Buffalo Criterion, 1987-11-12

              rochester the buffalo criterion niagara region ; wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years featuring paid legitmate circulation established in 1925 thursday november im jackson to speak assemblyman arthur o eve d-buffalo deputy speaker of the new york state assembly announ ced monday that presi dential candidate jesse jackson will speak at st john baptist church on friday nov 13th jackson was asked to come to buffalo by the communications workers of america to address striking workers at de graff memorial hospital the cwa is also sponsor ing a week of activities with the theme being jobs with justice doors will open at st john baptist church 184 goodell st at 6 p.m to begin seating the pro gram will be held from 6:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m deputy speaker eve is new york state chairman of the national rainbow coalition and also served on the national organizing committee for jesse jack son's presidential cam paign in 1984 eve said he was appreciative to the cwa for making rev jackson available to the community we expect that his appearance at st john baptist church will serve as a catalyst to increase voter registration and participation in the rainbow coalition eve continued rev jackson's candi dacy and the rainbow coalition are absolutely essential for providing the leadership to deal with the issues people are not talking about said mr eve county majority leader roger l blackwell and city majority leader james w puts will participate on the pro gram rev bennett w smith host pastor will offer the welcome rev jesse jackson the two-hundredth anniversary of the ame church the oldest black religious denomination in america the african methodist episcopal church with 3.5 million members worldwide celebrates its bicentennial this month reports november ebony the ame church was founded by richard allen and began by the bold protest of he and a small group of black worshippers who walked out of st george's church when ushers tried to force them off their knees when praying on a november sunday in 1787 a lot of people say you didn't have a church in 1787 but we had the kind of thing that makes up spiritual initiative that's what we want to really celebrate says the rev dr henderson davis historiographer of the ame church the denomination has a rich history of civil and social rights activities that include the founding of wilberforce university and several other educational institutions as well as the election of 1986 of congressman floyd flake an ame minister it's more than simply rattling dead men's bones by talking about richard allen and our forefathers it's a heritage that we pass on to our children because it is a reminder of our struggle states bishop vinton anderson the church bicentennial chairman ame leaders say they will combat such social problems as drug abuse illiteracy inadequate housing and unemployment as they carry out richard aliens edict for future generations this photo shows the unveiling of a historic marker at wilberforce university along with ame church leaders from left bishops vernon byrd and rembert stokes dr yvonne taylor bishops vinton anderson john adams phillip cousin and rank reid jr and historiographer dr henderson davis criterion newspaper recognized the buffalo minority business and the upstate new york regional minority purchasing council inc recently co-sponsored a business fair and awards breakfast in celebration of minority business enterprise week 87 the day-long event was held at the convention center med week recognized the accomplishments of minority-owned businesses individuals from the public and private sector who have played an integral role in minority enterprise development were also recognized the buffalo criterion was a recipient of an award as being an outstanding business as well as the third oldest minority business in buffalo and for over 60 years of community service receiving the award for the buffalo criterion was judge barbara m sims shown in the photo from left are pat hayes president of the upstate new york regional minority purchasing council john eagan co-chairman of the minority business fair judge barbara m sims accepting award for the buffalo criterion and delores mccarley president of resource planning associa tion and co-chairman of the affair — criterion photo the roses of poland will bloom again b brian d rusk national director of the polish ameri can congress and director of public affairs at daemen college in amherst m h usk le,t ' ss6s he rm9 of pope john paul ii at his 350 year-old summer home during a private audience with his holiness at castel gondolfo outs.de of rome italy just prior to the pope's 1987 trip to the united slates brian d rusk left is shown as he kisses the ring of pope john paul 11 at his 350 year-old summer home during a private audience with his holiness at castel gondolfo outside of rome italy just prior to the pope's 1987 trip to the united states this is not a vacation but rather an adventure nine persons with western new york roots traveled to poland and italy a few weeks ago to meet with solidarity leader lech walesa in poland and his holiness john paul 11 in italy the following essay will describe my impressions based on some very thrilling events upon arrival in warsaw poland one is welcomed by an airport perhaps one tenth the size of the buffalo airport but this airport probably services a met ropolitan area with 3-4 times the population of buffalo we were greeted