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THURSDAY, February 4, 2021

Black law enforcement officers commemorate the historic Greensboro sit-in Movement to fight segregation spread to 13 states and 55 cities

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

On Feb. 1, 1960, four freshmen from N.C. A&T State University, Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), Franklin McCain, Joe McNeil, and David Richmond, walked into the F.W. Woolworth Company department store in downtown Greensboro, sat down on the brightly colored seats at the lunch counter, and sparked a movement that would ignite communities across the country to fight against segregation.

To commemorate the 61st anniversary of that historic day, earlier this week more than a dozen top Black law enforcement officers in the state met at the former department store, which is now home of the International Civil Rights Center & Museum.

The commemoration event was planned by Chief Catrina Thompson, who is with the WinstonSalem Police Department (WSPD), and her staff. When discussing the event, Thompson said the Black sheriffs and police chiefs stood on the shoulders of people like the Greensboro Four. She said, “We stand on the shoulders of people like them and so many others who had the strength and courage to move forward.

Quite frankly, I think that without people like them, people like us holding these positions would be impossible.”

Thompson said although we’ve made great strides, there is still work to be done. She said it’s

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On Monday, February 1, the top Black law enforcement officers in the state met at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro. clear that racism is still alive and she believes that the Black leaders in law enforcement are obligated to pave the way for the next generation.

“We’ve come a long way, but there is still work to be done,” Thompson said.

Others who joined Thompson at the commemoration ceremony included Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry L. Rogers, Guilford County Sheriff Danny H. Rogers, Wake County Sheriff Gerald M. Baker, Durham County Sheriff Clarence F. Birkhead, Forsyth

County Sheriff Bobby F. Kimbrough, Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright, Pitt County Sheriff Paula Dance, Raleigh Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown, Greensboro Police Chief Brian James, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings, Fayetteville Police Chief Gina V. Hawkins, and Durham Police Chief Cerelyn J. Davis.

The International Civil Rights Center and Museum documents the story of the Greensboro Four. After more than five months of planning during what they called “bull sessions,”

where they discussed ways they could dismantle segregation, that Monday afternoon they stopped talking and put their plan in action. The boys met at the library on campus and marched downtown straight to Woolworth’s and sat down at the “White Only” lunch counter.

At that time, it was Woolworth’s policy that all people of color had to order at the end of the counter and leave immediately after they got their food. Woolworth’s sold other items besides food, so when Blair, McCain, McNeil and Richmond

entered the store that day, they purposely bought other items and got receipts before sitting down to prove they were paying customers.

They had only been sitting down for about a minute when they were told to leave, but not from whom you would expect. It was a Black woman who worked in the kitchen who saw what was going on and told them to leave. When discussing the woman in the documentary “February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four,” Blair said the woman told them “It’s people who like you

who make our race look bad.” When the manager of the establishment realized that the young men weren’t leaving and he was losing business, he decided to close the store for the day.

But it didn’t end there.

Despite the situation getting more hostile, the next day Blair, Franklin, McCain and Richmond returned with even more people.

The peaceful protest continued for days and each day more people, both Black and white, joined the movement. By Feb. 5, nearly 300 students had joined the protest at Woolworth’s and by the end of March, the movement had spread to 55 cities in 13 different states, including here in Winston-Salem where 11 students from Winston-Salem Teacher’s College (now Winston-Salem State University) and Wake Forest College (now Wake Forest University) staged a sit-in at a lunch counter downtown.

That summer all lunch counters across the state were desegregated, all thanks to four freshmen who were willing to risk their lives to bring about change.

The documentary produced by FilmRise Features, “February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four,” can be viewed on YouTube. For more information on the International Civil Rights Center & Museum or to schedule a tour, visit www.sitinmovement. org.

Board approves middle school redistricting, future of Philo-Hill programming still in question Last week the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education approved a middle school redistricting plan that will bring some major changes to the district beginning with the 20212022 school year that will directly impact students at several schools.

Here’s what we know: Talks about middle school redistricting began last year to prepare for the

opening of a new school in the fall, Lewisville Middle. Cost for construction of the new school was part of the $350 million bond referendum approved by voters in 2016. The school will hold about 800 students and will reduce overcrowding at Jefferson and Meadowlark Middle Schools.

Students will be assigned to Lewisville Middle for the 2021-2022 school year and the school won’t enter the list of Choice Zone Schools until the 2022-2023 school year.

The motion approved by the board last week will also affect students who attend Hanes, Mineral Springs and Philo-Hill.

At Hanes, the district is looking to move current residential students, who live on the north side of the city, to a school closer to their neighborhoods, Mineral Springs. Up until 2015, Hanes shared a building with Lowrance, a special needs school, on Indiana Avenue, but when it was discovered that the site had groundwater con-

tamination, the school board voted to move the schools. Although the water in the building is safe, parents demanded that the students be moved, ultimately leaving the board with no other option.

Lowrance now shares a building with Paisley IB Magnet School and Hanes is currently located on the south side of the city, but

still serves students who live on the north side.

Next year, current residential students who attend Hanes will be reassigned to Mineral Springs, which is located on Ogburn Avenue; however, students will have the option to stay at Hanes as a magnet student. Hanes will have a new residential boundary around the school’s cur-

rent location. Essentially, Hanes will have the same zoning boundaries as the old Hill Middle School.

In December the board also discussed closing Philo-Hill next school year while renovations to the gym, dining area, and administrative building are being completed. Instead, the board voted to keep students on campus while

the renovations are being completed.

While that’s settled, it’s still unclear what educational model Philo-Hill will have moving forward.

The initial recommendation proposed by Homan Atashbar, director of student assignment, was to reopen Philo-Hill See School on A7

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An historical look at Kwanzaa in Winston-Salem: The past and present inform us

BY FELECIA PIGGOTTLONG, PHD

Duane Jackson and Rachel Jackson have often been hailed as the Father and Mother of Kwanzaa in Winston-Salem because they learned about the celebration in the Greensboro area during the 1970s, invited others to learn about it, and then brought the knowledge to the Twin City to foster connections of hope. The Jackson couple met regularly with members of the Pan African Society from the campus of N.C. A&T State University. Duane Jackson had relocated from Chicago and he was eager to learn about Kwanzaa.

Duane and Rachel had an African wedding of their own on Nov. 9, 1974, at St. Philips Moravian Church on Bon Air Avenue, where the late Rev. Dr. Cedric Rodney officiated. Musa and Barbara Ferguson Kamara, natives of Sierra Leone and members of the Pan African Society, served as the emcees of their wedding. Afterward, they kept in contact with one another.

Musa and Barbara Kamara invited Duane and Rachel Jackson to the East

(1977-1985) and he wanted to get involved in the Kwanzaa movement.

Joseph and Gail Anderson of The Healing Force usually provided entertainment for the Kwanzaa meeting.

“There was no Kwanzaa without the performance of the Healing Force. They were a central part of the entertainment,” said Griggs. “Everybody else was just talking.”

The Healing Force had just relocated from New York where Joseph Anderson modeled for the New Breed manufacturing company that designed fashions to fit the African American male and female frame. Jason and Mable Benning, owners of New Breed, designed the dashiki and The Healing Force sang in African attire.

“Very few of the attendees wore African attire at that time. African attire was new in the South. Kwanzaa was just beginning to catch on in the South,” said Joseph Anderson. “We were seeking and yearning for that connective oneness, that warmth and hunger for knowledge. We knew we had to go back to WinstonSalem to build it up.”

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Duane and Rachel Jackson were the founders of the Kwanzaa celebration in Winston-Salem. They are pictured here with their daughter Ayanna Jackson.

Salem began in 1990 when Kwanzaa committee has Kwanzaa allowed us to I was a reporter for the been chaired by Ruther- reach out to many new Winston-Salem Chronicle ford Moorman of the East Kwanzaa participants. and an elder in the Kemet Winston CDC and Neigh- Because travel was limSchool of Knowledge at bors for Better Neighbor- ited, more family memEmmanuel Baptist Church. hoods and co-chaired by bers had the opportunity I solicited the assistance Luci Vaughn. Committee to attend all seven nights, of families and leaders in members include Renee to learn from each mornthe community to accept a Andrews, Emma Shouse, ing and nightly presentanight of Kwanzaa in vari- Cheryl Harry, Dana Sug- tion,” said Harry. “We had ous homes, churches and gs, Ben Piggott, Patricia a strong technology team centers. Leaders who par- Sadler, and myself, and who worked together to ticipated at this time were: others are joining day by make Kwanzaa happen.

