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Lightning strikes twice in black history, as over a
million African-American women take Philadelphia by
storm with love and unity.

Cash Michaels

 

Staff Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—‘I knew,
[ knew, I knew—a million and
some,” declared a happy Dorothy
Giarra Saturday. With her 11 year-
old daughter Amber, the Wilming-
ton, Del. mother marveled at the
hundreds of thousands of African-

 

Keita Saad joyfully pattycakes
with her adopted niece, Amber.

 

UPON THIS ROCK | WILL BUILD MY CHURCH—Pictured here is the structural beginnings of the Saint Mary's
‘Missionary Baptist Church (located on Red Banks Road in Greenville). Real Progress in the making. (Jim
Rouse Photo)

American women who came from
all parts of the country to the Ben-
jamin Franklin Parkway of Central
Philadelphia as she did, to be part
of the Million Woman March—pos-
sibly the largest women’s demon-
stration in the history of America.

“And some, and some—because
they're still coming,” Giarra, whose
last name is West African for “war-
rior,” added. Amber was excited be-
cause she’d never been around so
many people “who were the same
like me.”

“Yes,” the young lady added, and
she knew she was now part of his-
tory.

It was the event that compared
to its 1995 predecessor, the Million
Man March, was supposed to fail,
according to many in the main-
stream press.

 

 

Except for a web page on the In-
ternet, black media, and word-of-
mouth, there was very little public-
ity. There were rumors and reports
of confusion and disorganization,
and even black women themselves
were heard to say out loud that the
MWM should not happen.

But on Oct. 25, the City of Broth-
erly Love was peacefully taken
over by an estimated 2.1 million
African-American women, accord-
ing to organizers (Philadelphia Po-
lice placed the number as high as
1.5 million), who answered the
naysayers with open displays of
love, atonement, dedication, and
yes, unity.

Feeling the sense of empower-
ment, many also vowed to take
those sentiments back to their re-
spective communities to make a

 

| The Town of Ayden, Board Of
Commissioners, and Recreation
Commission dedicated the J.J.
Brown Park on Sunday, Oct. 26.

f Some local members and leaders of community organizations

positive difference.

“I’m taking a lot back to my com-
munity,” Sandra Harrell, a Wilm-
ington, Del. grandmother who

(See SISTERLY LOVE, P. 2)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 

A LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME—

Election New & Notes

convened a public meeting on October 27, 1997 at Pitt
Community College and agreed upon encouraging citizens to
do the following:

1. Leam of the candidates seeking elected office;

2. Make plans to vote on November 4* 1997 (seats to be filled |

include Mayor, Town and City Council members from
municipalities across Pitt County);

3. Call and encourage 20 or more people to vote, including
family, friends, co-workers and others.

Remember, the 1998 elections are fast approaching but the

local elections this November 4" are also equally crucial

Let us prepare NOW!

Rides to the polls are available. Call WOOW @ 757-0365

For additional information, you may also contact County
Commissioner Jeff Savage at 758-5770

Iota Kappa Omega Chapter of

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority cel-
ebrated its 25th anniversary the
weekend of Oct. 10-12. The week of
Oct. 6-12 was proclaimed Alpha
Kappa Alpha Week in the city of
Greenville.

Activities began on Friday night
with a public reception at The Du
Bois Center. A banquet/dance was
held at The Hilton Inn on Saturday
night with Dr.
Phillips as the speaker. Dr. Phil-
lips, 20th International President
of AKA Sorority, Inc., was Mid-At-
lantic Regional Director when the

} chapter was chartered.

Former members of the graduate
and undergraduate chapters, past
Fashionetta queens and partici-
pants and other guests attended
the weekend activities. Past presi-
dents of the chapter; 25 year mem-
bers of the sorority; and charter
members of the chapter were rec-
ognized. Ms. Martha Jones was
recognized for her participation in
the first Senior Citizens program
sponsored by the sorority.

Barbara Kinard

By Cash Michaels

 

Staff Writer

Will delegates from the state’s
116 NAACP branches representing
60,000 members give their ap-
pointed State Conference presi-
dent, Melvin
“Skip” Alston, a
vote of confi-
dence and elect
him to a two-
year term, or is
there really as
much disen-
chantment with
the direction of
the state chap-
ter as his oppo-
nents say there is—enough to get
one of them elected in his place?

That question will be answered
‘his Saturday during the three-day
54th Annual NAACP State Con-
vention at the North Raleigh Hil-
ton, which begins today in the
Capital City.

