PAG 8
'll or t d\ Phil t Irhl�
h a \ 1110 r c he r I I ' C o 1 B I a '
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\n 'r! .a n
hiladc lphra \ more than _
p rc nt , , rnd mo I Imp rt ntly.
con Jud d,
Norplant friend' or
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h " KOLY
.R'" .LD
H 'th id run eb 0
prove ny and chrldren at n
promptetl the dcvctopme nt of
orplant. a Finni. h-mad hor­
mona) contraceptive, 30 year
.. Iter the Pill'!
The Food and Drug Ad­
mini, trauon 0 aycd il u e in
o r th Am cr ic: In Decemb r.
I c)< () Wyeth-A, e r t
La bora tone man ul act u res thc
nc d r u z.
orplant I� the bra rn '1111d 01
The Pupula uon 'uunci l. d ;'\l:�
Yo r k - h a � c d 0 r g a n 11 a t 10 n Ilf a t
,pc 'Ialll'c� In r scarchmg he. Ith
and �o 'Ial programs in develop­
Ing countrrcs.
Inc' I YXS some 500.000
wo mc n In 15 countric have been
Ie ted for "no-Iu .. birth con­
trol. Doe t hi s uggc s t that
orplant I� for" ccial popula-·
t io ns" s uc h a. c ually a uvc
tee na zcr ' or women pcrcei vcd a.
bre der. Sum people bchevc
t h i s drug to be a form of
genocide.
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made rom oft
I ailed II II (
on ta In \ ynthcn c
proge tcrone. Pro..." tcronc In­
mbil! ovaluau n.
Ca e tudrcx report" 'Ide ef­
fc t. a r o r p l a n t '\ hlg v t
Iimuauons." Women v uh heart
or liver di: eave. d i ahctc . hi h
chole tcr 1 r hl,:!h b loud prcv­
. ure. brest can l r. ,I hi lor 01
hlood cl t\ dnu '1110 .e r- .rrc au
VI'CU again I II U l
or plarn 1\ Ill,(rI 'J under the
kin. I ns idc till' UPI c r arm I n a
dosag f IX (;.Ip ulc-, th . lie ot
mat h u ks. II irnplr niau n r
removal rcqurrc .J local ancs­
t h c t r c and s ur g : .a l InCI Ion
which ha. to he don' h a trained
medical pracnoncr.
As proges terone dim I ni he,
toward the end of the l rfth year.
a new implant c.rn he Insert d.
Rc s e a r che r: ct.n m l c r u l n I
p r o m p i l y r c t o r c d \ hen
Norplant is removed.
e, Inc., roup,
who e motto i Educ lion, Appllc lion, and Outre
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cl mi . and medical ccnter
around the U.S. Will "now Im­
plantation procedures for
orplant."
Planned Pare nthood at iliates
Will likely provide trainmg and
discount fee tructures for the
drug.
Norplant wa made to remedy
unwanted pregnancies. How­
ever. Norplant Will not prevent
se: ually transmitted diseases,
such a Gonorrhea. Aids. and
Syphilis,. Epidemic in Detroit
and other comrnurutics.
Another do w ns idc to
Norplant surra ed in a California
hild abu e c e involvm th
mer ic n Ci vrl Lib r itre
Union. A pregn nt mother h s
been impl nted ith Norpl nt by
court order "pun tive
me ure."
orplant far-reaching limita­
tion could never become publi­
cally nown-especially in
countrie where monitoring may
not coincide with life nd health.
The arne hold true in Americ
where the qu lily of life is sides
teppe d when big buc s ta e
over .
THi topic wa proved for di -
cu sion on March 9, at. the
Detroit Black Women's Health
Project's monthly Educational
forum held at the Detroit A -'
ociation of Women' Club',
5461 Bru h at Ferry. At 10 A.M.
, on Apn I 13 the topic wilJ be:
"Impact of Heal th C re on the
Af'ncan-Arncrican Family."
