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Virginia Newell turns 103

‘A vote-less people is a hopeless people’ BRIDGET ELAM THE CHRONICLE

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Virginia Newell ell championed for racial equality through fair housing, equal rights, and quality education for Black and brown children.

Newell was previously quoted in The Chronicle saying, “If I had started earlier, I think I would have made it to Washington. I wouldn’t have been like Maxine Waters, but something like her. I would’ve been like a Harriet Tubman in Washington, a Sojourner Truth in Washington; they would’ve known I was there. I would’ve let them know what was happening to our people.�

Newell hasn’t lost her

zeal for politics. “A vote-less people is a hopeless people.� Newell said, quoting leaders of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. She says the 2020 pandemic is like nothing she’s ever experienced before. “It’s pretty bad. Economics is at its bottom because a lot of businesses have gone belly up and a lot of people have lost their jobs. I don’t think I ever lived like it is at the moment. And I never lived with a president who is as erratic and so non-conforming and a person who doesn’t think about any-

body but himself. “I will be working hard to get people to vote as long as the Lord gives me strength, so that it can be more pleasant for people,� she said.

It’s ironic. Newell did not have the right to vote until she was 48.

When asked, what keeps one around for over 100 years, Newell’s response was full of sound advice and simplicity. “Buy pretty flowers, listen to good music, and have good friends,� she said without hesitation.

And of course, she mentioned some biblical vir-

tues as well. “Treat people like you want to be treated and love everybody.�

Newell has been pleased with the phone calls, cards and flowers she’s received in honor of her birthday and expresses her gratitude.

Because of the pandemic, Newell will not have a big celebration. She is not getting out, but she is still excited about having her children visit. “I’m looking for my children to come but they can stay in a hotel,� she laughed. “Everyone needs to stay safe and healthy during this time. We have

to wear masks and keep a safe distance. “I think the Lord is keeping me here for a reason,� Newell said answering the question as to why she thinks she is still here. “He may be keeping me here to help us get a new president. I hope He is doing that. I’d like to see a president who cares about us.�

Please join The Chronicle in wishing Virginia Newell a very special and very happy 103rd birthday.

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What do you talk about with a centurion? Most would think that history would top the list of conversation topics. But if you are talking to Virginia Newell, you are talking about the near future – November 3rd to be exact.

On Wednesday, Oct. 7, Virginia Newell turned 103 years old and she is showing no signs of taking her foot off the gas pedal.

In a phone interview with The Chronicle about her birthday, Ms. Newell spoke passionately about America’s political climate and the need for everyone who can to get out and vote. “I have about 200 families to call. I’m urging them to get out and vote on Nov. 3,� said Newell, who also mentioned she was wearing a Biden-Harris t-shirt during our conversation. “We need a president who cares about the people. I’ve never lived in a time where the president makes fun of and mocks people the way he [Trump] does. I’m doing what I can to make sure he is not reelected.�

Ms. Newell is originally from Davie County and relocated to WinstonSalem at a young age. She was a graduate of Atkins High School in 1936 and in 1977 Newell (along with the late Mayor Tempore Vivian Burke) became one of the first two Black women elected to the board of alderman (now city council).

While representing the city’s East Ward, New-

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Students use competition winnings to empower voters with registration event

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BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Last weekend students from Kennedy High School did their part to ensure everyone in the community has the opportunity to cast a ballot on Election Day. On Saturday, Oct. 3, the school’s SGA (Student Government Association) held a drive-thru voter registration event.

The event, which was held in the school’s parking lot, was made possible by winnings earned from the 2020 Prom Challenge, a national competition sponsored by the When We All Vote organization, in partnership with MTV. The competition recognized high schools with the most creative and impactful voter registration program. Kennedy was one of 20 schools that received $5,000 to go toward their prom. But

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Sara Church, Kennedy High School’s SGA advisor gives students directions before the start of the drivethru voter registration drive on Saturday, Oct. 3 tance of voting and their students had the opportudecision to hold the voter nity to meet former First registration drive. “They Lady Michelle Obama. really are role models for Jessica Martore, a junior younger students,” Church at Kennedy, said meeting said. the First Lady was amazDr.William Wynn III, ing. Although she’s not old principal of Kennedy High enough to vote, Martore School, said “I’m really said she was proud to be in awe by the passion and able to help register voters energy our young people in the East Winston comhave.” Wynn, who was munity and bring notorinamed principal earlier ety to Kennedy. “We’re a this year, said the students small school so we don’t

In Winston-Salem, Gentlemen’s Grooming Lounge, Blend Masters, and Monique Michelle the Studio beauty salon are participating to increase awareness about heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and high blood pressure.

Students, teachers, and faculty from Kennedy High School take a moment to take a photo during the voter registration drive held at the school last week. when it was canceled, the students decided to use the money to empower voters.

Students set aside $3,000 to pay for the food truck meals and expected to be able to provide about 300 meals. Another $1,000 will be used for t-shirts, decorations and supplies, and the final $1,000 will be used for later projects.

Sara Church, who is a teacher at Kennedy and SGA advisor, said she was proud of her students for understanding the impor-

at Kennedy are proof that the future is in good hands.

“This was all student devised. Students came up with the idea, the concept … even going back to the students taking the Prom Challenge,” Wynn said.

“That’s just phenomenal and it really gives me hope in our people that they’re taking an active part in not just being students, but being citizens as well.”

Winners of the competition were announced during a Zoom call where

get the attention some of the bigger schools get, so it feels good to be able let people know about Kennedy,” Martore said.

Student Mirtha MedelCrispin said: “I think voting is important because that’s the whole point of America, to be a democracy, to be ruled by the people. I think people have forgotten that and people have stopped caring about voting. It’s time to come together and change the society.”

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Board of Education approves phased reopening

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

Students in WinstonSalem/Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS) will be returning to classrooms later this month. During a meeting on Thursday, Oct. 1, the Board of Education approved a phased reopening plan where students will transition to inperson learning based on grade level.

Last month Governor Roy Cooper announced that beginning Oct. 5, public school districts can choose to allow students grades K-5 to return to in-person learning with safe measures in place, such as face coverings for all students, teachers and staff, social distancing, and symptom screening.

On Sept. 17, Dr. Angela Hairston, WS/FCS superintendent, proposed the phased re-entry plan to the special COVID-19 Committee. The proposed re-entry plan is a hybrid of in-person and remote learning.

Although Gov. Cooper recommended opening

elementary schools under Plan A, the least restrictive of the three plans for reopening schools, Dr. Hairston said she felt the hybrid model was the best way for students, teachers and faculty to return safely.

“It’s a slow transition,” said Hairston. “It gives teachers time to adjust, it gives us time for staff to adjust.”

The first contingent of students to return to the classroom will be those attending Career & Technical Education classes who require hands-on learning.

Those students and teachers will return to the classroom on Oct. 5. Elementary schools will then begin their phased return with Pre-K starting Oct. 26, followed by grades K-3 on Nov. 2. Exceptional Children and students in EC Separate-Setting/Assigned, EC-OCS or ESL programs will also return Nov. 2. Grades 4-5 will return on Nov. 16. These students will attend school four days a week with Wednesdays being used for remote learning to en-

able schools to undergo deep cleaning.

Middle school students will be divided into cohorts and attend school in person either two days every week or two days every other week depending on school enrollment.

Middle schools with larger enrollments will have cohorts on alternating weeks. The alternating schedule will enable schools to significantly reduce the number of students on campus and maintain social distancing. Students in grade 6 will return on Nov. 2, and grades 7-8 will return Nov. 16.

High school students will return as soon as Jan. 11 for in-person testing.

In-person classes will start on Jan. 25. Those students will be divided into cohorts following a schedule similar to middle school.

