Local leaders set agenda for Jackson conference
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BY PAUL COLLINS
THE CHRONICLE
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At the urging of Jesse Jackson,
some local black leaders have identi
fied issues important to black people
that they think should be discussed
by black leaders in the South and
nationwide in the process of devel
oping a national African American
agenda before the presidential elec
tion so that blacks can have a voice
in the elections.
A local delegation plans to join
African Americans from Southern
states meeting in Atlanta Oct. 25. A
broader, national meeting is planned
in December.
At a recent meeting called by the
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County
Black Leadership Roundtable, black
leaders identified these issues:
? Education, including the reseg
regation of schools
? Health care.
? Jobs/harassment on jobs
? Economic development - The
Rev. John Mendez called for rebuild
ing the infrastructure of inner cities.
"If we can build up Kosovo and all
these other places, war-torn places,
yeah (we need) a Marshall Plan (for
U.5. inner
cities) that ?
brings us back !
gets us
Functioning
again."
Locally, he
said, "it seems
to me that ...
our cpmmuni
ty ... has dete
riorated ... "
and every
-t. ? - _ ... :
imng moving
out into the suburbs....
"It's ridiculous that we've got
homeless people here that ... are
roaming the streets at a time when
the economy is booming. Poverty
(has) increased. Children are becom
ing more impoverished."
Rebuilding the inner city would "
provide jobs as well as economic
development within our communi
ty," he said.
? Crime, incarceration - The Rev.
Jimmie Bonham said, "Jesse (Jack
son) and (others) stated that crime is
down but incarceration is up, partic
ularly for the African American
community. Some cities see prison
ers as being the anchor tenants for
the city...."
One woman said, "I think there
are some bad and there are some
good. But they go out from job to
job. job to job. they can't get a job.
Now what is this poor guy going to
do? He's not going to go hungry. So
th? first thing that comes in his
mind. I'll go over here and steal
something. A lot of our (black peo
ple) if they had a job, they would
work. But let's face it. The/don't
want to work for $5, $5.25 or $6 an
hour cause it ain't no money."
"1 think that is also tied to the
education," Mendez said. "As long
as our children are getting thrown
out of school for some of the most
trivial reasons, not being educated
and wtHire not dealing with some of
the problems that they've got (with
this group).... They go straight from
the schools to
the streets to
drugs and
then to jail,
just about in
that order."
School
Board mem
ber Victor
Johnson said,
"Sixty-two
percent of
suspensions
are black kids. Something is wrong."
He also expressed concern about
the large percentage of black kids
not on grade level.
One woman said there are too
few black teachers in the school sys
tem.
? Breakdown of the family
Tatum
Mendez said. "This issue of the fam
ily is serious and that is not separat
ed or isolated from the conditions in
the community. It seems like there's
something we've got to do to
address the ... (needs of the) family.
That breakdown is partly responsi
ble for how our children are behav
ing. ... Teen-age pregnancies and
children being bom as crack babies
and other problems that's emerging,
that's no longer a joke, that's serious.
They have to be addressed, and the
resources are not there to address
these particular issues.
"I'm thinking in terms of our
educational institutions - Winston
Salem State, A&T. Central, Shaw
(and others)... are going to have to
develop programs to train teachers
to be able to deal with children that
are going to school that have been
damaged and injured by the dys
functional problems of the family....
There is something that has broken
down here. We've got to begin to
minister K> as weu as auurcss mc
issue of the breakdown within the
family, teen-age pregnancy .. and
really raise that to the point that
that's to become part of that Mar
shall Plan in terms of trying to stabi
lize the family in order to save the
children. None of these are isolated
or separate issues."
? Racism, affirmative action,
affordable housing, jobs - Alderman
Nelson Malloy mentioned these
issues. He said, "Affirmative action
has been under attack."
? Bill Tatum, president of the
Winston-Salem NAACP chapter,
expressed concern that James 1
Beaty s nomination for judge on the
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court has not
been confirmed for the last four
years. Beaty ia a U.S. District judge
for the Middle District of North
Carolina.
Tatum also said that "we should
n't jump on the bandwagon (for
presidential candidates) until we get
a real strong platform."
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WSSU homecoming activities include parade, ball, football game
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Winston-Salem Alumni
Chapter of Winston-Salem State
University recently announced the
1999 Winston-Salem State Uni
versity homecoming activities. The
activities, dates, places and times
are as follows:
? Friday, Oct. 29:
Place: Campus of Winston
Salem State University.
Times:
8:45 a.m. - Founder Day's
Wreath Laying Ceremony.
9:45 a.m. - Founder's Day
. Convocation, K.R. i Williams
Auditorium.
11 a.m. - Alumni registration,
WSSU Campus Alumni House.
1:30 p.m. - Red & White
Parade/Pep Rally, WSSU campus.
7 p.m. - Alumni Queen's
Reception, Adams Mark Hotel.
9 p.m. - Winston-Salem State
University Alumni Homecoming
Ball This's year's Homecoming
Ball will be last to none for this
century. Homecoming 1999 will
feature two popular bands of the
'60s and '70s. They are the Del
fonics and the Stylistics. The
Alumni Homecoming Ball will be
a Mardi Gras style celebration -
Ram style. The ball will be held at
the M.C. Benton Convention Cen
ter from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m. The
cost is S30 per person in advance
or at the door. BYOB is permit
ted.
? Saturday, Oct. 30:
Place: Downtown Winston
Salem, WSSU Homecoming
Parade. Time: 10 a.m.
Place: Bowman Gray Stadium,
WSSU Homecoming Football
Game between WSSU Rams and
the Golden Bulls of Johnson C.
Smith University of Charlotte.
Time: 2 p.m.
