WWW.TRIANGLE TRIBUNE.COM Durham fast food The Triangle workers strike on MLK birthday RIBUNE Challenge Biden administration TTHE TRIANGLE’S CHOICE FOR THE BLACK VOICE to raise minimum wage VOLUME 23 NO. 4 WEEK OF JANUARY 24, 2021 $1.00 By Bonitta Best [email protected] DURHAM – Fast-food workers in Durham used Martin Luther Raleigh Firebirds sign 2 King Jr.’s birthday to make their voices heard for better wages. Striking McDonald’s and other employees led a car caravan to roster as season rally and protest on Roxboro Street demanding $15 an hour minimum wage, which is more than double the $7.25 current kicks off. wage that hasn’t changed in 10 years. “We are striking on Martin Luther King’s birthday because we are carrying on his fight—for fair pay, union rights and racial justice,” said McDonald’s worker Monteigo Wilson. “We demand a $15 federal minimum wage. It’s time to close the racial wage gap!” Durham partnered with workers from Atlanta, Chicago, De- Please see STRIKE/2A Students NCAE fight to wants remove tighter SROs reins on By Courtney Napier CORRESPONDENT virus The Youth Justice Proj- ect, in partnership with the By Greg Childress Southern Coalition for So- THE POLICY WATCH cial Justice, announced the launch of its #LiberateToE- With cases of COVID-19 in- ducate campaign. The YJP fections surging and nearly is a youth-led organization 4,000 people in North Caro- comprised of students lina hospitalized with the from Durham Public deadly virus, the N.C. Associ- Schools. The goal of the ation of Educators has called partnership is to create a on Gov. Roy more equitable and nurtur- Cooper to take ing learning environment stronger “ex- for Black and brown stu- SAUL LOEB/POOL PHOTO VIA AP ecutive action” dents and dismantling the Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as to control the disease. school-to-prison pipeline. her husband Doug Emhoff holds the Bible. Last week’s press confer- NCAE Pres- ence was conducted by YJP ident Tamika students’ Valerie Ziegler, Walker Kelly Walker Sonia Green, Mari D., Nico- said in a letter to Kelly las Brown, Zora Deberry, Vice President Harris: the governor and Sophie Yarwood. The that educators are concerned SCSJ’s lead counsel, Tyler about the spike in infections. Whittenberg, and com- She asked Cooper to “make munications director Mi- a difficult” decision to chelle Rash were the A new chapter opens tighten COVID-19 restric- facilitators. The students tions to slow community attend Jordan High, a spread so that schools can school with a predomi- operate safely. nantly white student body, “It does not matter how and Hillside High, a pre- in US politics fastidiously educators en- force masking and distanc- dominantly Black high By Kathleen Ronayne son of South Asian descent to tion that sought to overturn school. hold the position — in front of the election results. Harris was ing mandates in the The students introduced and Alexandra Jaffe the U.S. Capitol by Supreme wearing clothes from two classroom if infection rates the five demands that con- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Court Justice Sonia Soto- young, emerging Black de- are in excess of 10 percent outside the classroom,” stitute the #LiberateToE- WASHINGTON — Vice Pres- mayor. signers — a deep purple dress Walker Kelly wrote. “There- ducate campaign: remove ident Kamala Harris broke the The moment was steeped in and coat. After taking the oath fore, we request that you police, end exclusionary barrier Wednesday that has history and significance in of office, a beaming Harris take immediate and signifi- discipline, liberate the kept men at the top ranks of more ways than one. She was hugged her husband, Douglas cant executive action to school environment, im- American power for more than escorted to the podium by Emhoff, and gave President again curb community plement culturally relevant two centuries when she took Capitol Police Officer Eugene Joe Biden a first bump. spread of this virus until curriculum, and establish the oath to hold the nation’s Goodman, the officer who sin- Her rise is historic in any such time that infection rates mental health safe spaces second-highest office. Harris gle-handedly took on a mob of context, another moment are again under control.” with certified therapists was sworn in as the first fe- Trump supporters as they when a stubborn boundary Last week, the N.C. Depart- and youth-led support male U.S. vice president — and tried to breach the Senate floor falls away, expanding the idea ment of Health and Human groups that are available the first Black woman and per- during the Capitol insurrec- Please see HARRIS/2A during and after school Services reported 5,098 new hours. COVID-19 cases. That was The YJP feels that the down from the 6,851 cases. cost of maintaining a po- State health officials re- lice presence in Durham ported that 14.7% of COVID- Public Schools takes away 19 tests were positive. from resources that could In late March, shortly after go to hiring more support- schools closed for in-person ive staff — like counselors CHCCS new superintendent talks instruction, Cooper’s “ex- and nurses — as well as ecutive action” to slow the implementing restorative virus included a 30-day stay- justice programs that priorities, in-person schooling at-home order requiring res- would help deter students idents to remain in their from the use of violence. By Katie Clark homes to slow the spread of “SROs are valued higher CORRESPONDENT the virus. Residents could only leave homes to visit es- than school counselors.” CHAPEL HILL – Nyah Hamlett sential businesses, exercise Ziegler shared. “You can began her role as superinten- outside or to help a family see this by the fact that dent of Chapel Hill–Carrboro member. More recently, there are more arrests than City Schools on Jan. 4. She Cooper extended a modified suspensions in Durham joins the CHCCS community Stay at Home Order for three County schools.” after working in public educa- weeks. Under that order, Of those interactions tion in Virginia for over 15 people must be home be- with school police, 86% of years. tween 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. school-based complaints In a Jan. 15 media conver- Cooper issued the order on to the justice system are sation, Hamlett announced Dec. 11. It was supposed to Black students, though that a school board meeting on expire Jan. 8. It now expires they make up 44% of DPS’s whether students should re- Jan. 29. student body. When com- turn to in-person learning will Walker Kelly noted that the pared to the Latinx stu- be held Jan. 21. The meeting COURTESY N.C. Nurses Association said dents making up 14% of will discuss options for return- New Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Superintendent Nyah in a letter to Cooper last delinquency complaints, ing students pending corona- Hamlett is sworn into her new position. week that hospitals and med- and white students making virus updates from public ical personnel are over- up virtually none, it is clear health sources, as well as ognize how important it is to cipal areas: racial equity, whelmed. “Despite clear to the YJP members that sports teams participation and know that our students will re- school-based mental health guidance from your office, something needs to extracurricular activities. turn to in-person learning as and wellness, deeper learning NC DHHS, and even the CDC change. Hamlett said she recognizes quickly and as safely as pos- and family engagement. These [Centers for Disease Control One of the first questions the benefits that in-person sible,” she said. “Our commit- priorities will be the focus of and Prevention], compliance the students were asked learning offers, such as in- ment is to provide an her leadership even though with the masking and dis- after their presentation creased socialization and ac- environment that is conducive students remain in an online- tancing protocols is not was who would intervene cess to additional services. to meeting the academic and learning environment. working well enough to pre- in the event of a school When students do return to social needs of our students, Of the four priorities, the ra- vent rampant viral spread shooting without an SRO school, focus will be directed staff and families when it is cial equity focus will include throughout our com- on site? Several pointed to towards following the “three safe to do so.” conversations about anti-racist munities,” Walker Kelly said. the data suggesting that Ws”: washing hands, waiting 6 Hamlett expressed plans to and culture-responsive equity She said schools can’t wait SROs are not particularly feet apart and wearing a mask. begin her role as superinten- and curriculum work. Hamlett Plase see LIBERATE/2A “As a parent myself, I rec- dent by focusing on four prin- Please see SUPERINTENDENT/2A Please see EDUCATORS/2A