For more information or to view the district’s plan to reopen schools, click on the “Our Safe Return” tab on the WS/FCS website.

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October 8, 2020

New initiative will bridge East Winston to power structures

BY DR. ANTWAIN GOODE AND ANDREA GOODE

It’s six miles from East Winston to the sprawling Graylyn International Conference Center on Reynolda Road. At first blush to some, the distance might seem much more, that from blight to bright. But new research confirms what many East Winston residents have long known: There is just as much talent among the

tion they would like. That is extremely encouraging, given that East Winston residents typically experience more economic hardship than residents in other parts of the city.

This past summer, CSEM shared that data with our company, Tate Consulting, as well as related findings on hope from a Gallup survey that complemented the findings of the local survey. The data inspired us to quick-

Andrea Goode and Dr. Antwain Goode modest homes of East Winston here as there is among the large homes of Reynolda Road leading to Graylyn.

It’s a matter of making the invisible visible, of enhancing and amplifying the community voices that can and will break down economic barriers, one person at a time, ripples becoming waves. The key is a groundbreaking new program that could set a national model.

The NE3W Leadership Academy held its inaugural program at Graylyn recently. The program is where hope lives and grows, setting a needed model for our communities from which we can network and rise, together.

More sessions of the program will come in the new year.

The Academy was born in research commissioned in 2017 by Winston-Salem State University’s Center for the Study of Economic Mobility (CSEM).

One figure jumped out at CSEM: the amount of hope still held by East Winston residents, despite years of barriers to economic mobility. The survey targeted almost 15,000 households in East Winston. Five hundred participants were selected by quota sampling.

Those participants agreed, for the most part, that hard work leads to success, and that they can achieve whatever level of educa-

going to allow our ideas to be buried when our loved ones transition. We have something new that will create a new perspective for written family success.

We are unlocking a new mindset of journaling firepower.

Kimberlee McNeil, a community organizer and participant in the first program, said she loved the journal writing: “It helped me become more organized, professionally and personally. It’s making me a better community outreach person.”

We also help our participants develop their intuition and focus. If you develop your intuition, you will see things before they happen. If you focus like a magnifying glass and get help with your strategy, others will see your vision. They will know that it is not about you. This is the formula that creates the moments needed to

withstand any crisis. We will help our community residents win the moments and create years of legacy leaders.

The inspiring strength of legacies is universal.

Conventional power structures have long used it.

Low-wealth communities have passed down their stories as well, but have not had the same sway.

The New Academy will change that, organizing its participants, giving them the tools they need to fully realize their considerable talents to connect and work with those in power in nonprofit, government and business, breaking down barriers so that we can all rise together.

This is our shared future. This is where hope lives.

To learn more about the NE3W Leadership Academy, please go to https:// ne3wleadershipacademy. com/.

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ly start mapping the new program. Tate Consulting, based at the Enterprise Center on Martin Luther King Drive in East Winston, inaugurated and runs the inspiring program; CSEM sponsors it.

The Academy’s unique emphasis is on empowering individuals, one at a time, to become powerful leaders for change within their communities and build strong community networks for change, CSEM Associate Director Alvin Atkinson said. Other programs, here and nationwide, have concentrated on whole communities, with limited success. The new program is based on education, economics and emotion, blending stateof-the art training on virtual Zoom meetings with bedrock strategies such as hand-written thank-you notes. And, most important of all, journaling, for program participants to tap into inspiring stories from their ancestors and current mentors and map their own plans, and to leave a legacy for mentees and future generations.

We are creating legacy heroes, and that begins with what we write down in journals. Our written words are crucial. We are losing many recipes, ideas, and family know-how. The Academy will provide the fusion between technology and the lived experience. In short, we are not

Virtual event emphasizes the need to vote

BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE

According to census data provided by the Brookings Institution, Millennials and some Gen Zs make up 37% of eligible voters, about the same share of the electorate as Baby Boomers and Pre-Boomers. To put it in simpler terms, young people have the power to shape the 2020 election. And last week several local organizations joined forces to educate young voters ahead of Election Day with a virtual forum that allowed voters to hear candidate’s views on some of the most pressing issues.

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Happy National Newspaper Week!

Yes, newspapers are important.

During National Newspaper Week, which started Monday and runs through Saturday, it’s time to celebrate that right here, in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, you have a weekly community newspaper that strives to bring accurate and unfiltered coverage of local news that is important to you.

Without a local newspaper, you might not have known the facts versus the fiction about COVID-19.

It would be harder to stay current with how our local schools were going to keep your kids learning or how the local high schools were going to tackle a return to sports. Right now, we’re bearing down on plenty of local elections as well.

All this is important to you.

This has been a trying few months for all of us. Our building was locked to outside visitors at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, but our reporters and editors continued to work, and when necessary, from home. We’ve heard the adage that “working from home really means working all the time,” and, boy oh boy, is that adage right. News happens 24/7 and our reporters are on the job, even when juggling a newborn and a laptop.

But we owed you that. You had to know what was going on.

Just like plenty of other businesses during this pandemic, the newspaper business has struggled. According to the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, a nonprofit journalism school and research organization located in St. Petersburg, Fla., more than 60 local newsrooms closed because of the pandemic. And since 2004, 1,800 newspapers have shuttered, leaving a swath of dreaded “news deserts” in the United States.

How lucky we are in this area that we have plenty of reputable media outlets to choose from. If you’re reading these lines, you’re either a subscriber or maybe giving us a look online. Either way, you chose us. We’ll always appreciate that. And by reading and subscribing, you’re doing your part to keep newspapers alive.

How else can you help? You can advertise and you can patronize the businesses that advertise with us. It’s your conscious choices that can keep Winston-Salem and Forsyth County the vibrant news area that it is.

So, during this week, the 80th National Newspaper Week, it’s also time for us to thank all of you.

Because without you, you might not have us.

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Terri LeGrand for District 31 N.C. Senate seat To The Editor: Election 2020—both state and national—weighs heavily on most Americans. As a concerned citizen, I am campaigning for Terri LeGrand’s run for District 31 N.C Senate seat. Terri’s position on education, environment, and jobs are supported by her lifetime of actions.

Two issues—health care and policing—are most important for me.

COVID-19 is one of our most important election issues. This pandemic has raised new concerns about the large number of uninsured or under-insured in North Carolina. Is the person packing your groceries insured?

Perhaps not. Sadly, North Carolina doesn’t provide Medicaid coverage to individuals who earn too much for Medicaid, but not enough to afford private insurance; per the Winston-Salem Journal, this is between 450,000 and 650,000 of our neighbors. It is time to close this gap, which Terri supports. In fact, according to a recent statewide study, 75% of North Carolinians also believe in closing this healthcare coverage gap, including 64% registered as Republicans. In District 31, 69% of respondents support closing this gap. Incumbent Joyce Krawiec, however, is not on board with the majority of her constituents. According to RealFactsNC, “Krawiec does not support the Affordable Care Act and refuses to close the coverage gap for uninsured North Carolinians.” As we adjust to life in a deadly pandemic, surely we can do better for our neighbors and ourselves, and Terri can help to make that happen.

Another equally important issue is Terri LeGrand’s position on policing. Simply put, Terri does NOT support defunding the police. In August, Terri went on record with the Kernersville News stating that she does NOT support defunding the police. But if you

are watching TV and receiving mailers, you might be confused. Why? Because Joyce Krawiec is messaging that Terri is in favor of defunding the police—this is a blatant lie. Lying is a reprehensible leadership quality; we’ve seen where lying has gotten us at the national level. We cannot tolerate that in our district.

If you want leadership rooted in integrity and grit, Terri LeGrand is the senator of choice in District 31.

