,Rep urge
group to
pply for
homele
fund
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State Representative Char­
lie J. Harrison, Jr. (D-Pon­
ti ) today urged area
community groups and non­
profit organizations to apply
for funding under a new
Michig n State Housing
Authority (MSHDA) pro­
gram to provide emergency
services for the homeless.
"I am very happy to see
implementation of 'The We­
Care Program' which stand
for 'Weather Emergencies:
Coordinated Action
Re: ponse fOl Everyone". aid
Rep. Harri on. "Extreme
weather conditions, which
are difficult on f milies in
the bes t of i t uations, can
cau e extreme hardship for a
family without a home. Thi
program will provide valu­
able a' . istancc.
"The deadline for submit­
ting a grant application is Oc­
tobe r 3)." aid Rep.
Harri on. "I urge area com­
munity group to coordin te
their service in order to be
eligihle for the funding."
The We-C re program wa
de igncd to help area housing
age ncics provide addi tional
emergency shelter as i tance
to the homele when other
Iac il i tics arc overburdcned
because of weather re lascd
emergencies.
MSHDA will provide
grants to local communi ty
and non-profit organizations
hi h ucvclop a plan to pro­
vid overnight shelter on an
emergency b is. The plan
must he a coordinated effort
between local agencies.
For further information.
interested groups may call
the Homeless Program staff
at (517) 373-0517.
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11851 WOODWARO
Detroit, I 48203
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U of African Studi
direc or making his ·mar
f4:arl Lewl
Raised in thc Tidewater
region of Virginia. Lewi
graduated from Concordia
College in Moorhead, Minn.,
and received hi. M.A. and
Ph.D. in Afro-American his­
tory from the Univcr ity of
Minne ota. Before joining
the U-M Department of His-
. tory, he taught Afro-
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A A Boa - Although
Earl Lewis has only been on
the job ort1cially sind July
I 1. the new interim director of
The Univer ity of Michigan's
Center for Afroamerican and
African Studie (CAAS) al­
ready has accompl ished hi
fir t goal: "to make sure no
one thought of me as a I ime-
duck director." ,
Since accepting the posi­
tion in February, Lewi. ha
overseen the hiring of two
new faculty in Afro­
American hi tory; hired an
a istant director and a pro­
gram as ist nt, both new
position; and et in motion a
number of e ve nts for the
199()-9} academic ycar com­
memorating the Center'
20th anniver ary.
"I think e arc poi sed to
be recogrHzed as one of the
better - if not the be t - Afro­
American studie centers in
the country," he ays. "One
of the attractive features of
CAAS and one that definitely
played a role in my deci ion
to move acros the country
was the wide range of faculty
and di ciplines I can tap into
here to develop new initia-
tives, in African and Afro­
American studie ."
He is also supportive or
the Ce nre r ' unique
"diasporic perspective," e n­
compa 'sing research not only
on AfricanAmericans but on
people of African de cent in
the Ca r ib he a n , orth and
South America and. incrcas-
.. in'ly. in Europe. "For every
�I Afro-American pccralist, we
I need to hire an Afri an
� ... ."
pccial i t," he a ys.
merican and ethnic tudies
a th\! Univer ity of Calitor­
n a, Berkeley, for rive year.
I AT 3S, Lf4:W IS pi �e'
him elf "on the cusp" be­
tWeen the first and econd
generations of 81 ck
scholar • betwecn those who
c tahlished the field of tudy
and those who have never
known a time when it didn't
exist.
"Somewha t like the fir: t
generation, I. too, a
sclftaught in Afro-American
studie ." he . ay .. "There
weren't enough people at all
the institution' I attended to
teach me. On he other hand.
there wa a bo y of literature
out there an there were
people I coul contact and
t I to.
My gcncn tion doe' not
h ve to baulc he. arne qucs-:
tion of legi r macy our
Conlin ed on P g 22
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.
Ypsi AACP
hosts Freedom
Fund Dinner
The The Yp ilanti-WilJow
Run Branch of the NAACP
will host its 1990 Freedom
Fund Dinner, Friday, october
26. ]990 t the Radis on on
on the L ke, 1275 S. Huron
sr.. Yp ilanti, Mi. The
hospitality hour will begin at
6:00 p.m. nd dinner will be
served at 7:00 p.m. The
theme i "Educaticn ... The
Key." The fe tured speaker
will be Anita Horne Jenkins .
The purpose of the event is
to rise funds and increa e
memberships in the NAACP.
Thi year we will give com­
munity service awards to'
GeneralMotors Corporation,
Hydra-M tic Divi ion and
Chevrolet-- Pontiac-GM of
Canada Divi ion. Honors
will go to Parkview Apart­
mcnts Board of Director',
Ronnie Peter on (County
Commi stoner), Joe Mata i
(form r Editor of the Yp-
ilanti Pre ). and C therine
McAuley Health Center.
Tickets arc $40. per per­
sol. Tables of 8 at H20 or
more (ire encoura Jed. Chcc s
rhould be made out to the
"NAACP" and forwarded to
the Yp il.anti-Willow Run
NAACP at 117 Pearl Street,
Yp ilann, MI 4si97.
The chai r of the di nner i
AI Robin on. The Co-Chair
arc IKeith Campbell. Leroy
Carter, Marcia Harrison, and
Mr: Holly Roberson.
For more inform tio
(313) 485-75 J 5
I ... and High
Energy Coat
H' hland Park
865-2320
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