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Volume 48, Number 31

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Garden Party celebrates the life and legacy of Maya Angelou

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

The iconic words of Maya Angelou blared through the speakers at Bailey Park last Sunday afternoon as dozens of people came together to celebrate Angelou’s birthday and legacy.

Angelou, a St. Louis, Missouri, native, was a poet, author and civil rights activist. She served on two different presidential committees for Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.

She became only the second poet in history to read a poem during a presidential inauguration when Bill Clinton was sworn in in 1993. In 1977 she received an honorary degree from Wake Forest University (WFU) and in 1982 she moved to WinstonSalem after she was named WFU’s first Reynolds Professor of American Studies. Angelou continued to call Winston-Salem home until her death in 2014.

Since 2018 students from Wake Forest University have invited the community to come and celebrate Angelou in early April with the Maya Angelou Garden Party. Due to the pandemic, the garden party was canceled the past two years, but the event returned last weekend.

During the event, students from WFU and local high schools, as well as individuals from throughout the community, took to the stage to perform po-

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Dozens of people gathered at Bailey Park last weekend to celebrate Maya Angelou’s birthday. etry and spoken word pieces to honor Angelou’s contributions to the arts. The event also included lawn games, music, and free food.

WFU senior Malik McFarland served as the MC during the garden party. McFarland, who is a chemistry major, said he wanted the event to give the commu-

nity a chance to look back on Angelou’s legacy, while also taking a closer look at their own.

“Over the next 90 minutes, I hope you’re able to get a sense of her legacy and take an opportunity to think about yours,” McFarland told the crowd.

After performing one of Angelou’s most noteworthy poems,

Given Streater said when she heard about the garden party, she jumped at the opportunity to perform. Streater, who attends West Forsyth High School and is a member of Authoring Action, said Angelou’s work has inspired her to write and one day she hopes to leave a legacy that inspires others as well.

“I like how you can express yourself … I really enjoy putting everything in my mind on paper,” Streater continued. “And being able to see the work of someone like Maya Angelou who’s African American and a woman who made such an impact on the world is so inspirational and I would love to leave a legacy like she did.”

2020 Census called ‘worse undercount’ in decades as bureau misses millions of Blacks and Hispanics According to many experts, the COVID-19 pandemic and an administration that displayed a complete disregard for ensuring accuracy led to a consequential undercount in the number of Black, Hispanic, and Native American residents during the 2020 U.S. Census.

Further, Census officials admit that they overcounted white and Asian residents.

The bureau reported the overall population as 323.2 million.

“The undercounting of Black, Latino, Indigenous and other communities of color rob us of the opportunity to be the directors

of our fate, reducing our representation and limiting our power while depriving policymakers of the information they need to make informed decisions about where the next hospital will be built or where the next school should be located,” said Damon Hewitt, the president and executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. “In addition, the undercount exacerbates underfunding of our communities because Census data is used as the basis for hundreds of billions of dollars of federal, state, and local appropriations each year,”

Hewitt said.

The Census population count determines how many representatives each state has in Congress for the next decade.

It also decides how much federal funding communities receive for roads, schools, housing, and social programs. Hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake each time the census occurs.

Robert L. Santos, the bureau’s director, displayed little regard for the undercount of minorities.

He said the 2020 results were consistent with recent censuses.

“This is notable, given

the unprecedented challenges of 2020,” Santos said in a statement. “But the results also include some limitations - the 2020 census undercounted many of the same population groups we have historically undercounted, and it overcounted others.”

“We remain proud of the job we accomplished in the face of immense challenges,” Mr. Santos said. “And we are ready to work with the stakeholders and the public to leverage this enormously valuable resource fully.”

Terri Ann Lowenthal, a leading expert on the census and consultant to gov-

ernments and others with a stake in the count, told the New York Times that the results were “troubling but not entirely surprising.”

“Overall, the results are less accurate than in 2010,” she said.

The bureau estimated that the 2020 census incorrectly counted 18.8 million residents, double-counting some, wrongly including others, and missing others entirely, even as it came extremely close to reaching an accurate count of the overall population.

The Times reported that the “estimates released on Thursday - in essence, a statistical adjustment of totals made public last year - are based on an examination of federal records and an extensive survey in which the bureau interviewed residents in some 10,000 census blocks - the smallest unit used in census tabulations.

Bureau experts then compared their answers to the actual census results for those blocks.”

Officials claimed that the survey enabled the bureau to estimate how many residents it missed entirely in the 2020 count, how many people were counted twice, and how many people - such as deceased persons or short-term visitors

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to the United States - were counted mistakenly.

Officials began the count after the pandemic shut down operations in April 2020. After other starts and stops, the Trump administration pressured census takers by inexplicably moving up the deadline to finish the count.

Trump also attempted to add a citizenship question to the census, further muddying attempts at an accurate count.

Many experts complained that more time was required and called the count unreliable. Some called on then-incoming President Joe Biden to order a recount.

“This is the worst census undercount I’ve seen in my 30 years working on census issues,” Arturo Vargas, CEO of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials Education Fund, said during a news conference.

“I can’t even find the right word. I’m just upset about the extent of the undercount that has been confirmed by the post-enumeration survey,” Vargas said.

“This is a major step backward on this.”

Stacy Brown is NNPA Newswire senior national correspondent. Reach him at @StacyBrownMedia.

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Miss America’s gown giveaway outfits more than 150 local teens for prom

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

With winter weather giving way to more springlike temperatures and the end of the school year drawing near, prom season is officially in full swing.

And last weekend Miss America 2019, Nia Franklin, did her part to make sure more than 150 young women have the perfect dress for prom night when she hosted a gown giveaway at Mount Zion Baptist Church.

Franklin, who is a native of Winston-Salem, Photo by Tevin Stinson said the idea for the gown Miss America 2019, Nia Franklin, donated more than 150 gowns last weekend at giveaway was sparked a Mount Zion Baptist Church. few years ago but was put Several gowns were them away to anyone,” those in need and the gown on hold due to the pandemic. She said the dresses donated personally by Franklin said. “I want- giveaway is just the latest ed them to go to special example. were donated by various Franklin.

“All this stemmed homes and special young “This is not new for volunteers and organizafrom my personal selecladies.” her; she has always been tions. Brand new gowns Dr. Serenus T. Churn a giving person and conwere donated by Jovani, tion of gowns. I had a lot of the same designer who gowns just sitting around Sr., who is the pastor at cerned about the well dressed Franklin when she and I knew I wasn’t going Mount Zion, said Franklin -being of others. This is was crowned Miss Ameri- to wear them again, but has always been willing just an extension of that I didn’t want to just give to lend a helping hand to spirit of service and love,” ca.

Churn said.

On the day of the giveaway, the line to get inside the church stretched to the parking lot. Once inside, with help from volunteers, the girls had the opportunity to try on two different gowns before choosing which one was right for them.

When choosing the perfect evening gown, Franklin said essentially you’re looking for something that makes you look beautiful both inside and out. She said how a gown makes a girl feel is even more important than how it looks. Along with the gowns, young women also received a letter from Franklin that talked about the importance of inner beauty and being confident.

“We have a letter that we’re putting inside the

Experience Easter

W-S native opens fashion store in Charlotte

250 th Easter Sunrise Service 6:00 a.m. Sunday, April 4 In person

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Two years ago Breanna Twiggs took a leap of faith when she decided to leave her regular 9 to 5 job and put all her time, effort, and energy into launching her clothing brand, Nine Lamarca. Last weekend Twiggs came closer to making her brand a household name when she opened her first storefront in Charlotte.

Before she decided to bet on herself, Twiggs, who is a native of Winston-Salem, worked at several different bars and restaurants. She said although that was her reality at the time, she always had dreams of something more. In 2020, after she was fired, Twiggs said she took that leap of faith and never looked back.

“I always knew I wanted my own clothing line,” said Twiggs when discussing how Nine Lamarca got started.

Twiggs said she knew she made the right decision to bet on herself the day Nine Lamarca launched.

Within hours of becoming available to the public, the Nine Lamarca tshirt sold out.

“I knew I had something the first day we dropped my t-shirts and the brand blew up the same day,” Twiggs said.

Despite having a few obstacles along the way, Twiggs has continued to strive toward her goal and now Nine Larmaca is a streetwear brand that is recognized throughout the country. With the physical store in Charlotte, customers can walk in and buy the latest Nine Lamarca designs without the hassle of dealing with shipping.

“I always wanted a storefront or a warehouse,” Twiggs said. “I saw the storefront I have about a year ago, but someone else got it before

gift bags that talks about how the beauty that we see in each other actually comes from out of the love of God and God’s love for us; it’s really, really an inner beauty,” Franklin continued. “So when you put on that dress, it’s not even about what it looks like, it’s about how you feel in it and what that dress represents and how you represent yourself in the dress.”

Ramiah Anderson, who will be attending Parkland’s prom on May 14, found “the one” with help from Franklin and her grandmother. She said when she saw the long, flowing, sequined gown, she just knew it was the one for her.

“I love it. It’s just so beautiful … it’s so me,” Anderson said.

Service includes procession to St. Philips Second Graveyard Stream at MoravianSunrise.org Broadcast on WSJS radio & WXII Channel 12

Great Sabbath Service of Music and Worship

Saturday, April 16, 7:00 p.m Streaming at homemoravian.org

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A look inside the Nine Lamarca located at 3010 Monroe Stree, Suite 103 in Charlotte.

I could, but a few months later it be- going is her belief in God and her determination to make it. “I tell people came available and I went for it.”

Although she wouldn’t reveal all the time who are looking to start a what’s next for Nine Lamarca, business, never give up, control your Twiggs said we should expect some- emotions, and pray,” Twiggs added.

