WWW.TRIANGLE TRIBUNE.COM The Triangle Durham YouthBuild prepares students for future careers RIBUNE By Molly Smith TTHE TRIANGLE’S CHOICE FOR THE BLACK VOICE THE DURHAM VOICE DURHAM – O’Morris Jones and Jeremiah Lewis may only be 17 and 18 years old, but their plans for the future reach far beyond their ages. VOLUME 19 NO. 5 WEEK OF MAY 7, 2017 $1.00 The two young men entered the Triangle Literacy Council’s new Bull City YouthBuild program in March, which provides participants with a nine- month, intensive -earning environment to receive their high school equiv- alency and hands-on job experience in construction. Lewis and Jones have Durham Bulls Youth high hopes for the program so far. Athletic League “One, it’s a good opportunity,” Lewis said. “Two, I love using my hands. Three, I had to drop out of high school and [YouthBuild] helps me finish. kicked off its season It’s just the start of a good future.” Jones said YouthBuild employs instructors in math, science, social stud- Tuesday at Long- ies, language arts and other school subjects to teach students Monday through Thursday. When they aren’t studying the basics, Lewis and Jones meadow Park. are working with hammers and saws through a partnership with Durham Habitat for Humanity. “So far, learning how to read the tape measure has been so helpful,” Lewis said. “I mean, I could read it before, but now it actually makes sense.” Please seeCAREERS/2A Tech puts Giving teens’ hasn’t mental health at moved riskDUKE UNIVERSITY NEWS SERVICE to South DURHAM – More use of tech- Study finds nology is linked to later in- creases in attention, behavior philanthropy and self-regulation problems for adolescents already at risk for lags population mental health issues, a new study from Duke University By Stephanie Carson finds. N.C. NEWS SERVICE “Also, on days at-risk adoles- WINSTON-SALEM – The cents use technology more, they South is home to some of experience more conduct prob- SARAH MAGARGEE the fastest growing com- lems and higher ADHD symp- Demonstrators march down Mangum Street to the Durham County Jail, a place that has munities in the country, in- toms compared to days they use experienced several high-profile deaths recently. cluding Raleigh, which technology less,” said Madeleine ranks No. 1 nationwide, yet J. George, a Duke Ph.D. candi- philanthropic dollars have date and the lead author of the not followed the popula- study. tion shift, according to the However, the study also found first of a series of reports that using technology was from Grantmakers for linked to some positive out- Demonstrations Southern Progress and the comes: On days when adoles- National Committee for Re- cents spent more time using sponsive Philanthropy. digital technologies, they were LaTosha Brown helped less likely to report symptoms author the report, "As the of depression and anxiety. address concerns over South Grows," and explains The research, published May what researchers are see- 3 in a special issue of Child De- ing. velopment, looks at associations By Sarah Magargee “I stand with you today both roared with fists raised as the "We're seeing the growth between adolescents’ mental social injusticeangry and excited,” said Le’An- truck sped off. in the South," she said. CORRESPONDENT health symptoms and how dre Blakeney, a volunteer with "We're seeing the South be- DURHAM – People from all Courtney Sebring, a volun- much time they spent each day the Inside Out Alliance, while come more diverse. We're walks of life gathered Monday teer with Durham Beyond texting, using social media and standing outside the County seeing all of the richness, evening in downtown Durham Policing, explained that the using the internet. For the study, Jail. “I am angry because we yet we don't see the philan- for a three-pronged May Day truck pushing through the 151 young adolescents com- live in a country with 1.5 mil- thropic dollars the same demonstration. crowd provided a perfect illus- pleted surveys on smartphones lion more people than any- way, and just based on the Organized by the Triangle tration to their message. about their daily digital technol- where else in the world are demographic growth and Unity May Day Coalition and “The police do not keep us ogy use. They were surveyed incarcerated. I am angry be- the richness of the people the Triangle People Assem- safe,” she said as she gestured three times a day for a month cause Durham has a jail that and the place, there's a bly’s, the evening began with a at other demonstrators. "We and were assessed for mental kills.” tremendous amount of demonstration outside of the keep us safe. Stop giving the health symptoms 18 months As Blakeney spoke, a large missed opportunity." site of the new $71 million police all our money.” later. The youth participating pickup truck pulling a trailer The report specifically