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Aug. 13, 2008
In the News: Community center receives an N.C. Defender of Justice award
by Nancy McLaughlin
A Greensboro nonprofit dedicated “to realizing the dignity and worth of all people” has been named a 2008 Defender of Justice, an award given annually by the nonprofit North Carolina Justice Center.
The Beloved Community Center was chosen as one of this year’s six recipients for the group’s “dedication” to making North Carolina a “fairer and more just state,” according to an announcement Tuesday from the organization, which highlights...
Aug. 9, 2008
We're Not a Gang, Huami explores the history of Greensboro youth organizations
by Herbert Sturdivant and Terri L. Watson
When Huami Magazine spoke with Greensboro mayor, Yvonne Johnson in January, she said that her city was in the process of developing programs to address the increase of gang violence and crimes associated with gang activity. Working with area colleges and community organizations, a “Think Tank” was organized to come up with ways to resolve the problem with youth criminal activity. She stated that in order to fix the problems with gangs, we must change their perception and way of...
Jul. 1, 2008
Sharing the table: Latin Kings work for peace and unity
by Kyle Lambelet
On Monday, June 30th the Beloved Community Center, Pulpit Forum, and area church and community leaders joined with Jorge Cornell and members of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN) to call for peace in the streets and an end to racist policies and practices.
A connection made
Jorge Cornell, known as King J, is head Inca and leader of the ALKQN in North Carolina. Cornell and other members of the ALKQN participated in the BCC's weekly community...
May. 22, 2008
Be Not Distracted: A statement to North Carolina Voters
by the North Carolina Coalition of Civil Rights Activists and Ministers
The people of North Carolina and the nation face massive social problems that must be addressed now. Election campaigns are the only time when political leaders must stand up and say how they will address these problems so we can intelligently choose between the candidates.
Unfortunately, the pattern just before many Southern elections has featured a well-financed last-minute effort to distract us from thoughtfully choosing the candidates best able to address our economic and moral...
May. 1, 2008
The End of Obama-Magic and the Return of Politics as Usual
by Ed Whitfield
Barack Obama's Winston Salem denunciation of Reverend Jeremiah Wright for the audacity of telling the truth eases us back down to the familiar from that magic world where one might be half-black and half-white and where the widening gap between America's increasingly wealthy and the dispossessed darker inner cities is celebrated as progress to be built upon.
Barack Obama calls upon his mixed parentage and success in spite of an unstable youth as signs of new possibilities growing...