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In a time of pandemic, this is what love looks like

Families parade around Trinity Glen to lift loved ones’ spirits

BY JUDIE HOLCOMB-PACK THE CHRONICLE

How do you show your love when you are physically separated from family members due to a worldwide pandemic? It takes creativity and organization, as was evident when residents of Trinity Glen were treated to a parade on Friday, May 8. Over 50 vehicles, many decorated with balloons and signs, circled the facility to connect with loved ones who they have been unable to physically touch since the facility was locked down with the announcement of the stay-at-home order.

“The parade idea is that we just wanted to do somePhoto by Judie Holcomb-Pack thing to encourage both the Many of the cars in the Trinity Glen parade had signs for their loved ones. residents and the families,” Some residents missed their loved ones. ing moment it was to bewrote Cissy McCoy, adwrapped in jackets and Residents didn’t seem to hold.” She added, “I am ministrator, in an email. “It blankets were settled into mind the drizzling rain as not sure who enjoyed it has been very hard on them prime viewing spots on they held up their signs the most, the residents and not seeing each other.” the patio before the parade and answered with whoops staff watching or the parTrinity Glen staff wantbegan; others watched and hollers. ticipants driving and waved to make it a special day, out the windows of their Jocelyn Johnson, a ing at all involved.” which began with hot dogs rooms. They held their long-time supporter of The residents also excooked on the grill for handmade signs with mes- Trinity Glen, and Council- pressed how overjoyed lunch before the parade. sages to their families that member DD Adams also they were to see their famStaff members helped resithey hoped to see as they joined the parade. Many ily members in the padents make signs to greet drove by. staff members mentioned rade and would point out their families as they drove Promptly at 2 p.m. the getting teary-eyed watch- their sons, daughters, and around the facility. cars, trucks, vans, a motor- ing the parade and the re- spouses to the staff. MilMcCoy said she had cycle and a fire truck start- sponse of the residents. dred Painter, a resident, no idea the parade would ed inching their way into McCoy said, “The out- remarked, “Oh, look how grow into such a huge the Trinity Glen driveway pouring of support from much they care about us! I event. Families began linthat runs around the facil- our families and communi- didn’t know so many peoing up in the parking lot of ity. Family members blew ty was so wonderful. This ple were coming!”

Winston Lake YMCA at 1 horns and shouted messag- event was truly a blessing As Hazel Jackson was p.m. and within just a few es of love, happy Mother’s for residents, families and waiting for the parade minutes, the lot was full Day, and how much they staff alike. What a touchand cars lined the street.

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‘Mask the City’ provides free masks for seniors

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Earlier this week, “Mask the City,” an initiative launched last month to provide masks for everyone in the city, held a Senior Day where people age 65 and older were able to receive a free face mask.

Last month the City of Winston-Salem announced a partnership with Wake Forest Baptist Health (WFBH) and Renfro Company to supply 300,000 face masks for local citizens, including 60,000 for those living at or below the poverty threshold. According to organizers with Mask the City, to date more

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A volunteer at Carver High School passes out a free face mask during the Mask the City ‘s Senior Day earlier this week. More than 500 face masks were distributed during the event. than 65,000 masks have already been given away and more than 200,000 have been sold.

To make the face masks more accessible for seniors, Mask the City held a Senior Day. On Tuesday, May, 12, nine distribution sites were set up in various locations across the city.

To receive a face mask, seniors just had to drive up to one of the distribution sites and show their ID. One of the hottest distribution sites was at Carver High School. According to Chuck Spong, executive director of Love Out Loud, a line of cars started to form nearly an hour before

distribution was scheduled to begin. And less than an hour into distribution, the team of volunteers had already handed out more than 500 face masks.

For more information on the Mask the City initiative, visit www.maskthecity.com.

THURSDAY, May 14, 2020

Commentary: Who will fill vacant seat on W-S City Council?

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Last week the city was disheartened to learn of the passing of longtime public servant Mayor Tempore Vivian H. Burke.

Burke, who was a native of Charlotte, was elected to the board of alderman (now city council) in 1977.

Throughout her 43 years of service on the board of alderman and city council, Burke served as chair of the Public Safety Committee and led the push to bring major changes to the Winston-Salem Police Department, including establishing the Citizen’s Police Review Board.

Burke also pushed to have more qualified black people in positions of power and to have women recognized.

She is credited for starting the Outstanding Women Leaders award. Burke also initiated the annual Citywide Neighborhood Conference, the East Winston Economic Development Initiative and the Burke-Jones Scholarship Award.

Burke died late Tuesday, May 5. She was 85.

When discussing Burke’s legacy and the impact she had on the citizens of Winston-Salem, Mayor Allen Joines said, “Councilmember Vivian Burke was a remarkable woman who leaves a legacy of accomplishment that shaped the city that is Winston-Salem today.

Her death leaves a void in our civic life that cannot be easily filled.”

Last year Burke announced that she would not be running for re-election for the first time in over four decades. Although Burke’s daughter-in-law, Barbara Hanes-Burke, defeated Morticia “Tee-Tee” Parmon and Keith King in the primary election for the vacant Northeast Ward seat, Burke’s term doesn’t officially end until December, which raises the question: Who will represent the constituents of the Northeast Ward for the next seven months?

While it may seem reasonable to allow Hanes-Burke to start her term on the city council early, it’s not that simple.

As reported by The Chronicle in March, longtime city native Paula McCoy has announced her plans to run in the general election as an unaffiliated candidate for the seat in the Northeast Ward, which means Hanes-Burke technically hasn’t won the seat yet. This could also cause issues for the local school board. Hanes-Burke has been a member of the board of education since 2018 and the board would have to find someone to fill her vacancy a lot sooner than planned.

When discussing her decision to run, McCoy, who is the former executive director of the Northwest Child Development Corporation and Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods, said her campaign is about offering WinstonSalem a “new way forward.”

Recent history shows us that the city council does have the power to appoint someone to fill the vacancy.

In 2018 when Rep. Derwin Montgomery, who is a coowner of The Chronicle, was chosen by Ed Hanes to represent District 72 in the N.C. General Assembly, the city council wanted to select Montgomery’s replacement, but that didn’t sit well with residents in the East Ward. Instead of picking Montgomery’s replacement, city officials decided to let the Forsyth County Democratic Party (FCDP) recommend a candidate and let the council vote on whether to approve.

If the city council chooses to fill a vacancy, city council members would nominate candidates from a pool of applicants who will be required to write an essay on issues facing the city. The council would then vote until they have two finalists. The finalists would then have the opportunity to make comments and answer questions from the council, and the candidate who receives the most votes would become the new representative for the ward.

Another option to fill the vacancy would be a special election. A special election would require executive committee members from the Democratic and Republican parties that reside in the Northeast Ward to select one nominee each. Those two would be put on a ballot for a special election where only residents of the Northeast Ward could vote.

While the final decision will ultimately be left up to the city council, it hasn’t stopped residents from making their own suggestions on who should fill the seat.

Sources say several names have been mentioned including Morticia “Tee-Tee” Parmon and Keith King, who were both defeated by Hanes-Burke in the primary.

Burke’s longtime friend and retired educator Naomi Jones has also been mentioned as a possibility. Jones is the president emeritus of the Liberty Street Redevelopment.

Although a timetable hasn’t been set to fill the vacancy, the topic is sure to come up during coming committee meetings this week and other meetings in weeks to come.

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Long’s innocence argued in Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

“When did justice leave the court?”

That was the question Judge James Wynn raised while listening to arguments virtually for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, in the case of Ronnie Long v. Erik Hooks. Long, a native of Concord, has been in jail since 1976 for a crime he maintains he didn’t commit.

“When we look at these cases, I often wonder why there is so much zeal not to look at evidence and make that determination now. What is it about us that want to prosecute and keep people in jail when we know evidence may exist that might lead to a different conclusion?” asked Judge Wynn rhetorically during the virtual hearing last week.

When he was only 19 years old, Long, who is black, was charged with the assault and rape of a white woman in her home on April 25, 1976. According to police reports, the victim was the widow of a top executive at Cannon Mills, a major textile company and employer in the area. The victim described her attacker as a “yellowlooking African American,” wearing a leather jacket, a toboggan, and gloves. She told police her attacker came through an open window before pressing a knife against her neck and ripping her clothes off.

After she was unable to pick her attacker out of a lineup, two weeks after the assault, investigators with the Concord Police Department took the victim to the courthouse and told her that her attacker may or may not be in the courtroom, and asked her to identify anyone who looked “familiar.”

Long was in the courtroom to settle a minor trespassing charge, but as soon as he stood up wearing a leather jacket, the victim identified him as her attacker. She later picked Long’s photo out of a lineup where he was the only person wearing a leather jacket.

Despite having an alibi

Long has spent 46 year for a crime he says he didn’t commit. that placed him elsewhere at the time of the assault, on Oct. 1, 1976, Long was sentenced to serve 80 years in prison. Long has had several appeals over the years, but his latest appeal may be his last chance at a re-trial and freedom.

In his opening arguments last week, Jamie Lau, executive director of the Duke Innocence Project, who has been working on Long’s case since 2016, said the Concord Police Department deliberately suppressed evidence that proved Long’s innocence and pointed to another suspect. Lau said the Concord Police Department’s efforts to frame Long included the creation of a false police report and testifying falsely about the evidence they found at the crime scene.

“Suppressing the evidence prevented Long from presenting affirmative exculpatory evidence demonstrating that someone else was the assailant, not Mr. Long,” Lau continued. “A suspect hair was collected from the scene, fingerprints were collected from the scene, matches were collected from the scene. They were all tested and none of them were similar to Long. There were 43 fingerprints collected that didn’t match Long or the victim, pointing to someone else.”

The 43 fingerprints Lau mentioned weren’t disclosed until after a N.C. State Supreme Court hearing in 2008. Case files also show that the hair collected from the scene was determined to be “reddish” in color and from someone of “negroid” or “Mongolian”

decent that didn’t match Long, but was consistent with the victim’s description of her attacker. There is also biological evidence that proves Long’s innocence that, according to Lau, the biological evidence was taken from the victim on the night she was assaulted.

That evidence was transferred to Sgt. Walter Lee, formally of the Concord Police Department, and was never seen again.

“The record of that evidence stops there. It’s nowhere in the files of the Concord Police Department that they had biological evidence in this case and the only reason Long knows biological evidence exists in this case is because the Cabarrus Memorial Hospital still has the transfer to the Concord Police Department,” Lau said.

When addressing the panel of 15 judges that make up the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the State asked the court to uphold Long’s conviction. Philip Rubin, state assistant attorney general, argued that the victim, who has since died, identified Long in the courtroom and in a photo lineup. Rubin also said the leather jacket, toboggan, and gloves found in Long’s car matched what the victim said her attacker was wearing. He also mentioned a shoe print taken from the crime scene was similar to a pair of shoes Long owned.

