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Johnson C. Smith UniverBity Early ChUdhood Devdopment Center presented Beverly Watson, Salvation
ny Repcesentatlve, with 6,750 pennies which wUl be used to help the homeless.
Child
Watch
With
Marian Wriid^t Ed el man
W-
Miss Wheelchair Pageant
In Just one day, here on the
most affluent nation on earth ....
■ ■■ 1.287 teenagers give birth.
All too often, too early parent
hood will make it much more
difficult for either parent or
child to have a decent future.
... 72 babies die before they
reach one month of life. Many of
these tiny, fragile lives could be
saved if all of their mothers had
access to cost-effective prena
tal care.
... 27 children die because of
poverty. For many, poverty is a
temporary hardship to suffer
and endure. But for the youngest
and most vulnerable among us,
it can be fatal.
... 8 children die from guns.
Homicide is the fifteenth lead-
' Ing cause of infant death.
... 1.868 teenagers drop out of
school. Without a high school
diploma and the ability to read
and work, our young people will
llnd it dlfflcult to be able to find
a job. And any job they do find
will often not pay them enough
to enable them to raise a family
out of poverty when they are
ready.
... 988 children are abused.
Parents who cannot cope with
their problems, which often
stem from poverty, frequently
vent their frustrations on their
own children. The resulting
scars can last a lifetime.
... 3.288 children run awav
from home. Today, what they
then run into is often a life that
Involves drugs, prostitution, and
the threat of AIDS.
Ihls shameful list amounts to
public child abuse and neglect
on a national scale. Before one
more such day goes by, we must
ask our political leaders,
churches, businesses, friends
and neighbors as well as par
ents to work toward a day
when...
...every American child has
enough to eat and a decent
home to live in.
...every American child re
ceives adequate health care be
ginning before birth.
...every American child is at
tending a decent school.
...every American child is safe
from the threat of violence, ei
ther at home or In the streets of
his or her neighborhood.
...every American child has a
future worth waiting for.
Marian Wright Edelman is
President of the Children's De
fence Fund, a national voice for
children.
The 11th Annual Ms,. Wheel
chair North Carolina Pageant'
will be held at the Holiday Inn -
Woodlawn Road, Charlotte, N.C.,
July 21-24, 1988.
The Ms. AVheelchalr North Car
olina Pageant is not a beauty
contest. It Is a pageant of
achievement stressing personal
accomplishment, personality.
Intelligence, and the capability
of the physically disabled to
compete with their able bodied
peers. What we stress through
awareness are the needs of the
disabled in order to bring about
a better understanding for the
ongoing need to eliminate archi
tectural and attltudlnal barriers
In today's society.
Contestants from all over the
state of North Carolina will
come to Charlotte to compete
for the title of Ms. Wheelchair
North Carolina 1988. During the
four-day weekend when the con
testants are not in judging ses
sions, they will be attending
workshops relating to self
esteem, sexuality after disabili
ty, career planning, legislation
updates, and communication
sfflUs.
For additional Information,
contact; Sandy Honbaler, Direc
tor of Public Relations, 105
Smith Lane, Mt. Holly, NC
28120, 704-827-9463.
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lb.
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