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3A NEWS/tEie Cfiarlotte Thursday, January 8, 2004 Ml: lobs, educadon lop black concenis By Hazel Trice Edney NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PUBUSHERS ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON - Jobs, educational equity and qual ity health care top the list of issues that black voters say they must hear about from presidential candidates before making their deci sions for the 2004 election, according to a new survey. “Consistent with the selec tion of the most critical issues facing their communi ty and those that have ‘got ten worse,’ in their communi ties, the top three issues they want the presidential candi dates to address are jobs, educational equity and health services,” concludes a study conducted by New Orleans pollster Silas Lee and Associates. “These data reflect the deterioration in the essential quality of hfe indicators for African Americans and the further erosion of the potential for upward mobility for many AiHcan American citizens!” According to the survey results, taken from inter views with 570 African Americans who attended the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Weekend last September, 70 percent of those surveyed said jobless ness had gotten worse, 67 percent said the quality of public education had taken a similar turn and 67 percent said the availability of quali ty health care has also wors ened. Close behind, 61 per cent said the availability of affordable housing had got ten worse, and 59 percent said there was an erosion of civil liberties. In that exact order, those are the issues that voters said are the most critical in the black community and the ones they wanted addressed by presidential candidates. The survey was conducted for the National Coalition for Black Civic Participation, a non-profit working to improve black voter turnout removing aU remaining bar riers to civic participation. The coalition of 130 organi zations announced on Ihesday that it is leading a Unity ‘04 Civic Engagement and Voter Empowerment Campaign, a non-partisan initiative leveraging the resources of all of its mem bers to get out the Black vote in the November election. “For us, this is about hav ing a better framework on the kind of voter education activities and the types of Applications for 2004-05 CMS year Continued from page 1A the request form is completed, a personalized application will be mailed to them. Request forms must be completed by Wednesday in order to receive an application by the Jan. 30 deadline. Families interested in finding out more or have questions about the student assignment Former schools chair takes new job By Herbert L. White herb. white@thecharlo!tepos!. com Former Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board member Arthur Griffin has a new job in education. McGraw-Hill Education has appointed Griffin vice president of national urban markets. His job will be to help improve large school dis tricts improve student perfor mance through instruction, curriculum and assessment. “With over 17 years experi ence in improving education at local and national levels, Arthur brings critical understanding and perspective to his new position. Working with all McGraw-Hill Education divisions, he ... wiU enhance our abihty to help districts identify solutions that Griffin One Nation... One Dream... Let Freedom Ring! Y UntlsulWku of Cariiral Catollnag, Inc. WTHCUI'OU,T}€fESNOV« McCrorey Family YMCA Presents 10th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast Monday, January 19, 2004 7:00 A.M. Adam’s Mark Hotel 555 South McDowell Street, Charlotte Doors open at 6:45 A.M. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bonnie Hines, Pastor, Walls AMEZ Church For More Information, call 704-716-6500 Individual Tickets $20.00 Proceeds are directed toward our Community Outreach Campaign so that the dreams of Children and teens may be realized. NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR THE MLK SPIRIT AWARD. CALL 704-716-6506 FOR INTO messages we need to utilize to motivate people to get involved because the politi cal process affects their lives,” says Melanie Campbell, NCBCP executive director and CEO. “We share the information with the public, both the Democratic Party and the RepubUcan Party, and members of our organization. We share that information with our mem bers so the people will under stand the kinds of concerns and the issues that are important to our communi ty-” The black vote, 90 percent of which supported the Democratic Party in the 2000 presidential race, will be key in the 2004 election. Trying to capitalizing on recurring complaints that Democrats take the black vote for granted, GOP Chairman Ed GiUespie has said his party’s outreach to black voters is a top priority for 2004, especially among college students and younger voters age 18-35, who may not identify with either major poUtical party. Leslie B. McLemore, pro fessor of pohtical science at Jackson State University in Please see JOBS/7A THE CHARLOTTE POST (USPS 965-500) is pub lished weekly for $40,00 per year by the Charlotte Post Publishing Co., 1531 Camden Rd. Charlotte, NC 28203-4753. Periodicals postage paid at Charlotte, NC. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE CHARLOTTE POST, PO Box 30144, Charlotte, NC 28230 Compare BEFORE You Buy WriVTER SzVLE $899.' ^Reg. $1349^ •O.A.C. Minimum Monthly PaymenL*! required during the 12 months Vaughn Bassett 6pc. Slei^ Bedroom Suit MADE IN U.S.A. Open Mon. - Sat. 9am - 6pm Financing Available ^ 2914 Gibbon Rd. Charlotte, N.C. 704“596“7427 We Give Our Customers The Best Price! process can call the CMS Student Assignment Information Line at (980) 343-6192 weekdays from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. A Spanish speaking repre sentative -win also be available. Families can also get information by logging on to www.cms.kl2.nc.us or by tuning in to the district’s cable station, CMS-TV 3, improve student achievement,” said Hemy Hirschberg, president of McGraw-Hill Education president Hemy Hirschberg said in a statement. Griffin did not return a phone call for com ment and McGraw Hill didn’t indicate whether he would remain in Charlotte or move to its New York headquarters. Griffin was a member of Charlotte- Mecklenburg’s school board from 1985-2003 and served as its chair from 1997-2002. He has also served as: a member of the Executive Committee of the Coundl of The Great City Schools and chairman of its Professional Development Task Force; and a member of the Steering Committee of the National Council of Urban Boards of Education. Mr. Griffin was previously a senior litigation paralegal at Cox, Gage and Sasser, a Charlotte law firm. 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