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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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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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leaves, 13 olives, 13 stars and 13 feathers - and the
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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
open conversation...he says, ” li
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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LENO ART JAXON
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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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