The Register, 1992-04-13

              africans from the same roots descended if i was said kamara ever given preferential treat ment i regarded it as being an insult and very hypocritical no we should embrace mul ticulturalism but in doing so never forget our roots and if a&t can keep its focus they will continue to produce quali fied individuals government association from 1963-64 often times kamara was advised not to be so involved because he was a foreign stu dent i was just as much af fected by racism as any other student said kamara although some students thought that kamara was treated differently because he was a black-african student as opposed to just a black stu internships rights struggle and not become involved it was difficult at that time for black students to stand by and be aloof of what was going on as a student you had to participate because what was going on affected all of us said kamara kamara's student involve ment included being a member of the a&t register staff and vice-president of the student gallery offers alumnus if you don't know your past you won't know where you're going and most impor tantly you won't know that you've arrived says moses kamara residence hall direc tor of scott hall a and a&t originally from sierra leone africa kamara has wit nessed the struggles of free dom not only in his homeland but in america as well when i arrived in amer ica in the early 60's it was the beginning of the civil rights era i was used to that type of struggle because sierra leone had just gained their freedom from european rule said kamara having come from such a background kamara could not stand by idly during the civil in the office of equal employ ment opportunity and has as sisted in the education depart ment with audience develop ment strategies during the second half of her term she will work on a re search project with the curator of sculpture and decorative arts previous interns are cur rendy employed at the national endowment for the arts in the dance program and at the bal timore museum of art as pub licity assistant another is pursuing a master of fine arts degree at the art institute of chicago interns will work on spe cial projects in the gallery from sptember 14 1992 through june 11 1993 the stipend is 14,000 now in its third year the program is designed to provide an introduction to the opera tion of museums and profes sional experience for minority students considering careers in washington d.c.-the na tional gallery of art will offer three paid internships for 1992 1993 to qualified african american asian american hispanic american native american and other minority u.s citizens she divides her time at the gallery between helping to pre pare a catalogue in the depart ment of modem prints and drawings and research in the department of photographs another intern marie watt has been working in the design and installation depart benefit both to the gallery and the talented individuals who have participated rachael arauz a current gallery intern called the pro gram a wonderful opportu nity that has definitely solidi fied my interest in a museum career and in twentieth-century subjects for more information about the program and an application contact amy mccampbell academic programs national gallery of art washington d.c 20565 phone 202)842-6182 fax 202)789-2681 y ha<ujs a£vsy imp heather peeler the third partcipant is developing a database of minority organiza tions and community contacts ment cataloguing the gallery s frame collection she is also applying her perspective as a native ameri can to the education department s programs for the upcoming gallery exhibition art of the american frontier the collecting of chandler and pohrt museums to be eligible applicants must have completed at least an undergraduate degree by september 1992 the dead line for applications is april 17 1992 educational efforts for mi norities continue to be a high priority for the national gal lery said j carter brown director of the national gal lery the internship program has proved of great mutual museum receives award for creative achievement tion of the african american film merchandising sales pro motion and public relations the competition is com prised of 47 categories and is open to advertising agencies corporations and individuals in the television radio print industries the awards will be presented in october in new york the anacostia museum is a national resource devoted to the identification documenta tion protection and interpreta sydney small president of the world institute of black communications adriane gaines executive director and jheryl busby president and chief executive officer of mo town record company l.p presented a ceba statuette to the smithsonian institution's anacostia museum on friday march 6th during a press con ference experience the ceba communica tions excellence to black au diences awards program founded by the national black network in 1978 was created to recognize creative achieve ment in the media arts the awards honor corpora tions and advertising agencies for exceptional marketing and creative executions whose selling themes depict the aspi rations and lifestyles of afri can americans the world institute of black communications spon sors of the ceba awards is headquartered in new york city the ceba image which is to become a part of the museum's permanent collec tion was created by renowned african american sculptress valerie maynard and symbol izes the merging of two cul tures african and american the two faces turned in opposite directions capture the two points of view while the elongated features are classic of black africa decorating the lower torso is the traditional spear design resting upon the base of a drum we are pleased and de lighted by the generosity of adriane gaines and her or ganization in presenting this statuette to us burt manning chairman and chief executive officer of the j walter thompson com pany and mr busby are serv ing as co-chairmen of the 1992 ceba awards competition under his leadership j walter thompson has doubled its billings and revenues mak ing it the largest advertising agency in the country the statue is crowned with a globe to designate the uni versal contributions and im pact of people of african de scent steven newsome director of the anacostia museum is delighted to count the image among the museum's many artifacts this image is a wonderful piece of contempo rary african american art representing the skill and art istry of valerie maynard and the enduring presence of the ceba awards and its aims a&t register april 13 1992 our people our pride dudley a 1962 graduate of north carolina a&t state greensboro metics company based joe l dudley sr was la beled mentally retarded and failed the first grade today he is the owner and founder of dudley products a multi-mil lion dollar hair care and cos by serena lowe staff writer university told students at tending the student govern ment association leadership retreat held at the dudley cosmetology university inn in kernersville on april 3-4 of his academic struggles and how he over came them i was slow butdetermined i wanted to be somebody he said i believe that slowpeople can rule the world faculty feature in the adopt-a-school with dudley high school which awards full tuition scholarships to high school seniors to attend a&t or bennett college he stressed the qualities of a good leader a good leader must have initiative courage loyalty integrity and insight into the needs of mankind he said following these rules will lead to success moses kamara he told over 30 student leaders to study hard pay their taxes and always give back to the community give and it will come back to you that is the law he said in four years dudley is planning to continue his com mitment to the community by donating 60 million to chari ties on his 60th birthday his company participants the students were urged to pursue entrepreneurship we need to be job makers not job takers he said we need to show people how to be leaders and owners dudley encouraged the leaders to not let failures deter them from succeeding if you fall down fall down on your back because you can always look up leadership advice cultural news & events joe dudley offers by tansela parks cheif reporter young people don't know about their heritage said ka mara there are many young people who are not familiar with the struggles of their ancestors and therefore lack appreciation kamara believes that a&t sight of its mission has done great things in pre paring our youth but he hopes that the institution doesn't lose dent kamara insists that this was never the case 3