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OKAYS LI ITED
REPARATIO S p�.
By Alii onJ
Correspondent
DETROIT - By a unan i- gress approved payments of
mous vote, the Detroit City $20,000 to each.
Council April 19 approved a . Cleveland said he didn't
resolution urging the U.s. Con- want to put cash in the hands of
gress to pay limited reparations young Blacks. He told this
to the descendants of slaves. paper he tbought tbe money
. The resolution calls upon the would be wasted on car , Gucci
federal government to set up a nd j welry.
$40 billion fund to pay the col- level and credited
lege and trade school cost for Detroiter Raymond Jenkins for
African American cendants leading the struggle for repar -
of slaves who, according to the ti n . Jenkin h s pushed since
re olution, ere "deprived of th O's for rep rations. He .
land, of life, of freesom, and of originally asked f r the 40 acres
property." I and a mule promised in
The Council resolution w econ lruction to former
introduced by Clyd Cleveland lav s, but said be was satisfied
who said, "We're the only group with leveland's concept.
that worked for free' in this Massachusetts State law­
country for 244 years, and maker Michael Owens intro­
people who are living today are 'l duced a bill in that state's enat
the recipients of that free labor." earlier this year asking for
The U.S. govern nt agreed reparations.
last year to pay reparations to Cleveland said that the. sub­
those Japanes Americans im- ject f reparati will e on the
prisoned during World War II. agenda at the African American
In compensation for loss of ummit to be held in ew r­
property and freedom, on- leanS, April 21-23.
ichig
grad
r.eady
for
n-
. ,
work?
Tas Force {,
'studies
udents'
emt')oyability
and getting a good factory job require a year of college or ch- level jobs.
are gone, since many companies . nical training for their entry The first responsibility tha
, . the task force 1 on was to
develop a profile outlining skills
that employers thought were
necessary in today's high school
graduates.
have," su
Michigan ............ �
ment Pro m Ed Reobcr said
The task force, formed in
October of 1987, is made up of
representatives from labor, in­
dustry, small rural and urban
businesses and education and is
co-chaired by Peter Pestillo,
. vice president for employee and
external affairs of Ford Motor
Co., and Stephen Yokich of the
UAWunion.
Paul Stemmer, an education
research consultant with the as­
sessment program, said the
program was developed to help
kids well as businesses.
. "We want to give kids an idea
of what kinds of jobs are out
ere and what skills are re­
quired of them in these jobs," he
said
Stemmer added that the days
of dropping out of h� school
tude t employability skills
Employers sedc certain on when considering recent
high school graduates Ccx' employmenL The
Oils fan inlD three calqories: °
academic, social
�o
8yD n Hel r
Capital News Service
LA SING-Are
Michigan's high school
graduates empl able?
This questio is being e -
amined by the Michigan
Employability Skills Task
Force, a group of citizens ap­
pointed by Gov. James J.
Blanchard working wit the
State Department of Education.
"The goal of the tas force i
to end up .with a Ii of skills
employers think ar� important
for high school graduate to
•
G OD WORKERS EED 26
SKILLS
Through its work th� task
force was able to derive a list of
26 skills or characteristics that
employers felt were necessary
for high school students to pos­
sess to be employable.
These 26 skills fell into three
broad categories of equal im­
portance. Academic skills in-,
eluding reading, writing, arith­
metic, science and technologi­
cal skills. Personal manage­
ment skills including respon­
sibility, self control, j b pride
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