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Allen Temple hosts CME conference IFCO seeks US aid for Africa A coalition of organizations announced recently a drive to inform Americans about the suffering of 22 million be participating. Dr. L.S. The 7th Annual Confer Africans who are facing star White of (lakland. California enee of the 9th Episcopal vation if help does not come will be the presiding min District will convene at Allen within the next few weeks. ister. Friday night - An Temple Christian Methodist Groups represented which nual Laymen's Banquet. This Episcopal Church July 31 often support liberation event will be held at the through August 5th, 1973. m ovem ents at home and Forestry Building. 4033 S.W. Highlights of the conference abroad included: Canyon Road. The Honor are as follows: Tuesday The African L iberation able Judge Mercedes Diez night -- Mission night. Ses Support Committee; National will be the principal speaker. sions will be held all day Welfare Rights Organization; Tickets may be obtained Wednesday beginning at 6:00 The African Heritage Studies from members of Allen Tern a m. with the prayer and Association; The Africa In pie CME Church. Donation Power Pool. Dr. R.O. Bass formation Service; The Con will be $10.00. Saturday - will be preaching at the noon gress of African People; Youth Day. Reverend sessions each day. Dr. Bass AFRAM Associates; IFCO’s Robert Wright of Los An is pastor of the Lewis Metro- Task Force on African Af geles, California will be the pnlitan CME Church located fairs; National Black Theater. presiding minister for the m Iios Angeles, California. The coalition called on the youth sessions. I'hnraday night - $100 Men United States government to All churches throughout and Women Program. Dele respond much more quickly the city are invited to attend gates from Oregon, Wash stating that only the U.S. and participate in the acti ington, Utah and Alaska will government has the appara vities. tus to immediately effect this situation. IFCO's Director. Lu Walk er. said “Unlike IFCO's usual function of raising money for a situation such as this one. IFCO is announcing that it will not raise funds for the drought victims. There is . . . in rime o j need only one instrument available that ran make any impart on this disaster. We are calling for a program of massive action to demand that the COLONIAL MORTUARY U.S. government respond to this crisis in the way that only the U.S. government can." \ f 14th at Sandy Nations in the creeping and Burnside Sahelian desert area include 232-4111 Mauritania. Senegal, Mali. Upper Volta. Niger and Chad. The people of the area are proud herdsmen, once owning vast herds of cattle, camels ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH and other livestock. Now. C orner of 8th and Skidmore thousands of heads of cattle Sunday School 9:30 a jn . have died and are still dying Sunday Worship 11:00 a jn . at a phenomenal rate from Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 p.m. (Second and Fourth Sundays) hunger, thirst and disease. The carcasses of cattle are Reverend Thomas L . Strayhand, M in iste r blocking entry into many vil lages and the loss of cattle herds has been estimated at anywhere from 45 to 80 Church and School for Community percent. In order to grasp ST. AN DR EW ’S CATHOLIC CHURCH the full gravity of this loss, 281-1429 one must understand the in Reverend Bertram Griffin Masses tense, acute importance of 9:00 a.m. Hymns 806 N .E . Alberta cattle - the sole possession 10:30 a.m. Choir and source of income for 12:00 p.m. Folk Mass Portland. Oregon 97211 CALDWELLS Berean B a p tiit Chaïch * 4828 North Vancoavar Avaaaa * « 8 1 -0 4 8 0 / 2 8 4 -2 9 8 4 Sunday: 9:45 a.m. Sunday School "Where we sing our faith" 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship 6:00 p.m. Young Disciples, Youth Group, Adult Bible Teacher Training 7:00 p.m. Evening Service Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Prayei and Bible Study ’. . . They received the W o r d ... and searched the scriptures d a ily ..." Acts 17:11 Rev. Willie O. Peterson, Pastor MARANATHA CHURCH 1222 NE Skidmore Church school and Bible class: Sunday morning worship: Sunday Evening worship: Wednesday Evening prayer: Friday Worship Service: g;i5 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 7;oo p.m. 7:oo p.m. 8:00 p.m. millions of nomadic Africans. When cattle die. people must die too. It is estimated that soon the heavy rains will start. While they may alleviate the almost unquenchable thirst, they will only complicate the supply of iixxl since they will render impassable most of the few roads into the in terior. Mauritania and Sene gal alone have seaports; rail c o m m u n ic a tio n s are e x tremely poor. Therefore, only aircraft will be able to deliver supplies in these areas. Said Bob Van Lierop of the Africa Information Service “One cannot examine the present situation