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GREENSBORO CHAPTER |
December 14, 2007
(In connection with the Lastraw (pronounced last straw) and Aglaphons Inc.)
When: Friday December 21, 2007 Time: 3pm to 4pm
Where: Glenwood Branch Greensboro Public Library
1901 W. Florida Street
Greensboro, NC 27403
336-297-5000
Re: Tim Greene, a self taught filmmaker with branch offices in Hollywood, Charlotte,
and Philadelphia, of Hip Hop For A Better World Motion Pictures (distributed
domestically and in over 21 countries via a full service script to screen film
production company specializing in niche films for the next generation of film
viewers) will hold free film-making workshops for kids and adults during his
15-city “Kids For A Better World” food drive tour kicking off in
New York City on December 15th to Los Angeles to help out families in need.
Sponsors include Beryl Wolk and Philly Native Clothing Company, and Tonya-E’s
“Stop Cussin’ Campaign”. A can good is required to gain access
to each event. “It’s my way of giving back and meeting the audience
that supports me and my Hip Hop films. I tour and give back all year around,
but the holidays are even more special,” says Greene. To date Mr. Greene
has given out over 320 computer systems to under privileged families around
the globe. He is also teams up with Supermarkets across the country who donate
cases of food and as usual he will give out home computer systems, cell phones
and other
door prizes at most of the events.
The countrywide tour will reach other cities including Philadelphia,
PA, Baltimore, MD, Washington, DC, Greensboro (December 21st) and Charlotte,
NC (Dec.20th), Atlanta (Dec. 22nd), Tallahassee, Fl and Hollywood California.
In addition to the free workshop Tim Greene is also doing a “LiL Homeez”
2 casting.
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August 11, 2004
School started back in Guilford County. The transportation system had a number of problems. Hopefully, they will be corrected quickly.
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August 9, 2004
McGraw-Hill donated 3,000 up-to-date curriculum focused books to us after we requested the donation to provide resource books to residents in the community who needed extra help for their children. At the Gillespie Park Open House, we gave away over 2,000 books.
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Michael Prioleau from the Greensboro Education and Development Council came out with information about the Man-to-Man mentor program, Leadership Training. And he fried the fish for us! Thank you Michael.
Eunice Dudley, From Dudley Products, came out with one of her students to speak to the young ladies about a career in Cosmetology.
Janet McNeil from Guilford Technical Community College came out with information about adult basic skills testing, GED classes.
Ada M. Fisher, 12th District US Congressional Representative on the Republican ticket came out to speak to residents,
Olga Morgan Wright (R) for N.C. House Of Representatives - District 58 also attended.
Monica Joyce Marketing Analyst from Triad Careers / News & Record brought information about job searching on line.
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July 14, 2004
Still haven't heard anything from County Commissioner Skip Alston or Representative Earl Jones. Received a $1,000 Emergency Grant from the Funding Exchange (www.fex.org).
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June 25, 2004
"Freedom Summer 2004 Ride for Justice" ended in Washington, DC. Attended the Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner Justice Coalition Freedom Summer 2004 Closing Reception at the David A. Clarke Law School, University of the District of Columbia.
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June 22, 2004
The Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, and the Greater Baton Rouge pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. presented a Commemoration of the Freedom Rides (1964). We registered people to vote in the avenues and slept over on the Southern University Campus.
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June 21, 2004
In James Earl Chaney's hometown, we attended the graveside memorial service for James Chaney honoring the sacrifices of Civil Rights Activists Chaney, Goodman, Schwerner Justice Coalition. Lunch followed at New Chapel CME Church.
Canvassed downtown Meridian, MS and a low-wealth neighborhood not too far from downtown registering people to vote. Attended the James Earl Chaney Foundation Freedom Summer "2004" Ride For Justices Fortieth Year Commemoration Worship Service at the First Union Baptist Church in Meridian, MS.
