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f Ex-gang members undergo : program to sell new product By LYNNETTE DARRELL Associated Piss Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) ? For mer gang members who used to sell drugs in the inner city are market ing a new product, one intended to keep them off the streets and away from a life of crime. Ex-members of t{ie Crips and Bloods, two predominately African American gangs, have gone through a two-week training program designed to use their sales skills to unload a legal product ? car clean ing supplies. "This is a good program because it give us a chance. That's all we were asking for ? an oppor tunity to have jobs just like every body el se," said Raynell, 27, a one time gangster who declined to give his last name or state which gang he was affiliated with. The Crips and Bloods declared * a truce April 29, following the acquittals of four white Los Ange les police officers accused of assaulting black motorist Rodney King. One officer faces a retrial for one count of assault under color of authority. The Ki/ig verdicts ~sparked four days of civil unrest that left more than 50 people dead and about 500 businesses damaged or destroyed. The Rev. James Stern of Gospel Night Ministries in Los Angeles initiated the four-hour a day class as a way to keep the peace between the two former rival gangs. "When the Bloods and Crips announced a truce, the question everyone kept asking was, 'How long will it last?1" said Stern. "So we wanted to do something to pro mote social and economic opportu nities for these young people." The class emphasis is actually on construction work, not sales, according to instructor Patrick Cur ran. Curran is the owner of a Hemet-based construction compa ny. He agreed to become a volun teer instructor after seeing Stem and former gang members on television. Curran, who has been in the construction business for 33 years, said he showed the students the tools of the trade, taught them demolition techniques and instruct ed them in handling hazardous waste. The class has also reviewed basic math and vocabulary skills, Curran said. Instructions are held at the House of Prayer Church on Avalon Boulevard and 87th Street in South Central. Ten students ? five ex-Crips and five former Bloods ? became the first graduates to finish the free training program Friday. As of Monday, 13 students were enrolled For the next two-week session, Cur ran said. Graduates receives certificates stating they successfully completed the pourse. Curran said he will con tinue the class for as long as eager students want his instruction. "These students are bright and they really want to learn. Everyone of them had a high school diploma and ohe had an A. A. degree," said Curran. "There's no reason they should n't be out thexe working," he added. Envirotech, a Las Vegas-based company, has agreed to hire each graduate as a salesperson within the company. The new employees can remain in Los Angeles and market Envirotech's products right in their own communities, a company spokesman said. They will make a minimum base salary of $9 per hour, plus commission, according to Stern. "When people ask me are these kids going to make as much as they could selling crack on a street cor ner, I tell them no," said Envirotech spokesman Clifton Jolley. But unlike selling drugs, "it's good money and it's safe money," Jolley said. . "They can make money day after day after day without fear for their lives or fear of going to jail," he said. Dinkins speaks to graduates NEWTON, Mass. (AP) ? Contributions of minorities should not be ignored in American educa tion as they have in the past, New York Mayor David Dinkins said at a private school commencement "Back when I went to school, we learned very little about contri butions made by African Americans and other people of color to the his tory of the United States," Dinkins told the 38 graduates of the Beaver Country Day School on Monday. "We learned even less about the contributions of Latinos or of , Asians. The emphasis was always upon the western Europeans who first claimed these lands for the crowned heads of Europe." Dinkins said western culture need not be replaced, but only aug mented. "I am not talking here of replacing our western canon of lit erature, but rather about including multiple traditions," Dinkins said. "I am suggesting that alongside our great works of English literature we also place on our shelves the books of Nobel laureates Naguib Mahfouz and Octavio Paz, and the** ^Pulitzer Prip^wiiuupg novelet ToniS Morrison," he said. "We must respect the identities of all Americans." Four out of the 38 graduates of Beaver Country Day, a private school for grades six through 12, were black and two Hispanic. Dinkins praised the school for a multiculturalism program that brings black South Africans, Native Americans, inner city residents and other students to the suburban cam pus. All students are encouraged to elect women's studies, black litera ture and other programs, headmas ter Jerome Martin said t The time it takes to get to the park could keep you from hitting; your child. n Next time you feel like hitting your child, try another approach. Do somethin Take time out. Don't take it out on your chiki M A Put*C 8*rvlc? o? 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