By
Correspondent
DETROIT -Jeffrie
Project tenant' re marn
relentle in their effort to 0 t
Director of Housing Tom
i from bis po ition,
y met itb Detroit's City
Council members to di
the matter on Thursday, June
14 in tbe Council cbambers.
Me bers of tenant
org nizations, homele
advocacy grou and ten n
were in attendance to upport
tbis action after refusing to
believe "Lewi the li r", whom
tbey ay mism nages funds
'allocated for bousing, ev des
important tenant issue , doe
�ot ttend meetings. j fearful
of hi uperiors and i totally
incompetent director.
It w bo ever, tbe traw
tb t broke tbe camel's bac
wben Lewi again ed public
bo iDg tenan to relocate on
tbe promi e to renovate tbe
many viable uni t of yet
DOtbc;r project development,
the Jeffrie Lo -rise uni east
of John Lodge Freeway.
JE FRIES TE A T
Affairs Chairper on ,VemeU
Malone read ali t of
complaints to the Council that
included charge of:
-overall inadequa te
maintenance
-poor ecurity
--drug traffic '
-. taff unre eptive to need
of re idents, ,
- hoddy, 10 -quality
rem�eliDg
-maintainance's inability
to keep high-rise elevators in
proper orking order.
TE ANTS REQUESTED
tbat the Council implement tbe
items of their list of demands.
Tenants asked the CounciJ to:
--refu e to approve any
remodeling expen e until
Lewis has caught up on current
maintainance problems.
-obtain from Le is an
ccount of fund allocated for
security
-refu e to approve any
rebab work unle s Lewis
commit, in writing, to no
un
re
r y
o
o TROIT - Organized by
the Detroit Metro
AFL-CIO, more than three
hundred unioni ts rallied here
June 14th to support striking
Greyhound drivers. There are
abut one hundrecLstri ers here,
members of A TU 1303.
From the Textile orkers
union to the triking E tern
airline m chini t , nearly 50
union local participated in
m king tbe rally and dinner a
UCCe -- rai ing $3000 for
the trike fund.
Detroit City Council
Pre ident Maryann Mah ffey
told the crowd out ide the
Greyhound terminal, "We are
her to prote t union busting ...
Onl y through our unions do we
h ve a ch nCe to get a decent
tan ard of living."
She read from a resolution
pa ed May 2 by the Detroit
City Council which backed the
tri er, nd encour ged
ci tize n to boycott the bus
company until a new contract
w negotiated in good faith.
S ended "If one i a lave,
e re call lave. Thi i a
struggle for all of "
Teamster leader Mar
G ffney told the crowd th t the
olidarity with the ATU
"reminds me of the Ea tern
trikers - and we are going to
in that one and thi one."
"We're in a tru gle to
nd
ri
er
protect and preserve the oul
of the trade union movement in
thi country. We're going to ,
t,ake up the fight gainst the
Lorenzo's . nd Currey'" id
48 year veteran of the ATU
Bill Marshall to cheer from
the crowd. "Currey spend
$60 million on ecurity and he
could h ve euled the whole 3
year contr ct with that money
- th t let's us kno he' out
to break the union."
Drivers pointed out that
they have uffered a 2S� pay
cut ince 1983 under the
Currey regime, and with
innation that repre enta a .. 345
reduction in purchasing
power. Instead of a decent
contract Currey pends
mill ion on goons and cabs
nd I ui ag inst the union
- but very fe are riding the
buse . M rshall reported over
60 c e of violence by ca
again picketers.
Eastern striker nd JAM
member 0 ve Eller ddre ed
the unionists. "On the 477th
day 0 the lri e one hundred
percent of the machinist in
thi area re union and have
not cro ed the (ine ... Currey i
right up there' with
Lorenzo-Lorenzo knows e're
tough, nd Currey i learning
that fa t al o. We're going to
at Lorenzo for our children."
UDOCeSSaJ')' relocation.
-relocate tenant ithin
Jeffrie if relocation i
neee ry.
