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3 -THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT.. MARCH 24, 1979 Black Women's Political CdiiMs Meet. Success fiil BY PERITA BRYANT Despite a stormy busi ness session, often plagued with parliamentary and con stitutional question, the third annual conference of the North Carolina Black Women's -Political Caucus (NCBWPC) was viewed as a success by the women who gathered at Shaw University on Saturday, March 17. Approximately 200 women from throughout North Carolina assembled to address the issues facing black women and to find remedies for them. Black women and em ployment was the focal point of the 1979 session. The program was designed to make available informa tion and workshops on career development encom passing career choices and alternatives. It was also intended to make available information and methods of working in the political . process to effect change. The workshops focused on two areas of concern to black women: Getting the Job and On the Job. Dr. Pamela Green, assistant pro fessor of psychology at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, was among the noted workshop leaders. Speaking on career planning and grants for education, Dr. Green stress ed that black women must prepare for making career, decisions. "Taking an inven tory of your life, the things that you enjoy and ordering priorities are essential to planning a career". Urging black Wbmen to improve their capabilities through contin uing education and pursuit of occupational interests, Dr. Green added that they must also be willing to take challenges and to assume responsibility for the direc tion of their lives. Other workshops con cerning Getting the Job were Resume Writing and Business Communication, Job Availability and Em ployment Services and Re-entry Job Market. Of prime interest to many women was the ques tion of discrimination on the job. N. C. Human Relations Director Henry McKoy and Affirmative ActionPerson nel Analyst William Dudley directed the workshop on Discrimination. Gross inequities still exist In employment. Ac cording to McKoy, the 1979 labor statistics show that six per cent of all women employed are in white collar positions and black women represent a disproportionately small percentage of that group. The plight of blacks in unemployment presents a dismal picture with a national unemployment rate of 5.9, the unemployment rate for blacks is 10.8 and 14.7 for black women. A major concern of many women present was how to deal with the form of discrimination that is encountered today as it is no longer overt racism but a subtle form that is diffi cult to identify. McKoy be lieves that women are most ly unwilling to expose dis crimination for fear of losing their jobs or being ostracized. He suggests that women must be pre pared to challenge discrimi nation on the job. They should 1) follow up all interviews with super visors in writing, restat ing what proceeded in the meeting; 2) document all encounters, official and unofficial; 3) observe any change in the behavior of supervisors and superiors. "Women also need the support of groups such as NCBWPC to challenge dis crimination", continued McKoy. "Coalitions be tween groups are necessary for our survival". Other On the Job work shops included Equal PayMinimum Wage direct ed by James Easterly, direc tor of Employment Stan dards Division of the N.C. Department of Labor and Unemployment ' Insurance led by Warren Whittmer of Unemployment Insurance Division, Employment Security Commission. "New Conservatism" was the phrase used by keynote speaker Mrs. Barbara Size more to describe the politi cal climate for blacks in America, especially in North Carolina. Speaking at the annual luncheon, Mrs. Size more depicted North Caro lina as being "the interna tional spotlight for depri vation of human rights". Mrs. Sizemore is presently associate professor of Black Community Educa tion, Research and Develop ment at the University of Pittsburgh. " Humorously she declared Uiat "North Carolina has i -placed Mississippi as the bottom of the ladder for black people". Mrs Size more fingered the political pulse of North Carolina, indicating that blacks in North Carolina allow oppression and "North Carolina will continue to be oppressed until you orga nize and struggle against it". "Politics is the manage ment of conflict between warring groups over scarce resources", cited Mrs. Sizemore. The economic situation for blacks has worsened over the last few years and continues to worsen. Corporations are moving outside of the U.S., causing a decrease in the number of jobs available to blacks and the traditional jobs that were once held by blacks are being filled by other minorities. "Black people are in a war", de clared Mrs. Sizemore,"and if you are not fighting, you will be a loser". The shrinking economy has severe repercussions for blackAmericans. The de crease in disparity betwen blacks and whites as a re sult of the 1960's is now threatening whites as they become more intensely involved in the war over the scarce resources. Mrs. Sizemore discerned that the abondoment of social programs by federal agencies, the increase in the to have death penalty and prison Barbaras AMaaiasas in inim ml sentences along with an increase in testing and other methods of social grading and sorting are among the methods being used by law makers and politicians to insure tneir conunuea cation of support to the statewide boycott of North Carolina merchants.; Several bills sponsored by North Carolina Legal Aid dealing with domestic