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RIBUNE benefits Byrepaid Emery P. Dalesio TTHE TRIANGLE’S CHOICE FOR THE BLACK VOICE AP BUSINESS WRITER RALEIGH – North Carolina officials said Tuesday they've met their goal of repaying early a $2.5 billion federal debt, a milestone reached largely VOLUME 17 NO. 9 WEEK OF MAY 10, 2015 $1.00 by cutting unemployment benefits for jobless workers but which saves businesses money that could go into added hiring. Gov. Pat McCrory and fellow Republicans in the General Assembly cele- brated their 2013 decision to accelerate by about three years repaying 4 HBCU players money a pinched state government borrowed from Washington during taken in last the Great Recession to cover unemployment compensation payments. The state became the first to be disqualified from a federal compensa- week’s NFL tion program for the long-term jobless when it slashed weekly payments and cut the length of time a jobless worker could collect. To spur employ- Draft. ment, GOP leaders said, it was necessary to cut benefit amounts from the highest in the Southeast to levels comparable with neighboring states. "We had some people who were not taking jobs that they needed to take," McCrory said. The governor credited the added pressure on the jobless to find new employment as driving down the state's unemployment rate

Please seeFED/2A May Day march for black Dennis Gaddy speaks at a press conference during Second Chance Lobby Day. PHOTO/LATISHA CATCHATOORIAN livesBy Latisha Catchatoorian [email protected] DURHAM – On May 1, or May Day, the city of Durham rallied in solidarity with the people of Lobbying Baltimore citing the popular hashtag #blacklivesmatter. Baltimore is still recovering from riots after the death of 25- for second year-old resident Freddie Gray Jr., a black man who died from injuries sustained while in po- lice custody. STBF chance Gray died from a spinal cord Diane Jackson (seated), her daughter Tracey (black pants) and the rest of her extended family. By Latisha Catchatoorian injury incurred while being [email protected] transported in a police van. RALEIGH – The N.C. Second Chance His death, along with those of Alliance – a statewide coalition of ad- Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, vocacy organizations, service Mike Brown and others, have providers, community leaders and left the nation reeling with ques- concerned citizens that promotes po- tions about race in America. The Triangle Tribune lices to remove barriers for individu- Over 300 people have been ar- als with criminal records – lobbied at rested for the resistance against the General Assembly Tuesday to re- the police in Baltimore and, ac- store opportunities for those who cording to one marcher, the ma- need a second chance. jority have been under the age 2015 Mother of the Year “We’re here today to talk about peo- of 30. Diane Jackson just wants to ‘show love’ ple with unfavorable backgrounds. Durhamites rallied outside the passed away in 2014 of cancer. cares for her 90-year-old mother, We don’t like those words ‘ex-cons, Durham Police Headquarters on By Latisha Catchatoorian felons’ and all those other words that [email protected] She said her kids knew a “no” volunteers at Raleigh Vineyard West Chapel Hill Street. from mom meant a “no” from Church distributing food and we use sometimes to describe peo- “We love our brothers. We love RALEIGH – Diane Jackson is the dad and vice versa, and she and registering individuals for serv- ple,” said Rep. Garland Pierce, chair our sisters,” the crowd chanted. head of her family, not because her husband held a unified front ices, watches a neighbor’s grand- of the N.C. Legislative Black Caucus. “Shut it down for Freddie Gray she is excessively stern or strict, as parents. son, visits senior residents at “(These are people) who need a on May Day!” but because she is sincere and Jackson is currently recuperat- Glenwood Towers, and gra- chance to get back into their commu- Bryan Proffitt, a Durham high heartfelt. Jackson said she hopes ing from surgery. Her daughter ciously opens her home to nities.” school teacher, called out the the love she showed her children Tracey said up until her surger- many. Roughly 1.6 million North Carolini- names of several deceased, in- would be something they would ies, her mother was giving of Jackson said she doesn’t do ans have a criminal record, and ap- cluding Jesus Huerta, a 17-year- emulate later on in life as they herself and still took care of her these things to get recognized proximately 37,000 people are old who died in Durham police became parents. father while suffering pain of her but it feels good to be appreci- currently imprisoned in the state. custody in 2013. “I just wanted to be the best own. ated for what she does everyday. Ninety-eight percent of prisoners will “As a high school teacher, it mother and the best grand- “She is an extremely selfless She said, “There’s just some- eventually be released. feels extra important for me to mother there was,” said the person,” Tracey said. “My thing about being there” for her start with these names because mother of three who also helps mother deserves this award be- children and grandchildren. Please see Advocate/2A these names represent to me raise her twin granddaughters. cause she gives of herself to her “That’s all I know, to try to be the young men and women who “Love is something that every- children and to the community. a good mother and a good spend their days in my class- body needs, and we don’t get She’s kind of like the glue that grandmother,” she continued. room. They want to live full, enough of that. I’m hoping that holds us together. She’s the one “It’s just something from being happy lives (and) fall in love. they (children) show (the) love that gets us together on holi- a child and (how) I saw my mom that I’ve shown them throughout Obama They want to work; they want to days, asks us what we’re doing and my dad be examples. have satisfying and meaningful the years so that someone else this summer.” (That’s) what I try to instill in my existences and build communi- can benefit from it.” Jackson, who is a member of family. To me that wasn’t some- ties and play games, and simply Jackson also was the sole care- Hope Community Church, also launches live lives where they can reach giver of her ailing husband who Please see The Triangle/2A their full, human potential,” Proffitt said. “Those people who we just named don’t get to be- foundationBy Nedra Pickler and cause they were all murdered by Jim Kuhnhenn police officers (who) signed up THE ASSOCIATED PRESS to serve and protect their com- munities.” Strengthening Black Family NEW YORK — In a deeply personal Community activist Desmera response to outbreaks of racially mo- Gatewood said she grew up in a tivated protests, President Barack time where “the people who pa- Obama on Monday blamed a lack of rade around Durham right now ConferenceBy Bonitta Best vocate honors in healthy eating and families liv- senior at UNC Greensboro who opportunity in minority communities wouldn’t be caught alive (here) [email protected] ing. Sometimes called the “Food will graduate with honors. and harsher treatment of black and Police,” she challenged churches Tyneia is a ninth-grade student Hispanic men by police for fueling a after a certain time.” RALEIGH – The annual high- “Something very fascinating and community organizations to at Broughton High, and Stephen sense of "unfairness and powerless- light of Strengthening The Black offer healthy foods and exercise is a fifth-grader at Emma Conn ness." happened in the United States of Family Conference is the intro- America over the past five days. during their events. Elementary. The country's first black president duction of the families of the As a true testament to her ded- A single mother with her first called for a nationwide mobilization I don’t know if you’re paying at- year. The conference highlights tention, but suddenly America ication, she donated $5,000 to child, Tynesha, Latesha Greene to reverse inequalities and said the three categories of families: tra- STBF for nutrition and physical stayed committed to her educa- cause will remain a mission for the became concerned with vio- ditional, single and lence and looting and rioting in activity events. tion and graduated from Shaw rest of his presidency and his life. extended. In tribute, STBF reactivated the University with a degree in social "There are consequences to indiffer- the black community,” she told But someone the rally. “You’re concerned Leolia Spaugh Award, which was work. She formed a women’s ence," Obama said. else stole the show presented to Regina Petteway, support group at Mount Peace Helping launch a foundation to as- with looting from a CVS? Where this year, and were you when they looted our the new Wake County Health Baptist Church that meets sist young minorities, Obama said the rightfully so. and Human Services human re- monthly for Bible study and fel- catalysts of protests in Ferguson, Mis- community with the war on Leolia Gormley drugs? Where were you when source director. lowship. souri, and in Baltimore were the Spaugh, a found- “This is an honor,” a surprised “It’s such an honor to be a part deaths of black young men and "a feel- they looted our community with ing member of Wells Fargo (loans)? Where were Petteway said at the conference of this award,” said Tynesha ing that law is not always applied Strengthening The last weekend at Martin Street who earned a full scholarship to evenly in this country." you when they looted our com- Spaugh Black Family, Inc., munity by closing public Baptist Church. “This is my get her master’s at the University But he said a broader sense of hope- and who helped establish the home and these are my commu- of Vermont. “We are not perfect, lessness is at the root of the periodic schools and putting up charter conference, was honored for her schools? Where were you when nities, and I’m just here to save but we are faithful.” eruptions in poor communities. commitment to the organization you.” Latoya Smith, a mother of twin "We ask police to go into communi- they looted our community with and the community. police brutality?” Three family units were hon- 14-year-old sons, is the Single- ties where there is no hope," he said. Mrs. Spaugh passed on Feb. 2. ored for their perseverance and Parent Family of the Year. "Eventually, something happens be- Laila Nur, who identifies as a “Leolia didn’t ask you to do black, queer woman, also asked dedication for running a loving Quadeek and Shadeek Hines cause of the tension between society stuff, she told you, but she did it household. are ninth-grade students at and these communities, and the po- why. so nicely,” board member Bar- “Why don’t they care about The Greene Family was named Broughton. They are actively in- lice are just on the front lines of that." bara Beard-Hinton said. “You the Traditional Family of the volved in sports, as well as the The new organization, My Brother's us? I feel like that is very simple. couldn’t say no to her. I miss her These judges, prosecutors, Year. Anthony and Latesha YMCA Y-Achievers program and Keeper Alliance, is an outgrowth of dearly.” Greene have two daughters and Mrs. Spaugh was a staunch ad- Please see MAY DAY/2A a son. Tynesha McCullers is a Please see Conference/2A Please see OBAMA/2A

