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IN OUR SCHOOLS^ Brown, Marshall from page A1 ? ? " ? ' Ckrii Ntfont * AthUy MiddU School cookout. Ashley Hosts Cookout Ashley Middle School had a very warm open home with a cookout. The oockgotvuput of its fund-raiser for the 1993-94 school year. V X ?? ' v? Autumn Extravaganza Hanes-Lowrance Middle School will host an "Antrum fainiv|>j{",f^w Oct,lS ftww 9 a.fii p.m. at the school, 2900 Indiana Ave. The fall I festival will consist of booths, folklore and field events. ' v ' 'y ? v For mora information call [ Penny Hazen at 727-2232.'- -W - T_. . PiLT Golden Key m The Ooldcn Key Award will be given to the Downtown School for outatanding student involvement on Oct 21 at 10:30 ajn. by State SigMrintendent of Schools Bob Btheridge. project was selected as a 1993 Superintendent's Golden Key Award Winner. sentatives of the school Vbusinese partnerships Xi^robacco, R.J.R. Tobacco International and Planters Lifesavers) are invited to attend. Students of the Month ?*?* VV'' The Sims Center and RJ.Reynokis Tobacco Co. have selected Tyrooe Davis and Saxnantha Johnson as Success Academy Students of the month. Tyrone Davis, the 13-year-old son of Court ney Davis, attends Wiley Middle School. He is also an active participant in the William C. Sims Recreation Learning Center. Johnson, 16, is a student at Paikland High ScfcoolfeWhere she is a varsity basketball njanffc i Her parents are Leroy Gflcrest and AnnicBD son. The Learning Center provides motivational ?' speakers as well as teachers for its smdents. The Learning Center and Success Academy meet from 4-5 p.m. four daya a week. ? v . Leadership JConfapantce Broddrick Pender tm&m selected to attend - the National Young Leaders Conference from Oct 26-31 in Washington, D.C The National ?' ' Youth Leaders Con ference is a leader ship development program for out- < standing high schofil students who have demonstrated leader ship potential and scholastic merit Fen der, a junior at Carver High School, ; will be among 350 , students attending the nrmncKrvmaer conference from across the country. The thetie^fW^toi^ U^lhe Leaden of Tomorrow Meeting die Leaders of Today." Throughout the six-day conference, Pender will interact with key leaders tad newsmakers from the three branches Of government, the media and the diplomatic cotps. , v Highlights of die program include welcom ing remarks from a member of Congress on the floor of die United States House of Representa tives, a panel discussion with prominent journal* ists at the National Press Club and Iprivateper* formance by the Capitol Steps, a musYcal political satire troupe. Scholars will visit f?rci(8|| embassies and receive policy briefings from senior government officials. Pender may also meet with Senators Lauch Faircloth and Jesse Helms and Rep. Stephen L. Neal or designated members of their staffs to discuss important issues facing Winston-Salem and die nation. ? tit .. ("In Our Schools" is a weekly calendar cf events : that chronicles goings on in our local schools . ff you would like your event or information included, send them to: "in Our Schools * The ' Chronicle, P.O. Box 1636 , Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102-1636. You may also fax it to 723-9173.) . * *r v ?? ' " ? ? v ' ^ . V " : ?< .<??? >..v ? " ' ? < ? ? - ? . ?, '' ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. Steve Jones of Winston-Salem announce the engagement of their daughter, Dannah Melisa Johnson of Silver Spring, Md., to Darryl L. Head of Glenarden, Md. In the Sept 30 issue of the Chronicle , the fiancee was incorrectly identified. The Chronicle regrets this error. caused a division, but I could tell from some of the jockeying that what was going on was racially motivated." The incident apparently involved the approval of the General Personnel Report. The report details promotions, hirings, firings, rep rimands, resignations and pay raises of employees. The board was split with four votes apiece and had to return to excecutive session to re vote. Shortly after the members returned, Marshall and Brown left Marshall said some board members said one thing in the public session of the meeting but said something different in the executive session. - "It had a strong odor of racism," he added. NI didn't feel like tolerating any more of it, so I walked out. That was the strongest statement we felt we could make." - Brown said she was extremely upset with what occurred at last Thursday's meeting. She declined to elaborate. School Superintendent Larry Coble was also close-mouthed. He said Marshall and Brown had gone by the time he arrived at the meeting. Board Chairperson Nancy Wooten % had to fill him in on what happened, he said. Wooten, confirming that the issue was personnel related, said Tuesday night that she had discussed the matter with Coble for more than two hours earlier Tuesday. "We've got to be able to func tion as a board," she said. Mar shall