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Indiana Civil Liberties Union to conduct second conference

Chesterfield Smith, former president of the American Bar Association, Morton H. Halperin, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Washington national office; and Dr. Mathilde Krim, Ph.D., research biologist, founder and chairperson of the AIDS Medical Foundation are among the headliners for the Indiana Civil

Liberties Union's Second Annual Conference and Dinner Sat., Nov. 1. Smith will address the ICLU’s fundraising dinner following a cocktail hour at 6:30 p.m. at the Indiana Convention Center. His topic is “The Role of an Independent Judiciary in Democratic Society.’’ The day-long conference will be

held at the Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis Campus. ‘ Halperin, featured speaker at the plenary session, will address the conference’s theme, “Weathering the Storm: Civil Liberties in Crisis. ’ ’ Dr. Krim, an outspoken critic of the National Institutes of Health’s AIDS treatment program, is one of

ACLU lawsuit prompts 'major changes' in Now York's child welfare system

District Court Judge Robert J. Ward of the Southern District of New York has approved a settlement which mandates major changes in New York City’s child welfare system. The settlement requires that the process by which children are placed in agencies be taken over by the city, instead of left under the control of the private agencies. It requires that all children be placed in the best available program, on a first-come, first-served basis, and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race or religion. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the Wilder lawsuit June 14, 1983, challenging New York City's reliance on publicly funded

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CONTINUKD FROM PAO11 several factions of the party, but selected the person who could “best represent the whole party. ’ ’ She explained: “In my attempt to listen to all factions of the party, I met with a number of people including Rev. Sanders, Pat Chavis and another person on September 4. They said their personal choice was Walton and if we didn’t choose Walton, they would do what they could to take votes from Bob Warren (candidate for Marion County Sheriff) and Jim Wells,’’ Benedict said. In a press conference at the 22nd Street Cafe, Rev. Sanders accused Benedict of calling Smith her “boy” and the Democratic Party of taking black voters for granted. He stressed that Smith “was not the problem.” Benedict hotly denied both allega : tions 4nd said it was Rev. Sanders who made any racial references. “I expressed a great deal of dismay at that kind of talk,” she said in a telephone interview after the news conference. Rev. Sanders urged black Democrats to scratch for Currence and Mowery, or “stay at home if you don’t know how to operate the new machines.” Scratching is a word used to designate voting for candidates of both parties. Rev. Sanders said the 22nd Street Cafe location would be used as headquarters for the group’s efforts. Support would include campaigning for the two Republican candidates, having comments placed in church bulletin asking church members to vote for them and other support. Rev. DeWayne Walker, president of the alliance, said the vote to support the Republican candidates was not unanimous, but there was a majority in favor of taking the announced action. He said there are 80 active members in the alliance. Rev. Sanders said he will not host his morning gospel show on WTLC after the Nov. 4 election. Several persons had accused Sanders of making numerous political statements during the show. Also attending the news conference were Dr. Leon Sullivan, founder and chairman of Opportunties Industrialization Centers, Inc., who is in the city for QIC Week; ministers in support of the alliance position, and numerous Republican Party officials, candidates and party workers. Thd Baptist Ministerial Alliance is expected to determine Monday who it will pidorse for trustee. Rolected OONTINUID FROM PAO11 diana as “misleading,” and cited a report compiled by Lugar which suggested otherwise. “The South Africans buy very little wheat from Indiana,” Hall said. He challenged SerVaas “to produce figures” to support his assertion. Councilman Howard praised Lugar as an “honorable man" who “stood up for what was right” on the sanctions issue. He accused the council of being infested with- “a subtle institudonahzed racism” manifested by the vote. According to Howard, the resolution acknowledged the four congressmen for their “courageous’' stand for “bask human rights,” il- ‘ ^ * 1 the U.S. win “no of the South African