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Continued from page 1A came to Washington as a the presidential escort. of what’s possible in Amer- senator from California, After the ceremony, she ican politics. But it’s par- where she’d served as at- and Emhoff escorted ticularly meaningful torney general and as San former Vice President Mike because Harris is taking of- Francisco’s district attor- Pence and his wife, Karen fice at a moment when ney. She had expected to Pence, out of the Capitol, a Americans are grappling work with a White House gesture that would nor- over institutional racism run by Hillary Clinton, but mally be performed by the and confronting a pan- President Donald Trump’s incoming and outgoing demic that has dispropor- victory quickly scrambled presidents, but Trump did tionately devastated Black the nation’s capital and set not attended the inaugura- and brown communities. the stage for the rise of a tion. Harris, Pence and Those close to Harris say new class of Democratic their spouses spoke for she’ll bring an important — stars. several minutes before the and often missing — per- After Harris’ own pres- Pences departed. COURTESY spective to the debates on idential bid fizzled, her To celebrate the occa- McDonald’s workers at store on Roxboro Street. how to overcome the many rise continued when Biden sion, the Alpha Kappa hurdles facing the new ad- chose her as his running Alpha sorority, the nation’s ministration. “In many mate last August. Harris oldest sorority for Black folks’ lifetimes, we experi- had been a close friend of women, which Harris Durham fast-food workers enced a segregated United Beau Biden, his elder son joined at Howard Univer- States,” said Lateefah and a former Delaware at- sity, declared Wednesday Simon, a civil rights advo- torney general who died in as Soror Kamala D. Harris strike on MLK Day cate and longtime Harris 2015 of cancer. Day. Members of the soror- friend and mentee. “You The inauguration activ- ity watching the celebra- Continued from page 1A will now have a Black ities included nods to her tions across the country troit, Houston and others for the joint rally. woman who will walk into history-making rise and were clad in pearls, as was Numerous reports state that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, which would the White House not as a her personal story. Harris, and the sorority’s boost pay for more than 23 million Americans, is among the most powerful tools to guest but as a second in Harris used two Bibles to pink and green colors. raise the standard of living for the nation’s poorest workers, reduce the racial and command of the free take the oath, one that be- “There is a pride I can’t put gender wage gap, and rebuild the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. world.” longed to Supreme Court into words,” said Elizabeth King was visiting Memphis, Tennessee, to support striking sanitation workers de- Harris — the child of im- Justice Thurgood Marshall, Shelby, a member of the manding high pay and safer working conditions when he was assassinated 50 years migrants, a stepmother of the late civil rights icon sorority’s Alpha Psi chap- ago. New President Joe Biden made the $15 wage a central promise of his campaign. two and the wife of a Jew- whom Harris often cites as ter, who watched the inau- “I just turned 54 years old. I have been working all my life. Ten dollars an hour is ish man — “carries an in- inspiration, and Regina guration from her home in the most I’ve ever been paid,” said Rita Blalock, a Raleigh McDonald’s worker who tersectional story of so Shelton, who helped raise Nashville, Tennessee. “It is earns $10 an hour after working at the restaurant for 10 years. “It’s time for the whole many Americans who are Harris during her child- such a joy to see her rise to country to get $15 or better. And after that, we’re going to keep fighting for our union never seen and heard.” hood in the San Francisco this place in our country. It rights.” Harris, 56, moves into Bay Area. The drumline is such a joy to know that the vice presidency just from Harris’ alma mater, she is one of us, that she four years after she first Howard University, joined represents us.” Durham students launch Educators want Cooper to campaign to ‘liberate the tighten COVID restrictions Continued from page 1A fections. And school dis- trol,” Walker Kelly said. school system’ for the vaccine to slow the tricts that planned to send Walker Kelly’s letter virus. “The ongoing vac- children into school build- comes a day after a team of Continued from page 1A cine distribution is a wel- ings this month following Duke University and UNC- effective at stopping come development, but it the holiday break are now Chapel Hill researchers re- school shootings. “By the will still be several months reconsidering those deci- leased a report showing a time the police need to get before a significant portion sions. low-rate of in-school trans- involved, it’s already too of our residents receive the Walker Kelly said mission of the virus. The late,” Wittenberg said. immunization, and our teachers are eager to re- researchers studied 11 Wittenberg believes that schools simply cannot wait open schools, but only school districts with nearly the goal should be meeting until that point,” Walker when it’s safe to do so. 100,000 students and staff the needs of a student be- Kelly said. “Your immedi- “The science and research for nine weeks. They found fore they feel it necessary ate action is necessary to around COVID safety has that secondary transmis- to resort to violence, and save lives, and we implore evolved significantly since sions of the virus were this cannot happen you to do so.” last March, and it is clear rare. through arrests and sus- Walker Kelly didn’t ask that schools can be among “Through contact trac- pensions. “The whole point Cooper to consider closing the safest of places for ing, N.C. health depart- of this comprehensive all schools to in-person in- both students and edu- ment staff determined an platform is that by imple- struction. cators when proper mask- additional 32 infections menting these things are The Board of Education ing, distancing, and were acquired within far less likely to have that COURTESY in Durham County has sanitation protocols are in schools,” the researchers happen.” Jordan High student Nicholas Brown discusses the de- voted to close schools to place, though this can only wrote. “No instances of The #LiberateToEducate structive role SROs play in Durham schools. plan not only addresses in-person instruction for be the case when infec- child-to-adult transmission to take these classes like “We came up with the disparities in discipline, the remainder of the year tions within the wider of SARS-CoV-2 were re- they encouraged my white #LiberateToEducate cam- but it also seeks to change in response to the surge in- community are under con- ported within schools.” counterparts. My school paign based on our daily disparities in access to ad- counselors tried to dis- experiences, our daily vanced classes and lessons courage me taking AP lives.” Brown said. “Many on Black and Indigenous classes because they felt of our teachers and admin- histories. Durham Public that they were too difficult istrators believe that these Schools employ “academic for me or that I was men- issues are new. But these, Inaugural poet Amanda tracking,” a practice that tally incapable of handling in fact, are the issues we've separates students into the pressure of the been dealing with since we streams of classes in accor- course.” stepped foot into a school. Gorman: ‘Even as we dance to their perceived Brown went on to de- Our parents dealt with academic capability. scribe white students hav- some of these issues. Even The issue with academic ing a much different our grandparents dealt grieved, we grew.’ tracking is that it takes the experience – being encour- with some of these issues.” freedom of choice away By Hillel Italie aged by teachers and ad- While they have a realis- from students and puts ASSOCIATED PRESS ministrators to take AP tic perspective on how them at the mercy of an classes, even while they much change can be ac- NEW YORK — In one of administrator’s perception were struggling to keep up complished before they the inaugurations’ most of their aptitude. with the less rigorous graduate, they are hopeful talked about moments, Mari D. stated, “We need Honors-level classes. the campaign will play a poet Amanda Gorman to build a curriculum that The group came up with critical role in making DPS summoned images dire ushers students towards the platform and the list of a place where all students and triumphant Wednes- AP classes, and we need to demands on their own and feel safe, supported, and day as she called out to the systematically support stu- based on their