Visit terrilegrand.org to learn more.

Judy Isaksen Advance

Support for Terri LeGrand and Dan Besse To The Editor: We need members in the North Carolina General Assembly who are concerned about issues that affect all of us North Carolinians, especially those who have lost jobs, are behind in their housing payments, and lack health insurance. And let’s not forget our schools and the students they serve. Public tax money should go to public schools that are accountable for what they do and how they spend taxpayer money.

For these reasons, I support electing Terri LeGrand and Dan Besse to the North Carolina General Assembly. I have personally known both these outstanding individuals for many years. During that time I have observed their intelligence, their honesty and integrity, and their dedication to make our community and state better for all of us.

I urge you to support them, too.

Judi Wallace Winston-Salem

Trump attacks African American women in leadership Lauren Victoria Burke Guest Columnist As the 2020 campaign for the White House enters the final stretch, President Donald Trump is looking and sounding increasingly desperate.

After a debate performance featuring a call to supporters to go to the polls and observe, followed by a backlash for not denouncing white supremacy, Trump’s Republican supporters in the halls of Congress are increasingly concerned his presence at the top of the GOP ticket will impact the

party down ballot.

The day after a debate he was roundly criticized for, Trump went to an old standby: Attacking African American women in positions of leadership.

During a rally in Minnesota on Sept. 30, Trump said, “What is going on with Omar? I’ve been reading these reports for two years about how corrupt and crooked she is.

Let’s get with it. Let’s get with it.”

Trump was referring to unverified claims linking the Congresswoman to a “ballot harvesting” scheme. A conservative website that traffics in conspiracies attempted to make the unverified information go viral on Sept.

28.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (DMinn.) said on Oct. 1 that she was not surprised

by President Trump’s attacks.

“This man is a white supremacist. It’s no surprise that he has ideas of feeling that Somalis are worthless …

“We are very clear that in Minnesota, we are greater than hate. That is why he didn’t win Minnesota in 2016,“ Rep. Omar said during an interview on MSNBC. “Not only are Minnesotans welcoming of refugees, they have sent one to Washington to represent them.”

Trump has attacked Omar before, along with Reps. Maxine Waters (DCalif.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY),

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (DMich.) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.).

Polling in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Arizona shows that Trump is trailing Vice President Joe Biden. States such as Georgia and South Carolina, usually reliable for Republican victory, are in play with either Biden tied with Trump or only one or two points behind.

Lauren Victoria Burke is an independent journalist for NNPA and the host of the podcast BURKEFILE. She is also a political strategist as principal of Win Digital Media LLC. She may be contacted at LBurke007@gmail. com and on twitter at @ LVBurke.

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The POTUS embarrassed himself and the nation in the debate Dr. James B. Ewers Jr.

Guest Columnist Talking loud and saying nothing! That is how I saw Mr. T at last week’s first presidential debate.

According to most polls, that view was shared by many Americans.

Now that the president has contracted the coronavirus, there probably will not be another presidential debate.

Screaming, yelling and interrupting were done all night by Mr. T at the debate. This was the president of the United States

of America sounding like a third-grade student who could not get his way.

Let me be crystal clear.

Nothing that he says or does will negatively impact his base of support.

They see his histrionics as simply another day in paradise. We who are right thinking and rational, see it as another day in you know where.

Mr. Trump and his followers live in another world. Their world consists of them and nobody else. Mr. Biden called him a clown during one heated exchange. I am reminded of an old expression: If the shoe fits, wear it. Well, I do believe the shoe fits and he is wearing it well.

When Chris Wallace, the moderator of the debate, asked Mr. T to denounce white supremacy,

he could not. Instead he told the Proud Boys to “stand by.”

The next day on Wednesday, when asked by a reporter about the Proud Boys, he claimed not to know who they were.

The POTUS has made telling untruths into an art form. He does it with such casualness and regularity. He has no relationship with the truth. He dodges, punts and forgoes any semblance of the truth. So, in many ways, he is doing a stand-up comedy act with the presidency.

COVID-19 numbers are bad. There is no other way to say it. Yet if you listen to him, we will have a vaccine next week. He does not and will not acknowledge that we have over 208,000 people who

have passed away from this illness.

His arrogance extends to his family and staff members. There they were on Tuesday, sitting in the audience without masks and bunched up together like cousins.

In another exchange, former vice president Joe Biden told him to shut up. I believe that Biden showed that he was not going to take that garbage that Mr. T was spewing out.

Mr. Biden came out swinging and left with a TKO. Joe Biden handled him in a way that he has not been handled before now.

The leader of the free world - for now, that is cannot answer a question.

Why? Because he does not have any answers. Both Joe Biden and Kamala

Harris have said that he is unfit to be president.

They are right and America knows they are right.

Last week’s debate has made the debate officials to seek some changes because of his unruly behavior. It is my opinion that Mr. T lacks self-discipline and has no self-control.

So rules, no matter how laid out they are and how well-intentioned they might be, will not mean a thing to him.

This debate held in Cleveland, Ohio, should have shown undecided voters that they can now make a Biden-Harris decision. Our country needs stable and wise leadership.

It does not need instability and petulant decisionmaking.

The POTUS has had

a great fall and none of his advisers can put him back together again. The bell of doom is sounding louder and louder each day against Mr. T. Bad decisions, meanness, and the coronavirus have his train stopping on the tracks. Can it make it to the station for relief?

Can they get the vice conductor to lead it?

I don’t think so.

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

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

Trump and the lost country ROBERT C. KOEHLER

Guest Columnist Where, oh where, is the United States of America — global leader, creator of democracy, hope of humankind? It certainly wasn’t up there on the debate stage last Tuesday night.

When nine-year-olds start slinging insults at each other — “Is not!”

“Is too!” — it’s hard for platitudes to step in and re-establish a sense of situation normal. Indeed, the almost total absence of platitudinous rhetoric during the debate may be the one positive takeaway from this bizarre event, which otherwise put a naked president on display before the world, showing off his dystopian immaturity.

The unofficial term for Donald Trump’s condition may well be “hubris syndrome,” as discussed several years ago in an Atlantic article by Jerry Useem, titled “Power Causes Brain Damage.”

Useem, quoting psychiatrists David Owen and Jonathan Davidson, defined hubris syndrome as “a disorder of the possession of power, particularly power which has been associated with overwhelming success, held for a period of years and with minimal constraint on the leader.” He goes on to describe some of the syndrome’s clinical features: “manifests contempt for others, loss of contact with reality, restless or reckless actions, and displays of incompetence.”

So there you go. As far as I’m concerned, this is the best context in which to ponder the debate. Who the hell are we? This question matters far more than who “won” the debate or

which way it pushed the poll numbers. Trump set the tone by making sure the debate was about nothing — that is, nothing except his greatness and incredible success, over and over, as the answer to every question and every challenge.

He was immune to anything remotely factual and felt no compulsion to act with decorum during the debate, turning it into an interruption-fest and essentially forcing Joe Biden to unleash his contempt back at Trump, at one point declaring: “It’s hard to get any word in with this clown.”

Biden also said: “You were the worst president America has ever had.

Come on.” To which Trump replied: “I’ve done more in 47 months than you’ve done in 47 years.”

It was these sorts of exchanges that began turning the debate into a barely watchable joke and, I fear, a naked exposé of the true

state of the union.

We’re a hypermilitarized global absurdity. Indeed, Trump at one point brought up his creation of the space force — a new, science-fiction-esque military branch meant to give the United States dominance in outer space — as one example proving the accuracy of the statement he’d just made: “There’s never been a president who’s done more than I’ve done.”

