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tions. The Durham attorney and former state legislator and transportationboard member announced his bid for governor in 2016 over two years ago.Spaulding told reporters after turning in his notice he would work to bring

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Study:Witnessingdrugs cancause anti-social teensDURHAM – According to Duke

University research, teenagerswho see others drink alcohol oruse drugs may be more likely toengage in antisocial behavior onthe same day. The risk is signif-icantly greater for adolescentswho have a “risk taking” geneassociated with sensitivity tosubstance use exposure. “Past research has shown that

children who grow up in fami-lies, schools and neighborhoodswhere alcohol and drugs are fre-quently used are at risk for be-havioral problems later in life,but our findings demonstratethat these effects are immedi-ate,” said Candice Odgers, asso-ciate professor in Duke’sSanford School of Public Policyand associate director of theDuke Center for Child and Fam-ily Policy.Researchers followed 151 ado-

lescents, ages 11-15 years old.The study focused on teensgrowing up in high-risk neigh-borhoods and allowed them touse their phones to respond tosurvey questions three times aday for 30 days. This distinctivestudy feature allowed real-timereports of what was going on inthe adolescents’ lives. More than90 percent of the surveys werecompleted. Prior studies have relied heav-

ily on daily pen and paper di-aries or asking teens to recallexperiences that happened overthe course of six months to ayear. “We tried to use tools from

adolescents’ worlds to capturetheir experiences, emotions andbehavior in real time,” saidMichael Russell, a research asso-ciate at the Penn State Methodol-ogy Center who collaboratedwith Odgers. “Connecting withkids via their devices provideda unique view into their dailylives and, we hope, more validdata as we were capturingevents, experiences and behav-iors as they happened.”The study authors compared

a teen’s behavior on days whenhe was around people usingsubstances to the same teen’sbehavior on days when he wasnot. This allowed researchers totest whether witnessing sub-stance use triggers antisocial be-haviors. Some of thesebehaviors were stealing, damag-ing property or hitting someone. Witnessing substance abuse

triggered misbehavior for bothmales and females, especiallyfor the 30 percent in the studygroup who carry the DRD4-7Rgenotype. The DRD4-7R is asso-ciated with attention-deficit/hy-peractivity disorder,characterized by novelty-seek-ing behavior and impulsivity.Recent studies have shown thatDRD4-7R carriers may also bemore reactive to conditions intheir surrounding environ-ments, a phenomenon knownas “differential susceptibility.”For example, on days adoles-

cents were exposed to othersusing drugs or alcohol, thosewithout the gene variant weretwice as likely to engage in anti-social behavior, while those withthe gene variant were six times

Legendpasses, buthis storylives on DURHAM – It’s not often that someone

who appreciates and loves history be-comes such a valuable part of it himself. R. Kelly Bryant Jr. was a local celebrity

of sorts – not the kind that crowdsflocked to, but someone that everybodyknew and, even more rare, genuinelyliked. Bryant, 98, passed away on Dec. 6after a lengthy illness, officially becom-ing a part of the history books he loved somuch. Mr. Bryant was born in Rocky Mount,

where he attended high school, beforemoving to Durham in 1941 after graduat-ing from Hampton University with abachelor’s in business administrationwith a major in accounting. He worked atN.C. Mutual Life Insurance Company for37 years. During that time, he said there was a

limited number of jobs African-Ameri-cans could get that weren’t in the serviceindustry, such as waiters, elevator opera-tors, cooks and maintenance people. “When we came to Durham, we found

that blacks were sitting at typewriters,handling money, operating businessesand doing many trade jobs that were notcommon in other communities,” he saidin an interview for the Museum ofDurham History. “I had the pleasure of having Mr. Bryant

as my boss in my first working experi-ence at N.C. Mutual from 1980-1984,”Raleigh resident Gayla Barrentine Parkssaid. “I will always remember his humblespirit and enormous patience and knowl-edge.” Most notably, Mr. Bryant was a histo-

rian. He was an avid champion of equalrights, a lifetime member of the NAACPand was involved in various endeavors inthe community. He helped the city obtaina marker for the historical Royal IceCream Sit-In and studied the old Haytiarea extensively. He also helped preservethe historically black Geer Cemetery. Mr. Bryant had a prominent love for his

community, which in turn earned him therespect of many. The Gateway Bridge thatbegins at the end of Lakeland Avenue andpasses over the Durham Freeway wasdedicated in his name in 2010. “… It’s named after a person that is very

dear to this community and has a lot ofhistory with it. R. Kelly Bryant is Durham;when you talk about Durham, you talkabout Kelly Bryant,” Mayor Bill Bell saidwhen the bridge was dedicated. Mr. Bryant dedicated the better part of

his adult life to preserving the memoriesand telling the stories of African-Ameri-cans in the community, both notable andunder the radar. “C.C. Spaulding… became a leader for

blacks in the south,” he once said. “Iwould (also) imagine that there may besome people still coming to Durham justto see the N.C. Mutual building.” More recently, Mr. Bryant was inter-

viewed about Black Wall Street for theDurham History Hub.“Durham was a place where blacks were

successful down through the years,” hesaid. “People came from everywhere justto see what was happening in Durham.W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washingtoncame to Durham and saw what was hap-pening here, and called it a mecca ofblack business.” You could usually catch Mr. Bryant

thoughtfully speaking of others this way,but rarely of himself. A soft-spoken andcalm man, he impressed people not witha macho demeanor, but with his vastknowledge. In many interviews, he couldjust rattle off dates and names withoutblinking. His anthology of local obituaries and fu-

neral service programs are part of theNorth Carolina Collection at the Durham

By Latisha Catchatoorianlatisha.catch@triangletribune.com

Durham attorney, former lawmakerruns for Democratic nomination

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DURHAM – Having lost nieces, friends andloved ones to violence, Bishop Arnold Harris isno stranger to bloodshed. But on Nov. 7, hesuffered his most painful loss yet. Harris’ son, Santonio Rochelle, was shot and

killed in an incident Harris said is “still underinvestigation.” Rochelle left behind six chil-dren. “It’s a gut-wrenching blow. It (his son’s

death) is a serious knockout because of thesimple fact that I’ve dedicated my life to trying

to help save other children’s lives,” said Har-ris, who said he could not reveal details aboutthe fateful night due to conflicting accountsof what really happened. A Durham native and pastor of God First

People Second Church, Harris knows firsthandthe pain and destruction violence leaves be-hind long after loved ones are laid to rest.Through his ministry, philanthropy and out-reach, he’s trying to change Durham one per-son at a time. As the founder of Stop TheViolence outreach ministry, Harris tries tocounsel individuals and the community-at-

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Raeford doctor Karen Smithnamed physician of the year

RALEIGH – Dr. Karen L. Smith,a family physician committed toproviding high quality, compas-sionate care to rural under-served patients, has been namedNorth Carolina's 2015 FamilyPhysician of the Year by theNorth Carolina Academy of Fam-ily Physicians. The honor is themost prestigious award from theNCAFP, the state's largest spe-cialty medical association com-prised of more than 3,700members.

Smith is the founder of KarenL. Smith, M.D., P.A., Family Med-icine in Raeford. She acceptedthe award in Asheville in front ofhundreds of family physiciansand primary care providers fromacross the state."It is a humbly-accepted honor

to be recognized by North Car-olina's Family Physicians forsuch a prestigious awarddemonstrating the value of fam-ily doctors in all aspects of ourstate," she said. "I am truly fortu-nate to be a change agent, a per-son dedicated and committed tomaking a difference in the lives

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of others. Anything which isdone for the sake of another isan expression of love for allmankind to share."As the physician owner of a

family medicine practice servingone of the state's most under-served and rural counties, Smithwas recognized for her unwaver-ing commitment to providinghigh quality, high touch and ac-

cessible family medicine. Hercare is firmly rooted in the tradi-tions of personalized, compre-hensive and lifelong care.. Smith established her solo, in-

dependent practice in 2003,making a significant investmentinto Raeford through the con-struction of a state-of the-art fa-

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Bishop Arnold Harris is pastor of God First People Second Church in Durham.

Dr. Karen L. Smith accepts her award from NCAFP Board ChairDr. Thomas White.

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R. Kelly Bryant (top) at a Christmas parade for Durham’s black citizens.

Ken Spaulding officially filesfor gubernatorial campaign Continued from page 1A

Group files voting lawsuitElection advocacy groups

have sued North Carolina gov-ernment leaders who theyargue have failed to fix previ-ously disclosed problems as-sociated with helpingmotorists and public assis-tance applicants get properlyregistered to vote.The lawsuit filed Tuesday in

Greensboro federal courtcomes several months afterthe groups wrote electionsand health officials and theDivision of Motor Vehiclesthreatening litigation unlessthey rectified issues. Bob Hallwith Democracy North Car-olina says the state has beendragging its feet.The lawsuit focuses on state

mandates under the federal"motor voter" law. It allegesMedicaid and food stamp ap-plicants aren't being asked ifthey're registered to vote or tooffer them help with registra-tion changes. They also sayregistration applicants at Di-vision of Motor Vehicles of-fices aren't showing up onvoter rolls.