-give di located tenant
first rip 'to refuse to move
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MICHIGAN CmZEN PAGE THREE
n
b c into old building.
--provide a time-slot for
completion of rehabilitation
-refuse pproval of pI
i thout tenant imput.
AFTER LISTE I G to
the numerous problem cited
by Jeffries tenan ,i t w tb
general con eD us of the
CoweU t Lc j d indeed
been ) x in hi
ina d rector ugj e ted
hi m Ddatory appearance at
the next meeting scheduledfor
June 28, to disc this.
Detroit Organization 0
Ten n t (DOT) Sybil
Augustine aid tenants are
waiting raise the is ue of
Lew i firing until be i
present.
School c lure defermines
_ individual accomp,lishmenf
I I ' .
ANN ARBOR -A cbool Hi p an i c tudents student were matched by
culture that values individual especi lJy at higher grade ocioeconomic tatu so that
accomplishment - where Ie v e l s , reported greater the only variable w their
students feel tbat progressing moti auon in drools with a ethnicity.
from a C to a B or excelling in trong ense of identity and While princip I e peci lJy
bop class is as worthy of purpose. ch ri m tic one , are often
recognition as earning straight Althougb hi re ult re credi ted wi th establishing
A's -- i a key factor in student preliminary, Maehr ay they chop I culture, Maebr believe
motivation, according to ug�e t that the culture or that the recent trend toward
University of MiChigan study. climate of a school may playa hared decision-m king in
Ina urveyof16000public, pecial role for students who c h o o l place greater
scbool students U-M re e en lightly removed from re pon ibility on teacher
education Prof. Martin L. the mainstream.; parent t dmini tr tor and
community leaders for etting
the "tone" of a chool.
WI ile Maehr dmi t that it
may be difficult tb create
different culture within the
am chool-to optimize
- learning for v riou ethnic
group - he uggests that
chool t r i ve toward n
ove II cui ture "that make
tudent r e l iz e
"accornpf hment ivai ued
here."
"You have to have high
expectatio for tu n if you
w nt them to achieve," he id.
"But jf that tr n lated into
just 'be tougher' or have higher
tandard then we think tha?'
bad. The chool h to ay 'we
value learning for its own ke;
we val ue it for every kid
ubr found t�at "a chool
culture 'pr()m�ling
achievement and progre '\·,at all
level bad a jgnificant imp ct
on students'. willingne .to
w 0 r k h a r d e r i n c h 0 0 I ,
p artf cul ar ly for. minority­
students.
Thi works be Iter tban
simply being tough about
grade.
"School that valued
accomplishment rather than
co mp e ri ri ve ne s were
motivational for children of all
bac ground, race,
ocioeconomic poup and in
all academic track ," ebr
aid.
But for minority tudents,
ehr fouod, tbe link between
certain aspect of school
cuUure and motivation wa
e peciaJly strong.
Scbools tbat empba ized
recognition for achievement
and a trong s�n e of
community .mong students
nd teacbers were particularl y
motivational for Asian
American studen .
"It' impor nt for
eve one, but it may be a little
more important for them." he
aid. .
!'The bottom line i that
cho I have a potenti 1 for
, good or bad that i especially
cructal for minority tudems."
Maeb( ample consi led
of 16,310 students in the
fourth sixth eighth and 10th
grade in 880 Illinois public
chools.
Tb tuden were a ed to
indica whetber they agreed or
disagreed with statements uch
"Thls school makes me want
to learn," "Teach rs at thi
choo treat tud nt with
re pcc." or "At thi bool it i
very i�portant to get good
grade 0"
School cultur
greate t effect in
motivation at the Oth-grade
level for all ethni group.
Among 10th-grade , chool
culture more im r1ant for
Asians Hi panics a d Blac
(in that �rder) than it w for
white. Maehr note that tbe
a e.'"
Maehr reported hi frndi n
t the recent annu I meeting of
the American Edu ational
Re arch ociatlon.
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