experiences seen. world “even as we grieved, dents by providing them as students. Several who “We know that, even- we grew.” with the materials that presented expressed that tually, whether it comes The 22-year-old Gorman they need in order to suc- they wished teachers and with us or whether it referenced everything ceed in school.” administrators had a better comes with future genera- from Biblical scripture and “I am an AP student, and understanding of the diffi- tions, we will liberate the “Hamilton,” and at times I had to fight just to get culties of being a margin- public school system,” echoed the oratory of John into those classes,” added alized student, and how Brown said. F. Kennedy and the Rev. Brown. “I was never en- they contributed to the Martin Luther King Jr. With couraged by my teachers urgency and assertion she AP PHOTO/PATRICK SEMANSKY, POOL challenging experiences. began by asking “Where American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem can we find light/In this during the 59th Presidential Inauguration. never-ending shade?” and the late writer. combine a message of used her own poetry and “I have never been hope for President Joseph life story as an answer. The prouder to see another Biden’s inaugural without poem’s very title, “The Hill young woman rise! Brava ignoring “the evidence of CHCCS superintendent We Climb,” suggested both Brava, @TheAmandaGor- discord and division.” She labor and transcendence. man! Maya Angelou is had completed a little more “We did not feel prepared cheering—and so am I,” than half of “The Hill We to be the heirs Winfrey tweeted. Gorman Climb” before Jan. 6 and talks priorities, in-person Of such a terrifying hour. was also praised by “Ham- the siege of the U.S. Capitol Continued from page 1A said. This includes a com- updates for certain pop- But within it we’ve found ilton” playwright Lin-Ma- by supporters of then-Pres- said this will include cul- prehensive program for ulations in the com- the power nuel Miranda, who tweeted ident Donald Trump, turally relevant training students and families, munity. To author a new chapter, “YES @TheAmandaGor- “That day gave me a sec- for teachers. She hopes with a focus on wellness “We are putting out our To offer hope and laugh- man!!!” Gorman, soon re- ond wave of energy to fin- this work will close oppor- throughout the pandemic information in about nine ter to ourselves.” sponded: “Thx ish the poem,” Gorman tunity and achievement and access to mental different languages,” Nash It was an extraordinary @Lin_Manuel! Did you told the AP. She had said gaps in CHCCS and plans health providers. said. “We have seen an up- task for Gorman, the catch the 2 @Hamilton- that she would not men- to fill an equity leadership CHCCS Executive Direc- tick in reaching folks, but youngest by far of the Musical references in the tion Jan. 6 specifically, but role that is vacant. tor of Community Rela- also in being able to listen poets who have read at inaugural poem? I couldn’t her reference was unmis- “Equity is really some- tions Jeff Nash, who to their questions and presidential inaugurations help myself!” takable: thing that has to support hosted the media conver- comments.” since Kennedy invited Rob- Among the “Hamilton” “We’ve seen a force that and be the foundation of sation, discussed the ded- Hamlett was selected for ert Frost in 1961, with inspirations in her poem: would shatter our nation our work,” she said. “I ication CHCCS will have the superintendent role other predecessors includ- “History has its eyes on rather than share it, hope to model for others towards communicating out of 36 applicants. “I ing Maya Angelou and Eliz- us,” a variation of the Would destroy our coun- that equity is more than COVID-19 updates regard- come here to Chapel Hill abeth Alexander. Mindful “Hamilton” song “History try if it meant delaying de- just naming inequities or ing online and in-person excited and equipped with of the past, she wore ear- Has Its Eyes On You.” mocracy. changing words and sym- learning with the refugee the tools that I think are rings and a caged bird ring Gorman, a native and res- And this effort very nearly bols.” and non-English speaking needed to lead this school — a tribute to Angelou’s ident of Los Angeles and succeeded. School-based mental communities. district and this com- classic memoir “I Know the country’s first National But while democracy can health and wellness will This includes wireless munity, and I am so hon- Why the Caged Bird Sings” Youth Poet Laureate, told be periodically delayed, focus on the residual im- internet support, trans- ored and pleased to be — given to her by Orpah The Associated Press last It can never be per- pact of the pandemic, she lated messages and per- able to do that,” she said. Winfrey, a close friend of week that she planned to manently defeated.” sonalized phone call 3A NEWS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, January 24, 2021 A third of U.S. families face Can Biden close the a different kind of poverty racial wealth gap that STAFF REPORTS not income. Using 1989- income and families meet- ing their day-to-day DURHAM – Before the 2019 data from the Survey needs,” Gennetian said. pandemic, one-third of U.S. of Consumer Finances, re- Obama couldn’t “These efforts are impor- households with children searchers analyzed net tant. But our findings sug- were already “net worth worth and income data Whether under Trump, apartheid. Moderate re- gest that they are not By Dedrick Asante- poor,” lacking enough fi- from more than 19,000 Clinton or either Bush, forms by Democrats — helping families increase nancial resources to sus- U.S. households with chil- Muhammad and there has been little to no along with often open hos- savings that help set chil- tain their families for three dren under age 18. Tyler Bond progress in bridging the tility from Republicans — dren up for success.” months at a poverty level, Among households with OTHERWORDS.ORG economic divide for Afri- have corresponded with Notably, Black and Latino finds new research from children, net worth pov- can Americans in wealth, decades of failure in ad- families were twice as Duke University. erty has been steadily ris- Twelve years ago, the in- homeownership, and in- dressing racial economic likely to experience net In 2019, 57% of Black ing over the past 30 years, auguration of America’s come. inequality. worth poverty than to have families and 50% of Latino the authors found. In 2019, first Black president had This lack of progress Biden will be the 45th poverty-level incomes. families with children were a two-parent, two-child many Americans believing should be a wake-up call: white man to take the pres- “Reducing one kind of pov- poor in terms of net worth. household was deemed to that a future free of racial bold action is necessary. idency. Unlike Obama, or erty isn’t helpful if another By comparison, the rate for be net-worth poor if they discrimination and in- That’s why we’re calling on his own vice president Ka- one is taking its place,” white families was 24%. had less than $6,500 in as- equality was finally within President Biden to an- mala Harris, Biden’s inau- said Lisa Keister, study co- “These ‘net worth poor’ sets, or less than one- reach. nounce a White House Of- guration will not make author and a Duke profes- households have no assets fourth of the federal This year, as Obama’s fice of Racial Economic history. Still, he has the op- sor of sociology. “Being net to withstand a sudden eco- poverty line. former vice president Joe Equity on his first day. portunity to do what the worth poor likely limits nomic loss, like we have Families in that category Biden takes office amid a This office should de- Obama administration and parents’ abilities to invest seen with COVID-19,” said – those with perilously low surge in far-right violence, velop a government-wide every other administration in their kids and shapes Christina Gibson-Davis, co- levels of net worth -- out- it’s clear we have a long audit to rigorously assess has failed to do over the how they think about their author of the study and numbered families who way to go — not just to all significant economic last 40 years. kids’ future.” professor of public policy were poor based on in- build a safer country for all policies and programs for Opening a White House The new research ap- and sociology at Duke Uni- come. “Uncovering this as- of us but to close the vast how they affect racial in- Office of Racial Economic pears in the Journal of Mar- versity’s Center for Child pect of poverty, which racial wealth divide. equality. This office should Equity should be a first riage and Family. “Even and Family Policy. “Their hinges on wealth, is game- Despite Obama’s historic also issue a public report step in steering the country before the pandemic, savings are virtually