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Winners, losers, and some surprises in primary election

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

After months of campaigning and candidates making their pitches to voters, the 2022 primary election season is officially over. Thousands of voters cast ballots in Forsyth County and here are the results in some of the most talked about races.

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education With all nine seats up for grabs and a number of incumbents not seeking re-election, going into the primary election changes were inevitable.

In District 1, which represents voters within the city limits, retired educator Trevonia (BG) Brown-Gaither (D) came out on top in the race that included five candidates vying for two seats. Brown-Gaither, who retired from Parkland High School in 2021, finished with 26% of the total vote.

During the candidates’ forum held last month, BrownGaither said the most important issues facing our schools are the achievement gaps among subgroups and inequity throughout the district.

“That’s one of the reasons I wanted to run, the inequities within our system between schools and between classrooms,” Brown-Gaither continued. “Fixing inequities in the classroom will also help the subgroups in the achievement gap.”

The second seat in District 1 will go to incumbent Alex B. Bohannon (D). Bohannon, who finished with 25% of the total vote, was chosen to fill a vacant seat on the board last year. He currently works as a diversity compliance specialist for the City of Winston-Salem.

In District 2, which repre-

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The primary elections brought out small but steady stream of voters sents voters outside the city limits, there were four seats and 10 candidates. In the end, the seats went to former school board member Robert Barr (R), retired administrator Stan Elrod (R), incumbent Leah Crowley (R), and newcomer Steve Wood (R).

Barr’s first stint on the board was from 2014-2018. Some of his priorities coming into this election were to create a strategic plan for student growth and achievement and create parental engagement programs to support parents and students.

Wood finished with 11.60% of the vote, which was enough to edge out incumbent Lida Calvert Hayes, who finished with 10.51% of the vote.

At-large seats on the board of education are chosen by voters in District 1 and District 2. The three top vote getters for each

party in the primary move on to the General Election in November.

The Democratic Party will be represented by incumbent Deanna Kaplan, Richard Watts, and Sabrina Coone-Godfrey in the General Election. Sarah Absher, Michael Hardman, and Allen Daniel will represent the Republican Party.

Forsyth County Board of Commissioners (District A) There will be at least one new representative in District A, which represents voters who live in Winston-Salem. Incumbent Tanya McDaniel (D) finished with the highest percentage of votes (27.38%), and Shai Woodbury finished with the second most votes, giving her the second seat on the board, leaving incumbent Fleming El-Amin on the outside looking in.

McDaniel’s top priorities are public health, safety, and business. Woodbury, who is the first Black woman to lead the WS/FCS Board of Education, lists her top three priorities as increasing teacher pay, providing pre-k to all eligible students, and restoring juvenile justice to maintain safe communities.

El-Amin has served on the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners since 2017. He was appointed following the death of Walter Marshall.

Forsyth County Board of Commissioners (At-Large) The surprise of the night may have been Dan Besse’s win over incumbent Ted Kaplan in the race for the at-large seat on the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners. While many people expected a close race, Besse won with more than 60% of the total

vote.

Besse, who served on the Winston-Salem City Council for nearly 20 years, has said his main priority will be improving local schools and increasing teacher pay.

Kaplan held the at-large seat for 16 years. He was first elected in 2006.

N.C. House of Representatives District 71 In the race for District 71 in the N.C. General Assembly, a new representative was inevitable with incumbent Evelyn Terry not seeking re-election.

Voters decided among Terry’s husband, Frederick Terry (D), a former member of the Winston-Salem City Council, or well-known community leaders David Moore (D), and Kanika Brown (D).

In the end it was Brown who came away with the win, with nearly 50% of the total vote.

Terry finished with 38.31% and David Moore with 13.88%.

Throughout her campaign, Brown said she will fight to expand Medicaid, bring equity to local schools, and make North Carolina a leader in renewable energy. There is no Republican challenger in this race, so Brown will take office after the General Election.

Forsyth County Clerk of Superior Court Incumbent Denise Hines (D) defeated both her challengers, Tina Flowers (D) and John Snow (D). Hines, who was first elected in 2020, finished with 57% of the total vote.

There is no Republican challenger in this race, so Hines will take office after the General Election.

Inaugural Mancakes Breakfast honors local fathers, father-figures Last year, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) invited local men to come together for breakfast and fellowship at the Benton Convention Center. Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough said the event was designed to shine a light on the importance of fathers and father-figures.

“The relationship between a father and son is unique and impactful.

This event is to honor

those bonds. To celebrate the connections that a father and son share, in their many forms, throughout our community,” Kimbrough said.

Due to the pandemic, last year’s event had to be canceled, but last Saturday morning, more than 100 men and boys finally got together for the inaugural Mancakes Breakfast.

While they enjoyed pancakes, eggs, and other breakfast favorites, members of the sheriff’s office joined some of the young men in attendance.

Throughout the event Sheriff Kimbrough and the FCSO were applauded for putting the event together.

Sam Lewis, who is a youth football coach with the Winston-Salem Indians, said he saw firsthand the impact a positive male figure can have.

“Seeing positive males like yourself and Sheriff Kimbrough all coming together just to show these kids a good time opened my eyes to want to do

more than just coach kids,” Lewis continued. “In the eyes of the kids, I could see the joy they had from just being around a bunch of men, who had nothing but love for them and were willing to help them in any way possible.”

Forsyth County Commissioner Fleming El Amin said he was proud to be a part of the event.

“I was honored to give closing remarks on such a powerful program for our collective sons,” he said.

“The vision of Sheriff Kimbrough to have this event was so timely and needed. I am thrilled that the county commissioners shared this vision and funded this remarkable event.”

Other sponsors for the event were Neighborhood’s Hands, SPARK (Share Peace and Rekindle Kindness, Inc.), and Healing Ministries.

After breakfast the keynote address was delivered by two-time Super Bowl Champion Anthony

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Fathers and sons made special memories at the Inaugural Mancakes Breakfast.

Levine. Levine, who is a graduate of Reynolds High School and Tennessee State University, played in the NFL for 12 years with the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Ravens.

During his address, Levine talked about his journey to the NFL, how he went from being undrafted, to a two-time champion and team cap-

tain with the Ravens. He also discussed how his father and other mentors kept him on the right track and instilled in him the importance of hard work.

There were several award presentations at the Mancakes Breakfast as well, including a scholarship to Carolina University, which was awarded to Christopher Thorns.

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‘The struggles are real’ for released offenders - and so are chances for success

Jerrod Carmichael makes directorial debut in ‘On the Count of Three’

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Since making his debut on the national stage in 2014 with his stand-up comedy special on HBO, Winston-Salem native Jerrod Carmichael has continued to grow as a co-

BY JOHN RAILEY

of unfinished business.

The movie debuted May 13 and also stars Tiffany Haddish, J.B. Smoove, Lovell Crawford, and Henry Winkler.

May has been a busy month for Carmichael. In addition to making his directorial debut earlier this

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Jerrod carmichael median, actor, and writer.

Last weekend Carmichael added director to his list of accomplishments with his debut film “On the Count of Three.”

The comedy thriller, adapted from a screenplay written by Ari Katcher and Ryan Welch, follows two friends, played by Carmichael and Christopher Abbott, who make a suicide pact and set out to have one final day to take care

month, he was also the celebrity guest on Saturday Night Live. He also released his third HBO special, “Rothaniel.”

“On the Count of Three” is playing at the a/perture cinema, 311 W. Fourth Street, today (Thursday, May, 19) at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. To purchase tickets, visit https:// aperturecinema.com/ movies/on-the-count-ofthree/ .

“The struggles are real,” an audience member at a recent statewide conference on reentry said of the challenges that released offenders and those who work with them face.

Several members of the audience nodded in agreement at the Greensboro conference titled “Building a Clear Vision for Reentry in North Carolina.”

There are setbacks, but there are gains as well, participants said. “We see the value in their lives,” one participant said. A strong support network is crucial. In Forsyth County, that network includes Project Reentry, and community engagement and research by Winston-Salem State University’s Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM). Reentry work is a bedrock for CSEM, which realizes the heavy financial and human costs of recidivism.

Among CSEM’s partner organizations are the Do School, whose participants can include released offenders learning the construction trade. As Do School Founder and Executive Director Jerry Anderson has said, participants can leave behind “the wreckage of the past and gain upward mobility by being in the workforce.”

CSEM research eases the path as well. Douglas Bates, an assistant professor in WSSU’s Department of Social Work, is researching how time spent in prison impacts economic mobility for released offenders in Forsyth County. Of 22 responses to a survey he sent out that measures the effects of spending time in prison: *36.4% appreciate structure and authority.

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

Bates hopes to further develop the survey so that employers can use to it create conducive work environments for released offenders. Many employers are hesitant to hire those with criminal records. Yet released offenders can make good employees, Bates has said, and become reliable workers because they know how hard it is for their population to find work. “I think this could be beneficial for all parties involved,” Bates said.

Employers must recognize factors at work in the personalities of released offenders, Bates indicated. For example, given that released offenders appreciate structure and authority, employers could make sure that is in place for positions for released offenders. “When they’re in prison, they have that structure,” Bates said. “Employers can make sure they provide lots of structure.”

