By II SOD Jo e
CorrespotUlenl
HlCAGO-- In a wide rang­
ing speech that addressed a
v riety of topic - the Ni e
boycott. Iraq. tate hood for
Wa hington, D.C. - Rev.
Je e Jack on 'ti r re t c
crowd at th weekly Opera­
tion PUSH meeting. Septem­
ber 8. in a vi it to the ocial
jus rice organization he
founded.
Prison
im for
chang
-
conterenc« examines
high cost, no results
By Der rtc . Le
Stal! Reporter
Hartford ernorial Bapti t
Church in conjunction with
the American Friend Service
Committee AFSq held two
d y conference called "200
Year of the Penitentiary Sy -
tern: Time for Chan e." on the
1. -14 September.
re th n 1 0 people t-
tended the conference. which
catured panel pe ker nd
hop. The conference
a n effort to review the his-
tory of tbe crimin 1 justice
. y tern. and di cus ay to
Improve it.
According to the AFSC.
5750 million dolla a year i
pent on ,icbigan pri ons,
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"AK-4T and 357 Mag­
num. on every hip' danger all
around. People Jiving on the
edge, just a finger pull away
from death and God aw u
through." Jackson aid
de cribing hi vi it of Iraq and
Ku ait the fir t week of the
month.
While the ·U.S. troop level
now top 100,000 and re crvc
- c II-up e cite, Jackson ap­
pealed for a political settle­
ment to the crisis.
Conti ued 0 P e 3 .
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ado
Portland Model to
guide proces
By Derrick . Le
Stall Reporter
HJ(,lJ).ANO PK - The High­
land Par Public School are
in the pro cc s of training
teacher to I mplement an
African-centered curriculum,
according to Director of Cur­
riculum AI Halper.
The Hi hland Par school
will use the African-American
, Ba e unc E �ay from the
Portland Model" curriculum
currently In u. e in Portland,
Oregon. to trai n the te cbers.
Accord i ng to tbe es ay
guidebook. teachers are ex­
pected to u e the 'e ay as a
re ource nd should infu e •
•
s African-cen ered curriculum
relevant content into the
adopted curri ulurn.
Halper indicated he will
meet wi th the teacher and
committee WJII be ormed to
implement a curriculum uni­
que to Highland Park. He ex­
pects a new curricul urn to be
completed by Decemb r.
A OF OW the teachers
have to go oyer the e ay. and
start rnfu ing m terial into
their pre ent curricul urn .
Halper ackno ledged the
teacher re enthusia tic
about implementin the new
material. here 99.5 percent
of the st dent rc Blac .
HI torian A a Hilli rd,
ho was a con ullant to the
African-American 8a eline
Es ays Project said, "While
Ie on plan and curriculum
gurdc may have dire t wnks
to day-to-day planning, the
Ba cline E ay hould pro­
vide th profe ional tea her a
general perspective and refer­
ence that Will h Ip to cI rify
th i elated inform lion that
appear in the curriculum
guide or tandardized t xt .
The e ay were written by
internationally and nationally
prominent cholar in the
field of art, language art .
math, cience, ocial studie .
and mu ic.
Eldon Martin, uperinten- .
dent, Highland Park Public
Sc 01, atd prcge ha
been in putting in ntw
textbook that reflect the
Afric n heritage.
It·
Martin want t have th
cur iculurn implement d in .
every cou e rom indergar­
ten to twelfth grad .
ecurring themes in the
curr culum will empha iz :
-E rly civilization
evolved in Africa;
Africa is the cradle of
civi iz tion;
-,-Egyp wa ,and till i ,a
ign' ficant African civili1.�­
tion
-People of African
see t have a history th t
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