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Building a future: Workforce graduates class fy] By DAMON FORD Tunmprcf Friday was a big day for Shaitena Bald Thc 24-year-old has a new job as an office assistant with Carolina Home Mortgage. Even better, she has proven that she can stand on her own; she says. And she has a certificate from Winston-Salem Workforce Development Department to prove it. "I love it," Baldwin said. "It's a lot of icsponsibility (and) everyone is teal nice: It's a nice environment." Baldwin was one of 16 graduates who received certificates during the Office Automation commencement ceremony but 17 * rl-_ rnam The Office Automation Skills training pro gram is just one of several free government sponsored programs offered by the WDD to help people become job rearty "We're trying to tailor all of our training to the needs outlined by employers, therefore, ensuring that ooce the studenu finish, they are qualified to receive these jobs," said Work force Department Director Martha Jo Camp bell One of the requirements was that partici pants "desire full-time, permanent employ ment.*' which Baldwin did The 1993 graduate of West Forsyth High School, Baldwin spent several yean working 80 hours a week. She wasn't enjoying it at alL 1 was working trying to get myself situat ed and save some money," Baldwin said. Her road became a little tougher when she found out she was pregnant, which put a hold on her dream to become a dentist. 1 would like to help people have pretty teeth," Baldwin said. "I wanted to give back to the black community. We don't have any den tists in Winston-Salem or Forsyth County that 1 know of who accept Medicaid. I ward ed to be the first black woman dentist who jj did." It * 11 73 cents Winston-Salem Gkeensboko High Point Vol. xxv no.4 The Chronicle The Choice for African American News and Information wscKrcwiOnehMilMMto<I.Ml Raleigh versus Winston-Salem ? : ?? * \ Mandela offers support South African leader gives Clinton thumbs up THE ASSOCIATED PRESS _____ South African President Nelson Mandela pledged yesterday to stand by President Ginton even if everybody else deserts him because, he said, no other U.S. president has identified him self more with the aspirations of black people. From a luncheon at the South African Embassy to a White House reception with black ministers, Mandela's farewell visit to the United States before retiring from politics next year J played more like a pep rally for Ginton than a valedictory for the South African hero. "It is not our business to interfere in this matter, but we do wish to say that President Ginton is a friend of South Africa and Africa and, I believe, the friend of the great mass of black people and minorities and the disabled of the United States," Mandela said. The frail, 80-year-old Mandela led a stand ing ovation in the East Room after the Rev. Ber nice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., whipped the assembly into a chant aimed at Ginton's detractors: "Leave him alone! Leave ? i him alone!" Mandela's wife, Graca Machel, reached for Hillary Rodham Ginton's hand and held it. The visiting newlywed couple was spending the night * at the White House in what Hillary Ginton called "a slumber party." The president called Mandela's friendship one of the greatest of the "many blessings for Hillary and me, far outweighing all the trials." On policy, Mandela told the black religious leaders that South Africa was counting on them. "It is small wonder that the struggle to end apartheid drew such strength from here that we now look to you to work with us as we seek to banish poverty, hunger, illiteracy and ignorance from our land," he said. At the luncheon at the South African Embassy, Mandela said Ginton "has my full support in everything that he does," drawing applause from guests that included presidential friend Vernon Jordan. "In the jurisprudence of many ... civilized countries, a person is regard ed as innocent until he's convicted." Mandela also decried the "graveinjustice" of western countries judging South Africa by their h standards. "We have parents who have never seen the inside of a school, who cannot write their names," he said. Hours before meeting with Ginton, Man dela said he refrains from interfering in domes tic affairs erf* other countries, including the Unit ed States. But lib said, referring to Clinton: **1 want to tell you that although I do not know the See Mandela on A9 Tip off tor the 2000 QAA Tournament may not be In MffiulBii fnfanil taw no Joml MIMm MnoiM CsUum The dty fa locked In battle wMi Raleigh tor the tournament, which hat brought an eedmeOod $40 mMrm boom to the heal economy, HrtiMimi Suifaiiifc bid wflf be rigged tooled and couriered to QAA uffldufa Haifa)! ' I Cities locked in battle for CIAA : By KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Before a game is played - before a single basket is scored in the 2000 CIAA tournament - one team will already be able to claim victory. A high stakes bidding war for the 2000 tourna ment is currently in its final stages - with three cities in the Tar Heel State vying for the chance to host the nation's third largest college basketball tournament. By Sept.30, proposals from Winston-Salem, Fayetteville and Raleigh should all be fine-tuned, printed and in the hands of CIAA officials. The decision will be made near the end of November and the chosen city will have a three-year commit ment to host the tourney. "They have never been at any one place for longer than six years, so if we get it back, it would be a first ," Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce President Gayle Anderson said. "It will be hard to find any community that has demon strated more support for the tournament than this community has." The CIAA basketball tournament has called Winston-Salem home for the past five years and under the current contract, the city will also host the tournament in February 1999. The Winston-Salem CIAA Steering Commit tee will draw on some of the same strengths that helped them hook the tournament from Rich mond in 1993. Besides being home to Winston-Salem State University, one of the 12 historically black colleges and universities that make up the CIAA, the city boasts the Lawrence Joel Coliseum, an adequate size arena for the 10,000 to 12,000 fans that attend the tournament. But CIAA officials will also consider a city's financial muscle when picking a site. In the past, Winston-Salem's city and county governments have committed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the tournament and thousands more in corpo rate advertising dollars. The city also has agreed to reimburse the CIAA for its losses if the tournament is not a sell-out. In return, the tournament has pumped $8 mil \lion annually into the local economy. See CIAA on All Students use education to better lives By KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE Although they vary by race, age, gender and background, Javon Tucker, Bernard Sett and Julia Head all share a com mon story: all dropped out of high school and found them selves working dead-end jobs. "1 was out there, I know you have to have a diploma to get a decent job; I was working in sweatshops," 20-year-old Sett said. At age 19, Tucker also echoed Sett's thoughts: "The things I want to do and the places I want to go require that I have money. And for me to have money, I have to get my education. I didn't want to work at a fast food restaurant all my life." Head, a 16-year-old who dropped out of Mount Tabor because she says she was not accepted socially, said she is happy with her job, but still trying to move to the next level. "I want to finish my high school diploma...! want to go to college," she said. Like almost 1,000 people in our area, Head, Tucker and Sett have taken the initiative and enrolled in Job Readiness and Community Development Courses at Forsyth Technical Community College in hopes making their tomorrows better than theft todays. The program, formerly called Basic Skills, consists of an Adult High School program, which in Head, Tucker and Sett are all currently enrolled to complete their requirements for a diploma; a GED program, which allows students to take a series Of classes in preparation for the GED test; the English as a Second Language program allows those who are new to the country to learn the language. Each program is free and students are only responsible for buying text books for the courses. With the boom in the Hispanic population, the ESL curriculum is FTCC's fastest See Literacy on A9 Photo by Jwi YiiaS A stvdmnt prmparmg for a hittory fit at fTCCk Watt Campu?.
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