Ernie Pitt and Elaine Pitt, day. Triad Cultural Arts Technology was key. Dr. Rev. Dr. John Mendez held its first virtual Kwa- Kia Hood-Scott, Magand Sarah Mendez, Em- naa week on the Zoom alie Yacinthe, Dr. Felecia manuel Baptist Church, platform in 2020. Each Piggott-Long, and Allan Rev. Dr. Carlton Eversley, night more than 70 fami- Younger took the lead as Dellabrook Presbyterian lies participated and hun- panelists, guest speakers, Church, Ben Piggott and dreds joined the gathering dancers, educators, artists, family, Dr. Dee Smith of through Facebook. and performers that supthe Winston-Salem Ur“Although the pan- ported the foundation. We ban League, The North demic has its negative at- did it together.”

Carolina Black Repertory tributes, our first virtual Company, Forsyth County Public Library, and Grace Presbyterian Church.

Many of these members have continued to serve as leaders of Kwanzaa for more than 30 years.

The children join in the final Harambee at the East Winston Library. Lucia Vaughn, In 2007, Triad Cultural James Grace and Reynita McMillan help light the Kinara at the East Winston Li- Arts, under the direction brary in 1996. of Cheryl Harry, continued the mission with “It did not make sense said Rachel Jackson. the help of many of the White Oak Community for all of the conscious The East Winston original leaders and addCenter to glean from the people to have to go to ing others. The citywide program created by the Greensboro. We had to Friends of the Library chose to celebrate the prinPan African Society for connect with Winston-Sacipal of Kuumba (Creativthree years. The Jacksons lem,” said Griggs. ity) as the major principle invited friends and memSylvia Sprinkle-Ham- each year. Those involved bers from the Winston-Sa- lin celebrated Kwanzaa lem Improvement Society when she was living in in leadership during the to attend as well. Some Philadelphia in 1975 early years included librarof the attendees included and she would create a ian Margaret Allen, Dottie Khalid Griggs, chairman large display window for Butler, Jane Steele, Barof the Winston-Salem Im- Kwanzaa at the Central bara Anderson, Pat Wright provement Society, Baba Library when she was Stepney, Shirley Hairston Joseph Anderson and Gail over Children’s Outreach. Holloway, Renee Brown Anderson of The Healing She and members of the Andrews, Tim Jackson, Force, Hashim Saleh of staff would take Kwanzaa and Sylvia Sprinklethe Otesha Dance and Mu- information to Sprague Hamlin. Others who were sic Ensemble, Larry Little, Street Recreation Center, involved during the early and Josette Clark, among Happy Hill Gardens and years were J. C. Simpson of the Friends Group; Louothers.

Kimberley Park RecreApproximately 70 ation Center. Duane and ise Wilson, ESR Director; people attended the first Rachel Jackson were also Mrs. M. Earl F. Benson, Kwanzaa gathering at the active in programs at the tutorial coordinator; Mazie East Winston Library in East Winston Library. Woodruff, Library Board; Charmon M Baker Santana; edwardjones.com 1979. Griggs had just re- They presented the idea to Photographer Financial Advisor Bill Jackson, poet and rapMember SIPC located from Atlanta and the East Winston Friends per; Burning Spear Reg135 Jonestown Road Washington, D.C, and of the Library.

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BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Over the years, we have seen plenty of great athletes come from the city of Winston-Salem.

Many have played one of the major four sports, but one mostly unsung hero from the city is finally getting his flowers while he is still here.

Dr. James Ewers Jr. was a star tennis player as a youth. His accomplishments from his high school and collegiate careers are truly remarkable. But it’s what he has done off the court that makes him the epitome of the American dream.

Ewers is a Winston-Salem native and actually began his career in tennis as a teenager. His first experiences with the game came at the Skyland Elementary School tennis courts that were around the corner from where he lived.

“I started playing with one of my dear friends named William Earl and he and I were really the only guys playing tennis at the Skyland School, because everyone else was playing basketball,” said Dr. Ewers. “I grew up playing basketball, and playing baseball, and swimming, and I did all of that stuff.

But I think the draw that brought me to tennis was that it was different and I didn’t see a lot of people playing it.

“I started just going out and hitting the ball and during those days we had wooden rackets and white balls and I’m playing in Converse basketball tennis shoes, just to kind of let you know how much I knew about tennis decorum.”

Ewers and Earl continued to play the game. They would hit the ball all over the place, including over the fence and onto other courts. Over time, Ewers gained an understanding

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Dr. James Ewers Jr. about the nuances of the sport.

“I began to see that it’s a game where there is a lot of thinking and a lot of strategy, because it’s an individual sport,” he said.

Ewers attended Atkins High School, which is now the home of WinstonSalem Preparatory Academy, and Earl suggested he go out for the team. Ewers was hesitant initially because he was unsure he would be able to compete with any of the players on the tennis team. Instead, he continued to play at the Skyland courts until he finally decided to try out for the team during his junior year.

“Finally, in the eleventh grade I went out for the tennis team and was fortunate enough and blessed enough to make the tennis team and to my surprise, I won the district championship for the region and my twelfth-grade year, I won another district

championship,” Ewers said about his high school career.

“During those days that were segregated, there was Black tennis and white tennis and I finished third in the state of North Carolina my junior year and senior year I finished second in the state of North Carolina.”

The quick success Ewers attained in the sport was not something he expected upon joining the team as a junior. He says he surprised himself, because he did not have any “grand expectations.”

“I went on the team just to have some fun, just to be able to say I was a part of the tennis team and as God would have it, I started winning,” he continued. “It was interesting to be on that journey, but when I was on the journey, I didn’t realize it was a journey. I just thought that I’m having fun with this and I’m winning and

my name would be in the paper.”

Ewers continued to progress as a tennis player to the point he started receiving scholarship offers his senior year. Once again, this was another unexpected result for Ewers.

He garnered interest from schools like North Carolina Central University and Winston-Salem State University (WSSU).

While playing at a tournament at WSSU, Ewers upset the No.1 seeded player named Walter Bowser. That win attracted the attention from the tennis coach from Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) who was in attendance.

Coach Pop Warner was the tennis coach for JCSU at the time and offered Ewers a scholarship.

“I was listening and I was taking all of it in and I was thinking ‘is this real’?” Ewers said about being offered a scholarship by Warner. “It’s so

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surreal in the moment that you don’t realize what’s happening.”

Ewers and his father began discussing his options as far as where he wanted to attend college.

After a few conversations with his father, Ewers chose to attend JCSU to play collegiate tennis on a full scholarship. Ewers never visited JCSU prior to enrolling and the first time he saw the campus was when he attended freshman orientation in August of 1966.

Choosing JCSU seemed to be the right decision for Ewers. Although he was unsure he would be capable of competing against some of the guys on the team, Ewers compiled a long list of achievements for the Golden Bulls.

While there he made the All-CIAA team all four years, won a school record 34 matches in a row, was the first African American to win the NAIA District 26 singles championship, reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA regional tournament, and had wins over players from schools such as Purdue, Northwestern, Winthrop, Gardner-Webb, Hampton, and Howard, just to name a few.

“When I played tennis there, I enjoyed the experience,” he stated. “I think in my college career I may have lost four matches in my four years of playing college tennis. When you are playing any sport, I don’t know that you think about the wins as much as you think about the losses, because I can think about the losses pretty clearly.”

Upon graduation from JCSU in 1970, Ewers went on to graduate school at Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. Ewers then took a teaching position at Ballou High School teaching history and government,

while also coaching the school’s tennis team.

Ewers continued with his educational goals after leaving Catholic University. He received a fellowship to attend the University of Massachusetts and then went to Harvard University for his post-doctoral studies.

The best part of it all was Ewers was able to achieve all of these goals and still remained debt free from student loans.

“I can say that God has blessed me and I can say that as strongly as I can,” he said. “I know that I have been blessed and there is no doubt in my mind that He saw something in me that I did not see in myself. He lighted and guided a path and what he wanted me to do was follow it and I had the good sense to follow it.

“When people say that God is good, I know exactly what they are saying, because I repeated that expression countless times, because God is good.”

Even though he had a full-time job teaching and coaching, Ewers would still play local tennis tournaments on the weekends because he loved the sport so much. His stellar play warranted his inclusion into several hall of fame classes. He is a member of the Atkins High School Hall of Fame, the JCSU Hall of Fame, the Black Tennis Hall of Fame, and the Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Hall of Fame. He is also nominated for the CIAA Hall of Fame and the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame. The tennis courts at Atkins High School are also named in his honor as well.

