Beating Violence in America
Four-hour Bill Moyers special offers a wide range
of reports on the problem of violence in America
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. It has become a hot-button issue:
‘America’s young people are being
killed in record numbers. The grow
ing frequency of violence against
youth — committed by both juve
nilesandadults—athome, at school,
and onthestreetsisfrightening and
polarizing the nation.
" To help combat youth violence
in America, many of the nation’s
public broadcasters, along with
some oftheir commercial counter
parts, private foundations, com
munity organizations and corpo
rations, have formed a powerful
alliance —the Act Against Vio
lence campaign — which will
employ TV and radio program
‘ming; community- and school
:based activities; print materials
:and publications; and computer
‘ized on-line resources.
Launching the “Act Against Vi
olence” campaign is a four-hour
program, What Can We Do About
Violence?: A Bill Moyers Special,
premiering on PBS Monday, Jan.
9 from 9 to 11 p.m. ET, and con
tinuing Wednesday,Jan.llin the
same time-slot (check local list
ings). A production of Public Af
fairs Television, Inc., the program
is presented on public television
by Thirteen/WNET in New York.
On Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 9 p.m.
'ET (check local listings), the PBS
series Frontline will present a 90-
minute special entitled Does TV
Kill?, a documentary report on
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how television violence affects our
lives. Following the documentary
portionofthe program, Bill Moyers
will lead a 15-minute discussion.
The program-crosses
the nation to-showcase
variety ol approaches to
the problem.-of vielence.
with apai!fit)‘f experts who have
studied the effects that TV has on
children. The panel will discuss
what parents can do about their
children’s relationship with tele
vision.
Mosaic of solutions
What Can We Do About Vio
lence? presents a mosaic of docu
mentary reports on the growing
numbers of people across Ameri
ca who are mobilizing to confront
and stop violence. Through the
personal testimonies of a broad
cross-section of Americans on the
front lines of the struggle, like
community leaders, educators,
parents, clergy, law enforcement
personnel, social issues experts
and youthsthemselves, the broad
cast emphasizes workable solu
Augusta native is producer of PBS domestic violence segment
Joan Harrell-Carter, who at
tended Glenn Hills High Schoo!
in Augusta, Ga. and began her
broadcast journalism career at
WJBF-TV in Augusta, is an ex
ecutive producer of the segment
on domestic violence. According
to the American Bar Associa
tion, domestic violenceis the sole
contributor to the “family cycle”
of violence, which is passed from
generation to generation. This
segment talks to five-, six-, and
seven-year-olds living in shel
ters in Ann Arbor and Battle
tions — ideas, attitudes and pro
grams that help people whoselives
have been marred by violence.
“*The program crosses the nation
to showcase more than a dozen
programs in California, Florida,
Illinois, Louisiana, Massachu
setts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis
souri, New York, Ohio, Oregon,
Tennessee, and Utah that take a
variety of approaches to the prob
lem, including adult mentoring,
conflict resolution, parent train
ing, peer education, alternative
sentencing, violence prevention
counseling, school-based servic
es, community policing and activ
ism, drug and alcohol abuse reha
bilitation, and firearm safety.
A special segment, produced by
PBS’saward-winning weekly teen
magazine series In the Mix, will
offer a teenage perspective on vi
olence and explore the opportuni
ties and self-esteem young people
Creek, Mich. The kids describe
growing up in violent homes
watchingtheir parents fight,and
discuss how being physically,
sexually and emotionally abused
impacts their lives. At the “Kids’
Club,” a support group devel
oped by the University of Mich
igan’s Clinical Psychology De
partment, the kids are encour
aged to talk about their experi
ences which, if left untended,
could cause them to commit vio
lent acts when they grow up.
Mrs. Harrell-Carter’s journal
have gained from participating in
volunteer programs.
Mending the social fabric
“Most of us share a sense of
horror about violence in our coun
try,” notes Bill Moyers. “The good
news is that many communities,
schools and companies and vari
ous branches of American govern
ment are embracing a new sense
of responsibility and accountabil
ity. Many people, kids and adults,
are coming up with creative solu
tions and putting them into ac
tion. This program will offer clar
ity and perspective, and attempt
to demonstrate that solutions are
possible.”
Among the efforts profiled in
the program:
* In Salt Lake City, Utah, the
innovative Youth Works project is
fostering the development of self
esteem, marketable skills, and a
constructive mind-set among at
risk kids aged 14 to 18, who are
being taught to rebuild dilapidat
ed houses.
*At Sobriety High, in Edina,
Minn., youths havelearned a hard
lesson about drugs and alcohol as
prime ingredients for violence.
Having completed drugtreatment
programs, they're “majoring” in
recovery and studying coping skills
that emphasize problem-solving
and non-violent means of self-ex
pression.
*At alocal hospital in Los Ange
les, Calif., a youth violence pre
vention program called “L.A.
Teenson Target” empowers young
people and educates them about
the consequences of violence and
the dangers of firearms. The pro
gram’s members are adolescents
and young adults, many of whom
have been paralyzed as the result
of gunshot wounds.
*ln Portland, Ore., the police
bureau is working in partnership
with agencies, schools and neigh
borhood associations to find solu
tions to the problem of violence in
their community. Community
policing has led to more job satis
faction for the cops and an in
creased sense of security in the
city’s neighborhoods.
