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Fourth National Day of Protest to Stop Brutality (NNPA) - Plans arc underway for the “Fourth National Day of Protest to Stop Brutality Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation,” sponsored by the national office of the October 22nd Coalition. The event is set for Oct. 22 in New York city. A diverse group of over 75 representatives from Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Cleveland, Creepvi He and Houston recently met in Detroit to plan the agenda, which will include concerts, rallies and workshops. In addition, the coalition is involved in the Stolen Lives Project, which has so far documented more than 2000 cases of people who have been shot, beaten or peppered-sprayed by members of law enforcement since 1990. The research is ongoing and results will be published in a book due out this summer. Call (212) 477-8062. Black promoters support NAACP protests of racism in TV programming (NNPA) - The Rev. Joseph Lowery, spokesperson for the Black Promoters Association and founder emeritus of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, hailed the NAACP initiative against the exclusion of Black artists in new television programming. His association is currently campaigning to bring an end to the embargo against Black promoters and other businesses within the concert industry. “The promoters have been picketing, petitioning, and have filed a lawsuit against talent agencies such as William Morris and Creative Artists for excluding Black promoters from handling concerts featuring White artists and stellar Black artists,” Rev. Lowery.said. “Now that the NAACP has opened a second front in the struggle against economic injustice in the entertainment industry, both talent agencies and major TV networks must face up to their Responsibilities to put an end to the exclusion of Black promoters, other Blackowned businesses and artists.” Census Bureau to hire non-citizens for Census 2000 (NNPA) - The U.S. Census Monitoring Board has been ‘ granted a waiver by the Department of Commerce allowing it to hire qualified non-citizens for the 2000 decennial census, i “Allowing the Bureau to hire non-citizens who are legally Residing in United States gives (he agency an important tool to find and count those people jiving in hard-to-enumerate kreas,” said the Board. “Our Ration is home to people representing many cultures and nguages. But, they are part of : American family and every bffort should be expended to find and count them in Census

awards $3-1 million grants to help elderly id disabled (NNPA) - Housing and Urban bevelopment (HUD) Secretary . |\ndrew Cuomo recently pwarded $3.1 million in grants to £6 states to help low-income Elderly and disabled citizens get health care, meals and other supportive services they need while living in HUD-subsidized lousing. “These grants will help older Americans and people with disabilities stay out of nursing lomes and institutions and :ontinue living in their homes,” ”uomo said. “They will help amities stay together and mprove the lives of some of our nost vulnerable citizens.” Among the states targeted for lie funds are: California, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, faith Carolina, Virginia, New fork and Maryland.

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