NC Senate candidate list growing The list of candidates offi-

cially in next year's race forU.S. Senate in North Carolinakeeps growing. Spring LakeMayor Chris Rey announcedhis bid three months ago, buthe filed his candidacy paper-work Tuesday at the StateBoard of Elections. The Demo-

crat is among five people nowseeking to unseat Republicanincumbent Richard Burr nextNovember.Rey said he's got the

strongest record in the field,including experience in themilitary, a small town mayorand the operator of a localnonprofit.Other Democratic candi-

dates who've already filed areDeborah Ross and Kevin Grif-fin. Paul Wright and LarryHolmquist are Republicanswho are also giving Burr a pri-mary election March 15.Other candidates filing

Tuesday included DemocratHolly Jones for lieutenantgovernor and Republican JimO'Neill for attorney general.

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Pastor’s ministry is toreach the unreachable Continued from page 1Alarge on ways to handle prob-lems without reaching for agun. “In this community, work-

ing with youth is a seriouschallenge,” he said. “This gen-eration believes in the gun.Right after anything happens,they’re ready to settle it with agun.” Though violence is often

perceived to be an “inner-city”or “minority” problem, Harriscontests it is everywhere, nomatter your economic orracial status. He said it’s glori-fied in music, video gamesand in movies like JamesBond; only the media divi-sively portrays the epidemicin a skewed way. “Murder is murder. Killing is

killing. Evil is evil,” he said.“Media and society defini-tively divides people where itlooks like African-Americansare just killing themselves,and are violent and thuggish.” Harris tries to help out in

any way he can. In the past he

has offered counsel, helpedwith funeral arrangements forfamilies who could not affordthe expenses, and owns a box-ing gym next to his church.Here he offers free training toyouth because he said if hecan get kids to believe in theirgifts, then they will be lesslikely to hustle on the side. Harris said he knows his son

was not always perfect, but hewas still his child. With thismentality, Harris goes forth inthe community comfortingparents and loved ones whohave lost someone to vio-lence, whether their actionsand involvement with thewrong people contributed totheir deaths or if they were in-nocent bystanders. “I think kids who have

messed up get prejudged,(but) it doesn’t mean theydon’t have a good heart,” hesaid. “A lot of times you havepeople sitting around puttingdown the youth, puttingdown African-Americans, put-ting down people (when) they

don’t know their situation.They don’t know if you op-press a person or people ofany race, that they will (resort)to violence.” And though a man of God,

Harris admits that sometimesit would be easier to be a “vig-ilante,” and while predomi-nantly positive, he said it canbe frustrating when he feelslike his outreach ministryshould be more widespread. “Sometimes you feel like

you haven’t put a dent in it(the problem), (like) youhaven’t made a difference,but you can look back at thegreat men (of past eras) wherethey say, if you haven’t stoodup for something, if youhaven’t fought for some-thing… The only way for evilto prevail is for good men todo nothing,” he said. “I knowin my heart that I have con-tributed to people’s lives.” Harris is working on getting

scholarships and prayer vigilsset up in Rochelle’s name.

Legend passes, but his storylives on in beloved booksContinued from page 1ACounty Public Library. Arranged in alphabetical order, these materials span over 70 years andcontain biographical and genealogical information on their subjects. There are 2,500 docu-ments. “A legend. So modest (and) humble. Gone but never, ever forgotten,” Durham resident San-

dra Battle said. “To the family, many thanks to you for sharing him with this community. Awalking historian.”

Study: Witnessing drug usecan spur teen anti-socialism Continued from page 1Aas likely to do the same. “Our findings support the

idea that situations where oth-ers are using alcohol or drugsmay serve as ‘triggering con-texts’ for adolescents’ prob-lem behavior and that someyouth, by virtue of their ge-

netics, appear more sensitiveto these environmental risksthan others,” Russell said. Added Odgers: “These find-

ings provide another piece ofevidence supporting the needto protect young adolescentsfrom exposure to substances.A series of studies has shownthat consuming alcohol be-

fore age 15 predicts a widerange of later problems in-cluding substance depend-ency, involvement in criminalbehavior and health prob-lems. Our findings suggestthat we may also need to pre-vent exposure to others usingsubstances during this pe-riod.”

Smith named North Carolinaphysician of the yearContinued from page 1Acility. Since then, she and herteam have become a keyhealth care link in HokeCounty, providing muchneeded primary care andfrontline medical services tothousands from across theSandhills region. As she has developed the

practice, she's also earned areputation nationally as aleader in health care technol-ogy. Her practice continuallypushes the envelope in areaslike electronic health recordsand practice informationtechnology. Many consider her prac-

tice's technology use to bemodel, and she's been invitednumerous times to share herperspectives on Capitol Hilland within prominent na-tional health IT organizations.Smith's singular aim, how-

ever, has been the care of herpatients and their families.With her practice's motto,“The Power of Touch: Spiri-tual, Physical, and Emotional,”Smith delivers full scope fam-ily medicine and primary careservices. Patients receive care in a

modern outpatient clinic, butalso can leverage Web tech-nology to manage their health

care as well. These are rareconveniences for many ruralpatients. A native of Maryland, Smith

is a 1984 Duke graduate. Sheearned her medical degreefrom Hahnemann UniversitySchool of Medicine in 1989,and went on to complete res-idency training in family med-icine in 1992 at the SouthernRegional AHEC Family Medi-cine Residency Program inFayetteville. Smith resides in Raeford

and is married to MichaelHendricks. They have fourchildren: Marcus, Michaela,Marquise and Mikara.

By Zenitha Prince SENIOR AFRO CORRESPONDENT

State of Marylandfinally submits HBCUproposalIn October 2013, years of

political and legal wranglingreached a climax when Dis-trict Court Judge Catherine C.Blake ruled Maryland had vio-lated the U.S. Constitutionunder the framework estab-lished in United States v.Fordice when it allowed tradi-tionally white higher educa-tion institutions tounnecessarily duplicate pro-grams already existing atHBCUs.The programs undermined

those institutions’ ability toprovide a diverse academicenvironment that could im-prove and ensure their stu-dents’ higher educationsuccess.Maryland “has never dis-

mantled the de jure era of du-plication of programs thatfacilitated segregation — andit has maintained policies andpractices that have even exac-erbated this problem,” Blakeconcluded in her 60-pageopinion.The jurist further mandated

the state and the plaintiff, theCoalition for Equity and Excel-lence in Maryland Higher Edu-cation, enter into a period ofmediation during which theywere directed to negotiateand come up with a remedialplan that would legally ad-dress the state’s protracted vi-olations and eliminate theinequities the HBCUs havesuffered over the past 40-plusyears.The mediation talks failed.

Thus, Maryland and the Coali-tion were tasked with submit-ting individual proposals forremedying the constitutionalviolations and eliminating theeffects of program duplica-tion at Maryland’s HBCUs toaid Blake in making her reme-dial order and final judgment.The Coalition, which com-

prises of current and formerstudents of Maryland’s publicHBCUs —Bowie State, CoppinState, Morgan State, and Mary-land Eastern Shore — submit-ted its proposal on May 5,while the state did not submita proposal until Nov. 20 fol-lowing its failed attempt tochallenge the legal foundationfor Blake’s ruling on appeal.“The Coalition’s proposal

responds directly to thecourt’s findings against un-necessary program duplica-tion between Maryland’straditionally white institu-tions and nearby historicallyblack campuses and thecourt’s prescribed frameworkfor a remedy,” Coalition Pres-ident David Burton said.“Moreover, our proposal pro-vides proven strategies foreliminating the duplicationand promoting desegregationwithout compromising qual-ity of programs, student ac-cess and costs efficiency.”The Coalition’s first strategy

would require the state to re-structure the process bywhich institutions proposeand secure approval for newprograms given the state’scontinued refusal to addressthe matter of program dupli-cation, the court documentstates. The second strategycalls for enhancing the insti-tutional identity of HBCUs inorder to draw students of allbackgrounds and races bycreating distinct program-matic niches, with unique,high-demand courses at thoseinstitutions. The third pro-

posal calls for strengtheningexisting program offerings atHBCUs by enhancing thoseprograms, establishing newjoint programs between TWIsand HBCUs, and revising themission distinctiveness ofMorgan State and CoppinState universities. The first strategy of the

state’s proposal would createa $10 million fund to supportthe development of new col-laborative programs betweenHBCUs and TWIs over the nextsix years. Under this pro-posed strategy, campuseswould jointly submit propos-als for programs that do notduplicate already existing pro-grams at HBCUs, though theycan enhance or build uponsuch pre-existing HBCU pro-grams.The second strategy pro-

posed by the state would es-tablish an Early CollegeSummer Academies programat each of the HBCUs as ameans of exposing high-

schoolers to the “strengths ofthe HBIs’ programs and state-of-the-art facilities.” This pro-posal suggests the curriculafor this program should playto existing HBCU programstrengths.HBCU supporters said the

state’s proposal was anemicand a slap in the face afteryears of Maryland’s failure toabide by the law.“This is not a serious pro-

posal. Not only does it noteliminate any existing dupli-cation, but it makes no com-mitment to preventingduplication going forward,”said Michael Jones, lead attor-ney for the Coalition. “Wewere supposed to be workingfor the last two years on pro-posals to remediate the find-ings in Judge Blake’s ruling.[Instead], they spent threeweeks cobbling this togetherto keep themselves frombeing sanctioned.”

