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Vol. XXXVI No. 2 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, September 10, 2009
Chris Paul
will play
'Cats in
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Churches
join forces
for kids'
program
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Rice feted
at 100th
b-day
event
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Photo by Kevin Walker
D.D. Adams, right, enjoys the music while campaigning at a
recent Summer on Trade concert.
Malloy gives
his support
to D J). Adams
Other Democratic challengers unfazed
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
City Council Member
Nelson Malloy is throwing
his support behind Denise
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U.U. /AUitlllN , one
of three Democrats
running to succeed
him as the next
North Ward repre
sentative
Malloy, ' after
serving five terms,
decided not to run
for re-election, opt
ing to focus on his
health (he has been
wheelchair-bound
for more than 20
years) and to let
someone new bring
fresh energy to the
seat. Malloy said he
talked to all the can
didates and took his
time before deciding
who to endorse. He
says that Adams is
best suited for the
job.
"I think you can see a lot
of change that has occurred,
but there's still work to be
done. And I'm looking for
ward to Ms. Adams stepping
right in and moving this ward
forward and continuing to do
the good work and represent
ing the citizens to the best of
her knowledge and her abili
ty." said Malloy.
He said he believed
Adams would consult her
constituents before making
decisions. Me also
likes her longtime
community involve
ment, which has
included work with
the East Winston
CDC and a long
stint on the Housing
Authority of
Winston-Salem
Board of
Commissioners .
Adams has been
very active with the
local Democratic
Party. She repre
sented the county at
the 2008
D e mo c r a t i c
N a t i o ,ir a 1
Convention.
Behind the
scenes, Adams has
also worked to
elect many
Democrats, including Malloy.
She served as his campaign
manager for his first re-elec
tion bid. She and Malloy also
served as members of
Citizens United for Justice,
which successfully advocated
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Patterson
The Complexity of Gender
Local transgender residents set to speak out at forum
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Twenty year-old Natasha
Moore was born Joel Moore -
a boy. Yet, from her earliest
childhood recollections,
Moore says she identified
more with the feelings and
experiences of a female.
"I've always felt I was. a
woman," commented Moore,
a junior at North Carolina
A&T State University. "I was
five years-old when I realized
I wanted to be a girl."
Moore is not alone. She
belongs to the transgender
community - people who feel
Nataslu^Moore (left) was born male, and Ethan
Hutchinson was born a female.
that their biological gender is
in opposition to the gender
they are inside.
The experiences of this
unique group, and the chal
lenges they face in today's
society, will be explored in a
forum, titled "The
Transgender Experience:
Manifestation of the Inner
Being," at Wjnston-Salem
State University's Anderson
Center on Friday. Sept. 18.
"The Transgender
Experience" is hosted by the
school's Gay-Straight Student
Alliance (GSSA) and spon
sored by the Winston-Salem
branch of PFLAG (Parents.
Friends and Family of
Lesbians and Gays).
"i think transgender peo
ple are probably one of the
least understood groups in the
LGBT ( lesbian, gay, bisexual
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Photos by tayla f'armcr
B i s- h o p
S held o n
Mc Carter
gives the Word
as his wife,
Co-Pastor
J o y c <?
M c C a r t e r ,
cheers him
on.
Below:
Noonday
attendees
stand to their
feet in praise.
A Spirited Return
Healthy-sized crowd welcomes back
Greater Cleveland s Noonday Service
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Greater Cleveland Avenue Christian Church
revived a popular tradition on Sept. 2. with the return
of its Wednesday Noonday Service.
The service, which is designed to provide an alter
native to traditional worship services for those who
have scheduling conflicts, was a mainstay at Greater
Cleveland for 10 years before the church ended it in
2006.
"I was really thinking about people doing some
thing in the lunch hour, especially for those who work
who couldn't make it fpr the (Wednesday) night serv
ices," said Bishop Sheldon McCarter, who has been
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Road
Warriors
WSSU Photo by Shamni Patterson
Sgt. N orris Gullick
(left) and Norman
Johnson of the
Winston-Salem State
University Public
Safety team patrol the
campus on Segway
PTs. The two
wheeled, upstanding
vehicles have become
a popular mode of
travel among people
around the world
since they debuted in
2002.
DA's comments about
blacks and crime draw ire
BY LAYLA FARMER
FHE CHRONIC! I
A collection of mostly white clergy leaders
and community members are call
ing for the resignation of Forsyth
County District Attorney Tom
Keith after a popular Triad publica
tion quoted the DA making state
ments that appear to convey that
Keith believes blacks are. by
nature, more prone to commit
crimes.
In an Aug. 26 Yes! Weekly arti
cle by Keith Barber, the DA is
quoted as saying, "If you're
African American, you're six.
seven or eight times more likely to nave a vio
lent history. I didn't go out there and put a gun
in your hand and say, 'You commit eight
crimes, and I'm a white man. I'll commit one.'
that's just instincts. That's just how it is."
The statement was made during an inter
view about Keith's opposition to the passage of
the Racial Justice Act. which allows death
penalty defendants to have their cases reviewed
if they believe race was a determining factor in
their reception of the death penalty.
Keith's remarks sparked a
firestorm of indignation. Four days
after the article was published, the
Rev. John Mencjez. pastor^ of
Emmanuel Baptist Church arid a long
time community activists laid into
Keith from the pulpit, telling his flock
that it was time for the DA to go. The
Rev. Steve Boyd, chair of the Religion
Department at Wake Forest University,
echoed those sentiments this week.
Boyd and a group of other religious
leader called lor Keith's resignation luesday
afternoon during a news conference.
"There arc probably a lot of reasons for the
crime statistics that we have." said Boyd, who
Sec Keith on \2
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