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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1973)
Pag* 4 Portland/O b e e rw r Thursday Juna 7. 1973 Muhi Service Center serves people P A R T II by Lenwood G. Davia Interview er: W hat are your impressions of the Nation's Capitol? D r. Brown: D.C. is an in teresting place - a place of despair. It is indeed the last colony in the United States - controlled by the Congress, it's residents are not allowed the benefit of a democracy to elect their own representatives. It has great monuments surrounded by gross poverty. It has a society of affluence in the midst of a community of want. In fact, the city is a sad commentary on the lives of Black folk in this country. Dable Llghtsey receive« a TB akin w at from LPN BUlle M cKenzie. Among the services pro vided by the Albina Multi- Service Center are medical, dental and mental health. One success story of the center is the pending hos pitalization of Am ber A lex ander, age 8. Am ber suffers from a severe type of bron chial asthma and will receive treatm ent at the National Jewish Hospital in Denver, the only hospital where she can receive the treatm ent she requires. H er treatm ent there is expected to take from one to four years. The hospital care was a r ranged by Children's Service Division social w orker June Flemming and center staff. Amber's mother, Mrs. Sheryl Alexander, and her brothers, Damon and Tim . plan to move to Denver so they can be with Amber. Approximately 600 to 700 children are served by the Multi-Service Center's pedia tric and dental clinics each month. The pediatric clinic, directed by D r. Larry Wolfe, provides physical e x a m i nations. immunizations and general health care for chil dren from birth to 18 years of age. The dental clinic provides emergency and rou tine dental care for children from 3 to 13 years of age. It also serves a limited number of adults. The Mental Health Clinic, directed by Mrs. Shirley Hamilton, provides a number of services for community residents including: Child guidance, family and mental counseling, alcohol and drug counseling, group therapy, services to the mentally re tarded. follow-up for persons released from the mental hospitals, and psychologoical evaluation. Two hundred and sixty-six perons attended group ses sions in M ay. and 3,265 per sons receive regular or oc cassional counseling. PORTLAND CLEANING WORKS NORTH & N.E. PORTLAND .ONE DAY SERVICE KNIT BLOCKING OUR SPECIALTY We Give t » , Amber Deni9e Alexander w ill go to Denver, Colorado to receive treatment fo r asthma at the National Jewish Hospital. Finding help for people in ned is the whole idea at the Portland Multi-Service Cen ter. The Center is basically a one-stop human service center. Services include: Public welfare, children's ser vices, vocational rehabilita tion. public health, mental health, employment, correc tions. medical and dental clinics and food stamps ser vices. To bring all these services together to focus on people's problems, the De p a rtm e n t of H um an Re sources has developed a case coordinators system. Since its creation late last year, there have been many suc cess stories. In March, the mother of four children, caring for one four-year-old child left with her, faced many diffcult prob lems. The family needed food, $28 for house payment, medical care for the mother, treatm ent for a 14-year-old boy with sickle cell traits and n u tritio n fo r an a lre a d y u n d e rw e ig h t four y e a r old child. Medical care for the family was provided through the Pediatric Clinic at the Center, at the University of Oregon Medical School and at Emanuel Hospital. Food stamps were acquired for the family. The $28 house pay ment was located from chari table organizations. The mother of four is now em ployed by the Children's Ser vices Division as a service assistant. The mother is a very determined person. H er main goal is self-suf ficiency. W ith a few months she w ill have achieved that goal. M IN O » » £ F A I» S -N O CMA»G£ PICK UP & DELIVERY Interview er: The W atergate case has been very much in the news recently. As a Criminologist, what are your views on it? D r. Brown: First of all. the W atergate case reflects a vivid abuse of power and an a rro g a n t abuse of public trust. There were a number of criminal acts committed, e.g. burglary, conspiracy, il legal wire tapping, etc., that must be dealt with for what they are -• criminal acts. It is ironic that the political leaders that advocated "law and order" find themselves involved in such flagrant violations of the law. Interview er: Based on your experience in D.C., what do you see on the horizon for Black people particularly Black students? D r . Brown: My thoughts on that subject have not changed by being in Washington, only reinforced. There is. more than ever, a need for us, as Black people, to unify our efforts in order to gain those goals we have set up for ourselves. Black students have a particular role to play. As our future leaders, it is esential that they take advantage of their educa tional opportunities to de velop those skills which will be needed to develop and run p ro gram s for Black 2 8 2 -8 3 6 1 3954 N . W ILLIAMS '•You've Tried The Re*«, Now Try The Be»«" N. Alexander, Propri« tor Demo Sale Gremlins Ambassadores Matadores Hornets SAVE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ALL GUARANTEED ALL WITH LOW MILEAGE run