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Talented artistsYOUTH

Young artists were recognized for their talents in a contest sponsored by State Court Judge Eleanor Ross. 10

DeKalb middle and high school students are putting together care packages for Georgia troops serving in Afghanistan. 4

Holiday cheer for troopsCOMMUNITY

Guests at the holiday mixer sponsored by the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation and Cross RoadsNews Foundation delivered with toys and food. 8

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Volume 17, Number 32

Fight against death penalty pledgedNAACP leading charge to end ‘barbaric’ practice

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Edward O. Dubose, state NAACP president, called for an end to capital punishment in Georgia at a Dec. 8 rally at the State Capitol.

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Briarlake residents wore red to School Board meeting to oppose cell towers on school grounds.

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By Carla Parker

The Georgia State Conference of the NAACP is making good on its promise to lobby for the end of Georgia’s death pen-alty.

At an “Execute the death penalty” rally Thursday on the steps of the State Capitol, protesters including preachers, a state sena-tor, Occupy Atlanta and other community activists said they won’t rest until they see its end.

Edward O. Dubose, the state NAACP president, said the death penalty needs to go. “We know that this barbaric act of kill-ing for no good outcome serves no purpose,” he said.

The protest comes less than three months after the Sept. 21 execution of convicted cop killer Troy Davis by lethal injection.

He maintained until his death that he was innocent of the charges.

Davis, 42, was convicted Sept. 3, 1991, for the 1989 death of Mark MacPhail, a white off-duty Savannah police officer, when he was 20 years old. There was no physical evidence linking him to the crime, and after several key witnesses recanted their testi-mony, supporters say there was too much doubt to execute.

Davis was black. State Sen. Vincent Fort of Atlanta said he

will sponsor legislation to abolish the death penalty when the legislative session opens on Jan. 9.

“We are telling the public and the world at large that we believe that the death penalty is murder and that we will not tolerate it,” Fort said. “We will come together to organize and work against the death penalty.”

Opponents of the death penalty say capi-tal punishment is a product of a failed system and that eyewitness testimony is unreliable.

Since Dec. 1, nearly 139 men have been released from death row across the country due to wrongful conviction. Five of them were from Georgia.

Kathryn Hamoudah, a public policy as-sociate of Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, said not only is Georgia’s death penalty system riddled with error, but it’s racist and targets the poor.

“In Georgia, those convicted of killing white victims are four and a half times more likely to be sentenced to death than those convicted of killing black victims,” Hamou-dah said. “And 80 percent of those accused of crimes cannot afford an attorney, yet fund-ing for public defenders has been repeatedly slashed in Georgia in recent years.”

Dubose said the death penalty not only kills the intended person, but it kills and destroys the family.

Davis’ sister, Martina Davis Correia,

passed away on Dec. 1 after losing her battle to breast cancer. The family also lost their mother, Virginia Davis, who died in April.

“The death penalty not only took Troy Davis, but it took the life of three members of the family,” Dubose said. “We say to the Board of Pardons and Parole, ‘Enough is enough.’”

The NAACP and other organizations say they will rally again on the steps of the Capi-tol on Jan. 9 to support anti-death penalty legislation promised by Fort.

By Carla Parker

Even though the DeKalb School Board insists that its decision to allow cell phone towers on nine school grounds is final, par-ents and residents continue to voice opposi-tion to the towers.

At its Dec. 5 meeting, dozens of red-shirt-wearing opponents from the Briarlake com-munity told School Board members that they will continue to speak out against the towers, and they lashed out at board members for not giving them an opportunity to voice their opinions before its July 12 vote that approved a $2.3 million contract for T-Mobile to erect and operate towers at six elementary schools,

two high schools and a comprehensive school for up to 30 years.

Seven of the nine schools are located in south DeKalb County.

Joe Staley, who lives across the street from Margaret Harris Comprehensive School in Atlanta, said board members didn’t have the guts to tell parents about the proposed cell towers on school properties.

“The bottom line is, I believe what you wanted was little resistance as possible and you were successful,” Staley said. “Not a single person in my neighborhood knew about the proposal or had any realistic opportunities to

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3Bishop Eddie Long

is taking “a brief leave” from New Birth Mission-ary Baptist Church, and his wife, Vanessa Long, is divorcing him.

