SHI GTO , D.C. - Official of
churche who m mber ip include
pproxirnately half of Blac Am ric
nnounced I wee a program aimed at
r vitalizing poor urban and rural neigh
borhood .
Le d r Engergizing eighborhood
Development (LEND), a non-profit
'f cilit ting' organization with prim ry
pport from the African ethodist
Epi opal Church nd the ational
Bapti Con'vention, USA announced
the inve tment of S 1 million in both
e ablished and ne church-ba d credit
ASH GTO Economic net-
ion in South Africa will be the
focus of debate when the Hou /Senate
conference committee on the Export
dmini ration ct reconvene next
ee .
On pril 12, Hou member of the
committee demonstrated their support
for conomic ctions again t South
Afric when they ted 11 to 2 against
eliminating the ction from the
Hou -p d version of. the Export
dministration t. _
Reps. G Solomon (R.- .Y.) and Ed
Z h u (R.-Calif.) were the two members
ho voted to remove South African
ction from the bill. The Senate
pa d ver ion of the bill contains no
economic ctions gain t South Afnca.
Committe members n. Ja e Gam
(R.-Utah) d John 0 er (R.-Texas
are oppo d to ny economic nctions
gain South Afric. Sen. John Heinz
publicly voiced his dl pproval for net
io but re d that compromi be
tween the Hou and Sanate may be
nee
The South African sanction in the
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unions plu the first of veral pilot
computer leamin centers which will
be t up in churches cro the nation.
The S 1 million wa made vail able
by the Consumer Unite In ur nee
Comp ny of ashington D.C. Funds
have already been allocated at $100,000
per credit union to churche in San
Franci 0, ew Orleans, Cincinnati, De
troit, Washington and Philadelphia.
The flrst pilot computer learnin
center will be installed in the etropoI
itam AME Church of W. ington D.C.
Initial computer were donated by the
t
on
Hou version of the Export dministra
tion ct t ke ver f rm :
-Rep. illiam H. Gray's (D.-Penn.)
provision to prohibit y n invest
ment by American com ani in South
Africa,
-Rep. Ho Berman' (D.-Calif.)
provision to impo ricter r ulations
on the sale of any item that could be u d
for military or police purpo in South
frica,
-Rep. Ho ard olpe's (D.-Mich.)
provision to prohibit the sale of nuclear
weapons or technology to South Africa
and other countrie that have not signed
the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, and
-Rep. Steve Solarz's (D.- .Y.) pro
visions to prohibit bank loans to com
panie operating in South Africa, ban the
importation of South African Krug-
. gerand into this country, and establish
fair employment guidelines for Ameri
can busin es operating in South Africa.
• Conference committee members in
The Citizen circul tion, are: Rep. Lee
Hamilton (Indiana) 202/225-5315; and
Rep. Howard Wolpe (Michigan) 202/
225-5011.
I.
Plan Hat iesburg homecoming
A big homecoming for all former
re idents of Hattiesburg planned June
29 to July 4, 1984.
Th homecoming idea began hen a
group of citizens of Hattiesburg,
sippi, organized EURO a non-profit
organization primarily responsible for
organizing homecoming reunions for
ttie urg. EURO tands for Eureka,
Royal Street, nd Rowan High Schools.
The ere once Blac condary level
hools in this city.
"It . our effort to m e every
effort to inform all the former residents
of H ttiesburg, in particular tho that
ttended either of the hools, that
e are planning another EURO Home-
. coming, June 29-July 1984. For your
infromation, the 01 em d te
back to 1892," said Eddie A. Holloway,
one of the organizers.
"As you can see, we are looking
forward to having Hattie burg, Mi ie,
sippi, filled with a lot of ole home face.
Thi is the prime time for former u
dents, classmates, friend , and famille
to reunite and reminisce," Holloway
said.
For information, please write or
call EURO (Eureka, Royal Street, and
Rowan High Schools), 805 Atlanta
Street, Hattiesburg, S 3940 1, (60 1 )
584-8308.
