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Wednesday, July 17,2013
Tribune & Georgian
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Letters
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old teenager who said he was
happy to be in jail because he
didn’t feel safe on the streets.
Both parents were serving
life sentences for murder so
he had no parental support
and guidance.
Another memory is of a
16-year-old in my treatment
group who didn’t expect to
live very long as so many in
his neighborhood were killed
due to gang violence.
Another memory is of the
mother who kept her chil
dren inside after school
hours to keep them safe from
the street.
Wake up, America. Let’s
take back our community.
Provide safe places for chil
dren to socialize.
Provide the hope that life
can be better with an educa
tion. Being educated is a key.
Help the children to learn
and to earn the key that
opens the doors to opportu
nity.
As long as we blame oth
ers, we remain victims. Re
fuse to be a victim.
Follow the examples of
others who came to this
country, and some very re
cently, with the clothes on
their backs and hope in their
hearts and earned the Amer
ican dream.
Peggy D Amato
Kingsland
Martin’s death
can be a lesson
Dear Editor,
After what seems like a
very long time, the George
Zimmerman trial is over. I
feel great sadness for the
Martin family who lost a
child. It is always very
painful.
This case was closely
watched throughout the na
tion and beyond. Now that it
is over perhaps each one of
us can stop and look inside
ourselves and examine our
own biases. We all have them
due to our personal life expe
riences. Unfortunately they
can lead us to stereotyping
and less—than— rational de
cisions.
Perhaps we can now better
understand that when a situ
ation is approached in an ag
gressive and untrusting
manner toward others, with
out established need, the
outcome can be disastrous.
Hopefully the millions of us
who followed this case can
allow it to make a positive
difference in our lives. This
tragic death will at least have
been a valuable life lesson to
us.
Elaine R. Powierski
St. Marys
When will all
races be equal?
Dear Editor
I woke up this morning so,
so very sad. I know that peo
ple don’t want the Trayvon
Martin and George Zim
merman case to be about
race, but when you have two
different races involved in a
case and an unfair, blatant
unjustified resolution comes
about for one of the races, it
automatically becomes about
race.
What is so sad about this is
that a 17-year-old young
man is dead just from walk
ing back home from getting
a snack.
The second sad thing is
that I believe that Trayvon
Martin’s life was put on trial
instead of the fact that
George Zimmerman got out
of his car when the 911 dis
patch operator told him to
not get out of his car and to
stop following Trayvon.
If he had followed orders,
Trayvon’s parents’ child
would still be alive. The
world would not be even
more divided and George’s
life would not be the living
hell that it has been and is
about to be.
Lastly, one of the sad
things for me is that I have
had to raise my son by telling
him to not walk or jog at
night for exercise, because he
is an Afro-American young
man.
It is sad that Trayvon Mar
tin losing his life had to be
the proof that I was not just
being paranoid.
When are all races going
to truly be equal? And I do
mean all races.
Remember that the world
is not just black and white.
Tonya M. Williams
Kingsland
Now is the time
to be involved
Dear Editor,
We have been exposed to
recent events that should
bring to our attention the
need to immerse ourselves in
ensuring we begin to actively
seek change to our present
leadership directions.
We have continued to be
uninvolved, passive, unwill
ing to know, refusing to gain
knowledge and make change.
There are so many things
that are wrong for us as a
community and as a society
that we can change. There
are laws that are outdated.
Systems that are broken.
Courts that misrepresent.
Ideals that are misleading
and morals that are corrupt.
We have looked past inept
ness and accepted deceit.
All these things have led to
the order of the day: We are
most comfortable with being
misled and accept remaining
in place.
Our children, grandchil
dren, nieces, nephews,
cousins and other loved ones
are not being groomed to
succeed us and make change
for a better life.
We have had these conver
sations in past months and
still seem to believe we can
not make a difference in any
thing. The only reason for
this feeling is that we con
tinue not to try. We have to
get off our backsides — with
speed — and involve our
selves in things that are of
concern, which is every
thing!
What will it take to con
vince us? Will it take you los
ing your home, losing your
job, losing your ability to
seek a livelihood, or losing a
loved one?
Our responsibility is to act
and be responsible to our
selves, our families and to
our community. There has
been too much talk and no
action from us. We are out of
talk! The time has come for
us to be about action.
We attend sporting events
of all types, but it’s hard to
find us at candidate forums
or debates, or at community
rallies. We don’t have a clue
as to political views being ex
pressed that will have an im
pact on the way we live and
on our future.
We represent people, and
stand for the betterment of
life and living which directs
us to be involved in social
and moral unfairness of peo
ple and make a way for a fu
ture that is inclusive and
meaningful for all.
We must charge ourselves
with making the effort to get
in and be a part of change
and insist on a voice in every
thing.
Take the time; plan for
time to get out and get in
volved with our community,
and in tune with society, so
that we are directing and af
fecting betterment in living.
Now is the time.
Nelson Cummings
Camden County Democrats
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St. Marys Methodist Church
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each member of household,
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St. Marys Methodist Church
Helping Hands
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each member of household,
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St. Marys Methodist Church
Helping Hands
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each member of household,
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Helping Hands
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Lighthouse Church of God
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Tuesday
Hidden Treasures
Assemblies of God
9:00 am-12:00 pm • 912-729-2551
Requirements: Picture ID, Clients can
come once every 60 days
Kingsland First United
Methodist Church
9:00 am-12:00 pm • 912-729-5445
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Missions for Camden
8:30 am-1:30 pm • 912-673-8663
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Wednesday
Hidden Treasures
Assemblies of God
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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
9:00 am-12:00 pm • 912-729-6085
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Missions for Camden
8:30 am-1:30 pm • 912-673-8663
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each member of household,
Proof of income
Thursday
Hidden Treasures
Assemblies of God
9:00 am-12:00 pm • 912-729-2551
Requirements: Picture ID, Clients can
come once every 60 days
Kingsland First United
Methodist Church
9:00 am-12:00 pm • 912-729-5445
Requirements: Picture ID
Missions for Camden
8:30 am-1:30 pm • 912-673-8663
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each member of household,
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Ravens of Elijah at
Southeast Community Church
(near David L Rainer Elementary)
3:00 pm-6:00 pm • 912-552-0621
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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
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Faith in Action at
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Woodbine United
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His Glory
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11:30 am-1:30 pm
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