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CHARLOTTE. NORTH CAROLINA 28208-THURSDAY, JULY 13. 1978
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Human Resources Institute Will
Push Employment Opportunities
LOVELY JEVOND WALKER
...Self expressive individual
JeVond Walker
Is Beauty Of Week
By Debra Stanley
Pœt Staff Writer
"I'm a talker, I enjoy being
ME. I'm an Aquiarian; I'm a
dreamer. I'm an extrovert. 1
really enjoy working with
people."
This is what this week's
Beauty. JeVond Walker.
rapped out to me about who
she is.
JeVond is a very self expres
sive individual, fuH of energy
and very much alive. She
transmits her radiance
throughout everyone she
meets.
"Everything comes to me
naturally." she said in refe
rence to a fashion show she
won which she and her family
had gone to observe. "The
manager walked up to me
and said 'Go stand over there
to the right,' " she said. She
did, and won the show. Even
though she's not a model,
JeVond said that she just
watched the other ladies, and
did what she saw them do. She
confided that people walked
up to her in public and asked
her if she was a model. She
replied, "No, do I look like «
model?" Of course the
answer was yes, and she came
back with "I think I'm too
short to model though I'd love
to."
JeVond stated that she
would really love to be a
model but is somewhat hesi
tant because of her height.
She didn't say how short she
ts, but she did tell me that
«omene asked her if she was
Chaka Kaan, and in this
•eporter's eyes, that's pretty
>hort. But her personality
nakes up for any height she
night have missed out on! "If
can't be ME," she con
irmed, "I can't be anybody "
JeVond said that she is
«ally into fashions, she loves
to dress. She described her
self as a clothes and shoes
freak," aod commented that
she would really enjoy design
ing shoes and clothes. "I
dress the way I feel,"
declared.
Jeyônd recalled the most
exciting thing in her life as~
being her loss of weight, which
she did on her own without any
special diets, pills, etc. She
recaptitulated the experience
as being a "mind thing." She
lost about 55 pounds, eating no
fried foods, a variety of veget
ables, fruit (fresh and dried),
and natural fruit juices. She
said that the thing that helped
her to succeed in this endea
vor was that people noticed,
which encouraged her more.
She commented, "I can
breathe much better."
JeVond is employed by
Southern Bell where works in
the Test Center. She
completed two years at Spel
man College and has been
working at Southern for the
eight and a half years since
then. She says she loves her
job because she loves working
people
wnen sne s not worKing,
JeVond professed that she
enjoys tennis, cooking, and
so many other different
things She said that she is a
dreamer and her weakness is
talking about things she wants
to do that never get done.
Usually when they do get
done, it's on impulse
"I love music," she said. "I
like to feel my music and play
it loud I love to dance. I kept
talking about getting a system
to play my music, but never
did. One day I was out
shopping and I saw a system I
liked, and I bought it. Debt is
nothing to me. If I want
something and it turns me on,
I get it." This statement was
one she made in reference to
her clothes especially, which
she buys from such places as
Ivey's, Montaldo's, T.
Kdwardu gnd th#like. "I don't
like being like everybody else
and looking and dressing like
everybody else," she
declared
A· for the man in her life.
JeVond responded with "I'm
ready for the man in my Ufo
but is he ready for me?" She
said that she really loves
children, especially her niece
and nephew, but is not ready
for any children of her own
because she has not found the
right man yet
Anotner thing that JeVond is
extra fond of is talking to older
people
Top Veteran
Organizations
To Meet
The State's top veteran
organization leaders of The
American Legion, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Disabled
American Veterans, and
American Veterans of World
War II, Korea and Vietnam
(AMVETS) will meet at the
Royal Villa in Greensboro,
July 15-16 for a statewide
conference to launch a major
outreach program for un
employed veterans.
The conference will be pre
ceded by a brief ceremony of
official appointments made by
Governor Jim Hunt to
Governor's Jobs for Veterans
Committee. The oath of office
will be given by a representa
tive of the Governor.
North Carolina Veterans
Council Commander J. B.
Trexler announced that over
100 veteran organization
leaders, USDOL officials.
State Employment Service
officials, and the Governor s·.
Jobs for Veterans Committee
will join together in a major
outreach effort to locate
unemployed veterans and
refer them to Employment
Security Commission Job Ser
vice offices. Job Service staff
will have the responsibility for
developing employment and
training opportunities for
these unemployed veterans.
The major thrust of this
conference is designed to
orient and familiarize
veterans organizations
leaders with the HIRE II
Program - "Help Through
Industry Retraining and
Employment." The HIRE II
Program is designed by the
U.S. Department of Labor to
provide employment opportu
nities primarily to unem
ployed veterans. More
importantly, the program is
intended to improve the qual
ity of employment and train
ing opportunities in the pri
vate sector where most of the
jobs are.
S. Marvin Burotn, State
Director, Veterans Employ
ment Service, USDOfcr witt
address the conference and
outline the general problems
confronting unemployed vete
rans of North Carolina and
provide guidance on methods
to reach the veteran popula
tion who are in need of train
ing and employment.