“Keep God first and everything thing big. “There’s a lot of things I’m working on. What’s next is going to else will fall into place.”

For more information on Nine be really big for us, but we’ll have to cross that bridge when we get there Lamarca, visit “@ninelamarca” on … I like to move in silence,” Twiggs Instagram or ninelamaeca.net. The store is located at 3010 Monroe laughed.

Twiggs said what has kept her Street, Suite 103, in Charlotte.

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Girl Scout features the beauty of nature to achieve her Silver award

BY JUDIE HOLCOMB-PACK THE CHRONICLE

Earning the distinction of having achieved the Silver Award is no small feat. The Silver Award is the second highest award offered by the Girl Scouts of the USA, and the highest award that a Girl Scout Cadette can earn.

Alexandria Dove’s project began by leading Submitted photo a workshop in natural tie Alexandria Dove teaching how to create natural wadying in September 2019 tercolors during Paint and Sip natural watercolors at the Story Circle at Gate- workshop. way Nature Preserve near Washington Park. Alex- 3rd to 5th graders and 6th and exploring the world andria’s participation in to 8th graders, and were around her since she was previous Creek Week ac- virtual workshops. For two years old. I’m not just tivities was the inspiration high schoolers and adults, proud of my daughter, she for her project, Naturally Alexandria held a Paint inspires me every single Beautiful. Her passion for and Sip workshop at Sa- day.” both exploring nature and lem Marina. She also put Alexandria will reart led to Naturally Beauti- together instruction kits ceive her Silver Award ful, that “… combined the that people could pick up during a ceremony in May. beauty of nature with the at local libraries that had creativity of art, designed all the things they would to engage, inspire and edu- need to start making their cate participants about the own natural paints to create their art project. natural world around us.”

Along with the art of The project took almost two years of plan- painting, Alexandria inning, fundraising, and corporated the art of phocollaborating with Forsyth tography. She challenged County’s Creek Week. people to explore the outWhen asked why she doors and take photos “up chose this particular proj- close and personal,” abect, Alexandria simply ex- stract “slice of life” phoplained that she “just likes tos of just small pieces of plants, rocks, or other natnature.”

Alexandria has al- ural objects. Then they upready earned a succession loaded them to a website of badges and this service where people could view project must be completed the natural art, guess what before moving to the next it is, and enter to win prizschool grade level. Ac- es. She wasn’t sure what to cording to Girl Scouts, a expect but was surprised girl must earn her bronze that over 100 photos were award before 6th grade, submitted to the website.

The last part of Alexher silver before 9th grade, and her gold before gradu- andria’s project will be a report to her Scout leader, ating from high school.

To support her proj- Penny Swain. It took a lot ect, Alexandria organized of planning and persevera hotdog run at Loves ance, but Alexandria said United Methodist Church she is happy it went well. in Walkertown, where her The success of Naturally Girl Scout troop #2609 Beautiful has provided meets, along with other the opportunity to present donations to support the her project to youth and project and pay for the ma- families at both the Centerials she provided for the tral and Reynolda branch libraries, beginning this art workshops.

Collaborating with summer. She has already Forsyth Creek Week was a been asked by a couple great way to promote her schools to come into their event, as well as promote classrooms and teach the Creek Week, the annual natural watercolors to the clean-up of creeks and wa- elementary students.

Alexandria is an 8th terways in our community.

Naturally Beautiful held grader at Hanes Magnet watercolor workshops for School and will be attendchildren and families to ing Atkins Biotechnology Visit foodlion.com/catering learn how to make wa- High School in the fall. or stop by the deli at your tercolors out of natural She aspires to one day local store. elements and to enjoy be an archaeologist. Her painting with natural col- mother, Alvie Dove-Ali, ors. The painting classes comments, “My daughter were organized by age, has been digging in dirt

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Calling young artists: Earth Day Fair to feature youth art contest SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Piedmont Environmental Alliance is seeking entries for a youth art contest that will be featured at the group’s annual Earth Day Fair on April 23.

Students from grades K through 12 from throughout the Triad are invited to submit works of art, photography, or writing about Earth Day and why it is important to them.

Sponsored by WXII 12, the art will be on display for visitors to enjoy at the Piedmont Earth Day Fair on April 23.

“This year, our Earth Day Fair Youth Art Contest is focusing on why Earth Day is important to young people,” said Jamie Maier, executive director of Piedmont Environmental Alliance. “A critical part of PEA’s work is empowering the next generation to be environmental leaders. Art is a powerful way to communicate about important issues around the environment and climate change.”

To have artwork displayed as part of the contest, students must sign up on or before April 15.

They can drop off their

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Artwork by Aidan Nifong from the 2021 Piedmont Earth Day Fair Art Contest. artwork on or before April 22. Learn more at https:// www.peanc.org/art.

The Earth Day Fair Art Contest will feature prizes, and local artists will pick winning artwork from each age group. The winners will be announced live at the Earth Day Fair at 12 noon on April 23.

The Piedmont Earth Day Fair will take place April 23 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds. The event is free and includes great food and music, activities for adults and kids, and wonderful earth-friendly exhibitors. Learn more at https://www.peanc.org/ EDF

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Ebony Magazine Publishing launches new podcast network: Ebony Covering Black America NNPA Newswire - America’s most recognizable African American brand introduces a new wave of original podcasts. The Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network is inspired by the stunningly designed coffee table book of the same name by Lavaille Lavette, president and publisher of Ebony Publishing and the Ebony Podcast Network.

Much like the book, the Podcast Network covers all aspects of Black culture, creating a collective universe for authors and content creators. The new wave of shows includes a broad spectrum of podcasters from established figures such as civil rights leader Dr. Ben Chavis, radio host and entrepreneur Angela Yee, and daytime talk show host Erica Cobb, to new emerging voices, such as former Major League baseball player Patrick Mahomes, Ron Dawson, Carla Black, Marita Thomas, Trina Blair, Tad Prescott and Elizabeth Leiba.

Twenty plus shows on the network cover the areas of entertainment, literature, sports, media, politics, lifestyle, pop culture, finance, wellness, and science.

Erica Cobb of the Comeback with Erica Cobb podcast, states, “I’m beyond excited to partner my podcast with a legacy media brand like Ebony that historically has meant so much to the culture.

“As a Chicago native, Ebony symbolized Black excellence to me. I see this as an opportunity to be a part of something new and fresh and look forward to reaching new audiences together.”

This sentiment is echoed by Ron Dawson: “I feel honored to bring the Dungeons and Durags Podcast to the Ebony Covering Black America Podcast Network. To be associated with such an iconic brand is humbling. But for this particular podcast to be on Ebony, is also comically ironic (you’ll understand once you listen). I would be remiss if I did not end by saying “Ya dig. Sho ’nuff. And peace out.”

Media veterans Carla Black, Marita Thomas, Trina Blair write: “Ebony has long had a history of telling our stories in rich and authentic ways, especially those of Black women.

“Through The Petty’ish Suite, we are honored to continue the legacy of bringing fresh Black voices and perspectives to the broader conversation. As three Black women executives who are also close friends, we look forward to bringing our honest, lively and engaging chats to the EBONY Podcast Network.”

“I am thrilled to present the Big Mahomes Show on the Ebony Covering Black America podcast network, where I can contribute to the Ebony brand legacy by featuring top figures in the world of sports to a new generation,” stated retired major league baseball player, Pat Mahomes.

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McCarthyism v2.0 Wim Laven Guest Columnist In 1954 one of the greatest frauds in U.S. politics culminated in 36 days of televised hearings.

Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin had come to prominence by leading the campaign to expose communists in government, elected or appointed. His accusations were far reaching and public; his allegations harmed countless individuals.

The cruel truth, however, was that Joseph McCarthy never made a successful case against anyone; he managed to push several people out of their jobs and influenced public opinion by selling lies.

There is a general expectation that politics is a dishonest practice; even Donald Trump’s legendary “30,573 false or misleading claims” (as tracked by Washington Post) seemed to fall within allowable limits given his ability to lie and keep his base.

Lies that Joseph McCarthy told ruined lives.

Some of Trump’s lies were of this deadly variety.

Like when he tried to ex-

tort President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy for dirt on his political opponent’s son. Trump was impeached for the extortion, but many features of the conspiracy were lost in the shuffle. Paul Manafort, for example, had charges of money laundering and financial fraud frozen by the Ukraine’s chief prosecutor in order to protect needed military assistance. The depth of the malfeasance in withholding $400 million in aid is now apparent. Let’s not forget that Trump, Manafort, and the GOP, blamed Ukraine for Russian hacking.

Now comes the next McCarthy.

Kevin McCarthy, House Minority leader, lives up to his namesake.

He delivers on the most dangerous political dishonesty. In the moment where the impact and sensitivity to Trump’s corruption is most profound, he returns to attack his political opponents and democracy itself. Do not underestimate his words: “Why is he still chair of the committee and why is he still even on the committee? In a new Congress, if it’s a new majority, he will not be.”

His attacks against House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff only serve to perpetuate a lie that services

his political power and interests. In his congressional career, McCarthy has not committed to anything. He rode the coattails of the Tea Party agenda while it worked; he tested the politics of telling the truth about the January 6th insurrection for 48 hours when he appropriately blamed Trump: “The president bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters.

He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding.”

Just like when McCarthy abandoned the Tea Party’s commitment to reducing taxes and the national debt when the Trump GOP chose a tax giveaway to the wealthy, he will jump onto any political opportunity he identifies. He sees great potential to leading the charge in the next conspiracy. He rewrites the insurrection at the Capitol, Trump’s second impeachment, and doubles down in condemning those who sought justice in charging Trump’s corruption in the first impeachment.

