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Photos by Layla Farmer Steve Pulliam surveys the work of a fellow Southside Rides worker. Foundation providing even more opportunities Popular auto-body repair program continues summer program BY LAYLA FARMER THE CHRONICLE Twenty two year-old Chris Williams says he never would have imagined that he'd be happily spending his summer in an auto body shop, but that is exactly what the Wilmington native plans to do this year. Williams, one of four childpen, was taken from his home and placed in foster care at the age of seven. He would live with four different fami lies by the time he was 20. From the upheaval that was his childhood, Williams says it wasn't much of a leap to the dangerous gang he began running with in his home town. The gang led him into a life of crime, which landed him in the federal peniten tiary. By the time he was released, Williams says he was ready for a change in his life. He came to Winston Salem to live with his bio logical mother in January, and soon after was introduced to David Moore, founder of Southside Rides Foundation. Moore, who is also an exoffender. has dedicated his life to "cleaning up the streets" as he puts it, by encouraging young men like Williams to give up the street life to make an honest living by learning the auto body trade. "He just wants to see me be successful in life and show me a better way besides sell ing drugs and hanging around the wrong crowd," Williams said. "I would've never thought I'd be doing this until he gave me that opportunity." Williams is one of 11 young men who will be learn ing the basics of auto body work this summer as part of a six-week program Moore is offering to the community beginning July 11. The members of the program have completed the book work Moore requires and will spend much of July and August in the shop, perfecting their hands-on skills. Many of them will be painting their own cars or bicycles as part of the program. Williams, who came to Southside Rides about a month ago, is spending six days a week at the shop, working to catch up on his studies for the program and pitching in on a few jobs. The experience is already making an impression on him. "I just feel like I have something to live for now. I don't have to be on nobody's comer." he declared "It was fun while it lasted, but then 1 dich't have nothing to show for it. Now, I'm a working man and I have something to live for: I can take care of my family instead of my family taking care of me." Participants in the sum mer program will get a foun dation in the trade, and in life, Moore says. He is known for his ability to reach the young men in a way that the pro gram alone could not. He says he often relies on his old contacts from the drug game and even known gang mem bers to help him recruit young men who could benefit from his guidance. "Because I've been there and I've done that, they respect what I'm trying to do," he said. South Boston, Virginia native Steve Pullium credits Moore with helping him to Tf! Chris Williams says Southside Rides has helped him change his life for the better. ? i Founder David Moore with musicians Chris Washington (left) and Haywood Thomas. keep moving in a positive direction. 'The things that he is doing for the summer pro gram and this class is wonder ful, because if you really sit and look at it, no one is real ly giving anybody a second chance to get their life togeth er except Mr. Moore," said Pullium. a father of four who began selling drugs at the ten der age of 10. "I thank him everyday for the opportunity he's given me to be a part of Southside Rides and for keep ing me on the right path." Gladiator Music founders Haywood Thomas and Chris Washington will be honing their skills at Southside for the second time during the summer program. The two, both products of the Happy Hill community and child hood friends, completed the first portion two years ago when they came home from prison. In addition to the guidance they will receive through the summer program, Thomas and Washington say Moore is helping them to get on their feet as entrepreneurs, by providing the financial backing they need to film their first music video, "I'm From." Thomas^ says their music, which consists of both R&B and rap tunes, urges youngsters in the community not to make the same mis takes they made. "It's going to be positive living, positive talk," he stat ed. "It may sound street or hood, but it's a message in everything we do." "Instead of selling drugs, we're selling words now," Washington added. Both Washington and Thomas say Moore has been an indispensable component in their successful transitions from the streets to the busi ness world. "He's that fatherly role model that we dicki't have growing up; he's that positive motivation that all hood guys like ourselves need to push us," commented Washington, a father of six. 'That's really all we need; that positive motivation, that foot in the door." For more information about the Southside Rides Foundation visit www.southsideridesfoundatio n.org or call 995-2809. George K. Walker Florist 336-722-7673 24 Hours a Day 7 Days a Week Donald R. Buie IHKUPTCr Legal Help For Your Debt Problems DONALD R. BUIE, Attorney At Law www.donaldrbuie.com * Free Initial Consultation * Stop Repossession & Foreclosure The Law Office of Donald R. Buie is a Federally designated Debt Relief Agency under Title 11 United States Code Section 528(a). We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the bankruptcy code. 773-1398 823 West 5th Street The Chronicle (USPS 067-910) was established by Emest H. Pitt and Ndubisi Egemonye in 1974 and is published every Thursday by Winston-Salem Chronicle Publishing Co. Inc., 617 N. Liberty Street. Winston-Salem. N.C. 27101. Periodicals postage paid at Winston-Salem. N.C. Annual subscription price is $30.72. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Chronicle, P.O. Box 1636 Winston-Salem. NC 27102-1636 News Clips StoryLine facilitators sought The ECHO Network is seeking facilitators for its popular StoryLine program. The volunteers will be trained to guide story pairs in a recorded discussion on the StoryLine bus, a mobile recording studio. StoryLine is a project that collects, edits, and shares the stories from our community. Conversations on the bus are usually between two people and take about an hour to record. The experience is free and all participants are given a CD of their recording once the session is complete. "It is so important to cap ture history thai could other wise be lost and this is such a fun way to do that," said Natasha Gore, executive direc tor of the ECHO Network. "The facilitator's job is to make the recording process easy so that someone will come out of the session with a priceless conversation that they'll listen to for years to come." Information sessions will be held Aug. U, 13, and 16. Those interested should email info@echonetwork.org for additional details. StoryLine is a program of the ECHO Network, a non profit dedcated to helping res idents build trusting relation ships, especially across lines of difference. To learn more visit www.echonetwork.org. To hear some of the stories collected since 2009. visit www.storylineproject.org. Hagan co-sponsors Kappa resolution U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan (NC) is a cosponsor of a recent Senate resolution congratulating the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. on 100 years of service. It passed the Senate unanimously last week. Kappa Alpha Psi's more than 340 alumni chapters and more than 360 undergraduate chapters span the 50 states, including 25 across North Carolina. More than 150,000 college-educated men are members of the fra ternity. "I want to congrat ulate and thank Kappa Alpha Psi for 100 years of outstand ing service to communities in North Carolina, across the country, and around the globe," Hagan said. "The Fraternity is com mitted to enriching the lives of collegiate men. For a cen tury, Kappa Alpha Psi has instilled high ideals in African-American youth, stressing the importance of community service. One of the fraternity's many service initiatives is financial litera cy. As the sponsor of the Financial Literacy for Students Act, I stand in strong support of this mis sion." Kappa Alpha Psi was founded on January 5, 1911, at Indiana University in Bloomington. Burke Street Strolls start The "Burke Street Stroll" series kicked off on Saturday, July 2 in the Historic West End area of downtown Winston-Salem. The series highlights the many new unique and special retailers, restaurants and shops along Burke Street. It will continue every Saturday afternoon for the month of July. This event is being organ ized by the more than dozen new merchants along Burke and is free and open to the public. "All the merchants involved decided to create the Burke Street Stroll to re Sen. Hagan introduce the diverse and vibrant area known as the West End and to high light our unique and comple mentary venues," says Thais Black, manager of Bamhills Books and Wine. Patrons will find a diverse offering of goods and servic es, including antiques, eco friendy home decor and acces sories, unique find?, Southern cuisine, chocolate, art, books, wine, gifts, pizza, billiards, pubs, restaurants, acupunctur ists, hair salons and more. Participants will be given a special card that they can bring with them to the differ ent store fronts. Once they have collected a certain num ber of stamps from each shop, they will be eligible to win some fun prizes. Free park ing is available. For more information, visit "Burke St. and Beyond' on Facebook. Dolgopolov playing in W-S Open Alexandr Dolgopolov will compete in the inaugu ral Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest University. He joins Americans Mardy Fish, John Isner, Sam Querrey and Ryan Harrison in the 48-player field. Dolgopolov, 22, is known for his unorthodox, unpredictable style and a rapid-fire serve. The 5-11, 157-pounder from Kiev, Ukraine is currently ranked No. 24 in the South African Airways ATP rankings, after being as high as No. 20 ear lier in the year. Dolgopolov 's best show ing in a Grand Slam tourna ment came at the Australian Open in1 January, when he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Robin Soderling before losing to Andy Murray in the quarterfinals. He also beat Tsonga and advanced to the fourth round in Miami before losing to Rafael Nadal. In doubles, he teamed with Xavier Malisse to win the title at Indian Wells earlier this year. For more information or to purchase tickets, please go to www.winstonsalemopen.co m. Music by: Blue Gospel Avengers Food by: Beta Verde Fun Mctivitits for all *e?s i 1 750 Marvuiritu Dt . I 1 July 9th . 9-3 p.m. ' i ! I x SCCA Poeota't BipnniM to a t>ava!?riQ exfvbitifjn ?ptQ*ntT9*t o?:d H*' (i^dapandant Curator* IrrtflrMafional; Nav? Yi?,'Oi)wi1 '??? th* o??ybtt'on *?<? Rai?.i>?e? ?*rwi Jons MoWmvn TV WtfwbittWv tour. And t.?/>a!c<jtre *re m?da fMSStMfc m part, fry .var?:>f ^rom '?** Firasrtorva Gra';*t;- i*n /? tr>* Horace W. GoSthmlh Foundation. ?C1 8erwfaolor*Agc?a?Gund. Ci?ri? am* Syd>? Larwng, Jc Ca?<?k> Laudwr. and B?'?>vu jnyf John Ro6?r?$drv a<xt i?'? 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