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Last year's Woman of the Year, Judge Dejw^
Hartsfield, gives her remarks.
Nominations
sought for
service awards
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Next month. The ( 'hronicle will honor local
men and women who have contributed signifi
cantly to our community.
The Chronicle Community Awards Banquet,
to be held March 10, will continue a tradition that
was started more than tw o decades ago. Since its
inception, some of the city's best-known commu
nity leaders have been honored for their work and
good;deeds.
Nominations are now being sought for this
year's awards, w hich will be held at the Embassy
Suites' Grand Pavillion at 6:30 p.m.
More than a dozen awards will be presented
that evening, including the top prizes, Man of the
Year and Woman of the Year. These aw ards w ill
go to individuals who have made significant and
far-reaching impacts on our community through
their service, especially w ithin the last 12 months.
Recent winners of these awards include Judge
Denise Hartsfield, Community Activist Linda
Sutton, Mayor Allen Joines and Jim Shaw, w ho
heads the effort to revitalize Liberty Street.
Lifetime Achievement Awards will also be
presented to those who have a long and distin
guished record of service. The Special
Recognition Award will honor those who have
made note worth) contributions to the communi
ty. The awards often go to those who have con
tributed greatly but whose deeds have gone
unsung. Hie memory of community giants w ho
have passed away in the last year will also be
honored at the banquet with the Special Tribute
Award.
The community is encouraged to submit nom
inations for any or all of the categories. A nomi
nation form is included in this week's issue on
page A 12. Nominations can be mailed, dropped
off at our office or e-mailed to new s @ w schroni -
cle.com The nomination period will end next
week. All nominations will be reviewed by a
panel of past award winners. This year's honorees
will be featured in a special section that will
appear in The Chronicle prior to the banquet.
Please help us honor those w ho have done good
deeds.
Step out on Faith
HOMETOWN
COLmitt
By Dr.
Maya
Auction
Many things continue to
ama/e mc, even well into the sev
enth decade of my life. I'm star
tied or taken abaek When peojjle
w alk up to me and tell me they are
C hristians. My first response is^
the question u Already?" It seems
to me a lifelong endeavor to try to
liye the life of a Christian. I
Relieve that is also true for the
Buddhist, for the Muslim, for the
Jainist, for the Jew and for the
laoist who try to live their belief.
The idyllic condition cannot be
arrived at and held on to eternally.
It is in the search itself that one
finds the ecstasy.
One of my earliest memories
of Mamma, of my grandmother, is
a glimpse of a tall cinnamon-col
ored woman with a deep, soft
voice, standing thousands of feet
up in the air on nothing visible.
That incredible vision was a result
of what my imagination would do
each time Mamma drew herself
up to her full six feet, clasped her
hands behind her back, looked up
into the distant sky, and said, "I
w ill step out on the word of God."
The Depression, which was
difficult for everyone, especially
so for a single black woman in the
South tending to her crippled son
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Dr. Angelou is a proud member of Mt. Z ion Baptist Church.
and two grandchildren, caused her
to make the statement of faith
often.
She would look up as if she
could will herself into the heav
ens, and tell her family in particu
lar and the world in general, "1
will step out on the word of God.
I will step out on the word of
God." Immediately I could see
her flung into space, moons at her
feet and stars at her head, comets
swirling around her. Naturally,
since Mamma stood out on the
word of God, and Mamma was
over si\ feet tall, it wasn't diffi
cult for me to have faith. 1 grew
up knowing that the word of God
had power.
I am a member of Mt. Zion
Baptist Church in Winston-Salem,
Metropolitan Baptist Church in
Washington, D.C. and Glide
Methodist Church in San
Francisco, Calif. My ministers
have tried to discourage me from
joining any other churches saying
that I was fully covered on both
East and West coast. However, I
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Young Robyn Tate grabs onto of her father's leg during a youth basketball league
prat t ice sflfsion at the Winston l.ake YMCA earlier this week.
Church members spend night helping
BY TOlfl) LI ( K ^
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A ygung cbtfrch reached out to the
homeless last Trida\ as volunteers from
Whole Man Ministries spent the night
helping out at Samaritan Inn, a local
homeless shelter
Whole Man Ministries, located at 1410
Douglas St., is a new church, which just
started holding sen ices in February of last
year. Rev Barry Washington, the church's
pastor and founder, said the church cur
rently has 25 members with church servic
es getting as many as 50 to 75 attendees.
"We may be small in number but we're
great in love and action," said Washington.
Fight men, including Washington and
Minister Reginald Sims, came to
Samaritan Inn last Friday evening to pre
pare and serve dinner for the men staving
there. The men stayed the night, and in the
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The Rev. Harry Washington acts as a server last week.
Locals asked to
ride to Raleigh -
for Feb. 10 march
BY LAY LA 1 ARM1R
THL CHRONICLE
The ^Winston-Salem
Branch of the NAACP, along
with the Black Leadership
Roundtahle, are planning a
trip to Raleigh on Sat. l eb. 10,
for the I IK on J (Historic
Thousands on Jones Street)
March, demanding that the
State Legislature address the
14 points outlined in what is
known as "The People's
Agenda."
"One of the reasons (we're
marching) is to draw attention
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issues and (hose
kinds of concerns
that affect African
Americans in partic
ular. but all people
generally ... early in
the legislative
process," said Rep.
Larry Worn hie.1
"We're having it on
Saturday because
most people can
conic uc re as King
(hem to bring their children
too, so the children can be a
part, and witness this great
event."
The local initiative is
called "Get on the Bus,"
Organizers are trying to gg? as
mam local people as possible
to travel to the state capital
"Anything that affects my
people, anything that affects
my constituents ... I am sup
posed to be a part of that, to
make sure their voice is
heard," Womble said of his
motivation to participate. "It's
an enhancement of what I
should be doing all the time
jand any other legislator should
Hood
be doing. It's helping to
address and bring (con
stituents') concerns to the
forefront of the legislature."
Among the chief com
plaints detailed in the agenda
are the lack of livable wages,
healthcare lor all people and
affordable housing within
North ( arolina.
Other demands include the
abolishment of Neighborhood
schools," and the death penal
ty - which is described by the
NAACP as being "racially
biased" - and bolstering sup
port of HBCUs and Civil
Rights organiza
tions.
"We arc at the
crossroads -
minorities, and
blacks in particu
lar," said Stephen
Hairston, presi
dent of the
Winston-Salem
Branch of the
NAACP. "They
are rolling the
clock back on us on e\ cry
major issue thai we have
fought for in the past We
need (o show up and speak out
about issues that arc important
to the minoritx community."
The local N'AACP has
chartered two buses for the
trip Transportation will be
offered to anyone w ho w ishes
to participate at no cost.
1 lairston says the local branch
of the NAAC'P hopes to have
about l(K) people sign up to
take the trip
"This historical march is
goin^to get thousands of peo
ple coming together to march
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In Grateful Memory of Our
Founders,
Florrie S. Russell and
Carl H. Russell, Sr.
"Growing and Still Dedicated to Serve You Better"
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Wishes to Thank Everyone For Their Support
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