Anti-death penalty group to honor lawmakers
Public invited to
RSVP for ceremony
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
A Carrboro- based non
profit will honor State Reps.
Larry Womble and Ear line
Parmon for their efforts to
end the practice of capital
punishment in North
Carolina.
People of Faith Against
the Death Penalty is inviting
the general public to a recep
tion on Wednesday. April 28
on the campus of Winston
Salem State University (in
the Anderson Center)
Womble and Parmon will
be feted there for their part in
making the N.C. Racial
Justice Act a reality.
The Act allows for a per
son facing a death sentence
or someone already sen
tenced to death to have a
court review over whether
racial bias influenced the
case or the prosecutor's deci
sion to seek the death penal
ty. Womble and Parmon were
the legislation's key spon
sors. Gov Bev Perdue signed
the act into law last August.
State Rep. Parmon
"The NC Racial Justice
Act is one of the most signif
icant reforms of the death
penalty anywhere and a
model piece of legislation
nationwide." said PFADP
Executive Director Stephen
Dear. "We are deeply grate
ful for the leadership that
Representatives Womble and
Parmon provided in champi
oning this important redress
of some of the inequities of
the death penalty."
The reception host com
mittee includes a number of
State Rep. Womble
local ministers and nonprofit
leaders, including Rev.
Willard W. Bass, Jr., Green
Street United Methodist
Church; Rev. Lynn Carman
Bodden, Winston-Salem
Friends Meeting; Rev. Kelly
P. Carpenter, Green Street
United Methodist Church;
Ms. Williette Carter,
Winston-Salem Urban
League; Ms. Judith Dancy,
Retired from Winston-Salem
Friends Meeting; Rev. Ryan
M Eller, CHANGE
(Communities Helping All
Neighbors Gain
Empowerment); Rev. Dr.
Carlton Eversley, Dellabrook
Presbyterian Church; Bishop
Todd Fulton, Mt. Moriah
Outreach Center; Imam
Khalid Fattah Griggs,
Community Mosque of
Winston-Salem; Darryl
Hunt. The Darryl Hunt
Project for Freedom and
Justice; Rachel Jackson,
Lloyd Presbyterian Church;
Rev. Dr. John Mendez,
Emmanuel Baptist Church;
Rev. Chalice Overy, Union
Bethel A ME. Church; Rev.
Nathan Parrish, Peace Haven
Baptist Church; Rev. Prince
R. Rivers. United
Metropolitan Missionary
Baptist Church; Patricia
Sadler. Winston-Salem
Urban League; Rev. Marina
Skinner and Rev. Laura
Spangler, Lloyd Presbyterian
Church.
The reception will be
from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Although it is free, reserva
tions are required and should
be placed with PFADP by
April 23 by contacting
Kristen Smith at 919-933
7567 or ksmith? pfadp.org.
Photos by Lav U Fanner
Patrice Toney (left) and Dr. Linda Petrow, vice chair of the Board of Health cut the ribbon as Dr. Tim Monroe, board
members and the POSSE team look on.
POSSE
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who often went into people s
homes to conduct tests - and
added confidentiality for
patients compared to tradi
tional community testing
sites, where tests were often
conducted in makeshift sta
tions in public areas, Toney
said The team will also now
be able to offer rapid HI\
testing, where results come
back in 10-15 minutes, on
site, she added.
-The mobile unifis a real
ly good idea," said POSSE
team member Patricia
Donaldson. "...It's confiden
tial, it's high tech. and it s
making people feel like.
This is something 1 need to
do. to get tested. "
Among those in atten
dance at the ribbon-cutting
was Katherine Foster, vice
president of AIDS Care
Services, a local agency that
provides myriad support
services to local people with
HIV/ AIDS. Foster says the
unit will allow more people
to learn their statuses sooner,
making the disease easier to
treat for those who are diag
nosed with HIV
"Early detection of some
one who is diagnosed with
HIV is so important to their
long term health." she said.
The sooner you catch it. the
more you can put into keep
ing them healthy for a long
time."
Foster believes the unit
will be a valuable addition to
the community.
"I think it's going to real
ly build awareness that HIV
is in Winston-Salem." she
said. "The more people
know that, it's going to help
reduce the stigma (of
HIV/AIDS)"
Nail says the unit will
broaden the reach of the
POSSE team, which was pre
viously limited to conducting
testing in locations that had a
physical structure that they
could set up in. Testing in the
evening and at night has not
been done in the past for safe
ty reasons. Nail said. With
the aid of the vehicle. Nail
anticipates being able to tar
get nightclubs and other ven
ues that were unattainable as
testing locations in the past.
"I think there'll be an
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The unit was custom-built for POSSE.
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Patricia Donaldson
increase in participation and
also an increase in what
we're able to do." she com
mented "And for awhile,
it'll be a ndvelty People will
want to come out and see
what it is."
The team has long antici
pated the arrival of the unit,
which has been in the works
Katherine Foster
since last fall. Nail said
"I'm glad it's here; it's
been a long time coming,"
she remarked. "Hopefully,
we will see a change in peo
ple getting educated and peo
ple knowing their statuses so
they can take care of their
health, because that's the ulti
mate goal here."
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