" .Iementary Lib ry i fun,"
rat ttchetl told me durin
ft r oon rea . The other irl
t her t ble joined In verbal
choru lIyin "computers re
e e tin nd intere tin to
or. " The comments er
from Goodale School Sth
de they too char e 0 a
computer liter cy pro ram on
their n t d y.
I Up rom n enrollment 1 t
ye r of 12, the Computer C mp
ha 44 particip nts this year.
SI th throu h 12th r der t
tend teAM e ion hile Sth
rade students complete the
afternoon e ion. Cl e will
b held for five Saturd y at
Ford otor Company/IBM
Trainin L bor tory in Dear
born. Ford Motor Comp ny i
one of BDPA' corporate pon
sors.
Blac 0 t Procesalng A -
ociates (BOP ) i a non-profit
group who e members are
employed by or intere ted in the
"Information Proce sing" in
dustry. The organization be-
came national operation in
197 hen founders E rl Pace,
Jr., and David Wimberly thought
chapter would benefit the
reater need of data proees ing
profes ional .
That's hi tory today, as BOPA
represents 38 citie in 26 states.
Detroit the largest chapter, is
one of the mo t progre sive.
Within the Detroit chapter, there
are seven operations committee
treachi ng the communi ty to
supply manpower and image
through kills necessary for
chievement in the r pidly
en n in bu ine orld.
evin F nroy, Education
Committee Chairm n poke of
ho Good le a adopted for
t i year' pro r m becau e of it
beln the 1 r est element ry
chool in ichi an. Goodale i
near City irport on Detroit'
ea tide. "T e chool h only
ei ht compute for it lar e en
rollment and they are ed mo t·
ly for remedi I or," he aid.
One of our objectives for 1991il
to develop a propo al to estab
lish a computer I boratory at
Good le. It An official adoption
pro ram will t ke place on May
IS t the chool i th Board of
Education Area F staff.
Fanroy, newcomer to BDPA
ha been on board for little over
a year. The de ire to ive back to
the communtty wa probably
ho Fanroy succeeded in be
comin the current Education
Chair. "I'm interested in
educating Blac youth," he
stated. They are the promise of
tomorrow. BOPA will ivo
achievement awards at
Goodale's r duation ceremony
to yo ng ters demonstrating the
mOlt improvement durin the
schoo! year."
Judith M rtin, the Camp's
Coordin tor, aid "the main con
cept of the Camp is for elemen
tary, Junior high and high school
youngsters to learn how to use
the computer as a tool." The
children will Iso be told about
the types of jobs that require
computer technology." This
year, each sixth through 12
grader wa sponsored by a
BOPA member. However, the
Goodale 5th graders were
ich-Con w rm the h art
nd mind of hundred
BY DEBORAH CULP
W�en Mich·Con held their
12th Annua! Jobs and Career
Seminar an April 27th, the entire
setting could have been depicted
as a very timely; (of t. In
addition to t hundr of
professionals from practically
every profes ion in existence in
attendance and acting as
facilitator, there were 500 or
more young people eager to gain
the knowledge that the adults
had to offer.
Heyward Dortch acted as
chairperson and he along with a
hoat of other Mich-Con staff,
member were on hand to assure
the smoothness and effective
ness of tm days events.
Purpose was to open up
numerous posslbili Ies and Ope
portunities to a selected amount
of high school student, grades 9
through 12.
Adult professionals from
variou fields became
panelist/facilitators for the day,
and the-objective was to squeeze
out as much knowledge and ad
vice possible to the interested
students.
I·· .
I CAN HONESTLY say that
to have been chosen as a
panelist/facilitator for thi en
lightening event was one that
will remain within my memory _
, bank for a very long time. The
teenagers were of various size ,
shapes, and co lots, but the
majority of them were of
Africian American descent.
To see that many youth
together under one roof laugh
ing,. talking, and practically
fighting to ask positive ques
tions of the adults on the various
panels was a genuine sight for
ore eyes!