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2015Continued from pageMother 1A school diploma andof some col-thethey can Year be anything the want thing that you just did to get lege credits but did not grad- to be,” Tracey said. some recognition, you did it uate. Added Jackson: “Words because that’s the way of life.” Jackson’s granddaughters can’t tell you how this has Tracey said as far back as who attend Broughton High touched me. I’m hoping that I she can remember, the first School are both honor roll stu- set a good example to all the thing her mother taught her dents and recent graduates of mothers. We all need good was about being a young lady the Focus on Youth + ImPACT role models to go by, and I – how to dress, how to sit, youth/parent intervention hope that I am a good one. To how to speak, and what program. Tracey said the in- be a mom is to put everything young ladies do and don’t do. fluence her mother has on her before you. And that’s what I Another thing Jackson nieces is visible, and they get do. I put my family first. I put stressed to all her children many compliments on how me last because I feel that was the importance of educa- well mannered and re- whatever I can do to motivate The Smith Family tion. Jackson has a high spectable and kind they are. my family and others, that is “She’s letting them know what I live for.” Conference honors local Fed loans for unemployment blackContinued from page families 1A have met people benefitsContinued from page 1A beingporter's question repaid about how down by the debt NC has largely Wade Edwards Learning Lab. who have become our family.” from near the worst in the U.S. workers benefited from early been due to the cuts that were Smith is a leader at her repayment. made to benefits," she said. church’s youth department The Jackson when he took office in 2013 Family was named to better than the national av- McCrory spokesman Josh The General Assembly's fis- and sings in the choir. The Ellis later said in a subsequent cal research office estimated family volunteers monthly at the Extended Fam- erage. ily of the Year. The early repayment means email sent to The Associated that benefit cuts for the job- the church’s food bank. Press that paying off the un- less would make up about “It is challenging as a single Diane Jackson also businesses will be freed is The Tribune’s sooner from temporarily employment debt means em- three-quarters of the cost of parent, but we can do all ployers will have more money accelerated repayments. things through Christ which Mother of the Year. higher unemployment taxes. The Raleigh Businesses were seeing unem- to provide raises and hire ad- The changes made qualify- strengthens us,” she said. “We ditional employees. ing for unemployment bene- don’t have family here, but we Chums gave a ployment insurance taxes ris- $1,000 check. The Greene Family ing by $21 per employee The director of the Budget fits more difficult. Maximum every year the federal debt and Tax Center at the North weekly compensation of $535 wasn't paid. Carolina Justice Center, a lib- in mid-2013 dropped to $350. Compared with 2014, com- eral think tank in Raleigh, said Unemployed workers now panies will save $280 million state leaders "have made the can only collect for up to 15 next year and pay a total of system in North Carolina less weeks, among the shortest $700 million less into the un- able to deliver on its core mis- periods in the country and Obama launches foundation employment system starting sion of stabilizing the econ- down from six months before in 2017, state Division of Em- omy and in the meantime the cuts took hold. ployment Security head Dale have harmed many jobless More than half of those un- workers." employed in North Carolina to help minoritym a n young men Folwell said. The state's cham- Continued from page 1A ber of commerce applauded Unemployment benefits last year were jobless for Obama's year-old My s u s - the development. help workers pay for necessi- more than 15 weeks, accord- Brother's Keeper initiative, pected The thousands of dollars a ties, so the permanent benefit ing to survey data analyzed which has focused on federal of car- year businesses of all sizes cuts will mean that demand by the state Commerce De- government policies and rying a were spending to pay down for goods and services during partment. That delay in find- grants designed to increase hand- the debt was "money that a future recession will crater ing work is also true for about access to education and jobs. gun. could have been invested in when businesses most need half the country's unem- While the effort predates the " H e new jobs or raises for produc- money circulating through ployed workers, according to tensions in Baltimore that c a m e tive employees," McCrory the economy, Alexandra Bureau of Labor Statistics erupted after the death of from a said. Sirota said. data. Freddie Gray while in police family McCrory ignored a re- "The fact that we've paid custody, the significance of of po- the new private-sector al- lice of- liance has been magnified by ficers," the spotlight the riots in the Obama city placed on low-income s a i d . neighborhoods. " A n d May Day march for black t h e Over the past year, Obama President Obama extends his outreach to help family has been called on to respond minority males. to what he last week referred of fel- Continuedlives, from pagecommunity 1A mother working and wants and to Justice justicelooks like an end to the to as the "slow-rolling crisis" low of- Earnest said decisions about mainstream media, and the make a decent life for himself. prison industrial complex. of police relations with minor- ficers he joined in the NYPD who could give to the group police officers…they don’t “How am I supposed to live Justice looks like an end to ity communities. The friction and across the country de- and the reporting of dona- care why people are rioting in when I’m barely making pen- racist housing policies and has been highlighted by serve our gratitude and our tions would be made by the the streets,” she said. nies? I want a piece of the gentrification, which exacer- Gray's death last month and prayers, not just today but board of directors. He was re- Eric (last name withheld) American pie, not a piece of bates surveillance and polic- Michael Brown's death last every day. They've got a sponding to a question about echoed Nur’s sentiments the American crumb,” he said. ing in black communities,” summer in Ferguson, Mis- tough job." whether the group's financing about societal struggles being “So many people (are) coming said Ajamu Dillahunt, a repre- souri. Gray died after sustain- With high-profile names and might spark some of the same interconnected. Currently out here for one common pur- sentative of NC HEAT and ing a spinal cord injury while an ambitious focus, the al- controversies surrounding making less than $7.25 an pose and that’s for justice. Black Workers for Justice. in the custody of Baltimore liance is a possible building Bill and Hillary Clinton's fam- hour, he said he’s trying to es- Racial quality, financial equal- Added Nur: “I truly believe police. Six police officers were block for Obama's post-presi- ily foundation. cape his past (felony record), ity, education equality… all in the power of community. I charged last week in connec- dential pursuits. With less "The White House will not but the government isn’t mak- this matters and black lives believe in the power of love. I tion with his death. than two years left in Obama's be involved in determining ing it easy for him to make matter.” believe that when folks come Still, he praised police offi- presidency, the new institu- what their fundraising poli- positive changes. He grew up “We seek justice. Justice together like this, this is what cers for putting their lives on tion would likely sustain its cies should be," Earnest said. in Durham where he had to looks like an end to the killing makes concrete change.” the line and singled out Brian work well after he leaves the He said that the board would resort to crime to feed himself of unarmed black people at (See video of the rally on our Moore, a 25-year-old New White House. But White House be "well aware of the priorities and his sister despite his the hands of police officers. video page.) York City police officer shot in spokesman Josh Earnest said the president has placed on the head over the weekend the new alliance wouldn't nec- transparency." while attempting to stop a essarily be the vehicle for what Obama chooses to do. Advocates lobby lawmakers for second chances for NC’s formerlyContinued from page 1A incarceratedhim because of his criminal tried to get a job there he record. couldn’t because of his crimi- Dennis Gaddy, director of “That’s why as a member of nal record. Community Success Initiative, the Durham City Council for “Why is that while we’re in a local nonprofit that works seven years I helped lead the prison we’re good enough to with men and women coming effort to ban the box in work these jobs, but once we out of incarceration, said Durham County. Durham was get out we can’t get a job?” he more people will be coming the first local government to asked. out of prison in in the next 10 do this,” he said. Gaddy spent five-and-a-half years than ever before. Daryl Atkinson, senior staff years in the N.C. Department The N.C. Second Chance Al- attorney with the Southern of Corrections due to “some liance called for the “Ban the Coalition for Social Justice, poor choices.” Box” policy for jobs with local said there is evidence that He said he was fortunate and state agencies that facili- banning the box works. enough to have support when tates fair consideration of an “The year that policy passed he came out, and it’s impor- applicant’s criminal history. It (in Durham) the percentage of tant that that same support is also desires that the age of people with criminal records provided to others. adult prosecution of misde- hired by the city was at 2 per- “It used to be that the worst meanors be raised from 16 to cent. The next year it doubled part about being convicted of 18 years old. to 4.4 percent; the year after a minor criminal offense was Other requests include in- that it doubled again to 9 per- you had to spend a few days vestment in local reentry cent, and last year in 2015, 15 in jail. Now those conse- councils, broader eligibility percent of total hires in quences are dwarfed by the and reduced wait times for ex- Durham were people with long-term financial conse- pungement of criminal records. And you know what? quences that prevent them records (a person with a non- The sky didn’t rain down from being able to provide for violent felony or misde- plagues; the earth didn’t open themselves,” Sen. Jeff Jackson meanor must wait 15 years and swallow anybody up,” he (D-37) said. for the possibility of expunge- said. “I was a criminal prosecutor ment in North Carolina), im- Atkinson, who spent 40 before I came here. I know the proved opportunities for months in prison due to a importance of holding people certificates of relief, the reso- nonviolent drug conviction in accountable for their conduct, lution of outstanding war- 1996, said he comes to this but I also know that it’s possi- rants before a prisoner’s work out of his own personal ble to go too far. It’s possible Educating, Empowering release, and decriminalization experience. to destroy lives for no good of drug addiction. He got his life together and reason. We need to make sure and Enlightening “We do believe in a second knows firsthand that creating we’re punishing people in a chance because all of us, truth policy change where people way that doesn’t make them be told, have had second African Americans throughout Raleigh can be successful is possible. permanently unemployable, chances in life,” Pierce said. One lobbyist said he worked because then they’re perma- Senator Mike Woodard (D- Durham, Chapel Hill, and Cary, NC for two years in a kitchen in a nently dependent on the 22) said he had the pleasure senior center (while in prison), state.” of working with a man who markets for the past 17 years but when he was released and had many doors closed to 3A NEWS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, May 10, 2015

BlacksBy Jazelle Hunt laghouseholds are inover-indexing accessingmillion do not have broad- ing wagehigh-speed without these skills. Internet NATIONAL NEWSPAPER on smartphone use, I don't band at home,” said John Hor- “Our economic future de- think that's how you want to rigan, senior researcher on pends on (getting people on- PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION type a paper, do your re- the Internet and technology at line),” Rosenworcel said. WASHINGTON – As educa- search, do your homework, Pew Research Center. “And “Already, 50 percent of the tion, jobs, and the national apply for jobs or apply for within that 5 million, African- jobs that are in the economy and global economy go digi- scholarships,” said Jessica American households and today require some level of tal, people without broadband Rosenworcel, Federal Com- Hispanic households are dis- digital skills. By the end of the (high-speed Internet) access munications Commission proportionately represented.” decade, that number is 77 risk being left behind. This (FCC) commissioner. Among black households percent.” disparity in who's online and The divide also can be with less than $50,000 annual Income inequality is both a who isn't is often called the traced to educational out- income and school-age chil- cause and a byproduct of the digital divide, and blacks and comes, from elementary dren, 38 percent do not have digital divide. People with low Latinos are more likely to be school up to college. It's a broadband access. Above that income often cite cost as a in the latter group. problem is known as the income, the figure is 13 per- barrier to getting or keeping Blacks and other minorities are still lagging in Internet ac- But people access the Inter- “homework gap.” In an effort cent; among households earn- Internet service at home. But cess. net in different ways. Black to prepare kids for a digital ing below $25,000 per year, there are other reasons peo- people are more likely than world and workforce, teach- 46 percent do not have Inter- ple aren't online. For