Through tennis, Ewers has met the likes of Muhammad Ali, the Williams sisters, Coco Gauff, Arthur Ashe, James Blake, Andy Roddick and many more See Ewers on A7

The walk of discovery:

meeting the artist of the Depot Street Renaissance Mural

BY DR. KAREN F. WILLIAMS

I have always heard that walking is good for your health. The sound of soles pulsating paved trails, timber bridges, gravel walkways, concrete sidewalks, or plain dirt paths, reaps a harvest of health benefits. But my experience has been that walking is more than physical exercise.

In February 2019 a former colleague, Constance Archie, and I began walking in the Winston-Salem area. Later we met Carlos Sawyer and he joined us.

After walking for several months, our faith bonded the three of us as friends.

What began as a means to boost healthy living soon moved toward steps on a journey, a spiritual walking journey. As we walked it became clear that life is not happenstance as we met persons who inspired.

Meeting visual artist Leo Rucker is an example.

When we met Leo, he had scarcely begun work on a mural, situated on East 7th Street between Patterson Avenue and Research Parkway. His artwork, “The Depot Street Renaissance Mural,” depicts the Depot Street neighbor-

The mural of Depot Street was painted by Winston-Salem native Leo Rucker. hood, a Winston-Salem African American community during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

“My goal was to create a story that would be inviting, colorful, and create conversation for the entire community,” Leo told us.

Constance commented, “Prior to meeting the artist, the beginning stages

of the mural captured my attention, particularly because it is located along our walking trail, hence inclusive of our spiritual walking journey.” She continued “It is a mural, even in its early stage, that was vibrant and interesting because its images are of African Americans in their community. During

our consistent walking, I saw the mural develop into a story that depicts the life of African American business owners and professionals in Winston-Salem during a time when segregation was prominent.”

The story Leo’s Depot Street art chronicles is an eye-catching creation. It is no coincidence that the

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first image on the mural is a church, Lloyd Presbyterian Church, the second oldest African American church in Forsyth County.

Leo explains, “Growing up, church was the core of my family. As I grew up, I developed my own personal relationship with God as I began to understand that a higher being

was guiding my footsteps creatively. I started with the Lloyd Presbyterian Church on the mural as the foundation of faith and for years the church would be for many communities.”

As I reflect on this impressive public art, I see how art, as well as walking, connects people to creation, history, and hope.

Connecting to Creation Like the aesthetics of Leo’s handiwork, nature demonstrates God’s ubiquitous artistry. On our walks, Constance, with her horticultural gifting, assisted Carlos and me with observing the plants, flowers, and vegetable gardens, as well as identifying their seasons of planting and harvesting.

“To fully appreciate and enjoy life, one must slow down, open one’s heart and mind to see and hear God in His manifested beauty,” asserts Constance.

Walking then can elicit an appreciation and love for God’s beautiful world.

Carlos states it succinctly: “Love the environment as God loves it. Love the beauty of God’s work.”

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Wish someone a happy Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, with its candy-filled hearts, bouquets of roses, and gifts of love.

At least that is what many of us relate to on that day.

But some see it as a reminder of what they do not have or who is missing from their life.

On Valentine’s Day, why not remember someone who might have been forgotten?

It seems to me that as we grow in technology, we are growing farther apart from one another. We have fewer reasons to be face to face or even take time to make a friendly phone call. Have you ever gotten an unexpected phone call from someone you have not spoken with in a long while? I have; my heart leapt with joy hearing the voice on the other end of the phone. Such a wonderful surprise and a simple gift! However, it appears that many of the under-40 crowd feel like a phone call is rude or intrusive. A reporter for the New York Times interviewed a young adult who said that you should send an email first before calling. What the heck?

The fact is many more people are hoping for a phone call or visit rather than chocolates or a text. There are people from all walks of life who would love to hear from someone: parents, grandparents, those who have no family, the widower, single parent, military spouse … the list could go on. I think we all know someone who could use a phone call to brighten their day.

Valentine’s - a day for love - should not only be for the sweethearts locked arm-in-arm strolling down the beach, as the advertisements would have us believe. It should also be a time to reach out to others. Give them a phone call, connect on Facetime or set up a Zoom meetup. It only takes a few minutes to brighten a whole week for someone who needs to hear from you.

Showing you care should not be limited to one day a year, but should be shared often and with many. It is the little things in life that makes life special.

Who do you need to call today?

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for many, during a time of great challenge and difficulty.

Alex is a great example for all young people. I’m looking forward to the good work that Alex will do and what he will add to our Board of Education.

Educators throughout Forsyth County are encouraged by the WSFCS Board of Education’s appointment of Alex Bohannon. This decision was a welcomed win

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It is the first COVID-19 anniversary. Let’s not celebrate.

Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.

Guest Columnist

Anniversaries and birthdays are special events. Each gives us a reason to celebrate and to reminisce about the previous year. Both are highlighted by being with family and friends. We give gifts and cards and are thankful for the time together.

However, there are some anniversaries you would like to forget. How about the coronavirus anniversary? I would sure like to forget, but like you, I cannot.

The first known case of COVID-19 was in Snohomish County, which is north of Seattle, Washington. It arrived without fanfare in January 2020.

I can recall watching the news and hearing about the coronavirus and that it was occurring in other parts of the world.

Like you, when I heard other parts of the world, I never thought it would come to America. COVID-19 in America? If I had

to bet on it, I would have bet against it coming to our country.

I was wrong. The coronavirus has absorbed our country and our world. It has been with us day and night. It has been relentless in attacking our families.

At this moment, we have over 440,000 family members and friends who have passed away.

Dinner tables are missing their presence and their voices have been silenced.

Now at least two strains have been discovered in England and South Africa.

Two cases have been discovered in South Carolina and Maryland. The United Kingdom variant has been detected in 20 of our states.

We are in an uphill climb against COVID-19.

The enemy has set up shop here and it is the coronavirus. It was declared a pandemic on July 1, 2020.

Despite the negative past, we have a promising outlook. There have been over 49 million vaccines distributed and almost 28 million doses administered. The state of West Virginia leads the country in vaccine distribution, having already used 81% of their vaccine allotment.

Phizer and Moderna have been the two major vaccines. Johnson and

Johnson will file papers next week with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an emergency use authorization. In trials thus far, it has been found to be 85% effective against severe disease. If approved, it is projected they will give 100 million doses by June. This is good news when combined with the existing vaccines.

The Johnson and Johnson product will only require one shot. This will be a welcome relief for people who have vaccine hesitancy. Dr. Celine Gounder, infectious disease specialist, said on CNN recently, to get whatever vaccine you can get.

The administration is providing regular updates on vaccine availability and when it will be going to various locations around the country. New sites are opening so that more Americans can receive the vaccine.

“Every vaccine that is sitting in a warehouse rather than going into an arm could mean one more life lost,” said Health and Human Services Director Alex Azar.

While the vaccines are in various stages of implementation and approval, we must still follow the same rules. Some recent

reports suggest that two masks should be worn together; however, Dr. Anthony Fauci said to simply follow the CDC guidelines. Their guidelines do not say you must wear two masks.

When I am in the public square, I do see some people with a mask and a face shield. People must make their own decision.

Wearing a face mask is now required when travelling via any type of public transportation. It is my thinking that we must comply and not complain.

Currently, there are over 26 million COVID-19 cases and the numbers continue to rise. We are in the middle of some tough times. We are long-suffering, but we know that things will get better.

Tough times don’t last, but tough people do.

James B. Ewers Jr. Ed.D. is a former tennis champion at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem and played college tennis at Johnson C. Smith University, where he was allconference for four years.

He is a retired college administrator. He can be reached at overtimefergie.2020@yahoo.com.

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CHRONICLE BUSINESS OF THE MONTH

JoyUp Services helps to guide people through grief to joy

BY BUSTA BROWN FOR THE CHRONICLE

My beautiful mother, Deborah Jean Brown, was laid to rest on December 7, 2020, and my siblings and I haven’t slept much since.

I’ve tried many times to convince myself that my mom is in a better place, which I know she is. But, then in the middle of the night, my flesh and heart cries out, there’s no better place for my mom to be than here with her children who love her dearly. I miss her far more than any words in a book or song.

I’m in tears right now, struggling to write this story. But my mom would say, “Boy, push on, boy.”

As a man of God, I know my mom is at peace, yet I can’t let her go.

