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Crosby Scholars implementsnew program that hasstudents AAMPED up!

On April 28 the WAKE UPWinston Community Aware-ness Block Party shut downfifth street from 4 p.m. to 8p.m. The celebration includeda variety of vendors, non-profitorganizations, face painting,funnel cakes, the beloved DippinDots and of course a live DJ tokeep the party jumping.

A few hundred people madetheir way to the festivities, evena few celebrities. Clarence Hen-derson, original Woolworth Sit-In student and North CarolinaAgricultural and Technical StateUniversity Alumnus, was thehonorary guest of the evening.

Activist and co-founder of hiphop group Public Enemy, Pro-fessor Griff, was the featuredguest speaker.

Eliza’s Helping Hands, Inc.,The Cool Program, and Com-munity Intervention and Educa-tional Services organized the event.

Kenya Thornton, ExecutiveDirector of Community Inter-vention and Educational Serv-ices, played a pivotal role in theplanning of the block party.

“This was my first time or-ganizing an event of this scale.I was nervous when I contactedProfessor Griff because I’ve nev-er spoken with a celebrity before.Although it was a successfulevent it was definitely a learningprocess.”

The focus of Thornton’s agencyis to support and empower fam-ilies and individuals in need ofadvocacy and quality supportservices stemming from crises.

“We work with the courts,defenders and victims of mentalhealth and substance abuse. Sowe wanted to do something toparticularly bring the black andLatino community out,” saidThornton. “After today we hope

that people will be more sociallyaware of things that are goingon in the community. Hopefullysomething stuck out to themto make them more consciousabout what they eat, race, poli-tics, religion and faith opposedto us just out here winging be-cause everyone has a purpose.”

Scott Best, executive directorat H.O.P.E. of Winston-Salem,passed out pamphlets and in-teracted with attendees for theentirety of the event.“What wedo is provide nutritious lunchesand bags of fresh produce tochildren and families of needall throughout Winston-Salem,”said Best. “We deliver to 26

The Crosby Scholars Programhas implemented a new studentenrichment program that targetsAfrican American male studentsin Winston-Salem/ForsythCounty Schools - AfricanAmerican Males Pursuing Ed-ucational Dreams, AAMPEDfor short, offers workshops andsupport in an effort to createmore intentional relationshipswith these students.

Crosby Scholars Presidentand CEO Mona Lovett wrotea proposal to the United Wayin hopes of acquiring a grantto target the underrepresentedstudent population. AAMPED,now in its second year, was putin place to recruit and retainmore African American males.

“The African American malewas a group that we needed tofocus more on,” said Lovett.“We believed we could connectwith those students throughtargeted programming so theywould have a connection toCrosby and actually feel a partof this program.”

Richard Watts and James Jes-sup were summoned to executethe duties of AAMPED Co-ordinator and Outreach Spe-cialist, Watts the former andJessup the latter. Watts is theformer principal of Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy,receiving principal of the yearhonors in 2011. Jessup is theformer director of Camp Clutch,a character education, and men-toring program for under-servedyouth in the city of Winston-Salem.

“We want our students toknow that Crosby Scholars isbeneficial to them. Through usthey have a brother, friend, sup-port system that they can callon for advice, in regards toschool, community and home,”said Watts.

Watts and Jessup focus onall-in schools where they receivemore support: Winston-SalemPreparatory Academy, CarterG. Woodson, Wiley, Flat Rock,Philo and Carver.

AAMPED provides studentswith an open space to discusscharacter development, drugprevention, manhood, and fi-nancial literacy.

“We’re seeing that the reten-tion rates of African Americanmales at these all-in schools arehigher than that of otherschools,” said Jessup. “We seethem on a very regular basis,getting to know their story, andwhat it is they struggle with.We know their strengths andsuccesses as well as their weak-nesses and failures. Not onlydo we know what schools they’reinterested in going to, but weknow what it is they want tostudy, and we help navigatethem towards those things.”

By no means are theAAMPED relationships limitedto the classroom.

“We also do college tours,outside of traditional hours,we’re trying to take our youngmen as far as we can get them,”said Jessup. “We’ve traveled toElon, UNCG, and NC A&T.We want to get them on the

Kenya Thornton

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Guest speaker Professor Griff

WAKE UPWinston

We are into the fifth month of 2018. Themonths are passing by swiftly. As I reflect onthe things I've done over my 55 years on theplanet, I realize that the seeds I planted earlierin life are now bearing fruit.

I remember when our son started collegefour years ago. While I was excited for him, Iwasn’t sure how we would pay for his education.I looked around at what I had-- which was mypeanut product. Please don’t underestimatewhat you have.

As the old folks used to say, "it’s not whatyou have, but what you do with what you have."

