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Palestinian/Israeli
conflict to be discussed
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"Palestinian/Israeli Conflict: A Forum
for Understanding," a panel discussion
that is free and open to the public, will be
held on Thursday, Oct. 2 from 7:30 - 9:30
p.m. in Wait Chapel on the cam
pus of Wake Forest University.
The organizers of the dis
cussion are the Wake Forest
University's Office of the
Chaplain, the Department of
Religion, the Middle East and
Asia Studies Program, the Pro
Humanitate Institute, the WFU
Interfaith Council, the WFU
Muslim Student Association,
Interfaith Winston-Salem and
the Winston-Salem Human
Relations Commission. Organizers say the
talk will "help unravel the political and
religious complexities of the
Palestinian/Israeli conflict."
The ongoing turmoil has captured the
attention of the American public while
eliciting strong emotional reactions on
both sides. Yet, the religious and political
underpinnings of the conflict are frequent
ly unknown or misrepresented, say organ
izers.
The distinguished panel for this event
includes: Dr. Michaelle Browers (modera
tor), co-director of Middle East
and South Asia Studies
Program/Associate Professor
of Politics and International
Affairs at WFU; Dr. Dean
Franco, co-director of Jewish
Studies Minor/Associate
Chair/Professor English at
WFU; Dr. Annalise Glauz
Todrank, assistant professor of
Religion at WFU; Dr. Charles
Kennedy, co-director of the
Middle East and South Asia
Studies Program/professor Politics and
International Affairs at WFU; Rabbi Dr.
Andrew Ettin of Temple Israel in
Salisbury and WFU professor emeritus;
and Imam Khalid Griggs, associate chap
lain for Muslim Life at WFU and Imam of
Community Mosque of Winston-Salem.
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Teach for America, serv
ing first as a corps mem
ber and later worked as a
special education teacher
in Charlotte. She has held
other leadership positions
within the organization.
Irby will oversee daily
regional operations of
Teach for America-North
Carolina Piedmont Triad
which includes building
partnerships with schools,
parents and communities,
while cultivating private,
public and foundation
support.
"We're delighted to
have Teach for America
corps members joining
our school district," said
Mo Green, superintendent
of Guilford County
Schools. "Like all GCS
educators, corps members
believe in the potential of
all students, set high
expectations and invest
deeply in relationships
with students, families,
parents and the broader
school community."
Teach for America has
been partnering with
North Carolina school
districts for 25 years and
the work in this region is
made possible by a part
nership with Guilford
County Schools and sup
port of the Cemala
Foundation and Phillips
Foundation.
DSS
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"Our customers have
jobs; they work," she
said.
Others suggested the
next leader should imple
ment uniform policies
and procedures across the
agency's three divisions -
Income Support, Family
and Children and Adult
Services - and concen
trate on employee reten
tion.
More than one person
suggested that a person
should be hired who is
sensitive to cultural diver
sity. Though most of the
agency's 450 employees
are black and a large per
centage of its clients are
minorities, people of
color had largely been
missing at the leadership
table. That has changed in
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McCaskill
recent years, but employ
ees said there is still
much room for improve
ment.
"That's a hot button
issue," Terry said. "We
are trying to be color
blind and choose the very
best, but 1 don't think it's
an issue we can leave off
the table with this selec
tion."
Fifty-two people
applied for the job by the
Sept. 14 deadline, accord
ing to Forsyth County
Human Resources
Director Shontell
Robinson, who will win
now the pool by applying
the requirements listed in
the job description. The
board will be charged
with dwindling down the
applicants that meet the
basic requirements. Terry
said no concrete hire or
start date has been set for
the new director.
Nigel Alston, a former
DSS Board member, has
been pegged as the inter
im director. The agency
has been without a per
manent leader since mid
August, when former ED
Joe Raymond departed
for a similar job in
Guilford County.
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