VOL XIII NO. 14 February 24 - March 2. 1991 50 cents elth' office, aid the Hou e bill may not be implemented i but it ill "get the is ues out there." Thl bill would redirect . Tour promotes 'Choice' erlt. -;- by DERRICK C. LEWIS SItl/lWriter African Heritage: Where art meets busine s Wi con in State Repre­ entative Polly Williams was in Detroit last Friday to push for cbool of choice. William was in trumental in e tablish.ng a program in Mil .. waukee, which allowed parents to choose their children's school . Witliams proposed a voucher program which provided for 1000 low-income students to take $2,500 'in state school S • CHOICE, Page 9 by GARY WATKINS BIUinus WrittI, interest in Africaa fabri . nus . not a fad, the interest' here to ray: . , In 1965 there one Black museum, today there are over 190, aDd J Lewis crediD them for tile reaewed . ill African culture. They wor,kiI' .' schoo James Lewis has beea ill the bUlines of selling African artwork and je elry ... for is years out of the David Whitney Building in own Detro' J amel Le is states that a combination of ide cl Dal' c:a'�.JIIi •• 0- ric curriculm bei developed . • the Pub' School system a10 with rap groups that c:IisaIu the CODtrba • of our culture to hUJDaDity, our youth are in ested i Iearniaa IDOI'e about our people. "We are ill -the midst of a revolutioD ... now S •. ART, Page a gran for a family of two and S40 a month from General Assistance, . startiDg next month. Giving a concrete example, the Highland Park YMCA, where e has her offices, Taylor noted that tenants in the building would receive $204 a moath, fot their entire check, S91css than their relit. Observers note that rents at the YMCA arc relatively ]ow for the area and tenants in other buildiap IU -At first the were hot, then sales on pendants went up, no to rs are purchasing IDOre uplQle . such A&ican Brass pieces. More and more customers are repeat purdwen. Tbcre also has also been aD ina-eased IUOHLAND PI(. - Detroit area organizations arc seeking to generate wideapl'ead opposition to deep in social services planDed by Michigan Governor John EDgIer for next month. The Detroit Urban League is calling on citizens to write the Governor, their state legislators and Michigan State department heads, urging them to oppose the "drastic" cuts and seck alternatives that would cause less suffering and M I- n' I- ste r . danger for the poor. Maureen Taylor, head of the State Fair Branch of the t· ff It tl Metropolitan Detroit Welfare. CU S, 0 er a erna Ive Rights Organization (WRO) told The Michigan Citizen that her organization plans to start recall petitioas to get EDgIer out of office. She tea this will be officially announced at a special meeting Saturday March 2. For more information, citizens should call ,. her office at (313)868-3660 on Dear Governor: weekdays durmg normal working hours. oppose . Will tax ax hit bu 5? ine Printed is a letter the South­ west Michigan Ministerial Al­ Ii nee sent to Governor John Engler, concerning proposed budget cuts. If cuts are ne ce sary, we believe they should be a far a possible from the basic need of the people. We therefore believe that ex­ tensive cuts to the work of the Department of Social Services is unbeara ble for Michigan's neediest people. We oppose uch cut a : -The elimination of General Assistance; . -Cuts to poor families recelving AFOC; -Lowering payments to poor people in nur ing home ; -Eliminating or lowering homecare medical help. Already our churches are tretched t