Buffalo Criterion, 1983-11-23

              vol 5m — no 48 wednesday november -':>■-'■ i'kl out-uf-town 25c wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid circulation the buffalo criterion niagara region rochester nurses plan more visibility nurses set agenda the american nurses association ana gas developed a national agenda for health policy that calls for a prominent federal role in providing for the health and welfare of all citizens the agenda will be promoted by the ana project nurses visible in politics n:vip " fostering political sophis tication among nurses through a series of region al workshops and other efforts are the goals of the project eunice cole ana presi dent said of the agenda there are 1.7 million i nurses in this country that's power now we want to organize that i power and channel its energy into getting what we want from the people who can supply it i'm talking about politicians who when elected or returned to congress can help us promote the passage of legislation that ensures the health and welfare of all citizens ms cole said nurses must develop a political sophistication we not only want nurses to vote and to encourage others to vole for politicians who support our agenda she said we want nurses to get credit for what we have accomplished we must take the next step to get elected to governmental boards state health com missions and other legisla tive bodies to research and network with the right the winner's circle johnson made history on january 1 1983 when she became the first black department head of a nursing program in new . . york slate outside new . york city now approxi mately one year later she has taken a few times out of her busy productive schedule to reflect on where she's been and to clearly set her sights on where she's going reso lutely and with determina tion motivating her toward that end have been her sister nurses who are members of the register ed and practical nurses association which was founded by mrs thyra merriweather charles and mrs olive benjamin glas gow at their fund raising scholarship dinner held november sth professor johnson was one of the honorees along with dr juanila kirkland hunter the extraordinary achieve ments of both of these women were recognized by the sister nurses who hope that they will serve as beacons lighting the path for young black women who will look to them as role models heed their words and use them as examples after whom to pattern their careers marilyn hyche johnson grew up in lackawanna she is the oldest of the four surviving children of the late detroy and mrs rose hyche professor johnson didn't chose nursing as her first career choice i wanted to be a commercial artist when i was in high school but after taking a lot of art courses i finally came to the realization that i probably was not mental ly emotionally or talent wise ready for commercial an and i didn't want to be an art teacher so a friend of mine went into nursing and used to tell such tremendous tales of what happened there that i got interested in nursing late in my senior year marilyn went to the e j meyer school of nurs ing for her r n and earned her b.s and a master's degree in nurs ing from suny/b school of nursing during most of her school career professor johnson worked her firs job was in the psychiatry department of erie coun ty medical center after obtaining her bs she taught medical surgery nursing includ ing gynecology and urolo gy and after about a year she taught intensive care and coronary care nur ing she returned to psychia tric nursing in which she has her masters degree professor johnson has been at erie community college since earning her masters degree she was so outstanding in curricu lum integration that she was asked by the adminis tration to come to the college on a grant to write the curriculum for their nursing program how has she fared since being at the college she was hired first as an assistant professor and now is heading a depart - ment which will '■ have seven faculty members one technical assistant a secretary and one hundred nineteen nursing students in january there is a course which she will be teaching which will provide an overview to help students to determine whether nursing is an appropriate career choice as head of a depart .' ment of nursing profes sor johnson is one of a . minute minority she said ' that while attending a national conference for nursing school adminis trators she met only five other heads of such departments who were black in five years professor marilyn hyche johnson states that she feels that she'll definitely make it she hopes to have a doctorate degree by that time she has found that in order to succeed she must have a great deal of self motivation and she must stroke herself often in order to keep going a look in the mirror should help motivate pro fessor marilyn johnson her looks place her in the same category - beauty wise as marilyn mccoo the singer and the late actress marilyn monroe professor johnson is a true beauty in 1972 she was the recipient of the rn social club's mary mahoney award for outstanding service to nursing educa tion the professor has co authored an article which appeared in the march 1981 journal of nursing education concentra tion on the process of learning while teaching celarly defined communi cation skills with joan zone now a single parent mrs johnson is the mother of two children she is a member of lincoln memorial church where she teaches junior high school let us hope that this winner achieves her goals expeditiously and without the usual obstacles which black academicians too often face let us hope that pro fessor johnson soon will lose her place as the only black head of an academic department of nursing her career is certainly one for many young black women to try to emulate marilyn johnson professor marilyn d here she i 5 miss america vanessa williams the first black woman to hold the title is young gifted black and beautiful vanessa williams the first black miss america vanessa williams the first black miss ameri ca in the pageant's 63-year history is live and in living color in the december ebony vanessa's victory has rmr«3«af4 m l**..m o am>au -' ment around the world she has stated that she wants to be a role model for youngsters and mil lions are heralding