and who earlier h d challenged
a youth ummit meeting "to
create ome dr m in
W • OD."
DCDums drew standi ova-
tio e e _ pre ented a
chair an' ward to two
ChiD odent leader here on
behalf of the tudent
d ators . ed during the
1
om items including rtm
Luther King Jr. D y and chan-
in t effe-ctive date of the
Dep rtment of Africana
S' ich' now scheduled
for Jan. 1, Hill said.
A nine udents e to
the board concerning the
CoileD proposal se CC-
• of the DepartmeDt' Direc
tor, BreJlda Berrian, former
assc)C� .. te .professor (or B ck
the U oivcl . ty of Pit
Uburg. Student e not in
-volved in the selection of
Berrian as promised.
Students were told that a
re rt 0( board actio 'U be
available to them prior to
the Dext board meeting on
November 3.
"B
ag
ons ra ion
vio enced in Beijing's Tianamen
Square, and when he reported
the response of the Black youth
to his call for renewed ctMsm.
-In the name of Mickey
Leland, a passionate and caring .
m n ho continually chal
lenged the system, I urged �ur -
youth, our future Ie dcrs, to
revive the ctivist movement, to
co to W hington, no (or ,
day, but for long it t·
to get the lead rs of this country
to respond to the crise en
velopin us," Dellums ex
plain d.
"Earlier' today I went to my
mailbox and found message
there from the youth ummit. It
said ' ceept your challenge.
We are pi ning to. come to
Washi 0 June 17, 1990, and
we are gOing to ay until our
goals are met.' What a feeliDg I
� her t . 1, knewi the
nell _ rations h epped
for ard to ssume leader
ship."An estimated 20,000 per
son participated in the
four-day CBC � which
c:on�oed under theme, "A
Global C .. • Our Children t
Ris "and featured two
full days tof· ue foru and
legislative ork hops and
boio At the time,
the ca also hosted youth
SWDmit meetig attended by
some three hUDdred teen ge
and youna ad delegates.
At the Wcdoesday opening
coavccatlce, Congre sman
Walter Fa troy, (D-D.C.),
chair of tbe esc You
Br . trust, joiDed, with Del-
Ium iD "iDa ·our YOUDa
peopIctop ..
. ;to op
of .
Ja " fOl' the
m rcb OD WU iDgton
Co mi ion plans
reduce hour
local libraries
o
of some
By FWDEAN S. RIGGS
Sta/f Reporter
Sept. 20 meeting at the Detroit
Public Library, Main Branch,
5201 Woodward'Ave.
Commission member Bruno
, owicki dded that he believed
the new hour uld eliminate
dangers posed to ichool
children in crime-ridden neigh
borhoods.
Though Nowicki's point was
heard by the board the c -of-
factor weighed heavily on
the decision to modify service
hOUlS, Commission member
agreed.
No layoff: terminations 0
change in be efit will res
from the scheduled cuts.
However the ount of wor in
an employee's 10 d may in-
�,Thom id,
At "Michigan Citizen· pr
time, Detroit Public Library
Director, Jean Curtis id the
Commission d cont cted ef
fected unions for support. The
unions h d not",yet responded,
she said, declining to comment
any further. ,
Administration Committee
Chair, Ivan Ludington said also
he would not comment on the
status of the modification of
library rvice hours, because
he believed it ould be prem -
ture,
"Until we've cleared up
everything, I don't want to com
ment," he ide .
The Commission meet
every third Tuesday monthly
from Sep ember to June t 1
p.m. in the commi ion room t
th main branch library.
The next scheduled meeting
. October 17.
DETROIT - Don't have time to
go to the library except early in
the mornings or later in the
eve�?
Well, rearr I}ge that
schedule because the ocal
library' door may be closed at
- these times starting this
The Detroit Library Com
mission co ducted a stu<t, and
found that orne libraries' ser
vice hour are not being fully
utilized, aid Carol Thom ,
Commis ion member. As a
result the Commission h
proposed a cutback in alre dy
existing hour saving a ut
S396,OOOin
The proposed service-
cutbac was p d d .
Adu
Q
I
Edho
n MOd e
The Adult Educ tion
D vision of the Highland Park
School District will h 'Ie its
econd annu J Open Hou e
Friday, Sept. 29 from 10 .m. to
5 p.m. Bright Cen er for
Adul Ed ion, 13321 Hamil-
ton t D vison, Highland Par .
Included re special even
open to the general public: the
Alternative High School
sembly and refreshmcnts, 10
a.m. to 11 a.m.; the Teen
Mothers Program luncheon,
11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p. .
S aff, paren nd other in-
ter ed perso are invited Por
further information, phone 252-
049!.