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March for homeless
children is Saturday
SPECIAL TO THE CHKOWCLE
The Human Relations Department is
sponsoring its 6th annual March for
Homeless Children as part of the Winston
Salem Holiday Parade on Saturday. Dec. 6.
Residents interested in participating in the
march to show their support for homeless
children should meet at 4:30 p.m. at the
Center City West parking garage across from
the Chamber of Commerce Building on
Fourth Street.
The march will raise awareness for the
plight of homeless children, said Wanda
Allen-Abraha. the human relations director.
"Homelessness does not just affect
adults." she said "Anytime a parent loses a
home their children are homeless, too "
This is the fourth year the march has been
incorporated into the Holiday Parade
Representatives of Project Hope (a program
offered by the Winston-Salem Forsyth
County Schools that addresses the needs of
homeless children and their families) will be
on hand to accept donations.
For more information . call City Link at
727-8000.
AIDS Day
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munity relations director for
ACS. told participants at the
annual candlelit Reflections
Service. "One of the most
important things we can do is
what we're doing right now
talking about it."
In addition to remember
ing the fallen, Lindsey said it
is critical to recognize the
thousands of local people
who are currently battling the
disease.
"We need to support the
people who are living with
HIV/AIDS," she remarked,
gesturing to the ribbons
above her head. "That's
2,146 people who need our
help."
ACS Business Office
Manager Mona Gary lost her
mother to AIDS. She shared
her story with the group and
lifted up a prayer in obser
vance of the day.
"As a worshipping com
munity. we are all challenged
by such a moment as this ...
a moment where we can offer
compassion to those who suf
fer from AIDS and HIV,"
Gary said. "In this moment,
we all stand in need of God's
healing."
Cheryl Lindsay said she
first became aware of the dis
ease when her mother's long
time friend, a nurse, contract
ed it after accidentally being
pricked by an infected nee
dle.
Lindsay says her mother,
Gloria Lindsay, quickly took
up the cause and became an
advocate. Now Cheryl hopes
to follow in her mother's
footsteps, by helping to
revive the Dinning with
Photos by Layla Farmer
Ron Benson, right, with his partner, Eloy Salas.
Rev. Charlie Davis simgs
Mona Gmry
Friends fundraiser her sorori
ty, Alpha Kappa Alpha, for
merly hosted in conjunction
with ACS.
"Education is key; with
out knowledge, people will
continue to contract AIDS,"
Lindsay said.
Rev. Charlie Davis, min
ister of the Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship and
a former folk singer, sa^s he
has watched the public's
awareness of the disease
come nearly full circle over
the past two decades. The
initial fear in the 1980 s gave
way to heightened awareness
in the '90's; but AIDS causes
have fallen by the wayside in
recent years, he believes.
"(The 1990's) were kind
of heady days. AIDS had
kind of national appeal;
everybody was wearing red
ribbons ... it was part of the
national conversation,"
Davis said. "But shortly
after, there was a whole new
silence. It was a silence that
AIDS was no longer news."
Ron Benson says he also
noticed a decline in AIDS
empathy after the fervor of
the 1990's.
"1 sense that people are
more complacent now
because people are living
with the disease and not
dying." said Benson, who
was diagnosed with HIV in
1992. "I just want people to
remember that it is out there
and it is still as deadly as
ever. $
Benson and his partner,
Eloy Salas, volunteer regu
larly at Holly Haven. ACS's
family care home where
Salas once resided.
"Everyday, we talk about
how thankful we are because
we could be so much worse
off." Benson tearfully relat
ed. "fcBut) it's so fulfilling to
go (to Holly Haven) and tell
them our story. I feel like it
gives them hope."
World AIDS Day obser
vances were also held
Monday evening at the
University of North Carolina
School of the Arts, which
hosted a "Celebration of
Life" in honor of the day; and
St. Anne's Episcopal Church,
which held an event titled
"Evensong."
For more information
about World AJDS Day, visit
www.worldaidscampaign .org
For more information
about ACS. call (336) 777
0116 or visit
www. aidscare service .org .
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need your help (in) trying to
get past the police depart
ment that you had yesterday.
We need to work together to
do this."
Among those present was
State Representative Earline
Parmon, who told
Cunningham of her own neg
ative brush with local police.
Parmon says she was going
to door-to-door to register
voters prior to this year's his
toric election when she was
followed, and eventually
stopped by two officers who
told her her state-issued tags
did not match her vehicle.
"I've been in the State
House since 2003 - those
tags are specifically assigned
to your (House) seat num
ber," she declared. "It was
insulting."
Despite having
done nothing
wrong, Parmon says
she was rattled by
the officers, one of
whom rested his
hand on his gun
when he stepped
out of the car,
according to her
account.
"I remained
calm and handled it
well ... (but) what
if jt had been someooay
else?" she intoned. "I realize
they're just doing their jobs,
but I still think they need to
be culturally sensitive, par
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Last week's meeting lasted more than am hour.
ticularly in the black commu
nity."
o Others also recounted
tales of officers with apathet
ic or callous atti
t u d c s
Cunningham says
the department is
working with the
officers, but
needs regular
feedback from the
community, espe
cially if they feel
they have been
wronged by
police.
If there s a complaint,
you need to bring it to the
department so we can look at
it and deal with it," he said.
"You need to tell us when
you're not happy with our
service."
Bringing more diversity
to the department is also a
goal of Cunningham's, but he
says many minorities from
the area are deterred by the
department's marred reputa
tion and choose to serve in
other communities instead.
Hairston, a former member
of the WSPD. said law
enforcement officers should
work to build relationships
with the people in the neigh
borhoods they patrol.
Cunningham shares
Hairston's sentiment. In
fact, he told those present
that he plans to add more
officers to the department
and give each a smaller,
assigned "beat" to patrol in
hopes that they will form
some attachment to the com
munities they serve. His
plan will increase the number
of beats from the current 18
to 24. and is slated for rollout
in January 2009.
Above all, Cunningham
asserted that he favors pre
ventative measures over
enforcement. It has become
a familiar theme for
Cunningham since he took
office last summer.
"It's a philosophical shift
at the police department." he
remarked "Policing is big
ger than law enforcement ...
it's education, it's preven
tion. it's getting out there and
being seen In my mind, law
enforcement is a very impor
tant part of (policing), but
it's only one part."
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er together through dialogue
and interaction. He has also
worked to make department
personnel diverse in terms of
race and gender.
Phyllis H. Crain. execu
tive director of The
Crossnore School in Avery
County, won for Advocacy.
Despite fighting for her life
against breast cancer. Crain
continues to be a strong
advocate for children
US Rep G.K.
Butterfield, who represents
North Carolina's First
District, spoke before the
awards were presented last
week. Dr. Lloyd P. (Jock)
Tate, president of the
Foundation, also spoke,
telling the crowd that. "Like
Nancy Susan Reynolds, our
unsung heroes always start
with a positive attitude about
the ability of individuals to
affect conditions around
them They see needs and
figure out ways to meet
them. They are resourceful
people. They dream dreams
and then somehow find the
strength and the resources to
make them come true."
The Z Smith Reynolds
Foundation was founded in
193ft and provides grants in
the areas of community eco
nomic development, democ
racy and civic engagement,
environment, pre -collegiate
education, and social justice
and equity.
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