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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1971)
PORTLAND/OBSERVER Feb. 4, 1971 Percival Borde thrills students PERCIVAL BORDE By W ILLIAM R. DEIZ For black students at a few high schools and colleges In Portland last week It was like a breath of fresh a ir . For white students it was a unique and en chanting learning experience. The occasion: The appearance o f the Percival Borde Dance Company, a trio consisting of drum m er, woman dancer and M r . Borde him self, dedicated to showing the cultural heritage of the people of A frica and the Carribean through the medium of the dance. We caught M r. Borde as his troop performed before a standing room only crowd in the auditorium at Adams High. Words are re a lly inadequate to describe the effect on the students. But a current of elec tr ic excitement swept through the group as the drumming began. It was not to be m erely a demonstration of dance tech nique; but rather the dances would be interwoven with lec tures to the students about the r e a l A frica: Not the land of lions and elephants, although they do exist, but rather the cants for your job openings. You may also wish to consid er using one of the on-the-job training programs administered through the Employment D ivi sion. Through one of these pro grams you may be able to find the skilled workers you need and at the same time provide training and employment to un employed and/or handicapped, disadvantaged veterans. Contact the nearest Employment D ivi sion office for information on these training programs. Your earnest support of this Jobs fo r Veterans program is also solicited through your local and state trade associations, civic organizations, and among your business associates. For example, through your connec tion with a civic organization you may wish to Invite an unem ployed veteran to your regular meeting, to be introduced and mention made of his qualifica tions fo r employment. Qualified v e t e r a n s ’ names may be ob tained through the Employment Division fo r this purpose by contacting the local Veterans E m p lo y m e n t Representative. Another way you can bring the Job fo r Veterans Program to the attention of the public and o t h e r employers is through messages in your media adver tising program . By working to gether, I am sure we can help our deserving young men and women obtain the satisfying em ployment that they so ric h ly de serve. trained by the Sullivan people In the techniques of teaching read ing while the staff would tra in them to teach the A fro -A m e ri can heritage portion of the pro gram. To our knowledge there are no models in the Pacific Northwest fo r this experiment except Bethel A.M .E. Ethnic School of 1969-70, other models are found in Los Angeles, C ali fornia, p a r t i c u l a r l y Grant A.M .E. Ethnic School of 1968-69. Included In the program would be field trip s coordinated with units being taught, consultants to speak o r demonstrate, show slides, etc., also an Introduction o r follow-up for particular sub ject m atter o r topics. This project would, of course, be open to all people regardless of race, o r religion, volunteers and students. It is, however, ob viously designed to speak to the e t h n ic situation of the ghetto blacks. As was stated e a rlie r, our purpose is to teach pride with love not hate, hostility of violence. VI Financing - October 4, 1971 to May 5, 1972 INCOME From Churches $5,000.00 $500.00 Special Fund raisers 3,500.00 In Kind gifts 9,000.00 Space, u tilitie s , Maintenance, Snacks, etc. Portland, Council of Churches 16,000.00 T o ta l........................... 33,500.00 EXPENSE Staff & Personnel D irector $9,000.00 (salary & travel) Local Church 5,600.00 Coordinators C lerical support 5,200.00 Office equipment supplies - operation 1,400.00 Books and C urriculum M ateri als 2,000.00 Central lib ra ry of A fro -A m e ri can H istory and Experience 2,000.00 Training Contingency 350.00 Field Trips and Field Trips and Programs 1,200.00 Prep, and Repro. of study mate ria ls 2,000.00 Space and Maintenance Rent (in kind) 4,500.00 Workshops - Consultants T rain ing Consultants' fees 500.00 Workshops Development and ex penses 250.00 Total $33,500.00 Roughly $91.00 per student per year. VII Evaluation To evaluate the success of the reading program, the Sullivan Company provides standardized tests and trains staff to admin is te r continually throughout the program to measure growth in this area. Attitudinal changes as a result of the ethnic studies w ill be much more d ifficu lt to assess and possibly impossible to measure on any standardized forms available at this tim e. Teacher, parent, and child eval uations w ill however, be used to determine effectiveness of the program. Staff conferencing w ill be regularly scheduled with both s t u d e n t s and parents. Written evaluations w ill be provided at the end of each year. Free Little John Spuds and dip with each order of 16 piece« of chicken We Specialize in Family and Individual Dinner« As Well A« For I^rge Group« Roy A. Alexander, son of M rs. Essie L . Alexander of 3137 N.E. 14th Ave. The wedding date has been set fo r March 20th. 