Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 19 October 2000 — Page 44

The Muncie Times, October 19, 2000, page 44

Conference on black males set for Indy

The Grace Memorial Institutional Church of God in Christ, 1417 N. Delphia St., Kokomo, Ind., will host their annual music department anniversary at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 19 and 20. On Saturday Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. guests will come from South Bend, Ind., Niles Mich., Detroit, Mich., and Indianapolis. Special guest is Elder Curtis Daniels, Pastor of Macedonia Church of God in Christ, Elyria, Ohio. Daniels is acknowledged as a preacher, master of the keyboard, teacher, songwriter and recording artist. He will conduct a music worksfr p from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with mass rehearsal from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Registration is $3.00 and begins at 8:30 a.m.

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Free continental breakfast/lunch for all registrants. Bishop Milton L. Hall is pastor Elder Marcus Richardson is Minister of Music. For more information call (765) 457-2749. The Rev. A. L. Dew of Houston, Texas will preach at Union Missionary Baptist Church at 10:30 a.m., Sunday Oct. 22. The church will be observing it’s 95th anniversary. The Rev. Dew pastored the church for 26 years prior to his retirement. Beginning at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 23 through Friday, Oct. 27 the church will host revival services. Pastor Gerald Dew of the Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Houston, Texas is the revival preacher.

psilon Sigma Alpha Bus Service

INDIANAPOLIS—The eyes of the nation will focus on Indianapolis on Oct. 26 to 28 when Indiana hosts the fifth annual African American Male National Conference. The African American Male Council (AAMNC) is presenting the conference. The event’s theme will be “Health: Ministering to the Whole Black Male.” State Rep. Vernon G. Smith (DGary), chairperson of the Indiana Commission on the Social Status of Black Males, the host of the event, said the conference has an impressive list of speakers. “This is a Who’s Who of leaders in the health care profession,” said Dr. Smith. “Dr. Alvin Poussaint of the Harvard Medical School, Dr. Louis Sullivan, who is president of Morehouse College’s School of Medicine, and Dr. Julia Hare, from the San Francisco Black Think

Tank, will be among our distinguished group of speakers. It will be a fascinating event that anyone with an interest in health care and the African American community will not want to miss.” Smith said several workshops are scheduled for the conference. They will focus on health issues relating to IJie physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing of African American males. The subject areas include AIDS/HIV, Fatherhood and Mentoring Initiatives, Mentally Conquering InstitutionaT Racism, Prostate Cancer and Diabetes, among others. Conference officials hope to achieve a series of goals that will help them formulate strategies to gain a clearer view of the total plight facing the African American community. “The recommendations the conference generates

will be drafted into legislation that will be introduced in state legislatures throughout the country,” Smith said. “This conference will exert a positive influence that will be felt for generations in the African American community.” The AAMNC has 17member states. It advocates and formulates initiatives that aid black empowerment through the preparation of African American males for the obstacles they face in American society. The AAMNC is under the auspices of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. For more information or to register, one can visit the Commission’s website at www.state.in.us/icssbm. Commission Executive Director Stephen Jackson also can be contacted at (317) 233-1744.

INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana chapters of Epsilon Sigma Alpha (ESA) service organization were the featured guests at a recent Carnival Day at Camp Riley for Youth with Physical Disabilities. The Carnival Day at Camp Riley gave ESA an opportunity to interact with the children they support. The event includes games, prizes, cotton candy, dunk

tank, crafts and other entertainment. There was also a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new accessible bus presented by ESA to Camp Riley. The 15-passenger handicapped accessible vehicles is one of three donated by ESA. ESA has supported Camp Riley for 35 years and has donated nearly $600,000 during that time.

A Political Action Workshop N.A.A.C.P. Race to Vote

Presenter: Hilary O. Shelton Director to the Washington Bureau of the N.A.A.C.P.

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Saturday, October 28, 2000 1:30-4:30 p.m. Holiday Inn Lakeview Clarksville, Indiana Indiana State Conference of N.A.A.C.P. Branches

For further information contact: Mr. Ronald Fields Indiana State Conference of N.A.A.C.P. Branches Political Chair (812) 285-0270