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Telling It
Like It Is|

Reading Between the Lines:
Are media polls biased?

Something to Think About:
Editor Trey Bankhead asks
adults to get a clue

A Wake-Up Call: Two
authors deal with the reluc-
tance of adults to face up to
Feality

Political
Perspectives

The Perpectives of Stephen
Johnson: Stephen Johnson
discovers how many ways you
can thank a_ great Black
American hero.

Special focus on the career
and life of Jesse Jackson

Generations

Ascending Star: Finding out
about up and coming leader
Jermaine Harrison!

Many Graduates
Ethical Pledges

Taking

A Trip Down Memory Lane
For Generation X

An InDepth Look]

Why Are Our Kids Killing
Each Other? In part one of a
two-part series, Editor Trey
Bankhead examines the prob-
lem of teen violence.

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I WINSTON-SALEM-- Daniel A.
] Piggott, the 1999 Wachovia
Principal of the Year, has one rather
simple, but powerful, message he
would like to get across to his
students at Carver High School in
Winston-Salem -- "education can be

an equalizer."
"Education levels the playing
field," says Piggott, who was

selected last month as the state's top
principal. "It's my job to impress
upon our students the importance
and significance of education. If
you have the education and desire,
it can be achieved, here at Carver
High School, in Winston-Salem, in
the state of North Carolina and in
the United States."

Piggott also sees it as his job to
live the message and be a model of
It.

He grew up in Whiteville as the
son of sharecroppers -- a father,
Silas, who had a third-grade educa-
tion, and a mother, Roena. who

completed seventh grade. Material
possessions were scarce, but Piggott
had plenty of love and encourage-
ment.

"My parents may not have had
much formal education, but they are
two of the smartest people | know.
They taught me two things. You
need as much education as you can
possibly get. And you have to

establish a personal relationship
with God," he says.

Piggott got further positive rein-
forcement from teachers along the
way, including Docia G. Jones, his
godmother, and a high school
guidance counselor, Louise P.
Turner, who he describes as a
opillar ? in his life. Piggott graduated
from Whiteville's Central High
School in 1967 as its valedictorian
and was awarded a scholarship to
North Carolina A&T University,
where he earned a bachelor's degree
in mathematics education in 197].
The same year, he took a teaching
position at Atkins High School in
Winston-Salem, turning down two
higher-paying non-teaching _posi-
tions.

Over the years, he completed two
master's degrees at A&T and ob-
tained an educational specialist
degree from Appalachian State
University. And along the way he
also decided that he "could do more

from the principal's office than from
the classroom" to create the vision
and the environment for his mes-
sage.

He served as assistant principal
at two-high schools in the Winston-
Salem/Forsyth County School
System before becoming principal
at Independence High School -- a
school of olast chance," as Piggott

says Piggott

describes it, a school for drop-outs
and expelled students -- in 1990. At
Independence, he began what has
become a tradition of doing some-
times untraditional things to foster
the education of students. He
dramatically expanded the school's
nursery and started a special busing
system that provided infant seats so
young mothers could bring their
children to school.

Since assuming the principalship
at Carver in 1993, Piggott has
expanded innovative programs at
the school-such as the oDog
Deeper T and oAcademic Team" --
that provide incentives for students
to achieve academically. "It's My
Call, ? a drug testing and prevention
program, provided a model that was
adopted by all Winston-
Salem/Forsyth County schools.

Piggott has worked closely with
Sara Lee Corporation, the school's
business partner, to develop pro-
grams to inspire student motivation

and achievement.

oDan approaches his work emo-
tionally charged and ready to make
a difference, ? says Charles W.
Chambers, recently retired chief
executive officer of Sara Lee Dirct.
oThe level of leadership I have
witnessed at Carver through Dan
Piggott is uncommon in business
and elsewhere. ?

Yolanda Burwell honored for volunteer work

Yolanda Burwell, a community and mental health activist, was honored
for her volunteer work. (photo by Stephen Johnson)

[The History of
Black America

The Million Man March:
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awe-insoring event from the
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Inspirations

From the Desk of Mrs.
Beatrice Maye: Mrs. Maye
gives excerpts from one of her
favorite books, and shows how
the rules of English can be-
come the rules of life

Spiritual Thoughts: Pastor
George Hawkins teaches us
about exorcisms

Familiar
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The results of the "Little

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Contest!

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by Stephen Johnson

Greenville--Dr. Yolanda Burwell
recently received the Volunteer of
the Year award from the Mediation
Center of Eastern Carolina.

Dr. Burwell, currently an
Associate Professor at East
Carolina University, has taught in
undergraduate social programs
throughout the southeastern United
States for the last 20 years. In the
process, she has contributed hun-
dreds of hours to the communities
where she has lived.

In addition to conducting training
seminars, group facilitation, and her
research, she has served in several
directive capactities. In Pitt County,

she has worked with the Pitt County
Domestic Violence Center, and
most recently provided critical lead-
ership as the Board chairperson of
Pitt Mental Health. In addition, she
is a member of the Mental Health
Association in Pitt County.

Dr. Burwell has contributed to
the programs of the Mediation
Center in many ways. After com-
pleting mediation training with the
Center in 1992, she quickly became
a skilled mediator and has been
called on to work with the most
difficult cases. She has given her
time to numerous groups and
organizations in need of guidance to
move out of conflict and into
management Finally, Dr. Burwell

volunteers to assist in new mediator
training, board and staff develop-
ment, and strategic planning for the
center
Many have had the pleasure ts
witness her almost magical ability
to bring calm to chaos and help
groups move to common ground..
The Mediation Center of eastern
Carolina is a regional dispute
center. The Center serves the
counties of Carteret, Craven,
Edgecomb, Nash, Pitt and Wilson.
The Center was established in 1989
with the goal of helping individuals
and groups in the community
develop the capacity to resolve
conflicts respectfully. This goal is
reached through a variety of pro-
grams: In schools, teachers and
administrators participate in conflict
resolution training and students act
as peer mediators, assisting their
classmates in settling conflicts
through talking and negotiating.
The center also provides media-
tion, negotiation and conflict resolu-
tion training programs customized
for groups who want to use
constructive effective techniques.
At the core of all the Center's
programs is the belief that it is
critically important to shape the
attitudes and skills of individuals at
all levels of society in order to help
our community begin to make

: decisions that reflect the needs of

all its members. As communities
learn to respect and honor differ-
ences in decision-making, they be-
gin to undertake the creation of
peace.

1999 Wachovia Principal of the Year
Education is an saualer a " "

students first. (photo by Wachovia)

Daniel Piggott has been named the Wachovia Principal of the Year. The

Whiteville native is an innovative school leader who puts

the needs of his

Under his leadership, Carver
earned exemplary status under the
state's ABCs accountability plan for
the 1997-98 school year.

The school's successes in the past
year have been, Piggott says, a year
of omountain-top experiences, ? in-
cluding his own selection as the
state's principal of the year. The
selection, however, simply mirrors
the hard work of the school's
students, teachers and parents, he
says.

For that reason, Piggott this week
used part of $3,000 grant he
personally received for winning the
award to give an ice cream bar to
each student. oThat the students be
recognized for the significant » rt
wiey have prayed fib UW year we
have had at Carver. ?

That year-which inciided a state
championship season for " the
school's football team-has shown
just how effective his message can
be when all participants ocome
together for the cause of education, ?
Piggott says.

Or as J. Walter McDowell,
executive in charge of Regional
Corporate Financial Services for
Wachovia, put it when presenting
Piggott with the award last month:
oDan Piggott is an exceptional
school leader who gives tirelessly of
himself in his roles as principal,
teacher and mentor. By setting high

expectations for himself. the staff -

and students, he has instilled a
renewed sense of I pride and unity
subi vOunding

with, fii Ukr SU

community. ?

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Harambee Jazz Festival a cma hit

by Trey Bankhead

Rocky Mount--The 10th Annual Harambee Festival & Jazz Concert was
a smash hit in Rocky Mount the last weekend in April. On April 30, a
Candlelight Jazz Concert was held in honor of a native jazz musician, the
late Theolnoius Monk. The next day, a festival took over the streets as
hundreds thronged to the rides, food, games and vendors. (Photos continue

on page 2)

The Harambee Festival has long been a Rocky Mount tradition,
consistently drawing record crowds each year who come for the food, the
fun, and of course, the music. (photo by Jim Rouse)

Kid's author Shel Silverstein die

By Patricia Maldonado

MIAMI (AP) -- Shel Silverstein
began as a writer and cartoonist for
Playboy magazine. He was an
Oscar-nominated composer, creat-
ing popular country, pop and folk
music.