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President Obama celebrates150th anniversary of 13thAmendment to ConstitutionWASHINGTON – Ask Ameri-

cans what the EmancipationProclamation is and most whoknow of President AbrahamLincoln’s executive order willrespond like Howard studentEbony Harris and say, “Isn’tthat the thing that freed theslaves?”But the Emancipation

Proclamation did not actuallyfree the slaves. It freed 3 ofthe 4 million slaves in statesthat were in revolt against theUnion during the Civil War,and it was not permanent.Ask about the 13th amend-

ment, and others responsessound like Josephine Jacob-Cox, a schedule manager forthe New York City Transit Au-thority. “Does it have some-thing to do with voting?” heasked.Actually, this was the law

that freed the slaves.Had it not been for that

amendment 150 years ago,there may not be a U.S. Attor-ney General Loretta Lynch,media mogul Oprah Winfrey,billionaire Robert Johnson,Xerox President Ursula Burns,the Rev. Martin Luther King,Jr. or President Barack Obama.Obama and Congress

paused last week to celebratethe moment 119 white men inthe U.S. House of Representa-tives would r abolish slaveryand involuntary servitude, ex-cept as punishment for acrime.“Today, the issue of chattel

slavery seems so simple, soobvious; it is wrong in everysense – stealing men, womenand children from their home-lands, tearing husband fromwife, parent from child;stripped and sold to the high-est bidder; shackled in chainsand bloodied with the whip,”Obama said in EmancipationHall at the U.S. Capitol. “It’s

antithetical not only to ourconception of human rightsand dignity, but to our con-ception of ourselves — a peo-ple founded on the premisethat all are created equal.”Fredette West, director of

the African American HealthAlliance and the chair of theRacial and Ethnic Health Dis-parities Coalition, expressedher happiness to be a guest atthe commemoration.“This commemoration was

deep and penetrating to thesoul,” West said. “I wisheveryone had the opportunityto be here, but it’s great thatthe media was here so theyouth can hear it and take inthe message that was giventoday.”Although the amendment’s

purpose was to abolish slav-ery, it was also a strategy toend the bloody and tragic fa-talities during the Civil War.For four years, black andwhite Union soldiers werefighting together against therebellious Confederacy, caus-ing over half a million deaths.Fear of more tragic fatalitiescaused Lincoln to threaten tofree all slaves in 1863 with theEmancipation Proclamation.Even after the Senate passed

the amendment April 1864,Lincoln aggressively pursuedthe favor of House represen-tatives who opposed theamendment by bribing them,offering his support in theirpolitical careers and even con-vincing them the amend-ment’s purpose had nothingto do with racial equality. Thefear of granting blacks thesame constitutional rightscaused fear, therefore, creat-ing the constant battle togrant passage of the amend-ment. However, on Jan. 31, 1865,

the House finally passed thebill, with 119 yes votes and 56against.On Dec. 6, 1865, the bill was

ratified, declaring the end ofslavery. Eventually, severalstates began to ratify theamendment to their state con-stitutions, the first being Illi-nois on Feb. 1, 1865.Obama also gave reverence

to the black leaders of thepast who struggled andfought for the freedom all cit-izens of America have todaysuch as Harriet Tubman, Kingand Frederick Douglass. Healso commended Lincoln forbeing the president thatsparked the change.

President Obama speaks during a commemoration of13th Amendment.

AP

By Gary D. RobertsonASSOCIATED PRESS

Deductions for NorthCarolina educators’ group atrisk over membershipRALEIGH – Members of the

North Carolina Association ofEducators could no longerhave dues deducted regularlyfrom their public school pay-checks because the groupwon't disclose its exact size tostate auditors.State Auditor Beth Wood's

office released a report lastweek about membership to-tals of employee associationsor unions with state or localgovernment workers whohave authorized voluntarydues payroll deductions.Wood was carrying out a

2014 state law directing her toverify whether an associationmeets membership thresh-olds to continue deductions.Auditors requested data froma dozen groups. The NCAE,known for decades as thestate's largest teacher lobby-ing group, "refused to providemembership information,"the auditor's report said.The law says NCAE and

other employee associationswith a majority of memberscomprised of public schoolteachers must have 40,000members to qualify for thedues checkoff.This law and a 2012 law that

ultimately was struck down incourt mark efforts by the Re-publican-led General Assem-bly to scale back or eliminatesuch deduction transactionswith private associations -particularly NCAE, which his-torically has aligned itselfoverwhelmingly with Democ-rats.Sen. Ralph Hise, R-Mitchell,

a frequent critic of the duescheckoff, was aware of the au-ditor's issue earlier thismonth. He wrote to State Con-troller Linda Combs about or-ganizations that don't qualify."If they do not, continued

employee-directed payroll de-

duction for their benefit nolonger complies with the law,"Hise said in the Dec. 2 letter. Itappears other teachers' asso-ciations also may fall short ofthe 40,000 threshold basedon the report data.Claire Ennis, a spokes-

woman with the State Con-troller's Office, said theagency would review the re-port and "will take appropri-ate action as dictated by law."NCAE spokesman Tim

Crowley said the group hadnothing to add to the report.Crowley said previously in

recent weeks the organizationdoesn't release membershiptotals. An NCAE website pagelists the overall membershipat 70,000, but an NCAE law-suit challenging the 2012 lawthat eliminated NCAE duesdeductions only identified thegroup as having about 50,000members.NCAE has been among the

most vocal critics of GOP edu-cation policy since Republi-cans took over the GeneralAssembly in 2011. Its leadershave said a large majority ofthe association revenues forlobbying and legislative advo-cacy come from dues. Endingthe automatic deductionswould make it harder forNCAE to retain members.Wood's report also appears

to verify other employee as-sociations have exceededthresholds in the law, includ-ing the State Employees Asso-ciation of North Carolina andSouthern States Police Benev-olent Association.The report does quantify

how many association mem-bers participate in govern-ment payroll deductions. TheState Employees Associationhad the most at just over32,000, followed by NCAE atabout 9,500.

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The education inequality struggle

Early-stage debate in governor’s raceFrom time to time over the

past year, I have written thatNorth Carolinians “have aright to expect a full-throateddebate over education” in the2016 state elections. Now in

the candidacy-filing period, thetime has arrivedto begin actuallymonitoring thetone and texture,content and con-text of the educa-tion debate.Repub l i c an

Governor PatMcCrory has for-mally announced

his candidacy for re-election,and Democratic AttorneyGeneral Roy Cooper hasdeclared his candidacy forgovernor. Though both haveopposition within their ownparty, it is clear that McCroryand Cooper are poised toemerge from the March pri-maries as the two principalcontenders.

At this stage, 11 monthsbefore the 2016 Election Day,the debate is not fully joinedand certainly not full-throat-ed. Still, the ways in whichboth McCrory and Cooperhave opened their cam-paigns offer an initialglimpse into their basicthemes.In an announcement video

that runs just short of threeminutes, the governor sayshis first-term goals were to“fix our government” and “torebuild our state” in theaftermath of the GreatRecession that burdenedNorth Carolina with one ofthe highest unemploymentrates in the nation. In thevideo, which contains a fewphotos of the governor withschoolchildren, McCrorydefines his education goalsbroadly: “improve our edu-cation system, support ourteachers, and help our stu-dents graduate with theknowledge and skills they

need to succeed.”As an incumbent, McCrory

has a record to explain anddefend. The McCrory cam-paign provides its explana-tion of his education recordon its website, in which itrefers to McCrory as“Governor Pat.” The cam-paign puts a special empha-sis on teachers and their pay:“Under Governor Pat’s lead-ership, North Carolina gaveteachers the largest teacherpay raise in the country. In2014, the average salary forteachers in North Carolinaincreased more than anyother state in the nation.”In addition, the governor

embraces key portions of theeducation agenda that arosefrom the Republican legisla-tive majority. The campaignnotes that he signed the lawproviding state-fundedvouchers for low-incomestudents in private schools;that “Governor Pat fundedthe Read to Achieve pro-

gram,” requiring third-graders to meet a readingstandard, or be retained inthat grade for another year;and he also signed the lawdesigned to replaceCommon Core.As the standard-bearer of

the opposition party, Cooperhas the task of critiquing theincumbent administrationand defining a convincingalternative for voters. Heannounced his candidacywith a speech in RockyMount that contained hisown rebuilding theme –rebuilding public educationfrom the onslaught ofRepublican budgeting andpolicymaking. Several dayslater, the North CarolinaAssociation of Educators, thestate’s largest organizationof teachers, endorsedCooper.Speaking specifically of

McCrory, the Democraticcandidate said, “He won’tfind a way to keep goodteachers but he finds a wayto pass tax-giveaways to cor-porations.”I am not one to dismiss

campaign rhetoric, fromwhich you can get a sense ofa candidate’s basic approachto voters. At rallies, in videosand in TV commercials, can-didates attempt to motivatevoters; they speak in broadthematic strokes rather thanpolicy-specific terms. Whatyou learn from the rhetoricso far is the governor’s racewill indeed feature a directclash over education.But there is also a time for

policy-rich speeches andposition papers, and weneed them from bothMcCrory and Cooper. Thereis also a time for in-depthinterviews as well as for face-to-face debates.Issue-laden speeches, may

not motivate voters in thesame way.

