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. Meanwhile, V . the are willing to work
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Chamber appears to
have at least one ongoing
program that has the
brunt of its effect in the
black communitVi This is
the Private Sector I In
itiative Program, a pro
ject of the Comprehen
sive Employment, and
Training Act (CETA).
The Chamber sponsors
the program. . ,,.'-.: '
According to PSIP
director Tom White, the
;program seeks to gear
the training i of
unemployed and uriskill
. cd persons to ' specific
needs of t a particular
employer.
"We'll ' contact
employers and ask' them
what their needs are,"
The
program really works
well because after the
training, : we're about
nin . y per' cent sure that
the trainees will be plac-.
ed in a job that they like:
and can do." , '
And so it seems that ,
t he q uest ion - o f blac k
business . . involvement
with the - Durham ;
Chambes of Commerce;
boils down to two ques-
tions: . . .
To what extent does)
the local black business
community- - consider i
itself to be a viable and
vital par,t of the overall
business V-V community,
and the .Chamber to
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Ms',' Lisa A. Dixon, a
senior at the North
Carolina School of
Science and
Mathematics, has earned
a 1982 National Achieve
ment $1,000 Scholarship '
for Outstanding Negro . Ms. i Dixon plans to unrestricted, v one-tirn
Students it was an-; study civil engineering at grant funded by Kodak
nounced by the National Spelman ; College in: Each of the winners wil
Merit Scholarship Cor- Atlanta. : . ' receive award certificate!
poration : (NMSC). The;'- - The recipient is one of from their r high school
scholarship is supported "fifteen black high school principals this spring.
tw orans fmm Fasiman cninrc thrnnohniii the 1 Awards are determin-
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II ' iuai-riri ' this en nv 1 anu
Kodak Company.
be J
an important reDresen
tative of that communis .L
White said. "Then we'll ty? . - . 'if
ask them to finance a To what extent will ,
training program fori the black community, :
several persons who are channel its political con-??
unskilled and cerns through its ,
unemployed, but' who business representatives?
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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS Ms.
Mable Rogers (I) and Ms. Clara Hayes (r), both ad
ministrative assistants with the Durham Chamber
of Commerce, go over several forms during a
regular workday. phisiiMIfirM
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allocated to . geographic r.
regions in proportion to
Negro population by a ,
selection committee of
educators. Judged on the
bases . of their
demonstrated academic
ability and performance
and personal
characteristics, the win
ners are representative of
academically talented
students throughout the
nation. '
In addition to these
academic awards, Kodak
is supporting 17 scholars .
in instates. Jhrouuh the
1982 National Merit
$1,000 Scholarship Pro
gram. Also in coopera
tion with NMSC, Kodak
awards Eastman Kodak
Company MerischoWtr
ships annually to wii'
and daughters of Kodak
people throughout Che
U.S. - '
Alph
a Epsilon Rho Hosts
Successful Mini-Media Conference
The message was mass
media . The expressions
were one of t rue dedica
tion and expertise within
the broadcast spectrum.'
The event was the Shaw
University, Alpha Ep
silon Rho. Mini-Media
Conference. The con
ference was' a culmina
tion of broadcast ideas
funnelled from many
sources. It provided the
participants .with a
wealth 'of information
regarding present and
I'ut ure " t rends in media
and telecommunications.
Ciil Noble', winner of .
seven Emmy awards and
W A BC Tel evision's host
of "Like It Is", was the
plenary session speaker.
Noble presented ? the
scope of media informa
tion's 'influence on the
black vonun unity. His
speech, directed io pro-i
spectivo ; black . jour
nalists, emphasized the
importance of knowing
l he historv of black
i
America and its relation
ship to reporting factual
ly about the black com
munity and the world.
Noble also stated that
black journalists with
newly acquired jobs in
broadcast. facilities,
should not be, so filled
with ego that they forget
the y earlier struggles
which now afford them
these positions. Blacks in
media m list begin net
working and divorce
themselves from the
superficiality' ;, t
American cull ure eon
f ccntrating their energies
'on being
prepared
was chaired by Ms.
Melanie Credlc and the
participants were Ms.
Hattie Jackson, Pro
uram Director, WPTF
TV; Walter Norflett.
Cieneral 'Manager,
WVSP-FM; " Jimmy
Swinson. Metro Com
munications,! and Alvin
St owe,: Program Dircc
tor, WDUR-AM.
"Blacks I n .1 o u rn al i sm :
Being Objective In A-.
