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Black Journalists Sponsored Workshop Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson was the keynote speaker at a workshop entitled “A Com munity Awareness Day on the 1980 Census" which is sponsored by the AABJ (Atlanta Association of Black J oumalists) on Oct. 13. The workshop was held from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. a t the Martin Luther King Community Center, 450 Auburn Ave., NE, in the gym nasium. Following Mayor J ackson’s speech, panelists outlined the . economic, political and social im- > plications which make it a necessity for people to par ticipate in the census process, especially minorities. AABJ invited community and group leaders to participate because members of the regional Census office here will give a training session on how to fill out the 1980 census form. People trained in this session will be able to serve as advisers to their family and friends and to mem bers of their organizations when the census date arrives, April 1, 1980. Persons interested in getting more information should eontact Cecilia Morris at 758-8118. Roz Abrams, co-anchor for the noon edition of 11-Alive News was the panel moderator. Workshop participants in cluded: Paul E. X. Brown is executive director of the National Association of Market Developers (NAMD), a position he has held since 1968. From 1962 to 1975 he worked for the Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Brown has also worked as news and public affairs director for WAOK radio, as editorial manager for the Georgia edition of the Pittsburgh (Pa.) Courier, and as program director and an nouncer for WERD radio. Among his numberous af filiations, he is a member of the board of directors of the George Washington Carver Boys Club and Goodwill Industries of Atlan ta. Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. is serving his second term as Atlanta’s mayor following his Morris Brown College—Who Are We? The college is located on the old Atlanta University campus on one of the highest elevations in Atlanta. It is the only college founded by Blacks in the state of Georgia which continues .its legacy of rich, Black heritage. Its membership in the Atlanta University Center makes it a part of the largest center of Black, private higher education and the second oldest consortium in the nation. Miss Linda Rucker, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Minder Rucker of Thomaston, reigns as “Miss Morris Brown College” for the academic year, 1979-80. She is an active member of Phi Beta Lambda, Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor Society, Student Government Association. The NAACP and serves as President of the Pre-Alumni Council. Miss Rucker’s hobbies include table tennis, swimming, cooking, and meeting people. She is an avid and competitive Chess player, is a mathematics tutor in the College’s Upward Bound Program and has been a Cer tificate of Merit Winner from the University of Georgia. Miss Rucker is a member of a Morris Brown is a small college with unlimited resources and op portunities with other Atlanta University Center and Metro Atlanta institutions. It is a four- year, co-educational, fully ac credited, liberal arts college, founded in 1881 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Today it offers courses in 34 academic areas in both day and evening classes and confers the B.A. and B.S. degrees. family where more than 13 have graduated from Morris Brown College. Additionally, she is a senior at Morris Brown College where she is majoring in Ac counting and minoring in Business Administration. In representing Morris Brown College, Miss Rucker said. “I feel the public image of a school is im portant and I will actively represent ours.” Wanda Walden, a 21 year-old pisces from Louisville, Georgia is the first attendant to Miss MBC. She is a senior majoring in Special Education of Behavioral Disorders. She is' an honor student and a member of the Golden Key Honor Society. Iota [See RUCKER, p. 3) Morris Brown is the first Black college in Georgia to have a nine- week, organized program of student teaching; it was also the first AU center college to have a continuing education school. Special Morris Brown programs include: University Year for Action, Restaurant and Institutional Management, Cooperative and Continuing Education, Human Resources, Linda Rucker Development Skills, Career Plan ning and Placement, Duel Degree in Engineering, Criminal Justice and Special Education. Morris Brown’s student body of 1,700 enjoys a wide variety of extra curricular activities. All eight Black national sororities and fraternities are represented, in addition to departmental clubs and organizations: Other ac tivities include all athletics, the Marching Wolverine Band which has distinction from its exposure in such events as Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, and the Morris Brown Concert Choir which goes on an annual tour throughout various sections of the United States. These activities are designed to augment the academic program and enhance the development of well-rounded students. A fully accredited institution with the Georgia State Board of Education and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1942, the college holds membership with the Association of Colleges, the United Negro College Fund and the National Association for Equal' Opportunity in Higher Education. The College is an Equal Op portunity Employer and admits . (See MBC. p. 3) Rucker Reigns as Miss Morris Brown initial election in 1973 which made him the city’s first Afro- American mayor. J ackson holds a bachelors degree in political science and history from Morehouse College and a law degree from North Carolina Central University in Durham. In addition, he has been awarded honorary doctorates from five colleges and univer sities. J ackson’s first elected office was as Atlanta’s vice-mayor and president of the Board of Aider- man, a position he held from 1970 until hs election as mayor. He has also worked as a general attorney with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board and as managing attorney of the Neighborhood Law Office of the Emory Com munity Legal Services Center. Time magazine named J ackson one of the “200 Young Leaders of America,” and Ebony magazine named him one of the “100 Most Influential Black Americans.” Jackson is an active member of the United States Conference of Mayors where he serves not only as a member of the Board of Trustees but also chairs the Special Committee on Inquiry on the Census Undercount, the Committee on Criminal and Social J ustice and the Arts Task Force. In addition, J ackson serves on the Board of the National League of Cities and was the only mayor appointed to the National Com mission on Neighborhoods by President Jimmy Carter. J ackson’s professional, political, legal, civic and social affiliations are numerous. Ice Conditioners? Researchers at the University of Delaware are studying a new version of an old way to keep cool. Old way: put a block of ice in front of a fan to cool the air. New way: freeze a special salt water gel at night when energy rates and demand are lower, then use it during the day for cooling. Because the chemical involved freezes at approximately 55 degrees F., a home central air conditioning system can be used of such “storage-assisted air con ditioning systems” could reduce utility companies oil con sumption and investment in generators to meet peak loads. The estimated initial cost of S680 could save about S230 a year on electricity bills. Marketing is three years away.