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January 1994 - Image 8

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Michigan Citizen, 1994-09-00

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SEPTEMBER 4 - 10, 1994
DETROIT CITIZEN A7
ATU DAY
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"NOBODY WILL SAVE US
FOR US, BUT US"
-REV. JESSE L JACKSON
FOUNDER
JOIN PUSH TODAY
JOIN TODAY ...
Support Op.ratlon PUSH (P.opl. United to .rv. Humanity). a national
human right. organization commltt.d to the goal. of educational •• conomlc
and political qu� and parity for aU peopl •. PU H achlev. It. goal. through
r •••• reh, education, negotiation. and direct action.
ECONOMIC Th. PUSH for Economic Ju.tic. drlv. to rfen.gotlat. the
relatlon.hlp betwe.n the Bl ck and Hllp nlc communltle. and corporate
Am rica hal erved • a national model for economic dev.lopm.nt
POLITICAL: Th. PUSH Political Cru ad. for votJng right •• nforc.m.nt and -
voter rlglatratlon i. h Iplng to dd million. of unreel.ered vot.,. to the
voting roll
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th phil ophy on which he
Southern Chri tian Leader- .
-ship Conferenc w founded
will at th forefron of he
four-day CL convention
tha opens in Dall 'rue da "
I de y
Lea er of t h
b ed civil righ organiza­
tion say th y hav changed
he ta i as n f of he
group since it w found d 37
.ars ago by th R . M rtin
Lut h r King Jr.
"It' a n w era
to
aid rgi t te n. Ralph
D vid Ab rnat h. III, who
fa h r ucce led King
CLC pr i nt.
The conf r nee is turning
way from. m of Kings id -
als, including hi Integration­
ist philosophy.
"Our agsnd right now is
one' of justice. We are' not
talking about integration. It
co t us in many respects in
terms of leadership and busi­
ness vi bility," aid th Rev.
Joseph Lowery president of
the group.
TEAD de egre-
gating puhli schools and
panding voting rights in th
ou h, the conference now fo­
cu on environmental in­
justice, AIDS' a nd
Black-on-Black crime.
Whil the group' focus is
changing, leade ay that
some of the problems facing
King inthe 1960s r main un-
solved. .
Blae still h far to go
to achieve anythi ng clo e to
equity in th are of eco­
nomic and political power,
Lowery aid. Th r te of .
Black unemploym nt today
is twice that of whit ,jus as
it was 30 yea go, hid.
"In orth Colina, we 10 t
o p rcent of BI ck high
school principals und r inte­
gr ion. Black colle re
t ened all in the name of
irit gration. And Bl ck busi­
hav gon und r," he
Anoth r focal poi nt of th
convention will to inc
th participation of youn r
people in the organization.
The convention will include a
youth summit
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Mlk. ch.ck. payable to: Operation PUSH·Detroit Metropolitln Chapter
MAIL TO: Dr. JlbarlY. Premp h / P.O. Box 21 / Detroit. MI48221
PHONE: 313/368-8701

COME ONE! COME ALL! You are invited to
R.O.C.C .. with Operation PU H in 1994
(Reclaim Our Children & Community)
JOIN THE DETROIT CHAPTER OF OPERATION PUSH
I G 10 a.m. at
ITYCOLL GE
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