nil, changing,” said Lisa Gen- victory, his administration with actionable reforms toward greater opportunity many families with chil- and they have no financial netian, co-author of the made little to no progress and legislative proposals and financial security for dren were in a precarious cushion to provide the ba- study and associate pro- in bridging this divide. for Congress. African Americans. It is situation,” Gibson-Davis sics for their children.” fessor of early learning During his presidency, me- Biden’s inauguration falls way past due to finally said. “Things are not going The study is among the policy studies at Duke’s dian Black wealth never re- just two days after Martin “Build Back Better” for to get better in the wake of first to consider family Sanford School of Public turned to even its modest Luther King Jr. Day. It was Black America. COVID-19.” poverty in terms of assets, Policy. $10,700 from before the almost 60 years ago, in the “Most policies focus on Great Recession. By 2013, famous “Letter from a Dedrick Asante-Muham- it had dropped to just Birmingham Jail,” that King mad is the chief of race, $1,700 even as white bemoaned that moderation wealth, and community at wealth rebounded. was the “Negro’s great the National Community In fact, the racial wealth stumbling block in the Reinvestment Coalition and divide in the latter half of stride toward freedom.” an associate fellow of the the Obama presidency was He was right. In the 21st Institute for Policy Studies. the largest it’s been in the century, we have seen Tyler Bond is an intern at last 30 years. Income in- Black progress go from a the NCRC. This op-ed was equality remained virtually “stride toward freedom” to distributed by Other- unchanged, too. In 2007, being stuck in economic Words.org. Black Americans earned about 60% as much as whites. By 2016, that had fallen to 58%. In the aftermath of the Great Recession, home- ownership — the key source of wealth for most middle-class families — decreased for most Ameri- cans. But new Black home- owners were hit hardest, driving the Black home- ownership rate down from 49% to just 44%, nearly 30 percentage points lower than the rate for white Americans. Of course, the failure to North Carolina COVID- bridge racial economic in- equality is not unique to 19 cases skyrocket; the Obama presidency. hospitals near capacity By Nadia Ramlagan you were with people that week, and we continue to N.C. NEWS SERVICE you don't live with, you onboard additional vaccine should assume you'd be- RALEIGH – North Carolina providers, starting with our come infected with COVID health officials are sound- federally qualified health and you're a danger to ing the alarm on the rapid centers," Cohen outlined. others." spread of COVID-19. According to the Centers Cohen recently issued a So far, at least 84 of the for Disease Control and directive calling on North state's 100 counties are in Prevention, around FIND certainty in Carolinians to stay home the "red zone," indicating 300,000 North Carolinians and limit public inter- the highest level of viral have been vaccinated so actions to essential activ- spread. Hospitals are see- far. ities, such as going to ing a surge in new COVID Cohen added despite all school or work, caring for patients while struggling that's happened during the uncertain times. family members or buying with a shortage of health 10 months North Carolina food. care staff. has battled the pandemic, While the state has begun When faced with times like these, Dr. Mandy Cohen, De- she's most worried about implementing its vaccina- partment of Health and the next few weeks. tion plan, Cohen noted anxiety about the future can Human Services Secretary, "We continue to set new supplies are extremely lim- records," she said. "Our said the situation is con- easily take hold. It’s why WUNC is cerning. "Many hospitals ited. Under the plan, health tests that are positive re- care workers, long-term main in the double digits. have stopped non-urgent committed to providing fact-based procedures to free up staff, care staff and residents, And, most worrisome, people over 65, and front- every day we see new or have opened additional news that helps keep you informed COVID units," she said. line essential workers have record highs of people hos- first access. pitalized with COVID-19 "The situation is so critical and eases fear of the unknown. that last week, the federal "We are moving forward and record high of those government said that if with facilitating large vacci- needing intensive care." nation events starting next For North Carolinians who seek to make sense of their current world, WUNC is the trusted source they Michele Ghee named can always rely on. CEO of EBONY & JET PR NEWSWIRE responsibility of stepping own path. We will not suc- cumb to the status quo." 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Food for thought: Personality tests have al- ways been popular. For ex- ample, the Enneagram has drawn people’s interest re- cently. There are others but each of them serves one purpose: to help us NICOLA GOODE/WARNER BROS. know ourselves better. strated His power in mar- meets every need. Personality tests also re- velous ways through the His power takes the form Rami Malek, from left, Jared Leto and Denzel Washington in a scene from "The mind us that everyone is ages. In fact, He still re- of wrath on those who Little Things." different. After all, we veals His omnipotence deny Him. David said that serve a creative God who through us. During a mis- when God rises up to judge gives each of us a unique sion trip to Haiti a few His enemies, they scatter. Washington, Malek and approach to life. But it’s years ago, some teens on They flee in fear and con- easy to take that for our team helped install fusion. They may have granted. We forget about solar panels on a guest bragged about standing up house. Why? Because in to Him, but their arrogance Leto face off in ‘The Little the things that make us special, so we miss out on Haiti, reliable power is im- melts like wax in the hot God’s artistic display. portant. If the electricity sun. Read Psalm 68:1-3. Based doesn’t stay on, ministry In contrast, David said Things’ gets interrupted. But these the righteous are glad. on these verses, God basi- By Lindsey Bahr They’re feeling each other stay ready so you don’t cally sees two kinds of solar panels generate their While God corrects His kids out. It just was electric be- have to get ready.” He was people: either we’re His own power, so the work when they stray, He also THE ASSOCIATED PRESS cause they hadn’t been in a sure he could trust his co- children or we’re not. Now, can continue without a stands by them and pro- Denzel Washington has room together and hadn’t stars to do the same for He loves everyone, even problem. tects them. He comforts played some iconic cops been buddy-buddy,” Han- what would be a tough and those who reject Him; but Power is a big deal in so them and meets their over the years, but he does- cock said. “It was Albert fast-moving shoot. His sense of justice com- many ways. We need elec- needs. The wicked run in n’t get hung up on things Sparma and Joe Deacon.” “Both of these actors are pels Him to respond differ- trical power to keep our terror, but the godly have like that. Washington agreed and Academy Award winners ently to each group. lights on, but we also need nothing to fear when God For him, it’s all about the liked that it kept it fresh. like myself. We’re all three That’s the picture in God’s power to live out His arises. script. So when John Lee “At the end of the day, it is world champions, if you Psalm 68. This ancient plan for our lives each day. For additional download- Hancock came to him with still acting,” Washington will. So you know you’re hymn from David reminds Thankfully, we serve a God able teaching resources, “The Little Things,” a 1990- added. getting in the ring with two us that God has demon- who is all-powerful. He visit LifeWay.com/YOU. set crime drama about law Although Malek may be world champions,” Wash- enforcement and obses- almost 40 and Leto almost ington said. “It wakes you sion, he was intrigued. The 50, Washington, at 66, up.” part was for Joe Deacon, refers to them as young ac- “The Little Things” is the who left city duties for the tors and “the next genera- end of a long chapter for country after a grueling tion.” Hancock, who wrote it in Seeing beyond this life case years ago but gets And he was just as ex- 1993. The script was pop- pulled back in to help with cited to observe the two at ular but never got off the * What proportion of my sitting at the right hand of a new serial killer. work as they were to work ground for various reasons. By David Jeremiah “There’s an old saying, ‘If with him. For one scene, Steven Spielberg, Warren SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE