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EEOC Uncovers Bias Respondents
BY CHESTER A. HIGGINS, SB.
NNPA Ncwi Editor
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission has revealed a list of “at
least 900 respondents” who have 25 or
more charges of bias against them.
These “respondents” are
businesses—banks, stores, manufac
turing concernts., etc.—employees’
unions, especially those with hiring
halls, and emolovment agencies,
EEOC told NNPA. In other words, if
EEOC has the recorded previous
goods on them, it will be tougher for
violators to wriggle off the hook.
The commission was able to amass
this information, hitherto inaccessi
ble to it, by establishing a database
containing information on
discrimination charges filed with the
agency nationwide, Clarence
Thomas, the agency chairman,
revealed.
mrm
“Among Its uses, the new National
Data Base will help us identify poten
tial patterns of discrimination by
employers with facilities in various
locations,” he said. “We didn’t have
easy access to that type of informa
tion in the past.”
Using the NDB, EEO officials can
review records of approximately
400,000 active case files in 118 EEO
enforcement offices around the coun
try, a considerable feat which is cer
tain to change how industry an<
others with complaints brough
against them respond to EEOC in th<
future. EEOC’s SO district, area, anc
local offices and 68 state and loqa
fair employment practices agencie:
which investigate charges for EEOC
compile data on every charge anc
electronically feed updated informa
tion into the NDB weekly. Also in the
system are more than one millior
historical files da tins back to 1979.
I Implemented earlier this year, th
: system enables headquarters oi
t ficials to oversee the timeliness of ac
I ministrative action on EEO-enforce
statutes in field offices. Said Thomai
“By managing information bettei
we can enforce the law better.”
For much of his tenure in office
Thomas has been working avidly t
install a computerized system. A
earlier effort was cancelled when i
was learned the svstem had been pr<
ART FESTIVAL—Original sculpture, carvings, pottery, baskets, jewelry and
other Items made bv Tanzanian artists wW be displayed and sold.
Project Tanzania
Plana Festival Off
Art At City Market
Beginning April 14, the marketplace at 204 Wolfe St. in downtown
Raleigh’s City Market will be transformed into a showcase for one
of-a-kind pieces of art imported from Tanzania. Original sculptures,
carvings, pottery, baskets, jewelry and other items made by Tanza
nian artists at Nyumba ya Sanaa (the House of Art) in Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania will be displayed and sold.
The Tanzanian Art Festival is part of Project Tanzania, Capitol
Broadcasting Co.’s ongoing effort to foster improved community
understanding of and assistance to people in the east African nation
of Tanzania.
“We’ve been looking for a way we could help Tanzanians earn
money,’’ said Project Tanzania director Joan R. Baron. ‘‘By puf
“We have been looking tor a way we
could help Tanzanians earn money,”
by purchasing this container of
artwork and introducing Tanzanian
art to potential customers, we hope to
encourage a continuing market...”
Joan Baron, project director
chasing this container of artwork and introducing Tanzanian art
potential customers, we hope to encourage a continuing market
Nyumba ya Sanaa.”
for
Nyumba ya -Sanaa was founded in 1972 by an American nun.
Maryknoil Sister Jean Pruitt, herself an accomplished artist. It
began operation with three volunteer artiste. Today, Nyumba ya
Sanaa is a thriving center that provides training and meaningful
employment for more than 130 young Tanzanian artiste and craft
smen. The center is owned and operated by the artiste themselves
and serves not only to generate income for the artiste but also to
preserve Tanzanian ethnic traditions and stimulate cultural pride.
The founder of Nyumba ya Sanaa and two Tanzanians will come
to Raleigh to launch the festival. On Saturday, April 15, and Sunday,
April 10, they will be personally avaUable to talk about the works of
art on display, Tanzania and the lives of Tanzanian artiste.