While Joseph McCarthy was ultimately censured by the Senate, it is hard to imagine Kevin McCarthy receiving such a well-deserved reprimand in the House. Kevin McCarthy has helped the GOP resist decency, delayed re-

actions to overt bigotry, and only participated in delicate wrist slapping when forced to.

With widespread gerrymandering and voter suppression designed to favor Republicans, Kevin McCarthy is positioning himself to take the Speakership from Nancy Pelosi. His mandate, however, would be incredibly dangerous. He toes and amplifies the Republican lies, but also embraces the politics of vengeance and extortion.

Emboldened by a Republican base that has not accepted Trump’s loss (as of 12/21 only 21% admitted Biden had a legitimate victory), I fear the politics that threaten retribution.

We have had seven years of “Lock her up” chants, increases in hate crimes and politically motivated violence, and candidates are now taking pages from Vladimir Putin’s playbook and campaigning with the promise the opponent will pay. McCarthyism v2.0 has already been installed in the Republican party operating system, and it is off to a corrupting start.

Wim Laven, Ph.D., syndicated by PeaceVoice, teaches courses in political science and conflict resolution.

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Fighting the corruption of power Ben Jealous

Guest Columnist

We keep learning more about the attack on the U.S. Capitol. And we keep learning more about the many schemes former President Donald Trump and his team tried to use to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

In some ways, it is discouraging. We know just how badly Trump’s inner circle was corrupted by his desire to keep power at all costs. We had lawyers writing memos about how to break the law and stop Congress from affirming Trump’s defeat. We had members of Congress repeating his lies about a stolen election and trying to take the decision away from the voters.

In other ways, it is encouraging that the truth continues to come out.

News stories that expose lies and corruption remind us of the importance of a free press. The investigation by the Jan. 6 select committee reminds us how much we need the checks and balances that are built into our system.

Those checks and balances - like the ability of Congress to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch - are necessary to prevent abuses of power and hold politicians accountable.

But for those protections to work, we must have public officials who are committed to upholding the rule of law. That’s not what we’re seeing from former Trump staffers and advisers. Just the opposite. They are stonewalling the congressional investigation and defying its subpoenas.

And with just a few exceptions, congressio-

nal Republicans are not acting honorably. Rather than embracing the search for truth, they try to discredit the investigation.

Rather than face up to the anti-democratic rot in their party, they would like to sweep it all under the rug.

Let’s be clear. Trump and his lawbreaking friends are trying to keep Americans from learning the truth about the attack on Congress and the attempt to overthrow the will of the voters.

Specifically, Trump and his supporters are trying to run out the clock.

They are counting on their allies taking a majority in the House of Representatives in this year’s elections. And then they’ll shut the investigation down before the full truth can come out.

That would be disastrous for our democracy.

Consider just a few of the things we have learned recently.

When the White

House handed over logs of Trump’s calls on the day of the insurrection, there was a seven-hour gap covering the crucial hours before, during, and after the attack on Congress. What violations of law are hiding in that gap?

We also learned that Ginni Thomas, a hardright activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was in regular contact with Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows in the days and weeks after the presidential election. She embraced even the most extreme and ridiculous farright conspiracy theories about the election.

She even said she hoped it was true that members of the “Biden crime family,” reporters, and elected officials were being arrested and would be held on barges in Guantanamo Bay to face military trials for sedition. She urged Trump not to concede defeat.

It just so happens that Justice Clarence Thomas was the only Supreme Court justice who backed Trump’s attempt to keep White House records from being shared with the Jan. 6 committee. It was an 8-1 vote. That explains why so many people are now calling on Thomas to resign - or at the very least to recuse himself from any other cases about the insurrection that come before the Court.

We can’t make Clarence Thomas act honorably. But that doesn’t mean we are powerless to protect our democracy.

It was we the people who voted Trump out of power. Trump’s ability to pressure and bully election officials and legislators into joining his corrupt schemes was limited by the fact that he lost in multiple battleground states, not just one. His supporters’ ability to shield him from accountability will be determined in part by

what happens in this year’s elections.

When Americans go to the polls this fall to elect members of Congress, we will not only be participating in democracy. We will be determining its future.

Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and Professor of the Practice in the Africana Studies Department at the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches leadership. Jealous has decades of experience as a leader, coalition builder, campaigner for social justice and seasoned nonprofit executive. In 2008, he was chosen as the youngestever president and CEO of the NAACP. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar and he taught at Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania.

Grocery workers who are food insecure Andrew Moss Guest Columnist

Though labor unions continue to rack up significant victories, the most recent being a successful organizing vote at a Staten Island Amazon facility, there are still immense challenges facing workers in an economic and political landscape strongly tilted in favor of employers.

In California, some 48,000 grocery workers in 540 stores stretching from central California to the Mexican border authorized a strike on March 27 against two major chains, Kroger and Albertsons.

Whether or not the strike is now in effect as you read this column, or whether it’s been averted (or is still pending the outcome of bargaining), the strike authorization itself repre-

sents a powerful response to untenable conditions for workers. These conditions underscore the deep inequality continuing to erode the quality of life for millions of people.

This past year, financial stressors impacting grocery workers have drawn increasing attention. A recent survey of workers employed by Kroger-owned supermarkets found that almost two-thirds of the workers surveyed reported being unable to meet basic monthly expenses, and of this group, a significant number (39%) indicated that they were unable to pay for groceries and 44% reported being unable to pay rent. Fourteen percent said that they were either currently homeless, or had been homeless in the preceding year. A New York Times account began with the story of one young worker at a Kroger-owned store who has been selling blood plasma to make ends meet.

These circumstances, defined by low wages and

company policies favoring part-time scheduling, contrast sharply with reports of substantial profits and payouts to investors, as well as high executive compensation. Kroger, the largest grocery chain in the nation, with 465,000 workers, earned $4.05 billion in 2020, recently adopted a stock buyback program benefiting its investors, and rewarded its CEO, Rodney McMullen, with $22.4 million in compensation in 2020. That executive pay is 909 times greater than the median pay of Kroger workers ($24,617).

For its part, Kroger defends its compensation for workers, pointing to a 2017 increase in average hourly wages from $13.66 to $16.68 – as well as to benefits that include health care, retirement savings, and tuition assistance.

Still, this average wage, when placed in the context of today’s cost of living, is a far cry from the pay that full-time senior workers made 30 years ago, when hourly wages (the equiva-

lent of $28 an hour today) would help sustain a middle class existence.

At issue is the concept of a living wage, a sufficient level of compensation that allows individuals and families to maintain a decent standard of living, providing enough for food, housing, medical expenses, transportation, education, child care, and other essentials – and still provide enough to handle unforeseen expenses that can tip a precarious household into eviction and hunger.

That precariousness is the subject of a new Oxfam America report, “The Crisis of Low Wages in the U.S.,” which notes that almost one in three American workers, or 51.9 million people, earns less than $15 an hour. The report reminds readers that the federal minimum wage hasn’t budged from $7.25 an hour since 2009, and that the federal tipped minimum wage has remained at $2.13 since 1991. Considering that $15 an hour in itself hardly constitutes a living wage in many parts of the U.S., the report

documents the vast extent of working poverty in a country where the top 0.1 percent of earners make 196 times that of the bottom 90 percent.

This is why recent union victories, and the resurgence of interest in unions, have become critical. As political scientists Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson explain in their landmark book, “WinnerTake-All Politics,” unions represent a significant “organizational counterweight to the power of those at the top.” Of all progressive organized interests, they note, “labor is the only major one focused on the broad economic concerns of those with modest incomes.”

The pandemic has helped raise awareness of the essential roles that millions of low-wage workers play in fields as diverse as health and home care, agriculture, construction, and food manufacturing and distribution. That awareness can certainly help a union like the United Food and Commercial Workers in its struggle on behalf

of those 465,000 workers who voted to authorize a strike.

But awareness alone won’t make up for a decline in union membership that has taken place over many decades, a decline propelled in large measure by hostile legislation and vast corporate resources spent on union busting.

Much hard work lies ahead – as does the need for an ascendant narrative affirming the role that unions play in leveling the economic and political playing field of America. It is a narrative that speaks to a collective reality – but also to the individual reality of each and every worker: a world in which a person surrounded by an abundance of food at work can be compensated enough, and fairly enough, to share in that abundance at home.

Andrew Moss, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is an emeritus professor (English, nonviolence studies) at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

The slap heard ‘round the world Rob Okun Guest Columnist One small step backward for man, one giant leap backward for kind men.

Inverting the famous words Neil Armstrong uttered after walking on the moon a half century ago feels appropriate in the aftermath of the Will Smith slap heard ‘round the world.

For many years, I led batterer intervention groups, working with men either mandated by the courts to address their domestic abuse issues and others who were “mandated” by their partners to get help or get out. Group leaders regularly heard men reluctantly admitting - or actively denying - that they’d abused their partners. From time to time there’d be stories not too dissimilar to Will

Smith’s: physically and/or verbally assaulting someone they knew.

In this latest Hollywood chapter of men behaving badly, there already have been a number of insightful commentaries from African American writers. My focus is on the impact the incident may have on the ongoing work of redefining masculinity. I’m worried that the slap has already harmed the antisexist men’s movement and will embolden more men to enact violence. I’m also concerned about the message it sends to boys.

Will Smith didn’t call out Chris Rock backstage; he assaulted him in the full glare of the Academy Awards klieg lights, before a global television audience of millions. With one slap, the acclaimed movie star threatened the fragile progress of not just the batterers’ intervention movement. Group leaders only have 30 or 40 weeks to teach men how to undo 30 or 40 years of male socialization. How tragic that Smith didn’t

simply comfort his wife and turn the other cheek rather than slap Rock’s.

