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Vol. XXXVIH No. 13 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, November 24, 2011
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WSSU Photo by Garrett Garnis
Students Charles Chavis and Angelica Smith play Santa
and Mrs. Clans
Rams play |
Santa for 11
local families
BY l.AYLA FARMER
I ill CHRONH I I
City resident Lakeisha Glenn is breathing a sigh of relief
this week, knowing that despite her unemployment, her two
children will have something under the Christmas tree this
Photo by Layia Farmer
Red and Black Founder Joevan
Palmer and his successor
Courtney Thompson.
year.
"It's great that I can
give them a little hope
because I know I can't
(provide much)," the 32
year-old said of her son
Juano, 12, and her II
year-old daughter
Linda.
Glenn, a former
Bojangles employee,
has been out of work for
over a year and says
making ends meet has
been a challenge.
Glenn and her fami
ly were among the 1 1
local families who ben
efitted from the kind
ness of students at
Winston-Salem State
University this year.
The families were selected for WSSU's Annual Red and
Black Holiday Benefit last Thursday, a festive evening of
dinner and entertainment that ended with the presentation of
gifts for each family member.
Glenn said she was touched by the display of kindness.
"I'm already getting teary eyed," she admitted just before
Sec Benefit on A2
The President & The King
Official While- 'House Phoio by Ptete' So'u/.i
President lid rack Obama tours the new Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial
in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 14. Two days later, P resident Obama spoke at the for
mal dedication ceremony for the Memorial, where he said l)r. King's work made his
presidency possible.
Image courtesy of A. Moratto
Co-star Mark Mancha in a
scene from "The Parting."
Coming
Attraction
Recent UNCSA gracl
makes splash with
Spanish-language
short film
BY TODD l.l'CK
mi CHRONICLE
Recent film school gradu
ate Alex Moratto is dazzling
audiences with his locally
made Spanish language short
film "The Parting."
Moratto, 22. hosted a
screen 1 11 g
of the ll
m I n (i i e
movie at a
u n i q u e
bilingual
event last
Thursday
ai SECCA.
A croud of
more than
100 was on
Moratto
hand.
"The Parting" is about a
Latino immigrant who is
unable to provide for his 10
year-old son, so he must
decide if it is better to send
the child away to live with a
distant relative. The film is
entirely in Spanish with
English subtitles.
After the SECCA screen
ing. Moratto was joined by
the film's cast and crew for a
Q & A session, which, like
the film, was translated in
both English and Spanish so
See film on A5
Student gains adoration, praise
for efforts to help the homeless
BY 1.AYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Wake Forest University student
Amy Liang is working to improve
the health of the local homeless
population, one finding at a time.
Liang, a senior, sociology
major, recently completed a study
that explored the connection
between the local homeless com
munity and diabetes. The study,
which she conducted over the
summer with a grant from the uni
versity, examined the eating habits
and level of diabetes awareness
among 50 chronically homeless
people who had been on the streets
for more than a year. It also looked
at the barriers that keep them from
eating a more diabetes-friendly
diet.
Study participants hailed from
each of the city's four main home
less shelters. Thirty of the study
participants had diabetes and 20
did not. yet many of them voiced
concerns about not being able to
make healthy food choices with
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Amy Liang confers with other students during WFU's Turkey palooza
community outreach event last year.
the limited options that are avail
able to them, Liang said.
Shelters rely heavily on dona
tions, and donated items are often
processed and high in carbohy
drates and fats. These kinds of
foods, if consumed in excess, can
increase a person's likelihood of
developing diabetes, and are less
than ideal choices for those who
already have it, Liang said.
See Liang on A5
Photos by. Lay la -Farmer
Dr. Sir Walter Mack and others cheer on Joycelyn I.uckey (below).
C2C gives participants
a chance to shine
BY I.AYt.A FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
After years of drug addiction, city native
Joyeelyn Luckey found salvation last week.
Luckey, 48. was living in Washington. D.C. until
she she reached a low point in her life.
"I was tired of being sick and tired. I just gave
up on life - that was rock bottom for me." said the
mother of two. who has battled the disease since she
was 19. "I told God that I was going to take my life
if I didn't get help today. He sent me back here to
my hometown to get help."
For Luckey. help was a sister who took her in. a
See Talent on A9
Spend it here.
Keep it here.
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