Durham Police Headquarters, This year’s May Day demon- were between 11 and 15 years roared through the human bar- looked at Alabama and Mis- moved to the Durham County strations across the United old, were of a lower socioeco- rier of men and women hold- sissippi, and found that Jail to show solidarity with the States were particularly nomic status and were at a ing hands and banners to stop large foundations gave the hundreds of men and women charged after the first 100 days heightened risk for mental traffic. The demonstration equivalent of $41 per per- currently being held awaiting of Donald Trump’s presidency health problems. briefly scattered as adults son, compared with $1,000 trial and unable to afford bond, brought increased attacks on The adolescents spent an av- helped one another to safety a person in New York. and then descended upon the working people. erage of 2.3 hours a day using and pushed strollers out of Brown says the situation city council, disrupting the The Durham rally had a digital technologies. More than harm's way. is similar in North Carolina, meeting while presenting their an hour of that time was spent “We keep us safe!” the crowd Please see INJUSTICE/2A where the Mary Reynolds texting, with the participants platform. Babcock Foundation, which sending an average of 41 texts a belongs to Brown's organi- day. zation, is located. The re- The researchers found that on port recommends days when adolescents used nonprofit groups build re- their devices more – both when lationships with local and they exceeded their own normal national partners, and that use and when they exceeded av- those partners commit to erage use by their peers – they Pope House Museum honors understanding the identity were more likely to experience and history of the region. conduct problems such as lying, Brown says with the fu- fighting and other behavioral African-AmericanBy Sarah Magargee doctor back pioneers ture of public dollars in problems. In addition, on days question because of the CORRESPONDENT then,” Fisher when adolescents used digital said. “It was dif- new Trump administration, devices more, they had diffi- RALEIGH – The M.T. Pope House ficult for these it's all the more important culty paying attention and ex- Museum opened its doors last men to find ed- that nonprofit organiza- hibited attention weekend for a special program ucation and tions and the private sector deficit-hyperactivity disorder showcasing the achievements of even more chal- work together to support symptoms. African-American graduates of lenging to find the needs that come from a The study also found that Leonard Medical School, now internships be- growing population in the young adolescents who spent Leonard Hall at Shaw University. cause they South. more time online experienced “Black Pioneers in Uniform” hon- could not work "While this is a shift in the increases in conduct problems ored those who served in the Army in white hospi- political environment, this and problems with self-regula- Medical Corps treating battlefield tals. The stories is also an opportunity for tion – the ability to control one’s injuries and other ailments in World I have learned philanthropy to be reflec- behavior and emotions – 18 War I. while writing tive around how are we months later. Costumed interpreters repre- this book are supporting and building It’s unclear whether high lev- sented doctors and nurses, sharing just incredible the kind of work we want els of technology use were sim- details about life in the trenches. and needed to and we need, and we cer- ply a marker of elevated The event coincided with the cen- be recorded.” tainly know that in order to same-day mental health symp- tennial anniversary of America’s Fisher started SARAH MAGARGEE do that in this country you toms or if the use of technology entry into the war in 1917. Special researching Carol Pope, left, and her daughter Brianna Bowser cannot leave the South be- activities were for children with cos- exacerbated existing symptoms, black doctors are direct descendants of Manassa Thomas Pope, hind," she said. said Candice Odgers, the senior tumed nurses portraying the Oak during WWI who built the home in 1901. Grantmakers for South- author of the study and a pro- City Auxiliary, a branch of the after reading ern Progress and the NCRP fessor in Duke’s Sanford School Raleigh American Red Cross that entries in his hope the report helps fun- single list buried in the National of Public Policy. was staffed by local black women. grandfather’s war diaries recount- ders understand how to Archives in D.C.” This list guided On the positive side, the re- Douglas Fisher, co-author of ing a particular doctor he served find the existing "change Fisher to the 104 doctors featured searchers found evidence that African American Doctors of World with.