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June 20, 2004
Arrived at Tougaloo College. Attended Commemorative Worship Service. Attended "Unsettling Memories Culture and Trauma in the Deep South" Conference at Woodworth Chapel, Tougaloo College.
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June 18, 2004
Arrived in Meridian, MS, home of James Earl Chaney. Next day attended a lunch reception at Jackson State University in Jackson, MS. Met James Allen of Without Sanctuary.
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June 17, 2004
Montgomery, AL and Selma, AL: We registered more voters in Selma, Alabama and walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge the sight of the "Bloody Sunday Massacre."
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June 16, 2004
Joseph E. Lowery spoke to us at the Atlanta Life building and we met up with 15 more Freedom Riders from TX and had our most difficult experience in a low-income area of Atlanta where we canvassed to register people to vote.
Birmingham, AL: Went to the Rosa Parks museum where we toured the Smithsonian style exhibit, then we walked about a block up the street to the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, and interrupted some children having lunch during Bible School. Then we walked up the street and around the corner to the Southern Poverty Law Center and we were able to touch the Maya Lin memorial honoring the sacrifices and successes of the Civil Rights movement between 1954 and 1964 including the names of Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner. We then toured the Civil Rights Museum where I listened to first hand accounts of participants of the Selma to Montgomery March where we are going next.
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June 15, 2004
We arrived in Chattanooga, TN and attended the Unity Group, Reverend Paul McDaniel, Chairman 2004 Freedom Rider Voter Registration Presentation at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Grote Hall, Room 129 from 4:30pm - 5:45pm. Door to door registration at Cityview Apartments, Emma Wheeler Homes, Harriet Tubman Development, Maurice Poss Homes, Westside Apartments. Freedom Summer 2004 Freedom Riders were brought to Chattanooga to plan, organize and execute a city wide voter registration drive, which will function in conjunction with the Freedom Ride, to cover those neighborhoods with historically low voter turnout on a block-by-block and door-to-door non-partisan voter registration drive. Met with a few staff members from the Piney Woods Family Resource Center.
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June 14, 2004
We met with Dr. Joseph E. Lowry at the Atlanta Life building in downtown Atlanta and picked up the Texas kids, Ms. Barbara, and Mr. Rasheed.
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June 13, 2004
Arrived in Columbia SC and attended a vigil in honor of the three slain civil rights workers, Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney at the Modjeska Monteith Simkins Center for Justice, Ethics and Human Rights, 2025 Marion St. (also visited the center during the 35th anniversary tour in 1999). Since then, the house, at 2025 Marion Street, has been renovated and now serves as the offices of the Collaborative for Community Trust. We then canvassed 3 neighborhoods to register people to vote in Starlite and Bluff Estates, off of Bluff Road in Lower Richland. We went to a Catholic Church had lunch, and listened as Cleveland Sellars recounted the horror of the SC State massacre that left 3 students dead and 41 injured.
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June 12, 2004
We arrived in Greensboro, NC, sleeping over on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University, and attended the Installation of the Truth and Community Reconciliation Commission Commissioners. They are charged with the responsibility of researching the truth and separating fact from fiction in the shooting deaths of 5 people and 10 injured on 11-03-1979. Registered 71 people to vote in the Arlington Park area.
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June 11, 2004
We stayed at Howard University's Lucy Diggs Slowe Residence Hall and had our first real opportunity to sit down and talk to Ben Chaney. Ash-Lee, Jared, Sheryl and I, listened as he recounted stories from his childhood growing up with James E. Chaney, his big brother.
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June 10, 2004
Loaded up on this bus after picking up a set of twins, Elaine, and Eileen Arias (28, NY), Cedric Blackmore (21, NY), John Carrion (21, NY), Shavona May (17, NY), and Nashawn Barrow (15, NY) heading for Howard University in Washington DC.