her as such all of this attention would be overwhelming for the average 20-year old but miss williams is taking it all in stride something that hasn't set well with vanessa are comments by those who say her green eyes fair skin and golden brown hair add up to no victory for blacks vanessa says i have achieved this so wra out they give me credit when i've heard people say well you really won because you aren't black looking...l don't know what the ideal black woman looks like for more information about who vanessa wil liams really is her political views and future aspira tions — don't miss the december ebony america mourned jfk who broke the wasp presidential club by abdullah luqman ms kathleen sheppard mother of four children jennifer 15 joseph 14 jill 12 and jeremy kennedy piraino 10 hosted her 10th annual tribute to the american who americanized the presidency of these united states john fitzgerald kennedy the exclusive white anglo-saxon protestian wasp domination of the highest office in the land was broken by a coalition of dreamers other whites blacks hispanics indians catholics and other religious groups who dared to dream the american dream of becoming presidents of the united states president kennedy became our king arthur and america became camelot a place where dreams come true city comptroller robert whalen and derrick saunders in place of the superintendent of schools eugene , reville lit 20 one for each year candles arranged into the initials of our beloved martyred president j f x at the high noon tribute on the lobby of city hall beside president kennedy's bust a john f kennedy tribute is like no other although they have excellent speakers they aren't really necesaary each survivor has a unique tale to tell where they were what they were doing when they heard the news and how the world would be today if some words of wisdom that i gleaned from those who stopped by to pay their respect americans are still the keystone in the arch of freedom in today's world freedom can be won or lost without a shot being fired the ballot is just as much an agent for change as the bullet success is dependent on a clearer recognition of virtues of freedom as well as the evils of tyranny we pray that we may achieve in our time and for all times the ancient vision of peace on earth and good will toward all mankind we in this country are by destiny abdullah luqman columnist comments on tv's'the day alter mark e o'riley the buffalo criterion's colum nist stated that the day after as shown on tv was produced as every thing else is done in white america white men produced it white men discussed the danger of war ******* whit am i ica and white russia out of fear or ignorance no thought or input was given to the idea that china or india who also have atomic power could drop this terrible bomb or fire deadly rockets in fact when disaster comes to american shores i'm sure it will come from the communist world as a whole along with ameri ca's many other enemies as the world ganged up on hitler so will the rest of the world on america history does repeat it self buffalo loses two residents to south two hard-working erie county republicans re tired and returned to south carolina their na tive home otis outen who came to buffalo in the 50s to head delaine-waring ame zion church in swan st and later headed the county civil rights dept and his wife euzee outen who was attached to the erie county board of elections retired from their positions and return ed to their native home in south carolina recently the outens who resid ed in beverly road while here were very active in masten district politics were influenced in guiding the masten district com mittee a retirement party was recently held in their honor q.i.e to present a festival of lights the school integration advisory committee for the quality integrated education program q.1.e will present a program a festival of lights a pageant of celebrations on tuesday dec 13 at mt carmel grand lodge 1239 jeffer son aye near kingsiey from 7 to 9 p.m the public is invited james r heck 111 is director of school integra tion minister gives thanks by mamie garrett a special thanks to a little man with a big heart a short man that stands tall a man who looks up and never forgets to look down god bless the rev a charles ware who came to this city a little over five years ago with love and has proven to be one of god's sent men we the members of the greater friendship baptist church are proud to have rev a charles ware as our pastor he has given over 150 food baskets to the needy for thanksgiv ing he thanks the members and friends for their support through the years rev ware pays every one a special thanksgiving and holiday appreciation through 1983 and the new year he is praying for the sick all over the land and nation may god bless you and keep you always rev a charles ware miss november 1984 at florida a&m university tallahassee fla — chanthini vanessa taylor of buffalo has won the miss november 1984 title at florida a&m university in tallahassee florida ms taylor was one of 12 famu students to win titles for each month of the 1984 calendar year in a recent calendar girl pageant held on campus color pictures of the winners will grace the pages of the university's calendar of activities the 21-year-old biology major is the daughter of mr and mrs vannie l taylor sr of 292 roehrer aye in buffalo she is a 1980 graduate of hutchin son central technical high school at fa.mu miss taylor is a member of the kappa psi psiettes an organiza tion for women in medi cine and health related fields her hobbies are danc ing sewing jogging fish ing cooking and bicycl inh after graduation from famu miss taylor wants to become a medical or industrial laboratory tech nician festival of trees to benefit children's hospital welcome the holiday season at the 1983 festival of trees a benefit for the children's hospital of buffalo dec 1-4 in the buffalo convention center no matter what you love about the holidays you'll find something delight ful at the festival of trees special features will include gift boutiques with one just for children doing their holiday festival of trees see age 7 america mourns jfk see page 7 nurses see page 21 f serving,l working ending in wny inner clitics since 1923 m m price m - only 20 c w per ops b