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Park 2 2 8 -3 1 8 1 Be trained by a perform ing Professional Sir Joseph’s Organ and Piano Studio Vocal Coaching Choral (Specialty) Coaching Small Church Choirs and Choral Groups Thank you fo r your continued efforts on behalf of our return ing veterans. Tom McCall Governor Wedding Bells M r. and M rs. James Smith of 6205 N.E. 8th Ave. announce the engagement of th e ir daughter Miss Debbar D. Smith to M r. FRYER TUCK (Continued from page 3) land of people as Borde contln- u a l l y pointed out--people like you and me. People who live in cities and who ride in cars and who go to school and who dance like we do here. But also the people of his dances, people from the areas away from the cities who have maintained the dignity of their culture through the centuries. Borde would nearly sing out the names of places like N airo bi, Ghana, Nigeria; and of people like W'atusl and Pygmy— and the crowd would sing them back. And when he told of the customs of the people in these regions the crowd would listen- — Listen to tales of hard work ing people and of the importance of the fam ily unit in ru ra l A fr l- ca where the men do no "women” work and the women know th e ir "place” which is of course, right beside the men. Because in ru ra l A frica , Borde would say, all work is consid ered im portant, and the distinc tions between women's work and men's work are only distinc tions brought about because of the Inherent differences in the sexes..Jn fact "m o th e r" holds a special place among Africans fo r they know well that without woman there would certainly be no man. In ru ra l A frica the dance is done fo r a reason. In the U.S. we dance fo r pleasure, there they dance to make pleasure out of work. Thus the intricacies of the American "W a tu s i" had as th e ir origin the movements of women grinding meal— d iffic u lt work made easier by the dance. Borde’s productions have ap peared off-Broadway in New York City, and he is currently a member of the Afro-A m erican studies department at the State U niversity of New York in Binghamton. His appearance kicks o ff a month long observance of Black Culture at Portland State Uni versity where black musicians, speakers and poets w ill be fea tured throughout the month of F ebruary. Governor McCall message O R E G O N VETERANS ARE RETURNING to the state at the rate of about 9,000 per year. Everyone of us is proud of the sacrifices made by our young men and women in the service of th e ir country in the armed forces. Each of us needs to turn a c ritic a l eye to the needs of these returning veterans, espe cia lly to provide jobs fo r those who need them. I have received a personal appeal from the President to assist in a nationwide Jobs fo r Veterans Program . U.S. De partment of Labor statistics in dicate the rate of unemployment of veterans who have been re cently separated from the ser vice is significantly higher than for the labor force as a whole. We are highly distressed that the unemployment situation has been fe lt so heavily by the young returning veterans who deserve all the help they can get. Thus I am urging you to make every effort to respond to the needs of these young veterans who are returning to civilian life . They need your help so that they can return from the rig o rs of service life to a normal civ ilia n life an so that they can s u p p o r t th e ir fam ilies and themselves in a manner which they so ric h ly deserve. We know that you, as concerned citizens and em ployers, w ill want to help alleviate this situation. Here are some of the sugges tions that I hope you w ill con sider: F irs t of a ll, consider placing veterans in any job openings you may have in your own business. We suggest that you call the nearest Employment Division office to find qualified appli Ethnic - - - "N o government ought to be without censors; and where the press is tyee none w ill." -Thomas Jefferson ! Phone 2 8 8 -8 5 1 8
