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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C
Volume 43, Number 25
THURSDAY, February 23, 2017
W-S NAACP targets Burr
N.C. NAACP calls for
protests to request pub
lic town halls
BY CASH MICHAELS
FOR THE CHRONICLE
On Monday, Feb. 27, the
Winston-Salem office of Sen.
Richard Burr is going to hear some
noise from many of die Republican
senator’s constituents, and the
Protest details
Sen. Burr’s Winston-Salem office is located at 2000
West First Street, Suite 508. Its phone number is
800-685-8916, or 336-631-5125. Monday’s demon
stration begins at 4 p.m
local chapter of the N.C. NAACP.
“We must hold our federal
elected officials accountable in
theif home districts,” said N.C.
NAACP President Rev. Dr.
William Barber II, in an email sent
to supporters and the press earlier
this week. “
“On Feb. 27, we will deliver a
list of demands and request public
town halls at the offices of all of
our N.C. senators and representa
tives to ensure that our elected offi
cials listen to the people,” Barber’s
email continued. Below was a list
of every U.S. senator and con
gressperson elected to Washington
from North Carolina.
Sen. Richard Burr’s Winston
Salem office was second from the
top.
According to Rev. Alvin
Carlisle, president of the Winston
Salem/Forsyth County NAACP, he
will be there at 4 p.m., along with
several other chapter members and
citizens to protest Burr’s insistence
on repealing the Affordable Care
See Burr on A2
Sen. Burr
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Library celebrates African
American Read-In Day
Photo by Tcvin Stinson
Renea Andrews reads “Skin Again” by Bell Hooks during the African-American Read-In celebration at the
Malloy!Jordan East Winston Library on Monday, Feb. 20.
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
African-American history came to
life through storytelling, song, and
poetry earlier this week at the
Malloy/Jordan East Winston Library
as it celebrated National African
American Read-In Day.
During the month of February,
schools, churches, libraries, book
stores, and other professional organi
zations are urged to make literacy a
significant part of Black History
Month by hosting the event designed
to introduce children to African
American authors and the history that
is oven overlooked.
This year, students from the
Bethlehem Community Child
Development Center listened closely
as volunteers from the community
read books, recited poems and sang
songs drenched in the African
American culture.
To begin the interactive history
lesson, Renea Andrews read “Skin
Again.” The short book written by
Bell Hooks encourages children to
look beyond skin color and judge
their peers by what’s in their hearts.
When asked why she chose the book,
Andrews said she felt it was impor
tant that the students know that it’s
what’s on the inside that matters
most.
“Since the first time I read this
book, it spoke to my soul,” continued
Andrews. “It reminded me of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream, that
we are judged not by the color of our
skin but the content of our character.”
Following Andrews’ presentation,
retired elementary school teacher
Anne Jenkins read “The Glass Bottle
Tree” by Evelyn Coleman. Next,
Amattullah Saleem kept the party
going when he got the children to join
him as he sung a Negro spiritual
before reading his book of choice.
See Read-in on A2
Robinson
to meet Trump
Administration,
lawmakers
BY CASH MICHAELS
FOR THE CHRONICLE_
On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the presidents of many of the 106
historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs)
across the nation will convene at the Library of Congress
in Washington, D.C. for what is being called a “fly-in”
conference with various members of Congress, and offi
cials from the Trump Administration among others, to dis
cuss how the federal government, under Republican con
trol, can be more support
ive.
The Chronicle has con
firmed that Winston-Salem
State University Chancellor
Elwood Robinson will be
attending.
According to Jay K.
Davis, director of
Communications and
Media Relations for
WSSU, “Chancellor
Robinson has accepted an
invitation extended to
HBCU leaders from the
Thurgood Marshall College
Fund to attend a meeting with leadership in Washington,
D.C., on Feb. 28.”
Davis did not express what Chancellor Robinson
hoped to hear while attending the meetings. Robinson is
traveling this week and could not be contacted directly for
comment.
The Chronicle reached out to the president’s or chan
cellor’s office at all 10 HBCUs in North Carolina, but only
received confirmations of attendance from WSSU, and
Bennett College in Greensboro, where Interim President
Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins presides.
“I think I can safely speak for all of my colleagues in
saying we expect and hope to have dialogue and actions
regarding infrastructure support, Pell Grant increases to
build a pipeline of college-ready students, Title III funding
and other support structures to strengthen HBCUs for the
future,” Dr. Dawkins said. “Speaking for myself, I am
excited about the chance to meet with members of the
Trump Administration to discuss HBCUs and ways we
can strengthen them for posterity.”
Dr. Dawkins continued, “I think it is great that our
new president is reaching out to HBCUs just a few
[weeks] after taking office, and I sincerely hope his
administration will work to ensure HBCUs are given their
fair share of federal funding. HBCUs are vital to the fabric
of American education, and I hope next week’s meeting is
See Trump on A2
Robinson
County to study human services merger
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Forsyth County will be exploring if consoli
dating the Departments of Social Services and
Public Health would be best for the community.
That’s one of the things that came out of a
county commissipner’s winter work session at the
County Government Building on Thursday, Feb.
16. Consolidation is about who controls the
departments, which are currently governed by
appointed boards of citizens that hire each depart
ment’s director and oversees their duties.
Consolidation options include putting the depart
ment directly under county control.
Under state law, only the biggest counties in
the state: Wake, Mecklenburg and Guilford could
consolidate their human services departments
before 2012, when the General Assembly
changed the statute to allow any county to do it
Only 28 out of the 100 counties in the state have
consolidated.
State law gives several options for consolida
See Merger on A2
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