Sorority Gives
Scholarship To
Miss Greene
BY MS. ALLIE M. PEEBLES
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority of
Raleigh presented a $1,000 aoademic
scholarship to Karen Greene,
because of her high SAT score, her
grade point average, and her leader
ship ability.
Karen, the daughter of Judge and
Mrs. George R. Greene, graduated
from Athens Drive High School in
June. At Athens, she was a member
of the National Honor Society, the
Student Council, and the marching
band. She also attended the North
Carolina Governor’s School. Aside
from her scholastic achievement, she
has played junior varsity basketball
and has been a cheerleader.
The honoree is active in her church
and in the Raleigh community. She is
a member of the youth group at First
Baptist Church, where she sings in
the choir. She is also an active
member of die Sunday School.
She is a Jack and Jill teen achiever,
and she serves as financial secretary
of Top Teens of America. She was se
cond place winner in the Raleigh Fine
Arts Story contest, she was a partici
pant in the Delta Carousel.
Karen’s hobbies are writing,
traveling, and reading. In the fall, she
MISS KAREN GREENE
plans to matriculate at Hampton
University, Hampton, Va„ where she
has received the President’s Eminent
Scholars Award. Because of her high
SAT score, whe will be enrolled in
Hampton’s Honors College.
The Delta Carousel is an ongoing
program with activities planned from
September through March of each
year.
City Gallery To Hold
Benefit For Homeless
Tne City Gallery of Contemporary
Art will commemorate the opening of
“Homeless in america: A
Photographic Project’’ with a benefit
preview reception at the Gallery on
Thursday, June 28, at 7:30 p.m. Ralph
Campbell Jr., Mayor Pro Tem of
Raleigh and Board members from
the'North Carolina Mental Health
Association in North Carolina will
make opening remarks. The recep
tion is co-sponsored by the Junior
League of Raleigh and will be a fun
draiser for Raleigh/Wake County
homeless services.
Proceeds will support services and
organizations which need monetary
support to house, feed, clothe, and
educate the homeless population. For
example, the ticket price of $14 is ap
proximately how much a transitional
shelter must raise in order to house
one homeless person per day. It is the
Gallery’s hope that a better situation
for the Raleigh/Wake County
homeless population will be created
through community awareness and
response.
July 12th has been officially pro
claimed as Raleigh’s Homeless
Awareness Day by the City of
Raleigh’s mayor, Avery C. Up
church. In the proclamation the
Mayor stated, “all citizens are at risk
of being homeless and therefore
should be concerned about he issue”
and “homelessness will remain with
ua until creative solutions are found.”
City Gallery of Contemporary Art,
founded in 1983, is a non-profit educa
tional space for changing national
and regional traveling exhibitions of
. RALPH CAMPBELL
contemporary art and design. Addi
tionally, City Gallery is an alter
native performance space and venue
for public art projects. It is located at
220 South Blount Street across from
Moore Square Park in Downtown
Raleigh. City Gallery has been an in
tegral part of tb«'>9«wnl'o$n
revitalization. The Gallery is sup
ported by the city of Raleigh, Gallery
members and friends, and is a funded
member of the United Arts Fund.
The Gallery is open to the public
free of charge, Tuesday through
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., and
Sunday 1:00 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Contact Denise Dickens or Andrea
Fenley at City Gallery for further in
formation.
Prestige Club Meets,
installs New Members
The prestige Club met recently at
the Harfett Street YWCA with
member Grace Kennedy as hostess.
The president, Margaret Capehart
called the meeting to order and the
member* enjoyed a beautiful
inspirational thought for the day.
A delicious meal, catered by the
Daniel* family was served and
enjoyed by the members. Following
the meal and delightful conversation,
the president opened the meeting for
business. The minute* of the previous
meeting were read by the secretary,
J. Rose Mebane, and corrected and
received by the group.
Other business was as follows: new
officers were installed by member
Ruby McKinney. They are:
president, Mrs. Ruth Woodson; vice
president, Mrs. Eredena Young;
eecretary, Mra. Rosia Butler;
aeeiatant secretary, Mrs. uimw.
Eaton; treasurer, Mrs. Mamie
Bailey.
New members were welcomed and
inducted into the Prestige Club. They
are Mrs. Lethia Daniels, Mrs. Ruby
Fain, Mrs. Catharine Larkin and
Mrs. Catherine Turner. Committees
were formed and members
volunteered or were appointed to
serve as needed to accomplish the
mission of the club.
The Prestige Club approved a
donation of $100 to the Martin Luthsr
King Memorial Gardens Fund. After
the singing of the dub soim, the
mwting was adjourned far summer
mention.
Struggle And
Strife Continue
In South Africa
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Eunice
Kiereini tells the story of three young
African children, born a year apart,
orphaned by AIDS and left to die in a
small room by their relatives.
Munkolenkole Kamenga speaks of
the 3 year old abandoned by his father
in Zaire after his mother died of AIDS
at age 32. He was taken in by his
grandmother, already caring for six
other children.
