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Reverend Willard Bass Jr., Executive Director and Founder of the Institute for Dismantling Racism, talks with Dr. Edwin Bell (right), Co-Chair of the Board of Directors for the Institute. Reverend Bass and Dr. Bell discuss the importance of critical thinking and self-reflection as tools to becoming a responsible citizen.
Donna Lambeth (left), Exchange Director for Friendship Force Central North Carolina, talks with Larry Womble, North Carolina State Representative for the 71st District. Mr. Womble is a fervent supporter of Friendship Force. He joins Ms. Lambeth in affirming the organization’s motto; “A world of friends is a world of peace”. Also pictured, Margaret “Tog” Newman.
Raised in Detroit, MI in the early 40’s, psychologist Dr. Robert Borgman was a little boy during WWII and the emotional trauma of frequent air raid drills affected his behavior. At the age of four, he was diagnosed as intellectually disabled, though today, a lifetime of accomplishments certainly proves otherwise.
Denis Jackson talks with his son, Eric Jackson. Denis shares the story of how he discovered the true meaning of the Moravian Lovefeast as he was invited by his bride-to-be to her parents’ home in Pfafftown on Christmas Eve, 1968.
Bicultural cooking instructor and food writer, Sandra Gutiérrez (right), talks with StoryLine Associate, Marisa Estelrich. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Guatemala, Sandra has been a resident of North Carolina for thirty years and considers herself a Southern-Latina. She describes how food can help to bridge cultural differences and show us our commonality.
StoryLine Associate, Susan Tague, talks with her son, Mitchell Tague. Susan and Mitchell share an adult and child’s perspective of the events and aftermath of September 11th, 2001. At the time, Mitchell was a first grader and Susan, the President of the PTA at Old Town Elementary School.
Ernest Pedersen (center) talks with his friends, Anna Shyfrina and her son, Artem Slyusarenko. Anna and Artem moved from Ukraine to the US in the late nineties and have recently become US citizens. Ernest, a naturalized US citizen, emigrated from his native Germany in 1967. They gather to appreciate their US citizenship…and NC basketball!
ADAM FOUNDATION-SPONSORED STORY Steve McGinnis, a retired school principal, talks with his good friend, Mary Jamis. Steve and Mary are co-founders of Equality Winston-Salem, an organization that promotes the strength and well-being of our local lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and questioning communities. Steve shares a wonderful story that illustrates the beauty and benefit of lifting everybody up.
Jesús Miguel Reynosa, a native of México and member of the Winston-Salem community since 1996, is married and has three little girls whom he calls his angels. Having recently secured his US citizenship, he shares what this experience has meant to him.
In 1975, when Andy Mekelski was three years old, his biological mother gave him up for adoption. In the year 2000, he and his mother were reunited, but his efforts to reach out to his biological father had been met with disinterest. Today, Andy talks about the search for a real connection with his father and what this means to him.
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