Smith grew up with a father who regularly beat his mother; him, too, sometimes. “When I was nine years old, I watched my father punch my mother in the side of the head so hard that she collapsed,” he wrote in his 2021 autobiography. “I saw her spit blood. That moment in that bedroom, probably more than any other moment in my life, has defined who I am.”

Smith was doubly traumatized, first by the violence he witnessed, then by not doing anything to stop it - even though he was only nine!

Male socialization’s grip is so strong that even at that young age he’d gotten the message that boys are responsible for protecting women, especially moms. Does that context, that “explanation,” help us to understand why he assaulted Rock? Sure.

Still, there is no excuse for his violence. But knowing about his childhood makes it easier to under-

stand what he might have been thinking: “I didn’t protect my mother; damn right I’m gonna protect my wife.”

It was only a handful of years after Armstrong’s 1969 moonwalk that a small number of men, inspired by the insights of the powerful, nascent women’s movement, began reevaluating their notions of manhood and, by extension, masculinity. In the decades that followed these men, known as “antisexist” or, goddess forbid, “profeminist,” began rejecting conventional expressions of manhood tough talk, stoicism and, all too often, violence.

Instead, over time, they began listening to women, being vulnerable, and replacing confrontation with collaboration.

Today, this movement is global, working to transform patriarchal masculinities and rigid, harmful norms around “being a man.” It collaborates with men and boys and women on gender justice issues through intersectional feminist

approaches, and develops programs in partnership with and accountability to women’s rights, gender equality and other social justice movements. There were stumbles along the way, but these men were determined to leave the old masculinity “in search of the new compassionate male,” as a podcast launched by a former Marine a couple of years ago puts it.

Not long after slapping Rock, Smith was back onstage receiving the Oscar for best male actor.

In emotional remarks, he suggested that a “higher power” was inviting him “to love people and to protect people and to be a river to my people.”

A wonderful aspiration, but hardly attainable if that river has blood in it.

The following day, Smith posted an apology to Rock, saying in part, “Violence in all of its forms is poisonous and destructive … I was out of line and I was wrong. I’m embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be ... There

is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness.”

His admission that his actions “were not indicative of the man I want to be” appears heartfelt. Now, what? I hope Will Smith continues the painful growth work of examining his childhood wounds as both witness to and victim of his father’s violence.

Perhaps then he’ll decide to leverage his celebrity to advance the efforts men are making globally to stop men’s violence and transform masculinities into “a world of love and kindness.”

Doing so would infuse new meaning into Neil Armstrong’s unforgettable line, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Rob Okun (rob@voicemalemagazine.org), syndicated by PeaceVoice, writes about politics and culture. He is editor-publisher of Voice Male magazine.

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BUSTA’S BUDDY OF THE WEEK

10-year-old entrepreneur Laila Ratliff gives back to the community

BY BUSTA BROWN FOR THE CHRONICLE

You’ve heard the saying, “Be the change you want to see.” Ten-year-old Laila Ratliff is doing just that. “I want to see people stop judging each other by the color of their skin, the way they talk, or what they don’t have. Instead, we should do something to help them,” said Laila.

The 4th grade entrepreneur owns Laila’s Lemonade and Treat Connection.

Laila’s lemonade is freshly squeezed with over 22 flavors, such as Strawberry Cream Cheese Pound Cake, Cotton Candy, Mermaid and Unicorn. “When you taste them, it feels like something magical is inside of you.”

She uses the money from her lemonade company to give back to the community. The beautiful little princess has a heart of gold with a passion to help others. Laila’s mother, Lakisha Ratliff, shared a warm and beautiful story with Good Morning, America (GMA). “There was a family on the side of the road and Laila said, ‘Mommy, pull over. That family needs help.’”

So, Laila decided to go a step further. She uses the money from her company to help families, like the one she saw on the side of the road. The young entrepreneur gives away blessing bags to the homeless. The bags are filled with toiletries, toothpaste,

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Laila Ratliff, owner of Laila’s Lemonade and Treat Connection. healthy snacks and water.

She also gives clothes to residents at nursing homes.

“My parents taught me to put God first with everything I do, and I know this is what God would want me to do.” She told Good Morning, America how giving back to her community is a blessing to her as well. “My heart is filled with joy because I love seeing the joy on people’s faces, and what I can do for them,” shared Laila.

I asked Laila what role does a great education, discipline and excellent character play in the success of her business. Laila said, “It

helps me see how hard I can push myself to be better in all aspects of my life and where my boundaries are.”

Her parents, Lakisha and Derrick Ratliff, taught Laila a very valuable lesson about growing her business. “You must account for every dollar, where the money is going, and choose the right products. We also taught her that when you first start a business, you don’t get to pay yourself right away.

You need to sow back into your business to keep it going. I’m very proud of how she loves to give back to

our community. You don’t see a lot of kids doing that.” Her father Derrick added, “I’m very proud of her ability to maintain her business and keep it going.”

Laila is no stranger to success. In 2017, she received 2nd place in the Best Lemonade Stand in the Franklin County Lemonade Festival. On Saturday, April 2, she participated in “I’m a kid boss!

Spring Expo.”

Laila was baking cookies and cakes at the age of seven, so it was fitting for the A/B honor roll student to put some sweet treats on her menu. Along with her delicious and thirstquenching lemonade, you have a sweet treat to go along with it. Cake pops, cookies, cupcakes, candy apples, candied fruit and more.

The word is out about Laila’s Lemonade and Treat Connection. The business is thriving! But Lakisha said the heavy demand has caused a few challenges. “We had turn way orders due to the high demand and not having commercial-sized squeezers.”

After Laila’s appearance on GMA, all of that has changed. The highlyrated TV show and State Farm gifted Laila with an industrial juicer and $10,000 to donate to the charity of her choice.

“That juicer is amazing!

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Former Winston-Salem Chronicle writer to be featured author at Greensboro Bound festival SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Award-winning romance author Cheris Hodges can credit getting her writing start in the Triad area as a former journalist with the WinstonSalem Chronicle. She cut her teeth covering police and courts in High Point.

Now, she’s coming back as a featured author at the Greensboro Literary Festival this May. Hodges will be a panelist on the Afternoon DeSubmitted photo light panel at 2 p.m. on Author Cheris Hodges with some of her books.

May 21.

Since her time at The journalism crosshairs after she starts community Chronicle, Hodges has receiving death threats. award, Cheris currently written 35 romance novHer only refuge is the serves as the editor of the els and novellas. Her latest protection of her reserved Laurinburg Exchange in book, “Open Your Heart,” hired bodyguard, Charles Laurinburg, North Caroliis the third in her popular Morris. But Charles is na. She loves hearing from Richardson Sisters seanything but safe. His her readers. Follow Cheris ries, which Entertainment icy cool-under-fire - and on Twitter @cherishodges, Weekly calls a “sexy hidden intensity - is too friend her on Facebook at romp.” explosive for Yolanda to Cheris Hodges, or email Hodges’s work has resist. her at cheris87@bellsouth. been featured in the New Love always equals net.

York Times and she has loss, Charles knows that About Greensboro received a starred review hard equation all too well. Bound Literary Festival: in Publisher’s Weekly for Controlling his emotions Each year in May her novel “Rumor Has It.” keeps his clients from thousands of book lovers, Hodges’s novels are harm - and his heart safe. readers, writers, publishmostly set in the South, Yolanda’s beauty and ers, academics, scholparticularly North and headstrong spirit have him ars, adults, and children South Carolina. Accordwanting her in all kinds converge on downtown ing to Hodges, “I write of ways. But for her own Greensboro for the annual about the South because protection, he has to do his Greensboro Bound Litertoo many people don’t see best to keep her at arm’s ary Festival. Greensboro the reality and romance of length. Until unexpected Bound brought more than the area. So many people danger and lethal misun- 175 authors to Greensboro focus on the stereotype of derstandings put their sur- in its first two years, with the South, I feel like I have vival - and any chance at another 50+ that were slatto fix that.” a future together - on the ed to appear in May 2020 About “Open Your knife-edge. before the festival had to Heart” About the author: be canceled due to COTheir family’s hisAward-winning author VID-19. The Greensboro toric bed-and-breakfast in Cheris Hodges was bit- Bound Literary Festival Charleston, South Caroten by the writing bug at was created in 2017 as a lina, is a legacy the four an early age and always project of the 501(c)3 nonvery different Richardson knew she wanted to be a profit Greensboro Literary sisters are determined to writer. She wrote her first Organization. GB began as protect at all costs. But romance novel, “Revela- the creative brainchild of sudden passion is a setions,” after having a vivid Steve Colyer and Scupperductive - and dangerous dream about the charac- nong Books owners’ Brian complication. For fashion ters. She hopped out of bed Lampkin, Steve Mitchell, boutique owner Yolanda at 2 a.m. and started writ- and Deb and Dave White.

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Book Review “The Trayvon Generation”

c.2022, Grand Central Publishing $22.00, 160 pages

BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER

Your children never miss a thing.

Nothing escapes their notice. They watch below and overhead, spotting objects you’ve passed by a dozen times but never truly saw. From birth and beyond, they’re like sponges, observant and watchful and, as in the new book, “The Trayvon Generation” by Elizabeth Alexander, you wish for them better things to see.

Though it’s been a four-hundred-year struggle, the number one problem of this century, says Alexander, is still “the color line.” Generations have done “the race work,” but it remains an issue and she “both lament[s]” and is “enraged that ... our young people still have to wrestle with” it.

