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T he P ortland O bserver • S eptember 28, 1994
$4.25 Million To Colleges For Violence Prevention
Health And Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala announced a $4.25 million grant to historically
black colleges and universities for designing, developing, implementing and testing a series of violence
orevention programs. As a former university chancellor, Shalala stated that she knew The value of
involving colleges and universities involving community problems." Pictured (1-r) are: Congressman
John Lewis (D-Georgia); Central State University President Dr. Arthur E. Thomas; Health and Human
Services Deputy Secretary Walter Broadnax; Congressman Louis Stokes (D-Ohio); Health and Human
Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala; Tougaloo College President Dr. Adib A. Shakir; Assistant
S e c r e t for Health, Dr. Philip R Lee; and KnoXVH,e College
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HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala
announced that a consortium of 16
historically and predominantly black
colleges and universities will enter
into a $4.25 million cooperative
agreement to design, develop, imple
ment and test a series of models
aimed at reducing levels and inci-
dence of violence, alcohol and other
drug abuse among minority individu
als, families and communities.
Each of the participating institu
tions will establish a family life cen
ter on campus to implement commu
nity-based programs such as the coun
seling of students and community
residents and the developing of com
munity violence prevention activi
ties.
Research projects include stud
ies on violence and dysfunctional
families, the effectiveness of police
interventions in preventing multiple
incidence of spousal and child abuse,
Secretary of Veteran Affairs Jesse
Brown and U.S. R epresentative
Charles B. Rangel, D-NY, chairman
of the Black Caucus’ Veteran’s Task
Force joined President Clinton in pre
senting to the veterans and organiza
tions distinctive plaques recognizing
their service to the nation.
. .no group of Americans
endured what African
Americans endured in
uniform,”
President Clinton noted to the
audience that packed Way s and Means
Hearing Room that African-Ameri
cans had to fight more than one fight
50 years ago. “Americans endured
much during World War II - the ter
rible loss of lives, the separation of
families and loved ones, the interrup
tions of life on the home front. But no
group of Americans endured what
African Americans endured in uni
form,” Clinton said.
“You had to win the right to fight
the enemy we faced in common. You
endured the indignities of double stan
dards for black troops, the put downs,
the segregated units and bases, some
of which gave you less freedom to
move than German prisoners of war.
You defended America with no guar
antee that your own freedom would be
defended in return.”
"You defended America
with no guarantee that your
own freedom would be
defended in return. ”
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gage company wants you to do is
probably in its best interest, but
not in yours. Don't change your
adjustable rate mortgage (ARM)
to a fixed rate mortgage because
your bank says it’s a good idea.
centive.
If you receive the discount let
ter from your mortgage com
pany, trash it. The discount of 10
to 20 percent is never enough to
offset the amount of interest you
are saving with your low rate
mortgage.
In addition, the IRS has a rule
known as debt forgiveness. If
your
mortgage
balance
is
$30,000 but your bank lets you
pay it off for $25,000 cash, the
IRS considers the $5,000 debt
forgiveness as income, which is
When mortgage interest rates
are rising, homeowners with
ARM s begin to worry.
The natural tendency is to
convert your ARM to a fixed
rate mortgage. The bank or mort
gage company will send you a
letter telling you how easy it will
be to do so.
The bank knows that if you
convert to a fixed rate, over the
next few years there is a 95 per
cent chance you will pay more in
interest than you would have
paid on your ARM.
Even though the interest rates
on the ARM are higher now,
since rates are cyclical, they will
be lower in a couple of years.
The other thing to look for is
a letter offering a discount of 5
percent to 25 percent for paying
off your low-interest mortgage
early.
If you have an 8 percent or
less fixed rate mort , ge and the
current rates are U percent or
higher, the bank can nake more
money if you pay ofl /our mort
gage in a lump sun. and then
loan the money again at a higher
interest rate.
The National Uçban League
:nded its annual conference at the
ndianapolis Convention Center on
in upbeat, charged note with newly
ilected President and Chief Execu
t e Officer Hugh B. Price urging the
:onferees to “go back home and keep
mi keeping on!”
Price’s marching orders fol-
owed the closing plenary keynote
address of University of Pennsylva
nia Law Professor Lani Guinier, who
gained notoriety after President
Clinton nominated her, then with
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drew her name
from
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Oregon to Host
New International
President
The Oregon State Association
o f Ministers W ives & W idows, will
host the thirteenth Annual Pacific
R e g io n a l C o n fe re n c e o f the
Intcm at’ 1 A ssociation o f M inistries
W ives and M inisters’ W idows, In c .,
O ctober 6-8, 1994 at the Red Lion
Hotel, Jantzen Beach, Portland, O r
egon . The Rose City Ministers W i ves
Council will be our local hosts. The
Pacific Region consists of ft ve states:
W ashington, O regon, C alifornia,
Alaska and Hawaii.
