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tance, protection and support. Now is the time
for you to elect Rion Lyle to help make the
decisions that affect the lives of Portlands kids.
Louie Sloan: 1 support Gay Straight
Alliances and oppose the O C A s initiative to
outlaw the cluhs. If elected, 1 will use the posi
tion to help its defeat. We need to recognize that
teen-agers will engage in sex. Students need to
know enough about contraception and safer-sex
options to make informed decisions. I do not
support giving recruiters the personal informa
tion of students. We should include “opt out”
forms with high school registration materials.
John Sweeney: The world is full of all kinds
of people. O n the joh, I have worked for, with
and had working for me all kinds of people.
What counted was joh performance. Period! 1
was with Portland Parks and Recreation for
almost 33 years. I believe in life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. To he without fear any
where. All civic organizations should have
access to school property for legal purposes.
David Wynde: Public schools must provide
a safe environment for children to learn and
grow into young adults. Schools should provide
opportunities for the free exchange of ideas and
opinions, with rules providing for mutual
respect and the tolerance of differences, includ
ing sexual orientation.
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John Ball: I strongly support the L G B T
Students’ Bill of Educational Rights. Its hall
marks include rights to fair and accurate
information, positive role models, freedom
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from verbal and physical harassment, and a
school atmosphere o f respect and dignity for
all students. I also support the Multnomah
Com m ission on C hildren and Fam ilies’
strategic plan for sexual minority youth,
which recommends strategies in six key areas:
youth development, education, social activi
ties, system development, health and social
services, and advocacy.
Sam Oakland: 1 was raised in a quite open
society where freedom of thought was encour
aged. I was introduced to the great art, music
and literature at a early age and taught to
understand that there were not just two ways of
looking at things hut that possibilities were
almost endless. My family taught me that dis
crimination against people of different colors,
ideas or styles of life was intolerance and
wrong— that’s the story of my life.
Bobbie Regan: A s a school board member,
I will work to: set and enforce policies that
ensure respectful, safe and supportive learning
environments for all students; support school
practices that ensure all students have an
opportunity to learn in an environment free
from bullying and discrimination; and demand
that adults in schools model inclusive, non-
discriminatory behavior. Parents and students
must he fully informed that they can opt out of
recruitment approaches by the military.
James West: We need to allow our young
adults to explore who they are. If we support
and show positive guidance in these times of
question, only good can happen. Teen-agers
respond better when they are treated as adults,
not children. We can either help to educate
and show compassion now, while we can, or
run the risk of allowing ignorance to take hold
once they are in this world on their own.
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Richard Garrett: The Portland Association
of Teachers, of which 1 was president from 1997
through 2002, has bargained to protect educators
from discrimination and also to maintain their
right to provide instruction in controversial sub
jects. The Portland Public Schools Sexual Diver
sity Task Force, of which I was a member for sev-
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eral years, promoted programs for safe schools,
developed diversity curricula, recommended lit
erature for schools and established parent-school
alliances to enrich the students’ education.
Jon Jacob: N o child should feel threatened
in our schools, and anybody victimizing anoth
er child should be removed from the school and
counseled (with their family, if possible). We
must do what we can to encourage Gay Straight
Alliances to help prevent attacks on lesbians
and gays. I will do what I can to fight military
recruiting in our schools. I also vehemently
oppose the Boy Scouts’ presence in our schools.
They clearly are a discriminatory organization.
Richard Nichols: 1 am firmly against any
discrimination on issues concerning G LB T Q
youth and educators. 1 would seek input from
the gay community to ensure that these con
cerns were addressed. I am against the use of
campuses by any discriminatory organization.
PPS should mandate a policy of anti-bully-
ing/anti-discrimination. A s a business owner
for 30 years in Portland, I’ve advertised in Just
Out and worked directly with gay businesses.
I’ve always supported the gay community.
Dilafruz Williams: A s an Indian woman
who immigrated to this country, I am sensitive
to discrimination. Any form of discrimination,
including sexual preference, has no place in our
schools. As a PSU professor, I teach courses in
the foundations of education that reflect topics
of social justice as they relate to race, class,
gay/lesbian/bi/trans and gender issues.... I have
provided testimony to the board to keep the
military out of the schools. J H
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