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The Urban Laagua of Portland has held three
Com m unity Congresses in the Eliot. King and
Boise neighborhoods to gather inform ation for
Community Service Agency grants. Above, at the
King meeting, are: Cornetts Smith. A M A Family
Day and Night Cara Program; Benjamin Mallard of
Houston; County Com m issioner Qordon Shad-
burna; Bill Kincaid. Portland Development Com
mission; Bruce Broussard. Portland Observer:
Jackie Lynch. Urban Laagua, and Lance Fluker.
(Photo; Richard J. Brown)
Hours: • S Monday Saturday
3T VISA
Ms. Stinson previously served as
S ta ff Person for Senator B ill M c
Coy. She studied at the University
o f P o rtlan d w ith emphasis on
Business Administration. She served
as an adm in istrative assistant in a
com m unity action agency in
O a klan d , C a lifo rn ia , p rio r to
moving to Gresham five and one-
half years ago. M s. Stinson will be
concerned w ith issues in E n v iro n
mental Services and H u m an Ser
vices.
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Richard E llm yer, who resides in
the St. Johns neighborhood,
previously served as Legislative
Assistant for Senator Bill M cC o y.
E llm yer is actively involved in the
North Portland Citizens Committee
and the North Portland Community
A ction C o u n c il, and serves as
D em ocratic P arty D istrict Leader
from House District 15. He earned
his degree fro m Upsala College in
East Orange. New Jersey. Ellm yer
will focus his attention on C ounty
Managem ent and w ill develop a
series o f Future Forums dealing
with the mission and scope o f Coun
ty government five to 10 years from
now.
Oregon legislative session mixed bag
The results o f the 1981 Legislative
The person or persons who are in
session were m ixed. Gains were
tim idated, or the Attorney General
made
in
a ffirm a tiv e
action
or a district attorney, can file a civil
legislation and the racial harassment
claim for an injunction, damages or
b ill was passed, but legislative
other appropriate relief.
establishment o f the Black and
This b ill was introduced at the
Hispanic Commissions failed.
request o f G o v ern o r A tiy e h . The
The follo w in g bills were passed
Senate amended the bill to include
and have been signed by the gover
sexual harassment. A long dispute
nor or are pending signature.
with the House followed, with Rep.
A ffirm a ti ve A ction:
Tom Mason and Rep. Bill R uther
SB 680 declares that a ffirm ative
ford refusing to accept the inclusion
action w ill be used when m aking
o f sexual harassment. D u rin g the
appointments to state commissions
closing hours o f the L egislative
and advisory boards. Governors
session,
the
House
version
m aking appointm ents " a r e en
prevailed. The governor will sign the
couraged to implement this policy
biil Friday, August 21.
o f a ffirm a tiv e action in their ap
Black and Hispanic Commissions:
pointm ents, subject to the legal
Governor Atiyeh established, by
requirem ents fo r each ap p o in
executive order, a Commission on
tment.”
Black Affairs and a Commission on
H B 2467 and H B 3281 require
H ispanic A ffa irs , and appointed
that school districts and state in
members to them .
He then
stitutions o f higher education, when
requested that the commissions be
required to reduce teaching staffs
established by the legislature so that
due to school enrollment or lack o f
they w ould be perm anent c o m
funds, "shall make every effort to
missions.
tran sfer teachers o f courses
H B 2041 and H B 2042 were
scheduled fo r d iscontinuation to
passed by the House Committee on
other positions for which they are
Aging and M inority Affairs. Rather
qualified. M erit and seniority shall
than going to the fu ll House fo r
be considered in determination o f a
passage without an attached budget,
teacher fo r such tra n s fe r." This
they were sent by the committee to
legislation, sponsored by the
the W ays and Means C o m m itte e,
Oregon Association o f Teachers,
where they died. A separate biil, SB
precludes the use o f seniority as the
5559, was adopted to appropriate $1
sole determ inant and attem pts to
to each o f the two governor’s com
protect minority teachers who often
missions. This b ill also sets a
have little seniority.
$ 25 ,00 0 m axim um fo r any fu tu re
H B 2965 requires that all state
a p p ro p ria tio n s for each c o m
agencies review a ffirm ative action
mission.
objectives and performance for the
Less successful were a series o f
current biennium and plan for the
C iv il Rights b ills, many o f them
next biennium as part o f their
requested by the Bureau o f Labor
budget presentation. The bill was
and Industries. Several observers
sponsored by Reps. M arg ie H e n
credit their defeat to lack o f effo rt
drickson, Jane Cease, Gretchen
in their behalf by that agency.
