JUNE 24 - 30, 2915 THE CITIZEN
Black Women On The Move
Continued from p 2
apartheid.
"The Struggle of
liberation 0 ments'
resolution: To foster
and interdependence among
women ho pport the trug­
gl ainst the t . pI oppre ion
of r ci m, xi m and economic
ex pl oit a lion.
'The Status of omen and
the Rol of omen in tional
Development" ill pre nt the
following: 1 Support gre ter
recognition of the contributions
of African omen t national
development through sub­
sistance farming; 2) Support the
improvements in subsistence
farming techniques that will
enhance the productivity of
African women's work' 3) Sup­
port improved mechanisms for
African women to articulate
their needs so that the needs
Part-· e. stUdents qualify for work-study
BE TO part-time tudent during the
gan College cond summer ses ion and fall
financial id program h been and spring sesters of the com-
expanded to include part-tim ing academic year.
a well a full-time students, .. Olivi said that th college
ccording to Don Olivi LMC has about 90 work- tudy posit-
work- tudy coordinator. ion available each ye r. Part-
Th change in policy goes timers must take at lea t six
into effect July 1 ith work- credit hours of' college work to
study positions available for apply four work-study jobs.
Students taking 1 2 or m re
credit hours of college work
per semester are considered to
be full-time students.
Work-study students are paid
a ba ic wage of $3.35 an hour
and are limited to 20 hours
of work per week during the
fall and pring terms.
BHHS graduates' may collect book refund
BENTO HARBOR - Jame
Rutter, Principal of the Benton
Harbor High School has an­
nounced that any 1985 grad­
uate from Benton Harbor High
School who had a book de­
po it and incurred no indebt­
edne ainst his/her account
may collect hi /her refund in the
main office of the high school
from 8:00 to 11 :30 a.m. and
1:00 to 3:30 p.m. beginning
Monday, June 17 until Friday,
June 28th.
When these students entered
Benton Harbor High School
as freshman, a 15.00 book
deposit was required to cover
boo security. Providing the
tudent did not 100 his/her
books or incur any darn ge to
school properties loaned the
student, a full refund is due
the student when they gradu­
ate, according to Rutter.
If students have further
questions regarding th ir refund
they may call the main office
at the high school, 926-7301.
L
C take on DSS client training
BE 0 TWP - A $204,753
contract been arded to
Lake . chigan College by the
Berrien County Dept. of Social
Services to coordinate county-
. de training for DSS recipien ,
ccording to Charmain Kibler,
pecial project coordinator at
C.
Kno n the ichigan
Opportunity and SkiDs Training
Program OST), this coopera­
tive, comprehen program m­
\'0 certain Berrien county
public schoo en C,
'bler explained. ywine
bUe schoo , Des Community
schoo Community
schoo Pub
School
According to Kibler, parate
: DSS training programs were
developed in the past by variou
chool districts within the
county. The programs . ere
fragmented, and sometimes the
same training classe were simul­
taneously offered at two ites,
said.
Becau of this, the com-
munity .lCh�1s in the county
and Lake . chipn College
or ed together in cooperation
to provide DSS ith the best
. po ible program, Kibler stated.
Propam coordin tors in each
IChool system belieft that by
rkiog toaether they will t
more information on employer
tniJlIinI n throupout r-
den county. In this y, the
needs of both DSS ts and
.... employers wiD be better
offi DSS
client four different services,
according to Kibler. All clients
will be use d to determine
their ba' c entry-level skill,
tho . somewhat I cking in
re ding and m th ill will
receive academic training in
the reas, and then all clients
will receive either vocationel
training or customized training,
she said.
. Various Berrien County
schools have expressed concern
that in the past lOme people
in traininl programs had
basic skills, Kibler stated.
Se ral clients n ded training
to meet the skill reqUirements
neceaary for ocx:upation train·
,lOin the future,
people wiD rece
___ first.
The �tiOnaI tr .. offer-
ed 120 houn of e
in variOUS
of women becom an important
aspect of national development
policies; 4) Support literacy
programs as means of improv-'
ing the contribution of women
to n tiona! development.
"The Impact of Militarism
of the Development of Women"
-re olved to support the de-
militarization of Central
America and the Caribbean.
The Economic Education
and Health Committees formu­
lated resolutions to be im­
plemented in our local com­
munities but did not make
any resolutions for the con­
ference.
Some 19 re olutions were
established from the religious
caucuses which included
African-Hebrew Israelites
Christians, and Islamic and
Rastafarian Women. Some of
the resolutions from the relig­
ious .caucus were to examine
between religion
movements. '
Stirring up con ro r y dur­
ing th entire c nference w s
the Bl ck Lesbi C ucu hich
wa not offici lly included in
the tivitie, but through per-
ist nee man ged to hold wor -
shop, pre ent their position
during the closing e ion, and
are included in the 19 5 writ­
ten conference report.
The general attitude of the
omen attending the conference
w s that h mo xuality i an
unnatural manifest tion of the
troubled so iety that we live
in, does not promote he lthy
viable family life and is in
fact a part of the overall plan
of genocide being perpetrated
ag in t people of color.
Michigan women's poIitica coo·· on to m
ST. JOSEPH - Rebli�o�
Firing and Wrongful Discharge
From Employment will be the
topic of the monthly meeting
of the Southwestern ichigan
Women's Political Coalition.
. The' meeting will be Wed­
nesday, June 26, at 7 p.m. in
To host
the aud Preston Palen e
Memorial Library, 500 Market
St., at Lake Blvd.
Speaker will be Jack Stie­
ber, Director of the School of
Labor and Industrial Relations
at Michigan State University.
Harbor Holid y Inn.
Chairman of the convention
will be David J. Y rdley, Pre i­
dent o( the Berrien County
Young Republican; Vice­
Chairm n will be Bruce A.
Willi ms, Vice-President of the
Berrien County Young Republi­
can .
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-IATrLECJtEn
SAWYER - D vid Lambert,
President of the ichigan Feder­
ation of Young Republicans
announced this eek that the
Berrien County Young Republi­
cans will be hosting the annu I
Young Republican State Con­
vention. The convention willl
be held during the weekend of
August 2, 3 nd 4 at the Benton
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