NAACP urges rejection of district lines
uukwam (AP) ? The U.S.
Justice Department should reject
North Carolina's legislative redis
ricting plans because they don't
ensure enough minority voting dis
tricts, the state branch of the
NAACP says.
The plans dilute the voting
power of blacks and Indians,
NAACP officials said Friday at a
news conference during the group's
48th annual meeting in Durham.
The convention continues through
today. V L ?
"" Ti ts our hope that a lawsuit
won't be necessary," said Kelly M.
Alexander Jr., president of the orga
nization. "But we are prepared to do
what it takes for minorities to get
adequate representation in the state
of North Carolina."
The American Civil Liberties
Union, acting on behalf of the
state's black voters, asked the Jus
tice Department to reject the plans
last moothi
The NAACP argues that the
plans, adopted by the General
Assembly earlier this year, fail to
create a congressional district in the
southeastern part of the state with a
majority of Mack and Indian voters.
That would give the state two con
gressional districts in which ethnic
minorities would make up the
majority of voters.
The group also says at least
nine additional minority state House
seats could be created from counties
in the southeastern and south-cen
tral part of the state, and from urban
areas around Greensboro, Winston
Salem and Charlotte.
And in the state Senate, the
-NAACP says, restricting could
! create three more minority seats -
again representing blacks and Indi
ans - than it did.
"The legislature took the posi
tion that there is no political cohe
sion between those groups," said
Samuel L. Walters, assistant general
counsel to the NAACP. nWe argue
that while there is no a longstand
ing coalition, it's beginning to
emerge."
Meanwhile, the minister who
delivered the convention's opening
speech said blacks such as Clarence
Thomas have sold their birthright
for political power.
"Thomas seems to have forgot
ten that he was helped," said the
Rev. Percy High of Mount Vernon
Baptist Church. "Some of them
have become so disillusioned that
they have divorced their black
wives, married white women and
moved into white neighborhoods. 1
call it TBS. Token black syn
drome."
The NAACP opposed Thomas'
nomination to the U.S. Supreme
Court primarily because of his
opposition to affirmative action.
Thomas was confirmed to the
nation's highest court by a 52-48
vote in the U.S. Senate Tuesday.
His confirmation came after the
nation spent a weekend riveted,
watching and listening to charges of
sexual harassment made by a for
mer employee in the Equal Employ
ment Opportunity Commission,
wmcn 1 nomas once Headed.
"The would-be kings have sold
their birthrights to be called conser
vatives,'1 High said Thursday.
They have discovered that it is
popular to be called conservative
and they see this as their chance to
become Icing," he said. "The
NAACP is the watchdog. We are
going to continue to counter the
kooks, who have their degrees from
Harvard and Yale, declaring them
selves uppity blacks/
_ About 80 people attended the
first day of the convention. More
than 500 delegates are expected to
attend through the weekend.
Organized in 1909, the
NAACP's first goal was to elimi
nate segregation laws.
The organization was at the
forefront of school desegregation in
1954 and has been a powerful advo
cate of civil rights. The North Car
olina branch was formed almost a
half-century ago.
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counselor and supervisor.
She ii the former family ser
vices division chief in Wilson,
North Carolina.
In that job, she administered^
social service programs and child
support programs for the entire
department, supervising six unit
supervisors and 41 line staff. She
received several awards and certifi
cates for her work with elder abuse _
prevention, adoption, and family
support programs.
"Mable brings a strong back
ground in her work with families,
children, and private as well as pub
lic agencies," attests Rosemary
Martin, director of Catholic Social
Services. "She has a lifelong history
of fostering the welfare of youth,"
and that really is Mable, that's not
just work. She gives herself to the
betterment of the community."
Families helping families
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Host Homes is a pure example
of.a community helping itself: fam
ilies helping families. According to
Stevenson, the typical child who
needs placement is nonviolent,
frightened, and feels very much
alone. Tension and disharmony at
home have escalated to a point at
which the child feels the only solu
tion is to run away. But often, says
Stevenson, all they need is a short
term separation from each other.
When the child cannot stay
with a relative or friend, Host
Homes places the child with a fami
ly in an effort to prevent the
exploitation that besieges children
in the streets. ? .
Host home families are asked
to provide room, and board tor sev
eral days, 30 days maximum. At a
critical juncture in a child's life, the
host home family has the opportuni
ty to offer a nurturing environment,
a caring attitude toward the child
and his or her situation. Specialized
training and 24-hour support are
provided for the host home family.
"Working with these kids gives
my life some perspective," said one
host home father. "I've gained far
more than I've given." If Mable
Stevenson has her way, it won't be
tpo long before quite a few families
will be able to make that statement.
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Catholic Social Services is a
non-profit agency funded by the
Catholic Diocese of Charlotte and
local grant-making organizations.
The agency networks with
community agencies and resources
to provide a number of programs
to the Winston-Salem area.
Pregnancy support services
include counseling, medical and
housing referrals. Catholic Social
Services is licensed by the North
Carolina Department of Human
Resources to place children in fos
ter homes, and is a licensed adop
tion agency.
The Wee Care Shoppe on the
premises provides free, new and
used baby clothes from infant to
toddler sizes.
Individual, marital and family
therapy is provided to the commu
nity with fees based on a sliding
scale according to ability to pay.
Hand-to-Hand is a meritor program
for pregnant and parenting teens.
Catholic Social Services also
emplqys a bilingual social worker,
Pedro Castillo, who translates doc- _
uments, assists Hispanics in
receiving basic social services and
negotiates them through legal sys
tems, including applying for
migration status.
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Mt. Zion Child Development Center
elects new Officers of Parent group
Congratulations to the newly elected officers of
the Parent Organization for the Mt. Zion Child
Development Center. They are:
Janet Washington, President; Gloria Frost, Vice
President; Linda Glenn, Secretary; Alice Scott, Asst.
Secretary; and Alexander Richardson, Chairman,
Classroom Representatives.
Classroom representatives are: 2's - Jamie Sal
ley, and Reginald and Linda Glenn; 3's - Bumetta
Evaqp and Victoria Roseboro; 4's - Alice Scott, San
dra Brown, and Julene Ward; and 5's - Gloria Frost
and Sherderica Banger.
Gloria Jones is the Center Supervisor.
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