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Project Care supports, guides traumatized people Jam is Pops ft* !*» Ot»pan Dm*, tmetaia For people fooling overwhelmed by the down side of life, an organization tailed Project Care is available in Pugene to provide support and guidance. Project (lore founded in 1986, helps individuals with problems of all kinds including grief and terminal ill* nesses The group also helps people who are feeling sui cidal "Project (.are is a group of interfaith i are givers." said Bobbie Spiedel. Projet t Care's administrative assistant. "What that means is that Project Care is made up of members of different church c ongregations We work together to provide crisis intervention “Such intervention would include taking someone to the doctor or helping someone deal with a death in the family " Spiedel also said Projet t (.are provides short-term care for people who have experienced traumas such as an sexual abuse. Alzheimer's disease, AIDS or cancer “We refer people to other volunteer organizations in tiu> community,' Speidel said “We get jieople to where they are able to sort things out. After that, we get them in touch with other organination* " Spiedol stressed < onfidentielily is always maintained between Project (are client* and Project (are volunteer* "Many of the people who mine to us often do so with a sense of shame." Speidel said "They feel ashamed of the fact that they were unable to deal with their situa tion* by themselves "They would not seek help from us or any other orga nization if they did not know they their cases would bo kept in the strictest confidence " Volunteers at Project (are are from the Eugene/Spri ngfieid area and go through an intense (Mi hour training course "Tin* course gives now volunteer* a working knowl •nigo of the various resource* m the community." said Project (are director Sakre Edison lake many non-profit organizations. Project Care has had limited financial resource* to train new volunteers and to pay staff personnel H«s atise of a nee<l to rent h out to a greater number of crisis-sufferers in the area. Projet t ( are applied for a grant this year The organization recently received a $5 000 grant from the Oregon Community Foundation, which is a colhx • lion of charity funds and resources used to enhance the quality of life in Oregon communities According to Fdson. the grant also helps Project Care reorganize its functions and further awareness in the community. “The grant has provided us with the resources to train 19 new volunteers who are currently in training," Fdson said 'The grant also allowed us to have the office open on three mornings per week and to hire two part-time staff people," Fdson and Spiedel were hired after the grant along with Five new volunteer board members Hoard member Judy Mnslev, who has Worked with Project ('.are as a social worker with Sa< red Heart Home Health Services, said she believes that Pruj»s t Fare's role in the community is an important one I have referred people to Project Care in the past.” Mosley said i always thought they were a good orga nization and 1 am proud to lie a member of the board; I'm also proud to He a part of an organization that does so much good for the community." Activists say Proposition 187 racist, violates civil rights l,f)S ANCELKS (AP) Immigration activists swept into i ourt Wednesday. charg ing that (i new law brought by Proposition 1H7. which denies education and most health i are to illegal immigrants, also vio lates basic, civil rights Proposition IH7 passed in Tuesday's ole* tton with per*out of pre* in*Is reporting Fifty-nine percent of voters, or 4.588,772 approved the measure and -it percent, or .1,17ft.548 opposed it The ballot measure < uts off edm at ion and most health i are to ilhfgal immigrants and require* tea* hers and do* tors to turn them in One judge immediately barred enforta* meut of the sections of Proposition 187 that would expel undocumented immigrants from California public; secondary si bools and its public colleges and universities San Francisco Superior Court fudge Stuart Poliak noted thnt the ballot measure con flu ts w ith a I OH2 IJ S Supreme Court ruling that requires states to provide a public edu i at ion to all residents Voters' endorsement of Proposition 1H7, closely w.iti hod from Washington to Mevji o City, toui lied off small protests in northern ( aliform,i and focused a glaring spotlight on thi' center stage immigration now commands in Am an (a The United Slates, a beacon In migrants (nr more than a century, now shares the struggles of other nations facer) with mass migrations »( ross borders Proposition 18? supporters hope to take their mu c essfu! t.ampaign to other stales, including Texas But ilispanir activists insist the racial and economic fears that motivated California voters are unique to tins recession hit state It's optmerl up enormous wounds that are going to lake a long time to heal." said Cacil M tnoi of the National t ouru >l of |j R a moderate Hispanic advocacy group in Washington "Clearly, there are people out there who find the growth of the Latino pop ulation in Americ a and in California very threatening " But, Mu nor. added. "Texas and other states don t have the same ly|w> of ret ession, and the; same type of backlash, that (ialtfor ino has seen " Cary Mounce, a University of Texas-Pan American political scientist. agreed it will tie less of an issue there: "Those political of hate or immigrant hashing, you find it here, but 1 don't think the major politicians are lending any > redeme to it " In this city shaken by racial rioting just thnw >cars ago over verdict* in the Rodney King beating rase. polit t> brat ed for student protests High school and middle school stu dents briefly shut down highways in three northern California spots early Wednesday. Proposition 187 supporters insist their agenda is not ra< ist, but is ononiii lienrifig a message that Californians are fed up with spending m art e state tax dollars on people who don't Irelong hen* Republican U S Hep Dana Rohrahacher lashed out at opponents of Proposition 187 who complained about the measure's pur ported racism and called him 'a racist skin head He said the measure should send a message to poor people worldwide that the United States cannot help everyone I think the word's going to get out that we will turn this tide in a very kind way. but a very forceful way," Rohrahacher said. Gov. Pete Wilson ordered state depart ments to Imgin drawing up emergency guide line* to implement Proposition 187, but cau tioned health < are and other social service providers to wait for the guidelines before turning people away. If You Think Carrying a Briefcase Is What It s all about. 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