VOL. XVI NO 9 All tntornwa PI'O/>/(' I� .l fU'I' P"P/,/e JANUARY 16 - 22, 1994
By RON SEIGEL
Spec,., to tIM Mlchlg.n Citizen
DETROIT - Officials under
the new administration of
Mayor Dennis Archer made an
agreement with community ac­
tivists not to evict homeless peo­
ple who occupied vacant public
housing units.
Instead, the City of Detroit
agreed to pl'C>Ce3S them for eligi­
bility and to get two new people
a day processed for the 2,400 .
vacant units of public housing in
the city.
For the last year under the
administration of Mayor Cole­
man Young, the City of Detroit
had claimed the tenants were
there illegally and had been in
court trying to get them evicted.
Representatives of the city
and community organizations
stated the dispute came to a
h d during the fl t w k fol­
lowing Arche inaugumtlon,
when attemp were mad .to
evict five tenants occupying
Building 101 A in the Jeffries
Housing Project.
Ruth Williams, an official of
Preserve Low Income Afford­
able Housing Now (pLAN), said
that this action was not under­
taken by the Archer Administra­
tion, but by low level appointees
from the old Young Administra­
tion.
MAUREEN TAYLOR, OF
the Wayne County Welfare
Rights Organization, charged
officials of the Jaowl Security
Company -the Housing Com­
mission's security force -drew
guns on the homeless, pushed a
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Edna White hold a trand of prayer be.
d from wreck gee (photo by Efua Korant me)
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By CRAIG HILL
MlchlQlln Citizen
HIGHLAND PARK -The High­
land Park Board of Education
agreed last May to sell its school
radio tion to a Detroit enter­
tainment entrepreneur.
The Board agreed to 11 the
tation equipment for 2,000 to
Late Night Entertainment Cor­
poration and join with LNEC in
an application to the Federal
Communications Commission
(FCC) to ign the WHPR FM
88.1 tation license to LNEC (or
educational pu
According to Greg Byndrian,
Public Information Officer for
HP school district, th resolution
was adopted so the radio tation
can go back on the air in th
Highland P rk community.
R,J. Watkins, owner of Late
Night Entertainment Corpora­
tion, now broadcas two sho
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orized
By RON SEIGEL
Mlchlg.n Citizen
IDGHLAND PARK-Sparks are
sure to fly at the upcoming Jan.
18 Highland Park city council
meeting as Mayor Linsey Porter
and the Council face a possible
showdown over the manipula­
tions surrounding a proposed
new municipal building.
A request for bids was pub­
lished in the Wednesday, Jan 12
edition of the Detroit Free Press
for rennovation of a former un-
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th fall of 1994, will consist of a
system of high national servi
standards. Sta and organiza­
tions that perform at an excep­
tional standard will receive the
mo t funding. "This is not a leaf­
raking, pick-up-gum-wrapp r
proj ," Allen said. "Th organi­
z tions that particip te mus
provide the training n ry
to di those serving. "
Either through th stat com­
mission or th Corporation for
ion office at California and
Woodward for new city ball de­
spite the fact that the city coun­
cil refused to approve action on
such a project two days earlier.
The city hall project which
council refused to approve at its
Jan. 10 meeting, was published
with a similar notice requesting
bids on the construction of a De­
partment of Social Services
Child and Family Center on
Hamilton, which Council did .p-
See, CITY HALL, P ge A-8
National and Community Serv­
i , a student can apply for edu­
cation b nefits that inclu a
limited wage and a post-service
a ward. The post-service award
equals out to $4,725 for one y r
offull-tim service (1,700 hours)
nd half that amount for part-
tim ervice (900 hours), plus
p yment of any inte t on
stud nt loans during that time.
Th post-service award can
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BY EFUA KORANlEMA
Mlchkl!n Cltlan
A oommunity pray r . nd I bration t the
form r cl ners building on East Warren in
October marked the tra formation of an aban­
doned building into a part of an ongoing outdoor
art installation created by Webster.
"We ter installs 'word murals' on the out­
side walls of abandoned buildings - bringing
outside into public that which is thought of as
'private' and 'personal business', " said the artist
in literature promoting the Project.
She envisioned the installation "as a warn­
ing and an invitation to change."
For those watching the walls come down last .
week, they could view with irony the artists
See WOMEN, A2
How
will you
celebrate
Dr. King'
holiday?
DETROIT-On Thursday, January 6, the
City of Detroit AbandonedlDangerous Build­
ings division demolished a building at 13031
East Warren, and with it, a part of Janet Young
Webster's Witness Project, "No Endless Supply
of Time."
The Witn Project is in remembrance of 11
African American women found murdered in
abandoned buildings throughout the Wood­
ward corridor of Highland Park and Detroit,
said Webster in announcing the project in Oc­
tober.
"My son' birthday is the same
day as Dr. King's. We plan to
celebrate among family and
friends. "
·1'11 be attending activities in the'
student center at WSU,
watching civil rights videos,
listening to presentations, etc."
"I will honor him through
contem plauon and education ..
H would want that for us."
Lee Gaddi
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BY DAVID SHOOK
c. IYI New. Service
the bill ked for $394 million for
the first year, and re ived $300
million
Oakland Community College
Service Learning Coordinator
Kelly Masters says it's not. "This
portion of the legislation doesn't
make sense," Masters said.
"Why not funnel that revenue
through educational institutions
that are already doing commu­
nity service projects. "
The President's initiative was
launched during his campaign
last year. The goal was n rly
reached in Congress this y r as
LANSING - AmeriCorps, a
portion of President Clinton's
new National Service Trust Act
of 1993, will allow in its first year
20,000 young Americans educa­
tion benefits in exchange for
community service.
But is AmeriCorps really
worth th bureaucratic time, ef­
fort, and money to make the pro­
gram worthwhile?
"WE fora va-
riety of participan ," said Rich­
ard Allen, ad puty . tant to
Pr ident Clinton "The idea is
based on th concept that every­
one has got som thin-g to con­
tribute," Allen . d during a visit
to Michigan tat Unive ity.
Th program, which starts in
-Kim Jame
-Joi Dri kel
"There will be a jubilation of
mass choirs in the Northland
Mall from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. I
plan to ttend ...
