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Portland
reign
The Imperial
Sovereign Rose
Court crowned its
new monarchs dur
ing the Oct. 25
coronation in Port
land.
The new mon
archs are the Lapis
and Onyx Em
peror, Rose Em
peror 24 Barry
Bums, and the La
pis and Diamond
Empress 40 Tonya
Emperor Barry Burns (left) and Empress Tonya Rose
Rose.
Their reign shall be known as the “Seduction of the Rose,” and they have announced that
ISRC’s 1998 coronation will be held Oct. 24 with the theme “Seasons of Love.”
Tacoma gathering to
address hate crimes
Combating hate crimes will be the focus of a
Dec. 4 conference called “Hate Crimes...Facing
the Challenges.”
The event, sponsored by the Tacoma Human
Rights Department, will feature Thomas Leyden,
a former white supremacist activist and recruiter;
William Hale, executive director of the Texas
Commission on Human Rights; Eric Ward, associ
ate director of the Northwest Coalition Against
Malicious Harassment; and Wayne Inman, a former
Portland assistant police chief.
The conference will be held at the Sheraton
Tacoma Convention Center in Tacoma, Wash. For
more information, call (253) 591-5151.
LaDuke to come to Portland
Native American activist Winona LaDuke is
slated to speak at the Portland State University
Smith Ballroom at 7 pm on Monday, Dec. 1. The
suggested donation is $5-$20.
The event is designed as a benefit for the Native
American Youth Association, a Portland-area pro
gram.
LaDuke is best known for speaking out about
Native rights and environmental issues. She is the
cofounder of the White Earth Recovery Project
and the Indigenous Women’s Network.
In 1996 LaDuke was Ralph Nader’s vice presi
dential running mate. Also a writer, she will read
from her new novel, Last Standing Woman, at 7 pm
on Nov. 30 at Laughing Horse Books, 3652 SE
Division St. For more information, call 234-2947.
Community Outreach Inc.
gets kudos
The Corvallis-based Community Outreach Inc.
received the 1997 Women in Leadership Award
from the Pacific Northwest chapter of the U.S.
Committee of UNIFEM, the United Nations De
velopment Fund for Women, during an Oct. 16
ceremony.
The award recognizes the role Community
Outreach plays in promoting the economic em
powerment of women in Oregon.
Founded in 1971 as a grass-roots effort to
address social issues in the mid-Willamette Val
ley, Community Outreach advances the status of
women, children, families and the community at
large.
UNIFEM, created in 1976 by the U.N. General
Assembly, works to promote the political and
economic empowerment of women and acts as a
catalyst within the U.N. system to link the needs of
women to all critical issues on the national, re
gional and global agenda.
Community Outreach programs recognized by
the UNIFEM award include Lesbian Health Mat
ters, Phoenix Transitional Services and the agency’s
emergency shelter and transitional housing pro
gram.
The Lesbian Health Matters project has fea
tured workshops and lesbian-positive women health
care providers who give free exams, and is open to
lesbians regardless of their income level or insur
ance status.
As part of the project, a free 28-page health
resource booklet was published and distributed
statewide by Community Outreach.
Grant boosts HIV Center
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon’s HIV Cen
ter recently received a Ryan White Title I grant
from Multnomah County, which will bolster the
center’s mental health and chemical dependency
services.
The capacity building grant, which includes
funds for a computer system and database manage
ment upgrade, exceeds $12,000.
The HIV Center is collaborating with Network
Behavioral Healthcare Inc. to offer increased
mental health and chemical dependency support
groups.
David Leslie, EMO’s executive director, says,
“The HIV Center has a history of serving the
underserved. With this grant we’ll be able to in
crease our capacity to serve the growing needs of
the community.”
The HIV Center opened in 1990 as the first
religiously operated HI V/AIDS center in the coun
try to provide nutritional support and social activi
ties.
Multnomah County Health Department’s HIV
Educational Services awarded a total of $90,000 to
improve the quality, availability and organization
of health care and support services for people
living with HIV/AIDS and their families. For more
information about support groups, call 223-3444.
Pitch in for Women’s Day
Portland’s 23rd International Women’s Day
celebration will take place March 8,1998, at Mont
gomery Park in Northwest Portland.
The nonprofit, all-volunteer International
Women’s Day Committee is seeking members
from all communities and cultures to participate in
the planning process.
For more information, call 650-7189.
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