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CIAA commish has love for WSSU -See Page A3 YWCA pushes anti-racism pledge -See Page A2 75 cents . Aebra/, CF % <2 y/ea/ss ? *> <5* VO* The Chronicle Volume39,Number36 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, May 2, 2013 From left, seated: Mothers Dorothy Patterson, Mae Alice Archie, Frances Lindsay, (middle row) Sharon Smalls, Izora Moore, Earnestine Rucker, Dometric France, Eva Gray-Allen, Carolyn Carson (back row) Mary Ingram, Thelma Todd and Mildred Willams. Photos by l^ayla Gamu Sharon Smalls speaks as co-organizers Carolyn Carson (left) and Carmen Carlton look on. Honors bestowed upon community matriarchs BY LAYLA G ARMS THE CHRONICLE Mother's Day came a little early for a group of local women. More than two dozen ladies were treated to a sumptuous meal and celebratory program in their honor during the first ever Unsung Mothers of Grace and Faith Honoree Celebration at the Piedmont Club last week. The Club's posh Cardinal room was decorated with dramatic floral arrangements and festive pink and white accents for the April 27 event, which was organized by Carmen Carlton, Carolyn Carson and Sharon Smalls. The three friends joined forces with 11 other women to host the gathering as a tangible way of honoring the women who have played important roles "in their lives and the lives of others, including church mothers. See Mothers on AS Shall We Dance? Photo by Tbdd Luck The Winston-Salem Foundation's Michael Clements dances with Eryn White during last week's Take the Lead fundraiser at Benton Convention Center. Look for more about the event in the May 9 issue of The Chronicle. Barber: COP lawmakers will be judged by God BY LAYLA GARMS THE CHRONICLE Rev. Dr. William Barber II says North Carolina is on trial. "I come by here to say to all those that wield political power, you're on trial; you face the judgement of God," declared Barber, the president of the North Carolina State Conference of NAACP Branches. "North Carolina is on trial; this state is on trial, right here and right now." Barber addressed a crowd of NAACP members and sup porters during the Winston-Salem Branch's Freedom Fund Dinner on April 26. The annual gathering drew near ly 300 attendees to Mount Zion Baptist Church last week. "This is a great event on behalf of the oldest, the bold est, the toughest, the strongest civil rights organization in the world: the NAACP," declared local NAACP President S. Wayne See NAACP on A2 Photo by Layla Garms nrv. milium nurvtr ouareaaca uncri dees at the gala Friday. Photo by Layla Garms Imam Nabil Elfallah stands in front of the Annoor Islamic Center in Clemmons. Keeping the Faith \ Muslim leaders say don't paint Islam with broad brush BY LAYLA GARMS THE CHRONICLE Local Muslims say the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings did not help efforts to convince? Americans that their reli gion is one of peace, love and brotherhood. "I think the language that the media uses has given individuals the impression of equating this religion with violence. Anyone that knows any thing about the religion or I Islam, they I know that the I religion of Al- I Islam does not [ condone any kind of vio- , lence," said Imam Irshad Hasan, who has led Winston Salem's Masjid Al-Muminun for more than 20 years."... In my opinion, it's just the act of somebody who has no value for the sanctity of human life. That's not the action of a Muslim - that's just the action of a deranged mind." Alleged bombers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev did. ironically, educate many about the vastness of Islam, the world's fastest-growing second largest religion. The Tsarnaev family are European Muslims from Dagestan in the for mer Soviet Union. The largely Muslim nation has been gripped by a long running bloody conflict between two Muslim sects. Muslims come in all colors and from every comer of the globe, but many in western culture still sub scribe to what Hasan calls a "Crusaders mentality," where Islam is the enemy. In cases of terrorism on American soil where there are no connections to Islam, such as the Newtown, Conn, shooting or the Okalahoma City fed eral building bombing, the religion of the perpetrator is not mentioned, Hasan noted. "You never hear about them being Christian ter rorists or them being white extremists," he said. "... We as a society, we have to question ourselves as to why we make that associa tio'n." While some in the communi ty have rushed to judgment when it comes to Islam, others have gone out of their way to show their support for mem bers of the masjid (another word for mosque), Hasan said. Following 9-11, he said he received more positive calls than negative. Imam Nabil Elfallah said some members of his congregation at the Annoor Islamic Center in Clemmons expressed con cerns about their safety and the safety of their respec tive businesses after it became clear that the alleged bombers were Muslim, but their fears were allayed as the days passed with no harassment or changes in their busi nesses. "All of them, they were worried because they used to live here in the time of 9-11," he said, "...(but) people are living their nor mal life; everything is okay." Elfallah, who moved to the U.S. from Morocco four years ago, was accost ed for praying in New York's Empire State See Muslims on A2 Hasan Veterans help get students closer to D.C. JL h -F < >: ^ ? g S * =?=g I e ?2 i'S -=- a. ? U "= j* ? . f Lllii _= SirwjSo ita? Alicia Bailey BY LAYLA GARMS THE CHRONICLE Fifth graders at Ashley IB Magnet Elementary School got a history lesson and a boost for a future learning experience earlier this week. Representatives from the HARRY Veteran Community Outreach Services visited the school Monday to talk with stu dents about their experiences as military servicemen. The group left something behind for the children as well: a $1500 See Ashley on AS Photos by Lay la Garms HARRY veter ans (from left) Bobby Ingram, Donald Williams, Jerry Anderson and Melvin Davis Jr. listen as Ciat Shabazz speaks. ASSURED STORAGE of Winston-Salem, LLC 555?m IPVpl9PP9MWWfPP9^9PPV9iB^^^^^| wmam*r ?yT/lYfr. KM' IW M nltf L'UVMKilll^^^H ???(n HffffflfHM m \o
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