In this day and time news
about teenagers portrays them
out on the street, "rolling"
drugs, practicing unlimited
violence or up to some form of
"no good" in general.
At least for one day, this
wasn't the case because all of
the young people in attendance
at the Job cl Career Seminar
were somewhere that wou·ld
allow them to make a difference.
Both in the community arid the
influence of society as a whole.
Every year for the last twelve
years Mich-Cen has put on these
Job cl Career Seminars, and ac
cordi8g to Mr. Dortch and the
other Mich-Con staff, every year
it gets better and more youth
come out to participate.
. On the Communication
Panel, along with my elf were
other media professional such
as: Linda Boston, Micheal
Goodin, Lenny Mays (from the
popular singing group The
Dramatics) and Mr. J. T. Hall,
who also acted as our moderator.
ON THE FIRST half of the
program the Hon. 36th District
Court Judge Wendy Cooley
presided, and presentations
were made by a pleasant mix of
law enforcement officers and
other professionals. Z. A. Tam
buzl gave the crowd n eye
opening motivational talk and
both of tHe National, Anthem
were sang by Gerald Bailey.
After lunch the participants
were treated to a fulfilling and
positively enlightening history
lesson/ ermon from noted mini
ster Rev. Loyce Lester. When
he finished the keynote address,
everyone was on their feet with
enthusiasm and loud cheers.
Pro Tem President of the
, Detroit City Council, Oil Hill
presidied for this half of the pro
gram, and uplifting. motiv-ation
al poetry was recited �y
Gwendolyn Burton. Plans are
already underway for next years
13th Annual Jobs And Career
Seminar.
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screened by their teacher b ed
on motivtion and beh vior," he
continued.
After ob erving the orienta
tion portion of the cIa se ion,
I. ed M rtin what exactly
would the children do in the 5-
week training period. "Fir 1
about the volunteer facilitator,"
she aid. Forty-two to be exact.
Five or six are off-site trainer
who are community liai on
people." •
.. talked to , everal during the
break who shared immen e en
thusia m about the program.
"The kid are anxiou and will
ing to learn," one aid. "Look at
thi Saturd y turnout," aid
another. "I'm happy they ar ex
cited in w nting to learn." I'm
honored to be affiliated wi th this
project," aid anothe r. "I've
learned that computers can be
used for what interest you."
Volunteer reprc cnt tive are
from the Bo rd 0 Education,
BOPA, and the New
Metropolitan Detroi t Club of the
National As celation. of Negro
Bu ine nd Profe ional
Women' Club, Inc.
F cilitators received five
week of basic tr ining in
DOSS, Lotu 123, Word Perfect,
enabling them to a i t
young ter in managing cl
e ion.
. "Computer Camp trainee
will learn computer problem
solving: how to perform
specific tasks. Creativ writing
kills will be, taught through
word proces ing technique.
Students will learn to write a
ba ic program utilizing e ential
programming te chno to gy.
Graphics, from drawing to print,
will be the last pha e of the
training," Martin conclused.
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As a re ult of the successful
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the Detroi t Urban League
recently received allocations
from Uni ted Way for
Southeastern Michigan totali�g
$756,489.
According to N. Charles
Ander on, President of the
Detroi t Urban League, "Our
programs are varied and com
prehensive nd meet the needs
of cbildren, yo,:,th, adults and
I nlorl. .
Our unique offerings include
the College Club which support
hi h chcot tudents effort
Unit d W Y fund
toward higher education; Joy
Middle School project which
provides social development
and tutorin program to middle
school students; emplDyment
ervlces which offers help to
professional and non-profes
sional job eekers, The Detroit
Urban Leigue continually
evaluates the needs of the com
munity as they appear and
trives to develop programming
to meet tbose needs ,etber
with existin resourcel, It rna·
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and qualified people."
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