P•11• Z Portlend Obaen,er May 29, ,_,
EDITORIAL/ OPINION
The African woman
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By N. F111t1a1 K11mb11la
Judge principals on student achievement
How should a principal be evaluated 1 The
Black United Front'1 call tor the transfer of
LeRoy Moore from Mar11n Luther King school
has been called " insulting" by the Portland
Assoc1at1on of Elementary School Principals.
The call for Moore's resignation from King
was a response to a 1tatement by Moore that
1s considered insen1itive to the concerns of
Black parents. Thia is not the first time a
published remark by Moore has been labelled
insensitive. A 1tatement, when discussing
student achievement, that some days he won-
ders 1f there 1s such a thing as a "normal" child
also raised some anger.
The concern over Moore·, remark comes
from the ballet that a principal should have
respect tor a child, his parents and his com-
munity and should be sensitive to their desires
and concerns.
In small school districts, principals live in
and are a part of the community where they
work , and when they know parents per -
sonally, meeting them in stores, on the
streets, and at social gathering. Where parents
are thetr peers, there is enough social pressure
to insure that principals relate positively to the
community or get out. In an urban district like
Portland, principals come to work in the mor-
ning and go home to the suburbs at night,
thus the concerns of the community are left
behind. The only contact the average principal
has is with fellow administrators and staff.
Perhaps the PAESP is right : principals
should be judged on performance only. Mr.
Moore has been at King for approximately ten
years, yet King is at the bottom of the most
recently released achievement test scores. The
other Albina schools are not much better.
If the principals at the Albina schools were
to be carefully evaluated on objective criteria,
we believe most would be found seriou11y
lacking. These criteria should include :
academic achievement of students; multi -
cultural curriculum; teacher training; use of
federal funds; staffing ratios within the school;
time spent within the school building; relations
with staff, parents and community; reputation
for diligence and respectability.
Every principal should set a school environ-
ment that is conducive to learning, should in-
sure that his teachers are effective, and should
provide an example of good character and
leadership. To do less is to deprive the child
and should not be tolerated .
The principal's association should be glad to
accept evaluation on objective criteria . But
Mr. Becks own insensitivity was aptly demon-
strated by his identification of the BUF and the
Black community as a " special interest group"
who based judgement of two principals on the
bias and opinion " based on politica l needs."
Letters to the Editor
Not all administ rators are so great
l c11cr 10 Editor:
..
A\ a rcsidcn1 here at l'orrc:c11011s
D1, ISIOn Release Center. I l'eel I am
qualilicd lo respond to your article
ol May 11, in reaards 10 L cc
Gierlot'f.
I do not question Ms. Gierlotfs
m1can1y, c1hics or dedica11ons. I am
very concerned ho..,ever, about d1t-
fcrent dcpartmcnl\ under her com•
mane.I r hat do not possess her
qualities. that arc badly in nttd ol
her supervision.
I rdcr to 1he counseling system
and Job developers . The u -
plo1tation of inmates here simply to
keep srall people employed cer-
tainly needs a11cn11on. The Job
dc,copers clforu arc non etasrcnt .
This ,~ nothina more than a np off
of state money for an escort and
1ransporta1ion driver, 1hc counselor
system seems lo have c,ipcrtisc only
in game playina. Supervmon ccr-
1ainly 1s lackina here.
Yes, Ms. Gierloff has liberalized
leave pol11:y and passes tor the sci«·
tcd fortunate that live here. What
about 1he many that ha,c scr,·cd
their 11mc from out 01· state, or ha,e
no one to come act them? These
people daily watch people go on
~~ses or leave, v.11hou1 any possible
chan,c ot acuma passc~ for 1hcm-
sel11cs.
!\oh . Gicrlott' s1a1emcnt about
remo\lng the entrance ga1e tor
• • psycholo11cal reasons" seem ab-
surd to me, ¥t hen I can't C\Cn see the
1a1c and yc1, YtC ha\.C locked iron
doors 10 look a1; guards ¥t hose cl·
forts arc to make this a prison tn·
s1cad of a release cenier. with I heir
own made up policies and rules, not
unlike 1he ¥> alls, 1hc barred Yt 1n-
dows, fences . Wha1 abou1 this
psychological ctfccl on people soon
10 be relcasecf! This 1s simply a red
herrina clfon.
I am not an educated man. nor do
I ha\c business adm1nistra1111c
abilities, however, if by us,ns Just
plain common sense, I could not
~-.c the state betwCffl five (5) and
ten (IO) thousand dollars a month, I
would hne to be totally stupid. Let
me elaborate.