The Tanzanian Art Festival is an opportunity to experience the
rich culture of Tanzania, to buy unique works of art and to benefit ar
tiste of Taniania. Any proceeds from the festival will be used to pur
chase more Tanzanian art.
Project Tanzania offers an encouraging challenge to the com
munity, citizens and institutions, to give their support to artiste as
well as the City Market. During ArtsPlosure the time will be ideal to
attend the events and performances, visit artiste and patronize their
efforte.
A North Carolina/Tanzania connection has already been
established by Project Tanzania and this is an ongoing effort to
foster improved community understanding of assistance to people in
the east African nation.
Through this project North Carolinian* have been involved in
people-to-people programs and self-help educational, aricnltural and
medical projects in the Shinyanga region of Tanzania.
This art festival brings together a dazzling display of ebony,
meerschauin, clay, fabric and paper-ail naturally produced in Tan
zania.
Hazardous Waste Day
For Collection Set In NC
Residents of the City of Raleigh are
invited to participate in the state’s
first community-sponsored
Household Hazardous Waste Collec
tion Day on Saturday, April 1.
The collection day will take place
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Public
Utilities Operations Center off Lake
Woodard Drive, behind the Tower
Shopping Center.
The event, sponsored by the
Raleigh City Council, is free and open
to all Raleigh residents. Anyone seek
ing more information may call
890-3005.
Household hazardous waste is old
or unused household chemical pro
ducts that are potentially harmful to
people and the environment. It in
cludes such common items as waste
til, old oven cleaner, paint, shellacs
and solvents.
Currently, most household hazar
dous waste is thrown out with the
regular trash or poured down sinks.
Thsese disposal methods may cause
injuries to sanitarians and may con
taminate the drinking-water supply.
Raleigh’s Household Hazardous
Waste Collection Day tilers residents
an opportunity to dispose of these
items safely.
Residents are asked to gather their
old or unused household chemical
products and bring them to the collec
(See WASTE. P.2)
The Carolinian
VOLT48, NO. 33
MONDAY^
MARCH 27,1989
N.C.'s Semi-Weekly
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IN RALEIGH
Non-Violent Offenders
New Penalties Program
Alternative
Punishment
To Prison
The Prison Emergency Act,
ratified March 7 by the General
Assembly, includes more than $1.3
million for the Community Penalties
Program which is administered by
the North Carolina Department ol
Crime Control and Public Safety. The
Community Penalties Program is
designed to ease overcrowding in
prisons across the state. The monies
will be used to expand the capabilities
of the 12 existing programs and tc
fund five new programs in North
Carolina in the next two years.
Community Penalties Programs
seek alternative punishment for
motivated, non-violent offenders who
would otherwise be sent to prison.
Various factors (such as the
criminal’s needs for rehabilitation,
victim’s rights and public safety) are
considered when determining the
best alternative to incarceration.
Alternative punishments include in
tensive probation, electronic house
arrest, rehabilitative programs and
various community-based punish
ment programs. The recommenda
tions are then passed to Superior
Court judges for them to consider us
ing in lieu of, and at less cost than,
imprisonment.
Joseph W. Dean, secretary of the
North Carolina Department of Crime
Control and Public Safety, said,
“This program is going to make a dif
ference in our criminal justice
system. First of all, it attacks the pro
blem of overcrowded prisons. Also,
it’s going to help the host com
munities and the offenders by ad
dressing the criminals’ special needs
for rehabilitation. But what I like
most about the Community
Penalties Program is that it man
dates that victims are repaid for
damages—by the offenders.”
The Community Penalties Pro
gram is operated through grants to
non-profit criminal justice agencies.
The agencies hire specially trained
staff to work with existing criminal
justice and human service agencies,
the offender, and his victims to deter
mine the best alternative punishment
for each offender in question.
