Commu n ity

Army will honor the Dickmans with
the "Others Award," its second highest
honor, before an expected 800 people
at its annual civic dinner in Detroit's
Renaissance Center.

Dual Purpose

the clinic, part-time interns —
mostly law students from the
University of Detroit Mercy and
Wayne State University — interview
clients and do case management.
Interns are
allowed to rep-
resent clients in
court as long as
attorney
Dickman is
present. There
have been
more than 50
interns during
the past six
years, he said,
the majority
being Jewish
and female, he
said.
"It's a dual
purpose," he
said. "We pro-
Law interns Marcy Citron, Nina Backon and Elana Gloetzner
vide legal ser-
confer with Robert and Ellen Dickman at the Detroit clinic.
vices to the
recovering pop-
ulation, but we also attempt to give
ty. They discovered there was this cry-
law students a practical and empathic
ing need at Harbor Light to see that
education in the law.
people got a clean start when they
"It takes a special kind of student,"
completed the rehabilitation pro-
he added. "These kids have a lot of
gram."
heart. They really do."
Susan Yorke of West Bloomfield is a
Third-year WSU law student Angie
current vice president of Temple Israel
Pierce, 26, of Bloomfield Township,
and was chair of its social action com-
said, "The woman I'm trying to help
mittee when Robert Dickman asked
regain custody of her child just com-
her to join the clinic board.
pleted her GED (graduation equiva-
"For those of us who are native
lency diploma) program and scored
Detroiters, Detroit has a special place
higher than anyone else in the class.
in our hearts. I hope it will eventually
She's really gotten her life back togeth-
be the city that it once was. And, if we
er.
can help do that, it's wonderful," she
The Salvation Army is a Protestant
said.
church dedicated to aiding the down-
"Bob and Ellen are extraordinary
trodden, with a non-denominational
people who have devoted their lives to
- board of advisers overseeing its efforts
the clinic. They work together side by
in each locale. The altruistic mission
side. It's a pleasure to work with
of those who do the Army's work
them." ❑
forms a unity that slashes across reli-
gious, ethnic, racial and class differ-
ences. The presence of many dedicated
Inquiries and contributions
Oakland County Jews at Harbor Light
may be made to the William
Center is evidence of the power of its
Booth Legal Aid Clinic,
program.
Salvation Army Harbor Light
Jimm White, immediate past presi-
Center, 2643 Park Ave.,
dent of Temple Israel and a 30-year
Detroit, MI 48201. For infor-
volunteer with the Salvation Army,
mation, call (313) 961-2201.
serves as treasurer of the William
Booth Legal Aid Clinic. In the past,

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he has served as the first Jewish chair-
man of the Army's local advisory
board.
"The Harbor Light facility does
more 'gut' good for people than
almost any other institution in town,"
he said. "The success stories coming
out of there are phenomenal.
"I introduced Bob and Ellen to the
Salvation Army. They had been active
in the Temple Israel social action com-
mittee and were looking for some-
thing to do in the broader communi-

