I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Celebrations &

Recognitions

1

PB and

Commission

Updates

2

Sanctuary

House: Mile of

Pennies

3

Save the Dates 4

K EE P I NG YOU

I N FORMED HUMAN RELATIONS

J U L Y , 2 0 1 6 V O L U M E I , I S S U E V I I P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Join us on July 27 for

Mental Health, Police

and Public Safety.

Call 336- 373-2038 to

register.

HRC Meeting

Thursday July 7,

Cultural Arts Center,

Room 203, 200 N

Davie St., at 6pm.

IAC Meeting Friday

July 29, Cultural Arts

Center, 200 N Davie

St., Room 203, at 4

pm.

CSW Meeting

Tuesday July 26,

Cultural Arts

Center, 200 N Davie

St., Room 203, at 6

pm.

H U M A N R E L A T I O N S

Welcome to the Team!

Meet the PCRB: Sallie Hayes-Williams

If you stop by the office, be sure to welcome

Human Relations’ new intern, Jonathan Buechner,

recently featured in UNC’s Diversity and Multicultural

Affairs’ newsletter! Jonathan is currently a rising junior at

UNC-Chapel Hill studying Political Science and

Contemporary European Studies, with a minor in French.

He wants to give back, and has been involved in various

community outreach programs including the SMART

Mentoring Program for at-risk middle school kids, serving

as a Bilingual Classroom Aid, and helping to start the first

on-campus food pantry, Carolina Cupboard. He is getting

great experience interning with the Center for New North

Carolinians at UNCG, and is excited about learning more

about how local government works.

Look for an introduction to intern Courtney Young in the

August edition of the HRD newsletter!

Greensboro native and Dudley High School graduate, Hayes-Williams

has a long history of giving back to her community. With an extensive

professional background in communications, Hayes-Williams helped

establish the Houston GOODE Company (community theater), two

locally produced TV programs, and even had a short stint as a

traveling poet with Poetry Alive!

Hayes-Williams returned to Greensboro in 1994, became Community

Director of the United Arts Council and later, Program Director for

Communities In Schools of Greater Greensboro. She was influential in

the development of the Great Leaps Reading Program, volunteers fre-

quently with the Guilford County School system, serves on the Board

of Directors for the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, and

volunteers with the Police Chief Assessment Committee and the Com-

munity City Working Group.

When asked why she chose to serve on the Police Community Review Board, Hayes-Williams

responded, “My decades long pride for my hometown, my need to serve this community in a

tangible fashion and my desire to keep Police and Community Relations as open, positive and

productive as possible."

P A G E 2

Sanctuary House: Mile of Pennies

H U M A N R E L A T I O N S

Human Relations Director Dr. Love

Crossling was invited to speak at the opening of the Mile

of Pennies event, held June 2, 2016. Hosted by Sanctuary House, a

nonprofit in downtown Greensboro dedicated to the rehabilitation of

adults living with mental illness, Mile of Pennies is an event designed to

raise awareness about the stigma attached to mental illness.

Why pennies? Abraham Lincoln, the president featured on the penny,

struggled with symptoms of depression his whole life. Despite this ex-

perience, he never allowed his depression to define him.

Why a mile? Their event motto states, “Pennies by the foot helps

mental health by the mile.”

Crossling closed her impactful statement by saying, "At the end of the

day, we have to remember that every person brings a gift to the table. If

we decide to push people's gifts to the margin because we don't

understand how they see the world then we have slighted ourselves as a

community. May this just be one of many miles we lay at breaking

stigma." Together with Jacqueline King, Jodie Stanley, Courtney Young

and Adam Coker, Crossling laid the first penny to mark the beginning of

the copper mile, one more step to heightened awareness of mental

illness and support for those navigating it.

July 30 is World Day against Trafficking in Persons. Adopted by the UN General Assembly in

2013, the day hopes to “raise awareness of the situation of victims of human trafficking and for the

promotion and protection of their rights.” The International Labor Organization estimates that 21

million people are victims of human trafficking for labor and sexual exploitation. Every country in

the world is affected by human trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit or destination for

victims, thus it is important for us all to play our part.

P A G E 3

ACROBATIC

GROUP FROM

CHINA

UniverSoul Circus was a blast!