Oregon wall also host the newly
elected President of the Internal! Asso
ciation of Ministers Wives and Widows,
Inc. Dr. Celest Johnson, of Connecticut
as the nation’s top civil rights en
forcer.
Professor Guinier told the crowd
of more than 1,500 that she holds no
bitterness toward the president nor
the process: “What we need to start is
a national conversation about race,
about justice, about fundamental fair
ness.”
“Talking about race,” she con
tinued, “has become synonymous
with violating the rules. It doesn’t
matter how quietly or articulately
you speak, the policy is “Don’t ask;
don’t tell.” It was Guinier’s paper
trail of controversial writings and
speeches as a practicing attorney and
legal scholar that hamstrung her
nomination on Capitol Hill.
“Race talk is condemned as in
herently divisive,” Guinier stated,
adding, “talking about race is per
ceived as the problem instead of the
solution.” Her recommendation: “an
open, national dialogue on race is
sues” which is critical to America’s
future. She criticized the name-game
among politicians: “Democrats and
I0NG THE HONOREES - Robert Ingram, Mayor. Opa Locka. Fla
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‘»enters from the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce are, from ,e ft
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MIAMI BEACH — The 7th Annual Convention of
the U.S. African American Chamber of Commerce,
meeting here recently, honored fifteen national and
lo cal m en and w om en w ho have c o n trib u te d
significantly to the progress of African American
communities in this nation.
“ It is v ita l th at we rec o g n iz e th ese lead e rs
p e rio d ic a lly ,” said O scar J C offey, P re sid e n t,
U SA A C C , du rin g the "S p o tlig h t on L eadership
Banquet,” sponsored by Philip Morris Companies
Inc. ’T hey help and inspire us all every day and their
im p o rta n c e as ro le m o d els fo r our c h ild re n is
immeasurable," Coffey said.
H o n o rees fo r e c o n o m ic d ev elo p m en t w ere
M ay n ard Ja c k s o n , fo rm e r A tlan ta m ay o r and
cu rrently P resid en t, Jackson Security, and G reg
W illiam s, local o w n er o f three K entucky F ried
Chicken franchises. Honorees for public service were
A rsen io H all, the e n te rta in e r, and N at M oore.
President, Nat More and Associates. Honorees for
entertainm ent were Kenny Edmonds and Antonio
Reed of LaFace Records and Jeny Rushin. President,
WEDR Radio.
Special Awards of Merit were presented to Rep.
C am e P Meek, D-Fla ; Rep Alcee Hastings, D-Fla.
and Arthur Teele, Chairman, Board of Commissioners,
Dade County.
Mark V. Monteverdi, Manager. Public Programs,
Philip Morris Companies Inc., and banquet master of
ceremonies, explained. "This program helps us to see
clearly the importance of leaders on both the national
and local levels. Together, they can function as
effective teams for community problem-solving no
matter what the source of the problem
D in n er g u e sts h e ard b rie f d e s c rip tio n s of
accomplishments by the honorees.
Frederica Wilson, a member of the Dade County
School Board, was honored for her efforts in the area
of education that included her founding of the "500
African American Role Models of Excellence.
A form er elem entary school teacher. Headstart
A dm inistrator and P rin cip al, W ilson has been a
tenacious advocate for the welfare of children and she
works hard to bnng about an awareness of the special
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activities.
Other college/university presi
dents who attended the press confer
ence as members of the consortium
were:
Dr. Tilden J. LeMelle, Univer
sity of the District of Columbia; Dr
Lois S. Williams. Knoxville Col
lege, Knoxville, Tenn.; Dr. Earl S.
Richardson, Morgan State Univer
sity, Baltimore, Md.; Dr. John L.
Henderson, Wilberforce University,
W ilberforce, Ohio; Dr. Dolores
Cross, Chicago State University, Il
linois;
Dr. Joann Horton, Texas South
ern University, Houston; Dr. Burnett
Joiner, LeMoyne-Owen College,
Memphis, Tenn.; Dr. Myer L. Titus,
Philander Smith College, North Little
Rock, Ark.; and Dr. Joseph B John
son, Talladega College, Talladega,
Ala.
The remaining five consortium
institutions are: Clark-Atlanta Uni
versity, Atlanta, G., Dr. Thomas W.
Cole Jr.; Lincoln University, Lin
coln University, Pa., Dr. Niara
Sudarkasa; Morehouse College, At
lanta, Ga., Dr. Edward B. Fort; and
Xavier University, New Orleans, la..
Dr. Norman C. Francis.
Central State University is coor
dinating consortium activities.
Republicans simply do not want to
talk about race. Instead they talk in
loaded, coded euphemisms -- 'three
strikes and you’re out’; two years
and you’re off.’ Neoconservatives
don’t want to talk about race because
we are now officially colorblind.”
Without that open dialogue, Guinier
maintained, those who are left out of
the system lose their opportunity to
“genuine, participatory democracy.”
