HIGHLAND PAF� h
Fighting child
uff ring community
by community
oomrnun .
Tbe effurt· called � QliJd
Warn V" . n program.
B m 11IE Child m1
Family . ChlUIDlb; 001-
ttl: QulCil
of Negro WOl'DCl\
of JWlior � American
Association of Retimd Fe
(AARP), �·w 'auD 1IICmatiI�
am ttl: .
Raza.
Utit)Qf I � about � pilot
poject in W' D.C. Now
similar e1Ia1s, � by local
mcmbeIs of six group are
1.DJcrwayin 3drornmunities
ttl: rountry.
Local leaders ate �
� for groqJS r4 tl'I:ir fellow
citizem to soch places ncona1al
intemive care units adolescent
detention faciliti , betters for
� families, 8nd cBld care
cenICls. For mlSt citizem, h: vS�
8ft: a kim of'smclc �rapy.
Aminisa:rwropartidpaled ina
amct WKh Wit to the ItaIdal
inlem care ward at Hartem
&_,...._ m Yodc Oty .
"It's ore 1I:ing k> read about Slr:b
infanIs am q\ite amtber to see
them. It Baparl' Oltc:iSlrh
experiences, Child Watch or­
gaJi'las !FPe to fOrge a gnq> of
cittlmsh1eachcommunitywtl>8Ie
inspiItd to wolk for�.
In.JadcDMlle, Rodda, a mIll­
tion led by �-timc community
activist Gert:rule Peele of ttl: Na­
tional Courril of Negro W�I\
h:ld i� fust �tation program in
October. Among the places vS�
were a neonatal inkrSve care unit,
a �lerc3re IDne forchildIen with
medical problems, a home for un­
married rrotbers am babies born
HIV � and a county �
tion eener for juveniles.
MOSTPARIlCIPANTS IN
the group had been child adYOCaD
for years, Peele mees, yet "over aOO
OYe'&'again ttJ:ysaid wblta �
expc2ience it had been" At � spe­
cia! biter � for two dildIen
withcadnlpalsy, thc�ImD­
bers were "overwhelmed and
anIIZCd," says a Ie official wm
acoompanied the�. "Ibey ls­
tcncd k> the faster � in lNIe."
In the W �n, D.c., pilot
program. partidpmts did follow
through with co� action to
relp cbildren For example, a law
student from Georgetown
University's Black Law Snxknt
hsocia1ion <XgaIliztd a fuOO.mis­
ing aunpeign forttJ: tn;pi1al's rr:w
chi1dIen's cemer. .
Peele ys thcte were SOIlK:
�respo fromtheJadc­
sonville group. TIl: National
CD.ncil ofNqpo W� for -
8IIl>1e, agreed to build a I badly
ncc:dcd wheel chair �
tunc for children wi1h
cia! medical problerm.
1HE noRDIA dlidal
� sa: believes the program will
have a sipfiamt kq-tctm etfcct
00 child � in Jadcaonville.
\Vml prda&onaIs wbo wodt in
ttl: s)Rm adYocaIe fur betIer -
vk:ca b'dildIal, "m (R Us k>
)Ql, " she says. ''1lI:y think it's j\.8t
yotI' job [to advocate]. But w�
OCher people see fur themlelvcs
wIIlt needed am speak out, othcts
pay aaermon. The8e me pcqMc
wOO CIIl dooe. "
IU idUilIIdon about k>
itation program in
Wlllblin D.C. axxn, ('2OZ)
•
Three'
Director.
thaniel
Scott ·d.
Aim
Greer.
former prin-
cipal in the
Detroit
Public
School y-
rem, will
t e c h
tory telling. .o...l
Nat han i e I Cora Jack80n
Scott will
ch poetry nd Ta an Goodwin
will i truct p rticipan indance.
Act Three began the presenta­
tion of cultural programs at Mc­
Gregor Library in February and
will pre ent it first Highland
recent Detroit
Highland P
DOIlIWltion largely
eUe ,
n fl ed
Henry Stallings /I
(Photo bY
tbeTo
PLAZA inve tment, Stall­
ings id, will require "$3 to 5 mil­
lion" nd HP Devco will possibly
pya role in developing th plaza.
According to StalUn ,Mayor
Linsey Porter alway" <!vocated
economic development ( nd) the
Oovemor' office has indicated that
they will or with Highland Par ,"
which me that he has some city
backing.
However, Stallin is perturbed
over Sears' decision to pull out of
Highland Park.
"They (Sears) milked our com­
munity dry," Stalling aid. "As
recently as December of '91 they
were on line to move forward with
the (Town Center) project." Sears,
according to numerous reports,
would have been the "anchor tore"
in the S27-million under taking.
STALLINGS DOF..s OT have
n nswer for why Se made the
decision to I ve three months after
expressing interest in being part of
And while he wonders about and
pond rs po ibilities that will help
th community-and i perplexed
over Sears' deci ion, he maintains
t t "Highland Par i a viable com­
munity" and that he will continue to
work toward its revitalization.
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contested August 1990 Democratic
primary to pre ent tate repre­
sentative by 193 vote .
David Points returned to teaching
school in the Detroit Public School
Sy tern in August 1991 aner being
released from active duty in support
of Operation Desert Storm."
David Points is the former 30th
District Court Admini trator nd
Magistrate for the City of Highland
Park.
HIGHLAND PARK MI - The
Honorable Dwight Downes, Council
President for the City of Highland
Park ho ted a reception for David
Points, Democrat for State Repre­
sentative. The reception was held
Sunday evening at the Highland Park'
Caucus Club located at 12011
Hamilton, Highland Park.
In attendance with Council Presi­
dent Downes was Councilwoman
Gretta Johnson, Councilman Charlie
P. Davis, Highland Park City
Treasurer Benautrioe Roland, High­
land Park School Board Member
Titus McClary, Judge William F.
Bledsoe, 30th District Court, Judge
Pula Humphrie ,36th District
CoW1, many of the family me rs,
friends and supporters of D . d
Points.
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