Short g of
Black Ph.D.'
Many f ctors h ve been
blamed for the teep
declin in th number of
Blac men who get doc
torat ,but now ome
educators ay that another
major ca e i that univer-
ities m e it ier for for
eign rs to get financial aid
than th nation' B1 c .
Archbishop
tricken
Archbi bop Jame Lyke,
the country' only Black
Catholi archbishop, has
been diagnosed with in
operable lung cancer, the
Archdiocese of Atlanta
said last wee Doctors for
the 52-year-Old archbishop
described hi prono is
"guarded" and "uncertain."
Lyke wa appointed
archbi bop only a year ago
thi week.
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WORLD/NATION
When weekend fighting broke
out in two to hips near Johannes
burg, '. Mandela arrived to con
ult with resid nts. In both instan
he bl m d ecuri ty forces for th
trouble and urged people to defend
them elv
II
ow long will he be talking
peace in the day
and providing guns for
the warloards in thenlqht?"
Wlnnl. Mandela
"How long will be be talking
peace in the day and providing guns
for the warlords in the night?" she
aid to roars of approv .
Mrs. Mandela's tumultuous
career appeared over last week when
he eparated from her husband,
Mrs. Mandela, 57, till holds her
elected post on the ANC's national
executive committee, the policy
making body. More importantly, she
has retained the support of young
militants by preaching confrontation
with the white authorities.
ALCOLM X DAY - May 17, 1992 will mark a commemoration in Washington D.C. with National
Commemoration Of Malcolm X Day Celebration. Begun in 1971 to honor and celebrate the life and
legacy of EI Hajj Malik EI Shab� the celebration was first established in the nation's capital as a
pre-rally to the first African �iberation Day Celebration.
·The greate t mistake of th movem nt ha b en trying to organize a 81 ping people around
8pecific goal � You h v to wake th people up fir t, th n you'll get action ••• wak th m upto their
humanity, to their own worth, and to their heritage. • - Malcolm X
•
WASHINGTON, D.C. A
dramatic shift in U.S. foreign
policy to Ethiopia, Sudan and
Somalia was marked today as
President Bush signed into law the
Hom of Africa Recovery and Food
Security Act. The law directs the
U.S. to increase grassroots
development and- peacekeeping
efforts and renounces the use of
military solutions in the region.
The legislative victory resulted
from an extensive campaign by the
anti-hunger organization Bread for
the World. The group's network of
44,000 members and a thousand
parishes and churches of all
h
denominations sent over 100,000
letters to Congress calling for
passage of the bill. A large
coalition of development agencies
joined Bread for the World in
urging Congress, the U.S. State
Department, A.I.D. and the U.N. to
act on the initiative.
These efforts have been
instrumental in shaping the U.S.
role in helping to mediate peace
talks in the Hom of Africa. In an
unprecedented meeting last week in
E tbiopia, leaders of Horn
governments, opposition parties,
non-governmental organizations
and U.S. officials agreed to a set of
a
---curity
humani tarian pri nci pals for
effectively responding to the relief
needs of the region.
"While the relief aid we have
sent to the Hom of Africa is vi tal for
saving lives, it does little to prevent
future famines," aid David
Beckmann, president of Bread for
the World. "By passing this
initiative, we have begun to address
the militarization of the region,
which has been the root cause of
recurring' mass famine."
The Hom of Africa Act provides
no new money for the region.
Rather, it directs U.S. assistance
away from military purpo es and
into the hands of grassroots
development initiatives that help
tbe poorest of the poor. The. bill
prohibits aid to governments that
do not demonstrate a commitment
toward peace, democracy and
buman rights, The bill also calls on
the U.S. to significantly increase'
support of U.N. efforts in peace'
negotiations and relief.
"Over 23 million people are at
risk of starvation, yet less than a
third of the needed relief supplies
are presently en route to the Hom
of Africa," said Beckmann.
Beckmann encouraged the
president to quickly transfer funds
from military accounts to help meet
relief needs, and to immediately
send the $40 million the U.S. has
allocated to Ethiopian and Eritrea.
In addition to monitoring the
implementation of the Hom of
Africa Act, Bread fro the World has
begun a new campaign to help feed
the 5.5 million children who are
hungry in the U.S. The Every Fifth
Child campaign seeks to Increase
funding for three of the nation's
most successful, cost effective
anti-hunger programs: WIC, Head
Start and Job Corps.
