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Vol. XXXVI No. 9 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, October 29, 2009
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The 'First' Portrait
The W hite House released the first official photo of the First Family last week. Snapped by Jamed picture
Leibovitz, the Obamas were captured in the White House's Green Room on Sept. I. Eight-year-old Sasha is set
her arm around her dad, President Obama, while Malia Obama snugs up to the First Lady.
Photo by While House/ Annie Lcibovitz
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seen here with
Tickets
available
for health
conference
Event will feature slew
of recognizable names
CHRONICLE STAFFREPORT
Members of the general
public who want to hear from
some of the well-known
experts and personalities tak
ing part in an upcoming
Winston
I)r. West
Salem State
University
health con
ference now
have an
opportunity
to do just
that.
The
Dr. Gupta
"Faces of a
Healthy
Future:
National
Conference
to End
Health
Disparities
11" will be
Nov. 3-6 at
the Twin
City Quarter in downtown
-Winston-Salem. A projeet of
WSSU's Center for
Excellence in the Elimination
of Health Disparities
(CEEHD). the conference is
designed to create on-going
dialogue regarding healthcare
for undcrsefved populations.
The university is bringing
in people like Dr. Sanjay
Gupta, CNN's senior medical
correspondent :Princeton
Professor Dr. Cornel West;
and Elizabeth Edwards, the
wife of former Presidential
See Conference on A7
'GIDE'-ing Light
Goler to launch new agency to promote financial literacy, homeownership
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Knowledge is power.
That is the premise under which
the Goler Institute for Development
and Education (GIDE) was formed.
The agency, housed in Goler
Memorial AME Zion Church's
Family Enrichment Center, is hope
ful that many local residents will
soon become more powerful,
through a collaborative effort that
will officially be launched next
week.
"Folks with financial literacy
make better financial decisions and
in turn, it empowers them," com
mented Eddie Long Jr., director of
the newly-formed Housing
Counseling Agency and Faith-based
Technical Assistance Center, which
is being funded through the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development. "We want folks to
understand the financial system so
they can make it work for them."
The center will provide a variety
of services to the community in the
form of workshops, seminars and
Photo by Layla Farmer
Eddie Long Jr. and Pastor Selh O. Lartey.
one-on-one counseling sessions.
Long explained. Disseminating
information is the best way to com
bat the housing crisis that plagues
the nation, he believes.
"Lack of information is usually
the cause of what's going on in our
country (with respect to the crisis),
especially in low income communi
ties." said Long, who has worked in
the financial services industry for
See Center on A7
Voters'
decision
time is
nearing /
Early voting ends Saturday;
Election Day is Tuesday
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE J _
After months of campaigning, local
City Council candi
dates are finally
closing in on the fin
ish line. Several
seats on the City
Council have
already been deem
ed- '
Democratic
Incumbent Moll>
Leight won her
South Ward primary
and faces no
Republican opposi
tion; West Ward
Representative
Robert Clark, a
Republican, is unop
posed. as is popular
Democratic Mayor
Allen Joines; and
Democrat Derwin
Montgomery faces
no Republican oppo
sition." and willrep
resent the East Ward
after beating incum
bent Joycelyn
Johnson and two
others in the pri
mary. .
Seats in other
wards are up l?r
grabs.
Democrat James
Taylor overcame
incumbent Evelyn
Terry of lhe
Southeast Ward in
the Democratic
runoff earlier this
month, and will lace
Republican chal
lenger Lawrence
??Chuck" Woolard in
the General Election
on Nov. 3.
Adams
Burke
Hopkins
Shivers
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Taylor
wooiaru. a native oi High Koint. said
he will continue working to raise aware
ness about his platform in the Southeast
Ward leading up to Election Day.
"I'm just getting out and letting peo
ple know what I stand for and what I'd
like to see the city do." commented
Woolard. a retiree, who. if elected, w ants
See Council on A5
Prison program ends on a bittersweet note
Kendra Davis
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
The floors of the chapel at Forsyth
Correctional Center shook with the reverberations
of exaltation Tuesday night during a culmination
ceremony for one of the prison's most popular
programs. A group of men at the front of the
chapel led those seated on pews before them in
spirited renditions of Gospel favorites.
"Hold on, you can make it." they sang, "hold
on. don't worry 'bout a thing..."
Despite the upbeat tenor they exhibited, many
of the men were lamenting the ending of the
Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries' Plan to Prosper
program, which has helped to facilitate hundreds
of ex-offenders' successful re-entry into society.
"Regardless of what your past has been, it
won't hold you hostage unless you allow it to,"
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Photos by I ,av la Fanner
A group of men perform Tuesday night.
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