not nt to rele
public until t y
Forum upport .
upporte the rum it
program that can encou e youn
people to be po ible, deal with
r pure, com motiv cd nd
d to their If m, by helpin
them "100 within themselve nd
11 e wh they ee."
However, critic am th pro-
gram i like a cult th t d troy peo­
ple' identity through mind control
technlqu and p ychological ma­
nipulation, make them dependent on
the organization, nd can r ult in
ychological dama e. Th Forum
h no religious cont nt.
ena t their raci m through th crirni- School Board m mbers exp ed
nal justice y tern in violation" of doubt about the appropriaten of
both tate and federal law . th (1 q t.
A cording to the complaint, Jon Ann Jon expres ed doubt about
say on of the two African Ameri - tski ng four day of clas time to have
cans was exc d and the pro ecutor a Forum program.
used one of hi premptory challeng "Our children have enough prob­
to remove the other Bl k from th;..e """tCiIm...ac:W' Ia- reading and writing,"
jury that would hear his he said. "I don't see us dabbling in
our children' mind, except getting
them an education."
Arneta Waterhou e ugge ted
that helping youngsters with educa­
tion problems was the function of th
schoo I taff.
School board source
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JON that through
"acts and omis ions" of the Kalama­
zoo judicial system, the larg t g­
ment of the county' Black
population was purposely excluded.
Whole sections of Kalamazoo "We're already paying omeon
'city that are heavily populat d by to get the MEAP (reading cornpre­
Blae were excluded from th jury hension t t) scores higher," she aid.
lection proc , Jon charg .
"U nlawful p tterns, policies, and
customs" of the Kalamazoo Court ROD Y WATT , A candidate
official, which have been on oing for mayor in the last primary who
and continuous, Jones ay , keep the leads the Connection organization
40 percent of the county' Black said, "This is not being offered as a
population that resides in the city of panacea, but something to enhance
Kalamazoo, out of the j ury election. what already is in place."
Jones further alleges that "a rea- The Cult Awareness Network
onable �rson or official would �n- (CAN), a nationally based organiza-
dersta� ,t�t what t� � �lRi i v dI information on whatlt
w discriminatory. " .... � ,,.. 'COnsidc cults, warns that inee t
e al 0 ay that ndan Forum deals with the mind and do
were �ware fOr years that minorities not have psychiatrists running it,
were gro ly under-repr ented on their process may cause evere psy­
jl',ry panels in Kalamazoo County chological hann. '
Circult Courts. A CAN representative adds that
A ording to the uit he filed, it al 0 has information on m who
J nes ay the defendant had a duty have aid the Forum h done them
to report or correct uch di crimina- good,
tory practices. CAN provided the Michigan Citi-
But, Jon allege, def dants en- zen with a packet of newspaper arti-
ter d into a "conspiracy silence" cles dealing with the Forum.
and allowed the di crimination to CAN notes that accumulatin a
c ntinu . packet on a particular group doe not
The case -which i file number mean it i a cult or that it i d true-
4:93 cv 38-- has been as igncd to tive, just the fa t that CAN receives
U.S. Di trict Judge Robert Holmes inquiri about it.
Bell. Nancy Zapol ky Ph.D a repre-
Emmett L. lon ,number entative at Landmark Education
128276, can be reached at P.O. Box Corporation, the finn that runs the
E, lack on, Michigan 49204. Forum, admitted herself that the pro­
gram is not run by p ychologist and,
GUlF YOU SUSPECT A FRAUDULENT t
SOU(ITATiO
SI QUESTIONS UNTIL YOU ARE SATISFIED
o TO HIGH PRESSURE SALESPERSONS
ET A WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF THE PROGRAM
S( UPULOUS CALLERS TRY TO RUSH OR FORCE
YOU INTO SAYING YES, SAY NO .
OU(E ORGANIZATIONS WITH LEGITIMATE
P OG S WILL ANSWER 'YOUR QU.ESTIONS
IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH A CALLER ...
REMEMBER, IT'S .YOUR TIME, IT'S YOUR TELEPHONE ...
HOWEV W HI G·
Po t article aid that uits had
b en brought by peopl against the
Forum' predecessor est, run by
Werner Erhard.
Zapolsky aid that the Forum was
a new program Erh rd created,
c use it w le authoritarian and
worked bett r. Sh add Erhard aban­
doned work on the program and put
th busin of running it in the hands
of hi employees. The Post article
aid he .did thi after hi daughter
charged him with inee t and the In­
ternal Revenu charged him with tax
fraud - both charge he denied.
The London Tim reported that
orne British employ s forced to
take the Forum program ued their
employers.
On woman reportedly suffered a
nervous breakdown.
The Columbus Di patch quoted a
uthern Ohio p ychiatri t aying
he had treated patients who had been
harmed p ychologically and emo­
tionally by the Forum program.
OM HI HIA D Parkers ex­
pres concern that bringing the Fo­
rum to ninth grade students might
r ult in suits against the chool y -
t m.
B rb rah Reed, Conn
r entative id her group
Forum b e it i P
inquiry, which a110
100 into dif eren: w y re tin
to ituations, but allow: the", a fr -
dom t accept or reject the ide
there.
Although thi i what i uppo ed
to happen, ob ervers say the leade
cut off differing view .
Carol Giambalvo, a former est
volunteer, who took a Forum course
wrote i The Cult Ob erv r, that
"dialogu "in the Forum w not" n
I exchange of ideas."
"If omeone raised a que tion
which did not agree with the ide
being p ented," the leader, " up­
ported" him in "seeing" how "opi n­
ionated" he wa . Only when h
admitted his mi take was he acknow­
ledged, he aid.
London Time report r Ray
Clancy, said in a ri about the
Forum, that h rown lead r," eemed
to want to destroy our b liefs and
although he never aid thi i right,
this is wrong, he uggested through
th clever choice of words that every­
thing we had don inee being born
was somehow incorrect and our p t
was destroying our future."
Neil Chsanowas, reporti ng on a
Forum program for The New
Woman, aid, "After long, tedious
hours of this exercise, th will to re-
i t begins to erode. The accept
tart to outnumber the resi ters, n t
because they really understand and
embra e the philosophy ... but out of
exhaustion, fear (of humiliation), and
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A MESSAGE FROM THE MICHIGAN STATE POlICE
TIlOOPERS ASSOCIATlON ANO TH MICHIGAN STATE POlICE
tion."
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aid that if it
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Michigan, not already registered, who posses es the qualifications of an elector or
who will on the .day of the next
possess such quaJlflcation ,may make application for registration to the City Clerk
at her office, No. 30 Gerald Avenue, Highland Park, Michigan, in accordance with
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The City Clerk's office will be open the following hwrs tor registration for the General
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be done at the City Hall, No. 30 G�fa d Avenue, or by mailing a signed notice giving
the old and new address and date of removal. This notice of change of address must
reach the City Clerk' office not later than Mo day, May 3, 1 �93
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