"Minority concerns in the labor movement
By MARX HOLLENS
Reprinted from ubor NotH
Some time ago, the Labor Notes
Minority Outreach Project dis
tributed a survey to people of color
asking for their views about the labor
movement and what Labor Notes
could do to become more responsive
to their needs.
Below are excerpts from the sur
veys. The participants are: Glenn
Omatsu, executive board member of
University Profe ional and Techni
cal Employees Local 2 and a mem
ber of the Alliance of Asian Pacific
Labor in Los Angeles; Cynthia
Brown of Southeast Women's
Employment Coalition in Durham,
North Carolina; and Angaza
Laughinghouse, 3: member of the
American Federation of State, Coun
ty, Municipal Employees in Dur
ham, North Carolina and a member
of Black Workers for Justice.
LN: what are the three major con ..
cerns people of color face today both
in the workplace and- in the com
munity at arge?
Omat u: Racism in the
workplace including hiring, reten
tion and promotions. Lack of
economic development and invest
ment and resources in minority com
munities. Failure of the unions to
I
addre above and a lack of sufficient
internal democracy in unions to ade-
quatel y address concerns of people
of color.
Laughtnghou e: In the
workplace it is the right to organize
a union, no collective bargaining
rights for public service employees,
and job discrimination based on race,
sex and handicaps. In the com
munity: the need for workers to be
politically organized in their com
munity to hold corporations and
government accountable.
LN. What can the labor move
ment as a whole do to address these
concerns?
Omatsu: In the current period,
the labor movement must see itself
as one movement among many. It
must assts t other movements, such as
those in minority communities
around housing, economic
problems, and cutbacks, by working
in coalition and sharing re ources.
Brown: The labor movement
must confront how race, gender and
class impact those involved in its
work. Leadership within the move
ment must be more diverse, and
skilled in building coalitions be
tween union and non-union or
ganizations concerned about worker
i ues.
There needs to be an expanded
definition of who constitutes the
"labor movement. " There also needs
to be some careful trategy
developed to help people begin to
see labor issues as community is
sues.
There is a tendency to see labor
issues as isolated issues just for cer
tain types of workers, without any
real recognition of the impact of the
worker experience and condi tions on
the larger community.
Laughlnghou : Labor must do '
a vigorous and comprehensive job
educating and mobilizing workers
around these issues. Particularly,
labor must be visibly active support
ing the democratic rights of Black I
workers in their majority com
munitie to win political power. Un
derstand that 50 percent of North
Carolina trade unionists supported
anti-worker Jesse Helms over pro
labor, Black Senate candidate Har
vey Gant.
LN: What barriers prevent people
of color from becoming more in
volved in their unions?
Brown: Considering the South's
lack of unionism and the historically
anti-labor, anti-union, racist, sexist,
classi t environment, it i no wonder
people of color are no more involved
in their union. I also suspect that until
it is time to vote on cri tical iss ues, the
participation and leader hip of
people of color is rarely solicited.
movement. Throughout history,
people of color have pursued many
trategie : confronting racist unions,
forming their own unions, forming
caucuses within unions, forming al-
liances across unions and forming
community-based worker support
committees. I see the same thing
happening in this period, especially
among Asian workers.
Howard alumni plan weekend
WASHINGTON OC - The Howard University Class of 1977 is
hosting a weekend of fun, refection and positive spirit May 8-10 in
Washington, DC.
1992 marks the clas ' 15-year anniversary and the 125th year of
Howard University.
An "All Classes Reunion Luncheon" will kick-off the festivities,
Friday, May 8 on the Howard main campus. . '
District of Columbia Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly, Dr. Ewart Brown
and Mississippi Congre man Michael Espy are the scheduled guest
speakers at a pecial alumni brunch, Saturday, May 9. The same
evening will be capped by a "Blue & White Moonlight Cruise" aboard
the "Spirit of W hington," co-sponsord with the D.C. Alumni Club
and the 1992 senior clas of the Howard University School of Busin
Contributions will b designated for scholarships for needy youth.
For additional information, contact: Nancy A. Flake, (202)
806-1551 or Monica Brown, (202) 806-1548.
Omatsu: The existence of bar
riers does not mean that we cannot
playa role in the "official" labor