YWCAemployees battle for back wages and jobs

of financial responsibility. “They’re still trying to get a tion on programs they’d like to see started back at the lo- By Sommer Brokaw sense of the money,” Burge said. “The program last night cal Y if it is reconstituted on a smaller scale. They also re- [email protected] was a positive step. That the board finally met with work- quested a business plan. ers and offered to help.” “All of that kind of takes some time, particularly when RALEIGH - Board members of the YWCA of the Greater Olivia Robinson, a former program specialist for the you’re dealing with volunteers who have full-time jobs and Triangle, which closed last month, are still trying to find Golden Oaks program for seniors, said she was also pleased other responsibilities. It can take longer than someone money to pay several employees back wages as part of a they finally got some answers. “I thought it was an open concentrating on nothing but that particular effort,” she larger plan to pay off the organization’s debts. dialogue and a good start to better communication,” she said. “We continue to review with our financial and legal Two weeks after the agency closed, leaving several work- said. advisors our next steps as well.” ers with less than 24 hours notice and without pay, and The board also held a meeting last week with business Spaulding said her first inclination is to say there are following a candlelight vigil and meetings to air concerns, and community leaders to give them a status report. “The about 23 employees who were laid off without pay. Some former staff members said board members finally met with group was totally unanimous in saying please don’t file employees were released on the last day, and others had them. bankruptcy, but look at ways that the YWCA can be recon- been let go earlier that month. Out of 14 whose last day The meeting took place Tuesday night at Martin Street stituted with a different structure, which would be a lot was Feb 29, 11 were full time and three were part-time em- Baptist Church in Raleigh. more financially stable,” Spaulding said. ployees. Bridgette Burge, a former director of advocacy and com- Spaulding has “thrown out the figure $500,000 as the “We’re making a little progress everyday,” she said. “This munity initiatives for over three years, said former board maximum indebtedness, but each day and each month the is going to be a process that’s going to take a little while.” President Maria Spaulding talked with workers for about indebtedness increases.” Burge said there are 25 employees owed two weeks of 30 minutes, and apologized for making decisions so abrupt- She said business leaders have asked for board members back wages and some of their financial circumstances are ly. to provide more specific information regarding the orga- Burge said Spaulding admitted they need a better grasp nization’s financial situation. They also wanted informa- Please see YMCA/2A

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VOLUME 14 NO. 15 WEEKOFWEEKOF MARCH MA RCH25,2012 25,2012 $1.00 THE TRIANGLE’S CHOICE FOR THE BLACK VOICE New Hiding homeless emotions projects exacerbates Female nonprofit leaders black male get Activist empowered the voiceless depression federal STAFF REPORTS fight. She got her golden “She more than anybody Enduring subtle, insidious parachute package.” else is responsible for open acts of racial discrimination Williams was executive di- is enough to depress any- funds election seasons, voting one, but African-American rector of N.C. Fair Share for early, because she felt it men who believe that they By Sommer Brokaw 24 years, which was estab- was very much important should respond to stress lished in 1987 to bring peo- [email protected] to open up that process to with stoicism and emotion- ple together in communi- poor people,” said the Rev. al control experience more Triangle agencies received ties impacted by injustices David Forbes, retired pas- depression symptoms, ac- a share of nearly $6 million to work on their own behalf tor of Christian Faith cording to new findings in Continuum of Care grants for solutions toward a fair- Baptist Church in Raleigh. from the University of North awarded to new homeless er North Carolina. “She believed in the tradi- Carolina at Chapel Hill. The study, “Taking It Like projects in North Carolina. “She always felt like the tion of Sojourner Truth, in The U.S. Department of people that are impacted by a Man: Masculine Role that someone has to take Norms as Moderators of the Housing and Urban the problems should be at Development grants are the point, and she was will- Racial Discrimination- awarded competitively to lo- the table making decisions ing to take the point of ad- Depressive Symptoms cal programs that meet the about issues,” said Erin vocacy for the poor and left Association Among African- needs of their homeless Byrd, an activist and friend. out. She is very well-known American Men,” was pub- clients. “For some people, that kind in all 100 counties of North lished online March 8, 2012, In Durham, the Point-in- of work takes more time, a Carolina and beyond be- in the American Journal of Time Count identified 652 deeper commitment and cause she was able to or- Public Health. “We know that traditional people as homeless. Durham humility. It takes a differ- ganize poor people to received these grants for ent kind of passion than role expectations are that speak on their own behalf, men will restrict their emo- two new projects that will most people have, and she focus on the city’s chroni- to challenge the powers tions - or ‘take stress like a cally homeless population: would do all that with real that be.” man,’“ said study author a $368,073 supportive hous- grace. And then she just re- Williams, who was a li- Wizdom Powell Hammond, ing program grant for the ally deeply loved people. If censed minister, was a Ph.D., assistant professor of Goley Point project of you knew her, to know her faithful disciple and minis- health behavior in UNC’s Development Ventures, Inc., was to love her.” ter at Christian Faith Gillings School of Global and a $106,001 supportive Through N.C. Fair Share, Baptist, where she served Public Health. “However, the more tightly some men cling housing program grant for Williams successfully as chair of the AIDS Streets to Home under fought battles in rural com- to these traditional role Ministry. norms, the more likely they Housing for New Hope, Inc. munities for clean water Housing for New Hope is a Octavia Rainey, who knew are to be depressed. It also nonprofit organization es- and health care, which she her as an activist and as a is clear that adherence to tablished in 1992 that serves considered basic human friend, said Williams was traditional role norms is not the needs of homeless indi- rights. She pushed Holly “one of the greatest com- always harmful to men. But viduals and those at-risk of Springs to extend water and munity activists across the we don’t know a lot about homelessness in Durham sewer lines to communities state of North Carolina.” how these norms shape how and Orange counties. whose well water was con- “Lynice would take on is- African-American men con- front stressors, especially The Goley Pointe develop- taminated, and she forced sues that other nonprofits ment will consist of 20 en- Edgecombe County to re- those that are race-related.” wouldn’t touch with a 10- Hammond studied the ergy efficient units, of which open health-care clinics. 12 will be reserved for foot pole,” she said. phenomenon researchers homeless families and The Rev. Lynice Williams She also advocated for Williams was born on Dec. call everyday racism, which homeless individuals with statewide and national 8, 1948, in Bronx, N.Y. Her is marked not so much by incomes at or below 50 per- By Sommer Brokaw “It all happened so fast, causes. She led a statewide family moved to Queens, magnitude or how egregious cent of the area median in- but she didn’t suffer,” her campaign for same-day vot- where she was raised in a the prejudice and torment [email protected] were, but by persistence and come for the city. The re- daughter, Latrece Williams- ing at early voting sites, household of union organ- maining eight units will pro- and, in 2007, registering izers. She and her husband subtlety. RALEIGH - The Rev. McKnight said. “I think that “It chips away at people’s vide housing for persons and voting on the same day of 47 years, the Rev. James earning 80 percent or below Lynice Williams, an activist was God’s promise to her sense of humanity and very became a North Carolina Williams Sr., shared a pas- AMI. Goley Pointe will be that fought for health, civ- because she fought for likely at their hope and op- law. Nationally, N.C. Fair sion for activism. constructed on land owned il and environmental jus- everybody else. He didn’t al- timism,” Hammond said. Share partnered with A website has been dedi- by DVI and Durham Housing tice for the underprivi- low her to suffer. “We know these daily has- Historic Thousands on cated to her memory at sles have consequences for Authority. DVI is an instru- leged, died March 10 after “I call this her early retire- mentality of the DHA estab- Jones Street to fight for the http://www.revlynicewil- men’s mental health, but we an aggressive three-month ment. Only He could make lished in 1985 to develop af- her retire because she Health Care Reform Act, liams.com/. don’t know why some men battle with cancer. She was experience depression while fordable housing. would have continued to which was passed. “HUD’s funding will pro- 63. others do not.” vide critically needed per- Hammond studied data manent supportive housing collected from surveys of for individuals and families, 674 black men, aged 18 and and reflects and supports older, carried out at barber the Obama administration’s Exploring civil rights shops in four U.S. regions strategic plan to prevent and between 2003 and 2010. She end homelessness,” wrote history over spring break found that everyday racial Reginald Johnson, interim discrimination was associ- director of Durham’s ated with depression across Community Development By Jamal Eric Watson all age groups. Younger men (40 and under) were more Department in an emailed DIVERSE ISSUES IN EDUCATION response. “These awards depressed, experienced recognize the fine work of SELMA, Ala. - Omari Ho-Sang spent last week march- more discrimination and these two organizations and ing along the busy Route 80 corridor in Alabama. had a stronger allegiance to will enable them to do even While many of her fellow classmates were spending norms encouraging them to more to provide housing for restrict their emotions than their spring break in the Caribbean, Ho-Sang took the men over 40. Furthermore, Durham’s chronically home- 54-mile trek from Selma to Montgomery. The 21-year- less residents.” some men who embraced old Tuskegee University student was among dozens of norms encouraging more Approximately 78,000 peo- college students who traveled to Alabama to partici- ple are estimated to be liv- self-reliance reported less ing in poverty in pate in the annual commemoration of “Bloody Sunday,” depression. Raleigh/Wake County, with organized by the National Action Network and other The results showed asso- many at risk of homeless- civil rights and labor groups. Omari Ho-Sang (foreground) marches alongside the revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. Please see HIDING/2A Please see NEW/2A Please see EXPLORING/2A

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Continued from 1A ing and layoffs, said there Burge said she still hopes to help the displaced work- To make a donation to the To make a donation for the were signs the agency was it reopens “with some real- ers in meeting our needs.” YWCA to pay off their bills, displaced workers through dire - from at least two em- struggling. But it was more ly savvy leadership and re- Burge said Bishop M.S. Spaulding can be reached at Action for Community in ployees facing eviction, to so the manner in which they ally a way of building a sus- Nesbitt of Deliverance (919) 971-2775. Checks can Raleigh, visit medical bills for serious ill- ceased operations that came tainable organization that is Cathedral of Love pledged be mailed to: P.O. Box 2665, https://www.wepay.com/do ness, to some struggling as a shock to employees. true to its mission.” to pay seven employees Raleigh, NC 27611-6605. nations/186368. with basic expenses like Burge said employees Burney-Scott said that $1,000 each that were at the food and utility bills. stayed because they loved when the Southeast Raleigh community meeting. “One Omisade Burney-Scott, a their jobs and the Y’s mis- community realized what person got her expired tags former director of strategic sion of empowering women was happening, there was “a fixed, another paid child projects, who along with and eliminating racism. “Not huge shift of energy, of sup- care for that week,” she said. Burge signed an open letter only did we see it coming, it port and concern and will- Nesbitt said she was un- to the board voicing con- had been landing on us for ingness to take action, and able to speak about the sit- cerns about the abrupt clos- over a year,” she said. to help support the board, uation at this time. New homeless projects get federal funds

Continued from 1A erans earning at or below that is severe and persist- years. The other grant is to 40 percent or 50 percent of ent,” she said. “There is re- help underwrite supportive ness, according to the area median income. ally no question that there Ending Homelessness housing services for those White said the HUD award are not as many judgments with chronic mental illness. Community Initiative. More is the first funding they’ve we can place on this popu- than 3,300, including 700 “Chapel Hill has a little received for the second lation because they’re sick, more resources than the av- children and 500 veterans, phase of the project to and even on a conservative experience homelessness erage place, but we still build affordable apartments level we save dollars by not have a large homeless prob- during the course of a year. on Sunnybrook Road. having them in the hospital. Each night, on average, lem here,” he said. “We’re currently breaking A hospital stay could cost “Especially for people with 1,100 people - including 200 ground on the first phase,” $800 a night and for $650 a children - are homeless in chronic mental illness, she said. “It’s 10 units with month, we can house this homelessness is a huge is- Wake County. a very similar population, person with stability. It just In Raleigh, Community sue and getting support that specifically targeted to makes so much sense.” they need to maintain a Alternatives for Supportive serving veterans. We have Two projects in Chapel Abodes, a nonprofit commu- place to live is a very impor- sited this project near vet- Hill were awarded grants: tant need.” nity development organiza- eran support services. The $18,900 for the University tion that develops and man- total number of units be- of North Carolina at Chapel ages safe and supportive tween the two projects will Hill/UNC XDS Leasing housing for persons chal- be 22 units.” Project 3, and $36,225 for lenged by disabilities and fi- Shelter Plus Care of Wake the UNC at Chapel Hill/UNC nancial limitations, received County Human Services re- XDS Support Services a grant of $335,713. Chief ceived a $209,220 grant. Project 1. Financial Officer Debbie Housing Program Manager John Gilmore, director of White said most of that Annemarie Maiorano said the UNC Center for money will be used for the they received five new Excellence in Community construction of 12 one-bed- vouchers through the award Mental Health, said one room apartments, with three to help people with diag- grant will be used to actual- apartments slated for the nosed disabilities pay for ly pay rent for three people homeless. The remaining housing. “And with us that with chronic mental illness nine will be targeted to vet- is typically a mental illness to have housing for two Hiding emotions exacerbates black male depression