Long, who settled sex suits filed by four young men last year, told his congregation at their Dec. 4 meeting that he will use the time to heal his family.

Long was sued in September 2010 by for-mer New Birth members Anthony Flagg, Spencer LeGrande, Jamal Parris and Maurice Robinson, who alleged that he used his influence, trips, gifts and jobs to coerce them into sexual relationships. The suits were settled in May after months of mediation.

Long told church members Sunday that he has no plans to resign and had not “stepped down,” but instead had “stepped up.” He said he is still their pastor.

“You’ll still receive my direction,” he said during Sunday service. “You’ve given me some weeks to take care of some family business.”

The announcement came two days after his wife of 21 years filed for divorce on Dec. 1. She backtracked that day, but by day’s end announced the divorce was on.

New Birth has not said who will take over Sunday services in Long’s absence and calls to the church were not returned by deadline.

In a Dec. 2 statement, Long said his love for his wife is “deep and unwavering.”

“It remains our sincere desire to continue working to-gether in seeking God’s will in these circumstances.”

Long was appointed New Birth’s pastor in 1987 when the church had only 300 members. Church membership peaked at 25,000, but attendance has declined in the wake of the sex lawsuits.

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Longs splitting up; Bishop takes leaveprograms, arbitrage accounts, insurance

companies, bank trusts, and investment advisers.

After fees, the county is expected to have more than $405 million of investor funds o start the $1.35 billion overhaul of its aging, and failing, system next year.

DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis said the brisk sale of the first round of bonds proves that the financial integrity of the county is strong and ratepayers are getting a good return on their invest-ment.

DeKalb County raised $381 million in an hour and a half on its water and sewer bonds from bond investors on Dec. 5, earning a nearly $30 million premium on the deal.

Several large in-stitutional investors bought the bonds from a wide range of buyer types including bond funds, money managers, tender-option-bond

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Newly elected Lithonia City Council members Pat Miller and Tracey-Ann Williams are expected to take the oath of office any day now after the U.S. Justice Department cleared their Nov. 8 election.

The two won seats in a special election to replace Debo-rah Jackson and Al T. Franklin on the council. The special election was held alongside the general election. Jackson and Franklin left their seats midterm to run for mayor, creating the two vacancies.

Miller and Williams were scheduled to be sworn in on Nov. 14, but the ceremony was canceled after the Justice

DeKalb County paid former Clerk of Superior Court Linda Carter $75,000 to dismiss her case against her successor Debra DeBerry.

The county said the money is to be used to “establish an irrevocable trust for Carter’s benefit.” It also paid her attorney $10,000 for expenses and to maintain the trust for Carter.

As part of the Oct. 4 settlement,

March 24 resignation from the office she held for 10 years. She said she was duped into resigning and naming DeBerry as her replacement.

In her response, DeBerry said Carter, who has early onset Alzheim-er’s, resigned to avoid media scrutiny. DeBerry is finishing Carter’s third term, which ends on Dec. 31, 2012. She is running for election in 2012.

which will “unconditionally release, acquit, discharge and agree to hold De-Berry and/or DeKalb County harmless from and against any and all claims,” Carter agreed “to dismiss her claims against DeBerry as set forth and con-tained in the lawsuit.”

Leroy Parks Jr., Carter’s attorney, filed the notice of dismissal on Oct. 20. Carter sued DeBerry in April after her

Department questioned the procedures for conducting the special election. In a Dec. 1 letter, Christian Herren Jr., chief of the Department of Justice Voting Section, cleared the election.

“The attorney general does not interpose any objection to the specified change,” he wrote.

Reached Thursday, Williams said she is anxious to get to work but hadn’t heard from anyone about a new swearing-in date. “I hope it’s going to take place soon.”

Williams said the City Council has a Dec. 19 work ses-sion planned and she hopes it will happen then.

“This paves the way for us to get down to the serious business of up-grading our water and sewer system” he said.