Employers could also be aware that released offenders might have anxiety and/or depression, and be prepared to refer them to proper treatment.

(In new research, Bates and CSEM Research Manager Zach Blizard, using estimates of a structural equation model of incarceration rates, find that variables associated with elementary school quality, specifically test scores and studentteacher ratios, directly and indirectly affect local rates of incarceration.)

Participants at the Greensboro conference said released offenders need wide-ranging support systems. Jennifer Aviles, who spoke at

the conference, said family support, which she was fortunate enough to have, is especially important. After doing time in prison, she worked her way back into the free world, and is now an administrative coordinator.

“I love what I do,” she said.

But it has been a long journey.

“For a little bit, I just gave up,” Aviles said. “Whatever I was doing, I was getting knocked down.”

Gradually, she found her way. “I did not allow my time to dictate who I was,” she said. “I allowed my time to dictate who I was going to be. I am not a number.”

She knew not to exhibit the hardshell exterior that prison can encourage. “You can do a lot with vinegar,” she said. “You can do so much more with sugar.”

Through the help of a government program, she got a laptop and learned how to use it.

Aviles said her daughters taught her how to use her LG phone. She learned how to do research on her laptop – “I’m going to Google my life away,” she said – and now sometimes helps friends with tech issues.

And she counsels released offenders. “I’m not another person saying, ‘I’m here to save you.’ I’m a person saying, ‘You can make it.’

I need to let everybody know: ‘You can make it.’”

A wide array of individuals and organizations, including CSEM, are working to ease that path.

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

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Lisa Cook confirmed as first Black woman to serve on Federal Reserve Board

Brown v. Board of Education: When the Supreme Court rejected a racist system

BY STACY M. BROWN

Michigan State University Economics Professor Lisa Cook is the latest Biden-Harris administration nominee to break the glass ceiling, this time on the U.S. Federal Reserve Board.

Cook, well-known for her work on racial and gender equality, won Senate confirmation as the first Black woman to serve on the Fed Board in the agency’s 109year history.

The history-making moment required a tie-breaking vote in the Senate from Vice President Kamala Harris, the first Black woman to hold her position.

Each of the Senate’s 50 GOP members voted against Cook, while all 50 Democrats and Harris cast ballots in favor of the nomination.

“The Fed Board needs governors who understand how the economy works for Americans across race, gender, and class. Dr. Cook’s deep expertise makes her exceptionally qualified to serve,” Michele Holder, president of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, wrote in a statement.

An adviser on the Biden-Harris and Obama-Biden transition teams, Cook will help set fiscal policy on the Fed Board.

“I was proud to cast my vote for Dr. Cook,” Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock stated.

“Her decades of experience as an economist and her Georgian sense of fairness will help promote balance and innovation to strengthen our economy,” Warnock concluded.

Stacy M. Brown is the NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent. Reach him at @StacyBrownMedia

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Ben Jealous

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The U.S. Supreme Court wasn’t always a threat to civil rights.

Almost 70 years ago this month, the Court issued its ruling in Brown v.

Board of Education, one of the most important in our history. It was unanimous.

And it was a glorious moment. Our highest court affirmed the constitutional promise of equality.

In Brown, the court rejected the “separate but equal” doctrine that some states used to justify legally enforced racial segregation in public schools.

But defenders of Jim Crow’s separate schools for Black and white children rallied to defend the racist system. Opposition was particularly strong in Virginia. One of the cases the court combined as it heard Brown v. Board of Education had come out of Virginia. After they lost in court, state officials organized a campaign of “massive resistance” to the ruling.

The state legislature even rejected a local control option that would allow school districts to decide that Black and white students could attend schools together. But under the state’s massive resistance plan, public schools

were closed to avoid complying with court orders to desegregate. Some county officials just shut down their public schools completely. The state even funded the establishment of private schools that were only open to white students. It took years, and more Supreme Court rulings in 1964 and 1968, for desegregation to take hold across the state.

But resistance did not end there.

When the federal government moved to deny charitable tax status to private “segregation academies,” many Southern white evangelical leaders were outraged and began mobilizing to build political power. And build it they have.

After years of litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1982 that the federal government had the authority to revoke the charitable tax status of fundamentalist Bob Jones University over the school’s racially discriminatory policies. That was an 8-1 ruling.

The one dissenter from the Bob Jones ruling was Justice William Rehnquist.

In 1986, President Ronald Reagan nominated him to become Chief Justice. From that position, Rehnquist helped lead the Court in a harmful shift toward the Far Right.

Today, the long-term legal and political movement of the Far Right has delivered us a Supreme Court majority indifferent, if not hostile, to voting rights. We have a Supreme

Court majority shaped by a movement that looks longingly back to the days when “states’ rights” to discriminate trumped the federal government’s ability to protect civil rights and address issues like education and poverty.

Today’s Supreme Court majority is on the verge of overturning the nearly 50-year-old ruling in Roe v. Wade. That will let states make criminals out of people seeking abortions and the caregivers who serve them. We all know who will suffer the most: vulnerable people of color, LGBTQ people, those without the time and money to find care far from their homes.

Roe is not the only precedent the far rightwing legal movement is planning to reverse. And the Supreme Court is not the only place we are hearing echoes of massive resistance.

Politicians like Glenn Youngkin, Virginia’s new governor, are building power by generating distrust and hostility toward public schools over teaching about racism. On the campaign trail last year, Youngkin embraced a dishonest far-right scare campaign against “critical race theory.” When he took office, his first executive order was to ban “inherently divisive concepts” from public schools – shorthand for truth-telling about our history and our present.

Across the country, far right-wing political groups are working overtime to mobilize fear and resent-

ment as political weapons.

They are running candidates to take over local school boards. They are passing laws to whitewash our past, restrict teaching, and shut down efforts to make our schools safe and welcoming places for all students. They want to divert public education funds into private religious schools and conservative homeschoolers.

We cannot allow them to win.

Brown v. Board of Education is an important part of our history. So is the shameful campaign of massive resistance to equality. So is the persistence of the brave students, parents, and advocates who kept up the fight for fairness and educational opportunity in the 1950s and 1960s - and are still doing so today.

Our students deserve to learn the truth about our history - and our presentday inequities. And all of us deserve political leaders and courts that will uphold our rights.

Whether we get them is up to us.

Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and professor of the practice at the University of Pennsylvania. A New York Times best-selling author, his next book, “Never Forget Our People Were Always Free,” will be published

by Harper Collins in December 2022.

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Naomi Osaka is blazing new trails in the tennis industry Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.

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Naomi Osaka is a champion on the court, having won four major championships. She has become a name that is familiar to all of us. Each of her Grand Slam wins has become an instant classic.

Naomi Osaka has always been her own person.

Some would say that the timeless quote by Henry David Thoreau applies to her: “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different

drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”

She does, in fact, march to her own drumbeat. That is what the tennis community admires about Osaka.

The former number one has throughout her career dealt with many challenges. She has faced them openly and honestly. Her innocence has been on full display for all of us to see.

Yet her resiliency continues to show her strength of character.

When Naomi Osaka burst onto the tennis scene some years ago, we didn’t know her. Now, that has changed. She is a champion, both on and off the court. She is one of the top 20 highest paid athletes in the world. It is safe to as-

sume that she will continue to climb in the rankings.

The French Open is coming up, so we’ll see if she plays at Roland Garros.

However, there is in my opinion a much bigger story about Naomi Osaka.

Naomi Osaka was, until recently, represented by the IMG (International Management Group). She is now hearing the drum of independence and creating a strategy to achieve it.

Osaka will be developing her own sports and talent agency. According to reports, she will be partnering with Stuart Duguid.

He is a former high-ranking staffer with the IMG. This talent combination is poised to make a big impact on the cross section of sports and entertainment.

The name of the com-

pany will be EVOLVE spelled in capital letters. Osaka told Sportico, “I’ve spent my career doing things my way, even when people told me that it wasn’t what was expected or traditional.”

She added, “I’m excited to start this with my business partner Stuart and our plan is to use the same approach we took in building my businesses authentically and strategically as a vision for this company.”

Osaka has business acumen that belies her age.

She will become one of the few professional athletes to handle their business affairs. Hard work, tenacity and self-confidence have been bridges that have strengthened her will to win tennis matches. It is also proving to be a for-

mula for her off the court as well.

So, when we watch Osaka play tennis, we will also be watching a champion tennis player and an astute businesswoman.

Naomi Osaka is living history and breaking barriers each day. She goes about it with great integrity and fortitude. Young girls of both races and all ethnicities see her as a role model. The next generation of athletes will point to her as the standard bearer.

Her future is bright and full of promise. She is defining her future and showing us a roadmap of her journey. Osaka’s vision is clear, and the promise of success is ahead of her.

There will be other athletes who will want to emulate what Naomi Osaka is do-

ing. Will they be successful? Only time will tell.

There is one thing for sure that we have come to know about her and that is she has a strong belief in her talents. She has only just begun.

Let us congratulate and cheer Naomi Osaka on as we celebrate AsianAmerican/Pacific Islander Heritage Month throughout May. James B. Ewers Jr., Ed.D., is a former tennis champion at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem and played college tennis at Johnson C. Smith University, where he was all-conference for four years. He is a retired college administrator. He can be reached at overtimefergie.2020@yahoo.com.