of drought and impending famine in West Africa without examin ing the political and economic conditions systematically pro grammed by Western Europe and North America which have given rise to this human tragedy. The past destruction of normal historical routes of trade; the murder and for cible removal of scores of millions of its people; the subdivision of its land into departments of Western Eur opean economic institutions: and the intitiation of bureau cratic practices which do not correspond to the realities of the life of the peasant popu lations have all contributed to Africa's present state of economic underdevelopment." President Nixon has com mitted only $24 million in relief. "Greatly increased assistance." African Libera tion Support Com m ittee Chairman Gene Locke insists "should be expected since the U.S. committed $27.8 million to the Nicaragua dis aster. $50 million to the Philippines and $318 million to counter famine and other natural disasters ir. Bangla desh." Dr. Herschelle Chai- lenor. formerly a fellow with Congressman Diggs office, asserted that “we should ask for an additional $30 $50 million to be earmarked for the disaster in the Sahel desert." One snag in the relief efforts is being posed by the U.S. Defense Department, which, according to Con gressman Charles Diggs, in sists on charging its standard rate for flights into the h ard est hit, in te rio r r e gions -- $1,000 per hour of flying time. Diggs has urged the De fense Department to cease the practice and draws a sharp contrast between the relative small outlays and high charges for famine relief in Africa and the $100 million monthly expenditure for U.S. bombing in South East Asia. African L iberation Sup port Committee Chairman, Gene Locke, cited the swift ness with which the Nixon government made a $436 million grant to Portugal to kill millions of Black people while a year later it reluc tantly sends $20 million, much of it in high transport costs, to alleviate the starvation of 10 million people. Summarized Ijocke, "The U.S. government cannot be allowed to ignore its role to WELCOME TO 288-724! ST. MARK'S BAPTIST CHURCH 119 N . E . M o rris Sunday Service 9:15/11:00a jn . Evening Service 7:30 p jn . Reverend Edward W ilder Bob Harrison - Pastor yóetbodist £ 5828 N.E. 8Mi A. L m Htndenon, Miniti»: 288-5429 Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church Church School .............................. - ......- ............... 9:45 am Mormng Worship ................................................ UtOO am Wad. Noon — ina Hour of Rower .................... Wad Proyar A Clots Mooting ........................... Nurtory Cora Provided 12:00 noon P™ W r oro moking our Noighborttood A Brotherhood — i t ■ ' ■■ —— 3138 N. V an cou ver Ave. P h on e 282-9496 Sunday School 9:00 A.M. M o rn in g Worship 1 1:00 A.M. Dr. O. B. Williams, Pastor “ The church with a heart-felt welcome" help save lives. Action, at every level, should be em ployed to force such action. We well know that this government does not operate out of humanitarian convic tion, but rather a profit motive. Real pressure then must be exerted to force the U.S. government to move to help save lives rather than help take lives." Concerned people are urged to send letters to Senator J. William Fulbright, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, urging that maximum relief be made available to the stricken countries. PUSH aids Africans O peration PUSH head quarters will serve as a drop off point beginning Friday for persons wishing to donate food to the six West African nations crippled by a disas trous drought. The drought which is considered to be the worst suffered by the area in 60 years has already cost half the livestock population and half the gross national production of Chad. Mali. Mauritania, Niger. Senegal and Upper Volta, according to figures released by the United Nations Food and Mr. Carlton Burton, St. Andrews staff member, calls out a few reassuring words as Stefon Spruill mounts a horse for the first time. Sommer school offers exciting program St. A ndrew 's Summer School is in it's fifth week of operation. Eighty neighbor hood youngsters are enrolled in the education oriented pro gram this year. Every W ednesday the school goes on special out ings. One of the most suc cessful to date was a trip to the Jones Farm in Beaver ton. The farm day included horseback riding, cow milk ing, cherry picking, hay stack scaling, and hill hiking. Ms. Shirley Jones gave presenta S H O P ______ by Michael L. Culbert lions on honey bees and butter making. After the outing, the school building sounded with imitation ani mal noises as the youngsters practiced storytelling their experiences. Transportation for excursions is made pos sible by the City of Portland Summer '73 Project. The school is planning a neighborhood cleanup with the help of the Marine Corps on Wednesday. July 25, and a parents program