The sale of the bonds followed Standards & Poor’s Financial Services giving the county a long-term “A+” and to its 2011A series bonds and “AA-.”

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The district will submit a report to AdvancED by Feb. 15, documenting additional steps it has taken to address the remaining areas. AdvancED will assess those steps during an on-site review of the school system’s five-year ac-creditation status, scheduled to take place in March.

Dr. Mark El-gart, AdvancED president and CEO, said the school system h a s d e m o n -strated signifi-cant work in developing and implementing actions to move forward beyond its past challenges.

“With continued work on the remaining required actions and a focus on sustaining the efforts made to date, the school system will continue to repair its reputation and restore trust with its stakehold-ers,” he said.

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By Carla Parker

The DeKalb School System will keep its accreditation, but it’s still not in good standing.

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced Nov. 29 that the school district’s status will remain “accredited on advisement” as it completes two of eight recommended actions to im-prove school system effectiveness.

AdvancED, parent firm of SACS, placed the district on down-graded status and ordered it to make improvements in eight areas in the wake of the indictment of three district employees, including former Superintendent Crawford Lewis and Chief Operating Officer Pat Reid on racketeering and other charges in connection with the district’s billion-dollar construc-tion program.

In its Nov. 29 letter, AdvancED praised the school system for com-pleting six of the eight actions, including hiring a permanent superintendent, approving a re-

districting and consolidation plan, updating operational policies, and improving communications.

It recommended that the school system continue working to es-tablish a clear role and line of au-thority for its internal auditor and complete a strategic plan to guide the future direction of the school district.

Superintendent Cheryl Atkin-son said both efforts are under way and are scheduled to be completed for AdvancED’s review in Febru-

ary.“We appreciate the help and

guidance AdvancED continues to provide DeKalb Schools,” Atkinson said.

“We look forward to working with AdvancED as we take steps to ensure the school system has an ef-fective, objective and independent auditor as well as a comprehensive strategic plan to guide DeKalb Schools moving forward.”

Atkinson added that the school system’s accreditation is not at

Search begins for new COO A national search is under way for a new chief operating officer

for the DeKalb School System.On Dec. 7, the School Board approved the hiring of Iowa-based

consultant Ray & Associates to conduct the search for a chief operat-ing officer to replace Pat Reid, the former COO.

Reid was indicted in April 2010 in a racketeering case that alleged bribery and theft in connection with the school system’s billion-dollar construction program.

Ray & Associates will be paid up to $20,000, which includes a $15,000 consultant fee and $4,500 for expenses.

Georgia troops serving in Af-ghanistan will be getting holiday cheer from DeKalb middle and high school students and the De-catur Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

The students, who are part of the Deltas’ Empowering Males to Build Opportunities to Develop Independence program for high school boys, the Delta Academy for middle school girls and the Delta Gems program for high school girls, packed 166 care packages that included food, snack and toiletry items on Dec. 3 at the Community Achievement Center in Decatur.

The care package project was the EMBODI program’s first com-munity service.

Inside the gold and red holiday gift bags – which will go to the U.S. Army Task Force Gryphon – were

candy, noodles, crackers, hot choc-olate, peanuts, soap, body wash, wet wipes, deodorant, toothbrushes and other items.

The students also wrote thank-you letters to the soldiers and sent them Christmas cards made by the Delta Academy girls.

Ashley Thomas, the EMBODI committee’s co-chair, said the project was an opportunity for the students to get experience with community service.

“This also allows them to give back to the troops and let them know that we’re thinking of them and thank them for protecting us,” Thomas said.

Darius Brown, 16, a junior at Arabia Mountain High School, said he was happy to help. “I’ve never done this before. It’s good to do something for the troops.”

voice our opinion.”Cell towers were approved for

Flat Rock and Princeton elemen-tary and MLK Jr. High in Lithonia; Briarlake and Narvie J. Harris el-ementary in Decatur; Smoke Rise Elementary in Stone Mountain; Jolly Elementary in Clarkston; and Lakeside High and Margaret Harris Comprehensive School.

School system spokesman Wal-ter Woods said T-Mobile is current-ly in the process of picking the exact location to build the cell tower at each site to ensure that they are inconspicuous and do not interfere with school day activities.