After listening to the evidence presented by Lau that proved his client’s innocence, Judge Paul Niemeyer and Judge Harvey Wilkinson questioned if

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the Appeals Court had the power to make a ruling in the case.

Judge Wynn, who was born and raised in North Carolina, made it clear how he felt about the case and the need for a re-trial.

He said, “You have evidence here that prosecutors had evidence that clearly any defense council in the world, not only in 1976 but since the history of this country, would’ve wanted or needed and should’ve been supplied … and yet they did not provide it. ...When we look at these circumstances, I just don’t understand why we wouldn’t take a look at it.

“We know what happened in 1976. It’s very difficult for the conscious to even accept that as an argument when it’s so simple; all we’re saying is look at the evidence. No one is making a determination today ... just look at it, what’s the problem with that?” he continued. “When did justice leave the court? That’s the question - when did justice leave the process such that we let our rules blind us to the realities that we all can see?”

Now that the hearing is over, Long’s fate lies in the hands of the panel of judges who heard his case last week. No timetable has been set for a ruling in the case. It could take weeks or months before a decision is made.

Love

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to begin, she told a staff member, “I am so excited, my son is coming on his motorcycle.” Afterward she described her feelings: “I was so overjoyed, it was overwhelming, in a good way!”

Larry Stroud and Cheryl Howell, brother and sister, were part of the parade Photo courtesy of Trinity Glen and came to see their moth- A Navy veteran and his message that We’ll get through er, Eloise Hemby. Howell this together.

McCoy summed up the said she had not been able phone so she can talk with to be with her mother since her. “She is nonverbal, so day in an email: “It was the COVID-19 lockdown. I just listen to her garbled such a positive day durShe has been concerned speech.” She said the staff ing a time when life has about her mother because has been great during this seemed a bit scary and isoshe has cognitive issues stressful time, but she lated. It really uplifted the and her children’s visits misses being able to visit spirits of all involved. God has blessed our ministry are important to her. She her mother.

“I can’t hug her or kiss with such love, support, arranges with staff to see her mother through a win- her, but I can tell her I love and encouragement.” dow and they call her cell her on the phone.”

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IN MEMORIAM: Kenneth W. Edmonds, Carolina Times publisher dies at age 66

BY THE NORTH CAROLINA BLACK PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION

DURHAM, NC — Kenneth William Edmonds, Editor-Publisher of The Carolina Times, died on Saturday, May 2, 2020, at the age of 66.

Born on Dec. 5, 1953 to the late educator, Woodrow “Woody” W. Edmonds, and educator and editor, Vivian L. Austin Edmonds, Kenneth leaves to cherish his memories his loving and devoted son, Christian Edwards, and cousins, Bernard Austin and Vivian Austin.

Kenneth held numerous positions at the paper, including selling newspapers outside the office and later in the neighborhoods, which gave him keen insights into the lives of those featured weekly in “The Times.” He progressed at the paper, and his first writing assignment was writing obituaries and, eventually editorials. His photography also graced the newspaper and, eventually, he began laying out the paper and exploring the business side of the profession.

He was succeeded as publisher by his daughter, Mrs. Vivian Edmonds. She carried on the tradition of publicizing racial inequities and fighting for racial equality in North Carolina and throughout the United States.

Austin’s grandson, Kenneth Edmonds, became EditorPublisher at his mother’s retirement and continued the legacy of printing “The Truth Unbridled,” which is the newspaper’s motto.

Kenneth brought the newspaper into the age of digital technology and ushered in an era of a new relevance to the publication with the inclusion of national wire service stories, and the incorporation of color photography within the pages of The Carolina Times.

The Carolina Times, under Mr. Edmonds, continued its membership in the National Newspaper Publishers Association, as well as the North Carolina Black Publishers Association. Even though his responsibilities at “The Times” were pressing, he still accepted the position of Treasurer of the North Carolina Black Publishers Association, a position he handled admirably at the time of his death.

He was also a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and enjoyed fellowship with St. Joseph’s African Methodist Episcopal Church since his childhood.

“Although considered soft spoken by some, Kenneth William Edmonds, had a way of making a point that got the attention of everyone in the room. His carefully thought out points were a significant voice in the direction for Black Newspapers in North Carolina,” said Paul R. Jervay, Jr., NCBPA Media Services Specialist, who often conversed with Edmonds regarding issues, as well as advertising concerns from around the state.

“It is difficult to sum up the life, legacy and work of Kenneth W. Edmonds. However, we are comforted by the exemplary life of this servant leader, who leaves behind a legacy of excellence that can never be undone.

He will be genuinely missed, but his spirit will live on today and forever,” concluded NCBPA President, Mary Alice Jervay Thatch.

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City and community leaders send in condolences on the passing of Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian Burke North Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Wayne Goodwin: “The North Carolina Democratic Party is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mayor Pro Tempore Dr. Vivian Burke. Dr. Burke was a trailblazer who served the City of Winston-Salem for four decades and became the longest serving elected official in the city’s history. We mourn with the entire Burke family, but also celebrate the work of Dr. Burke and her commitment to serving her community.”

Forsyth County Commissioner Chair Dave Plyler: “We’re saddened to hear about the passing of Vivian Burke. She was a champion for equality who left an enduring legacy with her 43 years of service on the City Council. Her family has had outstanding devotion to service with her late husband State Rep. Logan Burke; her son, Senior Resident Superior Judge Todd Burke; and her daughter-in-law, Barbara Burke, who serves on the school board. Vivian was truly a community institution and she will be missed. On behalf of Forsyth County Government and the Board of Commissioners, we offer our deepest condolences to her family and friends and the many other people in the community whose lives she touched.”

Chancellor Elwood Robinson on behalf of Winston-Salem State University: “I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Winston-Salem Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian Burke. Dr. Burke was an icon in the community with 43 years of service to the city and its constituents. When she was elected to the Winston-Salem City Council, she was one of the first two African-American women elected to the board. Throughout her more than four decades of service, she fought for the African-American community and for our university. Dr. Burke served as a member of WSSU’s Board of Trustees during a time of great change and transformation. Her leadership contributed to the development of the university’s first doctoral degrees, the construction of the Donald J. Reaves Student Activities Center, and the renovation of Hill Hall. Her entire life exemplified the WSSU motto of “Enter to Learn. Depart to Serve.” Her work has left an indelible mark on our community. We acknowledge the great loss to the world as a result of her passing and offer our condolences to her family during this difficult time.”

Members of the City Council and City Manager Lee Garrity made the following statements: Council Member Dan Besse: “It was an honor to serve with Mayor Pro Tem Vivian H. Burke on the Winston-Salem City Council. We can’t just replace an iconic leader like Dr. Burke, who did so much to force open the paths of opportunity in our city to women, minorities, and disadvantaged members of our

community. We can all only work to build on her legacy.”

Council Member John Larson: “I am surprised and saddened by the suddenness of Council Member Burke’s passing. Her impact on the city has been immeasurable but for me personally. I will remember her fondly for the courtesy and kindness she showed me when I first arrived on City Council. She will be missed.”

Council Member Annette Scippio: “Council Member Burke was a force of power and love for the people of Winston-Salem. It has been a privilege to serve with her on the council. I have fond memories of her as a 3rd grade teacher at 14th Street School, being a guest on her radio program in the early nineties and sharing worship services at Grace Presbyterian Church, where my mother was a longtime member.

Mrs. Burke, passionate, committed, driven, a true public servant! Her wisdom and insight will be sorely missed!”

City Manager Lee Garrity: “Council Member Burke served this community tirelessly for 43 years on the City Council. Serving the citizens and making our city a better place was her passion.

Not a day went by that she did not do city business. She was, by far, the longest-serving council member in city history, and she was particularly dedicated to the men and women in our police and fire departments. For 36 years she chaired the council’s Public Safety Committee and it was a fitting honor when the council voted in 2018 to name the Public Safety Center after her. On behalf of all city employees, I offer her family my sincere condolences.”

Mayor Joines’ Statement on Council Member Vivian H. Burke

Mayor Allen Joines released the following statement on the death of Council Member Vivian H. Burke: “Council Member Vivian Burke was a remarkable woman who leaves a legacy of accomplishment that shaped the city that is Winston-Salem today. Throughout her 43 years on the City Council she was a tireless leader and advocate for equal rights and equal opportunities for all of our citizens. She initiated the establishment of the Human Relations Department to work for better race relations, and initiated the city’s Minority- and WomenOwned Business Enterprise Program to ensure inclusiveness in city purchasing and contracting practices. She lent her talents to a tremendous number of boards for local and statewide organizations and was instrumental in organizing the Black Political Action League and the N.C. Black Elected Municipal Officials Association. Her death leaves a void in our civic life that cannot be easily filled, and on behalf of all city employees and the citizens of Winston-Salem I extend to her family my deepest sympathies.”

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A trail of destruction and an unclear future: This is COVID-19 Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.

Guest Columnist The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on the United States of America.

Now, for the most part, we operate from our homes.

Every day the top news story is COVID-19. Statistics detailing the number of cases and the number of people on ventilators have become the top news story.

It is information that we need to know and want to know.

The stories surrounding the coronavirus have become daunting and deadly. There are now over

1.3 million cases of COVID-19 and almost 80,000 fatalities. This pandemic has cast a long shadow of terror and apprehension over this country. If you are black like me, the terror and apprehension have escalated even more.

Black people are dying at an unprecedented rate.

There are over 16,000 African Americans who have succumbed to this disease.

Even with these numbers the way they are, several states have chosen to re-open. The state of Georgia is one of them. Brian Kemp, the governor, announced ten days ago that his state was going to reopen, although he has been widely criticized about his decision. He said, “All the decisions that we have made have been for our citizens’ safety and public

health.”

The same sentiments have been voiced by the governors of Oklahoma and Iowa. Kevin Stitt, governor of Iowa, said, “As the CEO of the state, my goal was to No.1, to protect the health and lives of Oklahomans, and then to mitigate the impacts to Oklahoma’s economy and get Oklahomans working back safely.”

Some leaders want their states and cities back to business as usual. The problem with coming back is that the coronavirus is coming along with you.

For example, at the Tyson meat plant in Waterloo, Iowa, more than 1,000 employees have tested positive for COVID-19. We know from history that the numbers will continue to go up.

Not everyone is happy with these re-openings.

Some mayors were surprised at their states coming back so quickly. Keisha Lance Bottoms, mayor of Atlanta said, “We are not on the other side of this. It’s like we are in a tunnel, and rather than walking straight toward the light, we’re spinning around in circles.” Since reopening, Georgia’s cases are up 37% from a week ago.

Some critics are saying that the coronavirus has turned into a political football. The Republican Party does not seem to paint as grim a picture as those in the Democratic Party. According to the NBC News state tracker, 17 states led

by Republican governors are re-opening while only seven states led by Demo-

cratic governors are opening early.

