Opinion ,
Ron Daniels etv. d as tla
Director of tire . 01 Rain-
o Coaliti tl e Deputy
Campa; ana r for the
r R verend Jesse J ac son's
p idcnti I Com He
- "S d Presi t of the 0-
tio 01 Bloc .as embly and as
Chairperson of the National
BI c Indep ndent Political
Party. Currently, he serves as
President .0/ the Institute lor
Community 0 tmization and
D elopment in Youn stown
Ohio. He ay be contact d at
(216) 746-5747.
. ca i changing over to
21s century and i . magi­
cal, exciting and i piri
e job re developed
everyday. There are not enough
. ed techno ogical pecialists
to program, repair ana service
equipment. Some 25,000 -
50,000 jobs unfilled because
there are n qualified ap­
plicants. The demand i there
b t e tr ined qualified people
are no.' . of th 0
are qualified goes up to S35,OOO,
$ 0,000 - $80,000 for ex­
perienced high technology
. . ts.
I see thriving America,
ne self- ured America. I ain
proud to be an American and
of age. I gr tly
d . e B America to be
part of this e day. But e
mu t ct quic Iy because
throughout A erica, Black
urb cen ers are isol ted from
e techno ogical d cultural
dyn mics of ne America.
Even though more Blacks
re completing college than
ever before, there are many
Bla Americans 0 must be-
center.
- During
ve, public h lth officials in
t. Loui d cens facts to 10-
catc nei ghborh . h large
number of the elderly; city
or er ent door-to-door,
convincing m ny sen' ors to go to
pecifically d igned . r condi­
. ned centers.
- In S n Fr nco,
tr port tioo planners u ed
. ,
come liter teo
Black ders must read and
have excepti reading com­
preheasi skills to bring new
i . to the community. As an
educator, I ess that many
B po .. cians in office today
lack deq e rd 0 ledge,
verbal compr . n, and lan-
guage useage . . They are
functionally illiterate for 1990
delivery.
If people are to march
proudly into the 21st century,
then people must set the
1990 nda today.
That agen must deal with
perso al issues no one seems to
have the courage or conviction
to address. I e �t courage,
th 10 , that sense of purpose
to ddress the issues from which
our comm� can DO longer
hide.
Nea week; the BlackAgend4.
.. putting our personal, home and
community life in order.
ti n to select bus
routes, subway stop , and high­
t needed widening.
It . . portant to note
that the census count detnnines
representation in he U.S.
House of Representa ves, tate
legislatures, county and city
governments.
Historically, minority com­
munities ha been severely un­
dercounted. This ndercount
tr tes into I t government
funds fo the communities th t
d istance the most
Th t is why I ur e people who
e cooccrned ut the Ifare
\ of eir community to cooperate
. cens ers. I also urge
d community 1 ders to
d out" on the .
tance of an accurate ce
count.
By la ,your rs to cen-
qu tions are confidential
Information from the 1990 Cen­
sus will be used only to provide
0MAM.w· "-A.' cal summ ri nd your
o particular answers cannot
be ident.ified. Don't be
shortchanged - remember an
ccu te census eouot benefits
you d your children. Stand Up'
and be counted, •