This has been a hard yearfor poor children and minori-ty children in a gridlockedand cantankerous Congress.The Every Student Succeeds

Act replac-ing the NoChild LeftBehind Actwas enactedafter guttinga strongfederal rolein educationp o l i c ydesigned toprotect thesechildren, andjeopardizing

their opportunity for a fairand adequate education toprepare them for work in ourglobalizing economy.Over the past 50 years

under the Elementary andSecondary Education Act, toomany states violated theirresponsibility to serve theirpoor and non-white childrenequitably, did not complywith the law and misusedhuge amounts of the fundsintended for poor childrenfor other purposes. With theloss of federal accountabilityin the new Act, I hope we willnot see the mistakes of thepast repeated and poor chil-dren fall further behind.In 1969, the Children's

Defense Fund's parent body,

ance of all children and sub-groups of children by race,ethnicity, disability andEnglish language learnerswith data breakdowns bygender. While states will set their

own goals and timelines foracademic progress, theirplans will require federalapproval. States will berequired to help fix schoolswhere student test scores arein the lowest 5 percent,where achievement gaps aregreatest, and in all highschools where fewer than 67percent of students graduateon time using evidence-based programs approvedby the U.S. Department ofEducation.The act takes significant

positive steps to help stu-dents in foster care who havenot had targeted attentionbefore by state and localeducation agencies.Although public child wel-fare agencies have had obli-gations for ensuring educa-tional stability for these chil-dren for a number of years,the new law helps ensuretheir school stability andeducational success. This should help prevent

students from needlesslychanging schools - fallingfurther and further behindwith each move.

stronger federal accountabilityrole. The new Every Student

Succeeds Act begins a new era,but without needed federalaccountability and relying onhopes that all states will fulfilltheir crucial responsibility toeducate all their children fairly.To ensure we do not repeat themistakes of the past, all of us –every parent, child and commu-nity advocate who cares aboutour nation's future – will have towork very, very hard.It is a nation threatening when

we look at how our children inpublic schools are performingin the fourth and eighth gradesin 2015, and see more than 80percent of black children whocannot read or compute atgrade level. What is a childgoing to do in a competitiveglobalizing world if he cannotread and compute at very basiclevels?There is some good news in

the new act. Thanks to the lead-ership of Sen. Patty Murray andRep. Bobby Scott, working withSen. Lamar Alexander and Rep.John Kline, some of the mostharmful proposals were exclud-ed, including one that wouldhave diverted Title I funds fromhigh poverty to low povertyschools – the portability provi-sion. The new law requires states to

continue to track the perform-

the Washington ResearchProject and the LegalDefense Fund, conducted athorough study of howfunds from Title I of thelandmark Elementary andSecondary Education Actwere being spent throughon-the-ground monitoringand examination of federalaudit reports from states. In our report, Title I ESEA:

Is It Helping Poor Children?,we answered a resounding"no" as states widely usedfederal money as generalstate aid for all their chil-dren without targeting it toeligible children most inneed – sometimes to main-tain still segregated andunequal schools – andsquandered money intend-ed to lift achievement levelsof poor children on thingslike swimming pools in sub-urban white schools.Massive and continuing

state and local violations ofaccountability and poorachievement levels for theneediest children resultedin passage during theGeorge W. Bush administra-tion of the No Child LeftBehind Act with bipartisansupport, including SenatorTed Kennedy andCongressman GeorgeMiller, that attempted tobuild in a much needed

Each time I am confronted with the news of anotherpolice officer killing a black child, I find myself brac-ing to digest a bevy of emotions. There is a profoundsadness that is immediately followed by anger andfrustration that comes from losing another brilliantlife too soon. As a black educator, there is an added layer of com-

plexity to these emotions because I am always ques-tioning whether the death of that child is somehowconnected to some failure of a teacher or a school sys-tem that might have somehow kept that young personfrom being in a particular situation.While a teacher cannot stop a bullet and will never

be able to spend every moment at the side of all of hisstudents, there is an unquestionableimpact that those who teach have onthe lives of the children they see inschool everyday. Beyond basic ele-ments of common sense, it has beenproven that, from a psychological per-spective, having black teachersinvolved in the lives and instruction ofblack students has a positive effect onthose students and their own self-per-ception. Many students in our commu-nities come to school daily facing chal-lenges of unspeakable magnitudes that

black educators are uniquely equipped to deal with.Black educators can often address these challengeseither through relating their own similar experiencesor simply by way of cultural intangibles that stretchbeyond the notion of human empathy. We may notalways be successful, but the one child we are able toreach may be the life we keep from becoming the nexthashtag on social media.As I watched the video of Laquan McDonald being

gunned down by police officers in Chicago, my mindwasn’t simply on his family or that city. Much like thecase of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland – a casewhich, even after a year, seems to have as muchuncertainty surrounding it as it did when he was firstkilled – I thought with great trepidation about theother youth in that city. I could not help but to won-der who might be next, and also to ponder what I andother teachers like me could do next to prolong theanswer to that query for as long as possible.So much of where our young people end up is about

the choices they make. We can all think of a handfulof choices we made, or were influenced by someonein our lives, which proved to be a significant factor inleading us to where we are as adults. The support sys-tem that should exist in our schools is a critical ele-ment toward helping our youth make good choicesthat will give them the best chance at safety and sur-vival. It may not have been able to save the lives of LaQuan

or Tamir, but those are just two unfortunate exam-ples. There is an unfortunate number of countlessother children in our community that are lost to gunviolence and other ills that can be traced directly tochoices. Perhaps I am somewhat naive in believingthis, but I do feel that having more black teachers inclassrooms might be the difference in a young per-son's choice, and that choice might be the differencethat keeps that young person alive.This issue is systemic and one we are witnessing the

effects of nationwide. Too many teachers who arestrangers to our communities are teaching our chil-dren. From Minneapolis to Chicago and beyond, thereare simply too many teachers that approach their jobswith a "those kids" mentality when the key is to viewthem as "our kids." That is a difficult attitude to adoptwhen you are not truly immersed in the fabric of acommunity. There are some cities that have residency mandates

for civil workers, but an alarming number of profes-sionals skirt around that rule by using false addresseswhere they don’t live, or the requirements are nolonger mandated after three to five initial years on thejob. Even in districts where residency requirementsare permanent mandates, those are only marginallyeffective because they still allow for folks who live incomfortable, safe, well-off neighborhoods to ventureinto poorer areas just to "teach" for a few hours, earna paycheck and then return to the comforts of homejust as soon as the day is done. Home for many ofthese teachers exists outside the world our young peo-ple are forced to navigate, and so there is seldom areal connection made there. It is a problem somewhatunique to our communities and one that has had themost drastic effect on our youth.So what is the solution? First, and foremost, we must

avoid looking at this as a problem that only affects Xcommunity in X city. This is something that affects usall, and until we begin to own it with a "we" attituderather than a "them" mindset, we will never approachthis with the requisite amount of passion needed toturn things around. Second, we must understand the importance of edu-

cation as part of the discussion of black lives. If#blacklivesmatter, then #blackminds MUST matter aswell. That means injecting the conversation with dis-cussion surrounding access to quality education andaddressing all institutions (law enforcement, etc.) thatare potential impediments to healthy and productivelearning environments in and outside of classrooms. Third, we must realize and emphasize the impor-

tance of black professionals entering fields that willinteract with our youth. Our children deserve qualityexamples of teachers, school administrators, police-men and prosecutors who look like them. They needthe strongest voices resembling their own to helpguide them as best they can with respect to those lifeand death decisions. We cannot allow our system tofail another child. The price is simply too great.

Take the time to enjoy ‘one more Christmas’When I was a child, I

remember my grandfathersuffering chest pains. He keptputting nitroglycerin tabletsunder his tongue to help withthe pain. My mother and Ialong with grandma and acouple of others sat withgrandpa in the family diningroom area. After his heart pain sub-

sided, he sighed, "I'll probablynever live to see anotherChristmas." Looking back Iremember that he did haveone more Christmas.After grandpa and grandma

died, Christmases were neverquite the same. During thosespecial times together, wethought they would neverpass. It seemed that life andChristmas were frozen intime. To a child, Christmashad always been this way,and I could never imagineChristmas being any differ-ent.We can never comprehend

tomorrow. We hope and wishfor tomorrow, but we don'tfully understand all the

changes that tomorrow willbring. We hope for goodjobs, paid off mortgages,graduation from school,retirement security, and onand on. However, as oneChristmas after another rollsby, so do the years and sodoes life's scenery and thepeople around us. Some people this year will

spend their first Christmasin a nursing home. Some willspend their first Christmaswithout a parent or a spouse.Some will try to get throughthis season without them.Others will try to make itthrough the season unem-ployed or with a recent ter-minal health diagnosis. My wife and I were talking

about how better it would beif her father and my parentsand others that we lovedwere still alive. Christmaswithout them is different. Idon't know what you aregoing through today. Ournation is dealing with a lot.We have terrorism, financialstruggles and lots of stress. Many families are hoping

to just survive the Christmas

season and make it to Jan. 1.Hopefully, you and I willhave one more Christmas. Ifwe do, let's savor eachmoment. Whatever and who-ever you have in your life,please take the time toembrace them and lovethem. Next year could bevery different.Take the time to personally

enjoy Christmas. I realizeChristmas is about giving.We want to see our lovedones smile. However, in thedays ahead, recharge yourbattery a little. Read some Christmas sto-

ries. Watch some Christmas

movies. Reflect on the mes-sage of peace and love deliv-ered to the world in the babyJesus through a peasant cou-ple in Bethlehem. Visit somepeople in the nursing home,the jail or those who are agedand lonely. Connect withsome people through visitsor just the telephone, andsay Merry Christmas. It willdo them and you a lot ofgood.May you have many more

Christmases, but at least onemore, and may it be one ofyour best ever.

