WWW.TRIANGLE TRIBUNE.COM State’s new hires not The Triangle eligible for health coverage as retirees By Lynn Bonner RIBUNE THE POLICY WATCH TTHE TRIANGLE’S CHOICE FOR THE BLACK VOICE State employees hired after Jan. 1 will not be eligible for state employee health coverage if they work long enough for North VOLUME 22 NO. 51 WEEK OF DECEMBER 27, 2020 $1.00 Carolina to retire. Eliminating state health insurance coverage for future retirees was part of the state budget passed in 2017 over the objections of the State Employees Association of North Carolina, the N.C. Aggie-Eagle Classic is Association of Educators, and the N.C. Retired Governmental Employees’ Association. Leaders of those groups said cutting good for 10 more benefits would make it harder to hire correctional officers, years. teachers, and others to fill job vacancies. The change will not affect people now working for the state. Senate Republicans pushed for the change to make state em- ployees’ retirement benefits similar to benefits private-sector employees receive. Tamika Walker Kelly, president of the N.C. Association of Educators, said the change will make it hard to attract educators. “It does make it harder to recruit younger millennial teachers Please see STATE/2A COVID Who’s bill NEWSMAKERS OF next to waits for THE YEAR take the Trump vaccine By Andrew Taylor THE ASSOCIATED PRESS shot? WASHINGTON — After months of Washington By John Hanna and gridlock, Congress is set to Mike Stobbe vote on a $900 billion pan- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS demic relief package, fi- nally delivering NEW YORK — A federal ad- long-sought cash to busi- visory panel recommended nesses and individuals as Sunday that people 75 and well as resources to vacci- older and essential workers nate a nation confronting a like firefighters, teachers and frightening surge in grocery store workers should COVID-19 cases and be next in line for COVID-19 deaths. Lawmakers tacked Hospital staff Caregivers shots, while a second vaccine on thousands of pages of began rolling out to hospitals other end-of-session busi- as the nation works to get the ness in a burst of legisla- coronavirus pandemic under tion as Capitol Hill is set to control. close down for the year. The two developments The relief package, came amid a vaccination agreed to on Sunday and program that began only in finally released in bill form the last week and has given Monday afternoon, re- initial shots to about 556,000 mained on track for votes Americans, according to the in Congress on Monday. It Centers for Disease Control would establish a tempo- and Prevention. The COVID- rary $300 per week sup- 19 vaccine developed by plemental jobless benefit Pfizer Inc. and Germany’s and a $600 direct stimulus BioNTech already is being payment to most Ameri- distributed, and regulators cans, along with a new last week gave approval to round of subsidies for the one from Moderna Inc. hard-hit businesses and Retail employees Housekeepers that began shipping Sunday. money for schools, health Earlier this month, the Ad- care providers and renters Whew, 2020 is almost over! visory Committee on Immu- facing eviction. While most of us can’t wait to see the year leave, COVID-19 taught us a lot about ourselves – nization Practices said health care workers and nursing The 5,593-page legisla- the good and the bad. The Tribune salutes those who put their health on the line every day to tion — the longest bill in home residents — about 24 memory and probably ever serve the needs of others. We can’t name you all, but you are an inspiration and the true news- million people — should be — came together Sunday makers of the year. at the very front of the line after months of battling, for the vaccines. Sunday’s posturing and postelection vote by the panel was who negotiating that reined in a should be next in line, and by number of Democratic de- a vote of 13-1, it decided that mands as the end of the it should be people 75 and congressional session ap- older, who number about 20 proached. President-elect million, as well as certain Joe Biden was eager for a front-line workers, who total deal to deliver long- about 30 million. Durham finds code The essential workers in- awaited help to suffering people and a boost to the clude firefighters and police; economy, even though it teachers and school staff; was less than half the size violations in apartment units those working in food, agri- that Democrats wanted in cultural and manufacturing the fall. Biden praised the By Bonitta Best sectors; corrections workers; U.S. Postal Service employ- bipartisan spirit that pro- [email protected] ees; public transit workers; duced the measure, which Residents at Garden Terrace he called “just the begin- and grocery store workers. Apartments in Durham got the They are considered at very ning.” chance to have their say before Treasury Secretary high risk of infection be- city officials this week. cause their jobs are critical Steven Mnuchin, a key ne- Members of the Garden Ter- gotiator, said on CNBC and require them to be in race Tenants Union spoke at a regular contact with other Monday morning that the housing code violations hear- direct payments would people. It’s not clear how ing hosted by the Department long it will take to vaccinate begin arriving in bank ac- of Neighborhood Improve- counts next week. Demo- those groups. Vaccine doses ment Services. have come out slower than crats acknowledged it So far, city code enforcement wasn’t as robust a relief earlier projections. But, at officers have found 113 code the same time, some experts package as they initially violations in 17 of the 55 units. sought — or, they say, the noted that not everyone who Residents have complained for is recommended to get vac- country needs. House months about mold, rotting Speaker Nancy Pelosi cinated may choose to get a walls, pest infestations and shot. vowed more to come once other health safety issues. Biden takes office. “It is a The committee also voted “One of the reasons we are FILE first step,” she said. “We that behind those groups here is that we want to con- should be people aged 65 to have to do more.” tinue educating people about Residents at Garden Terrace Apartments rally at the property The final agreement 74, numbering about 30 mil- what we are fighting for as a management’s office in Raleigh last month. lion; those aged 16 to 64 with would be the largest tenant union,” said union spending measure yet. It with us, to promise that he will conditions and racism. Ten- medical conditions like obes- leader Fany Sarmineto. “We ity and cancer who are at combined $900 billion for know there are limits to what not evict a single neighbor and ants say Dayan began to make COVID-19 relief with a $1.4 that he will not raise the rent at some repairs after their ac- higher risk if they get COVID- the city can do to defend ten- 19, numbering as many as trillion governmentwide ant rights. We know that the this time, which is a very diffi- tions caused code enforce- funding plan and lots of cult time for many. We know ment officers to begin 110 million; and a tier of city can force the landlord to other essential workers. This other unrelated measures make certain repairs, but that the city cannot force the land- inspecting the units. He did on taxes, health, infras- lord to make these commit- not attend Monday’s hearing. group of as many as 57 mil- it cannot force the landlord to lion includes a wide category tructure and education. do it in a way that ensures that ments, but we want officials Sarmineto asked NIS staff at The governmentwide and people in NIS to under- the hearing to continue their of food service and utility no one will be evicted. workers but also those in funding would keep the “We know that the city can- stand the importance of our inspections. The worst was yet government open through fight and our efforts.” to come. legal and financial jobs and not protect us from rent hikes the media. September. at a moment's notice, another Garden Terrace landlord Jo- “There are units that you Passage neared as coro- nathan Dayan was confronted have not yet been able to in- The expert panel’s rec- significant threat to us. We ommendation next goes to have asked the landlord to last month in Raleigh by fam- spect that are in worse con- Plase see COVID/2A come to the table to negotiate ilies protesting the unlivable Please see VIOLATIONS/2A Please see VACCINE/2A

