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Women honored for community contributions
.Nearly 700 people were on
hand as the YWCA of Winston
Salem & Forsyth County recog
nized the contributions of six
community leaders at its annual
Leadership Awards Luncheon
Thursday, March 26, at the con
vention center. The awards lun
cheon annually recognizes women
for leadership in their workplaces
and in their roles as community
volunteers. ?>
Dr. Antonia Novello, former
Surgeon General of the United
States, delivered the keynote
address and challenged the audi
ence to push the health care system
to accommodate all segments of
society.
Currently a visiting professor at
Johns Hopkins University, Novel
lo was the first woman and the first
Latin American to hold the Sur
geon General's post.
Throughout her career, she spe
cialized in the health problems of
children and adolescents. It was
Novello's work in pediatric AIDS
that led President George Bush to
appoint her Surgeon General. In
that role, and as the representative
of the United Nations internation
ahChildren's Emergency Fund, she
has been a tireless campaigner for
children's health.
Novello's speech centered on
the need for women to work
together to further assume their
rightful places in the nation's
workplaces.
"The Superwoman notion is
unrealistic in daily living," said
Novello, the first woman and the
first Latin American to be named
US Surgeon General. "Men of
quality do not fear women who
seek equality."
Novello, currently a visiting
professor of health policy at John
son Hopkins University School of
Public Health and the Special
Director for Community Health
Policy, said that one of the major
problems facing women is the
inability to say "no without guilt."
Addressing the spread of HIV
and AIDS, Novello said that the
"time has come to care and to care
more. To know is to care and to
care is to act." - >
She pointed out that nearly 18.5
million people have been infected
' with HIV since the epidemic
began.
"There are entire families at
risk and. we are missing the win
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am af raid that some of us are still
assuming, denying and projecting.
And, more importantly we are still
judging rather than caring."
This year's award winners were
selected from among a group of
outstanding nominees. Recipients
of the 1998 Leadership Awards are
Sylvia Flack, Career Leadership
Award; Marion Wilson, Volunteer
Leadership Award; Christin Barn
hardt. Student Leadership Award;
and Joycclyn Johnson, Public Ser
vice Leadership Award. Paula
Boozer, a Carver High School stu
dent, and Amanda Niles, a Mount
Tabor High School student, are
Student Leadership Award run
ners-up and were also recognized
at the luncheon.
Barnhardt is a senior at
Reynolds High School. Her volun
teer activities are numerous and
include work with The Children's
Center, the Camp Rainbow Con
nection and the March of Dimes.
Flack is the director of the
Division of Health Sciences at
Winston-Salem State University.
She is responsible for establishing
the Nurse-Managed Center for the
Elderly, a partnership with the
Winston-Salem Housing Authori
ty that assists senior adult citizens.
Flack also developed a partnership
through Johns Hopkins University
which provides for international
exchange among nursing students
and faculty in European countries.
Wilson helped raise more than
$50,(XX) over a five-year period for
the March of Dimes. She has been
recognized as the organization's
top individual fund-raiser for the
Triad and for the state of North
Carolina for the past two years.
Johnson, alderman for the city's
East Ward, is a social worker for
Wake Forest University Baptist
Medical Center. She currently
chairs the aldermen's Public Works
Committee and is a member of the
Community Development /Hous
ing General Government Commit
tee. .
Also at the luncheon, Robyn
Mixon was named YWCA Board
Member of the Year.
Wake Forest University Baptist
Medical Center's Women's Health
Center of Excellence was the
major corporate sponsor of the
1998 Leadership Luncheon.
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