some, it mary reason among older still an issue for the older their white counterparts to ers and schools are increas- net access at home. is a lack of comfort or famil- Americans. According to a adult communities,” said own a smartphone and use it ingly assigning homework While students face the iarity, and poor access to survey report from Project Debra Berlyn, executive direc- for Internet access. At the that requires Internet access homework gap, job seekers training programs that could GOAL (Get Older Americans tor of Project GOAL. “Then, same time, 12 percent of to complete. But many stu- who aren't as comfortable help. For others, it's a simple Online), 70 percent of Ameri- within that community, black people are smartphone dents, particularly minority using computers can face dif- lack of relevancy; what's the cans who aren't online say there's a huge difference be- dependent; they have few or students from migrant/immi- ficulty in securing a career point of putting money and they simply have no interest. tween a 65-year-old and an no other options for accessing grant or low-income families, and building wealth. As more effort into getting a high- Those who are interested pri- 85-year-old in terms of how the Internet at any given time. do not have broadband ac- industries require some level speed connection, especially marily want to get news or in- they may value going online. This is compared to 4 percent cess or any device at home. of computer literacy, and as with serious socioeconomic formation or use e-mail, and So those huge discrepancies of whites and the 7 percent “We have 29 million house- jobs without these require- realities to overcome? not much else. mean that you have to show national rate. holds in the country with ments become scarcer, it will Relevancy tends to be a pri- “Trying to figure out what the value a bit differently.” “Even though low-income school-age children. Of that, 5 become harder to earn a liv- the value is in going online is

RacismBy Freddie Allen andforces that stress are literally killing killingand it's often invisible,” African-American said port higher levels of social women NATIONAL NEWSPAPER us.” Janine Jackson, the program network distress, a form of PUBLSIHERS ASSOCIATION Crenshaw, who is also the director of Fairness and Accu- psychological distress that was a result of the stress ex- WASHINGNTON – Racism director of the Center for In- racy in Reporting, a national periences of family and close and gender-bias is killing tersectionality and Social Pol- media watchdog group. friends than their male coun- black women – literally, ac- icy Studies at the Columbia Admitting that black terparts. That lifestyle re- cording to scholars and health Law School in New York City, women “are not OK” is not a quires constant psychological care advocates. said that an array of social fac- source of shame, Jackson and biological adaption to During an online discussion tors from the stress associ- said. “It's a cause for interven- stress, and learned responses that capped a weeklong series ated with systemic racism to tion.” to chronic stress constantly dedicated to raising the living in environmentally Amani Nuru-Jeter, associate erode the ability for black awareness about the many toxic neighborhoods, and the professor of epidemiology, women to cope mentally and challenges black women and consequences of culturally in- community health and for their bodies to function girls face living in the United competent health care con- human development of the normally. States, activists, scholars and tribute to elevated death rates School of Public Health at the Black women are at risk of stress-related illness. Nuru-Jeter said that even stakeholders addressed the for black women when it University of California-Berke- bracing for the stress associ- women, and nearly 45 per- critical need to improve the comes to diseases like AIDS ley, said the notion that black Nuru-Jeter she said. “So often ated with micro-aggressions cent of black women suffer health outcomes of black and some forms of cancer. women are so resilient and this suboptimal functioning or “everyday racism” is hypertension compared to women. Although white women had that they can handle every- goes unnoticed until it be- enough to activate the physi- 33.5 percent of white women. “The myriad forms of mar- a higher incidence rate of thing thrown their way is in- comes a chronic disease, such ological “flight or fight” re- A 2011 CDC report on ginalization that we experi- breast cancer in 2011, black credibly harmful, because as the diseases we see black sponse in the body that can health disparities said that ence on a daily basis take a women were more likely to that myth comes at great cost. women suffering from the lead to chronic inflammation 37.9 percent of black women toll on our health,” said Kim- die from it. The rate of new “And that cost is the slow most – like diabetes, cardio- over time. died of coronary heart disease berlé Crenshaw, the co- HIV infections among black deterioration of our bodies,” vascular disease and hyper- “This slow deterioration before the age of 75 com- founder of the African women in 2010 was 20 times Nuru-Jeter said. “One of the tension.” may not be captured in a typ- pared to 19.4 percent of white American Policy Forum, a that of white women. unique aspects of black According to the Centers for ical clinical encounter, be- women. Black women were think tank that advances “Though anyone may expe- women's stress experiences Disease Control and Preven- cause doctors are not also more than twice as likely racial justice, gender equality rience stress, the stress that has to do with the caretaker tion, nearly 60 percent of measuring our stress hor- to die from strokes before the and human rights. “Racism black women experience is role they take on.” black women over 20 years mones or the level of inflam- age of 75 (39 percent) than and patriarchy are not just different. It's constant, it's cu- In focus groups, black old are obese compared to mation in our bodies,” white women (17.3 percent). things we talk about, these are mulative; it's often lifelong, women were more likely to re- roughly 34 percent of white

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Happy Mother’s Day! The Triangle Tribune 4A OPINIONS/ Sunday,May 10, 2015 Michael Eric Dyson versus Cornel West It's the academic version of body of work. Dyson the interest of full disclo- for sale. And he and Brother Sharpton and Sister Melissa the world heavyweight cham- charged that Obama's inau- sure, I know both Cornel and and others, they have sold pionship boxing matches guration marked “a pro- Michael and count each of their souls for a mess of between Muhammad Ali and nounced and decades-long them as a friend. Obama pottage. And we Joe Frazier scholarly decline” for West. Except for the length of invite them back to the black in Zaire “It is not only that West's Dyson's article, the only prophetic tradition after 115 Market Street, Suite 360-G labeled “The preoccupations with thing surprising is that he Obama leaves. 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West is still a “In November 2012, West, MANAGING EDITOR Obama administration in GEORGE E. attach to it, the Man of Ideas, but those ideas friend and mentor, one of that way, given the kind of URRY public feud today are a vain and unimag- the three men whose name is C critical background that all between professors Cornel inative repackaging of his on my Princeton doctoral of them have had at some West and Michael Eric Dyson, earlier hits. He hasn't pub- dissertation, let me have it in point.'” two of our most gifted intel- lished without aid of a co- the national media. It was West responded to Dyson lectuals, cannot be ignored. writer a single scholarly book during an appearance with briefly on Facebook, saying: Dyson's original opus since Keeping Faith, which Tavis Smiley on Democracy A ‘thug’ is in “Character assassination is weighed in at nearly 10,000 appeared in 1993, the same Now, shortly after Obama's the refuge of those who hide words – four to five times the year as Race Matters.” reelection. and conceal these issues in length of a typical magazine Despite other issues ‘I love Brother Mike Dyson,' order to rationalize their the eye of the feature story – and landed addressed by Dyson in his West said. ‘But we're living in own allegiance to the status plenty of punches to West's tome, at its core, this heavy- a society where everybody is weight fight is personal. In up for sale. Everything is up quo.” Dyson responded to West's beholderA small section of Baltimore, no more than four to response and pushback six blocks on the city's west side, experienced loot- from other quarters with a ing and property destruction after the funeral of second, 2,623-word article in Freddie Gray, the young man whose spine was mys- The New Republic. teriously crushed after being taken into police cus- Regarding his decision to tody. Gray would later die from his injuries and publicly answer West, “Charm City” has been in a meltdown ever since. Dyson, quoting old folks The anger over Gray's death should come as no who administered public surprise in a city that has had a history of question- spankings to children, said, able police tactics, and where jobs and opportunity “Where you did it is where are foreign concepts for the masses of the city's you get it.” black majority. Of all the issues facing Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake chose to call the black America – police mur- looters “thugs,” a conscious choice of words meant ders, poverty, mass incarcer- to label as criminals those involved in property ation, drones, unfair trade destruction. President Obama also blamed the policies, electronic surveil- unrest on “a handful of criminals and thugs who tore lance, failing schools, unem- up the place." ployment, Wall Street power, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan called protesters who and Israeli occupation of lashed out violently “outside agitators”, the same Palestinians, to use part of term Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama used to dis- West's list of pressing issues miss civil rights activists in the 1960s. – a heavyweight fight As I watched the wretched reporting between two prized black of Wolf Blitzer on CNN – the Can't get it intellectuals is an unwanted right News Network – it became clear to distraction. me that this will not be the last flash point because justice is now a commod- George E. Curry is editor-in- ity only available to the highest bidder chief of the NNPA. or the politically connected. As I survey social media and see and hear on-air commentary on the eruption WALTER L. in Baltimore, what stands out is the rush FIELDS to condemn the looters without any con- text. There was more concern expressed over the loss of property, most of it that Britiny:The odds were stacked fromBritiny's crack grandmother babythat she meant to goA-student home, like other cases, children like should be insured, than the decades-old against Britiny Lee before she didn't have a lot of money, put her in the car and take her Britiny are placed informally economic deprivation that has wiped out genera- was born. Her mother was but she was a stable source home. No. She was saying she with relatives outside foster tions of black Baltimoreans. addicted to drugs like of love and support was tired, and she was ready to care. America knows the Baltimore of the Inner Harbor, Britiny's grandfather and throughout childhood, and go home to Glory . . . She looked More than 6 million chil- Fort McHenry, Camden Yards, and the world-renown many others in their poverty- Britiny flourished in her at me in my eyes, and she said, dren are being raised in Johns Hopkins Hospital. It does not know the stricken Cleveland neighbor- care. ‘And God told me that you were households headed by Baltimore that exists on the corner of North and hood. Britiny's mother used Despite doctors' concerns ready, that you were ready to be grandparents and other rela- Pennsylvania Avenues, where most of the property drugs throughout her preg- when she was born as a a mom, that you're going to be a tives. Of those 6 million, 2.5 destruction took place. nancy and went drug-addicted child, Britiny good mom, that you're not million children are living in The nation doesn't have a clue about Whitelock to prison for a was resilient and became a going to use drugs anymore, households without their Street in the west Baltimore neighborhood where I year just after straight-A student who and that I could go.'” parents present. These rela- lived for almost three years, or the gritty neighbor- Britiny's birth. loved school from the Britiny's mother was finally tive caregivers like Britiny's hoods of East Baltimore or Cherry Hill. It is the