You and I have the ability to plant seeds. Plantas often as you like because you never knowhow well they will grow. The seeds I plantedwere the desire to sell more products to meetmy goals. Some days it looked like I was notgoing to make it, but I continued to create newways to sell my products. Within the last fouryears, my business has grown to levels beyondmy expectation.

When you plant your seeds, don’t spend a lotof time wondering when they will grow. Believein yourself and know that your work will notbe in vain. Today, I encourage you to plant

more seeds. Plant on the sunny days and therainy days.

My son, Daniel, will graduate from collegedebt free on May 12, 2018. I recall a timewhen my brother told me that I would not beable to pay for my son's education. I know hemeant well, but that was his opinion. Insteadof getting upset, I used my energy to plantseeds. I planted on the sunny days and therainy days. Let the naysayers nay. One day youwill look up and see your seeds working onyour behalf.

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REGINALD "REG THEBARBER" TYRONE

ATTUCKS,SR.Dec 24, 1948 - Apr 21, 2018

Reg “The Bar-ber”, was bornDecember 24,1948, in Win-ston-Salem, NCto Catherine At-tucks Cheatham

and the late Jesse Attucks Sr. Hedeparted this earth on Saturday,April 21, 2018.

Reginald graduated fromAtkins High School in 1967then attended Harris Barber Col-lege and Russell’s Business Col-lege. He joined the US MarineCorps and served in Vietnamalong with his brothers. Reginald’sbarber career spanned more than40 years which included ImperialBarber Shop, Sander’s BarberShop, and Variety Cuts. He wasalso owner and operator of Var-grave Hair Design, retiring in2016.

He was proud to be a Masonfor many years in the James H.Young Lodge #670 and was anHonorary Past Potentate ofSethos Temple #170.

He was preceded in death by

his father Jesse Attucks Sr. Hismemories will always be cherishedby the love of his life, his devotedwife of 30+ years, Wyvonia At-tucks; mother, Catherine A.Cheatham; two children, Kim-berly (Trib) Williamson Jr. ofCharlotte, NC; Reginald (Carla)Attucks II of Winston-Salem;one granddaughter CarolynWilliamson of Charlotte, NC;brothers, Richard (Patricia) At-tucks of Winston-Salem; Jesse( Joyce) Attucks Jr. of Covington,GA; sisters Carolyn Attucks andPatricia Douglas of Winston-Salem; and a host of nieces andnephews. He was a beloved hus-band, father, son, grandfather, fa-ther-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, and a friend to many.

Special thanks to the doctorsand staff of Hospice of Win-ston-Salem for all of your care.

A celebration of life was heldSaturday, April 28, 2018,visitation,was at Greater Faith DeliveranceCenter,520 Glenbrook DriveWinston-Salem, NC 27101. In-terment followed in EvergreenCemetery with military rites.

Masonic Rites were given Fri-day evening, April 27, 2018 atHooper Funeral Home.

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Historic Preservation Monthis being observed in May withlectures, tours of historic sites,the unveiling of a new localhistoric marker and more.

On May 19 the  ForsythCounty Historic ResourcesCommission will unveil a his-toric marker at 2 p.m. com-memorating the Silver Hillcommunity, an 1880s African-American neighborhood builtby tobacco workers and domesticservants. The unveiling will beheld at the corner of CarolinaAvenue and Holiday Street.

Other events during themonth include walking tourson May 9 on the history ofAfrican-American businesses.The tours will start at the cornerof Patterson Avenue and Sev-enth Street at noon and againat 2 p.m., and are hosted by theWinston-Salem African Amer-ican Archive.

On May 17, the commissionwill host a sanctuary tour andpresentation at 1:30 p.m. onthe history of Home MoravianChurch at 529 S. Church St.

And on May 31, the com-mission will host tours of twohistoric houses in the Wash-ington Park neighborhood.From 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. theCicero Francis Lowe house at204 Cascade Ave. and the Bur-ton Craige house at 134 CascadeAve. will be open to the public.

Also during Historic Preser-vation Month:

• Old Salem will hold a“lunchtime lecture” at noon May25 on the virtual 3D exhibit ofOld Salem’s “hidden town,” inthe James A. Gray Auditoriumin the Old Salem Visitors Cen-ter, 900 Old Salem Road; andthe Moravian Archives will offera lunchtime lecture on archivalresources for local historicpreservation and restoration, at12:15 p.m. May 10 in the ArchieK. Davis Center, 457 S. ChurchSt.

• Preservation Forsyth willhost two “Historic House Ram-bles,” May 2, 5 -7 p.m. at theMaxwell House, 111 N. SpringStreet; and May 16, 5 - 7 p.m.at the Conrad-Starbuck Houseand the Rogers House, 102 &118 S. Cherry St.

