McMillan
from pane A8
er this overlooked master
artist, we offer hope that
other exceptional black
artists, now lost to history,
may someday be found."
On view at the African
American Atelier, Inc. -
i which is in the Greensboro
{Cultural Center at 200 N.
Davie St. - is " The Art of
James C. McMillan: Loss
and Redemption," an
expanded version of the
McMillan's West Coast
show. This exhibition cap
tures McMillan's meticulous
attention to the human figure
as a collective, intellectual
humanity. Bennett will show
"The Art of James C.
McMillan: Elegance and
Line" in the Steele Hall Art
Gallery at 900 East
Washington St. A recently
completed large-scale surre
alist-style oil painting,
"Contemporary
Precipice/60s Symbols
(2011)," will be on view for
the first time. Both shows
will run from March 20-May
6.
The exhibitions are co
organized by Dr. Alma S.
Adams, co-founder and cura
tor of The African American
Atelier and Bennett profes
sor, and Charlotte Sherman.
Director of the Heritage Art
Gallery of Pacific Palisades,
Calif.
Films
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RiverRun has also added
a screening of shorts made
by North Carolina filmmak
ers to the festival lineup - a
component that organi/ers
say sets RiverRun apart from
other regional film festivals.
"RiverRun is proud to
feature films from all over
the world, but it is extremely
important to us that we
include some local flavor in
the Festival," said RiverRun
Program Manager Mary
Dossinger. "We don t often
have enough room in the pro
grams to include all we
would like, so we decided to
create an entirely new shorts
program to spotlight some of
the best short films we
received from North
Carolina filmmakers this
year."
The Festival will open on
April 8 with a screening ot
"Win Win." Thomas
McCarthy's quirky comedy
starring Oscar-nominee Paul
Giamatti and Amy Ryan.
The festival will close with a
screening of Francois Ozon's
"Potiche." a comedy set and
filmed in the colorful style of
the 1970s.
"Between these fantastic
opening and closing films,
there is a full roster of phe
nomenal. ground-breaking
features. Also, throughout
the Festival, RiverRun will
hold a variety of discussion
panels with experienced and
up-and-coming artists from
the world of independent
film. These panels are an
opportunity for audiences to
learn from jurors, filmmak
ers and industry guests. The
panel topics this year
include: "Screenwriting and
Adaptation." "DIY (Do-lt
Yourself) Filmmaking" and
"Careers in Film."
This year. Festival films
will be shown at a/perture
cinema (311 W. Fourth St.),
Hanesbrands Theatre (209 N.
Spruce St.) and the
University of North Carolina
School of the Arts (1533 S.
Main St.). Tickets are now on
sale at the Stevens Center
box office. via
www.riverrunfilm.com or
over the phone (336-721
1945).
For a complete Festival
line-up or .for details about
volunteering, visit
www.riverrunfilm.com or
~?Fall 336-724-1502.
Jealous
from pane A I
ty volunteers."
But there is much transforming
still needed, he said.
"The problems now are just as
urgent as they've ever been," he
stated. "1 don't want anybody to
believe that segregation is dead or
that we killed rim CrtKn*
Inequities in the justices system
adversely affect not only minorities,
but poor whites as well, said
Jealous, who likened the 'War on
Meth' in low income white commu
nities to the 'War on Crack' that was
waged in low income black commu
nities decades ago.
"We don't have one national
drug policy, we have two," Jealous
said. "We have one for people who
have resources and one for people
who don't."
Though minorities may be the
first to suffer under an unjust policy
or regulation, sooner or later, its
effects will reach the general popu
lation, as they did with the foreclo
sure crisis, Jealous said.
"Racial privilege can't protect
any of our children from the worst
scourges in our country," he told the
group.
He implored the audience not to
be intimidated by circumstances or
odds, reminding them that slavery
too, once seemed an impossible
institution to overturn.
"If you act because of your fears,
if you act in response to your fears,
you are a coward," Jealous said. "If
you act in spite of your fears you are
courageous ...and the problems you
confront in society will recede away
from you."
