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Page 2A - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, July 29,1993 Race Between Gardner, Cannon In District 2 Continued From Page lA was wrong. I came back to the Democratic Party, where I believe benefits for African American people will come from." Both candidates identified crime and economic develop ment as key issues for the district, which is located on the westslde and Includes Charlotte-Douglas Interna tional Airport and the Char lotte Coliseum. Both touted community policing, for ex ample. Cannon said he will reveal his plans as the campaign progresses. Gardner said the West Boule vard area needs attention. 'We need to get someone in terested in (the West Boule vard) area, even If we give them tax breaks In terms of enterprise zones," he said. 'We need to clean up some of the blight in that area." A race against Cannon should be very Interesting, Gardner predicts. "It is going to be youth and inexperience against someone who has been active in the Charlotte community a number of years. 'We are dealing with a young man (Cannon) who is 26 years old, who's first time registering was last year and who still lives with his mother," Gardner said. "The Democratic Party didn't know who he was. There is such a thing as paying your dues." Cannon said his youth doesn't mean he cannot serve well on City Council. "What 1 bring is something we had years ago in another council member who was running at my age: a new look, a different voice, in novative ideas and attentive ears to everyone's concerns within my district," Cannon said. "Age should not be con sidered a factor if the person has the capability of getting the job done." "Once I came back to Char lotte, 1 wanted to give some thing back to the community in which I was reared," Can non said. "1 got involved in the community. 1 went to community meetings. I made presentations before City Council on behalf of the community." If no other candidate emerges, Gardner and Can non will face off in a Sept. 21 winner-take-all primary. South Africa, Continent Struggles Toward The Futiu”e By William Reed NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION The majority of African Americans are more famil iar with issues in South Af rica and the international image of that country's Afri can National Congress (ANC) leader, Nelson Man dela, than with other lands and people in Africa. As Mandela was making his U.S. fundraising tour during the summer of 1993, less than three years since his imprisonment, that country is now in transition toward democratic elec tions, which are scheduled for April 27, 1994. In con trast to the democratic di rection of South Africa many other parts of Africa controlled by blacks still engage in strife, warfare and human rights violations. In Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, the mili tary ruler of the past eight years, Ibahim Babangida, annulled the June 12 elec tions citing "irregularities and bad conduct" on the part of presidential candidates. Although the majority of Nigeria's 200 million citi zens were anticipating dem ocratic elections for their country, following a six- year transition program, Babangida has continued to hold on to power despite the broad public displeasure with his actions. Chief Bashorun Moshood K.O. Ab- lola, winner in the June re sults from 14 of Nigeria's 30 states and the apparent na tionwide presidential win ner, said: "It is clear that a president-elect has emerged and Nigerians have chosen the man whom they want to lead them over the next four years under a democratic government." The State De partment showed its own displeasure with Babangida by expelling Nigeria's mili tary attache from Washing ton and giving him seven days to depart the country and the embassy. Thirty- seven members of the Con gressional Black Caucus sent a letter to Secretary of State Warren Christopher saying that the annulment of Nige ria's election "must not be al lowed to stand." The Cam paign for Democracy, an influential coalition of 42 human rights and grass roots social organizations, is urging Nigerians to stay away from work and stage demonstrations to pressure Babangida. "People fear the worst could happen now that Ablola has been denied his victory," said Emoka Obi, a hotel worker in Lagos, the country's commercial capi tal. In the West African country of Liberia, factions that have been warring for 3 1/2 years reached an agreement in July on a peace plan that, hopefully will Include: a cease fire, an interim gov ernment and free elections. The accord was reached by representatives * of Amos Sawyer, Liberia's interim president; Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia; the country's armed forces: and the United Liber ation Movement for Democ racy. Over 150,000 people have been killed and 750,000 forced to flee the country since Taylor's faction began the fighting in 1989 with a revolt to overthrow then- president Samuel Doe. The Mandela National Pa triotic Front of Liberia has con trolled much of Liberia outside the capital and continued to fight against Sawyer's in terim gov ernment af ter Doe's assassination and against West African mili tary force sent in by neigh boring countries to impose peace inside Liberia. The concern is that Taylor has reneged on at least 20 previ ous peace accords. In South Africa, hundreds of blacks are dying each week. Although the bulk of the killings being committed are by blacks on blacks, the alarms increased when hun dreds of heavily-armed white extremists recently stormed high-level political talks in Johannesburg as saulted participants and sprayed obscene slogans on meeting room walls. More than 26 political organiza tions have been Involved in the talks, but seven have walked out. The 7 million strong Zulu- based Inkatha Freedom Par ty, led by Chief Gatsha Bu- thelezi, and the Afrikaner- based Conservative Party have voiced strong opposi tion to the current talli. The white extremists used an ar mored truck to ram Into the conference center and Koos Staine, one of the protestors said, 'We'd rather die than live under any ANC govern ment." Partnership For Loans Jacob Continued From Page lA the pilot cit ies will have the opportu nity to ap peal the deci sion to the review board, which will consist of Urban League mem bers. If the new review board disa grees with the bank's prior decision, the applicant’s loan application will then be resubmitted for a second look. Applications that are again denied will be offered an op portunity by the Urban League to enroll in the Com prehensive Credit Project. McColl says that "The Urban League's credit counseling will help applicants better understand the borrowing process and strengthen their credit." The review board will con sist of seven members : the local Urban League affiliate president, three community representatives and three bank underwriters. John Ja cob, president and chief exec utive officer of the National Urban League, will be In charge of the appeals board. NationsBank plans to in vest $1.4 million into the venture. Jacob says "this will help equalized ihe pla}dng field." "Our partnership is a model for other lending institu tions." There is hope that other banks will follow Na tionsBank's example. Jacob spoke of this as "creating a new market for other banks. He says "No bank is going to sit around allowing one bank to re ceive 100 percent of a new market. Other banks will have to (compete)." Jacob re minds con sumers that the bank makes mon ey by making loans. He says the Urban League just wants to "demonstrate that making loans to the community is profitable." McCoU LIFT Program Gives Students Work And Educational Experience Continued From Page LA This is LIFT'S first year. The program is funded by Char- lotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The system provided a grant of $119,000 to operate the program designed to improve the employability of economically-deprived students. LIFT serves as a component to Joint Training Partner ship Act (JTPA) Title 11-B Summer Youth Employment and Training Program. The City of Charlotte Employment and Traliilng Division is responsible for determining the economic eligibility of students involved in the LIFT pro gram. There are 125 students Involved in the program this year. Students were chosen during the school year by crisis pre vention counselors who determined they would benefit with this type of program. They were placed in one of the three different sites Harding High School, Randolph Jun ior High School or West Mecklenburg High School. Students start their day by assembling in what they call home room. While there they pledge allegiance to the flag, then they take 30 seconds of quiet time to meditate, which them affirm that they are somebody. Demont Wingate, 15, a rising ninth-grader, says the af firmations allows him the right to "be sure of himself." After affirming their worth, students are off to labs, where they are taught basic word processing, mathematics, note tak ing sldlls and how to answer the phone professionally. After three hours of school the students are off to work. LIFT also helps students financially. They are paid $4.25 an hour, the minimum wage, for time spent in school and again for the work they do at their jobs. Demont, an employee of Goodwill Indus tries in Charlotte, admits that at first he was very reluctant to go to school during the summer months. This is nothing new for Luclle Norton, a teacher of communication skills and editor of LIFT's new maga zine. She says 'Too many (students) think they know it all." 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