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I THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT.MARCH 13. 1982 82 black national business and professional trade associations, eignt oiacic-cwnea icicvimuh '""; 39 savings and loans, 46 commercial banks and 400 newspapers? Or that black expenditures for housing "in ISSOwtre $14 billion! . . u These are but a few facts gleaned from a brand . The Rlack Resource Guide, making its way around the country. Over the years there have been many different black directories usually covering certain areas, such as elected officials, small businesses and contractors, colleges, etc., but it was refreshing, convenient and revealing to review this different kind of a directory of black resources in America, It includes, under one cover, sixteen categories of black organizations and public officials and useful statistics about . blacks that I had never known before. . : , If you want to look up financial institutions, newspapers, African embassies, television stations of national associations, its all there And, if you want to find how blacks are spending thek money,, it will tell you that next to liquor ($390 million a year in purchases). $271 million a year is spent on potato chips; that blacks consumed 23 per cent of all shewing gum sold in the U.S.: and that blacks , are losing 6,000 acres of land each week. Also, 42 per cent of aU black children In the .U.S. live in POVCrty! ' , " 1 .:. i' The purpose of this week's column is not Jo sell books but to try, and get the point across that Meeting Black Housing Needs: : ; Networking-' Black America By William R. Morris, ASPC , Washington Housing Consultant blacks, through working together more, can make a difference a big difference -r, in the type and r quality of communities they live in while also pro-. viding better economic opportunities for themselves through a process (long used by whites) called "net working". Its all about the need to more creatively. tap existing resources and channel them .toward a , common good. . ' , '. - v- v -v-" - Black economic progress can be measured tn as many different; ways as there are. . avenues , of , economic activity. However, in times like these, blacks must know what, resources they have, where they are, and how to get to them .when needed to facilitate coordination between the growing number , of black institutions scattered about the nation. The .. basis for racial progress now is in knowing how to make better and more extensive, use; of limited resources 1 through ' a . variety . of networking strategies. . - in the historical course of ; black America's development, much of what,, has come to be the plight of blacks is a direct result of little or no atten tion to the power of" combining resources within black communities., Hence, there is a broad array of underutilized black skills and experiences that can impact on government policies of the Reagan Ad ministration. . '. - ;. ; . With 65,000 black churches m the U.S. and $140 billion in black spending powers in the consumer market, its about time a national clearinghouse was created where blacks in one city can learn from blacks in other communities and more easily locate other groups with similar problems to: pool finan cial resources. . . .identify professional skills which can be brought to bear "on common Concerns, '.and. bring pressures to, bear on issues which adversely affect blacks. - ; Large numbers of individuals can M l powerhouse when they are .committed to tftc .., m onai Problems too complex to be solved by. crnnn can often be solved by many groups working together. Public institutions too large to, ' heed one voice can be moved by a chorus oi voices, r One purpose the Black Resource Guide serves to i provide i a communications network: for cir- culatine information about black resources to black groups; it encourages an exchange of resources ana facilitates a more effective response from blacks to , an inrnainff conservative anti-black mood m the , w . h ; . . nation today. . " v Whether it is for decent housing, more jobs, or purely for survival, networking is a coricepf whose time has come. The Guide is a first step in the right : direction., With 196 black mayors, 14,000 black lawyers, V. 1 ,546 economists and ' 23 1 ,000 black owned businesses in America, there is an impressive r source of leadership to be tapped a collectively ap-j plied to meeting the needs of black America. . ; ' Organizations and individuals may obtain this r publication by sending $10 to Black Resources' Guide, 501 Oneida Place, NW Washington, D.C( jjoooi. y. .:; Crisis In Zimbabwe By Laura Parks UN Correspondent NNpA A tragic and profound promise and now experts ,' in the pursuit ot lost Evaluating the two men crisis exists in Zim-are, , predicting even-, dreams Mugabe, 1 :a in the context of long, babwe. At the core Of the , gloomier times for aid-to j brilliant man, has risked term anti-colonial ana . .i i.. riyh ac Vim- f..... 7'.mUK,, rnrci-lnnifll StruPffleS. crisis lies the supremely important question of; long term ; economic ' development, and the;' ' ways and means of sus taining national growth! The issues are further complicated by estimates about which, world nations such as. Zim babwe as Ions as the sup ply side ec6nomists and their President remain dominant , .. ," - in Washington.