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PARENTHOOD ASSOCIATION
PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS GAIN MOMENTUM IN AFRICA
Family planning was until recently a remote issue in many
Africa countries and was not recognized as one of those pressing
problems that called for a government vote or provision. More
recently it has become a whisper and is now becoming a murmur
that will ultimately become a cry.
Education and publicity campaigns to bring the family
planning message to the people have taken place in recent months
in Africa. Family Planning workers have become conscious of the
urgent need to create awareness of rapid population growth and
this has been evidenced by Family Planning Weeks in Ghana and
Sierra Leone; and seminars in Tanzania, Nigeria and Botswana,
Senior government and academic representatives took an active
part in all these events, reflecting the increased recognition
throughout Africa of the important contribution that child
spacing and family planning can make to social and economic
progress.
“TO HAVE A CHILD IS TO WANT A CHILD”
The President of SIERRA LEONE, Dr. Siaka Probyn Stevens,
told the Planned Parenthood Association of Sierra Leone at an
education-publicity campaign meeting in May that it was nothing
short of recklessness to have children without the moral
responsibilities of seeing to it that they did not starve or die.
“Owing to our being more aware of the implications of the
pressures existing in our social environment,the climate of thought
has changed these days from that when we used to subscribe to
the idea that children, being the natural gifts of God, should be
accepted without reservation irrespective of the environmental
conditions into which these defenceless beings are projected,” the
President said,
“Nowadays we say that children are gifts which we accept but
we will make sure that in accepting these gifts we would secure
the process by which they will be preserved -for it is nothing
short of moral dishonesty and shame to be instrumental in
allowing such gifts, which are given in the spirit of expectations,
to be exposed to avoidable hazards.”
“To have a child is to want a child: Wanting a child means you
are prepared to receive it: Preparation means making it secure
against the hazards of privations.” -
“Planned parenthood in effect states that with our
environmental hazards or social and economic pressures as they
are - the expansion or trend of economic growth struggling to
keep apace with population growth which inevitably forges
ahead, it is indeed our moral responsibility to make sure or at
least to see to it that, defenceless as they are, our children are
born into such an environment, in such a manner, that from birth
the conditions existing will be congenial to the physical, social
and mental well being.”
“In effect we are asking all of you to consider carefully the
moral implication of the old axiom of ‘cutting our coats
according to the cloth’ in terms of our children.
The celebrations in Freetown were highlighted by a public
meeting under the chairmanship of Dr. Edward Otis Pratt,
President of the Association. Mrs. Clarice Steady, Lecturer in
Sociology at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone,
spoke on the theme “Family Planning from the Sociological
Standpoint.” Dr. Jean-Claude Garnier, IPPF Representative in
West Africa, spoke about the activities of the Federation. Others
present included the Vice-President, Prime Minister, Chief Justice,
Ministers, diplomats, leaders of government departments and
commerical houses.
A color film “Fruitful Planning” in English and local dialects,
produced by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, was
presented to the Assocation.
DEMANDS
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cheerleaders implemen
ted.
Someone suggested
that a committee be
formed (students and
teachers) to select them
on the basis of
performance rather than
on popularity.
6. The students resent
being referred to as You
people and You all. They
prefer to be thought of
as individuals. This is
practiced by some
teachers and administra
tors.
7. There should be more
respect for the janitors,
maids, and cafeteria
workers. They feel that
they should be addressed
as Mr. or Miss or Mrs. in
public or on the address
system and in the
yearbooks.
8. Blacks sent to the
office by Black teachers
are usually punished.
Whites sent by Black
teachers are generally
sent immediately back to
class.
9. Teachers who openly
make Black students feel
inferior should be
conferred with.
One teacher said that
she had to lower her level
of instruction when
blacks came into the
school.
10. There should be more
clubs of interest for
Black students.
They suggested a
Black Awareness group
for all students, not just
Blacks. They feel that
other students would
benefit as much.
11. Students do not feel
comfortable when
talking to the Black
teachers because most of
them are in rooms
divided only by thin
walls.
12. It is the general feeling
of all students that
assemblies should
continue as present but
that they are a little too
guarded, hence, most
don’t enjoy them.
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Cited as “Entertainer of the Decade’’ by SCLC, Brown is
congratulated by (DR) Abernathy, Atty. Donald Warden, Dr.
