2
CRIME STEMS from n at
titude ap thy and unconcern. If we
dig deep to make it everyone' duty
to be concerned about their sur
rounding and their future; if
everyone feel responsible for their
community and i condition, then
crime become le 0 a concern.
Black communities shouldn't
ernphasi government account
ability with uch zeal until it has
decided that the citizenry play the
major role in community account
ability.
Everyone must playa role, from
the grandmother in the comer house
to the four year old boy down the
block. No government can empower
a people, the people must decide to
empo r the lves, .
Once the people make a con
certed effort to invest time in them
selves as well as their
neighborhoods: and clean up the fll
thy stree and vacant lots; fix up the
abandoned buildings and show
genuine concern for their neighbors;
...... _, _ ... WOr1l1H tot�Ul"'r to
t ch the children to become respon
sible adults, then and only then will
we e progress against the crime
juggernaut.
Marc � Cummings
Detroit
CULTURE
continued from A 7
is what this i really about"
For 6-year-old Brandon
Lawhorn, first-grader at the
academy, the answers aren't so
complicated. He said he understands
what prejudice is - Hit means they
don't like our race" - and knows
why police have been posted outside
his school.
"They don't want bad guys
coming-in,' he said.
Who are the bad guys?
"The white guys who want us to
get out," Brandon said .:
BU'ILDING
Continued From A5
Money provides residents with in
come and helps them pay for their
room and board, providing for Robin
son House expenses. Those inter
ested in using the service for getting
help can call (313) 8965-4662 or
(313) 897-6117.
The program also helps to prevent
alcohol and drug abuse. Residents
are going to the Henry Ford Middle
School to talk with young people
about the dangers.
While some o��ers�ar"""""" have ex-
OU proud to
be there" e offered
omething to them no one h ever
done. We put pride bac into
people."
"Addicts in Highland Par ,"
he said. "We are giving people an
altern tive to addiction dding to
crime nd elling their bodies for
drugs. The average drug addict does
not want to be drug ddict. Th y
re t booed, stigm tized, een a
hopel . We give them a chan to
be off the treet, give them elf-es
teem, and a chance to be better human
beings."
For a long time Robinson House
ha been a part of the Midland
Piligrim Bloc Cub.
WATCH
Continued from A4
with a sister in Las Vegas. The situa
tion at her
sister's home became so in
tolerable that Mariah was forced to
leave with nothing but a bus ticket to
1..0 Angeles.
The L.A. authorities then placed
Mariah in Child Haven, a home for
abused and neglected children, where
she was diagno ed with a thyroid con
dition that severely affected her
vision. Her medical condition
remains uncenain and she faces pos
sible surgery.
ON FRIDAY, October 9, the
Children's Defense. Fund will honor
the positive achievements of these
very special young people at our third
pi "Beat Qd4a" . .at
Sony Pictu Studi in Culver City,
California. We would be joined by
actors Charles S. Dutton, Rhea
Perlman, Denzel Washington, Tony
Danza and KCAL- TV anchor Pat Har
vey.
Luis, Rachel, Jeanni, Robert and
Mariah will receive cash awards, sum
mer internships at MCA/Universal
and a shopping spree at Nordstrom.
Thanks to supporters of "Beat the
Odds," which include Sony Pictures
Entertainment, Time-Warner, Inc.,
MCA/Universal, The Walt Disney
Company and Nordstrom, these
young menand women will be recog
nized for their amazing spirits and the
inspiring example they are setting for
us all. Perhaps more importantly, we
can shine the spotlight on some of
America 's little-known everyday
heroes and heroines.
FIRST
Continued from A4
THE REPORT NOTED that
"hunger has become a reality for
many in Highland Park," adding that
the communities First project "will
coordinate all available services" to
assist them" in becoming productive
citizens."
Critics in such organizations as
Welfare Rights and the Up and Out of
Poverty Organization maintain that
the problems are caused by the fact
that jobs have gone to .low wage
countries or have been lost through
automation, while the Governor has
cut aid to the victims and is attempt
ing to use them as scapegoats.
ANSWERS TO
BLACK HISTORY QUESTIONS
J
1
istance to t
I
contlnu d from Pag 1
to 149,478 from 153,080, or 2.4 per
cent.
Department spokesworn n
Rochelle Bl ck aid the department
put in place programs designed
to increase the odds for Black in
fants, uch increasing cce to
prenatal care.
But she aid recent national
studies have shown Black babie
have lower urviv I rate even
among college-educated nd more
affiuent Blacks. She aid that points
to a need for more research for the
fundamental causes of the gap.
Davis Anthony s id state efforts
are paying dividends. Infant mor
tality rates declined 3.4 percent in 13
Michigan counties targeted for spe
cial funding by the health depart
ment, he said.
The counties got $3.4 million for
encouraging pregnant women to
seek early prenatal care and
$570,000 for preventing pregnancies
among young girls.
The counties -Berrien, Calhoun,
Genesee, Ingham, Jack on,
Kalamazoo, Kent, Macomb, Mus
kegon, Oakland, Saginaw, Wash
tenaw and Wayne - were selected
because they had the highest rate of
both black and white inWtt
lnutrition rno
nt level 0
children.
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row begin with t . day. hat' why
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like Vincent Nava, Ramon Herrera, Arnando Marsans, Rafael Al
meida, and Adolph I ,uquc. They were often called "nig cr." Mar
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hand.
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