time is spent keeping up God. Set your mind on with friends via social things above, not on things it ain’t on the page, it ain’t where Malek’s character is Beatty and Danny DeVito EL CAJON, Calif. – King media compared to the on the earth.” on the stage,’” Washington interrogating Leto’s, Wash- were just a few big names Solomon ruled the nation time I hold them up in As followers of the One said. “And this was on the ington decided to sit be- who’d find themselves at- of Israel in peace for 39 prayer? seated in heavenly places, page first.” hind the glass and watch. “I tached to direct at various years during the mid-10th * Am I more excited about we have an obligation to Then Hancock told him wish I’d had some pop- points over the years. century B.C. At that time, spending 90% of my in- help others look toward who he wanted for the corn!” Washington said. “It Hancock’s producer the borders of Israel ex- come on my own purposes glory. We can never take other leads: Rami Malek for was like I was watching a brought it up again a few tended from the Euphrates or about the 10% I’m able to our houses or trophies with his unlikely counterpart, boxing match.” years ago. By that time, River to the edge of Egypt. give to the Lord? us into eternity. Our most Sergeant Jim Baxter, and His dedication, which in- Hancock himself was an es- Solomon had more than * Am I as diligent in stu- prized possessions will be Jared Leto for the certainly cluded gaining and losing tablished commercial di- 40,000 horses and 12,000 dying God’s Word as I am boxed up and forgotten. suspicious but maybe not 40 pounds, astounded rector with credits like “The charioteers in his posses- in reading the latest gossip Those trinkets we’ve col- guilty loner Albert Sparma. Malek. Blind Side,” “The Rookie” sion. Each day 10 oxen, 20 on the internet? lected may end up in a flea “I’m like, OK, let me RE- “I appreciated that he was and “Saving Mr. Banks,” head of cattle, and 100 * Do I fall asleep thinking market. Our money may be read it,” Washington always there,” Malek said. and they thought it was the sheep were slaughtered about the problems of dispersed to others. But our laughed. ”It wasn’t hard for “We got really excited after right moment to give it just to feed his household earth or the promises of lives can point others to me at all. It’s like, ‘OK, that scene in particular. We another shot. Although and his servants. He heaven? heaven. Our funds can help when do we start?’” were in that moment part what was once a cutting- amassed the greatest ag- How did you do? While others hear the Gospel. Our “The Little Things,” of a trio of something spe- edge look at policing in gregation of gold and silver taking care of temporal words of witness can make which opens in theaters cial.” transition, 25 years on was that had ever been accu- things is important, it a heaven-or-hell difference and on HBO Max on Jan. 29, Hancock said it wasn’t now a period piece. mulated in ancient times. should pale in comparison in the lives of those to is one of Malek’s first big about managing the three “It would have saved us a He built great structures to the investments made in whom the Lord leads us. roles after his “Bohemian actors as much as it was lot of money to make it and wrote timeless works eternity. It’s great to keep Our church involvement Rhapsody” awards sweep, just getting out of their contemporary,” Hancock of literature. our bodies healthy and can contribute to an eternal where he first crossed way. All of them, he said, laughed. “But I liked the No one was as rich, wise looking fit, but remember 1 cause. paths with Washington. brought their A-game, even idea that this was pre-DNA and powerful as Solomon. Timothy 4:8: When we know we are Hancock loved the energy if their methods at arriving 1990. Investigations were But did his accomplish- “Bodily exercise profits a heaven bound – our loved it brought to their first en- there were different. Wash- harder. Everything was har- ments and wealth satisfy little, but godliness is prof- ones over there, our invest- counter on camera. ington, a longtime boxer, der. You had to take rolls of him? In Ecclesiastes he itable for all things, having ments over there, our Sav- “It was like they were lives by the logic that “you quarters for payphones.” wrote, “I hated life…. [it] promise of the life that now ior over there, our smelling each other. was distressing to me, for is and of that which is to affections over there – only all is vanity and grasping come.” then are we truly happy for the wind” (Ecclesiastes It’s great to invest funds over here. THE BAKE 2:17, NIV). The key theme for retirement. But re- “If you read history,” ob- of Ecclesiastes is the de- member 1 Timothy 6:17- served C. S. Lewis, “you will spair one feels when accu- 19: “Command those who find that the Christians mulating temporal success are rich in this present age who did most for the pres- Sweet Potato Creme without finding eternal se- not to … trust in uncertain ent world were precisely curity. That is a warning for riches but in the living God, those who thought most of us all. who gives us richly all the next.” Brûlée is easy to make What about you and me? things to enjoy. 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RALEIGH FIREBIRDS Shaw’s Johnson C. Smith The Raleigh Firebirds has added two new faces to their roster. Daquan Lilly and Dedric Sports Information Byrd both signed contracts on media day. Moses in Sponsored by CodeBoxx, the 2021 ASCEND HBCU Es- ports Conference and Ca- reer Expo will be hosted senior virtually on Feb. 5, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. COLLEGE CORNER The expo will feature a bowl stellar line-up of speakers representing a myriad of By Bonitta Best leading for-profit and non- [email protected] profit corporations within Former Shaw tight end Kevonta the esports and gaming Moses showcased his skills last ecosystem, including weekend in the SPIRAL Tropical multi-media personality, Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The host, and producer Erin game highlighted top collegiate Ashley Simon; Polycade’s senior football players. CEO Tyler Bushnell; Riot Moses started two seasons for Games’ Alex Francois; and the Bears. He led the team with more. 37 receptions for 510 yards and The ASCEND HBCU Es- nine touchdowns in his senior ports Conference and Ca- year. reer Expo will also feature a pitch competition for es- Aggie Pride ports and gaming entrepre- North Carolina A&T alumnus neurs, which will boast Brad Holmes has been hired as prominent judges such as the Detroit Lions’ executive vice serial entrepreneur and in- president and general manager. vestor Steve MacDonald Holmes will oversee football op- and tech revolutionary erations and report directly to COURTESY Angel Rich, founder of the team owner Sheila Ford Hamp Wealth Factory, a start-up Maryland Eastern Shore women’s bowling and president Rod Wood. that designs and builds fi- The Tampa, Florida, native nancial literacy and work- leaves the Los Angeles Rams force development games. after 18 seasons. Although the focus of the “Throughout our search for a expo is to enable HBCU stu- new general manager, Brad was dents, faculty, staff, and someone who stood out immedi- constituents from across ately,” Wood said in a statement. the nation to ASCEND (Ac- “His abilities as a critical thinker, cessing Sources to Catalyze along with his extensive experi- Esports/Gaming Needs & ence implementing technology Address Diversity) by pro- and analytics into his approach viding them with opportu- to scouting, were among the nities to gain insight into many decisive qualities Brad dis- the esports and gaming in- played in our time getting to dustries through their in- know him.” teraction with industry executives, all are welcome. From Bear to Jet The event is also de- Ex-Morgan State wide receiver signed to include the Latinx Manasseh Bailey has signed a re- community, which faces serve/future deal with the New many of the same socio- York Jets. economic challenges as the Bailey signed an undrafted free Black community and rep- agent contract with the Philadel- resents a significant per- phia Eagles last May. He was cut centage of students COURTESY after training camp and later enrolled at HBCUs. Norfolk State new women’s and men’s tennis coach. signed on to the San Diego “We are proud to put the Chargers’ practice squad. CodeBoxx community at Bailey was converted from a work for the ASCEND HBCU linebacker to a wide receiver in Esports Conference and Ca- CIAA Tournament is readying his sophomore season. He fin- reer Expo because we know ished his career with 73 recep- that cognitive potential is tions for 1,369 yards and 14 evenly distributed in our for its virtual close-up touchdowns in 22 games. world, but opportunities are not. CodeBoxx exists