Calling in or calling out virtue?

Dr. Tom H. Hastings

Guest Columnist

I am an academic, with publications in peer-reviewed journals and a terminal degree. And today I want to make what many certified smart people would regard as an anti-intellectual argument in one specific area.

I abhor the emotional and social corrosive effects of many aspects of “wokeness” and the calling-out culture that it produces.

Yes, some brilliant intellectuals can display their gifts for dissecting even excellent behavior by others and calling it “virtue signaling,” a term I despise.

You are a teen-age girl. You help a little girl across a busy crosswalk.

The snobby intellectual

would sneer and tell his students, “That’s an example of virtue signaling.

She’s just making her socially acceptable bid for approbation based on this act that is actually done in self-interest.”

Yup. And I thank you, teen-age girl, for helping.

If you only did it for approval, you’ve got it!

But it takes a serious cynic to view such altruism as selfish.

What I teach my students is that figuring out how to help others can also be considered enlightened self-interest. By “enlightened” I mean that my goal is to figure out how to work with others to achieve mutual gain. And I also mean that, if I lose nothing and someone else is helped or made happy, I regard that as in my enlightened selfinterest as well.

One of the smartest young people I ever met is Daniel Hunter, and in one of George Lakey’s books (one I use in one of my

classes, “How we win: A guide to nonviolent direct action campaigning”), Hunter is interviewed and tells a story about helping a young rural Indiana college student - we’ll call him Jimmy - start to see homosexuality differently than it had been framed and described to him as a boy growing up in a very Christian, conservative part of a red state.

Hunter’s style is not to call out negative conduct but to call others in, to help them think more deeply and with more compassion about others.

Jimmy wrote a letter to the college student newspaper and tried to explain his new acceptance of anyone who was gay. His letter used some outdated terms but anyone reading it with any sort of open mind could see his authenticity.

A few from the “woke” culture on campus took extreme umbrage at Jimmy’s failure to use the most cur-

rent terms and attacked him on social media, in the paper, and on the campus.

Jimmy went to Daniel, literally in tears, and told him in no uncertain terms that was the last time he was going to try to say anything like that.

Daniel went on to tell Lakey that such calling out behavior is how social change happens - for the worse, back to intolerance, back to silence in the face of identity slurs, back to nonparticipation in events calling for inclusion.

I admit, it’s hard to avoid calling out some behavior, but I’ve learned in my 53 years as a white dad to two African American sons that it’s always possible to call people in and to begin the process of helping them pivot toward empathy, toward appreciation for all. As a young dad, it took me a long time to develop alternatives to angry calling-outbursts. But when I stumbled on them, it worked. Every time.

For instance, with some who might use the n-word, I learned to say something like, “You’re a better man than that. You don’t mean that.”

With others, I’ve used some version of, “Yeah, you have the right to say anything you want. But I want you to understand that when you use that word, it hurts my heart.

My sons are good guys and that word stabs me in the heart.”

Those approaches work. Literally, one or the other works every time. I am not claiming that the person who used a racial slur is now all cured of racism, nor even that he didn’t use it 10 minutes later when he was with other people and I wasn’t around.

But I brought out the best in him, even if for a brief moment. And in every case for those past 53 years, whichever person has never used such language around me again.

So, to me, it’s a minor example of enlightened self-interest. I was spared the rotten experience of hearing that word. He was treated like someone with power to hurt or not and he chose to stop hurting, almost certainly feeling better about himself for his compassion.

So, to conclude, I am hereby calling out those who call out others. Did I introduce myself as a perfect intellect, a consistent and brilliant guy? I did not.

So please excuse my lapse as I call out those who call out others. No virtue signaling for me!

Dr. Tom H. Hastings is coördinator of conflict resolution BA/BS degree programs and certificates at Portland State University, PeaceVoice senior editor, and on occasion an expert witness for the defense of civil resisters in court.

Using early warning data to create communities of peace Trust Network Convenors Guest Columnist Hate crimes and violence are rising across the U.S. and can no longer be ignored. Daily we are inundated with news feeds full of everything from angry outbursts to vicious criminalities. Many of our cities are facing significant income inequalities, institutionalized racism, and deep distrust of policing bodies. This is manifesting, in part, in the spike in violence.

The great puzzle pieces are how do we address the divisions that are spurring the tensions, and can we create communities where people feel safe and respected?

What if we could see concerning developments related to organized hate

crimes and violence and predict where they might occur? Going a step further, would an early warning system allow us to address the issues before they bubble and rise to ugliness, dividing communities?

At the TRUST Network, our mission is to prevent violent conflict and build community cohesion. This is a tall order, but we have seen evidence of success.

Our early work has been correlating hate-centered activity from multiple, respected sources to identify cities at risk: the Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism, the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, the Southern Poverty Law Center Hate Groups monitoring, and the Uniform Crime Reporting Program’s Hate Crime Statistics Data Collection.

Because the different datasets measure a variety of events ranging from hate crimes, to protests,

to extremist activity, with a multitude of time sets, there is no true way to predict the next location of an uprising or rank cities in order of prominence.

However, we can see patterns that tell a story and use that information to bolster communities in need with the right resources.

From the data, the TRUST Network has narrowed in on 10 U.S. cities that are likely to experience political and election violence: Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; Columbus, Ohio; Houston, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; Phoenix, Arizona; Seattle, Washington; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Portland, Oregon.

Washington, D.C. also has one of the highest potentials for political violence, particularly given the concentration of protests and the January 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Using this information, we work with a network of local and national part-

ners to develop innovative early-warning and intervention strategies. Specifically, we are proactively connecting community mediation centers around the country with other community organizations and law enforcement to share information about potential threats locally, evading acts of violence nationally whenever feasible.

We know this early warning approach makes a positive difference. In the past year and a half, the TRUST network local convening centers have collaborated with the Detroit Police to de-escalate violence during a protest and helped restore trust between the CharlotteMecklenburg Police Department and community.

Most recently, the TRUST network monitored the People’s Convoy, keeping our local convening centers and national stakeholders aware of reports of potential unrest and encouraging them to respond

by listening and supporting the truckers’ right to protest. We are currently monitoring the impact of the Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe V. Wade and urging a similar constructive response. The TRUST Network is a facilitator that ensures accurate information and the opportunity to facilitate community peace.

In today’s tense climate, any type of violence is possible in all of our cities – from politically motivated hate crimes, to violent protests, to terror plots, particularly in the runup to the midterm elections. But we cannot expect law enforcement, state or federal government entities to do all the work. The community must step up.

We have seen this can happen when we put early warning data to good use in organizing communities to engage in dialogue and do the foundational work needed to build social cohesion. We see an oppor-

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tunity to train and activate local civil society actors to proactively address the violence and hate in their communities. Whether it’s through a local church, community group, or civic association, communities armed with information and resources can thrive and interrupt the cycle of violence, creating communities of peace where people feel safe and respected.

Join us!

The Trust Network convenors: Madhawa “Mads” Palihapitiya, head of CPDD at UMass Boston; D.G. Mawn, president, National Association for Community Mediation; Prabha Sankaranarayan, CEO, Mediators Beyond Borders International; Amos Izerimana and Damon Nailer-Kitril, TRUST Network managers. Learn more at www.thetrustnetwork.net or contact info@ thetrustnetwork.net.

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Between the Lines: The liberating power of culture 1 Love Cultural Festival to inspire love of self, culture, spirit and community

BY REV. JOHN MENDEZ AND DERRICK YOUNG

There is a lot of discussion and concern about the escalating violence and crime in the city and nation. It is always easier to blame the poor and the oppressed (a term certain social classes are reluctant to use) for the social problems that plague our cities. It’s easier to blame parents, especially single parents whose struggle to survive has become more and more difficult each day.

People go to work every day and still have to apply for public assistance.

In the absence of a living wage, it’s almost impossible for working people to make ends meet and take care of children simultaneously. No child is born with criminal instincts in any race. The sociopathological impact of racialization as it affects the least, last, lost, less, and left out helps to shape the psyche of oppressed persons, which too often turn them against themselves.

The powers that be expect law enforcement to fix the mess that public policies and corporate greed create, which they cannot do and should not have to do.

Yet, we are hopeful that we can eradicate the crises that plague our cities. Public policies have

often underestimated and ignored the power of culture in the lives of Black people and Black communities. There continues to be an attempt to denounce, denude, and degrade the culture of Black people and people of color. The manner in which Black people are portrayed will

make you think all Black people are criminals. To deny and distort Black culture, however, does not destroy it. Black culture has the potential to abolish crime, violence and discrimination from our communities.

1 Love Cultural Festival is an innovative cul-

tural program that seeks to complement and build on the cultural contributions of the late Larry and Silvia Hamlin’s National Black Theater Festival and Cheryl Harry’s Juneteenth celebrations and Hikim Otesia Dancers, all powerful contributions to the cultural life in Winston-Salem. 1

Love Cultural Festival will host a two-day event June 17-18 in Winston Salem that will include musical, visual, spiritual, and creative arts to raise Black consciousness including Black youth, but also extended to all people to be themselves in positive, creative ways. From the Harlem Renaissance to civil rights, Black Power, and now Black Lives Matter movements, freedom songs, protest poems, and innovative textile and digital art have expressed the plight of a country plagued by interface oppressive structures like racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, health inequity, and militarism, to name a few.

