WWW.TRIANGLE TRIBUNE.COM Stereotypes drive The Triangle students of color away from STEM By Ebony O. McGee RIBUNE THE CONVERSATION TTHE TRIANGLE’S CHOICE FOR THE BLACK VOICE Dominique, a Black electrical engineering doctoral student, found herself in an awkward situation in the lounge of a hotel VOLUME 22 NO. 52 WEEK OF JANUARY 3, 2021 $1.00 where she had been attending a conference on science. A white man at her table assumed a nearby Black woman was on the hotel cleaning staff, so he asked her to clean their table. The woman did as she was asked, but in the process she informed North Carolina A&T him that not only was she a scientist attending the same con- ference as he, but she was also the keynote speaker. football signs 7 during Rather than apologize for his erroneous assumption, the man early signing period. cracked a joke. “But she cleans so good,” the man told everyone at the table. “Can we say: ‘Dual career opportunity?’” – as if an accomplished scientist would need an “opportunity” to clean tables. All of the white folks at the table stared at Dominique (not her real name), seemingly waiting on her approval of the wisecrack. Caught off guard, Dominique faked a laugh. Her white table mates broke out in laughter, too, but it didn’t seem fake – it Please see STEREOTYPES/2A

Can BOOK Program workers launched reject to help vaccine renters By Ana Santos Rutschman THEODORE D. SEGAL own THE CONVERSATION The Equal Employment By Christopher G. Cox Opportunity Commission, SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE the federal agency in charge of enforcing laws Confronted with the blunt prohibiting discrimination reality that homeownership in the workplace, said em- is largely out of reach for ployers can require em- POINT OF some 45 million Americans ployees to get vaccinated without usable credit scores, before entering the work- the Office of the Comptroller place. Now that two of the Currency launched the COVID-19 vaccines have Roundtable for Economic Ac- received emergency use cess and Change to address authorization in the United this and other economic dis- States, some people are RECKONING parities that hinder wealth concerned they could be creation in communities of fired if they don’t want to color. take the vaccine. “Project REACh” was ini- 1. Can employers re- tially conceived in the wake THE of the widespread social un- quire employees to get a vaccine? The general rule rest that followed the killing is yes – with some excep- of George Floyd in Minnea- tions. Under U.S. law, pri- FIGHT polis, explains Andrew Moss, vate employers have the director of minority outreach ability to define general in the OCC’s office of public working conditions, in- affairs. FOR “We recognized that a lot of cluding the adoption of health and safety within the unrest was due to the the workspace. Requiring lack of full participation in employees to get vacci- RACIAL the economic system by nated against diseases that communities of color and could compromise health other underserved com- and safety in the work- munities,” Moss said. “By JUSTICE this, I mean they are not get- place is viewed as part of that ability. ting the same opportunities 2. Does the rule apply to that others have, not just COVID-19 vaccines? Ear- AT from a social level but also lier in the pandemic, there from an economic level.” were some doubts about The central focus of Project whether the general rule REACh is facilitating relation- DUKE ships among major financial would apply to COVID-19 vaccines because the first institutions, civil rights or- vaccines that became ganizations, financial tech- available in the U.S. have UNIVERSITY nology firms and Minority not been fully approved by Depository Institutions. the Food and Drug Admin- Some of the organizations istration. They have re- that have pledged to work ceived an emergency use with the OCC on this initia- authorization, which is tive include Citibank; Flag- temporary permission to star; Huntington, Texas commercialize the vac- Duke grad writes Capital; Wells Fargo; JP Mor- cines because of the public gan Chase; the NAACP; the health crisis the U.S. is fac- National Urban League; Op- ing. For this reason, some eration Hope; and Credit legal scholars questioned Karma. book on university’s “We are building opportu- whether existing laws ap- plied to temporarily au- nities for MDIs to receive in- thorized vaccines. vestments, and through That question was ad- those investments helping dressed when the EECO is- racial unrest them to build out their in- sued guidelines that said frastructure so they can pro- employers have the right Point of Reckoning: lens of events that occurred at changes that would allow vide the same suites of to impose a mandatory The Fight for Racial Justice Duke in the sixties. them to thrive. services and financial pro- COVID-19 vaccination pol- at Duke University Telling a story emblematic Q: Why did you write this ducts that others have had icy. Therefore, the general By Theodore D. Segal of other historically white col- book in particular? the opportunity to benefit rule applies and employers Duke University Press, leges and universities in the A: I wanted to understand from in this country,” Moss should be able to require $29.95 HC period, Segal recounts the ar- how we ended up here. How is said. that employees get vacci- rival at Duke in 1963 of the it possible that 50 years after MDIs are defined by the nated against COVID-19, Segal’s “POINT OF RECKON- first Black undergraduates, the the end of the tumultuous Federal Deposit Insurance within certain limits. These ING…” sheds light on the ra- institution’s unwillingness to sixties, our schools, work- Corporation as banks and other financial institutions limits – including the ex- cial dynamics of today by acknowledge their presence, Please see DUKE/2A ceptions below – are the exploring them through the and its resistance to making that are either owned or di- same as the general ex- rected primarily by African emptions applicable to any Americans, Asian Americans, employer-mandated vacci- Hispanic Americans or nation. Native Americans. 3. Are there religious Moss says there are about exemptions? Title VII of 140 such institutions in the the Civil Rights Act estab- What’s holding our country together? U.S. By working with these lished that if an employee stakeholders, the OCC hopes now harbor new grievances been shaken — by partisan has a sincerely held reli- By Tamara Lush, Josh to put together the technol- borne of President Donald rancor, disinformation, a pres- gious belief incompatible Boak, Nicholas Riccardi ogy to help bridge both the Trump’s baseless claims of ident’s assault on democracy with vaccination, the em- and Claire Galofaro digital divide and the eco- election fraud. Many Demo- and a deadly coronavirus pan- ployer cannot require that nomic divide. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS crats are saddened by results demic. One area of focus, Moss employee to be vaccinated. Elections are meant to re- that revealed the opposition to There is a sense of loss. It said, addresses those The EEOC has traditionally solve arguments. This one in- be far more powerful than they burdens even the winners. In deemed as “credit invisible.” interpreted the concept of flamed them. Weeks after the imagined. And in both groups North Carolina, a soon-to-be Project REACh participants “religious belief” very votes have been counted and there are those grappling with state lawmaker whose victory are developing a new credit broadly. Vaccine refusal the winners declared, many larger, more disquieting real- made history says he is struck decision-making tool that ex- cannot, however, be a per- Americans remain angry, defi- izations: The foundations of by how little feels changed. In pands on the traditional ant and despairing. Millions the American experiment have Please see NATION/2A Plase see COVID/2A Please see PROGRAM/2A

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Continued from page 1A had never interacted with play of the Confederate places, and society con- white individuals as Flag and the singing of tinue to grapple with so equals, faced their own Dixie at athletic events; ex- many of the same issues of challenge. How would they clusionary fraternity and race and racism that were live and work together at sorority admissions pol- the focus of activism years Duke? icies; and offensive com- ago. Q: How did the university ments in the dorm. I believed that by looking prepare for the arrival of Q: How did university ad- closely at the years imme- Black students? ministrators resist change, diately following desegre- A: Duke did little to pre- even while claiming to sup- gation at Duke, I could pare itself for the chal- port many of the issues expose the entrenched at- lenges desegregation and demands raised by the titudes and narrow, reflex- would present. The univer- students? ive responses to sity did not study the ex- A: Most fundamental was desegregation that sparked perience of other schools the belief that Black stu- protest and served to stifle that had recently desegre- dents should be grateful Program launched to racial change at the univer- gated. for the chance to attend sity. Duke made no changes Duke and that they should Q: This was happening at to anticipate or address simply aspire to “fit in.” increase homeownership universities across the Black students’ distinctive Among the arguments country, why Duke? cultural, academic, and so- “progressive” admin- Continued from page 1A ized economic discrim- nation shifts from the A: I was a student at cial needs. It did not mon- istrators used to resist credit reporting structure. ination that has existed for Trump administration to Duke and had the opportu- itor how the new Black change was “gradualism” “The effort looks at alter- decades.” Biden’s, Moss was optimis- nity to study Black and students were managing (change takes time), prag- native data such as direct “With black homeown- tic. white student activism at and what challenges they matism (donors will stop debit authorizations and ership, median household “I don’t see Project the school. More broadly, were facing. Admin- donating), and “reverse other types of payments wealth, and access to cap- REACh as being a political Duke is an ideal setting to istrators and faculty made discrimination” (accom- that are not considered in ital sinking like a stone, we initiative, but more of an study the racial issues that only modest attempts to modations to address the traditional credit scoring,” need to get serious about apolitical or bipartisan ef- are the focus of my book. get to know the Black stu- distinctive needs of Black Moss said. dismantling the systems fort to support com- Called “the plantation” dents personally once on students represent dis- Timely and regular pay- that keep black and other munities that need these by many Black workers, campus. As one admin- crimination against white ments of rent and sub- underserved communities types of resources,” he members of the Durham istrator described, Duke people). Once activism scription services, such as locked out of the American said. “I’ve not seen anyone Black community and stu- looked at desegregation emerged, students were a Netflix, expand the data dream,” said Marc Morial, who has had a negative dents, Duke has a long his- “from a white perspective.” seen as controlled by out- that is evaluated so that president and CEO of the thing to say about trying to tory of segregation and Q: How did Black stu- side forces. more people would be con- Urban League. “We com- help people who need the racial exclusion. The dents experience Duke Q: What lessons are there sidered creditworthy. mend the OCC’s efforts to type of assistance that we school is among a group of during the early years of today for students, faculty Derrick Johnson, pres- lean into solutions to the are trying to provide prominent southern his- desegregation? and others seeking racial ident and CEO of the unprecedented economic through Project REACh.” torically white colleges and A: Duke’s first classes of change at HWCUs? NAACP, said of Project loss caused by this pan- universities that desegre- Black students grew up, for A: Systemic racial change REACh: “We look forward demic.” Christopher G. Cox is gated only when forced to the most part, in protec- is possible only where to working collaboratively Asked about the role pol- publisher and managing do so in the early sixties. tive, segregated Black com- there is sustained external on solutions addressing itics might play in the roll- editor of Q: Why do you consider munities in the South pressure, and when systemic and institutional- out of Project REACh as the www.realesavvy.com. the arrival of Black stu- where family, school, and leaders possess a moral dents at Duke a “historic church worked in concert commitment to racial jus- encounter?” to foster achievement and tice and a willingness to A: The arrival of Black self-respect. Arriving in the reallocate resources to midst of Duke’s “sea of support new priorities. Can employers require students marked a pro- found change for Duke and white” was, according to While each institution will other HWCUs. For decades, one Black student, “almost need to find its own path- Jim Crow and segregation as complete a shock as you way to racial change, all workers to take the had defined the organiza- can encounter.” will need to expend the tion and daily operations Highly accomplished and same amount of time, of these schools. Desegre- initially “grateful” for the energy, money and other gation created immense chance to attend Duke, al- finite resources that they COVID-19 vaccine? challenges for all parties. most all of the school’s currently deployed to ad- Continued from page 1A 4. How about disability- modation that would result White administrators, fac- Black students encoun- dress other “existential” sonal or politically moti- related exemptions? The in undue hardship. There- ulty, and students, most of tered racism: academic objectives. Duke, like other vated belief. balance of rights between fore, requiring employee whom had never inter- deans who assumed the schools, reinvented itself If an employee qualifies an employee with a disabil- vaccination does not vio- acted with a Black person students were weak aca- in a matter of weeks to face for a religious exemption, ity and his employer is late federal disability law. other than in a service ca- demically; discriminatory the COVID crisis. A similar the employer must then similar to the one de- 5. What if the employer pacity, were forced to learn grading (especially in writ- level of focus and invest- try to reasonably accom- scribed above. Under the cannot provide an accom- how to relate to Black stu- ing courses); physical and ment over a substantial modate the employee. An Americans with Disabilities modation? If an employee dents. verbal intimidation; hostil- period of time is needed to example would be for the Act, if an employee has a qualifies for either a reli- Likewise, Black students, ity from campus security; dismantle systemic racism employer to have the em- disability and cannot gious or disability-related the vast majority of whom racist symbols such as dis- at the school. ployee switch from in-per- safely receive a vaccine, exemption, but the em- son to remote work while that employee qualifies for ployer is unable to provide COVID-19 poses risks to an exemption and the em- an accommodation be- public health. However, ployer has to provide rea- cause of undue hardship, the employer does not sonable accommodations. then the employer has the Stereotypes drive students have to grant an accommo- But the act also establishes right to exclude the em- dation if doing so would that employers do not ployee from going to the out of STEM career result in “undue hardship.” have to provide an accom- workplace. Continued from page 1A sounded hearty and real. This incident is by no means unique. It repre- sents just one of about 300 such stories collected over the past decade or so of structural racism in STEM fields: science, technology, engineering and math. For Black and Hispanic STEM students, these instances of being stereotyped are quite common. Con- sequently, these students A Black female scientist mentors a group of young high experience a sort of racial school girls. fatigue. No matter what searchers. they have kept hidden they do, they cannot shake The kind of stereotyping their meager upbringings the perception among cer- that confronts Leon and and complicated family tain white colleagues and Dominique leads many dynamics to avoid being collaborators that they Black and Hispanic stu- stereotyped. COURTESY don’t belong. As a result, dents to resort to what I Some Black students many talented Black and call stereotype manage- have kept their own chil- Hispanic students leave ment, which involves tak- dren hidden to avoid play- STEM. Research shows A nation divided: What’s ing specific actions to deal ing into stereotypes about they leave the discipline at with the prejudices and single Black moms. Often nearly twice the rate