Continued from 1A Hammond said. “Our next we need to find targeted task is to determine when ways to help men defend ciations, not necessarily embracing traditional role against them while also causation, Hammond noted. norms are harmful or help- working to address the pol- The data also showed that ful to African American icy structures that project when men felt strongly men’s mental health.” them.” about the need to shut The information will help Currently, Hammond is down their emotions, then target future interventions part of the 2011-12 class of the negative effect of dis- to subgroups of men, rather White House Fellows. crimination on their mental than try to reach all men Founded in 1964, the lead- health was amplified. The with one general approach. ership and public service association was particular- “African-American men program offers fellows a ly apparent for men 30 are not all alike, just as all firsthand experience work- years and older. people in any group are not ing at the highest levels of “It seems as though there alike,” Hammond said. “The the federal government. may be a cumulative burden way they feel, respond and Hammond also is a member or long-term consequences react changes over time as of the UNC Lineberger of suffering such persistent they normally develop. The Comprehensive Cancer discriminatory slights and slings and arrows of every- Center. hassles in silence,” day racism still exist, and Exploring civil rights history over spring break

Continued from 1A The march, “has been very introspec- tive, and I’ve been able to put a lot of The original 1965 march, which hap- things in perspective,” she said.” We’ve pened long before these college students marched and slept with veterans, so I’m were born, ended in a violent showdown learning how movements like this between protestors and police on the his- progress.” toric Edmund Pettus Bridge Undeterred. She and fellow Tuskegee student leader Activists, including Dr. Martin Luther King Lindsey Lunsford, 21, of Columbus, Ind., and John Lewis, now a U.S. Representative have received a rare history lesson in the from Georgia, successfully led two sepa- civil rights movement from veteran ac- rate marches that marked the political tivists, many of whom participated in the and emotional peak of the civil rights original 1965 march. movement and led to the passage of the For the past few days, they’ve walked Voting Rights Act later that year. alongside these activists and have But this year’s commemoration has at- quizzed Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse tracted national attention for its sharp Jackson along their journey about their criticism of Alabama’s voter ID laws and experience growing up fighting for social anti-immigration legislation, which ac- justice in a different era. They even tivists say is discriminatory. shared sleeping quarters at a communal The immigration law, enacted last year, campsite, where NAACP President requires police to determine citizenship Benjamin Jealous decided to stay. status during routine traffic stops. It also “It feels like a lifetime that we’ve been requires government offices to verify le- marching, but I’ve come through so many gal residency for everyday transactions realizations and epiphanies,” said such as obtaining license tags for a car, Lunsford, a political science major who enrolling a child in school, getting a job rallied on Friday at the State Capitol with or renewing a business license. thousands of others. “We’re not being beaten on the bridge, Though the week has been transforma- but we’re being blocked at the ballot box,” tive, Ho-Sang and Lunsford say they said the Rev. Al Sharpton, president of wished even more college students would the National Action Network and a host have decided to participate. on MSNBC. “The march is done in the “We need to step up,” said Ho-Sang, who same spirit, it’s the same issues.” has been active in student movement on For Ho-Sang, a psychology major from her campus and hopes to bring some of Birmingham, Ala., the experience has been the older activists she’s met during the awe-inspiring. In high school, Ho-Sang week to Tuskegee to speak to a younger said she was never taught much about the generation. civil rights movement, adding that her in- “I’ll be more assured in my activism,” troduction to the history of the movement Lunsford said. “I’m going to tell every- occurred just a few years ago when she body about this when I go back to school.” arrived at Tuskegee. One-fourth of HIV adults abused as children

STAFF REPORTS 20 to 71. traumatic experiences, DURHAM - One in four HIV More than half in the which, in addition to sexual patients was found to have Coping with HIV/AIDS in the or physical abuse, could in- been sexually abused as a Southeast study had experi- clude witnessing domestic child, according to a two- enced sexual or physical violence as a child, a par- year Duke University study abuse in their lifetimes, ac- ent’s suicide attempt or of more than 600 HIV pa- cording to researchers from completion, or losing a tients. Traumatic childhood the Duke Center for Health child. experiences were also linked Policy and Inequalities “For whatever outcome we Research. Half had experi- to worse health outcomes Please see ONE-FOURTH/3A among these patients, aged enced three or more lifetime 3A NEWS/The TrTriangleTribuneiangleTribune Sunday, March 25, 2012 One-fourth of HIV adults abused as children

Continued from 2A cent emergency room visits grams are developed, so and worse health,” Pence and hospitalizations. Those they promote safer sex prac- said. “But we found that looked at, psychological patients who had experi- tices, optimal drug adher- trauma history was still as- trauma ended up being a enced trauma were more ence and better health out- sociated with bad health predictor of worse medical likely to see their health de- comes for HIV-infected indi- outcomes independent of outcomes and poorer cline or to die during the viduals. mental health status, drug health-related behaviors,” study period. What surprised the re- use or coping styles. So we said lead author Brian Pence, The study appears in the searchers most was that the have more to learn about ex- a Duke associate professor April 1 edition of the Journal effects of past trauma on actly how past traumatic ex- of community and family of Acquired Immune current behaviors and periences exert influence on medicine and global health. Deficiency Syndromes (on- health were not explained by behaviors and health out- Through periodic follow- line now), with an accompa- the usual factors. comes years down the ups over a two-year period, nying editorial. The re- “We would expect people road.” the study made important search was supported by the with a history of exposure “We hope that this study links between traumatic ex- National Institute of Mental to trauma to have post-trau- spurs further research into periences, HIV-related be- Health. matic stress disorder, de- understanding how early haviors and worse health Pence said these findings pression or other mental trauma affects behaviors outcomes. More lifetime highlight the importance of health concerns, like drug and health much later in traumatic experiences were assessing trauma history in abuse or poor coping skills, life,” Pence said. “Regardless associated with instances of patients receiving HIV care. and that these things in turn of the reason, past trauma unprotected sex, missing an- The researchers hope the re- would more fully explain certainly seems to influence tiretroviral medications, re- sults can be used to inform why they had lower adher- how HIV patients engage in the way HIV treatment pro- ence to their medications their medical care.” Tuskegee Love Letters

writer named Alex Haley,” ed Luana started pursuing opposite a teenager named the debut issue of Essence her acting career, only to die Lou Gossett Jr. Because Kim magazine, a short-lived pre- of a heart attack two days was only a couple months cursor of the popular peri- before she was set to make old at the time, she never re- odical for black females. her Broadway debut co-star- ally got to know her moth- Meanwhile, equally-talent- ring in “Take a Giant Step” er.

By Kim Williams SPECIAL TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS

“My father was a pilot with the all-Negro Tuskegee Airmen; my mother a steno- typist. Separated by war and duty, they shared the events of their lives through letters. They wrote about their joys, their dreams and their indi- vidual struggles. Thankfully, each preserved their letters. This collection is a glimpse of their lives between 1942 and 1956. These letters are my parents’ legacy. They tell about a difficult but won- drous journey filled with ob- stacles and opportunities (and) remind us that all young Americans begin their lives with dreams.” - Excerpted from the Introduction If you saw the recent World War II film Red Tails, you were treated to a rivet- ing reenactment of the hero- ic exploits of the Tuskegee Airmen over the skies of Europe. But a glaring omission from the movie was any mention of the African- American pilots pining for their loved ones back in the states. In fact, the only ro- mance featured in the film revolved around an ill-fated, interracial liaison between an airman and a local girl he met while stationed in Italy. For that reason, a book like Tuskegee Love Letters couldn’t have come along at a more timely moment. This bittersweet memoir is essentially conceived as a play constructed from the notes that Bernard and Luana Knighten exchanged by mail while he was serv- ing his country as a member of the Tuskegee Airmen. The passages were culled by their daughter, Kim, from a collection of over 400 mis- sives she found after her fa- ther passed away in 2000 at the age of 79. The initial entries were written when the Knightens were still newlyweds in the full bloom of youth, and ex- hibiting an endearing com- bination of bravado, exuber- ance and vulnerability. Though their subjects ranged from safety to racism to ambitious plans for making their mark on the world upon reuniting, every message invariably includ- ed a passionate reaffirma- tion of their love. For instance, Luana signs one note with a heartfelt “Please, please, please be careful and come back to me,” well aware that some members of her hubby’s squadron had already per- ished in action. Bernard, in turn, was just as ardent, not only naming his plane after his wife but admitting that “I dream of you all night long.” He also describes his reac- tion to Nazi POWs enjoying better accommodations than black GIs. “It is really dis- gusting. It makes my blood boil to see how nice they treat the German prisoners. It really hurts.” But discrimination didn’t discourage him after the war from publishing, with the help of “a talented young 4A NEWS/Th Thee TriangleTriangleTribune Tribune Sunday, March 25, 2012

115 Market Street, Suite 360H Durham, NC 27701 Gerald O. Johnson PUBLISHER Bonitta Best EDITOR Trayvon’s death takes toll

