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28410
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Lynice Williams is the winner of a 1993 Independent Weekly Citizen Award. Williams is the executive direction of the grassroots advocacy group NC Fair Share. Williams and her group works to achieve social justice and their work has helped low- and moderate-income North Carolinians find good, affordable health care.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 47, November 1993,
p12
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28411
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Gretchen Durham is the winner of a 1993 Independent Weekly Citizen Award. Durham was one of the driving factors behind the creation of a group home for people living with AIDS. Durham is now the administrator at the Nat Blevins House in North Durham and she works nights for the Centers for Disease Control’s National AIDS Hotline. Her motivations and her impact are detailed.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 47, November 1993,
p13
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28412
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The effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement are discussed in detail. A focus of the article are the relocations of American manufacturing companies to Mexico. Schalge Lock Co. shut down its Rocky Mount, NC plant to move to Mexico and the companies workers are at a high risk for injury or illness associated with the company according to Joan Sharpe. Sharpe is a former Schlage worker and organizer with Black Workers for Justice.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 3, January 1994,
p8
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28413
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The co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW), Dolores Huerta, is interviewed. Huerta talks about organizing with the UFW in North Carolina, unionizing workers, public exposure to farm issues, and working with farmers who practice sustainable agriculture.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 5, February 1993,
p7
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28414
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The most crime ridden neighborhood in Raleigh is the legislature. Crime is a problem in the state and within the legislature itself. Over twenty state lawmakers and crimes they have been accused of committing and the details of each are explored. If the state wants to be tough on crime, it needs to state with those who make the laws.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 10, March 1993,
p7-8, 10-11
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28420
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12 Legislators discuss a bill that would prohibit the teaching or discussion of information that promotes sexual practices that are not lawful in North Carolina. All 12 support the bill and were asked whether they committed a felony under the bill they currently support. When asked, most became angry and said sex was a private matter. The bill would make sex and sex education a public issue.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 10, March 1993,
p9
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28421
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The cultural and family importance of baseball is explored in this personal essay. The author describes the impact baseball had on her, her mother, and her family growing up in Greenville, NC. She discusses the atmosphere of the games and how the sport taught her values. Stories from time spent at around the Elm Street Stadium in Greenville, NC are detailed.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 16, April 1994,
p8-9
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28451
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Members of the Triangle area talk about the problems that many young, black men face, especially violence, crime, unemployment, poverty, and AIDS. Area communities have initiated several efforts to address these serious problems.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 16, April 1994,
p11-15
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28452
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Mab Segrest is one of North Carolina’s best-known organizers against racist and homophobic violence. An excerpt of Segrest’s new work, Memoir of a Race Traitor, is published here. The memoir tells of her work with North Carolinians Against Racist and Religious Violence, organizing against the Klan and Nazi movements in places like Statesville, Shelby, and Robeson County. Segrest’s personal story is also told and how she became a “race traitor.”
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 17, April-May 1994,
p21-25
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28453
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The public access channel in Chapel Hill is being severely neglected. Time Warner is partially at fault for the problem as they are ones who manage the channel. The equipment for producing and broadcasting programs is poor, few locally produced programs are broadcast, and the signal is poor. The fate of the station is uncertain as Chapel Hill and Time Warner are renegotiating the local cable contract and neither group wants to oversee the public access a channel.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 44, November 1994,
p23
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28454
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The 1994 Dubious Achievement Awards are given to local politicians. The awards are given to those state politicians who did not represent truth, justice, or the American Way during 1994. Sherill Morgan, Susan Renfer, David Funderburk, Richard Moore, John Carrington, David Miner, Thurston Debnam, Bobby Ray Hall, Frances Cummings, Chuck Neely, Richard Hammer, Sam Ellis, Arlene Pulley, George Daniel, Charles Beasley, George Hutchinson, and Walter Jones, Jr. all won awards.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 45, November 1994,
p9
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28455
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The drinking culture in Chapel Hill and the area’s changing tastes in beer are explored. Drinkers are now drinking more microbrewered, imported, and craft beers in Chapel Hill than in the past. This change in taste has affected bars and the way college students drink. The opening of Carolina Brewery and these new types of beers are detailed.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 45, November 1994,
p22
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28456
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The 1994 Muslim Youth of North America East Zone Conference was recently held in Durham. 550 Islamic teenagers gathered to listen to mentors remind them what it means to be Muslim and its impact on their lives. The issues that affect all teenagers, but especially Muslim ones are detailed and described by presenters and participants.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 49, December 1994,
p11
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28457
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North Carolina’s laws enable banks to dodge millions in taxes. The Durham-based Institute for Southern Studies and Asheville-based Investigative Reporting Fund have suggested that the state’s bank tax laws need reformed. Campaign contributions, lobbyists, grassroots organizing, influential board members, and a system of rewards and punishments for incumbent legislators have allowed the banks to create a tax system that favors them. A look at the current system and how it could be changed is explored.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 12 Issue 51, December 1994,
p9
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28458
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The creation of the Blue Heron intentional community in Chatham County and the members’ lifestyle are detailed. The community was created for those wanting to live a sustainable lifestyle, preserving natural resources, and living close to nature. The members talk about why they chose to live in the community, how the community has changed their life, how the community was formed, and what the goals of the community are.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 6, February 1995,
p10-12
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