It wasn’t like I’d expected much from this debate. But I did expect Trump’s narcissism to remain a little more quietly in the background, expressing itself not as raw reality but hiding behind right-wing platitudes.

That’s what an American presidential debate is supposed to be. It’s what the media expect to cover and ultimately pronounce a winner and a loser, based on how skillfully the platitudes are articulated … and other factors, such as,

for instance, Richard Nixon’s five o’clock shadow and sweaty forehead in that first debate with John F. Kennedy. Indeed, the era of televised presidential debates has seemingly amplified the significance of superficial factors in determining presidential fitness.

This, in the era of nuclear weapons! Not to mention climate change, along with the all the issues, such as racism, that have always been part of the nation’s social infrastructure. For 60 years now, we’ve been mixing those real issues in with such matters as a candidate’s clothing and other trivia.

This has cheapened and waylaid the national, or at least the presidential, discussion of our serious issues. As a nation, we should by now be addressing such matters as racist policing, but instead we’re still at the point where the racism itself — is it bad or

is it OK? — is what we’re debating. Thus when Trump was challenged by moderator Chris Wallace — “What’s so radical about racial sensitivity training (for police)?” — he responded: “They were teaching people to hate our country, calling it a racist country.”

In other words, calling America a racist country because it’s a racist country is just plain wrong.

And, oh yeah: “All the violence is from the left wing, not the right wing.

Somebody’s got to do something about Antifa and the left.”

I repeat once more the name of the Atlantic article I quoted: “Power Causes Brain Damage.”

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

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

President Karen Wim Laven Guest Columnist After watching the first round of “debates” between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, there are explanations for the behavior presented by Donald Trump. Initially I posited that either he was self-aware that his normal operation of dishonesty would not work because there has been too much time and availability with fact-checkers, or that he thought acting like a toddler or petulant child would somehow be endearing to parents.

Trump’s 90-minute tantrum of refusal to follow ground rules was more like my little nephew’s bad behavior than that of a president.

We might start thinking of him as President Karen.

“Karen” is defined on

dictionary.com as “a pejorative slang term for an obnoxious, angry, entitled, and often racist middleaged white woman who uses her privilege to get her way or police other people’s behaviors.”

The Trumper-tantrum appears to be an outburst whenever you don’t like what someone is saying, whether or not it is true.

Brett Kavanaugh demonstrated his Karenist judicial temperament when instead of answering, “Yes, I had something to drink,” he ranted: “My friends and I, the boys and girls. Yes, we drank beer. I liked beer.

Still like beer. We drank beer. The drinking age, as I noted, was 18, so the seniors were legal, senior year in high school, people were legal to drink, and we — yeah, we drank beer, and I said sometimes — sometimes probably had too many beers, and sometimes other people had too many beers …. We drank beer. We liked beer.”

My sister used to collect the stories of my nephew’s resistance to

parenting that the little guy didn’t like. They wouldn’t let him watch cartoons while he took his bath.

He wasn’t allowed to use markers on the wall. They made him go to bed when he didn’t think he was tired … Young people scream and yell to get their way; parents can declare success when their children outgrow this behavior.

Sadly, there are obnoxious, angry, entitled, and frequently racist people who believe using privilege to get your way is a legitimate form of argument.

They believe Trump “tells it like it is,” not because he is honest (he isn’t, he has told more than 20,000 lies), but because they believe you cut someone off when you don’t like what they are saying.

Trump proved that you will pay a price for bringing up his failures. He will attack your family and lie about your children. If you make him angry, then he will try to make you angry.

Trump is the living breathing Karen meme.

He has a hundred lies

for not wearing a mask, but the truth is that he just doesn’t care about anyone but himself—not you, and definitely not your kids.

He has had a hundred chances to denounce racism, but he won’t, instead he says, “The Proud Boys, stand back and stand by.”

He does not believe rules apply to him and he sees attempts at enforcement as people out to get him. Trump is jealous of the success of others; he tweeted to attack teenager Greta Thunberg when she won Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” award. What adult would do something like this?

Karen would.

Unfortunately, Chris Wallace is not a trained facilitator and he was not prepared for such un-presidential behavior.

The best practice for Chris Wallace’s moderation would have been strong enforcement of the ground rules. Like legendary mediator Ron Kraybill observes on the enforcement of rules about interrupting: “You need to stop

the proceedings cold, right there, turn physically towards the interrupter and speak directly and firmly: ‘Mr. Trump, our ground rule is no interruptions, and we won’t be able to proceed if people don’t stick to it. I need your commitment to support the process. Can you give it?’

And then you need to wait silently for the interrupter to give it. In 35 years of mediation and facilitation, I’ve never had a client refuse to do so.”

Karens get away with their obnoxious behavior on the basis that most people do not have training in aspects of conflict resolution. Trump refuses to follow the rules and he is not called out, because one hopes that the bad behavior will go away on its own, but the science of conflict almost guarantees one interruption will lead to more, as we plainly and painfully saw and heard.

Trump showed the Karens what they know to be true. You can see what you can get away with early on—break rules—

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and when the rule is not serious, you can make a sucker out of everyone who follows the rules.

Trump gives the nod to political and white nationalist violence every time he refuses to condemn it and he knows this principle: a rule is not a rule unless you enforce it. So he interrupts, he punches below the belt, he takes pot shots, and he will stop at nothing for a perceived advantage, no matter the lies he has to tell.

I love my nephew.

He has outbursts because he gets tired, and is still figuring his way through the world. He is a wellbehaved angel most of the time and will certainly grow up to follow basic rules.

Is it too much to wish for a president to do the same? We have the people’s chance to enforce all this Nov. 3. Let’s do it.

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

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BUSINESS OF THE MONTH

‘Too many of us are living in despair, and we’re providers of hope.’

BY BUSTA BROWN FOR THE CHRONICLE

HOPE Counseling & Consulting Services promotes and enhances health and recovery for individuals with mental illness, substance abuse, and behavior problems through high quality services. I asked founder and CEO Rev. Dr. Linda Perkins McRae to describe the feeling of the results of her clients healing. “My heart beats outside of my chest, because it makes it all worth it, all of the hard work. HOPE stands for Healing Our People & Environment. We have to heal the people first. When we heal a father, it’s not only for him, but it’s also for his wife, their children and a greater community.

That’s what makes my heart beat,” she said with so much love and passion.

McRae shared one of the many HOPE success stories. “I have a client that was shot, and between what he’d learned from HOPE and that experience, he refused to retaliate. We taught him that what he does in the moment is not only going to affect his moment, but his lifetime.

It doesn’t just affect him, but his children and grandchildren. He understands that now. He shared how thankful he is to have been a part of our program and how it changed the way he sees life,” said McRae. HOPE provides counseling which includes out-

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Rev. Dr. Linda Perkins McRae, founder/president/ CEO of HOPE Counseling and Consulting Services. patient individual/group/ family therapy; substance use disorder assessment and treatment; behavioral health/psychological assessment and treatment; problem gambling services (FREE to client and family. Call 1-877-7185543 and request HOPE); couples counseling; anger management and domestic violence intervention program. Their DWI services include short- and longterm DWI treatment, offering morning and evening hours. They offer services to sex offenders as well, empowering individuals who have been identified as sex offenders with the

necessary tools to recover from a life of crime and punishment.

HOPE has a few new additions. “Our domestic violence intervention program is the newest addition. We are in the courthouse speaking with DAs, judges, lawyers and potential clients, letting them know that we’re here to support them. We provide assessment and treatment as well. There’s a great need for this service, because both women and men are victims of domestic violence. So many people are having difficulties in their relationships, See Hope on A7

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so we’re grateful to be able to make a difference in our community,� said Dr. McRae. “We are also excited that U.S. Probation allows us to provide family services to clients. We recently opened More Than Conquerors Remote Learning Center for students in Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Schools system. This is for students that need a safe place where they can get their education through remote learning. We are using one of our homes as a transition home for releasees,� she said with a huge smile and spirit of joy.