I’ve yet to call any of my friends who are pastors, nor my Christian friends, because there are times you just need to vent and be heard without feeling as if you’re hearing a sermon.

That’s where a business such as JoyUp Services comes into play. It’s a grief support service for children, parents and adults. JoyUp Services helps you process grief through sympathetic conversation, which allows you to release and truly be heard.

CEO Christina Stanley decided to start her Winston-Salem-based business after witnessing firsthand how grief affects children.

Seeing how her nieces were lost and confused after her grandmother had

passed broke Christina’s heart. Seeing her cousin, who is their mother, struggle to explain why her daughters couldn’t go to the hospital to see their grandmother was heartbreaking as well. “My grandmother was in a unit that didn’t allow children under 18 to visit. It was extremely tough on my cousin trying to explain my grandmother’s passing to my nieces. My sister’s son, who was three at the time, was also asking, where is my Nana? Like my nieces, he didn’t understand what was going on. Every time he saw me, my grandmother was with me, so when he would see me, we’d have to explain what happened over and over again. So, I saw a real need for JoyUp Services,” shared Stanley.

JoyUp guides you on how to explain the passing of a loved one to children.

They also educate you on the stages of grief, grief triggers, and the aftermath of the funeral, with healthy methods to process grief.

“Seeing something that reminds us of someone who has passed is one of the most common grief triggers and we guide you through how to face and deal with each trigger, instead of avoiding them.

The stages of grief are denial, anger, depression, bargaining, and acceptance. JoyUp Services will guide you with healthy methods to process each stage of grief. The first step toward healing is to know it’s OK to not be OK. We

Christina Stanley, CEO of JoyUp Services, author and grief coach. make sure you don’t feel alone in the process of grief. Yes, prayer is key to getting through it, but you also need that connection with someone who has had the same experience and knows how to guide you through it firsthand,” said Christina.

I asked Stanley, what should we do when someone is experiencing a grief trigger? She replied, “Allow them to vent, yell, talk, or however they need to release their pain. Make sure they know you support them, because sometimes just listening and a hug is all they need. Just

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As she was talking, there were times I’d laugh quietly, because she was excellent with explaining the process of grief. I was getting free service.

JoyUp Services is very necessary, because so many of us don’t know how to effectively process grief, and that is OK. That’s what JoyUp is for.

Christina Stanley was one of those people who had to learn how to process grief and accept that her grandmother is now in a far better place than we are on earth. She’s found her peace and now she’s help-

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ing others do the same.

The first step is just a phone call away. “I’ll give you a 30-minute free consultation to discuss what you or your loved one is feeling and also check if there are any signs of the stages of grief. When you decide to use my services, we’ll begin virtual sessions. I do one-on-one and group sessions. I guide children with how to express their emotions in a healthy manner and encourage adults on the journey through grief to joy.”

Christina Stanley also wrote two children’s books, “Remember Me in

Heaven. Helping Children Go From Sorrow to Joy,” which is about her grandmother, and “Guiding Children Through Grief.”

Christina said, “It’s a workbook where children can color, draw and write in, sharing their different emotions. It makes it easier for a child that may be uncomfortable sharing their thoughts. The workbook also helps open up that discussion with their parents,” said Christina.

I read a very impressive testimonial from an Amazon reviewer who wrote, “This book was great! My children loved it! I can’t wait to share it with my nieces and nephews, because it’s important that we show our children how to identify and cope with their emotions. This book is a great tool to help with loss.”

Stanley has plenty of experience working with children. She was an elementary teacher for seven years and has a master’s degree in education. Stanley is also taking courses to obtain a certified substance abuse license. Congratulations to the Chronicle’s Business of the Month, JoyUp Services.

The CEO ended our interview with a word from the Bible: “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.”

For more info and how to reach Christina Stanley, visit www.joyupservices. com and Author Christina Stanley on Facebook.

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as an arts magnet school, but after concerns from the board and parents during drop-in sessions, the district decided to go back to the drawing board. According to Atashbar, the

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Along with creation, The Depot Street mural is a bridge to history, African American history.

Connecting to History The Lincoln Theatre.

Safe Bus Company. LaMae Beauty College.

Clark S. Brown. George Black. These are a few images illustrated on the mural. As a native of Winston-Salem, Carlos is conversant with the city’s history, specifically the Depot Street legacy. He not only remembers Depot Street, which is now Patterson Avenue, but also was a part of the community.

“As I approached Leo, I felt ecstatic about his artwork,” Carlos reveals. “We began talking about the mural and how I was able to identify the pioneers (African Americans) and the buildings designed and owned by various African Americans. The individuals displayed on the mural were innovators who gave of their talents, knowledge, and contributions to the African American citizens of Winston-Salem, as well as the United States of America.”

The YMCA, according to Carlos, was a staple for the community and a

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celebrities and tennis pros.

Ewers has also been selected to chair the United Stated Tennis Association Southern Sectional Diversity and Inclusion Committee. He also was selected to be a member of the USTA National Diversity and Inclusion Committee, as well as the chair of the Louisiana Tennis Association Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

“With these honors I just have so many people along the way that have given me the opportunity,” he went on to say. “You don’t get these honors without people being in your life. Even though tennis is an individual sport, you meet so many people along the way that tell you that you can and that you have the ability and you have the potential, and I am not just talking about tennis, I’m talking about life now.

“I have been fortunate and blessed beyond measure to be around a lot of men and women who gave me the inspiration so that I could have the aspiration and that starts with my teammates from Atkins and Johnson C. Smith University and the adults in my life that made a difference.”

Ewers says his mother and father gave him his humble foundation. He wrote a book a few years ago and dedicated the book to his parents. His goal now is to give back to the community that has given him so much.

He and his wife Deborah sponsor a scholarship at Atkins High School.

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district will be sending out surveys asking the community what type of programming they would like to see at the school.

“We’ve been working already with our instructional staff to come up with some options as far as programming goes and

we’re going to do a robust survey for the community starting in two weeks,” Atashbar said. “We’re basically going to do an electronic push first, then if we have to, make phone calls or knock on doors because we really want to hear from that community.”

multifunctional facility. “I remember attending the after-school programs. The Y was used for numerous functions, for example, the church’s banquet.”

History is the major theme of the mural’s message and reveals a “history that all must be reminded of how African Americans contribute to this country,” said Constance. “The talents and gifts we bring to the table the world did not give; therefore, the world cannot take them away! It is a history that must not be forgotten but shared with other generations of African Americans (young and old).”

As the mural brings African American history to the forefront, walking concurrently can conjure your own personal history, inviting an answer to the questions: Who am I? Who might I become?

Connecting to Hope The Depot Street mural not only links us to history, but also joins us to unity and hope. It shows the “strength of African Americans when we commune in unity as in the word COMMUNITY,” notes Constance.

“I hope viewers will take away the beauty of the community as this represents a generation before my time, a fun and exciting place to come and vis-

it, learn, and be enlisted,” Leo confirms.

Likening the mural to the Black Wall Street in Winston-Salem, Carlos envisions the message of hope it conveys for African Americans. “It gives us hope that we can have and achieve ownership if we as a people are willing to make the necessary sacrifices to achieve our goals. We can reach back and be of service to others by leaving lasting legacies behind, creating a “blueprint.”

Just as the mural can serve as a catalyst of hope, so does walking. Walking can provide a sense of purpose and produce hope.

Carlos, Constance, and I have received renewed hope as we walked and experienced God as He provides clarity of purpose and direction for our lives.

If you have not seen “The Depot Street Renaissance Mural” take a moment, take a walk to see Leo’s impressive creation, to reflect on African American history and renew your hope for the future.

You can discover more about Leo Rucker’s mural at www.innovationquarter. com/depot-street/

ward, because that’s what an enriched life is about,” he said about giving back.

“It’s not about trophies or awards that you win, but it’s how you live your life and how you pass on the lessons you’ve learned.

“When you can give a person hope and encouragement every day, then you can rest easy at night, because you have done your best.”

Ewers says he has tried to stay involved in the sport, because he would like to have more African Americans participate in the sport of tennis. He says there are a number of reasons minorities don’t participate in the sport, such as the cost, the marketing done by the USTA, and the lack of minority role models for children to look up to like there are in football and basketball.

“We just have to keep searching for ways to get more young people of color actively involved in it and one of the ways I’m trying to do that is to get onto these boards and get onto these positions that have some influence on the makeup and shape of tennis and get tennis into recreation centers and into the schools, so more of us can be exposed to tennis,” he continued.

