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The Chronicle
Volume41,Number 11 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, November 20, 2014
Campus cops hear
students' grievances
BY DONNA ROGERS
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Communication, transparency and trust are the
building blocks for better relationships between stu
dents and police, participants in a dialogue concluded
on Thursday, Nov. 13.
The city's Human Relations Commission brought
students from Forsyth Technical
Community College, Salem
College, Wake Forest University
and Winston-Salem State
University together with officers
from each schools' campus
police force as part of its Trust
Talks, a series designed to
bridge divides between the pub
lic and law enforcement.
Winston-Salem Police Chief
Barry Rountree and several of
his officers and Forsyth County
Assistant DA Jennifer Martin
also took part in the discussion, which was held at City
Hall.
Though a racially diverse group of students were
invited to take part, African-Americans were most
vocal, describing what they called racially-motivated
targeting on campuses by both campus police and city
cops.
To break the ice. Human Relations Director Wanda
Allen-Abraha had each of the more than 70 participants
- both students and law enforcers - to pull out some
thing from a box containing an assortment of items.
Some were then asked to relate their item to the topic
dialogue's theme. Salem College senior Erica
Shepperd-Debnam said the lanyard she pulled reminded
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Forsyth Tech student Chris Pankey holds a clock while
calling for students and police to take the time to under
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BY CHANEL DAVIS
THE CHRONICLE
A local company that sells a line of shirts, sweats and
accessories that promote the state's 11 historically black col
leges and universities honored alumni of those schools
Saturday night at the downtown Embassy Suites.
HBCU Promotional' North Carolina Living Legends
Scholarship Gala bestowed honors upon dozens - men and
women who have used the education they received at HBCUs
to shape and lead the state.
"There are many wonderful people that have graduated
from these institutions and without them many of us would not
be where we are today," said Sen. Earline Parmon. a Winston
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Mauricio Castro speaks.
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Immigration,
The Christian
Way
N.C. Council of Churches
pushing for reform
BY T KEVIN WALKER
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The tumultuous immigration debate has led some to
ponder "What Would Jesus Do?"
Rev. David Guthrie says the answer is no mystery.
From His humble gesture of washing guests' feet at The
Last Supper to the gTaciousness He shows when invited
into the home of Mary. Martha and La/.arus, Guthrie says
the Bible is replete with examples of Jesus showing and
receiving hospitality.
"We see Jesus as guest, and we also see Jesus as host,"
Guthrie, president of the Elders'
Conference of the Southern
Province of the Moravian
Church, told about two dozen
church leaders and other people
of faith.
"From Hostility to
Hospitality: Immigration and
People of Faith," a series of dis
cussions the North Carolina
Council of Churches is hosting
across the state, brought them to
Home Moravian Church on
Thursday, Nov. 13. The series
provides a non-formal environment where faith leaders
can ask honest questions and engage in positive dialogue,
according to Jennie Wilhum. a program associate with the
N.C. Council of Churches, a nearly 80-year-old organiza
tion that advocates for Christians to work toward a more
just society.
At the local gathering, the mostly Moravian attendees
shared lunch and banter before the formal discussion
began. For many on hand, immigration is an issue that has
already hit close to home Pastors said lack of citizenship
has stymied some members of their flocks at every turn
The roughly 100 members of Rev. Willie Israel's congre
gation at Rolling Hills Moravian in Longwood, Fla. hail
from 17 different countries. The ones without citizenship,
she said, often work for a pittance in deplorable condi
tions and lack access to social, educational and legal
resources.
"For me, it's a personal issue because this is about
people I work with on a daily basis," said Israel, who per
viously served at churches in North Carolina.
Mauricio Castro, community organizer for the North
Carolina Latino Coalition, was invited to give a statewide
snapshot of immigration. Officially, the state's Hispanic
population is about 750,000 - way up from 22,000 in
1960 - but Castro estimates the population is much closer
to 840,000. Fear of "La Migra" (a term for U.S. immigra
tion enforcers) keeps many from cooperating with census
takers, he said.
Arguments that undocumented residents take jobs
away from citizens and use public resources without con
tributing are fallacies, Castro claims. His research - fund
ed through Winston-Salem-based Z. Smith Reynolds
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BY CHANEL DAVIS
THE CHRONICLE
Hundreds of people braved the cold and endured
an hourslong wail to have their dental needs met free
of charge.
North Carolina Missions of Mercy (NCMOM), a
free dental program that sets up makeshift clinics
across the state to treat the many who cannot afford
dental care, came to the Education Building at the
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