Anne Bayley recalls the words of
the taxi driver, one of 10 children,
who has lost two brothers to AIDS.
They had seven children between
them. The driver is HIV poeitive, as is
another sibling. They have 16
children between them.
In Africa, where 80 percent of AIDS
is spread through heterosexual
contact and SO percent of cases are in
women of child-bearing age, more
than a million uninfected children
under the age of 10 have an HIV
infected mother, said medical
specialists at the Sixth International
Conference on aids
“Now, in suu~ iMu-ia of Africa,
other family members are already
overwhelmed by children whose
mothers and fathers have died from
AIDS and cannot accept them,” said
Mrs. Kiereini, chairman of the World
Health Organization Regional
Nursing-Midwifery Task Force.
“Others will not accept even these
non-infected children because of the
false beliefs that these children will
somehow cause them bad luck or
even infect them with HIV. Orphans
have therefore become a tragic
African reality.”
In African society, women are
expected to bear large numbers of
children as well as grow crops,
collect water and cooking fuel and
take surplus crops to village markets
to sell. When the mother dies, the
family often crumbles.
In a study of 468 children of HIV
infected mothers over a three-year
period, Kamenga of Project SIDA in
Kinshasa, Zaire, reported recently
that IS of 28 children orphaned in that
i. More than 60 percent of the
fathers either had died or abandoned
their children after learning that the
child’s mother died of AIDS.
Bayley, who words with AIDS
organisations in Uganda, said she
hears the same story day after day.
“Hie person sitting in front of me
whether man or woman, has a spouse
who is sick. Sometimes that spouse
has died, six months ago, or last
week. Often I ask, ‘How old is your
youngest child?’ I hear, 4 or 5. Hie
next question is ‘Have you lost a
child?’ And too often the answer is
yes!
“The mothers of Africa are
crying.”
ORANO CONVENTION—Tho North Carolina FadoraOon of
Naira Wamon, Young Adults and Youth Chibs hold Its 01st
aaaaal eanvontlon at Minion VoNoy Inn Expo Cantor with
Ms. Baatrko Hal with tho Control District as host. Rov.
NathanM Boykin, pastor First Baptist Church dolvorad tho
spiritual message at Ms banquet. Judge ARyum K. Duncan
at Durham was Mu guaat tpaakar. The NCFNWC It under
the laaderthip at Ms. Alberta Sanders, Me 1SM president
(Photo bv TaHb SaMr-CtBowav)
NNPA Convention Will Addreaa
The Power Of The Black Press
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Na
tional Newspaper Publishers
Association will hold its 50th Anniver
sary Convention, June 27-30, at the
Chicago Hilton and Towers, with over'
500 delegates, including publishers,
their staffs and guests expected to
participate, Steve Davis, NNPA ex
ecutive director, announced at the
organization’s headquarters in the
National Press Building in
Washington.
“The Power of the Black Press:
Forging a Way for the Underprivileg
ed of the World” is the theme of the
Golden Anniversary Observance for
over 200 black-owned publications be
ing hosted by a Chicago Convention
Committee comprised of ten member
publishers of weekly newspaper
organizations, one chain of
magazines and representatives of the
Chicago Daily Defender-Sengstacke
Publications.
Committee members listed include
Charles Armstrong, Jr., Chicago In
dependent Bulletin; Robert Johnson,
Johnson Publishing Company;
Dorothy Leavell, Chicago New
Crusader; Lorenzo E. Martin,
Chicago Standard Newspaper; Don
McOvane, Westside Journal; Ayesha
K. Mustafaa, Muslim Journal; and
Ibn Sharrieff, Chicago Tri-City Jour
nal and representatives of the
Chicago Daily Defender-Sengstacke
Publications chain.
A major event of the convention
will be the Awards luncheon which
LEAOBMIV AWARD - Bttty Dam* Ml. NatMial Manager of Supplier
Development. ftpstteta Co., accepts the Minority Business Enterprise Legal
Oetane aad Education Fund’s Corporate Leadership Award far 1990 from
Anthony W. RaMaaaa. president of the land. The award was prasaatsd at tha
AM’s 10th aaahmsary awards flnnar at tha J. W. Marriott HetsL Washington. D.
C. Speaking fa dhmer geests an hehaN af NpsHWa prasMent Craig
Waathanp. who was attending a Tnskogee University Beard af Treataas awalag.
Ms. Darrad laid af tha company’s perchases af nan than SltO nMan ham
adawNy venders since 1M2.
Dr. Nimmona Resigns
From Jarvis Cottage
Vernall Stum, chairman of th
Jarvis Christian College Board o
Trustees, is pleaaed to announce ths
pursuant to the reaignation of Dj
Julius F. Nimmons, Jr., ninth pres!
dent of the Institution, Dr. C. A
Berry, Jr., has agreed to serve as ir
terim presidsnt, effective June 21
1990. In making the announcement
Sturns voice his appreciation and ths
of the board for the willingness of Di
Berry to serve the College once mor
at this time.
