Buffalo Criterion, 1986-02-06

              niagara region rochester wny'snecestary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation thursday february 6-12 1986 the buffalo criterion serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 price | only | 20 c i per copy i vol 61 — no 6 wny college day seminar planned representatives from 13 schools to participate there will be a college day program at the prince of peace temple church of god in christ 669 kensington aye in buffalo sat feb 15th at 11 a.m this program is the third in a series of monthly career seminars held at the church thirteen colleges from the western new york area will send representa tives who will be prepared to discuss admissions requirements and proced ures curriculum choices and financial aid availabili ties the theme for the series is my people perish for lack of knowledge these career seminars are intended to provide infor mation about career and educational opportunities and are directed to the junior high high school and college students in our community the central message is that preparation is essen tial in choosing and being successful in a career the seminar will help the young people in the c6mmunity to become productive and prosperous citizens in our society the seminars are free of charge for more information call geoffrey hord at 895-5360 mrs blackman declares as board of education candidate ferry district following is a statement from mrs betty e black man i was most gratified and honored by the buffalo board of education's recent decision to appoint me to represent the ferry district on the board succeeding my late husband dr george e blackman as a parent i have always felt deep concern for education in our community it was this special interest in educa tion which led to my choice of a career i worked in the buffalo public schools for 28 years beginning in 1956 i taught business education at the former east high school for twelve and one-half years in addition to the six years i spent as a senior high school counselor i also worked for nine and one-half years as an elementary school gui dance counselor 1 also worked for nine and one-half years as an elementary school coun w**er si west henel academy the frank a sedita community school school 45 build acad emy and waterfront school my professional affiliations have also been directed toward the areas of education in the community at large i sorve on the board of trustees of wned-tv and 1 am a former member of the lay committee of rosary hill daemen college i was a member of the lay committee of the buffalo general hos pital school of nursing for many years i am presently the chairperson of the scholarship com mittee of the buffalo negro scholarship foun dation inc and the secretary of the founda tion i am committed to the idea that the purpose of the schools is to educate the youth of today to be the educated adults of tomorrow i believe that working with young people in the field of education is the most significant means of preparing them for their place in the future as contributing members of our society this is the key for their fulfillment of the american dream the schools are in a unique position which can no only respond to the needs of our people but also to belter the quality of their life in this country _ truly believe baaed on my own personal experience that what happens in our schools is certain to affect l-e peace ami progress of our communities and ultimately our nation it was thi ideal that gave birth to our system of public education and if the schools are to survive they must not only be sufficiently stable to sus tain the ideal whkh conceived them but also remain sufficiently re sponsive to the society which supports them public education in america now stands at a crossroads a recent report entitled a nation at risk has delineated the crisis which our schools now face the effect of this report has been a new consciousness blarkman — state educational institutions to receive 500,000 in grants deputy speaker arthur o eve of the new york state assembly held a news conference last week at 1 p.m at the martin luther king school 487 high st where mr eve announced the awarding of 500,000.00 in grants to educational institutions across the state tbe state university of new york at buffalo was awarded an 80,000.00 grant the grant will provide curriculum sources and activities to 240 minority students in grades 7 through 12 in order to assist them in developing motivation and skills in the scientific technical and health professions accordingly suny at buffalo has developed a program designed to interface with the educational oppor tunity center erie community col lege buffalo area engineering aware ness for minorities and the buffalo board of education these institutions will be linked thorugh the departments of engineering applied science architecture and the school of medicine will provide services and activities to 240 minorities and economically disadvan taged youth emphasising methematks science writing and reading the grant is the largest awarded to a single institution by the education department under the science and technology entry program s.t.e.p s.t.e.p is an educational oppor tunity for minority high school students who are interested in pursuing further education in the sciences it represents a real step in improving minority representation in engineering health professions and architecture in particular the legislation that created the s.t.e.p grants was authored by assemblyman eve who said that the grants will increase the number of minority medical doctors and other professionals this represents another step in a long effort to achieve educational parity while at the same time it assures that all the population will receive medical care eve said the new york state d.o.e decided to award a total of 500,000.00 in the first year grants to both public and private colleges and universities in most of the regions of the state awards were made on a competitive basis to 13 institutions of higher education in the state according to robert l palmer associate provost for special programs and director of suny at buffalo's s.t.e.p project the university hopes to double its enrollment of minority students in professional programs such as architecture accounting dentistry medicine occupational therapy phar macy engineering nursing social work and speech pathology shown in the picture seated from left are wain underwood marion sis powell noma robereon and dr beverly malone phd standing from left are rev timothy careathers . catherine collins john hill dr juaniu hunter edd ; and rev yusef ahmed outstanding nurses of 1985 the practical and registered nurses association honored outstanding nurses of 1985 st its annual scholarship awards dinner at the buffalo holiday twmx tll _. | • m"m.