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ely e tof
o ie been reportedly
oin to te cher ' Ian,
neducated children are
dropping out nd are being
r d ted from the Detroit
Public School y tern in record
umbe .
o ,tbe School So rd
no eng ged on tbe
de tractive P th of clo ing 19
ore en oJ building and it i
reported that ne Iy 100 more
building ill forced to clo e
ir do . T P ye re no
Th produc of ny chool y tem I the
duc tion of chlldr n nd h n th t
produc I d (I tlv h n b in fi c /ly
prud n nd fin nci /ly ourui re
m in I
told th lth monie
e clo in
If I m to judge th Detroit
Public School y tem by
mimng t ondiuo t t
teur Elem nt ry School, by
minin t conditio t th
teur Element ry School
en clo ing morc ch I i
not tb oluuon.
Th underlyin pro lern
ith the Detroit Public S h 01
ere
mi m n gement ould
eventu Ily fore the chool
oard to c lo e tbo e th t
rem in open.
00 by Lib y
itkin 0 r
e t first vote our t
o c lled Hope Team. We
can't afford to gi ve tbi
Hopele Team 4 more years.
e m t repl ce tbem as e
ould repl ce any Opolitician
bo ignore community
concerns nd hose bottom
line b become money nd not
t education of our children.
In an article I rote on Crisi
in bl c H Ith Care I tated:
Our elected African
American repre entative can
no longer profile our political
tnumph a bein the first and
onion of our ind nd m t
begin to ccountable to the
con tituent ho they erve
nd ho put them there.
Our religiou leaders can no
longer me m e r iz e our
congreg tion with
ch ri marie rhetoric hoping for
divin intervention.
A I once rote in play:
"alld prayer as given by
tbe Reverend Holy B. Ghost
who was holy 011 SUII®Y but a
ghost 011 Monday. Hadn 't S��II
him ince the last offering but
th� prayer h� gQV� made tbe
hole co iuee sing. "
EUGIOU leaders
d the people on
ond y they do on Sunday.
They m t le d th people on
Thu day, Frid y d Tue day
a t y do on Sund y.
Our rti t, entert iner ,
educators, and ed ted mu t
teach our children pride.
dignity and moral . They mu t
reco nize th t opport uni t y
me nt giving bac to tbe
community, not ling.
Education i not a ey out of
the ghe to, but i the ay to
build the ghetto. Marie
Edelm n of the Children
Defe Fund ay it be t:
"g e t t i n g a degree in
edicin�, La or gine ring
is IIOt abotu havi a job bill
bein 011 a mission. "
provider must begin to
recognize our role in the BI c
community, become part
t community and get ourof
our oll. r and all of t
co pire to brut e together to
join or ct to ether to ard
me ul to tum arou thi
C t d P. 13.