Picking up on Marvin Gay’s famous hit recording, “What’s Going On,” ‘You know we’ve got to find a way to bring some lovin’ here today ,,, only love can conquer hate.’

The primary purposes of the 1 Love Cultural Festival are twofold: First, to use music and art as a prescription to center love, not as a pithy platitude, but as a radical act to illuminate and address issues pummeling underrepresented communities blighted by conditions brought on by health inequity, class disparity, race, gender, and sexual identity discrimination. We believe the key to eradicating stigmas connected to health sta-

tus is love of self, love of culture, love of spirit, and love of community.

Second, we believe that education, advocacy, and affirmation inspire change and change is culture and art in action. Our goal is to engage communities and individuals at the highest risk for health inequities. Our focus is on HIV, stopping the violence, and inspiring young people to use their talents to bring out the best in them. We believe that culture creates space for radical openness and expression, moving us ever closer to self-love and love for community. Love is Life.

1 LOVE CULTURAL FESTIVAL Celebrating and centering African Diasporan music, arts, innovation, empowerment, and health equity June 17-18, WinstonSalem, North Carolina September 9-10, Houston, Texas December 2-3, Miami, Florida Tickets on sale now at www.1lovefestival.com “You know we’ve got to find a way to bring some lovin’ here today … only love can conquer hate.”

-Marvin Gaye Instagram: @1Love Festival, Facebook: @1 LoveFestival, Twitter: @1 LoveFestivalUSA

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Black woman CEO receives Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award Nationwide (BlackNews.com) Honoring her remarkable leadership and service, Dr. Velma Trayham, a native of Houston, Texas, has become one of few Black female entrepreneurs to have been awarded the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award that was recently presented by President Joe Biden. The annual awards honor a select few who “exhibit outstanding character, work ethic and dedication to their communities.”

Dr. Trayham is the founder and CEO of Thinkzilla Consulting, one of the nation’s fastest-growing diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting firms, and founder of the Millionaire Mastermind Acade-

award must have completed a minimum of 4,000 hours of volunteer service.

According to presenter Dr. Verna Caddie, “Dr. Velma received The Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for all of the hard work she does to help so many people change their lives, by ending poverty through entrepreneurship.”

Dr. Trayham was honored with the award based on her career of supporting more than 8,000 women to excel in diverse small businesses while launching a $500,000 scholarship fund to move women out of poverty through entrepre-

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Dr. Velma Trayham my, a leading nonprofit organization that addresses the barriers to economic mobility for women who have been systemically and historically underserved and excluded, by providing entrepreneurial training and mentorship programming to help minority women rise above poverty through empowered entrepreneurship.

The Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award was presented during the Gathering of Queens Economic Empowerment event, hosted by the Millionaire Mastermind Academy in Houston to share new strategies and dynamic leadership principles for success. Recipients of the

neurial training and mentorships. Likewise, through Dr. Trayham’s leadership, Thinkzilla has helped more than 200 prominent public and private organizations expand DEI initiatives, enjoy exponential growth and reach new audiences.

“I am passionate about breaking generational curses and equipping others to rise above poverty,” added Dr. Trayham, who is recognized as one of the nation’s top business experts and motivational speakers. “I am also incredibly fortunate to love the work I do, the people I work with, and the communities we serve.”

Book Review “Grief is Love: Living with Loss” by Marisa Renee Lee c.2022, HarperLegacy

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192 pages

BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER

It happened so fast.

One minute, your loved one was talking, laughing, alive – and the next minute they were gone, as if a thick line were drawn somewhere between life and not-life. Even if you had time to prepare, time to get used to their impending death, it happened too fast. You have to continue without them ... but how? In the new book “Grief is Love” by Marisa Renee Lee, you’ll see what may be next for you.

So you’ve recently lost someone and the fog has yet to lift. You’re in disbelief and your closest companion is grief, which Lee describes as “the experience of navigating your loss, figuring out how to deal with the absence of your loved one forever,” while still refusing to live without the love of the one you’ve lost.

Lee says that she was “a strong Black woman, a type-A striver” in the aftermath of her mother’s death, and she thought she had to stuff her feelings aside and bounce back quickly.

She didn’t give herself a chance to understand her emotions, including guilt and anger, and tamping them down just made things worse. She came to realize that she needed permission to grieve and feel in a manner that seemed right to her.

She also needed to find a place, physically or emotionally, where she felt safe to grieve. That, she says, is particularly difficult for Black people and for men in general, who may have issues with vulnerability.

She learned that grief is not a timeline or a should-anything; it can be a lifelong process that can come back to surprise you, even at the most inopportune times.

Anxiety, depression, and mental illness may hit you when you grieve, too; so can deep, fierce anger, as Lee learned.

Don’t be afraid, she says, to reach out to people you can trust to help you carry your burden. Also, don’t be afraid to set boundaries when needed. And finally, remember that you will be changed by someone’s death because “You are their mark on this world.”

You are their legacy.

More than 6,000 people die in the U.S. every day. You’re only concerned with one of them. “Grief is Love” helps you to endure.

It may take a little double-checking, though. Author Marisa Renee Lee uses so much of her own experiences in this book that help for grieving readers may not initially feel as forthcoming as you may wish it would be. Even so, there’s much to glean inside her tales because she’s honest about her journey, her various feelings, and the bumps along the road. Readers who are deep in the throes of grief will also be greatly comforted by her assertion that your person died but the love you shared never will.

Lee reminds readers that joy will eventually come by again and that seems more like a promise than anything, which is all you may need from a book like this.

For you, “Grief is Love” is right for when the worst thing happens.

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

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Black designer debuts commemorative coin to celebrate Juneteenth national Independence Day Nationwide (BlackNews.com) Beverly David Robinson, the founder and CEO of Juneteenth Unlimited, has designed a commemorative coin that celebrates Juneteenth, a federal holiday inspired by the African Diaspora, Black American history, and the fight for freedom. Made of one troy ounce of .999 fine silver, this inspirational coin is for anyone

concept may present one of the best ways to acknowledge empathy and compassion for our ancestors and for all humanity.

Juneteenth Unlimited is also delighted to use a West African Kente textile art design. The reverse side has an image of Frederick Douglass, a former slave who became a famed abolitionist.

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Beverly David Robinson who wants a valuable keepsake to memorialize this significant new holiday.

June 19, 1865, marks the date that the last known African American slaves were freed. As a result, it’s become one of the most important days in African American history. This commemorative coin both honors and remembers the African American forefathers and mothers who suffered throughout the history of the trans-Atlantic slavery system.

What makes it a fascinating coin is the use of a Swahili word – Nahuona: “I see you.” Careful thought and consideration were put into the use of this word. The

last known day slaves were freed, Juneteenth serves to remind people that humans have an incredible capacity to heal and emerge from their darkest moments with hope and purpose. This coin represents how people had to rise from the ashes and acquire freedom.

Robinson comments, “Precious metals have proven to have financial stability throughout history. This coin will hold its value for present and future generations.

It’s time to rejoice and celebrate history with one of these cherished coins.”

For more information about the commemorative coin, visit Nahuona.com.

Multicultural fundraising event to be held on Sunday at Bailey Park SUBMITTED ARTICLE

The ‘Multicultural Blending Fest’ will be held at Bailey Park, 575 N. Patterson Ave., on Sunday, May 20. The event is supported by The COOL Program, Creando Families Felices, and Hogar del Inmigrante. Vendor spots and sponsorships are still available.

Multicultural Blending Fest is designed to bring people from different cultural backgrounds together for a day filled with fun, activities and fellowship.

There will be family activities, games, food trucks and more.

Proceeds from the fundraiser will go toward supporting Eliza’s Helping Hands’ PEARLS Program and other initiatives, such as the construction of the EHH Safe House for local victims of domestic and sexual violence.

PEARLS (Preparing Eager Achievers to Redirect their Lives Suc-

cessfully) provides holistic support for Black and Latina girls ages 12 to 18 through counseling workshops and other activities that provide social, emotional and career-development opportunities. There is no cost for the ninemonth program that coincides with the school year.

When complete, the EHH Safe House will provide a space where victims fleeing domestic, sexual, violence, and/or human

Local church provides another homeless veteran with a home

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Whole Man Ministries (WMM) has been attacking the unhoused veteran issue head on for several years. Their most recent project took nearly a year to complete and is now move-in ready for another homeless veteran.

Dworn Ricks Sr. has been selected as the veteran to receive the home on Thurmond St. in WinstonSalem and WMM Senior Pastor Barry Washington is excited to have Ricks move in after the tedious selection process.

“We had about four candidates that we received from a number of veteran organizations such as Veteran Affairs, Veterans Helping Veterans, The Salvation Army and others,” said Washington.

“He is a good guy and he is excited about having the place. Being displaced and homeless is hard for anyone and he is excited about it.”