But it was his poetry collections
and silly characters that thrilled
children and brought him the most
fame.

The author of A Light in the Attic
and Where the Sidewalk Ends was
found dead in his apartment May 10
in Key West, where he had lived
since 1978. He was 66. An autopsy
showed he died of a massive heart
attack, possibly as early as May 9.

Sheldon Vidibor, a longtime
friend a lawyer, described him as
"the sweetest, brightest man that |
know, good to everybody, loyal,
loving. e's a wonderful person, a
wonderful human being. It goes
without saying incredibly talented."

Silverstein's self-illustrated
books are packed with colorful

} characters like walruses with braces
f and camels in brassieres. His li

irreverent entertained chil-
dren and adults.
But adults only were his first

target. He began as a cartoonist for
the Pacific Stars and Stripes while

in the Army in Japan and Korea,
and then wrote and drew cartoons
for Playboy magazine in the 1950s.

His sardonic humor appeared in
Silverstein's music, which included
"Cover of the Rolling Stone,"
recorded by Dr. Hook, the Johnny
Cash hit "A Boy Named Sue," and
"I'm Checkin T Out," written for the
Meryl Streep film "Postcards from
the Edge," which was nominated for
an Academy Award and a Golden
Globe in 1991 as best original song
in a motion picture.

But his children's stories were
arguably his most popular work.
The books included The Giving:
Tree (1964), Falling Up Dia
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974), A
Light in the Attic (1981) and The
Missing Piece (1976).

The Giving Tree celebrates 35 |
years in publication this fall.
Silverstein won numerous awards
for his work, including the
Michigan Young Readers Award for
Where the Sidewalk Ends.

"I would hope that people, no
matter what age, would find some-
thing to identify with in my books,
pick up one and experience a
personal sense of discovery,"

Silverstein said told Publisher's
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Weekly in 1975.

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feeling that his "retirement" might not really last all that long? (photo by Stephen Johnson)

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The above letter was sent via e-mail to the police in Denver, CO, on
April 24, and was later printed in the Denver Rocky Mountain News. At
first, authorities said it was being taken seriously, but they later said there
was little reason to believe that was written by either Eric Harris or Dylan
Klebold, the gunmen in the massacre at Columbine High School in
Littleton. °

That is hardly the point.

No matter who wrote the above letter, it is a reflection. of the true
nature of our society. We pretend to be a civilized society. We speak of our
accomplishments, and celebrate our superiority over all other creatures of
this planet. Yet, unlike the supposedly "inferior" animals, we utterly refuse
to accept the reality that we have turned our apparent paradise into a living
hell.

Read the letter again. Imagine, if you can, the mind that created it.
Abused, ignored, in great pain......the words don't even come close to
describing the depth of emotional suffering displayed.

Yet, as the author predicted, the so-called "experts" have, once again,
ignored the true horror of the Littleton tragedy. They have, as usual placed
the blame on the brand of clothes the kids wear, or the music they listen
to, or the movies they watch, the games they play....anything to avoid that,
ultimately, it is their fault. -

Or, perhaps, it might be more honest to say that it is your fault. My
fault. Every time it has been suggested that taxes are raised to support
teacher salaries, to support early intervention programs, to support
lowering class sizes to enhance learning.......each and every time, these
bills are defeated by the taxpayers: US!

If a cat sees a threat to it or its young, it will act upon that threat the
very moment it is perceived. It will not waste time dithering while the
threat grows, failing to take action until it is far, far too late.

In comparison, the supposedly superior Homo Sapiens will waste time
in pointless debate and superfluous argument. And while they talk and talk
and talk, people maim and kill and die. Teachers. Students. "

My first child will be born in a few months. I have no desire to bury
her because of the narrow-minded cowardice of the "gears and sheep" who
"think and act like those who came before them."

What will it take for everyone-- parents, community leaders, elected
officials-- to wake up to the threat surrounding ous? Given the fear of
change that our society has, it will likely take a repeat of the Littleton
disaster. Everyone thinks "It won't happen to me." a

I'm sure the parents in Littleton thought the same thing....until their
children were dead.

Do we want to suffer the same?

Trey Bankhead, a syndicated columnist and former educator, is the Editor
of The Minority Voice newspaper.

"Ironically, White supremacists are living proof that the
human race is in need of purification."

-- Hal Brognola, US Justice Dept.

Send your responses to Toe Minority Voice, "Telling It Like I Is, ?
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foreign policy, The following is the poll, along with posted responses:

Rev. Jesse Jackson left Belgrade on May 1 with the three U.S.
servicemen who'd been held captive and a message from Milosevic to
Clinton. att a think Jackson's trip was a humanitarian mission or a
political one & io

Humanitarian 2758 33.4%
Political 4937 59.7%
Other 571 6.9%
Total votes: $266

The Clinton administration had urged Jackson not to go to Belgrade, Do

Helped the cause 2582 31.1%
A distraction 3559 42.9%
Other 795 9.6%
Not sure 1356 16.4%
Total votes: $292

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Too many children are troubled, outcasts, insecure, not getting what :
need, parents aren't around, teachers and friends aren pring cae
attention, listening to messages. Observe the isolated child,

withdrawn child, the child who never responds in
i parent and child (or husband and wi) the
unattractive and poverty-stricken child.

Parents whose children have their own television in their rooms who are | |
free to view any program they want, the undisciplined home and child,
parents' who don't know their children friends or where they are, and
misuse of money and allowance.

Children too often aren't accountable for their deeds, too little praise and
encouragement from their parents and teachers, no God in the home,
little or no attendance of Sunday school and church, poor supervision
and the mighty dollar comes first.

So many children wish for time with their parents. Children need
paternal love and guidance. Where are the parents when children view
R-rated movies, wading through the Internet, watching questionable
prime-time television? It's the parents T responsibility to raise their
children, spend time with them, teach them, and nurture them toward a
happy, productive livelihood. Make your children your first priority.

Over 400 years ago, Martin Luther warned that, if God were removed
from paucation, schools would prove to be the gates of hell. Do you
agree

Violence solves no problems. Hate and fear bring pain and hurt. Shall
we let the Columbine High School tragedy challenge us to activation?

Mrs. Beatrice Maye is a community leader in Pitt County, as well as
serving as a columnist for The Minority Voice.

Wake Up, Adults: Stop The Violence

How can we stop the violence in our schools, our neighborhoods, our
homes? That is the big question, all over the world.

As I look at many news stories of how many young people have died,
it just scares me so. I am twelve years old, and don't know if I'll see
another year.

You never know when your life can come to an end. All the violence
that I see on the television or read in the newspaper can be me.

I see that adults ask many questions of the young: "How can we stop
the violence?" But I have a question for the adults: "How many chil-
dren have to die before you realize what you have to do?

Children are not bringing the guns in.... WAKE UP, ADULTS!
Children are not bringing in the drugs... WAKE UP, ADULTS!

How can we start to stop the killing among the young when the adults
are the ones supplying the weapons? WAKE UP. ADULTS!

ney want children like myself to sit down and find a way to stop the
illing.

I say sit down with the ones that are bringing them in!

How many-more children have to die?

WAKE UP ADULTS!

Jermaine L. Harrison wrote this poem six years ago. Currently, he is a
published author and will be graduating from J. H. Rose High School

next month.

EDITOR'S NOTE: If a 12-year-old boy can be so perceptive as to
recognize that more children will die until adults get their act together,

----Mrs. Beatrice Maye

then why can't WE see the same thing?

"The kind of ancestors we have is not as important as the kind of descendants our ancestors have." -- Dr. Phyllis A.

Wallace, Yale University professor

DATEs May 105, 1999 (This Saturday???)
TIMEs 10:00 A.M. = 3:00 P.M.
PLACE: Thomas Foreman Park
(Corner of Memorial Drive & MLK Drive)

Food!
Vendors!
Speakers!

Live music!
Job Opportunities!

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Thanking a
Black
American
Hero

I would like to thank you, Jesse
Jackson, for your courage, convic-

tion and ability to accomplish feats |

that everyone else thought impossi-
ble. Because of you, our soldiers are
free, and I felt it was my responsi-
bility to document your accomplish-
ment so that future Americans will
know why you are a_ Black
American hero.

