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nearly 4 million, according to Al
bert L. Matthews, Gateway'
Project Manager and EEO Com
pliance Officer.
In nine months of construction,
the project, which is
partially funded by a county ex
cise tax, has exceeded its minority
union con truction workers
participation goal of 22.6 percent by
almost three percent.
Through an agreement with
Gateway, the level of on-site
minority and female construction
workers is monitored by the Black
Trades Council and Hard Hatted
Women.
Gateway, a private, non-profit
organization, was formed to plan
and con truct a $362 million
baseball park, arena and public
plazas, Its nine member board has
three minorities-including its Vice
Chairman and Cleveland NAACP
President Rev. Marvin McMickle
and two women. Gateway's mission
lso includes spurring economic
development in the surrounding
area.
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L V NO, OHIO - African
American are playing a key role in
de igning and building Cleveland'
$362 million Gatew y Project, 8 28-
acre ports/entertainment complex
due to open in 1994 with a new
42,000- e t ba eball park for the
Cleveland Indians, 8 21,OOO-seat
rena for the Cleveland Cavaliers
and a large open plaza for pecial
events.
This project links a pair of con
struction management teams in sig
nificant joint ventures.
Two African American firms,
ColeJon Corporation and lEA
Electric Corporation (also female
owned) are paired with Huber, Hunt
& Nichol , Inc. to build the Indians
new ballpark .
African American ffrms Choice
Construction, Inc., (also female
owned), Bradley Construction, and
the female-owned firm, Zunt, Inc.,
have teamed with Turner Construc
tion to build the Cavs' new
downtown home.
Major de ign contract with
minority-owned firm have gone to
Poly tech, Inc., Whitley/Whitley,
Inc. and Robert P. Madi on Interna
tional, Inc .
PROJE TION FOR 1992
translate minority vendor participa
tion at more than $21 million in fees
for services, and the rate for female
business participation will cash in at
Money'
Strategies
By CHARLES J. GIVENS
Dumpers are people who u your
mind a a tra h heap. Inten e nega
tivity i like a cancer apping your
energy. clouding y ur per pective
and rendering YQU ineffective even
when it involves omeone el e'
pr blems.
But i it y ur obligation a a lov
ing per on to Ii ten t the plight of
a dumper?
Here is a three- tep trategy for
dealing with dumper that will allow
y u to deal I vingly with a dumper
while maintaining your anity:
I. Li ten to the other per on'
'to Li tening i alway done with
the ip clo ed.
2. Li 'ten to the other per on'
whoa S ory. That mean that you
all them to fini-sh without inter
jecting y ur feeling, opinion or
great ' lutions.
3. Li 'ten to the ther per on'
story only once, That is your only
obligation as a I ing, caring person.
After y u've Ii tened to the ther
pers n's whole try" imply a k,
"What can I do to help?" You will
be surprised t find that 75 � of the
time the answer will be, "Nothing."
The ther 25 � f the time a dumper
will ay, "Well. what d you think
I 'h uld do?"
Only then offer your iolution in
a non-judgmental way. Tell them one
time and as' n a you hear, "ye ,
but. , ," end the c nver ation. If you
hear th word' "ye , but .. ," or "yo
d n't' under tand," you know what
you're, aying i falling on deaf ear .
The real te t come when the
same per on call , wanting to give
y � the late ,t update or imply to go
through the tory again. When a
dumper begin' telling you the arne
st I)' gain, ' y, "Excu me, I really
under tand what you are going
through, but what can I do to help?"
Alway return to the e word un
til th conver ation i over or
change. It' the loving thing to a k.
You're doing th mo t you can do for
those you care about nd for yourself
by following thi .lrate y,
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I - urn
firmly in pi
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la 1.
With -market f
the "Malcolm X" movie young
African Arrericars may think t
trey rrNI kmw a strong power-
ful Bl man. But it rot Mal-
colm. but his mentor, thatcomtn.clled
great unity and fimIrjal thn5t
trat Bl Amoica kmwn.
