Buffalo Criterion, 1988-08-11

              the buffalo criterion niagara region the criterion is dean of all minority media thursday august 11-17 1988 price only 25 per copy nationally — 30c wny's oldest and largest afro-americam weekly for over 60 years — featuring paid legitimate circulation established in 1925 vol 64 - no 33 rochester judge barbara sims vows to continue judicial candidacy judge sims promises to stay in race the committee to re elect city court judge barbara m sims an associate judge of the buffalo city court has stated that they will continue her campaign edward dawson a committee chairman stated that after attending the court sessions the committee has decided that she has no other recourse than to continue her campaign the committee members stated that they have heard attys william sims esq and scott d rod man ci • the new york sta'e constitution article vi , j which directed one of *..*• i es to file the rules of conduct for judges they have also learned that all rules must be filed with the secretary of state before they can be acted upon the committee has not heard anyone contradict judge sims statement that the rules weren't filed with the secretary of state until february 2 1982 the harrassment of judge sims began in 1978 and 1979 the committee insists on an answer to the questions raised by the lawyers from mr abrams the democratic state at torney general and from patrick ne moyer esq appointed by dennis gor ski democratic county executive from one of the judges who have heard the cases judge mario rosetti and judge john t elfvin judge barbara sims independent political party needed in buffalo by patricia a thornton it is becoming increas ing v vi*_4 •__.__ _*-, utile pendent political party is needed in buffalo the political struggle here in buffalo is no little matter the democratic party which most people of color are registered to vole along with the republican party are controlled hv while middle to upper class males who have never known intimately and personally what racial injustice is and cannot express the opinions and aspirations of the vast majority of the people the party bosses and thr-fr ftvsmwt wi-ffmtww who is a legitimate leader and his or her willingness to persuade african-americans to assimilate - which means to give up our struggle for recognition self-respect anil most importantly political power in ex change for psuedo-respec lability and crumbs from a shrinking economic pie independent party western new york rainbow meeting called the western new york chapter of the national rainbow coalition will meet on wed aug 17th at 7 p.m at first shiloh baptist church 15 pine st the meeting is being called by arthur o eve deputy speaker of the new york state assembly in order to discuss strategy on how to increase mem bership and voter registra tion riding the crest of jesse jackson's inspirational run for the presidency of the united states the wes tern new york rainbow is gearing itself up for a massive voter registration drive jacl on is the president of the national rainbow coalition and is hoping to register millions americans to vote before the november election as well as voter regis tration the rainbow coali tion is in the midst of their dr martin luther king membership drive mem bership fees are being reduced from 25.00 to 10.00 in honor of dr king anybody who joins the rainbow now will be able to take advantage of the reduced fee upon his return from the democratic national convention mr eve was excited and motivated to create the rainbow's growth across the state of new york lt is crucial that we capitalize on the momentum of jesses run for the presidency and get all those who are not members of the rainbow to join our family to make america a better place for all people eve stated the meeting is open to the public and member ship applications will be taken at the door anyone joining at the meeting will be able to take advantage of the reduced 10.00 fee eve said we are asking all those who supported jesses run for the white house to join the rainbow coalition and keep hope alive photo at right area choir traveled to brooklyn for concert this photo shows the combined choir of calvary baptist church genesee and north parade they recently performed in concert at peoples community baptist church in brooklyn n v rev ernest williams pastor shown on the first row in center is calvary's pastor the rev l t boyce along with the choir's officers tom smith organist baby ruth mcclendon president bertha davis vice president eva garrett financial secretary mrs savage secretary and mrs bea william treasurer mrs griffin is not shown — criterion photo new alliance party to hold nominating convention the new alliance party america's fastest-growing independent political par ty will hold it national nominating convention on the weekend of august 20-21 in new york city's roosevelt hotel dele gates to the convention who are being elected at statewide conventions that are taking place around the country over the belt two weeks will choose the party's presidential nomi nee update nap's people instead of profits platform and elect a new national executive board and chair person dr lenora fulani the dependent candidate for president of the united s tates who is the first african-american woman c cer to receive federal primary matching funds it seeking the nap nomin a lion for the past 18 months the black-led multi-racial new alliance party has been conducting a nation w ide ballot access drive to guarantee that in novem bi.r there will be a pro gressive black presiden march on washington's 25th anniversary set washington d c — on saturday aug 27th more than 500 thousand supporters of civil rights will assemble at the lincoln memorial to cele brate the 25th anniversity of the 1963 great march on washington when dr martin luther king jr delivered his historic i have a dream mes sage mrs coretta scott king and dr joseph lowery co-convenors of the aug 27th march said an urgent call has been issued to all people of goodwill to reaffirm their support for civil and human rights by partici pating in the massive mobilization mrs king the widow of the late dr martin luther king jr is president of the mix jr center for nonviolent social change and dr lowery is presi dent of the southern christian leadership con ference which was found ed by dr king a major goal of the rally is to focus national atten tion on three issues poverty and joblessness world peace and respond ing to the worsening of conditions in south africa tin new coalition of conscience representing more than 700 national or ganizations has joined mrs king dr lowery dr benjamin hooks of the naacp congressman walter e fauntroy con gressman john conyers dr dorothy height na tional council of negro women dick gregory mayor marion barry mayor andrew young the coalition of black trade union union farm work ers and health care em ployees national union union farm workers of america afl-cio rev less jackson ms rosa parks and many other civil rights organizations in sponsoring the march mrs king and dr lowery said we urge all american citizens to join us on sat aug 27th on the eve of what could be one of this country's most important presidential elections and at a time when we can have some impact upon the future direction of our country at home and abroad a national mobilization office h i been established in washington d c headed by stoney cooks for years a close advisor to atlanta mayor and former congressman andrew young the office is located at 610 fourth place southwest washington d c 20024 the telephone number is 202 484-2660 cooks said all organi zations interested in join ing the coalition of spon soring organizations should call the mobiliza tion office he said local groups were organizing chartered bus trips to washington in numerous cities blacks in gov't picnic slated blacks in government will sponsor its 3rd annual family picnic sat aug 20th from 12 noon to 6 p.m at shelter ii of ellicott creek pk the * donation is 5.00 per erson children under 12 will be admitted free featured will be food 1 leverages games and lots if fun for further information i-all willie miles at 884 -...... or pauline clay at 37-6320 14 students of ub step program spend summer at ecmc this photc shows step program students at ecmc from left front row valeric woods katrina owens nekeisha baugh monica burnett keisa mcgray alphonso kimble and kelvin collvmore fourteen highly-motivated high school students are gaining a hands-on summer experience in the health care field at ecmc thank to a unique program called step science technology enrich ment program sponsored by üb the program aims to stimulate the interest of minority and disadvantaged students in western new york to pursue careers in fields in which they have been underrepresented according to richard shaw ub step counselor office of vice president/student affairs headed by dr robert palmer the 14 students have been working in various departments of the hospital including administration ambulatory care admission and discharge biomedi cal communications communications the laboratory and medical records as well as meeting professionals the back row from left shows richard shaw step counselor paul johnson jemaris learner felecia evans and hillary hilary who work in these areas according to george h mccoy chief executive officer of ecmc both the hospital and the students have gained and we hope the hospital experience has been positive and an influence in the consideration of the care as a career career an addition component of the step program available to students includes counseling enrichment activities and special courses such as reading writing science and mathematics all key subjects which will assist them to do well at colleges and universities mr shaw says he notes the step program has been funded through the efforts of arthur o eve deputy speaker of the new york state assembly a lliance party 11 continued on 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