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THE CENTER for Leadership Development recently held its awards program at St. Peter Claver Center for 214 minority high school students who participated in its 1986-87 Self-Discovery Career Exploration Project. The sophomores represented 23 Marion County high schools. More than 80 percent

of the 1800 students who have completed the program are enrolled in colleges and universities throughout the country. A representative group of graduates shown above are (from left) Leigh Riley, Heather Smith, Charles Garrett, Tommie Gamble, Clay Casey, Rex Casey and Donald Starks.

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African struggle is about racism, but it is not. She noted that there are ideological systems that distinguish South Africans desires from ours. The Indianapolis native explained, "blacks in South Africa means, Indians, Coloreds and Africans. These are the official classifications, but all non-whites refer to themselves as blacks."she said. Burris said that she worked under the direction of a diaconate minister and her worked entailed drought and famine, self help and community development as well as rural parish ministry. The church worker said that she would have staved in South Africa if her passport could have been extended because her work there was effective. She said that South African blacks, were angered with visiting American blacks who do not understand their struggle. Burris noted,“we should listen to what the South Africans say,"stipulating that progressive whites are also harassed by the government. She compared South Africa today, with Hitler’s Germany, by stating that it has almost become a police state. She said that when police beat and abuse persons, they also move in and confiscate the records that are kept by the doctors and the hospitals. Yet, Burris said that she sees a day coming in South Africa when children will not be taken off the streets and beaten and the government will not harass each person that it sees as a threat. She said that Home Life A Division of the South African Council

of Churches contributes toward supplying some of the basic needs that folk living in rural areas depend upon for survival. Burris further noted that the South African governments oppression has become so insurmountable that university students also want to identify with the struggle. According to Burris, South Africa has the highest percentage of educated blacks on the African continent. And whereas there are 250,000 South Africans employed by foreigh companies, there are 25 million South Africans who are unemployed, she said. “Therefore,” she stated, “in my opinion, economic sanctions against the country of South Africa will not affect the man in the streets.” Burris also recalled that there are 40,000 people who are being retained according to governmental figures. Along with others, these are the standing organizations that Burris said opposes the government’s oppression in that country: The South African Council of Churches and The Catholic Council of Bishops. Burris said that she was sponsored by Black Americans Response to the African Community located in Pasadena, California, and by local churches in New York and Indianapolis She said that she has sued the Lebowa oolice because of the beating in March and the case is being handled by The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, Washington, D.C. The church worker is currently available for speaking engagements

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Youth suffocated— coroner rules the death was accident A 17-year-old youth died from suffocation, according to the Marion County coroner, when guests at a wedding reception he attempted to rob sat on him until police arrived. Charles W. Green, chief investigator for the coroner’s office, reported that Aaron Pope had enough weight on him that he couldn’t breathe. According to police, Pope and another youth entered the reception, uninvited, and ordered the 30 to 40 guests to lie on the floor while they announced a holdup. As Pope pointed a gun at the head of one of the male guests, the man grabbed Pope’s arm and with the participation of other male attendants, jumped on Pope and beat him. They then sat on him until police arrived. Green said the death was ruled accidental. Task Force CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 number of homeless is a “very diverse” group of men, women and children ranging from blue-collar workers such as plumbers to lawyers and other college-educated professionals. According to the report, the needs of the homeless ranges from the obvious—shelter—to more subtle challenges, such as mental health care, counseling, employment training, and transportation by which to benefit from services. But the task force notes pointedly: “...there is no single agency or group which is charged with, or on their own, accepts responsibility for addressing the needs of the homeless.” Among the task force suggestions was that social service agencies should cooperate more with each other. For instance, shelters should work more closely with community support services, the report said. Ultimately, the report indicated there should be “the development of a network of providers involved in serving (the) homeless. This network would be comprised of representatives from the mental health, physical health, employment and housing services.” PATRONIZE RECORDER ADVERTISERS

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Banquet and Mee The Indianapolis Urban League will hold its 22nd annual Banquet and Meeting from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. June 3, at the Adam* Mark Hotel, 2344 Executive Drive, Indianapolis International Airport. ' Rev. Vashti M. McKenzie, pastor of Oak Street AME Church in Baltimore, Md., will be keynote speaker of the event . The banquet this year will seek to highlight the affect league program initiatives have in education, especially towards minority students. Urban League officials