The process of rebuilding the house took a lot longer than Washington anticipated because of a lack of funds. Even though it was slow moving, he is thankful it is finished and is appreciative to all of the workers and volunteers that assisted on the project.

“It was a long journey here. It actually took us 11 months to do this because

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States?”.

For his essay, Thorns, a senior at Walkertown High School, will attend Carolina University (formerly Piedmont International University) tuition free.

Second place received a $500 gift certificate and third place received a $250 gift card.

For their dedication to uplifting young people in our community, Antonio

we rely on volunteers and funding,” he said. “We got to a point where we couldn’t go any further, but we had a couple come along and agree to fund the final leg of the process.

“That road is something when it comes to renovating one of these properties. We are a nonprofit organization so we do rely on the public, we rely on funds, we rely on donations, and we rely on volunteers and we were fortunate that we were able to bring this to pass.”

Tom and Julie Dubuisson was the couple who assisted Washington with the final expenses on the project. Mr. Dubuisson also volunteered countless hours of his time by doing general contracting work in the home.

Making that phone call to Ricks that he had been selected as the recipient of the home brought a lot of joy for Washington.

“It narrowed down to two veterans and I interviewed them and brought them before the board.

When we finally made the selection for this particular veteran, I felt good because I knew what it was going to do for him,” said Washington about the selection process. “After talking to his case manager, they talked so highly of Ricks and I was happy.”

Now that he has a permanent residence, Ricks

says this is a moment that he has been waiting on for quite some time. Ricks is an Army veteran from Trinity, North Carolina, but has made Winston-Salem his home and is happy to have a home of his own.

“I felt like it was a dream come true,” said Ricks. “I think it was a blessing when I met Mr. Washington. Things happen and they happen quick and I was thrilled to death to receive this.

“I loved everything about the house, especially the bathroom, because I used to do carpentry work.

It was a pleasant and wonderful thing to happen for me. Everything is lovely in there. It makes me feel like there is hope for all veterans through this program that he is doing.”

Washington and WMM will quickly move on to their next project, which is the home next door. WMM will be renovating that residence for another veteran to move into. They will begin demolition on the inside of the home this week and are looking for volunteers and funding to assist with the project. Anyone looking to donate time or funds, please contact Whole Man Ministries through their website at www.wholemanministries.com or call 336-785-2080.

Stevenson, founder of My Brother’s Second Chance, and Bryant McCorkle, longtime director at Willie R. Anderson Jr. (Reynolds Park) Community Center, were awarded the Atmosphere Award.

Carolina University, Flow Automotive, Maxwell Group, Truant Federal Credit Union, and Wellpath were recognized with the Beyond the Call Award.

When discussing the Mancakes Breakfast Satur-

day afternoon, Levine said he can see the Mancakes Breakfast becoming one of the city’s biggest events.

“It was a great event.

Our male figures should be honored for what they did today … it’s a step in the right direction,” Levine said. “This event will turn into one of the biggest banquets ever. Sheriff Kimbrough is doing such a great job. I appreciate him more than he knows.”

trafficking can get the support they need. Counselors and advocates will work directly with individuals and provide medical care as needed, court advocacy, peer support and case management services.

For more information about Multicultural Blending Fest or Eliza’s Helping Hands, visit https://elizashelpinghands.org. or follow them on Facebook and Instagram, @elizashelpinghands.

Nature Preserve recruiting for board of directors SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Gateway Nature Preserve is seeking individuals to serve on its board of directors for a two-year term. Expertise or interest in marketing, finance, or project management is a priority - as well as a love of the outdoors!

Located next to Washington Park, Gateway Nature Preserve is an urban wildlife habitat and nature center that supports wildlife, develops trails and natural playscapes, and offers educational programs that connect people with nature. It is committed to inclusivity and supports the participation of people from diverse and varied backgrounds.

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

Why do I keep doing this to myself?

It’s official: I have come to the conclusion that I am a delusional sports fan. Every year after free agency and the NFL draft, I look at the roster of my team and think we have a great shot at not only winning the division, but also a chance to go deep in the playoffs.

Then, when the dust settles and the season is over, my team more often than not is either mediocre or the bottom of the barrel.

Everyone knows that I am a Washington Commanders fan, formerly the Washington Football Team and the Washington Redskins. We were one of the better teams in the league during the 1970s, going to the playoffs on five separate occasions and even a Super Bowl appearance.

Things got better in the ‘80s where we played in three Super Bowls and won two of them. Washington won another championship in 1991 as well.

Since that last Super Bowl victory, things have not gone quite as well for the Commanders.

Washington has only made the playoffs seven times since they last won the Super Bowl in 1991, which saddens me to say.

Since the turn of the century, people have almost forgotten about the rich history of the Washington franchise because they have been so inept at all levels.

With all of this bad history in the last 30 years, I still find some way to rationalize that the Commanders will have a successful season and this year is no different. The NFL draft was a few weeks ago and my optimism is at an all-time high, if I can be honest.

I know the Commanders finished the season 7-10 overall and were third in the NFC East division.

But on the other hand, in my head I am thinking that we just won the division the year before and went to the playoffs. Washington also played the eventual Super Bowl champions very tough in their playoff game. That performance gives me hope that the Commanders can rebound this season and make another playoff run.

Delusional, I know.

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The West Forsyth varsity baseball team has been putting on a show

all season. They continued their winning ways last week with a dominating performance in the second round of the state playoffs defeating Davie County 10-0. The Titans will face Ragsdale in the next round in route to a hopeful state championship.

Crews named W-S Prep’s new girls head coach

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Winston Salem Preparatory Academy has named their new girls basketball head coach. Charles Crews was selected to lead the Lady Phoenix in hopes of returning the program back to past glory.

Crews was officially named head coach of the Lady Phoenix basketball team on May 2. He had been looking for a head coaching position in the area for several years, so when the Prep job came open, he jumped at the opportunity to apply.

“For the last couple of seasons, I have been trying to get a job. I was denied

by Glenn twice, I was denied by East Forsyth, and it got to the point I told myself I need to go where I am wanted,” said Crews.

“Prep has wanted me for a couple of seasons and we were finally able to make it happen.”

The Lady Phoenix have had a couple of down seasons recently but have a history of winning. Crews is optimistic that he can return the program back to their winning ways.

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Charles Crews has been tapped by Winston Salem Prep to be their new girls head basketball coach. just got to focus on rebuilding the foundation and once the foundation is built, we just keep building,” he said about his team. “They have some athletes over there, they just haven’t had the coaching, so my overall goal is to gain the trust of the players, develop the players, work the players out and get better as a team and a program.”

Prep is a small school with a small number of students and plays on the 1A level. Crews is not worried about the small

number of students as he is confident in his ability to develop talent.

“I do believe we have enough talent to be able to compete, but I am not worried about the numbers at all, mainly because as a trainer and girls coach, I truly believe we won’t have an issue bringing kids to that school,” he said about the small number of students at Prep.

Crews has been one of the most respected names in girls coaching on the AAU circuit, while being one of the more sought-

after trainers in the area as well. He is excited to finally get the opportunity to showcase his talents as a coach in a school setting.

“When it was made official that I was going to be the head coach there, it was definitely humbling,” he stated. “I have worked really hard over the past couple of seasons and I’ve had moments where I felt like I haven’t got the credit that I deserve. Prep gave me an opportunity and I fully intend on making the best of this opportunity.”

Crews says the first

thing on his agenda is to let the players know he is there for them. He feels there are players at Prep that are capable of playing on the next level. His goal is to make sure he markets his players to college coaches to get his girls recruited.

“A lot of high school coaches in the community don’t reach out to college coaches anymore,” Crews said. “They depend on AAU coaches and my goal is to get those college coaches in the gym to see what we got over at Prep.

That’s a part of coaching too, and that’s a part of my job.”

Coaching AAU basketball for several years is going to be a big benefit, said Crews. The fact that he knows how a lot of the young ladies like to play the game will bode well for him.

Josh Pittman was able to come into Prep and take the boys team all the way to the state semifinals in his first year. Crews is hoping for similar success, but says he doesn’t feel any pressure to duplicate that on the girls side.

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HOOPS 4 L.Y.F.E. and FTCC Early Education, partner to create pre-k program

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Since starting HOOPS 4 L.Y.F.E. (H4L), Brittany Ward has focused on the youth of Winston-Salem. She continued her quest to help as many kids as possible by partnering with Forsyth Technical Community College’s Early Education department to create a pre-kindergarten program in December of last year.

There was a need for a pre-k program in the community, so Ward took it upon herself to find a way to bring it to the people in need. The program was held at the Carver School Road Library.

“We had a lot of parents needing and wanting pre-k programming for younger siblings of kids that we had in the organization,” said Ward about what initially sparked her interest to start a pre-k program. “We started out with maybe five or six and I reached out to a couple of colleges and Forsyth Tech got back to us with the quickest response.”

With pandemic restrictions still in place, it was more difficult for teacher candidates to find a place to complete their internship hours.

Ward was in need of teachers for her pre-k program, so it was a match made in heaven for both the teacher candidates and Ward. She says she is very thankful for Stephanie Lackey’s assistance. Lackey is the department chair of the Teacher Academy and Human Services for Forsyth Tech at the Mazie Woodruff Center.