This pandemic is not going anywhere. It will be in our grocery stores and in the public square, in general. While states will re-open, some with trepidation, we will still be wearing our masks and using hand sanitizers. Shaking hands is in our past and may not be in our future.

We will have to wait patiently and see.

Mother’s Day was celebrated on Sunday, May 10. In years gone by, restaurants were always packed with people and places of worship were always filled with happy and thankful people. Not this year! Take-out meals were the call of the day and on-line services were held by religious leaders.

If we saw our relatives, it

was from a distance.

The coronavirus has created a one-of-a-kind illness. We are experiencing collateral damage because of it. Jobs have been lost, businesses have closed, and our loved ones have passed on too soon. Life as we knew it had many memories. Will our future create more of them? We do not know. At this juncture and period, it is simply one day at a time.

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

Caring about the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery Wim Laven Guest Columnist Black men are being stalked and killed in the U.S - business as usual.

Ahmaud Arbery’s murder was based on: “He’s a black man running down our road.” Punishment for the crime of being black is sometimes death.

Video footage has surfaced to challenge the citizen’s arrest self-defense narrative. Of course, prosecutors were reluctant to charge the former law enforcement officer and his son over the fatal shooting. We’ve heard the lines of “imminent threat” and “I was afraid for my life” many times; usually they are accepted without question.

It would be deja vu if one only had flashbacks to 17-year-old Trayvon

Martin, who was stalked and killed for being black while getting a bag of Skittles. In this case, the jury accepted George Zimmerman’s contention that he killed Martin in selfdefense; the jury believed Martin, armed with candy, presented immediate danger.

This is relived day after day; like the movie “Groundhog Day,” the cycle is never ending. My political awakening happened with the Rodney King beating March 3, 1991, and the subsequent Los Angeles riots, when officers who beat the motionless King were acquitted in April 1992. I had my eyes opened to the truth minority communities have always known.

When I lived in Georgia, my African American housemate asked me, “Do you ever worry about having tinted windows?” I inherited a car with really dark window tint—probably illegal—but I answered that I wouldn’t worry

about getting it fixed until I got a ticket or something.

He told me that he always felt like he needed to drive as if he were in a brightly visible aquarium, because cops (or white vigilantes) seeing hands on the steering wheel could be a matter of life and death.

Caring about the deaths of innocent people like Ahmaud Arbery should not be delegated to just those who could imagine it happening to themselves.

Some parents I know have to give their children survival strategies that I never had to worry about as a white boy, and they know the extra steps may still not be good enough.

We must socialize ourselves to understand the conditions and structures of violence, especially as it intersects with racism, in our country. The fact that one of the murderers (yes, I am supposed to say “alleged” at this point but the video and the shooters’ admissions sent me past that) was former law en-

forcement and should have known better, is one stark example. If those who have taken sworn oaths of service deliver such brutally unfair treatment, then all moral people should be united in outrage. It is time stand-your-groundstyle laws stopped providing cover for racist executions—the modern-day lynching.

There is a great need for examining the deep history of prejudice and the failure in atoning and reconciling with the injustice. The contemporary racial animus is part of this painful tradition. Confederate flags were waved as hate symbols in defiance of a black president, his successor was allowed to call him a foreigner and demand a birth certificate (all publicly available evidence proved Obama’s citizenship). The point was clear, “American” and “white” were synonymous. It is not a coincidence that Arbery was murdered in a neighbor-

hood with “several homes ... decorated with Trump flags, one bearing the president’s smiling face with the phrase, ‘Make liberals cry again.’”

It is not a “race card” to acknowledge terrorism. I’ve listened to a colleague explain about a grandmother who died of appendicitis while she was transported from a “whites only” hospital to one that served “colored people.”

Appendicitis is easily treatable. Appendicitis did not kill her; a system designed to terrorize black communities did. Ahmaud Arbery went out for a jog and was killed by the same system. It has been 10 weeks and charges are finally filed. The family and all of us have a right to expect a functioning legal system that cannot tolerate blatant crime like this.

We can all affirm that Black Lives Matter (yes, all lives matter, but Blue Lives and White Lives always have, the term Black Lives Matter is really

Black Lives Also Matter, though they haven’t much in the past). The murderers need to be brought to justice and those who have aided and abetted them with support should be pushed out of positions of public trust. We can take meaningful steps to address the inequities threaded from centuries of slavery and decades of Jim Crow to our painful present. We can stop demanding that the victims provide proof that the murderers are not burdened by. Ahmaud Arbery deserved better. Please let us make certain in our United States of America that his life mattered.

As his tearful mother told reporters, “He had plans; he had dreams.”

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

Can we achieve nuclear adulthood?

ROBERT C. KOEHLER

Guest Columnist “I’ll never tire of repeating: We need to demilitarize world affairs, international politics and political thinking.”

What if a world leader — someone with extraordinary power, even, my God, control over nuclear weapons — were to talk this way? Well, this is as close as we can get for now. The words are those of Mikhail Gorbachev, writing recently in Time magazine about the pandemic and its revelation of “how fragile” our planet is.

“What we urgently need now is a rethinking of the entire concept of security. Even after the end of the Cold War, it has been envisioned mostly in military terms. Over the past few years, all we’ve been hearing is talk about weapons, missiles and airstrikes.

“Is it not clear by now that wars and the arms race cannot solve today’s global problems? War is a

sign of defeat, a failure of politics.”

If only such words had resonance in the linear world of geopolitics, where militarism and mysteriously determined “national interest” rule and security means — though it is never put this way — playing games with Armageddon. This is called realism. And those who claim to be realists never — ever, ever — allow a word like “disarmament” into the conversation, much less into the realm of political choice.

Sorry, Mikhail. You’re old and out of it. When national security is discussed in military terms, it is discussed only in military terms.

Thus, a recent issue of Popular Mechanics investigated whether the nation was still safe from, you know, its enemies during the pandemic.

Typically, any complex scrutiny of militarized security was avoided and the article limited itself to the mechanics of nuclear deterrence, which, we are informed, “requires extreme levels of readiness among pilots, maintenance crews, and security teams.”

Yes, that makes sense, but then, in the same para-

graph, the article quietly transitions from mechanics to ideology: “Adversaries that don’t think the U.S. can respond with conventional bombing strikes or nukes could be emboldened to act aggressively.”

Pandemic or no pandemic, our enemies are still focused on any opening in our nuclear defense system and — who can prove otherwise? — might well jump at the opportunity to send us to Kingdom Come if the opportunity arises. When it comes to geopolitics, fear is all you need to understand. Therefore, as Gen. Timothy M. Ray, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, explained: “Our long-range strike capability from bombers, both conventional and nuclear, and our ICBMs have to continue to operate in the background and to do what’s needed, when it’s needed.”

He added that the American nuclear arsenal, just in case there were any doubts, is “the foundation of the security structure of the free world. We know that and we’ve got to make sure that it’s viable.”

My point here isn’t that militarized security is wrong (necessarily), but

that when it’s discussed, the maintenance of such security is presented with only a single potential downside: The shapeshifting enemy that has hated our values for, lo, the last three-quarters of a century, that wants our wealth, that can’t tolerate the idea of democracy, that manifests evil itself, could grab our power and take over the world if we let up in our nuclear and conventional readiness even for a moment, or fail to continue developing the next generation of weaponry.

Here are some things that generally do not get to be part of the discussion — because, if they were, they would make the military-industrial reasoning collapse in half a second: 1. Nuclear war has no borders and, if unleashed, would destroy the whole planet. 2. Even if we “won” a nuclear war, uh, did you ever hear of nuclear winter? 3. The nations of the world spend about $2 trillion a year on wars and weaponry, which of course, is money that could be spent ending poverty, saving lives, providing educational opportunities and, generally, healing the wounds that keep promulgating wars in the first

place. 4. Over the last ten or so millennia, no war has ever created peace. 5. Our real enemy is not some other country but climate collapse caused by endless human exploitation of the natural world — much of it perpetuated by war — and absolutely the only way to deal with this looming disaster is via unprecedented geopolitical cooperation.

The Christian Science Monitor recently took a broader look at nukes and militarism in the time of COVID-19, quoting former NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller: “I continue to believe that the coronavirus pandemic is providing an opportunity for leaders to come together around international institutions and agreements and to restate commitments to international cooperation.”

This definitely seemed a little more hopeful, but as I read her words, I couldn’t help wondering: Why does it take a pandemic to get the world to stop fighting? Are we being led by three-yearolds? Fascinatingly, as the article continued, Gottemoeller herself addressed the matter as though it involved three-year-olds, referring to several countries

as “mischief-makers” in the nuclear arena.

Which countries?

North Korea and Iran.

God help us if we’re the nuclear adults — U.S.A.! U.S.A.! Half the money the world spends on militarism — including nukes — every year is hemorrhaged by the United States of America.

And, as Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies note: “Bipartisan hostility to Russia and China is only helping to justify the Pentagon’s pivot from ‘counterterrorism’ to its New Cold War with our nuclear-armed neighbors and trillions of dollars in spending on new weapons that make the world more dangerous for all of us.”

And then, of course, there’s the nation’s mischief-maker-in chief. I wonder if Gorbachev would be interested in running against him this fall?

Robert C. Koehler (koehlercw@ gmail.com), syndicated

by PeaceVoice, is a Chicago award-winning journalist and editor. He is the author of “Courage Grows Strong at the Wound.”

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What is the coronavirus black student debt crisis?

N A T I O N WIDE (BlackNews.com) -- It is no secret that the student loan debt crisis of America has excessively impacted black borrowers and burdened black students with the most debt.

Blacks are five times more likely than whites to default on their student loans with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) graduates having 32% more debt than other students.

Many blacks across the country are making real life decisions at gas stations, debating which is more important during the corona shut-in, gas or their student loan. Sadly, after four years, black graduates have almost twice as much student loan debt as their white peers, at $53,000.

During freshman year, nearly 9 in 10 blacks borrow federal loans to attend four-year colleges, compared to 6 in 10 whites.

Even students from well off, college educated, twoparent homes experience the same disparities.

Americans owe $1.5 trillion in student loans with the total attributed to young adults the highest since right before The Great Recession. Fouryear black college grads take on $7,400 more in loans than their white peers, according to Business Insider. “A 2018 analysis by the Roosevelt Institute found that white families have 12 times the amount of wealth as black families.”

Coronavirus has officially notified Black America that they can get it too. This news comes as blacks disproportionately struggle with diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and most importantly, health insurance, increasing their risk of dying if contracted.

Doubling-down on the pressure, blacks are more likely to be essential workers that require frequent social contact with lowwages and improper gear.

They are typically less likely to utilize alternative work arrangements, relax on savings or even have a war chest of basic supplies, notwithstanding if they have not been furloughed, laid off or fired.

For black people already living on the financial edge bridled by student loan debt, the coronavirus pushes them over the tipping point.

