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Portland Observer Thursday, August 3,1978 Page 3 Crowell seeks board positioa Evie Crowell has announced that she is a candidate for appointment to the Portland School Board for the position to be vacated by Gladys McCoy on September 11th. Ms. Crowell, a faculty member at Portland State University, was raised in Portland. A resident o f Northeast Portland, she was an unsuccessful candidate fo r the D em ocratic nomination to Legislative D istrict No. 16. “ I have spent many years in a voluntary capacity helping m inority and indigent students o b ta in adequate education. For two years 1 served as Secretary/Treasurer and chairperson o f the student screening committee fo r the M artin Luther King Scholarship Fund o f Oregon. I am presently a board member emeri tus,” stated Ms. Crowell. "Educa tio n at every level should be a vital concern to all citizens. It is the only way to m aintain a healthy, democratic society.” Ms. C ro w e ll’ s co m m u n ity ac tivities include Urban League and Guild, Oregon Assembly o f Black Affairs, and Oregon Fair Share. She is a board member o f the YW C A and Northwest Oregon Health Systems. The School Board is seeking ap plications fo r the position, which must be filed with board secretary Lori Cargill by August 14th. T-8 Program honors role of South African women by Fungai Kumbula Remember all our women in the ja ils Remember all our women in cam paigns Remember all our women over many fighting years Remember a ll our women f o r their triumphs, and f o r their tears. The above refrain is taken from the South A frican W omen’ s Day Song and it says a lot about the struggle in South Africa in general, and the role o f women in particular. It is unfortunate that the role o f women always seems to be either belittled or ignored altogether every time someone talks or writes about South Africa. A closer look at South A frica’s everyday life would reveal that they are very much a part o f the resistance to apartheid. One o f the most odious m anifestations o f the practice o f apartheid is the issue o f the pass laws as they affect Black males in South Africa, t very adult male, sixteen and older is required to carry a pass, which is like a passport and which bears his name, address, photo, place o f origin and where he works. Failure to produce such a pass on demand (any police officer can stop any Black man at any time) leads to arrest. 70,000 such arrests were made in 1968 alone and today, the rate is from 1,000 to 3,000 every day. So, passes e ffe c tiv e ly c o n tro l the movement o f a ll Blacks and the moment you lose your job, you have 72 hours to get out o f town — to the "homelands.** The government has, since the 1950s, extended the pass laws to women also, triggering some very spirited opposition. M y, did the women fight! As far back as 1913, they had marched and burned passbooks. On August 9, 1955, 2,000 women marched in P retoria, the capital. The following year, August 9, 1956, 20,000 women from all over the country conducted one o f the biggest demonstrations South Africa has ever seen. In fear, the govern ment banned all processions that day, but the women were not to be thwarted. They merely broke up into groups o f twos and threes and proceeded to m arch to th e ir destination u n til, fin a lly , th e ir 20,000 voices rose as one in protest. Since that day, August 9th has been designated South African Women’s Day. This August 9th, Portland w ill jo in in a celeb muon o f this all impor tant day. It is extremely important that people get together on this day and make a c o n trib u tio n to the grow ing movement against apar theid. In addition to nursing the wound ed, caring fo r the sick, sheltering the homeless, comforting the bereaved, ADVERTISING OWNERSHIP A ll advertising copy and illu strations prepared by the Obser ver becomes the property o f the Observer and may not be reproduced fo r any other use without explicit prior approval. feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and supporting the movement the women also take part in organizational work, the actual demonstrations and even the armed conflict. They participate in every facet o f the struggle. Looking closer to home, we notice the crucial role played by women in the various struggles in this country all the way from slave days. It was the women who, on most cases bore the brunt o f the countless battles. It was the women who kept a semblance o f fa m ily life going and H a rrie t Tubm an was only one shining example o f the many contributions women made in the fig h t fo r freedom . W ith that in m ind, it should be easy to see just how impor tant the role o f women is in South Africa. Even today, too, in all our communities, most o f our organiza tio n s ’ women play a v ita l role. The program, to be held at the K in g N eighborhood F a c ility Cafctorium on Wednesday, August 9th from 7:30-9:30 p.m. w ill consist o f a speaker, a slide show, a film , music, poetry reading from Zindzi Mandela’ s new book ‘ black as i am’ and refreshments. Admission is free. Childcare w ill be provided. The follow ing groups are spon soring this very im p o rta n t day: American Friends Service Commit tee, Black Women’ s Rap Group and Portland Citizens Against Racism. So, come jo in in paying tribute to these g a lla n t fighters w ith o u t whose p a rtic ip a tio n our struggle w ould never have gotten o f f the ground. Rhodesia’s psuedo-settlement (Continued from Page 1 Column 6) the real power. 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Community correction* (Continued from Page 1 Column 3) court rather than arrest; that there be available 24 hours a day the capacity to evaluate and release those who are arrested; and that at the jail there be screening for alcohol, emotional and drug problems and diversions fo r those in these categories that should go to other institutions or programs. The program w ill include a Central R eferral Program that w ill coor dinate criminal justice agencies and community services to do everything possible to keep the arrested out o f ja il pendi.ig trial. This program w ill work with the client until he leaves the criminal justice sytem including pre-sentence evaluation; find alter natives to confinement; provide job tra in in g , jo b placement, alcohol, drug treatment, counseling, etc. M any o f the services w ill be provided through contracts w ith private agencies. 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