*am m mrnrn ... 7 mrs wm underwood cited for excellence in bedside nursing mr noma robereon received the award for excellence in community health education mrs fern beaver who was unable to be present was cited for her achievement as psychiatric clinical nurse specialist her sward was accepted by john hill mrs catherine collins received the woman of the yaac wi tit _&£**, award given marion powell and mrs juanita hunter were previous award winners other citations of appreciation were given to dr myron s mcguire dentist and advocate olive glasgow co-founder and verlie walton association's historian on the extreme right seated is dr beverly l the university of t^neinnau hospital and foram nursing professor delivered the principal address she was introduced by dr juanita k hunter edd standing second from the right rev timothy careathers minister of first shiloh baptist church gave the benediction john hill public relations director at buffalo general and deaconess hospital accepted the award for fern beaver and presented roses to noma robereon rev yseed ahmed assistant minister of metropolitan united methodist church gave the invocation ub to commemorate martin luther king jr the state university at buffalo will honor the memory of dr martin luther king jr at 3 p.m tuesday feb 25 at a commemoration to be held in slee hall on üb's north campus the program will fea ture a keynote address by dr samuel d proctor martin luther king jr professor emeritus of rutgers university and pastor of the abyssinian baptist church in new york city who will speak about the possibility of a genuine community in america proctor the author of the young negro in america 1960-80 and sermons from the black pulpit is former presi dent of virginia union col lege his alma mater and north carolina a & t university in greensboro the program also will feature readings by local anchor/reporter nona bar bee an oration by ub student jill lawrence which concerns the emo tional trauma experience by one of the little rock nine and a performance by lyric tenor gary burgess director of the university opera work shop other participants in the commemoration include ub president steven b sample who will give welcoming remarks the hon george k arthur president of the buffalo common coumcil daniel acker president of the buffalo chapter of the naacp who also heads üb's minority faculty and staff association and thomas w lucey presi dent and chief executive officer of norstar bank n a who will present the first martin luther king scholarship to a minority student at üb who has achieved academic distinc tion the scholarship is being made possible by a grant from northstar a pin bearing the image of martin luther king jr and a certificate also will be presented to a member of the buffalo community for life achievements and civic contributions a recepion open to attendees will follow the commemoration at the student association cen ter the program whose theme is say i was a drum major for justice a quote taken from one of king's speeches is spon sored by the minority faculty and staff associ ation with support from the office of the president the office of the provost and the educational opportunity center dr samuel d proctor nona barbee gary burgess registered nurses informational meeting slated an informational meet ing for registered nurses interested in obtaining a b s degree in nursing at suny at buffalo will be held thursday feb 13th from 4:30 to 6 p.m in the caty room research studies center at roswell park memorial institute the corner of carlton and elm sta in buffalo the faculty will discuss admission requirements minority nurse problems curriculum the cost and special features of the rn track refreshments will be served st valentine's day musical set the pastor's aid society of walls memorial ame zion church will sponsor a st valentine's day musical featuring the campfield singers and special guest rev sandy collins and the collins singers sunday feb 16th at 5 p.m at walls memorial ame zion church 456 glenwood aye corner of wohlers aye everyone is invited to come out and worship with walls memorial in song a free will offering will be taken rev rudolph l wells is pastor sis lillie dussett president and genevieve burse public relations director organization to host events throughout black history month the eastaide coalition of arts institutions will participate in the black history month events the member agencies are the african american cul tural center and the buffalo inner city ballet company the first event will take place wed feb sth from 1 to 2 p.m at the erie community col lege city campus eilicott st at north division this program fa in conjunction with thfe fed end board of buffalo other participating groups will be miss barbara's school of dance and the langston hughes insti tute featuring models and poets the second event will be held on tuesday feb 18th from 6 to 8 p.m at roswell park memorial institute carlton st at elm st this program is in conjunction with roswell park memorial institute black history committee come out and enjoy an evening of free entertain ment in music dance drama modelling and poetry urban league sunday to be observed feb 9th with the theme in support of the black family some 40 affili ates of the national urban league will be sponsoring an urban league sun day in conjunction with local churches and other community institutions on sunday feb 9th the purpose of the observance is to strengthen the traditional strong ties that the urban league movement has always had with the religious community and to call attention to the need for closer cooperation between the two institu tions as they both continue their efforts to improve the quality of life within black america it is especially signifi cant that we are focusing on the black family for this is where the strength of our communities lies what we hope to accom plish on urban league sunday is to motivate even more people in the black community to be come deeper involved in efforts to strengthen the family and particularly in those efforts that reach out to touch our young people john e jacob president of the national urban league said the nature of the observance will vary from community to community but in each city the focal point for the activities will be one or more churches see page 2