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THURSDAY, April 16, 2020

COVID-19 cases top 100 in Forsyth County, Mayor Joines extends stay-athome order until May 7

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Last week the number of COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases in Forsyth County topped 100.

During the virtual meeting of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners on Thursday, April, 9 Joshua Swift, county public health director, said at the time there were 113 positive cases in Forsyth County.

“There are currently 113 positive cases in Forsyth County, with 61 cases having been resolved, and there have been three deaths,” Swift said.

According to Swift, 47% of the positive cases in Forsyth County are people under the age of 45. Twenty-Seven percent of the cases are people between 45 and 64 and 26% of cases are persons aged 65 and older. Swift said he and his staff are concerned that young adults may not have any of the symptoms of coronavirus but are still spreading the illness.

“As of April 7, 47% of Forsyth County cases are in persons under 45 years of age,” Swift continued. “We’re concerned that young adults may have few symptoms or no symptoms and spread COVID-19 to those at highest risk.”

When looking at race and ethnicity, 14% of cases are Af-

rican American, 4% Hispanic, 44% white, and 37% unknown.

Swift said the “unknown” category is dedicated to patients who did not report their race when they were tested. Swift said although testing is ongoing, because there is community transmission, there are undiagnosed cases in Forsyth County and the community should continue to adhere to the stay-at-home order when possible and practice social distancing.

“We are continuing to work hand-in-hand with emergency management, local first responders, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System, local colleges and universities, both hospital systems, and many other partners to ensure we are prepared and we respond appropriately,” he said. “I want to remind the public there are undiagnosed cases of COVID-19 since we have community transmission and people may be transmitting the virus to others without knowing.

“You must follow the stayat-home order. Earlier this week, I spoke with state epidemiologist Dr. Zack Moore and he believes the stay-at-home orders across the state are making a difference, but we can’t let up.”

During a press conference on Tuesday, April 14, Mayor Allen Joines extended the citywide

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Joshua Swift, Forsyth County Public Health Director, gives an update on local COVID-19 cases during the Board of Commissioners meeting on Thursday, April 9. stay-at-home order until May 7.

The initial order put in place on March 27 was scheduled to expire on Thursday, April 16.

“I know it’s been very difficult for our citizens because we’ve not been able to visit with our family, with our friends, and go out and do things that make our lives enjoyable, but it was

very crucial that we took that action when we did,” Joines continued. “It does appear that our actions are making a difference even though the number of cases are still rising.”

At the time of publication, the number of cases in Forsyth County had reached 124.

Joshua Swift, Forsyth County

Public Health director, gives a weekly update during the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners meetings held on Thursdays at 2 p.m. The meetings can be viewed online or by tuning into WSTV 13, the government channel.

Civil rights groups file emergency lawsuit to demand governor, state officials protect incarcerated people from COVID-19

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The emergency petition asks the court to order the immediate release of people who are particularly vulnerable based on the CDC’s heightened risk factors. to take action before a this deadly disease,” said edented pandemic that large-scale outbreak of Kristi Graunke, Legal Di- has overwhelmed even the COVID-19 in DPS facili- rector for the ACLU of best healthcare systems ties that results in severe North Carolina. “North in this country,” said Rev. illness and death among Carolina courts did not Dr. T. Anthony Spearman, incarcerated people, pris- sentence thousands of president of the North on staff, and surrounding people to suffer and poten- Carolina State Conference communities. It asks the tially die from a pandemic. of the NAACP. “We cancourt to order the immedi- Numerous people who are not leave our brothers and ate release of people who incarcerated right now sisters who are incarcerare particularly vulner- could be sent home to live ated — and who are disable based on the CDC’s safely with their families proportionately black and heightened risk factors. without posing a danger brown — to die behind “Our state prisons to the public. It is within bars during this global are overcrowded, forcing Governor Cooper and Sec- emergency.” thousands of people to retary Hooks’ power to The lawsuit comes two live and work in danger- save lives, and they must weeks after the ACLU of ous conditions where it is do so immediately.”

North Carolina, Disabilimpossible for people to “Prison is no place ity Rights North Caroprotect themselves from to be during an unprec- lina, Emancipate NC,

Forward Justice, the National Juvenile Justice Network, and other civil rights groups sent letters to Governor Cooper and the Department of Public Safety, urging officials to use their existing authority to expedite the release of certain people who are incarcerated, particularly the elderly and chronically ill, in order to protect those who remain incarcerated and avoid a public health crisis.

“COVID-19 will spread like wildfire in our overcrowded, unhygienic prisons, and present a health risk to entire communities,” said Virginia Knowlton Marcus, CEO of Disability Rights North Carolina. “Approximately 32% of people in prison have one or more disabilities. Conditions such as diabetes, COPD, heart conditions, and other disabilities place people at increased risk for serious consequences from COVID-19. The same is true for those over 65. The evidence is clear that we must act swiftly and sensibly to reduce our prison population, to mitigate the harm of this deadly disease.”

“State officials have known for weeks that action was needed to pro-

tect people living and working in North Carolina prisons,” said Daryl Atkinson, co-director of Forward Justice. “Public health experts and advocates warned Governor Cooper and DPS that prisons are breeding grounds for infectious disease and unless they took significant action, they would be leaving North Carolinians vulnerable to a massive outbreak of the virus. Now we fear that inaction could lead to a death sentence for vulnerable people.”

“If Governor Cooper doesn’t take immediate action to let folks out of prison, we will lose many precious lives to COVID-19,” said Dawn Blagrove, executive director of Emancipate NC. This week, Butner Federal Correctional Complex reported that 60 people have tested positive for the coronavirus. State prison officials announced they will not allow any new people to be sent from local jails to North Carolina prisons for 14 days. However, they have not taken broad action to reduce the number of people who are already incarcerated.

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RALEIGH — The ACLU of North Carolina, Disability Rights North Carolina, Emancipate NC, Forward Justice, and the National Juvenile Justice Network filed a lawsuit today seeking emergency action to prevent the deadly spread of COVID-19 in the state’s prisons by reducing the number of people who are incarcerated in state facilities. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the NC NAACP, Disability Rights North Carolina, the ACLU of North Carolina, four people who are currently incarcerated, and a spouse of an incarcerated person.

The emergency petition was filed in the North Carolina Supreme Court and asserts that Governor Cooper and N.C. Department of Public Safety (DPS) Secretary Erik Hooks have a legal duty

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Black businesses matter, but will they get fair share of COVID-19 aid money?

BY BARRINGTON M. SALMON CONTRIBUTING WRITER, THE FINAL CALL

President Donald Trump and Congressional leaders announced the $2 trillion economic stimulus package—the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to great fanfare, touting the deliverables of different aspects of the provisions and their belief in its ability to slow the economic tsunami exacerbated by the novel coronavirus pandemic. One of the major selling points is a $1,200 one-time payment to adults.

The pandemic has cut a wide and deadly swathe through communities across the country, overwhelmed the medical infrastructures of places like New York City, Detroit and New Orleans, and brought much of America’s economic activity to a standstill. At press time the grisly tally in the U.S. stood at 356,942 confirmed cases and more than 10,524 deaths.

New York is still the epicenter with more than 122,031 confirmed cases and almost 4,159 deaths.

In a desperate effort to blunt the spread of Covid-19, state governors have ordered as many as 230 million people to stay home, which has brought commerce to a virtual standstill. Along with the sudden and brutal decline of the much vaunted, record-setting stock market, the economy began a free fall, dragging with it jobs, businesses—large and small—and the destinies and fortunes of tens of millions of American workers.

Compared to other small business owners, African Americans have generally had to face more daunting challenges such as smaller cash reserves to draw from, difficulty in securing bank loans and other financing, and being sole proprietors or “mom and pop” establishments that are ineligible for most small business loans.

Businesses, big and small, have been savaged, with the hardest hit sectors being the travel and hospitality industries and the retail sector.

Financial planner and wealth manager Ivory J. Johnson acknowledged that COVID-19 has shaken up U.S. businesses and hit black customers hard.

“It’s having a tremendous effect,” he said. “Cash flow just stops. Ten percent retail, 10 percent of restaurants, 20 percent of the population just stopped. This is the end of the business cycle, we’re at peak employment where wages go up, corporate money gets squeezed and they fire Bob,” he explained.

“People didn’t have time to pivot.

For black business, access to capital may not be there and black customers are going to be hit very hard. It’s going to be a challenge for all businesses. You have to figure what you need to do now.”

He characterized the relief package as, “keep-the-lights-on money,” likened the U.S. economy to a Ponzi scheme with the U.S. government printing money “out of thin air,” and said now that corporations—who are carrying between $4 trillion and $10 trillion worth of debt—face an economic reckoning, the realization is dawning that the way they’ve been doing business is untenable.

“They are now seeing that this isn’t sustainable,” said Mr. Johnson, who for the past two decades has helped families and small businesses create and protect wealth, and who has guided them to see the benefits of developing a financial game plan.

“Nobody ever shoots Santa. People don’t care and weren’t complaining when they were making money.”

Mr. Johnson said the COVID-19 pandemic merely accelerated what has been happening to the economy, just at a slower rate.

“Here’s the reality: what happened is that they are creating money out of thin air, buying assets, feeding

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Black businesses are hit disproportionately higher due to COVID-19. the Ponzi scheme,” he said. “They were rigging earnings, strip-mining stocks and buying back stocks, while the Federal Reserve pushed down interest rates and have been buying bonds and assets.”