She grew up “in troves of blackness,” but Alexander’s children were raised in a neighborhood where someone sent out a watch message about two Black boys riding around on bikes. As the mother of those boys, now men, she knows the worry, the dreams about worrying, and the fear of not being able to keep them safe.

As a Black mother, it’s impossible to “fully protect our children,” she believes.

Part of the problem is that we don’t always see white supremacy when it’s hidden right in front of us. Alexander points at artwork and paintings that hang in esteemed places, but that feature uncomfortable or even outrageous backgrounds that often go unnoticed, or that take decades to change, once they’re seen.

And we go back to what’s seen: Alexander calls her sons and Black people under twenty-five the “Trayvon Generation.” They’re the youth whose names are called when we talk about the police, and the young people whose names we don’t know. We see, and still wonder how a mother can keep her children from being “demonized,” or teach them “to access the sources of strength that transcend this American nightmare of racism and ... violence.” How can she protect them, when they, themselves, are used to assuming “responsibility for the horror they could not prevent”?

“I wish,” she says, “... for our young people rest from the unending labor that is race work, and from the spectral anxi-

ety that is part of what it is to be Black.”

How do you mark your pages when you read a book? Whatever you use, have a lot of them on hand because nearly every other paragraph of “The Trayvon Generation” contains a sentence or three that you’ll want to remember, to re-read, or turn over in your mind.

Author Elizabeth Alexander uses personal stories, Black literature, history, racial violence, and current events to paint pain inside the pages of this book.

There’s outrage here, too, but it’s different than perhaps anything you’ve read: it shows itself, then it sits back and waits to see what a reader will do before getting another punch or gasp, another George Floyd, another Angola, another “shock of delayed comprehension.”

That’s what makes this book so mustreadable, so thoughtful and compelling.

It’s what makes it something you’ll want to share with your older teenager and your friends, for discussion. Find “The Trayvon Generation,” and you won’t miss a thing.

Terri Schlichenmeyer is The Bookworm. Terri has been reading since she was three years old and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives on a prairie in Wisconsin with one man, two dogs, and 16,000 books.

COVID-19: The days of mercurial anathema

BY ANTONIO RATTLEY

Exhibit A I’m still searching for a part of my body to victimize To make fear ever wanting to be in my sight.

I’ve heard mirrors are easy access to weaknesses.

But for some reason every time I look I see no flaws.

Body: Bronze Golden Ambrosia flowing through my veins Spirit stay god like that And I believe all of us will wake up immortal one day, wake up flawless one day.

Yonce was onto something.

Making her own ego play peek-a-boo so I can see my own come and question hers.

Isn’t this a joke How elegant I woke up.

How jubilant I became.

Happiness always cascading on my window Exhibit A on how to make a happy poem.

Easy way to bend pessimism into optimism right.

I’ve learned that it doesn’t matter whether the cup is half empty or half full just drink.

Sike Gargle it, Spit it back out Show this world that you don’t care what was in the cup in the first place Make yo own beverage and use the container they gave you.

Watch your cup overflow with empowerment.

Intrigue this planet with your happiness Smile cracks into the tectonic plates Burn laughs into clouds till you leave your mark on this stage.

Make anger feel like an unwanted guest, make him sleep on the couch, make him want to leave.

Make him scream, “this ain’t my home anymore” I always let my anger sleep next to me.

Wake up the next morning staring him in the face.

But don’t all angels love it when they’re fighting demons?

Fighting themselves.

Passionate Smiles find ways to ease the pain.

Tone scream outrage, terrified by its mood switch.

I find myself scared to stare at my reflection in ponds surrounded by geese.

They’re always quacking at my innocence.

Always making my quietness a nest to sit on. To shut in.

I’m shitted on. Mistaken my pessimism for optimism in mirrors I’ve known since Beyoncé said my ego wasn’t big enough.

I’m not the type to drag attention.

I make sure to put that on my resume.

So the employers know that I won’t make the customer feel as if I’m the full course meal.

Even if I’m the only nutritious thing in the restaurant.

I apply for jobs that don’t like this happiness, all this excitement running through my Sagittarius.

Constellation got me false claiming on job applications Like I never let my emotions get the best of me on a job Then on the third be fallen angel.

Be animosity in flesh.

Be volcano waiting to erupt.

I’m tired of clocking into the good side.

And always working overtime.

Always asked what my happy place is.

Response: My happy place is SZA, surrounded by tall trees and 10 people who act like myself.

Then get mad when she doesn’t open with Gardens, injustice crush me when the trees ain’t movin, eyes get all tight when the people all quiet.

I get angry when everyday isn’t my day I get angry at myself most days Be happy with nothing most days.

Trying to bend pessimism into optimism like I’m the last airbender.

Some days I’m always getting my feelings lost in poetry.

And ain’t no map to ever guide me through that labyrinth No bread crumbs to keep my happiness intact, my being is in cracks.

This body, a Pangaea after the drift theory, I’m broken.

And most days, happiness isn’t the glue I need.

Antonio Rattley is a Winston-Salem native and a graduate of Carter G. Woodson High School.

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It squeezes 1,500 lemons in minutes. Before it took forever. Now I can fill 100 bottles in an hour. I’m extremely grateful. My older sister has sickle cell and I’ve witnessed the struggles she’s gone through.

So, I donated the $10,000 to Piedmont Health and Services and Sickle Cell Agency. I hope it helps with finding a cure for my sister and others that are battling sickle cell,” shared Laila.

Where did Laila Ratliff get her entrepreneurial spirit? “I have a business, my husband has a business, and our older daughter. When she was six years old, she said, I wanna do something. My husband and I asked what she wanted to do. She said, start my own lemonade company. We were thinking something very small, like in the front yard. But Laila had bigger dreams,” said Lakisha.”

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“I want to grow my business. I want to have stores throughout the country. Along with a clothing line,” said a smiling Laila. What is the only thing that can hinder the 10-year-old’s business from growing? “My parents said my business can’t get in the way of my education. I maintain As and Bs. Getting a great education is very important to me, so keeping my grades up is the easy part.”

Her advice to other aspiring youth entrepreneurs? “Be yourself, always follow your dreams, and stay humble and focus.” I asked the Fayetteville native to share the importance of respecting adults. “The Bible says honor thy mother and father, so I honor the word of God. I also encourage kids to respect all adults.”

My mother would describe Laila as “adorable and sweet as pie.” And she would be correct. I also admire how very well-

mannered she is, and her ability to carry the interview at such a young age.

So, what does Laila do for fun? “I love to draw, paint and listen to music. One of my favorite singers is Rihanna, because she’s an entrepreneur as well, and that’s very inspiring. If I could meet any celebrity, it would Rihanna.”

Who’s her favorite comedian? “My dad! He keeps me laughing. Any time I’m down, he makes me laugh. My mom is like a mama bear. Very comforting and strong.”

At the end of the interview, Laila summed up her personal philosophy: “Even if I have to go without, I want to be a blessing to others.”

My Phenomenal Buddy of the Week is Laila Ratliff. For more info, visit www.lailalemonadeandsweettreat.com or send an email to lailasweettreatconnection@gmail.com.

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Also Religion, Community News, and Classifieds Timothy Ramsey Sports Columnist

The AFC West is going to be great to watch next season I normally wait until after the NFL draft in April to write about the improvements made by teams in the league. This year, I could not wait because the teams in the AFC West division were so aggressive in the offseason, signing the best free agents on the market.

It should make for a great year in the division next season.

The Kansas City Chiefs have been the top dogs in the division for several years and now the other teams in the division have had enough and everyone is making a push for the top. With the extra wild card spot, it’s not inconceivable to see every team from the AFC West make the playoffs.

The Chiefs lost one of the best weapons in Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins for five draft picks: a 2022 1st-round pick (No. 29), a 2nd-round pick (No. 50), a 2022 4thround pick, as well as 4th and 6th-round picks in the 2023 draft.

The Chiefs have had one of the most explosive offenses the league has ever seen. Now that quarterback Patrick Mahomes has lost one of his most valuable weapons, this seems to be the perfect time for the other teams to make a push for the crown in the AFC West.

Kansas City also lost speedsters Demarcus Robinson and Byron Pringle in free agency as well. On defense, the Chiefs also lost safety Tyrann Mathieu who is one of the better players at his position in the league right now. Finding a replacement for him will be tough.

The Chiefs did not stand idly by while everyone else was snatching up these quality free agents.

They signed Ju Ju SmithSchuster and Marquez Valdes-Scantling to revamp their receiving corps and signed former Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Ronald Jones to bolster their backfield.

The Chiefs should be one of the best teams in the league once again. It’s hard to count out Kansas City because of how explosive they are, but this season they will have to play up better if they expect to repeat as AFC West champions.

The Los Angeles Chargers are an intriguing team. They re-signed wide receiver Mike Williams to a three-year deal, but their biggest acquisition was former Chicago Bears pass rusher Khalil Mack.

With all of the quality quarterback play in the division, it is a must to have pass rushers who can get to the quarterback in a hurry. Mack, alongside Joey See AFC on B2

THURSDAY, April 7 , 2022

Lady Pharaohs win state championship

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

This was an unprecedented season for QEA (Quality Education Academy) varsity ladies basketball team head coach Melvin Heggie. Dealing with injuries and uncertainty, Heggie and the Lady Pharaohs battled all season and accomplished their goal of becoming CAA4SC state champions.

This is the second season as head coach for Heggie at QEA. He was previously the head coach at Glenn High School for seven seasons. There were thoughts that this season would be a successful one; however, after enduring so many injuries to key players early in the year, the Lady Pharaohs went into survival mode.

“Coming back from that first year, I was supposed to only lose two kids,” said Heggie. “I had one that graduated, Iycez Adams, who’s playing now at ECU, and I had one kid that had her situation changed. I had two other kids that didn’t play as much, so they didn’t see what their future was going to look like here with so many other kids that were returning.

