CAD Talen
The Corporation For Artis- .
tic Development (CAD) held
its 10th Anniversery Hand­
icapped Celebration at Wayne
State University's, McGr�gor
Conference Center. The Com­
munity Arts· Auditorium w
the setting for the Handicapped
Talent Contest.
In opening statements,
Regina Mack, founder and Ex­
ecutive Director of CAD, stated
that CAD programs bring to
light the efforts, talents, ac­
complishments and histories of
our handicapped.
Dr. David Milburn, national
chairman of CAD, was
presented with community ser­
vice leadership award in help­
ing to establish CAD.
In his remarks, Dr. David
. Milburn, raised community
concerns of the health conse­
quences involving the parallel
rise of drug addiction and drug
related birth defects.
"Our community must
protect our next eneration
from drug induced handicapps
that will jeopardize their cogni­
tive development, future
productivity and life expectao­
cy: he said.
The national talent competi-
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Contest
tion judges were Patti Rodzik­
March of Dimes, Wade Briggs
of Barden Cablevisio ; William
Boswell, Detroit Repertory
Theatre; Misha Helvey, Ross
Roy Communications} Kimber­
ly Addams, Arts Foundation of
Michigan; Marilyn Wheaton,
Michigan Advocate for the
Arts; Raymond Hill, Paralyzed
Veterans; and Giselle Hinkle.
Ms. Wheelchair Michigan; and
Lawrence Dilworth National
Wheelchair Athletic Associa-
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tion.
National Talent Contest win­
ner in the performing arts were
lason·Lippford, Fred an�
Embrey Garrison; The Visual
Arts winner were Reva Leder­
man, Justas Sapleys and Kim
Ryans.
Moses Findley Jr. CAD
regional chairman indicated
that, CAD's training programs
are unique because they are
tailored to meet the develop­
mental and emotioaal needs of
the individual.
CAD bad a disabilty adjust­
ment program for families,
friends and co-workers, Par­
ticipants in CAD progra
receive exposure in job
preparation , self awareness,
career orientation, on the job
experience, free educational
and artistic training programs.
CAD National Board mem­
ber Gwendolyn Moore, from
Washington D.C., announced
that the 1990 Natiow Hand­
icapped Talent Contest will
take place at the Kennedy
Center for Performing Arts in
Washington D.C.
South Bend-The University
of otre Dame has received a
grant of $1 million from the
Coca Cola Company to estab­
lish.a minority faculty develop­
ment program. The grant will
fund University efforts to in-
1 aease minority represe tation
.. [oe i faculty, to establish facul­
ty exchange agreements ·with
tr ditioaally Black colleges and
uaiversities, to facilitate
I graduate education for
minorities and to provide re­
search opportunities for
minority undergraduates.
The Notre Dame program
wilt include exchanges of visit­
ing professors each semester
between the University and a
traditionally Black institution
and will provide, on the basis of
a national competition, two fel­
lowships annually to bring
minority graduate students to
the University for their disserta­
tion years and two fellowships
annually for first-year minority
graduate students.
The program also will
provide research scholarships
each summer to two minority
undergraduate tudents. at .
otre Dame to stimulate their
erest in graduate education
d career in te bing and re­
search. Of the $1 million total
grant, $500,000 will be used to
fund the fir five years' opera­
tion of the program and the
remaining $500,000 will estab­
lish an endowment for the
program's future operation.
Wtlder and his Republican
opponent Marshal Coleman are
within two per centag(e points
of each other according to most
polls with Wider generally hold­
ing the lead However, a last
minute flurry of negative cam­
paign ads by Coleman is belived
to be turning some whites
against
Id r ItLiated to
come. Vlrglna'
fir t Black governor
I �CHMOND, VA.- If the
polls are correct when ·the bal­
lots are counted. on November
7, the governor of Virginia
could be a Black man - current
Democratic Lt. Governor L.
Douglas Wilder.
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EARL O. WHEELE
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YOUTH AWARDS
SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 11
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7:00 R.M.
Temple of I AM -
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120 1 Hamilton Ave.
(comer of Monterey)
Dress:
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Donation:
17.50
Dinner served prom1?tJy at 7,:30 p. m.
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