African culture festival
cheduled at SU
EAST LA SING- Music, art,
filrn and a speech by an
African ational Congre s
(A C) member highlight ac­
tivities during Michigan State'
University's African Culture
Festival, May 5-12.
Lindiwe Mabuza, the
A C's chief repre eniauve to
the United States. will speak at
a dinner May 12. The dinner,
featuring African cuisine, dan­
ces and music, will begin at 4
p.m. at the Wesley Foundation
Center, 1118 S. Harrison Road.
Tickets are available from the
African Studies Center, (517)
353-1700.
Other 'African Culture Fes-
tlval events include: .
- picnic with food, music
and family activities. 2 p.m.
Saturday. May 5. occer field.
-nondcnominational
player, 5 p.m. Sunday. May 6.
8104 Wells Hall.
- te rival reception wi th
remarks by Ajovi Scott­
Emuakpor, former chairperson
of the N.igerian Medical Ad­
visory Committee. 5 p.m.
Monday. May 7. in the MSU
Union Parlor A.
- panel discussion on
"Democrati.zation and
Economic Growth of Africa."
4 p.�. Tuesday, May 8, MSU
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tion of America class action
-lawsuit are in the works but the
AACP needs more manpower.
Membership starts at $10 a
year including voting rights at
regular meetings and a "Crisis"
publica ion. .
Th Fight for Freedon Fund
Dinner held Sunday at Cobo
Hall/Fxhibition Center was one
of the most successful in history,
drawing a crowd of over 9,000
persons t $100 apiece.
The funds raised will
primarily cover costs of the
AAA cl . ction suit. Arthur
. Johnson, president of the
AACP Detroit Branch, said
the case would cost the or­
ganization well over $100,000.
Abo S600,OOO in advertise­
men were sold to beoefit the
din r and a target Del few the
chapter was $1 million, Atcbin-
on 'd
Sixty percent of the poc:eeds
were forwarded to the natioaal
chaRter and 40 percent were
kept to fund local programs.
The suit ainst AAA' in
the courts with no et bearing
date, Johnsoo said
The lawsuit alleges dis­
criminatory practices by auto in-
urers. The AACP conducted
a survey finding that Detroiters
with exact cars and driving
records as suburbanites were
being charged substanti lJy
higher rates.
Union Parlor' � moderated by
Dr. Yacob .Fisseha, assistant
professor of geography, with
several African scholars par­
ticipating.
"Africa and the
Diaspora" roundtable discus­
sion led by Dr. Ruth Hamilton,
professor of sociology, and
Pan-African students, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 9, Erickson'
Hall Kiva.
-"State of African Studies
in Germany," with Eike Haber­
land, Frobenius Institute, Ger­
many, noon. Thursday, May'
10, 201 Imernauonat Center.
- Student panel response
to African scholar's May 8
panel, 4 p.m. May II, MSU
Union Northwestern Room.
Other events include an
African art exhit in the Interna­
tional Center lobby beginning
Monday, May 7. and the how­
ing of videos on African cul­
ture at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Many
8, and 1 p.m. and Thursday,
May 10, both in 201 Interna­
tional Center.
Also. the movie "Ceddo".
directed by Ousmane Sembene
of Senegal. will be shown at 7
p.m. Thursday, May 10, in 201
South Kedzie Hall and a con­
cert featuring Dallol, Ziggy
Marley's tour band: is set for 7
p.m. Friday, May 11, in the
MSU Auditorium.
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Anwart by. KELLY IAUB .
May 6-12.1
MICHIGAN CITIZEN
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For the nr t time In recent me - ory, the City of Hilla d Park and the C
of Commerce collaborated to offer t e co unity an educational (on w e the
two oraanlzatlon ponsored a daylonl pro ra ofdrul education. Hilla d Park
High School Prinelp I Dr. Ger Id Gordon (left) bosted t e V.I.P. entoura e co _
posed of (l-rt) State Drul Czar Rei II, Mayor Mart a Scott and Key ote peaker
at a luncheon following the High School session, Judge Regl aid Walton It tbe
federal drug agency. (photo by Robbie)
Sin tax
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Services, more than 300,000
children around the state are
without public or private in-
urance. The study said that
state and fcdcral re ource
level are insufficient to extend
I Wages of 'Sintax' ?
d to : P.O. Box 03580, 12541 nd
. Av ,H hi nd P I 48203
public-supported health care
services to mccJically needy
children.
Under Healthy Start. unin­
sured children whose family
income does not exceed 200
percent of the. poverty level
would be eligiblc for the pro­
gram with an application fee of .
S25. In rome case • the fee ap­
plication will be waived
cJepending upon the cir­
cumstances. The average in­
come limits for eligible
families arc between $19,000
and $20,000 a year.
But Ostling said for social
service program like Healthy
Stan to survive the state would
hav to Change ·its funding
priorities for octal services.
"We have to reset the
priorities and work for a
balanced budget. A budget
that is funded totally in each
area of thc social scrv ce
department." he saicJ.
THE O .. :MOCKAT-CON­
TROLLED House Social Ser­
vices Appropriations
Committee rejected. Healthy
Stan because the governor did
not et aside enough money to
fund it.
But Hou e Speaker Lewis
Dodak, D-Montro e, id there
i a chance that Healthy Start
could be funded during the
final negotiation over the
budget in the clo ing day of
the spring e sion in June.
"It could happen in the con-
ference setting, if the money is
available," Dodak aid. "We
will sit down and look at an­
ticipated revenue a well a
anticipated expenditures and
we will draw the actual num­
bers for the budget. We will
have a better handle on how
rnuc money we have to
operate with."
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