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.
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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".
A limited amount o f applications
are remaining. Those interest in at
tending
should call N A A C P
President Lucious Hicks at 229-4422
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