\
no bou th
m n." H rri id "To m it'
no I BI ck-whit . u. I .
abou c ting th t educa-
on nvironment possible for
our tud n to u , nd do
you think what h happened
this I t wo w kg is the t
thing?
"I don't think
RRI D THE real
problem t Shelby tat w that
"It r lly ppears that only one
pe on (Cox) mak deci ions."
Cox said the class cancella­
tions didn' come about becau e
of a fi n nci I crisis. He id he
d ided th 250,255 in teachers
lari would be tter spent on
new equipment.
Cox told The Commercial Ap­
peal t;a ome faculty members
are ' yond mili n."
"Belligerent is a better word,"
Cox id."1 think many of them
thought they were coming here
to make money nd it is mis­
guided on their part."
R ultsofa condstateaudit
of Shelby State are due this sum­
mer.
At the annual convention of
the ational Bro herhood of Ski­
ers (NBS at Copper Mountain
Colorado, aomi Bryson of De­
troit, Michigan was elected to
rve as Pr ; nt for a two year
t rm. Ms. Bryon is the first
worn n elect d to head the
14,000 member, predominately
African American organization.
he mos r ntly served as
membership chair of the na­
tional organization and is a
m mber of the Jim Dandy Ski
Club of D troit which recently
eel br ed i 35th anniversary..
Bry on is an drninistrator
or h Michigan D partment of
Educa ion.
Th organization is th larg­
ski club in the United States.
Th purpo of the NBS, which is
nonprofi organization, is to
id ntify el and fund minor-
1 ty you h who k to become
lympic ki . The organiza­
t io n hover 1,000 African
Am ri n youth enroll d in a na­
tion wid program.
Th a ion I Broth rhood of
Skie , in Janu ry of 1 993, cele­
br i 20th anniversary at
Vall 0101' do Th vent, at­
t nd by ov r ',000 African
Am rt n ki rs was he largest
ki cony n ion ev r h ld in the
nit d Stat or perhaps the
world.
NAOMI BRYSON
In addition to skiing, the or­
ganization provid a year round
motivational, recreational and
adult role modeling program for
inner ci y youth across the coun­
try. Ms. Bryson ates, "Our pur­
pose is to provide our young men
and women with an alternative
to the violence in the streets.
Through a program of caring and
providing positive role models,
they are giv n the upport to
pursue their goals in becoming,
champion skiers and successful
adul "
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cond from left, wee ho t d by th National
Black R publican Council at arc ptlon and pr confer nc rec ntly, In Lo Ang I .
,-Repr • ntatlve Frank. I th fir Black R public n el cted to the Hou 01 R pr .entatlv In
nearly 60 year ". ay ho t, C Ie King, III, far right, the Council'. National Public Affair Chairman.'
Frank wa elect d to th 102nd Congre In Nov mber, 1990. He I. a m mb r of the Hou En rgy
and Commerce Committe , Chairman of th Hou 01 R publican Ta k Force on w Ifare r form, a
m mb r of the House Republican Policy Commltt e and th only Republican In th Congre lonal
Black Caucus. With them er Dr. Jame May , and Fr nk Elmore.
c
By SONYA ROSS
Anoct. ted Pr
Writer
WABHINGTO (P) - The
NAACP announc a program
Monday that pay it a commis­
sion on discount long-distance
telephone ervice to its mem­
bers.
The NAACP Freedom Calling
Card, offered through Boston­
based Trans National Commu-
nicatio ne t ou 0
NAACP members discoun
up to
tance telephone call , said
NAACP executive director Ben­
jamin Chavis. Nonmembers also
may participate.
"Today, we're talking about
integrating the money, integrat­
ing the economy," Chavis said.
"When we say Ilet freedom ring,'
we're not speaking rhetorically."
Chavis also said the civil­
rights group is being reorgan­
ized, consolidating some
functions while expanding or
eliminating others, "similar to
corporate America." He expects
fewer than 1 0 percent of the
NAACP's employees to be af­
fected.
HE DISCLO ED LA T
week that the NAACP was
$900,000 in the red for 1993 and
$2.7 million down at the end of
March. He laid off 10 staffmem­
bers this month and expects to
dismiss 10 more this summer.
Neither Chavis nor Trans
National Presid nt Douglas D.
Furbush III would say how
much of a commission the
650,000-member NAACP would
receive from the long-distance
program. Chavis said that if 10
Co
to
•
percent sign up, that would gen­
erate about 1 million a year for
the organization.
Chavis aid local NAACP
chapters would get half of the
"switchover rewards," or funds
generated by members who sign
onto the long-distance program
in their cities.
The calling-card idea also
was broached to leaders of other
organizations during the
NAACP's leadership meeting
earlier this month, and included
on their common economic em­
powerment agenda, he said.
"There's no question the sum­
mit created momentum. The
NAACP now has a way of re­
sponding to the momentum,"
Chavis said. <'We're going to be
encouraging people to use the
NAACP card. You're going to see
a lot more focused unity."
NAACP LEADERS called
the plan a key part of an eco-
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Mlch/@n Citizen
uch children have more learn­
ing di abilities and greater
troubl with education. Giving
uch children "good tar"
would v xp yers money on
d linquency nd chool prob­
lerna, hid, b cau e they
would p rform b tter in school.
done.
religiou organization,
BFW maintains that it is n
ry for religiou . people to om I'
heir influence a citizen in
dem racy on'behalf of the poor
nd hungry.
nom ic agenda created during
the recent civil-right leader­
ship summit.
"Some people hav aid the�
are not going to support us until
we tart doing som thing eco­
nomicall ," aid Bill Cook, presi­
dent of th Washington NAACP
chapter. "This may be a first
step. So, we're going to try."
Trans National Communica-
tjpns is a "switchless e " •
t at Ion -di ta 'V S
��t a led fro.�mMC8.rr.·"l '" 869-003
c
ey
DONALD THOMPKINS
After a life filled with battle
after battle, from loosing hi
mother at age thr , ing phy i­
cally separated from his loving
grandparents at age nine and be­
ing placed in an emotionally, and
physicallyabusive home, Donald
is planning to become a Special
Education Teacher.
Hi goal is to obtain a Bache­
lor of Arts degree, and then to go
after a doctorate in psychology.
Donald says, "I want to go as
as I can." Relying on yourself
when dealing with negative peer
pressure, and showing str ngth
and faith in the face in adversity
will take Donald, and brothers
like him, any whs re they decide.