Sybrina Fulton knows what she will be doing tomor - row. It is the same thing she did yesterday. And the same thing she will do today. "I cry every day," she said Sunday on TV One's Washington Watch with Roland Martin. "I just don't understand. My son's gone and this guy has never been arrested." Her son, Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old high school junior with no record of trouble, was killed in Sanford, Fla., on Feb. 26 by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain. Zimmerman was questioned by police and released after authorities took his word that he was acting in self-defense, a ver - sion of events contradicted by wit - nesses and calls to 911. Martin, an honor student who lived in Miami with his parents, was visit - ing in the gated community of Twin Lakes in Sanford, 20 miles northeast The vanishing black middle class of Orlando, with his father when the GEORGE E. incident took place. He had gone to a CURRY nearby 7-Eleven store to pick up a bag A chapter in the National time period. employment rates skyrock - the issue of black net of Skittles and a can of iced tea during Urban League's 2012 State The latest economic et to an average of 7.1% in worth, which has also halftime of a televised NBA game. of Black America report downturn has eroded many 2011. been pummeled. Walking back, he was spotted by Zimmerman, who reached a sobering conclu - of those gains. "This led to an unprece - The Economic Policy was driving a SUV. Zimmerman, a wannabe cop, di - sion about the black middle "The Great Recession and dented widening of the gap Institute, analyzing data aled 911 to report seeing a "very suspicious" black class. the recovery has led to a between black and white collected by the Federal male in the neighborhood. Under pressure, Sanford "Our analysis of data from dramatic widening of the college graduates -in 1972, Reserve, found that in police released 911 tapes that clearly show that the U.S. Census Bureau and gap between white and the gap between the unem - 2004, the median net Zimmerman disobeyed police instructions that he the U.S. Bureau of Labor black middle class income ployment rates of blacks worth of white house - avoid making contact with Martin. Statistics will clearly estab - households," the report and white college graduates holds was $134,280, com - Zimmerman told the 911 dispatcher "This guy looks lish that whether one looks stated. "Although both was 1.4 percentage points pared with $13,450 for like he is up to no good. He is on drugs or some - at education, income or any blacks and whites suffered and in 2011 it had in - black households. By thing." He also claimed Martin had his hand in his other meaningful measure, declining median house - creased to 3.2 percentage 2009, the medium net waistband and was looking at homes as he walked. almost all the economic hold income during and points." worth for white house - "These -holes. They always get away," Zimmerman gains that blacks have made since the recession, the de - Middle class can be de - holds had declined by 24 told the dispatcher. When the 911 dispatcher asked in the last 30 years have cline for blacks has been fined generally as having in - percent to $97,860. Over Zimmerman if he were following Martin, he replied been lost in the Great considerably higher - be - come that places one in the that same period, the yes. Recession that started in tween 2008 and 2010, white middle of overall income medium net worth for "OK, we don't need you to do that," the dispatcher December 2007 and in the median household income distribution. And because African-American house - told Zimmerman. Not only did he disobey, anemic recovery that has fell by 2.9% while the black white household income is holds had fallen 83 per - Zimmerman got out of this SUV, confronted Martin followed since June 2009. median household income more than 1.5 times black cent to $2,170. and fired the deadly bullet into his chest. "This means that the size fell by 7.7%." income, a white family must Despite the Republican Benjamin Crump, the family's lawyer, also appeared of the black middle class is A similar decline can be earn more than African- crusade for smaller gov - on Roland Martin's show with the parents. shrinking, the fruits that seen in home ownership. Americans in order to be ernment, the National "He [Zimmerman] gets out of that car with a 9 mil - come from being in the "Since the recovery, black considered middle class. Urban League report ar - limeter gun, weighing 200 pounds and confronts this black middle class are dwin - home ownership has been Even though blacks still gues that the federal gov - kid, weighing soaking wet 140-150 pounds, who has dling, and the ladders of op - falling at just under twice trail whites in income, there ernment must be an active only a bag of Skittles. George Zimmerman has a red portunity for reaching the the rate of white home own - was no significant black partner if these blows to sweatshirt and jeans on. We believe Trayvon Martin black middle class are dis - ership - from 2009 to 2011, middle class before the the black middle class are went to his grave not knowing who was this strange appearing." black home ownership de - modern Civil Rights to be reversed. white man confronting him." That's pretty strong lan - clined by 1.4 percentage Movement. "Programs such as tar - Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee has defended his de - guage from the four au - points while white home "...The civil rights move - geted job training, Pell partment's decision not to charge Zimmerman. thors: Chanelle P. Hardy, ownership declined by 0.9 ment of the last 50 years grants, small business "We are taking a beating over this," he said. "This Valerie R. Wilson, Madura percentage points. This forced open the door of lending, pre- and post- is all very unsettling. I'm sure if George Zimmerman Wijewardena and Garrick T. means that almost all the full-fledged American pros - purchase housing coun - had the opportunity to relive Sunday, Feb. 26, he'd Davis. But they provide gains in black home owner - perity to all those who had seling, and Medicare and probably do things differently. I'm sure Trayvon strong figures to buttress ship have been lost, and been barred from its many Medicaid provide the would, too." their case. now we are at a point where comforts in decades past, foundation which makes Several witnesses have disputed the idea that The black median house - there are real reversals in either through economic, middle class life possible," Zimmerman was acting in self-defense. hold income in 2010 was black home ownership." legislative, a racial the report stated. "These "I heard someone crying - not boo-hoo crying, but $32,106. That's 30 percent Education, the ladder to apartheid, or some institu - programs should not, and scared or terrified or hurt maybe," Mary Cutcher told less than the comparable upward mobility, is also go - tionalized combination of must not be sacrificed in the Miami Herald. "To me, it was a child." She ex - figure for whites. In today's ing in the wrong direction. all of the above," the report the hyper-partisan debate plained, "This was not self-defense. We heard no fight - dollars, that's where the "An especially troubling said. designed to produce po - ing, no wrestling, no punching. We heard a boy cry - white median household in - trend can be observed by After the Civil Rights litical winners and losers." ing. As soon as the shot went off, it stopped, which come stood in 1980. Even looking at the fortunes of Movement and affirmative tells me it was the child crying. If it had been with the tremendous in - those with a four-year col - action opened the doors of George E. Curry, former Zimmerman crying, it wouldn't have stopped. If come gap, the black medi - lege degree," the report ob - opportunity, they are now editor-in-chief of Emerge you're hurting, you're hurting." an household income in - served. "The most signifi - being slammed in our face. magazine and the NNPA Sanford, Fla., has a checkered race relations record. creased by 32 percent be - cant impact of this trend The National Urban League News Service, is editorial In 2005, two parking lot security guards, one the tween 1992 and 2000. has been on black college chapter on the black mid - director of Heart & Soul son of a Sanford police officer, fatally shot a black White income increased by graduates who saw their un - dle class did not address magazine. teenager, Travares McGill, in the back. They, too, 14 percent over that same claimed self-defense and had their case dismissed in court. Last year, Police Chief Brian Tooley was forced from office after the son of a lieutenant was caught on camera beating a defenseless homeless black man. Digital Shoppers R Us The department refused to prosecute the officer, Justin Collison, until after the footage was posted on YouTube. Remember back in the day trolling retail apps and web - paper circulars in the stores est and greatest, and telling Tracy Martin told Roland Martin that his son saved when the Yellow Pages en - sites to shop, research (30 percent). others all about it. his life in 2004. couraged everyone to "Let products and product re - • More than 30 percent of Lastly, we have the "satis - "At the time, he was 9 years old," the father recount - Your Fingers do the views, compare prices, find shoppers are actively re - fied and sedentary" (18 per - ed. "We had just come from the Little League foot - Walking," to quickly and ef - retail locations and redeem searching online while cent). These folks are 60- ball park. We fell asleep while the stove was on. A ficiently thumb through its coupons. shopping. plus, less affluent and live grease fire started. I went into the kitchen to try to pages to locate any busi - "Mobile shopping has • Thirty-one percent of all alone. The S&S crowd know put the grease fire out. The grease splattered all over ness or service imaginable? reached scale and is only purchase decisions involve what they like and don't feel my leg. My body went into shock, and by me and him Which really came in handy going to grow as smart - some online or mobile ac - the need to keep up with being in the house, I started calling out his name. when we were in the market phone penetration contin - tivity. new things. Any of those "He finally woke up and, at 9 years old, he pulled for anything from pizza to ues to rise," Nielson • Digital shoppers spend sound like anyone you me from out of the kitchen, where the kitchen cabi - electronics to specialty President John Burbank 27 percent more per house - know? nets were on fire. He pulled me out of the kitchen shoes to a plumber. said. Here's what Nielsen hold per trip. Know what all of this onto the balcony. He actually went back into the We have since become data show: Shoppers cannot be clas - means? Well, yes, shopping house and got the cell phone and called 911." spoiled rotten • During the 2011 holiday sified simply as either dig - can be crazy-easy - like tak - An emotional Tracy Martin said: "He was my hero; since those season, the top retail apps ital or not. There are specif - ing your store right of your he was actually my best friend. He saved my life. And days, includ - and websites combined - ic shopper segments based pocket. But it also means for me not to be there to be able to save his life is ing the very Amazon, Best Buy, eBay, on our attitudes toward ex - that retailers from your lo - very upsetting." people who Target and Walmart - perimentation. Nielsen cal grocery store to the work in the reached nearly 60 percent Category Shopping biggest chains must think George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge techno-won - of smartphone owners. Fundamentals Research even more outside the box magazine and the NNPA News Service, is editorial di - der compa - • Both men and women breaks it down: Fifty-five in getting your attention and rector of Heart & Soul magazine. nies that keep prefer retailers' mobile web - percent of shoppers are de - your business, as the op - upping the fined as "occasional trial - tions for penetration and CHERYL sites over mobile apps, ante and though men are more like - ists." These are middle-class awareness are almost end - PEARSOcNh-anging the ly to opt for the apps over people aged 50-59 who ei - less. MCNgEaIL me, as well women. ther live with a spouse or a It means they are going to as those who • Female smartphone partner and usually keep up have to hone in with even track all of the subsequent owners prefer Target and with what's going on; al - sharper, laser focus on you trends in consumer behav - Walmart mobile websites, though, they don't go out of as an individual consumer: ior. As consumers, all of us while Best Buy skews male. their way to try every new your likes, dislikes, prefer - need or want something. Amazon and eBay appeal to thing. ences. Retailers are going to But our fingers still do the both. The second group is the have to work harder and walking - on our phones. • While shoppers still use "trendsetters" (27 percent). more creatively for your According to new Nielsen traditional forms of market - his is a more affluent group business and your loyalty. mobile research, in addition ing like direct mail and between 25-49. They have They have to woo you, be - to talking and texting, newspaper ads, we are near - children or teenagers in the cause you have infinite American smartphone own - ly twice as likely (60 per - household and love to keep choices; more than ever be - ers are whipping out these cent) to read a retailers' ahead of what's happening; fore - no matter what kind handy little devices and email than those colorful love to try the newest, lat - of shopper you are. SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012