Johnson, who founded Delancey Wealth Management, LLC in 2012, said 35% of small businesses couldn’t sustain a three-month shutdown, while 70% wouldn’t survive past six months.

He said the country is staring at the abyss. The unemployment rate during the Great Depression was 25% and financial experts are predicting that unemployment figures could reach that figure before all this is done. In late March and early April, about 10 million Americans filed for unemployment. The next jobs figures are expected to be considerably higher.

Veteran labor organizer Bill Fletcher, Jr. said there are a couple of layers to consider when contemplating the effect coronavirus will have on African Americans.

“One is the question of the impact of the crisis on Black America and black businesses. One of the things that we’re going to have to deal with in this country, irrespective of race, is going to be trauma,” he said. “I think that it will have a particular type of impact on Black America—looking at illnesses and a further elimination of wealth, along the lines of 2008 crash,” added Mr. Fletcher.

“African Americans never really recovered from the housing crash and economic meltdown and that reality is going to be a very important factor for black people, especially since the U.S. may be going into some form of depression,” said Fletcher, former president of TransAfrica Forum and a senior scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies. “I saw a report last week that shows the Washington metropolitan area could lose 35% of small businesses. Add a layer of race onto that—lower savings rates and profit margins and most small biz not able to sustain themselves for three months, and the problem becomes clear.”

What comes out of this crisis will be equivalent to the aftermath of a war, he said.

“It’s not like coming out of a recession with the infrastructure intact.

Even if the number of people who die isn’t as high, we’re looking at high levels of devastation economically,” Mr. Fletcher explained.

Marc Morial is one of a number of critics who don’t believe the package goes far enough and said he and others in the civil rights and business communities will have to push just as hard as they have to ensure that more is done for African American businesses. He said he doesn’t have to look too far to see the impact of the pandemic on small black business owners in New York, where he lives.

“My barber is closed down.

That’s where three people work. It’s their livelihood,” he said soberly.

“Every barber shop, every hair salon has been closed down.”

Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, said he, other civil rights organizations and their allies fought fiercely to ensure that Congress wouldn’t pass a bill that

completely ignored African American businesses at perhaps their time of greatest need.

“The $2.2 trillion recovery relief plan is a down payment,” Morial told The Final Call. “In the best case scenario, it will offer two months relief for small business owners and four months relief for unemployed workers. There is a need for them to go back. We fought hard in discussions, along with the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), to ensure, for example that lending platforms would be open to non-profits, sole proprietors and mom and pop stores.”

“The language is broad and inclusive, and the execution may take a while. We have to lean in on this opportunity hard. African American business owners shouldn’t sit around and wonder if they should apply. Apply! We have to put pressure on the process for it to serve us.”

Morial said, “There will definitely be a need for more money and we’re working with Rep. Karen Bass to see what the next package will look like.” President Trump signed the bill March 27.

Ron Busby, president and CEO of the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC), played a similar role as Morial, pressing lawmakers to include provisions favorable to African American businesses.

“I want readers to understand that in the 700-plus page bill, nowhere was the word, ‘black,’” said Mr. Busby, who serves on the Pfizer Small Business Council, National Newspapers Publishers Association Foundation board of directors, and White House African American Leadership Council. “It is a race-neutral bill, has nothing to do with black people. The U.S. Chamber advocated to keep it race neutral to ensure that the bill would get support. Congress felt it would be easier to get passed that way.”

Busby said while $2 trillion seems like a great deal of money, $349 million will go towards the Small Business Administration’s Payment Protection Program (PPP).

“That also seems like a great deal of money but it’s not enough funding,” he said. “It will be very difficult for black and small businesses.

We fought for small, black-owned businesses, fought for a couple of things—to ensure that businesses wouldn’t be cancelled because of supply chain issues and problems with developing products and widgets because of the epidemic. We also fought to get a ‘front-pay’ program where businesses would get paid in the next 15 days.”

“The federal government is notorious for slow payments of 60, 90, 120 days— and most black-owned businesses are more interested in and dependent on cash-flow. They (negotiators) pulled it out at the last minute but they said they will continue to pay businesses through the disruption.”

Busby and other observers say most black businesses have small payrolls and use what is called 1099 workers and contract employees, but if business owners apply for the PPP, it will pay100% of their payroll for the next three months. Some aspects See Business on A6

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Local 82-year-old to donate 200th pint of blood on Friday

BY JUDIE HOLCOMB-PACK THE CHRONICLE

“I hate needles.”

That was the surprising answer when I asked William Harris what it was like to donate blood for over 60 years. “I hate needles with a passion and still haven’t gotten used to it,” he continued. “I just turn my head. The worst part is when the needle goes in. Then you just lay there.”

But for over 60 years, Harris has been donating blood to the Red Cross and on April 17 at 1 p.m., he is scheduled to donate his 200th pint, quite a milestone for someone who is 82 years old and, as he says, “hates needles.”

Harris related how he first started donating blood; again, the answer was a surprise.

“I worked at Reynolds Whitaker Park and they told us we would get paid to be off work for an hour to donate blood,” Harris related. “Back then, you would do anything to get out of work,” he said with a laugh.

Harris talked about why he has continued donating blood for 60 years.

There were years he didn’t donate as frequently, he admitted. “After time went by, I saw the need to help people. I was in good physical shape and was only turned down one time

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William Harris will donate his 200th pint of blood on April 17 at the Red Cross on Coliseum Drive. comes in every eight weeks,” she said. “He puts a smile on everyone’s face.

It’s always special when he comes in.”

According to the American Red Cross, thousands of blood drives have been cancelled over the past two months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Blood donation centers, such as the one on Coliseum Drive, are following the directions of the Centers for Disease Control to protect the health and safety of donors by sanitizing all equipment regularly, doing a pre-temperature

THANK YOU —— — — to —— — — OUR NEIGHBORS Thank you for trusting us to nourish your family during this time.

We’ll make it through this together.

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William Harris gives his 185th pint of blood at the Red Cross on Coliseum Drive. because my iron was low.

I took iron pills for three days, went back and they took me.”

Another time he visited his deacon at church who was in the hospital.

He saw him hooked up to IVs and was receiving blood and that convinced him to continue donating.

In 2016 his wife had double pneumonia and had to have a transfusion and that kept him determined, as he said, “to keep on keeping on.” He also thinks about his three sisters, who have also had to have blood transfusions.

“God’s given me a mission, I’m on a crusade to help somebody.” That keeps him determined to donate as often as he can, which is about every eight weeks.

Casey Epperson, collection supervisor at the Red Cross, has worked with Harris for 13 years.

“He’s very faithful and

check, allowing a limited number of people in the drive area, and practicing social distancing. All staff and donors wear masks during donations.

Harris is looking forward to donating his 200th pint of blood on Friday and is encouraging all his friends and family – and our readers – to consider volunteering to donate blood, too.

Anyone who is age 16 or older and is healthy can donate blood. To schedule an appointment, visit RedCrossBlood. org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-7332767).

He’s also looking forward to the cake he’s been promised by the workers at the Red Cross to celebrate this milestone.

Still, he’s not looking forward to that needle.

“I don’t do it because it feels good,” he said with a laugh.

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Editorial

Praying for our city On Good Friday, April 10, Mayor Allen Joines, along with clergy from many different faiths, joined together in an interdenominational hour of prayer for our city. It was live-streamed over the city’s YouTube channel and if you missed it, you can watch the video by clicking on the YouTube link on their website, www. cityofws.org.

Clergy and religious leaders from various faiths, including Christian, Jewish, Islam, Hindu, Zen Buddhist and Baha’i participated, asking for protection and blessings for every segment of our community: transportation, sanitation workers, EMTs and first responders, doctors and nurses, those caring for the sick, the homeless, the incarcerated, the mentally ill, teachers and students, our leaders, and all who are impacted by COVID-19. Some people may have heard an inspirational message from a person of faith different from their own. I know I did.

As the service continued, those who were watching online began to add their comments. There were many amens, many praises, and many thank-yous for Mayor Joines and all who participated in offering up prayers for our community. It was truly uplifting to see all those positive comments. It was like blessings raining down from heaven.

As I listened to the clergy from various faiths and watched the comments scroll past on my computer screen, I felt hopeful for the first time since COVID-19 began ravaging our country and invading our state and county.

If there is good to come out of this crisis we’re facing, it may be this: it is bringing our community together as never before as we fight a common enemy, an invisible virus. It is bringing out the good in people as they serve others, give to help those in need, and pray for each other, without regard to religion or lack of same, without regard to skin color, without regard to social standing, or the side of town they live in.

It is bringing us together as a community in a way we could never have imagined. I hope this spirit of caring and serving our neighbors continues even after the threat of the virus is over.

By Judie Holcomb-Pack, The Chronicle

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Why didn’t Union Baptist receive a larger portion of the COVID-19 Response Fund?

To The Editor: As far back as I can remember, I have always been encouraged to tell the truth. Apparently, that has not been the case for some people based on the number of untruths that were stated in an article that was published recently in The Chronicle about Union Baptist Church (UBC). I have been a member of UBC for the past 17 years. Most of that time I have also been a member of its Executive Board.

Two community-based individuals, McDaniels and Miles, indicated in that article that UBC “did not deserve to receive $50,000 from the COVID-19 Response Fund.”

They claimed that “many people are questioning” that decision. It is hard to understand why the author of the article did not question these individuals as to how they arrived at “many people.” Did they conduct some type of scientific survey, question members of UBC, or was this over exaggerated statement simply the uninformed opinions of McDaniels and Miles?