The U X African American Chamber of Commerce Honors
N ational and Local Leaders at Convention
M ore than a m illion African-
Am erican men and women helped
to win “ this c e n tu ry ’s greatest
fight for freedom ,” C linton said.
“In helping to show the world what
A m erica was against, you helped
to show A m erica what A m erica is
for.” It was. he said, the begin
ning of the end of segregation in
the armed forces of the Untied
States.
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Also speaking at the press con
ference where Secretary Shalala an
nounced the agreement, which is
funded through the Office of Minor
ity Health in the Public Health Ser
vice, were:
* Congressman Louis Stokes,
D-Ohio, chairman of the Subcom
mittee on VA, HUD and Indepen
dent Agencies, House Appropriations
Committee, and author of legislation
supporting funding for the project.
* Dr. Arthur E. Thomas, presi
dent of Central State University in
Wilberforce, Ohio, and Dr. Adib A.
Shakier, president of Tougaloo Col
lege in Toughaloo, Miss., co-chairs
of the Consortium for Practicum and
Research on Minority Males/Minor-
ity Males Consortium.
* Dr. Philip R. Lee, assistant
secretary for health and director of
the Public Health Service.
President Bill Clinton has signed
an Executive Order increasing sup
port for Historically Black Colleges
and Universities and has referred to
the important role these institutions
play in a community’s development
and advancem ent. T oday’s an
nouncement underscores that com
mitment and exemplifies HHS’ ag
gressive plans and support for com
munity-based violence prevention
Urban League Ends Conference With
New Challenges
African-American Veterans
Of World War II Honored
President Bill Clinton joined
the Congressional Black Caucus to
honor 39 African-American World
War II veterans and 18 African-
American veteran service organi
zations during ceremonies held Sep
tember 16 in Washington, D.C.
and conflict resolution strategies in
public schools.
“As a former university chan
cellor, 1 know the value of involving
colleges and universities in solving
community problems,” Secretary
Shalala said.
“Outside of the family and the
church, historically and predomi
nantly black colleges and universi
ties are perhaps the most respected
and cherished institutions in Afri
can-American communities. We be
lieve that working with local com
munities, giving young people some
thing to say yes to, and demonstrat
ing through action that somebody
cares is violence prevention at its
best.”
Walther D. Broadnax, HHS
deputy secretary and chief operating
officer, said, “These campus-based
centers will be learning laboratories
for training the many and varied pro
fessionals we need to bring together.
Students and faculty concerned with
the violence they see going on right
outside their gates will learn to em
power their communities to heal our
wounds and save our children.”
B roadnax is m anaging the
department’s efforts to support his
torically black colleges and universi
ties.
needs of minority children — especially boys.
Her role model activists provide thousands of
young boys with concrete and attainable goals as well
as jobs and scholarships to colleges and technical and
vocational schools, so that "our students are not all
dressed up for graduation with no place to go."
Dr N Joyce Payne. Director, Thurgood Marshall
Foundation in Washington, D C., was honored as a
national leader in the field of education.
In the area of religion, AME Bishop Frank Curtis
Cummings, 11th Episcopal District, was honored as a
national leader in the field o f religion. His local
counterpart was the Rev. Walter Richardson. Pastor.
Sweet Home Baptist Church
As chairman of the board of trustees for Edward
Waters College for two years. Bishop Cummings has
led the college to select a new president, raised more
than $1.2 million, and helped to establish a human
resource center.
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He helped to raise and distribute more than Mlxl.lXXJ
for victims of Hurricane Andrew. He also contributed
funds to schools in South A frica, Sw aziland and
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Zambia during a recent visit that coincided with Nelson
Mandela's election as president of South Africa.
Cummings is currently in the process of acquiring
the h is to ric A fro L ife In su ra n c e B u ild in g in
Jacksonville for office space, convention facilities
and the opening of an African American Bank
Dr. Robert Ingram, Mayor of Opa Locka, Fla.,
was the local leader in the field of politics, along
with Rep Kweisi Mfume, D-Md. Ingram served for
21 years as a police officer for the city of Miami
and re tire d w ith the rank o f lie u te n a n t before
becoming Chief of Police for Opa Locka from 1980
to 1985.
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He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from
Florida International University and a Ph D. in Applied
Behavioral Science from the Union of Experimenting
Colleges and Universities, Cincinnati. Ohio
A former director of Adult Education Programs
and S ervices at the D ade C om m unity C ollege,
Ingram was elected mayor of Opa Locka in 1986
E arlier this year he was elected president of the
National Conference of Black Mayors.
mON SUPPORTERS - Clarence J. Pattemm. tert, rnareman. USAACC; MarktV!Monteverdi,
lanager Public Program», Philip Morri« Companies Inc.; and O»car J. Coffey. President
»Listed in convention planning. T opic included African American economic d^el»Pm ent
M of trade in the United State» and in the Caribbean. M onteverdiaerved a»m a«ter of
ie . fo r th e “Spotlight on Leadership" Banquet. The Chamber presented an award to Philip