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Role Of Hock Women
Black writer Paula Giddings will
speak on the role of black women in
American Monday, March 17, in the
Davidson College Union.
The talk, to be presented at 8 p.m.
in the 900 Room, is free and open to
the public. Her visit is sponsored by
Davidson's Black Student Coalition.
For more information, call
892-2000, ext. 140.
Giddings, author of “When and
Where I Enter: The Impact of Black
Women on Race and Sex in
America," will focus on the history
of black women in the United States.
She received a Ford Foundation
grant for the completion of the book,
which was selected as a Book-of
the-Month Club alternate. Her book
discusses black women in the face of
the double discrimination of racism
and sexism.
A graduate of Howard University,
Giddings later became an editor'at
Howard University Press. She then
served as Paris bureau chief for
Encore Americans and Worldwide
News. Her articles have appeared in
The New York Times Book Review,
The Washington Post, Jeune
Afrique and other publications. She
is currently book review editor for
Essence magazine.
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.Assumed new duties
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Executive Director
Argie S. Blackmore, a North
Carolina native and graduate of
North Carolina AAT College in
Greensboro, has been hired as new
Executive Director of the Hornets’
Nest Girl Scout Council.
I Ms. Blackmore assumed her
duties on March 3- Farmer Execu
tive Director, Diane Del Pizzo,
resigned in October to move to
Connecticut, she had served with the
Hornets’ Nest Council for seven
years.
Ms. Blackmore comes to Charlotte
from Memphis, TN, where she Is
Executive Director of the
Tenn-Ark-Miss Girl Scout Council.
She has also been Field Executive,
Director of Field Services, and
Assistant Executive Director. She
■ brings to Hornets’ Nest manage
ment expertise coupled with human
relations skills and a commitment to
the philosophy and potential of Girl
Scouts.
Ms. Blackmore began her career
as s mathematics teacher in
Fayetteville She expanded her In
teraction with students to include
coaching girls’ basketball, serving
as girls' counselor, and acting as
junior class advisor.
Otber youth-oriented activities
include her development of a youth
club with emphasis on character,
culture, and education for teenage
girls; service on the Memphis City
Schools' Principals’ Advisory
Committee; development and
■ m piemen canon ot a model for
"Rape Prevention Educator*;"
work with the CETA Youth Pro
gram ; and raising three children
Ms. Biackmore stated, "I live the
Girl Scouting philosophy daily.
Through Girl Scouting we can teach
appreciation for all mankind and
thus build a better future for the
world. 1 am motivated by worth
while challenges and believe I can
help to guide Hornets’ Nest Comet!
toward greatness.”
A reception for the public to meet
Ms. Biackmore will be held on
Monday, April 14, at the Adam’s
Mark Hotel, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
INFORMED READERS
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HAPPY READERS
National PTA Campaign Says Prevention Beats Drug Abuse
In January, 1985, Emmy Award
winner Bruce Weitx, who portrays
Det. Mick Belker on NBC’s “Hill
Street Blues,” went to Chicago to
launch a National PTA campaign
called “Write Bruce." The actor has
donated much of his time since 1984
as Honorary Chairman of the
PTA's Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Prevention Project. He asked young
people in the Chicago-area under the
age of 18 to write to him about drugs.
He did the same thing in Los Angeles
in September. While you woulodn't
think teenagers would be eager to
talk to an adult about drugs, Mr.
Weitz’s request was answered by
more than 13,000 young people.
What he and the PTA learned from
those letters was that children are
crying out for guidance when it
comes to the question of whether or
not to use drugs, including alcohol.
Most of the Chicago letters were
from 11- to 13-year-olds who had not
yet tried drugs, but who felt they
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would someday be asked to and
didn't know how to handle the
situation.
At the same time, PTAs report
that parents generally deny that
their children could possibly be
exposed to drugs. That means that
while children wish they could
discuss drugs with their parents, the
adults are reluctant to discuss the
issue or take a "Just don’t do it”
approach, which doesn’t give young
people much guidance.
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- The National PTA designated
March M, 1906, as Drug and Al
cohol Awareness Week. Its theme - \
was “Prevention: A Positive
Approach:"
Drug and alcohol abuse among the
young continues to be oi epidemic '
proportions. It’s time for parents to
stop burying their heads In the sand
and listen to what their children are
saying. The time to stop drug abuse
is before it starts. That means
parents must start listening to and
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