PRNoFmo
Willie Gary
has been
hailed as one
pf the nation's
most success
ful attorneys.
Multi-millionaire attorney
Gary will keynote May gala
Shaw University alum went from rags to riches
CHRONICLE STAFF RETORT
Famed attorney Willie E.
Gary, vyho has won many mul
timillion dollar judgments for
his clients, will keynote the
May 10 YMCA Black
Achievers 10th Annual
Awards Gala.
Named one the "100 Most
Influential Black Americans"
by Ebony and one of the Top
"50 attorneys in the U.S." by
Forbes Magazine, Gary has a
tags to riches tale that has
inspired many.
? One of 1 1 children, he was
torn in poor, Eastman, Ga.
4nd raised in migrant farming
communities in Florida,
Georgia and the Carolinas.
Gary's work ethic and deter
mination eventually led him to
Shaw University in Raleigh.
Me attended the school on a
football scholarship, and
earned a Bachelor's degree in
business administration. He
then went to nearby North
Carolina Central University,
where he earned a juris doc
torate in 1974.
With the help of his child
hood sweetheart and now
wife, Gloria, Gary, who will
turn 60 later this year, was
admitted to the Florida Bar
and opened his own law firm.
Over the years, Gary's prac
tice, has grown into the thriv
ing national partnership
known as Gary, Williams,
Parenti, Finney, Lewis,
McManus, Watson &
Sperando, P.L.. It consists of
37 attorneys, a team of parale
gals, a professional staff of
(20, including six nurses, two
full-time investigators, an
administrator, a certified pub
lic accountant, a public rela
tions director, a general coun
sel, human resources director
and a full administrative staff.
Gary's firm has won more
than 150 cases valued in
excess of $1 million each. He
is known'for representing lit
tle-known clients against
major corporations. Gary's
success has' made him a multi
millionaire and given him
mansions, a private jet and a
lot full of fancy cars. He has
been unselfish with his
immense wealth.
In 1991, Gary donated
$10.1 million to his alma
mater - Shaw. He has also
donated hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to dozens of
Historically Black Colleges
and Universities throughout
the country.
In 1994, he and Gloria
formed The Gary Foundation ,
which provides scholarships,
direction and other resources
to young people, so they can
realize their dreams of achiev
ing a higher education.
The 10th Annual Awards
Gala is an event to recognize
the achievements of outstand
ing high school seniors who
participated in the Black
Achievers Program, a career
exploration and academic
enhancement program. The
program serves more than 145
middle and high school stu
dents during the school year.
Black Achievers helps stu
dents in grades eight through
twelve to bridge the path from
secondary to post secondary
education by involving
African Americans from busi
ness, industry,, government,
and nonprofit organizations as
mentors and role models.
Individuals who have been
nominated by their companies
for their contributions to the
workplace will also be hon
ored at the gala. They will pro
vide support for the Black
Achievers Program through
committee service and youth
work during 2007-2008
school year.
Individual tickets are $40
and tables of eight are $320.
Tickets for children under 12
are $25. Tax deductible pror
ceeds from the gala will be
used for the continued growth
of the Black Achievers
Program and for scholarships
for program participants.
For more information, call
Lisa Lide, program director at
the Winston Lake Family
YMCA at 336-724-9205 ext.
226, or drop by the Winston
Lake Family YMCA and pur
chase tickets at the Welcome
Center.
Moviegoers panel
i
will smell the coffee
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Moviegoers will
screen and discuss "Black
Gold: Wake Up and Smell
The Coffee" on
Tuesday, May 1 at
6:30 p.m.
After oil, cof
fee is the most
traded commodity
in the world with
$80 billion in retail
sales. But for every
$3 cup of coffee, a
farmer iteceives
only 3 cents. Most
of the money goes
to middlemen,
especially the four giant
conglomerates which con
trol the coffee market.
"Black Gold" asks us to
wake up and smell the cof
fee. It follows Tadesse
Meskela as he tries to secure
a living wage for the 70,000
Ethiopian coffee farmers he
represents.
