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RECLAIMING OUR PURPOSE
During thi« holiday season each of
us must make a commitment to get
involved in an issue affecting our
children and to work consistently
and passionately on their behalf.
The gift of love is the greatest gift we
can give our children, and a gift that
is very important.
Susan Taylor
AR
RALEIGH, N.C.,
VOL. 51, NO. 9
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24/1991
N.C.'s Semi-Wee
DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST
Emergency Food And Shelter
Recession Fuels Needs Of Hungry, Homeless
Fueled by the recession and by
cute in a wide range of federal and
■tate programs, demand for emer
gency food and shelter in cities
■cross the nation continued to grow
during the past year, andisexpected
to grow in the year ahead, according
to a survey report issued last week in
Washington by the U.S. Conference
of Mayors.
In its annual survey, this year
covering 28 cities, the mayors’ or
The Children’s Story
Or, Christmas Fantasy
BY J. CHANEY
Special To Tfc« CAROLINIAN
The fifth night of the winter sol
stice, a new star appeared in the
east.
The people of the village marveled
because it was so bright.
The village elders said the star
was a sign but they did not know
what it signified.
The children knew. The children
said:
"The star proclaims the birth of
the Christ Child to Mary whose
husband is Joseph. His name is
Jesus. He has been sent from
Heaven in fulfillment of the prophe
sies to be the Savior of mankind."
The people were astonished. This
was not the way small children
speak.
A patriarch respected for his wis
dom asked, "How doyou know these
things?”
A little girl not quite five, her sis
ter a year younger and a little boy
only five answered, "An angel told
us.”
The people of the village looked at
one another and shook their heads
as adults do when children say such
things.
“How do you know it was an an
gel?** the patriarch asked.
"We know,” the children replied,”
because we talked to it, and the
angel told us it was.”
The children’s parents and. the
other people of the village might
have learned no more if one of the
little girls had not asked, “Can we go
to Bethlehem? Is it far? The angel
said the Christ Child will be found
there in a manger*
The patriarch was a learned man.
He knew the prophesies, he had read
the ancient writings. As he under
stood the prophesies, the Messiah
promised and expected would come
radiant with divine authority.
The patriarch feared an infant
bom to obscure parents in a stable
would not be accepted as the Prom
ised One.
Yean passed. Jesus began His
public ministry. The two little girls
and the little boy who talked to the
angel grew up and had children of
their own.
When Jesus and His disciples
came to Judaea across Jordan, great
crowds followed Him. Many brought
children for Him to lay His hands on.
They even brought babies for Him to
touch.
The disciples scolded them for it.
Jesus was indignant. He rebuked
His disciples and told them, "Let the
children come to me; do not try to
stop them, for the kingdom of
Heaven belongs to such as these*
And He put His arms around the
children, and laid His hands upon
them, and blessed them.
(See XMAS STORY, P.2)
gamzation tound that the needs of
the hungry and homeless in urban
America continued to grow as in
previous years, and that aid facili
ties in most cities—overcrowded
and underfunded—turned away an
estimated 17 percent of those seek
ing food and 15 percent of those
seeking shelter.
Officials in the survey cities esti
mated that over the past year re
quests for emergency food assis
tance increased by an average of 26
percent and emergency shelter re
quests increased by an average of 13
percent. Only two cities did not re
port an increase in emergency food
requests; only three did not see an
increase in requests for emergency
shelter.
Just oyer two out of three people
requesting emergency food were
members of families—that is, chil
(See RECESSION, P. 2)
Public
Comment
Invited
A team of assessors from the
Commission on Accreditation for
Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. will
arrive here Jan. 11,1992, to examine
all aspects of the police department’s
policy and procedures, management,
operations, support services and
invite public comment.
Verification by the team that the
police department meets the
commi&sion’s state-of-the-art
standards is patf of a voluntary
process to gain accreditation-a
highly prized recognition of law
enforcement professional excellence,
Chief Frederick K. Heineman said.
The Raleigh Police Department
must comply with 758 standards in
order to gain accredited status,
according to Chief Heineman. “The
ability of the police department to
meet the standards established by an
internationl accreditation
commission should further reinforce
both the employee’s and citizens’
confidence in the level of
professionalism demonstrated by the
agency,” Chief Heineman said.
The accreditation manager for the
(See INVITED, P. 2)
Shaw, Saint Augustine’s College
Receive Grants To Aid Libraries
The United Negro College Fund
announced that Shaw University
and St. Auguatino’a College will
receive $80,000 each in grants from
the AT&T Foundation. This funding
la part of a $3.7 million grant that
AT&T contributed for the improve
ment of libraries to UNCFs Cam
paign 2000: An Investment in
America’s Future.