*lnNew York,N.Y., attendance
is up and violence is down at two
new public high schools designed
tobe smaller and more responsive
than the huge schools of the past.
Staff and students are working
togetheraspartofanational move
ment to create a new school cul
ture that fosters respect for knowl
edge and concern for each other.
An important beginning
What Can We Do About Vio
lence? is a call to action. The “Act
Against Violence” campaign will
continue with a Frontline profile
on the effects of TV violence; pro
duction of a new series of four
programs by WTVS Detroit and
Nomadic Pictures, No Time to Be
a Child, which will focus on the
lives and activities of resilient and
enterprising adolescents; the cre
ation of a “Viewer Action Spots”
public service campaign; major
teleconferences for both lay peo
ple and professionals; multi-fac
eted on-line and print elements,
offering a broad assortment of re
sources and materials; and new
and extensive distribution of pre
viously produced programs.
On Friday, Jan. 20, Thirteen/
WNET, the presenting station for
What Can We Do About Violence?,
will producealiveinteractivetele
conference hosted by journalist
Charlayne Hunter-Gault of The
Mac Neil | Lehrer News Hour. The
teleconference, which will feature
segments from the Moyers spe
cial, interviews with experts, and
a telephone call-in, is designed to
demonstrate how publictelevision
station personnel and local com
munity leaders can work together
to reduce youth violence.
istic experience includes CBS
Evening News With Dan Rather
and Connie Chung (writer/as
signment editor); World News
Tonight with Peter Jennings,
Primetime Live, and Nightline
(off-air correspondent and re
searcher); and Black Enterprise
Magazine (feature writer).
She is the daughter of Mrs.
Willie Wright Harrell and the
late Sgt. First Class Floyd R.
Harrell of Augusta, and the wife
of Theadore Carter of Aiken, S.C.
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Photo: Lisa Johnson
Punkers, Ex-ldols thrash it out
at Ranch in Augusta Jan. 13
The barren decor of the The
Ex-Idols’ eramped one-bedroom
Los Angeles apartment perfect
ly mirrors their thought son life’s
shortcomings. It’s here, with the
aid of his four-track, the band’s
wiry bleach-bottle blond singer,
Gary Finneran, channels his
frustrations into the raw power
ofburnt-out, punky torchers such
as “My Song.”
The Ex-Idols don’t believe in
penning up their bitter-as-hell
feelings. Instead, their music
screams with rage. Raunch,
pumped—up three-minute
January Jaz to feature CSRA
High School Jazz Band, guest
Vaughn Nark at Augusta College
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Trumpeter Vaughn Nark
The Maxwell Performing Arts
Theatre at Augusta College pre
sents the CSRA High School Jazz
Band, directed by Dr. John Bra
dley, 8 p.m.onJan. 13. The band
will open for Wayne Hoey and
All That Jazz. Featured guest
artist will be Vaughn Nark.
Mr. Nark is a trumpeter,
fluegelhornist and valve trom
bonist from Mount Carmel, Pa.
He was a member of the Pre
miere Jazz Ensemble of the Unit
ed States Air Force, the Airmen
of Note, for nearly 20 years. Tour
ing extensively throughout the
world he performed as lead trum
peterand featured jazz soloist on
a vast array of highly touted re
cordings and appeared at such
major musical events as theJack
sonville JVC and Detroit
Montreux Jazz Festival(s), in
addition to literally hundreds of
concert engagements. By presi
dential order, he was presented
with the Meritorious Service
Medal for his “distinctive accom
plishments and contributions.”
Mr. Nark has performed with
the world’s finest jazz musicians
and entertainers, including the
late titan Dizzy Gillespie, Doc
Severinsen, Tony Bennett, Mel
Torme, Henry Mancini, Lena
Horne, Natalie Cole, Diane
pounders dominate the group’s
first full-length release Social
Kill, which follows their success
ful limited edition FP, Pill Pop
per. From the nail-driving beats
of the title track, to the jaded,
pungent chorus of “Got Noth
ing,” to the electric-shock jolt
“Down,” these edgy players have
managed to concoct some unde
niably catchy humanity-vs.-the
street anthems.
It’s a snarling defiant experi
ence not to be missed. Friday.
Jan. 13. The Ranch. Augusta.
Schurr, Diahann Carrol, and
Wynton Marsalis. He served as
lead trumpeter for the inaugural
season of the Smithsonian Insti
tution’s Jazz Masterworks Or
chestra conducted by Gunther
Schuller and David Baker.
Eternallegend Dizzy Gillespie
called Vaughn “something spe
cial.” His numerous quintet re
cordings are universally ac
claimed.
Mr. Nark is an admired brass
clinician and studio musician,
and has served as an adjudica
tor, performer and clinician at
such coveted events as the Inter
national Association of Jazz Ed
ucators convention, the historic
New York Brass Conference and
the UNC’s Southeast Brass Con
ference in Chapel Hill, N.C. He
appears in the aforementioned
roles at a host of the nation’s
finest high schools, universities
and conservatories throughout
the year. His quintet performs
regularly in nightclub and jazz
festival venues. Mr. Nark has
received mention on several oc
casions in the prestigious Down
Beat International Jazz Critics’
Poll.
Tickets are sl2 at the door, $lO
in advance. For information call
Wayne Hoey at 868-0006.
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