of preconceptions they face when STEM professors find white students. as a result of their identity. out that a student has chil- holding us together? Consider, for instance, These students rely on dren, they don’t want to what happened when Carolina state legislature izen of North Carolina stereotype management to work with that student be- Continued from page 1A “Leon,” a Black doctoral as a Democrat represent- who’s deeply invested in cope in a predominantly cause they believe he or Michigan, a suburban computer science student, ing a suburban slice of North Carolina, I feel like I white campus culture in she will have less time to woman found her fem- had to pick up a visiting Alamance County. Hur- lost.” which they are seen as un- devote to the lab than stu- inism in the Trump era professor from the airport. tado’s wife, Yazmin Gar- The win made Hurtado qualified, incompetent and dents who are not parents. only to see her family torn He had spoken to the cia, earned her U.S. the first Latino Democrat undeserving of opportuni- All of this contortion by the election outcome. scholar over the phone on citizenship six days before ever elected to the state ties. While many Black and leads to inner turmoil and “What is holding our coun- several occasions. The con- the election. The couple legislature. After the elec- Hispanic students find even physical sickness. try together?” wonders versations were pleasant drove directly from the tion, he was flooded with stereotype management Some STEM students of Charisse Davis, a school and normal. immigration office where texts and in-person con- necessary, they also find it color have been hospital- board member in the At- Despite having sent a she became a citizen to gratulations from well- unnerving. ized for such conditions as lanta suburbs, where the picture of his distinctive- the nearest early voting wishers, including one But there’s another as- exhaustion. You might election has not ended. A looking SUV, the professor site, so she could register immigrant mother at an pect to the stereotypes – an wonder if those ailments pair of Senate runoffs on looked around Leon and al- on the spot and cast a bal- event who told him: “For unhealthy one at that. are merely the result of the Jan. 5 will decide which most through him at the lot for her husband. you to win here, in Ala- These students also want demanding nature of the party controls the U.S. airport’s pickup area. But Hurtado still can’t mance County, is so im- to disprove the notion that college experience itself. Senate. When Leon approached, shake the feeling that, de- portant for my children.” they are not worthy of Even if it is, for these stu- Davis may get her an- she flinched. Leon spoke, spite all this, little Still, Hurtado is strug- being in STEM fields. This dents, the college experi- swer soon. A vaccine has so she could hear that he changed. He’d hoped to be gling to understand how saps tremendous energy ence is even more brought hope and a was the person she had be- part of a Democratic wave there was a shift among and resources that could demanding because it in- chance for a nation to come familiar with over that took back his state Latinos toward Trump in be used to inspire innova- volves being stereotyped prove it can do big things the phone. Still, the profes- legislature, hold seats on the election. tion and creativity, and tap as if they don’t belong. again. New leadership in sor insisted that Leon call the state Supreme Court The president’s strong into their brilliance. To help students of color Washington may change his doctoral adviser to ver- and the U.S. Senate. performance with Cuban Stereotype management flourish the way they the tone. But now, at the ify that he was indeed who Instead, Democrats fell Americans in South Flor- is partly performative. It ought to in STEM, college end of 2020, many Ameri- he said he was. Leon even- short in all those efforts. ida narrowed the tradi- involves such actions as and university leaders cans say the experiences tually gave her a ride. And Trump won North Caro- tional Democratic edge in deliberately leaving a high must do more than just of the past four years have although he and the pro- lina just as he did in 2016. Miami-Dade County and test score on a STEM test make cosmetic changes to made them look at their fessor were scheduled to “The election certainly helped put Florida in on your desk for peers to their public facing or just neighbors — and their perform laboratory re- makes it feel like Ala- Trump’s column. In Texas, see. While sometimes pay lip service to diversity country — in a different search together, she mance and North Carolina Trump won tens of thou- stereotype management and inclusion. It’s not light. abruptly and unapologeti- voted for the status quo,” sands of new supporters involves putting certain enough to have more stu- It’s been a tumultuous cally changed her research Hurtado said. in predominantly Mexican things on display, it can dents of color featured on few months for Ricky Hur- goals, which allowed her to “It feels like we haven’t American communities also involve keeping cer- university websites, maga- tado. The 32-year-old son work only with white and moved in any given direc- along the border. tain things concealed. Stu- zines, brochures or other of Salvadoran immigrants Asian postdoctoral re- tion. “I won, but as a cit- dents have told me that recruiting materials. won a seat in the North 3A NEWS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, January 3, 2021

DOUG FINGER/AP Antanique Worsham will have to fight for her life once she turns 21. That’s when her insulin In this 2004 file photo, living survivor of the 1923 violence in Rosewood, Florida, Robie Alle- prescription coverage ends. Her sister died at age 22. netta Mortin, is comforted by Florida Rep. Ed Jennings Jr. after he unveiled the Rosewood, Florida Historical marker at a dedication ceremony. How high is the cost of Reparations after Fla. prescription drugs? massacre a model, Antavia Worsham paid with her life By Hazel Trice Edney that is much too fast. The fire within her mother, one descendants say liver processes the fat into that refuses to let her Anta- TriceEdneyWire.com a fuel called ketones, which nique die and won’t allow By Adelle M. Banks will be commemorated this And some people changed Antanique Lee-Worsham causes the blood to be- her Antavia to have died in spring. Rosewood had a their names.” of Cincinnati, Ohio, has a come acidic,” according to vain. As a part of that bat- RELIGION NEWS SERVICE much smaller Black com- Nevertheless, the descen- landmark birthday coming the U. S. National Library of tle, she founded a non- As each new year ap- munity, but it, too, had dants of those who suf- up next June. That’s the proaches, Ebony Pickett Black businesses, as well as fered or survived that day she will turn 21 years looks back to the dark his- a private school and a base- violence believe that repa- old. But her birthday is un- tory of the massacre that ball team. rations that resulted from like many 21-year-olds began in the little-known “This is a travesty that’s the lost land and way of life who often celebrate it as majority-Black enclave in happened to my family,” can be an example for the legal age to buy alco- Rosewood, Florida, on Jan. said Pickett, now the pres- others. The state’s special hol, among other symbols 1, 1923. Pickett, descended ident of the Rosewood master on the Rosewood of adulthood. from residents of Rose- Family Reunion and direc- case recommended pay- Instead, for Lee-Wor- wood, feels the legacy of tor of choirs and the young ments of $150,000 each to sham, turning 21 will be the massacre in personal people’s department at survivors, which were the day she becomes finan- ways. She was one of the New Bethel African Meth- given to nine individuals, cially responsible for the first students to receive a odist Episcopal Church in and the establishment of insulin that keeps her alive. Rosewood Family Scholar- Lacoochee, about 100 the state scholarship fund It is the day that her cover- ship from the state after miles from Rosewood. for descendants. The Rose- age from a program for Florida passed reparations “We were thriving, we wood Family Scholarship children with medical legislation a quarter cen- were surviving, and we’re has since benefited more handicaps will end, which tury ago. able to have the govern- than 290 recipients and has paid for her insulin Pickett used her scholar- ment to actually give us currently pays a maximum since she was diagnosed at ship to