Mal lm's own worm descri
ttl! ardscopeo �Ho
Elijah Muhammad. "H was ttl! filst
man wborn I hOO ever feared - oot
fear tdl ofamanwithagun.but
fear uch ore � power
tbe un,"?v1al lm id f tre man
who was born as a poor
harecropper' n in 1897 rear
Sardersvill Georgia,
EUJAH MUHAMl\1AI)was
tre orce tmt built Ire fourxJation that
P 'lIed Malcolm X to a national
promireree. FJijah Muhammad
W(5 Ire ore with ttl! original "I have
a dream" coreept
Hs dream was fi r coooomic in
<kpcrde� fi rB ardb:
B' 'k M lim rrembers tl'£ p
f spiritual arxt mie ds-
ipli to belp trernrealze his dream.
As early as 1937, urn r the
lage of Flijah MuharnImd, tbe
rna' rityofBlockMuslirmwere t
r tI finaocia11y than ouer Blacks,
making a fertile place f r people k)
realize th truth of Malcolm'
peecbes, :
It w not Malcolm X, but his
men r that gave so many B1a:ks
reasorr to join � B1a:Jc Muslims.
Under the direction of Elijah
MuharnImd, tlx: small � ef
fom of Black Ml5liIm �
througtout ttl! 194Q; am 50;.
Tbe Hoootable Elijah Mumm
mad taught his followcs that tll!y
"stouldown tmrownlmlanl htS
resses," Arxl it was pre-Malcolm
that tre group had tbeir own grocery
store , supermarkets, apartment
buildings, factories, rreat precessing
pl nts, farms, orchards, clothing
sores, cl� estab�hrrents, res
taurans, bakeries am service sbops ..
IN THE l.9SQi, �I comoired
wealth of Black Muslim entaprises
was over $10 million By 1900, �
Nation owned S5OO,cm or �mIf
million dollars estate in Olicago
alore,
Malcolm's mentor sOOwed Ire
Black Muslims OOW to acquire
lo,(Xl)aaesof�amo�in
Michigan; AJabarm ani Georgia.
TIl! "dream" realized for Elijah
Muhammad was ors of rreat eggs,
produce, arxt otter items, produced,
trarsported am distributed weekly,
for, by am to Blocks in tre maximwn
example of a "self- ufficency"
model
Malcolm's rrentortaught Blacks
l'VW k> have tlrirown edocationaro
economic systems. Malcolm's
mentor gave Malcolm, and
tOOusa.� of otters, a snongserse of
. personal identify.
� BlaX America Wdk:m �
movie am disru;s "what cout have
been" had Maloolm lived, we woukl
be wise to note Ire fourmtiom of
Malcolm's rrenor's � anl
see what acnallywas,
, - R� tre reeessny for
unity ani group operation (activi�)
- P I resources, physically' as
well as finaocially
-S�critic5mof�Black
owred ardor operaed
- Keep in mini - jealousy
destro from within
- Observe � operators of �
white man. H s lXXXSSful. He
makes no eXi for his tailure. He
works hard in a collective Jml1IlCr.
You can do tre sarre.
West Coast publishers
eet
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Dr. Ruth Love, Publisher of the California Voice, right, welcomes participants arriving for the 9th Annual
Convention of the West Coast Black Publishers Association (WCBPA) recently at the Claremont Resort
and Spa in Oakland, Calif. Sheila Banks-McKenzie, Director. Media Affairs. Phillips Morris USA left
and Bernie V. Fostef, Publisher of the Portland Skanner and President of the WCBPA, were amonQ th�
participants.
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A BIG BANK SHOULDN'T
ONt: SERVE THE
OLD BOY NETWORK.
At' First of Am rica, Wi bel i v that a better tom r
row begin with today. That's why
we donat thou and of dollar
each year to th Boys and Girl
Club 'But Wi also beli v it tak
mor than ju t mon y to mak If1
a diffi r nc in a young p r n'
liii . It take p ronal involv -
mente And that' why Fir t 0
Am rica Bank- uth Michigan mploy al
giv hundr d of volunt r hour .
You ,'Y 'r concern d about making our
neighborhood even better pI c to liv and work.
So w carefully reinv t th fund y u d posit with
.u as well as oursel back into th community.
We think it' th be t pIa e to inv t, becau ,A
very on ben fi Young and old alike.
"First of America Bank has been a tivel involved
with this club since it was founded in the late '50 .
ltlthout First of Americas involvement, the Bo :5 and
Girl Club of outh Oakland County would not be a
stronn a prOVider of ervi es to our ,;outh."
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