Raleigh • Cary • Durham • Chapel Hill 5A Business/RealEstate Business Emotional intelligence in business riefs Cynthia slid into her seat recognized that she would sibility. However, taking re- sary. Replacing the erro- committing the infraction. B seconds before the big an- need to confess to the CEO. sponsibility positions orga- neous slides is the first Releasing erroneous infor- nouncement. In minutes, She silently wondered if she nizational leaders to control step. mation can erode public the CEO would be announc- would be fired for her mis- and recover from crisis. In a December 2011 sur- confidence in an organiza- LECTURE ing that the company, in the take. Case in point: In 1982, vey of prominent bloggers tion. No matter who actual- Alan Murray, deputy man- next six months, would be- When the presentation Extra-Strength Tylenol cap- who cover corporate and ly made the mistake, the aging editor and online ex- gin doing busi- was over, she made her way sules were spiked with business news, bloggers re- CEO is ultimately responsi- ecutive editor of The Wall to the front of the room and cyanide. Johnson & Johnson vealed they preferred CEOs ble for the error. As such, if Street Journal, will give a ness in Brazil. Cynthia was waited patiently in the line immediately notified the that “fess up to mistakes.” it does not already exist, he lecture at UNC’s Kenan- public and pulled an esti- Results of the survey, ad- will need to establish and Flager Business School’s particularly ex- to speak to the CEO. When Koury Auditorium March 26 cited because she got to the front of the mated 22 million bottles of ministered by the Gotham follow a protocol for these at 5:30 p.m. RSVP to (919) she had been line, she leaned over and the popular painkiller from Research Group and the 10 types of occurrences. 843-7787 or email chosen to con- spoke quietly into his ear. shelves, taking a $100 mil- Group, indicated that CEOs Conversely, Cynthia will [email protected]. duct the finan- To the casual onlooker, the lion charge against earn- who take responsibility for need to review her process mistakes demonstrate au- WESLEY cial analysis to CEO was simply receiving ings. The market rewarded and identify exactly when ANNUALMEETING an update from his VP. The its positive and proactive thenticity and leadership. she mistakenly submitted ARTER support entry N.C. Mutual Life Insurance C CEO listened intently, main- response to the crisis as ev- Emotional intelligence is a the incorrect data. She will Co. will host its annual into the Brazilian mar- taining a forced smile. idenced by the regained continuously evolving need to develop her own meeting March 28, noon, at analgesic market share. process of synthesizing in- quality protocol to mini- 411 W. Chapel Hill St. ket. She held her breath as Cynthia found a seat close the CEO flipped through the by and waited for the CEO Cynthia’s mistake created formation and experiences. mize the probability that LAUNCHPARTY charts that she had pre- to conclude his final inter- a dilemma for the CEO. The CEO will need to decide she will repeat this mistake. The Raleigh African pared. view. Her mind bounced Since he released the figures whether to make an an- No matter how it ends, she American Chamber of Cynthia gasped when she back and forth between wor- in the meeting, he too, was nouncement about the erro- is to be commended for Commerce will host a realized the CEO was cover- rying about the possibility culpable for the mishap. neous financial data or to alerting the CEO as soon as launch party March 29, 6:30 ing financial data from an of getting fired and crafting How he handles this situa- simply replace the incorrect she recognized her error. to 10:30 p.m. at The Prime a plan to remedy the mis- tion could be a defining mo- data and hope that no one Many professionals would Smokehouse, 2800 Rock earlier version of the slides. She immediately realized take. She quickly pulled her ment in his career. notices. To avoid a repeat have attempted to bury the Quarry Rd. Call (919) 822- The remedy may be as of the current situation, the data, thereby creating the 2184. that she had erroneously laptop from her bag and submitted the wrong infor- confirmed that she had the simple as revising the data CEO will need to institute a risk of a domino effect of JOBASSISTANCE mation. As the CEO covered correct version of the slides and explaining that the lead- process whereby a second poor decision-making. The Durham Joblink the three slides submitted on hand to review with the ership team will continue to set of eyes review all data Though it may be awkward, Career Center will host an by Cynthia, she was visibly CEO. revise the data as new infor- before communicating with she can recover. open innovation employ- disturbed. Alarms sounded Faced with a crisis, orga- mation arises. However, if the public. Lastly, he will Wesley Carter, D.M., is a ment workshop series to as- in her brain. She mentally nizational leaders may opt the data has been released need to determine what, if partner at KRS Consulting, sist job seekers April 4, 5:30 for one of three choices: ig- on a large scale, a more ag- any, penalty will be im- LLC in Charlotte, N.C. Email to 6:30 p.m. at Northgate struggled to craft a damage control strategy. Cynthia nore, blame or take respon- gressive plan may be neces- posed upon Cynthia for questions to wesley@krscon- Mall, 1058 W. Club Blvd., sult.com. Suite 848. Contact Mary M. Parker at (919) 354-2748 or [email protected] to register. REAL ESTATE TALK IRSTRAINING The city of Raleigh’s Small STAFF REPORTS now underway with prices Disadvantaged Minority- from the mid $500s to and Women-Owned Cary Park - Wrenhurst CARY - Think oversized, $700s. Construction has Business is sponsoring a wooded homesites on gen- started on the initial homes training workshop on the tly rolling terrain. 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African-American Real Estate Professionals and Downtown Raleigh Alliance will host Downtown Raleigh 2012: An Economic Forum April 12, 8 a.m. at Marbles Cigarette companies continue to target minors Kids Museum. Call 821- 6981. MORTGAGEWAIVER By Alexia Taylor THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN State Employees’ Credit NEWSPAPERS Union is continuing its waiv- er of late fees on first mort- Despite the detrimental ef- gage portfolio loans up to fects of cigarettes on 45 days late. The objective America’s youth, tobacco is to maintain its efforts to companies remain intent on assist members whose growing the next crop of ad- lives have been disrupted dicted users, according to a by significant events such new report from the U.S. as a job loss. Surgeon General. The report, “Preventing Tobacco Use Send your business news Among Youth and Young to Adults,” presents an in- [email protected]. depth look at the large num- ber of children and teens turning to cigarettes every year. “The addictive power of nicotine makes tobacco use much more than a passing phase for most teens. We now know smoking causes immediate physical damage, some of which is perma- nent,” Surgeon General Regina Benjamin said in a statement. “Today, more than 600,000 middle school students and 3 million high school students smoke. We don’t want our children to start something now that they won’t be able to change later in life.” The new study found that cigarette companies are still targeting minors as cus- tomers with “intentional marketing of tobacco prod- ucts to youth as being a cause of young people’s to- bacco use.” Tobacco compa- nies are working in tandem with convenience stores to have their products pushed in bright packaging with cheap prices, and placed in the front of displays and even next to candy, accord- ing to the report, all in an ef- fort to draw in adolescent customers. Information compiled by the Federal Trade Commission shows that the tobacco industry spends al- istration. In 2009, President tactics such as a 61-cent fallen to record lows. four years alone. most $29 million each day, Obama gave the Food and hike in the federal cigarette While the Centers for Tobacco use is at the top or $10.5 billion per year, to Drug Administration power tax to deter new and long- Disease Control reports that of the list for preventable promote cigarette smoking. to regulate all tobacco prod- term smokers from buying 443,000 people in the U.S. deaths, killing more people Programs intended to help ucts with the Family their next pack. However, die from tobacco products than HIV, car accidents, sui- those hooked to kick the Smoking Prevention and even with support on the annually, cessation and pre- cides and the use of illegal habit have been helped Tobacco Control Act. federal level, funds to curb vention program monies drugs combined. along by the Obama admin- Smokers have also seen cigarette smoking among have been cut by 36 percent, children and adults have or $260.5 million, in the last SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012 Raleigh • Cary • Durham • Chapel Hill 6A CommunityFocus Pauli Murray Human School News N.C. CENTRAL RelationsAward recipients Dwan Reece, curator of music and & Notes performing arts at the National Museum of African American History Culture, will be the guest speaker at a Bull City WAKE COUNTY Soul Revival Lecture March 27, 7 p.m. Volunteers 55 or older at Ruth Edwards Music Building, 1801 have new opportunities to Fayetteville St. Contact Lois Deloatch serve local elementary at [email protected]. schools under a partnership between the city of Raleigh Convocation Community Services Department and the Wake NCCU will hold its 63rd annual County Public School Honors Convocation March 30 at 10:15 System. The partnership a.m. in McDougald-McLendon will allow volunteers with Gymnasium. Dr. James H. Johnson, the Foster Grandparent William Rand Kenan Jr. distinguished Program and Retired and professor of entrepreneurship and Senior Volunteer Program strategy at UNC-Chapel Hill, will be the to work in elementary keynote speaker. schools across the county. Johnson, an NCCU alumnus, is direc- The department is recruit- ing volunteers to join the tor of the Urban Investment Strategies programs and has sched- Center, Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute uled two information ses- of Private Enterprise at UNC. He was sions for people who are in- named one of the “brightest thinkers terested: and doers in the new world of work” by Fast Company magazine. His research March 31, 9 to 11 a.m., and consulting activities focus on cre- at Enloe High School, 128 ating competitive and sustainable busi- Clarendon Crescent ness enterprises and communities in May 5, 9 to 11 a.m., at the Wake County Public the current era of economic uncertain- School System, 110 Corning ty and global insecurity. Road, Training Room 1400 Before joining the UNC faculty, in Cary. Johnson spent 12 years as a professor Student essay contest winners, back row l-r: Natalee Atwater, Ashley Hann and Elijah Moore; Contact Lauren Lewis at at UCLA. He holds a bachelor’s degree front row, l-r: Elizabeth Siegling and Wenbo Wang. (919) 996-6295 or send an in geography from NCCU, a master’s email to seniorcorp.RSVP@raleigh- degree from the University of STAFF REPORTS to one where care of residents is center-stage and Wisconsin at Madison and a doctorate first class. The clients and staff of the facility are nc.gov. from Michigan State. ORANGE COUNTY - Last month, the Orange racially and socio-economically diverse. The Honors Convocation celebrates County Board of Commissioners and the Orange Maggie West was the 2011 Pauli Murray Human Relations Award recipient. West is the founder academic excellence by NCCU students. County Human Relations Commission held the DURHAM COUNTY A reception will follow in the A.E. annual Pauli Murray Awards Ceremony at the and program coordinator for the Community Empowerment Fund. She works locally to help R.N. Harris Elementary is Student Union. Central Orange Senior Center. The Pauli Murray one of seven elementary Award commemorates the life of the late people transition out of poverty and homeless- ness, and into long-term independent housing, schools throughout the na- Reverend Pauli Murray (1910-1985), a distin- tion, and the only one in guished and remarkable person who confronted financial stability and stable jobs. Students in middle schools and high schools North Carolina, to win the discrimination, racism and sexism in her own 2012 National Excellence in MOVERS & SHAKERS life. within Orange County submitted essays regard- ing the subject of social justice and equality. Urban Education Award. Joseph DeVito was the 2011 Pauli Murray The annual award is pre- JUVENILE COUNCIL Human Relations Youth Award recipient. DeVito There were separate topics for each division. The DeWarren K. Langley has been appoint- topic for middle school students was “If you sented by the National resides in Chapel Hill and is currently a fresh- Center for Urban School ed to the Juvenile Crime Prevention man at UNC-Chapel Hill. He has participated in could have one wish granted that would change Council by the Durham Board of County our local community for the better, what would Transformation, given an- weeklong mission trips to Appalachia to work nually to a small number of Commissioners. The JCPC assesses the with those who need a helping hand, and he un- that wish be and why?” For high school students, needs of the juvenile population in the the topic was “Describe a significant moment or public schools and public derstands and demonstrates respect for the in- charter schools to recog- county. The term expires June 30, 2012. nate dignity of every human being. experience you have had that illustrates your un- derstanding of what ‘social justice’ means.” nize and reward exception- Turner Prickett, chief administrator of Chapel al urban school educators Are you or someone you know a Mover Hill Rehabilitation and Healthcare, accepted the Middle school winners: Wenbo Wang of and a Shaker? Drop us a line at Movers McDougle, first place; Elizabeth Siegling of Smith, and students; provide a 2011 Pauli Murray Human Relations Business benchmark of excellence and Shakers, c/o The Triangle Tribune, Award. Chapel Hill Rehabilitation and Healthcare second place; and Colette Cambey of C.W. 115 Market Street, Suite 360H, Durham, Stanford, third place. that motivates reform ef- provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation serv- forts; and expand the NC 27701 or e-mail us at info@trian- ices to 100 residents. Under Prickett’s guidance High school winners: Elijah Moore of Chapel gletribune.com. Photos welcome. Hill High, first place; Ashley Han of Chapel Hill knowledge base of best and staff’s commitment to providing the best practices for promoting ur- care possible, this facility transformed from one High, second place; and Natalee Atwater of Chapel Hill High, third place. ban school transformation. with numerous and serious shortcomings in care R.N. Harris will receive a check for $2,500 to be used as the school deems best. It will also receive a banner SORORITY NEWS and certificate. Durham Public Schools ALPHA ZETA OMEGA had three of the 27 nation- Members of the Alpha Zeta Omega al finalists: City of Medicine Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Academy and the J.D. joined their sisters throughout the nation Clement Early College High to honor women of the military services School. in America’s Sunday Supper. The chapter • hosted a dinner for both active and re- DPS students are gaining tired service women and their families at work experiences at the Ivy Community Center in Durham. To Durham Regional Hospital facilitate, the chapter partnered with First during their senior year as Endeavors, an initiative focusing on hous- part of the national Project ing and self-sufficiency programs for SEARCH program. Project homeless women who are veterans; CAL- SEARCH is an internship LENERATIVE SOLUTIONS, a marketing bou- program for students with tique specializing in visual and verbal intellectual and develop- communications to create a consistent mental disabilities that fo- brand and Johnny Carino’s restaurant in cuses on training employa- Brier Creek. bility skills provided The women and their families heard Armed Service veterans join Durham AKAs to celebrate their service to America. through internships in lo- from Camille Allen and Heather Barnhardt cal businesses. Durham who encouraged the concept of “paying Regional Hospital is the it forward.” Event Chairperson Siobahn first host business in the Day thanked them for their service and Triangle. Seven students explained the Sunday Supper concept as started class and intern- reminiscent of the religious-based events ships last fall. For informa- hosted during the civil rights movement, tion, visit http://www.pro- where Dr. Martin Luther King gathered the jectsearch.us/. community to seek solutions to chal- lenges facing them at the time. “In celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and our sorority’s MISC. Founding Day, we recognize and thank The National Bar you for being a part of our America’s Association is accepting ap- Sunday Supper,” Day said. plications for the 2012 Dr. A video spotlighted some differences in Martin Luther King, Jr. perceptions and expectations of early Drum Major for Justice women in the armed services and those Advocacy Competition. serving today. Included in the service More than $25,000 in schol- women were two members of Alpha Zeta arships will be awarded to Omega: Pamela Clark and Victoria high school juniors and Washington. seniors who place in the re- The current programmatic theme of gional and national compe- Alpha Kappa Alpha is “Global Leadership titions. Students interested through Timeless Service.” The goals of in participating in the com- the Sunday Supper and service project petition must first register events were to honor the life and legacy at http://www.national- Presenters Camille Allen (far left) and Heather Barnhardt (second on left) join Alpha Zeta Omega bar.org/MLKcompetition. of King, mobilize volunteers to serve, gen- chapter veterans Pamela Clark Victoria Washington (center); chapter President Tara Fikes fifth from erate civic dialogue and inspire contin- ued community service. left) and chapter member and project chairperson, Siobahn Day (sixth from right.) Fraternity news (LEFT) Left to right: Xi Mu Mu Chapter Basileus Donald Grantham, Sixth District Rep. Victor Bruinton and talent hunt co-chair Charles Hicks present a top presentation award to Enloe High senior Michael E.P. Jones. Jones’ violin presentation at the 67th Annual Talent Hunt in Raleigh earned him the opportunity to represent Xi Mu Mu at the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity’s Sixth District Talent Hunt competition in April. The Sixth District is comprised of chapters in North Carolina and South Carolina. (RIGHT) Left to right: Iota Iota Chapter Basileus Robert Cunningham, Bruinton and talent hunt co-chair Rick Baskett pres- ent a top presentation award to Ravenscroft High junior Mollie Ducoste. Mollie’s winning violin presentation earned her the op- portunity to represent Iota Iota at the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity’s Sixth District Talent Hunt competition in April. Submitted by Omega Psi Phi Celebrating the march toward equity