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June 9, 2004
Navigated through New York City on our own back to Ben Chaney's office and met the film crew, John Swartz (Ohio), Jordan Blum (NY), Justin Glatzer (OH), and Igala Josephs (St. Thomas). We went to Brooklyn, NY, picked up Marsha L. Allen, Peggy Henderson, Cynthia K. Abell, Sheron Moss, Anna Disne, Luz Ledesman, Solevad Ledesman, Marael Perez, and Magie Damas, Louis Ledesman, Saul Ledesman, Ron Jurgensen, Kevin Burns, Ray Morales, David Newby, Arnando Bolanos, Jesus Figueroa, Jesus Figueroa, Jr., Roman Rivera, Bruce West, Ruddell Dascus, two RVs, and an ice cream truck.
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June 8, 2004
Arrived in New York, met Ben Chaney, brother of slain Freedom Rider James Chaney, Ash-Lee Henderson (19, Chatanooga, TN), Sheryl Bauerschmidt (29, Atlanta, GA - via New Hampshire) Jared Story (25, Johnson City, TN), Monique Williams, (24, NJ) and Avie Walker, who took us to our residence, Jazz on the Park, where we met Sheila Hardwell Byrd, from the Associated Press.
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June 1, 2004
Encouraged by Ed Whitfield, the members of the M Committee and the Community Dialogue on Education, I joined the Freedom Summer 2004 Ride for Justice traveling from NYC, NY, Washington DC, Greensboro, NC, Columbia, SC, Atlanta, GA, Chattanooga, TN, Birmingham, Montgomery, Tuskegee, Selma, AL, Jackson, Tougaloo, Philadelphia, Meridian, MS, Baton Rouge, LA. The trip ends in DC on June 25, 2004.
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May 26, 2004
Received 2nd set of Blockbuster movie passes. Still haven't heard anything from County Commissioner Skip Alston or Representative Earl Jones
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May 13, 2004
Attended the Guilford County Caucus of Black Elected Officials at Washington Terrace Park 108 Gordon Street, High Point N.C. and spoke with both Earl Jones and Skip Alston about obtaining support for the LaStraw and what we hope to accomplish. Skip made a big production about giving me his home number, cell number, and work number after I told him I emailed him several times. He mentioned wanting to put something in St. James Homes like an after school program in the community center that used to be the day care.
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May 1, 2004
Fruit of the Spirit Holiness Church 1401 South Eugene Street Community Breakfast (A Time to Celebrate - A time to Build Community) 9am - 11am
Became a member of NCYT (to encourage and mobilize the resources of young nonprofit professionals and those interested in promoting the active
involvement of young people in NC's nonprofit sector).
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April 23, 2004
Children's Defense Fund (Founded by Marion Wright Edleman) www.childrensdefense.org (the mission of the CDF is to Leave No Child Behind and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life, and successful passage into adulthood with the help of caring families and communities) - Freedom School (reminiscent of the programs set up in churches in Mississippi during Freedom Summer 1964) /Sprout-Shout Expansion meeting at Haley farm in Clinton, TN. Sprout (Wylie Chen wchen@childrensdefense.org, 202-628-8787) - Student Poverty Reduction Outreach Programs is a student run program of the CDF and organizes students to help families receive public health insurance as well as other critical benefits that can lift families out of poverty including CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program), Medicaid, EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit), CTC (Child Tax Credit) and food stamps.
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March 22, 2004
Attended Science Spectacular presented by Mr. Darryl Baynes, President and Founder of Minority Aviation Education Association (MAEA) during NASA Space Science Week @ Bennett College 900 East Washington Street, Greensboro, NC 27401.
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March 19, 2004
RTPnet Technology Conference - referred by Shirley McClain from NC HungerNet
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March 16, 2004
Attended Summer Foods Training in Kinston, NC for free lunch information for summer enrichment program.
