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She said, she said Conservative and liberal friends share opinions on hot issues at Wake Forest BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Julianne Malveaux and Debo rah Perry are such opposites that the two could not qgree on which side of the room to sit on before their joint lecture at Wake Forest University. So while their long lists of career achievements were read during their introductions, Malveaux sat to the crowd's right while Perry sat a few feet away from her on the left. Ironically, during an hour-and-a-half lecture that touched on many of today's hot button political issues, it was Perry who stayed staunchly to the right while Malveaux planted her feet firmly to the left. The two women have made a career of agreeing to disagree. They have duked it out on nation al political shows and most recently c o a u - thored a book, "Unfin ished Business: A Democ rat and a Republi can Take on the 10 M d s ? Important Issues Women Face." Saturday, the women keynot ed the Babcock School of Man agement's second annual Diversi ty Day. The school uses Diversity Day to entertain and enlighten potential minority students in hopes of convincing them to enroll at babcock. Malveaux, a well-known ? economist who is a regular con tributor to USA Today and Essence, and Perry, an adminis trator in the White House of the first President Bush and a free lance journalist, expanded on subjects they address in their book and took opposing stances on issues that have become heat ed since the release of the book. One of those issues is the Supreme Court's inevitable review of the University of Michigan's affirmative action policy. Perry claims that she was able to achieve a great measure of suc cess in several male-dominated arenas - including a stint work ing in foreign policy in the late 1980s - by using her mind and by not using her gender as a spring board. "I never wanted special treat ment because I am a woman," she told a of crowd of more than 200, Perry, who does not believe that there is a glass ceiling hold ing women back, has a problem with the affirmative action policy used by the University of Michi gan's Office of Admissions. The policy is based on a point system. The policy awards 20 points auto matically to students who belong to some minority groups. PerTy says it is not fair that a minority student gets more points than a student with a perfect SAT score (the school gives 14 points to stu dents who achieve that feat). "What does that say about academic achievement?" she asked. Malveaux told students that she has benefited from affirma tive action. She said it helped her get inttyMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at a time when the school had no black women in its economics program. She frowned on the notion that affir mative action helps the unquali fied. Malveaux insists that it only helps minorities get their feet in the door while hard work and excellence get them their degrees. "All things are not equal for everyone. Let's just be real about that," Malveaux said. Malveaux went on to lash out at whites who have used affirma tive action as an excuse for their own failures. She called them "losers and whiners." "These are people who could not make it," Malveaux said. "There are a whole lot of white folks who need to get over it." Although television viewers may still see the two having a ver bal wrestling match on CNN or MSNBC, Malveaux and Perry say they are proof that women 1 with different political back grounds and skin colors can become friends. On the cover of their book, the women appear with their backs to one another - Perry on the right, of course, and Malveaux on the left. Petty said she fought for their pictures to appear on the book's cover. "I wanted people to walk into a bookstore arid see an African American and a white woman together and say. 'What are they doing together?"' Perry said. Perry The women do share some common views. For instance, both think their political parties have not done enough to promote women, and Malveaux and Perry agree that women are too polite when it comes to addressing their political desires, often turning to their husbands to express their political opinions. Malveaux urged women to register to vote and, more impor lant. to turn out on Election Day. She said if women don't take the initiative, they have only them selves to blame. "I cannot stand an uninvolved angry person," she said. They insist that their book is much more than the two of them trading barbs on issues such as education and race. The book is a resource guide. Malveaux said, that details ways women can get involved and be heard. Perry said women should be loudmouths if they have to in order to get their message out. She suggested that women begin to speak out as furiously about their issues as director Spike Lee has spoken out about issues important to African-Americans. "We can become the Spike Lees of America," she said. "We can make a difference." V c Photos hy Kevin Walker Julianne Malveaux chats with a student at Wake Forest University before her lecture. Philanthropist gives agencies tools to help kids "V The Marshall Bass Children's Fund Ims existed since 1997 and has funded several programs BY COURTNEY GA1LLARD THE CHRONICLE Approximately 37 youth support and advocacy agen cies from Forsyth County attended the Marshall Bass Children's Fund Strategic Planning seminar last week on the campus of Winston Salem State University. Vision, mission, credo and values were the focus of the training session facilitated by Karl Yena. an organizational management expert. The Marshall Bass Chil dren's Fund, established in 1997. aims to "help those who help children" by strengthen ing the management capabili ty of organizations that serve children inTorsyth County. "Strategic planning is an integral part of any organiza tion and unless an organiza tion operates on a plan, the probability of failure is much greater. If an organization has a plan and they follow that plan, then it significantly strengthens the probability of success." said Marshall Bass, who was present for the train ing seminar - one of two sem inars to take place this year. He explained that seminars al programs offered by the Children's Fund along with consulting services and year round grant programs. Yena was chosen to lead the seminar because of his prior experience in personnel and organizational manage ment with RJ Reynolds INUDISCO Inc. Cur re n 11 y, Yena is p r e s i - dent of Yena and Associ ales, which provides organi zanonai management ana strategic planning assistance to clients in North Carolina and throughout the Southeast. Yena likens the concept of strategic planning to being on a diet, saying: "You have a process and if you follow it you'll be successful. If you don't (follow it), you won't (be successful). You have to, every so often, just step back and say, 'Is that really what I want,to be?' and if it is then Bass INTRODUCING CROWN CLASSIC BANKING5" (The premium checking package designed for people 50+) o This checking package includes: ? A checking account with interest rates that increase as your balance grows ? Free Gold Check Card' and free Crown checks ? Two monthly no-fee withdrawals at other banks' ATMs2 ? Free traveler's checks and safe deposit box ? Two additional accounts with no monthly sendee fee1 ft And all you have to do to avoid fees is: ? 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