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o HARBOR - Syd­
ney Finley, ational AACP
F air Share and Economic
Development Consultant, told a
small group at th Twin Citie
CP election program, th t
e Fair re program a
created to help improve the
economic tatu of the B ck
community.
Finley . d billion of dollars
le ve Blac communiti an­
nually and Fair Share is the
CP effort to top the drain.
Finl y e g r
for the AACP meeting, Fri-
day, Dec. 14 at Union emorial
African ethodi t Epi opal
Church, 911 South Crystal Ave.
Finley said the Fair. Share
progr h been tremely
effective. any corporations
are reluctan in the beginning,
but once th concept is explain­
ed very fe h been reluctant,
"Finley dded. .
ccording to Finley, there
main ingredient bind­
ing company in Fair Share
a emmt. They are:
=Having a meaningful in-
n tive affirmative equal
opportunity employment pro­
gram'
-Promotion and reciuitment
of minoritie ;
-Procurement from Black­
owned companie not only in
are of cudty or m intenance,
but also professional ervice
like consultants and lawyers'
=Increase busine financial
and in ranee owned busine s
by minorities;
:-Place more Blacks on the
company' board of director ;
. t such enterpris
minority-owned and operated
day care centers with a philan­
thropic return to the com­
munity.
"It's high time the Black
communities woke up and help­
ed themselves. Black" com­
munities have to be aware. and
invol d ith what is going on
in the their community", Finley
said.
Finley as highly critical of
local utility company becau e
of its po ture towards Blac
constituants. He indicated,
'E rytime the companies re­
quest rate hikes before the
commi ion, we are going to try
and block them.
Blacks have tremendou buy-
ing power. H said about
175 billion dollar are cir­
culated in the Black communi­
ties and 15 billion go to
purchasing liquor and about
$2 billion to churche .
"Why trade where you can't
ork? We've got to get to
Black in the treets," Finley
said.
He said that picketing and
going to j il i th old appro eh,
but the marter approach would
be not to do busine with
store if Blacks were not em­
ployed there.
Finley said Blacks can de­
mand their fair share through
the Fair Share program. "It's
difficult for tho within the
community to understand the
economic development of
dollars in Black communities,"
Finley said. He dded once
the dollar comes into a Black
hom , it goes back in to the
white community. "That' why
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the University of Califomi at Berkeley d currently attend
P en City Coli pi to t e graduate co at UCLA.
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ARBOR - ore than
75 perc nt of all Blac students
in the United States are con­
centrated within about two
percent of the nation's hool
districts, according to Univ rsity
of . chigan education Prof.
Charles D. oody Sr.
While the tatistics may
seem mandate for ne de­
gregation effort, oody be­
lieves they raise another . ue.
"By targeting efforts to pro­
vide the highest quality teach­
ing and programming within
the 350 (out of 160(0)
di tricts, we can impact the
vast majority of all B c stu­
dent enrolled in public schools
in this country n he asserts.
oody, director of U- '
Program for Educational Oppor­
tunity, federally-funded de g­
regation i tan unit, sug-
gest th t the be t edu tional
pro r mare defined by such
fa tor the tudent hi h
level of exp ct ti ns and m ti­
v tion their m tery o-f basi
kill rates of college enroll-
• ment strong dmini trativ
leadership and the calibre of
in truction, especially in th
are of computers math and
cience.
To as the current t tv
of education in kindergarten
through 12th gr des for Ameri­
can Blac children d is
urveyin 120 Blac and 82
non-Blac uperintendent ho
head hool district with th
highe t concentrations of Blac
student.
'During the past fe year,
no le s than 25 national urvey
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