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Coming
In May
Former Atlanta Mayor
Maynard Jackson will visit
the city May 15.
Jackson will deliver the
keynote address at an allday
town meeting sponsored
by the East Winston
Crime Task Force at Mt.
Zion Baptist Church* on
Claremont Avenue.
Jackson, in addition, wiir
conduct a workshop- on
organizing block captains
to prevent crime.
The town meeting will
focus on the crime situation
in East Winston as well as
steps East Winston
residents can take to fight
crime in their neigh
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effectively with ftelice.
The session is the first in a
series of workshops that
will examine the black community's
relationship with
the police department and
I steps it can take to better
, A those relations.
Other workshops planned
TorTheTTieeting;"which willbegin
at 9 a.m., will include
the _ role of ministers,
families and agencies irT
combatting crime?and
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The Unit
By Ruthell Howard
Staff Writer
This article is the first in
a two-part series.
Of the 33 organizations
currently receiving funding
from the local United Way,
only two are black.
Marjorie Gregory,
Chronicle Cai
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By Ruthell Howard
Staff Writer
Is the black church doing
enough for the black
community?
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ed Way
Turtding Levels Lou
associate executive director shown an interest
of United Way, said the funds through Ui
agency hasn't been receiv- are limited."
ing a large number of ap- Gregory say* sh<
plications from black is because black
organizations. tions haven't alw
"This year, we've gotten money from fun<
inquiries from Suspected cies in the past
Child Abuse and Neglect black organizati
(SCAN), and the East not been applyinj
Winston Rescue Squad," in the past, black
Gregory said, "but black tions have not be
organizations that have upon favorably fc
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Ffhe Black Ch
Cincinnati, Ohio, were ask- arguments agains
ed that question recently of the church by
during a special presenta- Perkins, author (
tion of "Tnnv Rrnwn\ In Pnlnii M ~
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Journal," "The Black .church by the Re
Church: F'riend or Foe " Gibson, director
Fifty percent responded Council of C hti
"no" and only 20 percent Greater Washingh
said "yes" after hearing To gauge local o
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in getting agencies," she said. "Too
nited Way many act on the assumption
that they're not going to get
^ feels Um any money, anyway and so
organi/a- don't apply."
ays gotten . Geneva Hill, president of
jing agen- t}lc past Winston Restora.'
441 feel (jon Association, said a lack
ons have 0f communication is alsp a
g because, problem,
organi/a- 44it hasn't been generally
en looked known you can get help
?y funding through United Way," she
lurch Doing
t the role the subject, the Chronicle
Staunton randomly polled citizens
>f "Satan downtown last week,
nd for the Denise li'ehb, employee at
tv. Lrnest Western H/ectric: "Yes,
of the some churches arc, hut a lot
irehes of of small churches aren't,
on, D.C. They should get young peopinion
on pie more involved in church
in
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largraves Augesta Robison
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Willie M.
Should East Winsto
cerned that a grou
tionally disturbed
located in their
Residents say yea.
County Mental Hea
says no. Who's righ
Front Pag?, Editorials
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Since 1974" .
Thursday, /
Menta
Dpfpni
By Rut hell Howard
i_Staff Writer
Despite neighborhood
protests, a group home for
Willie M children?youth
described as being violent
or assaultive?may be
located in East Winston.
Although residents say
they do not want the group
home in their neighborhood
under juiy circumstances, a
=Forsyth/5tokes?Count yMental
Health Center official
said the danger posed
by the youth to the
community has been
exaggerated.
The Mental Health Center
hopes to lease a convent on
the corner of 14th Street
and Hattie Avenue as a
home for nine Willie M
youth. The convent currently
houses Franciscan Nuns
of St. Benedict's parrish.
Dr. George E. Hamilton
yr., director of the center,
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use of the term "dangerousWinston
residents in
reference to the youths
-"When ~ySu tallc about
=violence and aggression,''
=he-said?=^if scares people
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lizations
said.
