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>y FeetJ lousand of people in six cities across the Piedmont, Including Winston-Salem, participated last weekend In the annual Teamwalk Piedmont fundraiser tor the March of Dimes. Although no official figures are ready, Teamwalk organizers estimate as much as a half million dollars may have been raise d^^Si#iF:5:3^lliii : m iii There's a special something about 'Mother ? Days like this Sunday, when we all stop to celebrate Mother s Day, 4o more than just help us to pause and pay tribute to our moms. They also help us to focus on the differ ences that help make us who we are. M. ? broken English, "save the life of my child. I want my child to live and to have it more abundantly. My mind flashed back to the _ mother of Moses, who when she determined that her baby was in mortal danger, moved with great ON THE AVANT-GARDE By TANG NIVRI There is something about being . t mother that only god can explain. ? JiS a man ? flow even as a father of three ? I will-never fully Onderstand the mystery of mother hood. It is as if God has hidden ^ithin her a special dispensation Sufficient to render her role supreme (bove all else. But being a mother is piore than just giving birth or being $ good parent. There is something flse to this mystery. I was reminded of this when I $ead of those desperate women in Northern Iraq who were attempting $> give their children away to for eigners ? American citizens ? people whom they didn't even . know. They were literally offering tfiem all of their money, all their earthly belongings, hoping and graying that these foreigners would take their children to safety ? per haps to America and thus spare " them from what they perceived to be certain death, at the hands of Saddam Hussein, or face the slow death of starvation somewhere out * therein the vast Iraqi wilderness. ? Never mind about their own liyes; these women were pleading to anyone who would listen in their dispatch, using all that God had given her to protect her baby frSm those who would seek to do him harm. We move closer to the mys tery. Mothers are the ones who bring each of us into this world. We all traveled into this life's reality by way of their wombs and thus we are all the same in that at one-time we were" totally dependent upon them for our very survival. We lived only at their mercy and their good judgment. They held our lives in their own hands. But not only that, they held us in their wombs when we were as close to God as perhaps we will ever be in this life. Can you imagine that? They walked us around while we were yet in another world still lis tening to our creator as he gave us the instructions for life ? "a map of the stars and instructions for how to build a nest." The mystery unfolds. I remember so, very well how my wife went to such extremes being so very careful while preg nant with our first-born son. She would not cat or drink anything that could possibly damage his little organs. She simply would not do it. No coke, , no coffee or tea. She talked to him as if he were already among us. She made sure that everything 'was ready for him (including me) so that when he finally did arrive, this child would feci as though he was the greatest thing in the world. My wife was the first to see him and after he was " finally born, (21 hours and a C-Sec tion later) I remember how I cried as I watched her resting, sleeping, having brought life into this world. She was now a mother. This woman was now a mother. But truthfully, she had already been a mother. The mystery. S I met a woman last week, ^yho' has raised her three boys all by her self. Although they are fairly grown up now, she still likes to call them her babies. This single parent, mother of three, a pastor in the Presbyterian Church, is also com pleting a terminal degree at duke ? University, while she puts at. least one of them through college. Over the years sh$ no doubt faced many a challenge, getting the kids into school and out; one can only imagine of many lonely struggles. Bui probably none like the one where she discovered that one of her boys who had joined the army and Lord god, "now he would be shipped to the Persian Gulf." As she told me about her fear, her sense of total helplessness, that here it was her child waygoing to war and that she could do nothing about it; it was almost as if she might break down again just telling me about it (and me loo). This was a mother who had Raised her children without the ben efit of a father, but now she could do nothing but pray to god the Father Almighty. Somebody say Amen. Well, her prayers were WFU releases a study on race relations : WINSTON-SALEM (AP)? A fecial study commission looking at race relations at Wake Forest University has pleased a report acknowledging some jfroblems while making a host of recom ffcendations for improvement The 14 flage report, written by a multiracial group of students, faculty and adminis tfators, comes after several racial inci cfcnts this spnng led to the percepuon ot ifjereased tensions on campus. * "Dearly, ail is not harmonious on the Wake Forest campus in regard to rice relations," wrote the commission, tfhich began its research