Surely the worse off survivors and inevitable victims of this pandemic will be blacks in debt.

The wealth gap, wealth inequality, and the net worth gap between the 1% and 99% of white and black Americans continues

to widen. These gaps illustrate the impact of abusive inequity and discrimination, as well as power that can be traced back to cotton supplied to build the Industrial Revolution, for free.

As discussed in the book “History of the Black Dollar,” blacks endured slavery ($16 trillion+ owed plus tax), the destruction of Freedman’s Savings Bank ($3 million in 1874, $67,925 million owed today), the tumultuous burning of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street in 1921, black codes, Jim Crow, redlining, the GI bill, and the list goes on. (Learn more at historyoftheblackdollar.com) Market Watch reports that “if you took the values of successive generations of U.S. slaves and applied Treasury bond interest rates to the money over the decades since, today we’re looking at a reparations bill of $16 trillion. That’s about three quarters of U.S. gross domestic product, and slightly more than total U.S. personal disposable income for a year.”

That’s roughly $1 million per black American!

This doesn’t even get into the details of labor, industries, inventions, sharecropping or most importantly, return on investment. Market Watch says, “If you used private sector equity returns on the money, the figure would go into orbit.” Black Americans would own America.

Instead, we are faced with the harsh reality that even black newborn babies are forced into unequal situations the moment they enter the world. After carefully studying the Jewish community, watching countless Holocaust museums erected and the required reading of The Diary of Anne Frank, it has always been a quanda-

ry - why is their injustice not permitted but okay for blacks? Why is there such sympathy for a horrific situation that did not happen in America that lasted for four years, but no empathy for a 400-year lifestyle that is weaved into this land?

Where is the requirement for “History of the Black Dollar,” a book of American History, to be taught in every school?

Now in 2020, during the coronavirus more than ever, we witness the aftermath of the wealth gap birthing the black student debt crisis and how it impacts society, limiting opportunities for all citizens. While blacks have made efforts to attain wealth since arrival in America, Brookings Institution found that $171,000 net worth of the average white family is almost ten times more than black families ($17,150).

“Brookings does not attribute the racial disparity to just lower levels of parent education or family income. Instead, they point to higher for-profit graduate school enrollment and lower earnings post-graduation.”

Far worse in D.C,. the nation’s capital and most gentrified city in the country, the wealth gap blooms higher than 81 times for white households ($284,000) compared to black Americans ($3,500), according to The Color of Wealth, an Urban Institute report. Black families with a bachelor’s degree head of household maintain a negative net worth $19,000, while comparable white families have $258,000 in the once 99% black, chocolate city.

Throughout the most recent financial disasters, median net worth declined by a choking 44% from 2007 to 2013, compared to a 26% decline in white

families.

Families in the top 10% of income (only 3.6% black), the racial wealth gap is still deep: white median net worth in this group is $1,789,300 versus $343,160 for blacks.

Sadly, the wealth gap permeates at every level except in the bottom quintile (23% black), where the net worth is zero for everyone.

Young adults of both races have little wealth “but the gap rises quickly with age, and for 65 to 74year olds, accumulates to $302,500 in median white wealth and $46,890 for blacks,” reports Brookings.

This history of wealth inequality is important to understand for the context of today’s saddling student loan debt. Its legacy is passed down through generations and has now formed an unequal bill, one that blacks cannot afford to pay right now and shouldn’t ever have been asked for a few reasons.

White families receive ridiculously larger inheritances on average than blacks. Wonder where that money came from. It is no surprise that inheritances and other generational wealth transfers comprise more of the wealth gap than any other indicator.

Let that sink in.

Current taxation of inheritances, estates, and gifts fail to meet certain criteria, are incentivized to delay capital gains until death and help perpetuation economic inequality, forbidding generational course correction. The least America could do is pay for black Americans’ education and not beguile them with student loan debt to have a financially safe future.

Financial safety nets paid for by tuition checks written from inheritance accounts that accumu-

lated during the Industrial Revolution from the sale of cotton delivered and farmed by slaves for free are the backbones of white America.

This safety net is not afforded to HBCU students who attend school on many former plantations such as Hampton University, where the Emancipation Proclamation was read, freeing slaves across the country.

While HBCUs are 5% of American colleges, they make up 50% of the 100 schools with the lowest student-loan repayment rates according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Education Department data. Generally black families have less wealth than other groups and lack the support to repay the loans.

With a financial support system in place, whites pay down their student loans at 10% a year, compared to 4% for blacks. The SAGE journals also found that “racial inequalities in student debt contribute to the blackwhite wealth gap in early adulthood, which increase over time.”

After adjusting for family background and postsecondary characteristics, black youth reported 85.8% more debt than their white peers when starting their careers, according to the authors. “This disparity grows by 6.7% annually.”

So, as The White House, Congress and the Senate decide how to manage the CARES Act in response to the economic turmoil the country is experiencing, it must consider the financial ICU conditions of the black community stuck in the hades of student loan debt.

This black student loan crisis not only brings human suffering to one-third of blacks who attempt col-

lege, but to the entire race and country. Inventions, solutions, and vaccines are delayed from blacks foregoing higher education or having to work two jobs to pay back their loans, instead of building a business.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that while tuition made up 23% of national household income, it took an astounding 40% of black household income in 17 states.

Even worse, states typically spend less on HBCUs translating to less resources, teachers, support organizations, and financial aid. The Pell Grant, the nation’s largest federal need-based program, has sunk from covering 79% of public university cost to 28%, with black youth taking on loans to make up the balance.

As if the swamp couldn’t get any deeper, the federal government has lacked oversight for decades on protecting black students from predatory lending and academic institutions. Interestingly, the miseducation of education is causing 75% of blacks who attend a private college but don’t graduate to default on their loans.

With such a major tear in the fabric of America, it’s ominous that a louder, more urgent conversation is not happening. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” -- Martin Luther King Jr. The black student loan crisis, exasperated further by coronavirus, is one of our greatest threats to justice everywhere.

RiverRun announces winners of virtual pitch fest SUBMITTED ARTICLE

The RiverRun International Film Festival has announced the winners of its 2020 Pitch Fest competition, which was held virtually this year in light of COVID-19 and the cancellation of the festival.

Pitch Fest invites student filmmakers to pitch their ideas for new documentaries to a panel of expert judges in the hopes of being awarded a cash prize and recognition within the industry. Six schools from North Carolina participated: University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Elon University, High Point University, Wake Forest University, UNC Wilmington and North Carolina A&T State University. This was the 9th year of the Pitch Fest competition and was sponsored by Piedmont Federal Savings Bank.

The usually in-person

event was adapted to an online format and had those competing record five-minute video pitches from home to then be reviewed by a panel of film industry experts. This year the panel judges were Rachel Raney, Bri Castellini and David Fenster.

Raney is a veteran nonfiction filmmaker and public TV/radio producer with deep experience producing content. Among her many accomplishments in the film world, Raney served as the first executive director of the Southern Documentary Fund and has now joined UNC-TV as director of National Productions and executive producer of Reel South.

Castellini is an awardwinning independent filmmaker based in Brooklyn, N.Y. She is an adjunct professor for LIU-Brooklyn and Stephens College and the film community manager for Seed&Spark,

a highly regarded and innovative crowdfunding platform for independent filmmakers.

Fenster’s short and feature films have shown at film festivals, art museums, and media outlets around the world including: The Sundance Film Festival, The Museum of Modern Art, The New York Times, The True/ False Film Festival, and HBO. He currently makes documentaries at Arizona Public Media in Tucson.

All three judges convened virtually to deliberate and select first and second place winners. Winners will receive cash prizes to help fund

their projects, and all students received constructive feedback from judges.

First Place: Yuqi Lu, WFU Documentary Film Program, with “Painting Your Room in My Heart” Synopsis: The family trauma Ngoc Du experienced as a Vietnam War refugee has defined much of her life, from her decision to become a pediatric surgeon, to providing medical help to children around the world, to putting the decision to start her own family on hold.

Now Ngoc Du finds herself in another war - this time with COVID-19 - as she takes on the challenges of adopting Tianfeng, a

12-year-old boy with Spina Bifida, from China.

Judges noted the “strong narrative structure of the pitch itself” and described her filmmaking as having an impressive “elegance and polish.”

Second Place: Madison Rae Reitz, UNCW, with “Clickbait: Stop the Traffic” Synopsis: Clickbait: Stop the Traffic is a documentary that will take a look at the manipulation and abuse of women who are victims of sex trafficking and how social media has impacted and changed the way that trafficking happens. This film will address the misconceptions

surrounding the topic and the platforms that allow it to continue.

Judges noted that her pitch was “Extremely strong, specific, passionate, clear, and focused.

Both winning Pitch Fest entries can be viewed for two weeks on RiverRun’s website: riverrunfilm.com/film/pitchfest-2020.

“Adjusting Pitch Fest to an online format allowed RiverRun to still be able to offer this opportunity for new filmmakers to learn from industry professionals and grow as filmmakers,” said Caroline McMahon, RiverRun’s programming and operations associate. “This wouldn’t have been possible without the cooperation of the students, their advisors and the judges, and I commend everyone on being so resilient and adaptable!”

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#OneCityOne Love focuses on Dear Winston messages captured by photographer Owens Daniels

BY JUDIE HOLCOMB-PACK THE CHRONICLE

The starkness of downtown Winston-Salem at the beginning of the stayat-home order was the first clue to Owens Daniels that the world had suddenly changed.

“I was going about my daily route and I noticed the city was empty, no noise. It felt like the city was dying.”

As Daniels started walking along downtown streets, he got the idea to take pictures to capture the emptiness of the city. Then he started seeing people walking along who were wearing masks made of different cloths – white professional masks, homemade colorful masks, scarves adapted to cover the face. He wondered what these people were thinking.

Actually, there is a backstory to this story: Before the stay-in-place order, but at a time people were becoming aware and concerned about the coronavirus, Daniels took a manikin downtown and

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Francessa Adams portrait in Daniels’ “Birth of the Cool” and “Brown Paper Bag” exhibits, Daniels asked if I could write a poem about the photos. I immediately said yes and in one day I wrote “Look Into My Eyes.” Daniels

Daniels said, “We may be temporarily apart, but we are always One City.

One Love. for our unity is the cure.”

The Dear Winston video was released on Wednesday, May 13, at 5 p.m. on YouTube. Find it by searching Dear-WS “OneCity.OneLove.”

Find more information and view Dear Winston photos on Facebook and Instagram using hashtag #onecityonelove.

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Matt Kendrick It brought Daniels back to a time when he was a young student and his teacher encouraged him to write to a pen pal, a soldier or kids in other countries.

He thought, what if average people wrote a note to the city? What would they say?

Earlier Daniels had

placed it on street corners to get people’s reaction to his interpretation of “social distancing.” Before he could continue that idea, the shut-down occurred and he abandoned the project.

