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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Celebrating 90 years since its founding, Alpha
Phi Alpha Fraternity's Building Foundation has
broken groundto buildthee singlefamily homes
atthe site of the fraternity'sformerheadquarters
in Chicago, lllinois. The houses are part of the
Foundation's affordable housingand economic
development plan and anational effortto "revi
talize economically-deprived areas impacting
African Americans.” Alpha Phi Alpha also has
been involved in the fight against restructuring
of majority-Black Congressional districts, which
could result in the elimination of many African
American and minority legislators from Con
gress. Information Contact: (410) 554-0040.
American Health and Beauty Aids Institute
AHBAI
AHBAI is sponsoring a $30,000 Scholarship
Contest for students atthe 117 historically Black
colleges and universities. Two winners from
each schoolwillwinaregistration to the second
annual AHBAI Entrepreneurial Leadership Con
ference, which will be held November 6-8 at
Dudley Products, Inc. corporate headquarters
in Kernersville, N.C. (near Greensboro). At the
conference, students will also have achance to
win additional scholarships, for a total of over
$30,000. The contest essayswill focus on entre
preneurship and the Proud Lady. Information
Contact: (312) 644-6610.
National Black Caucus of State Legislators
(NBCSL)
NBCSL Labor Round Table has committed its
collective resources to increase voter registra
tion and turnout in minority communities in the
1996 elections. Working with NBCSL, multi
ethnic labor organizations, churches, and the
National Coalition for Black Voter Participation,
the Labor Round Table proposes to help coor
dinate nonpartisan voter mobilization cam
paigns among historically disenfranchised vot
ers in key congressional districts around the
country. NBCSL has also been focused on
creating a communications environment that
enhances its members information and re
sources so that they may make more informed
decisions on public policy issues affecting their
constituencies, their state and the nation. Infor
mation contact: (202) 624-5457.
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 atthe MBA level and one SIO,OOO,
one $5,000 will be awarded atthe Ph.D. levelto
minority students enrolled in a full-time gradu
Are youhel;)l;rg—tocomplete 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.
AOIP is a networkinP fi)rocess for or?(anizations engaged in an overall community-building a?proach to addressing the root
cause of all tyfis of ills amon? Black and similar&y-sn uated minorities. AOIP’s overall objective, via this interorfianizational
coalition, is to begin immediately to transform the discrete communities within Black America, through pride -insti m% “togeth
erness,” into such Shinirrlf Oases of Hope that all therein not only will be motivated to want to learn and become productive parts
of our own then-wondertul communities, but also there will a greatg 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 redemptive mission of comgleting 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.”
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 forty-six organizations representing
over 7,000 law enforcement officers from Maine
to New Jersey are currently available for speak
ing engagements. To contact a representative
of NBPA for media interviews, speaking en
gagements, 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
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 greateremployment opportunities for their
constituents. Considerable headway has been
made in the State of Florida in replicating a
workforce skill 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. In
formation Contact (310) 516-4169.
National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
(NCNW)
October 10, 1996, at 10:00 a.m. will be a historic
moment when NCNW will launch the National
Centers for African American Women and the
Dorothy I. Height Leadership Institute, to em
power women; strengthen families; embrace
youth; and rebuild communities for the 21st
century. This monumental event will be held at
NCNW's new headquarters, 633 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW. For more information on the
Dorothy | Height Leadership Institute and the
National Centersfor African American Women's
four programmatic initiatives, please contact:
(202) 737-0120.
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NCNW's New Headquarters
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 with them, , Caring
for Older Adults; networking with other organi
zations; 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 regis
tered previously. Since compatibility is race
specific, this increased registration of donors
provides a better chance for any African Ameri
can needing a marrow donor. [Please see this
month's Cover Story on Page 6] Information
Contact (312) 873-9000
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
(SCLC)
A pilot project that newly chartered Floyd/
Clark County Southernlndiana Chapterof 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 but are
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 commit 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 ear 2000 and
Beyond, resolving that our children will have
quality education sothat they will be literate and
have career skills and personal adjustment
skills, thus helping to eliminate unemployment
among Black Americans. Information Contact
(618) 271-8417
YOUSA
Youth Organizations (USA) arethe 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 other ten (10) as well as
being a whole activity itself. Recently The
Washington Times Foundation awarded YOUSA
forits outstanding contributions intackling prob
lems and finding real workable solutions in the
cgglsmunity. Information Contact: (201) 894-
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