“Then I still was supposed to bring back a core of eight kids and adding some younger kids to it.

It got challenging because in June I lost a returning starter to an ACL injury, in July I lost a returner that would have been a starter this year to another ACL injury, and then I had a kid that was with me at Glenn who didn’t play year one because she had hurt her knee prior to year one. She reinjured herself and was out this year. Automatically we were down three key contributors.”

Heggie and his staff brought in two other kids from outside of the county and they were not slated to play big roles prior to all of the injuries the team

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The QEA varsity ladies basketball team won the CAA4SC state championship this season. had suffered. Unfortu- could help sustain, but it of the season, including nately, one of those play- was a process because ev- playoffs.

“We would rest her ers wound up only playing ery day it was reteaching. I a few games and she was didn’t think that I was go- here and there but I told lost to injury for the season ing to have to do that be- her, ‘If you are going to cause I had so many kids be the player that we think as well.

“The team that I that were supposed to be you can be, this is what’s thought I was going to coming back that knew ex- required,’ and it got to the have, I didn’t have,” he actly what was supposed to point that she didn’t even look for a sub,” Heggie said. “I ended up getting happen.”

Early on in the season, said about Preston’s worktwo more kids that transferred in from the area that Heggie says his team won load on the court.

For Heggie, his team ended up playing bigger many of their games beroles than what we origi- cause of their talent level. was hitting on all cylinders nally expected them to As the year progressed, heading into the latter porplay. I ended up having to they found their rhythm tion of the season. Unforpull up two of my middle as a team and began to tunately, the team suffered school kids to play sig- play for one another. Heg- yet another injury when nificant minutes during the gie realized then that even Alivia Evans went down though his team was short- with her knee injury. season.

“To lose her in that “What kind of kept us handed, they still had a afloat was I still had a core chance to fight for a state moment was crushing,” Heggie said about Evans’ of those kids from my last title.

“It was after Christmas knee injury. Here is a kid Glenn team and the year before who knew what it … We went up to D.C. to that I have been coaching took, knew what was re- play in a tournament right since the seventh grade. It quired, and could kind of before Christmas and one happened in the first quarhold everybody else ac- of our losses came there ter of a game and I don’t countable. We have been to Life Center Academy know how I got through able to create a culture of out of New Jersey. When that game because it was work where we created we came back, we had a that emotionally draining. couple good games and To be real, when that hapsome self-sustainability.”

It was really a guess- we had some really good pened, in my head for a ing game for Heggie and practices and things were minute I was like, we are his staff as to how the sea- starting to come together,” done, let’s get this season over with.” son was going to go after Heggie said.

In the very next game, The rotation for the dealing with all of the preLady Pharaoh’s was very the young ladies on the season injuries.

“To be honest with you, tight. Heggie says they team fought back from an I didn’t know,” he said primarily used a seven- early deficit and showed when asked his thoughts player rotation for much Heggie and the staff that on how the season would of the season and starting the season was not done go. “We did get some point guard Raven Preston yet. After that, they retransfers in, from a talent played virtually every min- grouped and played it standpoint were good and ute for the last two months game by game.

Heading into the state championship game, Heggie felt confident his team could play well against Winston Salem Christian High School (WSC), their cross-town rival.

“The biggest thing was I was unaware that the game meant something to the girls that I didn’t realize,” he said. “It meant way more to them than it did to me, which was a mistake on my part. They were able to go into that game with a focus of they really wanted to win it.”

It was a back-and-forth game for most of the night.

In the fourth quarter, WSC took the biggest lead of the night, which was six points. The Lady Pharaohs did not give in and continued to claw and scratch.

They came away with the 46-43 victory in the end.

“To be honest, I didn’t know that that group of kids had that in them,” Heggie said about his team.

“In a moment like that, after that state championship game, it’s emotional because you look around the gym at all the parents that bought into you and their kids bought into you and even when you thought all was lost, they accomplished that feat because they believed. Not as much as they bought into me, they did exactly the ultimate thing that as coaches we want, they ended up buying into each other.”

The QEA roster consisted of Raven Preston, Laneigh Scales, Alivia Evans, Millayna Redd, Laniya Scales, Danasja Horn, Ella Smith, Deanna Lewis, Damani Whitehead, Shyla Simms, Aijah Evans and Maliah Preston.

For Heggie, it’s good to win state championships, but their ultimate goal is to make sure all of his players go to college on a full scholarship.

Heggie also gave credit to his coaching staff, saying, “This would not have happened without them.”

Off-season camp for linemen looks to sharpen skills

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Seven-on-seven is one of the best ways skill position players can work on their craft during the off-season. On the flipside, for the big guys up front, there really aren’t many places they can go for off=season work. Blair Boyz Enterprises (BBE) is here for the rescue with their “In the Trenches” O-Line/D-Line Camp.

The camp will be held at Butler High School, 1810 MatthewsMint Hill Road, in Matthews, North Carolina, on May 28. Registration is from 10-12 noon and the on-field action will run from noon to 4 p.m. The cost for the camp is $75. There will be several current and former NFL offensive and defensive linemen such as Ted Washington, Damane Duckett, Alonzo Shuler, Eric Graham and Blair, who will be coaching the young men at the camp.

Jay Blair of BBE says it was past due for a camp like this to be put together for offensive and defensive linemen.

“The camp is centered around offensive linemen and defensive linemen,” said Blair. “You know I am a former defensive lineman in high school, college and in the pros, in the NFL and NFL Europe.

Being a coach in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a college coach, you see that there are not a lot of things out there for the big guys.

“We get no love, but you can’t win without us. I was talking with my brothers and we decided to do something about that. What we de-

cided to do was host our own and with this camp, our young kings are going to get an experience of a lifetime. You’re not only going to be able to just say, I met some of these NFL ball players, you are actually going to be coached by them. These are the best to ever do it.”

Many will say the play along the offensive and defensive line has declined in recent years and that is possibly due to the lack of work during the off-season.

“You are going to have your elite players at every position, but the more you are able to enhance skills at a specific position, the better you are going to be as a player,” Blair said. “What I believe is, the more you can get exposed to the things that you’re going to be doing in games, the better you’re going to be. I do believe wholeheartedly the lack of attention the trenched get has allowed for those individuals not to peak as much as those skill players are able to do.”

At the camp, the young men will work on fundamentals such as stances and starts, run blocking, run defending, defeating blocks and the 40-yard dash, just to name a few.

“We are going to do a lot of position specific drills for those offensive linemen and defensive linemen,” he said. “Actual movements and techniques that they are going to do in games. I don’t believe in just doing drills, I believe in drills that are football related.”

Blair says there are things that he has noticed about some changes in the play of the guys in the trenches since he has left the

Blair Boyz Enterprises will host a linemen next month. game.

“Honestly, it would be the attention to the detail of their technique,” Blair said about the biggest change from when he played.

“It’s no secret that this generation of athletes is by far superior to what we were. They are bigger, faster and stronger, but they rely on being big, fast and strong more so than they rely on their technique. We want to give back and give that technique, that nugget to those individuals.

“Maybe they don’t take everything from us that we taught them, but if they take one thing from us and it makes them a better player and it gets them some type of look from their high school film, that’s great to me. That’s my purpose, to help every last one of these kids have the opportunity to live out their dreams.”

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camp for offensive and defensive defensive line is not a flashy position and that is the reason Blair feels there isn’t a focus on training for them.

“The reason is, it’s not glamorous. We don’t score the touchdowns, we don’t throw the touchdowns, we don’t run the touchdowns,” Blair continued.

“As a defensive lineman, we stop them from happening and as an offensive linemen, you’re opening that gap for that running back and providing that pass protection for that quarterback.”

To register for the camp, please visit https://www.eventbrite. com/e/in-the-trenches-oldl-campregistration-304734869197. Blair also wanted to thank his sponsors, Motto Athletics, Gatorade and Allegacy Federal Credit Union. Plans to hold a camp in Forsyth County are in the works, Blair said.

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Local basketball coaches share what they wished parents knew

BY KP BRABHAM SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

This informative series provides valuable insight by our local coaches. Previous articles in this series ran in past issues of The Chronicle. This is Part 3 of Coach Gainey’s interview.

Motivating committed student-athletes Gainey empathized, “I will never try to defer a young man’s dream. I always tell parents to do what’s best for your child.

I think sometimes we miss the bigger picture. They can always dream and reach their goals; it might just take a different route or a lot longer. Sometimes the grass isn’t always greener. It’s about relationships too. If you trust me enough to bring your son to me, then trust me enough I’ll do right by him in two years, three years, and his senior year. On that AAU circuit though, someone will always be in your [parents’] ear. One thing I will always lose on is against a coach who makes a promise. I’m never going to promise a kid anything but an opportunity, and he’ll have to earn it.”

Once Coach Gainey’s high school program is rostered for the season, he welcomes parent interactions, but he stated “I don’t discuss playing time, it’s a coaching decision.

In the gym with the team, we scrimmage a lot to see who’s best at what. If being fair, 15 kids can be labeled from one to 15 and we’ll be 70% to 75% correct. Everyone knows who the best players are, the

shooters, who goes hard, who’s the best athlete, has chemistry, and goals.

“So, we have a parent meeting before the season starts to explain everything. We have the 24hour no contact rule after the game. We can always discuss how your son can get on the floor, what he can do better, but playing time is my decision. We won’t compare oranges to apples, we will talk only about your child. Parents see one thing on the floor or a good game and then say he should be playing more. I evaluate how practice was and was he hustling then.

