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The Black Community”
LUCRATIVE BLACK MARKET CALL 376.0496
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key legislative posts are making
the Congreesionid Black Caucus a
potent and dominant force in the
100th Congress. /
The 23 members of the caucus,
all Democrats and the largest
number of Blacks ever to serve in
the U.S. House of Representa
tives, will be represented on 25 of
the 28 standing and Select commit
teea of the House. Seventeen cau
cus members have already been
selected to chair sevan cotnmi ttees
•nd 18 subcommittees, providing
the caucus with an excellent op
portunity to wield considerable
clout in the legislative process.
All 19 black incumbents in the
House won re-election. They are
being Joined by four freshmen
’ ^me of Maryland,
i floKPlake of New York, Jdp*
The dean of the caucus, Con
gressman Augustus Hawkins of
California wflf again $hair the im
portant committee div Education
and Labor, Another California ,
congressman Ron Dellums, will
continue as chairman of both the
committee on As District of Co
tumble and the vital subcommittee
on Military Installations and Facil
ities.
Congressman William Gray of
Pennsylvania will continue as the
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Congressional watchdog on Fed
*al spending through hia chair
manship of the House Budget
Committee. Representative Louis
wiecb wmmiftWi'iBSstigmtingSir'
administration's covert
arms transactions with Iftm.
Representative Julian Dixon of
California will oversee the Com
mittee on Standards of Official
Conduct and will continue to chair
the Appropriations' Subcommittee
on the District of Columbia.
Two select committees dealing
with hunger and drug sd>use will
be chaired by caucus members:
Mickey Leland of Texas heads the
Select committee on Hunger, and
Charles Rangel of New York will
continue to press the Reagan Ad
^•P* Cardin Collioa
ministration for batter programs
through his chairmanship of the
Select Committee on Narcotics
Abuse and Control. Rangel and
. Harold Ford of Tennessee also
tfhair tVp Important subcommit
tees of this powerful House Wayi
and M»an'» Committee, the sub
committee on Select Revenue
Measures and the Subcommittee
on Public Assistance and Unem
ployment Compensation. Leland
also directs the Subcommittee on
Postal Operations and Services.
With the strong endorsement of
the caucus, George Crockett of
Michigan surmonted the maneu
vering of the opposition to capture
the chairmanship of the contro
versial House Foreign Affairs'
Subcommittee on Western Hemi
sphere Affairs, which has jurisdic
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tion over legislation relatdnJ , r
Caribbean and Central and 7
America. 7 f
Crockett's Michigan coV /c
John Conyers will contf .• 'a;
monitor the activities ofL/ 0(
tion> policies as the,chair oF%a*
clary's Subcommittee on CnV T
Justice and Representative^ n
Fauntroy takes over as tl
head of the House Banking
committee on International!
opment, Institutions and Find
Representative Cardias Cd
of Illinois, the only woman in
caucus will chair the Subcomi
tee on Government, Activities!
Transportation and her IllinV
colleague, Gus Savage will le\
the Public Works’ Subcommittl
on Economic Development. 1
Congressman William Clay ol
Missouri will oversee the operaA
tions of the Subcommittee on La-\
bor-Management Relations and \
Congressman Major Owens of \
New York will chair the Subcom- '
mittee on 8elect Education. Both
panels are in the House Commit
tee on Education and Labor.
The new chairman of the Con
gressional Black Caucus is Mer
vyn Dymally of California. He is
also the chairman of the District of
Columbia's Subcommittee on Ju
diciary and Education and the
Post Office's Subcommittee on
Census and Population.
Congressman Alan Wheat of
Kansas, a member of the House
Rules committee will chair the
D.C. Subcommittee on Govern
ment Operations and Metropoli
tan Affairs.
Other members of the caucus
are Congressman Ed Towns of
New York and Congressman
Charles Hayes of Illinois.
Upcoming Conference Focuses
On ir light, Future Of Black Family
Hampton University and the
National Hampton Alumni Asso
ciation will present the Ninth an
nual Blafk Family Conference be
ginning Wednesday, March 18-20,
in the McOrew Towers Confer
ence Center. The theme this year
is "The Black Family in 1987:
Moving Beyond Rhetoric.”
The Black Family Conference is
designed as a forum focusing the
attention of America's foremost
black scholars and authorities on
the broad range effectors imping,
ing on the plight and foture of the
black family. It will offer work
shops in: Education; Politics;
Health; Black Adoption: Econom
ics; and a special workshop callsd,
Beyond the Rhetoric, that will al
low several successful Macks from
around the nation to recount their
achievements and struggles in the
rise to the top.
Topics to be discussed at the
workshops include: The nis of In-..
tegration; Separata and EQUAL is
Acceptable; The Black Underclass;
WcttMlM Center Models; Health
will be Dr. Junes D. McGhee, psy
chologist, researcher and social
science analyst from Atlanta,
Georgia. It is free and open to the
public, and will offer workshops in
Children Becoming Parents, Spir
itual and Moral Values, Family Vi
olence and the Legal System.
Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in Ogden
Hall the Opening Session will also
be free and open to the public. It
will feature keynote speaker Dr.
Earl B. Moore, deputy commis
sioner of New York 8tate Office of
Corrections. He will address the
topic "Black Families Incarcerat
ed: Message from America s Pris
ons."
Also at the Opening 8ession, Dr.
William R. Harvey, president of
HU, will present this year s Hon
ored Black Family Award. The
family to be honored will be cho
sen on their leadership in civic,
community and religious affairs,
mutual respect and concern for
others, family togetherness, and
educational achievements.
Special events for the conference
will include: a theatre production
by the Hampton Players entitled
"Home," on Thursday, 8 p.m., in
the Armstrong Little Theater; a
preview for the Countec
i Collection held in the
On Friday there will be a closing
luncheon which will include gueet
speaker Dr. Bruce Williams from
the Rockefeller Foundation in
New York City.
Fees for the conference are as
follows: >46 - Includes conference
workshops and two luncheons;
>30 - workshops only; >36 - work
shops ft lunch (3/19); >40 - work
shops ft luncheon (3/20); >20 - sen
ior dtiiens (does not include lunch
or doting luncheon).
For additional information re
garding full registration and
workshops, call 727-6400.
National Urban League
To Mobilze Community
There la an alarming crieie in the
educational achievement levele of
black youths, exceptionally high
dropout rates among them, end a
decline in black college enroll
ment.
The Chariotte-Mecklenburg Ur
ban League has made public edu
cation its top priority and an
nounces its participation in a five
year National Urban League cam
paign called the Education Initia
tive* Project designed to improve
black educational performance.
"The Education Initiatives Pro
ject will mobilise the community
to define key iesuee, maximise use
of existing resources, build coali
tion* and support for change, and
implement concrete action plana,"
apys Madina Hester Pails, presi
dent of the Chariotte-Mecklenburg
Urban League
The local Urban League has ap
pointed a special 25-member Task
Force to-develop and implement
Charlotte-Meeklenburg's Initia
tives. The Task Force will be led
by retired Charlotta-Mecklenburg
Schools official Barbara Davis.
The group will hold its first meet
ing at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, March ]
18, in the Auditorium of the AME
Zion Publishing House, located at
the corner of 8. Brevard and Es
Second streets in uptown Chari
lotte.
The Task Force will have
port and technical assistance I
the National Urban League.
NUL affiliate* in USciti**,
St&Sus,
in th# nation 1
the end of June.