For information on promoting
health in Black women and their
New qrganizaUon
Building A New Base
Formed in June of 90, thi
group ha already attracted
more than 200 people to their
open meetings and has no
limitations on member hip, as
long as you're a dedicated
person and you're willing to
sacrifice knowledge.
The group 'is Powerbase
Inc. a Black awareness group
that believes in Educat icn,
. - PR'J'R4UJ 4'.'
their guide and feels wit this
motto nothing can go wrong.
Powerbase which consists of
15 strong African Americans,
is determtne djo do what it
takes to uplift the race.
"We feel there is a need for
educators and positive role
models who can up l if t our
race," said Derrick Hines,
President of Powerbase Inc.
"And if there's a ne eu for
some kind of leadership, we
will definitely provide the
people with it."
EACH WEEK THE group
meets at community centers
and local schools discussing
topics uch as, Drug Abuse,
Sex, Relationships and
Violence between African
Americans, to name a few.
"By us meeting at different
places, people will get a
chance to hear Powerbase
around Detroit and be a�le to
judge for ihemsel ves," said
Hines.
There are group uch as
.Pe Bo t of Detroit Murray
, Wright High School and The
Action Group of Detroit
Cooley High, which have ac­
complished a great deal to be
relatively new groups, and
have been a big influence on
Powerbase bec use of their
young age. The age of Power­
base members ranse from 19
to 30 making them also a very
young group.
But, being responsible for
rallies, youth' forums al\d
pushing to get governmentll
s uppo rt to s top 'the des truc­
tj oDe t r 0 i t n e i g h b 0 r­
hoods, has, made thi group
very successful.
They feel the reason for
their quick success is their
. creative minds and certain
amount of chemistry that will
help keep them low-keyed.
"WE ARE WILLlNG to
stay low-key, as long a we
knQw that we are uniting our
people and if there is a change
of attitudes we will continue
to stay low-key," aid Adrian
Gregory, member of Power­
base Inc ..
In the future, look for
Powerbase to do more posi-
tive thing for Africans
Americans. This group
definitively h all of the in-
gredient and character it
takes to build a strong Ba e in
Detroit.
by CALVIN LOWRY
Correspondent
t We hear a lot about or­
ganizations that have in­
fluence in our community.
There's one organization that
has co n t ri b u ted to our com-
munity over the past eight
months and has built a power­
fu) toundation for, our youths.
. . .
Ke'inp 'ennounces sfriilegy fir nnn.
double Black businesses
families, please contact the
Detroit Black Women's Health
Project. P.O. Box 1980. Detroit,
MI. 48H�,
.) I,
TER -John F. Robinson,
Pre 'ldent of the National Minority Business Council (NMB ),
greet Harriet R. Michel, Pre. ident of the National Minority
Supplier Development Council, during the M U 's recent
Ele�enth nnual 8usine' A,,;urds Lucheon at the Grund Hyatt
Hotel in ew York City. Accepting an award i ',Eric Pogue,
Vice Pre'ident, Employee Relation, hilip Morr'j' "omponie
Inc., who told the lucheon gue ts:" lip Morris is committed
to the 'ucces of minority vendor '. We arc pleased to accept thi
aw rd from the NMBC, n organization that help minority
vendors to under tand the need' of major bu iness
BI ck HI tory Teleconference Broadca t Nationally-South
Carolina ETV pre Ident Henry C Qthen nd Alpha Kappa Ipha
,pre Ident Mary Scott excbange greeting at a reception for
participant of ETV's 1991 BI ek Hi tory teleconference. The
program was broadc st nationally on PB affiliate la t month.
AKA wa spon or for tbe teleconference whleh fe tured Black
mo ul from varied fields challengln youth to Internalize
me e which will re ult In po ltlve accompli hments In their
live . Lookln on 1 Dr. Marianna Davl , executive producer for
the teleconference.
