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Q H hat do you think o j the elec
lions?
Diana H illiams. Student PSU.
I his is the first time I have voted.
I h a v e n 't given p o litic s m uch
thought. But as I grow older I seem
to be g e ttin g m ore in v o lv e d . It
would be nice and I would like to
believe that elections are fair but I
would not count on it.
Laura Howard. A le ho l counselor
Salem.
I m not sa tisfied w ith the way
elections are run. Because I am not
satisfied with 11 I put little energy in ­
to it. I he choices they give you are
not very good. I hc politicians say so
much and do so little.
7 /w Shelton, R e tire d business­
man.
I think the election system is o.k.
But most o l the elections are bull. I
read a lot about politics and just
don t have much confidence in elec­
tions anymore. A politician may go
in to o ffic e w ith the honest inten­
tio n s o l d o in g g o o d , but a fte r
aw hile they start lo o kin g out lo t
them selves. I 00k at o u r tw o
Congressmen, they have been up
there so long they have forgotten
what they were in te n d in g to do
when they first started. In this conn
try it you have money you can get
elected. 1 ou get 111 the paper, the
I V. and radio and you can get elec­
ted.
l-a n ita D uke, News re p o rte r •
Grass Roots News (KHOO).
I think the election process is the
biggest pmip and the voters are the
biggest whores I he money spent on
cam paigning w ould be enough to
take every Black man, woman and
child in this country out o l poverty.
N A -IM Hasan. Instructor, IA E
A B ON D O M att Dishman ( enter.
I here is lairness in some elec­
tions I do not vote but based on
what I see there is very little variety.
I ni not all the way lo r 11, but the
process has i t ’ s strengths and
weaknesses. M y feeling is that in
p o litic s there needs to be m ore
moral conscienceness.
Jon Seibt, TeriJJ and travel coun­
selor.
I he e le c tio n process is rig h t.
People in this country can vote lor
who they want. II people do not
vote then they do not have the right
to bitch or complain. Flections in
this country are fan and good lor
the people. Go to most any other
co un try and you w ill fin d things
very d illerent. In most places there
is no such thing as an election.
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Com m unity celebrates unity
A/yewMv/ A skari
support o l out leaders while they are
living; brother Muhammad A ll, and
M o re than a th ou san d Black
m em bers of his school gave a
people tilled the grounds o f the King
b rilla n t dem onstration and lecture
N eighborhood f a c ility M ay IKth,
m the art o l sell defense, as well as
in observance o l " C o m m u n ity
why it is necessary to properly learn
U n ity Day. " I he activities o l the
how to defend yourself and pass
day was coordinated by the B i l l
these teaching down to our children;
w ith assistance tro m c o m m u n ity
Eddie Edm ondson, poetry; James
volunteers.
lo v in g , candidate tor State Senate
A ll areas o l the Facility were in
D istrict 8; Herb C awthorne, I ove
use, w ith the exception ot o ltic e
C on gre ga tion , members from the
and classrooms. I here were exhibits
Black E ducational Center, I ungai
set up by lo ca l c o m m u n ity
Kumbula, Ron Herndon, and a host
organizations giving inform ation on
ol
o ilie r
Black
c o m m u n ity
their services and programs. Articles
professionals.
o f c lo th in g , art w o rk , cra fts and
Com m unity U nity Day was a sue
food was sold.
cess. It shows that Black people ol
The m ellow sounds o l “ local
this com m unity are moving toward
A fric a n D ru m m e rs ,” w hich in ­
a greater p o litic a l understanding
cluded b ro th e r A rt A le xa n d e r,
and culture awareness o f why it is
b ro th e r Nyew usi A s k a ri, and
necessary to organize around each
Bonkole, signaled the beginning o f
other, f he spirit among the Blacks
the festivities, and it was non-stop
present was unlike any seen in Port­
Black m ovem ent fro m th a t p o in t
land lo r a long time. I his was not a
on The Master Blaster J.W . Friday
call fo r boggie down, but a call for
(KBO O Radio) provided the current
Com m unity U nity and Black people
sounds in Black music to the beat o f
responded by com ing out in the
disco roller skating by hundred o f
hundreds. I his mass p a rticip a tio n
Black youngsters who had come to
speaks ot the Black United F ro n t’ s
lend their spirits to the positive flow
strong leadership tie with the com ­
of the day. Out on the school yard
m u n ity . It shows that the Black
there was basketball, a M artial Arts
com m unity here in Portland respec­
demonstration by brothers from the
ts and supports the e ffo rts o f the
Japanese Sword Society, a Frisbee
Front.
dem onstration, food, d rin k , and a
We shall see, in the future, similar
p o sitive m ovem ent am ong Black
efforts by the Front to instill even a
people to get to know each other
greater u n ity and s p irit am ong
better.
Blacks in this com m unity. Fhe Por/-
Some o f the p a rtic ip a n ts in
land Observer commends the Black
C om m unity U nity Day were, Darrel
United Front on its efforts and says
M illner, professor PSU; Lois Berry,
"T h an k Y o u " fo r the spirit ot life,
L oca l
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Im am
M ik e l
and through your continued efforts
Shabazz, M in iste r - W o rld C o m ­
we know the black com m unity w ill
m unity o l Islam, who spirited us all
eventually realize that it can obtain
w ith his call fo r b rotherhood and
its dream through unity.
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