by two children brought to buffalo for emergency life-saving surgery these two children emilia smolmska and natalie gruczak were the healthiest little girls ever seen this was quite a contrast as to when polish american congress national vice president richard b solecki of cheek towaga brought emilia of warsaw and natalia of lublin to dr subramanian at the children hospital of buffalo when they arrived years ago these children were almost a blue-pink color their cheeks are rosy and healthy today this sign of health was recorded on tv video tape by anchorman rich kellman and chief photographer harvey mar shall of wgrz-tv our first stop of importance was to meet with lech walesa's spiritual advisor reverend henryk jankowski of st bridget church in gdansk the city of the birthplace of solidarity father jankowski greeted us with his great love and warmth he is a jovial priest who remains dogged in his support of walesa despite potential harm to himself apparently his faith overpowers any threats towards his life we later met for a long period at the church with lech walesa i have been fortunate to meet with walesa several times this man of the streets and former unemployed electrician is still a true symbolic leader of the goals of the average pole walesa may have a few more gray hairs and extra pounds then when we first met six years ago in gdansk with dick solecki but his inner strength drive and ability to communicate are still ever present walesa has always been a moder ate perhaps the radicals of solidarity six years ago wanted many reforms to take place too soon lech walesa seems to now be testing the rhetoric of the present russian regime regarding democratic reforms if the soviets are sincere then walesa will once again lead the polish people as he did for a year and a half during the brief sunshine of poland we later visited a flea market in warsaw this is capitalism at its peak the bargaining for heirlooms and treasures would make a western new york merchant dizzy old rings pocket watches statues are mixed with sink parts spark plugs and 10 year-old time magazines it is like an eastern hills mall with 20,000 people but outdoors to say the least it's a load of fun later that evenin our group visited the catholic university of lublin poland the only place for free thought behind the iron curtain we met with dr tadeusz zasepa who supervises the student and faculty exchange program between this university and daemen college of amherst ny two beautiful medals were present ed for dr robert s marshall president ol daemen college and rich kellman anchorman for wgrz-tv dr marshall was honored for setting up the exchange program and rich kellman was thanked for the series he has buffalo teacher tapped as nys's 1988 teacher of the year new york state's 1988 teacher of the year a buffalo pre-kindergarten teacher was honored nov 6th in a presentation by the national education association of new york at a meeting of the statewide association's leadership in buffalo nea/ny president con stance eno lauded donna kenney moffat for her dedication enthusiasm and creativity as a class room teacher she is an inspiration to nea and nea/ny members and education everywhere eno said moffat who will repre sent new york in the national teacher of the year competition has been a teacher in the buffalo city school dis trict for 17 years she began her career as a first and second grade teacher in public school no 93 in 1974 she moved to public school 80 where for the past two years she has taught pre-kindergar ten children eno pointed out that moffat — whose hobby is skydiving — believes that risk-taking is critical to good teaching donna has proved her daring as a teacher in called for stepped up efforts to reduce class size to increase teacher input in designing instructional policy and to institute more alternative education programs to assist stu dents at risk said eno campaign for human development set funds aid in support of local programs the catholic diocese of buffalo will conduct the campaign for human de velopment nov 21st and 22nd as part of the national campaign taking place in all parishes across the united states the campaign is in its 18th successful year last year through the generosity of diocesan parishioners the local campaign raised 131.000 of the total collected 531.000 remained in the buffalo diocese to support the efforts of 15 local projects sponsored by vari ous organizations financial support went to hope of buffalo allowing the organization to introduce the fully alive program in correc tional facilities in erie wyoming and orleans counties the catholic youth department receiv ed funds for the initiation of the first diocesan multi cultural retreat the low income elderly are being trained through the coor dinated care management corp ignatia house for alco holic women and catholic worker house in niagara falls have been equipped to meet the emergency needs of new residents seeking shelter and health care workshops offered by the literacy volunteers of orleans county and home advocacy programs for the aged in northern niagara county sponsored by hart interfaith receive continued support through the campaign for human development pope john paul ii publicly praised the cam paign during his recent u s tour making this world more just means among other things that the economic and political never prevail over the human development see page 2 roses of poland — see page 2 serving working leading 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