Located in the annex of the
CA, .th I titut, n indep ndent
hool, run ley on tuition and
p rent-te her participation. Since
i inception, the I titute gone
from n enrollment 0 12 tuden in
19 9 to a curr nt enrollment of 0
tuden .
Bo ting a curriculum that i en­
tirely African ntered th Institute
i open to tudent in pre-kindergar­
den through eighth grade.
"Everything we teach i from an
African perspective" aid Malik
Y kini, soroma Institut director.
�If we are t hing �ath, �e don't
Just teach th rn harucs� but we al 0
teach the hi torical contributions Af-
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Promote ound, effective poli­
cies at the local, tate and national
level that ensure every Black child a
heal th y tart a head tart a nd a fai r
tart and that upport efforts to revi­
talize cornmunitie and ensure
afety .
• Reconnect the Black poor and
middle classe and rebuild the ex­
tended Black community family that
historically has provided a web of
upport and a lifeline of hope for our
children.
We cannot build a uccessful
Black Co rnunity Cru ade for Chil­
dren unIe we involve all 0 Amer­
I ica. Won't you join ? Just call OUf
I toll numb rv l- -A-S-K-B
to ind ut more.
Marian Wright,Edelman is Presi­
d nt of th Children' Defense Fund,
a national voi e for children.
T
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- Th growth of the P Ii c Ath­
leti Laue (P A and a b y and
Iris hw k thall I au.
rncnt.
" he n ,,0 meo 11(.' d l' .1 TV I .. 10
th, cornmunu .UU tlu P rxo n 'om­
I : t·\ I. \"" hou It! n \.\.11 j hi n. 11
()1l1\ to cI\ I" Ink \1) i ' l'o rtcr on
.ludc
e in the d elopment
dedic ted 12-member
, th I titu triv to bol ler
the If teem and elf concept 'of
Afric n children by te ching in
wholeli tic f hion, This, accordin
to Y nl, ti the children into their
own historical le y.
"All children are born with very
unique giC ," Yakini aid. "But, be­
ca e we live in a iety in which
African people are not allowed to
develop to their full 1, we req uire
pecial nurturi ng."
AND PECIAL nurturing i
what tb Institute' 30 tudents get
with individualized instruction and
parent participation. The paren
have a reaJ voice in the education of
their children.
"The school i run by the parents,"
Yakini aid. "When a parent enrolls
a child in the Institute they automat­
ically become a member of the Afri­
kan Child Enrichment Association,
the non-profit corpo tion that ow
net opera the h l," Y ldni id.
cordin to Y kant, th Institute
i tryin to create model for the
Afrie&:l community.
"We re trying to ho African
people that we can build our own
i titutions. Our people learn by ee­
in phy ical e mples," he aid.
Currently, tudents are preparing
for the National CB Science Fair to
be held in Chica 0 April 24. The
annual event i po ored by the 50-
member chool Council of Inde­
pendent Black Institutions.
THE I STITUT I in n d of
donations to help defray the co t 0
housing and transportation for tu­
dents making th trip. P rsons wi h­
ing to make donations hould call the
chool at 868-3150.
"We are not trying to edu te pe -
ple to get a job, we are tryi ng to
prepare our children to b orne lead­
ers and chart a cours for us which i
independent and elf determi ned and,
in our best interest," Yakini said.
WANDA F. aoou MOO Ich n Cfttz
Malik Yakini, Nsoroma Institute director, gives individualized instruction to 7-year old
Lester Howard. .