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Salem Academy students do well at Model UN event
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Students from Salem Academy
earned honors at the recent statewide
Model United Nations General
Assembly Session at Appalachian State
University in Boone.
The students represented Spain dur
ing the event and broke up into six
teams of two to participate in several
mock sessions designed to mirror the
kind of topics tackled daily at the UN.
Mary Beth Browne and Catherine
Ward won first place in the Best
Delegation category for their European
Union Crisis presentation. Emma
Wilbur and Grace Wilson won first
place in Best Delegation for their
World Trade Organization presentation.
Parish Finn and Julia Dorn won an
Honorable Mention award for their
Economics and Social Council presen
tation.
"I was able to visit and observe each
Salem delegation (team) while they
were in session, and I was very
impressed and proud of all of them,"
says Chris Royster, Academy history
teacher and Model UN faculty adviser.
"I thought their performance was excel
lent, especially given that it was the
first Model UN conference most of
them had participated in. I also received
several very nice compliments and con
gratulations from other teachers attend
ing the Model UN Conference, which
speaks well for the effort and perform
ancc of our students."
Other participating students includ
ed Ivy Webb, Maeve Cosgrove,
Mathama Bility, Hannah Webb, Sally
Cai and Nicole Wang.
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Mary Beth Browne and
Catherine Ward
Emma Wilbur and Grace Wilson
Parish Finn and Julia Dorn
Muhammad releases novel
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In her new book, "Cowards and
Angels," Aileen Muhammad pens the
| mystical, spiritual journey of a young
woman whose genetic inheritance is in
contrast to descriptions
and interpretations of the
world she lives in.
The book, published by
Trafford Publishing, tells
the story of a young
woman, Mia, and her fam
ily, who have roots on the
island Sokotra, and the cir
cumstances that cause Mia
to be admitted into a men
tal hospital. The story is
woven with her mystical
connections and the pre
carious position the family finds them
selves in apart from their cultural roots.
Throughout her fight, Mia searches for
meaning as an omniscient voice brings
messages through visions and poetry.
In her search, she comes to Islam for
protection, beauty and strength, but has
also researched other religious texts.
She finds that the crimes committed
against her people are the same crimes
her own people commit against her. In
her search to understand and make
peace, she beckons for assistance from
angels.
"I was inspired to write
this book by experiencing
the enlightening instances
in life," Muhammad
shares, "by witnessing the
dilemma of the interpreta
tion of the experience of
multi-ethnic people in
America, and by having
serious visions of a more
peaceful world."
Muhammad attended
Salem College, receiving a
BA degree in creative writ
ing in 2009 and earning the president's
prize in creative writing. She is current
ly an M.Ed. candidate. Her poetry has
been published in numerous journals
and magazines, and her short stories
have received honorable mention in
several North Carolina state writing
contests.
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Kids Hear from Positive
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Craig Edwards (third from right), a graduate of Winston-Salem State
University, proud member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and employee
of the Winston-Salem State Upward Bound Program, visits the Cart H.
Russell Sr. Community Learning Center to talk to youngsters about the
importance of voting. He also presented the kids with WSSU Upward Bound
book-bags. Here, Edwards hands one of the bags to Russell Center Director
Ben Piggott (second from left) as several kids stand by.
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transformed Lives hosting benerit
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CHRONICLE
The Transformed
Lives Community
Resource Center is host
ing its 2nd Annual
Christmas Benefit and
Silent Auction at
Winston-Salem State
University's Thompson
Center on Saturday, Nov.
10 at 5:30 p.m.
The theme is "An
Evening with the Stars."
Transformed Lives' suc
cessful program partici
pants and community
partners will be the
"stars" for the evening.
City Council Member
Derwin Montgomery will
be the keynote speaker.
The event will also
include a silent auction
and a gospel concert with
guest artists. The Gospel
Stylistics and the Vessels
In Praise.
"The evening promis
es to be uplifting and
inspiring as we tell our
story of not only how we
have served the commu
nity, but also how the
community has served
alongside us," said
Michele Powell, execu
tive director of
Transformed Lives. "We
love that we are a place
where the citizens can
give back by offering
their talents and
resources to their own
community."
Transformed Lives, a
nonprofit organization,
has been in operation
since 2007 and has sup
ported underserved com
munities and families
since its inception.
Founded by husband and
wife Stephen and
Michele Powell, the
agency is operated by a
committed Board of
Directors and team of
volunteer staffers
The agency's pro
grams include the
Healthy Homework Lab,
Client Choice Food
Pantry, Mobile Unit, sup
port groups, the
Community Knowledge
Center and transitional
housing for formerly
incarcerated men.
Tickets to the benefit
are $25 per individual or
$200 per table of eight.
Call 336-293-7959 for
tickets.
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