Ewers knows he would have been successful at something without tennis, but he is unsure he would have had this level of success without it. “I felt that my self-confidence as I was growing up and growing stronger was such that I was going to be able to do something, with or without tennis,” said Ewers. “Tennis didn’t make me the person that I am, tennis certainly helped me along the way. Tennis

is an individual sport and there are lessons that I’ve learned from competing that I have used in positions that I have held.”

Ewers has been a vice president at several HBCUs, a dean at the University of Miami of Ohio, a director of admissions at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. He says the lessons he learned in tennis like communication, listening and putting people in position to be successful helped him in those positions during his career.

Ewers was not really inspired by tennis pros, but instead was inspired by his mother, his father, his neighborhood, and the men and women God placed in his life. He says people like George Green, William Earl, Dr. Madeline Scales, Clarence “Big House” Gaines, Mrs. Clara Gaines, and Edward Joyner shaped and inspired him more than any professional athlete.

“Those are the people that inspired me, and they were my inspiration,” he said.

When Ewers thinks back on his life, he had no idea that he would be this successful in the sport of tennis and where it would take him. He says back then, he didn’t even know that you could obtain a scholarship to play tennis in college.

“Even when I was in college winning, I never really thought about myself as being successful,” he said about his career.

“I never thought about the fact that I was good at tennis.

“I never asked God to win, I just asked him to let me do my best and whatever my best was, I could live with that.”

Constance Archie and Carlos Sauyer contributed to this story.

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The Beta Lambda Chapter of National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc., a professional organization of women in the field of education, recently donated socks for their annual sock drive, one of NSPDK’s many community service projects. Pictured are Joyce Irby, Mae Burner, co-chairs; Theresa Scott, chair; Dr. Patsy O. Squire, Eastern Regional Director; Julius Walker, director; Donna Mickens, president; Richardean M Whisonant.

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MLK Day panel discussion sparks debate among millennials

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

People across the nation recently celebrated the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sparked by the memory of Dr. King, several local residents discussed the state of the Black community and other questions relevant to the African American community.

Brittany Ward, executive director of Hoops 4 L.Y.F.E. nonprofit, was the creative force behind the idea when she posed the question: Are we as Black people in a better or worse state since the civil rights movement to date?

“In observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I wanted to go into dialogue about how things have changed from the

it wasn’t a state representative, it wasn’t a senator, it was grassroot-led people in leadership positions speaking.”

The group discussed major issues that were plaguing the Black community as a whole, as well as how those same issues were affecting Black people right here in the city.

One of the major topics of conversation was resources that were needed in the minority community.

“We spoke about what relief looks like in the city,” she said. “I mentioned, as we were conversing, the disparities and lack of resources we have here. We really don’t have to wait for the federal government to push in policies and laws, our local government can act now and bail us out. The local govern-

was born out of the discussion. They spoke about if the Black community was better off during segregation versus integration. “In the ‘60s, we were forced to have these systems in place because of segregation,” she continued.

“Back then we had a sense of real community where you had the doctor living next to the teacher and the teacher living next to the person that owned the local grocery store.”

The discussion shifted to how during the Civil Rights Era, the leaders of the movement were chosen by the people. The group stated that they now feel some of the so-called Black leaders are handpicked by the powers that be to maintain some semblance of control.

“We talked about the

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Local residents discuss status of the Black community during a Zoom panel discussion. civil rights movement until today,” said Ward. “It was a real conversation with millennials wanting inclusion with the older generation about what we need now and how we are going to get where we need to be.”

Included in the virtual panel discussion was Terrance Hawkins, Brandon Horne, Larry Barron (LB the Poet), Erica Watts and Ricky Johnson Jr. The panel was supposed to include individuals from the older generation, but due to scheduling conflicts they were unable to do so.

“I tried to find people that were well rounded and very knowledgeable of what we had going on in the past,” she said about the panel. Everybody that was on this panel brought a different perspective to the table. We are all natives of Winston-Salem, but we all work in different fields.”

Although the original idea was to have a multigenerational conversation, the fact that all of the panelists were around the same age made for some interesting dialogue. Ward feels more conversations with individuals of this age group can really assist with making necessary changes right here in Winston-Salem.

“Who better to speak for ourselves than ourselves,” Ward stated. “We were not speaking as a representative, we were speaking about what was directly impacting us, so we were speaking for us. It wasn’t a councilmember,

ment can cut us a stimulus check and provide more resources.”

Ward spoke about how Hawkins brought up how Winston-Salem is like a tale of two cities. He spoke about how one side of the city can look dilapidated in some areas, but right down the road you can see innovation and new buildings being erected.

“On one end you can have extreme poverty and projects and on the other end you will have milliondollar homes,” she said.

“He (Hawkins) talked about how once our Black communities were thriving, but that’s not the case now.”

Poverty was another topic of conversation.

They discussed how poverty affects people throughout the city and not just the east side of Winston-Salem as many people assume.

“If you are a child born into poverty, you are more likely to stay in poverty if you are born in WinstonSalem,” she continued.

“When we have a mayor that has a Poverty Thought Force initiative and we have yet to see those programs roll out, it’s like saying you are going to do something, but we never see the fruits of what you are trying to put in place.

“When you talk about accountability, we spoke to different pieces of accountability. Accountability for ourselves as restoring the order in our community by being prideful, uplifting and educating.”

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people in the ‘60s to date and how they are now using our leaders or using the church, you know, like pimps in the pulpit,” Ward continued. “They come around during election season, but you don’t see them in the church after election season.”

When it comes to the original question of the state of Black people being better off now or then, Ward feels the Black community was better in the ‘60s. “Repeatedly we have seen them assassinate our leaders that try to create change,” she said. “If they were not assassinated, they were politically exiled; if they weren’t exiled, they were scared off.

“So now they are dummying down the same people they were supposed to be empowering and it creates a symbolic representation of what freedom is. There are a lot of people that think they are free, but they’re not.”

Others on the panel feel that the Black community has come a long way in certain areas, but feel we have regressed in others. However, they all felt it needs to be a call to action for all African American millennials to actually affect real change.

Ward hosts a weekly live session called “Lunch link” where she discusses topics impacting the local community. The plan is to have more conversations like they had on MLK Day to continue to encourage and galvanize the community.

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Timothy Ramsey Sports Columnist

Remembering Kobe Bryant one year after his death It’s hard to believe, but it has already been one calendar year since the death of NBA legend Kobe Bean Bryant.

Bryant, along with eight other people including his daughter Gianna, were killed in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26 in Calabasas, California.

The news of Bryant’s death shocked the world one year ago and to be honest, it still doesn’t seem real. It’s hard to believe that it has already been one year since the tragedy. I know Bryant was loved by many people, but as we have seen, he transcended sports in a way few athletes are able to do.

He was drafted 13th overall in the star-studded 1996 NBA draft that included Allen Iverson, Stephon Marbury, Ray Allen, Steve Nash, Marcus Camby and Jermaine O’Neal.

You could see and feel the star power emitted by Kobe from the moment he was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets.

Luckily for us all, Bryant was immediately traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. Bryant came off the bench for his first two seasons in the league, backing up starters Eddie Jones and Nick Van Exel.

However, he did make a splash as a rookie by winning the 1997 Slam Dunk contest and was voted to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.

In his second season Bryant more than doubled his scoring average from his rookie year, from 7.6 to 15.4 ppg. During his sophomore season, he also became the youngest NBA All-Star starter in the history of the league.

The 1998-99 season was the breakout year for Bryant and the Michael Jordan comparisons began to be plausible. Several players before Bryant had been prematurely crowned the next Jordan, but Kobe was the only one who actually came close to His Airness.

Bryant went on to play a total of 20 seasons in the NBA, all with the Lakers. His list of accomplishments is comparable with any other player in league history. Some of his accomplishments are 5 times NBA Champion (2000-02, 2009-2010), 2 times NBA Finals MVP (2009, 2010), NBA MVP (2008), 18 times NBA All-Star (1998, 20002016), 11 times All-NBA First Team (2002-2004, 2006-2013), 9 times NBA All Defensive First Team (2000, 2003-2004, 20062011) and 2 times NBA scoring champion (20062007), just to name a few.

Bryant was praised for his work ethic. He was well known as one of the hardest working athletes the game has ever seen.

He was willing to do whatever it took to make sure he was at his very best for every game.

