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Preddeat’i meeting with Deputy President Thabo Mbeki of <
South Africa
Pres. Clinton met with Deputy Pres. Thabo Mbeki of South Africa,
accompanied by Vice Pres. Gore. The President noted the remarkable
progress S Africa has made in the past three years in building a country
founded on tolerance, reconciliation, equality and respect for the rights
of all citizens. The leaders reaffirmed our commitment to our
strongbilateralcooperation and heralded the substantial progress made
during the fourth meeting of the G. S. - South Africa Binational
Commission this week. They also discussed a broad range of bilateral,
regional and global issues including South Africa's leadership in
working for a peaceful change in government in what is now the
Democratic Republic of Congo and our bipartisan proposal to create a
Partnership for Economic Growth and Opportunity in Africa.
Finally, they welcomed the formation of the new Defense Committee
under the Binational Commission and the inauguration of bilateral fora
on Housing and Higher Education. Photo cr*m: wtm# houm
MORE SIGNS OF HOPE
by Bernice Powell Jackson
In the midst of all the depressing
news about violence and environ-
mental racism and budget cuts and
racial injustice and economic in-
justice there are always wonderful
signs of hope. One of them is in my
hometown, Washington, D C. It is
a sign that, communities given up
on by outsiders can flourish, if only
given half a chance.
Right after graduating from col-
lege, I returned to Washington to
teach. My teaching career was
short, but it was spent in one of the
Nation's Capital's poorest commu-
nities, Anacostia, which was lo-
cated in the southeast section of
the city. In the post Civil War days
of the city, Anacostia, located
across the Anacostia River from
the rest of the city, was seen as an
expansion of the city's boundaries
and a pathway to economic expan-
sion as well. Indeed, Frederick
Douglass chose to live in a large
house on a hill in Anacostia, over-
looking the city's expanse.
But as often happens in cities
where a river divides one commu-
nity from another Anacostia re-
mained an isolated step-child and
even today feels far removed from
the Washington we all think of.
During recent decades, Macostia
found itself the site of illegal and
toxic dumping, deteriorated public
Mrs. Clinton is seen here meeting with trainees at the BANA Wood-
work Training Center in Asmara, Eritrea. Members of the BANA
Women’s War Veterans Share Company are participating in a six month
training program at the center to learn basic furniture carpentry skills.
Photo credit: White Houm
housing, rising crime and little
economic development. But all of
that is changing.
A recent videotape, Across the
River, narrated by journalist
Hedrick Smith, tells the stories of
people in the Anacostia commu-
nity who were determined to turn
their community around. Instead
of abandoning Anacostia, they
chose to stay and fight for the life
of this community in which many
of them had grown up.
Take the story' of the Alliance of
Concerned Men, a small group of
African American men who had
gone to high school together, but
who had drifted apart in adult-
hood. Propelled to do something
about the alarming rise of young
black men with no positive role.
models in the home, these men de-
cided they could do something
about it themselves. They have es-
tablished relationships with chil-
dren and young men; providing af-
fection, good advice, prayer and
tough love.
Or take the story of the Public
Service Academy, a school within
a school at Anacostia High School.
It has a 94% graduation rate and
represents a chance for its stu-
dents, many of whom come from
troubled homes. M integral part of
the program of this small school is
the public service which the stu-
dents are required to do and which
often leads to summer or after-
school paid jobs for them. In addi-
tion, many of the students find
mentors on the job who guide them
on to college.
Then there is the story of the Ma
costialcongress Heights Partner-
ship, which holds workshops on
domestic violence and youth pro-
grams and sensitivity training for
local police. It also conducts pro-
grams for single mothers and
works with youth in Barry Farms,
which had been one of the most
violent housing projects in the city.
It got young people involved in the
clean-up of the community
through the Earth Conservation
Corps and started a Books and
Balls program for children.
Another sign of hope is the
Parkiands Community Center, a
data community
been decimated by
drugs and crime. The community
opafcr has meant the re-birth of an
apartment development in the
community and is the brain-child
oi one woman, Brenda Jones, who
grew up in Parkiands and was de-
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We reserve the right to
limit quantities and service
Meal Order# 1
CABBAGE
5 lbs. for
$1.00
BANANAS
5 lbs. for
$1.00
CANTALOP
2 for $1.00
RED APPLES
6 for $1.00
PEARS
7 for $1.00
BELL
PEPPERS
2 lbs. for $1.00
Meat Order h 2
4 lbs. Chuck Steaks
5 lbs. Round Steaks
5 lbs. Seven Steaks
5 lbs. Shoulder Steaks
5 lbs. Spc. Ground Beef
3 lbs. Fryers
TOTAL 27 LBS. $49.49
Meal Order #3
4 lbs. Club Steaks
4 lbs. Chuck Steaks
4 lbs. Spc. Ground Beef
5 lbs. T-Bone Steaks
3 lbs. Fryers
TOTAL 20 LBS. $44.49
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