Dr. Linda Perkins McRae clearly loves what she does and what makes her story even more amazing: her family does as well. Sly and the Family Stone said it best: HOPE is “A family affair.� It all began with the love and support from her husband of 26 years, Pastor Ronald McRae. He’s served as senior pastor of Little Salem Christian Church for 22 years and has worked in the field of Human Services for more than 20 years. Dr. McRae reminisced about how her vision for HOPE began. “I can remember when

I opened my first office outside of the home. We had to pull our resources together. He also helped me get the furnishings and so much more. I am so grateful for my husband.

And in the past couple of years, he’s come on board to work with us here at HOPE as the chief operations officer and director of DVIP & Boys2Men Mentorship Program.

Three of our four daughters work with HOPE as well. Shonise McRae is the administrative assistant, Monty Pearson coleads the group home, and Vikki Martin helps direct our Domestic Violence Intervention Program,� she said. I could see and feel how full her heart was, and with good reason. Other staff members include Levonia Gravely and Gabrielle Sandor.

McRae believes that given the proper tools, “every person can maneuver their environment successfully and play an integral, vital role in their community. If you teach someone to change their perspective and thoughts, it can change their outcome, because you’ll see something different, so you can have something different. Too many of us are living in despair.

We are providers of hope.

That’s what we do. I’m a

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cognitive behavioral therapist, so I’m always going to challenge thoughts, because our thoughts affect how we feel, which affects how we behave,� said Dr. McRae. In one of the emails that she sent to me, I noticed the scripture Jeremiah 29:11. So I asked her about it, and it was as if a lightning bolt had gone off.

Linda Perkins McRae is on fire for God! I could feel it when she spoke about the scripture. “Our God has given us hope and He has a great plan for each one of us. And if we can entertain that God has good desires for us and it doesn’t matter where you started from or what you have. If you begin to challenge your negative thoughts, you’ll begin to walk different and talk different. No matter what door was closed, you’ll believe that another one will open.�

The Chronicle’s Business of the Month is HOPE Counseling and Consulting Services. For more information, call their office at 336-631-1948, email them at thereishopeinc@ gmail.com, or stop by one of their four locations: 326 N. Spring Street and 500 W. 4th St., in WinstonSalem; 460 Salem Church Road in Reidsville; and 11 W. Main St. in Thomasville.

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After introductions, moderators Abrea Armstrong, president of the Young Professionals, and Kenneth Pettigrew, first vice president of the Young Professionals, took turns asking candidates questions that matter most to Millennials and Gen Z. Candidates who participated in the open forum included: Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines; Amber Baker (NC House District 72); Dan Besse

(NC House District 74); Terri LeGrand (NC Senate District 31); Sen. Paul Lowe (NC Senate District 32); Mike Silver (District Court Judge); Chris Smith (Forsyth County Board of Commissioners); Eric Weis (Forsyth County Board of Commissioners); and Jenna Wadsworth (Commissioner of Agriculture).

When discussing the Political PARTY, organizer Magalie Yacinthe said the event was necessary to ensure young people exercise their right to vote.

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The C hronicle VID-19 stop our efforts to reach out to our generation. This is too important, especially in times such as these,” said Yacinthe. “All are welcomed to come with the understanding that this event is an authentic, interactive and fun experience, designed and produced by millennials for millennials in order to successfully drive the millennial vote.”

The 2020 Political PARTY can be viewed by visiting the Winston-Salem Urban League’s Facebook page.

Wake Forest and the New Museum present ‘IdeasCity Winston-Salem’ SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Wake Forest University, New Museum’s NEW INC in New York City, and more than a dozen local businesses and organizations, are engaging in a unique year-long partnership under the banner “IdeasCity Winston-Salem.”

Throughout the 202021 academic year, community partners will host events to explore creative approaches to improve health and wellbeing, economic development, and justice and equity for members of the WinstonSalem community.

IdeasCity, which began as a collaborative program of the New Museum, has taken many forms over the years as a platform that builds on the premise that art and culture are essential to the future vitality of cities. Winston-Salem joins a global list of cities that have hosted IdeasCity including Athens, Detroit, Istanbul, New Orleans, New York City, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, and Toronto.

IdeasCity WS will engage participants in new ideas and opportunities to explore how creative solutions can foster wellbeing in the city’s creative economic landscape. The program kicks off on October 8 with a series of events organized by NEW INC,

the nation’s first museumled incubator.

Virtual “Beta Bonfires” will facilitate discussions about how art, entrepreneurship, technology, and design can solve challenges facing mid-sized cities.

The goal is to engage local arts leaders and entrepreneurs in timely, solutionsbased discussions. Following a progression of three Beta Bonfire events, NEW INC will present CAMP: a three-day intensive offering professional development workshops, mentoring, and community building.

The first Beta Bonfire: Rethinking Norms will be held on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 5 p.m. The event is open to all. Registration is required.

“To be selected to host an IdeasCity is an honor,” said Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines. “As the City of Arts and Innovation, Winston-Salem is well-positioned to take full advantage of this opportunity. The variety of perspectives and collaboration offered through this partnership will open new possibilities to improving our community for all.”

Higher-education leaders, community organizations, socially-engaged businesses, and artists will lead a series of complementary city-wide events – from arts performances and exhibitions to hack-

athons for social change.

A spring festival planned for April, led by Wake Forest and WinstonSalem community partners, will feature a panel discussion with mayors from other mid-sized cities, a roundtable with Kennedy Center Fellows and local artists. An interactive marketplace of ideas and musical performances will celebrate the rich diversity of local talent and the role of artistic and tech innovation in the life of the midsize city.

More details will be shared closer to each event. Additional information about IdeasCity WS can be found at go.wfu. edu/ideascityws.

IdeasCity WS Community Partners: Center For Creative Economy, Creative Center of NC., Flywheel, HUSTLE, Innovation Quarter, Kenan Institute, MIXXER Community Makerspace, The Office of the Mayor of Winston-Salem, Salem College Center for Entrepreneurship and Business, SG Atkins Community Development Corporation at Winston-Salem State University, Small Business Center Forsyth Technical Community College, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Wake Forest Center for Entrepreneurship, and Winston Starts.

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

Unexpected NBA Finals matchup Many people expected the L.A. Lakers to make it to the NBA Finals out of the west, but on the other hand, no one really expected the Miami Heat to make it out of the east.

Without any “superstar” players, the Heat go into the finals as a decisive underdog against the Lakers.

For me, it was very exciting to see the Miami Heat make it to the finals without having a super team. This is not quite a David and Goliath story, but conventional wisdom would lead you to think that the Lakers will win easily, especially having two of the league’s best players on their roster.

The fact that Miami made it to the finals is a slap in the face to many people who said a team needs two superstars to win. Even if the Heat don’t walk away with the championship, they have proven a team that is built solid from top to bottom can compete with the best of the best.

Even though I don’t have a horse in this race, so to speak, I anticipate the Lakers winning in seven games. I envision this series being a drag out, knock’em down series, with both teams having advantages in certain areas.

When it comes to star power, the Lakers have that in LeBron James and Anthony Davis. With those two players alone, their roster stacks up well against anyone. Their supporting cast, however, will determine the series in my opinion. Rajon Rondo, Kyle Kuzma, Danny Green and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope all need to play to their levels of capability in order to take the load off of James and Davis.

The Lakers knocked off the Blazers, Rockets and the Nuggets to get to the Finals. We were all hoping for an all-L.A. matchup in the conference finals, but the Clippers did not live up to their end of the bargain.

