COMMUNITY
One University student who is making a difference
Hy Hope Neaisori
Emerald Reporter
University low student Mi
chain (Inker «!«•< idod in make .1
difference Shu volunteered
Coker works us .1 medical ad
vocate by assisting women and
.is .1crisis interventionist by on
sworing telephones for Sexual
Assault Support Services, and
she said the work tilings her a
lot of happiness
It is, as sfie said, like working
In the real world
"Being in law school you get
the feeling that no one really
cairns," Coker said "And to lie
able to help people having very
serious needs is something that
makes me feel like a real per
son "
One diiy it week. Coker is on
(.ill 24 hours .is ii medical ad
vui Hie Shu ( arrius a beeper
and is contacted when MintMinn
is needed to iisms! .I (ail|or to
the hospital or police station,
she said
(inker also works another five
hours a week answering tele
phones lor the 24-hour crisis
line, she said
SASS volunteer coordinator
hr in (.oilier said the program
now has about 40 volunteers
who provide two types of ser
vices
"Right now. because the
agency is so young, the services
we provide are a 24 hour crisis
line and Immediate medic ill ad
vocacy, which means that we
will send a team of women out
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to go to the hospital with some
one who has just been raped
and help bur through the ex
amination process, this medical
collecting process and the po
lice questioning process." Col
lier said
Collier said the volunteers
tnusi have iho ability to iistrn
to people, believe their stories
and empathize with the callers
Most of the calls diming in
are from people who have been
abused to their past and are
having flashbacks, Collier said
They need support and some
one to listen to their memories
Some want to know what they
can do to help themselves emo
tionally, as Well as legally, she
said
Collier sa|d SASS needs
more volunteers, funding and
time to complete other facets of
support ttie agency wants to
provldt
'Kvenlually, our scr\ ices will
ho expanded to include legal
<iiivo( at v. community outreach
and community education,
which is public speaking, sup
port groups and one-on-one
peer support volunteers." ('.oi
lier said
The volunteer training gives
background in sexual assault is
sues Issues like myths and
facts about rape, rape trauma
syndrome, partners' reaction to
rape, childhood incest and
abuse, and suicide assessment
Collier said the volunteers
have come from different age
groups and racial and class
backgrounds
Other types of training in
clude gay and lesbian sensitivi
ty training and multi-< uitural
training
(inker said she got involved
because of the importance of
the sexual assault Issue.
"I have learned since about
four years ago how pervasive
ami how important it is when
one in two women will bo bat
tered in their lifetime," Coker
said.
Coker said students should
get involved because their ex
perience in helping victims tan
result in a more educated socie
ty
“Students are generally a
young group of people, so they
will grow up In this world mak
ing their ideas known to the
people around them," she said.
"Students have their influence,
and It's pretty easy to have four
to to hours a week."
The next volunteer orienta
tion will be Jan. H. People inter
ested in volunteering should
call 484-9791 for more informa
tion.
City Hall letting residents help decide future
By T ammy Batey
i r-f .1 : Ropariar
Fugene residents are getting an opportunity to
influence < 11s dei isions about culling services
and finding revenue soun es through u strategic
planning |>r<« css called Fugene Decisions
T he goal of Fugene Dei isions is to form a long
term city service and funding strategy by April
19112
Fugene Dei isions began in March in'll because
of the urgent v of reconstructing the city budget
1 lie i its s six-year (ieneral Fund budget projec
tion shows a multimillion dollar deficit tfiat con
tinues to grow eat h veur
"It's very real, " Fugene Mayor Jeff Miller said
"We have to make very real decisions lather wu
have to cut programs or find a new revenue
source or do both
Miller said Fugene Dei isions was launched
with -i "large amount of respei I to the voter
"I'eoplo are going to vote if new ravunuo
sources are on the ballot. Miller said "We want
people to understand if we make cuts Unit we've
consulted with the community We need people
to lx- involved
T he participants in the Fugene Decisions pub
In workshops ibis summer made initial decisions
alsnit how the city should balance the budget
Most i itlzens decided they didn't want to cut city
services hut rather cut the costs of providing
those serve es, I.ugene Dei isions coordinator Hart)
Mellamv said
( iti/ens expressed interest in expanding library
serve es. social services, affordable housing and
public s.iii-iv, according 10 Eufftmv lh‘t:isions: lie
sulls of (Jlis.cn Inpul Summrr 1991.
To increase revenue, citizens suggested increas
ing taxes. redut mg services or creating nuw user
fees
Bellamy said she txilieves citizen input in I'.u
gene Dei bums is Ixith important and necessary
I lie council feels like tin: process will succeed
only with citizen input," Bellamy said. "It takes
an informed public and an involved public to
make it work Whatever kinds of changes we
make, the citizens will be able to make good
choices with good information."
I he City Council developed a short-term strate
gy to balance the Dull-112 budget in November
1U‘)0 Short term solutions inc luded reducing
personnel, cutting operating budgets and increas
ing user fees
in Man h licit, the City Council approved a
preliminary design for Hugene Decisions devel
oped by the consulting firm HCO Northwest of
Hugene
The City Council looked at where Hugene was
financially at the time and the trends affecting the
city. Hallamy said Two factors affecting Hugene
were the withdrawal of federal government fund
ing to the city and the city's population spurt
1 he next step of Hugene Decisions was to ob
tain citizen input about bow city services should
be affected
! he City (.ounci 1 held I wo public workshops in
|u!y and August and conducted a random com
munity telephone survey
A second round of public workshops will take
plat e In mid-November
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