at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. July 26. lENOW'S Agricultural Organization. The announcem ent was made by the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, PUSH'S national director. Arrangements have been made with mujor shipping companies to transport the dried food prixlucts to West Africa, and similar arrange ments have been made with major fixxl companies who have agreed to donate fixxl to the starving countries. Jackson said also that mujor oil companies would lx- asked to use their drilling equipment to find water in the affected areas. Jackson said he will meet with representatives at iht- United Nations in New York and attend rallies there in support of the African nations. He said that PUSH will continue in its efforts to dramatize the seriousness of conditions in West Africa, where the lives of 25 million Africans are threatened Jackson said thut plans are also underway to enlist more aid from the American gov eminent, but emphasized that Black Americans should ex haust all other avenues first. “We have to help our own people first." he said, "and then challenge the govern menl to do more." Food donations had al ready begun Io com»1 in Thursday. Jackson observed. However, he was unable to estimate how much had been received. Several trailer trucks will be on hand Fri day to transport the col leeted fixxl to shipping points. On July II PUSH cel.- brated its First Anniversary. The keynote speaker was Reverend D.F. King, Monu mental Baptist Church Min ister. 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Call On IX Black Jews seek recognition The status of American Black Jews under Jewish law was explored recently at a national conference on Black Jews sponsored by the Syna gogue Council of America. Attended by 120 religious and community leaders, in cluding Black Jews, the con sultation explored the ori gins, history and current concerns of this special group. This was the first such opportunity, under the aus pices of a national Jewish organization, for Black Jews to air their opinions and hear the views of white Jewish spokesmen. The Synagogue Council of American is the coordinating body for the major rabinical and synagogal organizations of Conservative, Orthodox and Reform Judaism. A resolution adopted by the participants called on the Synagogue Council of Amer ica to establish a special task force to clarify the religious status of Black Jews and to facilitate their religious and social integration Into the larger Jewish community. “There are no hypenated Jews” was the opening theme of a presentation by Kabbi David Bleich, Bosh Yeshiva of Kabbi Elchanan Thelogical Seminary in New York. “The question of who is t Jew can have only one an swer: A Jew is one whom Halacha defines as a Jew," he stated. Maintaining that the pcoplehotxj of Israel is not founded on racist prin ciples. he said that "Judaism has always welcomed all in dividuals seeking to accept the tenets of the Torah, in eluding Black Americans." Kabbi Bleich distinguished among various groups of Black Jew s in assessing whether formal conversion would be necessary for them to be accepted into the House of Israel by ortho doxy. Whereas some groups, in eluding the Falashas, the Black Jew s of Ethiopia, may claim Jewish identity by virtue of Jewish birth, others must show that they have met the traditional require ments of conversion, accord ing to his view. A number of participants, both Black and white, urged that greater flexibility be exercised in examining the religious sta tu s of Black Jews who have a history of Jewish religious observance and of identification with the jewish community. Rabbi Solomon J. Sharf- man, chairman of the con ference and head of the Council's Committee on Black Jews, said that “The very real difficulties involved in defining the religious status of Black Jews must not be used by the Jewish com munity as a pretext for not making available generous assistance to Black Jews where it is needed." He referred specifically to assistance in such areas as housing, em ploym ent and education. The Flashes and the Yemi nite Jews were treated in papers presented by Dr. Ephraim Isac, Professor of Afro American studies at H arvard U niversity, and Kabbi Israel Grama, Peda gogic Specialist of the Board of Jewish Education of New York. Of Ethiopian and Yemenite origin, respectively, they traced the historical develop ment of the Jewish com munities in those countries through centuries of isolation and discrimination. Pacific Northwest Bell S tart spinning y o u r wheels- Try Chuck’s deals Special Special! Peugeot Buy a Reg. 129. Now 125.95 We Feature: • a a a a And get free water bottle (Reg. 2.79) Combination lock (Reg. 3.95) Tool bag (Reg. 2.75) Raleigh Jeunet Columbia Vista Peugeot ■T »peen«, 3 «peed«, t> «peed« and 10 «peed. ITficycle« - training bike« - wagon« 7017 N . Lombard 286-1079 5% discount on rentals to churches and organisations