Glenn Mollette is a syndicat-ed columnist and author.

OUR VOICES

Has the system failedour youth?

CHARLESCOLE III

FERRELGUILLORY

MarianWrightEdelman

By Glenn Mollette

Chris Koster proposed judicialreforms to curb abusive debtcollection. Taking the opportuni-ty to bring the issue to the atten-tion of the state’s recentlyformed Commission on Racialand Ethnic Fairness, Koster out-lined three specific waysMissouri’s state courts’ rulescould end this financial abuse: 1. Require debt collectors to

establish the right to collect thedebt in court with documentsshowing ownership. 2. Deny the issue of a default

judgment until after a consumerhas received adequate notice ofthe suit and additionally failedto appear at a trial setting. 3. Require debt buyers to certi-

fy that cases are brought withinthe allowed time period with anitemized explanation of fees andcosts sought. “In Missouri and elsewhere,

abusive litigation practices inthe collection of consumer debtsresult in a disparate negativeimpact on racial minorities,”Koster said.On Dec. 7, the Consumer

Financial Protection Bureaufiled a complaint against aMassachusetts-based debt col-lection firm that was reportingand collecting on old cellphonedebts that consumers disputed.Further, the debt collectionfirm, EOS, failed to correctinformation that it determinedto be inaccurate. “After buying a portfolio of

debt, EOS soon learned of sev-eral red flags that raised doubtsabout the debt’s validity,” CFPBDirector Richard Cordray said.“Even so, EOS still proceeded tocollect certain disputed andunverified debts. It is unaccept-able that consumers wereharmed by these practices andthat the company suppliedinaccurate information to thecredit reporting companies.”

Charlene Crowell is a commu-nications manager with theCenter for Responsible Lending.She can be reached atCharlene.crowell@responsible-lending.org.

BUSINESSBRIEFS BusinessRALEIGH CHAMBER• Applications are being

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Ava DuVernay credits Barbies for her imagination and storytelling.

Wright Brothers Day,observed Dec. 17, marks theday in 1903 that two adventur-ous brothers in Kitty Hawk,North Carolina, took to the airfor the first time. It was a modern miracle at the

time and a catalyst for the ageof intercontinental travel. Overa hundred years later, it’s com-monplace for people to flyacross the country. Most of usdo not consider all the prepara-tion and patience it took toachieve this modern feat offlight.Luckily, planning your finan-

cial future is not as daunting aspioneering modern aviation.Social Security has secure andeasy-to-use online resourcesthat can ensure your retirementsoars above the clouds. Thesooner you start planning forretirement, the better preparedyou will be. Just like building areliable airplane, you will needfinely tuned parts that willwork together for you to takeflight.Think of your retirement

strategy as a flight plan thatpropels you higher. We havemany resources atwww.socialsecurity.gov/plan-ners/retire that help you findthe age at which you may firstbecome entitled to unreducedretirement benefits, estimateyour life expectancy and calcu-late your estimated benefits.These tools explain how muchmoney you will need and forhow long — something you canadjust through personal sav-ings, pensions and other bene-fits.You can also get personalized

benefit estimates using theRetirement Estimator atwww.socialsecurity.gov/esti-mator. The Estimator showsdifferent scenarios, like howfuture wage changes or alter-nate retirement dates will affectyour future benefits. Benefitamounts may differ from theestimates provided because:• Your earnings may increase

or decrease in the future.• After you start receiving

benefits, they will be adjustedfor cost-of-living increases.• Your estimated benefits are

based on current law. The lawgoverning benefit amountsmay change because, by 2034,the payroll taxes collectedunder current law will beenough to pay only about 79cents for each dollar of sched-uled benefits.• Your benefit amount may

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plan to retirement may changeover your lifetime. It is impor-tant you understand that nomatter where life takes you, thelong journey to retirement isone of your most importanttrips. With every right decision,you are making your retirementflight plan a success that willcarry you through the heightsof your golden years. It is never too early to start

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Debt collectors target black consumers more.

Popular AvaDuVernay Barbie dollsells out in minutesMattel has officially released

an Ava DuVernay Barbie, whichDuVernay says is a celebrationof the image of black women.Unfortunately the doll, which

is a part of the Platinum Labelcollector’s edition, sold out inless than 20 minutes after beingreleased onTheBarbieCollection.com andAmazon.com. “The only reason I (let Mattel

make the doll) was because ofhow much I was into Barbies. Igrew up in Compton wheresome days my mom didn’t

want us to go outside,”DuVernay said. She added thatstaying inside and playing withBarbie dolls “really sparked myearly storytelling.”DuVernay is the 43-year-old

film director and screen writerbest known for “Selma,” aboutMartin Luther King Jr. The film, which starred actor

David Oyelowo as MLK, went onto be nominated for Best Pictureand won an Oscar for Best Song.She is now working with Oprah

to produce an upcoming dramaseries called Queen Sugar, whichwill air next year on OWN.

BLACKNEWS.COM She is also producing anddirecting a CBS civil rightscrime drama pilot called ForJustice starring actress AnikaNoni Rose.DuVernay says all proceeds

for the Barbie sales will go totwo organizations close to herheart: ColorofChange.org andWitness.org.She posted on Twitter:

“People have really been kindembracing this doll, but it’s cer-tainly not about me. It’s aboutthe image.”Follow her on Twitter at

www.twitter.com/AVAETC.

Abusive debt collectors targetAfrican-American consumers An old adage teaches that one

man’s pain is another’s gain.That is a truism when it comesto the debt collection industry. According to the Federal

Trade Commission, debt buy-ers pay just 3.1 percent on thedollar for defaulted debts.Additionally, 94 percent ofthese debts are sold with orwithout documentation. So why would a business

bother with buying old andpotentially inaccurate creditclaims? The answer is moneyand lots of it. After paying pennies on the

dollar for old accounts, debtbuyers pursue consumers forthe full dollar value shown.Ignoring whether the debt isalready paid or even actuallybelongs to someone else, debtcollection lawsuits have flood-ed courts across the country. Ifan affected consumer isunaware of a legal challenge,default judgments can andhave been entered resulting inwage garnishment, bankaccount seizure and negativeitems on credit reports. This fall ProPublica, a non-

profit news organization spe-cializing in investigative jour-nalism, published a ground-breaking analysis that docu-ments how debt collection law-suits hit black neighborhoodsthe hardest. Analyzing lawsuitsover a five-year period in themetro areas of St. Louis,Missouri; Chicago; and Newark,New Jersey; ProPublica foundthe rate of judgments was twiceas high in mostly black neigh-borhoods in each of thesecities. The report states that “gener-

ations of discrimination haveleft black families with grosslyfewer resources to draw onwhen they come under finan-cial pressure. . . .Collection suits– typically over smalleramounts like credit card debt –fly across the desks of localjudges, sometimes hundreds ina single day. Defendants usual-ly don’t make it to court, and,when they do, rarely have anattorney.”Weeks following publication

of these startling findings,Missouri Attorney General

By Charlene Crowell NNPA

With the holidays upon us,that means most businessesare planning their firm’s hol-iday party or similar type ofgathering. Many businessowners are unaware of thepotential issues that can arisefrom gatherings of this type,and others are aware of theseissues and are looking to bebetter educated on best prac-tices for hosting these eventsso they can limit their liabili-ty and ensure that no prob-lems arise. • You are not too cool to

be sued: No matter how cut-ting edge and “cool” yourworkplace culture is, all firmsare still susceptible to a law-suit. Proceed with caution,and always keep in mind thatcompanies can (and will be)held responsible andaccountable for any incidentsthat occur, especially at com-pany-sponsored events.• The party is an exten-

sion of the workday: Whenincidents do occur, it isimperative they be dealt withas if they took place in themiddle of the office, at leastin terms of interceding vs.letting them continue.Specifically, any incidentswitnessed that meet stan-dards for possible harass-ment or a hostile work envi-ronment must be addressedat that time. Remember thatall attendees in view of anybad behavior are also wit-nesses and possible victims.• Consider setting a dress

code: Avoid having employ-ees show up as if they aredressed for a nightclub bysetting a dress code for theevent. Appropriate attire willhelp remind those in atten-dance they are attending awork function.• Prepare your team to

expect poor behavior:Company holiday parties arethe source every year ofsome of the most inappropri-ate levels of behavior. Themix of alcohol and – wherepresent – music results in adrop in professional behav-ior standards, leading tomore casual and social inter-action among professionals.It is important to keep thingsas under control as possibleso no lines are crossed.Remind your leadershipteam to be on the lookout forpotential issues, and at thevery least be on their bestbehavior.• Hire a bartender: If the

party is being hosted at youroffices, consider hiring bar-tenders to avoid havingemployees serve themselves.This will not only keep some-one with a heavy hand from“over-serving” themselves,but will also make it less awk-ward should an employeeneed to be told to take it easyon the cocktails. The hiredfirm will in most cases alsoshare some liability shouldan issue surrounding alcoholconsumption arise.

