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Curator of Arts Award r.^^Jbpe (^Mpan has been a strong :ter o^HBHprth Carolina Black tory an^H^Hnonal Black Theatre 'al since^HIprain Winston-Salem, ler the dirc^^BmLFestival Producer fry Leon Oyelaran was itrumental inWmahiating a four-day fmposium titlecWRpjMlional Colloquia - Black Theatre :^^Hage Beyond Na|M&tjaundaries." The symposium brou^^Egether theater schf|iBr$fc|p Brazil, Cuba, 1 Ghana, Jamaica^^Ka, Nigeria, The Republic of Benin, South Africa, and th^^Hted States. The pandligfi^cluded Ntozake Shange, Trevc^Hpne, Dr. Folabo Ajayi-?oyiJika,^icki Grant and famed Sa^^Kfrican playwright Khubmffstki J^r. Oyelaran ^continued su^^V of the NBTF will assist HtisiUifrlb uniting of Wprld Blacj^^Batre. Oyelaran received a bachelor'\ degree in th^ classic^^Haverford College in Haverfow-PbiBtl in 1963. Hev studie^^vrance before earning a doctoWbij|^A3guistics from Stan^^BjjiiYeisity. Oyelaran received oe&fkaiftn at the Nigeri 'find tftejSlissjs s i ppi ConsorM HHRMRPRnt at Jadkson State Unive^^VHespeaks Yoruba, English, Freftbftf Spanish, Germ^^Htin, and Greek. Oyelaran is an associa%]^fctt|pr of Engli^^^pVinston-Salem State University. A fol schoM language at North Carolina Wesleyai RocjBH^unt, he was a senior lecturer and research life in Nigeria. Oyelaran has written Pons ar\d edited books. He also has many pub! has held membership with the South East on African Studies, the Modern Language As* tguistic Association of Nigeria, the Phonetics S< the Yoruba Studies Association, the Linguistic S< Frica, and the West African Linguistic Society. Oyeh lived numerous grants and scholarships including a Full lolar-in Residence for $33,000. Rachel Patterson Jackson has been a member of the North Carolina Black Repertory ; -Company (NCBRC) since 1981. Ms. Jackson has served as a member of the NCBRC Guild Board. She is the coordinator of ushers for NCBRC perfor mances. Her contributions to the NCBRC and the National Black Theatre Festival (NBTF) pie* of the high standard ok-^ allow the compa? the festival to Secure his goals and >s. A native of Greensboro, Jackson is of six children. She spent her early child development and early child ication. She studied at Appalachian ^University, Forsyth-4'Technical lity College, and the University of >lina at Greensboro. She works as a services librarian for the Forsyth iblic Library. r. Elvvanda Ingram has been a member of the North Carolina Black Repertory Company .tNCBRC) since the e<^ly served Ss *NCHKC Theawtf Guild PftedWiflfcd is a member of the NCBl&C Board of Directors. Ingram sets a standard of commitment to the NCBRC that exemplifies the support that the company needs to continue its artistic excellence. Ingram, a professor of English at Winston-Salem State University, served as a graduate teaching in the English Department at the University of Oregon in September 1976. She was an English instructor at the University ot Oregon, Towson State University, and Morgan State University, both in Baltimore. Ingram received a bachelor's degree in English at Morgan State in 1969. She earned a master's degree in English at the University of Illinois in Urbana, 111. Ingram obtained her doctorate in English at the University of Oregon. She was awarded the Kester Sscndsen fellowship and the National Fellowship Fund Fellowship Ingram was' named the Wins! Woman of the Year Award in 1984 and was given Excellence in Teaching Award in 1988. She alscn Foundation Women's Studies Curriculum Development University of North Carolina Board of Governors El Teaching Award. Ingram is a member of the Colleg^j Association, Conference on College Composition and Coi Langston Hughes Literacy Society, Middle Atlantii Association, and the National Council of Teachers of Englisl has written in several academic publications. She is also a the Cleveland Avenue Christian Church, the North Carol Repertory Company Theatre Guild. Community Outreach of The Arts Council of Winston-Salem, the Council on UlCTI Women, and the NAACP. Public Safety Award Officer Thomas Counsels Young Women As Part Of Her Duties Officer Priscilla P. Thomas works foot patrol in the Cleveland Avenue Homes. She has established a strong rapport in the community. Thomas not only works a very aggressive patrol by ridding the com munity of the criminal elements, but she takes her work much further. She has demonstrated a true interest in the community by preventing people from becoming involved in crime. Thomas counsels female teenagers on respecting theirselves and demand ing respect from their male counter parts. A mother in the community called upon Officer Thomas to talk to her daughter because she believed her daughter to be pregnant. Officer Thomas talked to the young girl and found that she was pregnant. STie ensured that the girl got proper health care. \ Thomas works with with toy, food, clothing drives, and health fairs in the community. She coordinated the 920 Youth Career Club, that works with at risk children by exposing them to a positive life style. The club stresses a life from drugs and crime. The club has received local, state, and national recognition for its success in working with youth people. Thomas is trusted in the communi ty. Residents advise her of criminal activity and even invite her into their homes to observe criminal activity in the community. Because of this trust, Thomas is the most productive officer in drug arrests and seizures of all foot patrol officers. Thomas does not stop her work with the arrest of the subjects. She often talks to the suspects to determine whey they are involved in crime. Thomas is so well known in the com munity that often suspects who have warrants on them would seek out Thomas to turn themselves in.
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