K a fo u ry , G ra tta n Kerans, M a ry
SB 189 would have required per
Burrow s, Jim C h rest, W a lly
sons applying for teaching c e r
Priestley, and Nancy Ryles, and
tific a te renewal to dem onstrate
Senators B ill M cC o y and Frank
knowledge o f state and federal civil
Roberts.
rights laws.
H B 2966 requires that all state
SB 206 would have extended from
agencies include affirm ative action
six months to one year the period in
goals and achievem ent as part o f
which a complaint can be filed.
their evaluation o f management.
SB 216 would have protected cer
HB 3242 requires the extension o f
tain material from public disclosure
affirm ative action goals to program
during a civil rights investigation.
delivery and requires that all con
SB 218 would have added age as a
tracts with non-governmental agen
protected class in public ac
cies be am ended to include this
comodation.
requirement. The state affirm ative
SB 221 would have allowed the
action office will monitor.
Bureau o f Labor and Industries to
This b ill, introduced at the
fine companies that do not abide by
request o f the governor, addresses
orders
to
re fra in
fro m
the frequent charges that many state
discrimination.
agencies
and
state-supported
SB 223 would have p ro h ib ited
programs do not adequately serve
em ployers, labor unions and ap
the minority population.
prenticeship and training com m it
Racial Harassment:
tees from discriminating in selection
The governor’s racial harassment
o f trainees.
bill was passed in amended form. It
SB 226 would have allowed the
states that any act o f intim idation,
Bureau o f Labor and Industries to
under the existing law o f in
file civil suits against employers who
tim id a tio n , w ill become a more
are alleged to use u n law fu l p rac
serious offense if racial in nature.
tices.
A person who, by reason o f race,
H B 2791, introduced by Rep.
color, religion, or national origin,
Vera K atz, w ould have allow ed
intim idates an o th er is g u ilty o f a
cities and counties to adopt c ivil
Class A M isd em ean o r. I f tw o or
rights legislation that would provide
more persons conspire to in
more protection than state laws.
timidate, they are guilty o f a Class C
Juries:
Felony and can be sentenced to five
Two bills were introduced to ad
years in prison and/or a $2,500 fine.
dress the lack o f m in o rities on
juries.
H B 2772 would have prohibited
prosecutors from exercising perem
ptory jury challenges solely because
o f race, c o lo r, re lig io n , n a tio n a l
origin or sex. H B 2798 would have
ordered the county clerk to add
representatives o f m inority groups
to the jury list in proportion to their
numbers in the county. The firs, bill
addressed
the
p roblem
of
prosecutors removing all minorities
from the juries o f m inority defen
dants; the latter addresses the lack
o f m in o rities on the ju ry panels,
which are selected by chance from
voter registration lists. Both bills
were tabled in the House Judiciary
Committee.
HB 2700 would have prohibited
discrimination in availability o f in
surance and ap p licatio n o f insur
ance rates.
M a rtin Luther King J r .’ s b irth
date will be commemorated, but not
as a legal holiday. The second M on
day in January will be celebrated as
a Day o f Commemoration, the same
as Columbus Day and February 14,
the day Oregon became a slate.
H B 528, which was sponsored by
the Black U n ite d F ro n t and the
National Lawyers Guild, was tabled
in the House Judiciary Committee.
This b ill would have restricted the
use o f deadly force by police o f
ficers to protecting life. C urrently,
police can kill an escaping felon or a
person escaping the scene o f a
felony.
H B 2618, which w ould have
prevented state agencies fro m in
vesting funds in companies that do
business in countries that practice
legal racial separation, was tabled in
the House Committee on Aging and
M inority Affairs.
Three bills were passed that affect
Indians. A Senate Joint M em orial
asks Congress to repudiate the
existing policy o f terminating Indian
tribes and to restore recognition to
those tribes that have been te r
minated. HB 3196 provides for civil
action against persons who violate
Indian graves. HB 3195 requires the
Fish and W ild life D ep artm en t to
provide salmon fo r religious
ceremonial use by the Coos, Lower
Umpqua and Siuslaw Indian tribes.
Overall, those bills that dealt with
affirm ative action in state agencies
were ado p ted , w hile bills dealing
with private corporations and the
criminal justice system did not pass.
Dani Lynne Barnett has enrolled at Howard
University where she will study Business Ad
ministration.
Dani attended Whitaker, Vernon and Faubion
schools and is a 1981 graduate of Madison High
School. Her school activities included speech and
drama. She excelled academically and was
frequently on the honor roll.
While attending school, she worked for the PSU
Educational Center and then for the Northeast
Neiahborhood Office.
Dani s goals include becoming a Certified Public
Accountant and then opening her own accounting
firm.
She is the daughter of Matthew and Dorothy
Barnett.
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