CHARLOTTE ERA SUPPORTERS
Pictured left to right, Ms. Carrie Graves, Ms
Belinda Stinson, and Ms Evelyn Arant.
(Post's photo by Eileen Hansom
Charlotte Women Join Equal
Rights March In Washington
_By-Ei4een Hansoe
Special to the Post
"Elated" was the only word
to describe the feelings ol
some 50 women and men from
Charlotte who joined hands
with 100.000 supporters of the
Equal Rights Amendment last
Sunday, Jufy 9, in Washington,
D.C. for the largest demon
stration in history for
women's rights.
"Outa sight," said Evelyn
Arant, of 217 S. TorrenceSt. "I
got goose pimples I have
never witnessed anything like
this before I only wish my
daughters could have come."
Ms. Arant was one of three
black women who joined the
Charlotte delegation coordi
nated by the Metrolina and
Charlotte Chapters of NOW,
the National Organization for
Women. The march was to
«how support for the ERA and
the extension of the 7-year
deadline. "The ERA is a
human rights issue It's time
for women to be part of the
Constitution." said Arant
The amendement would add
these words to the Const itu
tion: "Equality under the law
shall nort>e dented or abridged
hy the United States or any
state on account of sex."
Anotehr ERA marcher, Be
linda Stinson, of 526 Hunts
moor Dr.. went to Washington
because she believes in the
ERA and wants to see it
ratified. "I wanted to be sure
blacks in Charlotte would be
represented." she said "A lot
of blacks aren ι aware of
what's going on. I want to go
to black groups and speak
about ERA and tell people that
unity is the main thing to
achieving power." A supervi
sor for Southern Bell, Ms.
Stinson is active in community
affairs, the Black Political
Caucus, and the District Three
Committee. She serves as
vice president of the Charlotte
Toastmistress Club
Married and the mother of
two girls, Stinson is concerned
about what ERA means for
her family. "It means that my
girls will have no legal limita
tions on what they can
achieve," she affirmed "My
husband and I share our
household duties He's cap
able of taking care of our
home and our family. We do it
together. He was very
supportive of my attending the
march on Washington."
Dalton Village resident
Carrie Graves, who repre
sented North Carolina at
International Women's Year
in Houston last December,
was impressed that 100,000
people got to Washington all
on their own, "because they
are dedicated to the women's
struggle." Ms. Graves
chidded those who say black
women have always been
liberated and therefore don't
need the women's movement.
We're left to raise the children
alone We go to bed hungry
Some of us have been battered
because our men have to take
out their frustration on us
rather than on the boss We
need equal rights loo,'' she
said.
All three women agreed that
comedian Dick Gregory was
the highlight of the rally,
which included some 36
speakers from different back
grounds and organizations
During the assembly, Gregory
See Charlotte on Page II
Charlotte Area F und Τ ο Operate
Summer Youth Recreation Program
The Area Fund, the Com
munity Action Agency for
Mecklenburg County, has
been funded by Community
Services Administration to
operate a Summer Youth He
creation Program
The project will provide
summer recreation opportuni
ties for Charlotte's disadvant
aged youngsters between the
ages of 8-13 who meet the
income criteria A variety of
recreational activities includ
ing organized sports, arts and
crafts, games, informational
tours, cultural field trip·, in
struction in the creative arts,
playground activities, and
special events are being en
couraged by the Charlotte
Area Fund.
Charlotte Area fund i· solici
ting responses from any per
son, agency, church, or com
munity organization that
works with low-income young
ster». They are eligible to
submit a request for assist
ance from the Charlotte Area
Fund Summer Youth Recrea
tion Program, with the under
standing that every youngster
assisted must be certifiable
low-income as defined by the
current, applicable C.S A
income guidelines
A briel description of the
guidelines are. as follows,
must meet Γ SA poverty
guideline·, must be between
the ages of 8-13. must he a
resident of Charlotte, organiz
allons must provide adequate
supervision, S.Y R P. sites
shall be located directly in
low-Income communities or
areas to ensure that disadvan
taged youth are the henefici
ariee of the programs; intake
ι homas Sanders
New CAF director
form mutt he done on each
youngster that participate* in
the Charlotte Area Kund Sum
mer Youth Recreation Pro
gram; all request* for the
summer program must be
submitted in writing on the
proper Charlotte Area Fund
forms by the two given dates,
requests for the first half of
the summer recreation pro
gram must be submitted in
writing on the proper Char
lotte Area Fund forms no later
than July 14. all request will
be responded to in writing no
later than July 18. requests
for the second half of the
Summer Recreation Pro
gram must be submitted in
writing on the proper Char
lotte Area Fund Forms no
later than July 2Λ. ail request*
will he responded to in writing
no Inter than August 1
To obtain further informa
lion or apply for the program,
contact Ms Cwen Workman,
the Area Fund's Slimmer
Youth Coordinator, at 213-15
East Morehead St or call
ΙΓ72-3010
No Fees Are Required Of
Employee Or Employer
By Eileen Hanson
Special to the Post
"Getting a good job depends
on who you know," or so goes
the old saying.
