Highland Park Communi ty
llege (RPCC), the econd
olde t community College in
Michigan is commemorating
the beginning of its 75th year
of ervice with a Diamond
. Jubilee Celebration on Friday,
May 1, 1992 at 7:00 p.m, Thi
Gala event ponsored by the
Foundation of Highland Park
Community College will be
held in the Atrium of the col­
te e, In Highland Park.
The HlgblaDd Par Com­
munity College Foundation I.
lnal ng 11 alumni, their
c mates and friends of the
Collele to join the celebration.
Please contact tbe Foundation
of Highland Park Community
College at (313) 252-0475, ext
236, for further information.
'CI8S$
reunion' for
Black grad
African-American
graduates of Wayne State
University are invited to share
in a special evening as the Or- .
ganization of Black Alumni
(OBA) of WSU celebrates its
recogni tion an official af­
filiate of the university. The
event will be held from 9 p.m.
to 1 a.m Fri4ay, May 1 at the
University Club, located at
1411 E. Jefferson, east of the
Chrysler Freeway.
Founded in 1990, OBA
recently became the first
Black organization of its kind
to be granted status as an offi­
cial "friends" affiliate of the
.' Wayne State Univer ity
Alumni Association. The or­
ganization was created to en­
hance and support Black
students, who attend Wayne
State Univer ity through
scholarship and mentoring
programs. OBA also is com­
mitted to fostering profes-
ional development among
fonner Black tuden of the
university.
. .
ALL FORMER and cur­
rent Wa� State .�ents of
African-American descent are
Invited to the affair. Many of
the area'. African-American
alumni from in, elvic,
Pr:9fi lonal and community
organizations are expected to
attend.
Tickets are SlO, with
proceed dona ted to the
Wayne State Univer fty
Minority Endowment
Scholarsblp Fund.
For ticn or Information
about OBA, call 831-3066.
HIGHLAND PARK
tit
"I Ic conce t of
empowerment," Mullen dded.
"Individual olve their own
contlnu d from P g 1
CLO 1 G 0 L AVI G
Hi hland Par he dmi , could be
necessarv some d y.
However, h , "Anyone can
cl b inc . Ri ht no . e re
exploring' other optio . We nt to
maintain r'Viccs in the inner city."
He tated that the pital
tried to cut cos , includln cuttin
b c onjo .
They ve met th union re
and let them "kilo bat to do to
help ."
"We have hown our board a
rea onable chanc of Ion term
viability," he aid.
ouncilwoman
Johnson aid
that the
buildings were
advertised as
townhouses on
WGPR, a Black
radio station.
Councilwoman Jo n aid
th t the city i peeted 32 W. Grand
on January 30. The period d
v.:bich the city supposed to
give to the owner notice to correct
condi tio el peel Ion time
before, he ted.
The' pectic divi on 0
ci ty could not be reached for
comm nt. ayor Unsoy Porter
aid he d no information about
this and could not COJDJDent.
"I thin tb t, econd to the
children, the t che will be more
affected than paren ,beca e they
will be Id ccountable more" be
aid. '
She . d th tation once d
program which de It with
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