ny other vote [than "0"
ore]. "
Er in Daniel, p rale I
repre ent tive for the Welfare
I ht Or nl ation ( 0),
rned th t another pro r m
pi nned for de truction w
the Women. Infant,· nd
Children ( ic) pro r m.
En le r ' Deputy Secret ry
John Tou cott stated sever I
day later, the Governor
I 0 con iderin elimin ting
incre Sel in Aid to F milie
With Dependent Children for
both m r r i e d and ingle
I women who had more th n
one child.
To u c o u aid thi w
"pre ur e , to h ve them
[women] u e some form of
birth control or ab t in from
ex, if they do not h ve job ."
in need of con->
they re ch-
A A 0 - I
juvenile delinq nt
and ayne County ar
re identi I treatment, tr inin
chool or dult pr on out de
the county more often th I)
hlre juvenile offender or
mem er of other rae I and eth
nic m ority roup, ccordin
to U ni ver ty of ichi n
tudy.
White youth nd member
o other minority roup I 0
are more Ii ely to receive
prevention ervices rom
juvenile uthorilie, nd hen
they re arre ted, hite youth
d member of other minority
roup are more frequently
place in herr-term detention
f cil tie nd relea e on prob -
lion, ay M rllyn L. lynn, a -
oci te proCe or t the U-M
School of Soci I Work.
Flynn conducted I com
prehen lve urvey of all health,
education, ment I health and
child welf re pro ram for
hi h-ri children in
outhe tern Mlchi an durin a
two-week period in 1989 for the
Children and Youth Initiative of
Detroit/Wayne County, a ecsu
tfon of 300 a encles and civic
Iroup . Juvenile-j ustlee
prog ram were one of the
human e rvice sector ex
amined in the study, funded by
the Skillm n Foundation, the
U.S. Department of He lth and
Human Service nd the
Michigan Department of Social
Services.
Although her tudy focu ed
on Wayne County, Flynn ays it
is likely that similar rusults
would be found in major urban
areas across the country where
poverty and delinquency rates
are similar to those found in the
Detroi t area.
d n erou
trol oon
dole cence.
• ven in ment I ealth
pro r m th t mi ht been
an Iter tl to the juvenile J
j u tic y t m, youn BI c
m le re ent to in titution t
h rply hi her r te th n white'
people or member of othr
minority roup ." he note .. ,
he urvey found th t ne rly 69 (
percent of, the young people
receivin 24-hour tre tment for
ment I problem re BI c nd
two-third re m le.
Flynn urge th t more effort
hould be m de to reach
younger children. "In progr m
for pre-deli quent or delinquent
youth out ide in titution , the
ver gc mount of time pent
per child de rca e after e
l l ," Flynn y. The aver ge #
time pent by e rv ice '.
provider in per onal weeki y ,
contact with children in'
trouble decline fter they 1
turn 11, and 17-year-olds
receive just half the auentlon.;
that 1 year-olds do, a fl ure ,
that i not affected by race, I
according to Flynn.
"Thus those with the mo 1
serjou problems receive,
proportionately the lea t Inten- J
sive investment of service hour
out ide in titutional settings," '
flynn says. "You could ay that.
after age 11, it' almo t all over I
for orne young males."
I
I ndlord 111 the udi nee ho
announc d th t after the 17
so ial rcrv i cut thi. month,
he rene o t iatc d I wer rent
ith ten nt , in order to
prevent her fr m bein
evicted, don ted 900 num-
ber.
Kimberly Miller, mother
from Flint. id he c lled not
only for. upport for tho e on
ocial e r v i c e , but from
landlord, hop eeper nd
mall bu ine e. who were
f cing b nkruptcy, bec use
they would be losing cu -
tomers.
"We have to have bu loads
to get there [the capitol). We
h ve to have volunteer ready
to 10 to jail. I want to be
heard.
Tou colt, in Engler' of
fice, ay that ervlce cut are
necessary to cut the co t of
government, to meet the
deficit. reduce property taxe
for citizen and make the t x
cuts which will attract bu i
ness.
The co lition charge uch
propo al ould rai e co ts of
government higher by-forcing
un
in
'ALTHOUGH H dmitted
th t no form of birth control
wa 100% cffccuvc , Tou cott
denied that through thi
proposal, Engler. c thotic.
who ran on a& "ri ht to life"
pi tform, would be pressuring
women to have abortions.
Maureen T ylor said that
women on AFDC did not
benefit from havinl more
children, but ot propor
tionately less In food tamps
for each' person as new people
were added to grants.
She added that women on
AFDC were at 51 % of the na
uonal poverty level and both
they and their children were
already facing malnutrition
the days or the month when
food tamps ran out.
During the meeting. the
coalition members talked of
plans to start a recall cam
paign to remove Governor
Engler from office this June
as soon as it is legall y pos
sible to do so.
O.B. Matthews, Pastor of
Christ Cornerstone Mis ion
ary Baptist Church told the
audience that 662.000 signa
tures were ne cc ary to get
the issue of recall on the bal
lot.
rai e .
The co lition ugge t tho e
intere ted in e xpre ing their
view pro or con hould c 11
the Governor' loc I office
Monday or Thur day at (313)
256-1003.
IT WOULD BE less expen
sive in the long run to pend
more money to help younger
children before they become
delir.quent, according to Flynn.
"Because prevention activiti
have been ignored for younger
children. we are forced to pro
vide more complex and expen
sive services later," she say.
"What's worse, we have to give
that costly help to large num
bers, and therefore each adoles
cent only gets a little bit: we
spend the money, but for older
children with serious problem,
there's Ii ttle payoff."
Heights Supenntendeat bombed
FLYNN POINTS OUT that
. the impact of these policies
OF THE 3,076 per ons under "puts many Black youths 80 to
age 18 who were involved in any 100 or more mile away from
juvenile justice program in family and neighborhood."
Wayne County during a two- Visitation by family members is
weeksurveyin1989,33percent limited by low incomes and
were sent to a restrictive 24- poor transportation, she says.
hour setting, including training Racism is 8 major factor in
schools and prisons. Nine out t he co n fi ne me n t of Blac k
of100 0 I cedinre tric- juveniles, Flynn argues. " I'
l'M� •• e:."':�lIJIl:' beti�ve t e tt- 'll d e
11(1 iden't'. yro �Iiac '! ,iii ies �s:
Continued from Pa e 1
formula tive years of the civil
right movement. "We over
came that", Fox said. "But
now here we are bombing our-
elves. Something must be
wrong with u ."
Muskegon Height police
C. Joh a hart i e k-
... i d . 0 \I • \) ........ rr'�l'ill!rMl11,r- as nce-j n Jr'
Ynu've got to talk. Yo 've fespon ible for
gbt to pray. We're g na threatening and ttacking
move him I Engler]. Roberts. The last few months
Sarah Skinner, psychiatric has brought a number of inci-
social worker at Lafayette dents involving Roberts. "It
Clinic noted that in addition seems the more we inves-
to the rccall campaign the tigate", Capehart'said, the
grou-p was wOflking on deeper it becomes."
rsgistering voters "to make
sure he [Engle r] does not get
back in office."
Those interested in further
information ahout these is
sues should call 868-3660.
Another coalition meeting
will. be held Saturday March
23 at 12 noon in the Highland
Park YMCA, 13220 Wood
ward between Beresford a,nd
Winona.
Dctroit Councilman Clyde
Cleveland staled thatt he was
personally ing to prupose a
resolution e re the DetroH
City Council backing the
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upport NAACP In urance ult
stitutional racism at its worse
and it must be broken," said
Johnson.
. , .
y General to
Sherwood Forest neighbor
hoods are paying more in
surance than les� affluent
neighborhoods in the suburbs.
Hollowell said Palmer
Woods is the highest rated
area in the state, but there is
little auto theif in the area. He
says gerrymandering affects
, people in the city without a ra
tional basis.
Johnson says no logic has
been given on the rates by
AAA. He said the state In
surance Commissioner issued
a report which said the rates
are not justifiable.
, He stated further that
Detroiters are' paying 30-45
percent more for insurance
than their suburban counter
parts. "It's an expression of in-
Attorn
Stat
e 1
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tive percepti6ns of what is and
what is not a 'desirable risk.'
Defendant ' subjective deter
minations are discriminatory
in effect generally upon the
citizens of Detroit and specifi
cally upon African-American
residents of the city."
Kelly said that the ter
ritorial-based pricing does not
reflect differences in driving
environments but is "merely a
pretext for unlawfully rating on
the basis of race."
DETROIT NAACP Presi
dent Arthur John on said
Franklin's endorsement of the
case demonstrates its impor
tance.
A 1987 NAACP survey
found that car insurance com
panies were redlining city resi
dents. According to Melvin
"Butch" Hollowell, chairman of
the automotive committee for
the NAACP, residents .of the
affluent Palmer Woods and
WAYNE COUNTY Circuit
Judge Sharon Finch imposed a
stay on the' case proceedings,
which began in Nov. 1989, in
order to allow the Insurance .
Commissioner to address the
problems. The NAACP filed a
motIon to set a ide the stay.
.Kelly argues, on behalf of the
NAACP, that the Insurance'
Commissioner does not have
jurisdiction to deal with aU of
the issues in the case and that
the court is the proper forum
to address the issues.
The hearing to lift the stay
will be AprilS, at Wayne Coun
ty Circuit Court.
URBAN' LEAGUE Execu-·
tive Director, Gloria White
Gardner was disturbed and
outraged at the violence
directed at Roberts, "If a
Black board, a Black superin
tendent, a Black principal and
Black teachers can't teach
Black children·, Gardner
said, "then who can and will?"
Roberts has also received
support from Rev. Jesse Jack
son and from officials at
Operation Push's Chicaso'i
headquarters.
The entire community is
JoAnn Roberts
shakened by the, threat .,and
bombing of one of its most
promi nent citizens.
Roberts ha come to terms
with the possibility she may
,be killed if she continue as
superintendent. "As Dr. King
, once said: 'If there's nothing
in thi world to die for, you
have nothinl to live for.' I'll
give my life if I have to, to
educate these school
children.' "
We have been serving the community of Highland
Park and the surrounding Metro Detroit area for
over 70 years, providing speciality services and
Schools
Continued from Page 1
Western in origin. "It-'s a dis
service to any student to teach
things that are less impor
tant," he commented.
Nationwide, af least 30 per
cent or public school students
are minori ties. That figure
represents a 14 percent rise
(rom 1976. A' a result of the
changing dcmographics.
states such as California, Wis
consin and Iowa are im
plementing school programs
and/or legal mandates requir
ing. some form of multicul
tural education.
Barry McLaughlin is co
director of the National Cen
ter for Research on Cultural
Diver' ity and Second Lan
guage Learn'ng at the Univer
sity of alifornia. He
believ that, de pite current
trend, diversity in education
i taking place in limited
fashion. . •
"Classroom' are trYing to
acknowledge diver it): •. but
it's pretty uperficial so far,"
he says. "We're recognizing
the problem. but the solution'
are sti II a long way off."
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