Thanks to you, America once
again understands the power of free
speech and negotiation.We once
again see the intelligence and savvy
that exists in Black America and,
hopefully, Black America sees it as
well. Reverend Jackson, you have
shown the rest of the world, as well
as myself, just how powerful the
voice of one man can be. You have
transcended the limitations of a civil
rights leader and have made a
world-wide impact

Yo ur accomplishments will af-
fect the lives of many people for
years to come.

I hope and pray that you will
receive the recognition you truly
deserve: not only for your present
accomplishments, but past and fu-
ture ones as well. I hope that the
history books will praise your name
as one of the founders of the 21
century, as they havent done for the
Black Americans who founded the
19th century.

Still, | am all too aware of the
reality of life. | am all too aware
that your name may not even be
whispered into the ears of children.
I am equally aware the future may
try to color you as a trouble maker
instead of a political leader who
fixed the problems everyone else
could not. However, always know
that Black America supports and
respects you. We understand that a
man must take a stand, regardless of
the consequences.

Most of America fears the
impact you are having on_ this
country, as well as the rest of the
world. We realize just how impor-
tant of a person you are in shaping
the future of America, and in what
that future will mean to Black
Americans, Three young American
soldiers and their families also

realize how important you are and
they also thank you. I believe you to
truly be an example of Black
leadership-- a true role model for
Black and White children world-
wide.

And, just in case no one has told
you......

Thank you for being a Black
American Hero.

EDDIE RAWL
Sales Consultant

WASHINGTON TOYOTA
1208 W. 15th Street
Washington, NC 27889

The Minority Voice: May 1 - May 15, 1999

iat leadership Spotlight: Jesse Jackson
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Having successfully negotiated the release of three captured American soldiers in Yugoslavia, the Reverend Jesse Jackson (second from right) escorts them across the
border. where they were transported for a happy reunion with their families. The three soldiers -- Spec. Steven M. Gonzales (left), Staff Sgt.. Christopher J. Stone
(second from left). and Staff Sgt.. Andrew A. Ramirez (right) -- were captured during the NATO attacks on Yugoslavia.

Who Is Jesse Jackson? §

Jesse Louis Jackson, President of

the National Rainbow Coalition, is
one of America Ts foremost political
figures. Over the past three decades
he has played a major role in
virtually every movement for em-
powerment, peace, civil rights, gen-
der equality, and economic and
social justice.

HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Reverend Jackson has been
called the oconscience of the na-
tion" and "the great unifier." chal-
lenging America to establish just
and humane priorities, and bringing
people together on common ground
across lines of race, class, gender,
and belief.

Years before they were common
positions, Reverend Jackson was
advocating national health care, a
war on drugs, dialogue with the
Soviet Union, and negotiations in
the Middle East. His strong stand
against apartheid in South Africa in
1984 made it an issue on the
national conscience.

In 1986, Jesse Jackson founded
the National Rainbow Coalition of
which he is President. The Rainbow
Coalition is a national social justice
organization devoted to empower-
ment, education and mobilization.

Jesse Jackson's two presidential
campaigns broke new ground in
U.S. politics. His 1984 campaign
won 3.5 million votes, registered
over a million new voters, and
helped the Democratic Party regain
control of the Senate in 1986.

His 1988 candidacy won seven
million votes and registered two
million new voters. Reverend
Jackson won a historic victory,
coming in first or second in 46 out
of 54 contest. His clear progressive
agenda and his ability to build an
unprecedented coalition inspired

|The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks
with President Clinton following
_ the release of the hostages. "I've
_received the prisoners and we're

departing Belgrade," he said.

millions to join the political proc-
ess.

As a highly respected world
leader, Jesse Jackson has acted
many times as an_ international
diplomat in sensitive situations. In
1984 Reverend Jackson secured the
release of captured Navy Lieutenant
Robert Goodman from Syria, as
well as the release of 48 Cuban and
Cuban-American prisoners in 1987,

He was the first American to
bring hostages out of Kuwait and
Iraq in 1990. In 1990, in an
impressive victory, Jesse Jackson
was elected to the post of USS.
Senator from Washington, D.C., a
position also known as_ the
"Statehood Shadow Senator." The

office was created to advocate for

statehood for Washington, D.C..
The District of Columbia, with a
population higher than five states,
has no voting representation in
Congress.

Finally, on May 1, 1999, Jackson
completed a "journey of faith" to
war-torn Yugoslavia, where he suc-
cessfully negotiated the release of
three captured American soldiers.

A hallmark of Reverend
Jackson's work has been his com-
mitment to the youth. He has visited
thousands of high schools, colleges,
and universities, encouraging excel-
lence, and challenging your people
to stay in school and away from
drugs.

Jesse Jackson has also been a
major force in the American labor
movement. He has worked with
unions to organize workers, medi-
ated labor disputes and he has
probably walked more picket lines
and spoken at more labor rallies
than any other national leader.

He has visited prisons, bringing
comfort to the abandoned and
discouraging recidivism.

Reverend Jackson has received
numerous honors for his work in
human rights and social justice. In
1991, the U.S. Post Office put his
likeness on a pictorial postal cancel-
lation, only the second living person
to receive such an honor. He has
been on the Gallup List of Ten Men
Most Respected by Americans for
ten years. He has also received the
prestigious NAACP Springarn
Award. Reverend Jackson has been
awarded over 40 honorary degrees.

Reverend Jackson is also the
author of two books: Keep Hope
Alive (South End Press) and
Straight from the Heart (Fortress
press, 1987).

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Don't Let It Be Too Late

by Jermaine L. Harrison

Please don't let it be too late to tell
that loved one today that you care.
No one knows what tomorrow may
bring. You may go look for them
and their life is gone. Please don't
let it be too late.

Can't you tell your loved ones
today, "I love you?" For time is so
short, and death comes so quick,
and all you have is "I wish I could
have told them that | loved them."
But, that was yesterday and their
life ended today. Please don't let it
be too late.

Let the ones that you love know
today. Give them a hug or a kiss or
just say the words "I love you."
When the tears begin to roll down
your face because your loved one is
no longer with you, replace those
tears with sweet memories of you
letting that loved one know that you
loved them each and every day.

Please, don't let it be too late.

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11 NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. --

When Christine Miller graduated
from Manchester College nine years
ago, she signed a nonbinding pledge
to be socially and environmentally
responsible.

So when the company where she
worked as a chemist was offered a
government contract, she gave it a
second look -- and didn't like what
she found. She wouldn't give de-
tails, but said it involved a product
that would be poisonous.

She voiced her concerns --
exactly what sponsors of the pledge
would want her to do -- and the
company turned down the project.

The pledge, sponsored by the
Graduation Pledge Alliance based

at Manchester College, is intended
to encourage college students to
find socially responsible jobs and
stick to their convictions.

It's also an indicator, experts say,
that some graduates entering the
workforce today are placing more
emphasis on ethics than their bot-
tom line.

"I look at it like you have a job
for a while ... but you have to live
with yourself forever," said Miller,
who left the chemical company last
year because she was unhappy with
its business.

"I would rather make a decision
that I could say, "Yeah, I made that
decision T and be proud of that
decision, rather than going against
what I truly believe in because I
might make some extra money
doing it," she said.

The pledge was started at
Humboldt State University in
California 12 years ago, then spread
across the country but declined in
the early 1990s. Manchester
College, a small liberal arts school
40 miles west of Fort Wayne, took
over the program in 1996 when only
a handful of chapters were still
active.

It has now spread to more than
30 campuses.

The pledge asks students to
"explore and take into account the
social and environmental conse-
quences of any job I consider or any
organization for which I work."

Don Nagy, who oversees a
biannual survey of MBAs con-
ducted by Duke University, said
students T attitudes have taken a
180-degree turn over the past

decade. In 1989, students respond-
ing to the survey ranked power,
prestige and money near the top of
their lifetime goals.

Beginning in 1991, successful
relationships, a balanced life and
more leisure time became more
important, and in the last survey the
list was topped by marriage, health
and ethics.

"We certainly have our fair share
of Wall Streeters whose No. 1
inspiration out there is to make
money, but there are a lot of Wall
Streeters also who have these same
values," Nagy said. .

