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Portland Observer November 8,1 8 7 9 Page 3 Women judges form organization By Kathryn H Bogle Judge Mercedes Deiz met last week, in Los Angeles, in an historic conference with women judges from all over the country. About 80 judges convened from October 25 through October 28, fo r the purpose o f establishing the National Association o f Women Judges. As one o f the founders o f the conference, Judge Deiz acted as a part o f the nominating committee to select the first new officers o f the new organization. The women judges met to create this new organization, according to Beverly B. C ook, professor o f Political Science at the University o f Wisconsin, a speaker at the assem bly, because the women on the bench feel their status and problems are different from those o f men on the bench. ''W om en," Prof. Cook said, “ are in a weaker position to gain their personal or policy objectives. They have remained u ntil today, isolated from each other and unin formed about the conditions o f women judges in other states. Responses to a survey conducted by P rof. Cook showed some in teresting statistics and some in teresting summations. For instance, 25 percent o f women judges have never met a single woman judge from any other state; women are not likely to meet at bar association meetings, except in m etropolitan areas, since only half o f them belong to a woman’ s bar; and the American Bar Association has shown “ no par ticular interest in recruiting women into their leadership.” The survey looked into com parisons o f the personal lives o f women judges and men judges and found that women are in a "weaker situation because their lim e and energy after work often goes into domestic duties." “ Perhaps because o f their own double burden o f responsibilities and experience w ith discrim ination, women nidges are more sensitive to the problems o f other women in our changing society." Men judges, ac cording lo Professor Cook, “ are sign ifican tly more conservative in their attitudes toward female education, towards careers fo r women in relation to their husband’ s careers and ch ild re n ’ s needs, and toward women’ s use o f their own Success enhanced offers homework help Success Enhanced, the A lb in a Learning Center, is alive and well and going on its third year in giving pratical help to high school students in the Albina area. "The resoonse to the program so far this school year has been, in terms of numbers o f students and their ser iousness, extremely g o o d ," stated Connie Faye, Success Enhanced co director. Fifty-two students from 16 P ortland area high schools are presently enrolled in the program. Success Enhanced, first began as a place to study, explanations o f hom ework m aterial, guidance in research, and student organized study groups. There are as wide a range o f student's abilities represented at the program, as there are high schools. The assistance asked for by students, spans from help in basic reading and math to aid in calculus and other college prep courses. Success Enhanced operates out of St. Andrew’s Community School at Northeast 9th and Alberta, Monday through Thursday, from 3 to 9 PM . Pacific Universty opens Black Culture Week P A C IFIC U N IV E R S IT Y . Forest G ro ve -“ Making Our Past Dreams Today’ s Conscious Reality” is the theme fo r Black C ulture Week at Pacific U nive rsity November 14- 17th. It is sponsored by P a cific’ s Concerned Black Students (CBS). Among students who have been working on plans are Donald Hun ter, Portland, and Brian McDonald, Indianapolis. A highlight o f the week will be the opening night presentation by Franklyn Ajaye, Black Comedian, Actor, and recording artist. This will be a 8:00 p.m. November 14th, in Washburne University Center. Two P ortland television stations have been attempting to book Ajaye for their ta lk shows, but it currently looks as though Ajaye’s schedule will not permit this. Ajaye is known fo r his role o f T.C. in “ Car Wash" and Edmond in “ Dandy, the A ll American G irl” and fo r his h ila rio u s album , “ D o n ’ t smoke dope, fry your hair.” NBC television has signed Ajaye to an ex exclusive contract for development o f a comedy series co-starring Della Reese. The Ajaye program is open to the public as are the others during the week. Tickets are $3.50 fo r adults and $1.50 for non-Pacific students. November 15th at 8:00 p.m. in Washburne U niversity Center the movie “ Let’s Do It A g a in ," w ill be shown. Admission is 50 cents. Another big highlight o f the week is the Soul Food Dinner and Show at 8:00 p.m. November 16th, Friday, in Washburne University Center Com mons. Tickets are on sale from CBS members and at Boxer Books on campus. Adults