to The CIAA announced the cultural impact it has on our will SWAC honors tilt the scale back to bal- events for its virtual tour- community as a whole,” not be coming to Durham Alcorn State star quarterback ance,” said Nicolas Genest, nament week next month. Commissioner Jacqie McWil- this weekend. The Aggies Felix Harper and Jackson State CEO of CodeBoxx Technol- The theme is “CIAA Virtual liams said. and Eagles were supposed linebacker Keonte Hampton were ogy Corporation. Vibe: Tournament Edition.” Space is limited. Visit to play a doubleheader on named SWAC preseason offen- Thanks to support from Comedians B. Simoe, www.ciaatournament.org. Saturday and Sunday, but sive player and defensive player GAME Credits, the world’s Darren Brand and Burpie the games have been post- of the year, respectively. first gaming cryptocur- will host the experience From one rival to another poned due to – well, you Harper threw for 2,387 yards rency, this digital event will that includes an Old Shaw associate head know. and 29 touchdowns, and led the be hosted in Decentraland. School/New School DJ Bat- women’s coach Ebony The Eagles next scheduled Braves to a SWAC championship “This marks a historic tle and the Tanner-Moore has been contest is Feb. 1 at Howard. and an appearance in the 2019 first with an esports event CIAA Esports named St. Augustine’s new That means they will have Celebration Bowl. of this size being hosted in Tournament. head women’s basketball gone the entire month of Hampton amassed 106 tackles, a decentralized metaverse Then there’s coach. She replaces Montel January without playing a 13 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks and and may well open the the usual con- Jones, who resigned for per- game. one forced fumbled in his soph- door for more esports com- certs and ce- sonal reasons in November. The women are set to omore season. panies to adopt the virtual lebrity “I am ready for the oppor- travel to Norfolk State this Alcorn and Southern were world,” added Jason Cas- appearances. tunity to turn the program weekend for back-to-back picked to win their respective di- sidy, CEO of GAME Credits. around,” the Garner native Tanner- “Despite no games. But we’ll see. visions and meet again in the This event will introduce said. Hampton men’s basketball SWAC Championship Game. Moore in-person ac- attendees to blockchain tivity or games Tanner-Moore, who also also has paused all activities technology and cryptocur- being played, this is a great was Shaw’s recruiting co- due to a positive COVID test SWAC East rency. Blockchain and cryp- opportunity to expand our ordinator, was an assistant among team members. 1. Alcorn State tocurrency are evolving the reach beyond the 150,000- at Division I programs Rich- 2. Alabama A&M future of tech, and it is im- plus fans that annually mond and Hartford. Hello. Goodbye. 3. Alabama State perative that HBCUs keep convene in our host city “It is very exciting to hire Maryland Eastern Shore 4. Jackson State the Black community in- during tournament week, someone that embraces the women’s bowling coach 5. Mississippi Valley State volved in that future. and expose new audiences opportunity to build some- Kayla Bandy is saying good- Register for the ASCEND to the legacy and rich tradi- thing special here at St. bye after eight seasons. SWAC West HBCU Esports Conference tion of this conference Aug’s,” said interim athletic Bandy led the Lady Hawks 1. Southern and Career Expo at event- while introducing the many director David Bowser. to four MEAC champion- 2. Grambling State brite.com. elements that embody the ships and three NCAA Tour- 3. Prairie View A&M CIAA Tournament experi- Pause nament appearances. She 4. Arkansas-Pine Bluff ence and highlighting the North Carolina A&T men Please see CIAA/7A 5. Texas Southern 7A SPORTS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, January 24, 2021 CIAA tourney close-up Falcons name Saints’ Continued from page 6A Terry Fontenot as GM recorded a .686 career winning percentage, and coached 11 All-Americans, three ably not get opportunities 22-year old kid,” Fontenot MEAC bowlers of the year, three rookies of the year and 15 All-MEAC performers. By Charles Odum this year but will definitely said before pausing to Bandy is leaving to focus on a new business venture. The MEAC canceled THE ASSOCIATED PRESS be getting opportunities in gather his emotions. “... women’s bowling due to COVID-19. ATLANTA — The Atlanta the future.” And he really gave me the Falcons on Tuesday named Smith is one of five new opportunity of a lifetime.” New tennis coach Terry Fontenot the team’s head coaches hired. Of the Fontenot credited Loomis Norfolk State has hired Larry Holmes as its new head women’s and men’s tennis first Black general man- five, only the New York with contributions to “not coach. (No, not THAT Larry Holmes.) Holmes was a volunteer assistant at Virginia ager, and team owner Ar- Jets’ Robert Saleh, the first just my professional Tech last season. thur Blank said it’s the kind Muslim American coach in growth but my personal of hire that NFL history, is a minority growth.” Fontenot was the Canceled will eventually coach. Blank said the ad- fifth candidate to interview The MEAC has canceled its indoor track & field championships scheduled for also create ditions of such GMs as Fon- for the GM job. The Falcons next month. Six of 11 programs have opted out of the season. Conference policy more oppor- tenot will help pave the previously met with former says a championship must be canceled if less than 50% of teams are participating. tunities for way for more diversity in Houston Texans GM Rick The remaining indoor programs can still compete and qualify for the NCAA cham- NFL minority coaching hires. Smith, Atlanta director of pionships. coaches. “That’s really important, The 40-year- college scouting Anthony because we haven’t had old Fontenot Robinson and two other di- that diversity at the general Fontenot joins Atlanta rectors of college scouting: manager position,” Blank following 18 seasons with Brad Holmes of the Los An- said. “... I think these young NFC South rival New Or- geles Rams and Morocco men and other men in the Jordan High graduate leans. Brown of the Indianapolis future will have the oppor- Fontenot helped build a Colts. tunity to be part of the hir- consistent winner as the Dimitroff and Quinn ing cycle for other coaches. Saints’ vice president and helped build a team that I think that will certainly picked No. 3 in draft assistant general manager advanced to the Super Bowl help the issue of looking at in charge of pro personnel. in the 2016 season and re- diverse candidates in a fair The Falcons fired general turned to the playoffs the and balanced way.” manager Thomas Dimitroff following year. Atlanta has Atlanta held a virtual in- and coach Dan Quinn fol- not reached the playoffs terview with Fontenot on lowing a 0-5 start this sea- since 2017. Jan. 6, but could not meet son, which led to a 4-12 Atlanta has the No. 4 with him in person while finish, Atlanta’s third con- overall selection in this New Orleans was in the secutive losing season. The year’s NFL draft. Fontenot playoffs. The Saints were Falcons signed Tennessee and Arthur Smith face dif- eliminated in Sunday’s 30- Titans offensive coordi- ficult decisions about the 20 loss to Tampa Bay, nator Arthur Smith as their direction of the team. clearing the way for Atlanta head coach on Saturday, a Quarterback Matt Ryan is to hire Fontenot. Fonte- day after agreeing to 35 and wide receiver Julio not’s three children wore terms. Jones, coming off a season newly purchased Falcons Fontenot joins Detroit’s hampered by injuries, is gear at his virtual news Brad Holmes as newly 31. conference. The new GM hired Blank GMs in the Blank has said the team’s acknowledged he had to league. Falcons owner Ar- new coach and general shop for a new red tie for thur Blank said he antici- manager will be free to the event. pates the league will hire make decisions on a pos- COURTESY For almost two decades, more minority head sible rebuild that could im- Congratulations to Jordan High School alumna Brianna Pinto for being Fontenot only shopped for coaches and GMs in the fu- pact all players, including the Saints’ gold and black drafted in the 2021 National Women’s Soccer League. Pinto, a junior mid- ture, if not this year. “In my Ryan and Jones. Fontenot colors. He became emo- fielder for UNC’s soccer team, was the No. 3 overall pick by Sky Blue FC. opinion, I think the diver- and Smith wouldn’t com- tional when discussing the sity of the pool of candi- mit to their plans for At- role Saints GM Mickey dates for both the general lanta’s most successful Loomis played in his life. managers and the head players. Fontenot was hired by New coaches this year was ex- “Nothing we will do will Orleans as a marketing in- cellent