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The WFU Gospel Choir is slated to perform.
Concert will benefit
China quake victims
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
a After hearing about the dev
astating earthquake in Sichuan
Province China last May, Wake
Forest University senior Glenn
Zhao decided he had to do some
thing to help the victims, so he
organized a benefit concert to
raise funds for relief efforts.
The concert, which will fea
ture musical performances and
speakers, will be held at 7:30
p.m. Sept. 30 in Brendle Recital
Hall. The event is open to the
public. Tickets are $5 and will
be available at the door.
All proceeds will go to the Red
Cross Society of China, which is
directly involved in rebuilding
efforts in Sichuan Province.
Wake Forest student groups
Chi Rho, Minor Variation,
Demon Divas and the Gospel
Choir will perform at the con
cert. Speakers, who will be
announced at a later date, will
address the impact of the earth
quake on the Sichuan region and
individual families.
The disaster caught Zhao's
attention not only because of the
enormous damage, but also
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because his grandparents had
lost close friends in the
Tangshan earthquake in 1976,
which killed over 240,000 peo
ple. Zhao, who was bom in
China, said he was also deeply
affected by the suffering of the
families of schoolchildren.
"In one image after another, I
saw devastated parents falling
on their knees while holding
onto the dead body of their only
child," said Zhao. "Seeing that
suffering made me realize I
could no longer be merely a
sympathetic observer."
Zhao and his family began
mobilizing in small ways to help
contribute to relief efforts. His
mother set up a donation box for
the Red Cross Society of China
at her workplace. His brother
spoke at his high school gradua
tion ceremony about the impor
tance of helping with the relief
effort in China, and Zhao, with
the help of his friends, decided
on a benefit concert.
"I see this as a great way to
mobilize my larger family, the
Wake Forest community, to live
out our motto, 'Pro
Humanitate.'"
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The prayer circle is part of
the Ministries Hope on the
Inside, which advocates second
chances for men and women
who end up incarcerated
because of bad choices.
This year, Hope on the
Inside began with the prayer cir
cle and subsequent hot dog sup
per on Friday, followed by a
day's worth of counseling,
prayer and motivational speak
ers inside the jail and the state
prison on Cherry Street (where
Forsyth Jail and Prison
Ministries is based) on Saturday.
"The answer to crime is not
to build more prisons ... what
takes an offender out (of the sys
tem) and keeps him out is hope
on the inside," Still well
declared. "That's what we want
to share with the community,
that lives can be changed."
The Ministries and the pro
gram not only provides hope but
works to create better lives for
inmates upon their release.
"Each of those 950 people
(inside the jail) represents five
to eight victims, statistics tell
us," Stillwell explained. "When
you make an impact in their
lives ... you make an impact on
the whole community."
The impact on the communi
ty members who assembled
before the jail was apparent.
Some smiled and waved exuber
antly at the windows, which by
the end of the prayer were pop
ulated with a barrage of faces.
Others bowed their heads in
silent reflection.
Others cried silently, lifting
their hands towards the heavens.
A woman began to sing in a rich
alto - "Amazing grace, how
sweet the sound, that saved a
wretch like me..." Others soon
joined in, their voices taking on
momentum like a gathering
storm. *
Jimmy Teague clasped his
friend Amy Bushman's hand
tightly, his face awash in emo
tion.,
the importance of psychothera
py ill treating mental illness.
However, therapy may be an
important component of your
treatment plan. A qualified
mental health professional can
help you identify things like
triggers (things that may affect
or activate your condition) or
patterns in your life that are not
working well for you. You can
then work together to devise
ways of being that will work
better for you. You may learn,
for example, new ways of struc
turing your life or interacting
with other people. Therapy
helps you understand yourself,
and thus you can learn about
what you need in order to bring
about the results you desire.
There are many different styles
of therapy? for example, cog
nitive-behavioral therapy, psy
choanalysis, and rational-emo
tive therapy, just to name a few.
Your doctor can recommend a
good therapist in your area who
can help you learn to maximize
your health and wellness.
Therapists are useful to people
who do not have a mental ill
ness as well, as they can serve
as "coaches" to get us through
difficult situations or help us
maximize our joy.
It is important to remember
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Teague, 32, was released
from prison just over a month
ago, after completing a five year
sentence for embezzlement.
"I know how lonely it is in
there, how dark and destitute,"
he said, gazing at the massive
brick structure before him.
"You think nobody loves you ...
I just thank God because if He
didn't take part in my life, I'd
either be dead or back in."
Hope on the Inside is typi
cally headlined by a celebrity
speaker, such as last year's Tony
Evans - a nationally acclaimed
that living with a mental illness
does not make you "crazy" or
less of a person. Mental illness
is like any other condition; you
may need to make some adjust
ments in your life to take care of
it, but it is completely treatable
with the proper care. Like any
one else, people with mental ill
nesses can lead long, happy, and
author and pastor. But the 2008
event was led by what the folks
at FJPM like to refer to as
PC As, or "post-crime achiev
ers."
Roy Roebuck is one of
them. Roebuck says he attempt
ed suicide three times while
incarcerated.
"The doctors told my mom,
'We can't do anything for your
son. His life is in the hands of
God,'" he related.
Through much soul search
ing and prayer. Roebuck made it
through his sentence and out
productive lives.
Next week, as a conclusion
to our three-part series on men
tal illness, we will discuss sup
porting a loved one with mental
illness.
- Contribution by Jaimie
Hunter, MPH, CHES
Photos by Layb Fanner
The prayer circle winds
around the Forsyth County
Detention Center.
Left: Chaplain Rodney
Stillwell introduces Jim
Robinson.
into the world. He currently
serves as an instructor at
Forsyth Technical Community
College.
"It's not who 1 am on the
outside that makes me; it's the
heartbeat that He placed within
me to become who 1 am today,"
he said with a satisfied smile
Fellow PCA Jim Robinson
re-established his faith with the
help of a FJPM volunteer.
"I felt the love of Jesus
Christ and 1 felt the love of my
Father through the words of that
volunteer." he declared, hit
words choked with emotion. "I
walked daily with the Lord."
For more information about
Forsyth Jail and Prison
Ministries, call (336) 759-0063
or visit www forsythjpm.org .
Do you need further infor
mation or have questions or
comments about this article?
Please call toll-free 1-877-530
1824. Or, for more information
about the Maya Angelou Center
for Health Equity, please visit
our website:
http://www.wfubmc.edu/minorit
y health.
WINSTON-SALEM SYMPHONY ROBERT MOODY, MUSIC DIRECTOR
BOB AND DIMA! f
The Winston-Salem Symphony joins forces with the Greensboro Symphony
Orchestra in a thrilling start to its 62nd season. Maestros Moody and Sitkovetsky
take turns on the podium and also as soloists on the program, and the combined
orchestras power up to perform Richard Strauss' monumental symphonic poem,
A Hero's Life. Don't miss this musical tour de force!
Copland
Old Amer ican Songs
Robert Moody, baritone
Corigliano
Suite from The Red Violin
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
R. Strauss
Ern HexJenieben, op.40
(A Hero's Life)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2008, AT 3:00 P.M.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008, AT 7:30 P.M.
Stevens Center of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts
TICKETS: $15-$ 55
For more information, call 336-464-0145 or visit www.wssymphony.org.
(Bo* office open M-F, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
SYMPHONY