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The Portland Stars and Stripes ware a smash hit in
the Rosa Festival Starlight and Children's parades,
taking First Place In the Junior Rosa Parada.
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Students of Beach School had the opportunity to combine history
and art when Isaac Shamsud-Din became an "Artist in Residence at
the school. The students studied the history of their area and the
tradition of murals, then combined what they had learned to paint a
mural for their school.
Andy Lyons and Misty Galanopoulas carefully outline the design.
(Upper left)
A lesson in technique for Michelle Durvin, Denise Shambow. Tonya
Brown and Sonya Hult. (Upper right)
Issac Shamsud-Din shows how its dona: "Get down close to your
w ork," while the class watches. (Lower left)
The mural takes shape as the bright colors are added. Dawud
Shamsud-Din, Tanya Brown, Sonya Huit, Michelle Durvin and Travis
Blanchard. (Lower right)
Mary Berry:
Don't cut poor to help the poor
depression. Black unemployment
another community member.”
have remained unchanged since the
A rt Alexander from KO AP, put
recession o f 1973-75, while the
forth the question o f how dependent
unemployment of whites declined to
is the U.S. civil rights office on the
its normal level. Black men have ex
whims o f the new adm inistration.
perienced greater employment losses
“ The U.S. Commission on C iv il
than any other group and the jobless
Rights is an independent agency.
rate differences between Blacks and
This president has the right to ap
whites has widen.
point other people if he wants to.
“ The market conditions in the
-iW e keep p u ttin g out reports,
1980s and 90s w ill make jobs in
making statements and sending our
creasingly d iffic u lt to find fo r all
year end reports to Reagan; point
graduates. Most Blacks in under
ing out that there are still a number
graduate programs are concentrated
o f problems that still exist.”
in education and the social services.
And not in the field o f management,
Because she was with the Carter
a d m inistration ,
science
or
A
d
m in is tra tio n , Dr. Berry was
technology, where opportunities are
asked
by Grassroot News what she
expected to increase. This is a
perceived
to be his assets and liabi
serious problem.
lities. “ Jim m y is a good man. I
“ For the Black middle-class, an
think he was not as conservative as
abandoning o f the A. A. programs
he needed to be to get re-elected. He
w ill place them a paycheck away
was am bivalent on a lot o f issues
from poverty. Inequality in
like in fla tio n . He did create more
education w ill lead to inequality in
jobs
that have ever been created for
m o ra lity rates, which means that
poor
people. One o f the reasons
most Black men w on’ t live long
DR. M ARYF. BERRY
why he lost his bid for re-election
enough to collect social security
(Photo: Richard J. Brown) was that he did try to help those who
benefits that this adm inistratioin is
were underserved.”
just
to
get
those things. Too often
talking about preserving. Because
their
crim
e
is
com
m
itted
tow
ard
we see inequality under the law, we
must continue to insist on c iv il
rights to gain equality w ith in the
law.”
need for a project where youth and
In a press conference earlier that
The E lio t Neighborhood De
Senior C itizens are w orking
day, Grassroot News asked D r. velopment Association (EN D A), in
together. The Senior Citizens who
Berry about the disaproportionate con ju n ctio n w ith the Prince H all
are knowledgable in arts, crafts,
number o f minorities who find their Masons and Urban League o f Port
educational and social skills would
way behind bars. “ One o f the land, is sponsoring an Open House,
instruct and assist youth who may
reasons is that m inorities are poor June 15, 1981, 10a.m., until 3 p.m.
be interested. The youth would be
and the notion that you have to have < The E ilo t N eighborhood De
o f valuable assistance in escorting
certain economic resources w ill velopment Association, is a volun
the elderly to stores, banks, reading,
neighborhood
based
make certain people commit a crime teer
w riting letters and socializing with
organization representing residents
in the Eliot neighborhood o f North the Seniors.
The Prince H a ll Masons have
east P ortland. The Association
volunteered automobile service to
began in 1968 under the Model
Youth and Senior Citizens who live
Cities Program. During the past two
long distances from the Temple.
years it has represented the neigh
Other Masonic volunteers include
borhood ori a number o f important
Eastern Stars (Women’s Auxiliary);
issues affecting the neighborhood,
a director o f the building/program;
including proposed plans fo r
and youth from the Youth Develop
revitalization and in developing a
ment of the Masonic organization.
Needs Assessment.
The E lio t N eighborhood De
Included in the Needs Assessment
velopment Association feels that in
was a Activity Center for the elderly
light o f the less monies in the CETA
and youth residents. (Youth - under
program , and the lack o f Urban
18 years, 29*7»; Senior Citizens -
League's Senior Citizens building, it
over 60 years, 16% ). The Prince
is imperative to have programs o f
H all Masons have allowed E N D A
this kind; senior citizens and youth
to hold their monthly membership
working together to stem the tide o f
meetings in the Masonic Temple
frustration and boredom during the
free o f charge. In add itio n , the
summer and possibly extending
Prince H a ll Masonic Tem ple is
through next fall.
F eatu rin g
being used by E N D A for their
The general public is welcomed to
Senior Citizens and Youth Activities
attend the Open House - Prince Hall
Center, for five days a week,
Masonic Temple, 116 N.E. Russell
Monday through Friday, from 9am
Street.
un til 4pm , for a m inim al fee o f
Grassroot News N .W .-D r. Mary
Frances Berry, Commissioner of the
U.S. Commission on C ivil Rights,
was the Urban League’ s keynote
speaker at their Annual Meeting,
June 4th. D r. Berry has a long
distinguished career; from 1977 to
January, 1980, she was Assistant
Secretary for Education for HEW.
Prior to her government service, she
was Chancellor o f the University of
C olorado and holds a master’ s
degree from Howard, a Doctorate
in H istory from the U niversity o f
Michigan, and is a member o f the
Bar of the District o f Columbia. She
is also an author o f four
publications on C o n stitution al
H istory. Below are excerpts from
her address.
“ Black people have remained
poor from the New Deal to the
Great Society. We have an under
class that has not been assisted by
any o f these programs. Many argue
that the only way to advance the
cause o f the poor, in the long run, is
to cut aid to the poor, in the short
run. This is what 1 cjill, the hurt you
now and save you later, philosophy.
The p o litic a l situation means that
we w ill be subjected to i t ’ s fa ll
out...w hether we like it or not, or
whether it fails or not. The
m inorities and poor w ill suffer in
the short-run from all the cuts in
social programs. Many w ill suffer
and some might not even survive.
Now, Black people have survived
the present and the past. We w ill
survive the future.
“ Since WW1I Black people have
lived in a State o f constant
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