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THURSDAY, November 21,2019
Volume 46, Number 11
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —
TAK University looks to inspire future
entrepreneurs
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
At a time when everyone
seems to be opening their own
businesses and exploring entre
preneurship, a new alternative
school is looking to equip locals
with the tools to create jobs for
themselves and become wealthy
and successful business owners.
TAK University is designed
to assist students in develop
ing an entrepreneurial mindset.
According to the website, TAK
provides a detailed understand
ing in audio engineering, video
production and business. While
TAK University provides a detailed understanding in audio engi
neering, video production and business.
speaking with The Chronicle
earlier this week, TAK Univer
sity founder and president Keith
Goins said he decided to open
the school to help with the dwin
dling job market and give people
who have had trouble finding
jobs in the past an outlet to cre
ate their own jobs.
“It formed basically by
watching the news and noticing
some of the challenges that the
United States is having,” Goins
said. “The supply of jobs can
not really meet the demand of
the growing population that we
have. So instead of job seekers,
we need more entrepreneurs,
Photos by Tevin Stinson
Students at TAK University will have access to recording equipment that they can take home and free
recording sessions.
hence the reason TAK Univer
sity exists today, to turn people
who are seeking jobs, who are
seeking a life of better opportu
nities. I think it’s very important
for them to start changing their
frame of mind.
“We have a community full
of talent, so why not grow that?
No one is going to give you any
thing, so why not go out and cre
ate it yourself? That’s my belief.”
Goins, who has an extensive
background in economics and
business, said he comes from a
low-income household where
he had to overcome obstacles to
get where he is today. He said
he quickly learned that through
hard work, building networking
skills and learning how to com
municate helped him overcome
those obstacles and those are
some the lessons he will pass on
to others at TAK University.
When discussing the various
programs offered at TAK Uni
versity, Goins said students in
the audio engineering program
will learn how to use the mixer
and other equipment. Students
in the program will also receive
an audio production kit to take
home and free recording ses
sions. In the video production
program, students will learn
the ins-and-outs of filmmaking
while working closely with local
filmmakers and videographers.
In the business and entrepre
neurship program which will be
taught by Goins, students will
learn how to read and under
stand contracts, negotiate, net
work, read financial statements,
and how to build and maintain
wealth. Goins mentioned he also
plans to bring in financial plan
ners, attorneys, and other busi
ness owners to talk with students.
When asked what sets TAK
University apart from some of
the technical and community
colleges in the area, Goins said
the hands-on experience will be
one of a kind. He said, “TAK
University will be fully hands-on
and I think that will weigh a lot
in the future.
“That will give them real
life experience instead of sit
ting there being lectured all day.
What we’re doing here is build
ing a business while you’re in
school.”
TAK University is located at
1213 Greensboro Road in High
Point and enrollment is now
open. For more information,
call 336-781-0594 or visit www.
takedu.org.
Theatre Arts students of Carver High School present
social justice drama
SUBMITTED ARTICLE
The Fine Arts De
partment of Carver High
School presented a dance
concert, excerpts from a
social justice drama and
visual art work for the Ti
tle I meeting on Wednes
day, Nov. 13, in the school
auditorium. The dance
concert was directed by
Devonte Wells; the drama
was written and directed
by Felecia Piggott-Long,
PhD, and the artwork was
displayed under the di
rection of Deborah Cum
mings.
The social justice dra
ma was titled “When the
Power of Love Overcomes
the Love of Power,” and
it revolved around the
five-year strike that Cesar
Chavez and Dolores Huer
ta of the United Farm
workers of America- led in
California, beginning on
Sept. 16, 1965, Mexican
independence Day.
“The Theatre Arts
classes used devised the
atre to prepare for this pro
duction. The students had
to read several articles,
books and evaluate films
and other dramas about
the United Farm Workers
of America and the sup
porters who marched with
them,” said Piggott-Long.
“We then used improvi
sation to assist with the
blocking, pacing and the
content of the play.”
Principal Dr. Carol
Montague-Davis was
pleased with the diversity
of the cast. “You and the
students are already pre
pared for your Black His
tory production. The cast
is so diverse,” she said. “I
love it.”
Chavez, played by
Robert Rodriguez, and
Huerta, played by Jeidi
Diaz-Monteroza, shouted,
The social justice drama was held in Carver High School’s auditorium on Nov. 13.
Submitted photo
“Huelga! Huelga!” which
means “strike.” The par
ticipants in the march
engaged in a call and re
sponse march around the
auditorium. Some raised
their fists. Some raised the
Aztec flag for the UFWA,
the Mexican flag, the
American flag, or the red,
black, and green Bendera
flag popularized by Mar ¬
cus Garvey.
The marchers were
quite a motley crew.
Members of the National
Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored
People (NAACP) carried a
banner and a sign as they
marched. Members of the
Diamond Club, a service
club at Carver, repre
sented the NAACP. Angel
Ziglar, senior theatre arts
student, led the NAACP
group. Members from the
Winston-Salem Ministers’
Conference and Rabbi
Mark Cohn ofTemple Em
manuel were invited to
participate:
Members of the Black
Panther Party marched
with Chavez around Cali
fornia during the 1960s.
In their honor, several stu
dents and persons from the
community represented
the Black Panther Party.
They included Todd Ryan,
Immanuel Moore, Jo
seph Anderson, Ben Pig
gott, and KeSean Samuel,
among others.
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