By Reginald Stuart in the history of the nation’s how the landscape of inter- Intercollegiate athletics is NCAA, echoing the senti- ics experience played a role DIVERSE ISSUES IN EDUCATION only lacrosse team spon- collegiate athletics has covered by Title IX, which ments of other Title IX ad- in her successful pursuits - sored by an HBCU. The team changed since Congress marks its 40th anniversary vocates. “It’s changed our in her case, law school. A When Howard lacrosse also contributes to a larger passed Title IX, the federal this year. country and certainly former assistant basketball team took the field last chapter of American histo- law that bars discrimination “We’ve come so far,” said changed the opportunities coach and administrator at month for its season open- ry regarding intercollegiate based on sex in education- Karen Morrison, director of for women in the country.” the University of Colorado er, the team began what has sports. al programs at institutions gender initiatives at the Morrison, like many oth- been a compelling chapter Howard is an example of that receive federal funds. ers, said her college athlet- Please see CELEBRATING/3B

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up to the PAC-6. She attend- talked to the refs.” ed North Carolina on a full Tyree Mayo coached the JV Falcons scholarship but had her Tar boys. Mayo credits their fe- Heels career cut short after male counterparts for the her junior year in what boys’ success.” coach Sylvia Hatchell called “We had a hard act to fol- begin “one of the worse knee in- low,” he said. “The main rea- juries” she had ever seen. son why we went undefeat- Miller has since fully re- ed was we wanted to keep covered and is trying to up with the girls.” spring catch on with a team over- WTVD-11 News Anchor seas. She has coached the JV Fred Shropshire was the for the past three seasons. guest speaker. The practice “We thank Coach Miller for Jacksonville, N.C., native her dedication and hard and UNC graduate gave the work,” player Sydney Brown players three pearls of ad- By Bonitta Best said. “The past two years vice. [email protected] have been challenging, but “Each of you is a distinc- we learned some valuable tion waiting to happen,” he Broughton High defensive lessons.” said. “You are uniquely gift- lineman Jeffrey Robinson Added Miller: “Y’all did the ed and talented to meet has accepted a football majority of the work, I bare- deadlines, take risks and scholarship to Elizabeth ly had to coach. I mainly pay it forward.” City State. The Caps fin- ished last season 5-6 over- all, 4-3 in the CAP 8 4-A Conference. St. Augustine’s The Falcons began spring practice Tuesday at the “of- ficial” George Williams Athletic Complex. Practice PHOTOS/BONITTA BEST ends April 14 with the an- Sydney Brown and Bryanna Staton introduce coach Alex Miller. nual Blue-White scrimmage game at 1:30 p.m. special Basketball Awards basketball season for St. Aug’s returns 41 letter- By Bonitta Best [email protected] Night celebration in the Hillside High School. It was men, including starters’ school’s auditorium. The exciting and unexpected,” quarterback Teddy Bacote Hornets JV girls and boys Athletics Director Bob Hill and wide receivers Brian DURHAM - Hillside junior teams went undefeated for said. Richards and Tyron varsity basketball teams did- the first time in school his- Former Hillside star Alex Laughinghouse. Richards n’t win a national champi- tory, while the varsity girls Miller coaches the JV girls finished first in the CIAA onship, but they celebrated and boys swept the PAC-6 team. Miller was a two-time and 10th in Division II in re- like they did. tournament championship. Five-County 3A Player of the Varsity girls coach Ovester Grays helps give out the JV ceptions. The JV and varsity teams “This was a tremendous Year before Hillside moved awards. On defense, all-CIAA de- were honored last week at a fensive tackle Shonquez Nelson and linebacker Chaz Robinson return, in addi- tion to the CIAA Defensive SPRING SPORTS Rookie of the Year Antonio Stewart. “We have quite a few red- shirt freshmen who didn’t Broncos, Vikings win bowling division titles play (last season),” coach Michael Costa said. “We will get a good look at what they tempts. can do.” feated (9-0) in tennis after the momentum going on Sunday, losing to South In baseball, the Falcons last weekend’s roundup. couldn’t keep up with CIAA Shaw has lost only one game Carolina State 7-0. In track, NCCU opened the defending champs Winston- in the conference, an 8-1 vic- Salem State, losing to the tory over Virginia State. The outdoor season at the Wake Forest Invitational. Junior Rams in a doubleheader 6- COLLEGE Bears prepare for a second 3, 8-3. The two teams met in roundup this weekend on Nana Atakora-Bediako took first place in the men’s triple last season’s tournament BASKETBALL Winston-Salem State’s cam- championship. pus. jump with a leap of 49 feet, In softball, since going 6- 4.25 inches. The men had seven top-10 performances. Shaw Shaw 3 in the first roundup, the Since losing to North Bears have lost eight straight Carolina Wesleyan on March games. The team takes on St. Augustine’s advances Indoor high jump champi- 7, the Bears have won seven archrival St. Aug’s Sunday in straight tennis matches a doubleheader. on Christopher Copeland is carrying his winning ways without dropping a game. Shaw will meet the Falcons to title game MEN onto the outdoor season. Copeland won the high this weekend on WSSU’s N.C. Central campus. By Bonitta Best Men’s tennis finished 1-1 jump at last weekend’s Shamrock Invitational at After losing nine straight [email protected] last weekend in conference baseball games, the Bears re- action. NCCU lost to Florida Coastal Carolina University with a jump of 7 feet. bounded to win three In an extreme display of A&M 5-1 but rebounded to straight over Elizabeth City confidence, Grambling jun- shut out Maryland Eastern Teammate Eddie Shelton also cleared the same height State. Shaw takes on neigh- ior guard Quincy Roberts Shore 6-0, its first confer- bor rival St. Aug’s Sunday has decided to forgo his fi- ence win of the season. The but finished second because Copeland needed fewer at- and Monday for three nal year of eligibility to en- Eagles (4-7) couldn’t keep games. ter the NBA Draft. Roberts averaged 23.9 points per game and shot 41 percent from the field. WOMEN Shaw Nicole Sciortino is the CIAA Bowler of the Year. The Bears will play in their first Division II champi- By Bonitta Best In tennis, the Eagles (6-6) onship game on March 23. [email protected] lost to South Carolina State Shaw defeated No. 15 on Sunday 6-1. No. 1 singles Rollins 87-71 with a domi- player Olesya Palko gave nating defensive and offen- Fayetteville State women NCCU its only win. sive performance. won their ninth straight In track, junior Ashley Sophomore center Crystal CIAA division bowling title McCoy finished second in Harris led all scorers with 24 and the 11th in the past 12 the women’s 100-meter points and 14 rebounds; years. The Broncos (66-13, 55-4) went undefeated last dash at the Wake Forest senior guard Kyria Buford Invitational. NCCU posted also had a double-double of weekend (15-0) to take the six top-10 finishes. 22 points and 10 rebounds; No. 1 seed into the bowling and senior center Aslea championships this week- St. Augustine’s Williams contributed anoth- end in Durham at AMF The Falcons placed second er D-D with 12 points and 14 Durham Lanes. Coach Bobby at last weekend’s Southern boards. Henderson earned his 600th Division Bowling tourna- “We went with our bigs, win. ment. St. Aug’s had five of and they did the job,” coach Also going 15-0 was the top 15 individual bowl- Jacques Curtis said. “ Now Elizabeth City State, which ing averages, led by fresh- we have the chance to win took the Northern Division, man Nicole Sciortino who Junior Nana Atakora-Bediako wins the Eagles first outdoor track event. the national championship." its third title since institut- was third with a 192.30 av- Shaw will meet No. 2 ing the sport in 2001. erage. Sciortino, a Raleigh Ashland for the crown. native, was also named the WOMEN 2012 bowler of the year. She MEN N.C. Central The Eagles ended their 26- is the first in school history Shaw to win the award. Senior guard Malik Alvin game losing streak with a doubleheader win Tuesday In softball, the Falcons has been named to the have won five straight Christopher Copeland is Daktronics First Time All- over Maryland Eastern picking up where he left Shore. They were also games after sweeping American Team for Division Livingstone Monday 7-3, 12- off. II. Alvin, the Daktronics NCCU’s first MEAC victories of the season. Sophomore 0. St. Aug’s 11 wins so far Atlantic Region Player of the under first-year coach Nikki Year and CIAA Player of the Cember Carmichael hit two home runs, while junior Bynum are the most since Year, averaged just under 20 2007. points per game for the 27- Shakemia Edwards knocked 4 Bears. in six runs in the 6-2, 13-7 wins. Shaw The Bears are still unde- 2B SPORTS/Th ee Triangle Triangle Tribune Tribune Sunday, March 25, 2012

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B -2 TInshide Belack CYolleage Srpod rts CIAA Football Schedules Coppin player loses battle NorfolkStatewins FAYETTEVILLE STATE MEAC bowlingtitle September 1 - N.C. Central, 6 p.m. 8 - UNC Pembroke, 6 p.m. disease is unknown, and it's a rare tumor MEAC Media Relations 15 - Virginia Union, 6 p.m. with only several hundred new cases re - 22 - Elizabeth City State, 6 p.m. ported per year throughout the country. Norfolk State defeated Bethune-Cookman 29 - Chowan, 6 p.m. Martin, an interdisciplinary studies ma - 4-0 en route to its first-ever MEAC Bowling jor, is known as one of the toughest bas - Championship last Sunday in Greensboro. The October ketball players CSU has ever had. Her spir - No. 4 Spartans dominated the match, winning 6 - Shaw, 1 p.m. it was felt by many of her teammates, fel - 177-160, 209-168, 199-185 and 183-171 in 13 - Johnson C. Smith, 6 p.m. 20 - St. Augustine's, 2 p.m. low athletes, coaches and students. Baker play. 27 - Livingstone, 2 p.m. "I just remember Jennifer and her beau - The Wildcats battled the defending MEAC tiful smile and how that was such a con - and NCAA national champion, No. 2 Maryland November trast to how tough she was on the court," Eastern Shore, during the morning's semifinal 3 - Winston-Salem State, 1:30 p.m. Coppin State P.A. announcer Gary Williams match. The Hawks won the first Baker game said. "She was such a beautiful looking by one pin to take the 1-0 lead. Bethune- lady that it was such a contrast." Cookman rallied back and won the next four "Me and Jen have been through so games to earn its place in the final. much together, and I am so grateful for NSU's Thea Aspiras earned outstanding tour - the impact she has had on my life," for - nament performer honors. "I am so happy I MEAC Football mer teammate Whitney Cunningham said. made it this far with my team,” Aspiras said. Schedules "I've learned so much. We had so much “Our hard work paid off." Aspiras led the fun together. Becoming Iota sweethearts Spartans with a 201.5 average during the five- N.C. A&T together just strengthened our bond." team games. September Martin had been fighting cancer, Norfolk State coach Wilhemina Harrison was 1 – Coastal Carolina, TBA Coppin associate head coach Billie Wilson named outstanding coach for the first time in 8 – West Virginia State, 6 p.m. Jennifer Martin said, for about two years. "To have some - her career. 15 – Va. Univ. of Lynchburg, 6 p.m. body leave us at that time in her life is "We talked before we came to the champi - 29 – Morgan State, 1:30 p.m. Keith Henry just hard to take," head coach Derek Brown onship about our game plan,” Harrison said. October Special to the African-American Newspapers said. "To be that young and she's basical - “We didn't have a great day the first day, but 6 – Bethune-Cookman, TBA ly just finding her way through and just we came back yesterday and stayed positive. 13 – Howard, 1:30 p.m. Cancer affects many families around the world. But starting to live life. To have her life end We stuck to our game plan today and were able 20 – Delaware State, 1:30 p.m. when it hits close to home, the effects are devastating. suddenly like that is just tragic." to win.” 27 – Norfolk State, 1:30 p.m. Jennifer Martin, a former Coppin State basketball Athletics Director Derrick Ramsey said: The MEAC Bowling Championship finale will player who graduated in 2009, passed away on her birth - "First of all, it was a privilege working with air in a tape-delayed format on March 26 at 10 November day, March 11, due to complications of Jennifer. She was an incredible spirit, an p.m. on ESPNU. 3 – Florida A&M, 1:30 p.m. Rhabdomyosarcoma cancer at the age of 26. incredible soul. I don't think I've ever saw For more information on MEAC Bowling or 10 – S.C. State, 1:30 p.m. 17 – N.C. Central, 2 p.m. Rhabdomyosarcoma, according to the MedlinePlus her when she wasn't smiling. That, I will other sponsored sports, visit www.meac - Medical Encyclopedia, is a cancerous tumor of the mus - miss tremendously." sports.com. cles that are attached to the bones. The cause of the

