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
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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-
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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
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