are $6 and students $4.50. In addition to the d elicious foul foo In addition to the delicious soul food dinner, the evening show w ill include skits, a fashion show, music and in d iv id u a l presentations on Black perspectives. Judge Kathleen Nachtigal and Judge M ercedes Deiz from Portland, pose w ith California Governor Jerry Brown during founding conven tion of National Association of W om en Judges. names." The survey found that only 37 per cent o f the women judges report full acceptance as equals by their male colleagues. Over half o f the women judges reported that women judges’ mistakes are noted and criticized more. Alm ost halt o f the women think they must be twice as efficient to get the same recognition as men. A separate status report revealed that nationally, only 28 women arc among the 605 federal judges; that only 19 women are among the 456 D istrict C ourt judges; that no women has ever sat on the U.S. Sur- reme Court. A count showed there are 45,(XX) female attorneys praticing in the United Slates today. Among featured speakers at the conference headquarters in the Westwood M arquis H otel, were Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., C hief Justice Rose Elizabeth Bird; Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Super visor fo r C ounty o f Los Angeles; Tom Bradley, Mayor o f City o f Loas Angeles. Present at this founding conferen ce were five Black Women judges. Among them Judge Jean Wiliams o f Phoenix, Arizona; Judge Sara H ar per o f Cleveland; Judge Deiz o f Por tland, and Judge Vano Spencer o f the Los Angeles Superior C ourt, chosen to be president o f next year o f the fledgling organization. Presiding officer for this first year, is Judge Joan D. Klein. Judge Mer cedes Deiz, elected to the first board o f directors o f the N ational Association o f Women Judges, will keep tabs on the five northwestern states o f Oregon, Washington, Mon tana, Idaho and Alaska. The Moms Moiks House 1501 SW Harrison Sheer Portland 97201 Telephone 227 26Ô8 DES CONNALL Professional Corporation LEGAL CLINIC OMSI features law enforcement equipment I he long aim ol the law reaches inio OMSI for nine days, November 3rd I t i l l , where seven law enfor- ceineiii agencies will display modern and h istorica l equipment and demonstrations in the Hall o f the Northwest A sign at the door w ill warn the public o f the presence o f a C E T A p ro je ct, has since become funded by P o rtla n d C om m unity College and three private fo u n dations. P.C.C. is considering ex panding the program to other neigh borhoods next year. Ms. Faye, an experience youth service worker, and John Mudore, seasoned educator are the program's staff. The two help the program to maintain its casual profile in an at tempt to keep its goals simple. The ultimate purpose o f Success Enhan ced is to help students develop good study habits by providing a quiet narcotic sniffer dog trained to find hidden drugs. The law Enforcement display will include representatives from each agency to explain their work. The narcotic sniffer dog and handler will present live demonstrations locating hidden drugs, courtesy o f U.S. Customs. The Customs Bureau will also display mock-ups o f confiscated drugs and photos o f other work. The FBI will run a 15 minute movie and have an agent with a display o f FBI cases and methods. The Portland Police w ill display th e ir crim e prevention van and mobile digital term inal, as well as old-tim e historical equipment and uniforms. The Multnomah County Division o f Public Safety will display m otorcycles and other current equipment and photographs. The The P ortland Emergency C om m unications Agency w ill dem on strate their 911 radio equipment. H ours o f the display are regular OMSI hours, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday, and 9:00 am to 6:(X) pm Saturday and Sunday. The last day o f the display is Sunday, November I Ith. Youth meet The Portland Branch N AA C P is sponsoring a Black Youth Leader ship Conference, November 16-18, 1979 at Camp Adams in Molalla. The purpose o f this conference is to continue to provide fo r Black youth a positive way in which they may develop their leadership poten tial. Any Black youth between the ages o f 15 and 19 are eligible to par ticipate. The conference will last all weekend and w ill be supervised by adults. Everything will be paid for by the N A A C P . The topics to be discussed are: “ There's No Such Thing as a Free L u n c h ", “ Black P ro gress-M yth or R e a lity ? ", “ Youth and C rim e ” , “ P olitical Responsibilities o f Y o uth", “ Career Alternatives for Blacks in the 80’ s” , and "T h e N A A C P and Youth- Putting Leadership in A ctio n". 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