“That process is just about com-plete,” Woods said Tuesday. “The first towers will be up by March.”

T-Mobile will submit archi-

tectural plans to DeKalb County government, which will conduct the plan review and issue the build-ing permit.

Opponents of cell towers on school property point to risks to health and the effect of the towers on their property values. They have quoted studies and concerns raised nationally about the electromag-netic field that spreads low-level ra-diation throughout neighborhoods surrounding cell phone towers and said that while these fields are invis-ible to the naked eye, the damage caused from radiation from these cell towers is not.

The nonprofit Center for Safer Wireless says cell towers on school properties are not a panacea.

“Children’s bodies absorb more electromagnetic fields than adults,” it said on its Web site, www.moms-

forsafewireless.org.“Some children experience

headaches, nausea, fatigue, skin rashes, dizziness, and brain fog from being near a cell tower. Some chil-dren get sick from being too close to cell phone antennas and towers on school grounds.”

Zoe Reichman, who also lives near Margaret Harris Comprehen-sive School, told board members that she will have to move if the towers are erected because her health, property and well-being will be threatened.

“I’m calling every one of you out for your unwillingness to look at the various extreme and severe health hazards that can come from the erection of the cell tower,” she said.

Parents urge the School Board to reconsider its decision, but

Woods said he doubts that the members will.

“They felt they went through due diligence with the towers,” he said. “And there has been support for the towers from the 911 system and other groups.”

Parents also want DeKalb Schools Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson to get involved and stop the towers from going up, but Woods said Atkinson doesn’t want to focus on decisions that were made six months ago.

“Dr. Atkinson believes that the Board of Education’s action in July was definitive,” Woods said.

“As a school system, we have to focus on the issues and challenges facing DeKalb Schools right now and in the near future versus deci-sions the board made some months ago.”


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C.D. Moody Construction Co. Inc. of Lithonia was among 12 minority businesses honored as Regional Suppliers of the Year as the National Minority Supplier Develop-ment Council capped its four-day conference and business opportunity fair in Atlanta last month.

The council also presented Toyota Mo-tor Engineering & Manufacturing North America with the prestigious Corporation of the Year award at a black-tie banquet.

The award is the most sought-after honor for major corporations that are dedicated to improving the overall participation of Asian, black, Hispanic and Native American suppli-ers in the global corporate supply chain.

Council President Jo-set Wright said the award is reserved for corpora-tions that fully embrace the value that minority suppliers bring to the cor-porate world.

“Toyota’s commitment to supplier diversity and minority supplier devel-opment is firmly embedded in the corporate culture,” Wright said in a Nov. 4 statement. “Its comprehensive, world-class supplier di-versity process is worthy of replication.”

C.D. Moody Construction, established in 1988, is a general contracting and con-struction management firm specializing in aviation, collegiate, commercial, k-12, municipal, nonprofit, and retail facilities as well as historic renovations. It is ranked as one of Atlanta’s Top 20 Minority Construc-tion Firms by Atlanta Business Chronicle and one of the nation’s Top 100 Minority Firms by Black Enterprise Magazine.

Among the four top minority businesses recognized as National Suppliers of the Year for their business acumen and excellence in community service were Circle One Inc. of Atlanta in the category for businesses with sales less than $1 million and Homestead Packaging Solutions Inc. of Roswell in the category for businesses with sales between $10 million and $50 million.

Marianne Strobel, assistant vice president of global supplier diversity at AT&T, received the Minority Supplier Development Leader of the Year award for exemplary development programs for minority business owners.

For more information, visit www.nmsdc.org or call 212-944-2430.

A former bank building in Tucker is now home to three nonprofit groups.

The old Wachovia Bank branch, which closed in September 2008 at 2380 N. Fourth St. in Tucker, is now home to the Tucker Commu-nity Center, NETworks Cooperative Ministries and DeKalb Habitat for Humanity.

The building, which was appraised at $500,000, was donated by Wells Fargo to the church in December 2010. For most of this year, it has hosted meetings and a DeKalb Emergency Preparedness festival and provided parking for First Baptist Church of Tucker events.