religious agencies to provide child welfare (foster care) services, charging that the Catholic and Jewish agencies discriminate in favor of children of their own religion and against black Protestant children. Those children are then relegated to lower quality and segregated programs and that these agencies impose their religous practices (principally with regard to birth contort and abortion), and a religous environment on children who are public wards, the suit said. Plaintiffs are a class of black Protestant children, and taxpayers, including Dr. Kenneth Clark, Prof. Richard Cloward, and the Rev. Howard Moody. They assert that these practices violate the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of the First Amendment, the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and federal law prohibiting discrimination. In March, 1983, plaintiffs and the city submitted a settlement of the lawsuit to the court for approval. The settlement was supported by the state and by a group of nonsectarian and Protestant child welfare agencies. The settlement establishes a process by which a quality rating system can be developed to determine

which are the better agency programs. The approved settlement prohibits all agencies contracting with the city from imposing religious practices on children, and guarantees meaningful access to the full range of family planning informtion and services to all children. This settlement has been opposed by Catholic and Jewish agencies on the grounds that these agencies have a constitutional right to discriminate on the basis of religion, and to operate these agencies in accordance with the beliefs of the religious groups with which they are associated. The ruling decides these constitutional issues and mandates a massive reorganizaiton of New York City’s child welfare system, a shift in control over that system from the private agencies which have historically dominated child welfare in this city, to the public sector, which pays for the services and has the legal responsibility to see that they are provided. In addition, the decision has a far broader national impact, because so many publicly funded social services are provided by religious agencies across the country.

PAX-1 licenses additional firms for Pan Am products

PAX-Indianapolis, Inc., the organizing committee for the Tenth Pan American Games, today announced the signing of 27 additional companies to manufacture and

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racial and ethnic minorities.

Milton O. Thompson, general counsel and vice president of Corporate Development for PAX-I

distrityJ^, v p^uc^C9Rt^i|iqg li y^//said, “I am extremely pleased with

Businesses that have been newly licensed by PAX/1 include Associated Reps., Inc.; Better World Marketing Corporation; The Brass Lamp, Inc.; Button Graphics; Capital Balloon Coporation; Cartographies International; China Rose, Colores, Inc; Continental Monogramming; Crismar Screen Printing; Custom Creations; Escoa Inc./dousino Microloop Corporation; Exhibition Decorators, Inc.; Flag and Banner Company; II Ya Industrial Co., Ltd.; Jenny Mae, Inc., dba Great American Pie Co.; Mike’s Button’s; Mr. Bee Pollen; Rainbow Graphics, Inc.; Smith Screen Printing Co.; Specialties Unlimited; States Unlimited; TCB Manufacturing Inc.; Teco Products, Inc.; Tommar, Inc., and Village

Development Corporation.

These companies join the original

13 that were announced in July.

Of the 42 companies that have now been announced, 37 are Indiana-based, 17 are femaleowned, and 11 are owned by the

Review Panel and its chairman, Earl Harris, as well as our licensing agent, Paul S. Petticrew, of P.S.P. Licensing Corporation. “We have surpassed not only our financial goals, but also our goals of selecting quality products produced by Indiana-based and minorityowned or operated businesses.” Items which will be marketed by these companies range from predictable items such as buttons, hats and shirts, to such unusual items as towels and food products. The royalty fees to be paid to PAX-I have been determined on an individual basis. “The success of this licensing program depends'on the public support of the Games, and their purchasing of these products,” Thompson

added.

Items are expected to be available in major retail outlets soon. However, several items are currently available in such locations as Union Station and the Indianapolis International Airport.

Applications now available for United Way's Burkhart Series

Applications are now available for organizations interested in sponsoring candidates for the second annual Ardath Burkhart Series. The series is a board leadership development program sponsored by the United Way of Central Indiana. The series will present seven educational workshops to top-notch candidates nominated by their respective organizations in the corporate, public and non-profit sectors. The workshops will be presented over a six-month period beginning January 1987 and will be held at various coporate sites. The program Leaders CONTINUID FROM RAM 1 ANC guerrillas carry out operations from its territory, although it acknowledges that leaders of the Zambian-based organization freely visit the country. Other delegates at the summit were President Kenenth Kaunda of Zambia, Zimbabwe Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, President Quett Masire of Botswana',''Angolan President Eduardo dos Santos and Tanzanian President Ali Hassan Mwinyi. Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC, flew into Maputo with Kaunda but did not take part in the sum-

