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NEWS/ The Charlotte Post 2A February 1, 1996 Fund raising priority for UNC Cultural Center director Horne PHOTO/ DAN SEARS Gerald Horne, director of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center, is trying to raise money for the center’s $7.5 miiiion building.. By Liz Lucas SPECIAL TO THE POST CHAPEL HILI^ One month into his tenure as director of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center, Gerald Horne knows what will top his agenda: fund raising. As the man destined to lead the move from the existing 900 square?foot facility in a small corner of UNC’s Frank Porter Graham Student Union to a planned building off South Road, Horne has a major task before him. But rather than being daunted by the difficulty of raising the remainder of the estimated $7.5 million needed for the new building, Horne says the challenge is part of what attracted him to the job. “I've been in academia for too many years," saysHorne, chuckling as he perches in an office filled with cartons of yet-to-be-unpacked momentos and books. "I've always had the desire to become involved in some sort of building of an institution, something that goes beyond teaching and writing. This offered an oppor tunity to build an institution - literally to build the center — to help it raise the funds. "It's very exciting, the prospect of what potentially we could do with tne center in terms or education,” said Home, who assumed the post Jan. 1. "It may actually repre sent a new stage in the evolu tion of education here because, as we see it, this cen ter would not only be a boon to the campus, I think it would be a boon statewide. Some of the things we could do with the center in terms of educa tion, in terms of appropriate programs and the like, would benefit this entire region.” The existing center, which opened in 1988, compares favorably with others around the nation, Horne says. Its popular programs include a cross-cultural communications institute, a "Communiversity" program that mobilizes under graduates as mentors for area youth and the "Blacks in the Diaspora" lecture series. The center has been a light ning rod for friction at UNC, with some white campus lead ers saying a free-standing facility would foster segrega tion. Black students countered with demonstratons support ing the center. Adminstrators agreed with them, provided the facility be built with pri vate funds. So far, more than $1.84 million has been pledged for the new center, ranging from gifts as small as $10 to pledges as large as $1 million from NationsBank. 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Sarii AbacHa, and Libya, wher^ he met with Moammar Gadhafi. i! Mandela defended Farrakhan's contacts with leaders who have been accused of trampling on human rights. The president said he himself would meet with Abacha as soon as the Nigerian leader released jailed political dissidents and embraced democratic reform, and called Gadhafi a suppoijt- lt of the anti-apartheid move ment. k Farrakhan has long had ties to Gadhafi. Such links, along with his fiery rhetoric, have earned him criticism in the United States. But his part in organizing the Million Man March on Washington was seen as a bid to shake off his militant reputation and emerge as a black leader with wide support. During the march last October, Farrakhan extorted black men to take responsibil ity for their lives and for com batting the effects of racism and to treat women with respect. At around the same time, he said he wanted to meet and exchange views with Jewish leaders. Farrakhan's arrival in South Africa, originally scheduled for Saturday, was delayed because aviation authorities in Zaire grounded his private plane's crew to rest, saying they had had too many hours in the air, according to Pan Africanist Congress spokesman Bongani Sibeko. The Pan Africanist Congress, a small black mili tant group whose influence has been waning since the 1994 elections, was Farrakhan's host in South Africa. o WNGSmRK APARTMENTS Clean, safe, quiet community conveniently located on bus line. Affordable 2 bedroom garden and townhomes. Refrigerator, range, AC and water included in rent. Helpful resident manager and maintenance staff Call 333-2966 M-F 9:30 - 6:00 NAACP Continued from page 1A ^ were unopposed in thp November balloting by dele gates to the NAACP state con vention. Henry Pickett, president of the Raleigh/Apex chapter, was elected third vice president, and Gina Pettis-Dean of Charlotte was elected youth advisor, beating Mary Reid. Z Ann Hoyle of Hickory beat incumbent treasurer James Florence. The vote totals were close, with about 184 delegates cast ing ballots and only 8-10 votes difference between winners and losers. For example, Woodard beat Waddell 96-88 and 96-83. Pickett and Hoyle said they wanted to take the organiza tion in a new direction. “Sometimes when we do not make changes, people possess positions, which in turns equals possession of the orga nization,” Hoyle said last month. “It is not their fault. It is the fault of those around them who don’t make the com mitment to make the proper changes to keep life in the organization.” Mary Reid, who lost the youth advisor race to Pettis, filed the complaint, alleging ineligible youth delegates were allowed to vote. Only 22 votes were cast in the youth election. Reid got four votes. Penn held a hearing at the state NAACP headquarters in Greensboro on Dec. 30. He told The Post then that he is following organizational pro cedure and would make a rec ommendation on the validity of the complaints to a commit tee of the NAACP national board. That committee makes a final determination. Celebrate Your Heritage...! With invitations Carlson ^raft~ The Heritage Collection "Designs For People Who Share An African Heritage." PAPERTOWN 4420 MoiYMRd.'342-5815 (Across From OakfiustSctiocI) CHARLOTTE MBA PROGRAM W^ake Forest University offers a new evening MBA program in Charlotte designed for experienced managers. Join us for an Information Session Tuesday, February 6 5:30 - 7:30p.m.* One Morrocroft Centre 6805 Morrison Bird. Information on our weekend executive program in Winston-Salem will also be available. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY Babcock Graduate School o/Management *Formal remarks begin at 6:00p.m. For more information about Wake Forest’s MBA programs, call (704)365-1717 Children to be focus introducing them to modern computer technology and the Internet, the Information Superhighway. Continued from page 1A will focus on African American children. “Despite the horrible effort of government in Washington to take us back 60 years, to destroy the safety net for chil dren, a lot of people around the country are working on behalf of children,” Edelman said. “The Black Community Crusade is a opportunity for everybody to do something.” She said the conference will focus on problems affecting blank children, including “We need to give people hope,” Edelman said. “We need to let them know people out there are doing things. It does make a difference when people organize and fight back for children.” Also on next week’s agenda are sessions on the criminal ization of the black male and a new State of the Black Child Report. Know The Law OLIVE, MOim I OLIVE, PA Laura Olive Monnett ATTORNEY AT LAW Laurence L. Olive ATTORNEY AT LAW C. Randolph Emory ATTORNEY AT LAW Leon Olive ATTORNEY AT LAW President DID YOU KNOW? If you’re in an accident that was someone eles’s fault, the law allows you to recover the loss of your car’s FAIR MARKET VALUE: not just your repair bills, but your loss of FAIR MARKET VALUE? OLIVE, MONNETT * OLIVE, PA & ASSOCIATES 200 Queens Road 377-9222
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