Program promoted as prison deterrent
(pictured above: Alvin Atkinson addresses community partners last week at Flat Rock Middle School.) The Center for Community Safety (CCS) thinks its S.T.A.R.S. (Students Taking Action and Reaching Success) program can help clog the so-called “school-to-prison” pipeline that overwhelming favors blacks and Latinos. The Winston-Salem State University-founded Center – in conjunction with Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools […]