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Citizens Review Board Holds Inaugural Session A Board's goal is to restore confidence MARK R MOSS C'- 'f >nu ic StatY W ruer II any issue-stood out more tkjan the others at the first meeting of the Citizens Police Review Board recently, it was the simple but essen tial one of wh\ the^board exists. During an explanation of the ordinance that established the board. Assistant Cit\ Manager. A1 Beaty pointed out that the Public Safety Committee had held hearings for only three cases since 1972. The review board will now hear those complaints that Public Safety Com mittee once heard. Thomas Lowe, the review board's chairman, asked, with incredulity in his voice, why was there a review board in the first place .1 To restore confidence. Beaty answered at last Wednesday's meet ing. The first meeting of the board uas an exercise in introductions, an explanation of procedures, and a question-and-answer period on the city ordinance that created the com mittee. "The 11 members of the board, which the Board of Aldermen cre ated following a close vote last month, went through an introduc tory exercise at the outset of the meeting in which Ernest Tompkins, the city's director of training and development, solicited personal information from each of them. Tompkins asked each of them to tell who they were in an attempt to get them to reveal more about themselves than what was already known. Tonja C. Adams, the youngest board member and one of four African Americans serving, said that she has learned to be assertive as opposed to aggressive." Richard Gray, another African American, said he considers himself a perfectionist . . . thorough and dependable." "They say .I'm a taskmaster," said Deborah Daniels, another black who is the summer school coordina tor for Winston-Salem State Univer sity. Someone asked if she was, indeed, a taskmaster, and she smiled and confirmed it with a nod. Alfred Harvey, who was reared in the Cleveland Avenue Homes public housing community, said he was one of four children of a teen age mother. He sees himself as an "overachicvcr." who could be ' downright obstinate at times." Perhaps the most telling exer cise involved having each of them compare their role on the board with the parts of a car. The majority, including Thomas ii?l^owe, the chairman, identified with tfe steer ing wheel. Beaty, and city attorney Ron Seeber, went over the process involved when a citizen files a com plaint against the police department He also explained the ordinance that the Board of Aldermen passed that created the review board. ' "Your role is to serve as an appeals board," Beaty said. And, board members should feel honored because the committee vwas created by the highest legislative action taken by the board." * " v Britt Receives Award ?V vv. Virginia N. Britt, executive director of the Crisis Control Min istry, Inc. in Winston-Salem, has received a $12,000 Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Sabbatical Award Program Award. The pur pose of this award is to provide a time for personal renewal and pro fessional growth of often over worked and underpaid North Car olina nonprofit organizational leaders. Six awards have been made to applicants from across the ^tatc. Britt has directed Crisis Con trol Ministry for the last 15 years. The organization responds to the emergency survival needs of those in crisis in Forsyth County. Britt is an ordained minister in the Bap tist Ministers' Fellowship, the City-CoyMnty Task Force on the Homeless, the United Way Com* munity Problem Solving Commit* tee and the Forsyth County Com mittee to Distribute Federal Emergency Management Act Funds. Britt will begin her sabbatical in April, 1994 and will return to her organisation three or four months later. During her sabbati cal, Britt plans to spend time friends and family, travel, a hobby, and read and mons. Individuals wanting more information on the sabbatical gram should write: Sabbatical gram Coordinator, Z. Smun Reynolds Foundation, 101 Reynolda Village, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27106-5199. .. ft: u. Fling at Reynolda House, Arts Museum Reynolda House, Museum of American An will sponsor a Family Spring Fling this Saturday from 2-4 p.m. on the front lawn of Reynolda House. Children ages three to ten will especially enjoy the outdoor activities. Children must be accom panied by an adult. The^art activities will include tissue paper collage, watercolor, marbleized butterflies, flower sponge painting, stamp printing. nature walks, a short film and an opportunity to looK at the Reynold* House art collection. For more information and to make reserva tions, call (919) 725-5325, The fee is 52 per person. XtJor) Dee Smith, Joan Card well and Velma Friend*. Assembly of National Urban League Held The Southern Regional Assem bly of the National Urban League Ilk. Was held recently at tne umni Hotel/Conference Center in Char lotte. The theme was "Building On Our Strengths for 21st Century Pre paredness/' Pictured (1-r) are: Delores "Dee" Smith, local Urban League president/Ltu. who was named runner-up in the Urban League Guild "CEO of-thc-year" competition; Joan Cardwell. local guild president, who was elected to the national reception committee; and Velma Friende, elected to the national nominating committee. The national Convention will be held August 1-4 at the Washington, D.C. Conference Center. M USC 380 SARA I.KK CORPORATION presents OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS 100 YEARS Of GLORY ? SciVfoite APRIL 1Q " MAY 16 \cmr*? c M orw? tww? < MM of Cjwnfy 400 Hanes Mill Road ? Winston-Salem, NC, 27105 ? Phone: (919) 767-6730 Monday - Saturday 10, AM -5 PM ? 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