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said she starts planning for
?the event the day after the
previous year's event is
over. She said she wanted
to give a special thanks to
Food Lion, Harris Teeter
and Lowe's Food for .
donating gift cards to
assist in their efforts. She
also wanted to thank Best
Buy for the employees
donating funds for the
goodie bags they gave out.
The individuals who
came were first treated to
an inspirational word
from Elder Donald
Littlejohn, then proceeded
downstairs to look over
the clothing. They were
then treated to a good
meal and the fellowship of
the church members.
The food was prepared
by Barbara Coleman, who
said she was happy to help
because she loves cooking
and loves giving back to
the community. She says
she was glad they could
have a full stomach and
some clothes on their
backs.
cnurcn memoer
Johnnetta Brown said,
"This is all about the
homeless population and
making sure they know
we love them. I've been
here for many, many years
and I love what we do
here."
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Photo by Timothy Ramsey
The members of the church sit down and enjoy a meal with the visitors from the shelters.
WSSU students sleep in boxes to wrap up
Homelessness Awareness Week on campus
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONKXE
Tents, sleeping bags
and cardboard boxes made
into makeshift forts were
spread out in the grass near
the clock tower at
Winston-Salem State
University last Friday night
as student braved the ele
ments to bring awareness
to homelessness in the
area.
The event, sponsored
by the Delta Alpha Chapter
of Phi Beta Sigma
Fraternity, has been an
annual tradition at WSSU
for the last 20 years. This
year, more than a dozen
students joined fraternity
members, and ditched the
comfort of their dorm
rooms to experience what
hundreds of homeless peo
ple in the area endure year
round.
"You have to be a
strong person to live under
these conditions," said
WSSU sophomore Jasmine
Reed.
Reed, a political sci
ence major, said she decid
ed to participate this year
because she felt the need to
give back to the communi
ty
"I honestly feel like we
need to give back to our
own community instead of
looking for others to do it
for us," she continued.
Photo by Tevin Stmsoci
WSSU students sleep in boxes to wrap up
Homelessness Awareness Week
"There's always strength in
family."
In addition to the sleep
out, this year the brothers
of Phi Beta Sigma spon
sored a number of events
throughout the week to
bring even more awareness
to the growing poverty
rate, and homelessness
here in the city.
To jumps tart the week
on Monday, Nov. 14 some
one from the Bethesda
Center discussed their tri
als and tribulations during
a open forum style-event.
The fraternity also held a
candlelight vigil, and col
lected non-perishable food,
school supplies, clothes
and monetary donations for
those in need. Vice presi
dent of the chapter, Lamont
Allen, said the organization
felt the need to do more
this year because a lot of
people don't understand
what homeless people go
through and how big of an
issue poverty is here in
Winston-Salem.
When it comes to rank
ing the poorest urban areas
in the state, Winston-Salem
has three areas that rank in
the top 10, which is direct
ly linked to the number of
people living without
homes in the East,
Southeast and Northeast
wards. While Mayor Allen
Joines and members of
City Council have estab
lished the Winston-Salem
Poverty Thought Force to
combat the issue, Allen,
who is a senior business
administration major, said
more has to be done.
"It makes me sad when
I ride around the city and
see people sleeping in card
board boxes and on the
street," he continued. "So
to be out here tonight help
ing those in need makes me
feel good, but I still believe
more needs to be done."
"Although we're only
students and most of us
will only be here 3 or 4
years, it feels good to be
able to make a difference.
It's our responsibility to
bring about change; elected
officials can only do so
much."
While speaking with
The Chronicle, Delta Alpha
member and current
WSSU senior Jamarkis
Mitchell said after the
week of events, the affects
of homelessness really hit
home.
"Of course, sleeping
outside one night doesn't
give the full affect of what
it's like to be homeless, but
after the event on Monday
and others throughout the
week, it really makes you
appreciate what you have
and not take things for
granted."
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tice system needs to be
revamped. It is a serpen
tine system and we are
reliving everything that
happened to Darryl Hunt
and so many others who
have served their time
wrongfully and yet it's still
a fight to have him exoner
ated.
"There is no evidence
that proves he is guilty, and
the Chris Swecker files,
which our potential gover
nor has not read yet, and
it's disheartening. It shows
that some think that life is
cheap but black life is the
cheapest of all life.
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we are noperui ana
thankful for what has hap
pened thus far with Kalvin
being released, but we are
hopeful and we are calling
on Josh Stein [the apparent
new N.C. attorney general]
and we are calling on Roy
Cooper ["our potential
governor"] to do the right
thing," Pulton continued.
Carlisle was asked
about the presidential and
gubernatorial races, in
winch Republican Donald
Thimp won the presidency
and Roy Cooper apparent
ly won the governor's race.
He stated, "The conference
is non- partisan and we
definitely have been push
ing people to get out and
vote. It's always been our
belief that when everyone
votes, we get the right peo
ple in office.''
"We were very glad to
see the way the local races
went as far as the attorney
general and governor.
Both of those potential
winners have said some
things that we feel are
going to be beneficial to
the people of North
Carolina. I'm disappointed
in the presidential election,
but I look at it as a chance
for African-American peo
ple to network together and
strengthen our own econo
my.
Carlisle said the confer
ence has had conversations
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with Stein concerning
Smith, and Stein assured
them that he would take a
look at the case and see
what he could do. He said
they will continue to exert
pressure onto the attorney
general and the governor to
exonerate Smith once and
for all.
Fulton said, "It's a real
ity check for the African
American community, but
it's really nothing new. It's
the same old agenda, and
we see that Donald Trump
represents a . divided
America. He represents
what part of America looks
like and that is disrespect
and bigotry. He gives us a
snapshot of what this coun
try looks like divided."
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