Index 5007 South Park Drive, Publisher: Gerald O. Johnson Suite 200-G Managing Editor/Sports Editor: Bonitta Best News 1A Religion 5A Durham, NC 27713 Advertising: Linda Johnson Classifieds 4A Sports 6A (919) 688-9408 [email protected] Focus 8A © 2020 The Triangle Tribune www.triangletribune.com 2A NEWS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, December 27, 2020 Congress rushes toward vote on COVID relief bill Continued from page 1A tion that omitted direct bonus jobless benefit was navirus cases and deaths payments, supplemental half the supplemental fed- spiked and evidence piled unemployment benefits eral unemployment benefit up that the economy was and food aid, among other provided under the $1.8 struggling. The legislation priorities. Negotiations billion CARES Act in March had been held up by only turned serious in re- and would be limited to 11 months of dysfunction and cent weeks as failure was weeks instead of 16 weeks. bad faith. But talks turned no longer an option and as The direct $600 stimulus serious in recent days as time was running out. payment was also half the lawmakers on both sides On direct payments, the March payment, subject to finally faced the deadline bill provides $600 to indi- the same income limits in of acting before leaving viduals making up to which an individual’s pay- $75,000 per year and ment phases out after Washington for Christmas. COURTESY The final bill bore ample $1,200 to couples making $75,000. resemblance to a $1 trillion up to $150,000, with pay- The CARES Act was cred- Michael Denning speaks during a Zoom meeting. summertime package put ments phased out for ited with keeping the econ- together by Senate Repub- higher incomes. An ad- omy from falling off a cliff lican leaders, which failed ditional $600 payment will during widespread lock- Black male community to excite many GOP sena- be made per dependent downs in the spring, but tors. child, similar to the last Republicans controlling As talks stalemated, Re- round of relief payments in the Senate cited debt con- college students share their publicans pulled back to a the spring. cerns in pushing against smaller, $500 billion posi- The $300 per week Democratic demands. educational journeys By Emily Thomas munity College, attending gating a system that was Wake Early College of unfamiliar to him. “You’re EdNC Health Sciences gave him fresh out of high school or People over 75, essential Christopher St-Hilaire the chance to earn college fresh off the workforce, dropped out of high school credit while in high school. and you’re now in a differ- at 15 years old. He spent a Denning earned a nursing ent system that you might good deal of time just assistant certification, an not necessarily know a lot workers next for vaccines doing whatever he wanted, associate of science, and about. That was kind of the Continued from page 1A including playing video an associate of arts. He biggest challenge for me,” the CDC director and to states as guidance to put together vaccination programs. CDC games until four or five in transferred to a four-year he said. directors have almost always signed off on committee recommendations. No matter the morning. But at some university and earned a Johnson-Graham said his what the CDC says, there will be differences from state to state, because various health point St-Hilaire realized bachelor’s of science in roadblocks occurred in the departments have different ideas about who should be closer to the front of the line. that he wanted to make public health and a classroom. “I had trouble, Federal officials expect that vaccine doses will be limited for several months. CDC something of himself. master’s in business ad- especially with subjects officials say up to 20 million are projected to start getting shots this month, another “I knew I needed to go ministration. After taking a like Spanish, English, writ- 30 million next month, and 50 million in February. That’s 100 million out of a pop- back and start over again, year off, Denning went on ing, and math — especially ulation of more than 330 million. and the first step in that to Columbia University, math. That was definitely Pfizer’s shots were first shipped out a week ago and started being used the next day, process was getting my earning a master’s in pub- one of my biggest road- kicking off the nation’s biggest vaccination drive. GED,” said St-Hilaire. His lic health. Now, he is a first- blocks,” he said. Public health experts say the shots — and others in the pipeline — are the only way restart began at Central year medical student at the For McLean and St-Hi- to stop a virus that has been spreading wildly. Nationwide, more than 219,000 people Piedmont Community Col- Brody School of Medicine. laire, their roadblocks were per day on average test positive for the virus, which has killed over 316,000 in the lege, where he eventually Like Denning, Johnson- more personal. McLean’s U.S. and nearly 1.7 million worldwide. graduated with an associ- Graham’s community col- chronic health problems ate degree. Now, St-Hilaire lege experience started in and St-Hilaire’s perfection- is a first-year transfer stu- high school. Johnson-Gra- ism were challenges that dent at Princeton Univer- ham earned his associate could have hindered their sity. of arts and later trans- completion. But com- On Dec. 10, St-Hilaire ferred to East Carolina Uni- munity college faculty and State’s new hires not joined three other pan- versity to pursue a staff helped remove some elists — Michael Denning, communication degree. of those roadblocks, they Xavier Johnson-Graham, When the pandemic hit, he said. Each of them credited eligible for benefits and Jordan McLean — to returned to Nash Com- the community college discuss the African Ameri- munity College and is now with helping them grow Continued from page 1A Rogers, executive director der time getting folks can male student perspec- working on a credential in and make progress. into the profession,” she of the N.C. Retired Govern- hired.” tive at North Carolina broadcast technology and “At the community col- said. mental Employees’ Associ- State Treasurer Dale Fol- community colleges. production. lege, I had tons of teachers Kelly said if she were a ation. The change will well maintained in 2017 Hosted by APCO World- Each of the men stated that knew me by name, new teacher accepting a make it more likely that that the state employee wide and moderated by that finances played a role knew my face. And they job in 2021, it would be a people will work for the health plan had billions in APCO consultant Demet- in their decision-making are always there to help. hard decision knowing that state for a short time to estimated future costs out- rius Deloatch, panelists process. For McLean, a cur- One thing I love about teachers hired in 2020 gain experience, then pacing revenue. In a state- gathered online to facili- rent student and student community colleges is that have better retirement move on to higher-paying ment, Folwell said he tate a peer-to-peer conver- government association teachers take not only their benefits. private-sector jobs, he didn’t know the change sation about why vice president at Fay- personal time, but their in- The NCAE wants to re- said. was in the budget and fol- community colleges can be etteville Technical Com- structional time to pause store state retiree health “A few years under your lowed the law as it passed. a good choice for students munity College, finances the class and help you with care “so we can continue to belt and off you go,” “Our focus has been on right now. made FTCC a top choice. something you may be draw the best and the Rogers said. That happens the IT implementation of Success in higher educa- “It was a more practical op- struggling with,” said brightest to the state of now, but the lost retiree the law, which had a nearly tion can lead to stable and tion because of cost and Johnson-Graham. North Carolina and honor benefit will make it even 3 year runway,” he wrote. rewarding careers — sig- transportation. And, at the St-Hilaire admitted he the years of service they harder for the state to re- “I have not seen a fiscal nificant during a time same time, I could do com- was an introvert and the are going to put in,” she tain quality employees, he note on the impact. For old when the economy is in munity college and be at small class sizes were per- said. said. and new employees, our flux. But across the nation, home as much as possible fect for him. “It’s such a The lost health benefit Rogers said there’s a focus is on maintaining the community colleges are to deal with health con- great environment for you will make it less likely that chance the benefit will be pension and healthcare facing declining enroll- cerns, not just for myself, to develop a relationship new employees will con- restored. “Give it a year or plan for the next genera- ments. And in North Caro- but also for my family,” he with your professors. sider careers in govern- two,” he said. “It will come tion of public service lina, the largest