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By Mane Martin
IN T E R E S T IN G
Big Sister program. After becoming
it's fa c ilita to r, she was then
promoted to the position o f Public
Inform ation Specialist at the age o f
17. From there, she became a board
member o f the N ational Youth
Workers Alliance and is presently a
s ta ff consultant fo r the N ational
Com m ission on Resources fo r
Youth in New York City.
Mary Kay advocates that young
people should be politica lly active
and more aggressive. Her message
to young people who are attempting
to do something w ith their lives
is:‘ ‘ To have a positive attitude and
the desire to succeed. You have to
be w illin g to go a fte r what you
want, and be able to stand up fo r
w hat’ s yours. We young people
have to start training today to be
leaders o f to m o rro w ,” she ex­
plained.
Her accomplishments include: An
oral address to the Senate regarding
youth em ploym ent program s;
several
interview s
w ith
Congressmen; the host o f a weekly
radio show in Chicago. But the
biggest accomplishment o f all "was
being able to raise $4000 dollars by
myself, to attend an Ivy League
school in New York where I was ac­
cepted soley on my accom plish­
ments,” she concluded with a smile.
At 18 years o f age, she can indeed
smile!
Recently, while attending the An­
nual N ational Youth W orkers
Alliance Conference at the Univer­
sity o f W ashington, I had the op­
portunity to meet a proud, young,
gifted and Black woman by the
name o f Mary Kay Penn. She ad­
dressed the conference where over
300 nation wide affiliates attended.
Her topics being youth participation
on boards and the positive show­
casing o f our youth. This
remarkable young lady, when asked
why she was motivated to address
youth issues said, “ I believe in
young people. I believe that young
people should be given a chance, an
opportunity, and the patience that
should accompany those things.
W ith those elements, we as young
people can do and take a stance on
anything.”
Due to racial problems at school
and a poor a ttitu d e , M ary Kay
became involved in the Youth Ser­
vice System upon the suggestion o f a
school counselor at the age o f 14.
The Youth Program was her outlet
from the torm ent o f grow ing up.
This outlet provided her with an im­
portant factor that many Black
youth often lack: self esteem. She
went from being an average client to
a pa rticip a n t in the Big B ro th e r/
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The U .S. once had a state named Franklin, but it
lasted only 4 years. The State of Franklin ceased to
exist in 1788 and became part of Eastern Tenessee.
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Youngest man ever to w in the Nobel Peace Prize
was M artin Luther King Jr., who won it at age 35.
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Even though 13 is supposed to be an unlucky num
ber, th e G reat Seal o f the U .S . has 13 a rro w s, 13
leaves, 13 olives, 13 stars and 13 feathers - and the
man who designed it, William Barton, has 13 letters in
his nam e, and th e m o tto on th e Seal, E P lu rib u s
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boarding T ri-M e t operator Vince
Jones’ bus may recognize Jones, but
they no doubt w ill th in k the
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D is tric t’ s Center Street Garage,
refrees high school basketball games
when he’s not driving a bus.
Jones finds the time to keep track
o f the players on the hardwoods in
between his keeping track o f his
own basketball team o f sorts at
home. Jones is the father o f six
children; the Jones fam ily lives in
Northeast Portland.
Jones’ transit career goes back to
Rose C ity Transit days, and Jones
says things have improved a lot sin-
te then. Jones’ philosophy of
dealing w ith the public is one of
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helps both o f us have a better day.”
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Speaking universal language
By Nathaniel Scott
D ETROIT — Horace Greeley, in
his endeavor to inspire people to
become m aterially w ealthy said,
‘ ‘ Go West young man, go W est.”
And I, in my endeavour to inspire
educational wealth, cultural fusion
and national togetherness, say to my
fellow Oregonians, ‘ ‘ Go East
Oregonians, go East.”
And when I say East, I am
speaking about a destination point
o f Detroit, Michigan.
D e tro it, M ichigan, like many
other cities in and around the
country is experiencing economic
problems, unemployment, increased
crime rate, unrest, and grow ing
pangs. But, a new trend and a
blossoming concept is moving the
city in a modernistic approach that
is paying p a rtic u la r a tte n tio n to
learning. One such concept is
CODE, (C ultural O pportunity for
D etroit Exchange), introduced ten
years ago by native Detroiter, Leno
Art Jaxon.
Jaxon, whose father, Keno
Jaxon, was a painter, sculpture,
poet and singer-m usician, is also
founder o f the American Black A r­
tist Inc.
C O D E ’ S concept says, " W e are
committed to the concept that the
bridge o f common interests among
to d a y’ s people is stronger and
broader than the gap o f difference.
These interests can become shared
experiences through the universal
language of art forms, which trans­
cend age, racial, religious, eco­
nomic, national, ethnic and sexual
differences.” And Leno Art Jaxson,
it’ s founder says, ‘ ‘A rt is a universal
language, to some it has no mean­
in g ...to others it communicates
values. Cultures nestles in art. We
create it as we live.”
The concept o f art deals w ith
colors, shapes, form s - w ritte n ,
spoken, drawn and words in song. It
stim ulates,
m otivates
and,
‘ ‘ C hildren respond to art form s
more readily than anything known
to man. Music is the easiest - and
the color comes second,” Jaxon
said. “ The educational value is far
reaching, and since the inception o f
the program (C O D E) it has been
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mandated that all the schools o f the
City (Detroit) do art programs.”
Leno Jaxon is a man who is in
search o f many things: Heritage,
lineage and truth. He said, "B lack
people as a whole are lacking in in­
form ation and knowledge that w ill
lead to the tru th ; a tru th that an­
swers, who am I; that which instills
pride, self-worth and dedication to
self and a race o f people.” He said
distorted h isto ry has led Black
people to no, recognize the im por­
tance o f Black peoples’ con­
trib u tio n s to Am erica and w orld
history. And that “ The 1967 riot in
D etroit brought a great deal o f at­
tention to Black people, which was
good because they (whites) were not
aware that Black people were dis­
content -- or that Black people had
problems.”
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Problems are being dealt with
through such modernistic approach
as C O D E, an approach tfrat has
won Leno pu b lic and private ac­
claim by City, State and Federal of­
ficials alike who see and understand
the need for truth and unification.
Leno is currently com piling data
and inform ation from the four cor­
ners o f the world that hopefully will
culminate in a book to be published
within five years. The book, he says,
“ W ill deal with truth.”
Leno A rt Jaxson is a Black man
who is on the rise; forever searching
fo r ways to bridge the gap o f
ignorance, and as he said,
"Knowledge is self, is the key to the
mystery o f life ,” and the fusion o f a
race o f people. Black people.
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