Place: WSSU Annual Home
coming Block Party & Alumni
Registration. Time: 4:30 p.m.
Place: Old School Party.
Adam's Mark Hotel (Forsyth
Ballroom), Time: 10 p.m. until.
The Stylistics
The Doifonics
ACCU Forecast for Winston-Salem I
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Thursday
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cool. '
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Thu. night
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clear and
cool.
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Friday
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65/40
Saturday
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69/44
Sunday
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67/39
Monday
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sunny.
65/42
Tuesday
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sunny.
64/35
Wednesday
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cloudy and
cool.
56/33
The Week Ahead
Temperatures
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Precipitation
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U.S. Traveler's Cities
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
City Hi Lo W Ht Lo W Hi Lo W Hi Lo W HI Lo W
Atlanta 62 43 pc 69 45 s 74 50 s 71 48 s 71 48 s
Boston 51 44 sh 57 43 r 57 43 s 55 38 s 54 42 s
Chicago 60 44 s 56 36 s 50 32 s 52 30 pc 52 30s
Cleveland 53 41 pc 58 42 pc 59 39 s 55 37 s 58 40s
Denver 76 41 a 75 43 s 76 40 s 7240s 7140s
** Des Moines 64 44 s 6046s 66 42 s 6640s 63 33s
Detroit 55 40 pc 59 41 s 59 37 S 54 36 s 58 37 s
Houston t 74 47 s 79 51 s 81 52 s 82 51 s 81 55 s
Indianapolis 58 41 s 65 41 s 6540s- 62 39 s 64 41 s
Kansas City 70 46 s 72 48 s 68 47 s 68 47 s 70 - 45 s
Los Angeles 9156s 86 57 s 86 57 s 85 57 s 83 55s
Miami 85 71 pc 85 70 sh 84 71 t 83 69 t 84 69 s
Minn - St Paul 5942s 64 42 s 5937s 56 36 s 55 23s
Hew Orleans 68 46 s 7140S 76 51 s 76 52s 76 56s
New York City 56 44 r 00 44 pc 56 40 sh 5236s 57 45s
Omaha 72 45 s 68 40 pc 66 38 s 69 40 s 68 33 s
Phoenix 93 64 s 94 65 s 90 64 s 9064s 89 61 s
San Francisco 72 51 s 69 52 s 70 52 s 71 52 s . 70 59 s
Seattle 67 49 s 64 49 s 60 47 pc 59 44 sh 58 55 pc
Washington 58 44 c 62 44 sh 58 40 s 5638s 62 45 s
World Traveler's Cities
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday
City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Hi Lo W
Amsterdam 53 48 c 59 45 t 56 44 sh 53 41 sh 53 42 pc
Berlin 47 42pc 56 47 r 56 45 sh 55 44 sh 53 44 sh
Buenos Aires 82 56 pc 7353s 72 53 pc 73 54 pc 71 47 pc
Cairo 88 64 s 86 66 S 89 68 pc 89 69 pc 9070s
Jerusalem 8156s 76 57 s 77 57 pc 75 57 s 77 59s
Johannesburg 78 59 r 64 61 pc 84 61 pc 84 58 pc 81 57 pc
London 53 51 r 58 43 r 56 42 r 56 44 sh 55 43 pc
Madrid 55 52sh 66 47 c 65 39 s 59 37 pc 59 41 pc
Mexico City 62 47 sh 67 47 pc 67 47 pc 68 47 pc 67 47 pc
Moscow 36 28 c 4133c 43 36 s 47 36 pc 50 44 pc
Paris 51 47 r 57 40 sh 54 38 pc 52 39 pc 52 39 pc
Flto do Janeiro 69 60 sh 73 63 pc 76 65 pc 77 67 pc 79 69 pc
Home 71 57 r 77 61 pc 77 83 pc 79 61 pc 76 57 pc
San Juan 84781 91 78 sh 91 78 pc 90 77 pc 90 76 pc
Seoul 69 48 pc 66 46 s 86 50 pc 69 SO pc 68 53 plK
Sydney . 70 59 pc 68 50 s 65 48 pc 63 50 pc 68 58 s''
Tokyo 67 57 sh 72 61 pc 69 57 pc 70 60 pc 70 59 pc
Toronto 52 35 pc 53 32 pc 49 26 s 42 33 s 55 36s
Winnipeg 64 35 c 59 35 s 50 28 s 53 33 s 34 14 pc
Zurich 6144c 60 44 sh 55 44 pc 55 40 pc 53 42 pc
The National Summary
Cold weather is expected to
continue across the eastern half of
the nation. The coldest weather will
cover portions of the Great Lakes
and Northeast, where temperatures
will average 10-15 degrees below
normal. A storm system will spread
rain and high elevation snow across
the Northeast. Warm and dry
weather will cover the Great Basin
and Northwest.
Weather (W) s-sunny. pc partly cloudy,
c-doudy. eh-showers. t-lhunderstortne.
r ram ef-snow Humes en-snow, hce
Sun & Moon
Sunrise X Suns*
Thu., Oct. 21 7:33 a.m. 6:38 p.m.
Fri., Oct. 22 7:34 a.m. 6:37 p.m.
Sat., Oct. 23 7:35 a m. 6:36 p.m.
Sun., Oct. 24 7:35 a.m. 6:34 p.m.
Mon., Oct. 25 .... 7:36 a.m. 6:33 p.m.
Tue., Oct. 26 7:37 a m 6:32 p.m.
Wed . Oct. 27 .... 7:38 a m. 6:31 p.m.
Moon rise Moon set
Thu , Oct. 21 5:05 p.m. 3:44 a.m.
Fit, Oct 22 5:40 p m 4:48 a m
Sat., Oct. 23 6:16 p.m. 5:55 a.m.
Moon Plum
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