declines in said. There are a few just com- ment service, said Richard back up. We’ll have a har- workers.” enrollment are among Many students attending ing to mind now that I am Black males. community colleges ex- still in contact with today,” The four panelists are all perience barriers that im- he said. current students or gradu- pede their progress, Just before the panel dis- ates of North Carolina whether those are the cussion wrapped, a college community colleges. They entry into college, class- administrator asked about Code violations in Durham all have different reasons room work or completion. the most effective out- why they decided to start Deloatch asked each pan- reach methods for the their academic careers at a elist if they had experi- Black community. apartment complex community college. enced any roadblocks “Start early. Start early. For Denning, a graduate during their college career. Start early,” said Denning. Continued from page 1A of Wake Technical Com- For Denning, it was navi- dition than the ones you have seen,” he said. “We hope that you will continue to pay attention because we are in an important fight to expand tenant rights, which the city must find ways to support. What we win in this fight, other tenants will see and they will begin to believe that they, too, can fight to defend and expand their rights.” Dayan has until Jan. 8 to fix the code violations. If not, the NIS will issue its own deadline to make all repairs or face fines and possibly criminal charges. Ex-Tuskegee Airman dies at age 99 Childhood intervention can The Associated Press LYNCHBURG, Va. — Al- fred Thomas Farrar, a prevent ‘deaths of despair’ former Tuskegee Airman, died last week in Virginia STAFF REPORTS search Group that created intervention began when only days before a cere- DURHAM – Mortality the Fast Track program. children were in first grade mony planned to honor his rates among young adults “We knew that the Fast and continued for 10 service in the program that are rising in the United Track intervention was years. Participants are now famously trained Black States due in part to successful at reducing ag- reaching their mid- to late military pilots during “deaths of despair” – pre- gression in childhood and 30s.” World War II. He was 99. ventable deaths from sui- reducing criminal arrests Participants were drawn Farrar's son, Roy, told cide, drug overdoses and in early adulthood,” Dodge from high-risk elementary The Associated Press on alcohol-related liver dis- said. “What this latest schools in Durham; Nash- Sunday that his father died ease. An intensive child- study demonstrates is that ville, Tennessee; rural at his Lynchburg home. Al- hood intervention program this early intervention also Pennsylvania; and Seattle, fred Farrar would have called Fast Track could has positive impact in in- Washington. Starting in turned 100 years old on help reduce these deaths creasing hope and reduc- first grade, students were Dec. 26. by reducing risky behav- ing behaviors of despair.” randomly assigned to Farrar left his Lynchburg iors in adolescence and Factors contributing to either receive Fast Track or hometown for Tuskegee, young adulthood, finds deaths of despair include be followed as a control Alabama, after graduating new research from Duke hopelessness, cynicism, group. from high school to begin about his time as a Tuske- the council's “troop rally” University and the Con- poor interpersonal skills, The findings show lower his aviation training in gee Airman. on Christmas Day. duct Problems Prevention and conflict and failure in rates of “behaviors of de- 1941. “It was the next best “It was just something “In spite of tremendous Research Group. social relationships. Many spair” in young adulthood thing to do,” Farrar had that he did at the time, that discrimination, these “To reduce deaths of de- of these factors originate for Fast Track participants told The News & Advance was needed at the time,” young American men and spair, we must prevent the during childhood and are than for the control group. in a story that ran last Roy Farrar said. women served their nation hopelessness and destruc- ripe for preventive inter- Among young people ages week. After his discharge in with distinction and tive behaviors that often vention, Dodge said. 15 to 25, the Fast Track in- Farrar learned to be a 1943, Alfred Farrar studied opened the door of oppor- lead to these deaths,” said “We designed the Fast tervention was linked with pilot during his time in U.S. to be an aerospace engi- tunity for many other study co-author Kenneth A. Track program to improve significantly lower rates of Army Air Corps program neer and worked as an Americans,” the council Dodge, the William McDou- emotional awareness and suicidal ideation or but didn't fly any combat engineer with the Federal said in a statement. gall Distinguished Profes- interpersonal competence thoughts of suicide. Within missions overseas, accord- Aviation Administration Roy Farrar said several sor of Public Policy Studies among children at high the control group, 24.3% ing to his son. for four decades. planes are expected to fly at Duke’s Sanford School of risk for peer conflict, anti- reported suicidal ideation, Roy Farrar said he was WFXR-TV reports that the over a separate memorial Public Policy. Dodge is a social and delinquent be- compared with only 16.3% proud of his father's serv- Lynchburg Area Veterans ceremony for his father on member of the Conduct haviors, and life-course of Fast Track participants – ice but doesn't remember Council plans to honor Far- his birthday. Problems Prevention Re- failure,” Dodge said. “The a 45.1% difference. him having much to say rar and his service during 3A NEWS/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, December 27, 2020

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I dreaded what I back of Mr. Castle's house that we all left feeling up- might see but wanted to to sing to he and his wife. lifted by them. wish her a Merry Christ- His wife came to the door 10th anniversary of inspiring film This week I walked to the mas. Knocking on the win- and greeted us with a smile back of a local nursing dow I was delighted that By Diana Chandler children 10 years ago, that new film. The pastor ex- and was gracious. We sang home to look through a she was sitting up and BAPTIST PRESS would process the movie ecutive produced “Coura- to her when suddenly, window to see a friend. Ms. started laughing and wav- and those principles differ- geous” and other through the window, we Southard is 99. My wife and ing at me. We exchanged ALBANY, Ga. — They cer- ently, because of their new Sherwood Pictures offer- saw her husband appear in I visited in her home re- Merry Christmas the best emoniously took an oath to role and perspective on ings produced before the the family room with a big cently. She was agile, men- we could yelling through a be men of courage. The children.” Kendrick Brothers ex- towel around his body. tally sharp and dancing window. While I almost 2011 movie “Courageous” With Sony Pictures on panded their filmmaking He obviously had just around like she always wanted to cry seeing her ended with the lead cast of board, the Kendrick ministry beyond the gotten out of the shower. does. Her attitude always there, I was so encouraged fathers in various stages of Brothers wrote new scenes, church, with their pastor’s He came into his family uplifts us. by her good spirit. fulfilling their new vow to filmed them in October blessing. Their latest room unknowing that 20 She did say on that very The spirit of Christmas is God and their families. and are in the post-produc- movies, including 2015’s carolers had all eyes on day we were there, "I don't inside you. This spirit is Officer tion phase of the updated “War Room” and the “Over- him. Several of the women want to end up in a nursing greater than you and I, and Adam film. The original Coura- comer” in 2019, were pro- began to chuckle. I just home. I told my son I don't pulls us through the awk- Mitchell geous has been re-edited to duced independent of knew we were all about to ever want to be in one," she ward and the very difficult was be- flow more quickly, new Sherwood Church, al- see something we had not said. Two weeks later, times of life. The Christmas coming a cinematic shots have been though Alex, Stephen and planned on. while closing her curtains, season we celebrate is one more added, deleted scenes have Shannon Kendrick are still Sitting down on his sofa, she made an awkward step, of hope and celebration. present been reborn and new tech- active members of the con- he put his feet up and was fell and broke her leg. Sur- The story of Jesus is the father nology has been utilized in