These individuals go on to say that UBC “has a reputation of only taking care of its tithe paying members.”

It is extremely unclear to me as to how McDaniels and Miles could make such unsupported statements about a church for which they are not members. I have been a member of UBC for over 17 years and I have absolutely no idea who is a tither in the church. Therefore, it blows my mind how McDaniels and Miles could make such an outlandish statement when they are not privy to such information either?

These two individuals went on to say that they have “seen UBC turn people away because they were not members.” Again, these individuals simply presented their unsubstantiated opinions. If they have such a low opinion of UBC, why are they mysteriously “attending” events sponsored by UBC to simply see if it turns “someone away” from events? There is not enough space in this publication to list all the activities and events that UBC has sponsored for both members and nonmembers.

However, just to name a few, as recent as the Martin Luther King holiday, UBC, as it has done for several years, partnered with the Phi Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and provided meals to over 200 homeless individuals as well as hundreds of others who attended the MLK Day program which was held at UBC. This type of activity is conducted on a regular basis at UBC. In addition, for years UBC has operated a youth character football league. The major purpose of this league is for all youth, not just children of UBC, to have the option of being able to play in a football league that focuses on character building, weight management, and sportsmanship. Hundreds of children have played in this league, most of them were not members of UBC. Furthermore, for more than 10 years UBC has conducted a Drug Dealers Conference. Most of the participants in this conference have been involved in past activities that most of us would not support. Yet, many of the past conference participants have become members of UBC because all of them were encouraged to do so.

McDaniels and Miles are certainly entitled to have opinions. However, in the future I pray that they would base their opinions on facts. In the future, I would also pray that The Chronicle would not publish such unsubstantiated, unsupported, and fact-challenged opinions.

Unequivocally, UBC deserved the funds. UBC will be a good steward of the $50,000 it received for the COVID-19 Response Fund by continuing to be an active member for its members and the general community. My concern isn’t some misguided opinions that UBC did not deserve the funds. My concern is why didn’t UBC receive a larger portion of the COVID-19 Response Fund?

Joanette Pete McClain Executive Board Member Union Baptist Church Winston-Salem, NC

Funding vote-by-mail option To the Editor: Voting rights experts agree: Americans must be able to cast a ballot by mail to ensure that they can safely and securely vote this year.

Congress has already passed some funding for states to implement vote-by-mail, but the amount is a fraction of what’s needed to prevent COVID-19 from disrupting

the 2020 election. In this election, perhaps more than any other, voters deserve the chance to elect leaders who will protect their health and safety, governing with their interests in mind.

While no voting system is perfect, the fact that multiple states already conduct their elections almost entirely by mail demonstrates vote-by-mail as an option can be successfully adopted around the country. We also know that vote-by-mail increases voter turnout across the board. According to the New York Times, in the 2018 midterms, states that allowed voting by mail had, on average, a 15.5 percentage point higher turnout than states that did not.

We also need other options for registering to vote and casting a ballot, like online voter registration and early voting, in states that don’t already have them. Election experts have calculated that states will need an additional $4 billion to implement these voting reforms to hold a safe and secure election in November.

I commend lawmakers for allocating some funds to expand vote-by-mail and other election assistance, but I am counting on Congress to recognize the magnitude of the threat that COVID-19 poses to our elections and provide the full $4 billion in funding that states need.

We must expand vote-by-mail before it’s too late.

Joanne Heckel Winston-Salem, NC

Our lives depend on the poorest wage earners To The Editor: “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Heroic janitors are risking their lives, without protective gear, frantically cleaning schools, homes, corporate offices and government institutions for an average pay of $13 per hour. Many waitresses, cooks, cashiers, retail employees, food service workers and laborers struggle with less than $10 hourly.

Brazenly and with arrogance, some of the most powerful billionaire corporate institutions as well as politicians continue to shamelessly debate whether America’s lowest paid workers need raises up to $15.

They know scantly paid earners (especially immigrants) can’t afford to strike, stay home or miss a day’s paycheck. “Some money is better than no money.”

The United States is in a partisan virus governmental leadership crisis potentially more potent than the COVID-19 disease. Our merciless “pandemic” and perilous lethal threat may be arrogance, poisonous attitudes, prejudice, fear, lies, tweets, social media and the partisan blame game.

Poor people can’t afford to quarantine from food, housing, rent, lights, gas, childcare or essential medical needs. When poverty-stricken individuals hit rock bottom, hell is the next inescapable lake of fire destination. (“Compassionately, give stimulus money to the homeless and poor. Big business and corporations will get their billions.”)

It is a humanely mandatory necessity to give all frontline responders the money and resources necessary to keep them and us alive. Without them, we could perish within the blink of an eye. They are risking their lives to save ours. Safeguarding human existence is worth more than $15 per hour.

Henry J. Pankey Durham, NC

Safely celebrating faith traditions To the Editor: As humanity faces one of the greatest challenges in modern history, at least three faith communities are searching how to safely celebrate sacred holidays in April.

These Abrahamic faith communities usually gather around family to honor and express their traditions. To do so now endangers the core of society that is the family. One wonders what would Abraham, Christ or Prophet Muhammad do?

Preserve these sacred holidays by advancing and helping humanity see the value of faith in these trying times. Demonstrate your convictions by helping our common families see a better future than our present conSee Letters on A6

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Bernie Sanders is out of the race amid the coronavirus crisis Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.

Guest Columnist Senator Bernie Sanders made a valiant effort to become the Democratic presidential nominee. His platforms, which featured giving Americans free healthcare and forgiving student loans, resonated with many of us, just not enough of us. His political rallies were always filled with people extolling his ideas and beliefs.

There was a time just a few months ago when Sanders was leading in the polls and it looked as if Bernie and not Joe Biden would represent the

Democratic Party. Senator Sanders and his supporters really believed he would become the next president of the United States of America.

The proposition of a Bernie Sanders’ presidency was almost signed and sealed, but it was not delivered. It came back return to sender. What happened? There were multiple things that happened, but I will only mention a few of them.

First, Bernie Sanders never related to older Democratic voters. His rallies were always motivational; however, younger people seemed to be more in tune with them. These younger folks simply didn’t come out to vote. They stayed at home. They would cheer, but they wouldn’t vote.

Voting means taking time out of your day or evening

to do so. It means standing in line, sometimes long lines, to vote. Voting is serious business and requires patience.

Winning a contested Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary gave Senator Sanders early momentum; however, it was short-lived. I believe strongly that Representative Jim Clyburn happened to Bernie Sanders. Days before the South Carolina primary, Representative Clyburn endorsed former vice president Joe Biden for president. That signaled the beginning of the end for Bernie Sanders. He was cooked!

He lost the South Carolina primary and pretty much every other primary.

His rise was surprising, and his fall was sudden. He went down so quickly that he was never able to regain

the political stride that he had. After the mounting losses, it became more difficult for him to talk about free healthcare knowing that he wasn’t going to be the nominee.

What must Bernie Sanders do now? He must readily endorse and vigorously support Joe Biden. It is also important for him to get his supporters onboard.

This must be done immediately and not be delayed.

During his first run, he waited too long to support Hillary Clinton.

It is my view that if this happens early, that the Democrats will have a great chance of taking the White House. Sanders still has an important role to play within the Democratic Party. He can truly become a kingmaker. Biden and Sanders need to form a coalition of voters and

push toward November. It can be done.

With COVID-19 on the minds of Americans, how will traditional voting play out? Will some form of social distancing be around in November?

Will alternative forms of voting become more relevant? These and other questions are on the minds of Democratic and Republican strategists now.

Presidential debates will be held prior to the elections. Will we the people be allowed to attend?

Will the debates be online from the candidates’ homes?

America has been in uncharted waters for a few months now and the path to recovery is still unclear.

There are many scenarios that have been given. For example, social distancing is working, however we

can’t practice that forever.

It is clear there will be a new normal in this country. Everyday things we did without thinking we will think twice about doing. Shaking hands and hugging won’t be practiced as much. Wearing gloves might become an everyday occurrence.

The prevailing and unanswered question is: what will our new normal look like?

James B. Ewers Jr., Ed.D., is a former tennis champion at Atkins High School and played college tennis at Johnson C. Smith University where he was all-conference for four years. He is a retired college administrator and can be reached at ewers. jr56@yahoo.com.

Will the coronavirus pandemic help curb war and militarism?

Dr. Lawrence Wittner

Guest Columnist Decades ago, when I began teaching international history, I used to ask students if they thought it was possible for nations to end their fighting of wars against one another. Their responses varied. But the more pessimistic conclusions were sometimes tempered by the contention that, if the world’s nations faced a common foe, such as an invasion from another planet, this would finally pull them together.

I was reminded of this on March 23, when the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, called for “an immediate global ceasefire.” The time had come, he said, to “end the sickness of war and fight the disease that is ravaging our world.” A UN sum-

mary noted that the Secretary-General had “urged warring parties across the world to lay down their weapons in support of the bigger battle against COVID-19: the common enemy that is now threatening all of humankind.”

If human beings behaved rationally, they would certainly recognize their common enemy and back this proposal. After all, why not work cooperatively to save humanity from massive global death and economic collapse rather than continue to devote $1.8 trillion a year to waging wars and engaging in vast military buildups with the goal of slaughtering one another? The U.S. government alone is currently spending a record $738 billion a year on its ever-growing military machine―considerably more than it allocates every year for health, education, and all other civilian services.

