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The Barb 2 Community Activities Dy Bill Smith The press has often been taken to task for ctiticizing elected officials. Minority media is especially aware of these comments. That is our job, though, and it is, unfortunately, a necessary one. Our job is also to take note” of the achievments of those “public” people we are often accused of “at tacking,” misquoting, or quoting out of context. This column has often voiced criticisms of Atlanta May or Maynard Jackson’s ad ministration. During his first nine months in office, many changes have been made in city government; significant changes. He de serves praise for those a- chievments. If you are dissatisfied with the action of a public person, you write a letter of complaint, and I’ve writ ten many. Likewise, it is appropriate to say “thank you” for the achievements. Here’s Mine: Mayor Maynard Jackson City Hall 68 Mitchell Street, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia When change takes place, people are quick to criti cize. During the past few months, I have been among those who havevoiced their criticisms. In reviewing what I and others have said it is disappointing that our compliments and praise of many aspects of your new administration have gone unreported in the media. It seems appropriate to me, to let you know what that I see much more to praise in your administra tion than to criticize. Your appointment of Bill Alex ander as legislative liason has gone almost unreported in the media. He an excel lent choice, and a man with excellent credentials. Your selection of Reginald Eaves as Public Safety Commis sioner brings a man long concerned with human re lations into a department that sorely needs to be di rected by someone with a high sensitivity to people. Eaves has been criticized often, and I have raised my own concerns with him. He has, however, moved vigo rously to reorganize the police services Division to become responsive to the community. I am greatly concerned over the contin uing practice of police en trapment and harassment of Gay citizens. I am con fident that Commissioner Eaves and Director Bell will move in this area soon. The media has noted my criticism in this area, without noting my com ments that while Gay citi zens in Los Angeles were picketing the Police Chief’s home, Atlanta’s Gay citi zens were quietly filing in to Atlanta’s Metropolitan Community Church for an open forum with Police In- spectional Services Divi sion Director Eldrin Bell. I am concerned with many issues. We need to find a quick and equitable solution to the problem of our second Airport. The concerns of the average Workshops need to be ex panded and given strong support. The concerns of the white business estab lishment which you spoke to recently must be dealt with again. Dealt with, not by a return to lip-service by a return to lip-service to anti-discrimination practices, but a strong comitment to the CRC’s proposed anti-discrimina tion program. The business community has no need to discriminate to survive. Slavery was not profitable and neither is discrimina tion among free people. With each concern, I have confidence that your ad ministration is not only concerned, but also is tak ing affirmative action as quickly and deliberately as possible. Our city has often been called the “city too busy to hate.” I believe that if your administration con tinues to move openly and aggressively as it has indi cated that it can move over the past nine months, we can add that while our city is too busy to hate, it is not busy to Care! from HISTORY’S SCRAPBOOK DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS NATIONAL NOTES continued from page 1 Park Avenue. Orthodox Jewish organizations were op posed to passage of the original bill. Washington D.C.-A gay sensitivity program for high school teachers and staff for metro D.C. has received only lukewarm support from the superintendent of schools in that city. “Many groups have special needs in the schools” Ms. Barbara Sizemore stated, “and Gays will have to get in line with the rest.” Project Gay Care, sponsored to sensitize the school system to gay concerns through a series of low cost projects be ginning with the teacher awareness sessions. New York City-In an important breakthrough for the Gay Liberation movement, the editor in chief of the En cyclopedia Brittanica told the Gay Activist Alliance of New York that its publication would include information sympathetic to the gay liberation movement and the struggle for civil rights for homosexuals. Los Angles-The Union of American Hebrew Congre gations, a reform Judaism group, has admitted the Metropolitan Community Temple of Los Angeles to it’s membership. The MCT primarily serves the Jewish gay community in L.A. New York City-The publication in the National Obser ver of an article portraying YMCA’s across the country as hotbeds of homosexual activity has drawn ire from gay activists across the country. Spokesmen for the presti gious weekly newspaper stated that “there was no con scious intent for the article to be biased against gays.” New York City-The National Lawyers Guild, a 4400 member leftist group, unanimously declared its support for “the struggle for gay liberation” while critizing some Marxist orientated organizations for their failure to support gay rights. ACHILLE S HEEL Knoxville's New Plush Baths Open 24 Hrs. 7 Days a Week +Stoam + Sauna * Snacks ^ Lockers * Massage ¥ T. V. Lo>~ ★ Private Rooms 522-9857 Membership Men Only Will Honor AH Other Baths Card 306 Church St. Downtown Knoxville Want to rap? Call the gay help-line in Atlanta: 874-4400 Transcontinental telephone service began on January 25,1915. Michigan became the 26th state to join the Union, January 26,1837. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, famous Austrian composer, was bom on January 27,1756. The United States Coast Guard was created on January 28, 1915. On January 29, 1843, William McKinley, 25th President of the United States, was born. Mohandes K. Gandi was assassinated on January 30, 1948. Franz Schubert, gifted Austrian composer, was born on Jan uary 31,1797. SOUTHEAST DISTRICT OF THE UNIVERSAL FELLOWSHIP OF METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHES P. O. Box 370963 Miami, Florida 33127 Telephone (305) 758-7190 DISTRICT COORDINATOR: Rev. Keith Davis DISTRICT CLERK: Mr. H. Ernie Richardson General Offices, U.F.M.C.C.: 1050 S. Hill St., Los Angeles, California 90015; Telephone 1-213-748-2111. CHURCHES Atlanta, George Metropolitan Community Church 800 N. Highland Ave. N. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30306 Rev. Elder John Gill, Pastor Rev. Jim Snow, Asst. Pastor (404) 872-2246 Church Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Metropolitan Community Church 1127 S. W. Second Court Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 33312 Rev. Peter Wilson, Pastor (305) 5244)004 Church (305) 522-0262 Home Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Community Church P. O. Box 291 Jacksonville, Fla. 32201 Miami, Florida Christ Metropolitan Community Church P.O. Box 370963 Miami, Florida, 33127 Rev. Keith Davis, Pastor District Coordinator (305) 758-7190 Home Tampa, Florida Metropolitan Community Church 2904 Concordia Avenue Tampa, Florida 33609 Rev. John Hose (813) 839-5939 Home & Church missions Cocoa, Florida M.C.C. Mission P. O. Box 362 Cocoa. Fla., 32922 Rev. Alex Kurjack, interim Pastor (305) 254-1302 Nashville, Tennessee M.C.C. Mission P.O. Box 187 Nashville, Tenn. 37202 Rev. Darryl Etzier, Interim Pastor .tor (615) 749-6454 Office (615) 352-9712 Home STUDY GROUPS Columbia, South Carolina M.C.C. Study Group P.O. Box 11181 Columbia, S.C., 29211 Orlando, Florida M.C.C. Study Group P.O. Box 20262 Orlando, Fla. 32814 Rev. Lee Spangenberg, (305) 423-0345 The Southeast District of UFMCC is earnestly seeking qualified people to assume leadership in many more cities in the Southeast U.S. If you have the training, experience, ahd calling,. please get in touch immediately with our District Coordinator, Rev. Keith Davis at the above address. ■AX