will focus on the essentials needed to become a knowledgeable and effective member of a board of directors of a non-profit agency. Workshops will specifically focus on the roles of a board member as a policy maker, a fund raiser, and a decision maker. Participants will also study issues dealing with the legal and financial responsibilities of board members. This internship is the highlight of ABS and allows each of the participants an opportunity to participate in boardmanship at its best. “This internship created the opportunity for me to talk to and share ideas with community corporate and not-for-profit leaders. It also provides the necessary experience that enables the participants to become resourceful board members, “said Mr. Mark Thomas, director of marketing, Everett I. Brown Co. Thomas presently sits on the Junior Achievement Advisory Council and is a new member of the Indiana State Museum Society Board. Applications are available from Volunteer Action Center at 923-1466 and must be returned by inov. o. corporations arc asua to pay 1300 par participant, and community service organizations are asked to pay SI00 par participant.

the world’s foremost experts on the disease. She is the former head of the Sloan-Kettering Institute’s Interferon Laboratory in New York. Appearing with her in the workshop, “AIDS: the Politics of Hysteria,” will be Ryan White, 14-year-old AIDS victim from Kokomo, attorney David F. Hamilton who assisted in Ryan’s legal action against the Western Middle Schools System, and Dr. Woodrow A. Myers, Jr., M.D., Secretary of the Indiana State Board of Health and State Health Commissioner. Other substantive workshops offered in the afternoon include: “Drug Testing: The Quick Fix?,” “Book Censorship: Ideas in Exile,” “International Human Rights: The Continuing Holocaust,” and “Church/State: Crucifying the Constitution.” Two morning skills workshops, “Legislation: Lobbying for Freedom,” for volunteers interested in lobbying and "Constitutional Litigation: Defending Individual Rights.” for attorneys will also be offered. Registration for those attending both morning and afternoon sessions opens at 8:30 a.m. People attending only the afternoon workshops may register at 11 a.m. NAACPtoopen headquarters in Baltimore Baltimore, Md. A Community Organizations Celebration Rally at which the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, president of the National Rainbow Coalition, will be the principal speaker, is the first of two major events the NAACP has scheduled in Baltimore churches as part of the dedication ceremonies for its new headquarters and conference center. The rally will be held at Enon Baptist Church, Edmondson Avenue and Schroeder Street on Oct. 16. The second event in a local church will take place on Sunday evening, Oct. 19 at the New Shiloh Baptist Church where the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Will 6e the guest spealcef at an Interfaith Religious Celebration. A number of local and national clergy are also expected to attend. The dedication of the NAACP’s headquarters will take place Oct. 18, and is being planned as a memorable occasion in keeping with the importance of the organization moving into its first permanent home in its 77-year history. A number of special features have been planned including music by the Morgan State University Choir and a “Roll Call Of The States” at which representatives from the 50 states will present their state flags to the NAACP. This act will have a special meaning for the NAACP since it has members in each of the 50 states. IUPUI to sponsor forum featuring 'Color Purple' author The Afro-American Studies Program of Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis will present a national live-via-satellite and local panel discussion on the life and work of Pulitzer-Prize and National Book Award winning writer Alice Walker. This program will be broadcast on the community access channel of American Cable on Wednesday, Nov. 5, from 8:30 to 11 p.m. This cable television broadcast will be in two parts. The first part will be telecast from 8:30 to 9 p.m. It will consist of a local panel of scholars and creative writers from IUPUI and the Indianapolis community who will provide an introduction to Ms. Walker’s work. The second part of the program will be telecast from 9 to 11 p.m. (E.S.T.). It will feature Ms. Walker, who will be interviewed by Professor Barbara Christensen of the University of California, Berkeley. Examples of Ms. Walker’s past and present work as well as an excerpt from the film, “The Color Purple” will also be presented. During this portion of the program, Indianapolis/Marion County cable television viewers will be able tovaddress questions directly to Ms. Walker through a toll free 1-800 number. “Alice Walker: Voices from Within and Without is sponsored by lUPUI’s Afro-American Studies Program pot more inronnanon

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