Garcia devotes energy to debunking stereotypes Tasha Eichenwsher ! '*irgort Oaty f'mwaW Jim Garcia* name is well-known, particularly among Chi* ano/laitino comm unities throughout the Willamette Valley. (»ur*ia. currently an advising coordinator for tin* Offii » of Multicultural Affairs at the l Jnivertity. has dedicated most of hi* life to sharing his experiences* ns ,i ms ond generation Mexican Ameriian, in hope* of edur ating and inspiring people of latino aiul C3ii enno ancestry. "I uni trying to initial*' the same kind of change that Marlin Luther Ling )r and Osar Chavez were advocating,” Garcia said. Garda described this change as a non-violent one where victims of stereotypes and rai ml prejudi* e do not channel their anger through violence. *om promise their cultural traditions or put down oth ers Ac cording to G.ir* in, Mexican Amerii an* are stereotyped as a lazy and unproductive people There are approximately 150.000 Chicano and laiti no people, most of whom speak Spanish, in the state of Oregon, which is more than all three other minor ity groups Native Anturit.an. i’m ifu.-Asian and African-Amerii an t omhined. he said ”!n the past four years there has laa-n a tremen dous growth in the Chi* ano/latino community," (an la explained. "In some ways the Kugene--Spring field community has adapted to a bilingual com munity The UO ha* not " Unfortunately the Offer of Admission* has not hod o Spanish-speaking recruiter for the past four year*. Gan in said He has taken on the responsi bility of ret rutting Spanish-speaking students for the University, assisted bv MKChA. the Chi cano/taitino student union During his senior yoar at the University in tore, Garcia served ns a volunteer tutor for the High School Equivalency Urogram, which assists migrant fartn workers in obtaining a (.ED . Gama slid that working with the HEP program (aught him that his bilingual skills am extremely useful in preparing students for the GKD Garcia said he thinks the way latinos and ( In ca no* need to combat negative images is to leant their cultural history and be proud of the a< com plishments of their ancestors He said people have to know where thev i wiw from so they do not nos takenlv < Imm to represent someone tiiev aren't "I don't want to lose our young people '' Garcia has served a* a faculty advisor to MKChA He said that after working with the union's members, he realised that many of them were unaware of their » u It oral history wid tin re fore decided to teei h a i lass called "Intro to Chi cano Cultural History i he way you pas me Inn k is not with money.' Garcia explained to students who questioned why he taught without being paid It is what you do with this cultural information I'm giving you Itxlav " MlOf KI TOMSOKATmofaW Jim Garcia, an advising coordinator tor the Office of Multicultural Affairs, has taken on the responsibility of recruiting Spanish-speaking students at the University. Beckham warns against covert, institutionalized racism KHOttt A wmQHl f rW« Rev Allldees Beckham, co-chalrwoman of the Eugene Martin Luther King Jr Celebration, Is planning a women's Issues workshop that will take place in April Friederlch von Carp C>*VW ftwV f. mmttkl Tm( hing lies at the heart of Rev Allidees H»*< k ham's min istn A Methodist pastor native to Washington DC Dr. iiw khatn moved to Eugene in 1991 to lead St Mark Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in West Eugene Since arm ing in Eugene. Ik* k ham has played a (antral rule in Christian and African-American education She is a member of tin* NAACF and serves ns chair woman of the Education Com mittee for Eugene's African American Community Coalition This year she is co-chair woman of tlie Eugene Martin Luther King |r Celebration, ami was last year's keynote speaker of the event. Beckham periodically runs women's issues workshops spon sored by the community coali tion. she says, "to bring the level of understanding of African American issues for anyone who asks me to." Dr Martin Luther King's mes sage. she explained, is still as vibrant and vital today as in the 1‘KiOs Beckham stressed King's activism to develop economic development opportunities "That phrase, 'pieoe of the pie' needs to be brought out again and reworked." she said. "I realize that there are not 1 million African-Americans hero in Eugene, but no business in the l anted Stated of America has the right not to hire people on the basis of rat e "We don't hove many acts of overt racism |in Eugene], but you have lots of covert racism. Racism has become institutionalized so that people forget that it's even there," slie said The w idowed mother of five and grandmother of eight was recently appointed to develop all leadership training curricula for her denomination's churches in Alaska, Washington and Oregon In this role, Beckham will make tits tsiom on Sunday school and other aspects of Christian education, as well as train the director* of local programs to implement her curricula. Beckham is planning her next women's issue workshop, which will target both men and women with adult or teen-age children. 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