Of his overall social distancing project, Dear Winston was the third

shared it with the group that was now collaborating on the next step in the project and excerpts were selected to go on the video.

The last step has been Daniels desire to find channels of distribution for the video. At this point, he has personally covered all the expenses for the

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Jeff “Smitty” Smith worked on a project with Triad City Beat called “Faces of the Pandemic.”

Brian Clarey, editor and publisher, asked him to shoot photos of people in Winston-Salem wearing masks, similar to what photographer Todd Turner was doing in Greensboro.

On April 18, Daniels approached the first person and asked if she would write a message, She wrote, “Dear Winston, I am here love you.” From that first message, the project took on a life of its own.

Daniels has shot photos of over 100 people sharing their “Dear Winston” messages, from homeless people to the mayor, from struggling restaurant owners to artists and musicians. All had a heartfelt message they wanted to share with the city. Daniels said his aim was to “highlight the faces of our community during a time when we might not acknowledge them in passing, at the grocery store, the coffee shop, on the street, at work or at play.”

part, but there was another, even greater part that would happen as a result of his photos. Dale Cole, a local musician and the driving force behind Virtual Village (see the story in the Chronicle’s May 7 issue), contacted Daniels to talk about a compilation of music that he and local musicians were writing that would be released on May 11. Cole introduced Daniels to Chad Nance, a filmmaker and videographer who looked at the Dear Winston project and immediately wanted to make it into a video. Cole brought on Doug Davis, a local songwriter and musician, who offered to write the original score to accompany the video. In a matter of days, the project was snowballing. Daniels said of the collaboration, “It was organic. I had never met the others,” and yet they were all committed to the goal of getting this message out to as many people as possible.

Because I had written poems in response to a

project. He is researching grants for artistic projects, but so far has come up empty-handed. He is hoping that city council or the Arts Council will provide a grant to cover the cost to produce the video. Daniels is not looking for the project to be a moneymaker; his goal is for the concept to spread across North Carolina, and even the nation and the world. “I want to challenge other artists to do the same thing in their neighborhoods,” Daniels said. He is also suggesting that subjects of the photos donate to a local food pantry in exchange for receiving a digital image of their portrait.

He asked Mayor Allen Joines to share the video with other N.C. mayors and to offer his support.

In an email, Mayor Joines said, “Any time we can do something as a community that brings us together around a common issue, we are a better place because of it. I am grateful to Mr. Daniels and others for their work.”

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THURSDAY, May 14, 2020

Proposed ordinance could increase affordable workforce housing

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

City Council members James Taylor and Denise Adams proposed an ordinance that would increase the percentage of workforce housing units in city funded dwellings, and prohibit property managers from denying housing based on an applicant’s criminal record.

The Housing Justice Act, which was discussed during the Public Safety Committee meeting earlier this week, is a proposed “anti-poverty” initiative that is designed to reduce homelessness and push toward providing equitable housing for residents of Winston-Salem. The ordinance consists of three components that will be required by all housing and residential properties that receive all their funding from the city.

The first component, as mentioned earlier, will prohibit denying housing to tenants based on their criminal records, with exceptions for convictions involving violent crimes.

The second component will prohibit property owners from denying housing based on a tenant’s “source of income.” This includes income provided by federal housing vouchers, housing subsidy programs, rental assistance programs, Social Security, retirement

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Denise Adams benefits and other sources of funding.

The third component of the proposed Housing Justice Act would increase the current affordable housing requirement for city-funded projects from 10% to 20%.

City officials initially voted to adopt guidelines for affordable workforce housing in 2015. Included in those guidelines was a clause that allowed the city to determine the number of units that will be used for workforce housing. At that time, it was decided that 5% of the units must be leased to households whose incomes were 50-

80% of area median income, and an additional 5% would be leased to households whose incomes are 80%-120% of area median income.

If the Housing Justice Act is passed, the number of units leased to households whose incomes are between 80% and 120% would increase to 15%.

After city attorney Angela Carmon gave a brief overview of the ordinance and opened the floor for questions, Councilmember Annette Scippio raised concerns about the time period that the income limit will be enforced. Scippio said the proposed 10 year

Small Business Relief Grant Program accepting applications SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Greater Winston-Salem Inc. and the Downtown Winston- Salem Partnership, Inc. want to assist small businesses in our community by providing direct grants to assist in the recovery of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are excited to launch the Small Business Relief Grant Program, which will provide grants to small businesses located in Forsyth County.

The funding goals include retaining employment and helping small businesses to more effectively recover from the economic impact of COVID 19.

“Small businesses are essential to our economy and they play a crucial role in developing the culture of our downtown,” says Jason Thiel, president of the Downtown WinstonSalem Partnership. “While we are proud of our community’s response to the call to action to shop local, we know that additional support is needed, and it is our hope that this program will make a tangible difference.”

Grants of up to $2,500 will be available for businesses with one to three employees, and grants up to $5,000 will be available

for businesses with four or more employees. Businesses must be located in Forsyth County and have been in operation prior to January 1, 2019. Special consideration for funding will be given to businesses owned by women, people of color, and/or businesses located downtown that were impacted by the Business 40 closure and COVID 19 in short succession. Additional criteria and requirements, and an application form, can be found at winstonsalem. com/grants.

While we recognize that the demand for grants is expected to exceed available funding, a diverse committee of stakeholders and community representatives will review applications and award grants based upon careful consideration of individual needs. Application reviews are expected to begin after May 15.

Greater Winston-Salem, Inc. and the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership would like to thank our local partners and funders for their support and for recognizing the vital role of small businesses to our economy and community. Funding support includes $75,000 from the Winston-Salem

Foundation, $25,000 from the Downtown WinstonSalem Partnership, and donations from other organizations including the Wells Fargo Foundation as well as contributions from individuals in our community.

“People and organizations have already committed $200,000 to this program, which shows how much our community cares about helping local small businesses during this challenging time. Our fundraising effort is just getting started and we are confident that additional donations will allow us to help even more businesses across Forsyth County,” says Mark Owens, president and CEO of Greater Winston-Salem, Inc. Donations are critical to support as many businesses as possible.

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time period wasn’t long enough.

She said, “Seems like there should be more of a commitment than 10.”

In response to Scippio’s concerns, city attorney Angela Carmon said the current term is 15 years, but since they proposed changing the percentage from 10% to 20%, city officials felt that 10 years would be more reasonable, but there is room for flexibility.

Councilmember Adams requested a list of affordable housing statistics from cities similar in size to Winston-Salem. She said average affordability is on the rise in cities across the country and she would like to take a closer look.

“What’s happening is the affordability is expiring and the developers and landlords see an opportunity … they’re renting to the people that can pay the highest dollar and that’s when you get the gentrification and poor people not being able to stay in their neighborhoods,” Adams said. “I think it’s a great document, well written, but I definitely would like to look at it again with the average affordability throughout the country, because that seems to be the one that’s rising to the top in the housing industry right now.”

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James Taylor MacIntosh and John Larson requested more information from city staff as well.

Councilmember James Taylor, who is publisher of The Chronicle, said when working on the proposed legislation, he worked with the local and regional Association of Realtors and those with ties to the Affordable Housing Coalition and they all agree that it’s a good idea.

“As you are aware, unemployment in this country has reached Great Depression levels and local governments all across the country, particularly in the state of North Carolina, are

going to have to continue to figure out how we can be creative as to how we provide quality affordable housing going forward,” Taylor said. “Everybody understands that this is something that we should be looking at. Affordable housing will be a huge issue post COVID-19.

We’ve got to get out in front and make sure we’re doing what’s right.”

Because the proposed Housing Justice Act was listed as an informational item on the agenda, there was no vote required and no timetable has been set for a vote.

Winston Salem Christian announces boys’ national basketball teams SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Winston Salem Christian School (WSCS) is adding two more teams to their basketball program this year to enhance an already successful program.

This Spring WSCS struck a deal with Coach Antonio Lowe, the former head men’s coach at Moravian Prep, to become the director of basketball operations and begin a national men’s team and post grad men’s team.

As director of basketball operations, Lowe will manage student housing for basketball athletes, travel for basketball athletes, college visits, and scheduling for the national and post grad level for the men’s teams.

Lowe is joining an already impressive coaching staff on the men’s basketball side. Head Men’s Varsity Coach Jon Weavil (201 career wins) and his staff enjoyed tremendous success and made national waves this past season, going an impressive 34-7 (12-0 in conference play).

The team brought home a

CCC Conference Championship, finished 3rd in the CAA4SC State Tournament, and ended the season 2nd in the CAA4SC state ranking on Max Preps.

Coach Lowe has racked up an overall record of 142-44 in five years of experience and gained nationwide notoriety through his coaching and recruiting ability. Lowe looks to bring a national team to Winston-Salem Christian with the same energy, skill, and depth that he had developed at Moravian Prep over the last two seasons. His plan to bring college coaches to WSCS will provide looks for athletes at all levels of basketball play. Lowe will also be integral in developing a post grad program that will operate under the WSCS basketball umbrella and support athletes as they continue training to make the jump to collegiate athletics.

The decision to add a national and post grad program for men piggybacked off the tremendous success

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of the implementation of a women’s national team this past season. With former NBA player Delaney Rudd at the helm, the WSC National girls went an impressive 28-2 on the national level during regular season play. They won the Independent Exposure National Tournament in March and were as high as number 9 in the nation on ESPNw Girls High School rankings. All of the team’s starters have major D1 offers on the table and this success has trickled down to the varsity level as well. Under Coach Rocky Brundage, the varsity girls program (32-5) brought home a CCC Conference Championship and finished as runners-up in the CAA4SC state championship.

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Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson

Practice Justice Scriptures: Jerimiah 21:8-14 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Discover divine justice described by Jeremiah; *Express gratitude that God is a God of justice; *Endeavor to be just and advocate for justice.

Background: Jeremiah was a priest and a prophet who guided the people for forty years. Jeremiah lived during the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple of Solomon, followed by the beginning of the Babylonian exile. Jeremiah was greatly affected by the suffering of his people and he expressed outrage at God for forcing him to speak judgement against his own nation. Jeremiah tells the people that they brought punishment upon themselves by failing to obey God’s word. He did however, have a firm belief that the people of Israel would return to their land and rebuild Jerusalem once the period of punishment was over.

Lesson: Jeremiah has already been persecuted by Pashhur (read 20:1-6). Then he is asked to go to God on behalf of Israel (21:1-2). But much to their surprise Jeremiah tells them that it’s God who is warring against them (21:3-7). The lesson picks up where Jeremiah is telling Jerusalem to go over to the Babylonians because that is the only way they get out alive. (The Jewish Study Bible, The MacArthur Study Bible, the Oxford Bible Commentary and the UMI Annual Commentary 2019 -2020). “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.”(verse 8). Jeremiah urged them to submit and surrender – be treated as captives of war and live rather than be killed. The face of an angry God? God tells them that He is so disgusted with Jerusalem …

“For I have set My face against this city for evil and not for good,“ (verse 10). The city will be destroyed by fire.