attend Florida A&M reparations,” said Pickett. of $6,100 an academic year 12 years old as a Type 1 University and earn a bach- Sherry Sherrod DuPree, a to direct descendants who diabetic. This is also the Antavia Worsham died in 2017 at 22. She had been skip- elor’s in occupational ther- Florida historian who has apply and verify their day that she will begin ping insulin doses because of the $500 a month cost. apy in 1998. The mother of spoken widely on the Rose- family connection. seeking ways to pay for the seven, she is now a part- wood incident, noted that Older descendants of nearly $500 a month cost Medicine. profit organization, time occupational thera- the word “reparations” was Rosewood warn that, even for insulin, because she’s Antavia’s diabetic T1Diabetes Journey, Inc., pist at two charter schools. not used during the discus- if they are successful, got to have it in order to supplies had been fully to promote awareness. She As the call for reparations sions seeking compensa- struggles for reparations stay alive. covered by the state of was invited to speak at a for the Black community in tion. The special master to take time and persever- “It doesn’t really make Ohio program, Bureau for 2019 Congressional hear- America has gotten louder the Florida House of Repre- ance. There were several sense to me,” said the Uni- Children with Medical ing in Washington, D.C. in recent years, the story of sentatives concluded in his versions of the Rosewood versity of Toledo (Ohio) Handicaps, until she went There, wearing a T-shirt the Gulf Coast town of 1994 final report that “the compensation package be- student, who is enrolled in to pick up her prescription that said, “Patients Over Rosewood, and Florida’s claimants have met the test fore the final one was the paralegal studies de- one day and learned that Profit,” she made her case measures to repair the for an equitable claim bill signed into law. And its partment. She’s already she had aged out of the to lawmakers about why harm done, has begun to by showing that a moral passage did not pave a sounding like the civil program when she turned they must make new pol- be noticed. obligation exists to redress smooth path for everyone. rights lawyer or juvenile 21. That’s the same pro- icies to bring down the On that first day of 1923, their injuries.” Survivors no longer qual- defense attorney she’s gram Antanique is in now. high costs of prescription a white woman in the “They did not use the ified for benefits such as planning to become. “I “Prior to that, they paid drugs. neighboring community of term ‘reparations’ because Medicaid when they re- think we shouldn’t have to all of her diabetes care, ev- “Antavia was diagnosed Sumner alleged that she a lot of the people that ceived the money and pay so much when it’s the erything, her insulin, her at the age of 16 and only had been attacked in her were in authority thought it ended up paying medical only thing that’s keeping pins, needles, everything. lived six years with this home by an unidentified was a dangerous term,” costs out of pocket. Stu- us alive. There really Whatever my corporate disease due to the high Black man, according to a DuPree said. The repara- dents who lived or chose to should be laws to stop employers’ insurance cost of insulin,” she said in 1993 report written by five tions have not undone attend schools out of state companies from putting didn’t cover, BCMH cov- her videotaped speech . scholars for the Florida what happened almost 100 couldn’t get the scholar- these high prices on pre- ered,” Antroinette Wor- “I’m crying out and asking Board of Regents. As the years ago. As they scat- ship or had to pay higher scription drugs.” sham said. Until “One day Congress to review the news of the woman’s re- tered in 1923 — some es- tuition prices if they re- Lee-Worsham knows well she went to the pharmacy pharmaceutical price goug- port spread to the white caping by train — survivors turned to the state for col- the highest price that many and she said, ‘Mom my ing…I know there’s rules community, violence of the violence moved to lege. have paid when unable to medication is $500!’ I said and there’s regulations and broke out. Many of the other parts of Florida and In 2004, 10 years after meet the demands of $500. Why?!” there are policies. But we town’s Black residents fled other parts of the country, the compensation legisla- profit-driven pharmaceuti- Somehow, in the midst of want to save more lives. It into the swampy woods in some fearful “until the day tion, a two-sided marker cal companies. On April 26, her busy life as a single can be done. And you are record-cold winter tem- they died,” said Pickett, was placed on State Road 2017, her 22-year-old mother of four children the people to make it peratures. A Black church that they could have been 24 to note where the com- sister, Antavia, also a Type working two jobs, she’d happen.” was burned, and then six followed by the same mob munity once lived. “Those 1 diabetic, laid down after missed the explanation Despite passion about days later, a mob of at least members who destroyed who survived were forever a shower and never woke that the BCMH coverage the issue, no bills have 100 white people “gath- their homes. scarred,” it notes. The up again. would end when Antavia passed both houses of ered and watched” the All that remains in Rose- highway marker was co- “Her insulin pin was in turned 21. Congress during the two burning of the remaining wood today is the house sponsored by the state and her bed, but it was empty,” Although Antavia also years of the 116th Con- structures in the Black part where a white merchant the Real Rosewood Foun- recalled their mother, An- worked two jobs — mainly gress, according to Con- of Rosewood. lived and a historical dation. troinette Worsham, her as a security officer for gressional Bill Status. The report notes that a marker. As the family Lizzie Robinson Jenkins, voice quivering with grief Delta Airlines corporate of- Meanwhile, Antroinette grand jury found “insuffi- members came together founder of that foundation during a telephone inter- fices in Cincinnati — she says she will not give up. cient evidence” for prose- again, they decided their and a historian at her Bap- view. “Oh my God, I miss was still not able to cover “Where are we going with cution despite the fact that motto was “We’ve Come tist church, held a peace my baby so much. I do the cost of her insulin. Not this?” she asks. “People still eight people — six Blacks This Far by Faith,” a pop- and healing ceremony at these interviews because knowing of other re- can’t afford this life-sus- and two whites — died in ular hymn in AME and Bap- the site of the marker on they bring out awareness. sources, “she would just taining medication, and the violence. But those fig- tist churches. “Being so Jan. 1. But, oh my God, I miss my ration,” Antroinette Wor- they’re dying so young. My ures have long been ques- driven by our faith, that is Her aunt was married to baby.” sham said. “We knew that baby was 22.” tioned and countered: “The what has kept the family a Rosewood resident and Twelve weeks after Anta- she didn’t have enough in- question of how many together because our taught at the school in the via’s death, autopsy results sulin because she would This article is part of a people died remains, ho- family has been sep- enclave of “hard-working showed “full blown DKA” use her sister’s and her series on the impact of high wever, and it may never be arated,” said Benea Den- people” before it was Antroinette Worsham re- grandpa’s until she prescription drug costs on solved.” Two years earlier, son, 36, the Rosewood burned in 1923. calls. DKA means Diabetic couldn’t use it anymore. consumers made possible in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Family Reunion correspon- “She was traumatized for Ketoacidosis. In a nutshell, They couldn’t afford for through the 2020 West district known as “Black dence secretary who lives the rest of her life and she Ketoacidosis happens her to use theirs, so she ba- Health and Families USA Wall Street” was destroyed in Zephyrhills, about 100 lived 25 years,” said Jen- when “the body starts sically would just skimp.” Media Fellowship. by a mob after a Black man miles south of Rosewood. kins, 82, of her aunt. breaking down fat at a rate Antavia’s death stirred a was accused of assaulting “There are people who “These people still need to a white woman. The cen- went all over the place be healed. They are not tennial of that massacre when they left Rosewood. healed.”