White Society" was
chaired ' by Michael
Carter and the par
ticipants were Harry
Amana. Journalism Pro-
maximally I . fCSSor at UNC-CH; Mrs.
through ! Vivian , v- Edmonds,
reading, sharing; ideas Editor-Publisher of The
and exchanging intorma-h Carolina ' Times? Ms.
lioiu ; . ; . : X .' Chrystal Harris,
The .conference;; was ...Reporter, WRAl.-TV;
divided into , morning k aiKj Matt Sinclair. Public
and afternoon sessions. Affairs Director, WPTI -The
morning sessions in- j
eluded two , . panels. fhe afternoon panel
"Minority ; Ownershipi' on "Advertisinn.and the
and Management:) Biack Communilv:
Where Is It Headed?" Whcrc Do We Stand?"
was chaired by Reginald
Edwards. Panelists in
cluded Wayne Brow,n,
Account - Executive,
WCBS, New York; Ms.
Charmaine McKissick,
Account Executive,1
WDUR-AM; " Dr.
Marilyn Kern, Assistant
Professor, University of
Tennessee; Ms! Renec
Hurdle. Account , Ex
ecutive. WPTF-TV; and
Ms. Angel Harper. -Account
Executive,
WTTCi-TV, ..
Washington, D.CV, "The
Role of Blacks hi New
Technologies":.: 'panelists'
were Jim l.ee,- News
Director of WVSP-TM
and Davis Honig, Pro
lessor of Communica
tions. Howard Universi
ty. The panel was
chaired bv William
Waller.
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Floyd M. Lewis Joins
Attorney General' s Office
MEET THE SMIRNOFF MAIN SQUEEZE
THAT'S SURE TO PLEASE.
RAl I Kill - At
torney Cieneral Rufus
Edmisien has announced
i lie appointment of ,
Movd Matthew Lewis of
Dm ham as an associate
'attorney' with.-the State
Departmcni : of Justice. .
Human Resources Divi-
sion. "'' - ,
A ,18 iiraduate of,
Miirl'rcesboro (NC) Hiuh
School, he attended
Nonh Carolina Ceniral
University, where .he"
earned a B.S. deuree in
.Commerce: in 1 972 . and
the J.Dj deuKee from
North Carolina Central's"
School of I aw in 1975.
Before .ioinini! the
Departmcni of Justice.
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I ewis held a position as
Staff Attorney lor the
Robert C, Maynard
To Phelps-Stokes
North Carolina Depart
ment of Commerce's
Savings and l oan Divi
sion for five years.
"The Human
Resources Division is
verv pleased to . have
Lewis join our . staff,"
said Edmisien, "and
with his ; 'excellent
hacktmnmd and ouistan-r
diiii: qualifications, I am
confident he will . he a
great asset to our Justice
Department .as an
associate attorney."
Lewis is married to the
former Ms. Rhonda A.
Harrison, who is -1 a
) u ida nee cou n selor in
the .Durham City school
system.
Elected
Board
Nl-WJ YORK
Robert ; Maynard,
editor and publisher of
the ' Oakland, Trihiiiie.
was unanimously elected
lo the Board of Trustees
of the; Phelps-Stokes
I ii nd. it was 'announced
recently by I ranilin H.
, Williams.i president of
'nlhe Lund, ,at , the
o;ganiiil ion's fslew York
headquarters. . .
The , v Phelps-Stokes
land is a non-profit
oiiianiation established
in 191 1 to promote
eu ucal 1011a
American Indian Pro
gram. ' administers
scholarships for African
siudenis, works' closely
with , developing
American colleges and
recently began a major
new initiative to educate
the American public
about apartheid and the
issue being debated to
day in southern Africa.
Maynard. a native of
Brooklyn. . New 5. York,
has been a - professional
journalist for.? 25 years.
He began his career on
the York (Pa,) Oazeiie
LUUllll lOIJtll - oniirN,.
tunnies tor ; American r.' Daily, while ....a
blacks. .:;: f : Africans! member of that staff, he
American Indians- and
needy.',:' .And deserving
white -." students.'
was' selected as Nieman
Fellow and spent a year
at Harvard University
Historically, the l und studying -. economics,
'ias developed and ad-' history;- music and art
ministered programs in
, (he light of its charter
commitment to act as a
catalyst for positive
change. The majority of .
programs have accor
.. dingly : been : geared to
history.
'T Previous to joining the
Tribune,- Maynard was
on the editorial board of
the Wasluniitoh Posti a
newspaper for which he
worked for ten years.
He is the former chair-
I
themselves. Today, the. nan and a founder of
runa nas, an active the institute for lour.
nalism - Education and
directed the' Institute's
Summer y Program 1 Itir
Minority Journalists at '
the University" of
'California (Berkeley) for
three years.
Maynard is a member ,
of a penal of the',
Assembly of. Behavdrial
Sciences of the National
Academy of Sciences, .
the 'American Bar
Association Commission
on Public Understanding
about the Law, ' the
Western Regional Ad
visory Board of the
American Press In
stitute, the National
News Council, the board
of directors of the Cok
lege Preparatory School,'
ihe'Amcrican Newspaper-
Publishers . Association
'.'Government ' Affairs
Committee . and the
American Society of
Newspaper Editors. I v
. Hejs married to Ms.
Nancy Hicks,' also' a
journalist and educator.
They have " three'
children.'
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