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February 26, 2004
Workshop For Nonprofit Leadership - Worry Free Lobbying for Nonprofits; Joined NC nonprofit Network per Jane Kendall - president NC Center for Nonprofits (www.ncnonprfits.org) (The statewide network for all sizes and types of 501c3 nonprofit organizations and foundations in NC's nonprofit community).
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February 23, 2004
The Beloved Community Center, Jubilee Institute Grassroots History Presents: Remembering and Reclaiming the Village Greensboro Grassroots Black History Exhibit: 50 years (1950s - 2000s)
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February 17, 2004
Joined Gillespie Park, Community School PTA.
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February 14, 2004
Attended "The Gathering" (offered all residents of Greensboro, an opportunity o come together for a time of healing, learning and collaborating to make our city a safer place to live, work and engage in recreation) at the Greensboro Coliseum Pavilion, presented by the Pulpit Forum of Clergy and sponsored by Greensboro Merchants Associations, Greensboro Police Department, City of Greensboro, FAIRWAY Advertising, Entercom Entertainment, Greensboro Coliseum, The Carolina Peacemaker, Chandlar's Florist, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina A&T State University, and Brandon Interpreting Services for the Hearing Impaired.
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January 15, 2004
Thursday Evening, the Community Dialogue on Education, The Hampton Homes Residence Council President and members of the community are addressing the Administrators of Grimsley Senior High School. The neighborhood is part of the Greensboro Housing Authority and the students are bussed to Grimsley over 5 miles away. The Administrators have agreed to dialogue with the community in response to the accusations that the school treats it's low-income students with contempt and animosty. Hopefully, a connection can be drawn between the behavior these children are exhibiting and how they are being treated.
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January 13, 2004
On March 25, 2003, I was invited to sit in with the "Community Dialogue on Education, which meets every Tuesday at 7:30AM to disscuss issues involving public education. I was finally able to go and met and dialogued with several members in the community. Nelson Johnson of Faith Community Church, and the Beloved Community Center, Alma Purvis of the Beloved Community Center.Olga Morgan Wright Candidate for the North Carolina House of Representatives, House District 58Richard A. Koritz publisher of Open Hand Publishing, LLC (publishes multi-cultural children's books), Deena Hayes (member of the Guilford County School Board), Ed Whitfield an author and excellent story teller whose work I hope to be posting on the website. Sitting around the table listening to the dialogue among these people gave me renewed hope and focus.
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January 12, 2004
Sat in with Sandra Boren from the Cemala Foundation to discuss the possibility of applying for a Foundation Grant from the organization. While she did not encourage me to apply for a grant at this time, she did appreciate me letting her know that we are there, and the work we are doing in the community.
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January 03, 2004
I sent an email to the LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE, NORTH CAROLINA CHAPTER inviting them to meet with me so we could pool our resources. I have as yet not received a response.
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January 1, 2004
Happy New Year from the Greensboro Chapter We changed our email address to: reapwhatuseaw_2003@yahoo.com
September 28, 2003
Our Summer Enrichment Program finished on a good note with one of my students being offered the opportunity to participate in the "Moving Up Program" offered by his school. While all my students worked really hard this summer I am especially proud of one in particular. The student is the oldest of four children and he did not pass the 6th grade. When I met his mother she did not have two good words to say about him, his school work, or his behavior, and expressed her displeasure in front of him to anyone who would listen. She has lost all ability to communicate with her son on any level. By working with this 12 year old child and his mother we were able to identify the attitudes that made him not want to succeed in school. Educated his mother on the importance of "environment" and it's importance in the education process. Through mentoring, counseling, and daily support meeting we were able to provide an atmosphere that promoted dialogue between mother and son. The mother was able to reassert her authority in the household by using the techniques we provided her with. Such as leading by example. Many of the problems she had with her oldest child were centered around her inability to communicate with him. She parlayed her newly found communications skills into a new job as well.
