Mary Clark
.Auxiliary member
NAACP Spiritual
Emphasis Program
W! Be Held Sunday
By Jalyne Strong
Post Staff Writer
Hie same energy that character
ixed the recent NAACP national
convention in Dallas, Tx., Mary
Clark hopes to see during the up
coming NAACP Spiritual Emphasis
Program to be held Sunday, Au
gust l«, at 7 p.m. at Greater
Bethel AME Church.
This program, sponsored by the
Women ’s Auxiliary of the Chariottr
Mecklenburg NAACP, fa a time far
“reviving the NAACP ties With the
Mack church," comments Clark, “to
reach people and help get more
young people involved with the
NAACP.”
Clark waa present in Dallas the
last week of June, 1SQ5, for the
NAACP convention. She acknow
ledges that a lot was discussed about
J«**, economic conditions, self
reliance, a black-Jewish coalition
and also the dose connection be
tween the NAACP and the church.
“Back in 1908, the NAACP was
founded in the church,” tells dark.
“Today,, the church fa still the
backbone of anything we do. Our
Spiritual enrichment and faith
comes from the church and it fa
through the church that we reach the
life Management
Women do have choicest
Come find out what is right for
you - WomanReach will hold Char- '
lotte’s second annual Life Man
agement Symposium and luncheon
to benefit WomanReach, Saturday,
August it, fimm am. to 3:ao
p m. The event is co-sponsored by
Creative Temporaries
Reservations ari required and
must be made in advance. Admis
sion is $13 and includes the day's
activities and lunch at tbs Marriott
City Center, located at 1M West
Trade Street. ;f
Six hours of motivation, informa
tion, and inspiration will be 0b
sen ted by 10 of the area’s out
standing women who exhibit extra
ordinary commitment to the
WomanReach network of "women
helping women " ,> ' ^VVjj
f The NMob address, “In the %
Company of Women,’’ will be da
Planning Grants
nlujiicipolitics, including Lincolnton
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Lincoln ton will receive $7,881 to
study several low and moderate
income neighborhoods and develop a
comprehensive community de
velopment plan. Kannapolis’ 88.900
award will finance an assessment of
the city’s housing and public fa
cility needs. Information gathered
during the projects will be used to
prepare a future CDBG appli
cation for community revitalisa
tion activities.
Both Lincoln ton and Kannapolis
are in the lTcounty region servecHM
NRCD’s Mooresville Regional
Office. Albert Hilton, office man
ager in Mooresville, noted the
value of the development planning
grants to small towns and newly
incorporated municipalities.
“Small towns like Uncolnton and
dties Just recently incorporated like
Kannapolis often do not have the
resources to hire a full-time plan
ning staff, although community de
velopment needs in such areas are
muntty
who will
determine b._
plications may help
problems,” Hilton said.
Communities receivit^
ment planning awards must
that future CDBG projects resul
from the planning activities will
primarily benefit low and moderate
income persons.
Since 1982, when the state a*
sumed administration of the CD BO
funds, 49 communities have re*’
ceived development planning *
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