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RP > W , 7» * ■*"*’-*- V*» • v« * » 1 W tT O W * » » » Page 4 Portland Observer Thursday, November 30, 1978 American State Bank Behind the wall Larry Baker 935021, O. S. P. Correspondent MEET TH IS IN D IV ID U A L IN PRISON .Nothing can bring you peace, but yourself . Nothing can bring you peace, but the triumph o f principles. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1841) One might find it abnormal to acknowledge a picture o f people exercising uniqueness w ith in the midst o f a prison, but it happens. It happens, because it comes in an in d iv id u a l manner and not in a collective body. Yes there are people who live, work and even visit our compound, filled with dusty multi-colored cells and paint peeling from the walls. This week the column is going to dedicate itself to recognizing just a few o f those individuals and their unselfish deeds. M ale Prisoner of the M onth _ ’ ' The Bunk that integration built ' ’ 2737 N.E. Union behind these walls. With the Black population growing as rapidly as it has been this year, Clarence Martin is going to need all the outside and inside help he can get. This very capable young man is in the pro cess o f restructuring the whole organization; so it w ill present a more positive meaning and meet the needs o f all. 282-2216 SPORTS HOUR JO E ’S PLACE 1801 N.E. A lb e rta WILL DRAFT YO U FOR ONLY 1 5 < Days: Sat., Sun., AMon. Coil: 2 8 8 -8 7 6 8 For more Information Counselor of the M onth M A R K LAUDAHL A man who works with prisoners as people and not case loads. Mark Laudahl worked sixteen years as a guard (1959-75). His lifelong am bition was to some day be placed in a position where he could contribute his experience by helping those who were willing to receive help in coun seling. Mark Laudahl looks pretty healthy for as long as he's been here, but he w ill be retiring in the near future, just when a counselor such as Mark is needed the most. CLARENCE M A R T IN Congratulations to this young man fo r dem onstrating leadership by winning the position “ Coordinator” in the election held by the members o f the Black Culture organization here at O.S.P. The column looks forward to seeing great things hap pen for Blacks who are incarcerated Julius D. Snowden 938013 Poetry Editor Female Prisoner of the M onth Peggy Joseph-Graves Personal & Business Insurance 283-5012 Mark Laudahl counseling his inmate client. purpose o f submitting material to the “ Behind the W all” column. This has been the first real effort any of the ladies has made since the column was established in March 1977. M OSETTA DISNEW This woman has spent many hours volunteering to have the other women inmates at the Oregon Women Correctional Center set up a writing and editoring staff for the Visitor of the M on th m a r y M c C auley borrow Mrs. Borrow, State Representative from Eugene, spent an evening with I he New York Life agent in your community is a good person to know. thirty inmates at O.S.P. in a dialogue session surrounding the different parts o f state crim inal law. Mrs. Borrow strongly believes that in dividuals who are trained to know the laws will respect those laws. Also it was important to Representative Borrow to become personally in volved with individuals at this level of society so that she may be able to be o f some assistance to her district when com m unity correctin p ro grams are more established. . . . U N IO N OR CO M PANY DENTAL INSURANCE is a valuable asset . . . y o u r h e a lth KPBS series features First Amendment rights How the process o f free com munication under the First Amend ment o f the Bill of Rights contributes to the democratic process w ill be ex plored in a thirteen-week series o f programs to begin on KBPS-1450 AM Thursday, December 7th, at 5;3O p.m. "T h e First Amendment and a Free People” is co-produced by the Institute for Democratic Com munication and W GBM National Public Radio member station in Boston. Dr. Bernard Rubin, IDC Director, is host. Divided into three groupings un der the headings, “ Government and the M edia,” “ International Jour nalism, “ and “ Specialized Groups and Media,” the programs w ill focus on issues surrounding freedom o f expression and responsibilities o f mass media. The opening program on “ Film Censorship” features Deke Russell, curator of the Museum o f Fine Arts, Boston, and Roger M a n ville, Professor o f Film, Boston Univer sity. Others in the series are: December 14th — Children's TV, with Peggy Charin, director o f Ac tion for Television. December 21st — Government & Media” Jonathan Moore, director o f John F. Kennedy School o f Politics, Harvard. December 28th — “ Human Rights: A Look at Dissent and Human Rights.” Houghston Ryan, professor o f diplom acy. T u fts University. January 4th — "Alternative Jour nalism ,” Howard Z inn, p o litica l scientists and playwright. January 11th — “ Censorship & the C .I.A .,” A lan Kershow itz, professor. Harvard University Law School.” NAACP election: Jackson (Continued from page 1 col. 3) telegrams about the CETA a ffa ir also. 1 had several television shows with people accross the state on em ploym ent. I fe lt that the death penalty was against minorities and low income people and I wrote a couple o f articles and appeared on television about that. 1 also worked in the area o f ac tivities in the community — like the A lb in a A c tio n Center and their money problems and being refun ded. I worked with that for a while to help them get refunded. I worked with the A M A to take over the PM SC Headstart program after PMSC faded out. I worked w ith senior citizens to try to get some changes in their program. 1 worked closely with the Foster Grandparent Program to get some adjustments in their money. I ’ve made speeches in schools, for groups, about N AAC P activities. I made numerous speeches at the time the Convention was here. I instigated the investigation o f the prison. I persuaded Hooks to bo down there. Then the Justicae De partment sent two men to talk to iw before they went down there. 