Openings are vailable in the new Building Trades program at Highland Park Community
College. Here tudents are tearing out in preparation for re-doing two buildin on campus.
For information on the free program, ee tory on Page Al. -Building a New Future. - The
program combine on-site training with classroom technology.
SA V ANNAB, GA. (AP) - The fa­
ther of the current occupant of
Georgia's 11 th District seat in
Congress is convinced that a
three-judge federal panel will
rule in favor of five plaintiffs who
Rant the district redrawn.
Rep. Cynthia McKinney, a
Black Democrat from Lithonia,
won election to the seat in 1992.
The plaintiffs claim the oddly
shaped district was created by
ignoring factors other than race
to includ as many Black voters
as po ible.
"I know that we'v lost," tate
Rep. Billy McKinney, the con­
gresswoman's father, id Tues­
day. "It will be no differen than
in 'other states."
Congressional distric s in
Texas orth Carolina-and Flor­
ida ar beingchallen on sum­
largrounds. Las w k,a f ral
court ruled Blac majori y dis-
riet in Louisiana w unconsti-
tu ional.
On Tuesday, the court pro­
duced a ne map, with only one
majority Black dis rict in Louisi­
ana.
Y ZITrRO R of
Effingham County, one of th
plaintiffs in the Georgia case,
testified in U.S. District Court in
Savannah Tuesday that the cur­
rent configuration of the district
effectively denies whites repre­
sentation.
. The di trict zigzags 250 mil
from Atlanta to Augu ta to Sa­
vannah.
Georgia is one of the states
required under the 1965 Voting
Rights Act to get Justice Depart­
men approval of any changes in
voting la to ensure that mi­
nority vo ing trength is not di­
luted.
Federal court have now
ruled in vera I instances that
di tricts crafted to boost h vot­
ing rength of minoriti may
be ill gal, violating the constitu­
tional guaran of on -person
to
EW YORK (AP) -The Rev. Al
Sharpton plans to 'take a week
off from his Senate campaign
next month to visit Rwandan
refugee camps.
"I feel that this is one of th
greatest human tragedies in
history and that there has no
, been an effort by public leader­
ship particularly in the Afri­
can-American community - to
find out what is going on ov r
th re and what can be done,"
Sharpton id unday.
Sharp on, who is running for'
the Democratic nomination, for
U.S. Senate agains 11 incum­
bent, Dani 1 Pa rickMoynihan,
plans to leave Aug 2 and turn
- Aug. 9
He said h hoped 0 h r cl r­
gymen would Join him on th
trip. Earli r his y ar, Sharp­
ton nd vera} 0 h r mini
tra 1 o : uth Africa to 0 -
serv h lection t her e.
Sharp on aid P id n lin-
ton h uld h p vi
aid for th Rw ndan
earh ron.
day, but relief workers ay it will
be many days befo he aid can
defeat the disease, hunger and
exhau ion that have killed as
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BY JACQUELYN R. MARTlN
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ing schedule as p
tion.
Zonta International held i opening ceremony
and recep ion on Saturday, JUly 17, at Cobo Hall
to celebrate 75 years of commitment to the prot; -
sional development of women allover the ,orId.
Th theme for thi y ar' event i "Building
Bridges of Friendship". Yellow , Zonta's
flower, is symbolic of "Friendship" and were dis­
played throughout th auditorium. Th re a
3,OOOwomeninattendancethi y p
66 countri acr the world.
On Thursday, July 21, Zonta Intern tional will
install its first Black p id nt. Chi f Folake So­
lanke i a native of I dan, i ri. After t 0
unsu fuJ attemp to b m p id n of hi
international organization, hi f Sol nk was u­
nanimo 1y el cted presid nt 2 y go in Hong
Kong at th ir bi-annual conv ntion.
Zonta Intema ional hold bi-annu I conven-
tions which gi its' mem chan to n work
with th ir int rnation rs from 11 0 r the
world through worksh a nd t h r v n . It al
ZO is a worldwide
ervice organization of executi in busi and
th pro io worki n.g to ther to advance the
tatus of women. The organization' composed of
36,000 member in 1,138 clu .
Chief Folake Solanke is a long time Zontain.
Sh d c:ri her experience of becoming Zonta's
first Black p ident as, "humbling and exciting.·
During A brief interview, Solanke said, h
would especially devote her attention to UNlFEM
(United ations De lopment Fund for Women).
"This training program has been ey u ful in
terms of providing h lth, marketing and income­
gen ratingskills in und rdeveloped countries uch
as Mexico, th Philippin , Thailand and Zim-
abwe to nam at; w," Solanke said.
Claudia Fritsche, UN Amb dor to Liechten-
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