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That to the people, He said, “I Memphis. NNPA NEWSWIRE CONTRIBUTOR must be one of the reasons am the light of the world. They’re the first couple Can somebody explain a people refer to discovering Whoever follows me will to complete the program “faith walk” to me? I God as faith walking. never walk in darkness; but that allows renters to buy frequently refer to my own The effort to get closer to will have the light of life” renovated homes at half spiritual transformation God requires movement. I (John 8:12.) So this walk their market value after that way, and I’ve had believe the walk reference thing suggests by doing so, faithfully paying rent for a others describe this “thing” is probably an attempt to you can directly connect year. Church attendance is that I’m on. I’ve even used describe the experience of with God. You can do what a program requirement. the faith walk phrase when following, or trying to fol- Enoch did. You can hope The Taylors credit God trying to explain a new and not only for homeown- SUBMITTED PHOTO low, the path laid down by and pray like Enoch that Sandy and Harry Taylor outside the Memphis home they different view of the world Jesus Christ. The best ex- God will take you to Him ership, but also proclaim as now seen by someone ample we have is Enoch. also. That’s the point, isn’t miraculous deliverance bought in five years through a nonprofit program of Im- who believes being saved “Enoch walked with God: it? from drug abuse and add- pact Church and Ministries of Memphis. is more than just some then he was no more, be- So, when you get up to- iction. Harry Taylor, who trite saying. This, whatever cause God took him away” morrow, think about this was 72 on Dec. 26, said he your life. When you get of the appraised value and it is, is serious and I have to (Genesis 5:24.) The Bible and let God order your has bought and lost several older and you’ve made a finances the sales, prevent- admit, very tangible. I talks about walking steps consciously for one homes in his lifetime, hav- lot of mistakes, you’ve lost ing applicants from having really can feel it. humbly, walking in the day. Make a concerted ef- ing suffered heroin and al- things, and then God gives to deal with bank loan pro- I was just curious about light, walking with the fort to listen and hopefully cohol addiction after you an opportunity.” grams. “This is a part of our the walk reference. I sup- wise, walking together and, hear what He is telling you fighting in the Vietnam Impact NW CDC has do- discipleship program,” Ellis pose when you think about yes, walking on water. The on that day. The Bible says War. It’s the first home for nated two homes to cou- said. “Selling them the it, many in the Bible had point seems to be that life faith comes by hearing. 59-year-old Sandy, who ples who needed housing. house, the way we did it, truth revealed to them on a is a journey and, if the What better way to hear said she was a functional A single father is in the was a piece of that program walk, on a journey while truth be told, the journey is than by taking a deliberate addict in New Orleans be- process of buying a home, that gave us the right to going from one place to infinitely better if God goes stroll with the Lord? Try it. fore she cried out to God five homes are being share the Gospel with another at God’s direction along for the ride. You might find God show- for deliverance. rented, and one was sold them. They had to come to and even during the sub- We want and need to talk ing up in the strangest Part of Sandy’s living tes- to a company to help fund church because they were conscious traveling in a to God along the way. places and in the strangest timony is her belief that the program, Ellis said. All in the program.” dream. It’s a simple anal- Maybe, if we’re truly faces. But you’ve got to she’s “a walking miracle.” of the homes are in the Both of the Taylors said ogy and if you think about, blessed, He’ll talk back. look. She’s been declared dead neighborhood of the they accepted Christ as what is more meaningful Searching for Him here on I guarantee, if you go de- three times after suffering church. children but strayed from than a walk with someone earth is fundamentally a liberately looking for God three heart attacks, with “In the Kingdom, we the faith. Sandy moved to you respect, admire, love spiritual experience. To just one day, you won’t be paramedics working 45 mi- need to teach our church Memphis after Hurricane and can learn from? walk with the Lord can only alone for long. You see, He nutes after the second epi- family how to become Katrina to be near her One of the most mem- be described as “stepping has this marvelous way of sode to restore her, the owners and not just brother. Today, she sings orable experiences I’ve out on faith.” Once taken, showing up right on time Taylors said. She has a renters,” Ellis said. “We put in the choir and works in ever had was to walk with life changes. You change. when He knows somebody pacemaker and a defibril- them in a program where the church’s feeding mini- my children when they You have to. I know I did. is indeed seeking Him out. lator installed. they could show their stry. were toddlers. There was So, I guess I’ve kind of Remember, however, the She is the sister of Impact faithfulness to God, and at Harry, who sensed a call something about them ex- cleared up my own di- first step is up to you. Memphis pastor Mike Ellis, the same time teach them to ministry after enrolling ploring and discovering lemma. This faith walk is May God bless and keep and Harry has joined Im- to pay their rent on time, in the homeownership pro- the world around them merely an acknowledge- you always. pact’s ministerial staff, but teach them to pay their gram, is planning to begin without fear, because they ment that you are letting the Taylors said they re- bills on time, and give a drug treatment ministry knew Daddy was right God order your steps, lead James A. Washington Jr., ceived no special treat- them a reward for it. The at the church after the there. Have you ever wit- you through, guide you in is co-publisher of The Dallas ment in the five-year loan reward is that they’re get- COVID-19 pandemic ends. nessed this? Have you ever this world. When you do Weekly News. program. ting ready to be a home- “After I met Sandy, I started been a part of the experi- this, God will direct you “I know it was nothing owner in five years, where coming to church with her, but God,” Sandy said. “And they didn’t have to pay in- and that’s when I first got it’s a relief. It’s a way of terest to the bank, they introduced to Pastor Mike being able to move on in didn’t have to pay closing and his ministry. I liked it life and do other things. costs.” and I stayed with it,” Harry Mormon church sued for And (have) an opportunity The program began in said. “My spiritual life grew maybe to help other 2012 after the church re- quite a bit since I been people.” ceived the properties in a there. I went from being a Added Harry: “It’s truly a series of donations. The regular member to deacon alleged role in Boy Scouts blessing, especially when church renovates the and now I’m a minister at sex abuse you get in the latter part of homes, sells them at half the church.” By Terry Tang duct” of church officials. In its first step toward AROUND THE TRIANGLE The church sponsored at creating a compensation THE ASSOCIATED PRESS least seven troops in Ari- fund for men who were PHOENIX, Ariz. — The zona in metro Phoenix and molested as youngsters Church of Jesus Christ of Tucson, according to attor- years ago by scoutmasters Latter-day Saints was hit neys. The suits were all or other leaders, the Boy with several lawsuits Mon- filed earlier this month — Scouts of America filed for day for allegedly covering six in Maricopa County Su- bankruptcy protection in up decades of sexual abuse perior Court and one in February. Around 90,000 among Boy Scout troops in Pima County Superior sexual abuse claims have Arizona, marking the latest Court. The allegations of been filed against the Boy litigation before the state’s sexual abuse touch all Scouts. It’s the latest major end-of-year deadline for troops between 1972 and American institution to adult victims to sue. 2009. Church officials did seek bankruptcy protection