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Today, in this impeIfectworld,
we live with fear. Afraid to be out
at nightalonemi everwatdlful in
�. A 3 year old boy wes
sOOt to death by fighting adults. A
nine year old girl was kidnapped,
raped and murdered, while at­
teOOing a lumber party a few
oo\ItCS away from �r borne. A
ten year old boy called 911 be­
cause his mother had whipped
him with a strap after �disobeyed
her. S� wes arrested, haOOcuffed
aOO charged with child abl& ..
A teenager aOO �r boyfrieoo
murdered her parents for $3O,(XX)
life insurance . .A brain ick man
rapes and murders a 3 year old
baby girl..HOMOSEXUALS
come out am demalXl to be seen
and heard .. Babies are having
babies and getting paid by Wel­
fare.Fathers are haled into court
for abusing their daughters:.A
beloved scbool teacm is soot aoo
killed � leaves the building­
paiSibly a love triaogle.,AOO on
am on it goes.Bow sad .. I dream
of being OIX:e again in a perfect
world. How sad too that it can
rever be ..
DETROIT
to bit.
alth Pavilion op n 0
addre need of community
w that I ve me ma-
n, a nior citizen (over
65, it' 'd) or re-cycled n-
r, I realize that wben I a
Ii ttl girl I lived in a perfect
rld.l remember the big, old
tree in the backyard, where
swi grew, my mother id,
the ho -drawn milk cart and the
driver putting I bottl of milk
on our d t p .. Our ho was a
regular meeting pl for young
folk. My mother had organized a
juni r AACP, a girl scout troop,
inging groups and edited a week­
ly nc paper. Back then there
were no barred windo or I
d rs .. Thcre w re no credit cards,
el ctric d' h w hers and panty
.. We thought fast food w
for Len n rvice. GAY meant
someone was happy, a ts were
for clothe -not coming out
oLThere were infrequent
"switchings" in our bouse wben I DETROIT _ If we don't wake up
disobeyed but always tb: gifts left as a race of people, AIDS we will
on my pillow the next day made
upforthepainofstingingle�. We wipe us out! That's the me sage Dr.
whispered about sex with our best Elizabeth M. Jones Gidney, director
friends and read secretly about it of The Health, Pavilion in Detroit
but at the movies (black & white) brings to audiences around the city.
we sat through two shows of oow- According to Dr. Gidney, there is
boys and Indiaris or our heroine, much to be done. " I am speaking
Pearl White, tied to the railroad about the big picture, " she said. "
tracks. w a� then � heard of AIDS is one effort (by the sy tem) to
a �t.JPU s , , I J: nnihilate Black people. Black fol
he 1 p�� r« , (\�. l£f" e" I •. ..,... : ' eir v:ay out. The� are whole
h001..l didn't � ofitlhen ul �tl) Afnes that have been wiped
I know now that my childbood out by the epidemic," Dr. Gidney
world was perfect. My daily stated.
schedule was timed. A time to In Detroit, according to statistic
study and leam, a time to practice released by the Detroit Health
(ballet & piano scales), a time to Department, since June of 1981
work(straightenmyroom),atime through June 30, 1992, Blacks ac-
� play aod a � to pray. At an
early age I committed THE
LORD'S PRAYER aoo the Ten
Commandmen� to memory,
My grandmother; a dedicated
Baptist, saw to that Television
was unheard of so we read
humreds of books aoo played
card and word games. We went
mhing and roller skating mi to
the playgrourds fo� sJides m1
swings. My mother mk !be fish­
ing, even bought me a small row­
boat My father WM too busy
being a doctor but sorredmes we
went with him on late night boise
calls oot even lodcing our doors of
the old boise on a tree..shaded
treet so long ago. Break-ins were
unheard of. Colored cigarettes
were fashionable. GRASS was
mowed, COKE was soda pop aOO
POTw a big pan to cook stews
in..
tract out treatment servic .
According to a recent tatement
relea ed by Mayor Coleman A.
Young "The Detroit Health Depart­
ment i not equipped to provide direct
care to HIV positive patients. We do
not have the personnel, the technol­
ogy or th drugs in Health Depart­
ment clinics to provide the treatment
to be paid for by the grant. We deter-
m ."
According to recent Detroit Free
Pre article, The U.S. Department of
Health had been reluctant to 110
contractor to handle the program be-
cause: .
- The pplic tion id city
employees would be used.
- The dty wanted to contract
ervice out to Southwe t Medical
Plaza ociates in Detroit, which i
represented by Claud Young, Mayor
count for' 82.8 percent of AIDS case mv / AIDS, cancer; well as the
reported. Also, pediatric. AIDS case commonly occurring health chaUen­
among Blacks is 93,1 percent for the ges of hypertension, diabetes mel-
same reponing period. ° litus, thyroid and heart disease.
We as Black people don't hear the - The Nutrition Unit provides for
message according to Dr. Gidney. "I instructions, take-home materials and
-want to get the message out," he said. ' guided hands-on preparation of living
foods, plus macrobiotic preparations.
u
- The Educational Unit offers en­
hancement of math, literacy and com­
puter kills, as well as basics.
Health P. vjliol1 f to con­
tinue this critically important and
wholi tic approach to the enhanced
care of our people.
Persons wishing to offer assi -
tance should call The Health Pavilion
at (313) 861-4646 or (313) 948-0566.
David E. • has been named to
head operations for the MIchIgan
Employment Security
Commls Ion' (MESC)
employment offtcee In the City of
Detroit and to oversee the agency's
participation In a joint, venture with
the Gre ter Detroit Alliance of
B nasa.
ccorcing to tati tic compiled by the
HAj::llm Dep rtm n for th period Jun 30,
0,1 92:
- Blac du ccount for 82.8 perc nt of reported
IDScas.�s
- Among inf • Black accoun for 93.1 percent
of r port AI OS cases
- BI c om n IV drug u er re in a high ri k
group 71.2 percent r orted AIDS cases.
-BI c m nhom xu Ifbi xual einahighrisk
group ith 0.9 perc nt reported AIDS cases.
H "" o.".rtm nt AIDS Upd
Dr. onaldA. White, r.c.
r try 0 dults & C ildren
17701 W t c ichol
(2 Block E of Southfield Freeway)
o trolt, I 48235
HOURS By APPOINTMENT
(313) 533-6500
Dr. Ronald A. Whit.
IN ORDER TO HELP get the
message out about, AIDS and help
deal with other concerns of the
Black community, Dr. Gidney
recently opened the, Health Pa,'V1·IMeI�����""",,,,,,,,��. �iM"
- Wholi tic Health and Healin
17555 James Couzens in Detroit. °
According to Dr. Gidney the
Pavilion offers many services. They
are:
- The Medical Unit addres es
health concerns including
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