wee a ter coun it in thi
Vancouver uburb d lared it-
elf a raci m-free zone, the
Ary n Re i tance Movement,
operatin rom Surrey p t
office box, is di tributing litera­
ture that prom te th separa­
tion of ra .
But Surrey city Councillor
J dy Higginbotham, who ug­
gested th id a of Surrey be­
coming a raci m-free zone
hope the idea will prompt more
people to report incidents of
racial intolerance.
Higginbotham id sh in­
tends to .proceed with plans to
award raci m-Iree certificates
to Surrey re idents who work to
encourage multiculturalism in
the municipality.
NASA grant to
WilberforCe
WILBERFORCE, OH -A
$1.3 million grant, one of the
largest awards in the history of
Wilberforce University was an­
nounced today by Lawrence
Ross, Director of NASA's
Lewis Rc earch Center in
Cleveland.
The three-year grant in­
cludes student development,
faculty development and pro­
gram development.
Students and faculty will
, have the opportunity to conduct
experiments in Lewis'
laboratories. Scientists from
the Center will travel to the
University to teach classes.
And, the University will be sup­
plied with instrumentation to
,enhance - i educational
. capabilities. Dr. Ronald Glenn,
vice president for academic af­
fairs at the University will serve
as the project leader.
The overall goal of the
NASA Lewis Research Center
grant is to increase the recruit­
ment, retention and graduation
of engineering, science and
computer science students from
Wilberforce.
Black Teens
more in the gift
of giving �pirit
Teenagers, especially Black
teens, are volunteering more,
according to a recent survey.
Independent Sector, a non­
profit coalition of more than
800 corporate, foundation and
vol untary organization, con­
ducted both the recent survey
and a similar one done two
years ago.
The national survey of 1,400
teens found that the percentage
of Black teens increased from
33 percent to 53 percent, more
than any other population seg­
ment. Independent Sector's
Virginia Hodgkinson attributes
the rise in part to a "whole
movement among Black chur­
ches" to promote youth volun­
teerism and "a growth of the
Black middle class."
Groups says Blacks
can'live to be 120
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Anew
age Black anti-aging group says
latest research "clearly shows
that average Black life expec­
tancy can easily rise to 120
years if Blacks would adopt
orne simple better life prac-.
tices." The Black Ufe Council
(B.L.C.) is among several
groups studying ways to in­
crease life expectancy in
America. However, B.L.C.
focuses its efforts on African­
Americans.
Spokesperson Sandra St.
James said, "Overall Black life
expectancy in thi country has
actually declined in recent
years. We must do something
to reverse this. " In order to
receive a complete Black Long
Life Guide, write the S.L.C.,
P.O. Box 28422, Washington,
D.C. 20038. Include $1.00 to
cover postage.
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re ondent' per eptions on how
White and Volnovlcb, th pr vio
Clevel nd mayor, h v affected r e
relations.
Regarding hite, 77 p rent of
whit s que tioned aid Whit h
improved race relations, while 6
percent said he ha hurt race
relations, and 73 percent 0 Blac
que tioned said he ha improv d
race relations; 10 percent said h has
hurt race relations.
H FIRST-T 1..RMmayori the
second Black to erve in that office in
Cleveland's hi tory.
Race is "Ie s of a factor" in
politics and campaign to Virgil E.
Brown Sr., who became one of the
few Blacks elected countywide to a
non-judicial po t when he won a
Cuyahoga County cornmi ioner'
race in 1980.
The perception was not as
positive regarding Ohio'
Republ ican governor. Among
whites suveyed, 52 percent said he
has improved race relations and 17
per cent said he has hurt them. Onl y
"Thi does not mean we've
reached a utopia, but there's been a
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