The church “must be not immediately respond amid mounting legal pres- held accountable in order Monday to messages from sures over allegations of to bring healing and clo- The Associated Press seek- sexual abuse. Roman Cath- sure to Mormon victims of ing comment. olic dioceses across the childhood sexual abuse,” The church was the country and some universi- Hurley McKenna & Mertz, a largest sponsor of Boy ties have paid out hun- law firm that focuses on Scouts of America troops dreds of millions of dollars church sex abuse, said in a and its greatest ally until in recent years. statement. the Utah-based faith ended These suits come as a In the seven lawsuits, the partnership on Jan. 1, window to pursue litigation each representing seven 2020, and pulled out more for some victims of child- different male victims, at- than 400,000 young hood sexual abuse in Ari- torneys say church officials people. The faith moved zona is about to close. The PHOTO BY MYKENZIE JOHNSON ON UNSPLASH never notified authorities them into its own global state joined several others Understanding and Reversing Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Most Chronic Illnesses we- about abuse allegations. youth program that fo- last year in extending the binar, Jan 14. Public records show cuses on religion and spir- rights of now-adult victims RALEIGH WINTER DRIVE property taxes? Durham members of church-spon- itual development, while to sue their alleged assail- ENTREPRENEURS Fathers Forever is hold- has several programs for sored Boy Scout troops weaving in camping and ants and any churches, NC IDEA FOUNDATION is ing a winter drive for assistance. Visit who were abused would other outdoor activities in youth groups or other insti- accepting applications for gently used men’s items: www.dconc.gov. tell church bishops about parts of the world where tutions that turned a blind its NC IDEA LABS, a four- coats, scarves, socks and what they had experienced. that’s feasible. eye at the time of the week program for entre- gloves. Drop off at 3029- HEALTH The lawsuits allege bishops The split between the abuse. preneurs. Deadline: Jan. 3. 105 Stony Brook Drive or “Understanding and Re- would then tell the victims Boy Scouts and the faith Lawmakers gave victims Visit www.ncidea.org. Headquarters Barbershop, versing Diabetes, Heart to keep quiet so the church known widely as the Mor- until their 30th birthday to 5720 Capital Blvd. Visit Disease, and Most Chronic could conduct its own in- mon church ended a sue — a decade longer than HANDGUNS www.afatherforever.com. Illnesses” webinar is Jan. vestigation. nearly century-old rela- before. Victims who missed Introduction to Hand- 14, 6:30-7:45 p.m. Register In the meantime, troop tionship between two or- the cutoff have a one-time guns class is Jan. 7, 6-9 CARY at leaders and volunteers ac- ganizations that were opportunity to file suit be- p.m., Eagle One Firing THEATER https://niehs.nih.gov/wha cused of sex abuse would brought together by fore the end of the year. Range. Register at book- Pure Life Theatre pres- d. Deadline: Jan. 13. be allowed to continue in shared values that di- Arizona has no deadline for when.com/e3personalde- ents a virtual musical the- their roles or be assigned verged in recent years. criminal charges in child fense. ater with original music COAT DRIVE to another troop, the suits Amid declining member- sexual abuse cases. from Nate Jacobs’ Motown Welcome Baby is hosting said. ship, the Boy Scouts of Andrew Van Arsdale, a ART WALK Christmas thru Jan. 3. Get its annual coat drive now All seven victims are ask- America opened its arms lawyer with Abused in Illuminate Art Walk in tickets at thru Jan. 8, Durham ing for a jury to award an to openly gay youth Scouting, says the legal net- downtown Raleigh runs thecarytheater.com. County Cooperative Exten- unspecified sum for medi- members and adult vol- work is filing 261 sex abuse through Jan. 8. Visit sion Building, 721 Foster cal expenses, pain and suf- unteers as well as girls and lawsuits in Arizona on www.DowntownRaleigh.or DURHAM St. Call (919) 560-7150. fering. They are also transgender boys, while Monday against various g/Illuminate. TAXES seeking punitive damages the church believes that local Scout councils. Need help with your for the “outrageous con- same-sex intimacy is a sin. AP WWW.TRIANGLETRIBUNE.COM honors The Triangle Naomi TRIBUNE Osaka Sports SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2021 – PAGE 6A COLLEGE CORNER HBCU FOOTBALL

By Howard Fendrich The Associated Press With tennis, like so much of the world, shut down be- cause of the coronavirus pandemic, Naomi Osaka found herself with time to read and think. And while she won the U.S. Open for her third Grand Slam title, she also stood out for speak- ing out about racial injustice and police brutality. Warren As noteworthy in 2020 for her activism away from the tennis court as her success NCCU on it, Osaka was selected by The Associated Press as the Female Athlete of the Year in COURTESY results revealed Sunday after opens a vote by AP member sports N.C. A&T coach Sam Washington editors and AP beat writers. “It was difficult to be iso- conference lated from my family for large parts of the year, but Aggies sign 7 that’s nothing compared to play others. It was sad to watch and read the news of people The MEAC opens conference suffering from COVID-19, play this weekend with, hope- during early period fully, some actual games. A re- and the economic and social effect on so many — losing minder that teams will play jobs, mental health. It was By Bonitta Best back-to-back games on Saturday such a tough year for so [email protected] and Sunday. North Carolina Central women many people,” Osaka wrote Three-time MEAC champ in an email interview. “And travel to Norfolk State this week- North Carolina A&T signed end to kick off their MEAC sched- then watching the police in- seven recruits during last justices like George Floyd, ule. After winning their first month’s early signing contest at Campbell in a double Breonna Taylor and Jacob period. Blake (to name just a few) in overtime thriller, the Lady Eagles Six of the seven are in- (1-3) lost their final three (with the summer broke my heart. state, including three out of I am proud of my U.S. Open one cancellation) of the year. The Charlotte. Lady Spartans are 1-3. victory, but more so that I "Today, we put together got people talking about the On the men’s side, NCCU also is some important pieces, but 1-3. The Eagles only win is an real issues.” the full puzzle has not been WNBA Finals MVP Breanna overtime victory over Southern. put together," said NCA&T Four of their first seven games Stewart was next with nine coach Sam Washington. "We Darius Leonard first-place votes and 60 were either canceled or post- were able to sign some im- poned. points, followed by Sarah pressive players in this Fuller, the Vanderbilt soccer NCCU is off until Jan. 9 when midyear class before Feb- they travel to Florida A&M. If this player who kicked for the ruary gets here. We lost one school’s football team, with game holds up, the men won’t of the best receivers in pro- have played since a 73-67 loss at one first-place vote and 24 gram history in Elijah Bell, points. LeBron James was an- North Carolina on Dec. 12. so I thought we did a good nounced Saturday as the AP job of addressing some Male Athlete of the Year. NCCU’s DeLeon All-American needs at receiver. I thought North Carolina Central senior Billie Jean King, a 12-time we met a need at defensive Grand Slam singles title Luis DeLeon was named a Colle- end with a special player giate Baseball Preseason All- winner and a pioneering ad- and we added some speed. vocate for decades, praised American. DeLeon is the only I'm excited about getting MEAC player on the list. Osaka for positioning “her- these guys out on the field." self as a leader not only in The Providence, Rhode Island, Signees: native started 16 games and women’s tennis but in all of * Avarion Cole, defensive sports and a force for change batted .393 in the shortened back, Charlotte spring season. He also drove in in our society.” * Henry Daniel, defensive “She successfully com- 24 RBIs on 24 hits, and knocked end, Creedmoor out six home runs. pleted the difficult task of * Zach Yeager, quarter- taking excellence in sports back, Minneapolis