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“I charge you to eradicate the world of fear,because in fear we will never succeed,”Saunders-White said. “Soar and be great, for itis not enough to be leaders but also be changeagents. Stand and dare others to do the rightthing every day of your life.”To view a rebroadcast of the commence-

ment, go to www.nccu.edu/live. • Jonathan A. Peeler has been named associ-

ate vice chancellor for facilities management.Peeler will be responsible fordirecting all aspects of the facili-ties and capital projects programon the campus, including plan-ning, land acquisition, landscapedesign, engineering and otherareas. He is a native ofLincolnton, North Carolina, and aregistered professional engineerwith a bachelor’s in mechanicalengineering and a master’s in civil

engineering from N.C. State.• Major Odetta Johnson has been appointed

director of public safety and chief of police.Johnson, NCCU alumna who previously served

as a major and chief of staff withthe Richmond Police Department,began her new role Dec. 2. Herappointment as chief of police ispending final approval by theN.C. Criminal Justice Educationand Training StandardsCommission.Johnson brings more than two

decades of experience, and awealth and breath of expertise in

law enforcement.

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rice and set aside to cool. In large sautépan, heat canola oil over medium heat.Add onion and sauté for 1 to 2 minutesor until translucent. Add peppers, wal-nuts and raisins. Cook until lightlybrowned and fragrant. Add sautéed mix-ture and fresh parsley to wild rice. Stir tocombine and serve warm.

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DURHAM – The theme was“Access” at the 2015Leadership Triangle AwardsGala. This 14th annual fundraiserevent was on the AmericanTobacco Campus and, inaddition to six impressivehonorees, included a live auc-tion and a catered meal fromthe Angus Barn. The award recipients wereindividuals and organiza-tions that have made signifi-cant and measurable contri-butions to the quality of lifeand economic health of theTriangle through demon-strated leadership in the fol-lowing five categories:• Economic development:Liz Rooks, a vice president atthe Research TriangleFoundation, had a vision forthe Research Triangle Parkthat has resulted in thou-sands of jobs. She is also oneof the founding members ofSmartCommute@RTP andenvironment@RTP.• Arts and entertainment:Combining art and activismhas allowed Pierce Freelon topositively impact the lives ofover 5,000 young people. Hisprojects have included theBeat Making Lab, a sustain-able music studio; PoeticJustice, a hip-hop and spokenword after-school program;and The Beast, a genre-bend-ing back described as a ‘”nat-ural, engaging blend of jazzand hip-hop.” • Community service:Over 1,300 children and 700fathers have benefited fromGlen Warren’s FathersForever nonprofit. Warrenformed Fathers Forever in2010 to offer paternal train-ing, support and familyevents that help fathersreconnect with their children.Many substance abuse,anger, domestic violence andbehavioral problems can betraced back to children livingwithout fathers. • Strategic partnership:The nonprofit XDS, Inc. is aprofile in the strategic use ofresources and partnerships.Founded by volunteerExecutive Director ThavaMahadevan, the organizationprovides an integratedapproach to intervention andsupport for those with multi-ple disabilities. • Goodmon Fellow: JeanneCanina Tedrow is co-founder,president and CEO of PassageHome, a nonprofit with a mis-sion to break the cycle ofpoverty in Wake County, anda graduate of the LeadershipTriangle 2006 LeadershipDevelopment Class. Tedrowco-founded Passage Home in1991 with a $1,200 budgetand one piece of residentialproperty. Twenty-four yearslater, it serves over 1,000clients each year, leveragingover $3 million in housingand support services annual-ly.The Leadership TriangleHall of Fame was formed in2012 to recognize leaderswho have created a lastinglegacy of impact and excel-lence on Leadership Triangle.A highlight of the eveningwas the induction of TomStevens as the fourth Hall ofFame recipient. Stevens builta 25-year career in socialwork, serving as the execu-tive director of FamilyCounseling Service inDurham for 12 years.

Galahonorsthosewho leadthe way

Congratulations to our contest winner, Monica Ragsdale, on winning tickets to see RaleighLittle Theatre’s ‘Cinderella.’

Keiessence, 11Breanna, 10Keiessence is a very loving and free-spirited child who is eager to pleasethose around her. She is shy at first andtakes time to open up to new people.She enjoys playing with her friends andteachers and likes to cook. She enjoysplaying with dolls, doing hair and play-ing the Wii. Breanna is described as helpful, car-ing and friendly. She likes to play hideand seek, and enjoys art, music, physi-cal education and Spanish at school. Keiessence and Breanna love eachother very much, but often bicker andfight as many siblings do. It is helpful tothem to be able to take time to calmdown when they are experiencing angeror frustration. Keiessence is in the fourth grade. Shesometimes needs additional redirectionat school to remain on task. She bene-fits from additional reading instruc-tions and tutoring. She also attended amathematical summer academy pro-gram for additional instruction.Breanna is in the fourth grade. She iseager to learn new things and some-times has difficulty concentrating ortalking a bit too much in class. Breannabenefits from additional instruction inreading and math. Both have had insta-bility in their schools in the past due tomultiple moves. They will benefit great-ly from adoptive parents who advocatestrongly for them and can provide themwith a structured and consistence aca-demic future. Both attend regular therapy. Theiradoptive parents will need to activelyengage in therapeutic interventions tobuild trust with the girls. They woulddo best in a two-parent household,however, a single-female householdwould not be overlooked. Keiessence and Breanna gravitatemore towards women, and their adop-tive father would need to build trustwith them over time. Due to the girls'sometimes-aggressive behaviortowards each other and the fact theyhaven’t lived with other children insome time, it is unclear how they woulddo in an adoptive home where therewere other children.

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An invitation toCinderella’s ball Left to right: Tom Stevens,

Glen Warren, WinkieLaForce, Jim Goodmon,Thava Mahadevan,Jeanne Canina Tedrow,Liz Rooks, Pierce Freelonand Michael Goodmon

N.C. Central awarded 560 diplomas Dec. 12during the university’s 126th annual com-mencement exercises. UNC Systems PresidentTom Ross delivered the commencementaddress.His advice to NCCU graduates is his final

major address to a university audience as pres-ident. “NCCU is a very special place to give my last

commencement speech,” he said. Ross gave graduates advice on how to be a

great leader. “To be an effective leader, know yourself,

communicate well, care for yourself, clarifyyour values, embrace differences, involve oth-ers with talent and and take risks,” he said. “Weneed leaders now more than ever. Each of youcan be a strong effective leader.”Ross concluded his address by advising

graduates to seize the opportunity to make adifference by leading for the common good.NCCU presented Ross with a formal commen-dation recognizing his achievements as a pro-ponent for public higher education in NorthCarolina. During the ceremony, NCCU Chancellor

Debra Saunders-White recognized Departmentof Public Health Education graduate SalimaTaylor. Taylor is a native of Durham who’s been a

student leader and played a pivotal role inestablishing the university’s community gar-den in 2013. She conducted a summer intern-ship in Gaborone, Botswana. Taylor will contin-ue her research studies at Brandeis University’sHeller School for Social Policy and Managementbefore applying to medical school.

Graduates are all smiles before commencement.

Johnson

DURHAM – Home valuesdecline steeply when frack-ing occurs in neighborhoodsthat use well water, new DukeUniversity research says. Butthe outcome differs in neigh-borhoods that rely on pipedwater, where home valuesrise slightly after shale-gasdrilling occurs.The Pennsylvania study

found that in areas using wellwater, home prices droppedby an average of $30,1676when shale drilling occurredwithin a distance of 1.5 kilo-meters. Meanwhile, homesusing piped water gained anaverage of $4,800 in value.Hydraulic fracturing, or

“fracking,” is a relatively newtechnology in which gas is

Home values differ from fracking with well water

extracted by drilling into ashale formation, and thenapplying a high-pressuremixture of water, sand andchemicals to create cracksfrom which the undergroundgas stores are released. Thepaper is among the first toquantify the impact of frack-ing on property values in awide geographic area, leadauthor and Duke economicsprofessor ChristopherTimmins said. “Our results show clearly

that housing markets areresponding to homeowners’concerns about groundwatercontamination from shalegas development,” Timminssaid. “We may not know formany years whether theseconcerns are valid or not.

However, they are creating areal cost to property ownerstoday.”The study comes at a time

when shale gas developmentis expanding across the coun-try. The research was con-ducted in Pennsylvania,which is home to one of thenation’s largest natural gasreserves and where frackingactivity has greatly increasedin recent years.To gauge the effects of

drilling, the authors exam-ined home sales in 36Pennsylvania countiesbetween 1995 and 2012. Theanalysis controlled for poten-tially confounding variablessuch as effects of the GreatRecession and the benefitshomeowners may receive.