• In Kernersville, the Kern-ersville Historic PreservationSociety will offer self-guided

walking tours of the KernersvilleHistoric District, May 19 from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kern-ersville Museum, 127 W. Moun-tain St.; and Korners Folly willhold a reception and behind-the-scenes look at interiorrestoration, May 22 from 5:30-7:30 p.m., 413 S. Main St.,Kernersville. Tickets are $12;attendance limited to ages 21& over.

• Reynolda House Museumof American Art will host afree tour of the Reynolda Housegrounds as they existed 100years ago, at 2 p.m. May 25,starting at the greenhouse.

• The Rural Hall HistoricTrain Depot and Railroad Mu-seum will hold a 130th an-niversary celebration from 11

a.m. to 6 p.m. May 19 at 8170Depot St., Rural Hall; and theRural Hall Historical Museumwill hold an open house from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 19 at145 Bethania St., Rural Hall.

• Bethania will host a freeguided walking tour of historicbuildings at 10 a.m. May 12; aguided walking tour of the his-toric Black Walnut Trail at 10a.m. May 26; and a lecture on“Remembering Daniel Boonein Bronze and Stone” at 11 a.m.May 26; all at the BethaniaVisitors Center, 5393 HamHorton Lane, Bethania.

• Salem College will hostpresentations by its historicpreservation and public historystudents at 6 p.m. May 1 in theClub Dining Room of the Re-

fectory, 601 S. Church St.• The Lewisville Historical

Society will hold a wine-tastingfund-raiser to benefit restorationof the historic Nissen House, 3to 5 p.m. May 5 in ShallowfordSquare. Tickets are $35.

• The New Winston Museumwill host a panel discussion onhistoric hotels, at 5:30 p.m. May9 at the Brookstown Inn, 200Brookstown Ave.

For more informationabout Historic PreservationMonth events go to CityofWS.org/HRC or contact MichelleMcCullough at 336-747-7063or  michellem@cityofws.org.  Historic PreservationMonth activities are presentedand coordinated by PreservationForsyth.

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campus to see college ‘for real’.There are many levels to whatwe do, but the idea is to tryand open up their worlds asmuch as possible.”

Watts and Jessup have beenextremely successful in estab-lishing meaningful and long-lasting relationships with theirstudents. Many of the studentsknow them by name and lookforward to AAMPED pro-gramming.

“Most of the students haveour emails, and every time wemeet with them we leave themwith our business cards, so what-ever pops up hopefully they’llreach out to us,” said Watts.

AAMPED, although in its

sophomore season, is swiftlymaking a name for itself. Jessupsees it becoming a householdname in the triad area in thenear future.

“The one thing we’re tryingto do is create a culture ofAfrican American males inCrosby Scholars who are activefrom sixth grade all the waythrough and beyond 12th gradeand creating a college mindsetthat doesn’t appear to be present,at least by the numbers. Wewant to make that a norm anda reality.”

AAMPED also provides out-reach to parents. They are invitedto programs that educate themalong the way about the process

so that they’re learning withtheir student too as they preparethem for college.

Jessup, Lovett and Watts de-scribed the program as “im-pactful, empowering and inno-vative.”

“When people think of CrosbyI want people to think of AfricanAmerican males who are focusedon their grades and interested inpursuing their dreams,” saidLovett. “Whether it’s a two-yeardegree or a four-year degree,they’re serious about it. Whenpeople ask where can I find theseyoung men - they’re going to bein Crosby Scholars.”

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different sites, about 1,200lunches every Sunday and about300 bags of fresh produce. We’reout here tonight to try to getthe word to the communityamong all these other changemakers.”

The president of the John W.Paisley Senior High SchoolAlumni Association, DothulaBaron, stood proud in her Paisleyhunter green, white and yellowas she represented her alma mater.

“We represent the classes

from Paisley that graduated be-tween 1962 and 1968 and ourpurpose is to support the schoolthat is presently there, PaisleyIB School, but also the Boston-Thurmond area. We really wantto make sure that the communityand the school that we attendedyears ago is well kept.”

Guest speaker Professor Griffis also an author and educator

although many know him forhis musical past. The jam-packedevening put him at a loss forwords.

“Today people felt a lot ofthings, happiness, sadness, anger.People were here exchangingcultures, buying from one another,certain things are being passedon - what part of the Englishlanguage could you use to de-

scribe that? It’s indescribable.”Professor Griff is hopeful for

the future but he knows hecan’t fight this fight alone.

“There is no next step forour people there are next steps,

they have to happen simulta-neously,” said Griff. “We haveto put together those peoplethat are like mind in order tocreate some kind of self-defenseforce that’s going to protect us.

There enough wealth on thecontinent between our brothersand sisters to exchange. It startswith us.”

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