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Community
Calendar
WSSU alumni meeting
The Winston-Salem State
University Brown Alumni
Chapter will meet Friday,
Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Mazie
S. Woodruff Center/Forsyth
Technical Community
College Campus, 4905
Lansing Drive. Contact
Shelia Bailey at 336-575
2006 for additional informa
tion.
Unity Day
The Winston-Salem
Recreation and Parks
Department will hold its
Black History Family Unity
Day on Sunday, Feb. 23
(rescheduled from Feb. 16)
from 3-6 p.m. at the Carl H.
Russell, Sr. Community
Center, 3521 Carver School
Road. It will feature artist
Kerry "Leon" Sturdivant,
vendors, spoken word artists
and black history exhibits.
Everyone is invited. Call Ben
Piggott at 336-727-2580 for
more information.
'Showcase of Song'
The Human Relations
Department's second annual
"Showcase of Song," cele
brating the link between
African and African
American culture, will be
held at noon on Saturday,
Feb. 22 in the auditorium of
the Old Salem Visitors
Center, 900 Old Salem Road.
The program is free and open
to the public.
Black History Roll Call'
Vintage '04,' a non-profit
dedicated to embracing and
preserving local history, is
inviting the public to partici
pate in "Black History Roll
Call" on Saturday, Feb. 23
from 2-5 p.m. at the Central
Library, 660 Fifth St. The
event will consist of a panel
discussion during which
locals will share their person
al stories.
Northwood Estates
meeting
The Northwood Estates
Know-Your-Neighbor Club
will have its monthly meeting
on Monday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m.
at the Carl H. Russell Sr.
Community Center, 3521
Carver School Rd. A Black
History Month presentation
will be given by Rudolph V.
Boone Sr. Naomi W. Jones is
president of the club, and
Millie T. Davidson is the pro
gram chairperson. The gener
al public is cordially invited
to attend and participate in
this celebration.
Teen Theatre play
Samm-Art Williams' "The
Last Class - Five Letter
Words" will be performed by
North Carolina Black
Repertory Company's Teen
Theatre Ensemble on Friday,
Feb. 21 at 8 p.m., Saturday,
Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.
and Sunday, Feb. 23 at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $16. A special
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Roger Hayes speaks
at Friday's Dining
with Friends event at
the Piedmont Club.
Casual reception benefits AIDS Care Service
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Roger Hayes and his partner Tunnie Billingsley host
ed a fundraiser for AIDS Care Service on Friday, Feb. 7
at the Piedmont Club.
Guests enjoyed complementary hors d'oeuvres,
music and line dancing and were encouraged to leave
tips to support AIDS Care Services, which supports local
residents living with HIV and AIDS. The fundraiser was
one of several Dining
With Friends events
hosted earlier this
month to support the
agency. The dinner
party fundraising ini
tiative is one of AIDS
Care Services' main
funding sources.
Hayes is the pastor
of the Church of the
Holy Spirit Fellowship
and an event coordina
tor at the Piedmont
Club, a business and
social club located on
the 19th floor of the
downtown BB&T
Financial Center.
Jesse Duncan
Every month, the club hosts a fundraiser for a local char
ity. Hayes arranged for ACS to be this month's benefici
ary.
Billingsley manned the sound system for the event.
He said he and Hayes, an openly gay couple, were happy
to host an event to help those with HIV/AIDS.
"(It's) to bring light to HIV/AIDS and let people
know that there's support out there for them," he said.
Hayes is active with ACS, facilitating a discussion
group and promoting HIV/AIDS prevention and aware
ness. His church is open to all and affirming of same
See ACS on B2
Above: Attendees
(clockwise from
top, left) Carolyn
High, Sandy
Smith, Williette
Carter, Donna
Taylor and
Bobby Rouse.
Left .-Heidi
Andrew and
Connie Graham
with Billy Rich.
Attendees included Dr. Charlie
Shaw (above) and (above, right)
Dr. Tony Burton and John
Livenere (right).
Right: Guests liven things up
with some line dancing.
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Saturday, March 1, 2014
10:00 pm to 2:30 am
www.wssu.tdu/tickats
(336) 750-3220
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