Regional Director
Ruby B. Archie
AKAsto
convene in
Greensboro
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The 55th Mid-Atlantic
Regional Conference of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Inc., is coming to
Greensboro's Koury
Convention Center today
(March 20) through Scmjay.
The Mid-Atlantic Region is
one of 10 regions that collec
tively form Alpha Kappa
Alpha, the nation's first black
Greek letter sorority. The
region covers North Carolina
and Virginia, and has pro
duced two national presi
dents, three national parlia
mentarians, two national
treasurers, a national secre
tary, an Ivy Leaf editor-in
chief and a plethora of
National Committee
Representatives.
More than 5,400 AKA
members make their homes in
the Mid- Atlantic Region. The
oldest chapter in the region is
Delta Omega of Petersburg,
Va., while the newest chapter
is Psi Gamma Omega of
Hillsborough, N.C. There are
currently 118 chapters in the
region. Dr. Norma S. White,
the 25tH AKA National
President, coined the region
"The Marvelous Mid-Atlantic
Region."
This year's conference is
under the leadership of
Centennial Mid-Atlantic
Regional Director Ruby B.
Archie. For the past several
months, the chapters in the
Northern Carolina Cluster
have spent countless hours
planning this Centennial
Conference Celebration.
More than 1,200 AKA sorors
are expected to attend to cele
brate their past accomplish
ments and plan future goals.
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For more information on
the conference, go to
www.midatlanticaka.org.
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Hunt Project ED brings years of experience
Pam Peoples- Joyner
is well-known
for her work at the
Urban League
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONIC! -F
The waiting room is full
down the hall from Pam
Peoples-Joyner's office. Men sit
there in comfortable chairs fill
ing out forms while waiting to be
sefui.
" The men in the waiting room
have come seeking cures for
what troubles them, but Peoples
Joyner is no doctor and her office
isn't located in a clinic or hospi
tal. The men in the waiting room
are ex-offenders looking for
basic needs like employment and
shelter.
Peoples-Joyner is the new
executive director of the Darryl
Hunt Project for Freedom and
Justice, which helps ex-offend
ers reintegrate into society. The
Project also provides assistance
to the wrongly incarcerated and
advocates for judicial reform. It
was founded by Darryl Hunt,
who was in prison himself for 18
years for a murder he didn't
commit.
Peoples-Joyner says the
waiting room is usually full
Monday through Thursday. It
only empties on Friday when the
office is closed to the public for
administrative work.
Ex-offenders being helped
by the project are called associ
ates.
"It's busy," said Peoples
Joyner, "My first month here, we
accessed 174 new associates
(who) walked through the doors
here."
Peoples-Joyner said her pas
sions in life are teaching and
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Photo by Todd Luck
Pam Peoples-Joyner with Darryl Hunt.
helping others.
"When you have a passion
for something, a passion for
helping people, you just can't let
it go," she said.
She's been teaching part
time at Winston-Salem State
University since 2003. Her other
passion has manifested itself
through her work with non-prof
its. She holds a bachelors degree
in sociology from WSSU and a
master's in adult education from
N.C. A&T State University.
After college, she became a
staffing manager for a temporary
employment agency. She says
she found that the agency tended
to shy away from clients with
criminal records, so she decided
to find a job more in tune with
helping others.
She found that in 2000 at the
Winston-Salem Urban League.
She was the organizations'
employment specialist, helping
the underemployed and unem
ployed find new opportunities.
She served as a juvenile reentry
coordinator with the Winston
Salem State University Center ,
for Community Safety before
joining the Hunt Project in
January.
Peoples-Joyner, who also has
volunteer positions with the
Human Relations Commission
and the Winston-Salem Service
Corps, said she made the teap to
the Hunt Project because she felt
she was ready to be an executive
director after her mans years at
non-profits.
Hunt, who works at the proj
ect he founded, agreed that
Peoples-Joyner was ready to
spread her wings. He says she
has already excelled.
"She has done an outstanding
job of really pulling this office
together," said Hunt. "She's been
on the job a month and a half and
has already obtained a grant for a
job placement (employee to help
at the office). I can't ask for
nothing better than that ."
Peoples-Joyner says that she
has had good teachers over the
years who have shown her how
to get things done. She credits
her know-how to the tutelage of
Delores "D" Wylie, former CEO
of the Urban League; Reginald
McCaskill, Service Corps direc
tor; and Rev. John Mendez, pas
tor of Emmanuel Baptist Church,
which she attends. ' .
As executive director of the
Darryl Hunt Project for Freedom
and Justice, Peoples-Joyner runs
day-to-day operations. She also
makes sure the non-profit gets
the money it needs to keep
going. Grant- writing is a large
part of that. She too is excited
about the grant that will allow
the agency to hire another staffer.
"We're constantly trying to
be creative and innovative to
find employment opportunities
for associates and chat's why I'm
so excited about this new grant
to hire a job developer," said
Peoples-Joyner.
Currently, the project refers
those who have completed job
training to employers in local job
listings. However, many of them
may have a problem with hiring
people with criminal records.
Plans are for the job developer to
form relationships with local
employers and job agencies so
they'll be more inclined to hire
associates.
Those who have been in
prison often find their biggest
challenge is finding a job<,
Forsyth Technical Community
College, Project Reentry and
Goodwill Industry all offer job
readiness training to the project's
associates.
"Ninety percent of people
who come to our agency are
seeking employment opportuni
ties," sad Peoples-Joyner.
The project also works with
ex-offenders by providing hous
ing assistance and substance
abuse and family counseling.
Peoples-Joyner is married to
firefighter Robert Joyner and
they have one son, Robert III.
Darryl Hunt Project for
Freedom is located at 8 W. Third
St. Contact the office at 336-831
1912.
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71st District
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