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Augusta women’s conference
_continues work begun in Beijing
r Augustan tries to
ear the fire of the
Beijing and Huairou
conferences and ignite
““an interest for Augus
»ta conference.
- By Rhonda Jones
““AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
. September 28, 1996 — a year
r«and two weeks after Beijing —
-»women will still be working to
orbetter their own lives and the
lives of their mothers and daugh
ters, and their sisters at home
and abroad. On the 28th, Au
gustans can attend the local con
ference to learn about the
progress of The President’s In
teragency Council on Women.
According to Dr. Vivian U.
““Robinson, coordinator of the lo
“‘tal conference, she was the only
_ Augustan at either the Beijing
‘“conference or the pre-conference
“ forum at Huairou, China, which
“'was held for the purpose of de
" ciding what issues to present to
“the Conference itself.
“ Itwas“verydifficult,” shesaid,
being the only one tobear the fire
back to Augusta and try to ignite
theinterest in holding an Augus-
Adaptive golf workshop
headed ‘fore’ Augusta
"' The Second Annual Golf Work-
Shop, sponsored by Hanger Pros
‘thetics and Orthotics and co
sponsored by Walton Rehabili
tation Hospital, will be held Oc
tober 23-24, at North Augusta
Country Club. Instructor Sonny
Ackerman will show how golf
can be used as a rehabilitation
tool for people with physical dis
abilities.
i The first day of the workshop
is strictly for ;habilitation and
Eolf professiopals or students.
articipants will be trained how
to use adaptive equipment and
special exercisesin ordertoteach
golf to persons with physical dis
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Dr. Vivian U. Robinson
ta conference.
She said the purpose of the
conference will not be to form a
new women’s organization, but
to build a bridge between exist
ing organizations so that they
may work on problems together,
instead of scattering their efforts.
She described the schedule as
follows:
©12:30-1 p.m. — Registration.
*l-2 p.m. — A review of the
UN Conference in Beijing and of
the outcome.
*2-4 p.m. — Satellite link-up
with Washington D.C., featur
ing well-known speakers and
abilities. The second day of the
workshop is for both profession
als and people with physical
disabilties. Participants from the
first day will practice what they
learned the first day by giving
people with disabilities free golf
instruction.
The registration deadline is
October 17. The workshop costs
S2O for golf and rehabilitation
professionals, $lO for students
and is free for physically dis
abled players. Clubs will be pro~
vided, but participants may bring
their own. For more information
or to register, please call (706)
823-8569.
models of activities over the world
since the Beijing conference. And,
she said, “there will be instances
where you can call in and ask
questions.”
*4-sp.m. — Workshops on five
topics: Women and Health, Vio
lence Against Women, Women
and the Economy, Women in
Power and Decision-Making,
Human Rights of Women.
The main concern that drove
her to organize an Augusta con
ference, she said, is to “see what
we can do with the problems of
women here in Augusta ... to see
how many organizations in Au
gusta are working on these is
sues.”
“Of course,” she said, “we have
many others (issues), but these
[five] are the ones we are going to
focus on right now.”
When asked what she thought
of the Beijing conference, she
said, “I thought it went very well.”
The forum in Huairou the week
before, she said, was a meeting of
Non-Governmental Organiza
tions (NGOs), for the purpose of
deciding what desires and issues
to put before the Conference.
“Then the Conference met the
following week and heard our
desires, then drew up a Platform
for Action.” The Platform cov-
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ered 12 areas, Dr. Robinson said,
from which she drew the five on
which to focus during the Augus
ta conference.
“The (Beijing) Conference was
asuccess in that they reached an
agreement,” she said. “All of them
(representatives of nations)
agreed that, when they returned
to theirrespective countries, they
would form a national women’s
organization.”
In America, she said, that is
The President’s Interagency
Council on Women. The satellite
link-up will involve cities all over
the nation, listening to and giv
ing reports on what has been
done in the name of women’s
rights since the world conference.
It will also be an occasion to de
velop a national and local action
agenda to improve the lives of
American women and their fam
ilies.
The conference will take place
in Building 300 of the Augusta
Technical Institute campus, 3116
Deans Bridge Road in Augusta,
from 12:30 to 5:30. You may reg
ister at the door or in advance.
There will be a $3 fee, payable at
the door. For more information,
call Dr. Vivian U. Robinson at
(706) 722-8593 or fax her at (706)
821-8293.
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AUGUSTA FOCUS August 29, 1996
Post-Olympics will not
spur unemployment
By David Poythress
Georgia Labor Commissioner
The closing ceremonies of the
Summer Olympics did not auto
matically signal a significant in
crease in unemployment in Geor
gia. Most of the approximately
80,000-person labor force for the
Games was comprised of volun
teers and part-time employees
who were working justtobe a part
of the event. ;
Many of those workers were ei
ther from out of state and are
returning to their homes, or stu
dents who will return to school.
And, temporary employment
agencies have said publicly that
they will continue to employ most
ofthe workers they hired for Olym
pic-related work. When all of this
is factored in, I really don’t expect
to see much change in unemploy
ment rates. And, the labor de
partment is participating in job
fairs to help laid-off workers find
new jobs.
Construction will probably be the
mainindustrythat missesthe Olym
pics the most. Leading economists
have estimated that the Summer
Games will have an economic im
pact of between $4 - 5 billion spread
over a six-year period. Much of that
impact was boosted by the construc
tion of Olympic Stadium, Centenni
al Park, venues around the state
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and other projects. Since pre-Olym
pic build-up began in 1992, con
struction jobs grew by more than 30
percent.
As Olympic-related and other
construction projects were com
pleted, some layoffs did occur, but
most of the workers soon moved
on to other projects. And, with
major construction projects al
ready in the works for Atlanta, job
opportunities in construction re
main bright. The money spent on
construction materials and sala
ries will continue to strongly im
pact the local economy.
For approximately a year, I have
repeatedly said I don’t expect the
passing of the Olympics to have a
major impact on Georgia’s job mar
ket. Our state is extremely fortu
nate that we’re among the nation’s
economic leaders. Economists pre
dict that the Southeast will lead the
nation’seconomicactivityinthefore
seeable future, and Georgia will be
the hub of this growth.
There has long been an abun
dance of economic activity in Geor
gia that was unrelated to the
Olympics. That activity should
continue, so Georgia should con
tinue to prosper.
David Poythress is Georgia’s
labor commissioner. Mail should
be addressed to Suite 600, 148
International Blvd., N.E., Atlan
ta, Ga. 30303-1751. 5
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