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qoooQ . COL'- .SO'^„ HC llO' '^^''3930 27399 jpHE%jJtHlttjBRi^i^y USPS 091-380 VOLUME 72-NUMBER 13 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA — SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1994 1;PLEPH0NE (919) 682-2^ PRICE;30 cents CHECiCING THE CHICKEN - MOUNT CALVARY UCC on Athen St in Durham held its annual "Pig Pickin' ’ Saturday for the benefit of its building fund. There was pig pickin’ and fellowship from 1 to 7 p.m. and chicken, fish and barbeque complemented with "tater" salad, greens, string beans, corn, cole Slav/, cornbrcad, cakes and pies. Rev. J. Cecil Cheek, the pastor, was on hand to see that everyone had plenty to eat, while these ladies provided generous servings to all. (Photo by Ray Trent) Willard Perry receives plaque from Major Glenda Beard of the Durham Police Department at the Teen Summit Luncheon. (Photo by Trent) U.S. African American Chamber of Commerce Makes International Trade and Tourism Focal Point of Meetings OAKLAND, CALIF. — Moving to take advantage of the Adminis tration’s stated commitment to building a stronger global econo- [my, the U.S. African American j Chamber of Commerce will con centrate heavily on opportunities for black entrepreneurs in intema- I tion^l trade and tourism at its ; Seventh Annual Convention this summer. "This is the beginning of a new , decade of service for the Chamber and we are moving into the ex- ; ploration of how the black entre preneur can fit into the nation’s priority business concerns," said , Dr. Oscar Coffey, president and CEO of the Chamber. The organi- I zation recently changed its name I from the National Black Chamber of Commerce to the U.S. African American Chamber of Commerce. The name change is indicative of , fhe Chamber’s "new thrust" toward solving the problems of black en- I Irepreneurs, D^. Coffey said. : The inclusive dates for the con vention are July 31 through August ; T The convention will be held in ; Iwo locations, beginning at the Doral Beach Resort Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla., from July 31 through August 3, after which it will con tinue in Nassau, The Bahamas from i August 4 through August 7. This year makrs the first time in ■ its history that the convention will meet outside the United States. The theme will be "Solutions: To Pro vide Workable Answers to Known African American Economic Prob lems." Coffey said, "With the federal government so committed to Inter national trade — what it calls the ‘global economy’ — the Chamber will, bring government and private industry speakers who know inter national trade, tourism and the capacities of small, medium and big business to succeed in these areas." Coffey said, "These experts will be able to answer the question of what roles minority entrepreneurs are currently playing in internation al trade, as well as what roles we might hope to play." Coffey said the Chamber’s con stituents need to establish links with those federal organizations that can "aid us in our best self in terest." The Chamber’s constituents must be made aware of both the pos sibilities and the pitfalls of interna tional trade, said Coffey, noting that it must be clearly understood that "this could be a highly profitable area for some of us and place of tears and disappointment for others of us." He said, "A few black entrepre neurs have been successful at inter national trade, and some will be on Johnson Asks School Board For Specific Answers At the Tuesday night public hearing at Githens Middle School, Harris C. Johnson restated his oppo sition to the administration proposed magnet schools, school attendance zones, and choice concerns, before the Durham Public Schools Board of Education. Johnson opposes the three options offered by the administration with a focus on magnet schools and learning centers; controlled choice, which he called "only another version of the freedom of choice, out lawed by the Supreme Court"; ZIP, which he says is "resegregation by communities"; and, sixth grade centers as proposed, saying they "will not improve performance as alleged by administration and, the needs of sixth graders would be served at the elementary school level..." Johnson recommends that the "board consider the education park concept and develop the first educa tional park in the area of the new Hillside School, oy building on land owned by the school system. Many of the schools are ideally located to facilitate educa tional parks," he said, "and would enhance re drawing attendance zones." He also asked considera tion of two other options he had presented last week. Concerned about what appears to be a "done deal," Johnson requested (1) clarification as to whether the decision has already been made by the administra tion, with or without school board approval; (2) why the administration will consider only options present ed by white county residents; (3) will the school board allocate comparable travel funds "to look at other possibilities offered as options" as was done for others to "travel to Cambridge to look at controlled choice and, to a Harlem school to look at a magnet school." He recommended that those on the trips slop off in Silver Spring, Md., "to review both sides of magnet schools in terms of how they affect other stu dents." There is a "down side of magnets," Johnson said and produced copies of an article entitled, "The In formation Gap, Technology" which appeared in the ' ^arch 21, 1994 issue of Newsweek magazine to sup- '^^:rt his position. That article points out that "Some kids get state of the art, but too many are lost in the Dark Ages of computers." Johnson says "the school board and the administra tion have a moral responsibility to afford those who propose other options the same [fin^cial] considera tion, at school board expense" to examine other op tions. He also wanted answers to (1) how much money the administration has spent on the magnet school program; (2) "if the magnet school program is a done deal, why have the forums, community meetings, the public hearing, and waste time?" (3) will the board consider other options or are they still efforts in futility; (4) reason(s) the administration accepted and supported the choice and review the ZIP plans as of fered by white citizens and rejected other options. A full financial report on the cost, to date, on the design and development of the magnet program was requested by Johnson for the next board meeting. He also asked that the exact status of the administration’s plans/program regarding magnet schools in Durham be submitted in writing. Questioning the request for "two new positions un der new and expanded services at a total cost of $171,798 per year for a Planning Principal, and a Project Coordinator for the New Hillside High School," Johnson asked if the employment status of African American personnel would be jeopardized. He said, "In the outline for Middle Schools under op tions one, four, and five for Holton Middle School, there is a statement and I quote ‘and, a new faculty’ for the school without any definition regarding the current staff. Will they be reassigned, demoted, or terminated?" he