“The teachers mimicked some of submitted photo the things the kids would see in pre- Stephanie Lackey of Forsyth Tech was instrumental in the partnership with k, like identifying shapes, numbers HOOPS 4 L.Y.F.E. and letters, Ward said. “We pretested There were six student-teacher lationship with the new branch manthem and we post-tested them, and candidates that gave over 30 hours ager, Chastity Stanfield, and she is some showed significant improve- of service with H4L during the pro- very helpful and inviting,” Ward said ment. The Forsyth Tech students gram. One student teacher was hired about the library. were able to utilize the teaching strat- by Ward to continue running the preWard says she plans to bring the egies in the classroom and exemplify k program because there was such a pre-k program back in the fall bethem in our programming with our great need. cause there will always be a need to youth and families.

Ward and H4L have had a great educate more kids.

“It was a great experience for relationship with the Carver School For more information on the them to gain that classroom ex- Road Library for years and when she HOOPS 4 L.Y.F.E. pre-k program, perience, as well as for us to have approached them with the pre-k idea, please email Ward at teachme336@ qualified teachers giving our young the library was more than willing to gmail.com or reach out to the organipeople a taste of what the classroom accommodate. zation on all social media platforms. environment is really like.”

“I was able to develop a good re-

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2017 but has fallen out of the good graces with two franchises. Wentz also played fairly well for the Colts last season, throwing for 27 touchdowns to only seven interceptions.

I am thinking that with the better weapons Washington has on offense, he can improve on those numbers this upcoming year.

This is probably delusional thinking as well, because nearly every time Washington adds a highprofile free agent, it rarely works out in their favor.

Off the top of my head, I can think of about seven or eight high profile guys the Commanders have brought in over the last 20 years that have not really paid dividends. Why am I thinking that Wentz will be any different? I am not sure; however, I am leaning on the side that Wentz will return to his MVP caliber level he exhibited in Philly several years ago.

Another point that gives me unwarranted

hope is the selections that Washington made in the draft a few weeks ago. In the first round the Commanders selected Jahan Dotson, wide receiver out of Penn State. By all accounts, Dotson is an explosive player that has the best hands out of all the receivers in the draft.

Dotson will be a welcome addition to a Washington offense that already includes Terry McLaurin, Curtis Samuel, Dyami Brown, Antonio Gibson, J. D. McKissic and rookie Brian Robinson. On paper this looks like a formidable offense with weapons and speed everywhere. The Commanders also took Alabama defensive tackle Phidarian Mathis in the second round, Alabama running back Brian Robinson Jr. in the third, and North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell in the fifth.

Mathis and Robinson could contribute to the team starting week one, but I am hoping we don’t see Howell under center any time soon because that

means Wentz was benched or hurt and that would not be a good thing for Washington.

I routinely laugh at the Dallas Cowboy fans that proudly claim that “this is their year” almost every season. When I sat and thought about it, what makes me so different from those fans? Nothing. I am just as crazy as they are.

The probability that the Commanders contend for a Super Bowl this year is about as likely as me winning the lottery. I say that jokingly, but the odds are very long, and I know this, but I still can’t help but think we have a chance.

The one thing that solidified my hope for this season was the release of this year’s schedule. Once I saw that the Commanders had one of the easiest schedules based on last year’s season records, I immediately told myself that we are going to the playoffs. Once again, I know it’s ludicrous to assume how well your team will fare based on your opponent’s performance last

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season, but I don’t care.

It’s only May and the season doesn’t start until September, but I am already thinking that Washington will be champions of the NFC East. Although Dallas has a good team, Philly made some great additions to their team in the offseason and the Giants had a great draft, in my deranged fanatic mind the Commanders are above them all and right now I feel like this is our year.

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COMMENTARY: Is religious freedom free?

Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson

The Nature of Christian Freedom Scriptures: Galatians 5:1-15 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Discern the difference between legalism and freedom that comes with responsibility; *Experience freedom as trusting in the work of Christ rather than our own efforts for salvation; *Choose a life of freedom in Christ that is guided by serving and loving others with humility.

Background: In Galatia false teachers were undermining the central New Testament doctrine of justification by faith. Judaizers spread dangerous teachings that Gentiles must first become Jewish proselytes and submit to all the Mosaic Law before they could become Christian. The openness of the Galatians to this teaching angered and prompted Paul to write the Galatian letters.

At the heart of it all is the question of circumcision, which threatened to implode Christianity. Paul’s letter challenges the Galatians to walk in the truth he has already presented them. Circumcision was done with a metal knife. Paul, in his straightforwardness, holds that the knife of circumcision would actually “cut you … off from Christ.”

Lesson: Be Not Entangled (Galatians 5:1-6). Paul opens with a solemn appeal to the Galatians: “Stand fast therefore …” – Jesus has made you free. Freedom is a gift from Christ given to us and received by faith. “… and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.”

The yoke of bondage, yoke of the Law, was a burden that the Jews themselves were not able to bear. Paul’s point is, why trade a gift for a burden? (verse 1). “Behold, I, Paul, say unto you … “ there is a danger in embracing the Law as a way to walk with God. Those who accept circumcision (some already had) must do all of the prescriptions of the Law, (613 commandments in the Mosaic Law), otherwise fall under a curse (3:10). “For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.” The distinction between circumcised and uncircumcised is irrelevant in Christ. What counts is faith that expresses itself in love, because love is the fulfillment of the law (verses 2-6).

Stay on the Right Course (verses 7-12). “You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?” Paul remembered the Galatians’ good start in the faith, but he also knew that it is not enough to start well.

They were still in danger of falling from grace. He knew too, that false teachings came from a person; but it did not come from Jesus (verses 7-8). “A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough.” – Leaven is often used in scripture to denote sin. Paul’s message here is that the corrupting influence that they have now may be small, but it is so dangerous that it can corrupt everything. Paul reassures in verse 10 that the Lord will be faithful to keep His own from falling into heresy and that judgment awaits those that lead them astray and away from Jesus. Paul also denies that he advocates circumcision and in verse 12, “I wish that those who are troubling you See Freedom on B6

BY REV. DR. MARTHA C. TAYLOR THE OAKLAND POST

The late Fannie Lou Hamer said, “If I am truly free, who can tell me how much of my freedom I can have today?”

That is the question that The United States Supreme Court wrestled with last week in the case of Joe Kennedy, who was fired by the school board in Washington State for praying at the 50-yard line after the high school football game ended.

Kennedy defended his position saying the school board violated his rights to free speech and the freedom to exercise his religion. Kennedy, a Christian, said he felt compelled to give thanks through a silent prayer at the conclusion of each game.

In 2019, a federal appeals court ruled that the school board in Washington State was correct when it fired Coach Joe Kennedy for praying publicly.

A judge of the Ninth Circuit said, “A coach’s duty to serve as a good role model requires the coach to refrain from any manifestation of religious faith - even when the coach is plainly not on duty.”

Where does freedom start and stop? Kennedy’s case has sparked controversy, landing in the Supreme Court this past week, debating just how far can a person express religious freedom in public spaces.

On June 25, 1962, the Supreme Court decided that praying in schools violated the First Amendment by constituting an establishment of religion.

The following year, the Court disallowed Bible

readings in public schools for similar reasons.

Long before the Supreme Court’s ruling in 1962 and the current Kennedy case, we are reminded of a very dark period in U.S. history; it was legal that enslaved Africans were forbidden to express religious freedom in any form including reading, writing and praying.

The late Dr. Albert J. Raboteau, an African American scholar, gave meaning to what Africans had to endure to worship.

The hush harbors, known as the invisible church, was a secret worship place built with tree branches in the deep woods out of earshot and eyesight of slave masters. The secret call to worship used codes. One such code was the spiritual, “Steal Away to Jesus.”

If enslaved Africans were caught worshiping, they were subjected to vicious beatings or could be murdered for exercising religious freedom.

During the secret worship, the African preacher sermonized how God delivered the Hebrews from

slavery to freedom. The ancestors believed and trusted that the same God who told Moses to go down in Egypt land and let my people go was the same God that was going to set them free. The enslaved Africans practiced their African rituals knowing the spirit of the ancestors was with them, encouraging them, that slavery was not their destiny.

C. Eric Lincoln reminded us in the epic book “The Black Church in the African American Experience,” that “The term ‘freedom’ has found a deep religious resonance in the lives and hopes of African Americans.”

Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the Star-Spangled Banner, the National Anthem. He said he did so to protest police shootings of African American men and other social injustices faced by Black people in the United States. The Star-Spangled Banner is a lyrical prayer – “and this be our motto: In God we trust.”

Kaepernick was punished for expressing his

freedom by refusing to engage in what he sees as hypocrisy. Is it time for a new national anthem?

Near the Rotunda of the Capitol, a room is set apart for prayer. In light of the controversy, should the prayer room be removed?

In 2009, I gave the opening prayer as a guest chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives that was aired on CNN and other networks.

Is the opening prayer possibly up for elimination? On April 17, 1952, President Harry Truman signed a bill proclaiming the National Day of Prayer into law in the United States. Will it be reversed?