He told the story of Jotaka
Eaddy, who, as a high school stu
dent, helped galvanize her racially
polarized school in South Carolina
around the cause of abolishing the
death penalty. Eaddy, who was
working at McDonald's at the time,
was moved by the story of a 1 6 year
old boy who was facing the death
penalty. The state of South Carolina
banned the execution of persons
A packed house listens to Jealous in the new WFU Welcome Center.
^ 111 ll ?
Ph?Ko by I.ayJa Farmer
WFU Law Students Aisha Forte
and Gabrielle Jackson
under 18 in 2005 as a. result of the
activism of Eaddy and others.
Jealous asked each audience mem
ber to choose a social wrong that
they want to right before they die.
"Jotaka's brilliant and she's
beautiful, but no more so than any
one else in this room." he said. "She
had plenty of reasons to turn her
back and walk away but she was on
fire and she knew the one thing she
wanted to change before she died."
Eaddy 's story resonated with
second-year law student Aisha
Forte.
"I was definitely inspired by the
story of the young organi/er." com
mented Forte, a native of Raleigh.
"It re-motivated me to still work for
the cause."
A product of the Wake County
School system. Forte said the tur
moil that surrounds it now also
piqued her interest. Wake County
has unveiled a controversial redis
ricting plan that would lead to racial
segregation at most schools.
Forte's friend, Gabrielle Jackson,
a first-year law student, said she wit
nessed many of the same issues in
her native Florida.
"The things he talked about in
education, I definitely noticed as
well," Jackson commented. "I
always went to predominantly white
schools, and I could definitely tell
the difference in the resources,"
Local NAACP Chapter President
S. Wayne Patterson said he was
happy that Jealous's speech shed
light on some of the issues the state
and local NAACP chapters are cur
rently grappling with.
"I was very well pleased. I think
his speech was right on it," Patterson
said. "He addressed some of the
issues that needed to be heard here
in Winston-Salem /Forsyth County."
Several audience members posed
questions to Jealous after his formal
remarks. In his responses, he
addressed everything from the orga
nization's stance on abortion to
immigration and Congress's treat
ment of the Muslim community.
Rev. Carlton Eversley, co
founder of the grassroots organiza
tion Concerned Citizens for
Educational Accountability and
Achievement, asked Jealous for
advice on addressing the re-segrega
tion of the Winston-Salem Forsyth
County School System. Jealous told
him to look for allies in new and
unexpected places.
"We really all. quite frankly, just
need to reach out more, engage more
people in the conversation." Jealous
said. "We do ourselves a great dis
service in our democracy when we
assume we know not just what peo
ple think, but what they're capable
of agreeing to."
Program
from page A7
three group session leaders.
"For women in the program,
they will sit with their peers,
a nurse and their medical
provider in a circle and dis
cuss different aspects of pre
natal care in a fun. educa
tional and supportive set
p
ting.
"Imagine walking in the
door every time you come to
see your provider and not
having to wait. Instead, you
go right to a room to check
yourself in. weigh yourself
and meet with your provider.
You are with about 10 to 1 1 '
other women who are due
around the same time you
are. While the provider
gives each of you individual
assessments, you have time
to socialize and participate
in learning activities. You
share a snack, or discuss
how your baby just started
kicking or other aspects of
your pregnancy experience."
The March 'of Dimes
makes such grants to help
fulfill its mission of prevent
ing birth defects and infant
mortality,
"This grant addresses
significant maternal and
child health issues such as
the high rates of preterm
birth that are of concern in
our community," said
Marcia Swartz, March of
Dimes program services
chair.
"Here in Forsyth County,
we found that we could help
mothers and babies through
the Obstetrics and
Gynecology clinic at the
Downtown Health Pla/a. We
are grateful that our success
ful fundraising efforts, such
as March for Babies, make it
possible"; fo^'^Jh {?' support
new efforts to tielp more
babies to be born healthy in
Forsyth County."
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