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April 14-15 ‘ * i \ if' ■ Bennett’s Social And Behavioral To Host Confab The Social and Behavior al Sciences Department at Bennett College will host its first major conference on the status and direction of social classes and race for the 1980s on April 14-15. The theme for the con ference is “Class and Race: The Afro-American Quest for Freedom, Social Justice and Equality.” It will begin at 3 p.m. each day in Henry Pfeiffer Sci ence Building Assembly. According to the confer ence coordinator, Dr. Ade mola Adebo, the confer ence was planned “to shed light on the historical and contemporary status of socio-economic classes and race relations.’.’ He said, We are ex tending special invitations to churches, public school officials, law enforcement personnel, business, city officials, and other organ izations that impact on class and race relations' The first session, held after the opening of the conference on Thursday afternoon, features Dr. 'Richard Bardolph, his torian and author. He will address the topic “The Historical Impact of Class and Race on the Afro American’s Struggle for Survival and the Implica tions for the 1980s.” The respondent to his address is Dr. Ruth Lucier, professor of philosophy at Bennett. Dr. William Chafe, pro fessor and author from Duke University, will key note the second Thursday session. His topic is “The Historical and Contempo rary Relationship Between Class and Race Within the Context of the Afro-Ame rican’s Struggle for Distri butive Justice in the U.S.” The respondent is Mr. Claude Barnes, faculty member at North Carolina A&T State University. Dr. Shelby Lewis will be gin the Friday activities by addressing the topic “The Relationship Between Class and Race and Sex (Photo by Harris) Bennett College held Its annual robing ceremony. Senior Day, recently in preparation for the coming May commencement. Among the 100 seniors partici pating in the college tradition was associate arts degree candidate Sandra Cunningham, a secretarial administration student from Maiden, N.C. She re ceived her robe and cap from her sophomore class sister, Leslie Pickney, a resident of Fayetteville, N.C. ism.” Lewis is director of the Southeast Institute for Women in Atlanta. She is also a noted author and college professor. The re spondent to her present ation is Dr. Robert Miller, assistant professor of his tory at Bennett. The fourth session, be ginning at 4:20 p.m., fea tures Dr. Mack Jones, pro fessor and author at Atlanta University. His topic is “Class and Race and the Bourgeoning Afro American Underclass.” Respondent is Mr. Gordon Chamberlain, faculty member at Greensboro College. Dr. Manning Marable, professor and director of the Race Relations Insti tute at Fisk University, will keynote the Fifth session on the topic, “Assessment of the Continuing Significance of Class and Race in Shaping the U.S. Policy and the Afro-American Position Within that Policy.” The respondent is Dr. Allen Anderson, a faculty member at the Uni versity of North Carolina at Greensboro. The conference closes with a round table dis cussion and session sum maries at 7 p.m. Moderator for this session is Dr. Alma Adams, chairperson of the Art Department at Bennett. The conference is sup ported by the North Carol ina Humanities Commit tee, a state-based organ ization of the National En dowment for the Human ities. It is also supported by the Andrew Mellpin Foun ds tio. BON Is Primarily Oriented For Mecklenburg County By Andrew McCorkle Post Staff Writer A program designed to aid small minority and wo men-operated businesses has recently received le gislative approval to go into affect, said a Greater Charlotte Chamber of Com merce official. The Business Opportun ity Network (BON) re ceived enabling legislation from the General Assem bly late last week to establish funding for the program from the city, county and private sector, said Jim Carpenter, vice president of public affairs for the chamber of com merce. The program was creat ed to match minority and women-operated business es with the large, estab lished operations that may he able to use their goods or services. The program is primarily oriented for Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. "We hope BON will en courage and stimulate a Kater level of business ween women and minor ity-owned firms and large companies," Carpenter explained. He said that minority and women business persons often have special pro blems in addition to the standard hazards of ope rating a new small busi ness "We recognize the problem and we want to attempt to bring the small business into the main stream,” he adde<J “We want to identify the business, the product or service they render, and match them with other large companies,” Car penter explained. Carpenter said the pro gram will work closely with black firms in the area to make sure that a signi ficant number of black businesses are registered with the network. The program will work with firms such as the Mecklenburg County Con tractors Association, the Charlotte Business League, the Minority Supplier Council and the Charlotte Gas ton ia Minority Busi ness Center. “We want to make sure that we Identify those busi nesses in the county that we can assist,” he ex plained. “We also plan to work with large companies in the community and re cruit their interest and commitment to the pro gram.” Cooperation from the pri vate sector cannot be man dated, admitted Carpenter, however BON will offer the minority or woman entre preneur better access to the mainstream of compe titive business, he added, than set-a-sides or quotas. “This is a much health ier approach,” Carpenter said. “In the long run, it will help them compete and sustain their business on a permanent basis.” Carpenter said that the program is searching for a director and should have one in 30 days. He said small businesses needing the services of BON should send a synop sis of the goods or ser vices that they offer to: Jim Carpenter, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, P. O. Box 32785, Charlotte, N.C. 28232. Volunteers The Charlotte-Mecklen burg Community Relations Committee is proposing to sponsor a program to pro vide parties involved in interpersonal disputes an alternative to the courts for settling their disputes. If you are interested in volunteering to serve as a mediator, please let us know if you will attend a video presentation on the role of volunteer citizen mediators on April 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the parlor of the Covenant Presbyterian Church at 1000 East MAre head Street. After the video presentation, time will be set aside for questions and answers. For more infor mation, call A1 Petty at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations of fice, 374-2424. 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