Not only is the direction and phi-
losophy of the State Conference for
the next two years at stake,
NAACP members say, but also its
credibility. Can the state NAACP
be an even more aggressive instru-
ment for positive change in the Af-
rican-American community than it
has been in recent history?

ALSTON

 

. me olale NAACP Convention
“4 m Opens In Capitol City

ts current president, along with
his three challengers—District 8
Director Min. Curtis Gatewood,
Duplin County Branch President
Jesse Smith, and Charlotte-Meck-
lenburg Branch Political Action
Committee Chairman Terry Belk,

| all say yes, and are confident it

will, they promise, if elected Nov.
1.

Alston, 40, says he wants to con-
tinue leading the state organiza-

¥ _ tion he’s “helped to strengthen and

expand,” and raise it to “a new
‘level.”

Appointed last May after serving
as interim president for several
months, Alston’s platform has two
priorities for the African-American
community—developing both eco-
nomic and political muscle.

He wants the state conference to
help elect more black elected offi-
cials, revitalize the civil rights
agenda of the NAACP to aggres-
sively address affirmative action
rollbacks and welfare reform, and
be more visible as a lobbying force
for other issues concerning the
black community.

On the economic front, the
Durham native says he wants to
make the state chapter more self-
sufficient by improving its fund-
raising efforts, fostering more mu-

(See NAACP RACE, P. 2)

  
  
 
 

 

LOVING EMBRACE—Congresswoman Eva Clayton is pictured with

one of the ‘Targets’ of “Her Affection”, our youth. This young lady was
one of several hundred students and other young and older people
who attended Youth Summit '97. The event featured several local
community leaders, including Mr. Famey Moore. The program also
included a wide variety of workshops and a huge talent show. Keep
up the good work, Congresswoman Clayton! (George White Photo)

AKAs Celebrate Anniversary

Chapter members, along with
members from other Eastern Caro-
lina chapters, participated in a Re-
dedication Service on Sunday

 

BARBARA PHILLIPS

morning conducted by Karen
Brisbon and Dr. Phillips.

The chapter was chartered Oct.
28, 1972 in Pitt County with 16
members, The umbrella theme was
“Communication Through Service.”
The active charter members are
Jean Carter, Ella Harris, Lucy
Hemby and Charlotte Smith. Other
charter members attending the
weekend events were Shirley Cow-
ard-Cos, Willie Mae Gibbs, Addie
Gore, Vivian Hawkins Grimes,
Verna Mills, and Judy Williams.

Helen Harrell and Gloria Hines
served as co-chairpersons for the
celebration. Barbara Ormond,
chairperson, Reception; Sondra
Morris, chairperson, Hospitality/
gifts/flowers; Tamaira Johnson,
chairperson, Invitations; Barbara
Johnson, chairperson, Decorations;
Rhonda Dennard, chairperson, An-
niversary Booklet; Ella Harris,
History Coordinator; Jean Carter,
Dance/Band Coordinator; and Glo-
ria Hines, Music Coordinator.

Karen Ellis Brisbon is president
of the chapter.

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Souls of Black Folk,” W.E.B.
DuBois, ‘foted black intellectual,
identified that the major problem
facing America was that of the

color line. As we approach a new
millennium, specifically the
twenty-first century, the perplex-
ing issues surrounding race rela-
tions in America continue to make
front-page headlines throughout
the United States. In the Oct. 15,
1997, issue of “The Race Relations
Reporter,” a newsletter that
chronicles America’s continuing
struggle with racial hate, no fewer
than thirty-three “major” incidents
of hate crimes were reported dur-
ing the time period spanning from
June 1997 through August 1997.
The number does not reflect the
daily racial encounters endured by
an unquantifiable number of Afri-
can-Americans. No one knows how
this country or its increasingly di-
verse populations will react to the
increase in hate crimes.

Earlier this year, President Clin-
ton called for a national debate on
the issue of race and subsequently
convened a blue ribbon panel to ex-
plore the problem. Led by Professor
John Hope Franklin of Duke Uni-
versity, the panel hopes to educate
the masses of Americans about the
issues surrounding race. Given the
complexities of the problem, the
task of educating even a portion of
the American population will re-
quire at minimum a Herculean ef-
fort of the panel.

This is not America’s first (and
probably not the last) attempt to

come to grips with the issue of:

race. Similar initiatives were em-
barked upon in the years immedi-
ately following the Civil War with
the establishment of the
Freedman’s Bureau to assist the
transition of millions of newly
freed slaves into society. During

 

the 1960s there were a number of
government initiatives designed to

examine the issue and impact of

poor race relations in America. Un-
fortunately, the two previous gov-
ernmental initiatives to explore
race relations in America have
failed miserably.