gregation. preparing to relax. The vol- gery was required and also story of God's hope coming for his the production. Courageous earned more ume of laughter from a rehabilitation. Her insur- to us in the little baby a 15-year- The new movie will ad- than $35 million at box of- couple of his adult friends ance plan would not pay long time ago. 2020 has old son dress some of the current fices worldwide and more grew louder when Mr. Cas- for her to go to the local re- certainly been a year we've Dylan. Officer Nathan law enforcement struggles than $22 million in domes- tle looked up and saw us. habilitation hospital but in- needed hope. Hayes had instilled in his and societal crises, Ken- tic video sales, according to He immediately made an stead put her where she 2021 is going to be a teenage daughter Jade her drick said, but will prima- TheNumbers.com movie "Oh no" expression while never wanted to be, a nurs- better year. Vaccines for worth and had begun to rily address timeless earnings tracking site. shaking his head a bit and ing home. COVID-19 are coming. mentor the fatherless boy concerns of fatherhood Sherwood Pictures’ earn- jumped up and departed Jade wanted to date. and discipleship. “We do ings from several Kendrick Rookie cop David Thom- address some law enforce- Brothers’ films have fi- son acknowledged and ment issues … where it is nanced church ministry began to care for his out- applicable to what’s going and outreaches. AROUND THE TRIANGLE of-wedlock daughter. Of- on in culture,” he said, “but “The church has used RALEIGH 11:30 a.m. Register at theater.com. ficer Shane Fuller’s greed we don’t name any groups their percentage (of earn- ENTREPRENEURS eventbrite.com. landed him in prison, and per se officially, only be- ings) for ministry and for NC IDEA FOUNDATION is DURHAM the officers’ comical friend cause … we didn’t do that outreach, and for things accepting applications for ART WALK TAXES Javier Martinez was enjoy- 10 years ago. … and be- that everyone would be its NC IDEA LABS, a four- Illuminate Art Walk in Need help with your ing a promotion at work. cause we’re hoping that the proud of,” Kendrick said. week program for entre- downtown Raleigh runs property taxes? Durham Moviegoers will see the impact of this film still has “‘Flywheel,’ ‘Facing the Gi- preneurs. Deadline: Jan. 3. through Jan. 8. Visit has several programs for fathers’ progress in “Cou- life in it for years to come.” ants,’ ‘Fireproof,’ “Coura- Visit www.ncidea.org. www.DowntownRaleigh.or assistance. Visit rageous the Legacy The Kendrick Brothers geous,” those belong to g/Illuminate. www.dconc.gov. Edition,” the film’s 10th will present as a comple- Sherwood Baptist Church. CHAMBER anniversary update The ment to the movie the doc- When my brothers and I Raleigh Chamber will WINTER DRIVE HEALTH Kendrick Brothers and umentary “Show Me the wrote and produced those, host a virtual Business Fathers Forever is hold- “Understanding and Re- Sherwood Pictures will re- Father,” presenting true we were on staff at Sher- After Hours networking ing a Winter Drive for versing Diabetes, Heart lease next September with stories of people’s relation- wood Baptist Church.” session Jan. 11, 4:30-5:30 gently used men’s items: Disease, and Most Chronic a new ending. ships with their earthly With Sherwood Pictures p.m. Register by Jan. 4 at coats, scarves, socks and Illnesses” webinar is Jan. “We had a conversation father and the heavenly earnings, Kendrick said, raleighchamber.org. gloves. Drop off at 3029- 14, 6:30-7:45 p.m. Register about the fact that the Father. “Show Me the Sherwood Baptist founded 105 Stony Brook Drive or at principles in Courageous, Father” will be a separate and operates the 82-acre HANDGUNS Headquarters Barbershop, https://niehs.nih.gov/wha especially for fatherhood, theatrical release next year, Legacy Park for youth Introduction to Hand- 5720 Capital Blvd. Visit d. Deadline: Jan. 13. were just as applicable Kendrick said. sports and Christian dis- guns class is Jan. 7, 6-9 www.afatherforever.com. today as when the movie Dougherty County law cipleship, and the Hope p.m., Eagle One Firing COAT DRIVE was released a decade enforcement is still utilized Center outreach to the Range. Register at book- CARY Welcome Baby is hosting ago,” director and actor in the movie, and Sher- homeless and needy, both when.com/e3personalde- THEATER its annual coat drive now Alex Kendrick said. “And, wood Pictures, a ministry in Albany. The church sup- fense. Pure Life Theatre pres- through Jan. 8, Durham in many circumstances, of Sherwood Baptist ports many International ents a virtual musical the- County Cooperative Exten- you had a new generation Church under the leader- Mission Board mission- FORUM ater with original music sion Building, 721 Foster of fathers that did not have ship of Senior Pastor Mi- aries. The annual Economic from Nate Jacobs’ Motown St. Call (919) 560-7150. chael Catt, will own the Forecast Forum will be Christmas through Jan. 3. held virtually Jan. 7, 9- Get tickets at thecary- Regular church attenders have better mental health By Scott Barkley He cited “the enormity of complexities COVID has BAPTIST PRESS problems” that have accu- brought to pastors and mulated in 2020 and said A recent Gallup study re- churches, has led to a they have had an effect on veals a connection be- growing concern for the people’s mental health and tween regular church state of mental health FIND certainty in brought a lot of “firsts,” attendance and a positive among ministers. himself included. “It’s not self-evaluation of one’s The stress can affect mar- just COVID,” Jones said. mental health. The study, riages as well, said Tate “Here in the South, we’ve published Dec. 7, focused Cockrell, associate profes- had 30 named storms and on 76% of its respondents sor of counseling and di- uncertain times. six hurricanes come our classifying their current rector of D.Min. Studies at way. Three have ham- mental health as excellent Southeastern Baptist Theo- mered Louisiana. The most When faced with times like these, or good. logical Seminary. “COVID recent one, Zeta, moved Since the poll’s inception has revealed many of the the fastest. I was standing anxiety about the future can in 2001, that answer had marital dysfunctions cou- out in the middle of that stayed in the 81% to 89% ples were able to cover up one … never had done that easily take hold. It’s why WUNC is percent range. This year when they were working before.” marked a nine-point drop and busy, not forced to be A firestorm of a presiden- committed to providing fact-based from 2019 and the lowest around each other,” he tial election, cultural up- point in the study’s history said. heaval and historic fire news that helps keep you informed for that category. “Crisis in your overall life devastation in California – Demographic break- reveals the strength of your all during a worldwide pan- and eases fear of the unknown. downs of the study show marriage [as well as] demic – have contributed the largest decrease among strengths and weaknesses to the difficulties of main- For North Carolinians who seek to Republicans and those in your relationships. taining positive mental who seldom or never at- COVID has peeled back the health. Most Americans make sense of their current world, tend religious services. The glossy veneer and revealed still consider their mental only group of respondents how many of them are not health as excellent (34%) or WUNC is the trusted source they who reported a better men- strong. Now, when people good (42%) instead of fair tal health outlook were are having to make life (18%) or poor (5%). Ho- can always rely on. those who attend religious decisions day in and day wever, another Gallup services weekly. out, it creates stress. I study released in May said That stems from having a thought my marriage coun- that American adults who personal relationship with seling would drop off dur- characterize their life as Christ, said Ian Jones, asso- ing this time, but I’ve never “thriving” had dropped to ciate dean of the Division been busier.” 46.4%, matching the low of Counseling at New Or- Jones said the isolation point of November 2008 leans Baptist Theological brought about by the pan- during the Great Recession. Seminary. Jones was quick demic has exacerbated For Christians, a growing to point out, though, that mental health issues for marginalization of this pertains to those con- some. “Genesis 1-3 is clear wunc.org churches is another con- sistently growing in their in that we were built to re- tributor to stress. In re- faith and maintaining con- late to one another,” he sponse to the pandemic, tact with other Christians. said. “Our health is deter- governments in Nevada “We have hope in what are mined by our relationship and California, for in- normally hopeless situ- with God and our relation- stance, have levied what re- ations,” he said. “Research ship to our neighbor.” ligious liberty advocates shows that Christians are When Christians don’t claim is an unbalanced ap- going to be more hopeful gather together, it becomes plication of the law regard- and less depressed, but it’s difficult to carry each ing churches and other those who have an active other’s burdens. “Unfor- establishments such as ca- faith and active conver- tunately, that can have last- sinos. sations with God.” ing effects,” he said. That, plus the myriad of

