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WWW.TRIANGLE TRIBUNE.COM Conservative group faces The Triangle felony probe for mailers By Stephanie Carson "People are still going to be getting N.C. NEWS SERVICE these through this week." It is against the law in North RALEIGH – The State Board of Carolina to intentionally mislead Elections is investigating the people about voter registration national conservative group and discourage them from voting. RIBUNE Americans for Prosperity to deter- So far, the organization, which TTHE TRIANGLE’S CHOICE FOR THE BLACK VOICE mine whether it committed a receives funding from the Koch felony after the North Carolina brothers, says the incorrect infor- Democratic Party filed a formal mation is a mistake. VOLUME 16 NO. 15 WEEK OF OCTOBER 5, 2014 $1.00 complaint on Monday. Bob Phillips, executive director This comes after AFP sent thou- with Common Cause North sands of mailers to citizens across Carolina, joins others in question- Howard standout the state, including incorrect vot- ing the intent behind the mailer. ing and registration information. "That's very sloppy and lazy, and quarterback Greg Josh Lawson, a North Carolina one wonders about the intent attorney and spokesperson for the behind it, particularly with whom Board of Elections, says they met the mailers are going to," he said. McGee comes to with an AFP representative early Americans for Prosperity says Monday morning and discovered, the intent behind the mailers was Durham. in some cases, the mailer went out to educate voters. Earlier this year, multiple times to the same person. AFP sent mailers with incorrect "We know it went everywhere, information to voters in West and, unfortunately, we have peo- Virginia, and last year the organi- ple complaining of third and fourth warnings," Lawson said.. Please seeCONSERVATIVE/3A Coalition showcases Home school program outlets of community for preschoolers debuts Tensie Taylor outside of support Wheel of Fortune studio. By Latisha Catchatoorian [email protected] N.C. State DURHAM – The Religious Coalition for a Nonviolent Durham mixed things up a bit at grad on its monthly community round- table luncheon. Typically, the coalition invites ‘Wheel of a group or organization to speak about its services. It invites all who are interested to eat, fellow- Fortune’ ship, learn and ask questions. By Latisha Catchatoorian This month the coalition invited [email protected] volunteers from multiple organi- Tensie Taylor began watch- zations, and participants who ing Wheel of Fortune before have benefitted from their serv- she was in the first grade. On ices, to discuss their experiences. Oct. 9, you’ll get to see her play Many of those served have lost the real thing. loved ones to violence and mur- Taylor grew up watching the der. “This is one place where you show in her hometown of can tell people, if there’s any- Louisburg. A 2009 N.C. State thing going on in Durham, we graduate, she now lives in Los know about it or we know some- Angeles. Before she left for the body that knows about it,” coali- University of Southern tion President Effie Steele said. California to begin her gradu- “We try to keep it a peaceful envi- ate career, she told everyone at ronment so that everyone gets her going away party that they something out of it. We want to would see her on Wheel of have services to meet the needs.” STOCK PHOTO Fortune one day. Everyone Steele, whose daughter and laughed. unborn grandson were mur- HIPPY, a home school program for preschool students, is avaialble in Wake County. “I was good at the game dered, wore a shirt with their pic- ‘hangman.’ When I learned tures on it. She said it’s a conver- By Latisha Catchatoorian The Family Resource Center will receiving help from a family about Wheel of Fortune, which sation starter so she can talk [email protected] provide the state’s first HIPPY pro- member,” she said. is based on hangman, I was about her personal mission. gram and will primarily serve Kehinde said families must hooked,” Taylor said. Joslin Sims’ son was murdered RALEIGH – A child’s first learn- Southeast Raleigh neighborhoods, meet certain income level require- According to a press release nine years ago. She felt like no ing experience is in the home. although it will recruit from all of ments and go through an applica- issued about Taylor’s appear- one cared and said she couldn’t Sometimes parents need a little Wake County. The free parent pro- tion process. Once parents enroll ance, more than 1 million peo- talk to anyone, not even family, help teaching their preschooler gram will run in conjunction with their 3- to 5-year-old in the pro- ple apply annually