Professor Neil Wollman, who
heads the program at Manchester,
said there is only anecdotal evi-
dence to suggest that graduates stick
to the pledge, and participation at
the 30 campuses varies, At

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of the school's 220
enrolled, while some Is
only a handful of students i

Still, he hopes the pledge he
people consider the impact of
actions. : 3

"It's not that you're going to turn
down a job. It's that cola ain to
consider that and maybe you work
for a company that isn't that great,
but when you get on the job maybe
you're going to make a change, ?
Wollman said. "If you're there, you
can still make the place you are a
little bit better."

Miller now works for Abbott
Laboratories in Sturgis Mich., de-
veloping baby formula and medica-
tions.

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For Generation X:
A Trip Down Memory Lane

(Original source unknown)

We are the children of the
Eighties. We are not the first "lost
generation" nor today's lost genera-
tion; in fact, we think we know
just where we stand - or are
discovering it as we speak.

We are the ones who played with
Lego Building Blocks when they
were just building blocks and gave
Malibu Barbie crewcuts with safety
scissors that never really cut. We
collected Garbage Pail Kids and My

Little Ponies and Hot Wheels and
He-Man action figures and thought
She-Ra looked just a little like |
would when I was a woman. Big
Wheels and bicycles with streamers
were the way to go, and sidewalk
chalk was all you needed to build a
city. Imagination was the key. It
made the Ewok Treehouse big
enough for you to be Luke and the
kitchen table and an old sheet dark
enough to be a tent in the forest.

Your world was the backyard and
it was all you needed. With your
pink portable tape player, Debbie
Gibson sang backup to you and
everyone wanted a skirt like the
Material Girl and a glove like
Michael Jackson's.

Today, we are the ones who sing
along with Bruce Springsteen and
The Bangles perfectly and have no
idea why. We recite lines with the
Ghostbusters and still look to The
Goonies for a great adventure. We
flip through TV stations and stop at
the A Team and Knight Rider and
Fame and laugh with The Cosby
Show and Family Ties and Punky
Brewster and what you talkin T bout
Willis? We hold strong affections
for the Muppets and The Gummy
Bears and why did they take the
Smurfs off the air? After school
specials were only about cigarettes
and stepfamilies, the Polka Dot
Door was nothing like Barney, and
aren't the Power Rangers just
Voltron reincarnated?

We are the ones who still read
Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys,
the Bobbsey Twins, Beverly Clearly
and Judy Blume, Richard Scary, and

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watch the Electric Company. and
the Reading Rainbow. Friendship
bracelets were ties you couldn't
break and friendship pins went on
shoes - preferably high-top Velcro
Reebok - and pegged jeans were in,
as were Units belts and layered
socks and jean jackets and jams and
charm necklaces and side

ponytails and just tails.

Rave was a girl's best friend;

braces with colored. rubberbands
made you cool. The backdoor was

always open and Mom served only
red Kool-Aid to the neighborhood
kids- never drank New Coke.
Entertainment was cheap and lasted
for hours. All you needed to be a
princess was high heels and an
apron; the Sit'n'Spin made you
dizzy but never made you stop;
Pogoballs were dangerous weapons
and Chinese Jump Ropes never
failed to trip someone. In your
Underoos you were Wonder Woman
or Spider Man or R2D2 and in your
treehouse you were king.

In the Eighties, nothing was
wrong. Did you know the president
was shot? Star Wars was not only a
movie. Did you ever play in a bomb
shelter? Did you see the Challenger
explode or feed the homeless man?
We forgot Vietnam and watched
Tienneman Square on CNN and
bought pieces of the Berlin Wall at
the store. AIDS was
not the number one killer in the
United States. We didn't start the
fire, Billy Joel. In the Eighties, we
redefined the American Dream,
and those years defined us. We are
the generation between strife and
facing strife and not turning our
backs. The Eighties may have been
(scratch that) The Eighties may
have made us idealistic, but it's
that idealism that will push us and
be passed on to our children -
the first children of the twenty-first

- century. Never forget: we are

the children of the Eighties. If this
is familiar, you are one of us... pass
it on to all the others.

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riot gear fired tear gas to disperse
bottle-throwing students and ar-
rested 77 people during an annual
celebration for the end of classes at
the University of Akron.

More than 2,000 students filled

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early May 10 and some threw
bottles at 150 police officers and
their cruisers. Others ignited furni-
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/are our kids killing each other?

Trey Bankhead
A QUICK
HISTORY LESSON

Unless they've been living in a
vacuum, everyone in America
knows that there is a serious
problem with American schools.
The problem, that of violence
erupting without warning, has be-
come so widespread that school
Officials and legislators are now
scrambling to enact new laws that
supposedly will protect children
from further outbreaks, as well as
legally insulate school officials
from blame should the protective
efforts fail.

This issue of school violence has
been in existence for decades.
However, prior to 1997, the large
majority of the incidents involved
inner-city schools with high minor-
ity populations. In many of those
cases, the deaths and _ injuries
brought about by the violence were
dismissed by authorities as ogang-
related ? or odrug-related. ? As a
result, after the oWar on Drugs ?
ended in the early 90 Ts, the media
didn't focus as much on such
incidents in the schools systems.

STARTING A
BODYCOUNT

That is, until October 1, 1997.
On that day, a 16-year-old boy in
Pearl, Mississippi, killed his mother.
He then proceeded to go on a

shooting spree at his school, shoot-
ing nine of his fellow students, two
of them fatally. The media ex-
ploded, focusing on the incident,
scrutinizing every clue as to why the
child would have done such a thing.
Legislators and school officials
declared the shootings oa tragedy, ?
and, in two months, the furor had
died down.

Until the next occurrence:
December 1, 1997. In West
Paducah, Kentucky, a 14-year-old
shot three of his fellow students to
death, and wounded five others, at
Heath High School. Again, the
media jumped on the event, this
time comparing it with the similar
event from merely two months
prior. The event was dismissed from
the national conscience as oan
aberration......a copycat crime. ?

That attitude lasted until two
boys, 11 and 13, issued a false fire
alarm at their Jonesboro, Arkansas,
school. As students and teachers
evacuated the building, the two
boys, who had taken up positions on
a wooded hill overlooking the
school, opened fire on the crowd,
killing four girls and a teacher.

To date including the incidents
previously mentioned, the body
count from such acts of violence is
32 dead, 69 wounded. This figure,
of course, includes the April 19
killing spree in Littleton, Colorado,
where two students killed 12 stu-
dents and one teacher before appar-
ently committing suicide.

Although those figures only take
into account incidents at American
schools, the problem is not confined
to American soil. In Canada, a
14-year-old was charged with mur-
der and attempted murder on April
29 after one boy was slain and
another seriously wounded in a high
school shooting with disturbing
echoes of the massacre in Littleton,
Colorado. The shooting, which took
place at W.R. Myers High School in
Taber, about 110 miles southeast of
Calgary, Alberta, stunned the quiet
farming community of 7,200 peo-
ple.

HOW BIG IS
THIS PROBLEM?

On May 2, United States
Surgeon General David Satcher was
interviewed on NBC's Meet the
Press about violence in schools. His
comments came almost two weeks
after the events at Columbine High
School in Littleton, Colorado.

oViolence is a major public
health problem in this country,"
Satcher said, "It is a major cause of
death among children in this coun-
try. It is the second-leading cause of
death for the age group 10 to 24. In
African-Americans, it is the number
one cause of death in that age

Satcher also pointed out that the
efforts that have been made to stem
the tide of death in schools --- past
and t-- is insufficient. "At
least 13 children die every day from
violent behavior, so if we're serious
about g our children.....we
must deal with violence as a public
health problem," Satcher said. He

out that the U.S. needs to

more money in "prevention

research" in order to stop such acts
of violence before they ;

According to the US Department
of Justice's Homicide Trends in the
US: Age, gender and race, odra-

- JUNIUS © ROSE HIGH

The questions on the minds of many parents are: "Are my kids safe? Will my child's school be another Columbine?"

Matic increases in both ter

here. ?

victimization and offending rates __-Another student, a freshman at

were experienced by young males,
particularly young black males, in
the late 1980's and early 1990's. ?

However, during the past few
years, homicide victimization rates
have dropped for all groups.
Homicide victimization rates for
both black and white male teens and
black female teens showed similar
patterns of an increase in the late
1980's and a more recent decline.

