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against lifting the ban if the board forced a vote.
He hoped to give the community an opportuni
ty to weigh in on the issue.
and mental health services. It will serve about
“I do not support discrimination in any form,
250 clients a year.
“The women’s clinic responds to a commu including sexual orientation,” Jackson wrote in
nity need to better serve women 40 years and an e-mail to Just Out. “Having said that, 1 have
older, particularly women of color,” said Marge a growing understanding of the problems associ
Jozsa, Neighborhood Health Clinics executive ated with the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ pol
icy. However, if our sovereignty was challenged
director.
today by forces beyond our borders, both you
Like the other facilities in the organization,
the new location will serve clients who are and 1 would very appreciative of the sacrifices
uninsured and are ineligible for the Oregon
that those men and women in uniform stand
Health Plan, medical program manager Heidi
ready to make on our behalf. I have no doubt
Steeves said. “The people served by N H C are that we have a serious policy problem to over
most often working poor who cannot afford come; we simply disagree on the manner in
health insurance premiums or whose jobs do not
which we attack the problem.”
offer insurance coverage.”
But today, Jackson said he feels the need
Last year, Neighborhood Health Clinics
to provide students with as much informa
served a record-breaking 9,980 people. This
tion about careers and post-high school edu
year, the organization already has seen a 50 per cational opportunities as possible— including
cent increase in clients.
serving in the military. He doesn’t want to
belabor the point, either. “The fact remains
The new clinic, at 3653 S.E. 34th Ave. and
we have to react on this urgently,” he said.
Powell Boulevard, is open from 6 to 9 p.m.
every other Tuesday. The Northeast Portland
Although Jackson might not have the
clinic, at 4945 N.E. Seventh Ave., is open
votes to get his proposal passed, he isn’t alone
every other Thursday.
in his desire to lift the ban. Veterans showed
up at the meeting to express their frustration
For more information call 503-288-5995.
with the policy; several blamed it on a “polit
ical agenda” but refrained from stipulating
whose
agenda they were referring to.
ewsletter aunches
Bonnie Tinker, Love Makes a Family
eb ite
executive director, supports the ban and ad
monished Jackson for his proposal. “ I
he HIV Positive Newsletter recently
thought I was a part of your community,” she
launched a Web site featuring all editions
since July 1999. The publication provides told him.
information and peer advocacy for people liv
Tinker challenged those who claim the
ing with HIV/AIDS in Oregon and southwest
military’s exclusion from public schools was
Washington.
devastating recruitment efforts. She found
Editor Ron Robertson says the site just is that hard to believe considering the money
getting started and is not complete. Eventu spent on advertising and the marketing skills
utilized. “It takes courage to defend freedom,
ally, he says, it will feature a comprehensive
table of contents and interesting links for his and you are in the position to do that on this
readers.
school board,” she said.
For more information visit the Internet site
But Tinker was in the minority. African
www. hivpositivenewsletter. org.
American community leaders Bemie Foster and
Bruce Broussard joined the veterans in asking
the board to lift the ban. The men never men
tioned
the issue of discrimination.
ilitary ecruitment
Abrams tried to simplify the situation. He
ssue esurfaces
said the issue is like saying you’re a “little bit”
H p he Portland Public Schools district once pregnant— either you protect all of your chil
JL again is debating the issue of military dren or you don’t.
recruiters.
The meeting will air at 8:30 p.m.
Board member Derry Jackson submitted a March 16, 7:30 p.m. March 17, 4 p.m.
proposal March 12 that would amend a reso March 18 and 8 a.m. March 19 on Chan
lution banning recruiters from the halls of nels 53 and 28. To contact board members visit
local public schools. Under his plan, they
the Internet site www.pps.kl2.or.us.
would be allowed
into schools if in
vited by adminis
ude unbathing
trators, staff or stu
uling xpected oon
dents. The district
implemented the
decision in the Sauvie Island nude beach
ban five years ago
court case is expected soon. Homeowners
when it decided to Teri Powers and Glen Mark sued the Oregon
prohibit all em Department of Fish and Wildlife and Division of
ployers who prac State Lands in an attempt to get rid of legal
tice hiring dis nude sunbathing.
crimination from
A portion of the island’s nude beach serves as
recruiting in the
an unofficial gay nude beach, attracting hun
schools.
dreds of sunbathers each summer, near the
Board member Marc Abrams spoke out
plaintiff’s property. Mainstream media coverage
against Jackson’s proposal during the meet of the lawsuit has made no mention of the issue
ing. He said that the ban is working and that
of sexual orientation.
no evidence has been presented to indicate
The couple claim nude sunbathers have sex
otherwise.
on their property, have damaged their property
Jackson, who narrowly was re-elected
and have threatened them. They also say
March 13, said no other issue during his term on dressed sunbathers are harassed on the beach.
the school board has brought such lobbying to
“I have been to Collins Beach many times and
his office. He said he has met with people from have never seen any sexual impropriety," Christo
both sides of the controversial issue. “You can’t pher Webster wrote in a letter to The Oregonian. “I
pick up the paper without hearing about how have seen polite, responsible behavior, but never
our children are suffering.”
anybtxly being harassed for sunbathing clothed, as
Last summer, Jackson said he would vote Powers and Mark claim."
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