1 revealed to them the list o f greviences the men at the penitentiary gave me. I ’ ve been in contact with the inmates and have suggested tra in in g programs I hope can function. There seems to be a problem in getting fun ded. That is kind o f up in the air although I promised to keep working at it. I haven’t been down there lately but I have turned that over to Burna Plummer. She is the one who is making the contacts now. I didn’ t attend the meetings o f the Coalition, but I ’ ve attended at least four of the area meetings. I ’ ve also had conversation w ith Herb Cawthorne about it and I ’ve worked with A M A to get the brethren in volved. O f course, I opposed the Newman plan, which set the whole thing in motion. When the School Board was ready to appoint a new person I was pretty close to that - involved in a group going around to see the School Board members to see why we couldn’t get a candidate before the School Board. From some o f the Board members, it was disturbing to learn that they were committed to the person going o ff, to let that person name the replacement. I ’ ve attended several Urban C urriculum retreats. I ’ ve tried to make comments on what I think should happen. A t the final meeting next month, we’ ll see how many suggestions are incorporated in the effort to develop curriculum to help with some o f the student probems and teacher problems in the urban area. The Education Com m ittee w orked. The Labor Com m ittee worked. We didn’t get all the jobs we wanted but the Northwest M inority Contractors, Eugene Jackson, got a lot o f jobs for people. We were joint sponsors o f a state funded youth employment project. They made inroads into some positions where they were caught up w ith union problems -- couldn’ t get into the unions. Legal Redress sort o f eased off. I have Keith Bums’ resignation and his suggestion that we form a group o f lawyers. He things that because o f the Bakke decision there w ill be a lot o f work for lawyers. I am in the process o f getting names o f lawyers who will be part o f a committee. I talked with U.P. Cannon some time ago because Benjamin Hooks suggested that we meet with some of the unions and try to work out some relationships because there are issues on which we have the same point of view. We need to find out i f the local unions are concerned w ith the problems that are coming from their national offices. We have in the hopper two meetings with decision makers in the unions. We’ ve had several dates with the outgoing governor and we will set up a date with the in-coming governor. I had talked to Atiyeh before the elec tion but it was just general. We are going to put before him a similar proposal as we put before Governor Straub. In the main, the issue is that you can’t do much in the local area until we get money in the local area. Rather than for us to go downtown and get slots, the money ought to be out here. We ought to be able to set up a program and begin to deal with the people. We need that kind o f program We can pick the people and try to work with the community to give those people jobs. I don’ t know how responsive Atiyeh will be to that. Governor Straub had ex pressed a desire to work with us and I ’m hoping Atiyeh will. We set up a special committe to bring to the Branch their recommen dations on the ballot measures. I have had to neglect some o f the things that I need to do for the chur ch - visits to the sick, home Bible study - some o f the things I want to do and should do. So I tried like the dickens to get someone else to run for president but no one wanted to do it. The problem I have with the people who are running is that they have no track record and 1 think you ought to have a track record. Now I know you can come in and be func tionable, but you think how they set up the executive board. We used to set up the board so you had represen tation - someone from each o f the churches and the Elks and other clubs, so some one would be there to sell memberships. I guess our emphasis had been on getting memberships and raising our money for the national office more than on program. Maybe it would be better to go the other way - if you had a good program the member ships would come. Our membership committee has done a good job. The Christmans Seal committee did a good job with the grandmother con test. We were supposed to raise S I,500 and we've raised $2,600 or $2,700. O f course, the National Conven tion took a lot o f our time. We had to spend time on that instead of on local problems. I appointed Bobbie Nunn to head that committee and it worked out well. I f I’ m re-elected, I plan to appoint new chairmen to the committees. When I was elected 1 talked to Ellis Casson, the outgoing president, and asked for his suggestions.A few o f them have functioned but not all. I think my major e ffort w ill be to organize the committees and get people who are willing to work. My hours are flexible. I am able to spend time at the office and doing work that some could not because o f their jobs. That is a great help. There is a lot s till to be done and the NAACP should be the organization to lead the fight. January 18th — "Black Owned Newspapers,” M elvin M ille r, publisher o f large Black-owned weekly. January 25th — “ Media and the T hird W o rld ,” W illia m W orthy, author. February 1st — “ Feminist Jour nalism,” Wilma Scott Heide, former NOW president. February 8th — “ Soviet Media,” Soviet dissident Ephram Brooke. February 15th — “ A British Look at Media,” Henry James, director of Central O ffice o f Inform ation in Great Britain. February 22nd — “ V ietnam ,” discussion o f the fall o f Vietnam and American reaction to it by author Phillip Caputo. February 29th — "C h in a After Mao,” Ross Terrill, journalist. and a p p e a ra n c e COMPEL '.T'E COOPER YI'IOS O S 41.1. O EVI VI. I\ N I It V \( E CLAIMS m i li a so le \ i i m i m i v ii s u t COMPLETISI. 1OI K CL VIM EOKMs NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED Come in at your convenience PARK FREE-Any Park n Shop Lot H O U RS’ " eekdeym h:30 a.m to 5 p.m Saturday ft: W a.m to I p.m Dr. Jeffrey BRADY, Dentist S W .m il 4 V AMIIII.I S I .. POK II. A SO. OK EGOS I AKEEI.EV A T O K T O 2SO EI.OOK .’IKIt s I E M It VS< I EXODUS t( pJfca&Jíde» a.ruf rftea /m eet/ 1518 N E KILLINGSWORTH PORTLAND. OREGON 97 21 1 2 8 4 7997 FACTS OF IMPORTANCE VOLUME VI NOVEMBER 1978 SERIES I In keeping with Exodus Community Service Policy, Exodus will host a Symposium on Alcohol and Substance Abuse Problems. Exodus will do this in coordination with other agencies providing similar services. The General Public is invited. The Symposium will be held at: EXODUS DAY TREATMENT 1223 N.E. Alberta Portland, Oregon 284-1247 The meeting will be from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 15, 1978 while there is no charge for the general meeting, a small donation for lunch will be appreciated. 's?
