Conference Vm Discuss Critical
Male Adolescents
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By Jalyne Strong
Post sun Writer
The critical issues facing male
adolescents will be an<j
discussed during the day-long con
ference entitled, “Male Adoles
cence: Growing Up in a Changing
-AVorld,” which will be held on No
vember 25, at the Cooe Student
“Center, UNCC, from 9 a.m. until 3
-y.m.
r-t The workshop is sponsored by the
“-Charlotte-Mecklenburg Urban
-league, Planned Parenthood of
/•Greater Charlotte, the Mecklenburg
f^ounty Health Department, and the
.-Mecklenburg Council on Adolescent
f*regnancy. Robert Alston, presi
fient of Charlotte-Mecklenburg
!-^JUrban League, will give the wel
coming speech. Keynote speaker
■-Avill be Luther Bellinger, Director of
-Community Affairs for the
McDonnell Douglas Company.
Rev. Clifford Jones, pastor of
• Friendship Baptist Church, Debra
; Taylor, M.S.W., and Robert
; Barrett, Ph.D., will conduct con
• current morning sessions on such
! topics as: “Toward a New Defini
; tion of Masculinity: A Psycho
Robert Alston
.Urban League president
Social Perspective," "The Ab
sence of Men from the Family: The
Socio-Economic Consequences,”
and “The Socialization of Young
Men: Guidelines to Assist Mothers,”
I CPCC’s High-Q Bowl For Preps
> IBM has saved the popular
! HIGH-Q Bowl for high school stu
*. dents from extinction as plans were
under way to discontinue the annual
“ competition.
r HIGH-Q was to be cancelled this
year as a result of state budget cuts.
! In 1965, more than 390 students from
r 59 high schools in 27 North Carolina
' counties participated in the compe
tition sponsored by Central Pied
mont Community College.
“High school principals, coaches
and parents had been calling for
weeks because students were eager
to start training,” said Mike Myers,
CPCCs Vice President for Com
munity Relations and Resource De
velopment. “But we’d had no luck in
finding someone willing to foot the
bill for HIGH-Q. We’re grateful IBM
understood how important the com
petition is for these students."
IBM’s donation will cover such
costs as program rights from Col
lege Bowl, Inc., trophies, certifi
cates, and other awards.
Dewey Olson, IBM’s Manager of
External Programs, said, “IBM is
committed to support quality in
education. We’re pleased that with
the HIGH-Q Bowl we can show our
support to secondary as well as
higher education through CPCC’s
excellent program.”
The 1986 HIGH-Q competition will
begin on Super Saturday, February
1, and will end with a televised
contest between the top two high
school teams on April 6, with
WBTV’s Mike McKay as host. Last
spring, a team from South Meck
lenburg High School won.
HIGH-Q is an annual tournament
modeled after College Bowl. Con
testants must race members of the
opposing team in sounding buzzers
to earn a chance to answer ques
tions about history, mythology, geo
graphy, literature, current events,
music, sports, and other topics.
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Following a noon lunch, Dr.
Douglas Davidson, sociologist and
assistant professor of Afro-Ameri
can • African Studies, will pre
sent “Retrospect and Outlook for
Male Adolescents."
Finally, an afternoon panel dis
cussion on “Adolescent Needs and
Community Response,” will be mo
derated by B. Stanley Graham,
health educator for the Mecklen
burg County Health Department.
The panel will consist of Richard
Kenney, M.D., with the Charlotte
Memorial Hospital; Paul Moore,
executive officer of Boy Scouts of
America, Inc., Mecklenburg County
Council; Rev. Dale Mullennix,
youth director of Myers Park
Baptist Church; and Michael T.
Todd, attorney at law.
The cost for the conference is
$12.50, which includes lunch and
parking.
This conference on such an im
portant and timely issue of our time
is open to the public. Call the
Mecklenburg Urban League at
704-376-9834 for more information.
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Members of the Charlotte Organizing Project Board
will be sponsoring the first annual “Neighbors of the
Year” Awards Dinner on Saturday, December 14. The
event will take place at the Metro Center. According to
CHOP’S chairman, Mildred Taylor, awards will be
given to one person from every neighborhood chosen
by his or her neighbors. To qualify, a neighbor must
have shown strong commitment to improving the
quality of life within that neighborhood. D. G. Martin is
slated to be the guest speaker. The cost to attend this
affair is as low as >6 per person. For more Information
about tickets or about nominating someone from your
neighborhood, call 332-0022.
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