The legislation calls for two new
programs next year in the eastern
part of North Carolina (northern and
central sections of the First Superior
Court Division). In addition, a Com
munity Penalties Program will be
started in Mecklenburg County. It
(See PENALTIES, P. 2)
PRESIDENTIAL CHALLENGE—In Iris keynote address at the United Nogn
College Fund's 45th anniversary gala, President George Gush chaNenged the
private sector to Increase support for historically Mack colleges and the UnHoi
Negro Cologo Fund and pledged the U.S. government to do more. UNCF PresMen
and CEO Christopher F. Edley (left) and UNCF Chairman ol the Board Hugh Culms
made a presentation to the President In gratitude for his 40 years as a Unit*
Negro College Fund volunteer. The sculpture was created for UNCF by Chlcag
artist Richard HunL
President Bash Makes
Pledge To Help UNCF
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Forty-one
years after he helped organize the
first United Negro College Fun 1 drive
at Yale University, President George
Bush pledged to an audience of 2,000
New Yorkers gathered to celebrate
UNCF’s 45th anniversary that he will
help historically black colleges, both
in his official capacity and as a
private citizen. He also challenged
the private sector to increase its sup
port for UNCF and its 42 private,
historically black colleges.
Accompanied by his wife Barbara
and Secretary of Education Lauro F.
Cavazos and Secretary of Health and
Human Services Louis Sullivan, the
president said, “I feel strongly -I feel
deeply in my heart about the United
Negro College Fund. And I came to
tell you... I want to help. I want the
United States government to help.
And Barbara and I as individuals
want to do all we can to help you
achieve your goals and your ideals.
“I want to challenge the private
sector. We need the help of the
private sector. The time has come,"
the president asserted.
The president and first lady were
each honored by UNCF for volunteer
support of the black college organiza
tion since 1948. The president receiv
ed an original sculpture designed b;
Richard Hunt, a black Chicago-basei
artist. .
President Rush also praised thi
three award recipients at the 45th an
niversary gala: superstar Pau
Simon, who received the Fredericl
D. Patterson Humanitarian Award
Congressman Augustus (Gus!
Hawkins, who accepted th»
Frederick D. Patterson Distinguish
ed Leadership Award; and Lawrence
G. Rawl, chairman and chief ex
ecutive officer of Exxon Corp., who
accepted the Distinguished ^Service
Award from incoming UNCF Chair
man of the Board Joseph WillKms
who is chairman of Warner-Lambert
Co.
“I don’t know of any pioneering ao
tivity that has been more gratifying
to us than watching the United Negro
College Fund achieve its visionary
goals,” said Exxon’s Rawl in
response to the award. “We and the
country have enjoyed profitable
returns from our investment in
UNCF.” Exxon has contributed some
$3.5 million to UNCF since it was
founded in 1944.
Congressman Hawkins, a founder
of the Congressional Black Caucus,
(See UNCF, P. 2)
> grammed incorrectly, Thomas told
NNPA. “We had to start all over. And
- it was tough. We did it without receiv
i ing extra budgetary funds from Con
, gress.”
, The data now is being analyzed in
conjunction with other information to
, determine whether further action
3 may be warranted, Thomas said, ad
i ding, “This type of data will help
t identify potential areas of systemic
K (See EEOC BIAS. P. 2)
II INSIDE
I AFRICA
-• BY DANIEL MAROLEN --
i, WINNIE MANDELA’S
• INDOMITABLE SPIRIT
! Winnie Mandela, wife of the long
— term jailed Nelson Mandale, ANC’s
leader, and herself a champion of the
anti-apartheid struggle in South
Africa, is fighting for survival in the
liberation movement. Her headache
is most agonizing. Lately, local fellow
anti-apartheid leaders made a chill
ing verdict to ostracize Winnie
Mandela from her leadership rote in
the country’s struggle against white
domination and racism. Her battle
with the racist regime has been long
and painful.
