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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1971)
PORTLAND/OBSERVER Thursday April 15. 1971 PCC adult tutoring program The Adult Tutoring Program sponsored by the Community Education Division of Portland Community College Is ex panding operations to cover Washington and Columbia County points and Newberg area. "Everybody who needs help in learning how to learn doesn’ t live in the c ity ," explains M rs . V irginia Wilkinson, PCC tutor re cru ite r who w ill coordinate activities for the Program . "W e know there are hundieds of persons in these areas who need help in learning Improved reading and w ritin g s kills, and better command of hasic arithm etic. And many others need assistance in completing subjects needed to pass the high school equivalency exam ," she stated. "W e w a n tto p u t these persons in touch with other adults who can and w ill lielp them to le a rn ." What the Program does,M rs. Wilkinson said, is "to b rin g to gether those adults who, fo r one reason or another, have l<een cheated out of an opportunity to learn, and place them in a friendly, face-to-face situation with another adult who under stands their learning problems and can help." Just as students needing lielp come from all walks of life , M rs . Wilkinson says, "s o do good tu to rs ." What Is really needed is the desire to help an other person who must have a helping hand— we can supply the m aterials, the methods, the techniques, all based on long ex perience with thousands of other students." Tutors are housewives, pro fessional people, retired persons, other students - " lite r a lly , the baker, the liar be r the plumber, and the doctor, " says M rs. W ilkinson- anyone who can spare several hours a week to work with another person who needs to learn. Students generally meet with th e ir tutors twice a week fo r about one and one- half hours. They meet in private homes, or sometimes in centrally locat ed places like churches or school buildings, at the con venience of the tutor and the student, at times tailored to the individual situations. 7 he whole program is geared to the one- student-one-tutor, face-to-face situation, which experience shows allows the tutor to be most helpful and the student to learn most rapidly and effectively. Many organizations involved in community affairs in the TELL OUR ADVERTISERS YOU SAW THEIR AD IN THE PORTLAND OBSERVER area are being contacted to assist in setting up the expanded operation, M rs. Wilkinson re ported. " There are a multitude of benefits to the community, as well as those to the student," she stated. "A n informed and effective citizen has to be able to read and w rite and understand his world, and he is a more ef ficient producer when he can do so." Many students are able to move ahead in th e ir present jobs o r to get a new and better position, after they improve themselves through what they learn in the program, she re - ported. " Then there’ s the very great value of self-confidence and a greater self -estem ,” M rs. Wilkinson stated. "M any of our people become tru ly confident and able to work with others in a much more effective way.” The greatest need fo r the tutors, she stated. "W e know there are hundreds of students waiting for our help, and we can only help them if the tutors w ill come to us and help u s." Training workshops fo r tutors are planned in the areas affected soon; meanwhile in form ation and a schedule of training sessions is available at the Adult Tutoring Program headquarters from Failing Hall 049 S. W .P o rte rS t., Portland 97201. M rs.W ilkinson can be reached fo rm ore inform ational the Program telephone at Failing Hall, 224-2135. M odel C ities W ishes to announce the open ing of th e ir new office. At 575 N .K illingsw orth Street P o r t la n d , O re g o n 97217 T e le p h o n e (503) 283-2459 Open House 2:00pm to 4:00 pm Date A p ril 12, 1971 M r. A .M . Burdge President Oregon Consumer League M r. J . Alton Page D irector M iss M olly Weinstein C hair man Advisory Committee M rs. Betty Bradlyn Coordi nator. NAACP Progress report When E llis H. Casson took office as Portland Branch NAACP President two months ago, he reorganized the office headquarters, spearheaded a membership drive, and made committee appointments with this statement 1m asking you to work at this job. Il you dont in tend to work, say so now, and 111 appoint somebody else. A t Executive Board meetings, his requests for reports usu ally begin with the d ire ct ques tion What are you doing? Where are we? HisExecutive Board members are repre sentative of the com m inity and his personal commitments include serving on the Board of D ire ctors of the P ortlan dU r- ban League, the Metropolitan Y.M.C.A., the National Con ference of Christians and Jews as the fir s t Chairman fo r the State Commission on In te r group Human Relations ap pointed by the State Board of Education, and the Task Force on Racism of the council of Churches. He represents the NAACP at meetings such as the Whitney Young Memorial sponsored by the Portland U r ban League March 28 and the National Conference of C h ris tians and Jews Annual Brother hood Banquet March 30, where he delivered the invocation. In 1959 he was appointed by Roy W ilkins, executive direc to r of NAACP, as Field Secre tary fo r theWestCoast region, covering 9 Western states. He has served as President of the Bremerton, Washington, and the San Bernardino branches of NAACP. A t present he is Regional Ci v il Rights O fficer for Re g i on 08, the Federal Highway Ad m inistration. In form er posi tions, he was Field Represen tative fo r the Bureau of labor C iv il Rights Division, State of Oregon. In January, 1968, he was appointed by the Mayor of Portland as Deputy D ire ctor of the Portland Model C ities pro- PEPI’S BOTTLE SHOP C S tT E P I’S B O TTLE SHOP be your headquarters for champagne, wines, mixers . . . at the,Invest prices in town . . . Lloyd Center - Next to the Liquor Store PEPI’S One and Only Store Open 9 30 a m. to 9 00 p.m. Daily Sundays: Noon to 4:00 p.m. sl LOV-LEE-LADEE BEAUTY $ SALON O p e ra to rs : G e r i W ard P a u l i n e K e l ly T onda M c F e ria n B i l l i e R u th S p i r e s O p e ra to rs & P ro p : A lz e n a D e D le v e a u x & C a s s i e L. J e n k i n s 2 8 1 -2 7 3 1 gram . On July I, 1968 he was appointed A dm inistrative A s- E llis Casson sistant to the Superintendent of Portland Public Schools, as D ire cto r for Intergroup Rela tions, a new position and the J st fo r Portland and the State of Oregon. Answering the question "W hy should people join the Portland Branch ofNAACP? MrCasson said. The NAACP is the oldest C iv il Rights organization in am erica. It has labored f o r 62 years to eliminate segregation and discrim ination in a ll areas NAACP has been in the fore front in positive ways to bring about meaningful change, and members are identified in an active movement to better our society fo r all people. Our leadership is the best in the country by training and experi enee. NAACP isconsulted by the President of the United States, governors, mayors and civic leaders. Stressing that the organiza tion if by, for, and of the people M r. Casson said that the nation al president ofNAACP iswhite the executive secretary black, and the organization is inte - grated on national, regional and local levels. His goal fo r m em bership in the Portland branch is 2500, he added. Memberships are $4 $6 (which includes C ris is Magazine). >10,$25, and >500 fo r a L ife Membership. Want to call the NAACP? Ielephone 284-7722 afternoons 1:00-5:00 pun. Volunteers are on duty. M r. Casson is usually available in the office afterS pm weekdays. remember the new cre d it union telephone num ber 281-7744 DANSBY’S AUTO SERVICE COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR ‘" ^.AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IGNITION-BRAKES CARBURATION 4 0 7 2 N. WILLIAMS AVE. Phon«284-9403 Creative Styling Cutting and Shaping j Permanent Waving relaxers Tinting and Bleaching M arket $150 1,000 gross »Owner re tirin g . Sale includes (very nice brick building. Owner ( operator can make $ 12,000 year. $7500 down payment includes $3,000 inventory and $4500 on building and equipment. 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