How about using these enormous resources, now earmarked for war and war preparations, to meet the needs of its own people,

such as coping with the coronavirus pandemic?

And surely other heavilyarmed governments, currently shoveling the human and economic wealth of their nations down the rathole of war, would also benefit by a reordering of their priorities.

Furthermore, with the world swept by a deadly pandemic―and maybe only the first of many in the coming decades―how are nations going to maintain the necessary armed forces to fight wars? Soldiers, like sailors, live in close proximity with one another and, as a result, their ranks are likely to be decimated by disease. As illustrated by the recent dismissal from command of a U.S. Navy captain who warned of the spread of the coronavirus on his aircraft carrier, top military officials are likely to resist recognizing the deteriorating health of their military personnel. But that willful ignorance won’t put an effective combat or military occupation force in the field. It might even lead to

widespread resistance and revolts among the troops, as disease and death sweep through their cramped barracks and ships’ sleeping quarters.

Nevertheless, as history shows us, we are not living in a thoroughly rational world. Nations―and, before their existence, competing territories―have been squandering human and economic resources on war and war preparations for millennia. Even 75 years after the obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs, nations continue to arm themselves with roughly 14,000 nuclear weapons, preparing for―and sometimes threatening―a nuclear war that will destroy most life on earth.

Moreover, the coronavirus pandemic might be strengthening authoritarian political tendencies that, traditionally, have gone hand-in-hand with militarism. Recognizing the fear and panic that are already gripping the general public, powerhungry government of-

ficials are using the crisis to proclaim a state of emergency and cut back political freedom. In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbàn convinced parliament, controlled by his party, to cancel all elections, suspend its ability to legislate, and give him the right to rule by decree indefinitely. In the United States, Donald Trump, after initially making light of the pandemic, did a total reversal―declaring “a national emergency” and reinventing himself as a “war president.” Recently, under cover of the coronavirus crisis, Trump has escalated his military threats against other nations, ordering stepped-up action by the U.S. forces that risks war with Iran and also portends a U.S. military attack upon Venezuela.

In short, the jury is still out on whether the coronavirus pandemic will weaken or strengthen war and militarism. Much will depend on what the public of heavily-armed nations will demand. Will

they press for a reorientation of their countries’ priorities from waging war to meeting human needs? Or, despite the enormous challenges posed by the disease pandemic, will they once again rally behind their flag-waving rulers― all too often unscrupulous and incompetent―and pour their blood and treasure into war?

Given the world’s long history of violent international conflict, it would be foolish to bet on humanity turning over a new leaf.

But, on the other hand, there have been occasions when human beings have worked together to solve their common problems.

Perhaps they will do so again.

Dr. Lawrence Wittner, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is professor of history emeritus at SUNY/Albany and the author of “Confronting the Bomb” (Stanford University Press).

Research could open doors for African American women with disabilities John Ralley Guest Columnist Do you know what the largest minority group in our country is? People with disabilities. Don’t worry if you didn’t know.

Most people don’t. People with disabilities are too often forgotten, misunderstood and stereotyped, especially African American women with disabilities. Drs. Keisha Rogers and Tammara Thomas of Winston-Salem State University hope their research will lead to strategies that will allow these women and their talents to thrive.

This issue is all the more important in these days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rogers is an assistant professor and Thomas is an associate professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling at WSSU. As Fellows at the school’s Center for the

Study of Economic Mobility, they will explore the hurdles to economic mobility for African American women with physical and mental health disabilities in Forsyth County.

Their work, with student interns, will begin in earnest this summer, once, hopefully, the pandemic has passed. They plan to go into communities where these women live to interview them and collect survey information in an effort to better understand their views about obstacles to economic mobility.

Rogers and Thomas believe that the pandemic has underscored the barriers African American women with disabilities face, including the lack of access to the Internet, the lack of access to health care, and the lack of access to good jobs. These women who were already vulnerable are especially vulnerable now. For example, many assume everybody has access to the Internet, but really, it’s a luxury. It’s not something everyone has.

Then there is the

search for necessities.

Thomas shared that it has taken her days to find toilet paper, and she has all the resources she needs: the income, the cars, the family-support systems. These are things that people with disabilities do not necessarily have. Imagine how much more difficult it is for them.

For most of us, life will return to normal when the pandemic passes. The daily challenges will remain for those with disabilities.

A person with a disability has it hard enough. The challenges mount when stigmas of race and gender are added to the equation.

Economic mobility is a huge challenge. Thomas and Rogers wrote in their application for the CSEM fellowship that “Scholars agree that there is disparity in employment practices as it relates to the gap in pay that is clearly associated with gender and race.

However, the link between poverty, gender, and disability has remained wholly underexplored.”

Employers may see disability as a disadvan-

tage, and wrongly see people with disabilities as incapable of high productivity.

Thomas and Rogers say it is important to really sit down and have conversations with these women, to hear from them directly about problems and barriers and to work with them to develop solutions. They believe they will discover common barriers are still relevant such as healthcare, transportation, childcare, and education. Through their research, they feel they will uncover other hurdles this specific population faces in attaining economic mobility. They want answers to questions they posed in their application: “How does one’s disability, gender, and race/ ethnicity impact the ability to advance economically?

What unique local factors are at play that impact the economic mobility of African American women with disabilities in Forsyth County? What do we not know?”

These women might have some special circumstances that are unknown.

For Thomas and Rogers, it is critical to help these women gain employment and begin generating wealth and stability so they aren’t starting from ground zero for their children and their children’s children.

These women have a willingness to work, but because society has such a bias, Thomas and Rogers say, they’re effectively put into a box.

Then there is so much financial red tape, including that this vulnerable population can’t make over a certain amount of money without losing some public benefits.

Rogers and Thomas will present their research findings to the public.

Policymakers might consider the findings as they address matters concerning people with disabilities. Thomas and Rogers say that, altogether, individual and systemic barriers produce disparities in competitive employment acquisition and upward mobility among their target population. Despite these impediments, they believe that it is possible,

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through innovative and collaborative efforts, that business, individuals and the government can be incentivized to embrace strategies to increase the upward mobility of the target population. This fits with CSEM’s “B.I.G. Idea” for community engagement.

The long-range plans of Rogers and Thomas include the development of a local incubator, a onestop shop where women with disabilities can go for help in navigating complex systems, and garner support needed that will lead to suitable and gainful employment. The professors strongly believe that these women deserve not just jobs, but careers and are one with them in this effort.

John Railey is senior writer and community engagement consultant for CSEM. He can be reached at raileyjb@gmail.com. To learn more about CSEM, go to www.wssu.edu/csem.

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Making Sense of the 2020 Census

BY LOGAN JAMES SPELMAN COLLEGE NAACP

We know all lives matter, but are all lives being counted?

In 1909, the inception of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) charged the nation to reevaluate their stance on African American lives in response to the ongoing violence across the country. Since their birth, the NAACP continues to make strides in the best interest of African Americans, one of which being

sus affects the livelihood of everyone, especially the undercounted. Past surveys have shown that Latinos, African Americans, non-English speakers, non-traditional families, and those with informal living arrangements are the hardest to calculate.

Poor policy-making decisions, unequal employment opportunities, and high levels of poverty within the aforementioned groups are the results of miscounting communities and individuals.

The United States Census affects everyone, espe-

meration survey, 800,000 African Americans went uncounted. What does this mean? It means once again, the voice of African Americans was denied.

Many programs that impact African Americans are based in whole or part on data derived from the census. History proves the disenfranchisement of black people socially, politically and financially.

Another ten years cannot pass before we realize how vital the United States Census is to the United States democracy.

The children are the

their work centered around the decennial census.

Through means of educating, recruiting and filing a lawsuit against the federal government, the NAACP demands that the African American population to be counted as much as possible in the 2020 Census. The United States Census determines the distribution of political power and money by quantifying the American people and allocating funds to healthcare, housing, and education programs in addition to government services.

The United States Cen-

cially the undercounted.

For every community not counted, $100,000$200,000 that would have gone toward advancing their economic, political and societal position is lost. Funds that would have gone toward erasing the poverty line, securing housing, monitoring discriminatory practices, and enforcing civil rights laws.

Undercounted communities have little to no representation because they are not prioritized.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau post-enu-

future.

Since the United States last decennial census, the array of events, movements, and tragedies that have sprung across the nation have left citizens all over in disarray. In the first month of 2010, the world’s deadliest earthquake struck the Island of Haiti. 2013 birthed the Black Lives Matter movement after the acquittal of George Zimmerman. In 2016, the United States greeted their Republican President, Donald Trump.

The list of terrorist at-

Business

man Evans said providing economic distress loans, the PPP and $10 million for minority development agencies is very important and underscores the importance of small businesses. “Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and it’s very important in terms of what these programs will mean,� he said. “We will probably need more money and jobs as ways to build wealth.

Closing the income and wage gap and stabilizing and building black businesses is a priority for Rep. Karen Bass.�

Rep. Beatty agreed with Morial and Busby that there’s much more that needs to be done to make sure that African Americans have a safety net during these calamitous times. “The old adage is that when America gets a cold, African Americans get pneumonia,� she said. “What’s happening with coronavirus has exposed so many disparities. Disparities are being shown by the media. In Detroit, for example, 14% of the population is African American but 40% of those dying are African American. The increasing numbers of people who are incarcerated, homeless - we need to look at the total picture of disparities.�

Zeville Preston, a member of New York City’s Black Business Empowerment Committee (BBE) was scathing in her criticism of the relief package. “This bill is D.O.A. (dead on arrival). We need something of value. Black blood and bodies built this country and as usual, once again, we find ourselves at the back of the line,� she

said. “We’re 22% of New York City’s population, but we are less than 2% of business and get less than 2% of the contracts, numbers which have declined over a five-year period.

