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Opinion, Commcnturv, Letters, Views
upport for teens from A.M.E.
B n ri ht Ed lman
en pregnant teen nd
teen mothers arrive t Balti­
more' teen Parent in Enrich­
ment Place TPEP they are in
cri is. They need everything
from diapers for the baby to a
place to re nd gather thel
thought - ys the Reverend
Joan Wharton the pr gram s
director.
There they find the range
f supports they n ed in a
tting that feels like home.
Girls learn how to di per in
pecial baby s room practice
feeding baby in th kitchen or
retreat to be 'quiet room'
up t ir to think about and
pl n for the future.
The program was launched
In arch 19 6 by Bethel
. .E. Church, s part of its
mini ry to familie It receives
it funding from th tate of
ryland. The paid taff and
many church v lunteers along
ith city gency t ff and com­
munity repre ntative have put
t g ther comprehen ive pro­
gram th t help teens and their
children find their y t
better future.
The program offer
35-50 youth ge 13-19
rang of upporti e cla and
rvic from coun ling and
referral for pren tal care to
GED tutoring and in ruction
arian
Wright
Edelman
CHILD
WATCH
in how to ek employment.
Organizers of the program do
not forget that teens like to
have fun and have built in
activities li e cials, video mov­
. e and swimming.
The program stresse the im­
portance of child development
for the teen gers' youngster
a a crucial fir t ep th t can
prevent another cyd of te n
pregnan y and pov rty. The
program provid b bie ith
proper health care
stimulation while
child care, and ensures that
the es ntial of sound child
development will continue by
offering instruction in parenting
ills to the teens.
A ne element of the pro-
gram is also preventive: The
Teen Are Our Future' com­
ponent that works with Iblings
of teen parent and other teens
at ri of too-early pregnancy
or p rentho d. The youths
meet every nday to hear
spe er on 'Teen urvi al
issues.' and to di u elf-
e teem and 'h w these youn
people are feelin about them­
selves says Whart
e h ve to
where they are
found. Thi means pr vidin
youths who participate with
help in finding a j b, or hold­
ing discussion se sions ju t be­
fore basketball games. It mean
inventing a ne program H pe
in Spite of the Soaps, in
which popular ap operas be­
come the starting point for dis­
cussions of teen issues.
The pr gram has its payoff
for the adults involved t o.
"It s re arding," says Wharton
that we have helped some to
go to college or to get a job.'
arian Wright Edelman is
president of the Childr n's De­
fen e Fund, a national voice
for children.
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Our Stolen Legacy
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By 0 nlo
As is traditional of ancient
Egyptian religions, orne god
were deemed greater than
others, but when the priesth d
systematized the theology, the
greatest god of the Egyptian sys­
tem became the creator.
In the beginning, Ptah was
the divine artificer ( creator)
who created himself with these
words: (A passage taken from
the original Bible, otherwise
known as 'The Book Of The
Dead', translated from
hieroglyphics to Greek to
English.)
"I brought my mouth, and I
uttered my own name as a word
of power, and thus I evolve
myself under the evolutions of
the God Khepera, and I
developed myself out of the
primeval matter which had
evolved multitudes of evolutions
from the beginning of time.
Nothing existed on Earth, I
made all things. There was none
other who worked with me at
that time.
(Information taken from The
Al ebu-lanians of Ta-Merry's
'Mystery System', by Josef AA
ben J ochannan).
Ptah was the first to emerge
from the primeval waters called
Nun, in the form of a hill. Soon
after, the God Atum,(also
known as Atom, consisting of
the same properties as the atom
as we know it), emerged and sat
atop of the hill, Ptah.
While Atum sat upon the
primeval Hill, Ptah, he c­
complish d the w r of
tion. Ptah repre ents the .
thought nd creative utter res.
Atom joins hims If to
order to ab orb His qualiti
creative thought, speech
omnipotence," and beco
hands or the physical peel
the creation process. (Inf
tion taken from 'Stolen Legacy'
by George M. James)
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Do our noses detec
8yRo e Enlo
The University of Chicago
Oriental Museum is presently
exhibiting a collection of an­
cient, near-East artifacts. In­
cluded in this collection are a
few replicas of Egyptian statues
and masks which suggest
Caucasian descent.
The question of whether or
not the museum purposely
brought in these replicas to
trenthen in the minds of its
predominantly white clientele
the misconception that all cul­
ture has white origins arises.
Incidentally, there ere n
n se on any f the uthentic
gyptian piec , but the
remainder of the c llection v
intact. It w id th t the E p­
tians thems lv removed the
noses a they were b lieved to
possess certain powers and
thereby alleviating the statues of
power by lopping off the nose .
However, this theory does
not stand to reason if the statues
were still standing in the era in
which they were sculpted, they
were obviously created with
hief?
ton.
A dimly lit in tituti n uch
that, uld n t refle t light to
maximum where the featur
could be easily detected, there­
by discour ging ph togra
and minimizing publi ity,
There are thou nd of
Blacks who are cognizant 0
these facts, yet, still
not, and with the G
Hope we1l-versed· the
they may