As a poor, beginning. Her grandmoth- ready to step in, regain custody, grandmother are willing to Baltimore made famous by the gritty HBO series black, crack er was her rock even while and learn how to be the parent care for the children, but “The Wire” that is on edge. For many, Baltimore is baby with an struggling with the autoim- her daughter needed and often need financial or other just a star-spangled tourist destination and its black addicted, incar- mune disease lupus, which deserved. Today, Britiny is a help to appropriately meet majority invisible…until last weekend. cerated mother got worse as Britiny got high school senior about to their children's needs. Those aren't thugs you see on television. They are Marian and an absent older. When she was 8 years graduate from Cleveland's John A number of states have what social science researchers define as “discon- Wright father, Britiny old, her grandmother suf- Hay School of Science and used subsidized guardian- nected youth.” They are not “outside agitators.” Edelman started life in fered a seizure when they Medicine and dreams of becom- ship programs to support They are Baltimore youth, some teenagers and some danger. were home alone, and ing a cardiac surgeon. She kinship families and young adults. Being born into an unstable Britiny had to call 911 and recently received a Beat the GrandFamilies. Kinship care They are the children of a city that has for some poor family or to a single, ride in the ambulance with Odds scholarship from has been found to help chil- time now provided an inadequate education, offered teen, incarcerated or absent her grandmother to the Children's Defense Fund-Ohio. dren maintain family, and, little by way of employment and, like so many other parent are all known risk fac- hospital. She says of her beloved grand- oftentimes, community con- cities, used the criminal justice system to corral tors in America's Cradle to From then on she was ter- mother: “She's looking down on nections. There also is strong youth engaged in the commerce of last resort but Prison Pipeline crisis. rified of losing her grand- me. I'm sure she's proud, and evidence that children easy entry – crime. It is beyond disappointing to hear Entering the child welfare sys- mother. Britiny's mother, right now I just want to make placed in kinship care experi- a black mayor and a black president call black chil- tem would have been still Felicia, who had come in her even more proud. I want to ence greater stability, have dren thugs but offer little programmatically to give another risk factor for baby and out of her life through- show her that she didn't fight fewer behavioral problems, youth confidence that their futures will not be as Britiny, but she was lucky. out her childhood, was for me for nothing.” and are just as safe – if not bleak as their present. Her grandmother, who struggling towards sobri- Britiny's grandmother was safer – than children in non- What is more striking to me than seeing a CVS already had custody of ety. Nine months after one of the many caregivers rais- relative care. burning is the attempt to induce “calm” by elected Britiny's older brother and Felicia became sober and ing children in “kinship care” or In Britiny's case, all of these officials and the suggestion that a police force that is sister, stepped in. She Britiny was 10 years old, “GrandFamilies” headed by positive outcomes came to the source of much of the anger unleashed can brought Britiny home, too. her grandmother died. grandparents or other relatives pass, and after her grand- somehow now be trusted to restore order. Can we “My grandmother stepped up Felicia remembers the who step in when parents are mother “stepped up to the have a moment of silence for the truth? to the plate to raise us moving moment: “(My unable to do so. Sometimes a plate,” a child who could eas- There has been an absolute failure in political lead- because she didn't want us to mother) held my hand and child is removed from parents' ily have become a statistic is ership in cities such as Baltimore that has resulted in go into the foster care sys- she told me, ‘Licia, I want to care by the state and placed beating the odds and is a star little or no effort to drive substantive change. tem,” Britiny said. go home.' And I thought with relatives in foster care; in with a bright future. Mayors, city council members, governors and state legislators come and go, and the problems persist. What I read on social media in reference to the loot- ing is that “this is not the way” or “they should vote” OUR VOICES or “they need to seek justice” and criticism that “they” are burning down their own neighborhood. Let's get one thing straight: the system has failed black people, and particularly black youth, time and HillaryBY THOMAS MClinton’sILLS her numbers hurdle are in the inslightly North more undecidedCarolinabers that look more like time again. mid-40s. It’s certainly than men. Regardless, this poll if she hopes to We fix this by addressing poverty, long-term job- In 2014, incumbent early, but Clinton is a she’s got her work cut win North Carolina. lessness and equitable access to capital and gender Senator Kay Hagan led known figure while out for her to attract I don’t put a lot of equity. If our neighborhoods can be devastated by state House Speaker Republican candidates enough women to stock in polls 18 months the loss of a CVS store and a check cashing establish- Thom Tillis throughout are still introducing garner the votes she out, especially head-to- ment, it shows just how little we possess in the local the year only to lose the themselves to the public. needs to win. heads. Voters will learn a economy. The dearth of small business ownership is election in the final days. In a Survey USA poll Only in the Elon lot more about ironic given that the late Rep. Parren Mitchell, a A week or so before the done for Time Warner, University poll does she Republican candidates Baltimore legend, was a champion of small business election, an astute friend Clinton gets to 48 per- over the next development. pointed out that Hagan cent against Scott Walker year, and that We fix this by ending the nonsensical theoretical seemed to be stuck at who garners 39 percent, k n o w l e d g e debates on public education and incessant experi- about 46 or 47 percent in but she only leads Jeb might dramati- mentation driven by market forces, and start educat- the polls but would need Bush 45 percent to 43 cally alter ing our children. When we push black children out of at least 48 percent to win. percent. their views. schools by disproportionately disciplining them for He believed she had In that poll, Clinton However, the similar offenses committed by their white peers, and topped out below what only wins women with polls are then use their suspension or expulsion as a proxy for she needed to victory. 50 percent of the vote. If instructive for a criminal record, should the looting really surprise It seems Brad Todd, she’s going to win North Clinton. us? Tillis’ media consultant, Carolina, she’ll need to She has work We fix this by ending the prison pipeline that is fed was pushing the same do considerably better to do among by the assault on civil liberties, the targeting of black narrative with the press than that with a group women voters youth, and the elevation of minor offenses into crim- in the run-up to Election that should be her base. in North inal charges that leads to an endless cycle of incar- Day. My friend and Todd In the April PPP poll, fare better. The only Carolina. She will need to ceration, release and incarceration. were right. Clinton fares even worse. matchup tested is figure out how to grow What is more thuggish than systemically destroy- Fast forward to today. She actually trails Walker Clinton and Bush. She her support with an elec- ing a people? Hillary Clinton is showing and Mike Huckabee, and leads 47 percent to 44 torate that has known similar numbers to her numbers are stuck at percent and wins 54 per- her well for almost 25 Hagan in North Carolina. 45 percent or below in cent of the women. years. And her fate may Walter L. Fields is executive editor of NorthStar In poll after poll, she every matchup. 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According the most up-to-date 4 percent to 6 percent more president/CEO of the chronic unemployment recent report of the Joint to the National power than those who did not. and underemployment, report, the data clearly Gainesville Area Chamber of Economic Committee of Association of Real Estate reveals that while conven- Commercial electricity cus- Commerce and Council for and a host of other social Congress: Brokers, nearly 14.8 mil- tomers used 8 percent more. ills are added burdens to tional mortgage origina- Economic Outreach in • Median net worth in lion foreclosure notices tions rose slightly from And low-income residents who Gainesville, Florida. an already challenging black households fell by were filed from Jan. 1, enrolled in budget billing to economy. 2012 to 2013, black con- more than 40 percent 2007 to May 31, 2013. sumers who are more than spread the cost of seasonal Send your business news to These and other disturb- from 2007 to 2013. White By late 2014 and accord- peak demand across the year ing trends were the focus 13 percent of the popula- [email protected]. households during this ing to the Census Bureau, tion received only 2.3 per- used 7 percent more electricity. of the recent Color of same period saw median only 42 percent of black “It’s a perverse consequence Wealth Summit, conceived cent or 36,903 loans. In net worth drop 26 per- families were homeown- 2012, the same data point of a well-intentioned program and convened by the cent. ers, more than 22 percent- that low-income people Insight Center for was even smaller, with • Median weekly earn- age points lower than that only 26,500 such loans. enrolled in budget billing pro- Community Economic ings of black college grad- of the nation (64 percent) grams actually spent more than Development, and the Earlier research by the uates working full time and 30 percentage points Center for Responsible they would have otherwise,” Center for Global Policy and their white counter- lower than that of whites said study author Steven Solutions. Lending revealed that parts showed that the (72 percent). The current many minority homebuy- Sexton, assistant professor of The two-day conference black grads’ annual earn- homeownership level is public policy and economics. engaged prominent ers were steered into high- ings were $12,000 less. the lowest since 1993. er-cost, subprime loans – Sexton estimates that if these thought leaders to pro- • Overall, the black “[T]he collapse in home increases are true nationwide, pose solutions to the even when they qualified median income of values during the Great for cheaper ones. After increased power consumption growing racial income and $34,600, is nearly $24,000 Recession hit black house- tied to auto-paying would be wealth divide that has analyzing 50,000 sub- less than the same meas- holds especially hard,” prime loans, the CRL con- 15.8 billion kilowatt hours, come to characterize ure for whites. Congressman Emanuel equivalent to the annual elec- America’s economy. cluded that blacks and “The same groups of Cleaver II said. “At a time Latinos were almost a tricity use of 1.5 million typical “Most organizations and people who have histori- like this, we need more American homes. policy makers focus on third more likely to cally been left behind are affordable housing and a receive a high-priced loan That much additional elec- improving income and growing in number and stronger safety net.” tricity would have created an income supports such as than were whites with the population,” said Angela While most black and same credit scores. estimated 8.6 million metric safety net programs,” Glover Blackwell, a Latino homebuyers have tons of carbon dioxide emis- President and CEO Maya Summit participant and had their mortgages Charlene Crowell is a sions in 2010 and could be wip- Rockeymoore said. “While founder and CEO of underwritten by govern- ing out savings from energy this approach is vital, it is communications manager PolicyLink. “It is critical ment-backed programs with the Center for demand-reduction programs, not enough to build eco- that we support asset- such as the FHA, VA and he said. nomic security for vulner- Responsible Lending. She building programs and USDA, the greater chal- can be reached at "Autopay programs are likely able families over a life- policies that create and lenge has been access to to have a similar effect on water time.” Charlene.crowell@respon- protect opportunities for private-sector convention- siblelending.org. consumption," Sexton added. Recent research con- all families to save and al mortgages