Black business is dying on the vine and the governor cares not at all. “This is to put CBC on notice. They want people to think they did something, and they did nothing.�

A March 20, 2020 letter sent to the CBC points to 94 proposals to help African Americans that the body sent to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with only three speaking directly to black people and only money allocated to Historically Black Universities (HBCU) and Minority Serving Institutions has a dollar amount attached to it: $450 billion. In their letter, the BBE expresses frustration and dismay: “The CBC’s 94 initiatives totaling $459 million basically leaves the black business community with nothing, especially in New York state where all other ethnic groups and white women’s participation far exceeds black participation,� it states. “BBE is most disappointed that the CBC saw fit to argue the case for minorities, women and small businesses while neglecting to propose funding specifically for black businesses. Harlem’s BBE finds this unacceptable!�

Preston said BBE is reaching out across American cities to see if business owners and others in the black community are having the same issues. “We’re figuring strategically to speak in one voice,� she said.

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of the plan are still vague, saying he’s not sure how the wording will be received at banks, he added.

Ohio Congresswoman Joyce Beatty and Rep. Dwight Evans of Pennsylvania told The Final Call that the good news is that small businesses including those who work as 1099 employees, beauty and nail salons, painters and others who are selfemployed, will have an opportunity to participate. “April is when they can first apply,� she said. “The good news is that dollars are available. It’s first come, first serve. It was important for us to make sure that individuals who work as contractors weren’t left out. We can’t make a commitment that everyone will get in, but people should prepare their packages, go to the Treasury website and download the application package.�

Rep. Beatty, who is vice chairman of the Small Business Committee and serves on the Committee on Financial Services and the Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions subcommittee among others, said she has worked very closely with Chairman Nadya Velasquez and other committee members. “CBC members have stepped up. We’re teaming up and working together but there are a lot of devils in the details, especially those not in the traditional SBA,� said Rep. Beatty, who has served in Congress since 2013.

She said she and some of her colleagues met with civil rights leaders and will continue to do so as all of them try to stay ahead of this crisis. Congress-

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tacks, mass shootings, and injustices that have shadowed America in our past decade should not cloud the advancements and heights the country has yet to reach. In each of these instances, the opinion, vote, and livelihood of someone was taken away either through corrupt politics, natural disasters, or premeditated motive. As we move into our new decade, the younger generation must be aware of the world around them and the voice they have in changing it. “The children are the future� is not a coined phrase that should be taken lightly. All generations should be concerned with completing the census, yet Generation Z and the Millennial generation have a far greater duty. There have already been financial constraints within the Census Bureau, which puts the African American community at risk of being undercounted. Remaining informed and educating members of Congress, in addition to state and local leaders about the issues of the African American community, is crucial in producing desired results.

We know all lives matter, but all lives have not been counted. The NAACP and the Leadership Conference Education Fund, to name a few, have been doing the work to promote and protect the civil and human rights of citizens.

As the 2020 Census makes its way to our mailboxes and computer screens, I charge you, my reader, to ensure you and your family will be counted!

dition. Share the lessons of faith with actions of genuine concern for each other regardless of individual traditions. Allow science, safe health precautions and the love principle to guide our actions to honor the human family. A better day is here if we see the intrinsic human value of each other and act accordingly.

Have a Blessed Passover, Easter and Ramadan.

Fleming El-Amin Winston-Salem, NC

Support for elimination of WSTA two-bag rule To The Editor: I want to send a big “thank you� to Ms. Woodson, the entire staff of the Winston-Salem Transit Authority (WSTA), and the WSTA board for suspending “the 2 bag rule.�

As a result, passengers can carry on more than 2 grocery bags on our buses, as long as they can maintain their bags safely while riding.

This change is deeply welcomed for all the people trying to feed their families, since previously multiple trips or expensive taxis were required to grocery shop like people with vehicles.

This is especially applauded during a time when WSTA staff are working extra hard to constantly keep our buses immaculately clean and safe, planning changes in routes, and changing the way buses are traditionally boarded and exited.

This simple change that comes at no cost to Winston-Salem’s budget will positively impact the lives of many people in our community.

Ms. Woodson, her staff and the WSTA board deserve to hear a thank you from those of us who welcome this change. You may reach her at dwoodson@wstransit.com.

I hope the suspension of the two-bag rule goes smoothly, so that one day, the two-bag rule can be eliminated.

Sarina Jarrahi Horner, Forsyth Country Day Lewisville, NC

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THURSDAY, April 16, 2020

Players scoff at Major League Baseball’s plans to return to action

BY STACY M. BROWN NNPA NEWSWIRE SENIOR CORRESPONDENT

Major League Baseball is batting around plans to start its 2020 season next month, despite the struggle by health officials to blunt the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

The ambitious plan, which reportedly may have the support of the player’s union but hasn’t been finalized, would call for all 30 teams playing in an empty stadium in Ari-

prevent the disease from spreading, under the plan.

If someone does test positive for the coronavirus, it’s believed the individual would remain quarantined in a hotel room and looked after by a team doctor.

The plan reportedly could include using an electronic device to call balls and strikes and, at least for the 2020 season, eliminate the home plate umpire.

Major League Baseball would benefit from being the first sport to return to

ing revenue sharing.

Besides receiving regular game checks, a benefit for the player’s union is that teams would likely be allowed to carry at least five extra players above the new 26-man limit, allowing for as many as 150 minor leaguers to accrue valuable major league service time.

However, if the plan is agreed upon, all personnel involved must remain in the same location until the end of the regular sea-

Zimmerman told the Associated Press.

“I have my third child due in June. If this ‘bubble’ in Arizona was going to happen starting in May, you’re trying to tell me I’m not going to be able to be with my wife and see my kid until October?

“I’m going to go four or five months without seeing my kid when it’s born? I can tell you right now that’s not going to happen. Not many people have to go through that,

initial proposal is that it shows MLB’s dedication to just, hey, we’re trying to do whatever we can to get the longest season possible for the fans, the players, and everyone who works in the industry of baseball.”

Zack Wheeler, who signed a five-year, $120 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies earlier this year, is also opposed to being away from his family.

Wheeler and his wife,

Former Ram Carlos Fields named to D2Football.com All-Decade Team SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Former WinstonSalem State University linebacker Carlos Fields was recently recognized for one of the best defensive careers in the decade when he was named to the D2Football.com AllDecade Team. The team is comprised of studentathletes who have completed their eligibility prior to the 2020 season and has been named to the D2Football.com AllAmerica Team.

From 2010 to 2013, Fields was a part of one of the most successful eras in the history of Rams football. During

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Major League Baseball would benefit from being the first sport to return to play after the pandemic swarmed the globe and claimed tens of thousands of lives. zona.

Players, coaches, team doctors, umpires, and some necessary officials would be quarantined in hotels and would likely travel to the stadium in a manner that would maintain social distancing guidelines.

Teams would go from hotels to buses to stadiums while undergoing regular testing in an attempt to

play since the pandemic swarmed the globe and claimed tens of thousands of lives. The league would also reap substantial dollars from network coverage and local television revenue. However, some teams’ TV deals are far more lucrative than others and, therefore, could be problematic when discuss-

son and, quite possibly, the playoffs and World Series, even if the team they’re associated with doesn’t qualify for postseason play.

That provision is what troubles some big leaguers.

“People forget that we’re actually human beings,” Washington Nationals first baseman Ryan

Wake Forest offers additional time and flexibility to order football season tickets SUBMITTED ARTICLE

During these unprecedented times of COVID-19, Wake Forest will offer Demon Deacon Nation additional time and flexibility to order football season tickets. The accommodations include an extended season ticket priority deadline, ticket purchase assurance, and additional payment plan flexibility.

Last season, WFU marked a school record six home victories and looks forward to bringing Wake Forest supporters back together for the 2020 season at BB&T Field.

Adjustments to the season ticket ordering process are outlined below: Deadline Extension Originally scheduled

for April 30, the renewal and priority deadline for football season ticket and parking pass purchases has been extended to Friday, June 5.

Ticket Purchase Assurance If for some reason any portion of the 2020 schedule does not take place, ticket holders who purchased directly through Wake Forest will have the option of a refund for any unplayed games or a credit for future ticket purchases.

New Payment Plan Option Wake Forest is introducing a new summer payment plan for customers; 10% down at the time of purchase and automatic charges on June 15 (30%), July 15 (30%), and August

14 (30%). The payment plan option is interest free.

Payment Plan Flexibility Current payment plan participants have the ability to adjust their current payment plan to the new summer dates if it better fits their needs. To adjust your upcoming payment plan charge date, contact your sales rep or the Wake Forest Ticket Office at 336.758.3322, ext 1, or tix@wfu.edu.

Tickets can also be ordered online at GoDeacs. com.

Wake Forest University offices continue to operate remotely. At this time we are unable to have any guests visit the ticket office at Bridger Field House in person.

nor should they.”

“I definitely think this is just a first idea that’s being thrown around,” Diamondbacks catcher Stephen Vogt told USA Today.

“Obviously, I’m not a fan of the idea of being away from my family for four months. If anything, what I took away from this

Dominique, are expected to welcome their first child in July.

“I couldn’t even imagine missing the birth and just not being around and going, ‘Hey, I’ll see you in December’ or whenever it is,” Wheeler told The Athletic. “That’s not going to work.

