N ovember 9, 1994 • T he P ortland O bserver P age A4 Pepsi Business Institute Grads Join Corporate and Government Workforce Dr. G eorge Campbell, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACM E) p resid en t (se co n d from right) p r e s e n ts W. Lincoln H aw kins U ndergraduate R e se a rc h Fellowship aw ard to C hristopher E. Haggms. Offering Congratulations are (left to right): Dr. Harold Martin, D ean o f Engineering, North Carolina AT& T S ta te University: Frank T. Johnson, M anager of AT& T University Relations: Dr. Lonnie Sharpe, Jr., A sso c ia te D ean o f Engineering, North Carolina AT& T S ta te University. Community Seeks Resolution Of Hazardous Landfill A resolution calling for federal environmental agencies and the State Legislature ofNorth Carolina to tind an on-site solution to remediate haz­ ardous chemical pollution in a toxic waste landfill in predominantly Afri­ can-American Warren County has been adopted by the Commission for Racial Justice o f the 1.6 million- member United Church of C hrist. This week. 18-member Board of Directors o f the Commission adopted the resolution. It will be sent to local, state and federal officials of Warren County . Charles Lee, research director of the Commission for Racial Jus­ tice, said. "The resolution affirms its solidarity with the citizens of Warren County in their struggle for justice. It is noteworthy that although the siting ENROLL NOW o f this landfill was not a problem of their making, citizens of Warren County are demanding an on-site solution because they know that re­ moving and transporting the contam­ inated soil will only result once again in the victimization of yet another poor black community.” T he re s o lu tio n s ta te s , in 1982, the state o fN o rth C arolina unjustly and forcibly sited a poly­ chlorinated biphenyl (PC B ) to x ­ ic w aste landfill in predom inant­ ly A fric a n -A m e ric a n W arren County. At that tim e, the citizens o f W arren C ounty protested the siting o f the landfill resulting in over 500 arrests on charges o f nonviolent civil disobedience. “Warren County stands as a tes­ tament to the strength, courage and F OR commitment of strong African-Amer­ ican women who went to jail in 1982 to defend their community against the siting in their own backyard, said Lee. “Their actions transformed the issue o f toxic dumping in black and other people of color communi­ ties from a local community issue into a national movement for envi­ ronmental justice." he added. Since then, the state o fN o rth C arolina in 1993 announced a crisis at the landfill w herein it was reported that over one m il­ lion gallons o f w ater was trapped, attesting to the flaw ed and un­ safe nature o f the hazardous waste landfill. The resolution urges that appeals be m ade and to speak out publicly in support o f the stru g ­ gle for ju stic e in the county. Darrel Jefflo, 23, is a manage­ ment trainee with Pepsi-Cola’s Tul­ sa Bottling Plant. Hildredge Krushall, 24 is a systems support analyst with Pepsi-Cola in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Both are among 35 graduates of Langston University’s School o f Business who also participated in the Pepsi Business Institute at Langston and have graduated to professional jobs with Fortune 500 companies and with federal government. Five ofthe graduates have joined Pepsi-Cola, with five others joining companies in the PepsiCo Family -- Frito-Lay, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. Others have gone to such prestigious orga­ nizations as Prudential Insurance, J C. Penney, Warner Lambert and State Farm. One is employed by the Inter­ nal Revenue. "Joining the Institute was one of the best things that 1 ever did," said Jefflo. "It gave me a realistic per­ spective on corporate life. The Insti­ tute was such an exciting place, I remember I would hardly wait to get to each session.” When Jefflo entered Langston University, he had planned to pursue an accounting career. Through the Institute’s rigorous program of self- evaluation, he eventually decided to Darrel Jefflo Hildredge Krushall pursue a career that allowed him to interact with the minority communi­ ty on Pepsi’s behalf. H ild red g e K rushall agrees that the Institute was a "trem en ­ dous jo u rn ey o f self-d isco v ery ." She says she has been interested in technology since the eighth grade. She applied h e rse lf to lay­ ing the groundwork for a technical career, until she enrolled in the Insti­ tute and found that technical knowl­ edge would not be enough. 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