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YORK - Among the major
concerns that the tiona) Urban Uagu
will be focusing it attention on at its
1984 Annual Conference in Cleveland,
Ohio, July 29-August 1, are the upcom-
in pr entia} election, the tus of the
B family, and the continuing crisis
in e public achoo .
ith theme, "Equity, Excell-
ence, Bmpo erment," the cOnference
will examUi th and ther critical
through ries of plenary
forums and peciaI events that
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will f ature a number of the nation'
mo distinguished speakers. The ite
of the Conference i the Cleveland
Conference Center.
The formal opening of the Confer­
ence Will take p ce on Sunday evening,
July 29 as John E. J cob, Pre 'dent of
th NUL, dehvers his keynote addr
This will be preceded earlier in the day
by the annual luncheon of the Urban
League Guild and a forum on the
Bl ck family.
Dr. Andre Billin ey, the former
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pr organ Stat University
and one of the nation's le ding experts on
the Blac family, will serve modera­
tor for the latter.
The candidat of the two major
parti will be invited to ddre the
morning and afternoon plenary ODS
on Monday, July 30. After each of the
plenary se '0 , a rie of smaller
forums will be held which will provide
participants with an opportunity to
engage in a dialogue with the presents­
tors.
Among the are to be covered in
the onday forums are Crime and the
Blac Community, and a Black Perspec­
tive- on Educational Reform. Another
\ forum will concentrate on succe ful
technique that have been u d in get­
ting out the young Black vote.
The speaker on Tuesday morning
July 31, plenary will be Vernon Jordan,
former president of the UL.
A special forum, "The ew Breed
of ayers," will be pre ented on Tues­
day evening at 8 p.m. Dr. Charles V.
Hamilton, a nationally known political
scientist and the author of several books
,
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eries of workshop , the Conference will
conclude that evening the Dinner
which will b addre d by Cong. Louis
Stokes (D. hio).
Registration is open to th public.
For further information, write: Th
Conference Department, ational Urban
League, Inc., 500 E t 62nd Street,
ew York, e Yor 10021.
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on Blac political p rticip tion, will rve el
moderator. Among the mayors ho
will appear on the panel are . Wilson
Goode of Philadelphia and Harvey Gantt to·
of Charlotte, .C. d
Following a final p enary session on
ednesday morning, Augu t 1, and a