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WFU student earns fellowship for Algerian project CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT The Pulitzer I Center on Crisis I Reporting and mem- I bers of its Campus I Consortium group I have awarded a stu- I dent fellowship to I Wake Forest I University junior I Yasmin Bendaas. The $2,000 grant will enable her to a m m ] travel to the Aures Mountains oi northern Algeria in May to research the vanishing cul tural tradition of women's facial tat toos. Winston-Salem resident Bendaas, an anthropology major with a dou ble minor in jour nalism and Middle East and South ? Bendaas Asia studies, will use video to help her research the facial tat toos of elderly women of the Chaouia, an indigenous group and tell their stories - an inter est sparked by three family vis its to Algeria during her child hood. "My grandmother has these tattoos on her face," Bendaas said "I noticed a year or so ago during my last visit that only elderly women had them, and I was seeing fewer women with the tattoos than when I visited as a child. None of my aunts have it, none of my cousins. I'm curious why it's a tradition and why it seems to be going away. I want to tell the story before they disappear entirely." Bendaas said her father is Algerian and her mother is Iranian, and she holds dual U.S. and Algerian citizenship, but has lived her life in Winston Salem. Bendaas is the first student from Wake Forest University to win this fellowship from the Pulitzer Cento-. This year, the University joined the Cento's Campus Consortium, which aids and promotes foreign cor respondents and overseas reporting. Aviation camp returning SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE The Liberty Community Development Corporation is again sponsoring the Tom Davis Aviation Career Education (ACE) this summer for middle and high school students. Named after the founder of Piedmont Airlines, Tom Davis, ? the ACE Academy is an excit ing week-long program that exposes campers to the theory of flight, aviation history, and careers in aeronautics. Each year the Academy focuses on real world applica tions, including radio-con trolled aircraft, understanding aircraft construction, rocket design and launching a rocket. The opening ceremony for ACE will be held on June 18 at 9 a.m. at Smith Reynolds Airport. The camp for middle school students will be from June 18-22; and June 25-29 for high-school students. Campers will be based at Ibraham Elemtary School, 5036 Old Walkertown Road. Campers enrolled in the ACE Academy are provided breakfast, lunch and snacks. To apply online visit www.ncaviationeducation.co m click on "Apply Now" and apply to the Winston Salem camp site, or apply at Liberty CDC by calling 336-721 9020. Federal prisons chaplain to give local workshop SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE The Prison Ministry of United Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church will host the workshop, "Understanding Prison Ministry from the Church's World View" on Saturday, May 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon in the church fellowship hall. The facilitator will be Michael Smith Jr., chief chaplain of the Federal Bureau of Prisons tmWi. in Washington, D.C. 18 ? ? He was licensed in 1986 and ordained in 1988 at Martin Street Baptist Church in Raleigh and later served as an associate minister. His experience also includes serving as a chaplain/pastor with the State and Federal Prison system for more than 20 years and commissioner for the Prison Ministry and Criminal Justice Commission of the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Smith tt a national leading resource, person, in educating and training local churclM hi ries^ofidilig to crime and incarceration. For more information, call 336-764-3601. MT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH SUMMER ARTS CAMP 2012 The Mt. Zion Baptist Church Summer Arts Camp is now enrolling Campers ages 6-12! Camp Dates: June 18 Aigust 10 Camp Coat: Si 10.00 weekly Registration Fee: 140.00 For more information, please call the church office at: l)t-722-2)2f 1. For 102 years the NAACP's mission has always been to 'ensure the politi cal, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of al persons.' We have always opposed any custom, tradition, practice, law or constitutional amendment that denies any rights, privileges, or opportunities to any per son which can legally be extended to others. We should never codify dis crimination, division and hate into our Constitution. AN people have a right to equal protection under the law. 2 Many civic and faith organizations have membership qualifications. But every person in North Carolina and the nation are protected by Constitutions that allow no racial, religious, or gen der tests. -to-* DID YOU KNOW? "I will go on record, Tim, In saying [Barack Obama] has been the worst president this country has em had* Tony Perkins, Family Research Council1 The Family Research Council and the American Family Association are repre sented In the leadership of the forces promoting this discriminatory Amend ment. They are affiliated with national organizations recognized as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center. DID YOU KNOW? Many of the legislators who are spon soring this Amendment are the same Tea Party-backed, extremists who have campaigned against our voting rights, equal protection under the law, the Ra cial Justice Act, healthcare for all and jobs for African-Americans and the poor. 4. When the People of North Carolina are asked to put an amendment in our Constitution prohibiting some people from making a highly personal choice, it places a matter of conscience and personal belief in the hands of the Government, not our churches and other faith communities. We support the constitutional right of faith commu nities to determine whom they wiD and wiN not marry. 5. The NAACP does not take a posi tion in support of or in opposition to same sex marriage. We recognize the issue of marriage rights for same-sex couples is a difficult and sensitive one. People of goodwill have heartfelt dif ferences of opinion about it. 6. When most of us consider issues of marriage and family, we are guided by our religious and spiritual beliefs. The NAACP respects the diverse religious beliefs our churches regarding family life. DID YOU KNOW? This Discriminatory Amendment could: ? Take away domestic violence protec tions for all unmarried women In North Carolina. In Ohio, a similar amend ment set domestic abusers free, put ting their unmarried partners at risk. ? Strip legal recognition and protection from til unmarried couples.' It could leave such families with no basic healthcare and no hospital visitation rights.' ? Cause children of unmarried parents to lose their health and prescription drug coverage.4 It could be used to take a child away from a loving parent, threatening existing custody and visit ation rights.' 1 htMV/wvwjMht^awalch.QfQ/contant/DwWna 19.2011 1 Maxine Eichner.et at., "Potential Legal impact of the Proposed Domestic Legal Union Amendment to the North Carolina Constitu tion." 1,(2011) * id. at 2. '?id. at 16. 'id. at 22. 7. Sam* mi marriage la already Megal In NC. 8. Placing several sentences in our most important state document that deny rights to some persons, but which are extended to others, is dan gerous and unnecessary, and will not resolve the disagreements. 9. The current legislative leadership proved earlier this year that they are not committed to obeying the Consti tution as much as they are to pursuing the* aggressive and regressive ideolo gy when their budget was found to deny our poor and minority pre schoolers their constitutional right to a sound, basic education. 10. The marriage we should be concerned about Is the marriage of corporate money and poli tics. Ultra-conservative corpo rations have tied the knot with an ugly set of anti-public policies that undermine public education, voter protection, workers rights, protection from payday lenders, health care reform and other programs established for the public good. May 8 Regular Voting Day and April 19 - May 5 One-Stop Early Voting and Same-Day jjegistration. AGAINST A Shakespearean Pageant Saturday, May 5112-3 p.m. Games, art, dance, poetry, and food. Plus! FREE admission to the Museum and featured exhibition A Genius for Place: American Landscapes of the Country Place Era. Estar4n disponibles interpretes en Espafiol REYNOLDA HOUSE MUSEUM of AMERICAN ART 2250 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27106 | 336.758.5150 | reynoldahouse.org Community Day is rain or shine! Reynolda House is supported by the Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County. Whether You Agree or Disagree With Same Sex Marriage because of Your Personal, Religious, or Moral Beliefs, You Should Vote Against this Amendment that Strips some North Carolina Families of their Human Rights. ? Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II President, N.C. NAACP 3. North Carolina should not reverse its proud history of expanding the rights of all persons in its constitution al amendments by now promoting an amendment that restricts the rights of some.
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