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Rev. McKenzie is the first woman to pastor an AME church in Baltimore, is one of two black

women ever to be appointed to the REV. VASHTI M.McKEN:

Baltimore Conference Examiner's munity college of Baltimore, and Strong, which has withstood perBoard and the first woman pastor to also teaches at the Bethel Bible In- sonal adversity to become a positive have worship services broadcast stitute, a college-level preparatory force in the community; every Sunday on a local radio school for lay and clergy persons in- *The family of Wendell and Jane station. terested in the ministry and fiirther Purchase, who have adopted four of The minister, featured recently in study. their five children, and who are Jet magazine, is a speech com- Rev. McKenzie has been honored committed to stimulating growth in munications instructor at Com- in Washington, D.C., for her ef- their community.

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forts on behalf of the poor and hungry there. U.S. Rep. Walter R. Fauntroy (Dem.-D.C.) cited her work in the nation’s capital for the Congressional Record. She was recently named “Outstanding Gospel Announcer of the Year," and was designated one of “Baltimore’s Best” by that city’s

Mayor.

In addition to Rev. McKenzie’s address the league will conduct its annual acknowledgment of volunteers and salute of honoraMe

black families.

Families to be recognized include: •The family of Hazel Stewart, member of the Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners. •The family of Randle and Cheryl

mates armed with handmade knives and other make shift weapons stormed prison guards and tpok control of J-Cellhouse. Seven guards, two staff members and two inmates were injured during the confrontation. The takeover ended after inmates released three hostages and Department of Corrections officials agreed to study a list of 14 grievanaces presented by a committee of prisoners handpicked by the rioters. One guard was suspended and demoted as a result of a probe into the beating of Love. Security during the trial is heavy. When the trial began, more than 30 plainclothes and uniformed police and correction officers stood guard in and outside Madison Superior Court, where Judge Thomas Newman Jr. is hearing the case. A correction officer, Harold D. Delph, testified last Tuesday that Cole stabbed him in the abdomen with a 16-inch homemade knife. Richardson said Cole “said they were tired of this...and he was going to take care of it.” ! V, “Then he stabbed me," the 41 -year-old Delph said.

On the day Delph testified Judge Newman ruled in favor of the prosecution on a motion barring defense lawyers Jeffrey A. Lockwood, representing Trotter, and Michael R. Withers, defending Cole, from revealing the circumstances surrounding Love’s beating.

The defense had sought to use that information to prove tht the beatings were part of a pattern that led Cole and Trotter to fear for their lives. The trial is expected to recess Friday and the defense is expected to ' open up when testimony begins Monday or Tuesday of next week.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 awards $50,000 in scholarships annually to black students, a scholarship which he said is significant for any black organization in America. In retrospect, Yolande’ McGee, program director for IBE, said that last year, IBE brought a carnival to Washington Park, 30th and Rural Streets, that allowed the Soul Picnic to be a family affair. She also noted that the Soul Picnic will again be held in Washington Park this year, where she explained that cooperation from the various city agencies resulted in disorderliness being kept to a minimum in 1986. McGee said that Black Expo will begin June 27-28 with the Soul Picnic, and Jerry Williams (formerly George McGinnis) dustbowl games. Expo activities will be held July 15 through July 19. Again, Williams and McGee noted that Black Expo’s outreach touches the lives of many blacks who do not know it. They said for example, that IBE contributed $3,000 to the NAACP’s ACT^p program. The Fall Creek YMCA was a recipient of $3,000 and the Center For Leadership Development also received $3,000. McGee said that at 7 p.m. July 15, 1987, there will be an assembly of black women at the Circle Theater downtown, where the principal speakers “will be women from the state of Indiana as well as celebrities who can return home and take a part." The program director listed some of the other scheduled activities, such as the one-mile fun run that carries a $1 entry fee and the 10 kilometers race that costs $6 to enter. But McGee said that the race is open to anyone. She recalled that there were about 500 participants in the event last year. Her desire, she said, is to build the race to 1,000 or morerunnen.

JONATHAN IRA HOOKS (right), son of Pamela and Michael Williams and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davis, graduated from Heritage Christian School, 6401 E. 75th Street, May 22 during commencement services at Burge Terrace Baptist Church, 9345 Brookville Rd. Jonathan was the only black graduate out of 44 students. He received an award for attending Heritage Christian School for 14 years. He will be attending Ball State University. His parents recently lived in Europe for 11 years. (Recorder photo by Marcell Williams)

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