and Brown's actions "damn near shut us down." "Not everybody (board mem bers) is see ing this in the Geneva Brown same light," she said about the issue that prompted the walk-out "We will have another executive session, at which time we will address this problem. There's no quick fix here. It ain't that simple." She said that if the board decides to vote on the issue, it will do so in public, but that wouldn't mean that the public would know what last week's fracas was all about AT&T-Places ing campaign (with AT&T) for advertising on a regular basis with black newspapers." The controversy started over a racist illus tration in the September edition of AT&T's Focus magazine that shows an ape using the telephone on the African continent Four other continents ? North America, South America, Asia and Europe ? show human beings. Stinson said die publication has been dis continued, and the two "editors responsible for reviewing it have been reassigned." The NAACP and AT&T released a joint statement last week proclaiming "they held constructive discussions conoeming the rela tionship of AT&T to the African-American community." The release also stated that the Edelman S9B iQiqjAFwAgS.we my* fljght together to v save our children." - * Contrary to the popular myth, Edelman said most children living in poverty are not black. "We must ensure that every child has a head start in life," she said. "Not just poor and ? black children are at risk; the rich have turned to drugs because of an unstable family life and no sense of belonging." Edelman compared America's inner cities to Vietnam, where the lives of many young r from page A1 two groups will pursue further dialogue on recruiting and promoting minorities to man agement positions, provide scholarships for black students, utilize black financial institu tions and establish diversity training programs. Stinson said the company has had a "com mendable record over the last 20 years" with African Americans but still needs to make amends for the illustration. "Our name was associated with the illus tration, and I would think that an ad that addresses the unintentional insult would set the record straight that clearly we have had a good record with women and minorities," he said. "But despite our fine record, we need to focus on what we will do." from page A1 black males are being snuffed out. "The American dream for many inner-city kids has become a choice between prison or death," she said. "We are losing more black men from gun shot wounds than all the lynch ing in history." Edelman said while some things have got ten better, others have gotten worse. But posi Qvc role models, she saidr will strengthen the family unit. "We must de-emphasize power and money as the key to success," she said, "and define ourselves by how we help others." Mariam Wright Edelman talks with members of the audience after her speech. City's Number 'The ultimate goal is having an environ ment in city government that gives each person a chance to succeed/' Beaty said. However, he added, 'The numbers are still not what I would like for them to be." Beaty said the city's goal is not to just hire minorities based on the percentage in the city's population, but to also reflect the numbers in the general workforce. The number of blacks heading department in Winston-Salem is far above those in compa rable: si zed cities of Raleigh, Durham and Greensboro. Frank Lewis, director of human resources for the city of Durham, said that of the 20 department heads, eight are African American. Two of the assistant city managers are black. Of the 1,627 filled positions, 748, or 46 per cent, are manned by blacks, he said. ' Durham has about 140,000 people, and about half of those are African- American. "We've had a very good and aggressive affirmative action plan," Lewis said. He said that the current and past mayors from, page A 1 "all have been staunch supporters of EEOC and affirmative action plans." Patsy Burks, a compensation and benefits manager for the city of Greensboro, said that of the 16 departments only three are headed by African Americans. However, two of those three - police and fire - are the city's largest departments. A black also heads up the human relations department, she said. Overall, there are 2,228 full-time employ ees in that city, and nearly 28 percent are black. t A Greensboro city planner said of the approximately 187,000 people in the city, about 33 percent, or 60,000, are black. Robert Dominick, Raleigh's director of personnel, said out of the 17 departments, only one is headed by an African American. An assistant city manager is also black, Dominick said. However, he estimated that 31 % percent of the total city workforce is Mack. Raleigh has a populace of 212,000 people, Dominick said, and he estimated that about a quarter of that is African American. m |||j| Winsjon -SalemC ; mtm ? s 1 ?&&? wmeton-faMas HC MTU* ? ? 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