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Leaders rail I around
PUS 'agail'l i e
NEW YORK - A group of
- prominent African American
political, usin educational
and organizational leaders has
written to Philip Knight, Chair­
man of Nike, Inc. affirming up-
port for Operation PUSH's ef­
forts to correct ike's cially
exclusionary hiring, contracting
and purchasing policie
The letter calls on ike to
"negotiate with PUSH in good
faith d to correct its almost
total exclusion of African
Americans from its business and
management undertakings.
I Among the signatories were
Richard Hatcher. former
Mayor of Gary, Indiana; Julius
L. Chambers; director-Counsel
of the NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Fund; Eugene
D. Jackson, President of the
Unity Broadcasting Network;
Dorothy I. Height, National
President of the the National
Council of Negro Women; Tom
kinner, President of Tom Skin-
DOH focus on unde
erved as ho pita joins national .
HIGHLA 0 PARK - The
prob ems of America's medical­
ly underserved populations will
be the focus of Detroit Os­
teopathic Hospital we join os­
teop thic groups natio � e in
celebrating N tional Os­
teopathic �edicine Wee Sep-
tember 9-15. .
Who are these medically un- �
der erved populations? Many
U.S. citizens, especially rural
nd inner-city families, the
uninsured or underinsured, the
elderly and the poor who don't
h ve access to quality medical
�e. .
e ostcopa . c medical sys­
tem has long tr dition of
providing quality healthcare
tho who most need it. In fact,
Secretary of the U.s. Depart­
ment of Health and Human Ser­
vices Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.
praises osteopathic physicians'
dedication to the medically un-
i
u ity or Diz tiOD .
derserved.
Addressing attendees at the
American Osteopathic
Association's {AOA 1989 con­
ventio , Sullivan . d, "l salute
you for the e entia! contribu­
tion to you make in providing
quality care to th medically UD­
derserved populations of our
rural areas. Meeting that need,
and the needs of the under­
served in our inner cities, is
major priority of my dministra-
tion," .
He also pointed out that
while osteopathic physicians
make up only 5 percent of the
total physician population, they
comprise 15 percent 0 all
physicians practicing in areas
with populations of 10,000 or
less.
In observance of NOM
Week, DOH has scheduled the
following activities:
- Open House (Monday,
September 10th, 11a.m. - 4p.m.)
- "Heart Healthy" Cooking
Classes
Black Family
onh
act- - ies
plann
September is Black FamilY
MODtb d the Detroit Urban
League will SpOD or Black
Family Fun Fair on September
22.
The aU-day event will take
place in Brush. Park at John R
and Watsori from 11 a.m. to 4
p.m.
Activitie repre eating aU
Urban League program in­
clude AfricaD arts and cultural
exhib· plays for children, a
gospel choir, rapper , face
paiDtiog and caricatur a live
band, celebriti , information
o community service
progr m , and free refresh­
men.
The event is free and open to
the public. For further informa­
tion contact andra elson
at 832-4600.
ner Associates, a leadership
development organizatio
hose clients include the ew
York ets e York Giants
d several major corporations·
C. Delores Tucker, Chair of the
Democratic ational Commit-
I
tee Blac C DCUS; Ramona
Rdelin, president 0 the ation­
at Urban Coalition; Bishop John
. dams, Founder and Ch .
of the Congress of ational
Black Churches· Hyland T.
Hubbard, Ill, Vice President of
Aetna, Inc.; Johnny Ford,
Mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama.;
Clarence M. Mitchell
aryland State Senator; and
Niara Sudars , President f
Lincoln University. '
Operation
andela: A
€all for Voter
Registra ion
Community-based leaders
joined lnt rfaith Action for
Economic Justice in a pres
conferenc Friday. September
7 to call for a national voter
regi irauon/education mov -
ment, In recogni lion of the
long-suffering of Nelon Man­
dela.
Rev. Frank Portee, III. (I'
the Chur hcs ' Committee for
Voter ducauon/Rcgi irauon
at Intcrfaith Action wa join d
b gras roots a ti vi t from
a ros· the country Th y
• g thcrcd for a weekend con­
ference, HOp ration Mandela:
Franchi e nd Freedom.
Devetoping Model for
Grassroot Activist for the
21st Century."
"Public policie in the area
of housing, employment and
health care more profoundly'
affect people who are poor nd
�eoplc of color. Tragically.
the Jegi lators making the c
poticics rarcly count people
w h ar cpoor and people of
color among their con-
titucnt ,".Rev. Portee said.
"As a ie timony to
Manuela ffort to secure th
ballot. we are i suing n open
call to join u in expanding
democracy in the United
State . Vot r regi tration I a
ignificant part of the move­
ment. Exerci ing the right to
vote and keeping informed on .
the candidates are equallyrrn­
portant fa tor' A� we move
toward thc ovemb r e lec-
. tions we will upport effort
for a arene of the crucial i -
ue facing voters. Empha i.
will be placed on how 10 hold
elected official. accountable."
h sa d.
Th group caned or full
participation of all churche
and y n g ue to ho t
re gistr tion/edu tion am­
p ign in ev ry tate.