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stronger voice and that will be help
ful to me in my career," explained
Ham who plans to attned the North
Carolina School of the Arts or S pel
man College to study music.
The daughter of Keith and Regi
ns Ham of Charlotte. Sbonda hat
one brother, Keith Jr. 12. The
Hams' are members of the Victory
Christian Center.
Many prominent black vocalists
got their start tinging in church and
Shonda is no exception. "We sing
both gospel and pop music," she be
gan. "We have sang in churches
from Gastonia to Virginia traveling
with Mr. Weathers. We prefer pop -
music and that's what well stick to
for now."
When not busy, she st^oyt lis
tening to musk, talking on the
phone and reeding. She also likes
live entertainment. 'My main inter
est is to see how they get the crowd
pgpedup,»^ndonsd Shonda who
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For Homeless
810 Million Allocated
Special To The Poet
Emergency Shelter Grants totall
ing $10 million for 96 metropolitan
cities and urban counties, all SO
states and Puerto Rico, were annou
nced today by Samuel R. Pierce, Jr.,
Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development.
“We will not delay these funds by
waiting for final rules," Secretary
Pierce said. “We have notified all
eligible state and local governments
of the amount of their grants and
will begin to award funds to help
these communities expand their
programs of emergency shelter for
the homeless.”
Draft rules to administer local
programs through the Winter of
1966-87 were published in today’s
FEderal Register. Comments are
due by February 13.1987. to help the
Department develop final rules.
Funds may be used directly by
local governments, or distributed by
the local government to non-profit
organizations providing assistance
to the homeless. Funds may be used
in the renovation, major rehabilita
tion, or conversion of buildings for
use as emergency shelters for the
homeless, or for the payment of
certain operating or social service
expenses in connection with emerg
ency shelter for the homeless.
Each grantee is required to meet
certain program requirements, in
cluding: supplement theEmergency
Shelter Grant witha an equal a
mount of funds from other sources;
1 ensure that buildings where assist-1
-,-^
ance is provided continue to be used
as homeless shelters for specified
periods of tiipe; ensure that rehabi
litation is sufficient to make the
structure safe and sanitary; and
other applicable requirements inclu
ding Federal statuatory proscrip
tions against discrimination.
Individual grants were awarded
based on the states' and localities'
1986 allocation under the HUD Com
munity Development Block pro
gram. ,Any grant amount of less
than $30,000 was added to the state’s
flmergeny Shelter Grant allocation.
For the state portion of the program,
funds must be allocated to localities
within 65 days of receipt; all locali
)ies must have funds obligated with
n 180 days.
United Negro College Find receives a substantial con
tribution towards its 1986 year end fundraiser drive
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from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation.
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L , e Hosts Its
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Ur
ban League will bold its Fourth
Annual Equal Opportunity Day A
wards Dinner on Friday evening,
January 9,1M7, at the Marriott Hotel
In Uptown Charlotte.
, The League will present Its high
est honor, the Equal Opportunity
: Day Award, to a corporate support
or to be announced that availing.
The Equal Opportunity Day Award
recogntxftft ft corporation or compa
ny ior lis ouiaianaing contnrxjuon to
the Urban League.
The League wtU also present its
two annual Community Servlet A
wards to a company and to an
individual. This year's radptants
will be Duka Power Company (or
the Corporate Community iorvioeo
Award and educator Rat Crosby far
the Individual Community SBrvtco
Award.*
“Our thsme this year is 'Working
Together to Make A Difference,’ ’’
says the 11 ague’s Board Chairman
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Communist Party
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Pays Tribute
To Winston
Mew York-A memorial meeting will
be held in New York City, Sunday,
January u, 1987 to pay tribute to
Henry Winston, national chairman
of the Communist Party USA.
Winston died on December 13 in
Moscow at the age of 75.
Winston died after a brief illness
which was related to damages sus
tained as a consequence of medical
neglect while in prison during the
McCarthy era. It was during that
period that Winston lost his eyesight
but not his political vision.
Winston had joined CPUSA in 1933
He became its national qjupi-gaan,
the first Afro-American to polio, in
June 1966 In that past Winston
organized and mobilized the party’s
membership in the struggles for
peace, jobs and equality. He travel
ed throughout the country and a
round the world meeting with heads
of states, leaders of political parties
and people of many different nation
alities.
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