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Post by bseballaggie on May 12, 2024 12:09:14 GMT -5
This is the point of talking points. Even the most seasoned leaders should have tps. You gotta have somebody on staff to prepare those talking points. Do you believe we have somebody who is really capable of doing that? I think some of this rhetoric is strategic and is used in justifying the university for certain grants and funding earmarked community development funds, because, the university is developing a "underdeveloped community." I sat on the board of a Community Development organization, as the treasurer, the language used when applying for grants was always an emergency direction. There are multi-millions of dollars in community development grants that are not used because organizations do not speak the language necessary to activate the government to act. The brother founding this organization was adept at using the language and was being guided by certain senators whose district we were in. We were a $50 million organization always in pain and needing to do more for the community. The government hates the business of caring for people and will gladly give to institutions that are properly structured and speak the right language, and they are meticulously scrutinized to every penny.
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Post by Bornthrilla on May 12, 2024 12:12:51 GMT -5
So the university is making East Greensboro seem worse than it really is just so the school can win more community development grants? If that what you're saying?
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Post by aggie2039 on May 12, 2024 12:13:21 GMT -5
Nobody gave Chancellor Martin a script and said hey, you need to recite these specific words. He is a 70-plus year old man who is capable of expressing his own thoughts. Historically, the phrase East Greensboro has always been code word for "where the black folk live". That is why we include the location at the start of every official press release because we are trying to say we are proud to represent the black community in Greensboro. That, however, is an archaic mindset because in 2024 black folk live in every corner of the city. Crime happens everywhere and when young people are looking for excitement, they will always gravitate to a risk-filled environment. There was a incident two weeks ago where A&T students gathered on the Southside for a block party and 15 people got hit by a car. That was probably about 10 minutes away from campus but that was not in East Greensboro. Its the truth, no need to sugar coat it... East Greensboro has a higher crime rate than other parts of the city.
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Post by aggie2039 on May 12, 2024 12:14:06 GMT -5
So the university is making East Greensboro seem worse than it really is just so the school can win more community development grants? If that what you're saying? East greensboro is the most dangerous part of the city...not a lie
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Post by bseballaggie on May 12, 2024 12:15:03 GMT -5
So the university is making East Greensboro seem worse than it really is just so the school can win more community development grants? If that what you're saying? That's my belief and experience with government funding for community development. We had housing, prison recidivism treatment, a aids treatment clinic for mothers and children, child placement etc. The organization was in competition with a jewish organization, who was considered the largest in the state. You would be astonished at the wealth related to jews, that is from government programs.
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Post by A&T AGGIE 96 on May 12, 2024 13:30:27 GMT -5
Oh lord, you gotta love us Aggies…we argue over next to nothing. The East Side is less developed for a number of reasons…NCAT can help address that issue. Why not leave it at that.
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Post by westcoastaggie on May 12, 2024 18:09:02 GMT -5
Oh lord, you gotta love us Aggies…we argue over next to nothing. The East Side is less developed for a number of reasons…NCAT can help address that issue. Why not leave it at that. Aggies Do!
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Post by The Professor on May 16, 2024 15:07:15 GMT -5
As many deaths that we have had around campus , why wouldn't safety be one of his top concerns?
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Post by Bornthrilla on May 21, 2024 12:14:46 GMT -5
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Post by westcoastaggie on May 21, 2024 12:47:36 GMT -5
A (Living) monument, indeed!
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Post by DOOMS on Jun 18, 2024 6:08:22 GMT -5
I was at a cookout in the country over the weekend and ended up sitting next to a lady who was a 1974 grad of T. I asked her if she knew Dr Martin and what he was like on campus. She beamed with pride and said she knew him when they were in school and he was as serious-minded and focused back then as he is now.
I don’t know why a small part of me was expecting her to say “that fool used to drink Ripple and run hoez from Winston to Burlington!” 😂
That man is more focused than John Wick.
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