asked. "The statement that principals will have to apply for their positions, along with a national search for those positions," Johnson said "...is a concern in the com munity and by teachers and principals that the student re-assignment, and magnet school plans will lead to demotion, and/or termination of Afro-Americans in the respective positions." He asked that this issue be addressed in terms of short- and long-range personnel plans and policies in relation to the several proposals offered by the administration. A status report on the efforts to insure equity, with a school by school assessment of need and progress; consideration of cancelling all transfers out of school district; and, a report on the racial breakdown by school, were also requested. Conference Addresses Substance Abuse Problems hand to share their experiences and advise our constituents." Coffey continued, "A good entre preneur will study the global arena and will make up his or her own mind in terms of whether or not in ternational trade would work for oneself. Our constituents must un derstand that doing business in Lagos, Rio de Janiero, Moscow, Stockholm, Mexico City, Port of Spain, Tokyo or Peking is far more difficult than doing business in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Dallas, Atlanta or Memphis." Coffey said one of the reasons for holdipg the second half of the con vention in the Bahamas is to devel op mutually beneficial economic relationships with the Caribbean Chambers of Commerce, as well as with travel and tourism industry leaders, including Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia. The U.S. African American Chamber of Commerce was organized in 1983 to promote the growth and development of black- owned businesses nationwide and to support statewide black cham bers of commerce. It is head quartered in Oakland, California. For convention information and registration, call Dorothy R. Baker, President, Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce/Convention Chairper son, or Beverly Jaihes (Assistant to he Chairperson) at (305) 73^1-8649. By Ray Trent On March 24, NCCU Chancellor Julius L. Cham bers hosted a Triangle Area Substance Abuse Summit attended by administrators, law enforcement officers and substance abuse counselors from the area col leges and universities. This was the first of three days of conferences to address crime related issues. Similltaneously, the national board of the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice met in Dur ham and officially opened its headquarters office at NCCU in room 106 of NCCU’s A.N. Whiting Build ing. The summit was organized to provide a public forum in which presidents and chancellors of the Re search Triangle institutions of higher education and community leaders receive information and discuss common concerns in their effort to prevent substance abuse. In his welcoming address Thursday morning at the Walker Building at NCCU, Chancellor Chambers said that discipline must be imposed, problems must be looked at, and, information must be exchanged. A committee was formed at NCCU to look at that uni versity’s problems and found that there is a lot they had better start doing. Bob D' Catsye of Wake Technical Community College said that a unified effort is needed to pull things together. Educators should be the flagship in the war against drugs in our community. In over 50% of crimes committed, alcohol was involved. De Cat sye had a display of common articles that are used to hide drugs: false deoderant containers, toothpaste tubes, hair brushes, soda cans. These products are being manufactured for this purpose, he said. A panel of students from local universities gave a view of what the problem is from their perspective. Todd Gallinek of UNC-CH said that the problem starts seriously in high school. When youth reach col lege, they meet old friends and continue the abuse. There are available fake I.D.s for alcohol, he said. Chapel Hill has over forty bars. Not much is done about drinking and driving. Matt Cossland of Duke University said that there is a need to abuse to be socially acceptable. Prevention is the most important thing. Derrick Brown, NCCU’s SGA president, said that most measures are reactive. Three places that must address problems are the university, the student body and student life. Freshman orientation comes on the tenth day of entrance. By that time, students have learned all the tricks from juniors and seniors, ex plained. Ajuba Joy of NCCU said that some students come into college with alcohol problems. The universities are overwhelmed with temptations. There are so many subliminal messages to new students. At a luncheon following the panels, David Warren, executive director of the N.C. Governor’s Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse* gave some statistics as to how bad the problem is. He said that alcohol is the overwhelming drug of choice in college. College stu dents spend $5.5 billion annually on alcohol — more than they spend on books, coffee, tea and soda com bined. Most frightening is that today’s students get intoxicated more often and are more motivated to drink to get drunk, particularly female students. On Friday evening at the Miller-Morgan Health Sciences Building, the Annual Teen summit was held, sponsored by D.I.C.C.E.R., Neighborhood Empowerment and Teen Task Force, Durham Coali tion on Chemical Dependency and the Institute for Minority Issues at NCCU. Most of the discussion was about guns and drugs and the ease of obtaining both. Cecil Brown, Sr., assistant city manager, gave the keynote address and throughout his speech he "called the role" of people who have been killed in Durham. A proposal to reward people with $100 for provid ing information leading to the confiscation of an il legal handgun was not a big point with the students. They said there were reservations on "dropping a dime" on someone — especially a person that is known to carry a gun. A town meeting followed, hosted by John Clark of WTVD. The panelists scheduled were state legis lators. They were unable to attend because they were in session. Frank Hyman, DA Jim Hardin, Com missioner Deborah Giles and student Cheri Crews, served as panelists. There was not much dialogue ex changed due to lack of attendees. Most of the group were adults, politicians and clergy. Saturday morning sessions continued at NCCU fol lowed by a luncheon at Pearson Cafeteria where the guest speaker Was N.C. Secretary of State Thurman Hampton. Hampton said that neighborhoods and agencies must work together to address the problems. Crime and violence are not perception problems, he said, they are real. Many in the legislature believe this is something created by the media, he said. Pre venting and reducing crime must be done by com munity oriented policing. Ike Robinson, councilman representing the City, presented a proclamation offici^ly declaring March 21 to April 21 as Drug Awareness Month. Major Glenda Beard of the Durham Police Depart ment presented a plaque to Willard and Calina Perry for their community work in the North East Central Durham project.
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