At a Nov. 12 ribbon-cutting attended by dozens of church members and residents, the church welcomed Habitat for Humanity of DeKalb County and NETworks Cooperative Ministries as tenants.

Randy Shepley, First Baptist Church’s pastor, said they began dreaming early of a

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Representatives from DeKalb Habitat for Humanity, NETworks Cooperative Ministries, First Baptist Church of Tucker and Wells Fargo cut the ribbon on the former bank building.

Randy Shepley

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C.D. Moody, Toyota, among NMSD Council’s 2011 honorees

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become a place to house our local cooperative ministry group and other nonprofit groups in the Tucker area who were committed to caring for the needs of hurting people? From that idea, a commitment to praying for the

Wachovia branch building was born.”Shepley said he is grateful to Habitat for

Humanity of DeKalb County and NETworks for becoming a part of the Tucker Commu-nity Center and for the passion and commit-ment they bring to serving people who are struggling in our community.

“Most of all, however, I want to thank the people of First Baptist Church of Tucker for their vision, the churches of our community for their support, and for the people of Wells Fargo who through their generosity have made the Tucker Community Center into a reality,” he said. “This is what is possible when churches, corporations and commu-nities work together for the sake of persons who are suffering.”

Quincy Sampson, Wells Fargo market president for DeKalb County, said it is a great day for the bank as well.

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Saint Philip AME choir members will make a joyful noise on Dec. 11 to collect toys for needy children.

The church’s Sanctuary Choir and Choir No. 1 will perform at the Joyful Noise for Toys concert, which begins at 5 p.m. The event is free, and the church is accepting unwrapped toys at the 27th annual concert benefiting disadvantaged families.

This year, the toy drive will help 270 families.

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Handbell choirs from Antioch AME Church in Lithonia, Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church in Decatur, and Friendship and Ebenezer Baptist churches in Atlanta will perform Christmas favorites like “Silver Bells,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christ-mas,” and “Go Tell It on the Mountain.”

The free event starts at 4 p.m. It was cre-

ated nine years ago by former school music teachers Rosalyn Lewis, a member of Friend-ship; Sharon Phillips of Greater Travelers Rest; Cynthia Terry of Ebenezer; and Sarah West of Antioch.

They formed handbell choirs at their respective churches first, then created the Christmas Handbell Concert.

Ebenezer Baptist Church is at 407 Auburn Ave. in Atlanta.

For more information, call 404-688-7300.

They formed choirs at their respective churches first, then created the Christmas Handbell Concert.


8 The holiday mixer at the Tupac Shakur Center co-sponsored by the CrossRoadsNews Foundation netted five boxes of toys and a box of nonperishable food.

The Dec. 3 event benefited Toys for Tots and Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless.

Tea will to preview wellness makeover

Holiday mixer to helps Food Bank

Film traces the growth of Kwanzaa

Donors give much toys, food

Scene The landmark documentary is narrated by poet Maya Angelou and directed by noted filmmaker M.K. Asante Jr.

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When members of the Atlanta Chapter of the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources gather on Dec. 14 for their holiday mixer, they will be doing more than networking.

Guests who bring three nonperishable items for the Atlanta Food Bank will get $5 discounts off the $20 admission.

The 5:30-to-8 p.m. mixer, which in-cludes hors d’oeuvres and door prizes, will be at the Museum Bar, 181 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd. in Atlanta.

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Families and black history buffs can attend a free screening of “The Black Candle,” the first feature film on Kwanzaa, on Dec. 18 at the Atlanta-Fulton Central Library Auditorium in downtown Atlanta.

The Sunday matinee, which begins at 3 p.m., is part of SankofaSpirit Movies With a Mission, free monthly films from and about Africa and the African diaspora that seek to inform and inspire dialogue.

“The Black Candle” traces Kwanzaa’s growth out of the black power movement in the 1960s to its present-day reality as a global, pan-African holiday embraced by more than 40 million celebrants and illuminates why the seven principles (unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, coopera-

tive economics, purpose, creativity, and faith) are so important to African-Americans today.