Of the total grant, almost IS mil
lion is designated for support of li
CAMPAIGN 2000 - Library facilities such as those used by students at (Ward
University In New Orleans wi be upgraded at 41 United Negro CeOege Fund
rrntr tthtolt as e result of a $3.7 mWen ATAT Foundation grant to UNCFs
Campaign 2000: An Invastment b America’s Future, the most ambitious fund
raising campaign In UNCFs Nslary. The grant to UNCF is the largest single gift
evar made by the ATAT Foundation.
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brary facilities at the 41 member
schools, while $700,000 is for unre
stricted operating support. A hind of
$50,000 has been designated for a
Presidential Initiatives Fund to
support strategic planning and new
programs under William Gray’s
leadership.
The $3.7 million grant to UNCF is
the largest single grant ever given
by the AT&T Foundation, and ac
cording to Ron Laughlin, state pub
lic relations manager, AT&T, dem
onstrates AT&T’s belief in the criti
cal roles UNCF schools play in both
producing leadership in the black
community and in providing higher
education opportunities for young
black Americans.
“AT&T is proud of its long
standing partnership with both the
United Negro College Fund and the
historically black colleges," said
Laughlin. "A college education
should extend beyond what is
learned in a classroom. It should
encompass the rich experience of
what you learn for yourself on your
own, and certainly one of the best
places to do that is in a library. We
hope this grant, focused entirely an
improving the Saint Augustine’s
College and Shaw libraries, will
enrich the students’ educational
experience here.”
Through this latest grant to
UNCF, AT&T continues its tradi
tion of support to the nation’s his
torically black colleges and universi
ties. The $3.7 million UNCF grant is
over and above the amount the
AT&T Foundation annually contrib
ute* to historically black colleges
and universities.
(See LIBRARIES, P. 2)
: ■ • ■ .it- • u
“TOP” GREENE LANE - At a recent dedication, a street
was named honoring John P. Green’s volunteer work to
improve Raleigh’s downtown neighborhoods. Greene
replied, “I am happy to have to have made a small
contribution to a large project to help improve the quality
of Me far others. I am very proud because this Is my
community. I Livo only a low Mocks sway.” the event
also marked the cetojiratiori of 8 new homebuyers in
Southeast Raleigh. Financing was a collaborative effort
with the City of Raleigh, Raleigh Federal Savings Bank and
the N. C. Housing Finance Agency. The developer is the
Downtown Housing Improvement Corp. (Photo by J. Giles)
NC Black Business Owners Facing
Obstacles To Growth, Development
DURHAM—African American
business owners in North Carolina
apparently face obstacles to growth
that women who own firms in this
state don't confront, according to
Andrea Harris.
Harris is president of the North
Carolina Institute of Minority
Economic Development.
"When we analyze the data
carefully,” Harris explained, "we
must conclude that either the
barriers aren't the same, or that
women business owners have learned
how to breach the barriers more
quickly and effectively. Frankly, I
doubt the latter, but whatever the
case, we must know.”
For African American women who
own businesses, race appears to be a
larger factor than gender in
determining how well they do in
business, mi
Therefore, according to Harris, the
data concerning patterns of Dusmess
growth and development. The first
study will begin in January, Harris
said, and the Institute plans to
annminpff fho finHIngg fa April
The N.C. Institute Of Minority Development
is one of a handful of African-American
“think tanks” in the nation and the only one
that focuses exclusively on economic
development issues.
Institute will launcn an annual survey The Institute nas contracted with
of black business in North Carolina to the School of Business at A&T State
gather more current and relevant tSee OBSTACLES, P. 2)
Childhood:
Luxury For
Young Poor
Sahana Monjalisha, an U-year-old profes
sional beggar, has earned her living on the
streets of Dhaka, the capital eity of Bangladesh,
for sin years. Every morning, she walks two
miles from the shantytown where she lives with
her mother and 11 brothers and sisters to stake
her place outside the luxurious Sonargaon
Hotel. Rooms at the hotel, which are frequented
by rich wertern businesspeople, average be*
tween$150 to fSOO per night.
Throughout Bangladesh, hundreds of thou
sands of dirty and ragged children—as young as
four years old-roam city streets scavenging
for small change and crumbs. Millions of un
skilled and illiterate adults, many of them blind
or crippled, crowd the airport begging for pen
nies and crusts of bread.
"When parents don't have enough money to
put food on the table,” says Shelly Kessler, who
manages asian programs for CARE, the world's
largest private relief and development organi
sation, "they are less likely to keep their kids in
(See CHILDREN, P. 2)