Tim Tebow often knelt and prayed at football games.

Steph Curry has a line of tennis shoes with a biblical scripture, “I can do all things …”

Ms. Hamer raised a critical inquiry: How much of my freedom can I have today?

Are you willing to contend for your faith?

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Thursdays and Saturdays Free Meals Christ Rescue Temple Church, 1500 North Dunleith Ave., will serve hot meals as part of the People Helping People Feeding Program. Meals will be served every Thursday and Saturday from noon until 1 p.m. at the church’s location. For more information, call 336-7229841.

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

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

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

May 22 Forsyth County Missionary Union meeting The Forsyth County Missionary Union mass meeting and worship service will be held virtually on Sunday May 22, at 3 p.m. Zoom information and other ways on how to connect will be sent out prior to the meeting and service. The host will be Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church of Walkertown, where the Pastor is Reverend Graylin Carlton.

May 22 First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC) Online Dr. Dennis W. Bishop, Senior Pastor of First Waughtown Baptist Church (FWBC), will continue the series From Generation to Generation: Impacting Each

Generation with Truth based on Psalm 78:1-8 for inperson service Sunday, May 22. Doors will open at 9:15 a.m. for screening prior to the 10 a.m. service. Completed waiver forms and masks that cover the nose and mouth are still required. The form can be submitted electronically on the FWBC website – www.firstwaughtown.org -- click on RE-ENTRY 2022, and printed copies will be available in the lobby prior to service. Other in-person protocols and information about 6 p.m. virtual Sunday School are accessible via the FWBC homepage RE-ENTRY link. Persons who prefer to continue worshiping virtually are invited to join us on the following platforms: YouTube, https://www.youtube.com (First Waughtown); Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/ FirstWaughtown/; and the First Waughtown website, https://www.firstwaughtown.org. (NOTE: Services are posted on a one-week delay.)

May 26 Faith and Current Events Speaker Series Guest speaker is Cheryl Harry, executive director of Triad Cultural Arts, Inc. This month’s topic: Preserving and Presenting Winston-Salem’s African American Cultural Assets. The virtual presentation will be from noon -1 p.m.

Please register in advance for the Zoom Webinar by emailing kathyausen@gmail.com.

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

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

May Volunteers needed The Piedmont Plus Senior Games needs volunteers to help with a variety of events during the month of May. Some events include: Bocce, shuffleboard, tennis, chair volleyball, billiards, golf and field events. Each event is only a couple of hours, most on weekdays, some are indoors, some are outdoors. For more information and to sign up, visit the signup page at:https://signup.com/go/ ksXQJQo OR contact Kevin (kevinw@cityofws. org) or Anna (annam@ cityofws.org) or call the Senior Games office, 336725-2325. Piedmont Plus Senior Games, a program for adults age 50+, is offered through the City of Winston-Salem Parks and Recreation. Come join the fun!

May 28 Happy Hill Cemetery cleanup The next Happy Hill Cemetery cleanup will be May 28 at 10 a.m. Location - Pitts and Willow Street, 888 Willow Street.

Bring gloves and any yard equipment you have.

Bring your form if you need credit for community service.

ADDITIONAL HELP NEEDED - Speak with your older relatives. Ask if they know of any ancestors, especially veterans,

that may be buried in the Happy Hill Cemetery.

Flags can be placed at the stones of veterans. Families may want to place flowers at a particle stone if located. Provide the name and your contact information. This cemetery is owned by Rising Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Happy Hill Cemetery Friends are attempting to keep this site beautiful.

For additional information, contact Mrs. Maurice Johnson, (336) 978-2866 or jmauricepj@aol.com.

June 1, 15 Marketing workshop HUSTLE Winston-Salem presents Womenpreneur Wednesdays: Pop-Up Coworking.

We know running a business can be expensive. Women, especially, already struggle with the gender-wage gap. We want to level the playing field by providing a FREE and supportive environment where you can connect, collaborate, and grow. Workshops held on Wednesday, June 1 and June 15 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. @ Sparq, 486 North Patterson Ave. 2nd Floor.

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

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

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

org/index.php/vendors/.

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

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

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

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The city will accept sign-ups for free swim lessons at city pools starting May 14 under a revised registration system that will go into effect this year.

Under the new system, parents and guardians can request lessons at up to three pools, ranked in order of preference. A lottery system will be used to fill the slots at the first-choice pools, says Heather Candelora, the city’s aquatics program supervisor.

“We’re trying something new to see if we can make better use of our capacity to provide lessons,” Candelora said. “Every year, the lessons fill up

in no time at some pools, while hardly anyone has signed up at others. This system will allow us to serve more people by offering them swim lessons at their second- or thirdchoice pool.”

Families are not required to list three preferences; they can list only one or two. “But that could reduce their chance of getting into a class,” Candelora said.

As in previous years, the city will offer three sessions of swim lessons this summer. Registrations for the first session will be accepted May 14 through June 1 for lessons to be held June 13 - 30. Registrations for the first session

will be accepted online and at any city recreation center. Phone registrations will not be accepted. The registration form is available at CityofWS.org/ Pools.

Registration for the second session will be June 13 – 24 for lessons to be held July 5 - 22. Registration for the third session will be July 5 – 15 for lessons to be held July 25 – Aug. 12.

Complete information about the aquatics program, including pool calendars and hours, is available at CityofWS.org/ Pools. For more information call CityLink 311.

LOVE YOUR HAIR LOVE YOUR HEART The American Heart Association's Hair, Heart & Health program is uniting with barbershops and beauty salons in the Triad. Through this program, salon and barbershop staff have been trained, blood pressure checks are being encouraged, and stylists and barbers are engaging their clients with heart health information to help reduce risk factors for heart disease and stroke. Live Chair Health is also now working with Hair, Heart & Health – making health conversations in the barber’s chair even more possible.

“Barbershops are pillars in the neighborhood and imperative to the education of our people. We encourage our neighbors to come in, sit and talk about everything related to having a healthy family,” shared Derek Brooks, Owner of Gentleman’s Grooming Lounge in Winston-Salem.

“For the past few years, I have been focused on living a more health conscious lifestyle for myself and my family. I am intentional about my heart-healthy lifestyle, and share any helpful information I can to bring forth awareness.

I converse with so many clients from different walks of life, but the one thing we all have in common is the desire to live a long, heart-healthy life. If any of my knowledge and experiences can help the next person, I'm ready to share it,” said Jermaine Foster, Owner of Supreme Legacy Barbershop in Winston-Salem.

“Live Chair Health is productizing community liaisons at scale with technology to increase preventative primary care and increase member engagement by leveraging trusted community spaces like barbers,” shared Andrew Suggs, CEO and Founder of Live Chair Health. "Live Chair Health's aim is to close the life expectancy and health equity gap for underserved populations by raising awareness, connecting to care, and supporting their health journey."

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Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Nicholas A. Schnyder (22 E 734), also known as Nicholas Andrew Schnyder, deceased February 14, 2022, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before August 9, 2022 this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

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We would appreciate a quotation from your firm for any and all work and/or materials on the following project: Project Name: Greensboro (Guilford County) – Huffine Mill Road and Hicone Road Loop Feed Water Line Extensions Contract NO. 2016-054 Bid Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022 @ 3:00 PM Please provide your proposal by: 5-25-22 @ 5:00 PM We are soliciting subcontract bids for the following trades. Work may include, but not limited to: Utilities, Bore & Jack, Hauling, Concrete, Clearing & Grubbing, Seeding & Mulching, Erosion Control, Utility Regular Dealer, Grading, Fencing, Traffic Control, Photographic Doc. and Project Signs along with any incidentals and materials necessary for construction to complete the project.

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Harry & Mae Carethers Co-Administrators for John Emmanuel Carethers, deceased 156 Pine Tree Rd. Winston-Salem, NC 27105 The Chronicle May 19, 26, and June 2, 9, 2022 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Jane Dubose Penn (22 E 1030), deceased March 30, 2022, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before August 22, 2022 this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

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Casaundria Penn Executor for Jane Dubose Penn, deceased 10102 Rocky Ford Club Rd. Charlotte, NC 28269 The Chronicle May 19, 26, and June 2, 9, 2022 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The undersigned, having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Alex G. Marsha aka Alex Gerald Marsha, late of Forsyth County, North Carolina, hereby notifies to all persons, firms and corporations having claims against said Estate to present them to the undersigned on or before August 20, 2022, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the said Estate will please make immediate paymet to the undersigned.

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Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Hazel S. Hollingsworth (21 E 2822), also known as Hazel Scott Hollingsworth, deceased October 28, 2021, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before August 9, 2022 this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. All persons indebted to the said decedent or estate shall please make immediate payment to the undersigned.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Administrator of the Estate of Anenisia Cavalcante Dawson (22 E 1107), deceased February 11, 2020, Forsyth County, North Carolina, this is to Notify all persons, firms, and corporation having claims against the Estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before August 22, 2022 this Notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery.