 

I am of the opinion that much of
the reason for failure lay squarely
with the fact that the majority of
Americans have a truncated view
of history. In otherwords, they are
unwilling to accept the fact that
the institution of slavery and the
years of Jim Crow Laws and rigid
segregation continue to negatively
impact the fabric of American soci-
ety. These individuals want no ties
to the past when it comes to issues
of race opting instead to propose
solutions absent of America’s
troubled racial past. What is
needed at this point in our history
is honest dialogue about issues of
race in America. That dialogue
cannot occur if the majority of
Americans remain oblivious to the
negative impact that racism has
had on our society.

NAACP RACE

Continued from page 1

tual support of black businesses,
and developing effective tools to
level pressure on those businesses
that don’t offer equal opportunities
to people of color.

By increasing the amount of
NAACP scholarships, youth and
tutorial programs, capped off with
a successful one-day, 10,000-mem-
ber radiothon drive, Alston says
he’s laid the foundation “for

launching a more active N.C.
NAACP” and feels he deserves a
chance to build on that foundation.

His opponents don’t agree.

Charlotte’s Terry Belk’s cam-
paign theme is “A new vision for
the North Carolina State Confer-
ence,” and while he was careful not
to say anything directly negative
about Alston’s leadership, he left
no doubt that he felt it was time for
a change.

 

 

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Nov. 4, 1997 |

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SISTERLY LOVE

Continued from page 1
shared the experience with three
generations of her family, told a lo-
cal TV station. When the reporter
asked her what was she going to do

dence Hall to the steps of that
city’s Museum of Art at least a mile
away, there was no shortage of in-
spiration. Elderly women, some in
wheelchairs, some with canes,
came out to be, part of the throng.

Young children, amazed by what
took on all the trappings of a mon-
strous block party, were watching
all of the different shapes, sizes
and colors of black womanhood pa-
rading before them. ,

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“I could not resist the opportu-
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all this womanly vibration,” said
Keita Saad of Kent, Ohio, who said
she’s been faced with several re-
cent hardships.

Seeing the overflowing but di-
verse crowd, and feeling “the spirit
inside,” brought a visible joy to her
heart, and reinforced her belief in
the need for unity among “all Afri-
can people living in America.”

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in Winterville NC.(Pitt). Class of 1956,
Robinson Union. US Army
Reserveve-1955-1956. US Air Force
1956-1960. Pitt Community
College-1967-1969. A & T State Univ.

Calvin C. Henderson was born July 31, 1937

 

 

 

Small Business Course 1985. NC Institute
of Governors Classes For Newly Elected
Officials. License by NC State Board of
Examiners for Contracting (Plumbing) 1976.

First Afro-American elected to Winterville
Board of Aldeman.1972. Selected to serve
on one of Eastern NC first Metropolitan
Sewer Treatment project with a cost $6.5
Million.

Charter member. Former member
Winterville Board of Adjustment. Presently
serving as a member of Winterville
Recreation commission.

 

VOTE CALVIN HENDERSON

CANDIDATE
FOR

Winterville NC

MAYOR

“TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE”

 

 

Active member Community Christian
Church. VP /Executive Board member Pitt
County Branch Board member Pitt County
Branch NAACP. (15 yrs). Former
Chairman

Winterville Central Democratic precinct.
Active volunteer/member American Cancer
Society. Man to Man Prostate cancer
support group. Active volunteer...certified
caregiver with Hospice of Tarheel.(8 yrs)
Active volunteer with Robinson Elementary
School as a “Key communicator” (8 yrs).
Active member Pitt Co. Senior Games.
(Local-state participant) Executive Director
Winterville Concerned Citizens & Develop
Inc. Former committee member Pitt Co.
United Way.

1995-Pitt Co. Council on Aging. Manager
Winterville site. 1982- Maint Mech.
Burrough Welcome. 1976-1989-
Owner,.Henderson Plumbing & Heating Co.
(State wide)

 

1995-Pitt Co. Branch NAACP Outstanding
Community Service Achievement Award.
1989-1990-Special Award by Pitt Co.
Community School for contributions and
support of Adopt a School Program. 1972-
State of NC Distinguished Service Award.
Presented by Prince Hall Grand Lodge F &
A.M. of N.C. for unusually dedicated sevice
in area of Religious, Social, Civic, and
Political Action.

Married to Mrs Beatrice A.Henderson. One
daughter-six step children. Parent Mrs
Lizzie Henderson Greenville Villa Nursing
center.

