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Choir conc rt
Philander Smi th Colleg a-
tiona! Alumni oci tion, metro
Detroit chapter, presen The Phi­
lander Smith College Collegiate �
Choir (the 1993 Presidential In­
auguration Choir) from Little
Rock, Arkansas in concert at the
Metropolitan United Methodist
Chur h, Mar h 22 at 7:30 p.m.
For more information call 923-
2442.
Color Cre d ,
Cultur topic of
conference
The Greater Detroit Interfai th
Round Table presents" A Youth,
Conference on Building Respect"
for 8th-!2th &.rade students
Wednesday, March 24 from 8:00
a.m. to 1:20 p.m. at the U of D
Mercy Conference Center - Outer
Drive Campus. Tickets are SlO'
for adults and $6 for students and
include registration and lunch.
Deadline for regi tration i
b 15. For more information,
1 Barbara Gray at 869-6306.
men
2472.
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De th and Taxes
First Unitarian-Universalist
Church of Detroit presents
"Death and Taxes". Attorney
Marilyn H. Mitchell will give a
lecture on wills, trusts, and other
estate planning tools on Sunday,
March 14 at the First Unitarian
Church, located at the comer of
Cass and Forest. The lecture is
free. For more information, call
833-9107.
Symposium on ,
Pope John Paui II
S1. Mary's College in Orchard
Lake will present a symposium
on Pope John' Paul II. The sym­
posium marks the 15th anniver- .
sary of John Paul II's election to
th papacy. Admission is free.
Call (313)683-0408.
Teddy Harris and the
�ew Breed BeBop
Orchestra to' perform
at benefit
In a benefi t concert for Duf­
field Elementary School, Teddy
Harris and his New Breed BeBop
Orchestra will perform at Central
United Methodist Church, March
21 at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $15.
Nursery care will be provided.
Call 965-5422. .
Church to
celebrates 157th
,Second Baptist Church will
begin celebrating its 157th year
with Heritage Sunday, March 14
at 10:30 a.m. Guest speaker will
be Rev. Keith Whitney. Anni­
versary Sunday, March 21 will
begin at 10:30 with guest speaker­
Rev. James Washington .. The
Hon. Myron Wahls, Judge of the
Michigan Court of Appeals will
be the guest speaker for the Anni­
versary Banquet at University of
Detroi t-Mercy Conference Cen­
ter March 21. Tic ets are 25.
For more information, call 961-
0920.
BEST CHANCE:
�:;h March 3, � _
Lotto TIck't - \J
GO -The United S t
need to cut military pending far
more than P ident Clinton an ,
y church leader and repre­
entativ of doze of group that
particip ted in "words In 0
Plow bar " wee end.
The group hope to collect
20,000 ignatur during the next
three wee to end to the president
in upport of reducing military out­
lay by half over the next four
years.
'Everyone thinks fbat national
pending is out of kilter, and what
we're trying to do i build action'
based on that," said Elissa Bas ler,
executive director of the non­
profit, Chtcago-based Coalition for
ew Priorities.
Clinton i calling for cutting
10.8 billion from the fiscal 1994
military budget that George Bush
had envisioned as totaling $267.8
billion, but that cut won't be
enough, Ms. Bas let-said.
"He's (Clinton) calling for
maintaining the military at pretty
much the levels we're used to," she
said. "We feel the military of the
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Cold War is out of
e need now."
ith
Enlisting reli io communi ti
make p rfect ense aid abbi
Robert M of the Congregation
H afa in uburban Glenco , one
of the p ticip ting yn gogu in
the "Sword Into Plow hare "
weekend.
"We have not only the budget
deficit but the moral defi it, in
spending so much money for arms
and weapons that can only lead to
d truction," he' aid.
His was one of about 50 congre­
gations participating in the
"Swords Into Plowshares" wee -
end featuring religious ervices,
educational programs and petition
signings, Ms. Bassler said.
"We're really pleased and sort
of surprised by the diversity of the
response- from churches in
Mini ter told they. have role
in iddil19 eoun ry of raci m
tholic to IJdnds of
tan ."
o LI 0 nd
$30 billion red -
lion in the �irst ye r, with the
money . rected to rd job CIe8-
tion and i tructure, houslng, he
a1 tb care; edu tion, the environ­
ment and anti-poverty programs.
The propo al will be introduced
into Congress thi year i t has
been previously and unsucces fully
by the Congres lonal BI Cau­
cus, he said.
The ., Swords Into Plow hares"
weekend, designated by m yoraI
proclamation, was the local expres­
sion of an effort initiated in 1990
by two East Coast organizations.
"We've been working for a cou­
ple of years to get people to think
about the size of military spend­
ing," said Ruth Flower, a teering
committee member for one of the
organizations, the Citizens Budget
Campaign in Washington, D.C.
FROM 1990 to 1992, that group
helped distribute a 16-page report
on military spending vs. domestic
programs to citizen groups in 13
states. The report was written by
SAVANNAH, Ga. (APl.- Re- anti-racist, faith-based, European-
ligion i the key to ridding the American cultural identity." .
country of racism, ministers and He howed a video of a network
others from across the.country were news report in which two men of
told at a weekend conference. . 'different color faced the same situ-
"We're �ot Americans so long ations in a midwestern city with
as American equals white, and eve-; different results.
ryone else is an exception," said -
theRev.JosephBamdt,aLutheran THE WHITE MAN was
minister from Chicago' and one of treated in 'a friendly manner by
the speakers at "Dismantling Ra- tore clerks and auto salesmen,
cism: A Religious Challenge." shown potential apartments for rent
About 150 people attended the and told the truth about job open­
three .. day conference hosted by the ings.