SIAC Football Schedules base hit in the inning. She averaged a 203.8 over 49 games with News & Notes Rice answered with a pair of runs in a pinfall of 9,989, helping UMES clinch its the bottom of the fra me. Michael third Northern Division title with a 29-1 ALBANY STATE Ratterre e walk ed and Mich ael Fuda conference mark. The Hawks sport a September reached on a fielder's choice to put run- 94-29 overall record and are currently 1 - North Greenville, Dr. Joseph ners on first and second base. Ratterree ranked fifth in the lat - Winthrop Holley Memorial Game, 7 scored on a single to righ t center by est NTCA Coaches' and p.m. Jeremy Rathjen. Fuda went to third on a Media polls. 8 - Wingate, 1:30 p.m. single by Craig Manuel and scored on Mariana Alvarado 15 - Elizabeth City State, 6 p.m. Shane Hoelscher's sacrifice fly that made earned the school's 22 - Miles College, 7 p.m. it 3-2. second ever bowling 29 - Kentucky State, TBA Grambling extended its lead in the top MEAC Rookie of the October of the fifth. Wolfe led off with a single Year honor. She 6 - Lane College, Music City and a one-out walk to Farmer to put run- recorded a 7,826 total Classic, 5 p.m. ners on first and second. Brown III sin- pinfall and notched a 13 - Morehouse, TBA gled home Wolfe, and Farmer later scored high game of 242 at a 20 - Clark Atlanta, HC, 2 p.m. on a base hit by Brian Knuckles to stretch MEAC North meet. She 27 - Benedict, 2 p.m. the Tiger lead to 5-2. averaged a 185 or Grambling starter Richard Bautis ta above in nine of 10 November worked eight innings, but the Tigers went events this season and 3 - Ft. Valley State, 23rd Annual to Zach Moreau out of the bullpen for the finished sporting a Fountain City Classic, 2 p.m. Falbo 10 - SIAC Championship Game, start of the ninth . Moreau retired the 190.8 average. Owl s in ord er to preserve a win for Norfolk State's Bautista (2-0) and notch his third save of Wilhelmenia Harrison earned MEAC Coach the season. The Tigers improved to 11- of the Year honors for the second straight LANE COLLEGE 7 on the year. Rice fell to 15-6 overall. season. September 1 – Edward Waters, 2 p.m. 2011-12 MEAC bowling all-conference 8 – Clark Atlanta, 2 p.m. First team 15 – Tuskegee, 1 p.m. Grambling upsets Rice 22 – Morehouse, TBA Anggie Ramirez, UMES 29 – Stillman College, 2 p.m. Bogotá, Colombia, UMES HOUSTON - Gramb lin g State jump ed on the Falbo earns top T'nia Falbo, UMES October scoreboard for three unearned runs in the top of Thea Aspiras, Norfolk State 6 – Albany State, 5 p.m. the first inning and hung on for a 5-4 upset over MEAC bowling honor Keisheena Waldon, Morgan State (Music City Classic) nationally ranked Rice. The Tigers took advantage Tiffany Lebahn, Delaware State 13 – Point University, 1 p.m. of two Rice fielding errors and made the most of 20 – Miles College, 2 p.m. two free base runners in the first inning. NORFOLK, Va. - University of Second team 27 – Kentucky State, TBA Chris Wolfe led off the game and reached on an Maryland Eastern Shore junior T'nia Megan Buja, UMES November Owl fielding error and both of the next two batters, Falbo Laverne Jones, N.C. Central 3 – Benedict College, 2 p.m. Joe Gill Jr. and Darren Farmer were both hit by a (Greensburg, Pa.) has been named the Chelsea Krall, Norfolk State pitch on cons ecut ive pitche s. Cle an-up batte r MEAC Bowling Player of the Year. Falbo Paula Vilas, UMES Thomas Brown III reached on another fielding er- had a brilliant season, coming on strong *Jazmyne Hefflefinger, Delaware State ror that allowed Wolfe to score with the bases still in the second half of the year to boast *Staci Hilliard, Bethune-Cookman loaded. Gill Jr. scored on a ground out to the right three MEAC Player of the Week honors side and Farmer then came home on a passed ball. and three all-tournament team selec - * Tie Grambling was in front 3-0 without recording a tions.

Softball standings (as of 3/21) CIAA SIAC MEAC SWAC NORTHERN EAST NORTHERN EAST Chowan 2-0 6-2 Albany State 9-2 11-17 Norfolk St. 0-0 8-6 Jackson St. 0-0 16-15 Hampton’s softball Elizabeth City 2-0 3-5 Benedict 8-4 15-12 Hampton 0-0 8-14 MVSU 0-0 13-15 team is joining hands with Virginia State 2-2 8-2 Claflin 6-6 12-13 Coppin St. 0-0 5-9 Alabama A&M 0-0 4-11 the National Foundation Bowie State 0-0 5-1 Clark Atlanta 6-12 16-16 Delaware St. 0-0 5-10 Alcorn State 0-0 5-18 for Cancer Research to par - Virginia Union 0-0 2-4 Ft. Valley 4-8 6-19 Howard 0-0 2-9 Alabama St. 0-0 5-22 The University of Lincoln (Pa.) 0-4 0-10 Paine 2-9 4-9 Morgan St. 0-0 1-8 ticipate in a national year - Arkansas at Pine Bluff has UMES 0-0 0-7 WEST long fundraising campaign announced the resignation SOUTHERN WEST Texas So. 0-0 8-5 of head women's basket - titled “Beat Cancer with a St. Augustine's 4-0 7-3 Stillman 14-0 19-6 SOUTHERN Prairie View 0-0 6-6 ball coach Cary Shelton, Bat.” The campaign invites Fayetteville St. 1-0 4-3 Kentucky St. 8-2 13-11 Savannah St. 0-0 9-12 Grambling 0-0 5-8 effective at the conclusion softball teams around the Winston-Salem 0-0 5-1 Miles 6-4 8-17 Florida A&M 0-0 9-14 Southern 0-0 3-17 of his contract on June 30. country to commit to do - Shaw 0-1 3-4 Tuskegee 5-5 8-8 S.C. State 0-0 9-16 Arkansas PB 0-0 2-20 Shelton held the position nating the proceeds of at Livingstone 0-2 2-6 Lane 4-10 6-10 Bethune 0-0 8-20 for three years, compiling least one game during J.C. Smith 0-2 2-6 LeMoyne 0-10 2-10 N.C. A&T 0-0 5-13 a record of 10-79. His best their season to NFCR. N.C. Central 0-0 1-22 season came in 2008-09, “This cause is close to when the Lady Lions were my heart, because my 8-22. Prior to being tabbed as mom lost her twin sister to Baseball standings (as of 3/21) head women's basketball cancer,” softball coach coach, Shelton served as Trena Peel said. “So many an assistant coach with people have been affected the women's basketball by this disease and can re - CIAA SIAC MEAC SWAC program. "We appreciate the work late to the cause, so this Virginia State 3-4 9-11 EAST event will be a great time Winston-Salem 7-2 20-14 NORTHERN EAST that Coach Shelton did in Benedict 6-0 15-2 Delaware St. 3-0 12-9 to reflect on life and do Shaw 3-3 6-9 Jackson St. 8-1 14-6 attempting to elevate our Albany St. 5-1 9-13 Norfolk St. 3-3 6-12 women's basketball pro - our part to support the re - Lincoln (Pa.) 1-2 3-5 Paine 4-2 13-11 MVSU 5-4 5-16 St. Augustine’s 2-4 8-23 Coppin St. 0-0 0-16 gram," Athletics Director search for a cure.” Claflin 3-3 10-14 UMES 0-3 -0-20 Alabama St. 3-3 8-16 Lonza Hardy Jr. said. "We To raise funds, the team Elizabeth City 1-4 3-13 Morehouse 0-6 3-20 Alcorn St. 2-4 3-17 Chowan 5-3 14-16 all wish him the very best will be accepting general Clark Atlanta 0-6 1-20 SOUTHERN Alabama A&M 0-6 5-17 in all of his future endeav - donations, selling “Strike Bethune 4-2 12-9 ors. Our plan now is to Out Cancer” pins and sell - WEST Savannah St. 2-1 8-13 WEST launch a national search ing pink balloons for $1, Stillman 6-0 10-13 Florida A&M 3-3 4-19 Grambling 5-1 11-7 for a replacement who can Miles 4-2 10-9 on which fans can write N.C. Central 2-4 4-18 Prairie View 4-1 11-9 come in and have an im - Kentucky St. 3-3 4-9 N.C. A&T 1-2 6-13 the name of a loved one Southern 4-5 9-11 mediate positive impact Tuskegee 2-4 2-19 on our program." who has fought cancer. LeMoyne 1-4 3-15 Arkansas PB 2-4 3-18 Lane 1-4 1-16 Texas So. 2-6 11-9 3B SPORTS/The TheTr TriangleiangleTribune Tribune Sunday, March 25, 2012 Celebrating the march toward equity

Continued from 1B women from an employ- NCAA’s three divisions). The courts as a winning coach tors and coaches,” said majors ranging from mar- ment perspective generates NCAA also requires all mem- from 1980 to 2000 and, lat- University of Wisconsin law keting to pre-law to nursing for 16 years, she joined the a mixed report. ber schools to designate a er, in the courts when she professor Linda S. Greene, and early childhood educa- NCAA five years ago. The NCAA, which resisted senior woman administra- won a $2.9 million wage dis- a co-founder of the Black tion. Since enforcement of the gender equity efforts for tor, or SWA, to help schools crimination case against the Women in Sport Foundation. “It’s important to have bal- law began in 1978, there has years before shifting toward plan and implement their university. The court award “But there’s a lot to be ac- ance, a wide range of been a steady drumbeat embracing them, has en- gender-based athletic pro- in the District of Columbia complished. We haven’t sports,” said Schermerhorn, across the nation for equi- gaged in a range of efforts grams in a nondiscrimina- Superior Court has helped looked at how it’s benefited a member of Vanderbilt ty in opportunities for to help schools achieve the tory way. improve compensation for black females. You can’t re- University’s first women’s women, particularly in the goals of the law. It has es- “It’s (Title IX) not only women coaches across the ally assess the effectiveness Title IX-inspired lacrosse sciences and athletics. Many tablished equity planning opened the door, it’s put a nation. of Title IX unless you are re- team in 1996. She said hav- schools have responded requirements, stages an an- stop on the door so it There are also myriad porting on race and gen- ing a wide range of compet- with haste, pursuing ambi- nual equity forum, written wouldn’t close,” said coach- questions about how much der.” itive sports programs for tious athletic program ex- a Title IX compliance man- ing legend Sanya Tyler, of this progress has been For coaches like Howard women, as has been histor- pansion agendas that also ual, and established a com- Howard’s first full-time shared by women of color. lacrosse coach Sarah ically true for men, gives fe- help in recruiting women to mittee on women’s sports coach of women’s basket- “Title IX has had a tremen- Schermerhorn, those lead- male students another their campuses. Others have that, starting this summer, ball at Howard. “It’s impact- dous effect on opportuni- ers might come from the chance to learn hard work been less than enthusiastic will include college presi- ed athletics tremendously.” ties for women to partici- ranks of her team, which is and teamwork, key skills for in complying. Meanwhile, dents (one from each of the Tyler made history on the pate as athletes, administra- made up of students with “success in after-college the view of its impact on life.” MEAC MINUTES UMES Wilkerson inducted into Indiana HOF