"We are looking forward to eing
you .at the banquet, ball, World's Fair
Tour, nd picnic," Holloway said.
Blac
Ma
rs elect Officers
ATL A, GA - At the tional
Conference of Bl c M yors, Inc.'
CB ) 10th Annive ry Convention
in St. Louis uri, n corporate
officers were elected. W shington, D.C.'s
ayor arion Barry will he d the organi
z tion, while outgoing Pre ident Johnny
Ford elected to lead the newly
organized orld Conference of ayors.
Other elected officers are: lst Vice
Presid nt Thi rtford,
Connecticut; 2nd Vic Presi dent Ver
di ce Hampton-Go on Richwood,
Louisiana· Secret ry, Riley L. Owen,
III and Treasurer, John B. Coop r,
Vandalia Michigan.
The ten year old nonprofit organiza
ron provides management and technical
a . t nee through its headqu rters in
Atlant , Georgi , seven state office in
Washington, D.C. office.
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Commodore Busine achin s r
poration nd the te cher and ftware
re being upplied by Cornpu-Tech �
Educational Services, Inc.
Traditionally, the Black churche
h ve not been ctive in community
development from the tandpoint of
creating ne jobs nd stemming the
outflow of capital from their neigh
borhoods. Since Credit Union m y
loan money only to members, they tend
to keep ving working in the locality.
The $100 000 non-member depo it for
e ch church-related credit union re to be
d money t ttr ct urther
nd c n be 10 ned only for job
creatin , educ tional or neighborhood
revitalizin purpo s.
The computer leamin centers will
te ch sm 11 busine people how to h -
ne th computer to their dv nt ge ,
te h udent langu e and m th ills
nd help job eker or tho desi rous
of promotion} to learn n ills.
In the future LEND will work n
proj cts deahn ith en rgy con rvation
building reh bilitation ci and support
rvice for familie ,
EYS TO THE CITY - Coo e he p
Delta Sigma The , Golden Canady ith the key to the city of Benton
Barbo at the local chapter 0 e of Founder' D y. "Can y so recei eel
y key to the city of St. Jo ph from St. Jo ph yor Franklin Smit .
Single mothers subject of
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Delta Sigma Theta study
During the recent Founder's Day
observance held by the Benton Harbor
St. Joseph Alumnae Chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta, Inc., ational Pre "den,
Horten Golden Can dy, outlined plans
for Summit II, the cond effort to call
attention to and addre th needs of
women.
The theme, "A Call to Action In
Support of Single BI Mothers,' has
created interest to the extent that forty
cities will participate in a study by the
rority. Resultin from the study will
be a demographic profile of each parti i
pating city and a description of the pro- fI
grams being inplemented by Delta
chapter in the cities.
The main thrusts of Summit II
will be through con ultations with
ingle Black mothers to bre stereo-
typic preconceived notions of who single
Black mother are and their concerns.
Mrs. Can dy, an executive director
for the Lansing Community College wa
raised by a ingle parent - and provide
one ex mple to dispel the notion that all
children of single parents 0 not fare
ell.
In the audience were visitor fr m
u egon, Kalamazoo South Bend and
Bloomington Ind. AI pres nt were
member of the local chapter of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority.
KAP joins AOIP
Kappa pha Psi KAP Fraternit
has committed it wholehearted supp rt
to the ational sault On Illiteracy Pro-
gram. In keeping with the fraternity
theme of' obilizing appas for Human
ity" Grand Polemarch Robert L. Gordon
ha pointed the fraternity in yet another
directi n in which this theme become
a reality.
Th A.OJ.P. is a framewor vi
hi hIe I Blac community-buildin
organization wor t ether to fo u n
greatly reducin the un n ionably
high rate of illitera y.
"T Fraternity,' id, Gordon
"ha begun to m e it If f It m re and
more amen the di advantag d. the
disfranchi d the destitute and help-
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