Unitarian Universalist Church's His Black counterpart was ig- .
Southeast division. nored by the store clerks and auto
Barndt said Americans have the salesmen, denied access to apart­
power to shape a new culture, "an
m�ts and lied to about job pros­
pects.
"I do not feel guilty about being
white," Barndt said. "I feel guil
when I take advantage of being
white."
Barndt asked participants to list
what they like about their race.
The responses from- whi tes
ranged from physical attributes to
privileges. Blacks said, among
other things, that they liked being
thought of as the direct descendants
of the, original man and as being not
racist.
EYE ON GOSPEL
Sy Margaret Mansfield
"I guess it was just a prayer that
it wouldn't happen because of
what's happening with our record,"
said John P. Kee, of recent news of
Spe�tra Di tribution, going out of
,bUSiness. "We Walk '"By Faith" -is
doing very well and I knew that this
would throw a rod in it so to speak. "
In fact with di tribution cut off,
it has become very difficult to get
any of Tyscott Records product, in­
cluding John P. Kee, who happens
to be one of gospel's hottest com­
modities. "Everybody is walking
around as if it didn't happen and
it's not hurting anybody" Kee.ob-
erved, "and I think it's a major fall
personally. I thank God for their
fai th, but this i an issue that needs
to be di cussed. I know tbat-in th
last two weeks I've heard from a lot
of major companies-both secular
and go pel. My contract is ending
and it's c cial that I'm involved
"lith the ialogue that is going on.
Hone tly speaking, I should have
omething to ay". At present he
say his biggest concern is not with
selling records. "My interest is that
omebody's interested in what I'm
doing aside from the music. Music
i just 20% of what the ew Life
Community Choir and New Life
Productions is all about."
Loo ing For Doves: The Gospel
Mu ic Association has announced
the nomine for its 24th Annual
Dove Awards. Multiple nominees
included Daryl Coley and Richard
Smallwood, while Sandra Crouch,
Shiiley Caesar, Milton Brunson
and Thomas Whi tfield all came up
with dual nominations. In the cate­
gory of "Traditional Black Gospel
Album of the Year", the
nominees included Shirley
Ceasar ("He's Working It Qut For
You"); the West Angeles'
C.O.G.I.C. Mass Choir ("Saints In
Praise", Vol. 3"); the late Thomas
Whitfield ("Alive & Satisfied");
Sandra Crouch ("With All of My
Heart"); and Rev. Milton Brunson
and the Thomps.on Communi ty
Singers ("My Mi�d Is Made Up").
Vying for "Contemporary Black
Gospel Album of the Year" are Al
Green ("Love Is Reality"), the
Richard Smallwood Singers ("Tes­
timony"), Urban Hope ("Urban
Hope"), Daryl Coley "When The
Music Stop" and-Various Artists
("Handel's Messiah: A Soulful
Celebration"). Other nominees in­
cluded Bebe & Cece (Group of the
year); E.T.W. (Rap recorded ong
of the year); Vince Ebo (Rock Re­
corded Song of the year); and Mi­
chael Peace (Rap album of the
year); and Ron Kenoly (praise &
worship album of the year). The
award ,which will be televised for
broadcast over TB are slated for
April 1 in ashville .. Briefly: Ben
Tankard is gearing up to begin
working on Lynette- Hawkins­
Stephens next project. Meanwhile,
Yolanda Adam' ne t .release is
due in June. The n xt recording is
being planned as a live album to b�
recorded in Hou ton the latter part
of April.«. Rance Allen is prepar-
ing for his. next recording project.
Allen i hooting to do a live piece
sometime in April. He's put acting
. on the backburner and is now con­
centrating on recording and pas­
toring .... This week's .scrtp ure:
"follow the way of love and eagerl
desire spiritual gifts, especially the
gift of propbecy.t'-Proverbs 24:3.
Campell to be guest
speaker at Russell
Street Church
HOLL OD .
- FASHIONS
• I G."1MM»H4�'9
W.C.H.B. 1200 AM. - 7:00 a.m. - 11 :00 a.m.
Every SUI iday Morning
Rev. Wilmore AJlen A 894-8774
Rev. A.J. Rogers 298-6333
Joe Ella Ukely - 298-6334
Catherine Robinson 298-6335
Gloria Parker
Lorraine Walker
Bro.' Dunkin
Join Rus ell Street Baptist
Church, 87 0 Chry ler Freeway
Dr., in welcoming Anthony C.
Campbell our gue t preacher
March 14, 1993 at the 11:00
a.m. ervices. Mini ter Camp­
bell is currently Preacher in
Re idenc nd In tructor of
Black Preaching at Bo ton Uni­
ver ity in B ton, Mas a­
chus ues,
Henry Ruff Rd.
Inkster, Mich ..
NAPO· BND ·1993
P.O. Box 31762
Jackson, MissiSSippi '39286
601-354-873J
Hold�The Date!!
, .
,BLACK NATION
DAY.
IS COMING II!
.
. Celebrate the 25th A'nniversary­
afthe
New Afrik�n Ind�pendence Movement!!
March 26,.27, 28, 1993.
Jackson, MiSSissippi
Youth Organizing • Self-Determination
. Human Rights • Reparations
Genocide .. ,Politlcal Prisoners a�d Prisoners of War
New Afrikan Women
. Spiritual F!ally
. National and Local Speakers, Leaders, and
Grassroots Workers
sponsored by
New Afriksn People's Organization
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
Provisional Government of the Republic of New Afrika