Page 8 • Portland Observer • January 31,1990
NEWS AROUND THE NATION
Satellite Teleconference To Link Black Communities
On Self-Help Agenda For 21st Century
1
A ge-old tradition and space age tech
nology w ill com e together to unite thou
sands o f A frican-A m erican com m unities
on January 27th, in a nationally broadcast
teleconference organized by the N ational
C ouncil o f N egro W om en in cooperation
w ith the black C ollege Satellite Netw ork.
W ith the theme, “ Extend the Family Spirt,"
the p rogram w ill set forth a new agenda for
self-h elp via a reinforced sense o f com m u
nity as the extended fam ily. The three hour
telecast w ill be aired from 2 to 5 p.m .
(E ST ). H osted by actress and recording
artist M elba M oore, it w ill jo in dow n-link
locations in alm ost every state to the bro ad
cast center in W ashington, D .C. T he p ro
gram will include dem onstrations and d is
cussions on problem -solving o f contem po
rary issues with strong em phasis o n tradi
tional and historic B lack fam ily values.
" T o both m eet the challenges o f the
present and to prepare for the 2 1 stC en tu ry ,
we m ust take stock o f our inherent strengths
and resources in a cohesive and co o rd i
nated m an n er,” stated D orothy I. H eight,
President o f the N ational C ouncil o f N egro
W om en, in m aking the announcem ent.
“ W hile the concept o f the ‘extended fam
ily ’ has been a key historic elem ent of
A frican-A m erican survival, it has been
overlooked by m any in recent years during
a tim e o f escalating problem s. It is o u r hope
people w ill com e aw ay from the teleconfer
ence w ith a new appreciation for the h eri
tage and vitality inherent in o u r traditional
values and apply them to help cope with
to d ay ’s fam ily problem s. W e look to foster
a com m itm ent nationw ide both to the sense
o f the com m unity as the ‘extended fam ily
and to a renew ed determ ination to help one
a n o th er."
The teleconference is a natural o u t
grow th o f the annually-held B lack Fam ily
R eunion C elebration, a five city w eekend
event view ed by m any the m ost significant
m ovem ent in the A frican-A m erican co m
m unity since the 1960s. O ver three m illion
people have attended the resource-gather
ing festival since its inception in 1986. In an
editorial, the W all S treet Journal said, " th e
N ational C ouncil o f N egro W om en d e
serves m uch credit for daring to be anach
ronistic by prom oting the institution of
m arriage and advocating a re-em phasis of
traditional values in the B lack com m unity.
The teleconference w ill com bine a
variety o f program m ing elem ents, includ
ing provocative NCNW program overviews
and testim onials, panel discussions, h is
torical retrospectives, and audience partici
pation segm ents (w ith com m ents and q u es
tions to nationally recognized authorities
by view ers from around the country via a
toll-free 800 num ber 1.
A m ong the notables w ho will appear in
the program are Jesse Jackson, Lerone
B ennett, The Jacksons, W alter Faunteroy,
M alcolm -Jam al W arner and his m other
Pam ela W arner, Jayne K ennedy, Jam es
Ingram , The Jacksons, A rthur A she, Alex
H aley, Lou Rawls, and Esther Rolle, among
others.
A 54-year-old national/intem ational
mem bership organization founded by Mary
M cLeod Bethune, the N ational C ouncil of
N egro W om en has been in the forefront of
addressing problem s confronting each new
generation with m eaningful and effective
programs. NCN W program thrusts today
include teen pregnancy, health, drug abuse,
prevention, education, em ploym ent, busi
ness developm ent, and self help for fam i
lies in the U.S. and in Africa. In its early
years, the N CN W focused on the status of
w om en, the im pact of the D epression,
im proving conditions for B lack teachers,
and com bating segregation in the military
and other professions. T oday, the NCNW
has established itself as the m ost progres
sive voice on behalf of the B lack family,
with an outreach to four m illion m em bers
through 33 affiliated national m em ber
organizations and 230 com m unity-based
sections. NCN W m em bership is open to all
w ho share its concerns.
Inform ation relating to dow nlink cen
ter locations and m em bership is available
through local N CN W sections or the na
tional headquarters at 1211 C onnecticut
Avenue, N.w., Suite 702, Washington, D.C.
20036 o r by telephoning (202) 659-0006.
AICPA Awards Scholarships
To Minority Students
N EW YORK C IT Y -T h e American
Institute on C ertified Public A ccountants
(AICPA) has awarded S38O.25O in scholar
ships to m inority students in accounting for
the 1989-90 academ ic year.
Since the pro g ram ’s inception in 1970,
the AICPA Minority Recruitment and Equal
O pportunity C om m ittee has aw arded over
$4 m illion in scholarship aid to m ore than
4,500 students. The aw ards for this aca
dem ic year represent the highest am ount
ever given to minority students by the AICPA.
Scholarship aid this year was granted
to 469 undergraduate and graduate account
ing students selected from throughout the
United States,including B lacks, H ispanics,
A m erican Indians and Asians.
“ The AICPA is proud to recognize
these future leaders o f the accounting p ro
fessio n ,” said A ICPA President Philip B.
m any qualified m inority students as pos
sible by giving them needed financial sup
p o rt.”
This y ear’s scholarship w inners rep re
sent 187 schools, with the largest num ber of
awards going to students attending the his
torically B lack colleges and universities.
Included in the total are 15 A rthur An-
dersen-A lC PA awards totalling 515,000
and 6 Price W aterhouse-A ICPA awards
w hich total 55,000.
Individuals interested in applying for
scholarships should write to Sharon D o
nahue, Manager, Minority Recruitment and
Equal O pportunity Departm ent, AICPA,
1211 A venue o f the A m ericas, N ew York,
NY 10036-8775. The deadlines for receipt
o f applications are July 1 and D ecem ber 1.
