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September 1996--National BLACK MONITOR
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Celebrating 90 years since its founding, Al
pha Phi Alpha Fraternity's Building Foundation
has broken ground to build three single family
homes at the fraternity's former headquarters
site in Chicago. The houses are part of the
Foundation's affordable housingand economic
development plan and a national effort to *
revitalize economically deprived areas impact
ing African-Americans". Alpha Phi Alpha also
has been involved with fighting the restructur
ing of majority-Black congressional districts,
which could result in the elimination of African
American and minority legislators from Con
gress. Information Contact: (410)554-0040.
American Health and Beauty Aids Institute
(AHBAI) :
Celebrates 15 years of service to the beauty
industry and the Black community. AHBAI mem
bers are committed to serving the community
which has helped them to grow. Whether it be
jobs, scholarships, internships or training,
AHBAI and its members are among the top
contributors to programs in Black communities
across the country. A more recent example is
the establishment of the Entrepreneurial Lead
ership Conference, a conference dedicated to
providing scholarships and promoting entre
preneurship. Information Contact: (312) 644-
6610
National Black MBA Association
In keeping with the goal to assist the entry of
interested minorities into the business environ
ment, this organization announces its 1996
National MBA and Ph.D.Scholarship Programs.
Approximately twenty $3,000 scholarships will
be awarded at the MBA level and one SIO,OOO,
one $5,000 will be awarded atthe Ph.D. level to
minority students enrolled in a full-time gradu
ate business or management program in the
Fall of 1996 or the Winter of 1997. Information
Contact: 312-236-2622 or 20.
National Black Police Association
The Northeast Region of this group, which
consists of 46 organizations representing over
7,000 law enforcement officers from Maine to
New Jersey are currently available forspeaking
engagements. To contact a representative of
NBPA for media interviews, speaking engage
ments, community events, etc. please contact:
Delacy Davis (201) 926-5717; Andrew Roane
(718) 548-9141 or 840-0355 (voice mail); John
T. Coy (609)883-1749.
National Conference of Black Mayors
Helping to provide management and techni
cal assistance to Black mayors, NCBM has had
Are you helping to complete the unfinished work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by joining in support of the activities/programs of your fellow organizations?
Are you a dues-paying member of one or more of these community-uplift organizations?
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To Complete The Unfinished Work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
AOIPis a networklnP fi)roooss for or?(anizations engafled in an overall community-buildin agproach to addressing the root
cause of all types of ills amon? Black and simllarm—s uated minorities. AOIP’s overall ob?ec ve, via this interorfianizatlonal
coalition, is tomln immediately to transform the discrete communities within Black America, through pride -insti n% “togeth
erness,” into such Shlnlrl_rgj Oases of Hope that all therein not only will be motivated to want to learn and become productive parts
of our own then-wonderful communities, but also there will a great!fl lessened desire, or “felt need,” to abandon support for
Black-led organizations that opened economics and other doors, Black-owned businesses and professional entities, Black
churches, etc. by inordinately integrating and/or invading the communities and social and other institutions developed by (and
for) other ethnic groups.
AOIP has redems)tlve mission of comfletln? the “unfinished work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” The information listed below
about your organization should (as best possible) be focused on what your group is doing to help complete that “unfinished work.”
an extensive relationship with the Employment
and Training Administration of the U.S. Depart
ment of Labor. As a result, mayors have been
able to access programs and funds to spear
head greateremploymentopportunities for their
constituents. Considerable headway has been
made in the State of Florida in replicating a
workforceskill development center, established
in Benton Harbor in 1995. Several meetings
have been held to structure a program in the
city of Opa Locka. Also, working with the De
partment of Transportation, State DOT officials
and Federal Highway Administration represen
tatives will be invited to discuss policies and
programs, as well as provide information to the
mayors on how DOT programs can have a
direct impact on economic development such
as tourism and how their municipalities can
participate in the states' planning processes.
Information Contact (404) 892-0127.
National Council for Black Studies
NCBS is ending its 20th year of leadership in
the field of Black/African Studies. Much has
been accomplished, but as is the case with all
human endeavors, there ismuchyetto be done
to develop an organization that supports aca
demic excellence and social responsibility.
The 21st Annual Conference will be held in
Washington this month. The year's theme is
"Celebrating Thirty Years of Black Studies: A
Legacy of Leadership, learning and Change.