The landmark docu-mentary, narrated by renowned poet Maya Angelou and directed by award-winning author and filmmaker M.K. As-ante Jr., uses Kwanzaa as a vehicle to explore and celebrate the African-

American experience. The cast includes hip-hop performers as well as civil rights activists and portrays the struggle and triumph of the black family, community and culture. It was filmed across the United States, Africa, Europe and the Caribbean.

The Atlanta-Fulton Central Library Au-ditorium is at 1 Margaret Mitchell Square N.W. For more information, visit www .sankofaspirit.com or call 770-234-5890.

CrossRoadsNews readers and support-ers of the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foun-dation stuffed five boxes with toys and packed a box full of nonperishable food items at a Dec. 3 holiday mixer.

The networking event, which was co-sponsored by the CrossRoadsNews Foun-dation, raised toys for the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots and food for Hosea Feed the Hungry and Homeless.

The three-hour event at the Tupac Shakur Center for the Arts in Stone Moun-tain was supported by Wells Fargo and Georgia Power.

The Memorial Drive Walmart donated a Christmas tree, and Brenda Jackson and Norma Washington of Brenda Jackson & Associates event planning firm provided decorating services.

Pac Kids, the center’s dance and acting troupe, performed and vocalists Keith Stal-worth and Chandra Nicole entertained.

The collection drives continue through

Dec. 14 at the Tupac Shakur Center, 5616 Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain.

For more information, call Carlos Cole-man at 404-298-4222.


9Young people also danced, ate and showed off their talents at the “Getting to Zero” youth summit on Dec. 3 in Avondale Estates hosted by the nonprofit STAND Inc.

WellneSS “We want to eliminate the stigma that’s attached to AIDS and discrimination and the blame.”

Physical activity, a must on holiday to to-do list

More cord blood donors needed

Teens tackle hot topics at AIDS Day summit

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Mothers with newborns, especially minority parents, are needed to donate umbilical cord blood to the National Cord Blood Program.

DeKalb Medical, which partnered with NCBP in June, says cord placental blood or umbilical cord blood contains red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma. It is rich in blood-forming stem cells and can be used in transplantation as an alternative to bone marrow.

DeKalb Medical has 6,000 births each year. At a Dec. 7 ceremony, it honored mothers and their newborns who have donated cord blood to the bank.

Dr. Leslie Pope, the hospital’s Cord Blood Program medical director, said the partnership is important because of the metro area’s diversity.

“DeKalb Medical can truly make a dif-ference,” Pope said. “With Atlanta’s richly diverse population and the generosity of our mothers, we will be contributing to a national inventory that can help minority patients find suitable matches for trans-plantation.”

Most cord blood transplants have been performed in patients with blood and immune system diseases. More than 80 different diseases have been treated with unrelated cord blood transplants.

Every year, an estimated 7,000 patients in the United States, many of whom are ethnic minorities, cannot find a matched source of stem cells. A national effort is under way to increase donations from Af-rican-Americans and other minorities. For more information, visit www.dkmc.org /ProgramsandServicesWomensServices /UmbilicalCordBloodDonation.aspx.

Children and adults are urged to stay active this holiday season as traditional feasts and unpredictable weather conspire to thwart many good intentions.

Dr. Stephanie Walsh of Chil-dren’s Healthcare of Atlanta says that as the weather cools down, children are often tempted to stay inside in front of the television or a video game rather than play outside.

Walsh, medical director of Child Well-ness, says party buffets, holiday sweets and

bining indoor and outdoor exercises. n Set up an obstacle course indoors with everyday household items. n Set up a scavenger hunt around the house, yard or neighborhood. n See who can do the most push-ups or exer-cise of your choice during a commercial. n Bundle up and play outside. Or have a dance party or play hide-and-seek inside. n If you’re going to play a video game, choose one that requires physical activity.

For more information, visit www.choa .org.

By Carla Parker

Issues facing teens and other young people were tackled at a Dec. 3 “Getting to Zero” youth summit hosted by STAND Inc. in observance of World AIDS Day.

More than 30 students from Arabia Mountain, Crim, Martin Luther King Jr., Redan, Southwest DeKalb and Towers high schools listened to speakers and discussed bullying, suicide, peer pressure, sexuality, STDs and AIDS.