There is always time for joy and celebration! On June 22, opening night, UniverSoul

Circus hosted a special pre-show party for the Greensboro International Advisory

Committee, providing international cuisine, the unique opportunity to meet the per-

formers, even sent a marching band to escort the IAC into the Big Top! Thankful to

UniverSoul Circus for the opportunity to join them on the opening night of their

international themed circus. We met many of the performers before the show, were

serenaded by a marching band, and enjoyed watching incredibly diverse talent from

all over the world! The best part was at the end, when the performers came out on

stage waving giant flags from all across the globe, and the ringmaster closed with a

challenge, "Remember, we are each unique, but we are one. We belong to the same

world. Embrace and celebrate your differences!"

JALLOH FAMILY

ENJOYING TIME

BEFORE THE

CIRCUS

H U M A N R E L A T I O N S

P A G E 4

July is Independence

Month

The moral arc of the

universe bends at the

elbow of justice.

Dr. Martin Luther

King, Jr.

HRC’s Human Services

Committee will begin

meeting in July to plan

the annual Martin Luther

King Jr. Memorial

Breakfast. If you are

interested in joining the

team, please contact

HRD staff member Jodie

Stanley at 336-373-2038.

H U M A N R E L A T I O N S

Participatory Budgeting Update Over 1200 votes were cast during the last round of balloting for Participatory

Budgeting! Winning projects were announced during the June 7 council

meeting, and included:

$30,000 for a mural on the Bellemeade St. Parking Deck in District 3

$35,000 for a historical “Welcome to Greensboro” sign in District 5

$18,000 for bikeway improvements in District 2

$90,000 for a city-wide bus application project

Check out the City’s website for project updates, and for a full list of winning

projects. Thank you to the citizens of Greensboro for their continued support

of the City’s future!

Greensboro is proud to have opened its doors to many refugees seeking a safe

home. Mark your calendars and join us for a celebration of World Refugee

Day at Hester Park on July 16. Enjoy watching or participating in a soccer

tournament and taste delicious food from all over the world! World Refugee

Day is a time set aside to celebrate refugees and their difficult journeys, and

to recognize all they contribute to this beautiful city we call home.

Commission on the Status of Women:

Save the Date! Mark your calendar for

the CSW’s annual

Women’s Equality Day

Breakfast! Seating is

limited, and this event

sold out last year.

The program, designed

to empower and uplift,

features a powerful

panel:

Catherine Johnson,

Rev. Phyllis Coates,

Anna Fesmire,

Katherine Harrelson,

and Mary Kendrick.

Tickets are $25 dollars and will not be sold at the door. Call 336-373-2038 to

reserve your ticket today!

This list is not comprehensive, and dates/times may be subject to change.

Please contact the event organizer to confirm date/time.

Mark Your Calendar!

P A G E 5

July 3 American Block Party, Downtown Greensboro, Elm & McGee St., 8-11pm

July 4 Fun Fourth Street Festival, Downtown Greensboro, 2-8pm

July 8 UNCG Housing Hangout: Issues in Immigrant Housing, Room 1607 MHRA Building at

UNCG, 12-2pm

July 15 Youth Mental Health First Aid Training, 801 Green Valley Rd., 8:30am-5:00pm

July 16 World Refugee Day Celebration at Hester Park, 12 pm

July 16 NC FLAMES (Fierce Ladies Achieving Ministry & Entrepreneurial Success) Art & Soul

Live, 1031 E. Mountain St. Kernersville, NC, 7-10pm

July 27 Mental Health, Police and Public Safety, Greensboro Historical Museum, 130 Summit

Ave, 5 pm

August 2 National Night Out with Greensboro Police Department

August 8-9 Racial Equity Institute: Racial Equality Training, 2100 Fernwood Dr. Greensboro, NC

27408, 8:30am-5pm

August 18 YWCA Greensboro 113th Annual Meeting, 1807 Wendover Ave E., 7:30am-9:30am

August 25 Mental Health: Navigating Employment at the Greensboro Historical Museum, 130

Summit Ave, 5 pm

August 27 SAVE THE DATE: CSW Women’s Equality Day Breakfast, Greensboro Coliseum, 8 am

September 16-18 39th Annual Guilford Native American Association Pow Wow, Greensboro Country

Park

Do you have news, or a story you would like to share with Human Relations?

Contact Jodie Stanley at (336) 373-2038!

H U M A N R E L A T I O N S