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Local human rights commission begins
a civil rights education campaign
by Jann Gilbert
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for the rights of others!”
t a June 21 news conference, the Met­
Other speakers were Johnnie Bell of the Ameri­
ropolitan Human Rights Commission
can Civil Liberties Union; Laurie Wimmer of the
officially embarked upon a new cam­
Oregon State Commission for Women; Mark Jolen,
paign to educate Portland about civil
representing the Homeless People Legal Issues
rights. Pins and bumper stickers read­
Task Force;
and Imam Shabazz of the Muslim
ing “Civil Rights Is the Issue” and packets
of
Center.
Shabazz
mentioned a recent article in
information were given to the crowd of about 50
Willamette Week which named Portland “the whit­
and passersby.
est
city in the USA.” He stated, “We have an
MHRC’s mission is to “foster mutual under­
opportunity to change that to the ‘lightest’ city in
standing and respect, and to protect the human
the USA.”
rights of all persons in the city
“Civil Rights Is the Issue”
of Portland and Multnomah
will
be a multifaceted cam­
County, regardless of socioeco­
paign: MHRC commission­
nomic status, religion, ethnicity,
ers
with special training will
race, national origin, disability,
be speaking on the issue of
age, gender and sexual orienta­
civil rights, handouts will ex­
tion.”
plain the terms used in the
From a podium placed be­
debate on civil rights, and an
fore City Hall’s Fifth Avenue
information packet will in­
doors, David Farber, MHRC
chairman, began the news con­
clude a list of available re­
sources. The pins and bumper
ference by inviting those who
were there representing organi­
stickers are an important and
zations to join him on the City
visible part of the campaign
Hall steps. In a brief statement
as well.
he said, “The Metropolitan Human Rights Com­
Multnomah County Chairwoman Beverly
mission condemns discrimination against and in­
Stein’s car received the first campaign bumper
tolerance of members of the gay, lesbian and
sticker, affixed by Katz, to general applause. Next
bisexual community, as it condemns discrimina­
up was a carload of students, with a sign on the
tion against members of any group, and affirms the
hood reading “Femwood Middle School.” Also
inherent dignity and worth of all human beings.”
stickered were the harness of a seeing-eye dog, the
He ended by encouraging those present to “Use
back of a child’s wagon, the back of a wheelchair,
your liberty—there is enough for all of us.”
and a Tri-Met bus.
Mayor Vera Katz also spoke, insisting, “We
For information call the MHRC 823-5136
need to stand, if not for our own civil rights, then
(voice, TTY).
March for Peltier
urges clemency
Supporters of clemency for political prisoner
Leonard Peltier marched from the Burnside Bridge
to the Federal Building in downtown Portland on
June 25.
Peltier is a Native American activist who is
serving two life sentences after being convicted of
killing two FBI agents during the 1975 struggle at
Wounded Knee. Two other men were acquitted of
the FBI killings at the time. Peltier and his support-
ers maintain his innocence.
The march was part of the Leonard Peltier
Freedom Weekend being held concurrently in
Washington, D.C.
Petitions urging President Clinton to grant
Peltier executive clemency are being distributed
throughout the United States.
“He’s there for the wrong reasons,” Jim
LaPointe, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe
and chairman of the Portland chapter of the Ameri­
can Indian Movement, told The Oregonian. “People
don’t profit from his time in prison.”
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