The Decatur-based nonprofit, which provides prevention services, support and education to underserved communities, said it wanted to offer young people the opportunity to share their feelings in a comfortable way.

World AIDS Day was Dec. 1. Free HIV and STD tests were avail-able during the noon-to-4 p.m. summit at the American Legion building in Avondale Estates.

Raymond Duke, STAND Inc.’s events coordinator, said they were focusing on the World AIDS Day theme of getting to zero for new infections, discrimination and AIDS-related deaths.

“We want to eliminate the stigma that’s attached to AIDS and discrimination and the blame,” Duke said. “The way we can do that is educate the kids about AIDS and HIV.”

He said the kids also got into a deep discussion about bullying. “Not only do the kids have to deal with bullying from their peers

but from their teachers as well,” he said. “The teachers are calling them out of their names – calling them gay and other things.”

Cheadee Doe, an Arabia Mountain High junior, said the summit was informational. “As a teenager, we need to know about bully-ing and AIDS. Teens know the word AIDS but don’t know the full meaning of it. A lot of people think you have to be gay to get AIDS but that’s not true.”

The students also got in some fun and showed off their talents.STAND Inc. has partnered with Restoration Inclusive Ministries

to address youth issues. For information, visit www.standinc.com.

large family meals also present challenges.

Through its Strong4Life pro-gram, Walsh said that Children’s aims to help families tackle the issue of childhood obesity in Georgia.

Being more active is a great way to balance extra calories consumed this time of year, and she recom-

mends giving gifts that promote physical ac-tivity. Here are other tips from Children’s:n Create your own family “boot camp,” com-

Stephanie Walsh


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It was just this past summer when Vanders Lewis Jr. discovered he was a talented artist.

The Stone Mountain Middle School eighth-grader said he was just drawing one day and realized that he was good.

So when he heard about State Court Judge Eleanor Ross’ Division V Art Challenge Contest for middle and high school students, he couldn’t resist.

From a field of 13 contestants, Vanders emerged as the middle school first-place winner, and on Dec.4, he and four other students were presented with certificates at a recep-tion hosted by Ross in her courtroom in the DeKalb County Judicial Tower.

Chamblee Charter High School sophomore Victoria Corbett took home the high school first prize.

All five students also got gift cards from Binders Art Supplies and Frames. The winning entries will hang in Ross’ courtroom.

Ross said she started the contest to encourage DeKalb middle and high school artists to share their talent.

“This contest is a means of helping creative and artistic youth to voice their thoughts and ideas,” she said. “When so many art programs are being reduced or eliminated, this is an opportunity to support the arts as well as the talent that exists in our community.”

Entries were judged in five categories – originality and creativity; composition; use of space; presentation; and degree of difficulty.

Contest judges included DeKalb Schools visual and per-forming arts coordinator Elizabeth Eppes, who said all the entries were so good, it was difficult to pick the best.

“I’m glad we had more than one judge because it made it really good for the kids to get different points of views,” she said.

Vanders won first place for his “Justice Thurgood Mar-

shall” piece. “Since I knew it was going to hang in the chambers, I

knew that it should be a topic of the courts so I just drew Thurgood Marshall,” Vanders said.

Victoria, who has been creating art since preschool, called her entry “Untitled” and said it’s an expression of when you think of that perfect someone.

“I kind of just wanted it to swirl in the middle because it’s not always clear,” she said.

Second-place winners India Mabarro from Chamblee Charter High and Shelby Willingham from Freedom Middle School and third-place winners Nahye Kwon from Lakeside High School, Tyionne Sheppard from McNair Middle and Ku Htaw from Middle school also were recognized.

The Champion School was named Breakout Middle School for the state of Georgia and was honored on Jekyll Island on Nov. 14.

The award, which was presented by the Georgia Association of Secondary School Principals, is the highest honor a middle school can earn through the organization.

Dr. Joe Hutcheson, middle school coordinator for GASSP, said the Stone Mountain school was one of 12 schools identified this year as one of the best middle schools in the state.

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