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LIFESTYLES / The Charlotte Post
October 24,1996
Around Charlotte
•The NAACP will host a dvil
rights conference beginning at 9
a.m. at the Charlotte Marriott
Executive Park Hotel, 5700
Westpark Drive. The conference
will feature several workshops
on diversity, Equal Opportunity
Employment laws, and affirma
tive action.
• • • •
The Kelly M. Alexander Sr.
Freedom Fund and Life
Membership Banquet at 7:30
p.m. Mary Clarke, First Vice
President of the Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Branch and Isaiah
Tidwell, Regional Vice
President of Wachovia Bank of
N.C.; will be inducted into the
HaU of Fame.
Saturday
•The Royal Guardians
Regional Karate Championship
will be held at the Methodist
Home Recreation Center, 3200
Shamrock Drive. For more
information, call 567-5101.
•The Carolinas Association of
Black Women Entrepreneurs
will host a unity celebration at
the Adams Mark Hotel, from
noon until 2 p.m. Featured
speakers include Dawn
Womack, Vice President of Art
& Education at Spirit Square
and Sherry Baretta, cofounder
of Training Visions. Cost is $25.
•CROP Walk, an annual fund
raiser for foreign and local mis
sions, will begin at 2 p.m. at
Memorial Stadium. Sponsored
by Church World Service, the
event will draw more than of
10,000 walkers and raise at
least ,$300,000. For more infor
mation, call 333-WALK
•The First Ward Organization
will meet at 1905 Beatties Ford
Road from 4-6 p.m.
Tuesday
The Battered Women’s Shelter
will and Spirit Square will pre
sent Heart to Heart to Heart at
7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at the
Duke Power Theatre at Spirit
Square. For ticket information,
call 332-9034.
•ARC of Mecklenburg County,
formerly the Association for
Retarded Citizens, will hold a
meet the candidates forum at
6:30 p.m. at Metro School, 700
E. 2nd St. Dinner will be served
from 5-6:15 p.m. There is no
charge for the forum. Dinner is
$3. per person, $2 for people
with developmental disabihties.
All candidates for public office
have been invited to answer
questions on issues related to
people with disabilities.
Wednesday
The Drug Education Center
will host a picnic in Freedom
Park from 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. to
celebrate its 25th year. The cen
ter operates a Drug Information
Line for people who have ques
tions about alcohol or drugs. For
more information, call 375-
DRUG.
Upcoming events
•Save the Seed will sponsor
its annual Youth Banquet at the
Marriott City Center. The
keynote speaker will be Dermis
Kimbro, author of the best sell
ing book “Think and Grow
Rich...A Black Choice.” Tickets
are $35 per person. For more
information, call 376-7283.
•Sigma Gamma Rho sorority
will celebrate its 74th founder’s
day at Renaissance Place, 631
North Tryon St. from 4-6 p.m.
Special recognition will be given
to Mattie Caldwell, Isaiah
Ctddwell, WiUie Bullock, Madie
Simpson, Ron Goodwin and
Wanda Montgomery.
•The Charlotte Chapter of the
National Black Nurses
Association will celebrate its
12th Anniversary and
Scholarship Award Program on
Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. at the Hilton
University Place. The keynote
speaker will be Sammie Potts,
president of Barber-Scotia
College. Tickets are $25. For
more information, call 882-6170
or 596-7216.
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CHARLOra MECKIfNBURG FIGHITNG BACK PROJECT
The Charlotte-Mecklenbutg Fighting Back Project wishes to express appreciation to
the Fighting Back target neighboriioods and community partners for their dedication
and renewed involvement in our efforts to reduce the demand for alcohol and other
drugs.
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS
Biddleville/Five Points Community
Louise Sellers
Dalebrook Neighborhood Assoc.
Rock Johnson
Hoskins Mill Community
Cynthia Williams
Lincoln Heights
WilliwJ. Gamer
Parkview Community
Gwendolyn Johnson
Taylor/LaSalle Community
Lillian Roberts
University Park Improvement Assoc.
Eleanor Washington
Village Townbouses
Bertha Meadow
Wesley Heights
Pride Patton
Graham Heights
Mary Clark
Howie Acres
Harold Williams
Barringer Woods
Martha McCorkle
Ponderosa Community
Marjetter Crooms
Southside Community
Marie Hall
Wingate Community
Darlene Boyd
Genesis Park
Marlene Jackson
Druid Hills
Sarah Ballard
Biddleville Townhouses
Jan Gadsen
Eleanora Heights
Hattie Harris
Lakeview Community
Nancy McDuffie
Oakview Terrace
Virginia Anthony
Seversville Community
Wallace Pruitt
University Gardens
Mashella Hampton
University Park North
Sylvia Wangsley
Washington Heights Community
Ms. Mattie Marshall
Dillehay Courts
Sinatra Mclntire
Hidden Valley
Gwen Wallace
Lockwood
Jacques Kibler
Dalton Village
Jeroline Woods
Reid Park
Rickey Hall, Sr.
Wilmore
Louise Shackleford
Fairview Homes
Mary Stitt
McCrorey Heights
Alberta Davidson
Oak lawn Park
Anna Hood
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Black Data Processing Assoc.
Candice Anderson
Graham Heights Community
Mary Clark
Taylor/LaSalle Crime Watch
Lillian Roberts
Akwaaba Drummers
Richard Campbell
Eleanor Heights Comm. Assoc.
Hattie Harris
Washington Heights Community
Mattie Marshall
Present Day Cares
Pastor G. Curry
Charlotte Community Police
McLeod Addictive Center
Charlotte Meek. Urban League
Nation of Islam
Children’s Law Center
Drug Treatment Center
Charlotte City at Peace
Pat Hawn
Earle Village Youth Advisory Council
Melody Heath
Taylor/LaSalle Crime Watch Youth
Ida Peeler
The Master’s Production
Altheresa Goode-Howard
Each One reach One
Rev. John Tompson
Project ME
Jim Ross
The Crusade
Rev. Barnett
Charlotte Meek. Schools
Hope Haven
Chemical Dependency Center
Charter Pines
Charlotte Area Fund
Area Churches
Charlotte Mecklenburg Drug and Alcohol Fighting Back Commision and others
AND MANY OTHERS