Information Contact (310) 516-4169.
National Council of Negro Women
You can play a crucial role in the mostimpor
tant new initiative of the National Council of
Negro Women in its 60 year history. By becom
ing a Charter Donor for the Dorothy I. Height
Leadership Institute and National Centers for
African American Women, you will be making a
contribution of unparalleled significance.
The Dorothy I. Height Leadership Institute will
train established, emerging and new genera
tions of women leaders and prepare them for
community leadership and affective participa
tion in program and civic affairs.
The National Centers for African American
Women's four programmatic initiatives will ad
vance opportunities for African American
women. The first of these initiatives, the Be
thune Program Center will provide access to
tested program models, focusing especially on
education, health, and family issues, and will
increase the leadership of African American
women through specially designed social ser
vice agencies in selected cities. Descriptions of
the otherthree initiatives will appear in upcom
ing issues of this publication. Information
contact (202) 463-6680.
National Pan-Hellenic Council
Regional Meetings: Eastern is Oct 3-6 in Rich
mond, VA; Central is Oct. 10-13 in Chicago, IL;
Northern is Oct. 11-13 in St. Louis, MO.; South
ern is Oct. 24-27 in West Palm Beach, FL.;
Western is Nov. 1-3 in Pleasanton, CA and the
Southwest is Nov. 7-10 in Baton Rouge, LA.
Information Contact: (812) 855-8820
National Women of Achievement
Chapters in the Southern region have been
feeding the homeless; nurturing the sick and
shut-in; giving solace to the discouraged (un
employed, unwed mothers, etc.); promoting
youth to excellence (giving scholarships); tu
toring students and their parents; visiting
Headstart children; ; visiting nursing homes to
cheer senior citizens with wholesome conver
sation and with gifts of love (reading stories or
prayers, sitting and eating withthem, Caring for
Older Adults; networking with other organiza
tions; etc. Information Contact: (817) 534-1202.
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
Sigma Gamma Rho has worked with the
Judy Davis Bone Marrow Donor Program to
help increase the number of African-Americans
in a donor bank in which there were very few
registered previously. Since compatibility is
race specific this increased registration of do
nors provides a better chance to any African-
American needing a marrow donor. Informa
tion Contact: (312) 873-9000.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
(SCLC)
A pilot project that newly chartered Floyd/
Clark County Southern Indiana Chapter of SCLC
has taken on deals with crime rehabilitation
prevention. ltis a program that addresses non
violent first time offenders with creative sen
tences thatdo notimpose ajail sentence butare
far more than an ineffective slap on the wrist.
The program is designed to assess the needs
and problems of the offender and place him in
specific individualized programs that address
the problems which may have led the offender
to committing a crime. Information contact:
(404) 522-1420.
Top Ladies of Distinction
TLOD and the March of Dimes Birth Defects
Foundation have joined forces to deliver youth
peer education programs through the TLOD
Top Teens chapters.
TLOD organized Top Teens of America in
1969 for the purpose of helping to alleviate the
problems of youth by providing programs for
their wholesome development. The March of
Dimes Birth Defects program is an example of
meeting that objective for the 3,000 members of
the Top Teens group.
TLOD and the Top Teens of America also
addressed AOIP's Goals for The Year 2000 and
Beyond, resolving that our children will have
quality education sothatthey will be literate and
have career skills and personal adjustment
skills, thus helping to eliminate unemployment
among Black Americans. Contact: (618) 271-
8417.
YOUSA
Youth Organizations (USA) are the 11 groups
from A to K that make up the youth organiza
tions. Each organization has a specific activity.
Group K, the 11th YOUSA activity, is an impor
tant part of each of the otherten (10) as well as
being awhole activity itself. lts a Quality of Life
Group buoyed by the self-help concept-Learn
by Doing: Gain by Giving: Receive by Per
forming. YOUSA also holds substance abuse
prevention and anti-crime workshops and last
year reached 172 children with their programs.
Lastyear Recently The Washington Times Foun
dation awarded YOUSA for its outstanding con
tributions in tackling problems and finding real
workable solutions in the community. Informa
tion Contact: (201) 894-1866.
Special Thanks
AOIP expresses deepest appreciation
for the generous donation presented
at AOIPs Executive Committee Meet
ing in Houston in June by the South
Central Region of the National Women
of Achievement.
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