Happy New Year! from The Triangle Tribune HBCU WWW.TRIANGLETRIBUNE.COM sports The Triangle hang TRIBUNE tough in Sports SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2020 – PAGE 6A COVID This is normally the week I count down the top 10 HBCU COLLEGE CORNER sports moments of the year. DI player But a virus called COVID-19 changed all that. Entire sports seasons have been wiped out, transfers athletic budgets shredded along with staff furloughs and layoffs. And for every game that’s played, two more are now either canceled or postponed. Still, for those of us for- tunate enough to cover HBCU immediate sports, there’s no such thing as a bad year. No top 10, but By Michelle Brutlag Hosick we were never bored. NCAA.org The CIAA and SIAC managed to finish their basketball tour- The Division I Council granted naments before COVID can- a blanket waiver allowing all celed the MEAC transfer student-athletes to com- and SWAC. pete immediately this season if Fayetteville specific criteria are met. In order State women de- to be eligible for the waiver, the feated Bowie student-athletes must meet the State for their following conditions: first CIAA title * They must be enrolled full since 2012. time at the school for the fall (Yeah, seems like COURTESY 2020 term. BONITTA a lifetime ago, * It must be the first transfer BEST doesn’t it?) The from a four-year school. conference was * The student-athlete must looking to send No worries about have left their previous school in four women’s teams to the good standing academically and NCAA Division II Tournament: not facing disciplinary suspen- FSU, Bowie State, Lincoln (Pa.) sion. and Virginia Union. The Aggie-Eagle Classic * Both the head coach and the women really rocked it last student-athlete must certify that season. impermissible recruiting did not Meanwhile, Virginia Union The rivalry continues! of winter and spring sports ever lie on those things?) take place. coach AnnMarie Gilbert North Carolina Central until March 1. The sports Proof that we completed The waiver applies only to stu- shocked Panther Nation by and North Carolina A&T are women’s and men’s the form. The usual face dents who transferred from leaving for Division I Detroit signed a 10-year football basketball, golf, track and mask and temperature another Division I school, not Mercy. Gilbert led VUU to five agreement through 2030. field, baseball and softball. check. No floor level seat- from other NCAA divisions or postseason tournaments in CC is sure you ALL know If the conference decides ing. No face-to-face inter- schools outside the NCAA. The five seasons. that the Aggies are leaving to cancel all activities, each views. Certainly no regular transfer waiver process is On the men’s side, Winston- the MEAC in June for the Big institution will still have the concessions, and so on. In available to non-Division I trans- Salem State and Fayetteville South Conference. Natu- option to participate inde- other words, CC will be re- fer student-athletes. State played a thriller of a rally, fans were worried if pendently to keep contrac- porting from home, which “The Council continued its final. The Rams pulled out the the contest would continue, tual obligations and not get we think will make some trend of voting in favor of maxi- one-point win on two free although we weren’t. Who’s sued. folks very happy. mum flexibility for student-ath- throws by Robert Colon with going to discontinue their “In light of the fluid and letes during the pandemic,” said 4.6 seconds left and giving top moneymaker, eh? dynamic nature of unfold- Over H-E-R-E! Council chair M. Grace Calhoun, second-year coach Cleo Hill Jr. “I know there have been ing COVID-19 related devel- In case you were in a cave athletic director at Pennsylvania. his second career CIAA cham- some concerns about opments, this decision was last week, billionaire phi- “Allowing transfer student-ath- pionship. His first was at whether this great tradition primarily informed by a de- lanthropist MacKenzie Scott letes to compete immediately Shaw. of North Carolina A&T sire to protect the health gave away more of her mil- will provide additional opportu- Alfonza Carter retired as meeting North Carolina and safety of SIAC student- lions to almost 400 organi- nities to student-athletes during Shaw’s athletic director, but Central on the gridiron athletes, staff and stake- zations, including 17 this continued difficult time, and not before hiring former would continue with our holders, while also HBCUs. Now, if we can just perhaps allow games to be WSSU-Hampton-Maryland move to a new conference attempting to preserve crit- get her to notice the black played that otherwise might not Eastern Shore men’s basket- this fall,” said A&T Athletic ically important opportuni- media. have been.” ball coach Bobby Collins. Director Earl Hilton. “I am ties for student-athletes to Anyway, kudos to the Applicable to all sports, the Another Ram joined the Bears happy to say that this tradi- resume conference compe- HBCUs, and hopefully no- waiver was initially proposed by athletic department when tion is alive and well. We tition at some point going body will forget it’s for the the Women’s Basketball Coaches WSSU associate AD George look forward to this game forward," said SIAC Com- institution and not their Association and was supported Knox replaced Carter at the each year. Aggies have a lot missioner Gregory Moore. personal bank account: by the Men’s and Women’s Bas- helm. of friends and family who "The SIAC will continue to * Alcorn State ketball Oversight Committees, (All starting to come back to are Eagles, and Eagles have closely monitor devel- * Bowie State the Student-Athlete Experience you now, eh?) a lot of friends and family opments and make further * Claflin University Committee and the National As- In the MEAC, North Carolina who are Aggies. It is truly a adjustments as may be re- * Clark Atlanta sociation of Basketball Coaches. Central women pulled the tri- family feud.” quired.” * Dillard University Providing immediate eligibility fecta against rival North Caro- The home team will alter- * Elizabeth State for these students could help lina A&T by defeating the Lady nate each year, starting in Clothing optional * Lincoln (Pa.) University teams if their rosters are im- Aggies three times – the third Greensboro on Sept. 25, NCCU’s first home basket- * Norfolk State pacted by the COVID-19 pan- time in the quarterfinals of the 2021. ball game was last weekend. * N.C. A&T State demic. MEAC Tournament, which A few days before the * Virginia State Student-athletes also sup- sent them to their first tour- SIAC postpones season contest, CC received a list * Prairie View A&M ported the waiver. “We are ney semifinal since DI reclas- Unlike its HBCU Division II of do’s and don’ts by the * Morgan State thrilled at the passing of the sification. counterpart, the Southern athletics department. It * Winston-Salem State blanket waiver as we believe it is But the men had everyone’s Intercollegiate Athletic Con- took us two days to read it * Delaware State in line with DI SAAC in ensuring attention. After defeating ference is not giving up on all. * Maryland Eastern Shore that all of our student-athletes NCA&T to win the regular sea- the spring ’21 season just A few guideline samples * Tougaloo College have the best opportunity to son title, the Eagles were the yet. are an online health screen- * Voorhees College thrive both academically and ath- favorite to win a program- The conference an- ing questionnaire on the letically,” said Council member record fourth straight cham- nounced a delay in the start day of the event. (Do people Caroline Lee, former soccer stu- pionship. Then an automatic dent-athlete at Southeastern Lou- berth to the NCAA and maybe, isiana. “In a time of great finally, hopefully, a first tour- uncertainty amidst the COVID-19 ney win. But it was not to be. pandemic, we feel it is in our best The virus kept growing; interest to grant immediate eligi- George Floyd, Breonna Taylor bility for those who have trans- and Ahmaud Arbery – among ferred in order to best support