in October. I Wake Forest is not alone in experi ehcing such tensions, the report states. T2ie National Institute Against Prejudice ahd Violence reported that in 1989-90, 113 colleges nationwide cited incidents of racism ranging from name calling to physical abuse. I The report notes six such incidents a i Wake Forest since 1989, including racial slurs hurled at a black scholarship interviewee and her mother by a drunk en white student, and complaints that yitoke Forest is lowering academic stan dards to increase minority enrollment. ft #? ? , * V ^ Among the recommendations offered by the commission was to draft an institutional mission statement pledg ing that Wake Forest will not tolerate any racist, sexist, or discriminatory acts. Th$ commission also said black and white students should be encouraged to . participate in programs together, while promoting tultural diversity through a proposed American Studies major. Winston-Salem Chronicle The Twin City's Award-Winning Newspaper ? 617 N. Liberty Street Winston-Salem, NC 27102 (919) 722-8624 Single Copy 50c Mail Subscription Rates (payable with order) In County 1 year $18.52 6 mos 1 3.52 3 mos 6.76 , Out of County/State 1 year $23.52 6 mos 18.52 3 mos . . . 11 .76 ? Yes. please send me tha Chronicle Name Address__j City s St. Zip Check enclosed for ? 1year J 6 months ? 3 months Mail to: Winston- Salem Chronicle P.O. Box 1636 -JA/inston-Salem, N C. 27102 V The WinstorbSalem Chronicle is published every Thursday by the Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co. Inc., 617 N. Liberty St. Malting address:- P.O. Box 1636 Winston-Salem, NtC. Z7A02 Phone: (919) 722-8624 FAX: (919 723-9173 Second class postage 051 paid at Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102 The Winston-Salem Chronicle is a member of; ? Associated Press ? Audit Bureau of Circulation ? National Newspapers Publishers Association ? North Carolina Press Association ? North Carolina Black Publishers Association National Advertising Representative: Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. (212) 869-5220 answered and her boy made it back home safely. But it told me again about the mystery of motherhood. This Mother's day, there are a lot of women ? mothers ? who are experiencing something that many of us will never understand. Their children, boys and girls, went overseas and as mothers they didn't know whether they would ever see them alive again. For many mothers, this Sunday will have a special meaning. For those who have lost their children, it too will have a special meaning. It is no wonder that little boys and girls will fight you , if you talk about their mothers. NOW speaks on AIDS The May Program of the Winston-Salem Chapter of the National Organiza^ tion for Women will focus on AIDS and women. Our state is 17th nationally irv HIV infection, but 49th in spending: 1 1 cents per capita, including treatment, prevention and education. >'* ^ Terri Moore, Director of the AIDS Task Force of Winston-Salem, wtlf speak on how AIDS is affecting women and what each woman can do to protect herself and the people she loves. The discussion will include legislative and political issues surrounding AIDS and how psychological and economic depen dency increase women and children's vulnerability to AIDS. The program will be held Monday, May 13 at 7 p.m. at the Glade Street YWCA. It is free and open to the public. Signing for the hearing impaired will be provided. - For more information, call Martha Wilson at (919) 727-0915. SP?Clfll SAVINGS ON SAMSONIT6? UITRAVAL6T GARMENT BAGS *197" SRMSONITC PIGGVBRCK? SUITCRSC Our Usuol *232 49 Our Usuol *215 Special savings on the uKK mote gorment bog ... uHth features thot induce o re^ moveable uuet pack, tele-; scoping hanger fixture, see through shoulder pockets exclusive reverse fold dev sign and much more. * The suitcase with the built in luggage cart, raise the long, re tractable handle and strap on other luggage, feotures include a magnesium frame heovy duty hardware and much more. SIMIlRft SRVINGS ON ALL SRMSONIT6 LUGGflG? 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Attorneys will benefit because it creates a "lawyer's bonanza"? an incentive to sue for "big money" awards. This " Trial Lawyers Full Employment, and Relief Act" is a radical departure from all prior civil rights law. But the special interests think they can push H.R. 1 through the United States Congress anyway! North Garolinasv^conomic development depends on your voice being heard Washington, DC. If H.R. 1 become^ mw, vital funds which could be used to create jobs in North Carolina and give the economy a boost would now go to pay expensive trial lawyer's fees. North Carolina's workers need your help. Thipy deserve to be hired and promoted based on their ability, not based on quotas. If you agree, please urge - Rep. Neal to oppose H.R. 1 . | Rep. Sieve Nea! U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202)225 2071 ? Fax: (202). 225-40010 WE NEED EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, NOT SPECIAL PREFERENCES / ' 1 J. A copy of H.R. 1 and an analysis of its effcrt nn riuSl i- sjil .. . . 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