STAFF REPORTS was a senior guard from ending a ance in team’s history. Anderson, Ind., that had a 12-year Davis’ tenure was also PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - notable all-around game coaching highlighted by five MEAC Former Maryland Eastern that greatly benefited the career at tournament championship Shore coach Bobby Hoosiers. Wilkerson played DSU. game appearances and a Wilkerson was inducted into at Indiana from 1973-76, Since be- share of the regular season the Indiana Basketball Hall when he was drafted in the coming title in 2004. He was named of Fame March 21 at the first round (11th overall) of the MEAC Coach of the Year for Primo Banquet Hall in New the NBA draft by the Seattle Hornets’ the 2003-04 season. Castle, Ind. Wilkerson Supersonics. head “He has been a true com- served as head men’s bas- In his seven seasons in the coach in petitor and champion of the ketball coach during the league, Wilkerson was a the 2000- game, and has orchestrated 1991-92 season, and won a dual-position threat in the 01 season, an academically-focused national championship as a NBA as a small forward and Davis team that has performed ad- player for Indiana. shooting guard. He played compiled mirably throughout his ca- Wilkerson was a member with four teams total with Davis a 178-182 reer at DSU,” interim of the 1976 Indiana team his longest stint being with overall Athletics Director Eric Hart that compiled a 32-0 record the Denver Nuggets from record - making him the uni- said. “We wish Coach Davis and went on to win the 1977-80. He also played for versity’s all-time leader in much success and thank NCAA championship that the Chicago Bulls before fin- career women’s basketball him for his dedication to the same year. Indiana was the ishing his career with the wins. During the recently women’s basketball pro- last NCAA team to finish the Cleveland Cavaliers. concluded season, the gram and Hornet Nation.” regular season undefeated He scored 5,424 points, an Hornets were 7-23 overall Prior to his arrival at DSU, and win the national cham- average of 10.1 points per and 4-12 in the Mid-Eastern Davis was the head women’s pionship in the same year. game, 2,236 rebounds (4.2 Athletic Conference. basketball coach at Bowie Wilkerson played under rpg) and dished out 1,835 The highlight year of State (Md.) University for Bob Knight, Indiana’s assists (3.4 apg). Davis’ DSU coaching tenure eight years. He has a career longest serving coach (1971- took place during the 2006- record of 349-236 in 20 2000), who led the Hoosiers DSU’s Davis retires 07 season, where he guided years as an intercollegiate to three national champi- Delaware State women’s the Hornets to their only head coach. onships in his 29-year ca- basketball coach Ed Davis is MEAC championship and The university will launch Bob Wilkerson during his Indiana playing days. reer. At that time, Wilkerson retiring from his position, NCAA Tournament appear- a national search. A tale of two stories in college recruiting

By Reginald Stuart journeys to college from high school. to the recruiting “perks” lavished upon her brother, she DIVERSE ISSUES IN EDUCATION Donnie Davis found himself isolated from the real world says her “perk” was knowing that she was competitive. By the time Donnie Davis rose to his senior year in 1990 of college from the start, an experience he says frustrat- “They spared no expense,” said Donnie Davis, who even- at Cummings High School in Burlington, N.C., the star quar- ed his ability to prepare for the real world after college. tually chose Georgia Tech over offers from his final list terback was on the radar of every major college coach in He never stayed on the campus of the college recruiting that included Penn State, Notre Dame and the University the country. Soon, immersed in the thick him during his visits. He never ate in the regular student of Miami. The schools respected the rules of the NCAA in of aggressive recruiting campaigns, the cafeteria. He was promised the best of academic support, recruiting, he notes, hastening to add, “They took that to 18-year-old was being courted with if needed. the limit.” school visits marked by stays at high- DeAnn Davis faced the real world from the start, from Donnie Davis, now business development representative end hotels and expensive private din- dorm life during her campus visits to having regular cafe- for Manheim Automotive, said the kind of recruiting he ners, including one featuring caviar and teria food with the general student population. While the was accorded and the kind many high school stars are similar high-end food items. brother’s potential coaches lathered him with praise and treated to today is “really just sad,” as it does very little By the time DeAnn Davis rose to her marketing pitches about their schools, she was politely to prepare the young men, many of whom will never grad- senior year at Cummings, the star track advised on more than one occasion how lucky she should uate or realize their dreams of being a high-paid profes- and field athlete was being heavily court- feel to be courted by a particular school as there were more sional athlete, for the real adult world. ed by colleges around the country. In prospects where she came from. “Ninety-five percent of the kids going into that (college the thick of recruiting campaigns, she “They walked him through the dorms,” the younger Davis recruitment) don’t understand what they’re getting into,” made several college visits. In contrast recalls with a laugh. “I stayed in the dorms.” said Donnie, asserting that his wife, once a college ath- to her brother’s experience, her visits In retrospect, the brother and sister consider his expe- lete, and sister DeAnn “were much more prepared for the were marked by choices of which bed in rience “extravagant” and hers more “fair” and “realistic,” real world,” in part because they were not given rose-col- Davis one of the student dormitories she want- noting that recruiting disparities continue to this day (more ored glasses through which to see the college world and ed to sleep in and a lot of time to share than a decade after they were recruited) and continue to beyond as high school students. meals in the student cafeteria with potential fellow class- constitute a major disservice to male recruits. Donnie Davis, who is collaborating on an educational mates. “I feel like my experience was fair in terms of giving me website (www.dinao.org) that will counsel aspiring college The recruiting experience of the brother and sister high an accurate view of what college would be like,” said DeAnn athletes, said he never sampled the caviar on his trip. school star athletes could not have been more different, Davis, now DeAnn Davis Brooks. She works with the However, he advises current and future recruits to sam- they say, having compared notes over the years about their National Association of Girls and Women in Sport. Referring ple it while they can. SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012 4B CLASSIFIED BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FOR SALE BIDS A COKE & M&M VENDING Route Available! Big $$ Locations. ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 100% Financing. Do You Earn $2k/week? 1-800-367-2106, ext. HEALTH PRODUCTS 6077 Feeling older? 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Call for Bid Date: April 5, 2012 2:00pm the DVD and FREE Good Soil book! 877-747-3083. All In One Place! SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012 Raleigh • Cary • Durham • Chapel Hill 5B Arts&Lifestyle AAROU ROUNDND TTHEHE KBOOBOOK TTRIA RIANGLENGLE Personal history of the RALEIGH GOLFTOURNEY The Raleigh Police Memorial Foundation Golf Tournament is civil rights movement March 26 at North Ridge Country Club. Contact: Narley TOTHEMOUNTAINTOP tegrate, and to relate the Cashwell Jr. at 427- My Journey Through the pivotal events that swept 5165. Civil Rights Movement the South as the movement PUBLICMEETING By Charlayne Hunter- gathered momentum A public meeting on Gault through the early 1960s. improvements for Lake Roaring Brook Press With poignant black and Wheeler Road is March On Jan. 20, 2009, 1.8 mil- white photos, original arti- 28, 6 p.m. at Peach lion people crowded the cles from the New York Road Community grounds of the Capitol to Times, and a unique person- Center, 911 Ileagnes witness the inauguration of al viewpoint, this is a trib- Road. Barack Obama. Among the ute to the men and women BOOKSALE masses was Hunter-Gault. on whose shoulders Obama Wake County Public She had flown from South stood. Libraries’ Book Sale Africa for the occasion to ABOUTTHEAUTHOR: and Festival is March witness what was for many Hunter-Gault is an author, 29 to April 1 at NC freelance journalist and spe- the culmination of the long cial foreign correspondent State Fairgrounds Jim struggle for civil rights in for National Public Radio. In Graham Bldg., 1025 the United States. 1961, she was one of two Blue Ridge Rd. Call In this personal history, Hunter-Gault uses the event black students to desegre- 856-6726 for schedule Gault gate the University of and times. to look back on her own in- Georgia, and she was the OPENHOUSE volvement in the move- first black woman writer at N.C. State College of ment, as one of two black New Yorker magazine in the Veterinary Medicine students who forced the mid-60s. will hold an open University of Georgia to in- house March 31, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1060 William Moore Dr. Call 513-6662. LECTURE Chris Hughes, co- founder of Facebook, will speak at NC State’s Stewart Theatre April 2 KIDS BBYYDR.CARTER DR. CARTER at 3 p.m. Open to the public. CARY CHILI Negotiating scholarship award increases The first Pepper’s Chili Brew Fest is March 31, 2-6 p.m. at My son was awarded a sion of the financial aid of- a copy of your letter to the ence the document that you been accepted into other Koka Booth scholarship equal to 25 per- fice at the college. If you financial aid officer at the previously provided. This is colleges, notify them and in- Amphitheatre. Visit cent of the total amount re- have omitted information, college. the time to communicate the quire about the possibility www.chilibrew.com. quired to pay tuition, fees, gather it and prepare to pro- Explain how an increase specific amount that you of a matching scholarship DURHAM meals, and room and board. vide it with your appeal. will make your son’s educa- will need. Do not press for award. You may be pleasant- WOMEN’SHISTORY How can we ne- Compose a one-to-two tion possible. Have a figure a decision during the call if ly surprised. Never ap- Women’s Voices gotiate an in- page letter of appeal. Thank in mind but do not include one is not forthcoming. proach financial aid officers Chorus will perform in crease in the the college for the scholar- it in the letter. Instead, ap- Instead, negotiate a date from a position of entitle- concert March 25, 3 amount award- ship award and respectfully peal and ask for reconsider- when you can expect an an- ment. p.m. at Main Library, ed? request an increase. Explain ation. In some cases, the fi- swer. Remember, there are thou- in detail why your appeal is nancial aid officer will real- If you do not get the addi- sands of less fortunate stu- 300 N. Roxboro St. worthy of consideration. locate monies to increase tional monies as requested, DURHAMNAACP It is imperative dents with equally impor- that you quickly Clearly articulate the special your son’s scholarship politely inquire about other tant needs for college fund- The Durham Branch mount an ap- circumstances that led you award. Reiterate his unique steps for additional funding. ing. In most cases, it is a NAACP will commemo- peal. Review to make the appeal. skills, award, honors, Do not express anger or matter of trying to stretch rate its 95th anniver- WESLEY each of the fi- If your family has suffered achievements and talents to frustration. Instead, try to funds to help numerous stu- sary March 25, 4 p.m. CARTER nancial docu- an unexpected loss of in- illustrate how he will be an recruit the financial aid of- dents. at Markham Chapel ments that you come, illness or other finan- asset to the college. ficer to join you in negotiat- Baptist, 3630 Old and your son cial obligation, make your Schedule a meeting or a ing a larger scholarship Wesley Carter, D.M., Kids Chapel Hill Road. The submitted when you applied case. Succinctly explain how conference call to discuss award. Find out if the col- by Carter, provides parent- Rev. Richard McMillan for the scholarship. your available assets and in- your appeal. Start the call lege has a formal scholar- ing guidance to committed will speak. Call 682- Carefully look for informa- come are insufficient to pay professionally and politely. ship award appeal process parents. Email your ques- 4930. tion that you may have omit- your share of your son’s col- Lay out your case for the fi- and execute accordingly. tions/comments to BOOKSIGNING ted but could sway the deci- lege education. Email or fax nancial aid offer and refer- If, by chance, your son has [email protected]. • March 27, 7 p.m. - Bart Ehrman will sign copies of his new book, “Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth,” at the RealityTVshowlooksfornext‘FashionStar’ Regulator Bookshop, 720 Ninth St. DPSMEETING “Fashion Star,” one of the help innovative designers shine signerlooksforpurchase.Sofar, its limited supply of mini-skirts will be selling fast, so if you like A kitchen table con- coolest new reality on center stage. The designers, the buyers have done a fabulous right away at an astounding re- owningcutting-edgefashion,this versation on Durham shows, debuted on who are hoping for the opportu- job at selecting the right pieces tail price of $350. is your chance to be one of the Public Schools magnet NBC on March 13. nity to have their garments pur- for their stores. Some of these DesignerSarahParrottalsodid first to have a hot, designer look programs is March 31, Although opening chased by well-known buyers, stylish trends have already sold anexcellentjobhavingherdress- that was featured on “Fashion 10 a.m. at the Staff ratingswerenotthe are giving it their all in a quick out online, making the partici- es purchased by H&M. H&M is Star.” Development Center, absolute best, the fashionrunwaycompetition.The 2107 Hillandale Road. pating retailers very happy to be now selling them online for Fashion Star airs on Tuesday RSVP to theme of the show cool thing is that the clothing a part of such an amazing show. $19.95 apiece. nights at 10 p.m. on NBC. The www.dpsnc.net/rsvp. isdefinitelyappeal- purchased by a buyer is imme- Lizzie Parker’s multi-color, Many more designers caught clothing is fun, the styles are ex- ing. diately available for consumer asymmetrical tunic was picked their lucky break, and I’m sure ceptional, and, of course, com- EGGHUNTS HALIA Durham Parks & K Host Elle purchase directly after the show up by Macy’s. Orly Shani imme- manymorewillcome.Checkout petition is fierce. This is a show Recreation will hold WILKINSON Macpherson and on the buyers’ websites. diately sold out of her unique some of these featured clothes that you don’t want to miss. two egg hunts for chil- fashion mentors Buyers for Macy’s, H&M and two-in-one zipper mini-skirts on www.nbc.com/fashion-star KHALIAWILKINSONcanbecon- dren 12 and under on Jessica Simpson, Saks Fifth Avenue are on the through Saks Fifth Avenue. or visit each store’s website and tacted by email: khaliawilkin- March 31, 10 a.m. at designer John Varvatos and show as judges while they are Saks purchased the piece at an take a look under the “Fashion [email protected] or on Twitter: Irwin R. Holmes Sr. Nicole Richie all do their part to also scouting for fresh, new de- amazing $80,000 and sold out Star” link! These stylish trends @KhaliaWilkinson. Recreation Center, 2000 S. Alston Ave., and West Point on the Eno, 5101 N. Roxboro Rd. Black families encouraged to preserve their history VOLUNTEERS The Retired and Senior Volunteer By Sommer Brokaw “Southern Roots, Enduring [email protected] Bonds” will also feature Program is seeking vol- items related to civil rights unteers 55 and over. activist Floyd McKissick and Call 536-7247, ext. CHAPEL HILL - A “Southern Roots, Enduring Bonds: his family, and archival pho- 5305 or 5301. tographs, letters and news • Volunteers are African American families in North Carolina” exhibit is set clippings on African- needed to tutor teens American families in in reading, writing, to tell the story of black communities in the South. Durham, Raleigh and across math, science and so- The exhibit will be held at the state. It will be on view cial studies. the Southern Historical through July 1. CHAPELHILL Collection in the Wilson The SHC in the Wilson LECTURE Special Collections Library Library invites individuals Jeffrey Ogbar will on the University of North and families to participate deliver the lecture Carolina at Chapel Hill’s in the African American “Future Bound: How campus. A key aspect of the Family Documentation Will Historians exhibit will be the photo- Initiative. It came out of the Remember Today’s graphs, letters and docu- SHC in 2010, when staff be- Hip-Hop Generation?” ments from the newly ac- gan working with Yvonne March 26, 7-8:30 p.m. quired Lewis family collec- Lewis Holley, who was look- at the Stone Center. tion. ing for a place for her fami- J.D. Lewis, a noted commu- ly’s papers. • March 30, 7-8:30 The SHC staff began meet- p.m. - Duke, N.C. nity and civic leader, be- came North Carolina’s first ing with her to talk about Central and North documenting her family his- Carolina universities black radio announcer in 1947 and was a leading tory, and through that dis- will host a conference cussed a broader outreach on race. broadcast voice in Raleigh for nearly five decades. The to the community and fam- EXTRAVAGANZA pioneering broadcaster first ilies. Top-To-Toe Fashion joined WRAL as a radio an- “From these meetings, we PHOTO/SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION Extravaganza for developed this initiative for nouncer, then hosted the J.D. Lewis on the mic in a band. women and men is popular youth dance show, a target approach to reach March 25, 5-7 p.m. at out to African-American “Teenage Frolic,” starting in tivities and lives of black tory. “Historically, archives Extraordinary Ven- 1957. Lewis retired in 1997 families to help preserve our families in North Carolina, continue collaborating with tures, 200 S. Elliott Rd. collective heritage,” wrote and repositories have not fo- other institutions and indi- after holding numerous but they tell a very impor- cused on documenting the Proceeds benefit Grape broadcasting and executive Archivist Holly Smith in an tant story about the social, viduals to document the rich email. “These collections are history of underrepresent- experiences of various com- Arbor Development positions with WRAL and the cultural and political inter- ed groups. The Wilson li- Corporation. RSVP to station’s parent company, particularly valuable not actions across communities munities in North Carolina just because they are an im- brary and other institutions to share our collective his- (919) 929-6606. Capitol Broadcasting. He and document a very impor- now deem it imperative to died in 2007. portant reflection of the ac- tant piece of American his- tory.” SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2012 Raleigh • Cary • Durham • Chapel Hill 6B Religion Ways of World Overcomers opens new facility knowing

