Emancipation celebration set for United Cornerstone Missionary
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The Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Emancipation Associa
tion will sponsor its annual cele
bration of the Emancipation
Proclamation signing on Jan. 1 at
11 a.m. at United Cornerstone
Missionary Baptist Church, 2745
Patria St. The church is located
two blocks off South Main Street
on Patria and Wright streets.
. ? The general public is cordially
invited to attend and share in this
significant celebration. Dr. John
Mendez, ' the pastor of
Emmanuel Baptist Church, will
be the keynote speaker for the
celebration.
X A native of New York City,
the Rev. Dr. Mendez has pas
tured Emmanuel Baptist Church
in Winston-Salem for the past 15
yfcars after leaving the congrega
tion at Pleasant Grove Baptist
dhurch in Wendell, N.C., where
he served from 1977 to 1983.
X Dr. Mendez is a graduate of
Shaw University in Raleigh and
Southeastern Baptist Theologi
cal Seminary in Wake Forest. He
also attended Interdenomina
tional Theological Center in
Atlanta, Ga.
> He is a recent graduate from
t{Je Post Graduate Center of
Rental Health in New York City
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in pastoral counseling psycho
analysis and psychotherapy. He
also received a certificate of par
ticipation in a pilot project on the
Black Church's Economic
Responsibility for a New Urban
Agenda at Harvard University
Divinity School.
Dr. Mendez serves on several
boards:
chairperson I
of the Home
Mission
Board of the
Progressive
National
Baptist Con
vention,
Racial Jus- ^
tice Working ^
Group of
the National
council ot churcnes, urban
Rural Committee of the World
Council of Churches, Black The
ology Project, Human Rights
Commission of the Baptist
World Alliance, North Carolina
Psychology Board, Forsyth Tech
Advisory Committee.
He also served as an honorary
member of the All Africa Con
ference of Churches in Nairobi,
Kenya, and was the first black
pastor in the United States to be
invited to address the General
Board in Madagascar. He helped
organize a Progressive National
Baptist Convention and Baptist
Church movement in London
and Wolverhampton England.
His lecture experiences
include serving as lecturer and
preacher for various Martin
Luther King Jr. Day Celebra
tions: North Carolina State Uni
versity for the Society Of Afro
American Students; Citywide
King Day Observance in Tulsa,
Okla.; King Day Observance at
N.C. Central University; King
Day Observance Breakfast for
the Ministers' Alliance in
Raleigh; King Day Observance in ?
Winston Salem.
He has lectured at the follow
ing colleges and universities for
African American History
Month: Delaware State Universi
ty, Campbell University,
Appalachian State University,
Elon College, Livingston Col
lege, University of North Caroli
na-Greensboro for the Confer
ence on St. Clair Drake, Win
ston-Salem State University for
African American Religious and
Cultural Experience Course,
Shaw University for the Paul
Robeson Festival Conference
and Religious Emphasis Week,
Wake Forest University Year of
Religion Observance.
He was the keynote preacher
for the Thomas Dorsey National
Convention of Gospel Choirs
and Choruses. In 1993, he was
the keynote preacher at the Pro
gressive National Baptist Con
vention Freedom Night. In 1986,
he delivered a paper at the second
Martin Luther King Jr. Theolog
ical Conference and preached in
several churches in Havana,
Cuba.
Noted for his contributions to
civil and human rights, Dr.
Mendez has served as a consul
tant on many fact-finding mis
sions: the Hawaiian Land Rights
.issues sponsored by the Racial
Justice Working Group of the
National Council of Churches,
Puerto Rican Vegas Island pollu
tion issues, investigated U.S. war
crimes in Nicaragua and El Sal
vador, peace initiative in Angola,
African American Church Lead
ers Environmental Racism/Injus
tice fact-finding mission in
Louisiana, Mt. Graham Apache
sacred site issue, and the Black
Hills Lakota issue, etc.
Dr. Mendez is the facilitator
and founding member of the Cit
izens United for Justice that suc
cessfully led the community in
obtaining a citizens police review
board.
His accolades range from
Who's Who In American Col
leges and Universities in 1971 to
the Winston-Salem Chronicle's
1994 Man of the Year Award. Dr.
Mcndez has received the Presi
dent's Aw&rd for the Progressive
National Baptist Convention, the
Alpha Award of Merit by Omi
cron Gamma Lunda Chapter of
Alpha Phi Fraternity, the Wen
dell-Wake County NAACP
Humanitarian Award, the
Achievement Award from the
Winston-Salem Urban League
Board of Directors, 1989 Presi
dents Award of the NAACP in
Winston-Salem, Award for Hon
orary Keeper of the Constitution
by the State of North Carolina
Department of Secretary of
State.
