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HIGHLAND PARK
CHILD
ATCH
Too m ny young BI c
men feel th ir communitie
viet th m down. y
imply I c h pe that oppor
tuniti exi t to h lp them e -
pe t poverty nd violen
cutting hort th ir po nti 1.
M ny h ve dropped out of
hool d 1 c job trainin .
Wh re 0 oun men find
h Ip to turn their life round?
At a program called Youth
Build.
YouthBuild i trainin pro
gram for 16- 24-year old high
chool dropou who t to
brea the poverty cycle. Par
ticipants divide their tim be
tween building housing for
homele nd low-income
famili and attending O.ED
cl . CaOOida are chosen
after urdergoing in rsive in r
view about their personal
motiv tion and commitment to
change their live. The
program' goal i to teach young
people a trade but belps them
learn to challenge tbemselves
and work towards a productive
future.
YouthBuild was founded
over a decade ago by Dorothy
Stoneman. She became in
volved through what he
describes her "need to be cl
to the frontlines." "White
people need to put themselves in
a role of accountability to com
munities," says Ms. Stoneman.
"They need to take guidance
from the people who are already
living there." An importnt part
of the program is having the
young men working in the
neighborhoods t�y grew up in
so they can act as role models for
a younger generation coming of
age.
YouthBuild is helping COWlt
less young people turn their lives
around. "At 17 I dropped out of
high scbool, and I sold drugs to
keep money in my pocket," says
25-year-Old Raymond from
Roxbury, Massachusetts. "I
as able to work on my G.E.O
as well as receive some train
ing."
Larry is another participant
from Roxbury who got involved
in the program after dropping.
out of high school in the 10th
grade and spending nine months
in jail. "I got the chance to turn
my life around," explains Larry.
"I want to build something up
instead of tearing things down."
And there are many other young
men who tell Larry they want the
same opportunity. "There's
only room for so many, but
people on the street see that this
program has given me some
thing to look forward to," says
Larry.
I KNOW there are young
people of all ages who would
welcome the chance to build
things up, rather than tear thin�
down as we saw during the
recent Los Angeles riots. We all
. have a stake in our communities,
and the YouthBuild participants
demonstrate it can be done.
After twelve years, YouthBuild
is going strong in many cities,
including New York City, Bos
ton, San Francisco, Qeveland,
Tallahassee and Indianapolis.
Everyday these young adul�
are faced with the pressures of
crime, drugs, and violence in the
neighborhoods. It is a constant
challenge to walk away from
these activities, but YouthBuild
participants llke Raymond and
Larry prove that it' never too
late to get back on track. It takes
a daily commitment and com
munity support.
If you would like more infor
mation, contact Youthbuild
USA at 366 Marsh Street, Bel
mont, MA, 02178, 617\489-
3400. If you want YouthBuild
to help your community, contact
your Congre sional repre
sentative and make hirmher
aware of your support for the
National Affordable HOUSing
Act Amendments. Furxling for
existing and future YouthBuild
programs is part of Housing Act.
Mitchell
,one to tE' lQ"e�
board member d t ex
money tchell received could
have been the result of mi take
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ITCHELL:, JR
en a ked hether thi
altOc1ed board' relatio hip
ith Mitchell, Hollow y noted
that in hi official evaluation,
Mitchell received 10 scores from
board members for his rel tioDlhip
with the board.. Mitchell could DO
against the July 1st starting date,.
accu ing the council of lacking
consideration.
Councilman CharlieP. D vi d
that Johnson persuaded other
members to delay the increase for
two months. Voting for the delay
were all council members who
attended the special meeting:
Johnson, D vis, and Councilwoman
Christine Franklin.
Under the increase, water bills
will go up 3.8J and �wagc bills
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$1.80, leaving a total increase of
$5.60 fo both service .
Katreah Bey, Director of the
Highland Par Water Department
said the increase in rates were simply
p . ng on incre e co ts caused by .
ded rates Highland Park had to
pay to the Detroit Water and Sewage
Department
The aty itself will have to pay a
. higher rate on July 1st.
HPCC credits will transfer
By RON SEIGEL
Corr.pont»""
ByRO EIGEL
c""..pond!nt
mGlIlAMD PARIC - In a pecial
meeting, the Highland Par aty
Council unanimously voted to delay
an inaease in water and sewage rates
until September tst, 1992.
The council originally voted to
s tart the increase on JuI y 1.
Councilwoman Greta Johnson
originally voted against the increase,
when it approved Monday June
15, precisely because the July' 1
starting date left residents with little
time to prepare for it
Noting that the increase was
necessary, she emphasized that
giving notice oflittle more than two
weeks left poor families with little
time to prepare.
1bose on social service had little
time to get to their workers to
inaease their subsistence budgets to
allow for this new expense and poor
families bad little time to djus L
"It would create a hardship, " she
said.
At the public hearing after the
June 15 meeting, citizens protested
HIGIfi.AND PARK - The Highland Park School Board agreed to an
articulation agreement where courses in Highland Park Community
College (HPcq would count for credit in Wayne State University's
Center for Peace and Conflict and Department of Engineering
Technology and the University of Southem Califomia's San Francisco
Dental School.
The board voted down an attempt to set up a imilar agreement with
the Life College Chiropractic School at Marietta, Georgia.
e Hi hi
Educ tion ill old i
org nization I meeting oDday,
July 13, at 7 p.IIL, t the School
District Admini trative Center, 20
Bartlett St A regular meeting will
follow the organizational ting.
An annual or
meetin , required by ta 1 ,
include election of offic r ,
establ' hment of a meetiIUU�IGUI,e.
andotber tructurali fortbe
chool year.
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Damon Campbell, 16, a Highland wor hop I t year, laler tbe
Par Alternative High School OED high chool equivalencyeDDl,
tudent, has been accepted in Central and then went on to Highland Park
Michigan Univer ity' CommunityCollege,wherebe da
King\Chavez\Par E tended 3.0 (B) average in 1991-92. Taylor'
COllege-Day Program Mar eting enrolling at Morris Brown College in
Workshop this summer. Thi i the Atlanta thi fall.
econd year that a student from the The Highland Part Alternative
Alternative bool has been granted High School i based at Bright
the privilege. Center for Adult Education, on
Gleen Taylor, 110 attended the Hamilton and Davison.
HPCCgives
contract to quality
computer systems
By RON SEI�EL
Corr..pond.nt
Public' Notice
Highland P rk City
OffIces will be CI08 d on
Monday, July 6, _1 921n
observance of th 4 of'
July holld y. The
regular cheduled City
Council me tlng of July
a, 1992 will be held on
Tuesday, July 7, t 7:00
p.m. In Council
Chambers
HlGHLAND PARlC - The
Highland Park School Board, . . -
acting board of trustees to
the Highland Park
Community College (HPCC)
approved a contract for
Quality Computer Systems to
install Local Area Network
(LAN) computers at a cost of
$21,520.
Mettle P. Cart
City Clerk .
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