Livingstone’s Ray named Player Of The Year, Leads Boxtorow D2 All-America Team

Livingstone guard Roger Ray has been named BOXTOROW Division II Player of the Year. The senior from Raleigh led the CIAA and ranked 14th in Division II in scoring (23.6), led the CIAA in assists (5.0), and was second in the CIAA in three-point field goal percentage (.367). He had six games in which he scored 30 or more points, including a 45-point performance against Virginia State (12/5/19), where he also recorded a triple double with 10 assists and 10 rebounds.

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that span, the Rams went 45-6 with three Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) championships, two NCAA Division II Super Region 1 championships, and a trip to the 2012 NCAA Division II National Championship, the 2011 NCAA Division II National Semifinals, and the opening round of the 2013 NCAA Division II Playoffs. One of the key components of the team’s successes was the Rams’ stellar defensive unit that was led by Fields.

Individually, Fields had a tremendous career.

He finished his career with 321 total tackles (183 solo) and 34.5 tackles for a loss, including eight total sacks. As impressive as he was in making stops, he was equally impressive in pass defense as he totaled six interceptions with 28 pass breakups.

During his career, Fields was a highly decorated player. He was a threetime All-CIAA selection.

He earned his spot on the D2Football.com AllAmerica Team in 2013.

He was also a selection to the 2013 Don Hansen All-Super Region One team and Beyond Sports Network All-American as well.

Following his collegiate career at WinstonSalem State University, Fields, spent four seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was on the practice squads of several teams and made appearances on the field for the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders.

For more information on Rams football, visit www.WSSURams.com.

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RELIGION

Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson

Injustice Will Be Punished Scriptures: Esther 7:1-10 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Explicate the story of Esther as a triumph of justice; *Sense that treachery and wickedness will not win; *Choose to act justly in every situation with the assurance that good will triumph over evil.

Background: Esther was written between 400 and 300 BCE, during the Persian period. The book has both a comic and a serious side. The theme is a rivalry between courtiers (this one focuses on honor and shame, a woman who uses her charm to save her people, an ancient ethnic feud, hidden identities, and the triumph of the forces of good over the forces of evil.) There is no mention of God or religious observance … said to be because of the comic and almost lewd content of the story. The end message is, however, a positive one. Good triumphs and evil is eradicated; the threat of Jewish annihilation is averted and the Jewish community is assured of continuity and prosperity.

Lesson: We enter the story on the second day of Esther’s banquet whose only guests are the King and Haman. Esther planned to ask a favor of the king, but was waiting for the right moment … so much depended on her approach. Esther built her case on her personal relationship with the king – “If I have found favor with the King” - she equates her life with her people, but does not name them. “… let my life be granted me at my petition, and my people at my request” (verse 3). Bringing the matter to full illumination – “for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, plundered and made slaves …” There is an underlying message here that an entire people could become enslaved only if another political entity conquered them … the real implication being that Haman is taking over the king’s loyal subjects – an act of treason.

Verses 5 and 6 reveal all that is hidden: “Who is he and where is he who dared do this?” (verse 5). “The adversary and enemy,” Esther makes clear that he is not only an enemy of the Jews, but of the queen and by relation the king. Her statement allies herself and the king against Haman (verse 6). Alarmed and frightened, Haman prostrates himself on the queen’s couch begging for help … bad move … “When the king returned from the palace garden … does he mean to ravish the queen in my own palace?” (verses 7-8). Haman is caught in a trap of his own making. The place he prepared for Mordecai’s execution will now be used for him. Haman had three charges against him (1) he manipulated the king in planning to kill the queen’s people, (2) he was perceived to accost the queen and (3) he planned to execute a man whom the king had just greatly honored for extreme loyalty to the kingdom. The ultimate expression of justice, Haman was hanged or impaled (depending on the translation) and the king’s anger was abated (verse 10). (The Jewish Study Bible, The New Interpreter’s Study Bible, The MacArthur Study Bible, the Oxford Bible Commentary and the UMI Annual Commentary 2019 -2020).

For Your Consideration: Honor and shame … how do they affect the book of Esther and us today? The book of Esther is a total of ten chapters. To get the full understanding of the lesson, read at least chapters 5-9. (Better, read it all.)

Application: According to UMI, as you find yourself witnessing the continued marginalization of individuals in this country, seek out and support organizations using their platform to elevate and alleviate the plight of the marginalized. Secondly, continue praying for and voting for elected officials who will attempt not to harm and oppress the least of these, but will establish and fight for policies that will make their lives better. Lastly, through prayer and fasting, bring all your cares and worries regarding how people are treated to God and trust that God will bring justice and righteousness. Read Psalms 82:3 and Isaiah 1:17.

RELIGION CALENDAR Tuesdays and Saturdays Christ Rescue Temple Church, 1500 North Dunleith Ave., will serve hot meals as part of the People Helping People Feeding Program. Meals will be served every Tuesday and Thursday from noon until 1 p.m. at the church’s location. For more information, call 336-722-9841.

‘Hour of Prayer’ brings various faiths, religions together to pray for the city

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

On Friday, April 10, Mayor Allen Joines brought more than a dozen faith leaders together when he hosted an online Hour of Prayer and Inspiration.

During the event, which aired live on the city’s YouTube channel, 15 different faith leaders took turns leading prayer and speaking words of encouragement. The event brought a wide variety of faiths together including Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu, Islam, Baha’i, and others.

An unofficial count of viewers during the Hour of Prayer and Inspiration topped 450 viewers.

When discussing the event, Mayor Allen Joines mentioned he issued a proclamation marking 10 a.m. as the official “Hour of Prayer” across the city.

He said while we may be

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On Friday, April 10, Mayor Allen Joines hosted an online Hour of Prayer and Inspiration. During the event 15 different faith leaders took turns leading prayer. going through hard times, we are a strong community and we will endure.

“This is a difficult time for us. It’s perhaps the most difficult time our community has experienced in a

Apostle Gloria Samuels leads prayer duing the Hour of Prayer and Inspiration on Friday, April 10.

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and faith.”

Joines said no matter what our denomination, faith or beliefs may be, in times of struggle or uncertainty, it is important that we come together as a community.

“No matter what our faiths are, what our beliefs are, what our denominations are, it seems to me that it’s very appropriate that we come together,” said Joines.

“As we pause and give thanks for the many blessings that we have and to thank those who are serving us every day to keep us safe and to pray for those who are suffering due to this pandemic.”

At the time of publication, the Hour of Prayer and Inspiration had nearly 2,000 views. To view the Hour of Prayer and Inspiration, visit “City of Winston-Salem” on YouTube.

Drive-In Resurrection Service draws large crowd

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Due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, Easter Sunday looked different for most congregations across the country.

While many churches made their service viewable on social media, Union Baptist held a drivein worship service that drew a crowd of more than 200 over the weekend.

The Drive-In Resurrection Service was originally scheduled to be held on Easter Sunday in the parking lot of the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, but was held a day earlier at the Inmar parking lot, due to the threat of rain. The last minute changes didn’t seem to affect turnout much as more than 200 cars filed into the parking lot, located at the corner of Martin

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More than 200 cars filled the Inmar parking lot last weekend during Drive-In Resurrection Service held on Saturday, April 11. watched from the comfort and safety of their cars and listened on their radios. There were also two large screens set up in the parking lot. Other speak-

April 19 First Waughtown Baptist Church Live Stream Dr. Dennis W. Bishop, senior pastor of First Waughtown Baptist Church, will deliver the Sunday message online at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 19. Please join us on Facebook Live, https://www.facebook. com/FirstWaughtown/ or the First Waughtown website, https://www.firstwaughtown.org and click on MEDIA.

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long time,” Joines continued. “Personally I feel like my life is upside down and I’m sure you probably feel the same way. But we are a strong city; we’re a strong people, a people of beliefs

To ensure compliance with social distancing orders, churchgoers were directed to stay in their cars and keep their windows rolled up at all times. Attendees were also encouraged to take selfies in their cars and share on social media.

Throughout the morning, sounds of car horns echoed throughout Innovation Quarter as parishioners showed their support

for the messages. Some people even decorated their cars to show their support.

While listening to the messages on Saturday morning, Jasmine Cunningham said she wasn’t a member of Union, but decided to attend when she heard about the drive-in service. “I think this was a wonderful idea,” Cunningham said.

Churchgoers at the Drive-In Resurrection Service were greeted by ushers wearing masks and gloves.

Luther King Jr. Drive and Research Parkway, for the service.

During the service, Bishop Sir Walter Mack and others delivered their messages from the top of a small flight of stairs, while parishioners

ers during the service were Pastor Tembila Covington, president of the Ministers’ Conference of WinstonSalem and Vicinity, and Rev. Giorgio Hyatt, senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church.

Bishop Sir Walter Mack Jr. during the Drive-In Resurrection Service hosted by Union Baptist last weekend.

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Music is a business SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Recently Bobby Roebuck, a local photographer, collaborated with Hunter Routh, a rock ‘n’ roll artist impacted by COVID-19.

Routh shared that some recording and rehearsal spaces are small and once you add members with band equipment, it leaves little to no chance for social distancing. He has seen many of his friends that are full-time singers and musicians suffer financially because they are out of work. Gigs scheduled for May, June and July have been cancelled.

Musicians, along with many other talents, are greatly impacted by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. People sometimes don’t realize that musicians are a part of a larger group that includes musical promoters or independent contractors who perform for birthday parties, proms, weddings and community festivals.

