Education . an impor- tant ele tint tr ggl for human ri ht. It' the means to help our children and our p opl redi cove; their ide, ity and thereby in­ crease their elf-respect. Education is our p port to the future, for tomorrow belongs only to the people wbd prepare for it today. " colmX (EI-H D II EI-:ihlllbaZZl Tod y in Detroit and he re t of the nation, we (American and African­ American) do not take education eriously. The average alary of a "big time" profe ion I ball player is about one (1' mil­ lion dollars (SSS) a year; however, you would be hard pre ed to find a handful of profe ion educators making $100,000.00 a year. The val ue of any commodity in this country is measured by the monetary value we place upon it. We must come to our sen­ ses to know that our youth are aware of thi economic reality of di parity and dis­ grace upon this nation! No wonder they play ball more than they read, write, or com­ pute. Boy from low-income families have higher school suspen ion, truancy and drop-out rate than girls, and smaller numbers of boys graduate from high school. It is time for us to get in­ volved with the education proce and tum-around the e trend in education now! The 'above would indicate that we place little economic value in education; and that our youth achieve at a low level, based upon their per­ ception that education is of little economic value in our SOCiety. Operation Push nationally and locally support Afro­ Centric/mul ticul tural ed uca­ lion programs. In addition, PUSH supports the concept of single sex academies on a limited basis in our chools. Education and an edu­ cated people is the key to our and the countries future: African Proverb "It takes an entire village to educate a child" African Proverb Do for self, there are no Gods to upport a lazy per­ son. Dr. J abari Prempeb is the president and Executive Director of The Operation . RUSH Metropolitan Detroit Chapter: P.O. Box 21088, Detroit, M148221-0088. (313) 368-8701 FAX (313) 342-6299. Iter J. C mpbell, D neUe C ruther, Angel D. Chan v. Kyni L. Chaney, ia T. Cren h , Angel M. D vi , M raki L. D vi ,Moniqu D vi , Tifi Dem , Valenci Dobbi , trink Doughty, M fCU Doutherd, Te 0 L. Edward , Ch ynne Farmer, Tawan L. Fegg n, Antar P. Fiel , nd J on M. Foltz. Al 0 Javan L. Ford, icole Fordh m, Kolin J. Fo ter, Kenya Franklin, De hawn G dd' , Barry Gaine ,Andre C. Gardenhire, Chri - top her Geary, Keith C. Gilmore, Lak hia E. Greer, Mar Grier, Jon­ Paul Gulley, SharonR. Hall, Tamica L. Haye , April N. Heath, Angel Henderson, rk A. Hie , Steven HIGHLAND PARK tice in �s communi ty," said the Rev. Sargent elson, of the New Zion Baptist Church in Ogden. Andrew i cheduled to appear in 2nd District Court Tuesday where defense attorneys will argue he should benefit from a new law per­ mitting a sentence of life without parole. AI 0 Tamra B. Mitchell, Victor J. Mi tche 11, Michael L. Montgomery, D rrin Mo ley, Shenetta Muhammad, Sabrina A. Murray, Prinell ash, Michelle ichols, Malcolm Oatneal, Lynisha L Oliver, Latricia Perry, Shaune L. Petty, Korey D. Reid, Tiwany Robinson, T rena R. Ruff, Gary E. Samuel, Jewel T. Sanders, ancy R. Sanford, and Dane ha R. Saunders. Al 0 Lato ha Sayle, La hauna Scott, Tyrone Scott, Keith D. Screw ,Donald L. Sharp, Janevonn Continued from P g A-1 woman was rape