The A ICPA is the national professional
organization of CPAs with more than 290,000
m em bers in public practice, industry, gov
ernm ent and education. AICPA m em bers
are com m itted to the highest standards o f
quality, independence and ethics in their
practice. In its continuing efforts to serve
the public interest, the organization sets
audit standards, upholds the profession’s
code o f conduct, provides continuing pro
fessional education, p eer review and qual
ity review programs, and prepares and grades
the Uniform CPA Exam ination.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Charts
A New Agenda
Phi B eta Sigm a Fraternity, Incorpo
rated, with the vigor, m andate and energy
of its m ore than 90,000 dedicated m em bers
throughout the U nited Stales, A frica, E u
rope and the Caribbean elected C arter D.
W omack as its 27th N ational P resident
W om ack w ho is em ployed as Director
of Em ployee Relations for R yder Truck
Rental, Inc., a division o f Ryder System ,
Inc. is responsible for em ploym ent, em
ployee relations, affirm ative action and
focused comm unity relations for the 30,000
em ployee division o f R yder System , Inc.
The G reek letter organization conven
ing in W ashington, D.C. for its D iam ond
Jubilee C onclave has set as a m ission state
m ent the desire to becom e " th e Leading
Pro-active C om m unity Service O rganiza
tion” in the country.
" W e will strengthen and pro-actively
serve our brotherhood and com m unities to
ensure that the fraternity’s program s are
focused and com m itted to serving hum an
ity ," said W om ack. “ W e m ust create and
environm ent w here the dignity and worth
of each m em ber is resp ected ," the form er
Akron, O hio councilm an added.
Phi B eta Sigm a Fraternity, Inc. was
founded at Howard University in W ashing
ton, D.C. in 1914 by three young African-
American male students. The founders, Hon.
A. Langston Taylor, Hon. Leonard F. Morse
and C harles I. Brow n organized a G reek
letter fraternity that truly exem plify the
ideals of Brotherhood, Scholarship and
Service. The fraternity’s m em bership con
sist o f collegiate, business and professional
men.
From its inception, the founders o f the
fraternity envisioned the organization as a
m echanism that delivers services to the
envisioned the organization as a m echa
nism that delivers services to the general
com m unity rather than for its m em bers to
use exclusively for them selves. They also
held the deep conviction that acquired skills
should be returned to the com m unities from
the Sigm a B eta Club, the fraternity m em
bers will be working with Junior and Senior
High School boys to address issues such as
educational developm ent, drug use, teen
age pregnancy, health care, m ale leader
ship roles/responsibililies, self-esteem ,
cultural aw areness and an appreciation of
Carter D. Womack
w hich they had came. T his conviction is
m irrored in the fraternity’s m otto * ‘C ulture
for Service and Service for H um anity.”
Phi B eta Sigm a Fraternity, Inc., an
international organization o f leaders, over
the last three quarters o f a century has
established the Phi Beta Sigm a Educational
Foundation, Inc.; the Phi B eta Sigm a N a
tional Housing Foundation; the Phi Beta
Sigm a Federal C redit U nion and Phi Beta
Sigm a C haritable O utreach Foundation.
These foundations are in place to serve the
different constituents that the fraternity aids.
W om ack states that the them e for Phi
Beta Sigm a in the Y ear 2000 is: “ Sigm a
Focused on Issues that Im pact the African-
A m erican M ale to Strengthen A m erica’s
Com m unities.” W omack adds that through
the development of the affiliate youth group.
the free enterprise system.
W omack further slates that through
corporate projects and supportive relation
ships w ith such organizations as the M arch
of Dimes B irth Defects Foundation and
their joint Project S igm a’s A ttack Teenage
Pregnancy, the over 5100,000 G iving Pro
gram to support the N ational A ssociation
for the A dvancm ent o f C olored People
(N AACP), the National Urban League, United
Negro College Fund and the Phi Beta Sigma
Educational Foundational the fraternity hopes
to m ake a difference in many com m unities
around the country. A lso planned is an
aggressive cam paign to strengthen rela
tionships with m ajor corporations, other
organizations and the U nited States gov
ernm ent in order to effectively address
issues that im pact the A frican-A m erican
male.
O ther m em bers elected to the organi
zation’s national board are: D am on M iller,
Sr., N ational First V ice President; G a n y
Jam es, N ational Second V ice President;
Charles Moore, National Comptroller, Atty.
Jam es H arper, N ational Legal Counsel;
Steven Bradford, N ational D irector— B ig
ger and B etter B usiness; Dr. Jam es C larke,
National D irector—Education; M arvin
C heatham , Sr., N ation D irecto r-S o cial
Action; Julius Sim m ons, Sr., President of
Life M em bers and C hester R iley, President
of the D istinguished Service C hapter. The
fraternity’s national headquarters in located
in W ashington, D.C.
The m em bers o f Phi B eta Sigm a F ra
ternity, Inc. are “ excited and optim istic”
as they begin to work collectively address
ing the many issues that im pact the A fri
can-A m erican male to truly strengthen
A m erica’s com m unities.
Write On
Burger King and the Burger King“
M in o rity Franchise Association c o n
g ratu late Miss Sonja Brow n, Grand
Prize w in n e r in o u r M artin Luther King
Jr Dream Scholarship Essay C o m p e ti
tion . We aw arded Sonja a $10,000,4-year
scholarship to help her achieve her
dream s. And she was ju st o n e o f 27
essay w inners w h o received scholarship
aw a rd sto ta lin g $30,000.
B urger King is very proud to h o n o r
young m e n and w o m en like Sonja, w ho
a re n 't afraid to break the rules and go
fo r th e ir dream s. Because at B urger
King, w e fe e d dream s too.
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