MARCH 1 -7,1987 THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN
Hig er ra e of
bir hing dea h
among Black omen
Luncheon S
5
In and About Muskegon
, ,
The Con e ned Blac
omen Roundtable
(CB R) Inc., us egon
Chapter, i ponsoring a lun­
cheon Thur day, arch 5,
1987 at the 1. Zion Church
of God In Chri t Muskegon.
This luncheon will feature a
pre entation by Loui e Do -
artin, 0 ial or Con ul-
tant from Chi go. Do -
artin ill be haring the
di turbing re ult of the
re earch h competed on
childbirth fataliti s for Black
omen.
ccording to Do - artin,
ho ha collaborated with
Kri tine Si fert, profe or of
ocial or at the University
of ichigan, Blac women in
America are three-times as
li ely to di in childbirth as
hite women. Generally, th
cau e of the high death rate
are poor living condition and
inadequate acce to pre-natal
care.
In publi h d reports, the
re earcher noted that many of
the death are preventable,
is ers in co
cer
and that if Blac omen en­
joyed the same care and living
onditions that hite omen
do the rate of Black maternal
mortality would decline.
The uskegon Chapter of
B R i compo ed of repre­
. entatives of local Blac
women' organization and in­
dividuals. The luncheon and
Do -Martin" pre entation,
held in conjunction ith
omen' History Week, is a
fundraising event for the local
group as they plan to host the
fourth annual CBWR Con­
ference at Muskegon Com­
munity College September 19,
1987.
The luncheon is $5.50 and is
cheduled for 12:00 p.m. at
the church located at 188 est
Mu egon venue. Persons
interested in attending are en­
couraged to call Maggie Jones
at 777-0211 or Janie Broo s at
777-0328. Thi event is being
co- pon - ored by the u e­
gon Community College Com­
munity rvice Department.
Science Cha lenge aps ready
U EGO - Application
Me no vailabl for b mitt ing
ience project in the annual
e t ichigan Science .challenge
• '87 to be held April 30 - ay 2
at u egon Community Col-
lege.
The ience fair i open to all
7th through 12th gr de udents
in u egon Ocean Ott wa,
and ewaygo Countie. Each
element hool in. the four
counties may enter three 6th
grade ience project in a
parate 6th gr de competition.
Other division include 7- th,
9-IOth, and. II-12th gr des.
Five c tegorie are open to
ubmit entries: Physi J
S ience, ath/Computer ,
General Biology, Hum n
Biology, and Engineering.
La year 200 student from
36 school competed. Over
16,000 in holarships, saving
bonds, and cash grant for
the purcha of science equip­
ment wer awarded. Fifty
judges from indu ry and edu­
cation volunteered their rvices
to evaluate the project .
tudents ho wish to enter
Science Challenge '87 ould
contact their ience te cher or
call the ath/Sci nc Dep t­
ment of u egon Community
College t 777-02 O.
re .
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Su it. 98, Washtntton, DC 20005.
THE HOLUS SISTERS, from l-rt:
(Robin d Lucille Ho .
On Friday, February 27, the
Holli Si ters of u egon pre­
nted a special tribute to ar­
tin Luther King J r. and Black
Hi tory Month at Hope ollege
I Holland.
The Holli Sisters of Mu e­
gon have ng together since
they were tall enough to peer
over the keyboard of an old
upright piano that their mother
loved to play in the family's
living room.
I 0 er the year, the Lord
ble d their voices to blend
into harmonic unas and He
ble d ir hand to play in-
rument th t h ve en bled
them to mu ically spread the
Go el o Je Chri t.
The ill Sister recently
pre nted their fir t concert in
Octo r 19 6 to a sell-out
crowd in the 700 seat auditor-
A
Coun Ion and Tutors
are needed on a
Volunteer Ba i
Six to Eight Hours a Week
CO TACT: Harold Wright
739-5422
u egonHeight City Hall
ium at u egon Heights High
School. They headed to Hope
College to spread the Gospel
a part of their outreach
mini try.
Beside the pe ial tribute,
the concert fe tured tr ditional
and contemporary go p 1 music.
A reception was held after
the con rt. Th event a
spon red by Hope ollege.
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