The championship experience of James and others is going to bode well for the Lakers during crunch time.

As for the Heat, they lack the star power at the top, but what they do have is a host of role players that execute very well in what they do. Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo grab many of the headlines, which are well deserved, but the Heat goes as their role players go.

As a five-seed, the Heat have beaten the Pacers, Bucks and Celtics on their way to the finals.

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Photos by Alphonso Abbott Jr.

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

The Kernersville Warriors are quickly making

a name for themselves as one of the programs to be reckoned with in the area.

All age groups of the Warriors’ program have set the

bar pretty high and last Saturday was no different.

Here is a peek at some of the action from their most recent games.

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Walkertown finds new leader for basketball team

BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE

Walkertown High School has been searching for Kevin Thompson’s replacement since he stepped down as head basketball coach earlier this year.

Their search is now over, as they have hired Richard Daniels Jr. for the position.

Thompson led the Wolfpack for four seasons, leading the team to a Western Piedmont Athletic 2-A championship and a conference tournament title along the way. Daniels led the JV basketball team for Glenn High School prior to taking over the Wolfpack program.

There were several openings for a head coaching position around the county and Daniels applied to several, but feels that Walkertown is the best place for him to have his first head coaching position.

“Walkertown popped open and I didn’t think I wanted to do another interview, but after talking to my family, I thought it was the best thing to apply for the Walkertown job,” Daniels said about his thought process prior to being hired. “It’s one of

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Richard Daniels Jr. (right), stands with his assistant coach Kedrick Carpenter in his new home gym at Walkertown High School. the newer facilities, I knew ing, this is really it, so I am in the past and kind of who the athletic director definitely excited for it,” building that into what we was, and was just ready for he said. want to do at this school. I the next chapter in my life.

With pandemic restric- think they have some tal“Coaching JV and tions still in place, Dan- ent there.” coaching travel basketball iels has yet to meet with Daniels said it was kind of prepared me for a his team as a whole. His “bittersweet” having to head coaching position, so goal is to initially build leave his team at Glenn.

I thought it was time.” trust with his players while That was his first coachUpon hearing he was establishing his rules and ing position following his selected for the position, philosophy. graduation from college Daniels said it took a few “You want to come in and he spent six years with days for the news to sink and establish the culture the Bobcats. in. first, before you start any“Of course the boys “Once I talked to the thing else,” he said. “We that are over there, I’ve principal and the athletic just want to come in and established a relationship director, I was just think- take what we have learned with them, but like I told

them, I’ve done my part to help Glenn and it was time to do something for myself and step out there on that leap of faith,” he went on to say.

As a first-time head coach, Daniels is confident because he feels he has a supportive coaching and administrative staff to lean on. He said when it comes to the basketball aspect of the job, he has no worries.

“It’s a lot of bad basketball out there and the culture of the game has changed anyway, so establishing discipline and getting kids to understand about being complete players. Right now, it’s either dunking or a three-point shot and that’s the game, but we want to show them the things that people don’t teach them.”

Daniels has been waiting for his opportunity to lead a program and has known who he wanted on his coaching staff for two years. Joining him at Walkertown will be Aaron Bailey, Mike Grace, Kedrick Williams, Kenny Anderson and Kedrick Carpenter.

Carpenter comes over after a very successful tenSee Leader on B6

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Nonprofit feeds children in need

Elder Richard Wayne Wood Sunday School Lesson

Love Your Enemies Scriptures: Luke 6:27-36 By the end of this lesson, we will: *Explore Jesus’ teaching about what it means to love your enemies; *Reflect on times when we felt hate toward others or were hated by others; *Identify ways to love our enemies.

Background: Luke is the only Gospel writer who is not a Jew – and because he is a gentile his writings are more inclusive of non-Jews and their response to Jesus.

In his writings there is more information from research rather than experience or actual witness. Luke covers in the early part of chapter six Jesus’ preaching moral behavior. He covers the Beatitudes (Blessings) and the Woes – then in a real challenge he calls for love of your enemies. The directive here is clear – the true disciple of the Lord hears his call and acts upon it.

Lesson: Loving our enemies is a challenge indeed and followers of Christ may ask themselves, “Who exactly is an enemy?” The simple answer may be people we find unpleasant or just dislike. Jesus was aiming at a stronger version of enemies. Jesus was talking about people we absolutely despise and who despise us. People who have harmed us personally or stolen from us, who or are actively working for our destruction. People we view as repulsive, frightening and even inhuman. So then, the enemies are those who curse and shame (verse 28), strike and rob (verse 29) and exploit (verse 30). In the face of all this, Jesus says, “swim upstream” – “Treat others the same way you want them to treat you” (verse 31). This statement by Jesus is a simplification of the Law of the Prophets regarding ethical principles.

Love those you hate and those who hate you. This is the message for those who are really listening – that there should be mercy for all. It is easy to love those who love you (verse 32). It is a simple thing to give when we know we will get back (verse 34). But God loves people who do not love Him and He gives to those who will never bother to thank Him (verse 35). As God’s children, we must show His moral character and since God is loving, gracious and generous – even to those who are His enemies – we should be like Him. We should find practical ways to pass God’s mercy along to those in need. “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful” (verse 36). (The UMI Annual Commentary 2020-2021, The MacArthur Study Bible, The Modern Life Study Bible, The Oxford Bible Commentary).

For Your Consideration: How can you actively respond beyond patience when others wrong you? How can we keep the principle of God’s mercy in the forefront of our minds?

Application: Christian attitudes and behaviors should flow from our image of God as the merciful Father. We know that God never stops showing mercy, neither should we. That is a truth that we must take literally and strive to follow. “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed because his compassions fail not.

They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23).

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Many kids depend on their schools for breakfast and lunch, so the summer months present a food insecurity issue. To help combat this unfortunate issue, almost every day A.R.K.A. Tasty Foods (ARKA) delivers thousands of meals during the summer months to kids all across the Triad area.

ARKA was started 16 years ago by Allen and Rosemary Stimpson.

With Mr. Stimpson being a pastor, the couple started the program as a means to raise revenue for the church, so the congregation could spend more time doing ministry work instead of working for the church conference.

After the Stimpsons started to build their program, they began to think

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Kirsti Waiters, Allen and Rosemary’s daughter, enjoys helping the young people in need during the summer months.

Allen and Rosemary Stimpson started A.R.K.A. Tasty Foods 16 years ago and feed thousands of children every summer.

about how they could expand to reach a wider audience.

“We started to think how we could take what we have and still help those around us,” said Kristi Waiters, daughter of Rosemary and Allen Stimpson.

“That is when we started to reach out to the rec centers and the YMCAs, Boys and Girls Clubs, and all those places.

“We asked them if they were getting summer meals and nobody around here was doing it, so we

were the first ones to really put our toe in the water and grow so large.”

Initially the program was run out of the church, but the Stimpsons decided to eventually branch out on their own, which involved them finding their own location to cook and package their meals.

The Stimpsons also began collaborating with other organizations, such as Veterans Helping Veterans Heal, as a way to teach new life skills to get See Children on B4

Hood Theological Seminary receives $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc. SUBMITTED ARTICLE

Hood Theological Seminary has received a grant of $1 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Congregational Faith and Learning Center at Hood Theological Seminary.

The program is funded through Lilly Endowment’s Thriving Congregations Initiative. The aim of the national initiative is to strengthen Christian congregations so they can help people deepen their relationships with God, build strong relationships with each other, and contribute to the flourishing of local communities and the world.

Lilly Endowment is making nearly $93 million in grants through the initia-

tive. The grants will support organizations as they work directly with congregations and help them gain clarity about their values and missions, explore and understand better the communities in which they serve, and draw upon their theological traditions as they adapt ministries to meet changing needs.

