanna Kaplan (Winston-Salem) “All students should feel like our schools are safe learning environments and receive the same attention and quality of education.”

Kaplan is the only incumbent running for re-election in this year’s at-large school board primary election. She won the at-large seat in the 2018 election and currently serves as the Board Chair.

“With five children graduating from Forsyth County Schools, I’ve had a genuine commitment to help make our schools the best they can possibly be,” she said. “I’m running for reelection to continue this important work. As Chair, I believe I have made great strides in bringing our board together to focus on children first and providing the best education possible.”

If re-elected, she plans to focus on teacher recruitment and retention, adequate pay to attract the best teachers, competitive pay for support staff, custodians, cafeteria workers, and bus drivers, learning loss, third-grade literacy, and closing the achievement gap. Her biggest push will be to increase state funding so WS/FCS can attract and keep “our most valuable resources, our teachers.”

Kaplan issued the following statement on teaching African-American history in schools: “It is important to teach about all races and cultures in schools. Every student deserves to feel seen and to be validated and celebrated for their similarities and their differences.”

Kimberly Stone (Winston-Salem) “Failure to address the mental and health issues burn out is causing in our school system will result in the loss of great teachers and very bright students.”

Stone has been an active and involved parent volunteer for the last 12 years while her two children attended WS/ FCS. At the onset of the pandemic and throughout the first year of it, she partnered with the guidance counselors and school food banks to keep elementary, middle and high school food pantries stocked. She said, “I am running for the school board because I feel as if the focus has gotten away from how to best serve our children.”

If elected, Stone plans to focus on creating stronger alliances with teachers, putting in better support systems for students, adding more incentives for student teachers for teacher retention, and engaging in programs that push towards career placement and futures that will help students escape the cyclical poverty the county has battled for decades.

Stone said, “My biggest concern is the cracks that many of our students have fallen into. We need an education system that works for all kids, whatever their background and natural abilities. By work, I mean it maximizes their human potential without breaking their spirit in the process.”

Regarding critical race theory and African-American studies Stone said, “As of right now, North Carolina and South Carolina departments of education said critical race theory will not be taught in schools this year. My honest opinion is those who are using critical race theory as a rallying cry are not really thinking about the curriculum, they are thinking about an issue that they want to emphasize. A sound understanding of U.S. history must be firmly grounded as an educational endeavor, not a political project.”

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Richard Watts (Winston-Salem) “I am running as an educator for education.”

Watts has served in Forsyth County public education for more than 32 years. During that time, he was a teacher at Wiley Middle School, an assistant principal at Southwest Elementary School, and principal of Kimberley Park Elementary, Julian Gibson Elementary School and Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy School. He was named ‘Principal of the Year’ twice. He received an Education Specialist Degree and master’s degree from Appalachian State University, and a bachelor’s degree from Wake

Forest University.

“I am running for the WS/FCS school board because I would like to see our school system become the best in the state at education and providing the best opportunities for all students,” he said.

His platform focuses on safety for students and staff, creating a sense of community in schools, academic achievement and closing the achievement gaps, building relationships and respect within schools through increasing morale, and sustainable funding.

When asked about critical race theory and African-American history Watts said, “I was part of the first African-American history infusion project for the district.

Critical race theory is a theoretical framework that refers to a way of analyzing systems, institutions, and power through a lens of race and racism. In the state of NC, critical race theory is not a part of the public-school curriculum. African-American history is United States history, and it should be taught as such. I believe there should be additional course offerings as a separate course for those students who want to take a deeper dive into the great history of Africa and the complexities of African American History. There is currently an African-American History course being written at the Advancement Placement level that should be embraced by WS/FCS once it has been fully developed.”

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It’s quite something. But it’s No word yet from her husband bigness deeply detracts from the — who was released from the NC angle in the women’s NCAA hospital four days ago after being championship, in which the NC admitted with flu-like symptoms State squad herolast week — on ically advanced to whether he’ll recuse Her political the final eight teams himself from any before losing to UCoJan. 6 cases or, as activism is well nn in the Greensboro some have suggestknown, but we Coliseum. ed, outright resign.

We apologize here didn’t know she had Like Coach K! But a direct channel and now for not covwith more disgrace. ering those games And then there’s to NC’s own Mark as we have covered our own NC SuMeadows. local basketball preme Court, which championships in has been charged the past. It had less with making a conto do with misogyny then with our sequential decision on an appeal sportswriter’s personal issues, but to the Leandro decision from still: We should have sent a writer 1997 (and again in 2004), in which and photographer to those games it was decreed that our state’s and we’re sorry we didn’t. spending on public schools was Less sorry is Justice Clarence so low as to be unconstitutional.