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Tony Hughes signed athree-year deal at JacksonState for a reportedly$265,000 annually. From the outside, the ne-

gotiations between Hughesand the university wentsmoothly, but sources saythere were moments when it

appeared a dealmight not getsigned. If that had hap-

pened, North Car-olina Central wasthisclose (sic) tolooking for a newfootball coach.You knew

Jerry Mack’sname was going

to be a hot brand after twosuccessful seasons. Face it,how many HBCU coacheshave taken their first headcoaching gig and turned itinto back-to-back confer-ence championships? Andhow many have done it bybeating their archrival bothtimes to boot?Mack’s name was being

tossed around Jackson Statelong before the regular sea-son ended. He played widereceiver at JSU and assistantcoached there for a yearduring 2006-07.According to foot-

ballscoop.com, JacksonState would have heated uptalks with Mack if theHughes deal had fallenthrough. Why Hughes over Mack?

Everybody I talked to saidtwo things: recruiting andDivision I.Although Hughes was an

assistant coach at Missis-sippi State for seven sea-sons, it’s still DI football,which puts it severalnotches above Division I-AAHBCU football. And second, he’s consid-

ered one of the top recruit-ing coordinators in thenation. MSU’s 2015 recruit-ing season was namedamong the nation’s top 16classes. However good coor-dinators don’t always makesuccessful coaches. Still, it’shard to argue with Hughes’pedigree.But just because JSU is out

of the picture doesn’t meanthere won’t be other offersfor Mack. The question iswhat will NCCU do to keephim?Hughes’ $265,000 salary is

about $80,000 more thanMack is making. And don’tthink for a second he’s notaware of the “renegotia-tions” basketball coach LeV-elle Moton garnered fromhis recent successes.Fans, especially HBCU

fans, despise seeing a coachleave for greener pastures.But when you’re hot, you’dbetter ride that horse for aslong as it can gallop.Look at Darrell Asberry for

example. He coached Shaw to three

CIAA championships andwas a rising star on the hori-zon. In one of its biggestblunders ever, the SWAC’sSouthern University choseformer Washington Red-skins star Stump Mitchell asits coach over Asberry. Mitchell went 6-18 and

was 0-2 in his third seasonbefore Jaguars fans startedpacking his suitcases and hewas “reassigned.” I will always believe As-

berry would have done amuch better job and mightstill be at Southern, but in-stead he ended up at TexasSouthern.Unbeknownst to him at

the time, the Tigers wereabout to be penalized formajor NCAA violations thathampered Asberry’s recruit-ing, scholarships and sched-uling. He could never rightthe ship and bowed out afterfour seasons and a 12-31record.He’ll almost assuredly find

another coaching job, butthe shine on his star hasdimmed.So Mack had better weigh

his options if he’s smart.That window of opportunitycloses fast.And speaking of opportu-

nity, four CIAA coaching va-cancies remain: St.Augustine’s, FayettevilleState, Elizabeth City Stateand Shaw.

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DURHAM – Hillside Highjunior varsity girls havepicked up right where theyleft off last season.Coach Alex Miller has an-

other talented and deepsquad that is undefeated (7-0) after Dec. 10’s 66-17 winover Northern in junior var-

sity action.The Hornets set the tone

in the first period, as sevenplayers scored to build a 28-7 lead. Guard Zee Freeny

knocked down 12 of her 21points in the period.After leading 47-11 at

halftime, Hillside’s defenseshut out the Knights in thethird quarter and ballooned

By Bonitta Besteditor@triangletribune.com

JV BASKETBALL

VirginiaUnion’sDowdy wins Lanier AwardVirginia Union junior quarterback Shawheem

Dowdy won The Lanier Award, the top honorgiven to an NCAA Division II/III football player.He is the first Panther and the first HBCU playerto win the award named after Morgan State greatWillie Lanier.“This whole season has just truly been a bless-

ing for the whole Union family, community,everybody,” Dowdy said. Dowdy edged out Hampden-Sydney running

back Kyree Koonce. He passed for 2,410 yardsand 20 touchdowns, and led VUU to its firstplayoff appearance in 24 years.The Touchdown Club of Virginia also named

Panthers defensive lineman Paulin Miano thetop defensive lineman. The junior set a schoolrecord with 25 tackles for loss and led the teamwith 11 sacks.

Jackson State hires HughesMississippi State assistant Tony Hughes has

its lead to 62-11. The NCAA mercy rule al-

lows a running clock with a40-plus margin. Teammate Sandy Jiggetts

added 13 points, seven re-bounds and two blocks.Hillside hosts rival South-

ern this weekend at 2:30p.m. in a quadruple header.The Hornets take Christmasbreak till Jan. 6.

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Hillside junior varsity girls are leaving their opponents in the dust.

HBCU BASKETBALL

Virginia Union women continue to roll.The Panthers, ranked No. 20 in the latestUSA Today poll, are still undefeated at 6-0(as of Dec. 14) after defeating Rollins Col-lege 87-67. VUU hasn’t started 6-0 since1997-98 season.Benedict is the other nationally ranked

HBCU women’s team at No. 24.

WOMENN.C. Central (1-7)The Eagles shot a dismal 22.2 percent

from the field in a 60-37 loss to WoffordTuesday. NCCU played without juniorguard Morgan Jones who is out with an in-jury for the first time in her collegiate ca-reer. Jones ranked near the top of everyteam statistic and had played in 66 straightgames. NCCU travels to Presbyterian Mon-day, and then UNC Greensboro Thursdaybefore the holiday break.

St. Augustine’s (0-1 CIAA, 3-8)Despite the Falcons’ record, junior guard

Sycoya Dorsey is making an early case foroffensive player of the year. Dorsey againwas the team’s leading scorer with 18points in SAU’s 75-48 loss to Virginia StateTuesday night. The Trojans forced 27turnovers and turned them into 29 points.The Falcons host Chowan this weekend be-fore Christmas break.

Shaw (1-0, 7-2)The Bears had an easy time with Elizabeth

City State Tuesday, dominating the Vikings64-46. Shaw got balanced team scoring;senior Fantasha Tyson was the team’s highscorer with 12 points. The Bears biggestlead was 26 with 8:24 left. The Vikingscouldn’t get any closer than 18 points.

MENN.C. Central (0-1 MEAC, 3-6)The Eagles lost their second straight game

Monday after a hard-fought 92-73 defeat toMarshall. The game was close throughoutthe first half, with Marshall leading 46-41at halftime.But the Thundering Herd took control in

the second, capitalizing on 11 NCCUturnovers.Jeremiah Ingram led the Eagles with a ca-

reer-high 21 points.NCCU’s road trip continues in a two-day

Las Vegas, Nevada, tournament beginningMonday against Southern.

St. Augustine’s (0-1, 5-5)Virginia State coach Lonnie Blow Jr. con-

tinues to have success against his formerteam. The Trojans dominated SAU 86-63despite sophomore forward Quincy Janu-ary’s season-high 26 points and eight re-bounds. Blow has not lost to the Falconssince leaving two seasons ago.January, last season’s rookie of the year,

By Bonitta Besteditor@triangletribune.com

Shaw men got their first conference win.

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Shaw men break losing streak

New Jackson State coach Tony Hughes.

HBCU FOOTBALL

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COLLEGE CORNER

A mind is a terriblething towasteCongrats to the seven Fayetteville State

student-athletes who walked across thestage last weekend. “We’re extremely proud of all the recent

Fayetteville State graduates, especiallyour student-athletes,” Athletics DirectorAnthony Bennett. “We strive to continueproducing excellence in the classroomsand in the fields of competition.”The seven are Quentin Underwood, psy-

chology; Chris Hubert, criminal justice;Corbin Rascoe, criminal justice; MarcellusRiley Jr., business management; JuwanThomas, criminal justice; Jalen Swell,business administration; and Trebor Jack-son Jr., criminal justice.The SIAC and Toyota Motor Corporation

have formed a partnership to make it theofficial automotive sponsor of the confer-ence. “The SIAC has done a great job of creat-

ing a unique value proposition for us withrespect to their ability to leverage robustdigital and social media platforms to en-gage a large and extremely passionateSIAC fan base,” Vice President Jim Colonsaid.Yeah, well how about sending some of

those Benjamins over here to the blackpress, eh? OK, shameless plug, but wehad to do it.CIAA Tournament tickets are on sale.

Dang, is it that time already? We’re still

Fayetteville student-athletes pose aftergraduation.

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Shaw men break losing streakhas averaged 19.8 points and12.6 rebounds in his pastfive games.

Shaw (1-0, 2-8)The Bears snapped a five-

game losing skid Tuesdaywith a 75-65 win over Eliza-

Continued from page 1B beth City State. Shaw rallied late in the sec-

ond half to pull away for thevictory. The Bears outscoredECSU 44-18 in the paint, and24 points off turnovers.Senior Joell Hopkins Jr. led

the team with 22 points.David Madol recorded 17

points and seven rebounds,and Aquil Younger added 15points.Shaw travels to the

CIAA/SIAC Challenge at ClarkAtlanta this weekend. TheBears face CAU and Fort Val-ley State.

Sycoya Dorsey (3) is having an impressive first half for the Lady Falcons.