The Congregational Faith and Learning Center at Hood Theological Seminary (HTS) will provide training and faith engagement directly to congregations in the community by being a place to “educate, empower and equip” congregations. Today, congregations and churches are dealing with changes in spiritual discipleship, church attendance, age demographic concerns,

cultural changes, social media growth, technology advances, immigration issues, just to note a few. The Center’s focus will include improving congregations in three key areas: congregational internal stability, congregational external relationship engagement, and congregational mission and ministry excellence.

Dr. Vergel Lattimore, president, said, “Hood Theological Seminary proudly serves the A.M.E. Zion Church (known as The Freedom Church) as an institution which invites creative spiritual collaboration and cooperation to heal communities.”

Hood Theological Seminary is one of 92 organizations taking part in the initiative. They repre-

sent and serve churches in a broad spectrum of Christian traditions, including Anabaptist, Baptist, Episcopal, evangelical, Lutheran, Methodist, Mennonite, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Reformed, Restoration, Roman Catholic and Orthodox, as well as congregations that describe themselves as nondenominational. Several organizations serve congregations in Black, Hispanic and Asian-American traditions.

Hood Theological Seminary, located at 1810 Lutheran Synod Drive, Salisbury, is a graduate and professional school sponsored by the A.M.E. Zion Church and approved by the University Senate See Grant on B4

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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.

NOW Zoom services New Birth Worship Center (NBWC) in East Bend has gone virtual. Please join Dr. James L. E. Hunt, Senior Pastor on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. on Zoom webinar. The link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84789021891 or Dial-In: 1 301 715 8592 ID Mtg. #: 84789021891.

In addition, Sunday School is taught by Deacon James Henry at 9 a.m. via telephone conference call #: 1 917 900 1022 ID#: 868433#.

All are welcome to join us for Zoom (virtual) Bible Study on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Our Pastor, Dr. Hunt, will be the teacher. The Zoom Link: https://us02web. zoom.us/j/89195349778 or Dial-In Mtg #: 1 301 715 8592 ID#: 89195349778#.

For additional information, please call 336-699-

3583 or visitwww.newbirthworshipcenter.org or visit our Facebook page.

Oct. 10 “GriefCare” St. Paul United Methodist Church sponsors “GriefCare”, a support group for persons experiencing grief due to the death of someone close to them. The sessions feature biblical teaching on grief and recovery topics.

Sessions are free; each is self-contained, meaning one does not have to attend the sessions in sequence. GUILT AND ANGER is the topic on Saturday, October 10 at 10 a.m. For information about how to participate in this virtual GriefCare session, please call 336-723-4531 before October 10.

Oct. 11 First Waughtown Baptist Church Live Stream Senior Pastor Dennis W. Bishop will deliver the sermon at 10 a.m. Sunday, October 11. You can access the service on Facebook Live, https://www.facebook. com/FirstWaughtown/ or the First Waughtown website, https://www.firstwaughtown.org and click on MEDIA. Oct. 18 Church anniversary The Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church, 1905 N Jackson Ave., will celebrate their 60th church and founder’s day anniversary on Sunday, October 18, with

their regular one-hour worship service at 11 a.m.

Oct. 21 Winning Wednesdays Winning Wednesday delights will make their Fall debut on plate sales to support the 100th Anniversary of Wentz Memorial United Church of Christ, at 3435 Carver School Road.

The Wednesday dinner plate sale will be held Oct. 21, from 4:30-6:30 p.m.

The sale is held the first and third Wednesday of each month. The cost is $10 per plate. Proceeds from the plate sale will be used to help offset the expenses and costs of the church’s 100th anniversary celebration Due to restrictions related to COVID-19, plates will be available as a drive-through/pick-up item or in special situations as a delivery within a five-mile radius.

Contact Reginald Gaither at 336-391-8586 to place orders or for more information. Or you may contact Wentz Church at 336-722-0430.

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

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

NOW - Oct. 28 – Powerful Tools for Caregivers Registration is now underway for a virtual Powerful Tools for Caregivers class. This is a 7-week course for anyone caring for a loved one who is frail or ill. Classes will take place by Zoom on Wednesdays, 2 -3:30 p.m., Sept. 16 – Oct. 28. There is no charge, but donations are accepted. Registration is required. To register or get information, call Carol Ann Harris at The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem, 336-7480217. Class size is limited, so early registration is suggested.

Oct. 12 - 21 – Virtual Furr Ball 2020 Forsyth Humane Society (FHS) is excited to announce Furr Ball 2020 is going virtual this year!

Due to COVID-19, we have changed the format, and for the first time ever, everyone is invited to watch our life changing shelter pet stories streamed live on Facebook and YouTube on Friday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Pre-register to attend Furr Ball 2020 at https://one.bidpal.net/furrball2020.

Oct. 12 - 21 – Virtual author event Marking the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, and acknowledging that not all American women secured the right to vote in 1920, The Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem and MUSE Winston-Salem invite readers to join the Unsung Suffragists Book Club for a community reading experience of “Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All,” by Martha S. Jones. Participants should acquire and read the book on their own. Beginning the week

of October 12, registered participants can participate in one of several moderated small-group discussions via Zoom. Then on October 21 at 4 p.m., Dr. Jones will join for a virtual author’s event, offering brief remarks and engaging in a discussion with readers.

Readers must register at https://www.wsfoundation.org/wf-book-club, to sign up for a discussion session and register to receive an access link for the October 21 virtual author event. Participants are encouraged to order the book online through Bookmarks at https:// www.bookmarksnc.org/ book/9781541618619 and can use discount code 20VANGUARD for 20% off.

Oct. 20 – Virtual conversation Wake Forest’s Face to Face Speaker Forum will host Peggy Noonan and Eugene Robinson for a virtual conversation on Tuesday, Oct. 20, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Preprogramming will begin at 7 p.m. The event is free for Face to Face Speaker Forum season subscribers and students, faculty and staff at Wake Forest, as well as students and faculty in the Winston-Salem area. Visit go.wfu.edu/ facetoface to register for this event. Tickets for general audience are $10.

Oct. 21, Nov. 12 & Dec. 16 – Read to Right Wrong The Forsyth County Public Library system is holding a series of community conversations around complex subjects to launch its new Read To Right Wrong initiative.

Read To Right Wrong (RTRW) is an effort to provide information around the many topics that the community is wrestling with, through programs, reading recommendations, outreach efforts and more. *Wed., Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. Racial Equity in Housing *Thur., Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. Food Disparities in Forsyth County *Wed., Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. Health Equity Oct. 26 – Medicare workshop The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem is offering a virtual workshop for individuals turning 65 (as well as those who already have Medicare) to learn about the different insurance op-

tions available, including “Original Medicare,” Medicare prescription drug programs, Medicare supplements and Medicare Advantage plans.

The session will be held on Monday, Oct. 26, from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. through computer and telephone access. The session is provided at no cost.

Because space is limited, reservations are required.

Contact the Shepherd’s Center at 336-748-0217 or Info@shepherdscenter.org for more information or to reserve a seat.

C A N C E L E D EVENTS: Oct. 14 – Charity Golf Tournament - Canceled Due to the on-going COVID 19 pandemic disruption, Jim Shaw’s Ace Aviation Academy of Winston Salem will regretfully postpone the planned Oct 14, 2020 Charity Golf Tournament fundraising event to be held this year at Maple Chase Golf & Country Club.

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Travel expert releases new ‘Green Book’ to connect travelers with Black-owned hotels, restaurans

Martinique Lewis platforms.