Current analyst and See Kobe on B3

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BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

The East Forsyth Eagles have had an up and down season on the basketball court. The Eagles were looking to bounce back with a win against West Forsyth following their loss to Reynolds earlier in the week. The

Titans were hoping to end their two-game losing skid entering the game against the Eagles. With East Forsyth already having a victory over the Titans earlier in the season, last week’s rematch held a little more significance. The Eagles escaped the first matchup with a two-point victory, but the second game was more decisive with the Eagles winning 67-50.

For the 3 Ds, family ranks over everything

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

The Alejandro-Ortiz sisters do everything together and that’s just the way they like it. Being so close in age, the three sisters have formed a bond that is unbreakable, whether it’s on or off the field of play.

Dajanenn (18), Damyja (17) and Daya’Onna (15), affectionately called D1, D2 and D3, play basketball, volleyball and run track for the Phoenix of Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy. The three young ladies have always had a love for sports and competing with and against one another.

“I guess it works on our sisterly bond and relationship and it’s great that we can be competitive with one another,” said Dajanenn (D1) about why she enjoys playing sports.

Damyja (D2) added, “When I was younger, I was always competitive.

I always had a love for track and finishing first, so I think that’s why I am focused on track as my main sport. Playing with them is fun and competitive and we do try to outdo each other and that’s what builds our bond.”

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Dajanenn, Damyja and Daya’Onna are three sisters that all play sports for the same school.

Daya’Onna (D3) says also take every sport seri- sport, but enjoys the camaher love for sports grew as ously because their mother raderie of the other sports she watched her two older told them she would not she plays with her sisters.

While playing together sisters play. “Not being come to watch them if they is a dream come true for old enough to be on the didn’t.

As the eldest member the girls, sometimes they team and watching them made me fall in love with of the family, D1 says she do have arguments with sports,” she said. “I said to takes on the motherly role one another. “It gets stressmyself that I wanted to do for her two sisters, as well ful, very stressful,” D1 that and be like them and as for their three younger said. “We are not the best now being on the team to- sisters. For her, volleyball athletes, but we are comgether makes it even bet- is her favorite sport, due to petitive, so when we lose, her being able to “let her it just makes the whole ter.” thing bad. We get to arguThe sisters say they anger out” while playing.

D3’s favorite sport is ing and the coach gets mad would compete against one another in any athletic en- also volleyball. She says and tells us to stop arguing, deavor, whether it was an track and basketball are not but that’s what sisters do. actual sport or just seeing far behind because they are At the end of the day, we who could jump the high- fun to play. D3 admitted are always going to ride est on the trampoline. They that volleyball is her best behind each other.”

“I feel like we argue a lot like we can’t argue with the rest of our teammates,” D3 said. “If D2 messes up, me and D1 will yell at her, but we can’t yell at the rest of the teammates. I feel like that’s better because I can speak and not have to hold my tongue. With her being my sister, I can say, ‘Get your feet right and next time you are going to do it right’ and not be rude.”

It would be safe to assume that the sisters would get tired of being around one another so much. The time spent at home, in school, as well as practice and games gives the girls little time apart and that’s just the way they like it.

They love being together and when a break is needed, each young lady has her own way to decompress.

For D1, she likes to go to the gym to work out as her form of alone time. D2 and D3 say they don’t really have a need for alone time, because the thought rarely crosses their mind.

“It doesn’t bother me being around them all the time,” D2 went on to say.

“I know when she (D1) leaves for college, I don’t See Sisters on B3

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February 4 2021

Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson

Called to Evangelize Scriptures: John 4:25-42 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Identify the barriers Jesus crossed in speaking with the Samaritan woman; *Sense the wonder the Samaritan woman felt in meeting with Jesus; *Share with others the transforming power of God at work in their lives.

Background: “… for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans” (John 4:9b). The Jewish people regarded the Samaritans as spiritually and ethically inferior. The Samaritans were a cross-cultural group of Jews mixed with Babylonians, Syrians and several other nationalities as a result of the Assyrian captivity in 722 BC. The Jews looked down on the Samaritans because of their idol worship. The Samaritans viewed Mount Gerizim as the place of true worship, but the Jews regarded Jerusalem as the only place of true worship and destroyed the Samaritan temple at Mount Gerizim. So, there was great hostility between Samaritans and Jews as Jesus well knew, but He deliberately crossed into Samaria and started a conversation at Jacob’s well with a woman whose name was never given and who was astonished that He even spoke to her. And it happens that a simple request for a drink of water progressed to a conversation of living or spiritual water and to Jesus revealing Himself as the Messiah – long-awaited by both Jew and Samaritan.

Lesson: Jesus reveals himself as the long-awaited Messiah - “I who speak to you am He.” - after a long conversation where Jesus has answered her many questions and told her “All the things that I have ever done.”

She realizes that he is no ordinary man and says, “I know that The Messiah is coming … He will declare all things to us.” Jesus’ response of “I am He” immediately registered with her. She had no problem believing, she leaves her water pot and runs off to share with the town what has been revealed to her. Her witness and honesty regarding her own life impressed the people so much that they came to see Jesus for themselves (verses 25-30).

Jesus had shared with the Samaritan woman of the water to be drunk and now shares with the disciples of the food to be eaten. Jesus explains that he considered the will of God to be his food. “I have meat to eat that ye know not of.” Jesus was totally satiated because of the conversation just had - He was to complete his messianic work – which was the will of the Father who sent Him (verses 32-34). Jesus goes on to tell his disciples that He has sown the message of the good news in Samaria (verse 35) and that the sower and reaper can rejoice together (verse 36). He says also that they (the disciples) entered into the labor which others had already begun – Jesus and his Father are those who have labored and the disciples will harvest what they have sown (verse 38).

While Jesus talked with the disciples, the Samaritan woman has excited the township to the point that they want to meet Jesus. They meet him and convince him to stay two days. Many originally believed because of the woman’s testimony, but interaction with Jesus himself convinced even more people because of “His word” and the testimony is now, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior See Evangelize on B3

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Black clergy leader, Rev. Dr. Sylvester Beaman, delivers historic inaugural benediction

BY STACY M. BROWN, NNPA NEWSWIRE SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT

The African American community at large can trust President Joe Biden to fulfill his campaign commitments of ensuring that Black people would be better positioned to prosper in the U.S., according to the man chosen to give the benediction at the Jan. 20 inauguration.

“We need a president who is after the heart of God,” Rev. Dr. Sylvester Beaman, of Bethel African Method-

Shortly after he arrived in Delaware, Rev. Beaman and then Sen. Joe Biden became friends. According to the Royal Gazette in Bermuda, Rev. Beaman said President Biden telephoned him on a late Sunday evening to ask whether he would pronounce the benediction at the inaugural.

“If I weren’t [available], I would have changed everything to be able to deliver that benediction,” declared Rev. Beaman, who rode in the presidential motorcade during the second inauguration of President Barack

speech, he acknowledged that Black people “have my back,” both during the campaign and throughout his career and that as president, he will have theirs.

In a February 2020 interview with National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President Biden reiterated his commitment to Black America.

“I got started in the African American community. I got involved in the civil rights movement when I was a kid. I helped desegregate a

Rev. Beaman gives the benediction at President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20.. ist Episcopal Church in Wilmington, Delaware, told NBC News.

“In these terrible times, if anybody can bring healing and reconciliation to a divided country, if we give him room to work, Joe Biden can be that person,” Rev. Beaman continued.

Born in Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital in upper New York and raised by a single mother in a family of nine children, Rev. Beaman rose through the African Methodist Episcopal Church ranks.

His Bethel AME Church in inner-city Wilmington counts as an intergenerational congregation with 50 ministries. Rev. Beaman arrived at Bethel AME in 1993 after serving at St. Paul AME Church in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Obama in 2013.

“I was immediately humbled, surprised.”

He added that he supported President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris “from the very beginning.”

“I knew his temperament, his experience, his commitment to family, to his faith,” Rev. Beaman noted. “I felt that he would be right for this time.”

President Biden’s choice of the Black clergyman to wrap an inspirational bow around the event speaks to the incoming commander-inchief’s connection to Black Americans and his trust in Beaman, NBC News reported.

The news outlet noted that in President Biden’s November victory

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movie theater, that kind of thing,” President Biden told Dr. Chavis.

“I was the only guy who worked in the projects on the East Side who was white. That is how I got started, and the Black community is the community that, as we say, brung me to the dance. That’s how I got elected.”

Rev. Beaman said the Black community could trust President Biden.