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The Winston-Salem Meme show is not a prank

by Brian Clarey

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urator Vikki Vassar assures me that the Just Winston-Salem Memes art show at Dye Pretty on First Friday — which also happens to be April Fool’s Day — is not a prank.

“I mean, how would we prank it?” she asks from her seat at the bar in the Silver Moon Saloon. “A bunch of people show up and there’s nothing there?”

Not a prank, but it still feels like one. The JWSM page began pre-panny, when the world was wide open: Downtown Winston-Salem was reaping the fruits of massive investment and development; a Confederate monument had just been torn down; and a guy calling himself Nightwatch had just become the city’s first real-life superhero.

It’s just really fucking lowbrow.

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Vassar says she doesn’t remember the first meme, just that she got bored, created the Facebook group and tagged a few friends. The memes started pouring in as the group grew to more than 4,000 members, occupying four moderators: Vasser, Jon Loer, Jerry Cooper and James Douglas [Disclosures: Cooper and Douglas work as freelancers for Triad City Beat; this article’s author is a member and has contributed three memes to the canon.]

“It was a straight-up accident,” she says.

Since then the page has documented and mocked every cultural touchpoint in Winston-Salem’s recent history — Bartsy, the renaming of the Dixie Classic Fair, Deactown, the stay-at-home uncle from “Jeopardy!” — with tangents on the city’s phallic skyline, Fam Brownlee, Brent Campbell, the Ardmore Neighborhood Facebook page, the proper pronunciation of “Buena Vista,” the redemptive power of cigarettes and more.

Delve through the wealth of material and you’ll find social commentary, political opinion, truth to power, the subversiveness of the longtime local.

CULTURE Vikki Vassar made gallery tags for each of the 10 memes that will be in the show.

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Enough Triad journalists regularly consult the page that a moderator once asked for a head count.

“It’s become like Ground Zero for gossip,” Vassar says.

With the popularity, the group has become more mainstream.

For the gallery show, they’ve avoided the most controversial topics like the Dixie Classic, or Bartsy, a subject which became so hot that Vassar felt she had to leave the group for a several months.

And while there’s no money involved — literally none, the founders stress — there are opportunities. In June, the Winston-Salem Dash will host “Meme Night,” based on the Facebook group, with input from the moderators.

Now Vassar and Douglas sift through a stack of meme stickers they’ve made to publicize the show: the WS/FCS Breakfast Club, School of the Farts, drunk guy mansplaining the Reynolds Building.

For the show, they’ve selected just 10 memes from the hundreds, if not thousands, that have been posted on the page.

Each meme has been printed on stretched, 11-by-14 canvas for display at Dye Pretty. They are not for sale.

“I made gallery tags for every single one of them,” she says, including its date of origin and creator, “like it’s an actual piece of art — which, really, it is. It’s just really fucking lowbrow.” There’s something of an alternate history here, a bit of the old Roman handwriting-on-the-wall, a vox populi, voice-of-the-people vibe.

Vassar agrees that if Shakespeare were alive and working today, he’d be making memes.

“He’d be the biggest shitposter on the internet,” she says while Douglas nods his head.

The show is only open for one night this Friday, April 1 starting at 6 p.m. at Dye Pretty in Winston-Salem.

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Second Chances: Elsewhere and the Re-Entry Expert showcase talents of the “judicially challenged”

by Sayaka Matsuoka

STAN SUSSINA

Victor Vncent Jr. landed in prison after fighting off police officers who wouldn’t listen to him after his girlfriend doused him in lighter fluid.

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n Aug. 8, 1988, Victor Vincent Jr.’s girlfriend doused him in lighter fluid and tried to set him on fire.

“She had called the police and I tried to explain what happened to them,” Vincent says. “[The police] just weren’t hearing it.”

When they tried to arrest him, Vincent says he tried to fight them off.

“I broke an officer’s leg, arm and nose,” Vincent says. “I was sentenced to 10 years in prison.”

On a recent Monday afternoon, Vincent sits in a fluorescent-lit room wearing a collared shirt that has the city of Greensboro logo embroidered on the chest. He wears a large, ruby-studded ring, and closes his eyes for long periods as he speaks.

He’s calm and collected, but he wasn’t always this way, he says.

“Prison is the most violent place you can ever be,” he says. “It’s barbaric.

It’s unreal and it breaks everybody. For years, I cursed God for what I went through. But because of my story, I’m able to talk to people.”