"We keep hearing about
United Way cutting funds
for some programs and we
weren't sure what our
chances were of getting
funds. We didn't know to
apply to them."
East Ward Alderman
Virginia Newell said some
organizations "just don't
know how to apply and
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Enough 1
activities which would get
them out of the streets and
clubs."
The Rev. Clay Margraves,
pastor of Mt. Car me!
Church in High Point:
"They're doing their part in
a Christian way to try to
help the community and the
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home for emoyouth
may be
neighborhood?
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Hamilton said he felt the
presence or Ihe group home
would offer no more of a
threat to the safety of the
East Winston residents than
presently exists. "1 can't
guarantee that anyone
"could walk on any street in ~
Winston-Salem and not be
attacked," he said. But as
"We're trying to rebui
planning on building 2\
be hard to get people t(
the group home sitting
barbed wire and with thi
and dangerous youth."
far as the youth are concerned,
Hamilton said, "it
is highly, highly unlikely
that the kids would get out,
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they would hurt anyone."
"We have been dealing
?with - these ?youth as - out-_
patients and hospitalized
patients for years and years
and we've only had one
disturbance in 10 years. We
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have a track record of being
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'I'm sure they will
put a name on it as
soon as there is
something there to
name. "
? Valerie Broaciie
?or The C
people."
A ugesta Robison, of 1313
Cunningham St.: "Yes, I
think so. I know what my
pastor is doing and it means
so much to me in my life."
William Ruth, employee at
North State Supply Co.:
"Yes, it seems more blacks
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Wllbert Martin
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sure thing in the world
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somebody.
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good neighbors/* Hamilton
said.
* The term, Willie M, was
coined during a lawsuit,
Willie M. vs. Hunt, filed in
October 1979 by Albert
Singer, guardian of four
youth?Willie M., Jeanette
M.f Tom H. and Timothy
B.?against the state of
North Carolina. <
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7 new homes and it will I
1 buy those homes with <
? there surrounded by !
? threat of these abusive j
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As a result of the suit, the (
state is obligated to provide
all such youth with the propel
medical treatment,
education, training and
care.
Hamilton said Willie M
youth are children who are
'emotionally disturbed,
mentally retarded or
physically handicapped and~
have a potential for ^io!ef!L_
and aggressive ^behavior
A Center
Any Othc
By Ruthell Howard
Staff Writer
Now that the grading
has begun and the
official groundbreaking
is set for early May, one
question concerning the
shopping center in East
Winston remains: does it
have a name?
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"ommunit
are getting involved in t
church now. Blacks are c
more into it than anybody t
else, and lately more blacks <
are turning to the church." 1
Theander Cunningham, j
carpenter: "No. I see more ?
black churches getting 1
economically better while
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cither innately or because of
situations in their
environments.
Hamilton stressed that the
youth have the potential for
violence, but may not
necessarily act violently.
Hamilton also described
the Willie M youth as being
"helpful and receptive to
each other." , '
"For all practical purposes.
we have had no nro
blems with the youth being
violent toward each other,"
he said. "If one of them
does start to egg another
3n, another youth will step
n and stop the two from
fighting or discourage
hem."
Some of these youth may
lave a tendancy toward
/iolence because of a sudden
disturbance in their
families, such as death or
serious family problems
that may have built up
fru&iration and ultimately
triggered a violent reaction,
Hamilton said. Others may
have had troubles in school . __
or may be youth who no
longer require hospitalization?
but still need foster
care. v
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Well, not yet, although
suggestions abound.
While the general contractor
for the center and
city officials are pretty
much in the dark on
what the center will be
called, East Winston
residents were coming up
with ideas long before
contracts were signed or
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he community is going
down. We look at them as
he backbone of the black
:ommunity and they provide
no recreational programs
to stimulate interest
among young people. They
want to see you on Sunday
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