Verses 11-14 are directed at the “Royal Elites.” God addresses the complacency of the royal linage … not just this king … and points out that the king should “execute justice” and prevent oppression. The kings have failed in their duty and are given a chance to escape the destruction if there was repentance (verse 12). There was not. Jerusalem was a walled city surrounded by the Mount of Olives. They had an underground aqueduct that brought water inside the city walls. Jerusalem was protected, but God withdrew all His protection. “But I will punish you according to the results of your deeds.” … “and I will kindle a fire in its forest …” The forest refers to the royal palace, which was called the House of the Forest of Lebanon because it was built with Lebanese cedar (verse 14). God was so angry that He would destroy everything that signified greatness for the people of Israel, because of their failure to do justice according to the laws.

For Your Consideration: Where are we standing against God? And how can we move to God’s side before its too late?

Application: What injustices stand out to you?

What people’s pain do you feel most? Is it children, the elderly, the homeless, immigrants, the poor, victims of racial or gender discrimination, falsely incarcerated, the over-policed, those affected directly by climate change?

Whichever the group, find one way to stand on their side, which is to stand on God’s side. “And the king shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. (Matthew 25:40)

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

May 15 Youth Mini Message – First Waughtown Baptist Church Min. Brian Cager, an FWBC associate minister, will deliver the Flex Friday Mini Message for Youth at 12 noon, May 15th on Facebook Live -- https:// www.facebook.com/FirstWaughtown/, on Instagram - @firstwaughtown, and on the First Waughtown website, https://www.firstwaughtown.org. Click on the MEDIA tab.

May 17 First Waughtown Baptist Church Live Stream Senior Pastor Dennis W. Bishop will continue the current series with The Grace Message, part 5 -- online at 10 a.m., Sunday, May 17th. Please join us on Facebook Live, https://www.facebook.com/FirstWaughtown/ or the First Waughtown website, https:// www.firstwaughtown.org - click MEDIA. 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.

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Where money and ministry merge

Timothy Plan identifies God-honoring investments for Christians worldwide ORLANDO, Fla.— People from all walks of life have found their way to Timothy Plan, the pioneering family of biblically responsible mutual funds and ETFs. Sometimes, they learn about it on the radio from interviews with Timothy Plan founder Art Ally.

Others hear about it from popular radio finance show host Dan Celia of Financial Issues Stewardship Ministries.

For instance, at a home school conference, Celia was presenting a breakout PowerPoint session on behalf of Timothy Plan. He listed some funds that were “socially screened” but which are “very different from moral issues that we screen for.”

As a particular fund popped up on the screen along with some of the immoral causes it backed, a woman in the audience broke into tears.

“That’s the primary fund in my husband’s medical retirement fund in a pediatrics office,” she said. “We had no idea that we were investing in and profiting from abortion.

Here we are trying to save lives and bring new life into the world.”

She and her husband vowed to move their money to funds screened for companies that don’t make money off abortions.

The Socially Responsible Investing movement, which favors liberal issues, has taken off in recent years. While many tuck Biblically Responsible Investing under that broader rubric, BRI has a far different focus.

“There are lots of socially conscious funds that don’t account for moral issues,” says Brian S. Mumbert, vice president for Advisor Relations at Timothy Plan. “ESG (Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance) is a big movement. In fact, Morningstar now has an ESG rating system. This makes us more prominent

as well.”

ESG rates factors like how companies approach climate change, sustainability, diversity, inclusion, consumer protection, corporate structure and animal welfare. But it does not encompass the kind of moral issues Timothy Plan screens.

There’s even an investing category geared to “sin stocks.” Called “vice funds,” these specialize in companies that profit from alcohol, tobacco, gambling and other ventures that Timothy Plan and other Biblically Responsible Investing firms screen out.

The fact that Timothy Plan has an entirely different focus—pleasing God and being a good steward—is what attracts Christian investors. In fact, Timothy Plan’s investment specialists get to do some things unheard of in other offices.

“Many times, when we call somebody, we didn’t know of an immediate death in the family,” says Investor Relations Director Stephen Mumbert.

“Or they’re going through something else that’s difficult. We get the opportunity to pray for them and put them on a list for morning devotional prayer. We get to have Kingdom impact.”

It’s not always easy to persuade financial advisors—even Christian ones—to sell Timothy Plan to their clients. The

idea of screening out some stocks “can be a big roadblock,” says Zachary Covert, director of Advisor Relations.

“It can be a lightning rod,” he says. “They don’t want to offend. But we encourage them to see it more like a mission field, not that we’re judging anybody. Even non-Christians can relate to some of the screens. Take someone who had alcoholic parents who saw their family torn apart. They’re open to not wanting to profit from alcohol.

“When we discuss their goals, sometimes I ask, ‘Is there anything you don’t want to invest in?

Ninety percent of the time, they ask, ‘What do you mean by that?’ Then I can offer them options. Some advisors take it all the way, converting all over to BRI, and others move some of their investments into the screened funds.”

Timothy Plan always has someone—not a machine—answer the phone during business hours because every caller may need to talk to someone who can share the love of Christ with them.

“People are broken,” Covert says. “We need to service them differently.”

For 25 years, Timothy Plan has lived by and promoted BRI—and, in fact, was the pioneer of the movement—while helping clients invest in a way that

aligns with both their values and retirement goals.

A foundational principle is that God owns everything, and Timothy Plan leaders are firmly committed to managing a mutual fund company with the integrity, excellence and wisdom that brings honor and glory to the Lord.

Through its subscription to the one-of-a-kind eVALUEator, Timothy Plan uses this biblically based dynamic and moral investment screening tool to reveal immoral corporate activity. Using eVALUEator, Timothy Plan screens companies to avoid owning those firms that are actively involved in or profiting from immoral practices such as abortion, pornography and other anti-family causes.

For more information on Timothy Plan, visit timothyplan. com or connect on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Vimeo or YouTube.

Before investing in any fund, consider the fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Contact your financial professional, call 1-800-846-7526, or visit timothyplan.com for a prospectus containing this and other important information. Please read it carefully. Mutual funds distributed by Timothy Partners, Ltd., member FINRA.

Notable special needs group empowers community during crisis The Potter’s House to host virtual experience

DALLAS Tx. -- The Potter’s House, a 30,000-member nondenominational church founded by global spiritual leader Bishop T.D. Jakes, is hosting its first-ever virtual expo to empower individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families, through life-changing resources, encouragement and prayer during a time of worldwide crisis.

The virtual expo is set to take place on Saturday, May 30, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. CDT (11 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT). Those who are interested in learning about the latest resources in the marketplace for individuals with IDD, are welcome to register and be a part of the one-of-a-kind, free, virtual experience.

“It’s critical for the survival of our IDD community to not become socially ‘isolated’ and excluded in a time where social distancing and fear are the new norm,” said Serita Jakes, first lady at The Potter’s House and IDD outreach spokeswoman.

“In this season, our priority is to stay connected and to ensure that some of the most vulnerable citizens in our society have access to the proper support and professional guidance needed to adapt to the shifting culture—to live a more fulfilling life.”

During the virtual expo, vendors will share information about their organization, materials and services. Some of the program offerings include professional education and resources in the following specialties: *Health and wellness (physical, mental) *Therapies (cognitive behavioral, language, and occupational) *Estate and financial planning *Independent living and vocational training Since 2007, The Potter’s House special needs ministry, recently renamed Capable Minds, Hearts & Hands: The Potter’s House IDD Outreach, has offered state-of-the-art programs and environments like “The Sensory

Room,” a multi-sensory environment created to give an immersive and balanced experience for individuals of all ages with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

“The calming nature of our sensory environment contains a remote-controlled, digitally lit, raised bubble tube platform waterfall to enhance skills such as switching, cause and effect, and color recognition, as well as helping to de-escalate,” said Demetrice Smith, doctor of business administration, IDD Outreach program director at The Potter’s House. “Individuals with autism and other IDD conditions are able to explore and develop their sensory skills with music therapy, and relieve stress and anxiety with our reading corner and tactile, motor skills, and cognitive development areas.”

Additionally, The Potter’s House is the first church in the world with a Best Buddies International chapter. The church’s IDD outreach, led

by Smith, hosts monthly support groups for moms, dads, siblings and caregivers.

“The Best Buddies program has helped our family in so many ways. It’s given us a place where we can be transparent and not judged, a place to share our stories and experiences, a place to come and take a load off because we know that we’re not alone,” said Andrea Henderson, member of The Potter’s House and an IDD outreach mom for two and a half years. “The program helps to shine light on our kids with special abilities and what they can do. It makes us stronger together and gives us great insight, information, and resources.”

To register for the virtual expo, visit Eventbrite. com. To learn more about The Potter’s House IDD outreach, special programs and events, email tphidd@ tdjakes.org or visit thepottershouse.org.

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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.

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

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

To receive information for these newly forming troops, families can visit www.BeAGirlScout.org/ connect. There will be specific troop times for each girl grade level.

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

NOW – May 31 – Literary competition Flying South, the annual literary competition sponsored by Winston-Salem Writers, is accepting entries through May 31.

There will be $2,000 in prizes awarded. Best in category winners will be published in Flying South magazine and will receive $500 each. The Winston-

Salem Writers President’s Favorite will also receive $500. Entry fee is $25 ($15 for members of Winston-Salem Writers). Multiple entries are accepted.

Submit entries and fees to flyingsouth.submittable. com.

For complete rules and submission details, go to www.wswriters.org and click on the contest tab. Winners will be announced on July 1, 2019.

NOW – June 9 – Free virtual information sessions at Forsyth Tech Forsyth Tech is offering free real-time, online comprehensive information sessions now through June. All events include an opportunity for you to send in questions during the sessions. You may sign up for sessions at eventbrite.com. For more information, please contact Victoria Burgos atvburgos@forsythtech.edu.

Topics and dates are: May 18, 7 p.m. – What Do I Do After COVID-19?

May 19, 7 p.m. – How Do I Pay for College?

May 20, 7 p.m. and June 1, 7 p.m. – How Can I Take College Classes While I’m Still in High School?

May 26, 7 p.m. – How Can I Start at Forsyth Tech and Transfer to a FourYear College?

May 27, 7 p.m. – Can Forsyth Tech help me get into healthcare?

May 28, 7 p.m. – What programs are available online?

June 2, 7 p.m.– What short-term training is available?

June 3, 7 p.m. – How can I take summer classes at Forsyth Tech?

June 4, 7 p.m. – What is the Hope and Opportunity Grant?

June 8, 7 p.m.– How do I fill out my Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)?

June 9, 7 p.m. – How do I apply to Forsyth Tech?

