WS Chronicle

Special to The Chronicle

The Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity (MCWSV) announces that Chief Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Martin and District Attorney Jim O’Neil’s office reached out to The MCWSV with an active and meaningful purpose to work with community members in local churches, in order to help people get their driver’s licenses back.

The goal is to help working families, MCWSV said.

Various reasons have led to this struggle for some of Forsyth County’s residents. The most common are due to missed court dates for financial reasons, or out of fear or ignorance on how to navigate the court system.

Local residents who do not have a driver’s license are faced with several obstacles. The obvious obstacles are the difficulties associated with finding employment, as well as accessing educational opportunities for their children.

The Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity has been serving, in this endeavor, as chief administrators for the program.

This program is labeled the “Third Thursday Community Outreach.”

The Rev. Alvin Carlisle, 3rd Vice President of the MCWSV and Social Justice Chair, has been diligently working toward making this program and partnership a success, MCWSV says.

From the start of this program, nearly 200 Forsyth County residents have been helped in getting their licenses back. Many reports of greater work opportunities have been unveiled because of restored driving privileges.

The “Third Thursday Community Outreach Program” is one of many initiatives set forth by the Ministers’ Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity to help those in need.

To learn more, email president@minstersconferencewsv.org or secretary@minstersconferencewsv.org.