 

 

 
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Holy Mission Holy Church,
1811 South Pitt Street in Green-
Wille, would like to remind every-
“Yone that their Outreach Center is
open daily, Monday through Fri-
Way, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. “If we
can be of help to you, please give us
a call” at 756-6944.

“Life Star Ministries”--Produc-
ing lives that shine as stars be-
cause of the cross--presents the
drama “God Remembers” at 6 p.m.
on Sunday, Nov. 9, at the W.H.
Robinson Elementary School (449
North Railroad Street in
Winterville), sponsored by Bishop
W.H. Mitchell and the Good Hope
Free Will Baptist Church Youth
Department. Life Star Ministries is
a nonprofit organization affiliate
with the St. Rest Holy Church. Our
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Brother Alton “P-Jack”
Spruill will deliver his initial ser-
mon at 6 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 2, at
the Salvation and Praise Full Gos-
pel Church in Farmville. Friends
and family are invited to come and
witness this great occasion.

The St. Mary’s New Horizon
Mass Choir will celebrate their

Ninth Anniversary at 3 p.m., Sun-
day, Nov. 9. Witness for Christ will
be presented in concert.

York Memorial AME Zion
Church will hold appreciation ser-
vices to honor their pastor, Rev.
Charlie O. Caldwell, Nov. 9-16.
Services will begin at 7:30 p.m.
nightly and 6 p.m. on Sunday.
Scheduled to participate in this cel-
ebration: Monday - Rev. Blake
Phillips and English Chapel; Tues-
day - Bishop T. L. Davis and Pro-
gressive; Wednesday - Rev. Sidney
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REUNION

Were YOU one of the thousands of teenagers who participated in this celebrated

dance show on WRAL-TV5 in the '5Qs, ‘60s or ‘70s? Then you're invited to the

Teenage Frolics Reunion with

The event will be held Saturday,

November 29, from
2:30 pm at

Studios,

Raleigh, NC. The Teenage Frolics

Reunion will be taped for air on

WRAL-TV5 in December

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by the week of Nov. 11

ity; Friday - Rev. Howard Parker
and Sycamore Hill; and, Sunday -
Rev. Rosie O’Neal and Koinonia.
An Appreciation Benefit Dinner
will be held in the Luther Brown
Fellowship Hall of York Memorial
at 6 p.m. Saturday. The public is
invited to share I this celebration
for this great manservant of God.
For more information, contact
chairperson Johnny Wooten at 757-
1135 or York Memorial at 758-
6077.

New Deliverance Holy
Church (South Lee Street in Ay-
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Progressive FWB Church
Deacon Board will celebrate their
Anniversary at 4:00 p.m., Sunday,
November 2. Special guests will be
Elder Melvin Payton and _Dildy's
Chapel.

Joe’s Branch FWB Church
will hold Quarterly Meeting Ser-
vice on Sunday, Nov. 2. Dr. Allan
Smith will deliver the morning
message. Dinner will be served at
2:00 p.m. Pastor Scottie Rodgers
and the Pleasant Plain United

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NOV. 4, 1997

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The Next Election

Many of our readers may have
thought that they were finished with
elections after the “victory” (sort of)
the first week this month in munici-
pal elections.

That would be understandable. Af-
ter all, the people whose races meant
the most to African-Americans—our
own District C, and the at-large
races—were taken care of.

The balance between those who
generally favored our interests and
those who generally did not was a
more equitable one, without our hav-
ing to expend all that much effort.

The remaining local race of inter-
est to blacks to be decided in the
runoff, that of Kieran Shanahan vs.
Keith Karlsson in District A, was
pretty much out of our territory.

There just aren’t that many black
folks in District A, not enough to get
worked up about, and so the council
will either be deadlocked or go to a
5-4 moderate/progressive lead, de-
pending on what District A decides.

So the election was pretty much
over for the African-American com-
munity.

Not quite. There is another elec-
tion that will potentially have great
interest and consequence for the
black community besides the Nov. 4
general election.

That contest is the one for the
presidency of the North Carolina
Conference of Branches of the Na-
tional Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People.

We hear the amusement out there.
A lot of you are saying, “Yeah, right.
The NAACP has a lot to do with me
in the 90s.”

Well, actually, maybe so. Aside
from the fact that a lot of the folks
talking like that are the same ones
who were ridiculing the idea of vot-
ing in the October municipal elec-
tions, there have been some valid
complaints about the way the
NAACP has performed—or failed to
perform—in recent years.

And yes, the organization has had

its share of scandals and hard times
recently, with resignations, spicy
revelations and allegations of misap-
propriation.

Current NAACP President “Skip”
Alston got his job after State Presi-
dent Kelly M. Alexander, Jr. was re-
moved by the national board for cer-
tain alleged improprieties, which he
continues to deny.

So there is a lot of baggage coming
with the NAACP, it is true.

But consider this: The organiza-
tion was responsible, probably more
than any other, for the eventual de-
feat of Jim Crow in the South in the
’40s, 50s and ’60s.

True, there were others, many
others. But the NAACP was undeni-
ably at the point—before Martin
Luther King, before Malcolm X.

There was a time when mere
membership in the NAACP was
enough to get a person fired from a
teaching position.

And that wasn’t a back-door,
smoke-filled room type of deal, it was
an out-in-the-open requirement,
written into county regulations
across the South.

That more than anything tells
what the NAACP meant to the op-
ponents of black progress at the
time.

There has been a move to make
the NAACP more relevant, to re-
claim the might it once wielded.

In this time when the rights and
aspirations of African-Americans are
under attack from their enemies on
all sides, we need a champion.

In fact, we need all the champions
we can get.

That’s why this election, in which
four distinct personalities are vying
to control this important state chap-
ter of the NAACP, should be of
burning interest to black people.

Read Thursday’s CAROLINIAN
and get in tune with an election
whose outcome could affect the way
we all live in the coming years.

Sistas Took Charge

In between railing about the state
of affairs for black folks in the
United States and North Carolina,
and issuing clarion calls to action for
African-Americans, we thought we

. would take time out to pay a simple

tribute.

Last week, in Philadelphia, Pa.
“hundreds of thousands” of women
(to quote the so-often-used under-
statement of the mainstream media)
gathered for their own statement of
solidarity.

The Million Woman March on Sat-
urday was, by all accounts, a blazing
success. The smoke is still clearing as
estimates come in of exactly how
many women came. And the ques-
tions will probably stay for some
time.

But one thing was clear: the sis-
ters were about business and about
making their own statements to an
America that had grudgingly turned
its spotlight, albeit briefly, on them.

For the most part, they were
black. Some were angry; some were
excited; some forgiving, some defi-
ant.

But all were proud, strong and vo-
cal as they let the country and the
world know that there were some

things that they wanted to talk to
them about.

Those who had suggested that the
women’s side of the march would be
a national version of a Saturday soi-
ree, a chance to show off finery and
socialize with a day off from house-
work, were probably surprised.

They found that they didn’t know
women quite as well as they thought
they did.

In fact, as speaker after speaker
eloquently laid out demands for jus-
tice, respect, and fair play, they may
have come to the conclusion that
they didn’t really know women at all.

Which was exactly the point. The
event was a political, social, spiritual
and emotional event-of-a-lifetime for
those who made the trek. They
didn’t waste it.

It established, for those who may
have had any doubt and forgotten
women’s power in so many move-
ments of the past, that they were a
force to be respected and reckoned
with.

How much of that unity and pur-
pose will be transformed into action
on the local level will remain to be
seen.

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BY TREY BANKHEAD ya i

Have you ever wanted something so badly that you might
kill for it? Ever wanted something so badly you would die for
it?

People that I’ve asked that question of usually give me
this look that says “Okay, he’s crazy.” Still, there have been
a few that actually considered the question for a few mo-
ments, and gave me an answer. They tell me what they
would kill for, and what they would die for. But, strangely
enough, none of those people can tell me what they’re LIV-
ING for!

The thing about it is this: What you're living for, what
you would die for, and what you would kill for, are ALL THE
SAME THING.

Let me put it this way: A few years ago, my wife asked
me to write an obituary. What made the request strange was
that she wanted me to write the notice of my OWN death!

Eyeing her carefully, wondering if she had decided to try
some new violent form of divorce, I wrote the obituary, plac-
ing within it all the goals that I’d wanted, acting as if the
“me” that had died had attained all those goals. After I fin-
ished, she asked me if I was doing anything to attain the
goals my “dead self’ had reached. The question really made
me think. If I died tomorrow, would I be satisfied with the
life I was leaving behind? Had I made any effort to do what |
wanted to do with my life?

The scary thing is, at that moment, I could not think of a
single thing that I had done to accomplish my goals! Some-
how, I had kept putting everything off “until there’s enough
money” or “until I’m ready.” If I had died, I would have died
without ever finding out what my potential was.

Fine...no one knows exactly when or how they will die. I
can accept that. Frankly, I don’t WANT to know how or
when I'll die. It’s out of my hands. But I will definitely have
some say in how | am going to LIVE!