NOW - June 3 – Farmer’s workshop N.C. Cooperative Extension is offering a free, online workshop series for Beginning Farmers, Tuesdays at 10 a.m., May 13 - June 3. If you are considering starting a farming operation and are not sure where to begin, this Beginner Farmer Online Series is just for you. Topics include what can be grown, where’s the money, where and how to sell your product, and who can help. There is no registration fee, but registration is required. Learn more by visiting http://forsyth.cc/ CES/Livestock.aspx, or by emailing April Bowman at awbowman@ncsu.edu or by calling 336-703-2855.

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

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

June 4 – July 9 – Powerful Tools for Caregivers Registration is now underway for a virtual Powerful Tools for Caregivers class. This is a 6-week course for anyone caring for a loved one who is frail or ill. Classes will take place by Zoom on Thursdays, 1:30 - 3 p.m., June 4 - July 9. There is no charge, but donations are accepted. Registration is required. To register or get information, call Carol Ann Harris at The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, 336-7480217. Class size is limited, so early registration is suggested.

June 21- Aug. 29 – 2020 Summer Parks Concert Series The Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County has announced the lineup for the 2020 Summer Parks Concert Series with three performances at Tanglewood Park and two at Triad Park. Here’s the schedule: *6/21, 5 p.m. – West End Mambo @ Tanglewood Park *July 4, 7 p.m. – N.C. Army National Guard 440th Army Band @ Triad Park *July 24, 7 p.m. – The Plaids @ Tanglewood Park *Aug. 8, 7 p.m. – Possum Jenkins @ Tanglewood Park *Aug. 29, 6 p.m. – Martha Bassett, Dan River Girls & Laurelyn Dossett @ Triad Park Aug. 27-29 – Used book sale The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem will hold its 33rd Annual Used Book Sale on Thursday, Aug. 27, and Friday, Aug. 28, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (1/2 Price on all items!). The book sale is one of the largest in our state! Parking and Admission are free. The event will take place at the fairgrounds.

May 15 at 12 p.m. on Zoom Book Discussion: The Lost Book of the Grail by Charlie Lovett Join us to discuss The Lost Book of the Grail with author Charlie Lovett. Email info@bookmarksnc. org to register.

May 17 at 3 p.m. on Zoom Lines of Zen: A Drawing Workshop with Kyle Webster Join author and illustrator, Kyle Webster, for a relaxing session of drawing exercises designed to calm the mind and open a pathway to creative expression. With only a pen and some paper, you’ll discover the meditative power of drawing, with no special talent or experience required. Ages 12+.

May 17 at 4 p.m.

LGBTQ Book Club Join us to discuss Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison. All are welcome to join.

May 18 at 7 p.m. on YouTube Live Book Trivia Live with Caleb Join us for Book Trivia with Bookmarks’ Inventory Manager, Caleb Masters. Free and open to the public. E-mail caleb@ bookmarksnc.org to register.

Here are online Bookmarks events for the month of May Contact: info@bookmarksnc.org URL for info on all events: https://www.bookmarksnc.org/calendar

May 19 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom Romance Book Club Join us to discuss Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean. Email info@bookmarksnc. org to register.

May 14 at 6:30 pm on Zoom Book Buzz Book Club Join us to discuss The Vacationers by Emma Straub. All are welcome to join. E-mail info@bookmarksnc.org to register.

May 20 - 27 -- Reader Meet Writer series This is a series sponsored and run by SIBA - the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance.

Bookmarks is hosting five of these author events. All events are scheduled for 3 p.m.

*5/20 - Carter Sickels The Prettiest Star *5/21 - Yaffa S. Santos - A Taste of Sage *5/27 - Edward A. Farmer - Pale May 23 at 3 p.m. on Zoom New Adventures Book Club Want to try something new, but aren’t sure where to start? Many readers are looking for a comfortable book to help them ease into a new genre or new type of reading. Sometimes it is hard to make that choice on your own.

Our New Adventures Book Club will help introduce readers to new genres each month by selecting welcoming “first reads” into new genres. This will be a virtual book club and following the initial meetings, the books will be selected by the whole group.

This book club will be led

by Bookmarks’ Bookseller Cat. May’s book is Gods of Jade & Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

May 26 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom Bookmarks Book Club Join us to discuss Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. All are welcome. Questions or to register: email Jamie@ bookmarksnc.org.

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Neil Shubin & Some Assembly Required Join us to hear from the bestselling author of Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin, about his latest book, Some Assembly Required.

Shubin gives us a lively and accessible account of the great transformations in the history of life on Earth — a new view of the evolution of human and animal life that explains how the incredible diversity of life on our planet came to be. This is a paywhat-you-can event.

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Houston woman becomes first African American owner of a Berkshire Hathaway real estate franchise Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Talented real estate leader and entrepreneur, Tiffany Curry, has officially acquired a Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices real estate franchise - making her the first African American ever to have 100% ownership in a franchise of this particular Warren Buffet-affiliated company.

Based in Houston, Texas, her new company will operate as Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Tiffany Curry & Co., Realtors, and has already launched in Houston’s Upper Kirby area with agents that specialize throughout the Greater Houston and surrounding areas, including in the luxury and global markets. The company pairs a franchise with a boutique appeal where agents and clients receive personal service and hands-on support.

Curry looks to grow the company into one of the nation’s top 75 brokerages over the next 10 years, with a location in each of Houston’s primary areas.

“Over the last 12 years I have traveled across the nation, networking with some of real estate’s brightest talents. I am thrilled to bring that mix of creativity and innovation to the Greater Houston real estate market,” says Curry. “At age 39, it was such an honor to apply for a BHHS franchise brokerage. I look forward to growing a diverse company for all generations, backgrounds and for professionals at different stages of life.”

Houston is home to only two Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices real estate franchises. Curry is privileged to have been chosen as the new owner of a Warren Buffet-affiliated company and becomes its first 100% woman owned company in Houston.

Curry is not at all new to the game.

A top Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices agent over the years, Curry has received numerous production awards including Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices President’s Circle and Chairman’s Circle awards. With a well-rounded, solid background as a certified relocation specialist for over 12 years, Curry has achieved outstanding success with many of the top relocation companies in the industry.

From corporate executives, engineers, physicians, professional athletes and tech startups, she has worked with a number of Houston’s top talents. Curry holds the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing Million Dollar GUILD designation for successfully marketing and selling million-dollar homes.

In addition to a successful sales career as a Top Producing agent, Curry has held many high-level leadership positions throughout her career at the local, state and national levels, including serving on the board of directors for the Houston,

Tiffany Curry

The Winston-Salem Symphony remains committed to the health and safety of our community and is continually monitoring the development of the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. The Symphony is following updates and recommendations from local, state, and national health officials, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Current recommendations prohibit gatherings of more than 10 people at least into June, and it is likely that authorized gathering sizes will not increase significantly prior to this fall. Therefore, the Symphony has cancelled the Classic Series concert cycle entitled Beethoven Celebration that was rescheduled from early April to Saturday, July 18.

“I know that we all share a deep sense of sadness and regret about difficult decisions like this,” said E. Merritt Vale, Winston-Salem Symphony president & CEO. “It is especially painful at a time when we would dearly love to ‘share the love’ that beautiful live music performances provide. However, it is the responsible choice on many levels, and it is certainly consistent with conclusions being drawn by other performing arts organizations across the globe. Please continue

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Salem’s students and faculty and will be able to transition to interim president with an uninterrupted flow of outstanding leadership for Salem Academy and College. The board is equally thrilled that Richard Vinson will step up to fill the role currently held

by Susan.”

Henking is president emerita of Shimer College, where she became president in 2012. In addition, Henking is professor emerita of religious studies of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where she

“I look forward to serving this community— College and Academy— as we move toward our next 250 years,” Henking said. “In my time here, I have learned how special Salem is and how crucial it is to the Winston-Salem of tomorrow. I can imagine no better person to work with going forward than Richard Vinson.”

A native of Alabama, Vinson came to Salem in 2008 to become part of the Religion Department’s faculty. He became an administrator in 2012 but

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Texas and National Association of Realtors. Curry was appointed as a President’s Liaison in 2014 and 2019 for the National Association of Realtors, the largest trade association in America, with over 1.4 million members. She has worked on projects with a budget in excess of $35 million a year.

Tiffany Curry is a talented leader who brings out the very best in those who work with her, said Chris Stuart, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices CEO. Over the years, her teams have been motivated, well-trained and laser-focused on clients’ varying needs. The same should be expected of Tiffany Curry & Co., Realtors.

Curry has been the recipient of some of Houston real estate’s most recognized awards including Houston Realtor of the Year in 2011 by the Houston Association of Realtors (HAR), the youngest in HAR’s history, Houston Business Journal 40 Under 40, in 2012, Entrepreneur of the Year by the Women’s Council of Realtors Houston in 2009 and Top 20 Under 40 Rising Stars in Real Estate in 2010. In 2017, Curry was named Woman of the Year by the Women CEO Project Global Power Tour Houston and in 2018 Curry received her highest honor yet having been inducted to The National Civil Rights Hall of Fame.

A native Houstonian, Curry holds a BBA in Management from Texas Southern University and has undergone graduate studies in broadcasting and journalism. She is an avid supporter of the SPCA, Sunshine Kids and Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and a member of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church.

Learn more about Tiffany Curry and her real estate services at www.TiffanyCurry.com.

to ‘stay tuned’ as we work hard to ‘virtually deliver’ inspiring musical content until we can again gather together as we would like.”

Ticket holders have the opportunity to return their ticket as a donation.

All ticket donations will be used to help support the symphony musicians and the organization during this time through the Symphony’s COVID-19 Musician Impact Fund. How much the symphony can offer its musicians depends entirely on the generous donations of patrons. The symphony will also offer a tax letter in exchange for any ticket relinquished to the symphony box office.

Ticketholders may also exchange their tickets for another concert next season or receive a refund. To donate tickets or request an exchange or refund, email boxoffice@wssymphony.org. Learn more about the symphony’s COVID-19 ticket policies at wssymphony.org.

All ticket donations, exchanges, and refunds must be made by May 31, 2020. If the symphony does not receive instructions by May 31, the tickets will be considered donations.

For questions about ticketing options or other questions, please call 336464-0145 or for the quickest response, please email boxoffice@wssymphony. org. Voicemails left at the

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Salem Academy and College names new interim president and vice president

Salem Academy and College announced today that current Interim Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs and Dean of the College Susan Henking, Ph.D. will become interim president when President Sandra Doran leaves at the end of the 2020 academic year.

Professor of Religion, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, and Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Richard Vinson, Ph.D. will assume the role

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box office phone number will be returned on Tuesdays and Thursdays while symphony staff continue to work remotely due to the COVID-19 situation.

Other ways to support the symphony include donating to the Symphony’s Crescendo Campaign (annual fund) at wssymphony.org and subscribing to the 2020– 21 season, which is new Music Director Timothy Redmond’s premiere season of programming.

