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Volume 44, Number 38
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C
THURSDAY, May 24, 2018
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Supporters of #Ac tionF or Ashley protest outside the WS/FCS Board of
Education Building bn Tuesday, May 22. People who must be in the buildings at
Ashley Academy for Cultural & Global Studies complained about a lingering
mold issue inside the school.
Advocates: Give us action
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE _ '
Shouts of "Not another brick not anoth
er bond" echoed from the comer of
Bethania Station Road on Tuesday
evening as more than two dozen citizens
rallied outside the Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County Schools Education Building
demanding action be taken immediately at
Ashley Academy for Cultural & Global
Studies.
The protest eventually moved into the
school board meeting.
Here's what we know: Earlier this year,
faculty, staff, and students at Ashley com
plained that a lingering mold issue inside
the school was causing breathing and
upper respiratory problems.
After initial air quality testing was con
ducted, Mid Atlantic Associates, a
Raleigh-based environmental consulting
firm, was called in toi complete additional
testing.
The results from Mid Atlantic released
during the April 24 bbard meeting identi
fied areas of mold growth and mold sam
ples inside several HVAC units in the
school. A week later, board members voted
to rely on industrial scrubbers to clean the
i
HVAC units as a short-term solution, elect
ing to wait until the end of the school year
to replace the mold-infested units.
While waiting until the end of the
school year may seem like the best solu
tion to the problems at Ashley for some,
community advocates and supporters of
Action For Ashley think otherwise. Action
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Wake Forest University photo
Morgan Stanley Vice Chair Carla Harris speaks during Wake Forest University’s Commencement
Ceremony on Monday, May 21.
Speaker tells grads to be
courageous about diversity
Wake Forest honors war
hero Lawrence Joel
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Wake Forest University honored the late Lawrence
Joel and heard from Morgan Stanley Vice Chair Carla
Harris during its Commencement Ceremony on Monday
morning.
More than 1,800 students graduated during the cere
mony, which took place at Hearn Plaza. Joel was honored
posthumously with a Doctor of Laws presented to his
children, Deborah and Tremaine Joel. Joel, a Winton
Salem native who died in 1984, was an Army medic who
received the Congressional Medal of Honor for attending
to his fellow soldiers while being wounded himself, dur
ing an ambush in the Vietnam War. He was the first living
African-American to receive the medal since the Spanish
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Fiery bishop
at royal
wedding
served in W-S
BY GREGORY KATZ AND DAVID RISING
ASSOCIATED PRESS__
WINDSOR, England — Nothing captured the trans
Atlantic nature of Saturday's royal wedding as much as
the guest preacher whose sermon brought American fire
and flair to a very English church service. The Most Rev.
Michael Bruce Curry, the first black leader of the
Episcopal Church in the United States, was hand-picked
by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to address their 600
wedding guests on May 19.
He served at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in
Winston-Salem as he rose through the ranks.
According to reports, Curry served initially as dea
con-in-charge and subsequently as rector of St.
Stephen’s (1978-1982) in Winston-Salem.
He was elected 11th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese
of North Carolina on Feb. 11, 2000, and consecrated
bishop on June 17, 2000.
The bishop's passionate sermon on the theme of love,
studded with quotes from the Bible, Martin Luther King
Jr. and African-American spirituals, was a contrast to the
more solemn and muted Anglican style the royal family
is used to.
Many observers were surprised and delighted. BBC
broadcaster Jeremy Vine tweeted: "The preacher is
doing 50 in a 30 zone and it's brilliant."
Supermodel Naomi Campbell hit Caps Lock and
tweeted: "BISHOP MICHAEL CURRY GIVING ME
LIFE.”
Quoting civil rights leader King on the "redemptive
power of love," Curry told the bride and groom "it's not
just for, and about, a young couple who we rejoice with,
it's more than that."
Curry, who like Markle's mother has African ances
tors who were slaves in the U.S., said that even during
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Make the world better, speaker tells WSSU grads
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
Although rain showers
throughout the week forced
the festivities to be moved
indoors, the sun seemed to
be shining bright as ever
inside the Lawrence Joel
Veterans Memorial
Coliseum last Friday morn
ing, May 18, as students
from Winston-Salem State
University (WSSU) transi
tioned to alumni status in
front of nearly 10,000 family
members and loved ones in
the audience.
During the ceremony,
WSSU says, the university
recognized more than 1,200
graduates, students who
earned their degrees in sum
mer and fall of 2017 and
spring 2018Jn his welcome,
Chancellor Elwood
Robinson said he was elated
to see what the future holds
for the Rams as they
embark on a new chapter in
their lives. He said,
“Graduates as you cross the
stage today, you will be tak
ing the first step into your,
future, a future that has
been transformed thanks to
your time here at Winston
Salem State University.”
For graduate Rasheeda
Shankle, graduation day was
the culmination of years of
hard work and a chance to
reflect on her success.
Shankle, the CEO of a local
nonprofit dedicated to help
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