DETROIT Y i - nt princip I nd guid coun- lor t St. ary' of Redford High School in Detroit, w n m d . I t director of t rn Michi n :Uni ity' Project Upward Bound :by the EMU Board of Regents t its :regul r m eting too y (Sept.25). F ter, 35, currently i working toward her d ctorate in education at :W yn State University, where he !received her m ters degree in 1 . :Sbe also hold a bachelor of cience :degree from Central Michigan : University. F ter w at cher in the High- land P r School for 1977 to 1987. ,She lso worked a police officer :in Highland Park during 1979-80 :100 he wa hired at St. Mary' in ·1987. • • A Detroit re ident, Foster is choir : director and a member of th Youth 'Leaders Council at Bethel African Me thod i t Epi copal Church. She also is a member of Guiding Star -Chapter #11 Order of the Eastern :Star--Prince hall Affiliation. 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When we asked him to make repairs, he would raise the rent," Eldridge said. MAN\ WHO LIVE in the Southwest neighborhood are ap­ palled and perplexed. Jerry Collins, a Rathbone Street resident for 46 years, and others like her, are angry. "It's the city's fault that he (Almas Realty) hasn't paid his taxes," Collins said. "Why doesn't the city do something?" Collins said that if she was delin­ quent in her property taxes, the city would set her belongings out on the street. "We used to have a beautiful Jordan's earber,& e auty Salon � , I: 3 WEEK SPECIAL \ \ · . e!J Jeri Curl. .. $29.99 � Leisure Curl ... $40 Perms ... $15 . 6500 Llnwwod ry eoples· :1 estival �cwember I6, I99I 1:00 -8:00ry.J\1 �jestic 7heatre C� 4120 CWoodward ClIve. by ACORN to demand that multiple property owners, such as Almas Realty, be held accountable for taxes due to the city of Detroit." Cathy Lindman, the chairperson for ACORN's Southwest chapter said, "It is because of businesses like Almas Realty that the city is in the red and ordi nary ci tizens end up paying the price." U BI c hold AII-CI lumni will Reunion ANN ARBOR-Hundred of Blac graduat of Th Univer- ity of Michigan will gath r here Nov. 1-3 for the 15th annual AlI­ Cia Reunion for Black G duate. Th event, which coincides with the Michigan-Purdue foot­ ball game, will feature peech , 8 panel discussion and an award banquet. U-M' President James J. Duderstadt will speak on "The Michigan Mandate: Charting Progress" at 2 p.m. Nov. 2. in the • B t Western Domino's Farm's Hotel. The Michigan Mandate is 8 commitment to increase the recruitment, participation and uccess of minority tudent, faculty and staff. Duderstadt's speech will be followed by a pan I di cussion moderated by Myron H. Wahl , W yne County Circuit Court judge. MI 0 ceremonie will be Wilma D. (Jones) Alexander, former chairpe on of the All-CI Reunion of Black Graduate Planning Committee, and a consultant for th American Automobile As ociation. At the award dinner, the Leonard F. Sain E teemed Alum- · ni Award will be presented to an ' outstanding alumnus or alumna who has demonstrated extraordi­ nary interest and commitment to . Black students at the U-M. Pre-registration i required. · For registration information, call the Alumni Association at (313) 764-0384. including Black family trends, the impact of media on Black children, Black males, building self-esteem, empowering Black males to suc­ ceed, pediatric AIDS, mixed-race children, crime, children of incar­ cerated parents; and drug abuse: More than 120 nationally-known presenters will share their views on the status of Afric -American Black child development institute to convene G.co�y OF GOl) The National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)will convene its 21st annual conference, October 23rd in St. Louis, Missouri. More than 1,500 service providers, program developers, and institution and government representatives are expected to attend. "Visions: An Agenda for African-American Children," is the theme of-this year's conference. 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