PageA2 WuismnSshm Orrmich Thursday, September 16,1988
Local Dems open headquarters in University Plaza
By ROBIN BARKSDALE
Community News Editor
Local Democrats’ participation in
the 1988 presidential campaign began
in earnest Tuesday afternoon with the
local kickoff of "Victory ’88" and the
opening of the Democratic headquar
ters in University Plaza.
Local party officials and candi
dates turned out for the occasion, cel
ebrating the opening of the office and
the official start of local efforts in
support of Democratic presidential
candidate Michael Dukakis.
Jim Snow, field coordinator for
the fifth district, said that the office
will oversee several activities for the
Democratic presidential campaign
efforts in the Winston-Salem area.
"We will have five regular staff
members,” he said. "This office will
be responsible for volunteer recmit-
ing, phone bank coordination, general
office management and events coor
dination and publicity."
The headquarters staff is hoping
to put together a pool of 500 volun
teers and Snow said that he is pleased
with the response he has received
from potential volunteers.
"The response from volunteers
has just been tremendous," he said.
"But we're still hoping to get in 500
volunteers now and another 500 as
the campaign goes on."
Michael Wells, chairman of the
local Democratic Party, too, is
encouraged by the response he has
received from interested community
members and said that the new office
should be very beneficial to recruit
ment efforts.
"I think the opening will be very
positive in this area," he said. "There
has been a lot of interest in Dukakis.
People have called me wanting to
know when there was going to be an
office opening here, so I think this
will work out well."
The opening of the office and its
potential to serve local Democratic
candidates as well as those on a
national level, will be extremely
important, said Alderman Larry
Womble.
"This is 'Victory '88' and it’s sup
posed to be a united effort among the
Democratic Party." said Womble, the
fifth district chairman for the unity
campaign. "I'm hopeful and confident
that it (the office) will be very good
for all of the Democrats running for
office. This is the time for us all to
come together. The primaries are over
so it's not Democrat against Democrat
anymore. We're uniting now and the
activities of this office should be good
for all of the candidates running. The
opening of this office is an extension
of that unity that we have."
Police youth grant revised by aldermen
From Page A1
These groups would each hire a
part-time coordinator, Assistant City
Manager Alexander R. Beaty said at
board ctMnmittee meetings Monday.
The Aldermen's Finance and
Public Safety Committees voted
unanimously Monday to send the pro
posal back to the state for considera
tion of the proposed amendments.
The two-year program, approved
by the board of aldermen last month,
was recently awarded to the city by
the Governor’s Crime Commission
and the state Department of Crime
C(Mitrol. In order to modify the grant
proposal as the aldermen requested,
the state agencies must approve the
changes.
The program, as developed by
the police departmenL involves send
ing policemen into East Winston to
conduct activities with children
between the ages of 10 and 15 who
have never been in serious trouble.
The police officers operating the pro
gram would serve as positive role
models for youngsters, police Sgt.
PJ>. Norris said.
The activities under the original
program proposal include neighbor
hood clean-up sessions, tutoring,
bowling, a summer camp, job train
ing, child abuse and neglect work
shops and other activities at the 14th
Street Recreation Center. A day-long
field trip following the route through
the criminal justice system of an
offender who gets caught would also
be offered. All personnel would have
been furnished by the police depart-
Winston-Salem State University func
tions, Delta Fina Arts and Sawtooth
Center programs. A 12-month con
tract would be provided for each ctun-
munity group, Beaty said, and the
groups could consider using police
department personnel after the two-
year grant expires.
Most of the activities listed in the
original grant would be conducted if
the program is amended, but the com
munity groups, not the police, would
determine who would operate them.
"Based on the need for expertise for
various program activities, the police
department will make officers avail
able to the programs as requested," a
Board of Aldermen Action Request
Form stated.
Newell said she met with Sweat
to discuss the amendments, and he lis
tened and said nothing.
because the police are all force," he
said. "That’s one of the major prob
lems, that pec^le think police officers
are there to do something to them
rather than for them."
Alderman Burke said the com
munity is trying to bring back the
East Winston area. "The neighbors
are taking action there," she said.
"From 14th to 25th Street, we can
hardly exist over there. Mrs. Newell
and I have just about become social
workers, 24 hours a day. We need
some help."
Alderman Martha Wood agreed.
"It's a whole lot better to have people
work who are parmers in the solution
rather than having someone else say,
'We know what's best for you,’" she
said.
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"It (the police program) makes it
look like the black kids are the only
criminals in the city," she said in an
interview. "We dub them criminals,
and put that label on them. Fd rather
take the money and research why the
jail is filled with black people. If
we're going to take kids and help
them understand themselves and
improve their self images, we don't
need police to do that. We’ll hire
local people, using love rather than
billies and blackjacks. If it has to
have police,, let them work with the
people in the community. Let a local
ized group who understands them bet
ter work with the kids.
"I was determined that no group
ment except for a civilian coordinator.
In the board meeting last month
when the original program was
approved, Police Chief George L.
Sweat said that having police person
nel staff the program allowed more
gram money to go toward youngsters'
activities.
In board of aldermen committee
meetings Monday, Beaty said the two
groups would provide "more cultural
ly enlightening programs" than the
police department had proposed,
including trips to Little Theatre pro
ductions, Stevens Center productions,
of East Winston youngsters would be
dubbed prospective criminals. Vivian
Burke and I met with Mr. Beaty and
talked about iL We will identify some
children who need help, but we will
not have force. We're going to con
trol and discipline them with love.
Using force it looks like we're lower
animals. If you have to control these
kids by police, then we're giving up
control of our children."
Alderman Robert S. Norihington
disagreed with Newell at the meeting,
but still voted for the program
changes. "I take issue with saying it's
Thompson
the legislature has put pressure on
the university not to allow studenis
to do internships in my Senate cam-
^ paign for academic credit..." Robin
son claimed that WSSU students
were being denied participation in his
internship program for partisan politi
cal reasons.
But Thompson said Tuesday,
"This has simply been a process of
trying to obtain information to make
sure he is not going against the board
of governors' policy." Thompson said
he had just received correspondence
he had requested from Robinson
which addresses the board of gover
nors’ concerns. He said that he will
pass Robinson’s correspondence on to
the board of governors and that if the
board of governors find no conflict-
of-interest in the intern program, then
he (Thompson) will have no problem
approving the program.
approval."
ECON-O-CLSAHt
From Page A1
Robinson however, said that
Thompson had agreed to "circulate a
memo to the various departments
involved to extend the add date for
the campaign internships."
"To say I will circulate a memo
is premature," said Thompson. He
said he planned to take no action until
the board of governors issued their
decision. Thompson said the issue
was raised after university officials
noticed Robinson had placed an ad in
the Chronicle announcing internship
opportunities with his campaiga
"Obviously there could be a con
flict-of-interest if the students in his
classes are also involved in his intern
ship program," said Thompson. "So,
we asked Robinson to explain his
plans for the internship program to
us, and then we, in turn, would check
with the board of governors for their
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