WSSU holds Social Justice Week
BYTEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
Although it was midterm season, many
Winston-Salem State University students
found time to take part in Social Justice
Week.
Presented by the Office of the Attorney
General
jHlCT Political Action
NBWwjMjH Committee last
IbBWI week. Social
Justice Week was
designed to give the
UUWHnSIn students a chacne to
GSSSSSbShB express their views
on a number of social justice issues that are
dividing the country.
The events were held Monday through
Thursday, with a different topic being dis
cussed every day.
During the opening day of Social
Justice week, students and educators dis
cussed mass incarceration, activism and
impacting the community, but voter partic
ipation led the discussion.
According to Mona Zahir, attorney
general of the Student Government
Association, 2008 was the only time black
voters had higher voting turnout rates than
whites.
"Our ancestors fought for us to have
this right to vote, and there is no reason
why we shouldn't be voting every chance
we get," said Zahir. "2008 was the only
time black voters have had the highest
turnout rate, and we all know why that
was."
"1 don't think we will ever have a voter
turnout like we did in 2008," said Zahir.
"Instead of voting for the candidates who
look like us, we should do more research
on what these candidates are about."
Deonna Cureton, director of student
conduct, expressed how important it is to
vote during mid-term elections. According
to Cureton, most younger citizens don't
vote during mid-term elections because
they don't feel like they are as important.
"This generation doesn't pay attention
to mid-term elections for what ever rea
son," said Cureton. "Mid-terms are the
most important election for making
change. We have to do something better;
advocacy is about working together."
The topic of mass incarceration
sparked a number of constructive talks as
well. Dr. Jack Monell, a professor of histo
ry and politics at WSSU, said mass incar
ceration is the new slavery.
Curt ton
Monell
"Mass incarceration is the new slavery
A lot of black people say Bill Clinton was
the first black president, but what they
don't know is that under Clinton, more
African-American males were arrested
than ever before."
Monell has a lot of experience working
for social justice before becoming a educa
tor. He worked in a number of differeni
fields, including Federal Community
Corrections, Juvenile Justice &
Delinquency, Family Preservation and
Child Welfare.
"I have worked in the justice system at
a number of different levels. For us to stop
this modem day slave trade, we must edu
cate each other," said Monell. "We have to
make sure our brothers and sisters are edu
cated on the laws."
To wrap up Social Justice Week on
Saturday. Oct. 10, over 100 students from
WSSU took a bus to the 20th anniversary
of the Million Man March on Washington
Zahir said it is important that the
younger generation be about the move
ment and not the moment.
"It's important that we have these dis
cussions and keep them going," said Zahir
"We need to find the real leaders who are
willing to take that first step to transform
the way we live our lives."
North Carolina attorney
general kicks off run for
governor
BY GARY D. ROBERTSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROCKY MOUNT ? North Carolina Attorney
General Roy Cooper began his long-planned bid to
become governor Monday evening,
telling a crowd of
supporters the
state has traveled
down a path of
income inequality
and poorly-funded
public education
under Republican
Gov. Pat
McCrory's leader
ship and it's time
to turn things
around. Speaking
Cooper
Spaulding
to several hundred Democratic luminaries, fnends, rela
tives and interest group advocates at a kickoff event in his
native Nash County, Cooper said if elected he would re
stake North Carolina's claim to be a leader in the South,
particularly in education and
AAlinAIOkl raising up the middle class.
\j> J\IvI KAIlaN "It's time for a governor
who measures our state by
y T(| ? ?success of regular work
?' ? p ' ing folks," Cooper said at
mLNash Community College.
"The truth is Gov. McCrory
has the wrong priorities for
North Carolina, giving away the store for those at the top
at the expense of the middle class and our schools."
Cooper first must win the March 15 Democratic pri
mary before he can take on McCrory.
Ken Spaulding of Durham, a former legislator and
state Board of Transportation member, announced he was
a Democratic candidate for governor in August 2013.
In a statement, Spaulding said: "This will be a mean
ingful primary. The primary voters will have a choice
between Roy Cooper, the status quo, and the establish
ment's hand picked career politician who through his
office has sided in court with the Republicans against the
voting rights of all North Carolinians, and a candidate in
me, who will never take the voters for granted and who is
willing to work hard for the people's respect and support."
Spaulding was mentioning Cooper's work as attorney
general defending a 2013 GOP-supported election law
that scaled back early voting and ended same-day regis
tration.
Earlier Monday at a Wake County DMV office,
McCrory avoided directly responding to reporters' ques
tions about Cooper's entry into the race and said he'd kick
off his own re-election bid soon. He talked instead about
fulfilling a promise to improve Division of Motor
Vehicles operations.
Forsyth's O'Neill launches
attorney general campaign
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS _
' The Forsyth County district attorney said Monday that
he's running for attorney general because he has the expe
rience to handle the job.
"If you're going to be the top prosecutor in North
Carolina, you should be an actual prosecutor. You should
be qualified, tested and ready on Day One," Forsyth
County District Attorney Jim O'Neill said.
He becomes the second GOP can
didate to enter the race. GOP state
Sen. Buck Newton has already
announced his candidacy.
Four-term Attorney General Roy
Cooper, a Democrat, is planning to
run for governor next year, opening
the post. Two Democrats have said
they're running for Cooper's seat:
state Sen. Josh Stein and Fayetteville
attorney Tim Dunn.
A Republican hasn't been elected
as North Carolina's attorney general
O'Neill
in more than 100 years. Cooper has been state govern
ment's highest ranking Democrat since Republican Pat
McCrory became governor in 2013.
O'Neill has been Forsyth County district attorney since
2009, when then-Gov. Bev Perdue appointed him to serve
out the term of a retiring prosecutor. He ran unopposed in
2010 and 2014.
He said he won't attack other candidates - even
Cooper. Instead, he said he'd focus on his strengths as well
as the issues.
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