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Virginia Union QB Dowdywins prestigious awardShawheem Dowdy wins the Lanier Award.

been named Jackson State’s new football coach. Hughes leaves MSU after seven seasonsand is considered one of the best recruiting coordinators in the nation.247Sports.com named him one of America’s top 10 recruiters in 2015 after MSU ranked

in the top 16 in recruiting classes in the country. According to published reports, Hughes signed a three-year contract at $265,000 annually.

He replaces Harold Jackson who was fired after 17 games. The Tigers finished 3-8 this sea-son.

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Toyota named official partnerof Southern Intercollegiatepaying for our last hotel bill.Cheap boss man.The tourney’s website has

been revamped and you cancheck out all the upcominghappenings. CC is all aboutwork during tourney week,so we could care less.

WOMENN.C. CentralCC thought we saw a famil-

iar face at Hillside HighSchool recently. Former as-sistant women’s basketball

Continued from page 1B coach Ronnie Enoch is doingsomething over there. Inter-esting. Interesting. It justamazes CC how men canstick together.

MENN.C. CentralAll right, Eagles, you can

breathe a sigh of relief. Jack-son State has hired a footballcoach. But next time…In baseball, Boston Red Sox

President Sam Kennedy willbe the keynote speaker forthe First Pitch Dinner andSilent Auction Jan. 29 at the

Sheraton Imperial Hotel. Thefundraiser supports thebaseball program.

ShawCC is not going to spoil our

Christmas holiday talkingabout those sorry Bears. Butif you knew you were notgoing to re-sign the footballcoach, why didn’t you do itright after the regular seasonwas over? Why wait until justbefore Christmas to deliverthe news, eh?Just a sorry bunch of folks.

Bah! Humbug!

Hillside guard Zee Freeny scored 12 of her 21 points in the first quarter to lead theLady Hornets to the win.

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- ROBERT MATHIS, ALABAMA A&M

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GETTIN’ LOOSE: Cleve-land RB Isaiah Crowell runs for 145 yards and two TDs in win over San Francisco.

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get the whole family in thekitchen? Try this one:

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Meet at the kitchen tableWith a toddler and newborn at

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The average Americanwill gain three to sevenpounds over the holi-days. This might be theaverage, but Christiansshouldn't be average. Wedon't have to participatein this statistic.Boundaries are just lineswe decide not to cross forour own well-being. 2. Seek out the

Wonderful Counselor:Jesus, as the WonderfulCounselor, said inMatthew 6 not to worryover money, clothes oryour house. If He cantake care of the birds inthe air and the flowers ofthe field, He can surelytake care of us. Let's notallow guilt or shame ortelevision commercials todictate how much weshould spend onChristmas. Instead, let'sseek the guidance of theWonderful Counselor andpray over each personthat He will lead us tomeaningful and creativegifts. 3. Stop and smell the

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NEW ORLEANS – Race is anissue that continues to divide,said New Orleans Saints tightend Benjamin Watson during abook signing at the LifeWaycampus store. The solution is"changed hearts" in Christ,Watson said.The event fell on Nov. 24, the

one-year anniversary of theruling in the racially chargedFerguson, Missouri, case of theshooting death of MichaelBrown. Watson's book, UnderOur Skin: Getting Real aboutRace – and Getting Free fromthe Fear and Frustrations thatDivide Us, expands on hislengthy Facebook post thatresonated with readers the dayafter the news broke that offi-cer Darren Wilson would notface criminal charges for theshooting death of Brown.“Race is something that

keeps on coming up," Watsonsaid. "It's something we'realways talking about, and it'snot seeming to be going any-where."Calling his book "part mani-

festo, part memoir," Watsontold the line of fans thatsnaked past shelves and outLifeWay's door that he put histhoughts to paper after seeinga public reaction to the verdictthat seemed to split alongracial lines.“I was conflicted because so

much was tied into it. I wantedto work out my thoughts. I did-n't even know how to post,"Watson quipped, saying hehad to call on a friend for help. Soon afterwards, Watson

found himself behind themicrophone taking questionson the issue of race. The bookfollowed.

By Marilyn StewartBAPTIST PRESS

New Orleans BaptistTheological SeminaryPresident, Chuck Kelley, noted,"Clear. Honest. Thoughtful.Distinctly Christian. This ishow you talk about complex,emotional issues. "This voice and this issue

need to be part of a nationalconversation to push us closerto becoming the country, thechurch of our ideals," Kelleysaid. "Watson gives us a terrif-ic model on how and whyChristians must engage in allconversations about thingsthat matter."The chapter titles give clues

as to Watson's feelings afterthe Ferguson verdict: Angry.Introspective. Embarrassed.Sad and Sympathetic.Offended. Encouraged.Watson's book and his

Facebook post, which includedwords that later became chap-ter titles, call readers to exam-ine attitudes and thoughts. Forsome, it is a call to repentance,Watson told the crowd. Forothers, it's a call for forgive-ness. Written with Ken Peterson,

the book came together duringthe offseason and throughlate-night consultations duringthe Saints' summer trainingcamp.In the book, Watson draws

from personal experiencessuch as being pulled overwhile driving his wife Kirstento the hospital for the birth oftheir first child or how one ofhis white high school team-mates took an unexpected steptoward reconciliation."Really, the whole point and

hope of Under Our Skin is thatyou find your place along thiswhole racial narrative and thatyou're able to take time to

think about some of the deep-seated issues or prejudicesthat you may have," Watsonsaid.Yolanda Hingle, a mother of

three sons and co-leader of aNew Orleans-area teen girls'ministry, said she was nervousabout meeting Watson becauseshe doesn't follow football."After he spoke for only a few

minutes, I realized that thisman was so much more thanjust a football player," Hinglesaid. "He is a strong man ofGod. He is a family man. He's aman that seeks to further theKingdom of Christ while break-ing down racial barriers andjust happens to be a talentedfootball player."Watson took questions after

his opening remarks. Severalthanked him for taking astand."It's not something that's

easy. We all have something tolose," Watson said. "With anyaccomplishment, there is acost. Being a Christian is nodifferent. So, I'm always pray-ing for strength for when mytime for paying a huge costcomes. It can only be done inHis Spirit…. Standing is notdone in our own strength."As each person in line

stepped up for a signature,Watson penned his name andbeside it "Gal. 3:28."Watson lives in New Orleans

with his wife and their fivechildren."We live in a fallen world, and

we all have our specific preju-dices and biases and assump-tions," Watson concluded. "It isthrough Him we get a changedheart, and through thatchanged heart we can loveeach other as He would haveus to."

MARILYN STEWART

By Vicki HeathFOR THE TRIANGLE TRIBUNE

‘Changed hearts’ canheal racial divideNew Orleans Saints tight end Ben Watson signs copies of his book at New Orleans Baptist TheologicalSeminary.

Despite an increase in femalechurch leaders over the years,many are starting to hit a glassceiling.A new Duke University study

reports that women still hold asmall percentage of leadershippositions in church congrega-tions. The NationalCongregations Study found noincrease in the number ofwomen-led congregations since1998, with the number still at 11percent.“That’s one of the most sur-

prising non-changes in our data,”said Mark Chaves, a Duke profes-sor of sociology, religious stud-ies and divinity who directs thestudy. “When I first saw thisresult, I thought it had to bewrong. But it’s accurate. The‘stained-glass ceiling’ is real.”Chaves contributes several fac-

tors to the stagnation. First, thenumber of female master ofdivinity students seems to havepeaked in the early 2000s, andactually has declined since then.Also, women with those degrees

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are less likely to seek pastorpositions than men. Second, many large religious

groups still don’t allow womento lead congregations. Most women are assistant pas-

tors or fill other secondary lead-ership roles in churches, espe-cially in Catholic and mainlineProtestant churches, the studynotes.On the other side, ethnic diver-

sity is increasing in church lead-ership. Most noticeable is inCatholic churches, whereHispanic parishes have grownfrom 2 percent in 1998 to 17 per-cent in 2012. And Asian-led Catholic parish-

es increased from just 1 percentin 1998 to 12 percent in 2012. “It makes sense because of

immigration patterns,” Chavessaid. “Most immigrants to thiscountry are Catholics from LatinAmerica.”Other study findings:• The larger the church, the

smaller the donation.Across the board, smaller

American churches receive larg-er financial gifts than largerchurches, the study finds.

“People give less and partici-pate less in bigger churches,”Chaves said. “That raises inter-esting questions to think about.Perhaps people are less commit-ted at bigger churches. Or maybeit’s not about commitment at all;maybe bigger churches are moreefficient and require less timeand money from their mem-bers.”• Gay rights social issue.

Churches tend to fall almostentirely on one side of the argu-ment. For example, most congre-gations take a pro-life stance inthe abortion debate. But on thesame-sex marriage debate, thereare almost the same number ofchurches on either side of theargument, the study finds.• Clergy are aging. Fewer

young people are going to semi-nary right out of college, andthose that do are using it as asecond career. In 1998, the sen-ior leader in an average congre-gation was 49 years old; in 2006,it was 53 and in 2012 it was 55.The report is available at

http://www.soc.duke.edu/nat-cong/.

Women in clergy face glass ceiling from the pulpit