The Register, 1987-09-25

              jackson black mayors optimistic kirby said he hopes students will participate in the conference although it is being held the same weekend as a&t's homecoming i realize that homecom ing is an emotional issue but what is more emotional is to see an aggie alumnus run for the presidency and have an opportunity to win kirby said announcement especially since he is an alumnus of a&t black students also need to become active in the rainbow coalition kirby said the lack of participation of african-american students in black colleges will prevent them from having any future discusssions in any future pro gressive activities he said rev jackson appreciates the support of all races and recognizes the needs of all people kirby said but he feels that there is an urgency for the a&t students to come out and support the formal while many black students have not responded to the conference's activities many white students and socialist students have october 10-11 in raleigh rainbow coalition to hold student conference interviews will be held on monday september 28 from 10 a.m to 2 p.m in room 113 of the memorial student union the shift that is predominately available is the midnight shift 10:30 p.m to 3:00 a.m monday-friday you must have the ability to work at a fast pace while lifting and loading up to 70 lbs equal opportunity m/f ftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftft job excellent benefits 15-25 hours per week mon.-fri ft ft ft ft ft ft ft-ft ftftftftftftftftft-ftftftft inquiries taken united parcel service pay 8.00 per hour atlantic beach s.c upi the leader of the south carolina conference of black mayors is optimistic about the future of black the meeting which drew at least nine of the state's 15 black mayors included discussions on their leadership is affected by being black hazel parson-starks we know white con stituents will vote for black mayors because they see what we are doing and the voting population is becoming non white he said grooms also says the track record established by blacks is breaking down racial lines among voters mayors because blacks have demonstrated they can pro vide quality leadership the future for black mayors in south carolina and the nation is good because the lay population is more inclin ed to vote for quality and good leadership said robert grooms the mayor of the lamar at the group's annual meeting we want to develop strong economic task forces to monitor economic activities market industrial grown and retain small businesses grooms said the task force will create an enhanced economic climate by improv ing the tax base and providing a better quality of life for our citizens mayor of ridgevile said it was hard to gain the con fidence of local residents following her 1981 election it's even more difficult be ing black and female she said some of the older ones stil have problems accepting that they have a mayor that can get things done since she became mayor parson-starks said ridgeville has built a new sewer system and has attracted two new banks and a prison thereby increasing the tax base grooms encouraged mayors to form economic committees in their towns as a way of increasing economic development efforts and pro moting business page 2 the a&t register september 25 1987 tracy lett staff writer looking for a part-time job openings for hard workers at coordinator african americans may not be represented at the conference left out don't want any group to be president during the saturday morning session according to craig kirby the national student/youth the national rainbow coalition convention will hold its first national student/youth conference at shaw university in raleigh on oct 10-11 the rev jesse jackson one of the group's founders is scheduled to make his formal announcemen't'"for the democratic nomination for we need to have a fair representation of the rainbow and of the student youth platform kirby said we because of a lack of participa tion