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Currently, there is a Dation­
ide pusb by tbe NatioJlal
BI e United Front ( BUF) to
ve an African-centered cur­
ulum implemented in all
Conely Ubr ry
offer S nior
Llf Skill
DETROIT - A free, ten
eek program for senior
citizens begins Tbursday,
. September 6, 12:30 - 1 :30. and
contin es e b Thursday until
ovember 8. Topic covered
during the e ions, presented
by Adult Well-Being Ser­
vices, will include: Stress
Management; Adjusting to
Los es: Conserving One's
Health and Creative Living.
A certificate will be awarded
to participant at the end of
the erie.
Conely is conveniently lo­
cated at 4600 Martin at
Michigan Avenue, four blocks
west of Livernois. The
Library is open Mondays.
Wedoesdays� Thursdays.
Saturdays 9:30-5:30 and
Tuesday 12-8, closed '00
Fridays. Call 898-24� fOT
more information.
public schools.
THE FIRST successful
implementation of the cur­
riculum as in Portland,
Oregon in 1980, after tbe #
NBUF boycotted the Portl nd
Scbool B rd.
The curriculum the NBUF
is trying to implement Dation­
wide is called the "Portland
Model."
Historian Anderson
Tbompson actno ledged
during an NBUF convention
in Detroit, "Getting rid of
white upremacy is the center
.of developing and Afrocentric
curriculum. "
The Commi sion for Po i­
live Education, which con-
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meets
A family upport group of
the Alzheimer' As ociation
will meet at S1. Cecilil' Rec­
tory in Detroit on ThursdlY,
September 27, It 7p.m.
The support group, whi,h is
for caregivers, family mem­
bers, and friends of persons af­
flicted by 'alzhei mer' di ease,
meets on the fourth ThursdlY
of each month at 7p:m.
S1. Cecilia '$ Rectory is lo­
cated t 10400 Stoepel, near
Grand River and Livernois.
For more il)COr.m. t 0 .c If
Betty Sullivan at 933-0327.
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ducted a study of social
studies textbooks in tbe
Wasbinat�n D.C. public
cbools, aDd gave that school
board recommendation on
purcb ina textbooks i tb an
African-centered cqroUDd,
ill come t� Detroit in Oc­
tober to perform alike study.
the shelf. He aid tbe group in
(co idering a boycott f the
D.C. cbool system in January
if the cbool board doe not
act on their recommend tions.
McRae indicated the group
is welcome in Detroit, but the
public schools u e the same
rex tbooks througho-ut the
country, which might mate
their study redundant.
Many educator in tbe
Detroi t-ares agree an African­
centered curriculum will help
foster motivation, and self e -
teem in students.
McRae said there should be
no problem in implementing
the curriculum in Detroit, with
EXECUTIVE DIREC­
TOR Imari Obadele said I
study as done twenty-five
years ago iii Detroit, "which
led to chan·ge in tbe
textbooks and curriculum in
many scbool systems in the
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