El- A mi n
The panelists will
include Elizabeth
Motsinger, a Winston
Salem/Forsyth County
School Board member;
Donald
MacThompson ,
an associate pro
fessor of political
science at)
Winston-Salem
State University;
and Fleming A.
El-Amin, ? a
Moviegoers
board member
who will moder
ate.
This event
will be at Grace
Presbyterian Church (USA).
3901 Carver School Road.
There is no charge for
admission but donations are
appreciated.
Reservations are advised
at TheMoviegoers@aol.com
or 661-0339.
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Great Winston-Salem
Cleanup is April 28
The annual Great
Winston-Salem Cleanup
will take place Saturday,
April 28, from 9 a.m. to
noon. Hundreds of volun
teers are needed to help
clean up local roadways,
parks and schools. All sup
plies are provided as well as
lunch.
The Great Winston
Salem Cleanup is organized
by Keep Winston-Salem
Beautiful and is part of the
national Great American
Cleanup organized by Keep
America Beautiful.
This year's Great
Winston-Salem Cleanup is
sponsored by Waste
Management, the Winston
Salem Journal. Signs Now.
Lowes Foods, Kripsy
Kreme, and Pepsi Bottling
Ventures.
To sign up or for more
information, go to
www.kwsb.cityofws.org or
call Keep Winston-Salem
Beautiful at 727-8013.
Jones honored for poster
Marvin Q. Jones Jr., a
junior applied mathematics
major at North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical
State University, won $500
for having the most outstand
ing poster presentation at the
Georgia Institute of
Technology. Graduate
Technical Symposium 2007 -
Merging Multiculturalism
and Multidisciplinary
Research held March 15-17
in Atlanta.
Jones' presentation was
titled "An Investigation in
Astrophysics! Gas
Dynamics: Analyzing Two
Wave Interaction in Ideal
Magnetohydrodynamics
Using Numerical Analysis
and Simulation."
I n
addition
to win
ning this
award,
he won
the out
standing
poster
presenta
tion at /nui
the 2005
and 2006 A&T McNair sym
posium and received a certifi
cate of excellence for his oral
presentation at the universi- -
ty's 2007 McNair sympo
sium.
Anderson High Class of
1970 looking for graduates
The last class to gradu
ate from Anderson Senior
High School (today known
as Winston-Salem State
University's Albert H.
Anderson Conference
Center) is looking for mem
bers of the Class of 1970 to
plan for a big reunion.
Reunion organizers are
calling on all members of
the Class of 1970 to send,
call, or e-mail their contact
information by June 1.
Follow-up information
about the reunion will be
provided to all those who
respond by the deadline.
The planning committee is
urging each member of the
class who may be in contact
with former classmates who
live outside of Winston
Salem to encourage them to
send in their information.
All contact information
(name, street address, home
phone, cell phone, e-mail
addresses etc.) should be
forwarded to AHS Class of
1970 at 210 Melody Lane,
Winston-Salem, N.C.,
27105. or e-mail to
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Salem Senior Art Show
start* May 4
The Salem College
Department of Art will pres
ent its annual Senior Thesis
Art Exhibition display May
4-26 in the Salem Fine Arts
Center. A reception for the
artists will be held Friday,
May 4 from 6-8 p.m.
This exhibit features the
culminating projects of
Salem College's senior stu
dio art and interior design
majors. Both the exhibit and
artists' reception are free
and open to the public.
For more information
"visit www.salem.edu or call
336 721-2636.
50 new state troopers
graduate
Fifty new Troopers were
graduated on April 19 from
the 119th Basic School of
the North Carolina State
Highway Patrol. They were
swom in during ceremonies
at the North Carolina State
Fair Grounds.
"I welcome our newest
Troopers to the Highway
Patrol family," said Colonel
W. Fletcher Clay, Patrol
Commander. "I am confi
dent these Troopers are pre
pared for the challenges that
lie ahead on North
Carolina's highways."
Bryan E. Beatty, secre
tary of the Department of
Crime Control and Public
Safety of which the
Highway Patrol is a divi
sion, added, "We are proud
to welcome the 1 1 9th Basic
School graduates as mem
bers of one of the nation's
finest law enforcement
organizations. They have
joined a proud agency that
has been making our high
ways safer since 1929."
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