But bravo to the South African
Council of Churches and the African
National Congress of South Africa for
their timely intervention in the
hullabaloo surrounding Winnie
Mandela’s threatened ostracism and
ouster from leadership of her coun
try’s antiapartheid liberation move
ment! These two organizations
deserve praise for having upheld
Winnie Mandela’s innocence in the
case of the murder of a Soweto youth
and other “black-on-black” atrocities
in turbulent South Africa.
All of the violence in South Africa
today is due to the apartheid policies
of the racist Boer regime. It is apar
theid that kills, bans, jails, detains
and dehumanizes the country’s
! African population, causing them
much suffering in that strife-torn
land. Winnie Mandela is only one
among the countless victims of the
! violence and confusion caused by the
l rulers’ extremely racist policies.
I While Winnie Mandela is being
wrongly accused by some anti
1 apartheid leaders and, especially the
government, for complicity in the
murders of Africans by other
Africans in the militarily garrisoned
“townships” of the country, the racist
rejoices, and even expects Winnie
Mandela’s ouster from the ranks of
African leadership in the country.
The racist regime has always feared
and hated her unflinching challenge
, (See INSIDE AFRICA, P. 2)
[ N.C. Panasonic
Owners Refunded
In Price-Fixing
Attorney General Lacy H. Thorn
burg said Wednesday that more than
6,800 North Carolinians who bought
certain Panasonic and Technics pro
ducts may be eligible for refunds
ranging from $17 to $45.
The refunds for those who qualify
are the result of an agreement to set
tle price-fixing allegations against
Matsushita Electric Corp. of
America, manufacturer of consumer
electronics under the trade names
Panasonic and Technics.
Thornburg said, “Price-fixing is a-'
fraud upon the buying public. This
settlement assures that North Caroli
nians will be reimbursed for Mat
sushita’s unfair conduct in the pricing
of its products.”
The Secaucus, N.J.-based
manufacturer is accused of violating
(See PANASONIC, P. 2)
Education And Awareness
Leaders Examine “Black Experience”
The 10th annual Black Experience
Workshop and Native American
Culture Week will promote education
and awareness of African-Americans
and Native American culture with ac
tivities in Chapel Hill.
The Black Experience Workshop
begins March 30 at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill with the
theme, “In the 1980s, Present
Realities and Future Prospects.”
On March 30 at 2 p.m. in 212
Peabody Hall there will be a panel
discussion on using data to learn
about the African-American com
munity in the future. Panelists will in
clude Dr. Robert Hill, director of the
Institute for Urban Research at
Morgan State University in
Baltimore, Md., and Samuel and
Theresa Johnson of the U.S. Bureau
of Census.
An open forum on how economic
conditions may have contributed to
the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan
will begin at 7 p.m. in the Great Hall
of the Frank Porter Graham Student
Union. Speakers will include Dr.
Lawrence Gary, director of the In
stitute of Urban Affairs and Mental
Health Research and Development
Center, Howard University; Dr.
Charles Hamilton, Wallace S. Sayre
professor of government at Columbia
University; Dr. Jeanne Spurlock,
deputy medical director of the
American Psychiatric Association in
Washington, D.C., and others.
Friday’s activities will feature
workshops on "Lifestyles and Rela
tionships of African-American Fami
ly Members: Kinship Bonds—Fictive
and Real;” “Health and Welfare
Issues in the African-American Com
munity;” “The Education of African
Americans in a Complex Society;”
and “Evaluating Continuity and
Change for the 21st Century.”
During a scholars’ luncheon on Fri
day, Dr. Andrew Billingsley, former
president of Morgan State Universi
ty, and Paul Hardin, UNC chancellor,
will discuss “Tl\e Education of
African-Americans in a Complex
Society.”
Native American Culture Week
begins March 28 with a free, public
talk by Chief Pat Riddick of the
Meherrin Nation.
He will discuss “The Effect of
Legislation of Native American
Groups” at 7 p.m. in 105 Gardner
Hall.
(See BLACK P. 2)
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