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kids. Their parents are too poor to support
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The situation is far from hopeless, however.
Throughout Asia and the rest of the developing
world, CARE is providing loans and business
training that makes it possible for poor people
to become successful entrepreneurs.
These programs make more than $2 million in
loans easily available and provide education in
cash management, accounting, and business
skills. The new businesses create jobs and
stimulate economic growth.
“Organizations such as CARE are committed
to helping break the cycle of poverty,” says
Kessler. “One sure-fire way to reach our goal is
to provided solid business opportunities to en
terprising people everywhere.”
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At Capernaum, the disciples
:ed Jesus,” Who is the greatest in
kingdom of God?”
Jesus, taking a child in His arms,
;told tha l2, “Whoever accepts one
my name accepts me,
ipts me accepts not
sent me.
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Jesus took into His right hand the
hand of a little girl and into His left
hand the hand of a little boy.
With small children clustered
around him—some sitting at His
feet, some clinging to Him, all look
ing up at Him, entranced by a halo
only they could see—Jesus preached
salvation.
He said all who come to God like
children will find the way to Heaven
and a little child shall lead them.
He commended as cardinal vir
tues love, charity, compassion, and
godliness, and he proclaimed two
new commandments.
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart and with all thy
soul and with all thy mind,* Jesus
said.
“This is the first and great com
mandment. And the second is like
unto it; thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself. On these two command
ments hang all the law and the
prophets.”
The love of which Jesus spoke is
love without guile. It is the smile of
an infant and that of a young mother
when she takes her newborn in her
arms.
To love as a child loves is to love
and be loved by God.
At Christmastime these centuries
since the angel appeared to the chil
dren and told them the meaning of
the star, the message is renewed:
Each infant bom, of whatever
parents, whatever nation, culture
and color, is a gift of God, and is for
humanity—as was the Christ
Child—a new beginning.
LIBRARIES
(Continued from page 1)
Since 1974, the company has
awarded $40 million in cash, equip
ment and in-kind services both
through the UNCF and through
direct assistance to both private and
public historically black colleges.
"We are proud to accept this con
tribution from AT&T,” said Presi
dent Prezell R. Robinson. “The spe
cific commitment shows AT&T's
concern for the growth and develop
ment of historically black colleges
and universities.”
Other AT&T Foundation pro
grams focused on increasing minor
ity representation in science and
engineering careers include support
of NACME (National Action Council
for Minorities in Engineering) and
an AT&T minority Ph.D. scholar
ship program.
The United Negro College Fund is
the largest fundraising organi zation
in the United States. It provides
support for 41 private, historically
black colleges and universities.
Since its founding in 1944, the
UNCF has raised more than $700
million for higher education. The
organization is known by its motto,
“A Mind is a Terrible Thing to
Waste.”
OBSTACLES
i Continued from page 11
University to conduct the first study.
The N.C. Institute of Minority
Economic Development, a three
year-old, private, non-profit
organization, studies policies, trends
and traditions that affect minority
business development in North
Carolina. It is one of a handful of
African American “think tanks” in
the nation and the only one that
focuses exclusively on economic
development issues.
The Institute constitutes one
segment of a three tier minority
econmic development strategy the
N.C. General Assembly supported
about three years ago. The strategy
seeks to document that African
American business operators play
important roles in North Carolina’s
economic health. Architects and
advocates of this strategy want to
enhance the state’s environment for
expanding those roles.
The other segments of the strategy
-Community Development
Corporations (CDCs) and Minority
Owned Credit Unions-focus on
attracting capital, leveraging money,
and creating business opportunities
along with jobs. The Institute
functions as the research and
development arm of that strategy.
By collecting, compiling and
analyzing empirical data, the
Institute’s staff reveals barriers that
curtail business growth in the state’s
African American and ethnic
minority communities.
The Institute’s newest study is an
important part of that operational
agenda.
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“We decided to launch our own
annual study,” Harris explained,
“because the U.S. Census Bureau
study, which they do every five years,
gives us a economic snapshot of what
was. That means corrective efforts
based on five-year-old information
will always miss the mark. That’s
like firing at the spot where a moving
target was five minutes ago.”