Generally, the music industry consists of several renowned companies and professional individuals. In addition, the industry offers opportunities to numerous small and large music-related businesses that have great potential.

The music industry includes all the people involved in the creation, performance, recording, promotion, and managing of music. Beyond the traditional genres of jazz and rhythm and blues is the spiritual uplift of the ministers of music and inspira-

tional soloists.

Then enters a virus called the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the local world of music comes to a halt. The COVID-19 pandemic altered the scheduling of events and public music performances due to the parameters of social distancing that limits the gathering of large crowds. The spring typically is the birth of a new flavor of music in the air.

People look forward to sitting in the park listening to smooth jazz, Motown, country, and rock ‘n’ roll from many artists such as Envision, Hunter Routh and Galvin Crisp, playing the majestic sound of the saxophone.

Because of COVID-19, Galvin Crisp indicated that “every gig booked in March has been cancelled and three thus far in April.

The financial impact for a small group is tremendous.” He recognizes that the cancellation is best for his band members and the safety of the audience, but it’s still hard.

Hunter Routh, pictured, is symbolic of today’s dilemma. He is healthy, but like so many, covered for his own safety.

Routh also represents the many independent musicians that are talented but disconnected from local and statewide musical events that would be occurring throughout our state this spring and summer. The picture is juxtaposed against a rusty metal backdrop, bringing visual

symbolism of the changing trends of our musical talents and the music business.

We may not see musicians as a small business enterprise, but they are.

Lack of capital and funding, retaining band members, changes in the economy infrastructure, and cash flow, all impact the growth and development of a group, long-term.

Many musical performers work two to three jobs, including their music gigs.

Running a music business is not for the faint of heart. Successful music business managers must possess the ability to mitigate company losses, while simultaneously bringing new music that meets the demand of their audience.

Not much is known about the summer Friday Jazz series in Corpening Plaza sponsored by the Winston Salem Partnership, or the Summer On Liberty event. We all hope the days of bringing our lawn chairs out, listening to toe-tapping music and eating and smelling the sweet aroma of kettle popcorn will soon come again.

Little did we know that the unprecedented coronavirus would change the dynamics of a business norm.

Think about our local musicians differently the next time you see one. He or she is a walking musical business, full of creativity and small business knowledge.

Hunter Routh, a local muscian, is pictured wearing a mask.

Right at Home of Winston-Salem caregivers provide in-home care for those most vulnerable to COVID-19 SUBMITTED ARTICLE

As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to ravage communities across the world, it is heartening to see people and businesses stepping up to offer their strength and resources to protect the most vulnerable among us. Winston-Salem has no shortage of its own heroes coming to the fore, and

senior, makes a difference that promotes healing and overall good health for the senior. This is a mission’s opportunity to help other people.”

By providing in-home care for the most vulnerable community members, Brewer’s Right at Home caregivers are alleviating the burden on overfull hospitals, trying to protect those for whom the virus

COVID-19 remains lowest for those who can stay in their homes and limit outside contact. Right at Home caregivers are trained extensively on limiting exposure and reducing the risk of spreading infection. Right at Home continues to actively monitor the recommendations and guidelines provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

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SECU and SECU Foundation join efforts to provide $10 Million for COVID-19 disaster relief RALEIGH – The State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) and SECU Foundation boards of directors recently announced a commitment of up to $10 million to assist with COVID-19 disaster relief efforts across North Carolina. The combined funding – $5 million each from the Credit Union and the Foundation – will help multiple non-profit organizations meet basic food, clothing, shelter and financial assistance needs statewide. The donations will also support

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care and support during this coronavirus pandemic. We deeply appreciate the frontline medical and other essential service providers who courageously serve the residents and communities of our state, and we are grateful for the opportunity to lend a helping hand to these efforts.”

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Pictured in the photo taken earlier this year are Right at Home staff members. Front to back: Ann Hicks, Donna Kiger, Kelly Willard, Fatmata Sillah, Ginny Chase, Jackie Brewer, and Shanita Dobson. some of them are our local Right at Home employees, who are saving lives and helping to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic by providing care services to senior adults and adults with disabilities in the comfort and safety of their own homes.

“We believe in improving the quality of life for those we serve,” said Greg Brewer. “Right now we are focused on assisting the seniors and disabled adults in our community.

Having a caregiver in the home, preparing meals and interacting with the

presents the biggest risk, and providing companionship to reduce loneliness.

“Right now, we as a society are faced with an unprecedented challenge,” said Brian Petranick, CEO and president of Right at Home. “We believe that everyone should be doing what they can to protect and strengthen our communities. As a business that is uniquely well equipped to respond to this crisis, we are so proud of our Winston-Salem Right at Home office and the role they are playing.”

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front-line medical providers and others as they carry out their missions to help the most vulnerable North Carolinians during this pandemic crisis.

“COVID-19 has presented a huge economic challenge for many North Carolinians,” remarked SECU Board Chair Bob Brinson. “We understand the financial struggles many of our members, families, friends, and neighbors are facing – the needs are tremendous. SECU cares deeply about the financial and physical welfare of our 2.5 million members and the people of North Carolina. We are grateful for all those on the front lines serving individuals affected by this crisis – we are confident that these donations will not only help provide essential needs and services in our local communities, but will provide North Carolinians with the hope that together, we will make it through this difficult time.”

Jo Anne Sanford, SECU Foundation board chair said, “Like the Credit Union, the Foundation was founded on the philosophy of ‘People Helping People®’. Through these donations, more North Carolinians will receive needed

Mike Lord “With such a sizeable commitment, we will be able to partner with many topnotch service providers who make a difference in the lives of North Carolinians every day,” added Mike Lord, president and CEO of State Employees’ Credit Union. “We will distribute funds where the need is immediate, using structures already in place to provide the assistance. The Credit Union and Foundation are united in aiding our communities. We are here to help during this challenging time.”

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Community Calendar Please call ahead to make sure your event is still happening. We will post cancellations/postponements announcements when received.

NOW – Volunteer Center of the Triad The Volunteer Center of the Triad is responding to COVID-19 by bringing the volunteer community together. We have designated a portion of our website www.volunteercentertriad.org to assist our non-profit community as their needs arise around the COVID-19 pandemic.

If you are interested in volunteering, visit www. volunteercentertriad.org, click COVID-19 Response and search volunteer opportunities available.

NOW – Girl Scouts on Facebook Live Every Monday through Friday at 11 a.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. and on Saturdays at 11 a.m., Girl Scouts and anyone who is interested can tune into Facebook Live workshops with topics ranging anywhere from STEM and gardening to life skills and family game night. They even host a weekly campfire on Thursday evenings.

Virtual Troops will kick-off the week of April 13. To receive information for these newly forming troops, families can visit www.BeAGirlScout.org/ connect. There will be specific troop times for each girl grade level.

For more information about virtual Girl Scout opportunities or to learn more about Girl Scouting in your community, please visit www.girlscoutsp2p. org. Questions about virtual programming can also be directed to info@ girlscoutsp2p.org or 800672-2148.

April 16 – 19 – Theatre Alliance to perform via Livestream Theatre Alliance performs “Forbidden Broadway’s Greatest Hits” livestream on April 16 – 19.

Celebrate Broadway’s unforgettable musical legends! Meet Broadway’s greatest satirist in this hilarious, loving, and endlessly entertaining tribute to some of the theatre’s most cherished stars and songwriters. Ticket price is a freewill donation.

You’ll be able to view the performance at www.theatrealliance.ws.

Performance dates and times are: April 16 at 8 p.m.

April 17 at 8 p.m.

April 18 at 8 p.m.

April 19 at 2 p.m.

May 17 – “Writing Your Manuscript” series “Finishing Your Manuscript: Revising, Rewriting, Beta-reading, and Reaching Your Goal,” part 4 of the public series on Writing Your Manuscript from Triad Sisters in Crime, with Rase McCray, MFA, at High Point Library, 1:45-4 p.m., 901 N. Main St., High Point.

Stay to 5 p.m. to chat with authors.

Aug. 27-29 – Used book sale The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem will hold its 33rd Annual Used Book Sale on Thursday, Aug. 27, and Friday, Aug. 28, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (1/2 Price on all items!). The book sale is one of the largest in our state! Parking and Admission are free. The event will take place at the fairgrounds.

Here are online Bookmarks events for the month of April Contact: info@bookmarksnc.org URL for info on all events: https://www.bookmarksnc.org/calendar Thursday, April 16 at 6:30 p.m.

Join us for a discussion of The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams, as well as a spoiler-free teaser for Adams’ new book Undercover Bromance. Email beth@ bookmarksnc.org to receive a link to participate virtually. For more info on this monthly club: https:// www.bookmarksnc.org/ event/romance-book-clubnow-online LGBTQ Book Club – Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller Sunday, April 19 at 4 p.m.

LGBTQ Book Club is hosted by Pride WinstonSalem at Bookmarks. All are welcome to attend. Email info@bookmarksnc. org for the link to participate virtually.

Spring Book Club Social Monday, April 20 at 7 p.m.

Join Bookmarks for our quarterly book club gathering to learn about new books coming out soon, new releases, and

older book club favorites with HarperCollins representative Eric Svenson.

You will also hear from Steven Wright, author of Coyotes of Carthage, a blistering and thrilling debut--a biting exploration of American politics, set in a small South Carolina town, about a political operative running a dark money campaign for his corporate clients.

