opinions.
Q. What was the original
purpo of the church � .
A. "Many years ago, preach­
ers, preached from memory and
African Americans could hot
d English. It was then, that
th church was used to enslave
, Anarchism and
Black evolution
"Anarchism and The Black
Revolution" will be the subject of
a talk by Lorenzo Komboa
Ervin, Sunday, November 21 at
6:80 p.m. at the Trumbull Thea­
tre, 4210 Trumbull at Willis.
Ervin is a former member of
the Student Non-violent Coordi­
nating Committee (SNCC) and
the Black Panther Party.
Her served 15 years in pri on
sa a ult of his activism. He is
currently active in Chattanooga,
Tennessee fighting police bru­
tality, the Ku Klux .Klan, and
Chattanooga's white power
structure.
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but when asked if they ever re­
ported on drugs and guns �ir;u­
lating in their schools there s no
response."
After speaking about the s�lf­
destructive patterns affecting
youth, Jackson spoke about so�e .
solutions that he has also dIS­
cussed in such cities as Atlanta,
New York, and Washington D.C.
Jackson 'said that �epre­
sentatives from the Rambow
Coalition will help set up an
Michigan Rainbow Coaliti?n of­
fice in Detroit for local officials to
meet. Michigan State Repr�­
sentative, Carolyn Che:ks Kil­
patrick will act as Coo�Inato:.
Jackson plans to b.udd an m­
frastructure in Detroit churc�es
to get ministers and other City
officials to meet once a week to
"weave a basket" to capture trou­
bled youth while setting up a
mentoring program as well.
"If we get 100 churches in De­
troit to reclaim 10 youths a year
that would be 1,000," Jackson
said. "But if we got 100 churches
in 50 cities to reclaim 1 0 y�uth
that would be 50,000l0tmg hves
reclaimed each year.
, Then at a youth rally in Cobo
Hall arena, Jacks�n repeat�
some of the same things he said
at the breakfast to about 2,500
kids, teachers, and parents. .
Jackson told parents to get 10-
volved in their children's lives by
turning off the tele�ion for 3
hours, meeting their teachers,
and looking at report cards.
Jackson urged youth to b�k .­
the "code of silence" and tur� 10
other youth �ho are selhng
drugs and carrying gu�.
"Break this code of sil nce for
your own self-defense," Jackson
pleaded.
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Q. There are ov r 400,000
regi tered church members in
Wal'ne County alone. Some
would say, that' a lot of prayers
going out every Su�y TnO,!,,­
ing. How do you explain the vu>­
lence that ha held thi city
hostage for long?
A. "It would be good if those
tatistics rep nted praye ,
unfortunately they do not. Th re
'are those that go to church to ,
rai hell, show off their cloth
and look for a husband/wife. The
bible says "Fervent and effectual
prayers availeth much."
Instead of prayers, what you
have in some of these so-called
churches, is a lot of singing,
whining and moaning. There is
no depth to the message, noth­
ing life changing is taking place.
You can't imitate a four dollar
bill because none exist, buta five
dollar bill is real. That' 'how
they get away with so-many
phony ones. There are many
dedicated ministers in this City,
but because there are real ones
you can counterfeit them very
easily."
, MIKAL.FEATCHRUS
bye."
Q. What is the purpose of the
church today?
A. "Today the church has
several significant rolls in the
African America community.
The primary purpose is � meet
the family's needs. But It also
increases our spirituality in con­
nection with God our Creator. It
serves as an educational place.
Many of us sing our first song,
play our first instru!Dent and �­
cite our first poem m church. It
is a place to build ones self es­
teem. We are taught principals.
As a result of a slow economy
the church has to assume the
role of educating, housing and
providing for the poor. U.�ortu­
nately that is not the VISion of
every Pastor, some are using the
church for personal monetary
gain."
Q. With several �nomina- Featchnu, can be heard (rQm .
tions in existence, tuhich. speaks 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. daily on
authoritative for Christ? 1200 AM 'HCHB, neuis talk ra­
A "Any denomination that is dio.
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Go' rnm nt �fficials predi th Environ­
mental Protection A ncy is lik ly to red ig­
nate th region into "a t inment," a
c ification that m ns an a' within c-
ptable pollution standards.
With a new c ification, Livingston St.
Clair Wash naw and Mon counti would
not �uire a tailpipe-emi ions ting p�­
gram, as originally dictated by the CI n Air
Act.
Wayne, Oakland nd Macomb countie
would only n to maintain the current tail-
pipe-emi ions program.
"They have had th years in w�ich nobody
had three violations of the tandard 10 the me
. place," said Rep. Mary B�wn, D:Kalamazoo,
chairwoman of the Hou Air Quahty Subcom­
mittee. "It looks like they will red ignate
southeas rn Michigan. "
THE FA T THE troit a ha avoided
air-quality viol tions put it in position to
achi v attainment.
"Everything we've seen 80 far has been. I
encouraging," id John Mooney, an environ­
mental prot tion p ialist with the EPA Re­
gion Fiv Office.
In addition, outheastern Michiga� would
not need to dev lop a more comprehensive plan
to reduce pollutants by 15 percent.
Currently, the Department of Natural Re­
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Detroit area's attainment tatus, th go mar
and the DNR must ubmit "tate-impl m n­
tation plan" (SIP) and the EPA then must p-
prove the plan. '
The CI n Air Act requi the SIP, plan
that explains how the tate will redu pollut-
ants. . .
Also, Mooney says an air-quality vio�atl0n In
the Detroit area is not out of the ques Ion yet.
If th ummer months are hot, which influ-
en ozone a violation is more likely to occur.
Mooney said a violation would ruin the tate'
plans.
The Clean Air Act allows 18 months to pro:c­
a red ignation requ t. But the EPA. will
probably not consider the requ t for a whil "
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