HAWS
from page A1
homeless. Current public
housing residents in
HAWS's People
Achieving Their Highest
(PATH) program - which
strives to break public
housing dependency by
offering advancement
through educational and
employment programs -
will get first dibs at the
remaining units.
City Council Member
Derwin Montgomery,
whose East Ward includes
The Oaks and several
other HAWS properties, is
pleased that the new units
won't be business as usual
for Housing Authority.
"I'm so happy that this
housing authority has tried
something different," he
said.
Pastor Serenus Churn,
whose Mt. Zion Baptist
Church is a short stroll
away from The Oaks, said
the residents of the area
have long deserved the
housing options that the
units will offer.
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work require
ment will instill
a sense of pride
in the residents
that will, over
time, spread
through the
entire commu
nity.
"The con
ep nt of work
and its rewards will be an
enhancement," he said.
The Oaks is far from
the first swank housing
complex that HAWS has
offered. About a decade
ago. the agency received
tens of millions of federal
HOPE VI dollars to trans
form the old tenement
style units at Happy Hill
Gardens and Kirpberly
Avenue Homes. The well
of federal money has long
since dried-up, Woods
said, and agencies like
HAWS have had to get
creative with financing
new units and sustaining
existing ones. Much of
The Oaks' $5 million price
tag was paid for
I with a bank loan.
All told, more
than $10 million
will be spent in
quick succession
on what HAWS
has dubbed the
"Cleveland
Avenue Initiative
Masterplan." The
Oaks is the first
phase. Camden
station, a S3 minion nous
ing complex, will be erect
ed a block away from The
Oaks next year. The
Greensboro-based owner
of Summit Square, which
will neighbor The Oaks
and Camden Station, has
agreed to invest more than
$1.5 million in upgrades
to its property, said
Woods, who is trying to
convince other landlords
in the area - including the
owners of the sprawling
Colony Place - to improve
their properties.
Units at Cleveland
Avenue Homes - one of
just two large tenement
style housing communi
ties that HAWS still oper
ates - recently underwent
vast kitchen renovations,
according to property
manager Dee Dee
Thomas, and an ongoing
partnership between
HAWS and Habitat for
Humanity of Forsyth
County is rehabbing sin
gle family houses in the
vicinity of Cleveland
Avenue Homes.
The Masterplan's
long-term vision includes
improvements at
Cleveland Avenue Homes
and Sunrise Towers - the
Housing Authority's dated
highrise for seniors that
stands near the comer of
Cleveland Avenue and
Martin Luther King Jr.
Drive. If Woods has his
druthers, a new complex
for senior citizens will be
erected adjacent to The
Oaks at a site now occu
pied by a small church.
Woods has become a
national advocate for
requiring public housing
residents to stand more
squarely on their own two
feet, having twice spoken
passionately on the sub
ject before a
Congressional committee
in the last two years.
He says the math is
simple: housing authori
ties will not be able to stay
economically viable
unless they move more
people from the subsi
dized housing rolls to self
sufficiency.
"The whole concept of
public housing has to
change," he said adamant
ly
With The Oaks paving
the way, Woods wants at
least 200 of the Housing
Authority's 1,100 units to
implement a work require
ment in the near future.
For more information
about The Oaks, go to
www.haws.org or call the
agency's Property
Management Office at
336-727-8554.
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Churn
Photos by Kevin Walker
Larry Woods (right) takes the Kate B. Reynolds Foundation's Joe Crocker and the
City's Paul Norby (rear) on a tour of one of the units.
Respect
from page A6
Oct. 7 to unite the campus
under the core belief that
everyone deserves dignity
and respect. Wake Forest
is among the first to join
the national movement,
originally established by
the Center for Inclusion at
the University of
Pittsburgh Medical
Center. The campaign pro
motes inclusion through
behavioral and organiza
tional change. Nearly
2,000 members of the
greater Wake Forest com
munity have taken
the Dignity and Respect
pledge.
The Nov. 6 event,
which was free and open
to the public, also featured
Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole,
director of the
Smithsonian Institution's
National Museum of
African Art. and Dr.
