I I rllte . . uoport _ s t te wide · community orsentze tions SUDDOrt fOe BUP. serie , clinics, vocational BUF became afIiIiated . I rehabilitation center , youth the" National BUF' August, groups, family coun eling 1974. This atio . de k programs and many er self- ofBUF '. a positiYe ex- help community projects.. Dl'eai(' )D of 00IIUIlDnity �Iop- The Bia United Fund 0 _. IDCDt through the self-help con- Michigan' 18th Annual Benefit cept Diaaer will be held Saturday, Reques october 8, 1988. Th' year:'s )ViII be, "The Ouest for W' dom and Self-Sufficiency Thro Education.· The eve­ DiDg will include dinaer t the We tia Hotel, and brief" program featuring re ounced educat , Ms. Marva Collins, found r of the Westside Preparatoly School, au fi.; .. the keynote pefku. For dditiooal information, p call or write, Mrs. Bren­ da Rayford, B ct United Fund, 2187 W. Grand Blvd., Detro· MI � (313) 894-2200. H does BUP raise resour­ ces? From people like yourself , ho upport BUF' through memberships, direct (X)Dtribu­ tio , special even payroll deductioDs d vario commi - tees. Your porous dooatioos are allocated tatewide to nur- o n On Sunday, Aug. 2 , in- ternationally • no n group LadyGourd S ngoma bri its enchanting and exciting b ad of African music, d nee nd storytelling to the Festiva The group - Ahmondylla G '. Best, Tiye Giraud and Pam Pa I - · comprised of three of the four Jac nand . Koch to m in bid for .l I M Also 0 Sunday: - DR. LAMO professor of African- merican History t UCLA, will spea &0 1 to 3 p.m. at the Ethnic Gallery 0 "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: the International Mm.· H· lecture wiD focus 0 Dr.· influence on African and C ribbean Political d sociological developme - BROADSID will present poetry readings from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Pyramid Theater, featuriag Boyd at S p.m. (Etheridge W,..t . be the Saturday . also from 3 6 p.m.) , ._