WASHINGTON-Housi ng and
Urban Development Secretary
Jack Kemp announced a strategy
to double the number of African figures unacceptable. "If we are
American-owned busines. e in to keep our pledge to give hope
America by the middle of the and opportunity to every young,
decade, an increase of between aspiring entrepreneur in
450,000 and 500,000. America, we should set a goal of
In a speech March 13. to a at least doubling the number of
conference entitled "Expanding minority entrepreneurs by the
Black Entrepreneurship: The middle of this decade.
ole of Historically Black Col- "That is an audacious goal,"
leges and Uni ve rs i u c s ," co- Kemp said, "but we can do it if
sponsored by HUD and Howard we are willing to transcend the
University. Kemp unvcrlcd an policies of the past and move for-
economic program that Includes ward with an ambi tious plan
a cut in the capital gains lCIX. based on entrepreneurial
Enterprise Zones, and other in- capitalism. expanding owncr­
centivcs to lower the cost of ship of private property, tax
labor and capital. He said these reform. and economic empower-
measures will expand oppor- ment."
tunities for minority' Kemp called on Congress to
entrepreneurs. "We must com- adopt President Bush' capital
mit ourselves to un)ea�hlng a gains tax cut proposal which he
million seeds of entrepreneur- said would increase the flow of
ship to bring economic growth 10 capital and encourage invest-
every inner city in the United ment in the inner cities and
States of America." Kemp said. among minority entrepreneur.
Kemp referred to the effort to "Contrary to the claims of
expand African American some on the left. cutting the capi-
entrepreneurship as "chapter two tal gains tax is not a'giveaway to
of the civil rights struggle." the rich, but an incentive for
Blacks currently represent small businessmen and wOlJlen
more than 12 percent of the U.S, who want tbe opportunity to be-
population yet own only 2 per- come rich," Kemp said.
cent of the nation's businesses. He also asked congress to
In addition, Black Americans pass legislation establishing
own only one-half of 1 percent of federal Enterprise Zones, where
the nation's wealth.
the capital gains tax would be
eliminated entirely.
"With the right incentives, a
reali tic tax code, and policies
that timulate rather than hinder
e n t r c pr e ne ur s h ip and oppor­
tunity. we could be looking at
million minority-owned firms
well before the end ofthe cen­
tury. A bold proposal to expand
minority entrepreneur hip based
onrre� enterpri e and private
properly would be the most
powerful affirmative action pro­
gram we couJd ever devise. Set­
asides and quotas will, by
definition, be zero sum, but the'
potential and power of
democratic capitalism to expand
growth add opportunity is un­
Iimi ted," he said.
Kemp praised Howard
University and other Hi torical­
Iy Black Colleges and Univer­
sitie for their role as a primary
source of education for young
Black Americans since eman-
. cipation.
"In times when too few
Americans were thinking about
the future of African
Americans," Kemp s"aid,
'''HBCUs represented a pro se
of hope to the oppressed, the
poor, the discriminated against,
by helping to develop the poten­
tial of so many Black Americans
for well over 125 years."
KEMP
CALLED
these
exec
BA
Booker T. Washington Busi­
ness A soeiation will present
Mr. Radney A. Coleman, Ex-.
e cut i ve 0, ire c tor, U r ban
Munic'pal Affair, General
Motors Corporation.
Topic: "Genral Motor
Challenge to Mlnorlfies I
the 90' and Be)'ond". Noon
- 1:00 p.m., Wednesday,
March 20, Sharpe's Seven
Flags Restaurant - 6001
Woodward Avenue. the lunch- •
eon co t is $10 for members
and $12 for non-members.
For reservations call Ms. Ozic
Bell at (313) 875-4250.
Brady Elementary School dence, teacher AntQlne GOllloco wa
reco nlzed by tbe Detroit chool board at the M rch 12 meetln ,
for Innlna the Presidential Award for Excellence In clence
and Math Educ tlOD. (Photo by D. Lewi )
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