MEAC on FloHoops performance and using that * Terrell Spicer, DB, Jack- platform to succeed outside FloHoops will stream two sonville, NC women’s and 12 men’s basket- of sports on a much bigger * Korion Sharpe, offensive stage,” King told the AP. ball games during the regular lineman, Charlotte season, plus 12 tournament Osaka went 16-3 during the * Nathaniel Spindle, DB, coronavirus-truncated tennis games. Visit FloHoops.com. Charlotte Women’s basketball calendar — the professional * Jamison Warren, wide tours took about a five- Jan. 2: Howard at Morgan State receiver, Winston-Salem Jan. 16: Norfolk State at N.C. month hiatus; Wimbledon was canceled for the first A&T NCCU adds to Eagleland Men’s basketball time since 1945 — and Second-year coach Trei ended the year ranked No. 3. Jan. 9: Morgan State at Norfolk Oliver signed four recruits B-CU legend passes through the history of this State The defining stretch of during the early signing Osaka’s season came in Au- Bethune-Cookman great quilt we call Bethune- Jan. 10: Morgan State at Norfolk period: alumni, coach and admin- Cookman,” said Lynn W. State gust and September, when * Christian Smith, DL, she compiled an 11-match istrator Jack Forsyth “Cy” Thompson, vice president Jan. 10: N.C. Central at Florida Jacksonville, NC McClairen passed away on for intercollegiate athletics. A&M winning streak that included * JaJuan Hudson, corner- the U.S. Open. Dec. 28 at the age of 89. Jan. 16: Florida A&M at N.C. back, Camden, NJ Known by everyone as Pro Bowler A&T State It was during a tune-up * Charlie Brooks, DL, tournament in New York that “Coach Cy,” McClairen South Carolina State de- Jan. 30: Morgan State at Coppin Flossmoor, Ill earned 12 varsity letters as fensive great Darius Leon- State Osaka — whose father is Hai- * Josh Pullen, running tian and mother is Japanese a student-athlete in foot- ard has been named a Feb. 7: S.C. State at N.C. A&T back, Rolesville ball, basketball and track starter for the NFL’s Pro Feb. 13: Norfolk State at Mor- — declared she would not play her semifinal, joining and field. He graduated in Bowl. Unfortunately, the gan State History-making game 1953 and returned in ’61 as January game was canceled Feb. 14: Norfolk State at Mor- athletes from the NBA and Two Morehouse College elsewhere in protesting the head football and basket- due to COVID-19. gan State alumni made history last ball coach, and athletic di- Still, it’s a testament to Feb. 20: N.C. A&T at Florida police shooting of Blake. weekend as part of an all- “There are clearly so many rector. He didn’t have a the outstanding career A&M Black officiating crew for a losing record in 27 seasons Leonard is having since Feb. 27: NCCU at N.C. A&T worthy issues. This one PAC-12 football game. especially resonated with me in both sports. being drafted by the Indian- Harold Mitchell Jr. and Ja- In football, he coached apolis Colts in 2018. Big South because of my own personal varro “Jay” Edwards, up-bringing; and also while NFL Hall of Famer Larry Lit- The 2018 NFL Defensive Hampton senior Davion Warren classes of ’90 and ’92, re- tle and Maulty Moore, both Rookie of the Year has 109 was named the Big South Confer- the tennis tour was paused, I spectively, joined eight was able to watch and read of whom played on the un- tackles – 12th in the NFL – ence Player of the Week after others to officiate the Stan- defeated 1972 Miami Dol- two sacks and three forced averaging 22 points, seven re- news at length for the first ford vs. UCLA game. time in my life. This summer phins team. Also coached fumbles this season. bounds and three steals in two Last month, Morehouse by him was Alvin Wyatt Sr., Instead of the field game, wins at Charleston Southern. in the U.S., tensions were graduate Jerome Boger (’77) high and reached boiling who succeeded McClairen a virtual Pro Bowl game Warren recorded 15 points, six made NFL history as part of as head football coach. with players playing within rebounds, five steals and four as- point,” Osaka said. “It was the first all-Black officiating the right time for me to Wyatt is the Wildcats all- Madden NFL 21, which fans sists in the first matchup, before crew in a game. time winningest coach. can watch. exploding for a career-high 29 speak up.” Taking her lead, that tour- “His DNA is woven points and eight rebounds in the nament shut down com- second. The Pirates are 3-4 over- pletely for a day. “Her all, 2-0 Big South. activism has shone a light on how we as individuals and sports leagues can collec- tively make an impact,” WTA Chairman and CEO Steve Simon said. “Not only is she a phenomenal tennis player, but she also demonstrates how athletes have an oppor- tunity to use their platform.” 7A LIFE/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, January 3, 2021 MOVIE REVIEW PROBLEM SOLVED How to fix any customer service problem By Christopher Elliott Unfortunately, ignorance visor, but there's always a SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE of the rules isn't a defense. supervisor. My nonprofit By checking the "I accept" consumer advocacy site In a perfect world, caring button or signing your publishes the names, employees would quickly name, you've agreed to the numbers and email ad- fix your customer service rules. So, before you sign dresses of the managers problems. We don't live in on the dotted line, read the online. Send a friendly ap- a perfect world. 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It's just In at least half of the cases you break an impasse if the a small fraction of the con- Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha in “Sylvie’s Love.” I receive as a consumer ad- company doesn't fix your sumer problems in North vocate, the consumer has customer service problem. America. The steps to fix- not given the company a Send a short email outlin- ing a customer service chance to make things ing your problem. You may problem are simple: right. need to fill out a form to re- Sylvie’s Love * Read the fine print be- The best way to do that is ceive help. Don't overload By Dwight Brown her cousin Mona (Aja circumspect, seamlessly fore you buy. in writing. Why? Because the organization with in- * Contact the company NNPA NEWS Naomi King, How To Get balancing frailty and un- you have a record of the formation. Just give it the Away With Murder) cham- bridled ambition. 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5 steep costs companies pay because of a toxic boss STAFF REPORTS predictable moods, people ground or if it does, not fear telling them anything smoothly,” Burrus said. Working for a difficult or less than good news, Bur- “It’s tough for the team temperamental boss is rus says. “As a result, prob- members to get aligned as common in the U.S. One Looking to work lems that the leader could they should when there is survey showed roughly help solve go unsolved or distrust or fear of the half of the employees quit are rerouted around them. leader. It’s hard for people their job due to what they These kinds of leaders also to follow consistently remotely forever? termed a bad boss. show favoritism, creating when the leader is pushing But high turnover isn’t resentment, individual back or pushing too hard.” the only downside such agendas, and more dys- * Absenteeism and ‘pre- 5 key factors to consider bosses cause. Abrasive or function. Employees who senteeism’ add to the trou- STAFF REPORTS ary changes and tax impli- toxic leadership creates since you started working once collaborated well now bles. Presenteeism means cations if relocating. “You many other costs for or- Working from home is from home during the pan- gossip behind each other’s you’re physically present need to ask this question if ganizations and employees the new normal for mil- demic. And, if you want to backs and projects suffer.” at work, but not really you’re considering relocat- as well, from personal lions of Americans, and relocate, you can inform * People lose motivation. there mentally. And absen- ing to work remotely,” she health to the company’s fi- many companies are plan- leadership about what ad- Toxic leaders want most of teeism is a common effect said. “Some employers will nancial health, says Katrina ning to make the move vantages that might have the credit and are quick to of volatile leadership as base compensation on lo- Burrus, author