too many others – were mur- MEAC to induct 5 into HOF their mental health and well- dered and suddenly sports being.” didn’t seem all that important. By Bonitta Best Support among other groups For a while. People can take [email protected] impacted by the change was only so much tragedy before The MEAC Basketball mixed. The Working Group on needing an escape. Tournament is still a go, and Transfers, which has proposed Then a 6-foot-11, 19-year- so is its 2021 Hall of Fame changing the base rule to allow old, five-star recruit born in Induction Ceremony – albeit student-athletes in all sports to the South Sudan and raised in virtually. Five members will compete immediately, supported California named Makur be enshrined during tourney the waiver and noted it was the Maker announced he was at- week next March. same as the change the group tending Howard University on The class: had proposed to the waiver pro- a basketball scholarship. The * Lamin Drammeh, South cess in February. first five-star recruit at an Carolina State: Drammeh The American Association of HBCU in 40 years. All of a sud- was a five-time MEAC cham- Baseball Coaches supported the den, HBCUs became the pion in the men’s long waiver. The men’s ice hockey “black” thing to do. jump. He is a two-time coaches did not, noting the low But not even Maker could Olympian, representing his number of transfers in the sport the Year that season. Harri- sive lineman for the Hornets compete with the “Prime native Gambia, West Africa, and their lack of support for son was recently named to from 1988-91 before em- Time” show that was about to in the 1996 Games in At- changing the rule. Likewise, the the MEAC 50th Anniversary barking on an eight-year NFL invade the SWAC’s Jackson lanta and the 2000 Games in Football Oversight Committee All-Time Football Team. career. He was a First Team State. Sydney, Australia. Drammeh observed the change would come * Lauren McCoy, Bethune- All-American as named by Deion Sanders’ hiring set the is the current school record- too late to affect most Football Cookman: McCoy recorded the Associated Press, Walter HBCU world on fire. The press holder in the outdoor long Bowl Subdivision schools. All three 20-win seasons as Camp and Sheridan Black conference alone was worth jump and once held the other sports already can compete Wildcats softball became a College in 1991. Milstead the price of admission. school record in the indoor immediately after their first MEAC dynasty and made was drafted by the Dallas While some initially blew off long jump. transfer, provided conditions are NCAA history in 2005. That Cowboys in the fifth round Sanders’ hire as a publicity * Demetrius Harrison, met. season, the Lady Wildcats of the 1992 NFL Draft. He stunt, he has since hired a N.C. A&T State: the Aggies’ The Council modified the pro- advanced to the NCAA Super played in Cleveland, San football staff with an impres- all-time leader in career posal it will vote on in January Regional, winning the Francisco and Washington, sive pedigree, and snagged tackles with 497, and sec- that would allow all student-ath- Gainesville Regional before and won Super Bowl XXIX in the best FCS recruiting class ond-most in MEAC history, letes access to the one-time losing 1-0 to Texas. McCoy 1995 with the 49ers. He was ever by an HBCU on signing was a two-time defensive transfer exception. The modifica- threw five no-hitters in her recently named to the MEAC day. player of the year (1988, tion specifies that midyear trans- career, including two perfect 50th Anniversary All-Time With basketball and football 1989). As a junior, Harrison fer student-athletes in sports that games, and had an ERA of Football Team. seasons either shortened, can- was named First Team All- do not already have a midyear 1.70 or lower in each of her * Allen Suber, B-CU: The celed or postponed, it may not American by the Associated transfer restriction would not be three seasons. McCoy ended 2002 and ‘03 MEAC offen- have been your typical banner Press, and led the confer- subject to the notification of her B-CU career with 456 sive player of the year, HBCU sports year, but it sure ence in tackles in both 1988 dates. The Council also granted a strikeouts and 28 shutouts. Suber was a two-time All- beats the heck out of covering and ‘89. He also was named blanket waiver to allow confer- * Rod Milstead, Delaware American and a finalist for anybody else. the Sheridan Black College ences to retain their automatic State: Milstead was an offen- the Walter Payton Award. National Defensive Player of qualification. 7A LIFE/The Triangle Tribune Sunday, December 27, 2020

COURTESY Tina Turner reflects on her STOCK PHOTO life in new picture book Are your employees zoning By Stacy M. Brown documented. Chronicled in Turner writes that she out in Zoom meetings? NNPA NEWSWIRE the blockbuster 1993 auto- “became stronger, more biographical film, “What’s confident, happier, loved,” STAFF REPORTS “Not only were these managers have lost that Love Got to Do with It,” the capturing her three-decade extra obligations not nec- control. At 81, Tina Turner quietly The coronavirus changed famed singer suffered romance with German essary, they didn’t take into * Protest pointless meet- reflects on her “imperfec- the world into a planet of through a violent marriage music executive Erwin account the busier new ings. “Pointless includes in- tions and all” in a telling remote workers, but sev- to Ike Turner. Bach, whom she married in lives of harried workers – viting a whole host of new pictorial autobiogra- eral months into the pan- The unspeakable batter- 2013. many now with home- people to a meeting who phy where she explores her demic some companies ing and sexual assault be- “I wanted to create an at- schooled kids and juggling don’t need to be there,” fashion and artistic expres- and individuals are still sieged upon her by her mosphere of mutual re- schedules with spouses Spraggs said. “Don’t take sions. grappling with the chal- former and late husband spect. I never dressed to also working from home. valuable chunks of work In “That’s My Life,” the lenges of working apart. raised eyebrows within the appeal to the men in the Some remote workforces time away from team Queen of Rock n’ Roll re- Employees have more dis- music industry. audience,” Turner told NBC have transitioned members for a call they flects on growing up in tractions at home and It also gained Turner a News this month. “I wanted smoothly, but a great many don’t need to be on.” Nutbush, Tennessee, and some can find it harder to new generation of adoring to show women that it was need to learn how to ad- * Treat meetings like con- how her hometown be- focus. Questions persist: fans because of what she possible to look glamorous just.” tract discussions. Spraggs came an escape from the Can video conferencing be overcame. Now, her new and exciting without being Drawing from experi- notes that back in the day, harsh realities of her life. as effective as in-person book attempts to focus immodest — that I enjoyed ences she has had advising informal meetings in a “I was the child who al- communicating? Will work- more on her and not the looking good in a way that companies on how to work physical office sometimes ways had scraped knees place culture – and produc- terror heaped upon her was joyous and celebrated remotely and maintain per- allowed employees to shine and tousled hair because I tion – suffer from a lack of during her 18-year mar- my femininity without ex- formance, Spraggs offers in front of their bosses. climbed trees and rolled in traditional human inter- riage to Ike. ploiting it. some tips on getting the “But online loosey-goosey the grass,” the “Private action? The 320-page hardcover “I often had three genera- most out of online meet- meetings without any real Dancer” singer writes. “As “Many companies and book captures Turner’s tions of fans at my con- ings: point don’t get anyone any- an adult, I wanted my employees weren’t pre- vast shoe collection and certs: grandmothers, * Flex your virtual meet- where,” she said. “To ac- clothing to reflect that free pared for this major life wigs. It contains quotes mothers and fathers, teen- ing time. “From managing complish anything of spirit and keep it alive. switch,” said Cynthia from people like Mick agers and children. I hundreds of regional and substance, set a strong Leather, feathers, silk, and Spraggs, a veteran of work- Jagger and Oprah Winfrey wanted everyone to feel global online events, I can agenda and stick to it. Get other natural fibers, ing remotely, author of while chronicling her many comfortable because it was tell you the maximum opinions from everyone. metals, stones and gems, “How To Work From Home collaborations, perform- all about having a good anyone should be in an on- For the introverts not com- make me feel at one with And Actually Get SH*T ances, and what she calls time together.” line meeting is four hours,” fortable with sharing, con- the natural world I love.” Done,” and CEO of Virtira, Turner’s life story is well- her defining moments. Spraggs said. “Two hours is sider implementing a completely virtual com- much better for a maxi- anonymous input forms. pany that helps other busi- mum. 