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'* i ^ ‘. ■* I » • ,,l ; » fr^^iv *>/|L, ’ i .i.® ’»V^ f. _ Black Fraternal Organizations To Flex Economic Muscles Regular Meeting The regular meeting of the Arthritis Patient Service* Adult .-it Support Group will be held oo thars " day, January J«, at the Community Health Services building, 1401 East Seventh St., at 7 p m. B«th Swann, R.N., will pre sent a program entitled 'The Im portance of Early Arthritis Inter , ventton," 4 For additional information, call M 704-jrTMm. J MonthlyMeeting The regular monthly meeting of the Sodm IredaO branch of the National Aametatfon For The Ad vancement of Colored People will be held Srntday, Janaary IS, at RakTa MemortalPhMibytertan Church on J North Breed St. New and re »» nawed membership* are stfll being taken. t 4-'..Mk & ■' Members of the Council of Presidents - a consortium of presi dents from the eight black Greek lettered fraternal organisations - met recently and hammered out a "Convention Bill of Specifications.” According to this dictum, member societies will leverage their collec tive clout to assure that sites where i conventions are held are account able to black aspirations at . every level of the economic spectrum including employment, corporate . contributions, use of blackrowned banks and use of professional services. Members also pledged to offer a Similar ‘'litmus tost” to airlines and hotels constantly deployed for tbeir respective travel needs. In attendance at the meeting were the national presidents of the fol lowing fraternal organisations: FayeB Bryant, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and chairperson of the Council; Hortense Canady, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; Edith Francis, Zeta Phi Beta Sot&rlty; :£ I Bonita Herring, representing Dr. Rajesta Perry of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority; Ted Smith, represent ing Randall Bacon, Kappa A^pha Psi Fraternity; John Epps, who stood in for Dr. Moses C. Norman, Omega Rti Phi Fraternity; and Jamas Blanton, who represented Charles Teamer of Alpha Phi Alpha Fra ternity. Ms. Bryant indicated that mem ber organisations are moving to parlay their economic power when considering that research reveals , that Macks spent *2.5 Milton in 1985 attending conventions. Of this figure, Greek latter fraternal or ganizations - with a collective mem bership of 980,000 - spent a dispro portionate amount hosting their respective conventions. 8he project ed that by the year 2000, that figure is expected to climb to 15 billion. She further noted that there are 29 million Mack Americans with an . aggregate estimated income of *208 billion and that by the year 2000, it is expected to double. .. ■ ■>., ■ ■ ■ . . . ‘‘With this type of economic leverage, blacks can flex their mus cle* and wage a campaign to make boat sites where we spend all of theee dollars, accountable to our needs,” declared Bryant. “Through such a power initiative," continued Bryant, “blacks can significantly impact the economic plight of blacks and put convention sites on notice that if they want out dollars, they must be prepared to accommodate our needs.” BU'bII|I| |^Bk^ 1 I I I I I I I B I | LjB IMIMMBIM Old Milwaukee imtfi
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