of “Man- permanent even if vaccines for the company, like giv- shoot down others’ ideas. workers don’t want to be cation, and that means em- aging Brilliant Jerks: How bring an end to the pan- ing them a new presence in “This kills confidence in there at all. ployees moving from a Organizations and Coaches demic. a certain region.” some team members as * Leader and employee high cost-of-living area to a Can Transform Difficult Whether that’s the case at * Keep an eye out for well as creativity and moti- turnover both rise. Burrus less expensive one could Leaders into Powerful Vi- your company, your other job prospects. If you vation,” Burrus said. “Tal- points to a study by the see their salaries reduced. sionaries.” bosses are giving you an relocate, Spraggs says it’s ented and intelligent Centre for Creative Leader- Also, employees need to do “Toxic behavior in lead- option, or if you want to important to consider what people aren’t being fully ship showing that about their homework and see ership at the workplace has make a case to them to the job opportunities are in utilized. Why would some- 40% of new executives fail how their take-home pay a trickle-down effect that work remotely, there are your new market because one offer a fabulous idea within the first 18 months. will be impacted by taxes spreads throughout the important matters to con- layoffs are always a pos- when they feel their boss “It’s amazing how just one in their new location.” leader’s division,” Burrus sider, says Cynthia Spraggs sibility. “And wherever you will take that idea or hu- brilliant jerk can offer a * Determine your home- said. “And, if left un- (www.virtira.com), a vet- are,” Spraggs says, “re- miliate them in front of the company so much poten- or-office comfort level. Is checked, it can spread eran of working remotely member that your next em- group?” tial but, ultimately, set it your life better in the long through and adversely af- and author of “How To ployer might not be on * Strategies don't get fully back by doing so much run working from home? fect the whole organiza- Work From Home And Ac- board with remote work.” implemented. Company harm,” Burrus said. “Com- “That question should in- tion. tually Get SH*T Done.” * Beware it could hurt strategies call for stream- panies that let the behavior clude whether you miss “Talented but toxic “The pandemic may re- your career prospects. If lining between leadership fester do so at their own your work colleagues and leaders are brilliant jerks sult in something I’ve ad- most of your company will and staff to plan and im- peril.” team synergy enough that whose volatile behavior vocated for years – more be returning to the office, plement. “But often, the Zoom doesn’t cut it,” causes the people around people working remotely,” those who work from strategy never gets off the said Spraggs, also the CEO Spraggs said. “Maybe social home either part-time or them to be much less pro- of Virtira, a completely vir- isolation is catching up full time might be at a dis- ductive and successful tual company that helps with you and you need a advantage in terms of pro- than they can be. other businesses work vir- hybrid-type balance, or you motions or performance These are bosses who in- tually. “But making this realize you want to be back evaluation. timidate, isolate, under- kind of transition per- in the office after all. The “Now is a good time to re- mine and divide. And the manently, whether full bigger question is how well evaluate your current work longer a company lets the time or part-time, can have can you manage your time environment and how it behavior go, the more the a major impact on both working from home, or do could be if you continue costs will mount.” your career, finances, and family dynamics inter- working remotely,” Burrus points out some your personal life. fere?” Spraggs said. “A lot of of the costs to an organiza- Spraggs offers these key * Plan your pitch thor- people have enjoyed the tion when toxic leaders points to consider about oughly. “If you have to sell freedom of it, but there’s cause a deteriorating work working remotely on a per- your leadership team on much to consider if you environment: manent basis: working remotely full time, want to make the new nor- * Communication is com- * Consider possible sal- have specific examples of mal a permanent reality.” promised. When a boss is a your work performance difficult character with un- 8A FOCUS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, January 3, 2021 HBCU NEWS SENIOR CORNER

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We are grate- N.C. Policy Collaborative at and health care fields. ful to TikTok for demon- University of North Caro- It is as a continuation of strating the value of this lina at Chapel Hill. TikTok’s commitment to critical workforce with a The ACCORD program support the efforts of significant gift that will place freezers at sites health care workers that furthers the education of in Durham, Halifax, Gran- began with their donation health care professionals ville, Vance and Robeson of $150 million earlier this at our university.” counties, where ultra-cold year through their Health NCCU is also a leader in storage is not available. Plan for your financial Heroes Relief Fund. the study of health dispar- The distribution is part of The award will provide ities through its two re- an initiative of the N.C. Pol- scholarships for NCCU stu- search institutes: the Julius icy Collaboratory at the dents from underrep- L. 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RECIPE OF THE WEEK DURHAM COUNTY the ups and downs of for- skills and his fluency in Iradukunda Gilbert was tune’s wheel in ways that both English and Swahili to the DPS December Student only a refugee can de- advise and tutor younger of the Month. The River- scribe, and is committed to students through his vol- side High senior is de- helping others through the unteer work with World Re- scribed as a student who power of his commitment lief. “Gilbert is inspiring to emphasizes the impor- to learning. many because of his moti- tance of hard work and Gilbert has a tremendous vation, perspective, and education. That means focus on his ultimate goal heart,” said Riverside Prin- walking for hours and – a degree in biophysics cipal Tonya Williams miles to school in the de- and a career that uses that Leathers. “There is no sert heat or through the knowledge to help others doubt that Gilbert will rainy season’s torrents to and to earn a living that leave a lasting impression attend class in Kenya near supports himself, his on all who come into con- the refugee camp where he family, and his com- tact with him, as he did was born. munity. “My career goal is within the Riverside com- Gilbert’s perspective on to achieve a master's de- munity.” education is different than gree in biophysics and most. As a teenager who achieve my goal to be a ORANGE COUNTY lived his first 14 years in scientist,” Gilbert said. “I Mary Scroggs Elementary desperate circumstances, use my weaknesses as my fourth-grade teacher, Euge- displaced from his family’s strength to motivate my- nia Floyd, is one of nine home country and cut off self to keep trying even if North Carolina regional from the opportunities and it's harder than it looks; teachers of the year. Floyd connections of his com- also friends, family, and now advances to the 2021 munity, he views educa- teachers who motivate me Burroughs Wellcome Fund tion as the only way to to do what it takes to make North Carolina Teacher of Try this simple, move beyond his limiting them proud. When I'm not the Year competition. She conditions and build a suc- in school, I like to join recently was named cessful life which can sup- summer programs or vol- teacher of the year for scrumptious side dish port himself and his unteering jobs such as Chapel Hill-Carrboro City NORTH AMERICAN PRECIS Peanut Butter Sweet Bake for 45 to 55 minutes family. Gilbert’s belief in teaching or helping Schools. The award honors SYNDICATE Potato Casserole with or until the sweet potatoes helping others because people.” educators for their ded- Peanut Streusel Topping are tender and cooked “what goes around comes Gilbert has a strong sense ication and their ability to Imagine this: consuming through. 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