But if you are Black, a
woman, young, a veteran or
handicapped, chances are you
don't know the right folks. If
you belong to one of these
groups that has been discri
minated against in training
and employment, your job
search is especially difficult
That is why the Human
Resources Development Insti
tute has recently opened an
office here in Charlotte, at
2125 Commonwealth Ave., to
promote training and employ
ment opportunities for the
economically disadvantaged,
unemployed and under
employed.
The man to know is Jim
Pierce. Institute Director
As the manpower wing of
-the AFL-dOr'the'Institute is
more than an employment
agency. No fees required of
either employee or employer
Funding comes from the L'.S
Department of Labor. Ac
cording to Pierce. "The Insti
tute works closely with both
labor unions and industry,
advising job seekers of train
ing programs and job opportu
nities. Many of these jobs are
in the skilled trades and pay
excellent wages, $5 to $10 an
hour after training "
Pierce is a 30-year veteran
of the labor movement, most
recently having served as
director of the National Share
cropper Fund. Assisting
Pierce with the screening of
jobs and applicants is Grace
Houston, who formerly
worked for Neighborhood Cen
ters "I'm"here because I like
working with people," said
Houston
WOMEN IN "NON-TRADI
TIONAL JOBS"
Women are traditionally
employed in the lowest paid,
dead-end jobs Working
women earn less than 58 cents
for every dollar earned by
men. and according to HKDI,
the gap is growing Jobs such
as pipefitter, construction,
electrician, office machine re
pair are traditionally consi
dered "men's work " Accord
ing to Carrie Graves, a mem
ber of the Black Women's
Caucus. "Women need jobs
that will enable them to take
care of their families Not as a
clerk typist." but learning
how to repair the typewriter
and other office machines
That job is going to pay better,
and there is no reason why
women can't learn it
Through II ΚΙ) I and the
North Carolina I.abor Depart
ment, a group of young women
and men will be starting a
training course July 17 to
learn precisely those skills
The office machine repair
program involves courses at
Central Piedmont Community
College and up to 10 hours
direct employment a werk
Students are paid for their
class time and tuition ex
penses They begin to work
immediately in their field, so
when training is complete,
they already will have a job
While in training students will
earn $2 70. plus a stipend for
mileage and child care When
fully qualified, they will earn
(5 or more an hour. For more
information contact Pam Hob
son. Ν C t.ahor Department,
ι :Π2 m<r7 ι
One young woman recently
secured a job as a pipeline
const rue'«on worker for <β an
Jim Pierce
Institute Director
hour Fierce put her in touch
with Charlie Dover, business
agent for the Operating Engi
neers Union, who placed her in
this "non-traditional joo."
IS ELECTRICITY YOUR
THIM." —
Pierce has als:> it ο ere-I
applicants to the office of the
International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers Cmori
iIBEW) nexf di>or. at 2121
Commonwealth IBEW is
currentl> recruiting young
men and women between the
ages of 18 and 24 lor their
four-year apprenticeship pro
gram in the electrical trades
During training ι classes at
CPCC, plus working under the
skilled journeyman eleclri
cian) apprentices will be paid
50 percent of a journeyman's
wage ι the current union wage
is $7 90 an hour\ plus 5
percent increase every six
months, plus benefits.
Applications are now being
taken for a new program
beginning in September.
Qualifications are 1Ί 24
years, a high school diploma
or equivalent, one unit of
algebra, a state aptitude test,
and a direct interview with the
selection committee Accord
ing to program coordinator,
Gene Ruff, the Charlotte
apprenticeship "is one of the
best in the country.
"Blacks began entering the
program 17 years ago." said
Ruff "There are several
skilled Black journeyn~«« in
Charlotte today " No women
have ever entered the pro
gram, but three qualified
women have already applied
for the new class, and if
accepted, they will be the first
women in the apprenticeship
program
"A lot of folks are afraid of
electricity and don't think of it
as a job possibility," said
Ruff "But with proper train
ing. the electrical trade is a
safe and lucrative career."
For more information contact
Mr Ruff, ck> IBEW, 2121
Commonwealth, 376-3546.
YOUTH UNSKILLED ANI)
UNEMPLOYED
Youth unemployment is
another problem HRDI is tr>
ing to tackle Teenage uii
employment is running at ι
rate of 12 percent and for
Black Youth, it is four times
higher, nearly 50 percent
HRDI is working with labor
organizations, employers and
ΓΕΤΑ to help channel youths
into training programs where
they can obtain marketable
skills and work experience
I^st week Pierce's office
placed two young residents of
Karle Village on a job learning
the shcetinetal trade While
starting wages are $.Ί 50 an
hour, after a couple of years
training and experience, these
young men can be making $8
to $10 an hour or more
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