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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2
A Call for Peace
lEll
Photos by Kevin Walker
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I ffe embraces
icole during a
In/d last week
Street. Little's
son, Corey,
t d killed on the
‘ tenth.
m
call for end to violence
on over an epidemic
ail cured with pills or
about two dozen
Jl irotest in the bitter
irsday evening,
men, boys and girls
[jiliberty Street with
)icket signs, decrying
ence that has rocked
ll liey marched.
II est is the second in
ijt sks organized by the
3rey Little, who was
lied at the BP Gas
j22 Liberty Street on
le was 18; his alleged
10 is still at large, is
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just senseless, the
I' ther, Delores Little,
g are so many young
ning around these
ns.”
e family has been on
.jjj sorts sinee they lost
™one. Delores Little
or to door to try to
jghbors in the Cleve-
t area aware of the
lie family has also
Nicole Little wears a sweat shirt with a picture of her late brother on the back.
called on local religious leaders twofold. While they are con- tie was shot to be closed down,
and politicians to help curb teen cerned about teens killing teens The family says the station has
violence. for no reason, they also want the become a death trap, with many
But the family’s fight has been BP Gas Station where Corey Lit- Protest on A9
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th-graders leam writing, hip-hop style
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Photo by Kevin Walker
J/i/s laser pointer to help students master the art of
1 spelling tests.
The name Erik Cork may not
ring a bell with most people, but
to fourth-grade students at two
local schools Cork is a celebrity
of Michael Jordan-like propor
tions.
Cork has gained a national
following for his uncanny ability
of teaching writing, hip-hop
style. Cork presented “Rap,
Rhythm & Rhyme,” a day-long,
intense writing workshop that
may have the students dance one
moment and rap the next, last
week at Petree and Kimberley
Park elementary schools.
Only fourth-grade students
at both schools were treated to
the workshop; school officials
wanted to focus on fourth-
graders because they will take
the N.C. Writing Test in Mareh.
UNCF office says goodbye,
Winston; hello, Charlotte
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Cork repeatedly tried to con
vey to the students during the
workshops that writing can be
as natural to them as singing a
song. They both take practice,
he said.
“Learn it like you are learn
ing a new dance or song,” he
told students at Kimberley
Park. “Learning comes natural
to all living creatures and you
are all living creatures.”
But Cork is more action than
talk. He often set grammar and
punctuation rules to music, stat
ing them rhythmically as the
students repeated after him.
Often the rhythmic lessons lead
to dance moves. Kimberley Park
students did everything from the
“Electric Slide” to the
“Bankhead Bounce” during the
workshop.
See Fourfh-graders on AS
The N.C. office of the United Negro College Fund no longer calls Win
ston-Salem home.
UNCF packed up and moved its headquarters to Charlotte more than
a month ago, after calling the Twin City home for years. UNCF has raised
money for 39 private, historically-black colleges and universities throughout
the nation.
Marilyn Richards, UNCF’s N.C. director, did not return calls regarding
the move. She told The Charlotte Post last month that she hoped the move
would help UNCF generate more funds.
“We came to Charlotte because it is one of the fastest growing areas in
the Southeast,” she said. “We expect the move to enhance our fund-raising
significantly through improved access to resources along with higher visibil
ity.”
Richards also told the newspaper that it was important for the office to
be in the same town as a UNCF school. Winston-Salem State University is
a public historically-black school and is not one of the organization’s mem
ber institutions.
“The move was necessary so we could be in the same city with Johnson
C. Smith University,” she said. “I think it is important for us to be close to
our member institutions.”
UNCF held a coming-out party of sorts last week in Charlotte. The
Maya Angelou Tribute to Achievement was the organization’s first big fund
raiser in its new city. The event honored people like Johnson C. Smith Pres
ident Dorothy Yancy and former governor James Martin; it also featured a
concert by Ashford and Simpson.
UNCF had held several annual fund-raising events here, including a
See UNCF on A5
Community helping family
devastated by fire, death
BY PAUL COLLINS
THE CHRONICLE
Anyone who would like to help the Jesus Navarrete family -
which lost a precious 3-month-old girl and virtually all of their pos
sessions in a fire Nov. 22 - has several avenues available.
Neely Kramer, marketing director of Key Resources Inc., a
staffing agency where Jesus Navarrete is employed, said Tuesday
that a Navarrete Relief Fund has been set up at First Citizens Bank,
and about $685 has been donated. In addition, two Christmas gifts
were left for the family at the First Citizens in downtown Greens
boro.
Kramer said that donations of money may be made at any First
Citizens branch in the Triad.
She advises people who want to help the family, to donate
money rather than, say, furniture or clothing. That way the family
can buy whatever they need, she said.
However, if you wish to donate something other than me ey.
Security Storage at 425 E. Monmouth Street in Winston-Salem,
where the Navarrete family has space rented, will accept items Mon
day through Saturdays 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays 1:30 to 6 p.m.
through the holidays, or as long as needed, a spokesman for the
company said. Ask for Jessica Rogers or owner Mike Coe.
People may also make donations at Casa Guadalupe, which is
part of Catholic Social Services, said Veronica Zambrano, a Span
ish interpreter for Casa Guadalupe. Call Lisa Alexander at 727-
4745 for information.
Zambrano said Casa Guadalupe has already helped or has plans
to help the family with counseling for the children and parents,
Christmas gifts, food, interpreting. She said Casa Guadalupe also
See Community on A10
Rainbow/Push files lawsuit over votes
thrown out in Florida’s Duval County
BY: RAOUL DENNIS
NNPA NEWS WIRE
WASHINGTON - In a landmark move. Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rep.
Corinne Brown (D-Fla.) and several plaintiffs have filed suit against
Florida’s Duval County Canvass
ing Board, George W. Bush and
Richard Cheney in a civil rights
case concerning 27,000 votes
thrown out in Duval county -
16,000 of which were African-
American votes, the NNPA was
told in a morning media confer
ence this week.
Attorney Lewis Myers Jr., lead
counsel on the case, charged that
the organization called the situa
tion in Florida beyond partisan
politics or even who should be rec
ognized as the winner of Florida’s
electoral votes.
“What we are doing here is not
a Democratic or Republican issue,”
Myers said. “This is a civil rights
voting rights issue. When you
exclude black votes, that is unlaw
ful. We cannot tolerate the whole
sale violation of our right to vote by anyone. That only encourages this
Jackson
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