violence, workers compensation and dominance over the politi-' aid to families with depend cal and economic life of ent children. There was also America. a call for members to Admist bursts of ap- write letters to President plause and laughter, Mrs. Jimmy Carter and the N.C. Sizemore concluded that congressmen recommend collective commitments, ing Attorney Julius Cham must' be made by black bers of Charlotte for the women in North Carolina to struggle against injustices. The challenge to the NCBWPC was t6 1) find out where the votes are and use them, and 2) continue to educate and define the issues facing black women. The day long conference ended with the business session and the passage of several resolutions. Among those were: voter registra tion and education; dedica tion of support and re sources to the efforts for the repeal of the competen cy test; support of funding for genetic health care (House Bill No. 466); dedi- Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Recently plauged with resignation of some key officers, the Caucus at tempted to get on sure, footing with the election of new officers.' A Raleigh attorney, Brenda Wagner, was elected to chair the organization. Elected as corresponding secretary was Sheila Jones of Durham and Rocky Mount business woman, Francis Stallings, was elected recording secre tary. The sergeant-at-arms position was filled for the first time by Barbara Isrel of Durham. Black Press Workshop Slated for Governor's Inn MRS. SIZEMORE Director Named For Statewide Legal Service Program RALEIGH, N.C. Bar bara Arnwine. a attorney with the North Central Legal Assistance Program NCLAP) in Durham, has been named Director of Administration for Legal Services of rorth Carolina (LSNC) according to LSNC Executive Director Denny Ray. very pleased someone of dedication. "We're i jitff ftb wlv-fe IriO fill ability, and legal services experience joining the central office as Director of Administration," said Ray. "Her selection com pletes the hiring process for the ' LSNC manage ment tea, a process which was begun last spring. A native of Los Ange les, Calif., Ms. Arnwince did her undergraduate work at Scripps College in Clare mont, Calif. She received her law degree from Duke from law school, she was selected as a Reginald Herber Smith Community lawyer Fellow and she joined NCLAP as a staff attorney. During her more than three years with NCLAP, Barbara has deve loped specialized expertise in employment law dis crimination, selective ser vice law. and prisoner rights. Since becoming a ' member of the Legal Ser vices community, Ms. CHAPEL HILL - Robert Williams, former editor and publisher of the Crusader and past president of the Union County NAACP, will be the lucheon speaker at a workshop on the black press at Governor's Inn on Saturday, March 24. The workshop is spon sored by the Southeastern Black Press Institute, a demonstration project of the African and Afro-American studies curriculum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. A highlight of the work equal employment oppor tunity officer. "Ms. Arnwine is a member of the LSNC Affirmative . . . . . . . University in Jr&Arnwine has pagiciratea Action ana Managemeni was admitted as ipejji&npg is new lawyeWnfc thir statp RaV in Jf7i '5-,JroBrams sDorisond&f die daiwcrtor- rot... the r N.C. While an undergraduate, she was named as a Danford scholar, and in law school she was a Davison-Foreman Post Graduate Fellow. In 1975, 'Ms. Arnwine worked as a legal assistant in the Duke University Equal Employment Office Legal Services Corporation, and has attended numerous state and national confer ences relating to the practice of poverty law. As LSNC's Director of Administration, Ms. Arnwine will work with the Executive Director in monitoring the University's carrying out the broad ad Affirmative Action Pro- ministrative responsibilities gram and preparing legal of the statewide program, memorandum on various aspects of race, sex and age discrimination. Following graduation lean how to administer a statewide or other multi-office Legal Services program, and act as LSNC's Association ' of Black Lawyers' Legal Services Committee; state coodina tor of the National Con ference on Black Lawyers; charter member of the National Association of Black Women Attorneys; member of the N.C. Black Women's Political Caucus; and a member of the American Bar Associa tion and the N.C. State Bar. "Few know how to be old." La Rochefoucauld shop will be a panel dis cussion VCan the Black Press Defeat the S.O.B. 'Sons of Bakke'?" Among the featured panel partici pants are Vivian Edmonds, editor, Carolina Times; Paul Brock, associate direc tor for public information, NAACP; Robert Hill, spe cial assistant to the chancellor ifor affirma tive action, Syracuse University; and Ralph Smith, assistant professor of law, University of Penn sylvania. Leading the workshop "Reporting and Editing from a Black Perspective" will be Milton Jordan, reporter from the Char lotte Observer. Another workshop, "Strategies for Expanding the Advertising Base of the Black Press," will be conducted by William Torry, Atlanta Daily World and Donald Roberts, general manager, Amalgamated Pub lishers, New York City. The conference is open to newspaper publishers, ed itors and staff, community leaders academicians, stu dents and other interested persons. Registration fee is $30 and for students, $15. Anyone wishing more in formation on the work shop may contact Caro lyn Stoman at (919) 966-54965497. BLOW GUI .... .i .fjft X WB! 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