The 2020–21 season includes Classics concerts celebrating everything from Mahler’s Sixth Symphony to Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, and a striking concert featuring Beethoven’s Emperor Piano Concerto, among others. Celebrated and notto-be-missed Pops guest artists performing next season include the legendary CeCe Winans and Latin rock stars Los Lobos. Cirque de la Symphonie returns for a high-flying, acrobatic A Carolina Christmas. To find out more about the Symphony’s exciting 2020–21 season and to subscribe visit wssymphony.org/tickets/subscribe/.

For the most up-to-date Winston-Salem Symphony information related to COVID-19, please refer to the website at wssymphony. org/covid19/.

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Dr. Susan Henking of interim vice president for Academic and Student Affairs.

“We had to look no further than Salem’s campus to find a highly qualified interim president in Susan Henking,” Salem Board of Trustees Chair McDara P. Folan III said.

“Susan cares deeply about

also served as an advisor to the board of trustees.

She received a Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Chicago Divinity School in Religion and Psychological Studies, an M.A. from the University of Chicago Divinity School, and a B.A. from Duke University.

continues to teach Greek, Latin, and religion. Vinson received a Ph.D. from Duke University, a M.Div. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and B.A. and M.A. degrees from Samford University.

Poem COVID-19: The days of mercurial anathema

BY CURTIS BARNETT II

We are amongst some of the world’s darkest days as the president petulantly joked about an opaque plague.

One ... that elicits a very difficult fortitude with more consternation and malarkey, from all sides of hierarchy across the globe all sorts of quaverous people are in a constant hullabaloo .... with a heightened fervor from humans all over not knowing what to do.

As this “thing” this ... devil’s acolyte continues to take lives in alarming numbers real life imprecations ... leading to never ending slumbers, our world’s inhabitants are becoming more and more unstable .... manic ... inconsolable frantics with uncontrollable panics.

No place has been safe, from the U.S. to Siberia to Paris to Liberia “ALL’ denizens ... are facing mass hysteria Prayers going up … as people are stuck at home praying it passes looking for recourse, faced with arduous tasks scantily or sinuously scurrying for food with hardly a mask, as this pervasive virus perpetually continues to leave our restless children missing weeks of class.

With in-state loiters as stay-home orders pervade throughout our borders there’s the “have nots” and then there’s the “hoarders.”

Outside there’s … a preternatural emptiness in the streets, delineated with vermilion skies Placid … Pallid … and ghostly in disguise.

A stunning panorama, of the ineffable ambience and all of its lives expressing a gloomy epigram of all of the wise.

But ... whenever we do contrive … a cure … and all of our country’s agoraphobia recedes we’ll have to continue to look back to push forward and hope that whatever precedes perceives.

Because within these ominous entities, lies antipathies.

Antipathies, just like the Smallpox, the Black Plague, the Spanish Flu and other diseased antiquities were all, mysteries in which we still overcome within centuries’ histories.

Curtis Barnett II

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And they’re off! Graduates of entrepreneurial class are future of East Winston anywhere and especially in East Winston, where economic development has long been stymied. The graduates will join burgeoning efforts to reverse that trend. They spoke Saturday of faith, purpose, energy, determination and hope.

The classes started at the Enterprise Center on Martin Luther King Drive, then moved to a virtual setting as the shelterin-place rules of the pandemic began. The lively class carries a variety of lessons, including how to write a business letter, create a logo and mission and vision statement, and website. Quinton Benson, a WSSU graduate who started his own business, Royalty Branding, helped the students brand their businesses and nonprofits.

At the commencement, it was clear

BY JOHN RAILEY

Graduates of the inaugural class of the East Winston version of the “Playbook for Entrepreneurial Excellence” took their virtual graduation, the new normal now, in stride Saturday. They know as much, or more, about tenacity under adverse circumstances as any graduates, and they are determined to change their community for the better.

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The class is offered through Tate Consulting and Winston-Salem State University’s Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM). The eight-week program for business vets, WSSU students and others is aimed at growing minority business in East Winston. Dr. Antwain Tate Goode, the president of Tate Consulting, and his wife, Andrea La Mone Goode, the company’s vice president, started the class to give back to East Winston, and developed the partnership with CSEM through Alvin Atkinson, CSEM’s associate director. The initial graduation was a celebration of the spirit of giving back to East Winston.

As Antwain Goode said, the gradu-

Jillian Benson

Tyler Chisolm

ates’ “collaboration, support, and get-itdone spirit pushed every participant to come up with new off-the-rooftop ideas.

My entrepreneurs have clarity of thought and energy which are both needed to represent their products and services.”

CSEM Founding Director Craig Richardson applauded the inspiring nature of the graduates’ stories, and said he looks forward to following the rest of their journeys.

The graduates are Dexter Perkins,

would complete the course and serve their community.”

The Goodes spoke at the ceremony and so did each class member, sharing laughter and memories of pushing each other along, through the pandemic and other challenges. One gets the sense that they will all support each other in the years ahead. That is an important tool in their arsenal.

They have another significant tool: The class equips them well to be certified as operators of Historically Underutilized Business. This certification is designed to promote economic opportunities for historically underutilized businesses in state government contracting and procurement, the Goodes explained, and without it, small businesses cannot compete for state projects.

One hope is that the new entrepreneurs will be able to scale-up their small businesses, a long-standing challenge in East Winston.

The Goodes, with one child in high school and the other in college, know a bit about tenacity needed to meet such challenges. Andrea Goode had a stroke five years ago. As she recovered, she and her husband, who’d both held high-level jobs in other companies, decided to start Tate Consulting and give something back to Winston-Salem. “We saw a gap,” Andrea Goode said.

Their mission fits with CSEM’s embrace of the “Our Place, Our Space” strategy of addressing generational poverty in the neighborhoods around the WSSU campus in East Winston by encouraging business development. The Goodes’ program will complement CSEM’s Community Acceleration Research Track, which awards grants of up to $12,500 to community residents, organizations and individuals, including WSSU students, who are striving for economic mobility through workforce development, health and wellbeing, and growth of businesses for social good.

The new graduates now take their place among those efforts. We welcome their fresh and determined spirit.

Tammy McKoy that the class members and the Goodes have become close. “To see the confidence grow from class one to the end was amazing,” Andrea Goode said. “Watching each student reach back to lift each other up was great. The many hurdles of this season did not deter their faith that they

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Tyler Chisolm, Dustin Sellers, Tammy McKoy, Jillian Benson, Logan Lash and Roberto Vandergrift. Class members are required to live in and/or plan to establish a business in East Winston. To win a place in the class, they each had to write an essay about what their legacy impact will be on East Winston. The class includes WSSU students and business vets and a young mother. Some plan to start businesses. Others plan to start nonprofits.

Their goals range from improving health to empowering youth. They all share a commitment to improving East Winston.

Starting a business or nonprofit is hard

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In mid-January, a three-hour dance audition was held in studio D101. Fifty Wake Forest students were selected by 12 student choreographers to perform in the Spring Dance Concert – a usually sold-out event held on the University’s Tedford Stage in Scales Fine Arts Center.

Then everything

incorporate it into a oneminute dance. “I adjusted the syllabus to be sensitive to physical space and technology limitations that our students might face. Giving the students agency to choreograph allowed many to express what they have been experiencing during this pandemic.”

During an online meeting with the dancers selected to perform in the

thought it would be a fun, uplifting, light project,” said Wilkes.

Some of the clips in the video are from the home improvisation assignments, and some students filmed new work.

Accompanist Chi Sharpe, who played for various dance courses this spring, also contributed.

“I had a funk song in mind as background mu-

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Due to COVID-19, the Spring Dance Concert, which is usually a sold-out event, was canceled. closed down.

Dance professor Kara Wilkes said she saw the move to remote learning as an opportunity for students to engage dance as a tool for processing change.

Wilkes taught modern dance and contemporary ballet this semester.

One remote assignment was to film a 45-second self-choreographed work with only the upper body.

Another was to choose an inanimate prop and

cancelled dance concert, senior Kamryn King, a health and exercise science major, suggested that, since they couldn’t dance on stage together, they do something simple and good for morale to share with others.

Wilkes, who enjoys editing short films and documentaries, volunteered to put together a video – not to replace the performance but as an act of generosity from the dancers. “I

sic for the dance clips.

But when I started to edit, I noticed that many students had to push play on their device, step back and wait a moment before beginning. I was stunned by how beautiful and vulnerable that moment was before they started dancing. It was clear the piece needed to go deeper.”

To view the dance video go to, https:// w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m / watch?v=Aqf0qh9zvJ8.

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John Railey is the writing and community relations consultant for CSEM. He can be reached at raileyjb@gmail.com.

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Winston Salem Christian School (WSCS) is adding two more teams to their basketball program this year to enhance an already successful program.

This Spring WSCS struck a deal with Coach Antonio Lowe, the former head men’s coach at Moravian Prep, to become the director of basketball operations and begin a national men’s team and post grad men’s team.

As director of basketball operations, Lowe will manage student housing for basketball athletes, travel for basketball athletes, college visits, and scheduling for the national and post grad level for the men’s teams.

Lowe is joining an already impressive coaching staff on the men’s basketball side. Head Men’s Varsity Coach Jon Weavil (201 career wins) and his staff enjoyed tremendous success and made national waves this past season, going an impressive 34-7 (12-0 in conference play).

The team brought home a CCC Conference Championship, finished 3rd in the CAA4SC State Tournament, and ended the season 2nd in the CAA4SC state ranking on Max Preps.

Coach Lowe has racked up an overall record of 142-44 in five years of experience and gained nationwide notoriety through his coaching and recruiting ability. Lowe looks to bring a national team to Winston-Salem Christian with the same energy, skill, and depth that he had developed at Moravian Prep over the last two seasons.

His plan to bring college coaches to WSCS will provide looks for athletes at all levels of basketball play.

Lowe will also be integral in developing a post grad program that will operate under the WSCS basketball umbrella and support athletes as they continue training to make the jump to collegiate athletics.

The decision to add a national and post grad program for men piggybacked off the tremendous success of the implementa-

tion of a women’s national team this past season. With former NBA player Delaney Rudd at the helm, the WSC National girls went an impressive 28-2 on the national level during regular season play. They won the Independent Exposure National Tournament in March and were as high as number 9 in the nation on ESPNw Girls High School rankings. All of the team’s starters have major D1 offers on the table and this success has trickled down to the varsity level as well. Under Coach Rocky Brundage, the varsity girls program (32-5) brought home a CCC Conference Championship and finished as runners-up in the CAA4SC state championship.

Basketball is just one of many avenues athletes can pursue at WSCS. For more information on becoming a WSCS Lion, please visit www.wschristian.com or email Athletic Director Miranda Tilley at mtilley@wschristian.com.

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