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COMMUNITY Ohio-Based Black Brothers Group Preaches Non- Violence A Group met with youth at school community center B> DAVID L DILLARD Chronulc Suff Writer Black youths can stop wanton violence and drug abuse b> soul searching instead of depending on government to solve problems, according to motivational speakers who came to the city last week. There is no magical solution. No one will come out the sk> to save vou." said Marlon Shuck Shackle ford. The cure for AlDS. violence, drug abuse is right here in this room. Don't look for solutions outside of yourself.' Shackleford and his partner Alfred "Coach Powell, of Dayton. Ohio, formed Black Brothers Involvement Inc. in 1985 because they were tired of the "stereotypical labels put on black men." .Shackleford and Powell spoke to teen-agers at LIFT Academy. Forsyth County Jail and the William C. Sims Center last week, discourag African t American - Summit i To Get Underway H> DAVID 1. DILLARD Chnimt It Slat f \Hrucr African Americans in Forsyth Count\ will convene to discuvs how lo empower their children and com munities at the upcoming Atncan Amcrican Summit on March IS- 1 9. The first meeting to he called a summit by blacks in Forsyth County was held in Charlotte in I WO. Joy eel >11 Johnson. East Ward __aidcinuin and a member of4he-sum? ? mit's steering committee, said this _ year the meeting will he field in Winston-Salem to make sure all segments, of the black community arc represented. "This is a follow up to what _ was started before." Johnson said. We want to expand beyond that meeting and make it more open and widespread to even one." The W'inston-Salem/Forsyth County African-American* Summit will be held March IN- 19 at the Anderson- Center at W inston- Salem - - State University. The two-day sum mit will have workshops to address four primary areas: education, eco nomic development. crim inal lustice and housing. Johnson said there will also be a youth forum and an emphasis placed on health care, but not through a formal workshop. The Rev. Lee Faye Mack, also a member ot the steering commit tee. said the summit will provide a much-needed opportunitv for the black communitN to come together and develop an agenda tor the next " decade. "It is very necessary, she said. 'We have a lot of tribes and it is time for the black community to come together in a unified effort ? regardless to what level you're on ? and make plans for our future and our children s future." Mack said that churches mu^t maintain their role as the most important institution in the black communitv " and do so b\ educating the people show ing them the proper deeds in order to receive God's blessings. "God is going to bless us but if we don't have the know-how to go get it. then who's going to teach you how to go get the blessings?" she said. "It's our job to do it." The summit's guest speaker on Fridav night will be the Rev. John H. Adams, presiding bishop of the Seventh Episcopal District of South Carolina. Advance registration for the summit (including all sessions and mealsf is SI 5 before March lb After this date, the registration fee will be S20. ing the use of drugs and alcohol. Shackleford said that man) .young black men arc groomed into 'becoming drug dealers1 because the public-school sw;.-m doesn't educate them. It starts in school v. here the\ teach you how not to read and write." he said. Drugs is the richest business m the countrv . . ? nut ? you can't out slick the slicksiers The svs tem is- designed tor \ou-to strike out because the> make mone> off of you. Pcy^eil. who decoded the \u>rds and symbols on alcohoitv beverages, said they had to have private secu rit\ ? - in addition to the three police officers present- because the\ were threatened not to share that . information. / This stufj will kil! you ? e\en Colt 4> malt liquor.' he said. h\ er\ time you put that in \oui' mouth sou symbolicalK blow \our hrams out. Onl\ information iv going to tree >ou. khallid Griggs. director of Citi zens Coalition tor a Better Tomor row and sponsor of the speakers, said he brought them in because vio lenc.e in Winston-Salem was steadih increasing. ? The> have a vers unique approach that speak to the vers essence of our communit)." .Griggs said. 1 was \er\ impressed with their track record ot" working with the (Los Angeles i gang truce and other hard-core elements. Fortu nately . here in \V inston-Salem we have not gotten to the level of mad ness like other cities- this size. ' ? Shackleford wa> wr\ critical of the criminal justice and schoot sys tems. but he alj>o placed a lot of the blame on blacks. You think you ha\e it hard because you live in the ghetto, he said. You don't ha\e it hard: you make it hard because the ghetto is a ? sfate of mind.' * Alfred Powell talks with youths at Sims Center. Touch up your home with Sears Best paint! Here's why Sears Best should be your paint... Save $4 now March 5 ? lflfe'll match any sample FREE ? A!! colors guaranteed to cover in one coat ? Warranted 15 years! ? Easy to apply! IMo splatter ? Our best 11.93 Reg IS 99 gal Sears Best Easy Living flat ? Our best washable flat with 15-year warranty." " ? i ^ 1 1*- m Reg 1/99 gal Sears Best Easy Living satin ? 864 colors with the wgshobllity of an snarr.c! are designed for great American Homes like yours For one-coat results, all Sears one-coat paints must be applied as directed (,,(>VS \( km |( l.\lt-X 15.99 ^ 1999 gal Sears Best Easy Living semi-gloss ? 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