and I also think for be a snap judgment,” tern. He moved to the coordinators,” Blank said Smith said. “It’s more than scouting department and Tuesday. “I think what Matt and Julio. There’s a lot worked his way up from in- you’ll see there were a of talented players on this Leadership at FBS tern to pro scout before he roster. ... It’s a constant number of coordinators was hired as assistant GM. that were diverse candi- evolution. There’s a lot of “Eighteen years ago dates that I think will prob- talent here that we want to institutions continues to Mickey Loomis pulled in a build off of.” lack diversity NCAT track & field By Lois Elfman leadership in the highest at Temple University, DIVERSE ISSUES IN EDUCATION ranks of colleges and uni- where she rose to senior versities results in the associate athletic director. “The 2020 DI Football small number of coaches She said there needs to be wants to finish what Bowl Series College Racial of color and staff within women in leadership posi- and Gender Report Card: athletic departments.” tions across an athletic de- The Lack of Diversity Three additional women partment so women can be within Colle- COVID took away were hired as athletic direc- positioned and exposed to giate Athletic tors in 2020, which is a football programs at a high Leadership N.C. A&T STATE ATHLETIC 2.3% increase over 2019, level of detail, as she was at COMMUNICATIONS Continues” but men still hold 118 of Temple. She said she re- made clear the 130 AD positions at FBS ceived mentorship and GREENSBORO – Duane that despite schools. African American sponsorship throughout Ross is ready. some im- men made up only 10% of her career, which have Ten months have dis- provement head football coaches been crucial, and she now appeared from the calen- Freeman over the past while African American mentors others. dar since North Carolina year in racial student-athletes were Lapchick has spoken to A&T State's track & field and gender categories, the 48.5% of the players. Over- several conferences about programs has occupied an 130 FBS institutions con- all, 61.6% of football stu- racism in American sport. infield at an outdoor meet. tinue to show underrep- dent-athletes were men of For the first time, he was Ten months have faded resentation of women and color. asked to do a conference- since Ross leaned on the people of color in campus On the positive, the specific race and gender re- railing at an indoor meet as leadership positions. FBS number of women in the port card, which came he watched one of his stu- schools received a B- for ra- faculty athletic representa- from the West Coast Con- dent-athletes whisk by. It's cial hiring practices and an tive position increased to a ference. He worked to- been 10 months since he F for gender hiring prac- record high 40.3%, which gether with the conference gave a pep talk before a big tices. This resulted in an led to a grade of B+ for to create and implement race. overall grade of D+. gender. The number of something they’re calling The long wait is over. For the report card, the Ross can finally get to people of color in this po- the Russell Rule, akin to the COURTESY leadership positions ex- sition received a grade of B. NFL’s Rooney Rule that re- coaching at meets, and his amined include college and There was an increase in quires teams to interview teams can get back to also back. Stewart's re- we've done a little more university presidents and the number of presidents ethnic minority candidates meeting their expectations sume includes finishing than get them to run fast. chancellors, athletic direc- or chancellors of color, for head coaching and sen- – winning individual, relay second in the nation in the They see this as a family. tors and faculty athletic which led to a grade of B. ior leadership positions. and team national cham- outdoor 400 meters in They're smart, they're hun- representatives as well as The report noted that the “I’ve been asking the pionships. N.C. A&T men's 2019. Akeem Sirleaf, an gry and they're successful." head football coaches and overrepresentation of NCAA to do this since and women's indoor track Olympic qualifier for Libe- But the Aggies are not assistant coaches. The re- white males at FBS institu- 2007, and they’ve always and field teams began the ria, is also back. just about the sprinters. port indicates that white tions impacts the opportu- said it’s not possible,” said season Jan. 15 at Ken- On the women's side, Junior distance runner people hold 327 (82%) of nities, or lack thereof, for Lapchick. “It’s now on the tucky's McCravy Green In- graduate hurdler Made- Regan Kimtai was the most the 399 campus leadership women and people of agenda of their Board of Di- vitational. leine Akobundu also de- outstanding performer at positions reported in the color. rectors meeting because "That mental health day cided to return, which the MEAC indoors last sea- study. “I don’t think we see a their diversity, equity and is real," Ross said. "When means the Aggies could son after winning the mile, “If there are no people of lack of women because inclusion committee pro- something takes away your have three of the best hur- the 5,000 meters and the color or women at the top there are not qualified posed they consider the passion, what you do, your dlers in the country, along distance medley relay. Sen- decision-making positions, women,” said Sherryta D. Russell Rule as the model routine, at first you don't with junior Paula Salmon ior Loren James won the then they are going to be Freeman, director of ath- policy for college sport. If think much of it, but when and graduate TeJyrica Rob- award on the women's side less aware and less sensi- letics at Lafayette College. that happens, we’re going it starts to drag on, it takes inson. after winning the weight tive to the need to include “It’s more so in the eyes of to see a breakthrough. a lot out of you. Our "It was encouraging see- throw and shot put. candidates of color as an the hiring managers a lack “What else is happening coaches are ready to get ing those young people Ross recruited one of the ongoing priority,” said of confidence…that this year is the whole issue back on the road, see a dif- having to make a real best men's track and field Richard E. Lapchick, direc- women can oversee foot- of athlete activism,” he ferent facility and see these tough adult decision if they classes in the country to tor of The Institute for Di- ball or that women can be continued. “Student-ath- young people compete. were going to come back or help with that complete- versity and Ethics in Sport able to oversee the head letes, while they focus on Our athletes are ready to this was it for them," Ross ness. He said his women's and lead author of the re- football coach. That’s defi- racism in society, are going go, too." said. "We had everyone re- program is a year behind port. nitely not true. to turn inward and look at The sports world all but turn because no one wants before they have what they “Those leaders, particu- “We’ve done the work; their own athletic depart- came to an end last March to end their career with need to win a national title. larly presidents, chancel- we’ve prepared ourselves. ments and put pressure when COVID-19 became COVID having the upper A top women's recruiting lors and athletic directors, It’s just a matter of being there so that those depart- known in our world. COVID hand. They are a special class is on the way; ho- have to have that con- hired by someone who be- ments will understand they did not exempt track and group. They want to finish wever, Ross says he is " sciousness in mind. The lieves in you. … Leadership really have to have a di- field. Officials canceled the out on top, which means reason we keep doing this is not based on gender.” verse pool of candidates.” NCAA Indoor Track and report is we want to show Freeman spent a decade Field Championships in Al- that the lack of diverse buquerque, New Mexico, as the Aggies were warming up to compete. Both teams had just come off winning their fourth straight MEAC The BEST championship, respec- tively. Among the seniors who in HBCU are back is sprinter Jaylan Mitchell who won the 60 meters at the MEAC indoor Sports championships and fin- ished ranked seventh na- tionally. Trevor Stewart is 8A FOCUS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, January 24, 2021