Interestingly enough, the vio-
lence rates for white male teens
sharply increased several years later
than those for black male teens, and
have not declined as rapidly as the
rates for black male teens and
young adults.

The Dept... of Justice also
reported that the while the ohomi-
cide offending rates for adults (ages
25 and over) declined considerably
for all racial and gender groups, ? it
was also true that rates for young
adults (ages 18-24) are the highest
among all groups. Also, young
males, particularly young black
males, are disproportionately _in-
volved in homicide compared to
their share of the population

WHAT'S
HAPPENING
LOCALLY?

Although the national statistics
involving young people are terrify-
ing, it is the local statistics for
Eastern North Carolina that has
local parents and educators nervous.

Since the Columbine High
School incident, there has been an
unprecedented number of bomb
threats to NC schools, forcing many
of them to close until the veracity of
the threat can be assessed. Schools
in the city of Charlotte have been
evacuated multiple times. In Pitt
County Schools, J.H. Rose High
School was evacuated after a caller
to 911 made a bomb threat on May
3. Local police searched the school,
and later cleared the students and
staff to return to the building after a
sweep of the school turned up no

evidence of a bomb.

oWe have several new security
measures in place now, ? said Len
Barber, an assistant principal at
Rose High. oI think that are students
are more confident about their
safety. ? He noted that, since the
incident at Columbine High School
in Colorado, many parents have
been more tense about school
safety.

There's been a lot of rumors in
the community about the schools
receiving threats, and that's made a
lot of parents nervous, ? he says.

Barber noted that parents need to
take the rumors they hear with a
grain of salt. oMost of the rumors |
hear can't Ae substantiated. ? He
points out that many of the rumors
start in the community before
finally being heard at the school,
rather than the opposite happening.

Students in the community, how-
ever, tell a different story. While
none of the students interviewed
were willing to give their names for

ublication, many students claim to
* aware of bomb threats received
at D.H. Conley High School and
North Pitt High School.

oNo one's talking, ? said one
student, a junior . North rit It's as
if they're scared that simply sayin
the word 'bomb ? means that ch
happened in Colorado will happen

D.H. Conley, points out that othe
teachers are more paranoid than
usual. They're more worried about
what we wear and what we have in
our jackets and backpacks. ?

Indeed, such incidents are hap-
pening all over the country.
Students complain that teachers and
school officials are trampling the
rights of the innocent in an effort to
catch the potential guilty. In some
cases, students are having perfect
academic record ruined.

"It is a tough situation because
administrators charged with keeping
schools safe are not taking any
chances," said Doug Bruenlin of the

Family Institute at Northwestern
University. "But they are doing a

fair amount of damage to kids who
had no intention of doing any harm
to anybody."

THE
WITCH-HUNT

The American Civil Liberties
Union agrees. Across the nation,
ACLU offices say they're being
swamped by complaints that nerv-
ous school officials are trampling
students T constitutional rights since
the April 20 shootings: in Littleton,
Colorado.

"It seems to have become a witch
hunt. I'm sure we've gotten hun-

dreds of phone calls," said Ann
Beeson, a staff attorney at the
ACLU's national headquarters in
New York. "Most school officials
are not aware or not focusing on the
fact that students are citizens, too."

Some of the more extreme cases
they're investigating include eleven
students who were suspended for
putting a satirical essay on their
personal Web site, a teen-ager who
was sent to the police station for
wearing black clothing, and another
student who was interrogated about
the chemistry book he was carrying.

In addition, the following cases
have also surfaced:

A 13-year-old Arizona boy was
given in-school detention for carry- :
ing an electronics magazine with
ads for guns. The boy was arrested
when he drew a cartoon showing the
school blowing up.

A 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl
was suspended for telling a teacher:
in a Class conversation on the
Littleton shootings that she could
understand how someone who is
teased endlessly could snap.

An Illinois student was ques-
tioned by a psychiatrist for 1 1/2
hours about the video games he
plays and asked if he ever looks for
bomb-making instructions on the
Internet.

"It really scares me. Anybody
who doesn't fit into a specific
category or dresses differently or is
considered a nerd or a geek, all of a
sudden they're a suspect. The
students are losing their constitu-
tional rights," said Andy Brumme,
staff counsel for the ACLU in South
Carolina. "People are reacting in-
stead of thinking," Brumme said. ?

Although there have been many
cases of officials perhaps over-
reacting to threat of violence,
school officials point out that there
are still very real concerns that must
be addressed. A consultant on
school security notes that the
heightened degree of awareness
may be uncovering real threats that
predate Littleton, as well as
"spinoff-type incidents. ?

"We keep getting asked the
question, Is Littleton a wake-up
call? T My question is, are we going
to hit the snooze button and go to

sleep?" said Kenneth Trump, presi-
dent of National School Safety and
Security Services in Cleveland,
Ohio.

"Firm, fair and consistent en-
forcement of school rules and the
law" is the only recourse for school
administrators, Trump said in a May
7 interview with The Cleveland
Plain Dealer. ,

To be continued next issue, with a
look at the causes of teen violence
and a look at whether agencies
such as Pitt County Schools and
Pitt County Mental Health can
prevent future acts of violence.

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information pertaining to rumors;

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to law enforcement; T

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they have been unfounded. Nevertheless, concerns
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through the Customer Service Office at the Main Office.

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| "Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come; you
have to get up and make them." .
C.J. Walker, first Black American millionaire

by David C. Ruffin

Unlike most of the other Black
- men who came to Washington on
- October 16, for me, travelling to the
Million Man March meant taking a
short walk from my apartment on
Capitol Hill. As I walked, I recalled
travelling to Washington three dec-
ades ago to take part in the Civil
Rights March of 1963. I was 18
then, at home in Pittsburgh on leave
ofrom the Air Force before taking a
- duty assignment in Japan. A delega-
:. tion from my hometown left for the
: capital on a special train the night
' before the march. As the ,
train sped through the darkness, |
noticed a man from my neighbor-

Why We Marched

"Why are you marching?" |
asked him. It wasn't because he had
been a social activist or because
Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of
the march's leaders. It turns out that
while serving in the late 1940s on

~ an Army post in the South, he'd
been on a bus where another Black
soldier refused the demands of the
White driver to move to the rear.
When the other soldier stepped off
the bus at his stop, the driver
~ produced a revolver and shot him in
the back. Then he closed the door,
_ turned the gun on my neighbor, and

said, "Now nigger, what are you
gonna do about it? ? "Nothing," was
his reply. The driver continued on
his route, leaving the other soldier's
still body where it fell.

Unmarked murders of Black men
were common in the South in those
days. Attempts by my neighbor to
get the U.S. military authorities to
do something were in vain. But
participating in the March on
Washington was his way of finally
standing up against the vicious
slaying of a Black man he
never knew.

Then, we marched to end an
American system of apartheid in
which demeaning segregation, job

- discrimination, disenfranchisement,
and brutalization of Black

T Americans were openly practiced,

oprimarily in the South, but in other
parts of the country as well. In the
63 march, men and women, Blacks
and Whites, entertainers, trade un-
ionists, and clergy marched hand-in-
hand. Since there were only five
Black members of Congress and
fewer than 300 Black elected
officials nationwide, a march was
one of the few ways to have our
voices heard. Most of the manifes-
tations of overt racism that we

marched to abolish three decades
ago have been eliminated by the
enforcement of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act
of 1965.

So why did Minister Louis
Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam,
Rev. Benjamin Chavis, and other
Black leaders call for a million
African-American men to march on
Washington in 1995? And why was
the response so overwhelmingly
positive? At the Million Man
March, I found myself asking the
same question | asked my neighbor
on the way to the Civil Rights

march 32 years ago: "Why are you -

marching?" Marchers frequently an-
swered that they came to
Washington as an act of solidarity
with African-American men from
other parts of the nation. The march
was a Spiritual pilgrimage too. I saw
men weep at the conclusion of
Minister Farrakhan's sermon on
atonement and pledge for whole-
some behavior.

Some came to serve. Two
paramedics from East Orange and
Plainfield, New Jersey, supported
the march by volunteering to staff
an emergency medical station at the
march site. Many marched to affirm
their stake in this country and to
express outrage at a Congress that
cuts funds for Head Start and
financial aid to college students
while committing billions of dollars

to prison construction.