“As an example, when George Floyd protests occurred,” Rev. Beaman said, “Joe Biden called and asked: ‘Can I come to your church and hold a meeting with community leaders and clergy? I just want to hear what people think.’ Contrast that with President Trump bypassing protesters and having them cleared out to go stand in front of a church to pose for photos with a Bible.”

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Feb. 13 “GriefCare” St. Paul United Methodist Church sponsors “GriefCare,” a support group for persons experiencing grief due to the death of someone close to them. The sessions feature biblical teaching on grief and recovery topics.

The sessions are designed to give encouragement and support to persons on their journey from “Mourning to Joy.” Sessions are free; each is self-contained, meaning one does not have to attend the sessions in sequence.

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

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Feb. 11 Virtual Story Slam “The Willingham Story Slam @ MUSE Winston-Salem” will host a virtual storytelling event on Thurs., Feb. 11, 2021, at 7 p.m., with the theme “For the Love of It.” Guests are invited to tell their best stories about romance, objects of affection, passion projects, or anything else that’s revved your engine! This month’s featured storyteller is a double whammy as Karon and Jason McKinney bring their multifaceted talents to the Story Slam “stage.”

Don’t miss this chance to hear them tell a story and perform a song or two.

Advanced registration for our free community event is required for storytellers and observers. Donations are welcome. Further details are available at: https://www.eventbrite. com/e/willingham-storyslammuse-winston-salemfor-the-love-of-it-tickets136747430245.

Feb. 12 Application deadline The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) is seeking a guest curator for an upcoming project. We are looking for new voices and new perspectives.

The guest curator will work with the Curator of Contemporary Art to develop an open call, solicit artists and groups to be involved, work with a team to select participants in the exhibition, determine the exhibition checklist, assist with the layout and installation, write label copy for the exhibition, and be present for the opening reception and other events to be decided in conjunction with the rest of SECCA’s staff.

The ideal candidate will be familiar with the NC Triad region (WinstonSalem, Greensboro, High Point), have or be able to develop solid working relationships with community organizations outside of SECCA’s normal reach, and have the ability to identify and analyze the socioeconomic and political issues facing Black and minority communities in the region. Deadline for submission is Friday, February 12.

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know what I am going to do. When I leave for college, I don’t know what she (D3) is going to do, because I am always around them.”

“I never really just think I wish they would go away, or I just need time to myself to do what I need to do,” D3 added. “I never

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of the world.” A simple conversation at the well prompted the first instance of cross-cultural evangelism. Samaria is now a witness to the gospel. (The UMI Annual Commentary 2020-2021, The Modern Life Study Bible, The Ma-

mitted to Wendy Earle, Curator of Contemporary Art at SECCA, at wendy. earle@ncdcr.gov.

Feb. 13 Valentine’s Day Popup Farmers Market Shop local, fresh ingredients for that Valentine’s meal and get your sweetheart, galentine, and everyone you love a special handmade gift. Join market vendors, crafters, and artisans on Saturday, February 13, from noon – 3 p.m. at the Jerry Long Family YMCA in Clemmons for a safe and wide-ranging shopping experience.

With over 25 vendors participating with a variety of products ranging from fresh local ingredients, meats, sauces, baked goods, and jams to hand-made jewelry, signs, home décor, and other crafts.

The event will be held outdoors. All customers and vendors of the market must practice social distancing guidelines including face masks/coverings to comply with NC Executive Order 147. More information is available at clemmons.org.

Feb. 22 Medicare workshop The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem is offering a virtual workshop for individuals turning 65 (as well as those who already have Medicare) to learn about the different insurance options available, including “Original Medicare,” Medicare prescription drug programs, Medicare supplements and Medicare Advantage plans.

The session will be held on Monday, February 22, from 3 - 4:30 p.m. through computer and telephone access.

The session is designed to explain and clarify the Medicare signup process and educate attendees on how to make smart choices. Trained Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) counselors will be available to answer general questions.

The session is provided at no cost. Because space is limited, reservations are required. Contact the Shepherd’s Center at 336-748-0217 or Info@ shepherdscenter.org for more information or to reserve a seat.

April 21 Charity golf tournament Jim Shaw’s ACE Academy Annual Charity Golf Tournament will be held Wednesday, April 21.

Registration/Brunch will be from 9:30 – 10:30 am; shotgun start at 11 a.m.

The tournament will be held at Maple Chase Golf & Country Club, 5475 Germanton Road.

The cost is $125 per player or $375 per team

which includes: green fees, cart, range balls, and a pro shop gift card. There will be door prizes for the longest drive, closest to the pin, and prizes for a “hole in one.” For more information about the golf tournament, aviation summer camps, or sponsorship opportunities please can contact Jim Shaw’s ACE Aviation Academy at 336-306-8145 or by email at ShawAceAcademy@ gmail.com.

Jul 12-16, 19-23 Aviation summer camps Jim Shaw’s ACE Academy will again be offering aviation-related summer camps for middle and high school students this summer. There will be two aviation summer camps offered for 2021.

July 12– 16 will be for middle school students and July 19–23 for high school students. The cost of the weeklong summer camp is $130 per student, which includes meals.

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think like that, because it’s always been us three together for as long as I can remember, and we are all we got when it comes down to it.”

D1 is excited, but at the same time worried to leave her sisters when she leaves for college in the fall. She is not only a big sister, she is the driver, cook and hair stylist for her younger sib-

lings.

“I don’t know what I am going to do, she has always done everything for me,” said D2 about her big sister. I don’t want to imagine it and I feel like it’s going to be so depressing. She (D1) is like the domino, because if she falls, we all fall. But if she stays up, we all stay up.”

cArthur Study Bible and The Oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your Consideration: What do you think made the Samaritan woman so receptive to Jesus as the Messiah? How does witness and experience compare?

Application: Jesus took a less-traveled road

to bring an entire community to faith. What road are you taking to spread God’s Word? If we are to be kingdom citizens, we must learn to see past our own prejudices and allow the Lord to reshape our minds and hearts. Draw nearer to Him and He will draw nearer to you.

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former player Jay Williams tells the perfect story of how hard Bryant worked at his craft. Williams was playing for the Chicago Bulls at the time and says he went to the arena to work out before the game that night. He saw Bryant already there and proceeded to work out. Williams finished his workout and looked over and Bryant was still working out. He says Kobe continued to work out for another half hour or so doing actual game moves.

Williams goes back to the hotel and Bryant puts up 40 points against the Bulls that night.

After the game, Williams asked Bryant why he was in the gym for so long and Kobe responded with, “Cause I saw you come in and I wanted you to know that it doesn’t matter how hard you work, that I am willing to work harder than you. You inspire me to be better.”

That was just one of the stories you heard about Bryant over the years, but for some reason that one always stuck with me, because it really speaks to how dedicated he was to being as good as he could be at his craft. And that unmatched work ethic was why he was the closest player to Michael Jordan we have and will probably ever see.

I want to be clear that I was not a big Kobe fan; however, I am a man who gives credit where credit is due and I say that he was one of the best to ever lace them up. He was one of the few players that I felt could score every time he touched the basketball. And when it came to crunch time, there was no one who was more feared than Bryant.

I have to give Bryant his credit in helping to globalize the game of basketball. He had fans all over the world and while playing, he was easily one of the top two or three most popular players in the world. He touched the lives of so many people during his era and I was not aware of how much he did so until after his death.

The tremendous outpouring from not only diehard fans, but casual and non-basketball fans as well, spoke to his popularity. I do not mean to minimize the death of anyone, especially during the time of this pandemic. Also, an athlete’s death does not mean more than anyone

else’s, but it seems we lost a lot of popular and hall of fame athletes in 2020 and yet somehow, Bryant’s death still resonates the most.

John Thompson, Don Shula, Gale Sayers, Paul Horning, Bob Gibson, Lute Olson, Chris Doleman and Bobby Mitchell were some of the well-known sports figures that passed away in 2020. When it comes to Bryant, his death seems to hit harder for some reason. Maybe because he was so young and had just recently retired, or that he looked to be thriving in his career after basketball just as much as he did on the court.

Kobe didn’t waste any time with his postbasketball career. In 2018, Bryant won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film as the executive producer of “Dear Basketball.” The film was based on a letter Bryant wrote for the Players’ Tribune upon deciding to retire from the league after the 2015-16 season.

Bryant also created a series for ESPN called “Detail” where he would break down game film in a way that would allow even the most casual basketball fan to understand what is going on. The thing that made the series entertaining was that Bryant pointed out things in the film that the player did wrong or improved upon, things that only a student of the game would notice.

