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Th African World Festival
was a double gala at Hart Plaza.
Friday August 9, was the first
day of th African World Fes­
tival
The vendors at the Plaza
provided authentic.
A&ican/Wcst Indian entertain­
ment and cuisine as well as
genuine jewelry, garb and other
artifacts from all Parts. of the
African continent
I From Ham to llpm the par
fi tured local well nation­
al entertainers who traveled far
to be pre ent as this affair.
Groups iDduded Bandu Suo-
_ . , d the Suo Dancers, The
Omawale Cultural ociety,
Level � King David Reg­
gae Band, The Trop·cal Con­
nection and more.
August 20, day Two of _ the
Fe t a Caribbean parade,
known as Caricarn, took off at
"Y'or1d Festival brought,
food and,' fun 0 city
Upm from the Art Centre area The day's activities con-
at Warren proceeding. down verged into night-as the happen-
Woodward and touched down ings Continued til lam at Cobo
at Hart Plaza to converge with' Hall with the victory celeb tion
the African festivities alteady in dance where each float' group
progress. , prome aded through the hall in
Each Carribean island rep- full costume as an deled attrac-
resented in the par de decked bon of the dance.
out their floats and costumes • Day Three at Hart Plaza fea-
the manner accustomed to . tured many local African
native alStoms, complete with oriented groups who drummed, -
dancers, banners aDd m . danced and sang in the tradi-
A float from the island of tional African styles, s the
Trinidad featured one of its audience repeated the chants of
mo t famo'us groups, the � the entertainer. Members of
Trinidad Tripoli Steel band who the audience were invited to ap-
performed Ii their number proach the stage and learn the
o e songs. dances and/or phrases in their
Appr ximately 2,000 spec- native tongues.
tators turned out to vie the ex- • Jus about dosing time, Sun-
travaganza and anyone who diata and the Sun Drummers
wished to participate was in- -used the Pied Piper method and
vited to join in. A plaq was led the bulk of th people to the
given for the most organized edge of the park, where they
float, won by the group from drummed and danced til mid-
Barbados called the Ha ks. nite.
Despite the 200 thousand
person mol itude, the weekend
. went relatively incident free.
'However, police insisted that
the crowds disburse early and
vendors pack up their wares
long before closing t· me in
order to have the peop gone
by midnight.
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Fifty juvenile offender , ma and femaJ are wanted to par­
ticip e in the youth Iternative program called 'Save A Few'
( AF). I .
Execu ive Program Director G. Alexander Church id the
progr m aims to channel youthful energies into cultural,
r� tiona) and academic activities as an option to a life of
en
He ys studie conducted by th National Juvenile Justice
Department revealed tha education and higher self esteem are
direct correlations to breaking the mode for career aiminals.
According to Church, SAF offers a multi-faceted rk area,
i components are:
- Youth Community Services Corpis in which students per­
form plays for �mmUDity groups.
- Vocational exploration/experienced based edu lion
ich . dentifi participants' areas of job interest d pr .
them with opP,>l1UDity to udy t and wor . that
chose area . Detr· pub. schoo \4OCaliona1 P'ograms.
- Athletics, . pr. Iesome reaeatioo in con-
junct with ran YMCA pr \
- Educational e . ehment t see to enJlaancjt academic
bilities ·th tuto ial services,
- - Paren at pport groups, ·ch ioYolYe the parents of
participents i reachi the goals of SAF.
- A Counseling d support aspect re pamapants are
given th opportunity to voice their concerns, .
Church stated, "Our program fOQlSeS on providing an alter­
native for yo ths 15 to 16 years of ther in scbooI or out,
who have low cademic performance, have committed
repeated omdemeanors,·and are potentially priso bound"
Church refer to SAP a two year program that requires
the attendance t classes (or six hours per day, 5 days a week,
and features one our each 0 math, english, science, sociaJ
studies, and self eness. He ys the lf waren io
include drug awareness, groo· hygiene, job readin
skil peer counseling. nutrition and health.
Church ys the SAF courses, taught by retired teachers
from the board of educatio also include cultural experiences
tied into other community-based organizations, as well as field
trips in the city and surrounding areas.
Churc maintains that the piloting of this program will aid
in the' ion of repeat offenders and career a imina Is, in
brea mg the link between juvenile and hardcore priso ers, in
stabili7..,g family structure, and in reducing high school drop
out rate
WASHINGTON - Th
Navy has begun n inquiry to
fmd 0 why its rcauitmenl and
pro io of African American
and Hispanic personnel of­
facers and seni non-co
si ned officers lags behind that
of whites and behind that of
1 minority office in the other
services, according to a New
York Times rye
A tudy te m of 81 ck,
HiSpanic and white officers and
senior non-commissio ed of­
ficers, some of whom are
I . women, has been instructed to
re port to the chief of naval
operations, Adm. Carlisle
Trost, within two months with
recommendatio for changes.
The N vy' levels of Black
and ispanic personnel are
lower than for the armed forces
as a whole, and the avy ahs the
smallest percentage of Blac of­
ficers of the four services.
Only 3.5 percent of the
Navys �fficers are Black; it has
set a goal of six percent by 1996,
the same percentage. as for
Black U.S. college graduate .
For the par only college
graduates are comm.iss· ed as
offlcers in the navy.