In the Bible, there is a cer- Dedicated to students in tain parable that addresses one way to look at the aus- pices of life. It is called the sixth through 12th grades Parable of the Birds and Lilies, and STAFF REPORTS televisions and more, was can be created to give area stu- found in DURHAM - Senior Pastor dents a safe place both to the Book of Andy Thompson, founder of worship and connect with Matthew World Overcomers Christian other young people. 6:25-34. It Church, a nondenomination- “It can be easy to look at reiterates al church serving worship- this generation of young that God is pers in the Research people and see the problems Triangle Park community, that are so prevalent, but nature, and has opened their new what is often overlooked is we witness 25,000 square foot ONEL1FE their enormous potential,” and feel the Words of youth facility at 2410 ONEL1FE Pastor Brian Duley blessings Tender Care Presidential Dr. in Durham. said. “Here at ONEL1FE, we of the More than 300 sixth- truly believe that our stu- Creator NN ARRIS through 12th-grade stu- dents have the potential to each day, A H dents, 100 of which made a change the world. This new now espe- commitment to Christ, at- facility is an amazing tool cially that spring is in the tended the March 14 facili- that will allow us to reach ty opening, which included many more teenagers in the air. Newness is budding performances by a Christian Triangle area with the mes- everywhere, and a fresh hip-hop group and the sage of Christ in a relevant start awaits us. ONEL1FE praise and worship and exciting way.” The Parable of the Birds band. The space, which in- ONEL1FE youth ministry and Lilies is one that as- cludes a full basketball meets every Wednesday at sures us that God will take court, pool tables, two snack 7 p.m. For more informa- care of us and supply all of bars, eight-foot video gam- tion, visit http://www.woc- the things we need. Our ne- World Overcomers Christian Church’s ONEL1FE youth facility. ing screens, lounges, 3-D conline.org. cessities might not come wrapped in the packages that we prefer, but they are met in sundry ways. We all have concerns; it is a part of our natural makeup. We Why should churches be tax exempt know that we must try to save for a rainy day and By Erik Stanley more prevalent today than kind of bargain; churches annual budget. As the Supreme Court said have faith that even though any other time I can remem- provide needed services, so It is easy to see the bene- we do not have it all, a way SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Why in a very early case, “The ber. they are entitled to tax ex- fits provided by churches. power to tax involves the will be provided. Seemingly, is your church tax exempt? Cases involving local gov- emption. In fact, churches provide Why should it continue to power to control.” Taxation when the situation does not ernments attempting to tax One corollary of the social more social services and in- is, in essence, a very strong materialize as we antici- be tax exempt? If I were to churches are also becoming benefit theory that is often tangible benefits to the com- sit down and ask you these assertion of control by a pate, all sorts of worries, more prevalent. For exam- overlooked is what I have munity than they would ever sovereign over its subjects. questions, would you have ple, the Alliance Defense termed the “intangible ben- pay in taxes. It makes no anxieties, as well as health a clear and coherent an- Exempting churches is a way issues, are deposited inside Fund recently litigated and efit” theory of tax exemp- sense to tax churches be- to ensure that the state can- swer? I suspect this is some- won a case against the city tion. This highlights the in- cause the tax dollars taken of us causing stress and thing we seldom think not control churches. of Mission, Kan., for at- tangible and often unseen from them reduce the We need to remember anxiety. about. After all, tax exemp- tempting to impose a “dri- benefits provided by amount of benefits it can In this parable, God re- tion for churches has always these reasons and proclaim veway tax” on churches. Or churches to the community. provide to the community. them to others in a society minds us that we are more been given and we assume, consider the case of Liberty Things like reduced crime But there is also a consti- because of its historical that reflexively shout that than just something to eat, Assembly of God in New rates resulting from trans- tutional reason why church- the church should pay its having something special to longevity, it always will be. Hampshire which was formed lives, suicides pre- es are tax exempt. Our his- The fact that many fair share. We should take wear or possessing special slapped with a property tax vented when people surren- tory is one of an unbroken up the cause of passionate Americans cannot explain bill simply because the lo- der to Christ, and people practice of exempting homes to live in, because why churches are tax ex- defenders of church tax ex- we have been given the gift cal taxing authorities said with destructive behavioral churches from taxation. emption like Kentucky state empt indicates a forgotten some rooms were not being patterns that harm the com- Churches were exempt from of life. Whereas in possess- history and is emblematic Rep. Whittaker of the 19th used for a religious purpose. munity changing into hard- the very first time the tax century. During the debates ing the gift of life, we can of a society that has system- So why should churches be working and virtuous citi- code was passed at the fed- be certain that the less sig- atically devalued the church on the Kentucky tax exempt? There are very zens who contribute to the eral level, and have re- Constitution in 1890, he nificant things will be grant- as a beneficial societal insti- sound and valid reasons. well-being of the communi- mained exempt in every it- tution. loudly proclaimed, “Let an ed unto us. First, there is the “social ty. It is difficult to put a eration of the tax code ever untaxed Gospel be All of the birds of the air Whenever I litigate a case benefit” theory of tax ex- price tag on these types of since. Every state in America about church tax exemption preached, in an untaxed are cared for by the Creator. emption. This recognizes intangible benefits provid- also exempts churches from church-house, from an un- or speak about the Alliance the fact that churches pro- ed by churches, but there is property taxes. When the For instance, the sparrow is Defense Fund’s Pulpit taxed pulpit; let the emblem a very tiny bird that eats vide great benefits to socie- no question that they exist. U.S. Supreme Court decided of a crucified but risen Freedom Sunday, the in- ty by their good works. An interesting study con- a case regarding the proper- about a bushel of corn evitable media comments Christ be administered from Churches minister to the ducted a few years ago at- ty tax exemption of church- an untaxed altar, and, as the every year. However, the go something like this: poor and needy in the com- tempted to put a value on es, called Walz v. Tax sparrow has nowhere to “Churches should pay taxes spire points heavenward, let munity, provide numerous the economic worth of one Commission, it stated that it stand forever untaxed.” store food, nor can it think just like everyone else! They social services for the down- church. The study estimat- providing a tax exemption have tons of money, so why Amen. or plan for a new day. trodden among us, and ed that the First Baptist for churches was a less in- Nevertheless, God provides can’t they pay their fair reach out to the “least of Church of Philadelphia pro- trusive option under the share? Why should church- Erik Stanley is senior legal for these creatures; they are these” in thousands of dif- vided over six million dol- Constitution than requiring counsel for the Alliance es get a free ride? Make ferent ways. The social ben- lars of economic value to the churches to pay taxes. free without worry or work. them pay!” Defense Fund, online at tel- he scripture confirms that efit theory justifies tax ex- community, a figure that is That makes sense when ladf.org Comments like these are emption for churches as a nearly 10 times the church’s you stop and think about it. we are more valuable to God than the sparrows, yet they are worthy of God’s care. Thus, the lilies of the field adorn the most beau- African-AmericanAdvisory Council named tiful colors imaginable.

BAPTIST PRESS cooperative program promo- meeting in early February in NAMB and EC staff to the special needs and concerns (Read the entire column on tion and development.” Fort Worth, Texas. Other broader Southern Baptist of African-American church- our website under Religion.) NASHVILLE, Tenn. - An Weathersby is the North ethnically-oriented adviso- community relative to the es and church leaders. African American Advisory American Mission Board’s ry groups may be named as Council has been created to presidential ambassador for deemed appropriate. communicate the perspec- ethnic church relations. Among the African tives of black churches and The AAAC will be a three- American Advisory their leaders to Southern year initiative (2012-15) es- Council’s chief aims is to Baptist Convention entity tablished by Page and NAMB help understand the per- leaders. President Kevin Ezell in an spectives that black “Part of the work of the ex- ongoing effort, as SBC LIFE Southern Baptists bring to ecutive committee is to pro- described it, “to engage the the common task of reach- vide quality connections many faces of the SBC in ing the United States and the and relationships,” execu- meaningful dialogue about nations with the Gospel. tive committee President working together as full and “The council is represen- Frank S. Page said in a state- equal partners in the har- tative of the regions of the ment to SBC LIFE, journal of vest.” country and reflects the cul- the executive committee. “I Page first noted the coun- tural diversity of the am very excited about work- cil’s formation in address- African-American popula- ing with the members of this ing the executive commit- tion,” SBC LIFE reported. “Its council, which includes Dr. tee’s cooperative program purpose is consultation, Ken Weathersby who is help- subcommittee last month. communication and cooper- ing with all of our ethnic Last September, Page an- ation. It will neither launch groups in raising awareness nounced the creation of a nor execute ministries. It and involvement of our eth- Hispanic Advisory Council, will provide information, in- nic brothers and sisters in which held its inaugural sight and counsel through

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