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September 26, 1985
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Rhonda Covington is a
psychologist and a member of the
Familv Au,'ar*n*ee TnrL r
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w/i/c/i >w// /io/d /?j annual conference
Saturday, Sepf. 25, a/ f/ie
Winston Lake Family YMCA
from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The
conference is free and open to the
public.
Aren't you sick and tired of
hearing us talk about us and how
"Black people are like this ..." or
"don't do that ..." or "can't do
such and such," or "will never
get 4it' (whatever 'it' is)
together?"
Who are these black people
who seem only to make the rest
of "us" look bad?
Perhaps, somehow, we've fail
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managed to forget that
they are somebody's mother
or aunt or grandfather or
children.
Perhaps we've forgotten that
whether singled, extended or
blended, our family networks are
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By RHONDA COVINGTOf
in need of some tender loving attention.
In fact, all that we
should be about a^ a people
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miuuiu iocus jn some way on factors
that either strengthen or
stress our family units.
Why? Because we must begin
to accept the reality that societal
"We have sacrificed 'feelingt
people. It doesn 7 matter if
become overwhelmed by the
conclusive that we seem to or
about ourselves."
forces have sought historically
and continuously to destroy our
family units. These units are the
very foundations of our lives and
set the stage for us to achieve ex
cellence and mastery over out
destiny (Thank you, Minister
Farrakhan).
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ig family'
There's no need to recount the
forces and strategies that stunt or
steal the spirit, if not lives, of
ourselves and our progeny. If we
are reasonably alive and well, we
know them quite well. Hence, the
quintessential questions are:
"How do we help ourselves, and
family' in our outlook toward
we've become selfish or have
times. The evidence is pretty
tly have enough energy to care
where do we start?" (Now, aren't
you sick and tired of these questions,
too?)
Fortunately, there are
organizations like the Family
Awareness Task .Force, a group
of caring people who try to address
these questions on a small
The Roundta*
More election notes:
The Black Leadership Roundtable
is fast becoming -a name
without an organization.
First, the Roundtable said it
wouldn't endorse in the aldermanic
races. Then it said it
would? Then it said It wouldrf fT~
Both the organization's
credibility and its influence are
waning with its inactivity and inr
decisiveness.
Acting Convener Bill Tatum
said the Roundtable would not
endorse - at least that was the
latest word ? because so many of
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scale. Quite simply, the Task
Force tries to remind people that ,
there still exists untapped
strength in the family. The
strength has always been there,
but as we all have become more
worldly, we have sacrificed 4'feeling
family" in , our outlook
toward people. It doesn't matter
if we've become selfish or have
become overwhelmed by the
times. The evidence is pretty conclusive
that we seem to only have
enough energy to care about
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the candidates are Roundtable
members.
According to our count, three
candidates -- Patrick Hairston,
Ghuneem Furqan and Larry
Womble -- were Roundtable
members.
According also to our count,
there are least 20 Roundtable
members.
That seems to be more than the
quorum needed to vote on
political choices - and to provide
the direction the organization
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ourselves.
At one time our community
was our family and we made concerted
efforts to take care of our
own.
Whether the Task Force is
regarded as a bunch of dogooders
or buppies or longsighted,
selfish baby-boomers,
the group painfully recognizes
that our socio-cultural, political
and economic legacies are being
left hanging by threads.
The Task Force recognizes that
and other ca
was born to provide.
The real reason the Roundtable
has abdicated its role as a
political sounding board is
because it has become a
fragmented, disorganized remnant
of its former self.
Fret not, Tatum has said, the
Roundtable may-yet endorse-in the
general election. Not, I hope,
unless it has gotten its act
together by then.
The Roundtable's death now
wouldn't be murder; it'd be a
mercy killing.
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Please see page A10
mpaign notes
primaries simply say that they are
for more housing and jobs and
less crime, which no one in his
right mind can argue with.
How they plan to go about
achieving those ends is another
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Hiaiiwi, anu an easy way to
separate the political cream from
the BS.
There is, in my estimation, a
lot of the latter and not nearly
enough of the former floating
around these days.
North Ward candidate
Ghuneem Furqan doesn't BS
when it comes to appraising incumbent
Larry D. Little's last
term in office.
Furqan said in an interview
before Tuesday's election that
Little "lost contact with the people"
in his ward.
Please see page A11
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