Indeed, a resurgent right-wing
Republican Party that now controls
the Congress and many state legisla-
tures has launched an assault on
affirmative action, and is working to
dismantle valuable social programs.
Even though the number of Black
elected officials has risen to 8,000
in the last 30 years, the political
clout African-American _ political
leaders once enjoyed through the
conventional political process has
waned. Thus, as in 1963, the
Million Man March was a way for
Black Americans to assert them-
selves through a less conventional
form of advocacy.

Yet, | saw no clenched fists.
Instead, many hands were open and
extended welcome and friendship. |
met an engineer from Rochester, a
Republican political consultant
from California, an educator from
Gary, Indiana, two businessmen
from Seattle, and a subway conduc-
tor front Manhattan. Members of
the Nation of Islam T stood erect in
their white shirts, bow ties, and blue
or tan uniforms or dark suits. There
was a story in flags. Men walked
under the stars and stripes; the
green, blacks and red nationalist

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-bag who said he was from Harlem,
had just gotten off the train, and
would look for a park bench to
spend the night on. A number of
men bedded down on the eve of the
march in sleeping bags and blankets
on the grass near the monument to
Ulysses S. Grant.

Many marchers were wise
enough to bring young people.
Kevin Parson, a teacher at St.
Catherine's Middle School in
Baltimore, brought 35 boys from
the school's = Mentorship-to-
Manhood program. He wanted the
young men to carry the experience
of the historic event with them for
the rest of their lives. Other men
brought their own sons, some small
enough to carry on their shoulders.

Fully a third of the marchers
were in their teens and early
twenties like the handsome collec-
tion of high school students in black
suits who drove up from Mobile,

Alabama with their teachers.
Hundreds of schools were
represented--revered _ historically

Black colleges, the Ivy League, and
colleges and universities throughout
every region of the country. Not all
the youth at the march were wearing
school colors; some had recently
worn gang colors. I was personally
moved by gang leaders who pub-
licly asked forgiveness for the harm
they had done to Black communi-
ties and vowed to offend no more.

What We Learned
from the March

Despite all the media attention
the Million Man March received,
many in this country, Black and
White, are still trying to grasp its
full significance for the future of
Black people in this country. First,
although much has been written
about the pathologies of the Black
male, the one million African-
American men who came to
Washington on October 16 were
mostly mature, middle-class, and
well educated. And they undeniably
represent a potent political and
economic force. To gauge the full
size of that force, their numbers
should be multiplied several times
to include the men who stayed
home and the women who weren't
invited. This force has never been
fully mobilized.

Second, the march's success
demonstrated (for anyone who
didn't already know it) that a force
of a million Black people can be
mobilized to take political action
without any assistance from outside
organizations, as was the case with
the 1963 march, which was largely

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organizations. The Nation of Islam
has shown that it has the infrastruc-
ture to carry out such a mobilization
today.

Third, the Million Man March,
followed by the selection of dy-
namic Maryland Congressman
Kweisi Mfume to head the NAACP
just two months later, indicates that
Black America will not acquiesce to
the assaults on hard-won gains in
civil rights and social policy.
Indeed, these events bespeak a
resurgence of Black activism that
could redirect the nations focus
back to racial inclusion and eco-
nomic justice.

And fourth, the large number of
young men in their teens and
twenties who attended the march
was impressive. If Black America is
indeed beginning a new movement
of political activism, as in the civil
rights era of the 1950s and '60s, the
participation of young people with
their energy, enthusiasm, and crea-
tivity will be essential if that
movement is to succeed. From now,
and into the next century, many of
the political battles will take place
in cyberspace, the turf of young
people. We should arm them with
computers and let them wire the
movement and put it on-line.

The Million Man March brought
hundreds of thousands of men to
Washington, at their own expense,

to assert that they are part of this
nation, are the descendants of its
builders, and have a stake in its
destiny. These were good, strong
men who contribute to their com-
munities. Over 86 percent of them
arrived in Washington already regis-
tered to vote and politically active.
To be among them was one of the .
most affirming experiences of my
life. The marchers represent a
potent, relatively independent po-
litical force that has not been fully
mobilized. This force could be used
to counter the excesses from the
political right and follow through on
the themes that emerged during the
march: atonement, political activ-
ism, scholarship, and celebration of
what's good about ourselves.

David C. Ruffin is a_ political
analyst and journalist based in
Washington, D.C. This article was
orignally published as The March:
A Million Men Signal Resurgent
Advocacy.

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We should never underestimate
what God can do if we just allow
Him to work,~

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God can redeem even our biggest
mistakes and greatest weaknesses.

God grant me wisdom in knowing
exactly what I need to do during
this surgery, the separation of the
skull of the Siamese Twins in
Africa.

Our children gain their sense of who
they are, and who they will be, from
their family. If we provide an
appropriate environment, where
communication is open and values
are espoused, then our children will
be far less likely to seek outside
influences to determine who they
are and how to behave.

We cannot say one thing and do
something else. We cannot tell our
kids to "get your homework done
on time" or "get ready for your
test", if we pay our bills late,
receive late notices or have our
utilities cut off for nonpayment. We
cannot expect our children to keep
their rooms clean if our bedroom
looks like a pig sty. You must start
living what you say.

Parents need to remember love.
Children need love. No matter who
we are or what we. do, we all need
someone to give us unconditional
love. That is the greatest single
challenge of parenthood.

When I speak to students, my
message is on "delayed gratifica-
tion". :

We must learn to teach students
with a long-term view, a Big-Picture
Perspective.

As human beings, we have been
given the capacity to analyze,
strategize and prioritize so that we
can alter our circumstances. We can
anticipate and plan and take action
that will even affect our future.

The average person spends more
time planning his or her birthday
party than planning his or her life.

What we do with that potential will
largely depend on three factors: our

priorities, our principles, and our

choices.

People always find the time and the
means to do what they want to do.

Make marriage and family a prior-
ity. There are two days in each
month we call our omonth-
anniversaries": the date of our
wedding and the date we began
going together.

We learn values and principles from
family.

PROVERBS 13:20: "He who walks
with the wise grows wise, but a
companion of fools suffers harm."
In other words, the people we
associate with influence those core
principles on which we base our
priorities.

PROVERBS 6:32-33: "But whoso
committeth adultery with a woman
lacketh understanding; he that doeth
it destroyeth his own souls. A
wound and dishonour shall he get;
and his reproach shall not be wiped
away." There's a simpler way of
looking at it: | have never witnessed
a happy outcome from an adulter-
ous affair

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Live as the active voice, not the
passive. Think more about what
you make happen than what hap-
pens to you.

Live in the indicative mood, rather
than the subjective. Be concerned

with things as they are, rather than
as they might be.

Live in the present tense, facing
the duty at hand without regret for
the past or worry for the future.

Live in the first person, criticizing
yourself rather than finding fault
with others.

Live in the singular number, caring
more for the approval of your own
conscience than for the applause of
the crowd.

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Dr. George Hawkins

Exorcism, commonly known as
casting out demons (devils), is a
common practice among the evan-

gelical church and the ministry of

Jesus Christ today. Demons are
defined as any evil thought, word;
or act in mind, spirit or body that is

not acceptable to the teachings of
Jesus Christ. Matthew 15:19 reads:
"For out of the heart come evil
thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual
immorality, theft, false testimony,
slander. These are what make a man
unclean."

Jesus himself performed exor-
cisms (Luke 4:36; Mark 9:25). He
commanded unclean spirits to come
out. So did his disciples. Luke 9:1
reads: "When Jesus had called the
Twelve (Apostles) together, he gave
them power and authority to cast
out demons, heal the sick and
preach the gospel." The great
Apostle Paul, with his gift of
discerning spirits, exorcised a
woman who had a spirit of divina-
tion (fortune-telling) which is con-
sidered an abomination to God
(Acts 16:16-18). God has given this
same anointing power today to
those whom He has chosen.

I have witnessed many times
over and over in my ministry of
who were demon- possessed", and
the exhibitions are the same as
described in Mark 9:18 which

reads: "Whenever the evil spirit
attacks him, it throws him to the
ground, and he foams at the mouth,
grits his teeth, and becomes still all
over." I have seen them moan,
groan, and even vomit as the
unclean spirits leave them.

In my ministry (which is a full
gospel church), we embrace this
practice because we know that the
Holy Spirit does not enter into an
unclean body. Therefore, our minis-
try encourages cleaning up your life
so that the Holy Spirit can enter in
and help you live a spirit-filled life
of joy, peace, and happiness in
Jesus Christ.