“Everyone has a role, everyone was selected for a reason, and a part of being a team comes with patience. It’s hard for football stars to come out from all-star situations to a basketball season and now is a role-player. It’s hard to transition. Parents discuss with the players to see where their role is and goals.”

Coach Gainey expressed that time commitment is the biggest transition with the level of competition that parents don’t understand.

“When going to high school, maybe 20 kids in one class play basketball,

but everything is competitive, and we have to dissect the skill level. The gaps in the level of competition and skill sets exist. Many are first-timers really playing competitive ball. Toughest thing as a coach for me is to cut. As a parent of that kid trying out many years ago, there were tough decisions, it was not easy, and you don’t want to cut anyone, but must be fair in selecting the team. As coaches we get called a lot of names and asked if being fair, but a lot of what we do is open to my parents. Come see your son competing against other kids during our open gyms. All practices in Glenn are open; it’s no secret. You can see what we do every day and know who the better player is or who’s giving that extra effort.”

Traditional high school athletic ability When I asked Coach Gainey about how all the transfers have affected the stability of programs within the WS/FCS in comparison to some private/public charter schools, Moravian Prep, QEA, WS Christian School, he responded with a chuckle stating, “I know of public programs kids left to go to private schools. It’s a

two-fold; one, because last year the COVID situation forced a 12-game season, whereas the private schools played 25-plus games even during COVID. Again, I understand that. There are some very good coaches at all three of those schools you just named. I know them personally, but for me, we grew up and attended schools in our district. We took pride in

working hard, competing, and being the best in the city. Now parents have school choice. Parents should know that academically they can choose to take their kid wherever they want to. Some days it is tough because you never want to lose a kid.

Sometimes you lose a kid, and you ask yourself why.

You’re not understanding, we’re building, we’re hav-

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ing success. But it goes back to their own interpretation and what’s best for their child. Sometimes parents get convinced by other people that they need to leave for whatever the reason. In public school, loyalty is not the biggest thing going on.”

Read the next part of this series in next week’s Chronicle.

SPEAKER FORUM

April 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Wait Chapel

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Neurosurgeon and Multiple Emmy Award-Winning Chief Medical Correspondent for CNN

Moderated by Dr. Julie A. Freischlag Chief Executive Officer of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine, and Chief Academic Officer of Atrium Health Enterprise

Presented by

For tickets: facetoface.wfu.edu

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Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson

Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem Scriptures: Matthew 21:1-21 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Study the immediate response of the crowd to Jesus’ arrival into Jerusalem; *Identify reasons people today seek and follow new leaders; *Accept Jesus as a leader who offers hope for the world in every age.

Background: Zechariah is a book full of Messianic prophecy and chapters 9-10 picture a future where Israel is improved and made new with a saving king – no wonder the prophecy of this lesson was so easily recognized. Zechariah also gave other prophecies concerning Christ: a ruler on the throne, chapter 2; a holy priesthood, chapter 3; a heavenly high priest, chapter 6; a ruler on a donkey, chapter 9; a price of 30 pieces of silver and silver used to buy a potters field, chapter 11; piercing the Messiah’s body, chapter 12; and wounding the Shepherd Savior and scattering His sheep, chapter 13. The prophecy in our text for this lesson is in chapter 9 – ruler on a donkey, which is tied to ancient times when royalty traveled with an entourage. A king coming to conquer rode in on a war horse, but a king who came in peace rode a donkey.

Lesson: Presence of the Prophet (Matthew 21:1-7).

In Matthew 20:17-19 Jesus gave the twelve instructions about His death. Jesus was aware of the importance of fulfilling prophecy and timing. There were many times that Jesus could have been heralded as the Messiah by an enthusiastic crowd if He wished to be known, but He always suppressed them. But now knowing what awaits Jesus fulfills the prophecy of Zechariah – “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, ‘Behold your king is coming to you, gentle and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden!’” (verse 5). This exact quote was given to the disciples and the multitude would, of course, be familiar also with the prophecy of a Messiah as told by Zechariah. We must also note that Jesus worked deliberately to fulfill the prophecy of Daniel’s Seventy Weeks – marking to the exact day His triumphal entry. Jesus entered Jerusalem on Monday, Nisan 10, A.D. 30, exactly 438 years after the decree of Artaxerxes in Daniel 9:24-27. The donkey was a key element to Jesus’ entry being triumphal. The donkey didn’t just fulfill prophecy, it also spoke to His humility and His message that He came as a peaceful leader. His entry into Jerusalem in the season of Passover on the back of a humble colt, the foal of a donkey, was a message to the whole city. Jesus, who had in the past suppressed the enthusiasm of the crowd, now embraced them as He rode in on the donkey. He claimed – in invisible terms – to be the Messiah that this prophecy foretold.

Procession of the People (verses 8-11). Spreading out garments was an act of homage reserved for high royalty. Appropriately enough, most of the city “spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from trees and spreading them in the road.” – a strong suggestion that they recognized Jesus’ claim to be the king of the prophecy in Zechariah – King of the Jews (verse 8). Hosanna translates in Hebrew “save now,” so the crowd shouting “Hosanna to the Don of David; Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest!” Clearly, they are now giving JeSee Jerusalem on B4

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Pray.com partners with National Day of Prayer task force for annual event May 5 LOS ANGELES – Pray.com and the National Day of Prayer task force are excited to announce a partnership to broadcast the 2022 National Day of Prayer event hosted from the Museum of the Bible on Thursday evening, May 5.

Now in its third year hosting a National Day of Prayer event, Pray.com previously hosted events concurrent with the National Day of Prayer task force. By combining efforts, the group that has been mobilizing prayer on the National Day of Prayer since the 1980s and the world’s No. 1 Christian app for daily prayer hope to mobilize an unprecedented number of participants for this historic observance around the 2022 theme to “Exalt the Lord Who Has Established Us,” taken from Colossians 2:67.

“Our team at Pray.com is honored to officially partner with the National Day of Prayer task force this year, to help rally people of faith from every state in our nation to pause and praise the Lord for our many blessings,” said Pray.com co-founder Matthew Potter. “This annual celebration of year-round

prayer brings together citizens from all backgrounds into the throne room of Heaven as we renew our reliance on our Almighty God, and as we lift up our hearts to heaven, praying biblically - not politically and asking the blessings of God to rest on every leader in every area of influence in our country.”

The National Day of Prayer has been celebrated annually in the U.S. since 1952 when Congress created a joint resolution, signed into law by President Harry Truman, stating that the President would dedicate one day every year for a National Day of

Prayer. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation designating the first Thursday in May as the annual observance.

Every president since then has on that day issued a proclamation encouraging the people of the nation to gather together in prayer.

To date, Pray.com and the National Day of Prayer task force have encouraged millions of people to join in prayer for our nation. Pray.com has over 1 million paying subscribers, while National Day of Prayer has more than 700,000 followers through email and social media, with an annual broad-

cast reach of more than 200 million households throughout the world.

Speakers and musicians who will be involved in this year’s event, leading in worship and prayer, include Pastors A. R. Bernard and Skip Heitzig, ministry leaders such as Chip Ingram and Joni Eareckson Tada, and National Day of Prayer task force president Kathy Branzell. Local prayer gatherings will be held in all 50 states and several U.S. territories, with the annual national broadcast airing on television and radio, and streamed through social media at 8 p.m.

ET. For station and social media information, visit www.nationaldayofprayer. org.

“Our praise of His unchanging attributes and remembrance of His blessings has helped Americans remain steadfast in faith even through the most challenging of times,” Branzell said. “Therefore, it is of the utmost importance that we do not waver today in this practice of praise and expressions of faith, love, and thanks as we unite in prayer across America on this National Day of Prayer.”

Samaritan Ministries to host 8th annual Tour de Llama SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Samaritan Ministries will host its eighth annual Tour de Llama bike ride and fundraiser at Divine Llama Vineyards in East Bend on Saturday, June 25. All proceeds raised through rider registrations and sponsorships will help Samaritan Ministries provide food and shelter to hungry and homeless neighbors in the WinstonSalem area.

Riders can choose 21-, 38- and 61-mile routes beginning at 8:30 a.m. on June 25. The three bike routes go through rural Yadkin County alongside beautiful scenery and minimal traffic. All rides are flat to hilly, and a rest stop will be located along the courses. After their rides, attendees are invited to stay at Divine Llama for tours, wine tastings, activities, music, food trucks and more family fun, including - of course - llamas.

The registration fee per rider is $30 and participants are required to be at least 18 years old. Registration is available at samaritanforsyth. org/tour-de-llama-event/ and must be completed by 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 23. All cyclists must preregister and complete the required online waiver forms prior to the cutoff. There will be no registration available at the event.

“We had to cancel Tour de Llama in 2020 because of the pandemic,

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Last year, 40 sponsors and hundreds of cyclists raised over $39,000 following the canceled event in 2020. and the event returned in a limited capacity last year. We’re very much looking forward to bringing this much-anticipated community event back at full capacity this June,” Samaritan Ministries Executive Director Jan Kelly said. “Tour de Llama is a crucial fundraiser during the summer. Hunger and homelessness do not take a vacation, and this is a fun event to help those in need. I look forward to seeing our riders return on June 25.”

Arbor Investment Advisors is the presenting sponsor of the event. In addition, Ken’s Bike Shop, Divine Llama Vineyards and a number of other partners make this event possible. Sponsorships are available in three different tier levels. Visit Samaritan’s website for more information at samaritanforsyth.org.

Last year, 40 sponsors and hundreds of cyclists raised over $39,000.

Samaritan Ministries’ goal this year is $35,000.

RELIGION CALENDAR

Thursdays and Saturdays Free Meals 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 Thursday and Saturday from noon until 1 p.m. at the church’s location. For more information, call 336-7229841.

