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The Chronicle
Volume45,Number9 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, November 1, 2018
Make ‘our votes
sound
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
With the countdown to Election Day at just over a
week, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II urged hundreds of cit
izens at Union Baptist Church last Sunday evening to
make their votes sound like thunder in order to bring
about change here in North Carlina and across the coun
try.
"It's time to make our voice and our votes sound like
thunder; 107 million can't stay home, 50 percent of black
folks can't stay home. We
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have to raise our voice and
our votes like thunder," said
Barber. "It's time to march to
the polls and bring the thun
der until racism is ended;
thunder until everybody has
health care; thunder until we
have a living wage; thunder until immigrants are taken
care of. It's time to put some control on Trump. It's time
to thunder.
“... if we ever needed to vote, we need to vote right
now. I'm a witness that if we do our part, God will bless
our efforts."
Barber's visit to the Twin City was part of a National
Moral Revival and Get-Out-The -Vote Rally hosted by
the Repairers of the Breach - a nonpartisan, nonprofit
501(c) (3) tax exempt social justice organization that
seeks to build a moral agenda rooted in a framework that
uplifts our deepest moral and constitutional values -
Union Baptist Church, and the NAACP.
Barber started a three-state get-out-the-vote tour that
will take him to North Carolina, Georgia and Florida, The
Associated Press reported.
The tour started last Friday in Flat Rock and will go
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Photo by Tevin Stinson
On Sunday, Oct. 28 the Repairers of the Breach, Union Baptist Church and the NAACP hosted a National
Moral Revival and Get-Out-The-Vote-Rally.
Town hall
explores voting
of black women
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
On Monday, Oct. 29 Heigher Heights, a national
organization designed to build the political power and
leadership of black women, held a town hall on voter sup-
________________ pression on the campus of
Winston-Salem State
University (WSSU).
Founded by Glynda C.
Carr and Kimberly Peeler-
Allen, Higher Heights was
founded in 2014 with a mis
sion to organized and mobi ¬
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More than 100 citizens laced up their walking shoes and marched to the W.R. Anderson Recreation Center
to cast their ballots on Saturday, Oct. 27.
More than 100
citizens march
to cast ballots
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
Armed with signs and their right to vote, more than
100 women and men laced
up their walking shoes and
marched to the W.R.
Anderson Recreation Center
to cast their ballots last week-
end during the Women’s
March to the Polls and Party
at the Polls.
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lize the power of Black women voters through the
#BlackWomenVote campaign.
During .the town hall held at the Anderson Center,
Peeler-Allen said black women have been the deciding
factor in every election since 1998 and the goal of the
town hall was to bring black women together to discuss
the factors and issues that bring them out to the polls.
Peeler-Allen said the town hall held at WSSU was the
third event this election season. She said it’s important to
have this conversation with women of color because it its
important that our communities thrive.
“We’re traveling across the country to- have conver-
stions for black women with black women about the
issues that are critically important to us and motivate us to
the polls because we know it’s beyond just one particular
candidate; it is about the movement and making sure our
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Foundation holds first awards ceremony for women of color
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
The concept Black Girl Magic was born as a
way to celebrate the beauty, power and resilience
of black women and to spotlight their many
accomplishments and contributions to society.
On Saturday, Oct. 27, that magic was on full
display inside the Embassy Suites as the Legacy
Foundation for Women hosted the first Legacy
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ward, invest in and recognize women and girls of
color through philanthropy, humanitarian efforts,
scholarships, award recognitions, conference
events, and mentoring programs. When discussing
the Foundation, Bailey said, “It’s a blueprint, a
movement that pays it forward and leaves a legacy
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