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Otherwise someone companies mandating that When managers ran meet- is going to ask you some- SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE employees eat lunch on ings in a conference room, thing, and there will be that camera or play bar games 2020 has been a tough they could ban phones and dead air as everyone waits with cocktails on Zoom year for nearly everyone, have everyone’s attention. for you to respond.” after an exhausting work- and that may be especially With remote meetings, day. true for retirees and those nearing retirement who suddenly are worried about whether their careful planning and years of sav- ing could be upended by events beyond their con- trol. You are worth more After all, retirement is supposed to be a pleasura- and nights does no good. most people) you receive a ble and satisfying time Instead, focus on actions reduced monthly check. than red 昀ags and when you kick back and you can take to help reduce That could cost you tens of enjoy the fruits of all those some of that stress. Review thousands of dollars over a decades of labor. That’s your financial assets so you long retirement. Con- broken mirrors. difficult to do if you’re jit- truly know where you versely, if your job situ- tery about a volatile stock stand. Those assets might ation is stable but you're market, or you fret over include savings accounts, worried your nest egg is in- Love does not equal every expenditure because investment accounts, re- adequate, consider post- you aren’t sure whether tirement accounts, life in- poning retirement. That your savings can go the surance, real property or will allow you to save more, violence. distance in a lengthy retire- other items. You can’t potentially increase your ment. create a plan unless you Social Security benefits, As this year draws to a know exactly where you and can potentially give close, and we look toward stand, so taking stock of your investments time to 2021, plenty of people still things should be the first recover from temporary There is help and have worries. For them – step. That way you aren’t market declines. and maybe for you – the fu- operating in the dark. * Review your budget ture is uncertain. But, * Reconsider the timing and clean up bad habits. there is hope. frankly, the future is al- of your retirement. Whe- Many of us have less-than- ways uncertain, and worry- never the economy is stellar financial habits that ing about your finances shaky, it’s best to consider we developed over the without taking charge of your options ahead of time years. Those patterns of be- your situation does no one so you can be prepared be- havior don’t magically dis- any good. fore problems arise. If appear as you approach So, if you’re already in re- you’re still working, for ex- retirement. You need to be tirement or plan to be there ample, and you suddenly intentional about changing soon, how can you reduce lose your job, one option bad habits so you aren’t some of that financial may be to retire earlier than spending more money than stress that’s weighing you you originally planned and you need to – or should. To down in these tumultuous take Social Security. That help you determine the dif- times? can come with downsides, ference between necessary * Take control. Just stew- though. If you begin draw- and discretionary spend- ing and letting the emo- ing Social Security before ing, review the past six tional strain rule your days your full retirement age months to a year of expen- (between 66 and 67 for ditures. BOOK New-Generation African can understand or redefine chapbooks every year by Poets: a Chapbook Box their ties to Africa. 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The series Edited by Kwame Dawes are poig- seeks to identify the best and Chris Abani nant and poetry written by African Akashic Books, $34.95 valuable, poets working today, and especially it is especially interested Praise for the chapbook at a time in featuring poets who series: when mil- have not yet published “Dawes and Abani have lions their first full-length book taken on the vital project around the of poetry. of publishing short collec- globe find The 11 poets included in tions by contemporary themselves this box set are Michelle poets from Africa, pack- somewhere between new Angwenyi, Afua Ansong, aged together in beautiful countries and ancestral Adedayo Agarau, Fatima boxed sets." - New York lands they've left behind." - Camara, Sadia Hassan, Times Magazine " Washington Post Safia Jama, Henneh Kyereh “An ambitious, vital proj- "A collection pulsing with Kwaku, Nadra Mabrouk, ect that delivers exactly fresh talent in a series that Nkateko Masinga, Jamila what it promises... 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Left to right: Joey Nelson, Jay Harris, Lee Barnes, Johnson O. Akinleye, Jeff Mercer, Anthony Nelson and Gia Soublet. Affordable child care crisis N.C. CENTRAL gion and across the state of June to further the devel- Family Fare’s Shared Pur- North Carolina.” opment of a more just and pose Initiative has created The funding will be used equitable society. could cost NC billions and fully endowed an en- to establish an Innovation The goal of these listen- households reported at their child care will dis- trepreneurship endow- and Entrepreneurship Hub ing sessions is to develop a By Nadia Ramlagan N.C. NEWS SERVICE least one adult having lost appear as the pandemic ment at NCCU’s School of that will serve as a cowork- plan to guide changes to a job, been furloughed or continues, and 30% pre- Business. ing space and training current programs and de- RALEIGH – Fewer than 1 having reduced pay or dicted care will be unaf- After years of planning ground for NCCU students velop new programs—all hours due to COVID-19. fordable. And as more and collaborating with interested in launching en- intended to improve the in 3 parents of young chil- dren has access to quality, More than 70% have had parents turn to makeshift NCCU leaders, Lee Barnes, trepreneurial ventures. quality of life for Raleigh difficulty finding a satisfac- child care arrangements in president of Family Fare; Family Fare Convenience citizens. affordable child care dur- ing the pandemic, accord- tory child care arrange- order to keep working, Hill Jeff Mercer, business con- Stores is headquartered in “As the founding location ment, and about 10% said said the long-term effects sultant for Family Fare; and Durham, and has over 100 for the Student Nonviolent ing to a new report. The survey of more than 800 they couldn't find one at on child development re- Jay Harris, owner of Harris locations throughout Coordinating Committee, all. main unknown. Beverages, recently pre- North Carolina and Vir- Shaw has a rich legacy as a North Carolina families found child care is least ac- Dr. Sherika Hill teaches in "When you're in a disrup- sented the gift to NCCU ginia. social justice leader,” said the Department of Psychia- tive child care setting, Chancellor Johnson O. Harris Beverages is the President Paulette Dillard. cessible in rural counties, and in Black, brown and In- try and Behavioral Sciences where you're having to rely Akinleye, Ph.D. The gift es- premier distributor of bev- “This partnership with the at Duke University and is a on different and piecemeal tablishes the Family Fare erages to stores in an eight- City of Raleigh allows Shaw digenous communities. Muffy Grant, executive researcher at the Frank child care arrangements, Endowed Entrepreneurship county area in central to expand its work and Porter Graham Child Devel- we have no idea what are Program Fund and will be North Carolina, and is Dur- make meaningful impacts director at the North Caro- lina Early Childhood Foun- opment Institute. She said going to be just the long- matched with a Title III fed- ham’s only locally owned for the citizens of Raleigh.” entire regions of North Car- term mental consequences eral grant for a total of and operated beverage “The big goal of our col- dation, said before COVID-19, inadequate olina lack programs proven of that, in terms of rela- $50,000. wholesaler. laboration is to develop an to boost children's early tional secure attachment, “I am thankful that local actionable plan to build a