Project Care supports, guides traumatized people
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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.
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