In 1991 he was bestowed the
honorary doctoral degree of
ministry from Shaw University.
He recently received the Scholar
of Distinction Award by the
Ministers' Conference of Win
ston-Salem.
Dr. Mendez is married to the
former Sarah Lee Howard, who
is a client liaison coordinator in
information services at N.C. Bap
tist Hospital. The couple have
two siblings: Sekou, 23, who is a
student at A&T State University;
and Jamila, 21, who is a student
at N.C. Central.
Dr. J. Ray Butler, the host
pastor and a board member of
the Emancipation Association,
will be the master of ceremonies
for the annual celebration of the
Emancipation Proclamation
signing. Other board members
participating are Evelena Clay
bon, Alma Barber, Harold
Kennedy, Mildred Griffin, Mary
Person and the president, Robert
Long. United Cornerstone Mis
sionary Baptist Church will ren
der music.
The amounts and number of
scholarships presented each year
is determined by the money col
lected from such membership
fees and contributions.
This year we will remember
all deceased members of the
association.
The purposes of the Emanci
pation Association are "to take
united action to bring about, to
encourage and create a desire for
all to be fully emancipated to the
extent that all people of the Unit
ed States will have the same
rights and privileges without
regard to race, creed, color, reli
gion or gender."
Attending this celebration,
joining the association and con
tributing to its purposes are great
ways to start the year 2000. We
invite all to celebrate with us Jan.
1.
New Year's casualty: Recovering from hangover takes time
B* PAUL COLLINS
WE CHRONICLE '
> With New Year's parties
approaching, here are some tips
fijr preventing or recovering from
a;hangover.
John Andrews, substance
abuse counselor for Guilford
County Drug Service, said, stay
ing away from alcohol or drink
ing with moderation are the best
choices." But if you do drink too
njuch, he said, "nothing works
4ny better than one Alka Selzer
and two ibuprofen with a glass of
water."
!* Repeat four hours later if you
don't feel better.
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"You've really got a serious
problem if you don't feel better '
after ... eight hours," Andrews
said.
One official said, if possible,
"stay where you are and sleep it
off"
Another official suggested
drinking a lot of water and tak
ing a pain killer before going to
sleep. Drinking water helps pre
vent dehydration.
Men's Health Magazine said
hangovers are easier to prevent
than cure. At the party, choose
white wines and clear liquors over
red wines and colored liquors,
which contain headache-causing
substances. And for every alco
holic drink you have, drink a
glass of water. Also, eat fruit and
cheese.
The magazine says before
going to bed to have a glass of
water and a couple saltine crack
ers to help rehydrate you and
replace some of the salt you've
lost, and to take a multivitamin.
The next day, aspirin or ibupro
fen will help ease the pain and
ease the inflammation of blood
vessels surrounding the brain that
have become distended and irri
tated. Avoid acetaminophen
(Tylenol), the magazine says. A
cup of coffee and a dose of
Pepto-Bismol will help. Caffeine
helps constrict the dilated blood
vessels.
Charles Johnson, a certified
substance abuse counselor for
Step One Substance Abuse Ser
vices, said people should plan
ahead for parties. If you have a
pattern of drinking to the point
you are legally presumed
impaired (0.08 percent blood
alcohol), don't think, "I won't
drink that much tonight."
Instead, accept the fact that you
probably will drink as much as
you usually do. So have a desig
nated driver or make arrange
ments for a cab ride home, John
son said.
Eat a balanced meal just
before you drink, which will slow
down the absorption of alcohol
into your body, Johnson said.
Set a limit for how much you
will drink and space out your
drinks, Johnson said. For a 145
160-pound person, it takes the
body about an hour to metabo
lize one ounce of 100 proof
whiskey. If you weigh less, the
alcohol will have greater effects
on you body.
Johnson gave: this example of
spacing out your drinks. If you
drink two beers quickly, as you
start drinking your third beer,
you're probably getting close to
the impaired level of 0.08 percent
blood alcohol. However, if you
wait an hour or so before starting
your third beer, your body will
have probably metabolized one of
the beers you have already drunk.
Johnson said he doesn't think
most "remedies" for a hangover
really help. -
"Some things work for some
people. I don't know of anything
that works for all people," he
said.
Johnson said some people say
that coffee, various juices and
milk help them recover from
hangovers, but he believes that
the natural process the body goes
through to metabolize the alcohol
is probably responsible for people
, recovering from a hangover.
If you get a hangover, it's nor
mal to have an upset stomach,
headache and trembling, Johnson
said. His best advice is don't
drink alcohol and don't x use
drugs.
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