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12 T July 1. 1 9 0 4 ▼ Just out Coventry MAGNETS FOR GAYS local news Cycle (J W orks New faces Three local nonprofit agencies change leadership in the past three months by Martha Allen UPHILL TECHNOLOGY. DOWN HILL PRICING. Com* in and fast rid* tha ntw 1994 models from Trek. Mountain Bikes and Gty Bikes starting at $259. OPEN TUESDAY-SUNDAY 2 3 0 -7 7 2 3 • 2025 SE H aw th orn * PORTLAND’S Q - U L C H BED AND BREAKFAST Have an Out-Rageous time with over 7 5 word magnets! 828 NW 23rd Ave. (Between Johnson & Kearney) 1 > ) KITES 222-5096 Mon. thru Sat. 10-6 Sun. 12-5 I wmnm HOSPTTAUTT GUBRAHHB B r r f f is n r I7M ME CIAOtANAS STREET, PORTLAND OR (503) 33H104 It’s an A M card. It’s faster than a check. And it’s sot this realty cool riologram th in g y o n if Imagine an ATM card that let’s you access your checking account practically anywhere you go. Yep, restaurants, gas stations, even in other countries. Sound interesting? For details, call 1-800-756-8000. I UUU Washington Mutual The friend of the family* FDIC Insured hree of the Portland gay and lesbian community’s nonprofit agencies have new directors, people who are hoping to lead their groups to increased vis ibility in the state. The board of direc tors at the Cascade AIDS Project, the Phoenix Rising Foundation and the Right to Privacy Po litical Action Committee have all selected new directors since April. T he Cascade AIDS Project has offered sup port services and educational pro grams to people affected by HIV disease and the general public since 1983. Recently, the non profit agency has been in the news because of financial problems. New executive direc tor Susan I. Stoltenberg says that a Justice De partment review due out this month will clear the agency of any hint of wrongdoing. Stoltenberg was hired April 20, but started her full-time du ties at CAP June 1. Formerly the execu -- T tive director of an adop - >. tion agency, Stoltenberg said that the auditors praised her selection as the new CAP director. “I think the board recog nized the need for some one with development skills, and with experi ence in management of Susan I- Stoltenberg community resources for a nonprofit organiza tion,” she said. “They didn’t just limit their search to gay white men with AIDS.” Stoltenberg says that pulling CAP out of the backlash of its financial problems will be the biggest challenge she has ever had. “I believe that HIV and AIDS is a commu nity issue,” Stoltenberg said. “It’s not just a gay issue. In many ways, AIDS has deprived the community of its very fabric, of the threads that created strength in that fabric in the com munity. “Of course, gay men are the most affected,” she said. “But the piece nobody talks about is the way the rest of the community suffers. The loss to AIDS of employees, actors and others whose work affects the entire community will forever change who we are,” Stoltenberg said. “And we can’t afford that loss.” As the CAP director, Stoltenberg plans to extend fund-raising efforts beyond the gay and lesbian community. She also plans once- a-month brown bag sessions, set for the first Tuesday of each month at noon in the CAP offices. Through the sessions— which start July 5— Stoltenberg hopes to get community feedback on how CAP is doing. A newsletter also is available. For more information, contact CAP at 620 SW Fifth Ave., Suite 300, Portland, 97204. a job where she can be out, professionally. Phoenix Rising has been providing mental health services and counseling for sexual minori ties since 1977. Before moving to Portland, Guenther was executive director at the Pacific Center for Hu- manGrowth in Berkeley, Calif. The mental health agency served gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, Guenther said, and was of comparable size with Phoenix Rising. “For me, one of the most exciting jobs I had was at Pacific Cen ter,” Guenther said. “It was the first op portunity I had to come out profession ally, and be validated for that. It’s a very liberating and em powering thing.” The explosion of AIDS in the Bay Area led to an increasing need for the center’s services, she said. “I developed a support service program for people with AIDS, and expanded cul tural awareness, and developed programs in response to ethnic sexual minorities, as well. “I’m looking for ward to re-engaging professionally with o the community, and | bringing the same op p o rtu n ity for im provement, expan sion and enhancement of services to Oregon as 1 did to the Pacific Center. “I really feel like Portland is my home, and 1 hope people will feel free to introduce themselves and help Phoenix Rising set an agenda to respond to the community’s needs,” Guenther said. t Phoenix Rising, new director Allanya Guenther will start work July 5. A Portland resident who most recently worked at a family shelter for adolescent girls, Guenther says she is looking forward to Allanya Guenther A