On Monday, June 18, the nlntl
president of Jarvis Christian Collegi
Dr. Julius F. Nimmons, Jr., called i
special meeting with faculty and stai
and surprisingly and shockingly as
nounced his resignation as presiden
of Jarvis. In a short five minut
speech, Nimmons cited that becaus
of irreconcilable differences betweei
he and the board of trustees it was ii
the best interest of the college and fo
hhn personally toreaign. He says ths
there was no animosity and that thi
was a mutually agreeable decision.
Dr. Nimmons took over the reign o
Jarvis Christian College on June 1
DR. JUUVS NIMMONS. JK.
1S88. Prior to hia two-year tenure with
Jarvis, Nimmons was associated
with Saint Augustine’s College in
Raleigh, for a period of 90-years in
v' ' . -esoonsible positions.
: See NIMMONS. P. 18)
will honor the 1990 NNPA Meril
Award winners for publication ol
prize winning circulation-promotion,
editorial, photographic, graphic arts,
advertising material and others dur
ing 1989 in nineteen distinctive
categories. Cash awards and
honorary plaques will be presented to
winners on three levels - first, second
and third place.
The popular Friday evening
Awards Banquet is being expanded
into a black-tie fund-raising evenl
this year and proceeds will benefit
the NNPA fund to help; establish a
permanent home for the organization
in the early future. The tax
deductible benefit tickets, available
to the public, will be $100. Conferees
are covered by registration, Davis
said. The convention will also feature
an exhibit hall for the first time to
showcase corporate displays, pro
ducts, services, publications, printing
and technology materials.
Drug Action Has
Reached Towards
Court Expansion
Burroughs Wellcome Co. has prc
vided Drug Action, Inc. a $15,00
giant to upgrade and enhance it
“Reach” Outdoor Adventure educa
tion course. The contribution is mad
on behalf Of Ms. Mary Sutton, a Bin
roughs Wellcome Co. employee am
Drug Action, Inc. volunteer. It is be
ing made through the company’
Community Service Program whicl
supports specific projects 01
organizations in which Burrough
Wellcome employees are actively in
volved.
The “Reach” course is operated 01
three acres of hardwood forest soutl
of Raleigh. The land is owned by th<
Raleigh Optimist Club and is loanee
to Drug Action for is experiments
course.
“Drug Action is very grateful fo:
the generous support form Burrough
Wellcome for this expansion,” sail
Rebecca F. Brownlee, executive
director of Drug Action. “We feel foi
tunate that Burroughs Wellcome fel
we were a worthy recipient.
"The “Reach” program is an effec
tive prevention tool for all ages. It ha
an impact on everyone fron
elementary-aged children to cor
porte executives.”
Participants in the “Reach” coura
learn to overcome obstacles together
accomplishing physical tasks by us
ing teamwork, communication am
planning. Overcoming thesi
challenges enhances self-confidence
decision-making and other critica
life skills for children who face s<
many peer pressures, particular^
from drugs and alcohol. Adults cai
take their teamwork and communica
tion skills back to the workplace ai
better, more productive employees
Improvements will be made to botl
the high level and low level events 01
the course, a new climbing wall wil
be constructed and special equipmen
will be purchased, such as canoes, t
enhance the overall program.
A series of seminars on circulation
advertising, management, stress
control, auditing and other aspects oi
newspaper publishing are alsc
scheduled. Other attractions include
a reception at the DuSable Museum
of African American History; a
Chicago style blues festival featuring
Broadway stars Ruth Brown and Etta
James at the new historic Regal
Theater, a midnight “Speakers
Tour”, and numerous lunches, din
ners and receptions spotlighted by
the Nation’s leading corporations,
non-profit organizations, government
agencies and minority en
trepreneuers.
John H. Johnson, President,
Johnson Publishing Company will be
a luncheon sneaker.
President George Bush and Nelson
Mandela were invited to attend
however scheduling problems
prevented their appearance.
KHALIF RAMADAN
! K. Ramadan
[ Selected As
Consultant
i Local radio talk show host and con
tributing writer to The CAROLI
! NAIN, Khalif Ramadan, has recently
[ been contracted as a consultant grant
1 proposal reviewer for two divisions of
the United States Department of
' Health and Human Services.
’ Ramadan was selected to be a
1 government consultant for Adoles
cent Pregnancy Prevention Pro
grams and Adolescent Substance
' Abuse Prevention Programs,
because of his past involvement as a
j Program Director for the YWCA’s
; Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
* Program and his current position as
: Prevention Specialist with Drug Ac
tion Inc.
' This appointment will allow
Ramadan. to. continue living in
1 Raleigh while traveling to
Washington^ &C. periodically for
1 proposal review meetings.
Ramadan is also a former can
i didate for the Wake County School
i Board, continues to have as a priority
1 involvement with the educational and
t social development of youth into in
> formed and assertive leaders for to
day and the future.
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