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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1986)
Donations of apathy by Rhia Weinhaus The m agic worked Flanking a photograph chosen for exhibit in the O regon Pavilion at Expo '86 in Van couver, B.C. are photographer Ginny Givnan and her partner, Dee Grice. Givnan shot the photo from the Marquam Bridge; “at the risk o f a large fine " she says. Givnan's com m is Court regulates clinic protesters In G.S. District Court on May 20, Magistrate W illiam Dale ruled that injunctive relief should be granted regulating the time, place and m anner o f protests outside the Portland Fem inist W om en’s Health Center (PFWHC). The ruling followed four days of testimony by PFWHC staff and clients and by several defendants in the case. Magistrate Dale stated that a preponderance of evidence dem on strated that irreparable harm had occurred as a result of the protests and that such harm w ould continue without an injunction. Defendants Advocates for Life, Christians in Action, twelve named individuals and their agents, employees, and all persons and groups acting in concert with them, were enjoined from the following actions: 1. Interfering with the entrance of clients, staff and escorts into the Health Center. This included establishment of a no-picket cor ridor extending twenty-five feet directly in fro nt o f the clinic entrance and twelve and a half feet on either side; 2. excessive noise, shouting or screaming; 3. trespassing on Health Center property; sion was for a KGW media packet "The pavi lion designer saw the packet on som eone’s desk, approached me, and we went from there," Givnan said. Givnan and Grice are partners in "Som etim es the Magic W orks" Photo Studio. Givnan's 3 0 ” x 4 0 " photo graph is also on view in the Just O ut offices at 1135 SE Salmon. 4. dam aging the property of the Health Center; its employees or clients; and 5. interfering with the Health Center’s re ceipt of public utility services. Staff at the PFWHC see this ruling as an im portant step toward safeguarding women's access to reproductive health care in O re gon. “ The injunction recom m endations up hold a w om an’s right to privacy as guaranteed under the Fourteenth Am endm ent, without denying anti-abortion picketers’ First A m endm ent right of free speech. The ruling places reasonable restrictions on the disrup tive activities o f picketers which we have ex perienced,’’ says Geri Craig, PFWHC Execu tive Director. The PFWHC also views the ruling as a foundation for its suit against the defendants, which alleges that picketers and others have engaged in a pattern of harrassment and conspiracy to c o m m it crim inal acts at the clinic. “ We feel that irreparable harm has been done, that there are grounds for dam ages, and that we have a responsibility to staff and clients to make the defendants account able for their actions,” continues Craig. A legal defense fund is being established to assist the clinic in defraying the costs of the case. C heckbook liberals anonym ously fund subcultural politics without donating the weight of their identities to the foundations of change. They sign surrogate slips of currency in hopes of purchasing activists and m ovem ents who will speak for them. They assign large values to their First Interstate scrip in hopes of funding someone other than themselves to be the target of society’s bigotry and ignorance. They study the num ber o f digits scripted across their designer checks in hopes that it’s large enough to insure against blame if the m ove m ent fails, and secure status if it succeeds. They, on various occasions, find it necessary to use the platinum American Express card in hopes of pacifying their conscious minds that all too often rem ind them of their passiv ity in the m idst of injustice. Their donations provide a subsistence in com e for both cause and volunteer, which sustains the longevity of movements, but produces very little short term change. They fail to understand that change is a product of an evolving social consciouness facilitated by personal interactions. Their charitable con tributions mask their silence in the midst of adversity. The IBM executive donates thou sands to an anti-apartheid fund, but cowers in silence at a board meeting discussing the m illions to be made in South Africa. The gay N FL quarterback gives m onthly to the gay alliance, but tells faggot jokes in the locker room . The rock star, a recovering substance abuser, gives generously to a drug-rehab program , but continues to com pose lyrics celebrating MDA, PCP. and acid. The parent regularly supports Planned Parenthood fund raisers, but along with the other PTA m e m bers votes against sex-ed programs. The G.S. Marine cadet cautiously sends cash to an anti-nuke group back home, but at the mess hall boasts o f the Gnited States' ability to create armageddon by missile.____________ The anonym ity o f checkbook liberals has m ade ou r struggle protracted and inefficient S om e o f us have died to protect you: our bodies o f color hung beside the burning crosses in the South; our lives beaten out of us by angry billy-clubs on sacred burial grounds in Arizona; ou r youth taken on bloody sidewalks at Kent State in Ohio. We have risked our lives for you: in small boats against whaling ships; in hum an chains against MX missile transports; in freedom m arches against religious fanatics, bigots, and hom ophobes. We have fought your bat tles: on Capitol steps chanting for wheelchair accessibility; on the floor of the Supreme Court: on neighborhood streets collecting endless signatures to pass the Equal Rights Am endm ent. Yes. we fought, risked, and died for ourselves as well as for you. We could have done nothing less since freedoms are m ost often gained for the collective whole rather than specific individuals. You and I, collectively, can no longer afford to purchase cam ouflage for our convictions. We m ust claim our politics, beliefs, and ideologies, allowing the sheer size of our m ovem ents to speak for our power. We have reached the ebb of our apathy. If we are to survive, we m ust stand to change the tide. C O U N S E L I N G Adults and Children Families and Couples PATRICIA |. CH A N C E. 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