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THURSDAY, June 17, 2021
NAACP responds to allegations of fraud regarding Tonya McDaniel’s handling of grant funds SUBMITTED ARTICLE
The NAACP issued the following statement regarding the allegation of misappropriation of funds by the organization’s vice president, Tonya McDaniel: The Executive Committee of the Branch has met with our officers and Tonya McDaniel. We have also conferred with Blueprint to examine the intent of the Grant, and whether its purposes were fulfilled and performed as intended. We have also examined the payments and verified that they matched the intent of the Grant. We are convinced that the purpose of the Grant was delivered as intended and therefore limits our discussion to those facts. We have spoken with Tonya McDaniel as she has acknowledged her lapse in judgment as not in the spirit of the fiduciary principles of the NAACP Branch, but in the spirit of providing service to the community
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as a whole. Therefore, we acknowledge our current processes, procedures and authorization of grant procurement for doing the critical work in this community must be redefined. As a
Finally, we have found no evidence of misappropriated funds and the receipts and ledgers of the grant activities were verified. Hence, Vice President McDaniel is still a member in
result, we are in the process of conducting a full review of the aforementioned procedures to ensure that going forward, we are in full compliance with the Constitution and Bylaws of the NAACP.
good standing of the Branch and we have no further comment other than these. Moreover, this Branch of the NAACP plans to move forward with the business before us in harmony, peace, and unity.
Father’s Day dinner looks to combat rise in senseless gun violence BY TEVIN STINSON THE CHRONICLE
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Ahead of Father’s Day weekend, the Women’s Gun Violence Prevention Team is hosting a dinner on Friday evening designed to celebrate men in the community and invite them to join the fight against senseless gun violence. As of June 15, there have been 19 homicides in Winston-Salem compared to only nine this time last year, and more than 100 reported shootings. In response to the rise in homicides, shootings, and other violent crimes, the Women’s Gun Violence Prevention Team, a coSubmitted photo alition of local women Ahead of Father’s Day, the Women’s Gun Violence Prevention Team is hosting a dinner to combat the rise in senseless gun violence. geared toward bringing an violence and prevent the ple on the ground in the pened on Devonshire and driven because we connect man,” Ingram continued. end to senseless violence, senseless loss of life. community, so we’re go- Burgundy Streets. Upon to our people better than “Faith without works is is calling men to step up Nakida McDaniel, one ing to invite them to come arrival, officers found four anybody else,” she said. dead. Men of this comand get involved with orof the organizers for the out and support the work people shot, three were Nykia Ingram, co- munity should be held acganizations already doing event, said the event is de- of these organizations.” transported to a local hos- founder of Enough is countable for being that the work to combat gun signed to encourage men When asked about the pital, and the fourth was Enough and another orga- male figure in these kids’ violence in the communito get involved and vol- recent rise in violent crime pronounced dead at the nizer for the event, said lives.” ty. For the past month, the unteer with five different involving young people, scene. having a father figure The Father’s Day dinteam of women have been organizations led by other McDaniel, who is a native One of the victims in plays an important part in ner hosted by the Women’s coming together regularly men in the community: of Winston-Salem, said the shooting was 17 years a child’s development, es- Gun Violence Prevention to discuss ways to stop the 10,000 Fearless, Enough she has never seen it this old. Several other shoot- pecially for young boys. Team will be held Friday, is Enough, HopeDealers, bad. McDaniel said she ings in the city this year She said the plan after the June 18, at the Enterprise Rally Up Winston-Salem, remembers gun violence have involved juveniles dinner is to pair young Center, 1922 S. Martin Luand Beating Up Bad Hab- being a problem in the late under the age of 18. boys in the community ther King Jr. Drive. Dinner its. 80s and early 90s, but it McDaniel said while with male mentors. is free of charge but men “These are the orga- didn’t reach this level. there does need to be a “These young boys are are asked to register ahead nizations that I know do Earlier this week, Win- comprehensive plan to trying to fill a void or try of the event. Registration outreach on the ground in ston-Salem made national fight gun violence, there to find themselves. And will remain open through communities to stop the news for being one of six are other pieces to the you know there are a lot the day of the event. To violence and we want to cities across the country to puzzle and community in- of mothers that are play- register, visit https://tiincrease their capacity be- have a mass shooting over volvement is a big piece. ing the role of father at the nyurl.com/3vjkzypk. cause they’re underfunded the weekend. According to “You gotta have commu- same time; but they really For more information, and they don’t have a lot the Winston-Salem Police nity involvement. It has to can’t play the role of the contact Nakida McDaniel of volunteers,” McDaniel Department, on Friday, be for the community and father because they can’t at 336-830-4522 or Nykia said. “We need more peo- June 11, a shooting hap- it has to be community teach the man how to be a Ingram at 336-473-4642.