12 ▼ n o v «m b «r 1, 1990 ▼ just out MORE THAU JUST AMOTHER CARO SHOP... ei Red W ing to leave GLAAD *We keep uou in good spirits!* Cards - 6ifts - Jewelry - Decorative Housewares Candles - Aromatherapy 8c other Enlightments Rubber Stamps - - Journals - Toys 3633 SE Hawthorne - 2 3 0 -7 7 4 0 - Open Everyday ! - N ow o ffe rin g A s tr o lo g y C h a rts - C ontemporary A rt , C rafts , J ewelry Donna Red Wing, community affairs director for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defa mation, a national media watchdog group that promotes fair and accurate representation of les bian, gay and bisexual lives in mass media, will be leaving that post as of Nov. 1. “When I first came on board at GLAAD in 1993,1 gave a three-year commitment. Those three years are up, and it’s time for me to move on,” says Red Wing, 46, the former executive director of the Portland-based Lesbian Community Project and The Advocate's 1992 Woman of the Year. Red Wing has been working out of GLAAD’s national field office in Portland, which is slated for closure in November. She says it is part of GLAAD’s continuing transformation from what essentially was a con glomeration of independent chapters to a more consolidated, national organization. To attain that goal, Red Wing says GLAAD is establishing a limited number of “media centers” located in San Francisco, Atlanta and Kansas City. GLAAD is also expected to keep its New York City, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., offices open. “GLAAD was making this change, and I simul taneously decided it was time for me to leave,” says Red Wing, who during her tenure with the group EMO affirms support for farm workers Located between Waldport and Seal Rock at milepost 153 Rose City Gay Freedom Band Fall '96 Rose City Swing Led by Steve Ostenson Saturday, Nov. 9 at 8:00pm 618 SE Alder (PPAA) $10 / Ticket LET'S D AN C E ! Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon has affirmed its support of Oregon farm workers who desire to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining with Oregon growers. The EMO board approved a resolution Sept. 26 stating that “farm workers in this state have the inherent and God-given right to choose to orga nize themselves for collective bargaining without fear of retaliation or reprisal— rights which are currently enjoyed by many of the growers who employ them.” The resolution further requests that Norpac Foods Inc., a cooperative owned by growers, enact a written policy of nonretaliation for worker com plaints or efforts by workers to organize or unionize. It also calls upon EMO-member congrega tions to stand with farm workers who face retali ation by their employers for complaints related to working conditions or attempts to organize. Election returns to debut on the Net Rose City Gay Freedom Band Conducted by Bob Mensel Sunday, Nov 24 at 7:00pm APPALLED BY THE NIGHT VISITORS First United Meth. Church SW 18 & Jefferson t ickets: $7 advance at In Other Words Bookstore S7/door or $6/door w/ 2 non-perish. food items for bather's Pantry dba Oregon AIDS Food Bank Call (503) 790-2170 for more info! As the Nov. 5 election returns are tabulated, the Multnomah County Elections Division will post results on the county’s World Wide Web page at http://www.mulmomah.lib.or.us/. Officials say complete results for local elec tions will be available, as well as Multnomah County voters’ response to national and state candidates and ballot measures. In addition, Multnomah County’s efforts will be coordinated with Washington County and other regional partners via RITNet’s Election Watch ’96 page at http://www.mulmornah.lib.or.us/rimet/. This site will maintain links to all “virtually” live elections information available in the region. Voter education program held Five community-based groups held a commu nity involvement and voter education program on Oct. 19. The effort was led by the African Ameri can Legislative Roundtable founded by Oregon state Rep. Avel Gordly (D-Portland). “This community has wanted to organize and .promoteAtraiuu\gamporUuutyiotse>e[4l years*” has served as field coordinator, na tional field direc tor and community affairs director. Over the past three years she has trav eled extensively as a GLAAD speaker, sharing her exper tise in grass-roots activism. Last year Red Wing was diag nosed with a brain Donna Red Wing tumor and under went invasive surgery. She remains on “massive doses” of anti-seizure medication. “It’s been a tough year with respect to this whole medical experience. You go through some thing like that and you think more about your own mortality,” says Red Wing. “You think about what’s important and what you want your future to look like.... F m proud of my accomplishments with GLAAD, but the time is right for me to go.” Red Wing says she plans to do some part-time, contractual work for GLAAD through Decem ber, and is exploring “numerous” professional possibilities. Inga Sorensen says Gordly. “I’m very pleased that the African American Legislative Roundtable was able to be instrumental in that process. I also see it as a critical time to educate voters and encourage them to participate in the process.” The Urban League was a participating sponsor through a grant from Territory Resource for the Legal Education and Empowerment Project. North east Rescue Plan Action Committee, the Black Leadership Conference and the Black United Front were cosponsors of the forum, which was designed to register voters and inform the public about current issues related to the Nov. 5 election. Presenters included Gordly and state Rep. Margaret Carter, Ellen Lowe of Ecumenical Min istries of Oregon, and Fred Neal of the secretary of state’s office. Youth center receives ongoing grant The Pride Foundation says the Seattle-based Lambert House, a youth center for sexual minor ity and questioning youth, will receive $35,000 a year for up to 10 years. The grant for general operating support is the result of an unrestricted bequest to the Pride Foundation from the estate of Bill Lambert in honor of his son, Gray W. Lambert. Last year the Pride Foundation said it had been noti fied of the bequest of $450,000, believed to be the largest ever to a gay and lesbian community foundation. Lambert House, which opened in 1991, “exists to provide a variety of services and a safe environ ment that embraces differences and encourages the healthy growth and development of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth.” “I know Lambert House would not have sur vived its first two years without the financial support of Bill Lambert and the Pride Foundation. The youth saw [Bill] as a father who loved and supported his gay son and did not abandon him,” says former Lambert House board president Lisa Schuchman. “We were one of the first gay and lesbian youth centers in the country, and there weren’t many who would step forward and take the risk to support us.” Currently more than 60 shift volunteers help keep Lambert House functional and open for youth for an estimated 50 hours each week. Compiled by Inga Sorensen