child care cost businesses and taxpayers around $2.4 well-being. and even in brain structure companies like Family Fare SHAW UNIVERSITY more equitable community "We have engineered a lot and development," she and Harris Beverages give Shaw University’s Center for all of us,” said Mayor billion in lost revenue. That amount has already of different policy through said. back to the communities in for Racial and Social Justice Mary Ann Baldwin. “We’re subsidies and for families She added women of which they serve,” Akin- will partner with the City of very excited about this jumped to $2.9 billion, and Grant believes it's likely to to get vouchers or dis- color more frequently re- leye said. “With this gift, Raleigh for a series of pub- partnership and the good counted care for high-qual- port their child care pro- NCCU will nurture future lic listening sessions on work to come.” skyrocket as the public health crisis continues. "So, ity child care centers. But vider is no longer open, or entrepreneurs who con- race, racism, and social In January, Shaw and the we haven't gone far enough they can't afford one be- tinue the legacy of our equity beginning in Feb- city will release guidance what we have here is a very strong economic case for to make sure that those cause of reduced income. graduates who lead busi- ruary. on participation in these centers are located in com- For rural families, only 15% nesses in the Triangle re- The Center launched in conversations. investments in accessible, affordable, high-quality, munities of diverse are currently relying on for- flexible, culturally compe- groups," Hill said. mal child care, down from tent child care," Grant said. Of those working parents 44% pre-pandemic. In the survey, 55% of surveyed, 25% predicted SCHOOL NEWS DURHAM COUNTY who do not make up the FINALISTS The Durham Public exam by then will be given The 10 finalists for the Schools Board of Education opportunities in the spring. 2020-21 Wake County Pub- voted in favor of adopting This decision only affects lic School System Teacher a grading scale of 90-100 state assessments (EOC and of the Year were an- for state-required final CTE), not teacher-given nounced on Dec. 8. The 10 exams and CTE final final exams. made the final cut from ap- exams. This would be in ef- Although the final exam proximately 10,700 fect for the 2020-21 school grade will be no less than a teachers in the district. year, including the assess- 90, students’ actual per- * Gregory Eyman, Brent- ments to be conducted in formance on the exams wood Magnet Elementary December and January as must still be recorded and * Robin Giberson, Buck- well as at the end of the included in their education horn Creek Elementary year. record. The final exam * Sean Hines, Mount Ver- “The State Board of Edu- grade will show up on the non Middle cation has given our Board report card but not on the * Kimberly Holland, Oak- the authority to weigh our official transcript. It will view Elementary final exam scores differ- count as 20% of the stu- * Victoria Lightfoot, Cedar ently during this pan- dent’s final grade; the re- Forks Elementary demic,” said DPS Board maining 80% will reflect * Kelly O’Hare, Olive chair Bettina Umstead. “We their work in the class- Chapel Elementary wanted to send a message room. * Jennifer Pride, Heritage to our families that we hear Middle their concerns, and to the WAKE COUNTY * Aaron Steele, Knightdale 4 new year’s resolutions state board and federal De- The Board of Education High partment of Education that voted to move all students * Bethany Wilcox, Lees- local districts need more to remote instruction from ville Road Middle flexibility regarding testing Jan. 4-15. This decision was * Bria Wright, Hortons to improve heart health during this pandemic. We made due to the impact of Creek Elementary expect our students to con- an increased number of Teacher of the year candi- STATEPOINT AMA Foundation, Associa- your goal for optimal tinue to do excellent work COVID-19 infections in dates were nominated and tion of Black Cardiologists, blood pressure. High blood pressure, the with the support of their Wake County. Health ex- elected by their peers at American Heart Associa- 2. Monitor blood pres- leading risk factor for heart teachers all year long; that perts continue to advise their individual schools tion, Minority Health Insti- sure numbers at home: attack and stroke, con- is what will drive their final that in-person learning is earlier this year. All nomi- tute and National Medical Once you learn your blood tinues to disproportion- grades in their classes.” not a significant contrib- nees were then asked to de- Association have launched pressure numbers, take ately affect communities of The state still requires utor to the spread of velop an “e-portfolio” and the “Release the Pressure” and keep regular records color. Addressing this students to take state as- COVID-19. High school and short video to highlight campaign with ESSENCE. of your blood pressure. health inequity is espe- sessments in person. The middle school students their work and philosophy The campaign is aimed at 3. Activate a personal- cially important right now, window for making up who are scheduled to come around teaching. The partnering with Black ized wellness plan: Identify as people with hyperten- first-semester exams is to school for testing will teacher of the year will be women to help improve specific goals for fitness sion and serious heart con- through Feb. 15. Students still be expected to do so. named in February. and heart healthy eating, ditions are at an increased their heart health and be and connect virtually with risk for more severe out- part of a movement for family members and comes if they acquire healthy blood pressure, friends from your “squad” ORANGE COUNTY COVID-19. with a shared goal of en- to keep you on track. According to the Ameri- gaging more than 300,000 4. Make regular check-ins can Heart Association, the Black women. with your “squad”: Lean on prevalence of high blood As part of the campaign, your family and friends to pressure among Black the AMA and this coalition help you achieve your adults in the U.S. is among of national health care or- heart health goals by the highest in the world, ganizations encourages checking in with them on a with hypertension in Black Black women to take a daily basis. women nearly 40% higher pledge to be part of a “Preventive care is vital than white women. While healthy blood pressure to breaking the devastating many longstanding in- movement at ReleaseThe- impact of high blood pres- equities and stressors pro- Pressure.org. Specifically, sure within the Black com- duced by structural racism the pledge encourages munity, particularly during have created and continue Black women to take the the ongoing COVID-19 to exacerbate these con- following four steps: pandemic,” said Patrice A. ditions, there are steps in- 1. Set a blood pressure Harris, M.D., president of dividuals can take to help goal: Schedule an appoint- the AMA. “At the individual improve their blood pres- ment with your physician and family level, it starts sure right now. The new or other health care profes- with understanding blood year is a great opportunity sional, in-person or vir- Price named board chair tually, to work in pressure numbers and tak- to prioritize self-care and most appreciative," said Carrboro City Schools partnership on under- ing action to manage blood Renee Price was elected get started. Price. "I realize that my re- Board of Education. standing your blood pres- pressure.” unanimously as chair of This is why the American sponsibilities to the Board New commissioners Amy sure numbers and knowing the Orange County Board Medical Association, the of Commissioners for the and to the Orange County Fowler and Jean Hamilton next year. Price was vice community suddenly have joined the Board. Fowler is chair for the past two expanded, and I will en- a native of Winston-Salem years. She was elected to deavor in earnest to serve and was elected to the her third term as commis- with, by and for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City sioner in November. people." Schools Board of Education Jamezetta Bedford, who A native of Rochester, in 2017. Hamilton is also a STAY TUNED! is in her first term as com- New York, Price has lived former member of the missioner, was chosen in Orange County since CHCCS Board of Education. A new partnership in January. unanimously as vice chair. 1990. Before becoming a She earned a Ph.D. in Eco- "Being selected to serve county commissioner in nomics from UC Berkeley as chair by my peers cer- 2018, Bedford served three and has lived in Chapel Hill tainly is an honor, and I am terms on the Chapel Hill- since 2001.