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WASHI GTON-"IfHands
Aero America succeeds in get­
ting million of Americans to
put themselves on the line for
poor and hungry people, I'm all
for it," Arthur Simon, executive
director of Bread for the World,
said today. "People ill be
doing omething tangible abou t
domestic hunger, many for the
first time."
But Simon also wants U.S.
citizens ho will be participat­
ing in the trans-continental
extravaganza to become ad­
vocate for poor and hungry
p ople when they return home
this Sunday.
"Hunger is the cru lest
tion of poverty in the
world," said Simon, "and endins
entrenched social problems like
hunger and poverty in the
United State will require more
than holding hand . In the long
un, many more people mu t get
their hands involved in the U.S.
political proce that deter­
mines hether millions of peo­
ple go to bed hungry each
night."
Bread for the orld, a
grassroots citizen ' antihunger
movement, i urging its 50,000
members to support Hands
Acro Amer�ca on May 25. The
Christian group also wants more
U.S. citizens to u e their hand
on onday nd throughout the
rest of the year to wri te letters to
Congre in support of legi la­
tion that could help hungry
people.
Simon especially hopes that
Hands Acro s America will
stimulate U.S. citizens to sup­
port a ne comprehen ive
domestic antihunger bill that's
scheduled to be introduced in
Congr on May 21. The
Hunger Relief Act of 1986 is
expected to be introduced in
the U.S. House by Rep. Leon
Panetta, D-Calif., and by Sen.
Edward Kennedy, D-M ., in
the Senate. This legislation
would provide an additional '1
billion to expand and improve
U.S. food istance program
in fiscal year 1987.
Bread fO'r the World also
ants U.S. citizens to ask their
members of Congre to co­
sponsor and support "The
Hunger in America Re olu­
tion," S. Res. 385, that ould
put the S nate on record
fav ring "a commitment ... to
end hunger in the United States
by the year 1990." The re olu­
don has been introduc d by
ndre
ound
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VOL. VIII NO. 26 MAY 25 -31.1986
ARK" OVE" A
'" Philadelphia, Pa. - Activitie ranging from .,r yers to
marche and emotions ranging from anger to tears of orro
marked the first anniversary of th tragic police bombing of
the radical, Philadelphia back-to-nature group - MOVE. The
bombing of the Black organization' ro -house headquarter
de troyed 61 home, made 250 people home le and left 11
people dead including five children. Mayor Wilson Goode has
ackno ledged that the bombing a mis e and aid the
first nniv r ary hould be "a time of healin and renewal."
Amon tho participating in last eek' activities were Black
uslim follower of Louis F rrakhan who condemned Goode
for having "murdered bi brother and iste ."
or
BLACKS FAlLa G TEACHER EXA
W hington, OC - There i a gro ing fear among orne
educators that the new wave of tate teacher competency tests
ill force incre ing number of Black te cher out of the
c room. Recently, 18.4 percent of the Blacks taking th
Te t c er com ency examination failed. Tha com-
red to a failur r te for hite teac rs of only 1.1 percent.
Sim· r ul hav been recorded on entry-level te ts in
Alabama, Californi Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and
Oklahoma. The performance ofBlac teachers on th tests
has led to charg that the te ts are racially bias and will have
the effect ofUtestin Black te cher out of the classroom." In
1970, for example, 12 percent of all U.S. teacher wereBI ck.
Exp rt no expect th t number to fall to five p rcent by
1990.
EW BLACK U.S. REP LIKELY
Queens, Y - Last eek' nomination of Alton R. Waldon,
Jr. to fill the at left vacant by the death of congre man
J 0 eph Addabbo ppear to to suggest tha t there will soon be a
ne Black member of the U.S. Congress. Waldon w
nominated by Democratic party le der in a district which is
nearly 60 percent Black and where the democratic nomine
usually ins the election. The p cial election will be held on
June 10.
I
GIBSO DEFEAT E DS ERA
rk, NJ - In 970, Kenneth Gib on became the first
Black mayor of major northeastern city. Hi election came on
the hee of a erie of racial riot and was thus imilar to the
election victorie of what could be termed the "fir t wave" of
Blac U.S. mayor. Th , Gib on' defeat last eek at the
hand of another Black man, Sharpe Jame '. repre ented the
end of n era in Black politics. Jame decisively blocked Gib-
on's attempt for an unprecedented fifth con ecutive term by
inning ell over 50 percent of the vote. Jame had cam­
paigned gain t the ri ing crime rate in Newark and the failure
of economic gro th to take hold in the city of over
300,000.
FIS U VEILS "SURVIVAL PLA "
ville, Tenn. - Predominantly Black Fisk Univer ity
unveiled a $51 million" urvival plan" after coming do e
to financial collap nearly 0 year ago. Fis President
Henry Ponder told a Nashville pre conference last eek that
the plan call for the 119-year-old to gradually increase it
non-Black enrollment, dd $34 million to its operating
budget over the next five year and increase overall en­
.rollment,
.,;
CICERO REACHES AGREE E T
Cicero, Ill. - The To n Board in the nearly all hite
Chicago uburb of Cicero has agreed to adopt an open hous­
ing policy and to hire more Blacks to work in the city. The
reern nt ith the U.S. Justice Department ends a thre
ye r-old di crimination suit.
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"We also need to have a bet­
ter idea of ho i hungry in the
United States," said Simon.
"After all, we probably kno
more about the nutrition of
hog and r cehor than
kno bou t huager amona our
own people." Bread for the
W orld, therefore, supports
legislation in the Hou e and
Senate, H.R. 2436 and . 1569,
that ould make ongoing and
comprehensive national mon­
itoring po ible.
"It's the pirit of Hand
Aero America--p ople u ing
their time, talen , trea ure nd
their influ n U. . citiz ns-­
that ill help create the 'politi­
cal ill' in our country to end
hunger," said Simon.