Vincent is the founder and sole employee of the Re-Entry Project, a

business that works with formerly incarcerated individuals from all over the country to help them reassimilate back into society. Starting on Friday, Vincent will be hosting a series of events called Second Chance: The Creative Impulse of the Judicially Challenged at Elsewhere Museum to showcase the talents of “judicially challenged” individuals like him.

“We came up with the term ‘judicially challenged’ because a lot of people who go to prison aren’t guilty of the crimes that landed them there,” Vincent says. “So why should we call them ex-cons?”

After being released from prison, Vincent got his GED, his driver’s license and a commercial driving license.

In 2005, he moved to Greensboro from Baltimore and eventually landed a job with the city, picking up trash.

In 2008, he enrolled at Guilford College to study criminal justice, becoming president of the Student Government Association while he was there.

“That’s when I made the promise to help people like me,” he says. “To help people find jobs and follow their dreams.”

Once he graduated, he started working with inmates by showing them

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what life outside of prison could look like.

“Everybody wants to be rich and famous but most of us will never achieve that,” Vincent says. “The point was to show that I work a 9-5 job and my home life is excellent and you can achieve the same thing.”

Soon afterwards, he started the Re-Entry Expert.

When Vincent first meets a client, he asks them what their hobbies and dreams are. If they want to be a rapper, he maps out a plan for them in which they secure a job somewhere so they can maybe take music development classes at the local community college or build a recording studio at home. He envisions a life for them in which they can live out a realistic version of their dreams.

“There’s some kind of talent in everybody and for some reason, I’m good at figuring it out,” Vincent says.

In this way, he’s like a motivational speaker, a social worker and therapist all in one.

“It’s only the fear inside of you that’s keeping you from being successful,” Vincent says. “Don’t get me wrong, you’re going to hit every obstacle, but I’ve hit every single one so I’m good at telling people how to get around these barriers.”

When Vincent thinks about his work, he remembers the people who helped him after he was released to the ones who tried to hold him back. In particular, he recalls a supervisor he had when he worked at the city picking up trash.

“He was surprised that I was going to college,” Vincent recalls. “He told me, ‘I thought you’d be picking up trash for the rest of your life.’”

And that’s the problem with society right now, Vincent says. They underestimate and judge people like him. But he’s working to change that.

“We aren’t giving people second chances,” Vincent says. “You have to look outside of people’s pasts. I find a gift in every client. What I would really like is for us to create a path for people to gain their rights and freedoms back.”

There’s some kind of talent in everybody and for some reason, I’m good at figuring it out.

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Second Chance events start on Friday at 6 p.m. with an opening reception at Elsewhere Museum. To learn more about the event, visit elsewheremuseum.org/projects/secondchance.

To learn more about the Re-Entry Expert, visit thereentryexpert.org.

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‘Can I Finish?’ — yes I can.

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32. Doesn’t give up 35. Recovered from 36. Make it through 38. “___ Junipero” (Emmy-winning “Black Mirror” episode) 39. Petty peeve 40. Item near a litter box 41. ___ nutshell 42. “Get ___ Ya-Ya’s Out!” (Rolling Stones album) 43. Like some wages 44. Long journey 45. Parenthetical comment 47. Lao-___ (Chinese philosopher) 48. “The ___” (podcast hosted by Michael Barbaro and Sabrina Tavernise) 49. Math subj.

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64. Lt. Dangle’s city 65. Prolific writer Asimov 66. Finn on a raft 67. Words of clarification when spelling 68. Lose intentionally 69. Accident-monitoring gp.

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SUDOKU 10. End of an ultimatum 11. Electronic assistant for a Madagascar lemur species?

12. Byron of “MythBusters” 13. Runny nose problem 18. Become well 22. See 56-Across 24. Triumph in the end 25. Countersign 27. Margot played her in 2017 28. Elite eightsome of higher ed 29. Author Morrison, when writing poetry?

31. Two-unit home 33. Team of judges 34. Like a winding road 36. “Foucault’s Pendulum” author Umberto 37. “Curious George” author H.A. ___ 40. Display unit © 2022 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com) 44. Word to a hound 46. Japanese radish 48. Means of escape LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS: 50. Ark measurement unit 52. “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” network 53. Bilingual explorer 54. Jake Shimabukuro instruments 55. Phil who jammed with Jerry Garcia 57. God, to Caesar 58. Carve in stone 59. “Morning Joe” cohost Brzezinski 62. Stuff in a pit 63. Principle behind yin and yang

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