programs for Black pea' pie. I cannot over stress the need for Black students to come out of the colleges and universities with skills. In te rv ie w e r! You were re cently quoted in Black E n te r prise magazine as saying the prisons have failed. W hat did you mean by that? D r. Brow n: As you know, that issue of Black E n te r prise I A pril) was devoted to crime and the Black com munity. My comments were directed toward what more and more people are coming to realize: That prisons are not the answer to the crime problem. As s m atter of fact, I am convinced that many, if not most, prisons are themselves “schools of crime". If a person who enters a prison is not a “criminal", he is likely to be one when released because of his experience in that insti tution. As I have often said, only a small percentage of law violators should be in prison, say two percent or less. The others should be treated in the community. What I am really advocating is a stop to the use of prisons (except in the cases where the person is dan gerous) as a rehabilitative technique because they have failed . C o m m u n ity based treatm ent of offenders is what we need. Interview er: You recently served on a National Com mission. W hat significance does that Commission's find ings have for Oregon? D r. Brown: You are re ferring to the works of the National Advisory Commis sion on C rim in a l Justice Standards and Goals. We have recently completed our work for that Commission and the reports should be out sometime in July or August. The work of the Commission does have major significance for not only the state of Oregon, but also the nation. W e call for each state to review our findings and adopt or develop their own standards in criminal justice. We call for improvements in police, courts and correc lions. Additionally, we make a strong plea for the com munity to get involved in the cause of crime prevention. This has a special signifi cance for Black people since Blacks are disproportionately the victims of crime and Blacks are drastically over represented as clients to the criminal justice systems and drastically under represented as professionals working in the system. I have a par ticular interest in the Com munity Crime P re v e n tio n Report of the Commission in that it calls for reform in the educational systems, eco nomic development, integrity in government and other means of removing the root causes of crime. ular research projects two books, one on Principles of Police Community Rela lions and the second an introductory text to criminal justice. Also, 1 am editing n book on the criminal justire system and the Black coni munity. 1 hope to finish those up soon. A t the same time, I am preparing to do a study of Black policemen and Black correctional workers. Those are my personal re search projects. Besides those, I will be involved in the research activities of the In s titu te . O u r research priority for the Institute is the examination of social policy as they impact on the Black community. are you involved in? D r. Brown: C urrently, I am under contract to coauthor W h at about price? At Vann's no gimmicks are used. We lefuse to Insult your Intel I igence. We know the Isiy lag public can recognizequal ity. We make certain tie fam ilies we serve have a wide variety to choose from . I liey select the price category that is best suited to them. V A N N ’S MORTUARY 5211 N . W illiam s Avenue 281-2836 Portland, Oregon 287 • 2887 THE BIRCH Hina OF THE numSERB OnmE Final w e a k Starring R a im o n d N t. Jacques AVCO EMBASSY RELEASE h Color O u ts ta n d in g c o -h it Statatile GODMOTHER ofthemall!. 1 Interview er: You mentioned that the Institute will be doing research. W hat parti AMERICAN MOTORS CARS and JEEPS SALES & SERVICE mu 226*7711 1005 S.W. 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Mrs. Dyson made the call herself right from the answering service office, acquiring an a p p o in tm en t for Ronnie's audition. Not only did he make it into the show “H air”, which was being moved from Greenwich Village’s Cheetah Club to Forty fifth Street; he inspired the w riting of the seventies liberation theme "Aquarius”, enjoying a 19 month run with the show. Dyson was born in the nation’s capitol city and was raised in the ethnic hodge podge of B roo klyn New York, the home of a hoarde of stars. The character of the vast New York City borough changes every few blocks, but the totality it has in common is personality. Nothing is bland, it's all got a taste to it. Dyson does too, a lot of it -- all good and flavorful. His vocal career began with gospel church singing at age three. To date it is still in gospel that he revels. During later success and • ■ • ’ career preparation, Ronnie remained in the choir of his church and traveled with them around the country. “I'm a church going boy," he explained gladly, "and I al ways have been and always will be." A t five, Ronnie entered a local talent show at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Singing "Why Do Fools Fall In Love”, a favorite tune of his. I t was a brand new experience for him to be in front of a live audience; an experience he didn't want to forget. In school, his goal was medicine, hoping someday to become a doctor la thought he hasn't entirely put out of his mind). W ith Ronnie's “big break" in "Hair" at 17. he was unexpectedly a “star". 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