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THURSDAY, November 18, 2010
20 Years and Countless Successes
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Simran Sethi addresses the
audience at \S'FL'.
Dumping
on Poor
Folks
Symposium:
environmental racism"
is alive and well
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W hen it come> to going
green.' not all communities
are created equal in the eyes
of lawmakers, according to
Emmy Award-winning
Journalist Simran Sethi
Some communities
those that tend to have a high
minority populace and a low
median income - have been
targeted over the years by the
power*, that be as prime loca
tions for toxic waste land
fills. Sethi said.
Sethi, the founding host
and writer of Sundance
Channel's environmental
program. "The CJreen." and
creator of the Sundance
Channel's online series "The
Good light." has appeared
on several nationally -syndi
cated television shows, from
"The Oprah Winfrey Show"
to "Nightly News with Brian
Williams" and "The Today
Show." promoting her mes
sage of environmental jus
tice.
She joined Julianne
\1alveaux. president of
Bennett College for Women
and a renown speaker,
activist and economist, at
Wake Forest University last
week for the symposium
"My Neighborhood is Killing
Me: Environmental Racism
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Service Corps
celebrates landmark
anniversary
BY LAY1.A FARMER
I HI CHR( INK I I
If someone had told James Fuller
20 years ago that he would become
an entrepreneur, he never would
have believed it. A teen father who
had already faced drug charges.
McCaskill
Fuller says his
future didn't
look too bright.
But then he
found the
Service Corps.
Founded
under the City
of Winston
Salem in 1990,
the organiza
tion provides
mentoring, education, jod training
and job placement services for
young adults ages 17-30. who sign
up for a one-year work commitment.
Fuller says his mother encouraged
him and his 'brother. Johnny, to
enroll.
"My mom was a single parent
and trying to get her kids into some
thing positive," Fuller said, "and it
turned out to be a success."
Ptkho". by La\ I* Farmer
James Fuller with his girlfriend, Christina Stewart, and their three week-old daughter, Gianni.
The 40-year-old now splits his
time between working as a painting
supervisor for the City of Winston
Salem. a job he has held for the last
14 years, and running his own com
pany. Fuller's Paint and Decorating,
which he launched seven years ago.
"I just thank God for the success
that 1 have conquered because 1
would have never thought that I
would be on anybody's job for 14
years." related the father of four
"...1 just want to show my kids that
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NAACP office target
of likely copper thieves
BY I. AY LA FARMER
THfc CHRONICLE
The Winston-Salem Chapter of the NAACP suffered an unexpected blow in the
wee hours of Nov. 9.
I ne L hapter s headquar
ters on Oak Ridge Drive were
Hooded when someone sev
ered the copper pipes that
attached the building's water
heater to the city water main.
A resident in the
Northampton neighborhood
saw water pouring from the
building Tuesday morning
and alerted the authorities,
?
according to the police report.
Both the police and the fire
department responded.
By the time Chapter
President Jimmy Boyd
arrived on the scene around 9 a.m.. the water accumulated on the floor was ankle
deep.
A closer inspection of the building revealed that the water that rushed onto the
organisation's front lawn was the least of its problems. In the external closet where
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PHotm L*vl? Farmer
Water damage caused the ceiling inside the women's bathroom at
the SAACP Enrichment Center to collapse.
Poetic Pause
R**> by I a via Farmer
English and journalism teachrr Tonya Allen-Clements reads Maya
Angelou's famous poem "Still I Rise" Tuesday during an apprecia
tion celebration for Parkland teachers. See the full story on A 10.
Success is family tradition for author
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
For some, the path to finding their life's
purpose is straight and well defined from the
very beginning. For Daryl Sturgis. that path
has been more like a roller coaster, with
twists and turns, Sturgis says he has enjoyed
the trip. His resume has the diversity of a
spring bouquet, with stints in everything
from janitorial service to retail, the nonprof
it sector. Wall Street and even improv.
However, in recent years Sturgis. 4?, has set
his sights on a passion he has held for near
ly as long as he can remember: writing
Sturgis. a Winston-Salem native who has
lived in New York City for the last two
decades, plans to release "The Goddess of
Light," the second installment in his
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Daryl Slurgis poses during a book release party in \YC.
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