that over the WWW.TRIANGLETRIBUNE.COM BeBy Brooklynnyou! Cooper The Triangle The Durham VOICE The majority of the human race dis- TRIBUNE likes limits. We are constantly moving forward to the next big thing, which is SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2015 – PAGE 6A why I hate questions with limits. I recall one college application essay prompt that asked, “What’s one thing people should know by the end of high school?” At the time, the question Focus angered me. I had not com- HBCU NEWS pleted high school, and even if I had, high school is a four-year experience! How was I supposed to pick Cooper one thing that everyone N.C. should know by the time they graduate? Although I am still a senior in high school, as the time ticks down to receiv- Central ing my diploma, I feel confident enough to answer that essay prompt. Considering how young we are, it is not likely that we will know exactly who we opens Fab are and what we want to be, but we should know how to be ourselves. I have few regrets in regards to my Laboratory high school experience, but my biggest ST. AUGUSTINE’S one is being consumed by my peers’ Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” opinions of me. Even though it has been Scott will deliver the 2015 said over and over, things that we think Commencement on May 16 at 9 are permanent in high school are only a.m. in the University Quadrangle. temporary. Scott is serving his 12th term. For example, most freshmen girls take Scott is the first extreme efforts to look runway-ready Raleigh Outreach Troop recites Pledge of Allegiance. African-American every day. However, if you actually stop elected to Congress to think, no one is going to remember if from the you have an outfit mishap one day. If you Commonwealth of look especially nice, there is a high Virginia since chance that you will receive compli- Reconstruction and ments, but people do not go out of their only the second black way to insult someone (if they do, you Girl Scouts receive elected in Virginia’s should know they are not worth your Scott history. Having a time). maternal grandfather of No one is going to look back 10 years Filipino ancestry also gives him the from now and say, “Remember when community grant from distinction of being the first Becky’s shoes were two shades darker American with Filipino ancestry to than her shirt?” serve as a voting member of Of course, on that day, you will be Congress. focused on your mistake, but you are Community Outreach inclusive of girls from all Scott is a graduate of Harvard biased to yourself. I used to think that CarolinaBy Bonitta Best Hurricanes College and Boston College Law Program assists school-aged backgrounds in our region,” seniors “bummed it” every day because [email protected] girls in underserved commu- said Doug Warf, vice presi- School. After graduating law of senioritis, but now I realize that matur- RALEIGH – A grant from school, he returned home to ing involves being comfortable in one’s nities where participation in dent of marketing. the Carolina Hurricanes will programs like Girl Scouting Coastal Pines also part- Newport News and practiced law own skin. If you’re happy wearing sweat- help Girl Scouts – North from 1973 to 1991. He is a member pants to school every day, do it. is hindered by financial hard- ners with other youth-serv- Carolina Coastal Pines to ship, a lack of transportation, ing organizations – schools, of St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church Furthermore, compromising your expand its healthy living pro- in Newport News, Virginia. happiness for the sake of your “friends” a lack of volunteer leader- recreational centers, youth gram. Coastal Pines received ship, and language barriers. groups, and Boys and Girls is not OK. a $15,000 Game Changer If you want to join a club that your The program focuses on Clubs – to offer leadership grant to help underprivi- issues like self-esteem, bully- development programs. friends are not interested in, go for it! leged girls in Wake and Most of the time, if they try to belittle ing, healthy living, career In a safe and accepting Durham counties receive exploration and financial lit- environment, Girl Scouting you, they are jealous of your ability to healthy living resources. step out of your usual friend circle. eracy. helps girls learn to discover “We are excited to partner “The Carolina Hurricanes themselves, their strengths In the long run, you will be happy for with the Carolina Hurricanes doing something you enjoy, and you will Kids ‘N Community and values; connect with oth- as we work to build girls of Foundation is excited about ers in meaningful ways; and meet people that share similar interests. courage, confidence and It is ultimately a win-win. our latest partnership with take action in their commu- character who make the the Girl Scouts as it address- nities to make the world a In no way am I arguing that teenagers world a better place,” said Left to right: Dr. Clarence Williams, should have everything figured out. I am es key issues like obesity and better place. Lisa Jones, chief executive bullying, all while teaching Last year, Girl Scouts – Dr. Topper Carew, NCCU still trying to choose my major. However, officer at Girl Scouts – I am saying that we should be comfort- important leadership and Coastal Pines served almost Chancellor Debra Saunders- Coastal Pines. “Their sup- friendship skills. It’s an easy 2,000 girls in Wake and able enough to express ourselves with- port will help equip girls with White and Dr. Kenneth Tindall at out being hindered by other people. partnership decision when Durham counties, and over tools and skills that prepare you have an excellent organ- 9,300 girls throughout its 41 the ribbon cutting. High school is the time to find your- them for a positive, healthy self and experiment. Try the hairstyle ization like the Girl Scouts county territory in central and independent future." offering a pivotal program and eastern North Carolina. N.C. CENTRAL that you have been debating over for Coastal Pine’s North Carolina Central University months, and join that club that none of has joined the Maker Movement. your friends are in. In collaboration with the Media You will be much happier knowing Lab of the Massachusetts Institute that the opportunities did not pass by of Technology, NCCU last week offi- untouched. Exhibit cially opened a Fabrication Brooklynn Cooper will be graduating Laboratory, or Fab Lab. from Northern High School next month. BINNEGOED: Coloured & South African Photography The Fab Lab was established in Nov. 2014. The MIT Media Lab defines the Maker Movement as “…treating atoms like bits — using SCHOOL NEWS the powerful tools of the software DURHAM COUNTY and information industries to revo- Ursela Jones, Lori Khan, Marjorie lutionize the way we make tangible Light, Jaclyn Turnwald and Christopher objects…” Watson have been named finalists for the The NCCU Fab Lab joins a net- 2016 Durham Public Schools Teacher of work of such laboratories world- the Year. wide. NCCU is the first Historically • Jones has been in public education Black College and University to for nine years, and currently teacher open a fully operating Fab Lab regis- automation and robotics at Neal STEM tered with the Fab Foundation’s Academy of Engineering and Design. She global community of researchers, is the program coordinator for the makers and innovators. Howard N. Lee Institute’s STEM Scholars A Fab Lab is a technical prototyp- Prep Academy, led professional develop- ing platform for innovation and ment enabling her fellow teachers to invention. It is a place to create, play implement the Hour of Code at Neal, and and invent, providing stimulus for coached a team of students to awards in entrepreneurship. The Fab Lab cre- the FIRST LEGO League. ates a space to promote STEM edu- • Khan has taught 11th- and 12th- cation through use of digital fabrica- grade science at Middle College High at tion technology. The NCCU Fab Lab Durham Technical Community College provides all departments of the since 2013. She is the school improve- College of Arts and Sciences with ment team chair. She won the 2015 facilities for courses and activities Gustav Ohaus Teaching Award and the related to digital fabrication. 2014 Robert E. Yager Excellence in The Lab will be open to the com- Teaching Award from the National munity to offer services and access Science Teachers Association. to tools for people interested in • Light is an English teacher at J.D. learning about and using digital fab- Clement Early College High at North rication technologies. Carolina Central University. At Clement • Middle-school students inter- she served as a department chair and ested in science, technology, engi- implemented the Choose Your Own neering and math are encouraged to Professional Development program. She apply for the ExxonMobil Bernard participated in a North Carolina New Harris Summer Science Camp. The Schools externship for evaluating work camp, which runs from July 6-17, management systems. gives 48 aspiring scientists and • Turnwald is a ninth-grade English engineers a chance to strengthen and creative writing teacher at The MICHAEL DAVIES science, technology, engineering and math knowledge and skills School for Creative Studies. She has been ‘BINNEGOED: Coloured & South African Photography’ opened last week at the Center for the ninth-grade team leader and a begin- under the direction of college pro- ning teacher mentor since 2013. This Documentary Studies and will be on view through July 29. A reception and curator’s talk fessors and science professionals, school year, she initiated a teacher book is May 11. including Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr., study, wrote curriculum for magnet pro- The exhibition revisits apartheid through the work of 16 photographers who lived and the first African-American to walk in grams and was a member of the school space. Durham and Wake county worked during this period of legalized racial segregation, reflecting on South Africa’s his- middle-school students who are improvement team. tory of race classification to consider what it meant to be neither black nor white, but clas- • Watson has been teaching social chosen for the two-week residential studies at Brogden Middle for the past 12 sified as coloured even a century before apartheid began. camp will participate at no charge years. Watson is a cooperating teacher Drawn from collections held in Duke University’s Archive of Documentary Arts at the thanks to scholarship support from for student teachers, is in his fifth year David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, BINNEGOED includes 39 col- the ExxonMobil Foundation. coaching both boys and girls soccer, and Eligible applicants must be enter- lectible photographic postcards, two large prints, a framed family photograph, and an ing sixth, seventh or eighth grades serves as the adviser for the National audio recording in Afrikaans. Junior Honor Society. in the fall of 2015. Other application The teacher of the year will be named Candice Jansen, a new Ph.D. fellow and an Archibald Mafeje Scholar at the Wits Institute requirements and submission at the annual banquet on May 20. for Social and Economic Research in Johannesburg, South Africa, curated Binnegoed. instructions are available at Above: Amusement park, Strandfontein, Cape Town, 1983. www.theharrisfoundation.org. For ...... more information, contact Richard Watkins at (336) 254-4455. WWW.TRIANGLETRIBUNE.COM Where The Triangle are TRIBUNE today’s SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2015 – SECTION B Ali-like athletes?The revolutionary and PLAYER OF THE WEEK COLLEGE iconic stance of the great Sports Muhammad Ali rang in my CORNER mind this morning as I woke up and thought about writing this column. After a bonanza weekend of American sports that in- First baseman Andy Hopkins cluded the NFL Draft, the NBA Playoffs, the Kentucky Derby, Lloyd went 2-for-2 to help the Yankees and Red Sox lead Eastway to a 7-0 baseball game, and the Floyd shutout of Salvation returns to Mayweather and Army Tuesday in the Manny Pacquiao Durham Bulls Youth Ath- fight, all I could Shaw – think about is letic League. Andy had downtown Balti- a single in the first inning more burning and a triple in the sec- maybe?CC had to come back from va- down with re- ond that sent three run- cation early after we heard the ports of 100 rumor that Joel Hopkins was re- ners home. The DBYAL is turning to Shaw. Tyree black men killed by police in the played at Long Meadow And not a moment too soon. past year while we still have and Scarborough fields We were seriously consider- our first African-American on Liberty Street. ing retirement. CIAA men’s bas- president in office at the ketball is getting stale. Teams White House. have forgotten how to play