Though the latest Census Bureau
study doesn’t provide current data, it
does indicate some problems,
according to Harris.
“We extrapolated our conclusions
from the latest Census Bureau study
that includes information for
businesses owned by blacks and
firms owned by women,” Harris
continued. “While that data tells us
. what happened, it doesn’t tell us
clearly enough why it happened and
what can be done about it. We
obviously need more current data
and need to have it more quickly."
The Census Bureau’s data for firms
owned by blacks and women provides
statistics for 1987. But the study
wasn’t released until December 1990.
Here’s what happened.
Women owned enterprises have
been the fastest growing group of
firms in the United States for the past
two decades. Nationally, from 1982
through 1987, the number of firms
with paid employees increased by
87.1 percent for black owned
companies, and 98.4 percent for
companies owned by women. In
North Carolina, data showed
increases of 100.3 percent and 102.7
percent respectively.
In sales and receipts, women
owned firms nationally grew by 242.8
percent, while black owned
companies reaped increases of 147.7
percent. In North Carolina, women
owned firms grew in sales and
receipts by 364.1 percent, while black
owned companies showed increases
of 77.3 percent.
The Census bureau data reveals
similar disparate comparisons in
employee growth and payroll
increases.
The disparity itself isn’t
historically significant, but the
growing gap suggests unacceptable
trends, according to Institute
staffers. Over the years, black
business owners have consistently
said that inequitable market sector
opportunities, along with insufficient
capital and equity pose critical
barriers to gowth and expansion.
So the Institute’s annual study
won’t focus entirely on providing the
bad news more quickly, but rather on
determining the specific causes of the
consistent barriers.
POSITIVE THOUGHTS
Don’t fret about tomorrow, just do
your best today.
Clay Harrison
INVITED
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Raleigh Police Department is Maj
Ken Johnson. According to Maj.
Johnson, the assessment team is
composed of law enforcement
practitioners from similar, but out-of
state agencies. The assessors will
review written materials, interview '
individuals, and visit officers anc
other places where compliance car
be witnessed.
As part of the on-site assessment,
the public and agency employees are
invited to offer comments on the
police department’s services and
performance at a public information
session Jan. 13, 1992 at 7 p.m. Hie
session will be conducted in the
Raleigh City Council chamber,
Raleigh Municipal Building, 222 W,
Hargett St. The public information
session will be broadcast live on the
City of Raleigh Public Aceeaa
channel 10.
The members of the assessment
team are: Lynn S. Rowe, Chief of
Police, Cape Coral, Fla., assessment
team leader; Maj. Charles B. Wiley,;
Charleston, S.C. Police Department;
and Capt. Barney E. Crews, Jr.,
Jackson, Tenn. Police Department.
Once the commission’s assessors
complete their review of the agency,
they will report back to the full
commission, which then will decide if
the agency is to be grafted
accredited status, Maj. Johnson said.
Accreditation is for five years,
during which time the agency must
submit annual reports attesting to
continued compliance with those
standards under which it was initially
accredited.
Individuals who cannot speak at the
public information session may speak
to a member of the assessment team
by calling 890-3034 on Jan. 13 and 14
between the hours of 1 and 4 p.m.
Telephone comments as well as
those made at the public information
session are limited to 10 minutes and
must address the agency’s ability to
comply with the commission’s
standards. A copy of the standards is
available at the Raleigh Police
Department Administration Division,
Room 303, Municipal Building Annex,
110 S. McDowell St.
Persons wishing to make written
comments about the Raleigh Police
Department’s ability to meet
accreditation standards may write;
Commission on Accreditation for
Law Enforcement Agencies Inc.,
4242B Chain Bridge Rd., Fairfax, Va.
22030.
For more information regarding
the Commission on Accreditation,
contact Beth Denniston, Director of
Communications, 800-368-3757 or 703
352-4225, or Maj. Ken Johnson,
Raleigh Police Department
Accreditation Manager, 890-3035.
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