OCTOBER 4 - rc, 1987 THE ICHIGAN CITIZEN
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Dr. Roselind Jeffrie chair
per n of AS AC' Creative
Production committ· Dr.
a'Im bar, a member of the
SCAC Board of Directors'
and Dr. Yo f ben-Jochannan
author/lecturer and veteran
tudy tour director al de-
livered major ddre
ajor paper were pre nted
by Dr. aulana areng first
Vice-President of AS C; Dr.
Joye Hardiman, m mber of
C's Executive committee;
and Roo velt Roberts of
Chic 0' emetic Institute.
Four commi 'on reports out-
lin d the AC genda for the
ne t 10 year.
The report ere given by
Dr. sa Hilliard, chair of the
Educ tion comrm Ion d
S C cond Vice-President;
Dr. Ander n Thompson, chair
of the Re arch comrni 'on;
Dr. Hardiman, co-chair of the
Cre tive Production commi . on;
and Dr. Kareng , chair of the
piritual Development comrni
ion.
Other report were m de by
the pre 'dent of the five
A C regions, Harold Die ,
Ea ern region; S babu Sh baka,
Mid- tlantic region; arion
cClinton, idwestern region;
Larry illiams, Southern region;
and Jitahadi [mara, estern
region.
Pre ntations were al made
by Dr. Richard ing of the
Fanon Re arch and Develop
ment Center al member of
A AC's Board of Directors;
Dr. Leonard Jeffries, ASCAC
Secretary' Dr. Gaylene Parrault
of Atlanta Jr. College; Rekhety
imby, Kemetic In itute; Dr.
Addie Brown, Los Angeles;
Rev. Diam Clar, A elation
of Africans and African
Americans and a member of
the ASC C board of directors;
and zinga Ratibi a, ASCAC
Tre urer.
Award for outstanding con
tributions to the ASCAC mis
'on were presented.
The conference wa comple
mented by 10 day study tour
which included visits to all of
the major archaeological sight
in Egypt and the Cairo ational
Mu urn, a well veral other
rnu urns. Briefing lectures
put the various monuments into
hi orical and cultural perspec
tive.
A highlight were visit to
veral ubian village where
contibution to the school and
community projects ere made
by ASC C member .
pecial program as pre
nted by the Vill e of
Daboud.
During the tour two couples
ere married in tr ditional
African ceremonies conducted in
the great arnak temple com
ple in the town of Luxor,
Egypt.
A volunteer staff of 40
ASCAC member . ed the
SC C officer in coordinating
and offering services during the
project. Among the rvices
were youth and children pro
gram.
The A ciation for the
Study of CIa 'cal African ivili
zation was founded in 1984
at the "First Annual Ancient
Egyptian Studies Conference",
convened in Los Anglees by
Dr. Maulana Karenga, repre-
nting the Institute of Pan
African Studies which hosted
the conference; and Dr. Jacob
H. Carruthers, representing the
Kernetic In itute of Chic go.
e 1984 conference was
attended by 500 Afric Ameri
cans, including the le ding
holars in the area of African
antiquity. During the con-
ference . of the participant
founded the A sociation and t
up a temporary organizing
framework.
• Joining Dr. Caruthers and
K renga in thi hi oric e en t
were Dr John Henrik Clarke,
Yo f ben-Jochannan, A Hil
li rd and Leonard Jeffrie .
con itution was approved
and officer ere el cted t the
cond annual conference held
in Chic 0 in February, 1985.
In 1986, the third annual
conference in- Harlem was
attended by more than 1000
participant. In le than four
years SCAC membership ha
grown to over 1000.
The overall goal of ASCAC
is the restoration of African
civilization through scholarly
re arch, m ive education, cul
tural creativity, and spiritual
development. The membership
is encouraged to particip te in
the realization of the objectives
through local study and re-
arch groups.
The Association's national
office is located at orthea ern
lllinoi University's Center for
Inner City Studie 7()() Ea
Oakwood Blvd., Chic 0, Illi
nois.
The ten hundred conferee,
which included a few resident
from Europe, the We t Indies
and other parts of Africa, went
to Egypt to celebrate their
heritage; they returned with an
unforgettable experience.
They had participated in one '
of the great hi torical event
of the 20th century. They
had answered an invitation ex
tended 4000 years 0 by the
great Pharaoh Seso ris who
invited an Egyptian citizen to
return home after many years
of [ourn in a foreign coun
try. Sesostris rote:
Come back to Kemet
(Egypt)
Come bac to the Black Land
See the Cradle City
It' the place where you
came into being
Ki the ground at the great
gate
And mingle with friend .
•
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Dr. J cob Carruthers, President or ASCAC
in hi torieal July 1987 ASCAC conference j
ident conven-
Krenga, 1st Vice
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