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tend the LIFT program and conH
tinue their studies in classrooms
housed in LIFT's offices in the
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iaiuaenis receive credit for work
done while enrolled in the LIFT
., program.
LIFT also provides one-on-one
counseling for the youth in the
project. Group counseling is also
provided, allowing students time
for gripe sessions to air their
grievances and, Mrs. Parmon
says, 44just to let off a little
steam."
The LIFT concept is designed
to prevent and combat some alarming
statistics concerning today's
youth. For example?
There are 68,956 young people
under the age of 19 in Forsyth
County, which has the highest
rate of suicide among youth
under 20 of any county in the
state.
I* During the 1984-85 school
year, 1,704 middle school (sixth,
seventh and eighth grade)
students were suspended, and 80
students in middle school were
^ excluded for the entire year.
In 1985, 1,398 youth 17 years
old and under were arrested and
charged with crimes ranging from
armed robbery to DWI (Driving
"While Impaired), and 305 young
people arrested were under the
age of 16.
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The heart of LIFT's plan of action,
Mrs. Parmon says, is to try
and instill new feelings of selfworth
in the youth.
"We want to try and change
their attitudes just a little,'* she
says. "We want to help them
stand up and say, 'Hey, I do have
some responsibilities, and it's up
to me to effect changes.' We try
to motivate them to think in
terms of careers.
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very beginning that we want them
here and we want to know what
they want LIFT to do. We let
them know that-we're not going
to send the police or their probation
officers looking for them.
We don't judge any of them or
what they've done. We just try to
help."
LIFT is still growing, Mrs.
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By CHERYL WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
The Winston-Salem Ufban
League is following in its father
organization's footsteps by emphasizing
education and the pro
.blem of teen pregnancy.
These same issues were stressed
in July during the National Urban
League's convention in San
Francisco.
The two issues are related, said
local League President Thomas
J. Elijah Jr., who attended the
convention.
'The educational process, particularly
for black kids, and teen ;
pregnancy are two of the things
that are going to impact on our
total society/' he said. "We are
creating fast an underclass of
people who lack educadon mainly
quality education.
"If you don't get an education
and you can't read or write, then
you suffer economically," Elijah
said. "As a result of not getting a
job, you will fall into the cracks.
And 1 think this has an impact on
teen i pregnancy.
"Babies raising babies is not
the way it is. It's not a bright
future at all for the problems that
teen pregnancy causes."
At the national convention, a
new educational initiative was an
nounced. This is a focus on improving
the educational and
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Parmon says, and the program
doesn't have all the answers. But
she is encouraged by how far the
program has come, by its
dedicated staff and by what LIFT
can still do.
"We don't say we are a cureall,
but we can make recommendations
and referrals when we
recognize a problem," she says.
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Elijah said that the educational
initiative will be a com- /
munitywide program and that his
staff is still making plans for the
program.
He said that the Urban League
Guild will play a major role in the
local effort and that plans are being
made to set up a tutorial program
at the Urban League.
Elijah said that many of the
members of the Guild are retired
teachers.
"Wtf want to make sure black
kids are achieving," he said. 4'It
has not been worked out yet. But
it's on the drawing board.
"We don't have anv nrohlem
with working with any group in
the community interested in the
problem. Let's stop this
nonsense."
Elijah said that whatever program
is developed will emphasize
parental involvement in the
child's education.
"We feel that's one of the
keys," he said. "Today's society
almost dictates that both parents
work, so very little time is left for
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numbers to prove success, but
you can't measure what you do
with a human with what you do
with widgets.
"If it takes one year to get a
child to feel good about himself
and what he can do, it's immeasurable.
If you can help one
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our kios. as a result, we nave latchkey
kids. We need parental involvement."
Elijah hopes to promote the
emphasis on education by serving
on committees. He said that hehas
been invited by Superintendent
Zane E. Eargle to serve on
these committees.
One of the committees is a task
force being formed to look at the
problem of underachieving..
students. -fe??
"Interestingly enough, the
dropout fate is not high in
Win ston-Salem," Elijah said.
"But every kid can be saved. We
believe that."
Harvev L. Kennedv. chairman
of the Urban League's board of .
trustees and a local attorney, said
, that he agreed with Elijah. Kennedy,
who also attended the national
convention, told of a
radical education proposal he
heard at the convention.
He said that the governor of
New Jersey, Thomas H. Kean,
said in his speech that every child
in New Jersey should have a
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