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May 19, 2022

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Reynolda House offers free admission to military and their families through Labor Day SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Reynolda House will offer free access to activeduty military, National Guard, and Reserve personnel and up to a total of five family members per military ID holder this summer under the Blue Star Museums program. The 2022 Blue Star Museums program begins on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 21, and ends on Labor Day, Monday, September 5, 2022.

all that Reynolda offers, including our amazing exhibitions on display this summer.”

As part of this summer’s free admission offering at the Museum, guests will have an opportunity to view three historic house exhibitions: substrata: the spirit of collage in 76 years of art will be on display in the West Bedroom Gallery until July 31; Louise Nevelson: Architect of Light and Shadow will be on display in the Northwest Bed-

America’s post-war boom.

For the exhibition, Reynolda has assembled 40 works of art that include glittering cityscapes, shiny storefront windows, and sleek automobiles that are icons of the period.

Reynolda extends free individual admission yearround to active military personnel. For more information, visit reynolda. org/free-museum-admission or call 336-758-5150.

Reynolda House, located at 2250 Reynolda

NAUW book donation is a legacy of service and commitment in action SUBMITTED ARTICLE

The mission of the National Association of University Women (NAUW) is to serve women, youth, and the disadvantaged in our communities and in developing countries by addressing educational is-

political awareness and involvement, and international awareness.

The NAUW WinstonSalem branch continues to promote and conduct outreach services to families and organizations in keeping with our purpose. The branch works to promote

books to two 3rd grade classrooms at Ashley Academy. Each student in those two classes was able to select at least two to three books of their choosing to take home and use as a part of their summer reading.

NAUW members are

Submitted photo From left to right: Geraldine Davis; Barbara Harriet, chair of book drive; Catherine Kennedy; Susie Nance; Anita Hooker, assistant principal at Ashley Elementary; Barbara Puryear, president of the Winston-Salem branch of NAUW; Joanell Gatling, principal at Ashley Elementary; Minnie Irwin; Lois Burks; Patsy Squire; Alma Flood; and Donna Montgomery.

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The living room of Reynolda House, one of its many rooms open for tour.

Reynolda is one of more than 2,000 museums across the country to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense.

“We are proud to participate in Blue Star Museums as a way to say thank you to our military personnel and their families,” Reynolda Executive Director Allison Perkins said.

“We invite our service personnel to Reynolda this summer to experience the art, history, and beauty of

room Gallery until Sept.

18; and Still I Rise: The Black Experience at Reynolda will be on display in the Master Bedroom Gallery until Dec. 31.

Beginning July 15, visitors will be able to view Chrome Dreams and Infinite Reflections: American Photorealism.

Beginning in the 1960s, a small group of artists began examining their world through photographs and then creating paintings and prints that mimic those photographs with extraordinary precision. Chrome Dreams highlights the nostalgia associated with

Road, is open to visitors Tuesday–Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday from 1-4:30 p.m. Museum members, children 18 and under, students, military personnel, EBT cardholders, employees of Wake Forest University and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center with valid ID receive free admission to the Museum.

Passes to Reynolda House in English and Spanish are available to check out from every branch of the Forsyth County Public Library free of charge.

Coach

“Bishop McGuinness coming off of a state championship and congrats to them. Coach (Brian) Robinson has definitely been a mentor for me, but we will compete in this conference.”

For Crews, he said he doesn’t really think about the schools that overlooked him, but would rather focus on developing his girls at Prep; however, he admits in the back of

his mind he remembers the schools that passed on him.

Success is not just measured by wins and losses for Crews. He instead wants to see improvement in other areas for his team, but is confident his team can make the playoffs.

Michelle Williams, Donovan Mills and John Minga will join Crews on his coaching staff.

the moral requirements of the former Mosaic Law concerning them (read Matthew 22:36-40). A picture of what happens in the spiritual realm when believers do not love and serve each other is given in verse 15. “The loveless life is a life lived on the level of animals, with a concern only for oneself, no matter what the cost to other people.” (Morris).

(The UMI Annual Commentary 2021-2022, A.N. Wilson, “Paul, The Mind of The Apostle,” The MacArthur Study Bible, The New Interpreters Study Bible and The Oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your Consideration: Are you able to recognize false teachers?

How do you remove false

teachers from your church before they cause damage?

Application: Ask God to help you be sensitive to them who the Holy Spirit’s leading. Study scriptural accounts of those who were Spirit-led to understand the ways He speaks to us. Commit to following His guidance, even if it means you will travel outside your comfort zone.

It will be worth it. (UMI).

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

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“No pressure at all, but I will say this: we will be top three in that conference,” he said about his team’s success. “I am as humble as they come, but I know what I am good at and I am good at developing. This off-season we will get better and we will definitely compete in that conference.

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would even mutilate themselves.” – this would excommunicate them from the church.

Called to be Free (verses 13-15). “For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; …” – Paul exhorts the Galatians, if they are going to be enslaved, enslave themselves to one another through love lest otherwise they abuse the freedom they have in Christ. “For all the Law is fulfilled in one word, even this: “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Paul sees the fulfillment of the Law in the commandment of Leviticus 19:18. When a Christian genuinely loves others, he fulfills all

sues and strategically partnering with other organizations.

Programs remain the heart of NAUW, and our 5-Point Programs are designed to improve the lives of others: educational development, health promotion, HBCU support,

education by participating in scholarship awards and book donations to area schools. Each year the local branch awards books to at least one Title One school.

On May 9 the members of NAUW’s local branch met to distribute over 200

aware that building literacy skills allow students to effectively read and grasp important concepts, explore subjects in-depth, and gain a better understanding of the world around them.

Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation welcomes new Public Art Advisory Council members

Council members will provide expertise on selecting award recipients who use public art to tell often-overlooked stories, history and contributions of Black, Indigenous and People of Color and women.

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Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (ZSR) is welcoming new members to its Public Art Advisory Council (the Council), which will continue the work of ensuring that art is opening doors to conversations across the state.

The Council, which is comprised of a demographically and geographically diverse group of North Carolinians, is responsible for reviewing Letters of Intent and grant applications to recommend semifinalists and finalists to ZSR’s Board of Trustees for the foundation’s Inclusive Public Art initiative.

ZSR’s board of trustees make final decisions regarding grant awards.

Ultimately, the Council has a vital role in ensuring ZSR invests in public art initiatives that share stories of diversity, equality, inclusion and equity as they relate to the people and places of North Carolina, especially those whose stories are often untold or under told.

“After an impactful inaugural cohort of Inclusive Public Art grantees, ZSR knows that this effort can spark important community conversations that result in a shared and fuller understanding of our common history — and common bonds — as North Carolinians,” said Maurice "Mo" Green, executive director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.

Below is a list of Council members: *Lizette Cruz Watko, Founder and Executive Director, Diamante Arts and Cultural Center (Raleigh, NC) *José Galvez, Pulitzer Prize-winning Photo-

journalist/Documentarian (Durham, NC) *Napolean Hill, Independent Artist/Muralist (Whitaker, NC) *Zena Howard, Principal and Managing Director, Perkins & Will (Durham, NC) *Tonya Jefferson Lynch, Executive Director, The Black Light Project (Greenville, NC) *Angelina Jumper, Cultural Resource Supervisor, Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians/Junaluska Museum (Robbinsville, NC) *Janet Kagan, Founder and Director, Art-Force (Wilson, NC) *Manoj Kesavan, Founder and Executive Director, Que-OS - BOOM Charlotte (Charlotte, NC) *Dewanna Little, Executive Director, YMI Cultural Center (Asheville, NC) *Kim Pevia, Founder, K.A.P., Inner Prizes (Red Springs, NC) *Dr. Marvin Richardson, Vice Chief, HaliwaSaponi Indian Tribe (Hollister, NC) *Dr. Arwin D. Smallwood, Professor and Chair, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University - Department of History and Political Science (Greensboro, NC) *Dr. Benjamin Speller, Historian, Dean, Professor, North Carolina Central University School of Library and Information Sciences, retired (Edenton, NC) *Heather Wilson, Deputy Director, Cameron Art Museum (Wilmington, NC) ZSR’s Inclusive Public Art initiative addresses three main issues it identified after a statewide listening and learning tour:

North Carolinians desire deeper connection with one another; issues of race and racism are not openly discussed in many communities; and the demographics of North Carolina’s communities continue to rapidly change.

“This initiative is one way the Foundation can offer a starting place for people to engage in important conversations about their communities’ past, present and future,” Green said.

“Clearly, the pandemic has only deepened the need for connection and community, while the global racial reckoning and the war in Ukraine remind us that our shared histories and public symbols matter.”

Letters of Intent for ZSR’s Inclusive Public Art initiative were due in March. The Foundation expects to announce semifinalists in June. Semifinalists will receive a $5,000 planning grant and an invitation to submit a full application by early 2023.

Additional resources will be available for community engagement activities surrounding each art project. Projects must be permanent, visual artwork, accessible to the public and not performance based.

Learn more about ZSR’s Inclusive Public Art initiative here:https://www.zsr. org/inclusive-public-art.

Thanks to a partnership with PBS North Carolina, the first cohort of inclusive art projects funded through ZSR are featured in a new broadcast series titled “Visibly Speaking.” New episodes air Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. on PBS NC and the PBS Video App. Learn more athttp:// ow.ly/1k1b50IZsmj.

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