The success of this mother and son team is what we strive to do which is to create a dialogue between parents and students. When parents take an active intrest in their child's work, children are more likely to succeed. We were able to reconnect a mother with her son and in doing so we gave her a little confidence to make other changes in her life as well. We were also able to provide an opportunity to give two high school students who would not have been active this summer, the chance to tutor younger children and widen the base of role models in these kids life. Now when the children see the High School volunteers and other students their age, they are addressing them with more respect which is in turn altering the behavior of the older children. The change in them is small in scale, because it was only true, but the two girls are more mindful of their attire, what they say and who they are around because one of the children from the Summer Enrichment Program could be any where.
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August 20, 2003
The LaStraw published it's first official website with geocities located at http://www.geocities.com/reapwhatuseaw/The_Beginning.html here you can go to see what the organization has done thus far. In the next few weeks the website will be reorganized with the new format, including goals for the year, and how we plan to achieve those goals, links to nonprofit wesites, and other information about our Greensboro Community.
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July 17, 2003
The Greensboro Chapter of Project 2019 has established a 2,019 "FRIENDS OF PROJECT 2019" program. This programs will allow individuals to support the Greensboro Chapter of Project 2019 so that the Chapter can continue to support the community. Currently, the Greensboro Chapter "Summer Enrichment" program needs your support. You may become a "Friend" by donating money, time, services, etc. to the Greensboro Chapter. Click on the above link for additional information.
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July 14, 2003
The "Summer Enrichment" program students were present at a reading by Omar Tyree. The author spoke to the crowd about the difference in his writing and mainstream writing. He encourage the group to be different, identifying himself as a trendsetting Black author about contemporary black themes that go beyond the realm of what mainstream media finds acceptable to print.
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July 3, 2003
First day of "Summer Enrichment" program. The purpose of this program is to identify the need for additional assistance and answer it and to synchronize the tutoring with the curriculum Guilford County students are expected to be familiar with.
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June 21, 2003
The first Board of Directors meeting for "The LaStraw" was held.
The initial members of the Board of Directors are: Shawn McCrary, Andrea Gilmore, Howrika Carlos
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June 19, 2003
The application for tax-exemption status for "The LaStraw" was mailed.
Because the objectives of "The LaStraw" and "Project 2019" are so similar, the Board of Directors determined establishing a nonprofit and operating the Greensboro Chapter of Project 2019 as a program in the organization.
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May 28, 2003
"The LaStraw" was incorporated on May 28, 2003 fulfilling the initial dream of founder Melva L. Florance which began on November 15, 1999. That dream was to be able to create a nonprofit whose focus would be on eliminating the hindrances that prevent low income students from succeeding.
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March 25, 2003
A group called "Community Dialogue on Education" meets every Tuesday morning to discuss issues involving public education. Those who attend do so as a result of their personal interest in providing a high quality, public education to all children in Guilford County.
You are invited to attend our meetings if you are interest in providing a high quality, public education to all children in Guilford County.
Day:............. Tuesday Mornings
Time:............7:30 AM
Location:..... Faith Community Church
..................... 417 Arlington Street (at the corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Gorrell Street)
We are preparing for our next town meeting to be held on April l3, 2003 at GTCC-Jamestown. We will be discussing plans for that event on tomorrow.
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March 1, 2003
The Greensboro Chapter is enjoying the planning and development stages of what will be a landmark development tool for black students. By focusing on the importance of being able to convey comprehension through writing, the Greensboro Chapter of 2019 has decided to produce a compilation of writings authored by low/no income Black students in the Greensboro Area. The immediate goal is to find a location to house the students as they prepare their offerings. Where they work will determine how many students will submit.
February 21, 2003
The Greensboro Chapter has one official member and three unofficial members thus far. The Goal of the Greensboro Chapter is to
acknowledge the risks associated with low/no income youths, and giving them an opportunity to voice them.
February 20, 2003
Click On "PROJECT 2019 CHAPTER FAQ's" For Information Regarding Establishing A Project 2019 Chapter In Your Church, College, Local Community, City, Etc.