RAY JENKINS
Reparations Ray
celebrates 68th birthday
Mi African-Amen 'an culture
pirit and purp� d and th . birthday
bash of Reparation Ray Jenkins will
be th end r .sutt,
The celebration, nay red olcly
w rekindli n '1 th fir lind '1 the
rep ration ourxl tion, W.L\ a tn ute
to the man wh began the struu I
for the paym nt of uncomp ill ated
labor of Afri an Americans for over
four hundred years, thirty years a J •
Held at the Wo odv ard A v .
<?hurch of Chri t M Y 23, R 'paw­
nons Ray wa� hon red y supp rt­
ers, friends, and a nvists. Guest
Speaker, Joann Watson, ex .cun c
director D troit NAACP, ddr . ed
thirtyofthemo tcommonqu tiers
Africa�-American have re zardi ng
reparations well a: tating that
African-Americans need to addr
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By RON SEIGEL
"W A
&'-&!.,.:,.,c.D by th
trength and perseverance of De­
troiters and dedicated busin lead­
ers in the face of economic di tres "
Mahaffey aid. '
"Our neighborhood group are
well organized. They have formed
e fe�tiv. econ mic development or­
garuzanons, repaired and placed
the P 'nod or slavery "enslav _ housing ba k on the tax roll .,. uilt
m nt." housing and apartment in ar that
nslav m ent, W tson aid, a u- had not e n hou ing in de -
rarely 0 scribed the position Afri- �de , .. cn:ated youth recreation feed­
cary-Am ricans were in. i ng, chi ld care, tutoring, and
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h, d. He rcmi nded tho in attcn- E:.
dan ·c th t Irican-Amcn ars wer
n t looki ng for charity from the gov-
rnm .nt, rath r . mp 'ru arion.
ntertai nm mt wr provid I b
undiata, Barbara Pr 'I y, Ahada,
(in I the Woodward Avc. hurch
BanI
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12647 HAMILTON
Open Daily 9am-8pm
Sunday 9-Spm
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FOOd �t"mp ACCflpt a
S�rving th Community
ervice .
"Our probl
o n rm th t
bilitation proj
th m," h dmitt
mo t k ptical rv r h t n ti
t�t th ·.n�i hborh d pproa h i
quietly piling Up evid n 0 ch ng
for the b tt r."
Mah ey aid th t th coun il
revi ed budg t:
Provided n ary fund or
landlord -tenant cou elin rvic
in United Community Housin Coa­
lition, and the Le al Aid and De­
fender' Assn.
In re ed funding for vot r
electe� citizen di trict council, rep­
resenting urban renewal areas "to en­
able them to continue thei r
. revitalization effort ."
Provided 25,000 or two do­
mestic violence h lters -- Interim
House and My'Si ter' PI ce, while,
th Mayorallocatedonly 25 for
My Sister' PIa . Mahaffey' aid -4
million women are beaten each year
and 4, arc killed by p
boyfriend who atta k them.
R tored aid for betters to help
the homel ,including Alternatives
for Girl , Travelers Aid Society De­
troit Health Care for the Hom�l
COTS, and the Detroit Rescu Mi-
ion.
Stopped the elimination of th
Dental Care, which h aid for indi­
g nt citizens can "make the differ­
ence in maintainin health 0 that
one can work."-
• Stopped the elimination of th
Child Abuse program, which, he
noted i nece ary because lithe tate
c e loads are higher than before and
many are neglected."
• Provided more money for two
more building i nspccto and two
mor clerk in the Buildin and
De roi Di ric
Council get
add ional und
By RON SEIGEL
IT-In its propo ed
ud et, th D troit City Council in­
c d fund for voter elected citi­
zen di trict council , created under
tate law to give citize a voice in
t developm nt 0 their neighbor-
bods.
Di trict Coun il t members
claimed that the counci could not
urvive on the $15 million originally
r . mm �ded by the council ap­
po 10 ted City planning commission or
the ,1. 5 mi�ion later propo ed by
the city planrung commi ion taff,
If �iv.jded equally among the 15 -
1 . d tnct coun il ,r ognized
clive �y. th Detroit City Planning
rnrms Ion each council would
b v only $110 for operating ex-
p ns .
Councilwoman Kay Evertt states
that at that point she intervened and
ked the city planning commi ion
taff to Find dditional funds and
50,000 in dditional money was
added t the budget.
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