
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, December 25, 1993                   TAG: 9312280249
SECTION: RELIGION                    PAGE: A5   EDITION: METRO 
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SCHOOLS 'ADOPTED'

NEW YORK (AP) - Seventy-five churches in the city's black community will ``adopt'' local schools to try to steer children away from violence.

Schools Chancellor Ramon Cortines, the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker announced the plan during a recent meeting of about three dozen black clergymen.

Sharpton, who called the church the strongest institution in the black community, said churches can help move young people away from crime and violence.

by CNB