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0.24 MAY 16 - 22, 1984
d of national voter regis-
tration campaign sharply criticized recent
I . do d by the 'chigan Hou
ta . hich prohibit three
te nd from using their employee
to p .. te in the campaign.
H Jo, national director of the
Ruman Service Employees Registration
d Voter Educa . Ii (SERVE) campaign,
. d . group will consider taking legal
action If the proposed legislation become
Jo . Detroit r ntly to
ational . tion of
ference.
effect.
In the COUll-
order of b . to
of reporta and rec:ommenda
forces, of which had
.. oed a specific area 0 concern
a direct relatioDlhip to the
d billty of family.
Armed th recommendatio,
Summit participants th dispened
th . pectin communi all
country it ticip ted
they wiD be instrumental in having
the Summit reeommendatio bnple.
nted t the local 1 el and through
groups they repr nt.
CP/NUL CALL �� ... .,�
umrnit conve d by the
tional . tion for the Advance­
nt of Colored Peop and the ational
Urb Lea to mobilize the total
B community in
to rengthen d encJhmce
family.
It UtIene)' undencO by
try that let people register at the otor
Vehicle Dept. If it's right hen you go to
register your car, why' it not alright
hen you go to get your unemployment
check?"
The Hou voted 56-46 to prohibit
the departmen of Social Services,
Labor and Public H alth from using their
office or employees to . participate in
the Human SERVE campaign during
regular bu hours. The proposed
I· . n nd-
ment to the Dep. of Social Servi
ppropir tio bill. It' no before a
nate appro' - 'committee.
The oter tion campaign uti-
lize olunt or at public
and private to re· er eligible
oters, For the p year tb y ha: been .
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family
preaently under a are t deal of Itt
reflected in such indices as hi8b
unemployment rate, the rapid growth
in households headed by women, the
number of children in poftrty, d the
bwponin d}vorce r e amona B cks,
k family is pr ntly'
un r I eat dell of stre
II r fleeted in such indic
s the hi. h unemploy nt
rite, the rapid growth in
hou holds h aded by women,
the num of childr n ,In
pov rty, nd - th burgeoni ng
divorce rate Imong 81 cks."
At the openin plenary . on on
Thursday, y 3rd, John E. J cob.
o dent of the NUL, sald that the
problem (cing B ck people reflect in
part hat America has done to them.
At the same time he warned that U me
of our preble may be self-inflicted,·
that may have allo ed our just anger
t what America done to obscure our
own need for If-discipline and strenth­
ened community valu ."
He continued:
"In concentrating on
of di rbnination and po
. lot � can do about our own problems
ounelv. Government and private
leCtor ction is a nece . , but !O too are
the ce and the concern B c
organizations can provid ...
urhis' not a meeting to get go em-
ment and the private tor ofT the hoo .
e t to point out ho public
polici lead to private miseri .
"But e e got to com up ith
plan to utilize the fonnidab po r
and strengths of our organizations and of
the Blae community to build healthier,
more stable farnili and communiti ."
Speaking of behalf of the NAACP,
Benjamin L. Hooc , its Executive
Director, . d:
, e are glad of the tremendou
intere and response that the "Black
Family Summit" ha created cro
the nation. Our focu is clear. We ill
in context the B c family's emerg­
ing struggle for survival gainst over-
helming odds. Our ta , and you have
cho n to accept it, . to involve our
soci ety as a hole in combating the
conditions that vitally affect American
families and impact upon u in a very
disproportion te manner:
, e hope to develop rategi s, in­
cluding ction plan and inter-organiza­
tiona! netwo: s and linkages to ccom-
p' the 80 e define at this sununit."
At conclu . on of th opening
p nary, the participants ere cUv°ded
into ten poup to examine and make
recommendations in the folowing areas:
Jo and &0 omic Security> for
Blac F amilie; Education and B
FamDie ; Healthy B c Famili ; Hou •
ing and B c Familie; Pattern of Child
Rearing and SodaIization in B c
Families; Single Parent Familie ; Crim ,
Vio nee and k Families; The B c
d; Developing and bilizin Re-·
sources for Supportin Blac Families;
e/Fem e Re tionshi in Bl c
Families.
HEAR EXPERTS
The ork io continued through-
out Friday, ay 4th, 0 th the partici­
pant pausing only to attend eral
plenary 0 oDS t which they heard
from veral n tionally recognized ex-
perts in their particular field .
At the Friday morning 'on, Dr.
James P. Comer, Prof of P ychi try,
Yale Child Study Center and A oci te
Dean of Yale ed cal School, 0 d that it
is necessary to create ne educational
ystem that e re that all children,
regard} of their economic b ckground,
can learn and develop the academic
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