Alpha Kappa Alpha assists children through tutoring
t»y Cli«iM Purl[«y thft Atwkni Ia tittn tatacono Allen Mb > Ion r«nifT x>^ut
f -«ha vlll JuM llitcn [0 *ti«i connccicd «1i1i Kli iutorin|
, To 36 ¦iwkna ii Cirboo* be hii lo My. pro>cc(. Ifc hAitjopeioIbclna
diU'i Lincoln Junior Hlfli Thla locLit help flnJ ">ut iblc (a cMAbllmti i P*| Prv-
Icfiool, ¦luiorl«n'[ juH*am«'- Ahowlng tliil ¦ommnc aret" grMtn. Ttila pro-am vculd
000 Mr0 bolpa them biirii. (¦ wry hciptuU Acconlinf id Involve Uklnj( [be chlldrcnoui
¦ \ A tViOT Mlto Ll "umcOM Allen, iMi U Juai i "ilmc for *ocli1 acElvlilci ai iIic
to ulk IO," Biy> [ho tC\mo\'m oui" lo tilk things or«r- A eLrti ¦renovtkilng. Thcpro*-
counulor, DrucD Allen* ttm« to ilJicuii pcr»on«l Af- pcci of ettihtlahlnji ibli pro- ; Plft^n rmrmlwra of SIU** filra ih«I cnnM be OlJcmtcd grim Ji good, uyi Alien, H
Alphi Kappa Alpha, aoclal a[ home bccau»« ihcr? >iat he can ^ci aomo help from
pororliy for Negro women, lan'i anjtmc to [alk lo, more 51U aLuUenra. The chll-
¦Td fulfllUog boiTi talea for In acUllLoa (o )uai talking drcn arc ready lo panLeJ[»Jt(i
l\it- aiLidtma ai Lincoln* to Lho AKA gJrJa, Alien polma nov that (bey han Kcn thai
\- TheM 13 glrla from AKA out, (be aiiHlerAi aro glren (hero la tnmmtic who vania
Uch Dp<niJ (WO houra a vcek an opponunliy (o aco Kimo- (o help ibcm, and help la (he
working with aiutJonia picked one like Lbcmaolrei, all Ne- kay to the oiroralt plan,
by All". According lo Al- groea, who La gciiini ahead In ji^^. oTrrall plan of ihe (o-
icn, tw baa 200 uikkma aiihe ihc *orU- Ju« lo aco aomo- (orJnii nro>tci la m prorcnt
¦chool out of Iba 600 enroll- ona Wih clean cloibaa, a nl« o^^flic^lfl Irum dTojinltw om of
mom »ho nwd Iho profram. hatr-<So, and a dealro to help school- Of ihc aii^ema *ho
It* haa picked ih« 13 ¦booccd them U aomcihlng new to ^^ om of Carbundalo High
K moBli Thoao children arc tvm ol iho chUdrefi, a-ya School, 33 pet cent arc Negro
from famlllea in an uMer- Allon. aaya Alien- Hy sl^rwlni tboao
jprlTllodgrd arra and in ttoai Many ol (he gLrU arc go|n« .( tf^ ^j^^t l^lgt, «hool Urol
icaaaa there aro 10 to li well bcyorn] wbai la ci])CC(cd (hii oducaUon la ihc key lo
children In *ach family. Alien of Ibcm ibo counaelor Mya, geitlna ahead, Allen bonen (o
.¦*r*- *nd bATO taken ii upon them- cm down ihU higli diw->«
Tbo tuorlng program irlra B«lTTa to take ihelr aiwlenta raiD«
to keep Ihe atudem-iinor railo o«t on occaajon. A ulp to a .„ . ^
on a onc-tcucfto tJala. which mortc, to an an galleTT. ot _^"f"''^^•'"1'^'""^
oapUlna Iho fe* who arc bo- ow lo dinner at tho AKA 7^*' Intercncd In hclplnf
If^EiaorctL bo^tac barobccntoplcaolmuch 1° 'be proKti coraact him at
Thoaowhoarobelngt-ored conve raai Ion around Ihe ^"'^'" J^" "'»^ SchooU
.ara abo«lng defUdie ppalUva #cbooL Aa a rrfult oT thla,
nraulia. aald AlUn. Tbelr ibaro la rmw a tlai of mu-
: »acb«ra half* noted that they avnta who wane to try out the
aro more tnttroaird and ro- program- Allen rcpona thai
aponaivr In cUaa. Alao ihcy about BO children K*tc alfn«l
aro cajier lo mcci wlih their up (or toiDTa. tiBor each week. Tbr AKA glrli tnm with the y^»ni* Bivra ai iha Nelghboibobd Rc- aourcc Center from 1:30 lo 4i20 pJiu al leaai coco a
WTCk.
Al thcBc mcctlr^a, the mu- dcm and ihc twor aometlmc* do m nwraion acboolwork. At iliTH» ibcy ^1 rial], taUc- In^ of (tv aYvnia of the acbool day, Thla polfna out tt* nTj pirpo«ca Ihat ibc firtfgrani ¦crrea* Firai. the ctukm U flwcn help with hla auh>r<ia K bo vanta li. Seccai, and juM la Unponara, saja AUen,
Daily Egyptian Diversity News Archive (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
Daily Egyptian Diversity News Archive (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
