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By COURTNEY DANIEL
The Chkonk le Staff Writer
5 Stedman Graham, president and chief executive
officer of S. Graham & Associates (SGA), partner in
Kemper Golf Management Chicago, chief executive
'officer of Graham Gregory Bozell and co-author of
the book, "The Ultimate Guide to SdoiI and Event
Management," has put pen to paper for a second time
and written an inspiring guide to personal and pro
fessional achievement, "You Can Make It Happen: A
Nine-Step Plan For Success." Graham attributes his
.own diverse portfolio of success, as both a business
* and civic leader, to the same nine-step plan found in
his book.
Graham said that he wrote the book in hopes of
accomplishing three things: redirect the African
American view of prosperity, battle the perception of
victimization, and provide a guide to the process of
success.
Graham believes that the standards of success in
the black community have been severely iskew.
"I felt my own culture, the African-American cul
ture, was lacking in leadership and the wrong message
was getting out to the marketplace about success and
what's really important," he said. "What I felt was
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effects of a victimized mentality.
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carry around feelings about our own victimization,"
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City ignores East Winston development?
Aldermen brainstorm for
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By BRIDGET EVARTS
Community News Reporter
The African-American community
shouldn't wait for the city to take the
lead in developing East Winston, said
Winston-Salem's black leaders.
Aldermen representing the East,
North and Northeast
Wards agreed that
neighborhood lobbies
and partnerships
between African
American business
people and the city are
essential for promot
ing economic develop
ment in the black
community.
Since 1990, the city has spent
$240,000 on studies, plans and market
ing for East Winston's development.
The total amount of money spent on
the area during the past seven years is
a little over $8 million.
In contrast, the city has invested
only $35,000 in the Downtown
Strategic Plan. About
S9.5 million has been
spent on downtown
projects since 1990;
this figure does not
include the city's com
mitment to two addi
tional parking decks,
which will run around
$9.6 million.
The East Winston
These suggestions conflict with
some of the recommendations made in
thje East Winston area plan, updated
three years ago.
Economic Development Strategy, a
study conducted by consultants
Hammer, Siler, George Associates, was
initiated in 1988 and was last updated
J. Alton Joino*
three years ago.
One recommendation of that study
was for the city to assume the primary
leadership and initiation role, rather
than depend on prjvate partnerships to
develop the African-American com
munity.
The three aldermen said that the
responsibility of development cannot
rest with the city; movers and shakers
from the neighborhood need to step
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Economic development bond
won't help black community
By BRIDGET EVARTS
Community News Reporter
Citizens may be asked to proceed with blind
faith on one segment of the general obligation
bond referendum, set for a June 24 vote.
Unlike the other four bond items, the $6
million economic development bond has not
been earmarked for specific projects. The
money can be used for acquiring, clearing and
developing land, but cannot go toward incen
tives to lure businesses into one area or anoth
er.
Money has been specifically directed for the
other bonds. Three parks, Bowman Gray
Stadium and a new athletic complex have been
selected to benefit from the $4 million recre
ation bond.
Each dollar of the $7 million allotted for
the convention center has been earmarked for
renovations, additions and upgrades, just as
neighborhoods, programs and parcels of land
have been identified for the $11 million hous
ing and redevelopment bond. The city released
a long list of roads and walkways to be
improved under the $47 million streets and
sidewalks bond.
With a new strategic development plan for
downtown coming out soon, it's likely that a ?
sizable chunk of the $6 million will go for eco
nomic development in that area. Though assis
tant city manager for development J. Allen
Joines cautions that no commitments have
been made, areas without solidified plans
probably won't see much of the bond money.
The Liberty Street Corridor project, cov
ered under the streets and sidewalks bond, is
the only completed plan for the African
American community The city allocated $5.2
of the $47 million to be split between that pro
ject and the University Parkway/Community
Crossing Corridor project.
"We're hoping to combine the Liberty
Street project and economic development,"
said Joines. The project may be East Winston's
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Tuskegee survivors receive apology
From wire reports
WASHINGTON ? For 25
ytars, silence surrounded a shame
ful legacy that tarnished the med
ical-profession's reputation and
created public distrust for the U.S.
government.
As part of a study conducted
by the Public Health Service
| (PHS) in Macon County, Ala.,
approximately 400 African
American men were left untreated
for syphilis. The study began in
1932 and did not end until 1972 ?
many years after penicillin was
available to treat the disease.
For many African Americans,
the Tuskegee study cemented sus
picions about the government's
intentions toward its minority
population. African-American
involvement in medical studies
remains minimal.
President Bill Clinton took the
first steps to healing this wound.
On May 16, the president for
mally apologized to the eight sur
vivors, their families and the
nation for the unethical study.
"To our African-American citi
zens, I am sorry that your federal
government orchestrated a study
so clearly racist," said Clinton.
"Our government is supposed
to protect the rights of its citizens;
their rights were trampled on," the
president added.
Five of the Tuskegee survivors
were able to travel to Washington,
and family members were flown in
to represent the three absent sur
vivors.
After the apology, Clinton
announced plans to help Tuskegee
University build a bioethics center
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President Clinton and Vko President Goto mot with tho survivor* privately before the ceremony. Seated
from left to right are Herman Shaw, Fred Simmon*, Charlie Pollard, Fredrick Mot* and Carter Howard.
Standing with the president and vice president Is Dr. David Satcher, director of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
African-Americans not volunteering for Habitat for Humanity projects
By BRIDGET EVARTS
Community News Reporter
Habitat for Humanity may be one of
the most influential nonprofit housing
providers in the country. Since its incep
tion in 1976, Habitat has built over
50,000 homes across the United States.
Locally, the Forsyth County Habitat
for Humanity has provided 60 houses
since its inception in 1985. Habitat also
provides 20-year no-interest mortgages
for its homeowners, who earn "sweat
equity" credit by putting in hundreds of
work hours into their houses.
Presently, 10 Habitat houses are enter
ing the latter stages of construction. Five
are at the corner of Patterson Avenue and
13th Street, four houses are on Carolyn
Drive, and one is part of the Pleasant
View Drive development.
Few dispute that Habitat for
Humanity provides much-needed afford
able housing, especially for the African
American community. So why aren't
more African Americans volunteering for
Forsyth's Habitat?
"I wish I knew the answer to that
question, why they are not involved," said
Kaye Donahue, chairperson of Habitat's
board of directors.
Habitat's office on Witt Street did not
have numbers for African-American vol
unteers.
"No one keeps track out here," admit
ted Max Morgan, interim director. "I'm
not sure what the representation is to the
(African-American) community." None
of the nine employees on staff at
Habitat's office are African-American,
although sometimes homeowners will . 1
volunteer in the office to earn their *
"sweat equity" hours.
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Though Habitat far Humanity develops matt of Its houses In the African -
American community, tow blocks volunteer for the building crews.