Which brings me to the next part...choosing how I’m go-
ing to live. For me, it was a difficult decision. I had to figure
out what I wanted out of life. I took a good hard look at what
I was good at, and what I enjoyed doing. After that, I did
some research into what fields my interests would work best
in. Interestingly, the choices that came up were law enforce-
ment (my dad’s former occupation), health and medicine (my
mom’s occupation), being a lawyer (my mom-in-law’s occupa-
tion), teaching, and writing. I then made my choices after
looking into each field. I dismissed law and law enforcement
because, in either job, I’d never get to see my wife. I ignored
medical for the same reason.

That left writing and teaching. I took a job as an editorial
assistant with a publisher to learn about the editorial side of
writing, but that job bored me to death. I started writing
poetry and short stories again, which I had done back in
high school and college. I left the publisher and started
thinking about teaching. (I am a firm believer in the idea
that God has a definite sense of humor...I remember swear-
ing, back in college, that I would NEVER become a
teacher...and that’s just where I ended up.)

I set up a plan of action. If I wanted to figure out whether
I wanted to teach, the best way to do that was to actually
teach! I registered as a substitute teacher. Three months
later, I was hooked! Now, over a year later, I love teaching!

The other plan I set up was to improve my writing. I
started submitting articles to papers to get feedback on my
writing style. I got rejected a lot, but my interest continued.
That led to my having this column.

So, what is it that you have always wanted to do? Are you
doing anything to get there, or are you just wasting time?
Look at kids...when they're little, their job is to have fun,
and having fun is their life. When you become an adult, it’s
expected that your job is your job, and THAT becomes your
life. I can accept that, as much as I don’t like it. But, I’m

 

 

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making sure MY LIFE is my job...I’m going to do what I love,
and let that lead me to the life | want.

So many people are unhappy with the lives they have,
and they never realize that it’s their own fault that they’re
unhappy. Me? I’ve chosen to be the captain of my own des-
tiny. Using the skills I’ve been given, I’ll chart my own life’s
course, and accomplish those goals which will better me and
other people.

Life isn’t always about following directions, going from A
to B to C. But, as I found out, if you don’t have a plan on how
you intend to reach your goals, then those goals will always
be of the type that you'll “get around to someday.” If you
keep thinking like that, that “someday” will turn into
“never,” and you'll look back later and ask “what if?”

SUCCESS
By Junious Ricardo Stanton

 

NNPA Feature Column

“Anytime you see someone more successful than you are,
they are doing something that you aren’t.” Malcolm X

Do you ever look around and see others achieving their
goals and attaining success while you are stuck on a dime
unable to do, be or have your heart’s desires? Perhaps it is
because as Malcolm said, “they are doing something you
aren't.” Perhaps they are working longer, harder and
smarter. Perhaps they have self-confidence and believe in
their goals and you don’t. Maybe you are not taking full
advantage of all your assets.

Sit down and take an assessment of your goals and aspi-
rations and the things you have done to bring them into
reality. It’s gut-check time, a time to be honest with yourself.
By being honest I don’t mean being self-deprecating or put-
ting yourself down. I mean examining what you’ve done or
haven't done, how you did it and determining whether or not
you have it your best. Look at your actions or inactions and
in hindsight determine if there was anything you could have
done better.

Life is what you make it! It’s like baking a cake or pie. If
you want the best results you have to put in the best ingredi-
ents. What are the ingredients of success? Success is defined
as the attainment of a worthy goal. Hopefully your goals are
your own and what you define them to be. To be truly happy
you must live your own life and be who you were created to
be! Goals can be as varied as the number of people on this
planet. For a toddler, success may be tying his or her shoes.
For a six-year-old it may be walking to school all by him or
herself. For you it may mean opening your own business or
weathering the storms, working things out and remaining in
a fulfilling relationship.

To be successful you first need a goal or an objective,
something you want to accomplish. You have to envision it
(see it clearly in your mind’s eye) and charge this vision with
enthusiasm, optimism and commitment. It must be more
than an idle wish or a daydream. You must invest yourself
into it!

Next you must formulate a working plan. How are you
going to accomplish what you desire to do? Who will you
need to assist you? What skills, training or resources will
you need? No one makes it alone. No one does anything
entirely for him or herself. We all benefit from the attain-
ment of worthwhile goals. That being the case, we must
work with others to accomplish our goals. We need support
as well as resistance to attain our objectives. Both support
and resistance are crucial to every endeavor, Support gives
us the added push and encouragement we need. Resistance
and obstacles test our mettle, they force us to dig deep
within ourselves and tap into our inner core of talent,
strength and diversity. The life/success process demands we
interact with others and persevere to overcome adversity.

