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"'l1DS Y be � year of the
b8llotor� bullet .. .orwill itbe ... the
firerat�?"
I implore you to � ballot
to overttlow any aoo all 001}­
representative govemmen or
elededo .
Rcveme � tretxl of poverty.
Open a b aoo the fol-
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-In tm United Sta
uoemp oyment fcx' B maks
19 perteri, oompared i> 7-8
peroent fbr white mal . Black
teenage males IBd an W'l:mploy­
rrentra of48pen:entveIS 25.9
for white teenage mal .
- In the city of Detroit in 1m,
the rateof�mploymentfor Black
mal was 21.3 percent compared
10.6 percent for whi mal .
- In � tate of Michigan,
African-American mal have an
�mploymentrate of 17.9percmt
vets 6-8percentforwhi males.
- Wlite rren with a college
cdWltion earn ready o�thitd a
year ImJe than African-American
men with similar badcgrourD.
-African-American males
with collegedcgtees8le thlee times
ImIe liktJy i> be ��
tbcfr wm1c ooUD.terpar'm.
-African Americam speoo
$360 billion per year aoo creae 12
million jots. African Americam
sperxl only $21 billion with �ir
oommunity aOO' aeate 1 1han 1
million jobs for tmmelves am 11
million.)ooo for America.
IF AFRICAN American;
perxl 15 percent of their IOOR:y
with each other, they would
eliminate Blade uremployment in
America.
To combat the above cycle of
dcdi� in the quality of lie in the
African-Amerlcanoommunity, We
� imtituted our Saturday Com­
munity R>nuns (every Saturday) at
the Big Stai'Theater, l.54O Wood­
ward Avenue, (Downtown
Detroit) from 9:00 AM until 11:30
AM. Opemtion PUSH is making
donatiom 10 youth groups, i.e.,
sdm� clms, boy girl
scout troops, youth scbool or
church clubs, ec, that atteoo tre
forums.
In addition, IOOllitoring PUSH
will offer coursedng ard tutoring
programs for male and female
youth at the Doty Multi-SeIVire
cmter, 10225 Third Aven� (one
block over from Calvert and
Hamilkm) from 2:00pm until 4:00
pm every Saturday following the
Forums.
We will also be providing self­
esteem, and African/ African­
AmcricanHistoryc� for)Uuth
and adul� � request
Join PUSH today. Start
your membership and upport
our effort to bring these and
other programs to the Detroit
Metropolitan area.
Dr. Jabari Prempeh is the
president and Executive
Director of The Operation
PUSH Metropolitan Detroit
Chapter: P.O. Box 21088,
Detroit, MI 48221-0088.'
(313) 368-8701 FAX (313)
342-6299
HIGHLAND PARK
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African Proverb
"It takes an entire village
to educate a child"
African Proverb
Do for elf, there are no
Gods to upport a lazy per­
on.
HIOH A 0 PAR, Mic:. -
Though rumo of violence ur­
f ced t th 0 et of ch duled
High! nd P r nti-violen m rch,
he d or nizer Kw m Keny tt
decid d t t th prote t m t go on.
"Th re ere lot of reported
rumo th t people were fraid th
m rch w going to et out of
h nd, id eny tta, Detroit coor­
dinator of the ew Afri n People
Party, th lcolm X Center direc­
tor and Bo rd of Education can­
did teo
Detroit and Highland Par
Kore n- tore owners clo d their
doo earl y May 2 after they heard
th tome homele people would
use the mid-day march to break into
their hop and teal merchandi e,
he said.
As a re ult, Kenyatta turned the
march into a unity rally delivering
the me ge that African
American must take back the con­
trol of their treets, cro the treet
from the Monterey Motel in High­
land Park, where three women
bodie were found sparking a serial
killer inve tigation.
MORE THAN 2!O people at­
tended rallying behind Highland
Park' anti-violence tand, and
peacefully oppo ing the acquittal
verdict in the Rodney King police­
brutality ca e against the four Lo
Angele law officers.
"Since there i no leadership
coming from the top, it must come
from the bottom," Kenyatta aid.
"We can not remain Bent while our
women and children die. It's time to
reclaim our treets ... no one will
protect us if we don't protect oursel­
ves. As a community, we are
responsible for the safety and
ecurity of our people.",
Kenyatta' original plan in­
cluded a march to start at Highland
Par ' Monterey Motel, proceed in
a quare North on Woodward
Avenue, to Tyler Street, South
down Third Street to Highland
Avenue, the site of another
woman's body found in the High­
lands apartment building ..
"In Highland Park and Detroit,
sisters are being pulled off the street
into vacant garages and abandon
hou es, and raped at will," Kenyatta
aid. "Something must be done, and
it must be done now! We must
replace the shadows of death with
the shining rays of life. Our women
and babies should know that we
care for them and will not allow any
further harm to come to them."
External group such as mem­
bers of the Socialist Party, Marxist
Party and Lenninist Party par­
ticipated in the rally carrying signs
saying, "To Hell with Bush and
Congress," seem to have their own
Over 65, blind or
dl abled may qualify
for SSI benefit
The Detroit Urban League, in
cooperation with the Social Security
Administration, is administering a
campaign to make the public aware
of the availability of a.monthly SSI
(Supplemental Security Income) for
qualifying individuals who are over
65 and who are blind or disabled.
Individuals seeking additional in­
formation about SSI benefits may
call 863-0300 ..
Station clo Ings
tough
D.troIJ-Mayor Coleman A.
Young's plan to clo e four tire
companies in Detroit's fire
department will be tough on the
city's firefighters, but should
have a mininal effect on depart­
ment response times, city fire
official t'Old City Council last
week.
Although ladder trucks at the
Montcalm and Kenilworth sta­
tions and engines at stations on
Second and Jefferson will be
shut down, the stations will ty
open with at least one other tire
vehicle, officials said.
Closing the companies will
incre the verage number of
hours a fire company spends
fighting fires during a 2A-hour
.period from 1.4 to 1.45 hoUIS
official aid.
not n ttempt to e
over Highl nd P r ," eny tt
id. "We don't recognize boun­
rie when our people re uffer­
ing."
HIGH D Om-
bud man E rl Wh eler ttended th
rally along with City Council mem­
ber Gret Johnson and the Rev.
Rich rd Smith from the Prayer
Temple of Love. Porter w un ble
to attend the rally beca e of pre­
vio engagement, Wheeler id.
Though the march i elf w not
approved by the m yor, other at­
tempts are being made to increase
the concern of Htghland Park re i­
dents, Wheeler said.
Score of undercover police of­
fice paroled the treet and a
$2,000 award h been offered for
the rre t nd conviction of the
erial murderer, he id.
"If people think we're just itting
on our hands, they're sadly mi -
taken;" Wheeler id.
The Detroit-ba ed coalition
sponsored a midnight march against
fear and elf-de truction April 13 in
Detroit when activi ts trolled drug
infested neighborhoods filled with
the dealers themselve . In light of
the recent erial murders in High­
land Park, Kenyatta exp nded hi
efforts to thi city where he met
with ome reluctance from the
central admini tration, he aid.
Highland Park Mayor, Linsey
Porter, would not issue the coalition
a permit to march, but Kenyatta said
(Pho 0 by W
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Kwam Keny a, h d organizer of the antl-vtol nc r tty
ape a to aero d Of 2 0 people. ( eddttt I P 810)
, Ellenae L. Henry Fairhurst. President
Cumberland. Chrysler-Plymouth
Fayetteville. NC
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