de- Excuse me for being politi- fense; can’t even get past the cal in a sports column, but first round of the postseason athletes are people first. They tournament anymore. Just em- come from families with barrassing. mothers and fathers. They But Hopkins is going to come from communities, change all that, and a whole lot cities and towns. They come more. from fan bases of loyal people CC can see it coming. We bet who have supported them. COLLEGE FOOTBALL every coach in the conference But once they make it to the is going to put the NCAA on highest professional level of speed dial. Better cross those sports, where their voices, T’s and dot those I’s, Shaw. wallets and social/ political Soooo, when’s the announce- impact becomes the greatest, ment? We had better not given they are then advised to leave up the beach for nuthin’. politics alone and keep their personal views private, or else N.C. Central suffer the consequences of re- What is it with some of the pulsion from those American male coaches at NCCU? This is citizens who would rather not the second time in two years hear it. that a man has lost his job over Typically, in America, the a woman/women. First Henry mainstream white commu- Frazier and now Ronnie Enoch. nity has been the main cul- Who’s going to pay those bills prits of wildly supporting now, eh? athletes while rejecting where they come from, what they SPRING SPORTS stand for, or what their fami- lies and communities still have to deal with in their lives. “Hey pal, don't push that stuff on me. I don’t have any- Falcons thing to do with all that. I'm only here to watch the game.” Nevertheless, American sports leagues have been al- bring lowed to support cancer awareness by wearing pink every year, support military home veterans who return home to 4 HBCU players taken in NFL Draft their families from active duty By Bonitta Best Other draftees/free overseas, and a half-dozen [email protected] agents: spring CIAA other mainstream campaigns. St. Augustine’s senior defensive But only if the professional • Marcus Reed, Fayetteville tackle Nigel Crawford has signed a State, free agent with Green sports leagues – controlled by free agent contract with the Pitts- billionaire white men – allow Bay Packers titlesBy Bonitta Best burgh Steelers. Crawford will join [email protected] it. other draftees and free agents at Sure, I understand that to MEAC Winston-Salem State is build- the Steelers’ minicamp this week- • Rodney Gunter, Delaware bring certain injustices to end. ing a CIAA baseball dynasty. light before, during and after State, drafted in fourth round The Rams won their fifth Crawford finished his college ca- by Arizona Cardinals every game would be overkill reer with 67 tackles (22.5 for loss) straight conference champi- • Lynden Trail, Norfolk • Tray Walker, Texas Southern, and undesirable, even for me. and 9.5 sacks. onship to earn an automatic State, free agent with Houston Tex- drafted in fourth round by Balti- But these athletes should at The football team recently volun- bid to the NCAA Division II least be able to speak about it ans more Ravens. Tournament. Catcher Connor teered at the Wake County Special • Keenan Lambert, NSU, free as they see fit in interviews, Olympics at Ravenscroft High. Andrus was named the tourna- agent with Seattle Seahawks OHIO VALLEY particularly when they are “They were having fun and that’s ment’s most valuable player. • Tavarus Dantzler, Bethune- • Robert Myers, Tennessee State, often forced to answer ques- what it was all about,” coach In its third season of playing Cookman, free agent with Green drafted in the fifth round by the tions about the game. Allow Michael Morand said. “They were lacrosse, Chowan has the Bay Ravens. them to also address a few excited about the Special player of the year. Mackenzie • Anthony Morris, TSU, drafted in questions about what's going Olympics. They have been talking Reid was named the 2015 Divi- SWAC the seven round by the Oakland on their lives, in their families about it since spring practice.” sion II All-Independent Player and in their communities if of Year. they choose to do so. Reid recorded 62 goals and But why are so many profes- MEAC MINUTES posted a shooting percentage sional athletes punished for of .667. Teammates Sierra that? Is it to control the so- Burston and Adriea Herndon cial/political impact that they were named to the all-Inde- would have? Is it for fear of pendent Team. moving the status quo of America into spaces that it FAMU,By Bonitta Best B-CUA&T (139-138). win track titles WOMEN still refuses to discuss or tran- [email protected] The Wildcats needed just N.C. Central sition from? one point to win in the Florida A&M broke a 15- Sophomore Darlene Gi- Is it to continue the stereo- final event, the 4x400- year streak to win its first rardeau was the Eagles only type that athletes are brain- meter relay. B-CU finished MEAC women’s track and medalist at the MEAC Track & less and physically gifted eighth and got the point field championship since Field Championships. Gi- brutes who are better off seen needed. 2000. The Rattlers outdis- rardeau finished third in the than heard? Kenneth Fisher earned tanced Hampton 111 to women’s long jump for a The sports world has now 21 points to be named out- 105. bronze medal. become grossly hypocritical. standing field athlete. “The girls and the coach- In softball, the Eagles split Do we not now witness these Maryland Eastern Shore’s ing staff were a bit heart- their three-game series over same sports league authori- Khalil Rmidi Kinini was broken after indoors when archrival N.C. A&T 2-1, but the ties coming out strongly voted outstanding runner we finished in fourth one loss eliminated them from against domestic violence, after setting records in the place,” FAMU coach Dar- a shot at the MEAC Tourna- child abuse, drug abuse, driv- 1,500 and 5,000 meters, lene Moore said. “We made ment. ing while under the influence, and winning the 3,000- a pact where we wanted to NCCU ends the season 18-27, smoking marijuana, and meter steeplechase. work hard and improve on its most wins since turning Di- many other societal infrac- “We are blessed that it our positioning and take vision I. tions of its athletes? went our way,” Bethune home the victory at this These stronger league coach Donald Cooper said. year’s outdoor track and St. Augustine’s stances and rules of discipline “It could have easily have field championship.” In her fourth year at the helm, for professional athletes are gone the other way. You Norfolk State’s Kiara softball coach Nikki Bynum mainly in play because buy- can’t ask for a better cham- Howell earned her second Bumpass led the Falcons to a ing ticketholders now de- pionship when the meet straight outstanding field CIAA championship. The title is mand it. Millions of comes down to the final athlete award, while the program’s first since 1991 supporters will no longer ac- race.” Hampton’s Ce’aira Brown and earns the team its first DII cept such transgressions, and Hampton’s Trey Hol- also repeated with the out- tourney berth. Sophomore the league’s owners are loway also set a MEAC standing runner honor. Meranda Zanni was named forced to feel it in their bank record in the 100-meter Bethune’s Tristie John- tournament MVP. Bumpass accounts from negative pub- hurdles with a time of son broke her own meet now has championships in lic relations. 13:57. Holloway broke the record win the 100-meter both volleyball and softball. However, no such fear hap- record set by Bethune’s dash with a time of 11:26. The No. 8 seed St. Aug’s will pens from the desires and de- Ronnie Ash in 2008. travel to No. 1 seed California mands of economic freedom, Wildcats win 2nd straight (Pa.) this weekend. justice, equality and certain Hampton adds 2 sports Bethune-Cookman won protective rights of black peo- The Pirates will add its second straight confer- Shaw ple who now make up the ma- men’s lacrosse and ence title with a thrilling The tennis team ended its Please see WHERE/2B one-point win over N.C. Please see FAMU/2B Please see FALCONS/2B Sunday, May 10, 2015 2B SPORTS/The Triangle Tribune Where are the Muhammad

Ali-likeContinued from page 1Bathleteswere being forced totoday? fight a He quickly became Public jority of professional football war for America abroad while Enemy No. 1 of mainstream and basketball players. not being allowed to fight a white America simply for So I watched a 20-minute in- war at home. voicing his honest opinions terview on YouTube this You need to watch it too for that were all based on the morning of Ali and “Why I Re- a historical perspective and facts of our country's treat- fuse to Go to Vietnam” on the update on how America con- ment to millions of black peo- Malcolm X channel, and was tinues to avoid the elephant in ple. blown away by how astutely the room, even in 2015. Go online and watch the this uneducated black man Ali was willing to go to jail video and be proud of a man and boxer from poverty in and give up everything for a who deserves our respect. Louisville, Kentucky, could message of defiance and jus- speak about the obvious poli- tice for his people, and he Omar Tyree can be reached tics of a black people who surely suffered for it. at www.OmarTyree.com.

St. Augustine’s softball champions

FAMU,Continued from page 1BB-CU win track titles women’s soccer in the fall. Both teams will compete as independents. The additions give the athletic department 17 programs: seven men, nine women and one coed. John McNabb will coach the women’s soccer program, and Lloyd Carter will head men’s lacrosse.

Hornets name new coach Six-year Hampton assistant Barbara Burgess has been named the new head women’s bas- ketball coach at Delaware State. Burgess gets her first Division I head coaching job at her alma mater. Hampton won five MEAC Tournament titles, five conference crowns and made six straight postseason appearances. The Pirates won 146 games under Burgess’ tenure, and produced two players of the year and four defensive players of the year. As a player, Burgess led the Hornets to the 1989 championship game and ranks second on the school’s all-time scoring list with 1,807 points. She was inducted into the 2000 DSU Athletic Hall of Fame.

Winston-Salem State baseball champions Revolt advance to the TRBL Falcons bring home spring championshipBy James Taylor nudging ahead game on a couple ahead again in the fourth SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE of first breaks. Raleigh quarter, building leads of owned the second quarter, fi- more than 20 points. titles from CIAA postseason Continued from page 1B straight game Tuesday to Shaw CARY – Playing in the sec- Wilmington made one nally crowding the Sea Presbyterian 9-4. The men didn’t fare any ond half of a double header more run, however, with four season with a 5-0 loss at In- Dawgs shooters and, more NCCU hasn’t won since an better than the women. Shaw at the Herbert Young Center minutes in the game to cut diana (Pa.) in the first round importantly, finding its of- April 18 7-5 victory over Sa- also lost 5-0 in the Atlantic in downtown Cary, the Wilm- the lead to 12 points, but of the Atlantic Region Cham- fense behind lights-out vannah State. The team Region II Tournament to ington Sea Dawgs and the that's as close as the game pionships. Shaw finishes the shooting from perennial closes out the regular season West Liberty. The Bears end Raleigh Revolt squared off in would get. Some desperation season 18-4. guard Freddie Little. against N.C. A&T Saturday at their season 10-8. their second meeting of the The Revolt pushed the lead fouls stretched the margin in year. The winner of this MEN 3 p.m. at Durham Athletic to as many as 18 points in the final minutes, and the Re- Park. game would host the Bull the second quarter, but volt won 131-111. N.C. Central City Legacy next weekend in Wilmington withstood the Charles Gamble, Jared The Eagles lost their 10th the Tobacco Road Basketball blow and cut the lead to nine Grady and Freddie Little each League East Championship at halftime. dropped 20, 20 and 21 game. Wilmington came out with points, respectively, for The Sea Dawgs were the more intensity in the second Raleigh. The Revolt sunk 13 quicker, more determined half, quickly whittling the 3-pointers in the game. Sea team from the tip, frustrating lead down to five and staying Dawgs’ Damieon Baker led all the Raleigh offense and stay- within striking distance scorers with 22 points. ing ahead on the glass early. throughout the quarter. The Raleigh and Bull City will The game was nip-and-tuck Revolt, technically the home meet on May 9 at 6 p.m. on through most of the first team for the contest, lever- Shaw’s campus. quarter, with Wilmington aged its deep bench to pull NFL Draft disappointing for HBCUplained. players “So…the Texans again2009 selected Greg Toler Jerry Rice. Walter