Visions, dreams, enthusiasm, support and resistance
mean nothing unless we are willing to commit to action. Our
rewards (outcome) are always directly proportionate to our
output (the energy, time and commitment we invest in our-
selves and our goals). We all have 1,440 minutes in a day, no
more, no less. In that regard we are all equal. What we
accomplish is directly proportionate to how efficiently we use
our time, energy and resources. How do you use your time?
Do you waste valuable time procrastinating? Are you para-
lyzed by fears which prevent you from doing the things you
know you need to do? Are you unwilling to ask for help or
advice? Do you make the same errors over and over again
without learning the inherent lessons within each situation?
Do you effectively leverage your resources? Do you get the
most out of yourself and your assets? Do you know how
blessed and wealthy you really are?
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SEVEN MINDS

1. Mind your tongue. Don’t let it
speak hasty, cruel, unkind or
wicked words.

2. Mind your eyes. Don’t permit
them to look at degrading books,
pictures, or objects.

3. Mind your ears. Don’t let them
listen to evil songs or words.

4. Mind your lips. Don’t let
strong drink enter your mouth.

5. Mind your hands. Don’t let
them do evil to others.

6. Mind your feet. Don’t let them
follow in the footsteps of evil.

7. Mind your heart. Don’t let the
love of sin dwell in it. Ask Jesus
Christ to make it his throne.

HOW TO JUDGE A GREAT

CHURCH

What does it take to make a
great church?

Not soft seats and subdued light,
but courageous leadership

Not sweet tones of the organ, but
sweet personalities.

Not tall towers, but lofty vision.

Not a big budget, but big hearts.

Not money received, but service
rendered.

Not large membership, but God’s
presence.

Not what it has done in the past,
but what it is doing for Christ now
and in the future.

SOME SOURCES OF
SATISFACTION

1. Be alone and silent for half an
hour each day.

2. Smile at someone.

3. Pray for someone.

4. Make love to somecne.

5. Read a book or newspaper in
your favorite chair.

6. Buy something wildly extrava-
gant for yourself and for your
spouse or friend.

7. Do a job well.

8. Complete one task that has
been burdening you for a long time.

9. Run your first mile.

10. Take off excess weight and
keep it off.

 

 

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11. Get rid of a bad habit and
keep it through iron discipline.

12. Take up a good habit and
keep it through iron discipline.

13. Help someone with a prob-
lem.

14. In the company of others,
praise a fellow worker for a job well
done.

15. Write a thank-you letter to a
person who changed your life.

16. Give some of your time to
your church and do not expect
thanks in return.

17. Give flowers to someone
whom you admire and respect.

18. Take a course that improves
your skill.

19. Praise someone’s moral
strength, understanding, personal-
ity, work or appearance.

JESUS’ PRAYER PATTERNS

“He Himself often withdrew into
the wilderness and prayed” Luke
5:16

Communication is vital to any
relationship: parent and child, hus-
band and wife, employer and em-
ployee, coach and athlete. And
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showed us the importance of com-
munication. The Gospels tell us of

nearly 20 occasions when He
prayed to His heavenly Father. He
prayed in different circumstances:
at His baptist (Luke 3:21), during
brief rests from ministry (Luke
6:12), before raising Lazarus (John
11:41). And He prayed for different
things: for guidance (Luke 6:12-13),
to express His desire to do His
Father’s will (Matthew 26:39), to
give thanks for food (John 6:11).
Jesus was a prayer warrior. Here
was God himself in the person of
the Son, the One in whom all the

power of the universe dwelt, yet He

turned to God the Father in
prayer. As hard as that may be to
understand, its lesson for us is
easy to grasp: If Jesus needed to
communicate with God to accom-
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do we need to pray?
« Think of what you have to face
today. If it is your habit to ask,
“What would Jesus do?” You can be
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would pray first. Let’s make that
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As we attempt to live like Christ,

In action, word, and deed,

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1. Prayer provides power, poise,
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2. To grow tall spiritually, a man
must first learn to kneel.
3. God honors no drafts where
there are no deposits.
4. Prayer is more than asking
God to run errands for us.
5. Keep your chin up and your
knees down.
6. God is never more than a
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Gov. Tackles Work First Transportation Woes

Gov, Jim Hunt is bringing to- leaders from across the state this
gether more than 500 community week to help solve transportation

develop partnerships with other
community leaders to solve this
problem.”

