The Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly
THURSDAY. JANUARY 16, 1992
ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO DR. KING
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Letter to King
(Dear t Martin Luther <Kpig 'Jr.,
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just decided to unite you a letter
because I wanted to thankjyou
forgiving me and lots of other
people the chance to speaf^out
about things that we don't
believe are right . Jou got arrested several times , but
you still k^pt fighting for what you believed was
right. I met your daughter yblanda, and she was
talking about you. She thinks you were the best
father a girl could ever have. I was devastated when
I (earned that you had been shot. If you were a&Dc
today I know that you would be proud of some of the
changes that have takfn place. *Wi still have people
in the world today who art racists. rThey think,they
better than a certain group of people or different
of people . Ihey have so much to learn,
z Sincerely,
Sasha Lawrence
Kpmet School
I Commissioner ?Johft Holieman, who
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Advocates
offer concrete
ideas on city
housing plan
By SHERIDAN HILL
Chronicle Staff Writer
Just in case anyone missed the point at last week's
public meeting, grass-roots advocates repeated this
week their demands to be included in plans for decent,
affordable, low-income housing. Those who spoke at a
meeting of the aldermen's housing committee Tuesday
afternoon included community leaders such as the Rev.
Lee Faye Mack and Preston Mack of the Back to Life
Center; NAACP President Rev. J.L. Nance; Christine
Harper Fahey of the Affordable Housing Coalition;
Chuck Snyder and Kay Vives of the Homeless But Not
Helpless group.
Nearly all of those who spoke urged the committee
and the city housing staff to find ways to help the
homeless renovate vacant and boarded-up buildings to
live in as permanent homes ? not as temporary shel
ters.
"In March, 40 people will be turned out of the
emergency winter shelter. What will happen to them?"
^ asked Chuck Snyder. i -? !
The remarks of Christine Harper Fahey seemed to
hit the hardest. Fahey recently moved to Winston
Salem from Washington, D.C. where she lobbied for
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'Progress through interaction'
Williams seeks state's highest post
By SAMANTHA McKENZIE
Chronicle Staff Writer
When Marcus Williams graduated
law school he made a commitment to
"serve the community."
Since then, the 38-year-old has
spent twelve years working as a lawyer
for legal aid services and now as director
for Legal Services of Lower Cape Fear,
a Wilmington-based federally funded
legal aid agency that provides civil legal
services for poor people in seven coun
ties.
With no political background,
Williams says he knows hexan be the
kind of governor this state needs. "In my
life works, I've demonstrated that I'm.,
willing to work- for the people," said
Williams. "Community service and pub
lic interest is my thrust'1
"I know the people and 1 know what
they expect," he said, adding that Win
ston-Salem and the entire Triad area
should expect frequent visits from him.
Williams' top contesters for governor will
be Attorney General Lacy Thornburg
and former governor Jim Hunt
But Williams said he's not worried
about the competition, because people
everywhere are looking for a change. "I
think people all over the country are
looking for a change, not just in North
Carolina. We need a change. We need a
vision. Delivering a service, that's what
government is all about," said the Lum
berton native.
"We want the people to believe in
themselves again, and to believe govern
ment can* be instrumental in elevating
their concerns," he said
Issues he will address will be health
care for North Carolinians, equal educa
tion and resources in primary and sec
ondary schools and safeguarding the
environment. Williams also plans to sup
port: a lottery referendum, reinstating the
income-tax deduction for interest paid on
consumer loans, and further study on
building a waste incinerator in North
Carolina. Williams said he would like to
see incinerators in communities with
heavy minority populations.
After participating in "all" of the
scheduled Candidate Forums in 1991, he
states, "our issue-oriented campaign con
tinues to attract support and encourage
Marcus Williams
ment at the grassroots level. We are posi
tioning ourselves for a stunning, historicr
victory."
Another issue Williams plans to
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Third graders learn conflict management
Downtown School
tries new approach
By YV^TTEN. FREEMAN ' '
Community News Editor
Some third graders at the new Downtown School *
- are now trained in the art of conflict management
Eleven students at the school received six hours of
mediation training two weeks ago as part a Conflict
Resolution and Mediation Program.
During the two-day training period, the students
learned how to handle conflicts that may arise between
themselves and other students by discussing the con
flicts and coming up with solutions to solve the prob
lems.
For instance, the students involved in the conflict
are brought into a room and seated at a table facing
each other. Then the conflict managers (two students
that work in a pair) explain that the purpose of the
meeting is to solve the conflict. If both parties agree to
work at solving the problem, they must then agree to
follow four simple rules ? 1) both parties must agree
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Conflict M~-?*goment Trainer, June Williams, discusses the Importance of conflict resolution with stu
dent conflict managers, Mary Catherine 81ms, Christy Ann Hutchinson, Albert Morgan, and Sid Menor.
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