Payton. Willie Davis. Deacon Jones. were a place that had almost from St. Paul’s in the fourth These are just a few of the the whole coaching staff call round. greatest players that have my agents, which really As expected, Texas South- ever played in the NFL. One showed me that they truly ern cornerback Tray Walker of the things that they have had some type of interest in (6-2, 189) was selected – also in common is that they at- me.” in the fourth round, 136 tended HBCUs. This reminds me of former overall – by the Baltimore TSU’s Garza, JSU’s Swanson They were also drafted. Bethune-Cookman star and Ravens. The Ravens were Just four players from BOXTOROW All-American de- one of 11 teams that the all- SWAC second team per- HBCUs were selected in the fensive end Ryan Davis not SWAC co-players of thegrabbed year a College Sports former visited as his stock SWAC.org game and 51st in on-base 2015 NFL Draft. That was the being drafted in 2012. Madness SWAC Player of the began to rise after participat- percentage. most since four were taken in Davis had a phenomenal Week accolade during the ing in a regional combine in Swanson led the confer- 2011. senior season and impressed The Southwestern Athletic third week of the season. March. ence in runs scored (44), The numbers are still com- at several combines. Last Conference announced the On the regular season, “I was at a loss for words,” and shared a first-place po- paratively down from past year, Davis played in all 16 2015 all-SWAC softball teams Barker finished with a 21-16 Walker told the Houston sition in stolen bases (35) years, but better than the games for the Jaguars, regis- and individual award win- overall record, 14-3 in the Chronicle. “I was on the and triples per game (4). total of five players that had tering 6.5 sacks, two forced ners on May 5. conference. He led the Tigers phone when my name ap- She earned a batting aver- been selected the previous fumbles and two fumble re- Thomasina Garza of Texas to their fifth consecutive peared on the TV. Tears age of .289 and a season t h r e e coveries. In March Davis re- University and Jackson Western Division champi- came crawling down my performance with 44 runs, years. signed with the Jaguars on a State’s Canessa Swanson onship accolade and looks to eyes.” 37 hits and 20 RBIs. D i s a p - one-year contract. were named co-players of the score his second straight Tennessee State offensive Swanson was ranked No. pointing A pleasant surprise was the year, with Garza also claim- SWAC tournament title. guard Robert Myers (6-5, 16 in stolen bases and 56th was not drafting of Delaware State de- ing the hitter of the year title. The Tigers claimed first 329) was also selected by the in triples per game by the necessar- fensive tackle Rodney Gunter Alabama State’s Chelsea place for the conference in Ravens, in the fifth round, NCAA. She was also named ily the (6-5, 305) in the fourth round King earned both pitcher and ERA (3.77), opposing batting 176th overall. Like Trail, SWAC Hitter of the Week number of by the Arizona Cardinals, freshman of the year acco- average (.270), batters struck Myers also participated in the and College Sports Mad- p l a y e r s and No. 116 overall. lades, while fellow Hornet, out (174) and batters struck NFL Combine in February. ness SWAC Player of the that were Gunter was an all-MEAC Carly Evans, was voted new- out looking (.270). The last draftee was Ten- Week. drafted as second team performer in comer of the year. Garris completed his first nessee State offensive guard In her first season of col- much as 2014. As a matter of fact, the Worley Barker of TSU and season with a conference Anthony Morris, who was legiate competition, King some of the Cardinals moved up – trading John Garris of Southern Uni- record of 11-5 and a 15-12 Donal taken by the Oakland Raiders received four consecutive players that away 123 (fourth round), 198 versity and A&M College overall standing. He coached Ware as the first pick of the sev- SWAC Pitcher of the Week w e r e n ’ t (sith round) and 241 (seventh were crowned co-coaches of his team to a sixth-place, enth round. titles. She was ranked 31st drafted. round) – to get him. the year. NCAA standing in doubles Morris was definitely under by the NCAA in ERA, lead- Norfolk State BOXTOROW “Man, that says they're re- Finishing her final season per game and led the SWAC the radar, but at 6-foot-7, 303 ing the conference with a All-American linebacker Lyn- ally interested in me, they re- with the Tigers, Garza earned in fielding percentage (.958) pounds, he is versatile, and value of 1.77. King carries a den Trail (6-7, 269) was not ally believe in me," Gunter season-high stands in batting and fielding double plays projected as a guard having win/loss percentage of .500 selected. Despite participat- said of what Arizona gave up average (.429), slugging per- (15). played tackle at TSU. He was with 63.1 innings pitched, ing in the NFL Combine and to acquire him. "I'm going to centage (.733) and on-base Evans, Swanson, Garza and part of the vaunted TSU of- and has struck out 36 bat- putting up some solid num- take that into consideration percentage (.523). She added King were also voted to the fensive line that did not ters with 11 walks and 30 bers and even lowering his every time I step on the field 26 runs, 34 hits and 34 RBIs first team. Joining them were allow a sack in the last four runs. 40-time at his equally im- or come to meetings, meet- to her resume, while also Destinee Williams. Prairie games. Evans completed her first pressive pro day, he signed a ing the coaches. They really landing Garza national recog- View A&M; Nicole Ene. Gram- Morris stared 10 of 11 season with the Hornets free agent contract with the believe in me. I thank God for nition from the NCAA. bling State; Valerie Centeno games this season, despite with a batting average of Houston Texans. that. It's a blessing, a dream She captured No. 13 rank- and Jenna Mae Thorne, Ala- playing injured a good part .364. She registered 15 runs “To some extent it was kind come true. I'm so speechless ing in RBI by the NCAA as bama State; Jasmine Hard- of the season. He had a great with 39 hits and claimed of disappointing that I went right now." well as No. 27 in toughest to wrick, Arkansas-Pine Bluff; pro day, which included run- five home runs and 38 RBIs. undrafted, but I look at a lot The Cardinals organization strikeout, 59th in batting av- Kiara Suttles and Kayleigh has had a propensity to ning 5.2 seconds in the 40 Evans was voted SWAC Hit- of people’s path, and I’m a erage, 54th in doubles per ter of the Week twice and Thomas, Southern. true believer in God. I believe choose successful small col- that generated some aware- he lays out a path for every- lege and HBCU players. ness among NFL brass. body,” Trail told WAVY TV in Last year they selected Morris was the second TSU Portsmouth, Virginia. John Brown in the third offensive lineman drafted But not being drafted was- round from Division II Pitts- and the fourth in the past n’t the end of the world. burg State. Two-time pro two years. Last year guard The Best in HBCU sports... “A lot of teams explained to bowler Justin Bethel was a Kadeem Edward and center me after that they went to sixth round pick in 2012. In Demetrius Rhaney were war for me in the draft room, 2008 they selected former drafted. The tandem was the triangletribune.com but it just didn’t pan out the Tennessee State star Do- only two HBCU players taken way they wanted to,” he ex- minique Rodgers-Cromartie in last year’s draft. in the first round, and in Sunday, May 10, 2015 3B SPORTS/The Triangle Tribune

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Add tofu and mix. pepper carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 0 mg choles- Thread tofu and grapes onto 4 skewers. 3 cloves garlic, minced terol; 146 mg sodium. 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Freshly ground black pepper A Handful of Health Heat olive oil in large skillet n One serving of grapes is 3/4 cup over medium-high heat. Add Heat broiler to high. and has just 90 calories, no fat, sprouts, grapes, salt and pepper Place flatbreads on baking sheet and no cholesterol and virtually no to skillet and saute broil until crisp and lightly browned, sodium. 3–4 minutes. Reduce heat to about 2 minutes. Turn and cover with n Grapes are a natural source of medium mozzarella. Broil until melted, about antioxidants and add garlic, ginger, mustard, 2–3 minutes. and other polyphenols, which honey and vinegar to pan. Con- While mozzarella is melting, toss to- help make grapes a heart- tinue to saute approximately 1–2 gether arugula, grapes, olive oil, garlic, healthy food. minutes, until salt and pepper. 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RALEIGH TRIBUNE TEA PARTY Unity of the Triangle SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2015 – PAGE 5B will host a Mother’s Day Tea Party May 10, 12:30 p.m. at Woman’s Club of Raleigh, 3300 Woman’s Club Dr. Visit www.unity- BOOK triangle.org. Life & Arts HEARING A public hearing on the Falls of Neuse Road rezoning is May 12, 6:30 p.m. at 222 W. Hargett St. Share Contact: Doug Hill at 996- 2262. TOWN HALL Council member Wayne Maiorano of District A will dad’s host his next town hall meeting May 20, 6:30 p.m. at Ann Gordon Center for Active Adults, 1901 Spring Forest Rd. life UNITY PARTY Unity Band Launch Party is May 15, 9 p.m. at Reign, 808 W. Hodges Rd. lessonsChat and Chew MORRISVILLE By Glen Warren FESTIVAL Annual East Meets West Glen Warren, a community festival is May 16, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Town Hall leader and founder of Fathers Drive. Forever, a Raleigh-based non- profit organization, has DURHAM authored a new book. CONCERT The novel holds 31 short sto- The Isley Brothers will ries featuring a unique blend of perform May 10 at the Warren’s perspective as a single Durham Performing Arts father of three, a 25-year social Center, 123 Vivian St. Call 680-2787. worker/counselor for Wake County, a BOOK SCHOLARS religious leader John Hope Franklin and nonprofit Young Scholars will read SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE provided, and participants are Old School Block Party leader. from their book, Running Bimbe’DURHAM – The Bimbé Cultural goesencouraged to bringold lawn chairs. school May 13, 6 to 8 p.m. Each Chat and for Hope, May 11, 7 p.m. Arts Festival will be held May 16, The Durham Police Department Lyon Park Chew story is will be on hand to provide child 1200 West Lakewood Ave. at the Parrish Street noon to 8 p.m. at Rock Quarry meant to compel, Forum, 108 W. Parrish St. Park, 701 Stadium Drive. This ID cards to children attending the year’s festival will feature old- festival. The ID card is a way for Alumni Basketball Classic inspire and moti- DURHAM POLICE school hip-hop artists MC Lyte parents to identify their child in May 14, 7 to 10 p.m. vate readers to view life from a A public input session and DJ Kool. case of emergency. The card is Hillside High School different vantage point. on the new police head- Participants will enjoy the not a valid/legal form of identifi- 3727 Fayetteville Road The book also serves as a self- quarters complex is May Bimbé Marketplace with approxi- cation, but will include their help tool to overcome a myriad 13, 5:30 p.m. at Durham mately 40 art, merchandise, edu- name, photo, height, weight, hair Teen Skate Party of obstacles all human beings Armory, 212 Foster St. cational and food vendors. There and eye color. May 15, 7 to 10 p.m. face throughout our individual will be activities for all ages, Volunteers also are needed. For Wheels Family Fun Center and collective journeys including a Kid’s Zone hosted by details, visit 715 N. Hoover Road LUNCHEON through life. Lincoln Community the Durham Arts Council, www.DPRPlayMore.org or call Health Center Foundation Interactive Playgrounds, (919) 560-4355. Dance Extravaganza will host its Legacy GameTruck and The Home Depot. Durham Parks & Recreation will May 15, 7 to 10 p.m. Some examples: Luncheon May 14, 11:30 Participants are not allowed to also host a number of Bimbé W.D. Hill Recreation Center Chicken Wings shares insight a.m. at Washington Duke bring food, coolers, alcohol or weekday events: 1308 Fayetteville St. on how to avoid placing limita- Inn. Call 956-4003. pets to the festival. Seating is not tions on yourself, or allowing others to clip your proverbial BIMBE wings, and limit your move- Bimbe Cultural Arts ment and stunt your progress. Festival is May 16, noon CAR REVIEW to 8 p.m. at Rock Quarry Organized Chaos urges read- Park, 701 Stadium Dr. ers to rely on faith, reminding all things are possible with God FESTIVAL and, in his timing, all chaos is The Read Local Book called to order; even our pains Festival is May 16-17 at and heartache bring eventual Durham