All HarperCollins titles discussed at the event will be available for purchase or pre-order at the book club 20% discount, including Coyotes of Carthage.

The Spring Book Club Social is sponsored by HarperCollins Publishers.

For more information and to get a ticket for $6.50: https://bpt.me/4489041.

Well-Read Black Girl Book Club - Kindred by Octavia Butler Wednesday, April 22 at 6 p.m.

All are welcome to join this book discussion. To receive the link to join in and for more info, visit h t t p s : / / w w w. b o o k marksnc.org/event/wellread-black-girl-book-clubnow-online Book Trivia Monday, April 27 at 7 p.m.

Test your literary knowledge against other readers. Join us for Book Trivia with Bookmarks’ Inventory Manager, Caleb Masters. Email caleb@ bookmarksnc.org to receive a link to participate virtually.

Bookmarks Book Club - The Language of Flowers

by Vanessa Diffenbaugh Tuesday, April 28 at 7 p.m.

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by Ishmael Beah Thursday, April 30 at 12:00 p.m.

This book club meets to discuss lesser-known titles by some of today’s favorite authors.

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Local educators receive governors teaching award Submitted article

Winston-Salem State University Professor Scott J. Betz is the winner of the 2020 Board of Governors Teaching Award. Betz is the chair of the Arts and Visual Studies Department.

This prestigious award is given once a year to one faculty member at each of the 16 North Carolina public universities and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.

The award recognizes the tremendous contributions faculty members make to the advancement of public education.

Betz was nominated by a special committee at WSSU, and then selected by the Board of Governors Committee on Educational Planning, Policies, and Programs.

Betz has been a faculty member at WSSU since 2004, having also previously served Weber State University, Mississippi State University, and the University of Tennessee.

His background as an artist and educator spans more than 30 years. His work has been showcased internationally in exhibits in more than 100 countries, including China, Colombia, Australia, Argentina, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Taiwan, Korea, Canada, Japan, and across the United States.

Betz’s students tout him as a highly-effective, motivational, and innovative instructor. He is

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Scott J. Betz known to reach beyond the classroom, helping students develop skills that aren’t part of the curriculum. “I am certain that practicing painting and printmaking under the guidance of Professor Betz had a curative effect on my mind during a tumultuous chapter in my life, and I do not take his contribution to my success lightly,” said Jordan Wright, Fisk University Galleries Fellow.

Fellow faculty members also feel Betz is most deserving of this honor.

They applaud the fact that he “pushes students to think” and “nurtures their gifts.” He is known among his peers to be adaptable, often adjusting his teaching style to meet students where they are.

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Wade Wilson Wade Wilson, professor of sound design at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, will receive a 2020 Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence, it was announced by the UNC System Office. He is one of 17 faculty members – one from each of the UNC campuses – chosen to receive a $12,500 stipend, a commemorative bronze medallion, and special recognition by the university.

The Excellence in Teaching Awards were established by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors in 1994 to encourage, identify, recognize, reward and support good teaching at each of its 17 constituent institutions. Annually, each UNC campus honors several members of its faculty with campusbased Excellence in Teaching Awards and then forwards one name to the Board of Governors for the system-wide awards.

Wilson was among six faculty members who received UNCSA campus teaching awards, as announced in January.

“Excellent teaching is the very foundation of a conservatory education. UNCSA students learn from master teachers who are experts in their fields, and Wade Wilson is one of our finest,” said Interim Provost Karin Peterson. “We are very grateful for his mentorship of our student artists, and we’re proud to see him recognized with the UNC System’s most prestigious honor.”

Wilson has taught in the School of Design & Production since January 2019, after teaching for 11 years in the School of Filmmaking. In both conservatories, he has leveraged experience as sound designer and editor for projects including “Shrek,” “The Perfect Storm,” “Madagascar,” “Elf” and “The Hunger Games” to emphasize hands-on projects, teaching skills that help students land jobs upon graduation.

“I employ real world, time-tested techniques and processes that I have developed over my career as a professional sound designer,” Wilson said. Hour-long lectures are immediately followed by

knowledgment of the success of this university than to have faculty members like Scott Betz. He has become a beacon of success for our students, and I couldn’t be more proud of his accomplishments,” said WSSU Chancellor Elwood Robinson.

While balancing the weight of being a full-time faculty member, Betz continues to be highly active in his own research. He was previously awarded a significant grant to further his color research and book “Gateways to Color,” which is being cowritten by art historian Dr. Laura Amrhein of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Betz will receive a commemorative bronze medallion and a generous cash prize.

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practical two-hour labs.

“This schedule allows the students to rapidly connect to a practical application with the weekly lecture material, which, I think, accelerates the learning process,” Wilson said. “Students get beyond the technology at their fingertips and begin to perform as artists.

“I ask my students to see themselves as sound designers; as sound designers to see themselves as storytellers; as storytellers to see themselves as artists; and as artists to see themselves as offering something profound and meaningful to the world,” he added.

A student who nominated Wilson for the award said, “Wade brought forth insight that helped me become a better filmmaker by simply telling a story through sound. Without this, I don’t think I’d have the job that I have.”

Other students said Wilson is “an incredible teacher and mentor and his classes are some of the highest quality this school has to offer”; “the greatest teacher I have ever had”; and “the professor that all students wish to have.”

Wilson has received five Golden Reel Award nominations from the Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild. One of his most recent film projects, “Abundant Acreage Available,” was overseen by Executive Producer Martin Scorsese and won Best Screenplay at the Tribeca Film Festival.

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts is America’s first statesupported arts school, a unique standalone public university of arts conservatories. With a high school component, UNCSA is a degree-granting institution that trains young people of talent in dance, design and production, drama, filmmaking, and music. Established by the N.C. General Assembly in 1963, the School of the Arts opened in Winston-Salem (“The City of Arts and Innovation”) in 1965 and became part of the University of North Carolina system when it was formed in 1972. For more information, visit www. uncsa.edu.

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New podcast chronicles events of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre B O S T O N , MASS (BlackNews.com) -- A new podcast has debuted called “Black Wall Street 1921,” which examines the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 through the lens of experts, academics, government officials, survivors, and descendants of survivors. The project is a collaboration between local TV news reporter, Nia Clark, and the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission. The Tulsa Race Massacre was a violent, bloody attack in 1921, carried out by a mob on the predominantly African American district of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which was considered the most prosperous black community for the early part of the 20th century.

Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the tragedy. However, the ramifications continue to unravel in the present day. Although this dark incident was deliberately covered up for decades, the podcast has joined the collective efforts of many to bring this part of history out of the shadows.

“The Tulsa Race Massacre has been called ‘the single worst incident of racial violence in American history,’ but it has only recently come to the attention of many Americans, thanks to recent events, including the HBO series, “Watchmen,” which is set in Tulsa and begins with a fictional scene of the massacre,” said Black Wall Street 1921 host Nia Clark, who goes by Nia Hamm in her job as a TV reporter. “Black Wall Street 1921 explores the history and events that led to the massacre, the details of May 31 and June 1,

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Nia Clark 1921, when the assault on Greenwood took place, as well as the cover-up that ensued. Listeners will be transported back in time to the years before Oklahoma became a state in order to understand the ethnic and racial dynamics that existed years before and, yet, contributed to the hostile environment that boiled over in Tulsa when the Greenwood district was looted and set ablaze.”

Prior to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, Greenwood was a bustling, vibrant, and welcoming community. It was a hub of African American entrepreneurship and business success. Over the course of 18 hours, this model community was completely destroyed, with hundreds of people killed and millions of dollars worth of property destroyed. According to researchers and eyewitness accounts, the

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African American community in Tulsa was targeted on the ground and from the air by white mobs. The once prosperous neighborhood was turned to rubble.

However, what is even less well known is that residents of the Greenwood district who decided to remain in the community rebuilt their Black Wall Street better than it was before the attack.

For many years, the Tulsa Race Massacre was a virtual unknown to many Americans. In recent times, as a result of the efforts of many historians, activists, and others, a renewed focus has begun to shed light on those fateful 18 hours. Introduction to Black Wall Street 1921’s mission is to shine a light on this important point in American history and demonstrate the destructiveness of hate so that an event like the Tulsa Race

Massacre never happens again.

“The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Massacre in 2021,” said Phil Armstrong, Director of the Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission. “The Commission will leverage the rich history of the Greenwood District through projects and programs that promote entrepreneurship, facilitate cultural tourism, be inspirational and hopeful for future generations, and will tell the full story - not just focus on the Massacre. We will build lasting social ties through community-building and reconciliation efforts.

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“If we understand the root causes of the mob’s attack, if we can stimulate community dialogue about the lingering resentment and anger, then we can begin the healing process and push back against advocates for racism and the politics of hatred,” said Dr. Bob Blackburn, executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society.

The first several episodes – “Introduction to Black Wall Street 1921,” “The Five Civilized Tribes,” and “Manifest Destiny and Oklahoma: A Promised Land” - of Black Wall Street 1921 are available now at https://www. blackwallstreet-1921.com.

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“The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is emblematic of the historical racial trauma experienced by African Americans in communities throughout the land in the early twentieth century,” said Hannibal Johnson, attorney, consultant, and author of “Black Wall Street.”

“The legacy of that trauma plays out in ways big and small, patent and latent, simple and complex. Adding insult to injury, this tortuous history continues to be hidden and marginalized. My participation in this podcast allows me to use my agency to undo just a bit of the damage done by those who would continue to obfuscate and sanitize our history. Listen. Learn. Grow.

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