J qu n Willi m ,wa on of many young peopl who
p rticlp ted In a noon-tim r lIy. The r lIy w pon or d
by S v Our Son And Daughter (SOSAD) and the 6th
Annual Pe ce Action Congre .
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DETROIT - On Thursday,
tober 21 the Lula Belle Stewart
Center opened th doors of an
innovative program that ists
young patents (some barely more
than children th mselv ) in be­
coming productive citizens as well
good parents.
Mother and Infants Program
(MAl House) is a program de­
signed to provide transitional
housing for young mothers and
their babies.
It was also one of the Detroit
Area's first programs to work di­
rectly with young fathers, Palmer
said. Five young fathers were
hired to assist in the restoration
of the first of the program's five
buildings. Under th program
the contractor who restored he
building agreed to hire young fa­
thers, give them job training and
eonsid r them for jobs on other
proj
A 3 million dollar grant from
the W. K Kellogg Foundation and
more than 75,000 from the City
of Detroit's Neighborhood Oppor­
tunity Funds (NOF) funds the
program that will renovate one
apartment building per year for
the neXt five years, Palmer said.
that th youngpa nts idingin
MAl Ho be enrolled in a hool
program, vocational training or
job placement unl physically
unable to do so. It further de­
mands that iden develop a
permanent plan for independent
living.
"By preparing th teen moth­
ers to become independ nt of the
welfare system, enabling them to
stabilize their lives and provide a
more secure future for their chil­
dren, we provide an approach
that is oost effective and provides
a savings to the dollars expended
by the Department of social serv­
ices in welfare benefits to teen
parents," Palmer said.
FORMOR
Th Lura Belle
chool
reaffi
tanda d
By RON SEIGEL
5 c,., to the Michl an Citizen
mGRLAND PARK - The High­
land Park Board of Education
voted to adopt standards neoes­
sary to rereive tate incentive
grants.
Through this action Highland
Park Sch Is continue to be enti­
tled to:
THE FIRST BUILD G,lo­
catedat 1484 Webb near the John
C. Lodge and across the street
from the Lula Belle Stewart Cen­
ter. Formerly an abandoned
brick apartment building, it will
provide transitional housing for
10 young mothers and their ba-
bi during the first year of the - 14 per student, for ensur-
program. ing that the average class ize in
Each resident must sign an ad- classes from kindergarten to third
mi ion contract promi ing, grade is no more than 25 pupils.
among other pledges, to pey 217 - 25 per pupil for m ting
in rent - which goes toward sub- requirements of the annual edu­
sidizingthefacility. The program, cation report, school improve­
however, does more thanjust pro- ment plan, core curriculum, and
vide shelter, it nlso assists young accreditation process.
mothers in learning skills that - 30 per pupil for meeting
. will be needed to gain employ- special graduation requirements.
ment and operate their own Such graduation requirements
households, " We provide them involve having
with I ns in making responsi- - A total of 10 years ofEngiish
ble decisions around daily living or communication skills, mathe­
. ues such as money manage- matics, ien and social udi
ment, housek ping, how to se- . (with no I
leet adequate child care, meal each ofth individual subj
planning and preparation, and - One year of health or con-
how to use community resou umer home economics, ntial
. - among other I sons," ex- health an living skills, physical
plained Orlene Jordan, the Cen- education or any combination of
ter's director of Residential th ubj
Services. - On year of fine or perform-
The program also demands ing arts, foreign language, voca-
has taken a unique approach to
'the problems to young parents
hrough a program designed for
young, low-income mothers who
wish to p their babies.
Named in honor of the late Dr.
Lula Belle Stewart, Detroit's first
African-American pediatric car­
diologist, the Center offers a num­
ber of rvi for parents and
expectant parents 21 and under.
The Center provid counsel­
ing. referrals and follow-up for
young parents in the areas of
medical care, continuing educa­
tion, job training, employment, fi­
nancial assistance, temporary
residential care, career guidance,
child care, and permanent hous­
ing.
The Center is located at 1534
W bb A venue, 867-2372.
tional education or practical arts
or any combination of these
courses.
- One semester of computer
education or its equivalent.
In getting this money, schools
must agree to provide students in
the 9-12 grades with at least 6
classes per day, 50 minutes each,
in classroom instruction. about
procedure.
Job cuts hit
Blac harder
than other group
EW YORK, NY - According to
government data, although
Blacks account for roughly 12 per
cent of the nation's population,
over 20 percent of the nation's
nine millionjobless people are M­
rican American.
And, according to an analysis
of tho e figures by the Wall
Street Journal recently, Black
workers were the only ethnic
group to suffer net job I at
the beginning of the ion,
which hit the nation in 1990.
University of Massachusetts
profe or Barry Bluestone ex­
plained th itua ion this way:
"The jo 'have moved away from
the cities and Blacks more than
anybody else have n trapped
in the inner cities."
Currently, the Black un m­
ployment rate tands at 12.5 per­
cent while the white jobl rate
is 5.9 per nt.
dis
th . h that reporting
ccurate", with 1 u e of
o la enfo
me good for th
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ea
o
HIGHLAND P - These junior and senior
'\��""4<.P. CQ �iY. High School tu-
dents, guided by t.:e � r Ali Cole (off cam­
era), are working on statistics during a
small-group "reciprocal (two-way) teaching"
math session This was one of many sessions
throughou t the building led by members of the
Highland Park School District's new Academic
Response Team (ART).
Team members, working in concert with
HPCHS staff over a 20-day period, included
classroom teachers, parent-student advocates,
former di co ultants Al¥Lparapmfea- rI
sional, all drawn from elementary buildings.
Their purpose was to help students "learn ho
to learn , taking an active role in their own
learning experience and working toward
achieving outcomes .in the core curriculum.
Reciprocal teaching includes sununarizing,
questioning, clarifying, and predicting (what's
logically next in th material). Students and
teachers take turns assuming the teaching role.
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