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Raleigh writer selected as COURTESY 2021 Piedmont Laureate Prepare for a financial STAFF REPORTS ness and heighten appreci- community projects for nothing more than expo- Kelly Starling Lyons, a Ra- ation for excellence in the literary arts throughout the sure for those authors and emergency with these tips leigh-based children’s lit- for families.” erature writer, has been Piedmont region.” “We need more writers selected as the region's The program focuses on from traditionally under- 5 tips for building (or rebuilding) your 2021 Piedmont Laureate. a different literary form represented backgrounds, Starling Lyons will appear each year, including po- and Kelly's voice in this im- emergency savings at virtual programming, in- etry, novels, creative non- portant movement for FAMILY FEATURES cluding workshops, fiction, drama/ good rule of thumb is to provide the same or better screenwriting, children’s change has been power- offerings at a reduced cost. reading programs, and The new year provides set aside enough to cover literature, short fiction, ful,” said 2013 Piedmont 4. Take advantage of speaking engagements an opportunity to reevalu- roughly six weeks of living speculative fiction, and Laureate John Claude one-time opportunities to throughout Wake, Durham ate different aspects of expenses – housing, food, mystery fiction. Bemis. save: Assuming you expect and Orange counties. your life, and that includes transportation – take a look “Mrs. Starling Lyons' “I hope the writers, to receive a tax refund, this The Piedmont Laureate your budget and savings at what it would cost to heart work extends beyond readers, educators, and provides an easy way to program is dedicated to habits. Planning for emer- cover unexpected issues her initial intent, and due artists in our rich Piedmont boost your emergency building a literary bridge gencies by building – or re- with your car, a trip to the to her humility and practi- region have the opportu- fund if circumstances for residents to come to- building if the COVID-19 hospital, a leak in your cality, I'm not sure that she nity to learn and take inspi- allow you to save all or a gether and celebrate the art pandemic required making home or the replacement is even aware,” said Dur- ration from Kelly Starling portion of the return. If of writing. a withdrawal – a savings of a major appliance and ham Public School board Lyons as our next Pied- you're able, consider hav- Co-sponsored by the City account to withstand the start there. member Jovonia Lewis. mont Laureate. Her efforts ing your refund directly of Raleigh Arts Commis- unforeseen can increase 2. Automate your sav- “She is dedicated to cre- will undoubtedly make a deposited in your emer- sion, Durham Arts Council, confidence in your overall ings: Because an emer- ating opportunities for lasting impact on our com- gency account. There may Orange County Arts Com- financial health and reduce gency can strike at any children to bring books to munity.” also be other times mission, and United Arts worry that a significant life time, it's important to have life, sparking an interest in Starling Lyons will re- throughout the year when Council of Raleigh & Wake event will negatively im- easy access to your funds. reading and writing and ceive an honorarium and you receive one or more County, the Piedmont pact your finances. However, the account serving her community serve until Dec. 31. cash gifts, like your birth- Laureate program’s mis- Even before the pan- should also be separate through outreach and day or holidays, that can sion is to “promote aware- demic began, 4 of 10 from your checking ac- help provide a nice cush- Americans had a hard time count so you're not ion to your emergency finding even $400 to cover tempted to dip into your fund if you can avoid the an emergency, according reserves. Pick a free sav- temptation to spend it. EXHIBIT to a report from the United ings account with no mini- 5. Replenish what you States Federal Reserve. Ho- mum balance use: Remember to review wever, if you don't think requirements and link it to and adjust your savings you have money to save, your everyday account to plan as needed, whether consider the majority of quickly move money over you're able to contribute people who were able to if you need it. If you're over a longer period of save for an emergency for planning to stash funds time without dipping into the first time in 2020 away for months or years the account or if an expen- earned less than $60,000, that can serve as both an sive life event pops up that according to research from emergency fund and long- requires using all or a por- BlackRock's Emergency term savings, consider a tion of the funds. Savings Initiative. Changes high-yield savings account. Should you need to dip in spending due to the 3. Look for ways to cut into the savings, do your pandemic plus govern- back: While you may have best to make replenishing ment stimulus packages already made changes to the account to a level helped many individuals your spending habits amid you're comfortable with a create much-needed cash the pandemic, periodically primary goal in case any buffers. shopping for competitive additional unexpected ex- Consider these tips to rates of recurring bills, penses arise. Alternatively, build your emergency sav- such as cable and internet, if your saving is going well, ings account: cellphones insurance pol- consider increasing the 1. Start a savings habit: icies and other utilities, can amount you're saving each While it's less important to be a simple way to save paycheck so you're better have a specific dollar some money each month. protected against any amount in mind, getting Start by asking your cur- major life changes or able into the habit of putting rent providers about any COURTESY to finance a large-scale some money in savings special rates and promo- purchase down the road. Lifeline: Hunger Relief filmmaker and television could, from massive farms with each paycheck can tions that may be available Find more information at During the Pandemic producer, was working as a to tiny dairies, from a bus- help protect you should an to loyal customers, then savingsproject.org. By Tom Simon volunteer photographer tling food bank to a church emergency arise. While one check with alternative pro- Presented by The for local nonprofits. When kitchen. viders to see if they can ArtsCenter COVID-19 hit, he began The 35 photos paint a documenting weekly food picture of a system As its first exhibition of distribution efforts in the stretched to its limit: mas- the new year, The Art- area. sive unemployment and sCenter in Carrboro pres- As he got to know the re- food insecurity, govern- ents “Lifeline: Hunger cipients and volunteers, he ments and NGOs strug- Relief During the Pan- realized what he was see- gling to keep up with demic,” an exhibit of still ing was the final step in a historic demand, vol- photographs by local pho- human chain, a lifeline, unteers and workers trying tographer Simon. The work that stretches from farm to provide help while risk- can be viewed online at and factory to the kitchen ing infection. 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COURTESY The Decision Project introduced to save more lives STAFF REPORTS Donor Services community work to raise registration rates and decrease the RALEIGH – Carolina relations coordinator. waiting list numbers. Ad- Donor Services has an- Over half of North Caro- ditionally, Carolina Donor nounced a new grassroots lina’s 3,000 patients on the Services will increase com- educational and relation- national waiting list are Af- munity outreach and sup- ship-building partnership rican Americans needing port through education in southeast Raleigh called kidney transplants. Nearly and providing resources The Decision Project. The 55% of the state’s licensed for those communities. program will introduce the drivers and ID holders are CDS has begun working conversation of saving donors. Yet, in the south- with Southeast Raleigh lives through organ, eye east Raleigh area, approx- Promise but is seeking ad- and tissue donation, and imately 38% have made ditional community part- ultimately increase the that decision. Although do- nerships as well. “We were number registered donors nation and transplantation welcomed into the com- in specific multicultural can take place between in- munity, and we are just zip code areas where reg- dividuals from different ra- starting,” said Anderton. istration rates are low. cial or ethnic groups, MATHIAS BISHOP “We are looking forward to “The Decision Project research has shown that Little Warren was more than happy to pose with the reigning Ms. North Car- saving more lives than ever empowers people to make transplants have a higher before.” olina 2021 Vera Morris as they volunteered at the MLK Book Harvest Drive an educated and inspired likelihood of success when More information about in Durham. Bookbags filled to the brim were distributed to dozens of drive- decision about donation organs are matched be- the Decision Project can be thru participants at Durham Central Park. and to share that decision tween members of the found at CarolinaDonor- with their family,” said same racial or ethnic back- Services.org. Taylor Anderton, Carolina grounds. The Decision Project will