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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1994)
/ ju st o u t ▼ July 1. 1 9 9 4 T i l I 1 Bridging the gap between city & country living... Deborah Bctron ( RB. (.Rl Broker Owner Chris Bonner, GRI Scott Bottaro Molly Brady Jim Bean March for Jesus not a political event The March for Jesus drew a reported 11,000 participants in downtown Portland June 25. The worldwide event involved people from every time zone. In these times of using Jesus to bash lesbians and gay men, many feared it was an event spon sored by the Oregon Citizens Alliance. In fact it was coordinated by the normally OCA-friendly Sunnyside Foursquare Church. The Stonewall Defenders, a group organized by Radical Women, were present to protest any in volvement by the OCA. They marched around the North Park Blocks with signs and chanted anti- OCA slogans. Though there were several homophobic partici pants, evidenced by their placards, they were dis couraged from participating and were pushed to the fringes. OCA members tried to put up signs early in the morning while marchers were arriving, and were politely asked to leave by march organizers. Truly a cross-cultural event, prayers were of fered in many languages, including English, Chi nese, Spanish and sign language. Craig Fveritt Donald Falk Support Our Communities PAC is sponsoring a rally July 8 at 5 pm at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Friday, July 8, is the initiative filing deadline in Oregon. SOC PAC is particularly interested in whether the Oregon Citizens Alliance will gather enough signatures to get its discriminatory mea sures on the ballot. Reports are conflicting as to whether the group will have the needed number. Speakers at the rally will include Gov. Barbara Roberts, SOC PAC Executive Director Julie Davis, and Don McClave, head of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. The rally is a call to action fbr supporters to block the OCA initiatives and, in the event the OCA does not gather enough signatures, it will be a call for the creation of pro-active strategies to counter the OCA and its efforts through 19%. A Marion County judge has ruled the current OCA initiative unconstitutional on the grounds that it covers two different and distinct topics. The Oregon Constitution requires that ballot measures refer to a single issue. The ruling would keep the initiative off the ballot. The OCA is appealing the decision and has continued to gather signatures even though the effort may be moot. A powerful impact “The Bill of Rights is not protection against oppression,” said Judy Jordet, as she addressed an anti-oppression workshop in Bend in May. Jordet led a group of 20 citizens through exercises and discussion of the differences between prejudice and oppression. The workshop was part of the Bend Anne Frank Project, a citywide event fo cused on the importance of remembering the Ho locaust. The anti-oppression workshop was spon sored by the Deschutes County Coalition on Hu man Dignity, which is also one of the sponsors of the Anne Frank Project. Jordet told workshop participants that it is important to recognize the four primary ingredi ents of oppression: that it is pervasive, routine, institutionalized and systematic. Prejudice involves feelings and attitudes that individuals hold toward groups they have scapegoated or stereotyped as Bill Galvin Lucille Lockett John Terrill, GRI Gary Sadleir Val Thorpe Jude Watson, GRI Greg Washington Associate Broker less human. Oppression occurs when those feel ings are given legitimacy by society. In the last part of the workshop, participants analyzed the ways in which the media, schools and political structures promote systems of advantage within this country. Jordet showed how oppression in the United States continues with the law’s bles sing and that the Bill of Rights will not prevent this systematic and institutionalized prejudice. She en couraged people not to rely on the Bill of Rights and to continue Fighting for laws that control oppression. Her message was an appropriate addition to the touring presentation of placards and art which retells the story of the Holocaust. Part of the exhibit focuses on the history of prejudice in Oregon, including the oppression of Jews, African Ameri cans, women and sexual minorities. Churches and social groups from around Bend have contributed time and money to the Anne Frank Project. The exhibit left a powerful impact on all who toured it. Kathy Tyslnger Jud Walker Kathleen Ira Associate Broker Bridgetown T i H / ’ understands J A v ^ t i l i y the Portland linda Welch Karen BiLsing Anita Trudeau real estate market. We know that some of us like city living - while others enjoy the trees, large lots and seclusion of life outside the city. With our recently-opened second office in West Linn, we now can provide West Linn, Lake Oswego, Milwaukie, Oregon City and the greater Clackamas County area with the same courteous professional service and attention to detail that “city folks” have come to expect from Bridgetown Realty. Nevada gives the boot to OCA-style discrimination Earlier this year Lon Mabon took his brand of discrimination to Nevada, where he expected an easy alliance. He was wrong. Though Nevada is known as a conservative state, its population has a live-and-let-live attitude. And they don’t like outsiders coming in and telling them what to do. An hour after a newspaper story reported the creation of the Nevada Citizens Alli ance, Nevada’s democratic governor Bob Miller opposed it in a statewide press release. Members of both political parties joined him. Thus began a bipartisan effort to thwart the Nevada Citizens Alliance. By the filing deadline, the organization was approximately 20,000 signa tures short of placing its initiative on the statewide ballot. The figurehead of the Nevada Citizens Alli ance, Daisy Stanley, blamed the failure on a late start and “hateful and slanderous” media coverage. She says they’ll be back in 19%. Com piled by Kake Huck and Renée LaChance Gerry Federici», GRI Robin Grimm Associate Broker Cathy Martine A call-to-action rally planned Judy Carnahan Certified New Homes Specialist Associate Broker For the quality service you deserve. Red Lion Lloyd Center 1000 N.E. Multnomah Portland, Oregon 97232 Bolton Plaza 21570 Willamette Drive West Linn, Oregon 97068 (503) 287-9370 (503) 655-8015 Bridgetown Realty • 9 I ...with offices in Portland and West Linn t