or simply
Clean-Up
By Donald Alderman
He sometimes calls it a
"great interhuman ex
change! or
humanity'
"human : relations." .
Whatever the name, a
sense of pride i in the
community is the driving
force;'v; "
"We are not begging.
We are not looking for
government handouts,"
said Brother Yusuf Salim
after ' finishing his daily .
habit of. sweeping the
streets and cleaning the
roads of the West End
community. '.
At a time when budget
cuts are causing uproars
across the country and
government funded com
munity projects are in
jeopardy, Brother Yusuf
is . cool, calm, and un
disturbed. "I have no fear under
any administration. We
started with very little
money, have worked and .
will continue with very
little," Yusuf said.
"This is a self-help
movement. God helps
those who help
themselves."
Daily this summer
Brother Yusuf and a
group of about fifty
volunteers, mostly
youngsters between th
ages of 5 and 15, whc
call themselves th
Clean-Up Squad, teamei
up to give Durham'
West End community
face lift.
The West End official
ly includes the areas bet
ween Maxwell Street and
Lakewood Avenue, a
twelve block area with a
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withdrawal, he said. -1
The authority , .is
responsible for tnanag-
projects and certain mid
dle income housing pro
i grams as sponsored by
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Corrective-' actions
taken by the public bous
ing agency included;
. Providing the ex
ecutive director with full
authority over personnel
; and programs.
, Filling a number of
vacancies " including
: director of ' operations,
"property , maintenance
manager and a number
of administrative and
staff vacancies which
contributed to a number
of administrative and
staff vacancies, which
contributed to a 'number
of the agency's manage
ment difficulties.
Revision of the agen
cy's personnel policy
which had not been up-
include several
amendments as prescrib-
HUD.
Institute staff
meetings to better in
crease communications
between department
heads.
Improving financial
and accounting systems
to effect fiscal ' and
monetary responsibility.
Providing regular
maintenance inspection
of housing units.
Developing a
homeowners agreement
for the Turnkey III hous
ing program. The pro
gram provides tenants
the opportunity to buy
their homes. At the time
of the occupancy review,
no homes had been sold. .
Tabron said several have
been sold since the new
agreement was
developed.
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Squad was mostly active
between Duke's East
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In its fourth year, the
clean community con
cept, which spon
taneously grew out of
Brother Yusuf's daily
habit of picking trash off
the streets, is an example
of community members
sharing love for the place
where they live, Yusuf
said, adding, "com
munity pride is the key."
Now operating under
the direction of the West
End Community Action
Group- (WECAG), the
youngsters, with the help
of one full- and one part
time' coordinator, . will .
Besides directing the
clean-up squad,
WECAG endeavors to
tackle the problems of
sub-standard housing,
rising food costs and
community deteriora
tion. To enhance the area's
housing, the group pur
chased a three-apartment
complex. Volunteers
have been called in and
are now renovating the
apartments. This is
WECAG's rehabilitation
project.
To combat rising food
costs, the group operates
a food , cooperative.
their progress, the com
munity does celebrate
and recognize its efforts
to improve the
neighborhood. The an
nual Celebration of the
West End Community is
the Phoenix Festival,
sponsored by WECAG
and Sallam Cultural
Center.
.
Gossip spreads much
faster than the truth;
that's why there is so
much talk of scandal and
so little about really im
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community activities ed at . prices well below
designed to create a sense
of respect for the community.-
Ms. Hannah Ab
dullah, coordinator for
the Clean-Up Squad,
said the youngsters are
divided into small
groups, some cleaning
different streets, while
others work in the com
munity garden on the
corner of Gerald and
Jackson Streets..
As work was usually
finished ' by, noon, the
youngsters enjoyed such
activities as swimming,
arts and crafts . in the
afternoon. They were
served a pork-free lunch
at the Sallam Cultural
Center as provided by
the Durham City Schools
'system.
Sallam, a jazz
restaurant where Brother
Yusuf plays, is the vital
link between the com
munity and the various
WECAG projects.
Monies for the squad's
cleaning equipment were
supplied by Operation
Breakthrough and
private donations.
"We get a lot of help
because people first see
that we are helping
ourselves," Yusuf noted.
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ty members. The pro
duce 'is purchased by
orders at the Intergalac-,
tic Food Conspiracy and
is delivered to buyers by
WECAG's street captain
volunteers.
With donations from
the First Presbyterian
Church,, WECAG
operates a winterization
project. For the past
three winters, volunteers
have helped to better in
sulate the homes in the
area.
There is a newly
created Clean Communi
ty System for the city
operating under a
$15,000 budget this year.
But, then, there is
WECAG's . clean-up
squad and other com
munity projects,
operating primarily
through the good will of
volunteers, changing the
attitudes in the com
munity and providing a
sense of togetherness.
While one group or
one program can do only
so much to revitalize a
community, the growth
of human relations in the
West End over the past
four years is ','the
greatest human interest
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Yusuf said race rela
ions arc "excellent" at
sallam as blacks . and
whites work in harmony
o improve the com
nunity. He said he
would like to see "more
of our African brothers
and sisters' become in
volved in . the cultural
center.
Although budget
tightening will affect
WECAG, Yusuf is confi
dent that the clean-up
squad and Sallam will
endure.
Yusuf said that com
munity activities are
backed widely by adults
and parents in the com
munity , most en
courage their children to
participate especially
if they are idle during the
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