Hairston takes
reins of state
black caucus
CHRONICLE s [ ah REPORT .
Harold Lee Hairston is the newly-elected president of the
African-American Caucus of the North Carolina Democratic
Party (AAC-NCDP). Hairston. the longtime leader of the
African-American Caucus of the Forsyth County Democratic
Party, was elected to the statewide post last November and
was officially sworn in on Saturday, Feb. 13 during the AAC
NCDP Quarterly Meeting at the Durham Marriott Convention
Center.
The Other AAC-NCDP elected officers are: Carolyn
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President; Phillip T. Cooper
(Raleigh), Second Vice President;
P. Brandon Johnson (Winston
Salem), Third Vice President;
Tomisha W. Gladman (Rural Hall),
Secretary; Gloria Phoenix
(Greensboro), Treasurer; and
Barbara J. S. Whitman (Raleigh),
Assistant Treasurer.
"As African Americans and as
members of AAC-NCDP, it is time
for us to collectively take our
rightful place with full participa
tion in the politics of North
Carolina," Hairston said during a
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receni micrview. now is the time tor the leadership of the
AAC-NCDP to provide strong, solid solutions to the issues
affecting the underrepresented citizens of North Carolina in
the 21st Century."
Hairston is a founding member and longtime supporter of
the AAC-NCDP. A current member of the Forsyth County
State Executive Committee, Hairston formerly served as chair
of the East Forsyth High School Precinct and as a member of
the Winston-Salem Recreation and Parks Commission.
Hairston, who served in the United States Air Force, holds
a B.S. degree in computer science from Fairleigh Dickinson
University. In 1999, he retired from Lucent Technologies as a
technical manager.
The AAC-NCDP will meet every second Monday of the
month at the NAACP Enrichment Center at the corner of Oak
Ridge and Butterfleld Drive in Winston-Salem.
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the Board of Visitors at the
university ot North
Carolina, where he
earned a B A. with
highest honors in
history' and political
science. Last year.
Kennedy, who also
has an M B A. from
Harvard. was
among several
prominent African
American UNC
alumni honored
during the school's
annual Homecoming.
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Since his release, he's helped
ex-offenders and the wrongly
incarcerated with his Darryl
Hunt Project for Freedom and
Justice.
Former City Council
Member Nelson Malloy Jr
received the Public Service
Award for the 20 years he
served as an elected official
During his time on the
Council, he helped establish
Winston-Salem's first
Citizens-Police Review
Board. He also served on the
Darryl Hunt Defense
Committee that helped free
Hunt.
Moses "Mo" Lucas
received the Community
Service Award for his 55
years of working with young
people at the Winston Lake
Family YMCA , where, at age
82, he still volunteers daily.
Lucas said that everywhere
he goes he meets people he
mentored, many of them are
grown-ups with their own
families and successful
careers.
"When you've been there
55 years, you touch a lot of
people," said Lucas.
State Rep. Larry Womble,
who spoke at the event,
received loud applause when
he suggested the Winston
Lake Family Y be renamed
after Lucas.
The money raised from
gala ticket sales will be used
to start an endowment schol
arship fund at the Winston
Salem Foundation in the
name of the late Robert
Miller, who was a District
Deputy Grand Master with
Salem Lodge. Miller was
only the second African
American reporter to work at
the Winston-Salem Journal
and one of the founders of
Victory-Masonic Mutual
Credit Union - the first black
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Honorees Darryl Hunt, Mo Lucas, Derwin Montgomery and Nelson Mallow
Stale Rep. Alma Adams gives the keynote address.
owned-and-operated credit
union in Forsyth County.
Scholarships are far from
Salem Lodge's oniv commu
nity outreach effort. The
masons give boxes of food to
families at Thanksgiving and
are involved with many local
schools. The Lodge's Knights
of Pythagorus program offers
mentoring and enrichment
activities for young men.
Womble had high praise for
the organization.
"It we did not have a
Salem Lodge, I'd hate to
think what this state and this
city would be." said Womble
"We'd probably have to
invent one if we didn't have it
because of all the great work
that this organization does."
N.C. Rep. Alma Adams,
chair of the N.C. Legislative
Black Caucus, was .the
keynote speaker She too
applauded the Lodge's devo
tion to education, which her
speech focused on.
"We 'must strategically
empower our youths to
believe in their possibilities
and to reach far beyond their
grasp." said Adams.
The Gala was hosted by
motivational speaker and
columnist Nigel Alston
Entertainment was provided
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