COMMUNITY DISCUSSION APRIL 2 WILL FOCUS ON
PROBLEMS ENDANGERING YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 24 -- Violence and other social
ills endangering young African-American men will be the focus of a
videoconference titled "The Vanishing Black Male: Saving Our Sons,"
on Sunday, April 2, at the University of Virginia.
	A panel of community members and U.Va. students and faculty
will discuss the problem and potential solutions after the showing
of a nationally acclaimed videotape produced by Black Issues in
Higher Education. Panel members include Lewis Anderson, Edward
Trusty, Vincent Harris, Courtland Lee and Paula McClain.
	Scheduled for 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Newcomb Hall Theater,
the conference is free and open to the public. U.Va. sponsors are
the Parents Advisory Association of the Office of African-American
Affairs, Dean of Student Affairs, Office of Equal Opportunity, Black
Student Alliance and Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
	For additional information contact Rick Turner, dean of
African-American Affairs, at 924-7923.
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March 23, 1995