A man here paroled on the 2nd
day of the month. This man, Yt ith
uccss of U ,000 on the books, social
security income, medical cards,
totally independent from lhc stale,
Congugal visits for all prisoners
To the Editor:
In answer to brother Mahk Ah-
mad Hassan AJi, "Cdl T11l1t, •• May
I!, IYllO. At present, several pruon
systems in lhts nauon have mildly
relented in this direction ..,,,th the
advent of conJuaal 111s11s restricted
10 married men only, in ccr111n
pn111lqed tnsutution.s.
I'm inclined 10 believe the con-
Juaal \1Stt privilcac should not be
restricted to married men. but
should c,1cnd to all men. For ..,,hat
,s mamaae but • piece of unfechn1
raper that nprcssn nothina. Yet 11,
~cry insular rules breed what 11
alleacdly sttks 10 stamp out .
All men ~hould have the n,ht to
unin ..,,uh his so-called common-
law v.atc, or any conwntina ftm&le.
(The ,amc appltes to female
pr11onen ) Scual intercourse be-
tween man and woman n essen11&1
as hrc 1ucU. The separauon or man
lrom •oman 1s one of the araitest
inhuman111cs to man and woman
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In the O.urn Bu,~ ng
519 S W lrd Avenue
S.th Floor
Ore.- 127 2902
because II denies man the very
creature 1ha1 makes ham whole and
complete, and no man should be
subJected to this emasculation,
rcaardlcss ot his crime.
Not only has the ban on su
broken up families on the outside
but has created more problems in-
side prisons. Youn& pnsoncrs arc
con st ant ly harrasscd, attacked.
raped
and
forced
into
homosuuality for merely the se,iual
1rat1tica1ion. Prisoners also lie,
cheat. steal and lull over
homosuuah or potential bed
partners.
Another home v.reckcr 1s the
tmancial castrauon or convicted
men. Prisoners should have the op-
portunuy to support their fanulics
whale 1n prison. Hence the waacs 1n
the prison factoraes, and other
pruon raciliucs, should be tan-
tamount to the federal minimum
waaes. Th11 would enable prisoners
to make allotments to then ram1lics,
thus mamtamina their status as the
bread-wmner.
Su.ual and f1nanc1al castration
arc 1he two c:omponents or home-
-.recken. When a man 11 convicted
and ient to pnson. his •oman or
wire must and •111 c:onunuc her sc,
hre and rind a sunable breadwinner
for the family Pn1oner1 should be
allowed to maintain thetr rcspon-
s1bih11e1 as providers and conunue
that ie11 life These arc two com•
ponmts CUffltlll for h11 manhood.
Should a prisoner be denied his
manhood bccaute he 11 a pr11oner?
The pmon sysaem 10 effectuate
sull 1h1'i man 1,1,u retusccJ release un•
1hc 23rd ot the ml)nlb . In 1h1'i
umc, he contacted pneumonia 4 or j
days m 1he hospital at the s1a1c c11-
pcnsc, compound this \\Ith the
SJ0.00 per day to support him and
1hcn compound 1his v.i1h the people
bein1 held here 2-3-4 or 1 months,
man) paroled ordered, and you will
ltnd d \Cry 1mprcss1~e l1gurc 01
money 1hat should and could be
saved. rhe state very well could 11vc
this man UOO.<W upon parole ancJ
tell him to get a Job and place to
h\c. It the man 1s sm..:erc he will do
this and not rct urn 10 the system. II
he 1s no1 sincere 1hcn holdins him
here for monrhs and then 1ct11ng
htm a good Job, mailers not . He will
not keep 11 . 11 adds up simply to
this; 1hc SJ00 . 000 issued upon
parole deducted from the thousands
ol dollars c,pensc ro warehouse him
here, rhcn release him is pure wasrc.
As a resident here. Cllccptina Lee
Gicrlolt. I urse re111cv. s, revisions
and certainly replacement of the in-
competents is needed.
Respect folly,
111
Clayton L.
Kttnt
311441
rehabilitation, must be operated on
a basis conducive to the modes 01·
c1mtm1 cultures, based upon !he
theory that a man Yo tll be back
unless properly trained. The idea 01·
punishment mu)t be completely
liquidated.
The
mam
purpose
ol
rehabilitation 1s to prepare one for
return to society. Therefore, I'm In•
clined to believe, It's necessary for
the prisoners to keep 1n con1act with
those whom he v.-ill affiliate with
and relate to on his return to the
communuy. It 1s impracticable
(blink1n1 reality) for pnsoncrs 10 be
completely ahenared in a microcosm
oi- madness and sackncss, then
rcturnrd to society and Cllpccted 10
function as normal people.
At Parchman, or M1ss1ssippi
State Penitentiary, conJuaal v111u
arc used on a rqular buis. Birth
control is not forced on couples.
