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Following the Yellow Brick Road Towards Durham Children's Initiative WWW.TRIANGLE TRIBUNE.COM Durham activists The Triangle call for defunding the police dept. By Jordan Wilkie RIBUNE CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS TTHE TRIANGLE’S CHOICE FOR THE BLACK VOICE DURHAM — While protests around the state have focused on pulling down symbols of white supremacy, Durham’s organiz- VOLUME 22 NO. 26 WEEK OF JUNE 28, 2020 $1.00 ers sought to topple what they called institutions of white su- premacy — the county jail and municipal police department. “We want to abolish the police,” Kyla Hartsfield, a Durham res- ident and co-organizer of Friday’s protest, said. “We believe pol- Virginia Union gets its icing is harmful and cannot be reformed.” Hartsfield works with a coalition of groups called Durham Bey- man, er, woman in ond Policing, and their vision is to create broad societal reform basketball. by taking money out of the criminal justice system and invest- ing it in health care, education, after-school programs or wages for city workers — investments to specifically benefit black and historically marginalized people. “Our vision is to make the budgets so small that there is none, and there is no police de- partment,” Hartsfield said. “I mean, we know that is a long-term vision, but we want to keep it clear that we are for abolishing the police. We are for abolishing (Immigration and Customs En- Please see DEFUND/2A ‘Why not Same ol' a black (Durham) woman?’ bull By Larry C. Borders and Consensus grows CJ Broderick around Biden’s SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE vice president As the coronavirus and protests against systemic in- By Alexandra Jaffe justice have dominated the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS news cycle, 2020- 21 fiscal WASHINGTON — Joe Biden year budgets are quietly is facing growing calls to se- being passed and adopted all lect a black woman as his across the country. At the running mate as an acknowl- same time as organizations edgement of their critical announce their commit- role in the Democratic Party ments to racial equity, high- and a response to the nation- lighting new plans to do wide protests against racism things differently, some or- CARLTON KOONCE and inequality. The shifting ganizations continue to carry dynamics were clear late last David Reese, the president of East Durham Children’s Initiative, announces the merger of on with business as usual. week when Amy Klobuchar EDCI and Partners for Youth Opportunity at a March fundraising breakfast. Many will need to be cre- took herself out of conten- ative to find resources to tion for the vice presidency. support their verbal commit- The Minnesota senator, who ment with financial re- is white, told MSNBC that sources, but many others “this is a moment to put a Following the yellow who have resources will not woman of color on that back their stated commit- ticket.” ment with any meaningful Biden, the presumptive investment. This failure to Democratic presidential no- fund the changes com- minee, has already pledged brick road towards munities seek will be com- to select a woman as his vice monplace across the region, president to energize the but we take this opportunity party’s base with the pro- to highlight the case with spect of making history. But Durham County. Durham Children’s Durham County should be following the outrage over the police killing of George a leader in common sense re- Floyd last month, many form and progressive ideas, Democratic strategists say and one of the easiest places there’s growing consensus Initiative to enact legislation. The that the pick should be a county is diverse, well-re- lege/career models in North black woman. “Like it or not, By Khadijah McFadden Opportunity, led by Julie sourced, and only has one Carolina. We are incredibly ex- I think the question is start- The Durham VOICE Wells, and EDCI will join forces city. Durham County gov- cited about what this means ing to become, ‘Well, why not to create a much stronger and ernment is dominated by the DURHAM – “The yellow brick for the future of families, chil- a black woman?’” said Karen larger service provider called Democratic Party. road with a pot of gold at the dren and youth in Durham.” Finney, a spokesperson for the Durham Children’s Initia- However, this "progressive" end,” are the words that David When Wells joined PYO in Hillary Clinton’s 2016 cam- tive. town has failed to lead the Reese, president and CEO of 2011, the small organization paign. Of the merger, Reese says: way in delivering on many East Durham Children’s Initia- was called PFY or Partners For Finney, who was one of “PYO has a track record of im- progressive ideas with inclu- tive, uses to describe the up- Youth. At the time Wells says 200 black women who proving