Central Park. joy. Visit readlocalnc.org. Read Between the Lines SHEPARD reminds readers we all have the Friends of Shepard power of discernment and Memorial Library will assures us being present in the host its next meeting May moment allows us to detect 17, 4 p.m. at N.C. hurdles and obstacles other- Central’s Student Union, wise hidden without intention- Room 146. Public is invit- al personal introspection and ed. proper knowledge of self. CONCERT “Sometimes life brings aches Durham Symphony to our hearts, sickness to our Orchestra will pay tribute souls and pain in our bodies. to Paul Robeson May 17, 4 My mission is to help ease p.m. at Hayti Heritage those aches, bring healing to Center, 804 Old your soul, which will bring Fayetteville St. Visit comfort to your body,” Warren www.durhamsympho- said. ny.org. Warren is a much sought- MEETING after motivational speaker and Durham People’s has been dubbed the “Global Alliance will host it next Social Worker” because of his meeting May 19, 6:30 passion to spread love where p.m. at Center for there is indifference, to bring Responsible Lending, 302 hope in the face of despair, and W. Main St. inspire creativity in the midst AUTISM 2015 Toyota RAV4 is a fun ride of destruction. His passion By Frank S. Washington RAV4 trim line: there is an LE and EPA rating of 24 mpg in the city flows through his Chat & Chew My Circle of Girls will a Limited. But the XLE had a sort NNPA and 31 mpg on the highway. Real- stories. host its next outing May of no-nonsense, straightforward world conditions had us driving 30 from 10-11:30 a.m. DETROIT – Toyota's RAV4 for appeal. The dash was clean and about 150 miles for the week, He and his work have been Register to May 22 to 2015 is a stalwart. The small had the horizontal scheme that averaging about 24 mpg. Once featured in The Triangle [email protected]. crossover is one of the earliest Toyota has shifted to in most of done, we still had a half a tank of Tribune, and on local television entrants in the field that has its interiors. fuel left. and radio talk shows. LEGACY LUNCHEON turned into one of the largest seg- It was as though Toyota created The tester's equipment was Fathers Forever is a nonprofit Third annual Lawrence ments in the automotive industry. a very comfortable interior for more than adequate. It had satel- & Artelia Perry The current rendition that we test organization that helps fathers people who were going to spend a lite radio, an Entune premium zero in on barriers to being Scholarship Fund Legacy drove is in its third year, and our lot of time in the RAV4 picking up audio system that included financially, physically and emo- Luncheon is May 23, 2015 XLE had some characteris- kids from school, waiting for soc- Toyota's suite of Wi-Fi apps that 11:30 a.m. at Washington tics that were worth noting. cer practice to end or for traffic to can be linked through a smart- tionally involved parents, Duke Inn, 3001 Cameron We were struck with the quality move another three feet on the phone, a navigation system, including unemployment, Blvd. Call (919) 908-0153. of the interior. It wasn't leather way to and from work. Obviously, Bluetooth, USB and auxiliary criminal records, and/or poor but was cloth. Still, it was clean, a lot of thought went into the jacks, dual automatic climate con- relationship with child’s moth- PARTY had contrasting stitching and was vehicle's very comfortable seats. trols and power-heated side view Ivy Community Center er. spacious. Because it was front- The RAV4 was easy to handle. mirrors. Its curriculum, “The Joy and will host a Prepped for wheel drive, the floor of the sec- Because our tester was front- We were really impressed with Responsibilities of Success workshop for ond row was almost flat, and the wheel drive, we thought it felt a its sunroof, rearview camera and Fatherhood,” promotes father- middle and high school seats could hold three people little light but it didn't feel flimsy. split screen display in this price students and a HBCU Fair abreast. And there was plenty of It was very maneuverable. It had a range. Our test vehicle had a base hood by teaching the impor- June 27, 8 a.m. at the Ivy headroom; nothing was cramped high seating position, and the sus- price of $25,240. Add options and tance of their paternal role in Community Center. Visit about the second row. What's pension was soft without feeling an $885 freight charge and the their children’s lives and www.alphazetaomega.or more, the rear doors were really spongy. total came to $26,935. future. g/icc20icc20. wide for easy access. Our front-wheel drive had an Frank S. Washington is editor of The XLE is in the middle of the AboutThatCar.com.

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I am re-reading a book that I highly recommend W by Beth Moore: Jesus, the riefs One and Only. It reminds me rather vigorously that forgiveness is still a criti- cal concept in the life of BRALEIGH so many so-called COMPASSIONATE Christians who profess BAPTIST 2310 Compassionate Drive faith as their spiritual cor- Women’s Day is May nerstone. 17 at 11 a.m. Ellender The book is turning my LeMay of the Woman’s soul inside out because it vividly reinforces to me Baptist Home & Foreign that I am getting prayer Missionary Convention answered with each chap- is the guest speaker. ter, and that realization is • May 31, 3:30 p.m. – the impetus for this col- Baptist Training Union. umn. The topic is How many of you repent “Understanding the but remain in a guilty Justice System.” state of mind because you really don’t believe God will forgive your acknowl- DURHAM edged transgressions? If ST. PHILIP’S there was ever a challenge 402 E. Main Street to faith, this is it. 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Since you can- CHAPEL HILL not accept your own for- ORANGE giveness, you cannot UNITED METHODIST stand on the faith you 1220 Martin Luther King profess in God. By Bonitta Best Albums chart, and No. 130 come true,” Casey J’s man- India.Arie,” she said. The fourth annual Hence, you cannot live No. 1 onon Billboard’s TopBillboard 200 ager Marquis Boone said. “Although they are not Food Truck Rodeo [email protected] the life God has cleared Albums chart. The songs were recorded gospel artists, they have a fundraiser is May 16, 3 for you to embark upon. Gospel newcomer Casey The Truth also has been live during a standing-room similar style as me. People to 7 p.m. Proceeds bene- That’s a hypocrite. Enter J’s The Truth album has the No. 1 Gospel album per only concert in January at and worship are my heart. I fit hungry kids. Jesus. He took care of debuted at No. 1 on the Gospel Albums the Fresh Start Church in want the environment of my that. You are forgiven. Billboard’s Top Gospel Bestsellers listing via Duluth, Georgia, where performances to be about Send your church news Your faith in Him allows Album sales chart. Amazon Music for a week. Casey J serves as the Sunday the worship and not so to: you to accept that forgive- The 12-song set features "We were so optimistic morning worship leader. much about me personally The Triangle Tribune, ness and move on in free- her radio hit “Fill Me Up” 115 Market Street, dom, which brings you about this artist and project, The self-professed Flower or my artistic persona.” that also is No. 5 on the com- and I believe the proof is in Child’s soul-stirring album Casey J will join Fred Suite 360G the courage necessary for bined Billboard Top Durham, NC 27701 the testimony that the pudding. Thank you to fuses pop and soul into her Hammond for a gospel con- Christian/Gospel Albums everyone that purchased the own recordings. cert at the Durham undoubtedly will help chart ,while also surfacing at e-mail others. album and helped make this “When I grow up, I want to Performing Arts Center on No. 62 on Billboard’s Top young new artist’s dream be like Chrisette Michelle or May 30. info@triangletribune. The ensuing behavior com change in you lets the world know your faith is or fax 688-2740 real. That’s a believer. Anyway you look at it, Deadline: Tuesday by the basis for faith rests in the belief of who Jesus noon. was, what He did, why He Gospel artist Earnest Pugh honored by did it and who He did it for, i.e. you and me and anybody who looks like us. Face it. hisSPECIAL alma TO THE TRIBUNE mater,me than a Grammy Howard Award the alumni associa- University You are forgiven; not because it came from my tion’s scholarship because I say so, but WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Howard University School alma mater.” fund. because Christ says so. After a concise and Pugh lived in the Deal with it, please. With of Divinity Alumni Association honored Gospel humorous acceptance DMV area for over this truth also comes a speech, Pugh launched into a decade until his peace that defies under- star Earnest Pugh, along with five other distin- a riveting concert that com- recent move to standing; a peace that menced with the rousing “I Houston, where most assuredly will set guished alumni, at a lavish banquet ceremony last Praise Your Name” that he’s the worship you free. brought the audience to its pastor at The It does not matter your month at Howard collective feet. L i g h t h o u s e degree of sin, your quanti- University’s Blackburn Pugh made mention of the Church. While in ty or your perceived Center. recent Baltimore riots and the DMV, Pugh was propensity to sin again. Alumni Association segued into his concert sta- a member of the Christ did not and does President Robert G. Childs, not discriminate on that who was one of Pugh’s ple “Perfect Peace.” He then music department basis. Remember, you had Divinity School professors, sang his signature songs at Ebenezer AME nothing to do with this. presented the soul-stirring, “Rain On Us” and “I Need Church in Ft. God’s grace is what I’m five-octave singer with the Your Glory,” and sang them Washington, talking about. Alumni Award for the Arts. with such a blazing fire that Maryland, and That forgiveness thing “It’s no surprise that it’s a wonder no one called earned a Master’s should resonate in your Earnest became a profes- the fire department. The of Divinity degree soul when it collides with sional singer because he show concluded with a from Howard that grace thing. It’s up to was always singing around medley of heart-thumping University’s School us, you and me, to accept campus,” Childs said. Pugh, and thought-provoking of Divinity while it. who graduated from the hymns that left tears drip- continuing his suc- And when we do, some- school of divinity in 2004, ping down many cheeks. cessful recording Left to right: Earnest Pugh and Dr. thing wonderful happens. said, “This means more to The concert proceeds go to career. Robert G. Childs. You begin to see yourself as God sees you. You begin to understand the beauty of salvation and, oddly enough, you truly want others to under- stand this gift also. Rowan leaders must stop Your testimony takes shape and your words are then shaped around the blessing that is Jesus Christ. Re-read Luke and ChristianTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rowan prayers County commis- Liberates Unionat sued meetings the practice of the Board," Beaty the tears that washed the Savior’s feet. WINSTON-SALEM – A fed- sioners themselves deliv- commission in 2013 on wrote in his decision. “Therefore, I tell you, eral judge ruled Monday ered prayers before their behalf of three people who The judge ruled that prac- her many sins have been that Rowan County commis- meetings. complained commissioners tice distinguished the case forgiven, for she loved so sioners must stop opening Commissioners stood, were alienating members of from a U.S. Supreme Court much…” (Luke 7:47.) The their meetings with prayers almost always bowed their the community by opening decision last year upholding answer to your being able that almost always referred heads and asked audience their meeting with a prayer prayers before public meet- to forgive yourself lies not to Christianity. members to also stand and for a specific religion. ings as long as officials within you but within the U.S. District Judge James join them in prayers that "When Plaintiffs wish to make a good-faith effort at One who has already for- Beaty Jr. ruled that the way normally included refer- advocate for local issues in inclusion. given you. the commissioners opened ences to Jesus, the Savior, front of the Board, they Government officials can't May God bless and keep meetings with prayers vio- and other tenets of the should not be faced with the participate in actions that you always. lated the U.S. Constitution's Christian faith, the judge choice between staying coerce citizens to engage in prohibition against mixing said. seated and unobservant, or religious conduct, Beaty church and state. The American Civil acquiescing to the prayer wrote.