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now considers them more
appropriate for p)eople consid
ered at high risk of infection,
such as sex woi^ers and sol
diers.
Special clubs and rallies
encourage teens to sign vir
ginity pledges.
First Lady Janet
Museveni’s National Youth
Forum, which received
$180,000 from the U.S. emer
gency plan last year to help 12
to 25-year-olds protect them
selves from AIDS, b willing to
answer questions about con
doms but does not teach how
to use them.
“Abstinence is 100 percent
effective. That is our mes
sage,” said Margaret
Kiwanuka, the forum’s
national coordinator.
The Anglican Church,
which received 157 million
shillings ($86,620) from the
U.S. plan last year, helps edu
cate sexually active adults
about condoms, but for those
under 18, “why give an alter
native and have them take a
risk?” asked Rev. Sam
Lawrence Ruteikara, who
heads the church’s AIDS pro
gram.
Some secular activists
worry the prevention message
is becoming bluired, jeopar
dizing hard-won gains. HTV
prevalence crept up to 7.1 per
cent in 2004-2005, after stag
nating at around 6 percent
the preceding three years,
according to government fig
ures.
“Of course I have no prob
lem with the abstinence
approach, but you have to be
realistic and offer an alterna
tive for different situations,”
said Dr. Abeja Apunyo, coim-
try representatives for the
U.S -based Pathfinders repro
ductive health group.
About 20 percent of U.S.
assistance globally is chan
neled through faith-based
groups, many of which coun
sel only abstinence and fideli
ty Tliey are valued because of
their strong community ties
and reach into some of the
remotest comers of Afiiica.
Such groups are not
required to discuss con
doms—other U.S.-funded
organizations do that—but
also cannot denigrate con
doms. Any condom promotion
must include a component on
abstinence and fidelity
Museveni’s conservative
CJhristian wife has raised the
ire of secular activists by sug
gesting that promoting con
doms encom*ages promiscuity
and can cause genital waits.
Conservative Christian
allies of U.S. President
(jeoige W. Bush are pressing
the U.S. foreign aid agency to
give fewer dollars to groups
that distribute condoms.
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The Center City Streetcar team
INVITES YOU TO ATTEND A PUBIIC MEETING REGARDING THE
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE STREETCAR PROJECT!
Muslim woman sues retailer
March 16, 2006
Charlotte-Mscklsnburg
Government Center
600 East 4th Street
Room 267 • 6:30 p.m.
During this meeting, your Input
will be requested on the;
• Overview of the project
• Concept for the Trade Street Vision
Plan and design elements
• Concept for the streetcar shelters
• General specifications and various
types of streetcar vehicles
The i;enter City Streetcar is proposed to tun along Trade Slieet,
Beatties f ord Road, Tlizabetti Avenue, and Central Avenue
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else is going to want to,”
according to the lawsuit.
‘Tt shows that not everyone
is always as sensitive as they
need to be to people’s reli
gious beliefs,” said Jill
Zwagerman, the woman’s
attorney. “Her general reac
tion was pretty obvious when
her religious attire was com
pared to a baseball cap or a
scarf”
^thers-Johnson, who is a
U.S. citizen and student at
Drake University, is seeking
an unidentified amount for
lost wages and benefits and
punitive damages.
She also wants a judge to
bar the company fix)m future
discrimination of race-based
stereotypes, require sensitivi
ty training throughout the
company and impose manda
tory race bias testing on
upper management officials.
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THERE’S HOPE IN THE TOTE
When you have nothing, the
sniallest things can nxean a lot.
Thaf s why Charlotte Rescue
Mission collects toiletries each
year and distributes them on
Easter. Toothpaste, deodorant,
shampoo and soap nnay not
mean a lot to you, but to those in
need if s a wonderful gift. This
year, we're mailing out 2000 pur
ple Hope Totes to churches and
nonprofit groups to be filled and
returned to the Mission. If you'd
like to help, you can bring your
men’s and women's health and
beaut)’ items to any Showmafs
Restaurant location by April 7.
For more infonnation, please call Doug Macomb at 704-334-4635 ext.
214. Remember - hope can be a powerful weapon to help fix broken
lives.
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Neighborhood rules
bar minorities in N.C.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GREENSBORO- Annie and J.T Boyd were the fifth black fam
ily in their High Point neighborhood when they moved there in
1968.
Now the nearby streets are full of people of color, and no one
gives it a thou^t—and most have no idea that rules are still on
the books that say they're not welcome to live there unless
they're the hired help.
“No person of any race other than the Caucasian race shall use
or occupy any building or any lot, except that this covenant shall
not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of a different race,”
Clauae No. 8 of the 60-year-old covenant that once gov-
OTied the homes along Biltmore Avenue.
‘It’s horrible,” Annie Boyd said when she only recently read the
covenant for the first time. “Meaning that unless you’re a ser
vant, that’s the only way you’re supposed to live in this neigh
borhood.”
'The residents of Five Points, a woridng-class neighborhood
between Jamestown and dovmtown High Point, were mostly
white when the Boyds moved in. But the young couple didn’t
think about why when they saw the house they wanted.
‘'We were driving throu^ the nei^iborhood, and we saw this
one,” J.T. Boyd said.
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