educational and eco- sive and equitable solutions. coming merger between two she thought she was just ap- signed a letter to Biden en- nomic outcomes in To note, even though there local NGOs dedicated to help- plying for a part-time ex- couraging him to select a partnership with youth. Join- are black commissioners and ing Durham’s children have a ecutive director position, since black woman for his ticket, ing forces with PYO will allow a black county manager, better life. it was just her and one other warned that the former vice us to create one of the most black organizations remain On July 1, Partners for Youth president could face a back- comprehensive cradle-to-col- Please see INITIATIVE/2A far on the outside of the de- lash if he chose a white sign, development, and de- woman. “That puts a lot of livery of services to the pressure on Biden. It puts a county's constituents. lot of pressure on who he se- This is the certainly the lects, no question,” she said. case with the economic de- “The country is recognizing velopment. For many years, the gravity of this moment, the Greater Durham Black the significance of this mo- Black workers more likely to Chamber of Commerce has ment.” lobbied Durham County for a Biden’s team has been vet- contract to work alongside ting potential candidates for face coronavirus retaliation the Durham Chamber to en- weeks and has begun whit- sure that the county's eco- tling down their list of By Stacy M. Brown, nomic development is both inclusive and equitable. This choices. Several of the poten- NNPA NEWSWIRE SENIOR tial contenders are black, in- would guarantee that Dur- CORRESPONDENT cluding California Sen. ham's economic devel- opment goals and plans Kamala Harris, Florida Rep. As more corporations jump aren't only focused on bring- Val Demings, Atlanta Mayor into the fray, offering state- ing high-growth, high-impact Keisha Lance Bottoms and ments of support for African biotech firms to Research Susan Rice, who served as Americans in the aftermath of Triangle Park and remote President Barack Obama’s the police killing of George areas of Durham, but also re- national security adviser. Floyd and the ensuing pro- cruiting and delivering firms New Mexico Gov. Michelle tests, a new study reveals that that match Durham's pop- Lujan Grisham, a Latina, is many companies’ actual pol- ulation. also in the mix. icies and practices contradict There have been numerous Massachusetts Sen. Eliza- their public statements. meetings and emails ex- beth Warren, who is white, is A survey by the National Em- changed. However, the also leading contender. ployment Law Project about COURTESY county manager and county Another possibility who is working conditions during the or anyone at their company masks and hand sanitizer commissioners have failed to white, Michigan Gov. COVID-19 pandemic confirms had been punished for raising promised months ago. take up the matter in their Gretchen Whitmer, said last that corporate America has COVID-19 safety concerns. The Three out of four black work sessions, include it in month that she had opening treated black workers catego- survey found that black workers who took the survey the budget or bring the conversations with Biden’s rically worse than white workers were roughly twice as said they showed up to work matter to the floor for a dis- team about potentially serv- workers during the pandemic. likely to have been retaliated during the pandemic even cussion and vote. ing as vice president. In a Thirty-nine percent of workers against by their employers for though they believed they Durham is one of the few Thursday interview, she surveyed reported that they speaking up about health con- might have been seriously counties in the state that en- said, “Beyond that, there’s had either raised concerns to cerns and requesting time off risking their health or the joys the presence of a black just not much new to re- their employer and did not re- work. health of family members. chamber of commerce, giv- port.” ceive a satisfactory response For instance, Amazon fired Less than half of white workers ing the area a strong oppor- Antjuan Seawright, a vet- or did not out of fear of retali- black and brown workers who said they had done the same. tunity to engage with eran Democratic strategist, ation. Meanwhile, only 18 per- have organized to demand “Our results suggest that historically disadvantaged said the current moment cent of white workers found more substantial health and virus transmission in the businesses to create inclu- calls for someone who un- themselves in the same posi- safety protections. Thousands workplace may be exacerbated sive and equitable solutions. derstands the challenges tion. of Instacart workers, many of by employer repression and Instead, the county's leaders faced by black Americans.
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