Work First, North Carolina’s
welfare reform initiative, requires
welfare recipients to get a job—
paid or unpaid—or be in short-
term job training within 12 weeks.
From July 1995 to September, the
program has put more than 44,900
welfare recipients into the work-

problems for Work First partici-
pants who are trying to move off
welfare onto jobs.

“We want to have every able-bod-
ied welfare recipient in North
Carolina working or in job training
by the year 2000,” said Hunt. “One
of the greatest obstacles facing
Work First participants is getting
reliable and affordable transporta-
tion. We want county officials to

participants don’t have reliable

transportation to get to work, Hunt call to local governments, schools,

has directed the N.C. Department community groups and churches to
think and act creatively to address

of Transportation and the N.C. De-
partment of Health and Human the transportation needs of welfare
recipients, organizers say.

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nual convention at the) North
- Raleigh Hilton Oct. 30-Nov. 1,
while the theme may be “NAACP:
And Still We Rise,” the question on
everyone’s lips will be “Who's next
president, and where will he take
us?”

Melvin “Skip” Alston, the current
state conference president ap-

—OCT. 29 - NOV. 4, 1997

sca Who Will Be Next State NAACP President

pointed last May after several
months as interim, hopes that con-
vention delegates will give him a
vote of confidence beyond his three
opponents—District 8 Director
Min. Curtis Gatewood of Durham.
Charlotte Branch PAC chair Terry
Belk, and Duplin County Branch
President Jesse Smith.

That election is slated for the
last day of the conference, and ob-

servers say it’s shaping up to be a
tough contest, with Alston’s oppo-
nents pushing the: notion that
membership statewide “wants a
change.”

Alston maintains that he hasn’t
been in office long enough to fully
develop his vision for the state con-
ference, and should be given that
chance.

The state convention will open

Thursday, “Religious Emphasis
Day” at Raleigh’s Wake Chapel
Baptist Church, with registration,
an opening ceremony, memorial
service, luncheon, and workshops
dealing with strengthening ties be-
tween the NAACP and the black
church, and countering racial ha-
tred.

The first legislative session will
be held for adult and youth del-

 

egates starting at-6 p.m., followed

by & public mass meeting at 7 p.m..
On Saturday, Nov. 1, NAACP

youth continue their programs

with a youth advisor breakfast.

' Adult NAACP delegates and

members that day will hold an
NAACP women’s power breakfast
at 7:30 a.m., followed by a business
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Ellyn Bache is the white novel-
ist. Karen Parker is the black pio-
neer whose story Bache touches on
in her novel, The Activist’s Daugh-
ter about a white girl from D.C.
who gets a firsthand look at the
early civil rights movement when
she enrolls at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill in
1963.

That was the year Karen Parker
became the university’s first black

oman undergraduate. That was
yhe year Karen realized the idea of
college life she’d gleaned from the
fhovies—“that it was about ser-
enades beneath the windows of the
dorm and ivy on the columns”—
wasn’t precisely accurate.

Instead, Parker arrived in
Chapel Hill and was lodged, alone,
on the top floor of her dorm. She

    

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waited and waited for her room-
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Finally she realized that no white
girl was going to be assigned to live
with her. And when, later, a white
friend finally did move in to keep
Parker company, the girl was pun-
ished for the “infraction.”

As today’s crop of college stu-
dents settles in for a new year,
both Bache and Parker are glad
that they’re able to tell the story of
a “bygone” era that passed only a
generation ago.

“When I first started working on
the book,” said Bache, a UNC grad
whose first novel, Safe Passage,
was made into a 1995 feature film
starring Susan Sarandon, “I didn’t
know Karen had been there. I put
a black girl in the dorm because |
was sure there must have been

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some on campus around that time.”

Then the UNC alumni office told
her about Parker, who was a copy
editor at the Los Angeles Times.
Bache phoned for advice and
Parker sent her the journals she’d
kept in 1963.

In the finished version of The
Activist’s Daughter, Bache tells
parts of Parker’s story through the
character of Emily Moses, the fic-
tional “first” black undergraduate,
who’s also assigned a room alone in
the crowded dorm.

“The main character in The

Activist’s Daughter is a white girl about all this time. She comes of Said
named Beryl Rosinsky who goes to 8° about civil rights and other in- say, ‘Can't you just s
school in the South because she ‘ividual rights just as the country I under

knows it will annoy her mother,
who’s a civil rights activist,” said
Bache.

“At 17, all Beryl understands is
that her mother goes to jail and
gets her picture in the paper and is
generally an embarrassment. But
in Chapel Hill she experiences
firsthand how people like Emily
are treated—and she realizes she’s
“different” herself because she’s
Jewish and dark-complected and
from out of state.

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