-, ' Economic history has umiaced 1 Robert Mugabe. His most pro- power! block, !.; at this, found calculations have t me is hict Minnned to . Been oasneu. tven as a provide long term aid and technical know-how without the cumbersome strings that usually ac enmnanv foreicn aid. Qearly, the ideological, . noliiical and strateeic '. strines ; will alwavs be present, though fre quently camouflaged to satisfy national pride and the whims of secret diplomacy. Scarcely a year into in dependence, the heroic alliance of Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, forged during thirteen, years of war against the white minori ty government oi tan . smurti nas peen orquen, And contrary to popular belief, the break Js not based on tribal rivalries but ' rather on profound considerations of where the future economic power of the world will be and the willingness of the powers of tomorrow to give unstinting aid. The,' crisis has .been further deepened by the general- decline and economic recession that has hit Great Britain and now the United States,' the two. powers that were j to give close to $3 billion in aid to Zimbabwe fori aid and . for com pen-", sating , expropriated while settler families for , i heir land. ' The, deep recession in the. West has greatly ,, aggravated the crisis in, Zimbabwe, uRcccnt ...an nouncements f rom "the Reagan, administration ', foreshadow deep cuts in ; . foreign aid for all except ; ' the Monroe Doctrine na, ;; tions of South America and the Egyptian-Israeli Middles East Axis' and some oi tncir icuaai , Arab , friends. The Al " Haig-Cispar Weinberger s; macho foreign policy; re- - jeeted in Europe ' and Japan, is finding cheap ' consolation in Souih America and the Middle Fasi and wen there with i .-A little success. Africa, is almost lost and forgotten, in the midst of the world economic crisis as arc the poor within t he nations ;? of Europe and America. A year, agot Robert Mugabe . was confident - . that his -conciliatory at-' t tifudc and - policies : toward the remaining ' white minority settlers r; would elicit their support and more importantly . convince the whites of : America and Britain to u com; ifi' with n-rtnrtmu aid and massive dollar 'and English pound sup-1 In all ! fairness; toi Mugabe, it must be said " 1 hat in his proposed one 1 party - state. .. he would have hoped to contain the influence of Big i arniai nauont , ii . inr, , : i . rich .powers of the West t ' j were in a position to L " grant their largesse at promised. But the world ' , economic crisis has forc ,ed the once mithjv, powers to break their; professed student of Karl Marx, he failed to recognize - the significance of the world economic crisis and its impact -on Africa. In . his agony and bewilderment, Prime Minister Mugabe accus ed . Joshua Nkorho of consorting with South African authorities to overthrow him. , the future of Zimbabwe . for the sake of a fast fix from the neo-colonial powers who "were . themselves searching for the elixir of eternal life ( though they had one foot in the economic graveyard. For whatever it , is worth Mugabe, with his agile - mind and quick a charm, always thought i he could play the dozens. neo-colonial , . struggles, the East Germans con cluded that Joshua Nkomo, ' , though representing a smaller i population group tharr' Mugabe, was the more honest and reliable man . who was willing to take the .hard and difficult road toward national j salvation rather thahjlie quick fix road. And this 4 dilemma ot economic o., in hie namo u fail- Hcvclonment faces not ing and he charges the only the nations ot the Nkomo minority with developing world -but treasonable acts. ' several .nations within During the darkest the Communis as well as days of their . struggle the Capitalist orbits. It against ' Ian Smith, the most seriously affects East -Germans gave, and tragically afflicts substantial , aid ; to the Africa. Nkomo-Mugabe forces. OKI FlS IM If you d rather start college with the money to pay for it than finish college in debt, it could pjty you to consider two years in the Army. If you participate in the Army s college financial assistance program, the money you saVe for college is matched two-for-oneby the government Then, if you qualify, the Army will add up to $8,000 on top of riat. That's $15,200 in just two years. For more information, call 800-4Z1-WZ. In California, 800-252-0011. Alaska and Hawaii, 800-423-2244. . I ; r i , ' . . , , ., ,', ..,..,': V - -t i i in wi:n.flxi uattix , " .... i : .i , -f;.;. ! .i- ..'" ' '-"r vi;- - '-r-"''- ' V1. ; ; Extra t I M 5. I ' I ft 'vuijiiuw ::f 4 x t p: I fl-y! i.gzzLrZi&t h v'.::". ';"
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