P•11• Z Portlend Obaen,er May 29, ,_, EDITORIAL/ OPINION The African woman . 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 Interested in curren1 book u1 "fran Libnauon? JOHN REED BOOK STORE 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. PORTLAND OBSERVER The PwtlilNI Obwtwr !USPS ~ - • • put,W,ed ~ Thurt NY t,y b,e Pubhehng COl'f!N"Y Inc 2201 North l t i l l i l ~ Ponlend ~ 17217 Poat Offa Ito• 3117 Pontend °"'VO" 9T.IOII Second claaoostaoe p,ed •• Porttand Orego,I Suoacnptiofla e7 50 per y.- in Tri County ., .. M 00 pe, .,.._, oui.dl Tn County .,.. ,.oe,m . . w Send .oc,,.. cl\el'lgft to the l'or,li,1141 06:wrwr p O 101 3137 .. ortland 0rl,gon 9720I. The "'°' """' ~ . offic:91 JIC)ll1IOf1 " · · ~ ~ '" ltl Edrtonal column N'Y o,t., fflllteroel ~ t ll'le .,.,_, IS tfl9 opn10n of t,ie inctwtual wr"9r or IUllmlfler ~ d0el not neca ur,ly l9flect the opn,on of the />o,flat/ Ofwrw, 283-2481 Nationet ~ "I 11-,.,-1altv9 Afflel9em•tN ftu..__.. , Inc ALFRED L. HENDERSON Editor /Publl1her llf- YOttl 111 Piece Community Service ONPA 1973 111 Place Best Ad Results ONPA 1973 5ttl Piece Best Editorial ONPA 1973 Hono,able Mention Hfflick Editorial Award NNA 1973 2nd Piece Best Editorial 3rd Place Communttv LNderlhip ONPA 1975 3rd Place Community LNdef'lhip ONPA 1978