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local news
Metro works to draw
diverse visitors
Despite the scenic beauty, Portland is not
viewed as an ideal vacation spot by many. Cur
rently, only three percent of the organizations
booking conventions in Portland are made up of
people of color. According to the Convention and
Visitor Services Network, potential visitors are
worried about racist-skinhead activity. The Met
ropolitan Exposition-Recreation Commission has
told the Portland Oregon Visitors Association to
develop a plan to attract more minority conven
tions to Portland.
The Metro councilors recently offered a three-
year, $1.28 million contract to POVA. The visi
tors association would be required to set aside
funds specifically to market Portland to minority
populations. Hank Miggins, acting chair of the
Multnomah County Board of Commissioners,
presented a resolution calling for the Exposition
Center to improve its efforts to attract minority
conventions and to include more participation
from people of color in all public contracts and
hiring.
Community Center
meeting planned
Portland’s gay, lesbian and bisexual commu
nity is inching toward creating a community cen
ter. The Oregon Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Cul
tural Resource Center Task Force has scheduled
its first public meeting for Monday, July 26, at 7
pm in room 190 of the Portland State University
Business Administration Building.
The task force was started in December 1992
by Larry Taylor and Lyle Sweeney to facilitate
the process of founding a center. The group has
surveyed 35 local gay and gay-supportive agen
cies and is hoping for more public input at the
meeting. The group is studying other centers
around the world. One member, Alexei Guren,
helped found the Health Crisis Network in Mi
ami, Florida, and the Gay/ Lesbian/ Bi Youth
Group of So. Florida.
For more information about the task force, call
| 295-9732.
City to help save artifacts
The Portland City Council has pledged to
work with local Native Americans to protect
artifacts buried in the Columbia South Shore area.
Nearly 20 archacologically significant sites lie
along the Columbia River between Northeast
82nd and 185th avenues.
“We need to protect the sacred grounds that
we are aware of right now,” said Mayor Vera
Katz, “then develop a ... strategy for dealing with
the rest of the land. It’s critical that the confeder
ated tribes work with us.”
Tribal members say they are pleased with the
city’s show of support, but will wait and see what
actually happens. The city council has not set
aside any money for the effort in its 1993-94
budget. The cost of preserving the area is esti
mated at $50,000 to S 120,000. The city has spent
$70 million on roads and other improvements to
attract industry into the sacred area.
Lesbian and gay physicians
to hold annual meeting
The American Association of Physicians for
Human Rights, an organization of lesbian and gay
doctors and medical students, will hold its annual
meeting August 19-21 in Portland. Originally
scheduled for Denver, the meeting was moved to
Portland to thank Oregon voters for rejecting
Ballot Measure 9. The AAPHR also wanted to
observe the boycott of Colorado started after the
passage of Amendment 2. “W e’re delighted the
convention is coming to our state,” said Portland
psychiatrist Peggy Hanley-Hackenbruck. “This
is a great opportunity to show voters that there arc
consequences in the battle for civil rights, and that
sometimes people can be rewarded for doing the
right thing.”
Nuisance law takes effect
An amendment proposed by City Commis
sioner Gretchcn Kafoury to Portland’s City Code
to help neighbors of disruptive businesses took
effect last month. According to Lisa Washington,
a staff assistant to Kafoury, the new law is de
signed to empower neighbors of businesses that
encourage or tolerate prostitution or selling alco
hol to minors.
The new law doesn’t outlaw any new activi
ties, but it does give neighbors a way to deal with
what the ordinance describes as a “pattern of
disruptive activity.” Activity qualifies as a pattern
when three or more offenses occur within 50 feet
of the business property within a 30-day period, or
if six or more offenses are committed within a 90-
day period. Law enforcement agencies also have
the power to determine if a business is at the center
of “a history of serious and persistent problems.”
Activities targeted by the Public Peace, Safety
and Morals section of the City Code include
assault and menacing, sexual abuse, contributing
to the delinquency of a minor, sexual misconduct,
public indecency, prostitution and alcohol viola
tions. Washington explained that the gauntlet of
agencies a complaint goes through should weed
out any malicious or homophobic abuse of the
ordinance. The police, mayor, city council and
city attorney all could prevent such abuses, she
explained. Complainants must be willing to tes
tify in court, which should also prevent malicious
reports.
MHRC honors activist
The Metropolitan Human Rights Commission
has just released the second in a series of posters
honoring the work of human-rights activists. The
first poster commemorated the life and work of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The subject of the new
poster is Harvey Milk, the gay-rights activist who
was murdered by fellow San Francisco city super
visor Dan White. Both posters were created by
local artist Lois Conroy. Other posters to be
released in the coming year will feature Ghandi
and Abigail Scott Duniway.
PHOTO BY UNDA KUEVVEH
DOMESTIC PRICE WARS
"If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet
destroy every closet door."
Harvey Milk.
—
A copy of the first signed poster was presented
to Karen Keeney of the Equity Foundation, which
provided the funding for the project. “The Equity
Foundation and the Metropolitan Human Rights
Commission share the common goal: ‘ to promote
equality and dignity among all people.’ The part
nership is a natural one,” said Helen Cheek,
executive director of MHRC, during the presenta
tion.
The posters are available for $5 each from
MHRC, 1120 SW 5th Ave., room 516. Proceeds
from the poster sale will go to further the work of
the commission on human-rights issues.
Compiled by Irene K. Hislop
and Ariel Water woman