Church marks anniversary of Iraq War
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aijihi .? St Anne's Episcopal
Chinch marked the sixth
.man ersary of the Iraq War.
Church mefhbers spent about
-in tuliiMeading the names of
the 4.VV \nencan sen icemen
and sen icewomen who died
in the conflict over the last
year. Teams of two look turns
reading, kneeling beside the
.church's alter as they spoke,
The ages, ranks and date of
death of each military sen ice
person was also read
For most of" the time, the
only light in the room came
from flickering candles held
by some attendees and faint
light that poured through
stained glass windows deco
rated with images from the
life of Jesus. In the back
ground. spiritual choir music
played as the attendees sat
quietly in meditation and
prayer,
The event, sponsored by
the St Anne's Episcopal
Peace Fellowship chapter,
drew just a small crowd of 10
church members Regardless,
Convener Linda Winikoff said
the service was worthwhile
because it reminds the com
munity that many have and
continue to pay the ultimate
sacrifice while sening their
country.
''We think it's so important ?
to honor Americans who have
paid the ultimate price for this
and that they be remembered
and that they be named by
name ."said Winikoff
St. Anne's has held such
readings throughout the
course of the war. This year
was the first time that names
of U.S. causalities from the
war in Afghanistan were read
Photo by TixW Luck
St. Anne's members read the names of deceased service people.
as well. The list of those who
died in Iraq was shorter this
seal than in the past.
"For the year, it's down
hut it's -till too main." said
Winikoff "Even one is too
many."
t - But as violence decreases
in one conflict, it increases in
another. St. Anne's spends
time each Sunday reading the
names of those w ho died dur
ing the week in the wars.
Winikoff prepares the list of
casualties. She said she's seen
an increase in the numbers of
deaths in the Afghanistan con
flict.
"Now w hen we do the lists
weekly, the Afghanistan one is
longer than the Iraq one a lot
of the weeks, which is hard to
see." said Winikoff.
The church has a Icing his
tory of peace activism. It held
its first peace vigil related to
the Iraq War three days before
war officially began. The
church takes part in World
Peace Day every September. It
also has an Iraq Study Group,
which gathers people from
different churches, denomina
tions and faiths to discuss the
war and ways to impact it.
Mane Linton has been
involved with the Study
Group and was one of the
readers at the service. She and
the others read the names in
the order of the dates they died
over the last year. Linton said
that aspect of it made it espe
cially sad for her
"Every time we hit a date ?
like Christmas or the Fourth
of July or my birthday ...
somebody died on that day
that's supposed to be a happy
day," said Linton. "It's just so
sad."
Deanna Hall was another
reader. She's been a member
of the church for over two
years and said she was drawn
to St. Anne's for its peace and
justice activism. She regularly
attends peace vigils.
"It's an outward sign of
showing in the community
that I stand for peace It's an
outward sign of my beliefs,"
said Hall, "War is not the way
of Christ "
President Barack Ohama
campaigned on a pledge for a
phased withdraw from Iraq.
He recently said that he'll
withdraw lOO.(HX) troops by
the summer of 2010 and
remove all troops by the end
of 2011. which follows an
agreement President George
W. Bush signed with the Iraqi
government before he left
office. Obama also announced
las; month that 17,000 addi
tional troops would be
deployed to fight in
Afghanistan .
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Dell's Donrja Oldham at a recent campus discussion on
workplace discrimination.
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Hanes. who has been work
ing to make sexual orienta
tion a protected class since
he came to WSSU in 2005.
"The stance taken by the
chancellor and the Board of
Trustees that an individual's
sexual orientation ... is not
relevant to educational and
employment decisions is
very consistent with the
University's endowing ten
ants nf aHpdiu
ti'on and recep
tiveness."
Adopting
policies that
guard against
discrimination
based on sexual
orientation has
become some
thing of a recent
trend at histori
cally black insti
tutions in the
UNC system in
recent years. Hanes reported.
"When we first started
looking at this three years
ago. none of the HBCUs (in
North Carolina) had adopted
this policy," he related.
"However, as I was looking
at HBCUs across this coun
try. I saw this was an oppor
tunity for Winston-Salem
State to lead."
Although Hanes said that
some LGBT students and
staff members have told him
of instances of harassment
and discrimination on cam
pus, he received no formal
opposition when he asked
that the provision be consid
ered by the Board He cred
its Chancellor Donald
Reaves with helping to make
the process smooth
"Oftentimes, the attitude
of leadership sets the course
(for an organization)." he
noted. "Reaves was very
open to the conversation
when we had it."
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Hanes says sexual orien
tation is not currently recog
nized as a protected class by
the state or federal govern
ments, so the policy Carries
little weight outside the con
fines of the university, but he
is hopeful the vote will help
to make LGBT students and
faculty feel more accepted
and appreciated on campus.
"It's powerful in the
sense that people know the
university is serious about
protecting their rights," he
commented.
"We're not going
to move away
from our founding
tenants - we're
going to be fair
and accepting...
We're not going to
stand for our
workers and our
students being dis
criminated
against!"
Senior
Brandon Hughes
says ne appreciaiea -ine ges
ture. Hughes, a business
administration major, serves
as president of the
Gay/Straight Student
Alliance, which was formed
on campus late last year
"We're very excited
about having the resolution
passed; it's a big step for
Winston-Salem State,"
declared the Charlotte
native "I hope that it will
galvanize (the LGBT com
munity) more and help them
realize that you have a right
to be who you are and there
are consequences for some
one who discriminates
against you on campus...
you don't have to sit silent "
Hughes says he is glad to
attend a school that is will
ing to take a stand on the
issue
"It really has restored my
faith in how things are done
here." he said. "It makes me
proud to be a Ram."
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