to be a because they, too, were dealing the basics. That’s where HIPPY the school year and will officially gram, they will participate in early Wheel of Fortune contestant. with the same loss. She discov- comes in. begin the second week of October. learning activities for 15 to 20 Only 10,000 get selected for an ered the annual Vigil Against Home Instruction for Parents of “Usually this neighborhood minutes, five times a week for 30 audition and of that 600 make Violence put on by the Durham Preschool Youngsters is a national (Southeast Raleigh) is families that weeks. it onto the show. chapter of Parents of Murdered program designed to help parents are low income, at-risk families. Participating members of the Taylor applied online every Children and the Nonviolent be their child’s first and most Some may lack educational skills HIPPY community perform home day for a year in 2013 and was Durham coalition. Sims said important teacher. Parents are to prepare their children for visits bi-weekly to instruct parents never selected. Once, she even everyone there could remember provided a curriculum to help kindergarten,” Kehinde said. on how to use the educational drove four hours round trip their lost loved ones. their child strengthen cognitive “One of the main reasons that materials. and waited in line for several “I found that it was my way of skills; early literacy skills; and HIPPY is important is to help elim- Chavis will be responsible for hours at a Wheel of Fortune releasing my pain,” she said. social, emotional and physical inate the word gap. Studies show delivering the curriculum to par- mobile event but still wasn’t “The ceremony enabled us, me, development. that children from professional ents and using role-play activities chosen. to say what’s on my mind.” HIPPY serves 15,000 families families hear approximately 11 with them to instruct them on “I was so discouraged. I was Glenda Turner Fowler lost a across the country, working to million words per year, while chil- how to teach the lessons to their disappointed,” she said. “That son in 2010 and said she never close the achievement gap. dren who come from working children. was just more motivation to try wanted Families are usually considered class families hear approximately “The interaction during each harder.” to leave “at-risk” with poverty, limited 6 million words, and children parent's HIPPY session will consist Once the new year came t h e education and social isolation fac- from families that receive welfare of one 60-minute visit per week along, Taylor thought she’d try house. tors playing significant roles. As hear about 3 million words annu- for a total of 30 weeks,” he said. her hand at applying one more Her son HIPPY continues to expand, the ally. This word gap has been “Each visit will include a review of time. She unexpectedly was her program now will serve families in proven to have a direct impact on the previous week's lessons and received a notification that o n l y Wake County this fall. how children perform in school as teaching new material. We want she’d been selected to audition c h i l d “We received funding as of July they get older,” said Dion Chavis, to ensure that the children have for the show. She found out the a n d 2014, and we have been working HIPPY family support specialist. the cognitive development need- news as her brother, Jemonde s o o n on recruiting families. We have Erica Black, a Washington, D.C., ed to be prepared for kinder- Taylor, was driving her to the Roundtable members after he been mandated to do (serve) 60 mother who has participated in garten. Many of the activities will airport. listen to Effie Steele w a s families this year. Right now, we HIPPY, said her daughter has be fun and exciting for the kids, “My brother is in the car, my tell her story. killed, are currently enrolling, and we skipped a grade and always but also have a strong focus on parents are in the back, and I’m Fowler was mugged and then her have 40 (families) as of today,” makes the honor roll as a result of language learning and other screaming. It was totally unex- home was burglarized. She said said Jacqueline Kehinde, HIPPY the program. aspects of brain development.” pected. Sure enough, when I all of those experiences made program supervisor with the "Being a mom doesn't come with Kehinde, whose sister is a least expect it, it happens,” she her leery of strangers or letting Family Resource Center of a pamphlet. That's why I really said. anyone into her home. Raleigh. appreciated HIPPY. It was like Please seeHOME/ 2A Jemonde, who is a pastor at Eventually, she was helped by St.

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