Children rcsultin1 from conJu1al
vmrs arc 1cccp1cd by the welfare
department the same as other
children. There can be no question
about inmate's wives or airlfrimds
npcr1cnctin1 Kllual frwtratioas. I
wnously quesuon the ri1h1 or the
State of Ore1on to deny 1hc1c
•omen their mafllal ri1hu. They
arc lq.ally 1nnocen1 and in vac• or
thas mnocen~e their human ri1hu
should 001 be daued.
Dr. J•mrl Clwro"«
Field Dn for (COllE)
T he newly installed cabinet of'
Zim babwe includ es four women.
four women o ut ol a 23 person
cabinet docs not seem like anythina
to cro w about u ccpt this ,s 1hc l"itsl
umc m 1JtJ years that women of any
color have held a cabinet pc:,sition at
all m Zimbabwe (or Rhodesia as it
wa~ then). In additio n to the four
mtnasrcrs. there were ..,omen a1 all
01hcrs levels of 1ovcrn mcn1. No
lonacr arc t hey confined to Just
beina secretaries, steno typists and
the like.
One ol 1hc first actions the new
ao vcrnmcnt of Comrade Ro bert
Musa bc took was co create a
Department of Women's Affairs .
This depanment is charaed wit h the
task of cncouraaina and openina up
avenue\ ror women 10 pursue
careen 10 such pcrcn ially "male
preserve,"
as
electronics.
cnainccr1n1, urban plann1n1,
cconomu: and 1hc like. The dcpar1-
mcn1 which will soon be elevated to
m1ms1crial level will be the watch-
dog 10 O\'crsec the total elimination
ol any torm ol sex discrimination.
Women also hold nine ol 1hc c11h1y
seal\ v.on by 1he Alncans in 1hc
recent clc..:ttons.
The emergence ot v. omen as a
poh11cal forccumc about as a result
ol lhcir \Cry ac1,vc participation
durina 1he clccttons. A maJor por-
llon ol LANU' s unpaid campai1n
workers v.crc women. During the
war ot hberauon, both winas ol' the
Parnom: honr, LANU and ZAPU,
had a women '\ re11mcn1. rhcy had
srar1cd ou1 worlt1ns mostly a, camp
aide,, nur,es ancJ other such
''l"cmtninc" ro les but, as the war
progrei.sccJ , 1 hey demanded and
rcccl\cd 1ra1n1na. Before too Iona,
the y \'I C f C ltl!lhlln& and dying
alons\lde 1hc men. By the umc the
"'ar ended, they had not only won
the respect ot lhcir male collcaaucs
but also I hat ol the enemy.
The role ol women in the armed
struglc aocs way back lo 1hc Shona
War ot 111%, when the Afrtcanr.
look up a rms 10 dislodae Br11ish set-
tlers who had ~e11led in the country
over the previous stll ycari.. It wa, a
fem a le spartt med ium , Nchanda
Nyakasikana, who uraed her people
10 l'i&ht, arauma that this wa~ the
way to rcaam Zimbabwe. She wal,
actually one ol the commander~ ol
the African army; alter we lost the
war, she was hanged by 1he Brili!!h.
Pnmc M1n1ucr Muaabc ap-
propriately call!! her Zimbabwe's
first martyr ancJ war heroine.
I would not be al all surpmed ti
women make u all the way 10 the
Zimbabwe Supreme Coun w11htn
the next live year!>. rhcy have more
than paid their dues. Throuahout
the Iona, bitter ycan ot polittcal ac-
tivity, street dcmonstra11ons, party
poli11cs, work stoppage~. slow
downs and rccru11men1 i.:ampa,ans,
1hcy were right there, work ina a ~
hard and sometime\ harder than
c11crybody else. When moM ol the
male leadership was arrested and
"silenced" for almost a decade, 11
wa,; the ..,omen who kept 1hc
nationali!!I fer11ors from being snul-
fed out. One ot the thirteen l'un-
damen1al i-rccdoms in ZANU's cite·
tion manilcsto reads: "the riaht ol'
women lo equality with men."
Across the border in Mozam -
bique, the aovcrnment has Just
tormed the Oraanization of
Mozambican Women which is
dedicated to rhe professional
trainins ol women through the
dcpanmcn1 of Education and Pro-
fessional
Trainin1.
The
Oraan1za1ion of Mozambican
Women ¥ras started even before
Mozambique 101 her independence
but II only operated m the liberated
wnc,. With the war with Rhodesia
no¥> concluded, the oraaniza1ion is
no¥r bcm1 c11pandcd tnto a national
cnrnv.
lri N,1m1bia, women arc takin1 an
mcrca,inailY visible poh11cal role.