“I generally pick a player who I believe is going to have some serious challenges in the upcoming game or that series. I didn’t want to do a show that is highlighting things that have been done well, or I don’t want to highlight games where a player goes off for 45 points and show all the good stuff that he did to score 45 points.

Because that’s not how I watched film. If I had a game where I had 60 points, I’m not looking at the things I did right. I’m trying to find every little thing that I did wrong and looking at the issues I’m going to have in dealing with the Celtics’ defense and how I can potentially solve that problem. That’s what the “Detail” series is.

“In terms of how it comes together, we sit and watch the game, we’ll pull the clips and then once we pull the clips, I go into a room here in the studio and we put the clips up on the laptop. I have a microphone in front of me, I hit the play button, and then what you see on the show is me recording it in real time. There’s no thought process of what I’m going to say; what you see on the show is me watching it for the first time, right then and there. Just like I was breaking down film when I was playing back in the day. That’s the experience you’re getting,” Kobe said about the show in an interview with lakersnation. com in 2018.

We as fans have never had the opportunity to see film being broken down in that manner. It was a joy to watch him break down film and notice mistakes and ways a player could be better that you would have never been able to notice on your own.

The death of Kobe Bryant was definitely a tough pill to swallow, not only because of what he did on the court, but also for the family that is still here. His daughter Gianna died along with him on that helicopter flight.

The memory of Bryant will live on forever and he was definitely one that was called home too soon.

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Student interns set stage for future

BY JOHN RAILEY

They describe their work as transformative.

They are interns for Winston-Salem State University’s Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM). They are fulfilling one of CSEM’s goals, that of inspiring students to join faculty and staff in working beyond the campus walls for beneficial change.

“This really opened my eyes,” Kiera White said of helping Dr. Douglas Bates, a CSEM Research Fellow and assistant professor in WSSU’s Department of Social Work, distribute surveys for his research on how time spent in prison impacts economic mobility for released offenders Ivory Simmons in the county.

White, a Concord na- it leads to dead ends and tive, graduated in De- I’ve seen the side where cember with a bachelor’s you can become your own degree in social work boss.” and is searching for a job Helping with the rein her field. She learned search gave her “a deeper about Dr. Bates’ research dive” into the reasons as a student in one of his behind such varied outclasses. It interested her on comes. an educational level, and Dr. Bates received 22 because she has relatives responses to his survey, and friends who have been which measures the effects incarcerated. “I have seen of spending time in prison. the full turnarounds,” she Some of the key findings: said. “I’ve seen both sides. *36.4% appreciate I’ve seen the side where structure and authority.

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*77% of respondents said they had anxiety and/ or depression. *31.8% “somewhat agree” that “the powerful dominate the weak.”

In distributing the surveys, Bates and White worked with local initiatives such as Project Reentry, which assists repeat offenders. “I like how we got to connect with the agencies and what they do,” White said.

Ivory Simmons and Jaisha Grayson worked with Drs. Tamara Thomas and Keisha Rogers, Research Fellows and associate professors in WSSU’s Department of Rehabilitation Counseling, on their project exploring the hurdles to economic mobility for Black women with physical and mental health disabilities in Forsyth County. Simmons, a Winston-Salem native who graduated in December with a degree in rehabilitation counseling and is looking for a job in her field, learned about the project through classes she took from Thomas and Rogers. Grayson, who grew up in Greensboro, learned about the program on campus. She is a junior

majoring in secondary education.

“I think more education majors should be involved

a future teacher?”

Simmons and Grayson worked with Thomas and Rogers and, later, two oth-

Jaisha Grayson in things like this because we don’t get a lot of field opportunities,” Grayson said. “These are parents of children who I will teach someday. This will give me more knowledge of how to interact with my students later in my career.

How can I support them as

er interns in distributing surveys to disabled women. “Once we got started, I just fell in love with it, especially the aspect of going into the community to talk with the people,” Simmons said. “It was a great learning experience, even through the pandemic.”

The team received 85 responses. Some of the key findings predicted a greater likelihood of unemployment tied to: *Having a mobility impairment *Having a systemic disability *Having a temporary condition Grayson said, “A lot of the women were initially apprehensive about even speaking to us and I think that tied into not being heard for so long. They told us about their history, all the hardships they had to endure. It just gave them an opportunity to sort of be heard, and maybe they hadn’t been heard in a while. A lot of them were single-parent households, supporting children and grandchildren. They often didn’t feel heard by their employers, and sometimes they were mistreated because of their disabilities.

That was really eye-opening, because I wasn’t really aware of that.”

Simmons said, “Certain issues might have come in with the lack of understanding. There’s a lack of knowledge among the women of what’s available in the Forsyth County area. We asked: ‘What resources can I connect you with? How can we provide a little comfort during this time?’ It was a great experience to see the population that I love to serve and see how I can better serve them when I start working.”

The interns would like to see more WSSU students going beyond the campus walls.

“The participants were extremely excited when they found out we were from WSSU,” Simmons said. “We were like, ‘How can we help you?’ We have to help our neighbors. We have to give back.”

John Railey, raileyjb@ gmail.com, is the writer-inresidence for CSEM, www. wssu.edu/csem.

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Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (ZSR) is pleased to announce a $30,000 grant to the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation (NCECF) for its “Rebuild Stronger” initiative, which aims to develop a new vision for a high-quality early care and education system in North Carolina that is equitable, sustainable, affordable and accessible.

NCECF strives to ensure each North Carolina child has a strong foundation for lifelong health, education and well-being by marshaling North Carolina’s great people, ideas and achievements to build a foundation of opportunity and success for every child by the end of third grade. Through the “Rebuild Stronger” initiative, NCECF is partnering with NC Child – an organization that works to advance public policies to ensure that every child in North Carolina can thrive, regardless of race, ethnicity, or place of birth – to

convene and mobilize a diverse group of stakeholders to transform the system of early care and education.

In the short-term, NC Child will convene a coalition that is centered on individuals who are directly impacted by and engaged in North Carolina’s early childhood systems, with a goal of producing recommendations for the transformation of early care and education. NCECF and NC Child plan to develop messaging and communications around that plan with the input of parents, child care center directors, educators, family child care

home providers, and those who provide informal care. NC Child will lead a longer-term campaign that will be driven by the coalition’s recommendations.

ZSR’s grant funds will be used by NCECF to secure the services of Dr. Iheoma Iruka, a nationally renowned expert on the nexus of early childhood systems and racial equity, to serve as a thought partner to help design engagement strategies, the coalition structure and processes that center the voices of families and root all decision making in equity.

“We believe that an equi-

table, high quality, affordable, and accessible early care and education system is crucial for racial and economic justice for young children, their families, and the early care and education workforce,” said Muffy Grant, executive director at NC Early Childhood Foundation. “We aim to use this time, a time of significant disruption, to reimagine early care and education centered in the voices of families and those most impacted by the system.”

“Every child deserves a strong foundation to help them thrive and start kindergarten ready to learn,”said Shanda

Sumpter, early childhood education campaign manager at NC Child. “North Carolina’s early childhood education programs are excellent, but we have a long way to go to make them accessible and affordable for every child, whatever their race, ethnicity, or family income.”

“The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need for North Carolinians to rethink what equitable, accessible, high-quality early care and education looks like in our state,” said Maurice “Mo” Green, executive director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. “North Carolina’s child care system had challenges even before the pandemic, but now is facing an even more dire outlook, as many child care centers across the state struggle to make ends meet with low enrollment.

ZSR is proud to support the ‘Rebuild Stronger’ initiative as North Carolinians collectively reimagine the future of early care and education with equity front and center.”

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WINSTON-SALEM has a history of community members working together to create opportunities for all generations, backgrounds, and ethnicities. The Minority Business Grant Program continues this legacy by forming a multi-generational advisory committee of Black and Latinx members and funders to make a positive impact on minority-owned businesses affected by the pandemic. The primary goals of this effort are to drive success, job retention, and job creation for minorityowned businesses over the next four years. The next grant cycle opens October 2021!

As we celebrate Black history, we also celebrate the recipients of the 2020 Minority Business Grant and invite you to support these important businesses in our community.

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Owner: Gricelda Ayala 336-722-1009 Griceldaayala1210@gmail.com 410 Waughtown St, Winston-Salem, NC

The next grant cycle opens October 2021! Find out more information about the Minority Business Enterprise Grant Program at:

First Class Bus Tours & Travel Services Inc Transportation Owner: Michael Funderburk 336-682-6551 Firstclassbustours@gmail.com firstclasstoursnc.com

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