(NOTE: According to church
history, around the year 250 AD,
the church instituted a new order of
priests trained as exorcists. But
when the 18th century
Enlightenment Period came about,
the practice fell out of favor. Today
it is one of the least practiced rituals
of the Christian Church. Most
mainstream Protestant denomina-
tions have long since renounced it,
and in 1972 the Roman Catholic

church eliminated the "Exorcist"
order altogether; "_ nevertheless,
Evangelical, Pentecostal, and Full-
Gospel churches today still embrace
this order as commanded by our
Lord Jesus Christ.)

Exorcism is an act that is
practiced consistently in this minis-
try. We who read the Bible and
teach the Bible should be able to
put into practice what we read. How
can it be said that we are ambassa-
dors for Jesus Christ and a demon-
strator of the things that Jesus
taught and not put them into
practice? Churches are teaching
theory and principles, which is
good, but there is a practical side of
the Word that needs to be demon-
strated. | Corinthians 2:4 reads,
"And my speech and my preaching
was not with enticing words of
man's wisdom, but in demonstration
of the Spirit and of power; that your
faith should not stand in the wisdom
of men, but in the power of God."
So then, if you will allow the Holy
Spirit to have free course, you will
be able to "cast out devils, lay

hands on the sick, and speak with
new tongues." (Mark 16:17-18).
Bob Larsen of Bob Larson

Ministries, quotes: "Someone has
theorized that at least one in every
ten persons today is possessed by
demons and that the number is
increasing as the world nears the
end which is foretold in the Book of

And, if you want a verb to conju-
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COMMUNITY NEWS

City of Greenville Councilman
Chuck Autry graciously served a
chicken/barbecue dinner to the 25-
member Retirement Living Class,
Tuesday, April 27, at the Pitt
County Council on Aging, 1717
West Fifth Street. Earlier, he gave
common-sense wisdom to the

group.

Congratulations to Fire & Rescue
Chief Raymond Carney on_ his
retirement from the department. He
handled his job with dignity and
pride. We are proud of you, Chief
Carney. May . your forthcoming
activities be enjoyable, fruitful and
prosperous.

Mrs. Beatrice Maye is a Pitt County
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for The Minority Voice.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Pursuant to General Statutes of North Carolina, Section 143-129, as

mended, sealed proposals will be received by the City of Greenville,
North Carolina, in the Public Works Department Conference Room,
1500 Beatty Street, Greenville, North Carolina, until 10:00 AM, on
uesday, May 11, 1999 andimmediately thereafter opened and read
or the 1998/99 Street Resurfacing project.

he Street Resurfacing will consist of placing approximately 9,812 tons
f bituminous concrete, Type |-2, and making necessary adjustments

Notice of Bidders

Sealed proposal will be received by the Housing Authority of
the City of Greenville in the office of Authority, 1103 Broad
Street, Greenville, North Carolina 27835, up to 2:00 PM,
local time on Thursday, 20 May 1999, and immediately
thereafter opened and read in the presence of attending

o valves and manholes. Street milling will consist of milling four (4)

bidders for the furnishing of all labor, materials and

treets one inch (1") to six inch (6") for a total of 31,941 square yards.
Dirt street improvements will consist of placing approximately 630
ons of bituminous Soest Ni pe 1-2, and fine grading approximately
5,728 square yards of crushed aggregate base.

Proposals must be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to the
urchasingAgent, City of Greenville, Post Office Box 7207, Greenville,
North Carolina, 27835-7207, and the outside of the envelope must 1.
be marked "Proposal for 1998/99 Street Ree eee The
name, address, and North Carolina license number of the Bidder, and 2
he date and time of Bid opening shall be clearly indicated on the
utside of the envelope. One (1) unbound copy of the Proposal form
is furnished in the Specifications which must be executed and 3
submitted.

installer
Qualifications:

Valid NC Drivers License

Each Proposal must be accompanied by cash, cashiers check, or a 4
certified check, drawn on a bank or trust company insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance company or a Bid Bond as prescribed by
|North Carolina G.S. 1431129, payable to the City of Greenville, in an 5
mount at least equal to five percent (5%) of the total amount of the
Bid, as a guarantee that a Contract will be entered into and that a
satisfactory Performance Bond will be executed. Contractors are 6.
notified that legislative acts relating to licensing of contractors will be
observed in receiving Bids and awarding Contracts. 7.

power tools safely.

Plans and Specifications describing the work may be obtained from
the Public Works Department at 1500 Beatty Street or by written 8.
request addressed to RO. Box 7207, Greenville, North Carolina
27835-7207.

Must Be Willing
date.

The City of Greenville reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, to
Waive any informalities, and to award Contract or Contracts which

appear to be in its best interest. The right is reserved to hold any or .
all Pro Is for a period of oer 5) days from the opening Greenville.
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SEND RESUME TO:

Position Available in Greenville and Washington, NC

. Good Physical Condition. Ca

pable of Lifting 100 LBS, and
Work at Heights up to 35FT. .

. Ability and Willingness to work outdoors in all seasonal weather
conditions.
. Mechanical aptitude with ability to use hand and

. High School graduate or G.E.D., Capable of Demonstrating 10th
grade Literacy level in Reading, Writing, and Math.

Availability to work overtime as needed.

Social Etiquette and Courtesy skills needed to provide good
customer and Employee Relations.

to make personal commitment to achieve
knowledge and skills criteria for installer within 30 days of hire

9. Must submit to drug screening.
Applications may be picked up at Employment Security Commission

"We are an equal opportunity employer T

equipment for Lead-Based Paint Abatement, Hopkins Park
project upon the Owner's property in Greenville, North
arolina.

Complete specifications and contract documents will be open
in the office of H.R. Associates, PA., 1200 Navaho Drive,
Raleigh, North Carolina, (919) 872-6345. Prime bidders who
are qualified and who will make a bid will, upon deposit of the

documents. The full deposit will be refunded to those qualified
prime bidders who submit

the Architect within five ( 5 ) days after receipt of bids.

of gutter and downspouts from fifteen buildin

May 1999 in the Office of the Authority. Participants will be
given the opportunity to view the existing buildings at this
time and only at this time.

All Bidders are hereby notified that they must have proper
license under the State laws as a General Contractor.
Contractor shall be North Carolina certified for Lead
abatement.

Each proposal shall be accompanied by a cash deposit or a
certified check drawn on some bank or trust company. insured

5% of the proposal.

Svar i to submit
Minority and Woman Owned Firms are encourage su see Cable 2 qaaiications) ( 100% ) of the contract amount.
' Persons meeting the qualifications should reply . . .
HIS 30TH DAY OF APRIL, 1999 ant Manager The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to
PO. Box 446 waive informalities, and to award contracts in the best

CITY OF GREENVILLE
NGELENE PEOPLE, ACTING PURCHASING MANAGER

Greenville, NC 27835

interest of the Owner.

sum of Fifty Dollars ( $50.00 ) with the Architect, receive |:

a bona fide prime proposal, |.
providing bidding documents are returned in good condition to |

The Work consists of the lead-based paint component removal |

A Pre-Bid Conference will convene at 3:00 BM, Thursday, 6 :

by the FDIC in an amount equal to not less than 5% of the |
proposal; or in lieu thereof, a Bidder may offer a bid bond of |.

A Performance Bond shall be required for one hundred percent

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The Bureau of the Census in recruiting for the following positions in the GREENVILLE,
NORTH CAROLINA metropolitan area.

Position: Hourly Pay:
Local Census Office Manager $21.00
Assistant Manager for Field Operations $16.50
Assistant Manager for Recruiting $13.25

Most positions will be available in the late-Summer or early-Fall of 1999. These positions
are temporary, not to exceed summer 2000. Job qualification include: Ability to supervise
or manager work assignments and priorities, conduct individual and group training
sessions, monitor progress and completed work assignments, analyze progress of
operations using computerized summaries of operations, and take corrective action. The
ability to supervise or manager administrative activities. Some evening and weekend work

may be required. Positions may require a one week training session in Charlotte, NC.