David Billings, Atty. Clayton, James Brown and Rev. Jones. (See
, News-Review Nov. 18)
Ex-Supreme'si
Suit
Dismissed I
The Wayne County Circuit I
Court ruled late last week that |
singer Florence Ballard had no ||
grounds to support her charge I
of fraud and conspiracy against |
Motown and the Supremes. |
On the basis of this Miss I
Ballard, who formerly sang I
with the Supremes, lost her I
suit for $8.7 million dollars I
naming as defendants Motown I
president Berry Gordy, the |
Supremes, popular singing trio, I
and others.
Miss Ballard accepted j
$160,000 when she signed the <
release from the Supremes and
Motown in 1968 and Circuit
Court Judge Benjamin D.
Burdick pointed out that she
was mentally sound and
well-educated and was
represented by a lawyer at that
time.
It also was noted that Miss
Ballard has filed a complaint
which is still pending in the
same court against her former
attorney who represented her
in the negotiations and release.
Judge Burdick ruled that
since Miss Ballard did not give
back the money she received
for signing the release, “nor has
offered to do so, nor has the
monies in her possession, she
may not maintain this suit
against the defendants.”
“Not having done what she
should have done under the
law, this suit will not be tried.
It’s now all over.” Judge
Burdick commented on his
decision to grant Motown’s
motion that the suit be
dismissed without a trial.
Tenor Jerry Jennings
At Bell Auditorium
Tenor Jerry Jennings will
appear Tuesday, November
23rd at 8:00 p.m. in the Music
Hall of Bell Auditorium as the
second performer in the
Augusta Community Concert
Association’s 1971-72 season
of programs.
A sterling recitalist, Jennings
is equally at home as soloist
with symphony orchestras. He
made his American debut with
the Washington National
Symphony Orchestra in Verdi’s
“Requiem” in 1963. He has
since 1964, injoyed a brilliant
career in Europe. He has to his
credit no less than twenty-five
leading roles in more than four
hundred performances with
such celebrated companies as
the Deutsche Oper, Berlin; the
Deutschen Oper am Rhein,
Dusseldorf; and in 1968 he
signed a long-term contract as a
leading tenor of the Staatsoper,
Hamburg.
As a major in voice, Jerry
Jennings graduated from
George Peabody College. In
1970 he received his Master of
Music Degree. The teachers
whose guidance most
influenced him were Louis
Nicholas at George Peabody
College and later, Todd
Duncan in Washington.
The Washington, D.C.
Evening Star describes a
Jennings recital: “He sings with
great sensitivity. His is a voice
of uncommon purity.”
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Above, Mrs. Naa Morkor Busia shares a joke with Dr. Braestrup
on her left and Miss Henderson and Dr. A.A. Armar on her right.
INAUGURAL MEETING OF AFRICA REGION
The International Planned Parenthood Federation’s sixth
region came into being at an historic meeting in Ghana in June
when representatives from seven IPPF member associations in
sub-sahara Africa adopted their constitution and embarked upon
a programme of activities. Delegates from Ghana, Kenya, Liberia,
Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda coopted to the
Council observers from Botswana, Ethiopia, The Gambia and
Madagascar, pending approval of their application for
membership by the IPPF Governing Body in October. The IPPF
member association in Tanzania was unable to send a
representative.
Professor Fred T. Sai of Ghana, a Vice-Chairman of the IPPF
Governing Body, presided over the preliminary meeting. The
President, Dr. Agnete Braestrup, welcomed the creation of the
new Region; and an outline of the Federation’s future activities
was presented by the Secretary-General, Miss Julia Henderson.
Newly elected officers of the African Region are: Chairman -
Mr. William N. Wamalwa, Kenya; Vice-Chairman - Mr. K.M.
Beebeejaun, Mauritius. Two Standing Committees were created
with Mr. Moses Mukasa of Uganda as Chairman of Finance and
Professor Francis Okediji of Nigeria as Chairman for Information,
Education and Training. Two ad hoc committees were
established; for Constitution and By-Laws under the
Chairmanship of Mr. A Lala, Madagascar; and for Staff, with Mr.
Wamalwa as Chairman.
As a result of immediate action by these committees the
Regional Council endorsed the following important
recommendations: that the Regional Office should be located in
Nairobi, with IPPF’s Resident Representative, Mr. K.J. Winton
Lane, continuing in office as Acting Regional Secretary; Mr. John
Noronha promoted to the position of regional Finance Officer;
Dr. Jean-Claude Garnier confirmed as IPPF representative in West
Africa; and the creation of other new regional posts endorsed.
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