Edwin G. Wilson, provost
emeritus at Wake Forest.
The willingness of
three "living legends" to
take part in the conversa
tion shows the importance
of this topic, said Barbee
Oakes, assistant provost
for diversity and inclusion
and an organizer of the
event.
From partisan divi
sions in Washington to
social media incivility, the
speakers shared how to
focus more on commonal
ities than differences.
"It seems so simple?
and it is. When we treat
others simply as we wish
to be treated, it is the most
revolutionary act a human
being can commit," said
Cole, who also served as
president of Spelman
College and Bennett
College for Women.
Wilson, who was Dean
of the College when Wake
Forest made the historic
decision to admit its first
black student in 1962, had
some bipartisan advice for
politicians and students
alike.
"We need leadership
that looks beyond race,
beyond sexual orientation,
beyond all trappings of
our society. We need lead
ers who look at the hearts
and the minds of our peo
ple and believe that
America is destined for
something more then
name-calling and criti
cisms. 1 think if we can do
that, maybe we can rise
above our separations and
work together for some
thing better than we have
known."
In her closing remarks.
Student Government
President Jacqueline
Sutherland acknowledged
Wake Forest's efforts to
promote diversity, inclu
sion, kindness and respect
on campus.
"Looking around this
room, regardless of what
you look like, what group
you identify with, or what
ethnic religious or racial
box you check on stan
dardized forms, we are all
multicultural. Every single
one of us runs the risk of
being misunderstood, mis
represented and mistreat
ed. That is why we have to
treat everybody around us
with dignity and respect."
The primary goal of
the 'Dignity and Respect
Campaign' is to embed the
message 'You Belong
Here' into the very fabric
of our campus," Oakes
said. "Dr. Angelou is
famous for saying, 'I've
learned that people will
forget what you said, peo
ple will forget what you
did, but people will never
forget how you made them
feel."'
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for a lack of knowledge."
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Leaders
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overhauling the office's
training program "to
make training more rele
vant to state auditor's
work."
Both Wood and
Cowell are the first
women in North Carolina
history to have been
elected to their positions.
"North Carolina
Democrats are so pleased
to see national recogni
tion of Treasurer Cowell,
Secretary Marshall and
Auditor Wood for their
tenacity and strength in
serving the people of our
state," said Joan Dressier,
the President of the
Democratic Women of
North Carolina. "We
have the best Democratic
women elected to
statewide office in the
nation and we will con
tinue that legacy by re
electing Senator Kay
Hagan in 2014 and con
tinuing our strong sup
port of all Democrats
elected to serve at the
statewide level."
Dressier
FOL
from page A6
held annually for the last
20 years, every other
year.
"That adjustment will
not impact the mission to
keep the Winston-Salem
community and WSSU
alumni informed about
O'Kelly Library projects
and services," Rodney
said.
The funds from past
events, which have
included a dinner, enter
tainment and informative
presentations about the
library, support a gradu
ate assistant position at
O'Kelly and the O K
Scholars Institute, a pro
gram for faculty. Funds
were also used to cover
unexpected library
expenses.
FOL plans to
announce in January the
date, time and location
for the rescheduled
spring fundraiser.
"The Friends of the
Library is very apprecia
tive of everyone who
responded in a positive
way to our summer 2013
newsletter. We also
appreciate our friends
who called to inquire
about our postponed
November event. Thank
you for your continued
support and stay tuned
for more information,"
Rodney said.
Childcare
from page AS
that is both affordable
and offers high quality
e u u c a i i u n a i
experiences dur
ing the early
years," according
to Dr. Doris
Piez, executive
director of
Forsyth Futures
and also a psy
chologist who |
has specialized in
education and
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"These figures highlight
the need to provide our
children with a strong
foundation for academic
skills, but also for posi
tive physical, social and
cognitive developmental
outcomes for all our chil
dren, including support
for their caregivers and
families."
Forsyth Futures is a
non-profit col
laborative of
residents,
organizations
and institu
tions working
together to
address criti
cal community
issues.
The
"Making
Progress
Report: Children Ready
for School 2013" and
other Educational
Success indicators can be
found at www.forsythfu
turesorg.
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