They have been publicly lloHed and
upellcd I rom their homn alonasidc
ol the men . As did their coun1er-
parl\ in Guinea Bissau, Zimbabwe
and Molambiquc, 1hcy arc now
taking up ;um~ and l"iahtina
alonasidc the men . They are now
two lcmalc commandcr1 in the
ltbcra1 1on mo11cmcnt. S WAPO
lcadcnh1p.
Ur. I 1bcr1 inc Applous-Amathila,
Nam,1,ia' s ltr\l women doc1or, I\
1hc mmcmcn1 ' AssiMan1 Secretary
ol Health and l:ducatton ancJ Lucia
Hamu1cnya " rhc Secretary for
Legal Affairs. l'u1u,c Appolus is a
member of SWAPO', ccnrral com-
m111ec.
In South Atrii.:a, with her
husband in Jail for the last ~cvenlttn
year\, \\ 1nn1c Mandela has become
the embodiment of the A trican
suuulc tor freedom . Thouah
hounded ancJ harassed herself for
much ol the last silltttn years, she
remain,; an constant 1horn in the
,;idc ol the apartheid rcsimc. Lillian
Naoy, who dice.I last month was also
one ot South Africa's most brilliant
Black leaders. The list socs on.
All over Afr ica, the Afric an
woman is comina o ut of t he
shac.lows and taking her riaht ful
place alonasidc of' everybody else.
rhl\ 1c. turthcr confirmat ion of the
lact tha1, her position all alon1 had
been d1i.:1a1cd by responsibility
rather than role. The dilfcrcncc is
that responsibilities change with cir-
cumstance,; v.hilc rolci. arc rilled.
roday we ,alu1 c the Al'rican
women.
Notes f rom City Hall
By Charles Jordan
Commission~, of Public Saf~ty
The attorney will take a statement
from you reaardina the circum-
sta, .. :s lcadina 10 your request for a
rcstrainin1 order.
from 1his statement 1hc auorney
will create an affidavit which will
include your comments. The attor-
ney will then present this affidavit 10
a Judac who will, based on t he
courts discretion, s1an the order and
set bail for SI ,<W to 510,000. The
documents arc lilcd in court and a
deputy or process server dcJivcrs the
order to the ofrcndcr.
You wi ll receive a copy of the
rcstrainina order so that you have
proof ofitsc:iustcncc.
You can aet this type of
rcstrainina order, if:
If you arc marrit.! to the ollcn-
dcr.
ar you have been mamrd to the
offender.
If you were livina with the otlcn•
dcr (not married) and filed for a
rcstrainina order within one year or
separation.
In order to maintain peace at
domestic disturban" caU1, police
officers will take any person into
cwtody who the officers believe to
have violated the terms or a
rcstrainin1 order properly iuued
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
RESTRAINING ORDERS
By Charin Jord,m
"Your spouse (or a person you
are laving with) has threatened,
beaten or harassed you and you arc
afraid. You have decided you no
longer Yoan1 this person involved in
your hfc."
You may have heard abou1 1et-
11na a rcstrainins order. A
rest rainina order is a leaal document
issued by the courts forbiddina a
person from interferina ..,ith your
lit'c and can be enforced up 10 o ne
year. This legal order protects you
so that it" the offender comes near
you to harass, threaten or in any
way harm you, that person will be
arrested and held un1il a Judac hears
this case in coun.
A police officer cannot obtain
this order t"or you, it is the offic;cr's
duty, howc11cr, to enforce the order.
You must first retain an attorney in
order 10 act such an order issued by
the Court. To do this you can call
lc1al aid, 227-7W I, the Orq on Bar
Association or the Community Law
Project.
and on tile.
A her cvacuat in g all available
clements at the scene of a domestic
d isturba nce, if an officer has
probable c.ausc to believe that there
has been an assult or a viable 1hreat
to commi1 serious bodily injury, 1hc
ot'flccr will 1akc 1hc perpc,rator into
custody on that charac.
Keep in mind that an assuh n«d
not have taken place 10 effect an
arrest . Rcstrainins orders issued by
the court and filed in accordance
wit h the provisions of the Abuse
Prevention Act arc enforceable at
the scene 01· a domestic disturbance.
If the complaint a1 the scene in-
dicates that there is a Ccr1ified Copy
of a rcsirainina order on me, the of-
ficer ..,ill contact the Records
Division to obtain l hc terms and ha.ii
described in 1ha1 order. If the t erms
of the order have been violated the
officer will arrest and take the
violator mto custody. The custody
rcpon will show the charge as "Civil
Conttmpt."
This order is enforceable
anywhere in the State ol Orcaon and
the offender will remain m jail until
bail 1s paid or a Judac releases the
violator.
This restraining order is
renewable af'tcr one year.
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