8 WCC CAMPUS VOICE - APRIL 25. 2001
to think as ‘persons of promise'
Spealcer urges auidence
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Thomas Barksdale enjo3rs the feast at the Soul Food Festival
following his speech on January 12.
By KWAI CHUN CHAN
On Friday, January 12, 2001,
students, staff, faculty and guests
at WCC Moffatt Auditorium
celebrated the birthday of Martin
Luther King, Jr.
The Multi-Cultural Association
Enrichment (MCAE) and the
Diversity Committee at WCC
sponsored the event.
Pastor Timothy Dortch started
the ceremony by playing the
songs on piano, and Yvonne
Goodman, Associate Vice
President of Student
Development Services, welcomed
the audience.
Manuel Dudley, Interim Chair,
Human Services Department,
introduced the speaker, Thomas
Barksdale.
Barksdale was bom and raised
in Greensboro. He graduated
from North Carolina A&T State
University in 1996 with a degree
in business, founding the
Barksdale Foundation, a
motivational speaking and
consulting firm.
He has written, “It’s All
About You: A Young Adult’s
Guide for Positive Living, You
Matter,” and “Beyond Walls.”
He has been the keynote
speaker in 1992 at the Annual
convention of Dudley Products
Inc. (hair care items) and in 1998
at the 20th Annual NAACP
National Convention in Atlanta,
GA.
As a college student, he won the
Bluford F. Lawson Oratorical
Contest for North Carolina,
representing his fraternity. Alpha
Phi Alpha, Inc. He won the Alpha
South Regional Award for an
essay, “Self Determination” in
1995. He facilitates the personal
mastery training program in
middle schools, STEP UP,
Success Through Effective
Participation Using Positive
Potential.
The topic of Barksdale’s speech
was “Let your plight be peaceful
during your pilgrimage on this
planet.”
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First, he said, people must think
of themselves as “persons of
promise.” Barksdale cited
examples of athletes who
succeeded or failed because either
they realized their value or they
could not face defeat. He said,
"People are frustrated, fearful,
and fiirious when they cannot see
where they are going."
Second, Barksdale said, "People
need to realize their plight will
produce pain." He used painful
times in the life of Dr. King to
illustrate this point. He pointed
out that people have 2 birthdays,
the physical one and the mental
one when people realize their
purpose in life. He said, “Show
people your dream; don’t just talk
about it.”
Last, Barksdale said, "People
need to project themselves as
pictures of progress, and look as
though they want things to come
to them, and they will.”
He introduced his parents and
grandmother seated in the
audience and told how they had
influenced him to become a
success.
MCAE member Brandi Barnes
presided at the pro^am. and
Dortch led the group in “Lift
Every Voice and Sing.”
Carl Brow, counselor, presented
Barksdale with a gift; and Susan
Keel, Director of Counseling
Services, made closing remarks
and led the group in “America the
Beautiful.”
Following the program in the
auditorium, students, staff, and
guests proceeded to the Student
Lounge for a Soul Food Festival
where the menu included
traditional Southern dishes like
collard greens, com bread,
barbecue chicken and pork,
chicken pastry and banana
pudding along with many other
desserts.
The guests paid one dollar for
lunch to offset costs, but Coca-
Cola Bottling Company, Clarence
Simmons (WCC Security), a
WCC faculty and staff and
members of MCAE and African
American Males Committed to
Success (AMCS) supplied
beverages, meat, and side dishes.
Spring Fling
activities occur
in cool weather
By RHONDA ALDRIDGE
Spring Fling, an annual event
sponsored by the Student
Government Association, was
held on April 19, at 12:00 p.m.
near the tennis courts.
Spring Fling is a day when
students and faculty/staff come
together to eat, play games and
have fun.
The festivities began with lunch
catered by Alton’s. During lunch
the candidates mnning for the 3
main offices in the Student
Govemment Association gave
their speeches.
The candidates included:
Tammi Allen, Robert McAllister
Jr, and Renee O’Neal running for
president and Carlita Williams
mnning for secretary.
After the speeches the election
was held for president and
secretary. The other candidates
will be selected by interview.
Spring Fling was not all-serious
business though.
After the elections the activities
for the day began, including an
egg toss, cake walk, quiz bowl,
water gun fight, donut on a string,
soccer, pie baking contest, guess
the M&M’s, water balloons,
softball, volleyball, basketball, a
dance contest and egg in a spoon.
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