Each Sunday Worship services Green Street United Methodist Church, 639 S. Green St., Winston-Salem, invites you to join online worship services on Sundays at 11 a.m., or in-person services at 8:45 a.m. The 11 a.m. service, which is available via Facebook and YouTube, is a celebration of the diversity of the human family, a no-frills service that is thoughtful, personal, and deeply spiritual. The 8:45 a.m. service is a quiet, contemplative space including prayer, scripture, preaching, and communion; masks and social distancing will be in effect in the sanctuary. Join us at www. greenstreetumc.org, on YouTube, or on Facebook.

Each Sunday Sunday service Transformation Ministries will have service every Sunday at 10 a.m. We are located at 4880 Burnette Drive. Masks are required.

3rd Friday of each month Women’s fellowship The Antioch Baptist Church (ABC) Women, 5061 Lansing Dr., cordially invites all women to join us the third Friday of each month at 7 p.m. for conversation as we share and embrace each other in these challenging times. Join us via conference call. Dial in: 267-807-9601 Access Code:189545592#. Rev. Frederick L. Barnes, Jr. is the senior pastor. For more information, call 336-9923751.

April 10 First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC) Online Dr. Dennis W. Bishop, Senior Pastor of First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC), will deliver the second message of the series From Generation to Generation: Impacting Each Generation with Truth based on Psalm 78:1-8 for in-person worship service Sunday, April 10.

Doors will open at 9:15 a.m. for screening prior to the 10 a.m. service. Completed waiver forms and masks that cover the nose and mouth are still required. The form can be submitted electronically on the FWBC website – www.firstwaughtown.org -- click on RE-ENTRY 2022, and printed copies will be available in the lobby prior to service. Other in-person protocols and information about 6 p.m. virtual Sunday School are accessible via the FWBC homepage RE-ENTRY link. Persons who prefer to continue worshiping virtually are invited to join us on the following platforms: YouTube, https:// www.youtube.com (First Waughtown); Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/FirstWaughtown/; and the First Waughtown website, https://www.firstwaughtown. org. (NOTE: Services are posted on a one-week delay.)

How to submit items to the Religion calendar: The deadline is Sunday at 11:59 p.m. to have all calendar items submitted for that week’s paper. Send your calendar items to news@wschronicle.com. You can also drop them off, Monday through Friday before 5 p.m., or mail your items to Winston-Salem Chronicle, 1300 E. Fifth St., Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101; or send them via our website, www.wschronicle.com.

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sus titles appropriate for the Messiah. It is also a cry to Him as the Messiah for deliverance (verse 9).

The whole city full of Jews from all around wondered about the identity of Jesus.

The locals were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.”

Nazareth was an obscure and unnoted city at that time. Nazarenes were held in low esteem. Yet, God chose to have His Son, the savior of the world,

live in Nazareth. (Read 1 Corinthians 1:27-28). (The UMI Annual Commentary 2021-2022, The Jewish Study Bible, The Jesus Bible, The MacArthur Study Bible, The New Interpreters Study Bible and The Oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your Consideration: Why is the crowd of Jerusalem so enthusiastic about Jesus now, but eager for His death a week later?

Is public opinion as easily swayed today? Why? Or why not?

Application: Jesus

T he C hronicle is both King and servant leader. Following His example, think of some way to communicate why Jesus is indeed king of all people everywhere and the importance of Jesus’ revelation of Himself at the appropriate time.

FYI: Forsyth County Sunday School Union meets “virtually” every 3rd Sunday at 3 p.m. You may join for classes and programs using the following “Zoom” credentials: ID 819 7872 9662, Passcode 787444, Phone: 1-301-715-8592.

What’s Happening NOW in City Government

SATURDAY APRIL 23, 2022 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

WINSTON-SALEM FAIRGROUNDS 17th ANNUAL

Community Calendar NOW- April 25 Tr a n s f o r m a t i v e Grant application Local non-profit organizations can apply for a transformative grant starting at 8 a.m. Friday, March 25, using the application link posted at CityofWS. org/TransformativeGrants.

Applications will be accepted through 5 p.m.

Monday, April 25. The City Council is seeking proposals for programs that have a long-lasting, transformative impact on such social and economic needs as poverty alleviation, job training and economic mobility.

Grant proposals will be accepted from any registered non-profit organization with current 501(c)3 tax-exempt status and that has been in business for at least a year as of March 25. There is no minimum or maximum grant amount that an organization may request. The full list of documents is posted at CityofWS.org/TransformativeGrants. Applicants with questions can send an email to ARPA@cityofws. org.

NOW- May 31 Literary contest Flying South, the annual literary competition sponsored by WinstonSalem Writers, is accepting entries in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from March 1 through May 31. $2,000 in prizes will be awarded. Best in Category winners will be published and will receive $500 each. One of the three winners will receive the Winston-Salem Writers’ President’s Favorite award and will win an additional $500. All entries will be considered for publication.

For complete rules and submission details, visit www.wswriters.org/ flying-south. Winners will be announced on or around July 1, 2022.

April-May Volunteers needed The Piedmont Plus Senior Games needs volunteers to help with a variety of events during April and May. Some events include: Bocce, shuffleboard, tennis, chair volleyball, billiards, golf and field events. Each event is only a couple of hours, most on weekdays, some are indoors, some are outdoors.

For more information and to sign up, visit the signup page at:https://signup. com/go/ksXQJQo OR contact Kevin (kevinw@ cityofws.org) or Anna (annam@cityofws.org) or call the Senior Games office, 336-725-2325. Piedmont Plus Senior Games, a program for adults age 50+, is offered through the City of Winston-Salem Parks and

Recreation. Come join the fun!

April 8 Conference for women entrepreneurs SBA Women’s Business Center in partnership with New Journey Management Group will be hosting their first conference “The Ability of a Woman Entrepreneur” on Friday, April 8, at the SG Atkins Enterprise Center.

The cost of the Conference is only $25. Register early, we are expecting a soldout event.

The conference will address barriers that hinder women (specifically lower income minority women) to pursue entrepreneurship. If you need a sponsor, please contact WBCWinston.

April 8 Mt. Tabor walk-athon registration The STAND Club at Mount Tabor High School is hosting a walkathon, “Walk for Refugees: Ukrainian Rescue Relief” on Saturday, April 23, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Mount Tabor High School stadium. Registration Fee:2K walk - $15, 5K non-competitive - $20 and 5K competitive run $25. To register, go to bit. ly/walkforukraine. Registration deadline is April 8.

April 9 Golf tournament fundraiser Chi Chi Chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority Inc. is pleased to announce our inaugural Golf Tournament. We want to raise funds for student nurse scholarships and community health initiatives. The tournament will be held at the beautiful Winston Lake Golf Course on Saturday, April 9, 2022. Registration is at 8:30 a.m.; tee off at 9:30 a.m. For more information or questions, please contact: Barbara Crumb (336) 408-9674 or Melinda Foster Mack (336) 995-1002.

April 19 Black-owned Table Talk HUSTLE WinstonSalem and WF Center for Private Business present Black-Owned Table Talk on April 19 @ 3:30 p.m.

During this Black-Owned Table Talk, we are covering Buying B[L]ACK the Block where we will focus on new ways for entrepreneurs and business leaders to gain equity/ownership in businesses, historical and current economic hubs for Black businesses across NC, and mentorship as a critical vehicle for economic mobility in the Black community. Register at https://blackownedtabletalk-buytheblock. eventbrite.com April 30 Art and Business Expo Call for artists and vendors! Join us, HUSTLE Winston-Salem and @Vision Events Center for the Art & Business Expo. We

are seeking local vendors who make and sell fine arts, crafts, soap, skincare, candles, jewelry, antiques, food, plants, clothing, accessories, and more! Click the link to learn more and share to help spread the word! http://ow.ly/ pBIo50IzJe9 May 5-7 Used book sale The Shepherd’s Center of Greater WinstonSalem will hold its 35th Annual Used Book Sale on Thursday, May 5, and Friday, May 6, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and on Saturday, May 7, 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 sale will be held in the Education Building at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds.

Entrance for parking is through Gate 5 from Deacon Blvd. There is no admission and there will be thousands of used books and other items on hand at exceptional prices.

June 18 Juneteenth registration Triad Cultural Arts’ Annual Juneteenth Festival will take place on Saturday, June 18, at Innovation Quarter — Biotech Place from 1 – 5 p.m. and Bailey Park from 1 – 8 p.m. Our theme for this year is Celebrate Freedom & The Will to Be Free with a focus on African American healing rituals & traditions.

If you are interested in performing at this year’s festival, please complete the Performer Application form. Be sure to add a URL link to your website/social media page or a link to a video of your band performing in the comment section. https://form.jotform. com/220527954068158.

If you are interested in participating as a Merchandise/Business, NonProfit, or Food Vendor, please complete the Vendor Registration form. https://triadculturalarts. org/index.php/vendors/.

July 1 Scholarship deadline The Winston-Salem Foundation is now accepting applications for its scholarship program for the 2022-2023 academic year. July 1 is the deadline for financial need-based scholarships.

Most scholarships are accessed through our online One-Stop Scholarship Application. Students are automatically considered for the scholarships for which they are eligible—with just one application.

For more information and to access the application portal, visit wsfoundation.org/students.

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Rodney Atkins WITH Jukebox Rehab may 20 Fairgrounds annex theatre

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The Chargers barely missed out on the playoffs with a loss in the last week of the season. It would not be a shock if they turned things around to win the division outright. With emerging superstar quarterback Justin Herbert, stud running back Austin Ekeler, and wideout Keenan Allen, the Chargers will be scary.

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