With the Black travel movement constantly growing, and Black travelers injecting billions of dollars into the travel industry each year, the in-

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of the United Methodist Church.

“In the midst of a rapidly changing world, Christian congregations are grappling with how they can best carry forward their ministries,” said Christopher Coble, Lilly Endowment’s vice president for religion.

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people back into the workforce. They continued to grow and reached a level of feeding almost 3,000 children at one point.

“We were cooking it, packaging it and delivering it out of our kitchen every day,” Waiters said. “I would drag my twins out at 4 o’clock in the morning to run these kitchens, but it was fun and it’s only during the summertime and it was a great experience for all.”

Waiters said this year was totally different for ARKA due to the pandemic. First, they had to find a new location to cook their meals, because their previous location had been sold.

Secondly, they had to begin earlier than usual.

“This year, with the pandemic hitting, it was so quick and last minute,” she continued. “The Commons had just sold, so we didn’t know if we were going to be able to get the kitchen, so that’s what led us to seeing what vending led us to.”

ARKA connected with K&W Cafeteria to handle the cooking of the meals, while they still handled the delivery of the meals. The partnership was mutually beneficial for both parties, Waiters said.

“That’s been just phenomenal, for us and them, because it took the workload and put it on someone else,” Waiters said about

formation highlighting the destinations and experiences where those travelers can see themselves reflected has been repeatedly overlooked.

After years of research, Martinique Lewis — diversity in travel consultant, creative lead of Nomadness Travel Tribe, and president of the Black

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Travel Alliance — has compiled this resource for Black travelers to connect with Black communities in every city and country in six out of seven continents. From restaurants to congregations assess their ministries and draw on practices in their theological traditions to address new challenges and better nurture the spiritual vitality of the people they serve.”

Lilly Endowment launched the Thriving Congregations Initiative in 2019 as part of its commitment to support efforts that enhance the vitality of Christian congregations. the partnership with K&W. “We went up during the pandemic. Our highest numbers were almost 5,300 kids per day that we were feeding.”

Waiters said there is nothing more humbling in the world than helping a kid to eat.

“It is so rewarding, because you don’t realize who you help,” she said.

“Growing up, we didn’t have a lot. We lived on our family land and we had what we had, but it was all we needed, and I never had to go hungry. To know there are kids out here who might not eat, I can’t imagine.

“I have seen the amount of food that my kid wastes and it bothers me because I know there is a kid out there hungry. It’s not a lot and I don’t have a lot to give anybody, but if you come to my door, I can feed you. It might not be what you want, but you won’t leave hungry and that’s how we were raised.”

Waiters is pleased with the growth ARKA has seen over the last decade and a half and is happy with where they are. She wants to reach more people, but doesn’t want to get too big to lose their core mission.

“I don’t know how we move forward and still stay small and deliver a product to the people who really need it,” she said. “I don’t want to lose sight of those people and the path that we are on.”

recreation centers, transportation companies to Black history tours, this resource shows you all of the places search engines can’t. “The ABC Travel Greenbook” amplifies Black-owned businesses previously left out of major travel publications - so that they too are included in press trip itineraries, garner attention for their own television segments, and can be starred as a destination for travelers.

Inspired by Victor Hugo Green’s “Negro Motorist Green Book,” this will be the first time Black travelers will have one

resource that collectively lists all Black-owned businesses, neighborhoods, and online communities in every country with the aim of strengthening local economies and circulating the Black dollar. This resource was created to celebrate Black culture and serve our communities. For our allies, this resource will help you share our narratives.

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To be honest, I picked the Bucks and Celtics to beat the Heat. They have exceeded my expectations of how far they could go and now I am a believer.

Players like rookie Tyler Herro, Jae Crowder, Goran Dragic and Duncan Robinson have all stepped up their games in the playoffs to get the Heat into the Finals. I am consistently impressed by the poise and clutch play exhibited by the Heat role players game in and game out. There is no question Miami has the stronger supporting cast, but will that be enough to win? I doubt it.

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ure as the JV head coach of the Mt. Tabor basketball team, winning two Lash/ Chronicle Tournaments and consistently fielding one of the best teams in the county year in and year out.

“I was pacing for the past two or three weeks, doing the pros and cons,” said Carpenter. “It was a bunch of mixed emotions, but at the end of the day,

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way to slow down Davis.

I think James will get his, regardless of what Miami does, so the goal should be to shut down Davis and the supporting cast. If they are kept in check, Miami’s chance of winning goes up.

I just think when it’s all said and done, the combination of James and Davis will make the difference in the end. I will say I am glad the Heat showed there is a different way to achieve success besides trying to build a super team.

If James is able to pull off this series, he will inch one championship closer to the G.O.A.T., which we all know is Michael Jordan. Of course, we know Jordan has six champion-

ships and this will only make four for James, but that will bring him one closer to that magic number.

That would be an incredible feat, especially when you consider James is in his 17th year in the league and is 35 years of age. With everything James stands for on and off the court, I don’t think there is a better person to root for if you don’t have an allegiance to a team.

I am just going to sit back and enjoy this series.

Watching two teams that got to the promise land in two different ways, battle it out to see who is better, this is definitely must-see TV.

Richard is family, and this is one of the things we always talked about. We said whoever gets a program first, we would be the other’s assistant.

“From there it was a no-brainer. This is the first time we can say that this is our program. We can make it how big we want it, or we can make our bed and lie in it and sleep, but knowing how hard this guy [Daniels] works, I am real confident in his vision.”

With only 14 games on

the schedule, Daniels said he will not be counting wins as a way to constitute a successful season. He would rather measure success based on the development of his players.

“I think just seeing growth from the day we start practice until the last game of the season and the players getting better, for us to see everyone get on the same page is success for me.”

Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation now accepting applications for Community Progress Fund The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (ZSR) is now accepting applications for its Community Progress Fund.

Sometimes a local organization, idea, issue or project needs that extra boost at just the right time to continue to make progress toward an end goal. ZSR’s Community Progress Fund seeks to support local communities by making time-limited investments at key moments

are intentionally broad. In addition, ZSR desires to be accessible to areas of the state that have relatively higher needs and fewer resources, and to support and learn from those communities as described above.

Consequently, preference will be given to those areas of the state.

Grant amounts range from $20,000 – $30,000 per year for one or two years.

The Foundation’s goal is to award a significant

be made in May 2021. The grant period for grants awarded will begin in July 2021.

For more information about ZSR’s Community Progress Fund, including eligibility criteria and how to apply, visit: https:// www.zsr.org/communityprogress. The deadline to apply for a Progress Fund grant is Dec. 7, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. (noon).

Please note that submitting a Letter of Intent

and is intended to build on existing momentum to help move an issue, idea or organization forward.

The Progress Fund allows communities to test ideas, expand promising efforts or achieve greater impact. ZSR hopes that engaging with community members through the Progress Fund grant cycle will allow the Foundation to support communities and better understand how different communities experience change, opportunity and challenges in unique ways. Thus, the parameters for this approach

portion of grants to organizations that are run by and primarily serve people of color; therefore, ZSR strongly encourages applications from these organizations.

ZSR will began accepting Letters of Intent (LOIs) on Oct. 1. ZSR will review LOIs and contact select applicants who will move to the next phase of the process. This includes ZSR staff scheduling visits in these communities (or virtually if necessary) in Spring 2021 to learn more about their proposals. Grant decisions will

is the preliminary step in introducing a proposal to ZSR. Therefore, it is not necessary to contact a ZSR staff member. Questions about ZSR’s Community Progress Fund should be directed to info@zsr.org.

ZSR’s Community Progress Fund is part of the Foundation’s Community-Based Strategy, which is one of three major strategies that comprise All For NC: Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation’s Framework for Grantmaking and Learning.

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