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Budget cuts might result in fewer displays of the A ID S Memorial Quilt in Portland
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resulting monetary burden was too much for
some chapters to hear. A total of 29 of 50 chap
ters since have closed, including San Francisco,
the birthplace of the NAM ES Project.
In March 2000, Julie Rhoad was appointed
as managing director of the foundation.
Although she was responsible for eliminating
the organization’s debt, “some of those deep cuts
have come at the cost of programs and services,”
Bell said. At the time of the changes, “commu
nication links between chapters and quilt oper
ations were skeletal, if at all.”
Under Rhoads guidance, a new program was
distributed at the end of 2001 that held chapters
financially responsible for nearly all of the costs
incurred in displaying the quilt. Chapters were
given little time to look at the new contract and
would he removeifif they did not sign it.
"As you can imagine,” Bell said, “this creat
ed a huge uproar among the chapter network.
No one...understood the reasoning for the
demand of signing so quickly or even agreed to
the changes in the chapter program.”
Although the Portland chapter did sign the
contract, the financial impact has been crip
pling. In addition, donations have dropped off
dramatically since the mid-’90s because “the
general public seems tired of hearing about
AIDS," according to Bell.
“We find that the Portland community is no
longer very interested in the quilt,” she said. At
an Oct. 20 meeting, the chapter discussed clos
ing formally by mid-2003.
The chapter needs volunteers to help with
this year’s World A ID S Day display during two
meetings at Portland Community College’s
Southeast Center, 2850 S.E. 82nd Ave. Quilt
inventory and distribution will he held from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 23, and quilt return,
boxing and shipping to the national office will
he held from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 14-
To volunteer call 503-797-288 1.
C uts E ndanger SM Y R C
ascadia Behavioral HealthCare, Portland’s
biggest mental health agency, is facing major
funding cuts from Multnomah County.
Government reimbursement rates have
dropped 34 percent from $166 per client per
month to $109, and Cascadia had to lay off more
than 100 people in October. “As with many social
service organizations, the future does not look too
promising for public funding,” said Kathy Beige,
Vanguard Youth Services program manager.
Vanguard’s Sexual Minorities Youth Recre
ation Center, one of Portland’s most critical
resources for queer kids, will be drastically affected
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the most utilized program and entry point for
many of our other services, that is in most danger.”
She said the facility always has cost more to
operate than it has been able to raise. Cascadia
previously has paid the deficit but will be unable
to help this year; county resources are being
redirected to assist those who are most severely
mentally ill. Although Multnomah County has
provided $25,000 in emergency funding to
SM YRC, the organization must raise $50,000 by
June 30, 2003, in order to survive.
SM YRC will he holding concerts and fund
raisers, soliciting donors and writing grants in an
attempt to keep this vital resource alive. Beige
welcomes volunteers for the fund-raising com
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To make a donation call 503-872-9664, ext. 24,
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R oundtable A ddresses
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T
he Sexual Minorities Roundtable— a part
nership between the queer community, the
Portland Police Bureau and the Multnomah
County Sheriff’s Office— will hold its next
meeting from nexm to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at Out
side In, 1132S.W . 13th Ave.
The focus o f the forum will be “At-Risk
Youth: Improving Law Enforcement’s Rela
tionship with Sexual Minority Street Youth.”
Members of the public are encouraged to
attend.
Roundtable co-chairman Christopher Web
ster expressed concern that homeless youth,
especially queer kids, “live on the margins of
society [and therefore] do not feel protected by
its laws.... Sexual minority street youth experi
ence additional threats due to homophobia and
ignorance, often at the hands of other homeless
youth. These incidents of amplified violence, in
the form of heatings, rapes and abuse, are rarely
reported.”
This meeting will provide an opportunity to
start a dialogue between street youth and law
enforcement. Webster hopes the roundtable will
he able to act as an advocate for these kids in the
future.
The purpose of this meeting “is to start a
conversation with the people who have a histo
ry of serving street youth. We want them to tell
the (roundtable) what the real issues are and
help develop solutions,” Webster said.
Initial goals for the meeting are to improve
service provided by law enforcement to at-risk
youth; increase communication and axiperation;
establish an advocate for at-risk youth on the