All candidates must be U.S. Citizens, have valid drives licenses and use of an automobile,
be cleared through an FBI background check, pass a written general skill test, the field
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Position: Hourly Pay:
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Most positions will be available in the late-Summer or early-Fall of 1999. These positions
are temporary, not to exceed summer 2000. Job qualification include: Ability to supervise
or manager work assignments and priorities, conduct individual and group training
sessions, monitor progress and completed work assignments, analyze progress of
operations using computerized summaries of operations, and take corrective action. The
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Some evening and weekend work may be required. Positions may require a week training
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an application and qualification statement.

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application instruction and information by May 26, 1999 between the hours of 8:00 am and
5:00 pm, Monday thru Friday. Ask for Bob Gabbard or John Davis, Census Recruiters.

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Greenville, NC Celebrated
author and inspirational speaker
Parry Brown made an appearance at
a book signing at Headlines II, 410
South Evans Street, on Monday,
May 10. Brown, the author of The
Shirt Off His Back, consented to an
interview with The Minority Voice.
Here's what was said:

The MVoice: What is The Shirt Off

His Back about?
Parry Brown: It is a story of

parenting from a Black male point
of view, and the struggle of dealing
with life on that level. It's a different
twist on an old struggle.

I wrote the book because | was
tired of the negative images of
Black men that exist in print media
I wanted to show that there are
many good brothers out there. and |
wanted to tell their story. While it's
an entertaining read, I'm making a
point.

MVoice: How would you de-
scribe the book?

Brown: It's got a lot of drama. a
lot of romance, and a lot of
comedy...a real good combination.

MVoice: Is this your first pub-
lished book?

Brown: Yes. | originally started
with short stories that just got
longer and longer......... one short
story I wrote, Sexy Doesn't Have a
Dress Size: A Lesson in Love, made
a huge impact in the reading
community. {That book is} really
about how | coped with being
dark-skinned among color-struck
people, as well as the myth that you
have to be a certain size in order to
be sexy.

MVoice: Tell us about yourself.

Brown: | give motivational
speeches.......... It's a lot of fun. It
can be very emotional. | think the

Parry Brown (left), author of The Shirt Off His Back and Sexy Doesn't
Have A Dress Size: A Lesson In Love, attended a book signing at
Headlines II in the Evans Street Mall on May 10. Also present was her
agent and friend, Blanche Valentine (right). (photo by Trey Bankhead)

thing that is the most reward-
ING... there was a woman in my
class that was beat-down.....Stevie
Wonder could see that she had no
self-esteem.......... she said to me,
after the first class in the seminar,
that | had changed her life. The next
time I saw her, I didn't recognize
her. She was walking taller, wearing
make-up.

This is about setting people frree
to be who they are. Get a photo
album, and look at your relatives. If
you can accept your family, who

contributed to your genes, then why
can't you accept yourself?

MVoice: What's the quickest
way for a woman to attract a man?

Brown: I interviewed over 200
men. And the single most attractive
thing about a woman is confidence.

MVoice: What inspired you to
go into that most insane of careers:
writing?

Brown: | know that it's a
God-given talent. I'm on a mission.
A friend said to me, "You can't
change somneone else's life." And
she was right.......but I can say
something that makes them think
about their life, and make them
want to change it.

MVoice: How long have you
been writing?

Brown: Since 1996....really,
since | was six. I actually didn't start
writing for other people to read
until '96. My first story was Big
Girls Don't Have to Cry, which was
a short stoy about a large woman
who met this gorgeous man, but she
couldn't figure out why he wanted
her.

MVoice: What do you do in your
spare time?

Brown: | go to clubs to dance, I
listen to music: R&B, modern jazz,
anything soulful......

MVoice: Since you're a writer,

can it be assumed that you read a
lot?

Brown: Oh, yes! I love reading
novels by Black authors, but murder
mysteries are my favorite! My
favorite author is Mary Higgins
Clark.

MVoice: What about television?

Brown: ER.....the only show that
1 faithfully watch.

MVoice: There's a stereotype
that romance authors don't have a
romantic life of their own. How
would you respond to that? T

Brown: (laughing) I have a new
boyfriend. I was married for 22
years, but I probably only should
have been married for ten. Then, I
got into a short term relationship
with a wonderful man, but he wasn't
the one. My marriage going bad
didn't jade me towards men. | got
the freedom to do the things |
wanted to do...my new man is a
wonderful friend, I've known him
for three years. Finally, this year, he
said that he had to put it out there,
cause he'd been in love with me the
whole time.

MVoice: Many women seem to
subscribe to the thought that a man
has to have the car, the hugely-
paying job, and everything before
he is a "real" man.

Brown: | don't care what a man
does, as long as he does it well.
More and more speakers are telling
women that there are no good Black
men out there. But, my question is,
who defines "good."

MVoice: How would you de-
scribe yourself?

Brown: I'm a romantic from the
core of my soul, and a lot of what |
put on paper is what | want out of
my life. I fantasize a lot, but | also
know how to go out and get what |
want.

| was an accountant before | got
into this creative thing............... so |

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know that this is true talent, given to
me by God......... I have to give God
the glory because it's not me.....it's
about doing what God wants me to
do. God said to me that he gives me
the same amount of talent {as he
gives everyone else}, and it's up to
each individual to harness that
talent and work at it to bring it to its
full potential.

MVoice: Anyone you want to
give a "shout out" to?

Brown: My daughters, Nicolle
and Michelle. And my grand-
daughters, Shanelle and Krystal.

MVoice: Any tips for aspiring
writers? .

Brown: Discipline...youve got to
discipline yourself to write every-
day.....my time was to write from 4
to 6 every morning.

MVoice: Living in Californaia as
you do, what are your thoughts
about North Carolina?

Brown: I'm going to be relocat-
ing to NC........ As a matter of fact, |
was born in Wilmington! I'm in love
with the greenery and the life-
style...1 feel like I've come home.
I'm definitely looking forward to
building a home here.

MVoice: If there was one phrase
that sums up what you're about,
what would it be?

Brown: "Making a difference." I
also started a non-proifit called Los
Angeles Ebony Offline People: we
provide computers for financially
disadvantaged children. We'll be
starting a North Carolina chapter in
Winston-Salem very soon!

MVoice: Thanks for talking to
us, Parry!

Brown: Thank you! I look
forward to seeing everyone on May
10th!

The Shirt Off His Back retails in
bookstores for $14.95 in paperback.
Get your copy now!

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Szchezuan Gardens

I like to try new foods. I admit,
I'm partial to Southern cuisine, but
my horizons broaden at the aspect
of new flavors tingling my taste-
buds.

I approached a restaurant known
for its Chinese/Szchezuan buffet. |
waited to be seated, not knowing
what to expect. I placed my order
for Pepsi and water (you will come
to find out these are my only drinks
to use in downing my favorite-- or
worst-- foods) and proceeded to the
astonishing buffet.

Before me stood trays of succu-
lent Chinese cuisine...... | heard
them calling me: "Marie, taste me!"
"Nooooo, taste me!" "No! Me first!"

I felt pulled, as if the tray of
sesame chicken had won. Then, |
heard the Szchezuan green beans

- calling me while the fried chicken

wings, egg foo young, sweet & sour
chicken, spring roll and the tempura
vegetables staged a Holyfield vs.
Tyson fight right before my very
eyes. I grabbed a bit of each, and
even tried a little of the Kang Pao
Chicken . I knew then and there that
my favorite dish of this feast would
become the Szchezuan green beans

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I had the chance to meet up with
the manager Jenny Chan. The
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comer of 10th and Evans. The
business took off rapidly and the
owner, Hon Ming Chan, decided to
expand, and moved across the street
in 1982.

Hours of operation
Mon -Thurs 11:30 am 9:30 PM
Fri- Sat 11:30 am 10:30pm
Sunday 12:00 noon 9:30pm

For take out orders, call ahead at
757-1818.

Lunch 4.95
Dinner 6.95
10% off with student ID
Food 5 spoons Excellent array
of different Chinese cusines

Cost 5 spoons

Service 4 spoons (depends on the
waitress)
Location 5 spoons Perfect

Atmosphere 5 spoons Roomy with
seating for couples or large

groups

About the Food Critic

As a veteran with 22 years of US
military service, Ida "Marie"
Andrews has probably tasted every
cultural food around. Marie has
traveled all over the world, sam-
pling foods and collecting recipes.
If you would like your restaurant to
be critiqued and written about in
the 'M' Voice, please contact the
paper.

About the rating system:
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20 Spoons - SILVER

15 Spoons - ALUMINUM
10 Spoons - TIN

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