Portland observer., November 25, 1981, Page 3, Image 3

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Asmar Abdul Salfullah reads poetry at BUF political convention.
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Front discusses community issues
Grassroot News, N. W .— The
Black United Front held one of the
first community oriented political
conventions last weekend. Eighty to
ninety people registered to partici­
pate in workshops ranging from
Law and Justice to the Youth. The
workshops identified a problem,
opened it up for discussion and
came together for resolutions.
Evelyn Crews headed the Law
and Justice workshop which defined
the problems that the Black com­
munity is having with the legal sys­
tem in Portland. “ The problems
that were identified were that Black
get arrested more; that the police
misconduct that the City says is over
is continuing in the Black com­
munity. Also, excessive force has
never stopped. It was brought out
that Afro-American Juveniles enter
the court system at a much higher
level.” Ms. Crews also stated that
the Black populace is unaware of
the court proceedings and process.
“ We just enter and they do to us
what they w ill.”
The resolutions that came forth
are that the Black community needs
to become more inform ed on the
legal system and its process, and
needs to demand to authorities to
stop brutality. Also the workshop
stated that the community input is
needed in decision-making and in
the budget. “ We need people to
know the personnel so that when
something happens we will know
who to go to and not get the run­
around.”
Ben Priestley headed the Family
and Com m unity L ife workshop
which focused on the problems of
the Black family and community in
the ’80s. “ We consistently have
problems but the problems are not
so much from within as they are ex­
ternal. Racism, unemployment and
drugs are the external problems fac­
ing the Black family.” Priestley also
noted the internal problems such as
Black on Black crime, disrespect for
women and the elderly and internal
violence in the home. “ Black male-
and-female relationships need to be
more honest. And what is known as
the nuclear family may not be the
best thing for the community. We
survived by the extended family.”
T he essence o f the solutions in
this workshop was never to say any­
thing negative about the Black
woman ur the community. “ Politi­
cians who come into the community
should display some knowledge o f
Black family life and community af­
fairs and concerns,” concludes
Priestley.
Nyewusi Askari chaired the youth
workshops and found that many
young people in this community feel
that adults don’t trust them. “ I f
something were to come down many
young people believe that an adult
Nigerian studies architecture at Portland State
bv Kathryn H all Hoyle
The road to the education o f Vic­
tor Onuaguluchi has led him across
desert land, down rivers and over an
ocean to follow the lamp and flame
that he is determined to possess.
Victor wants to be a marine archi­
tect
Born in Kano, a walled city up in
Nigeria's north fla lla nd country,
Victor entered the world as a mem­
ber o f a privileged class in the
land. His father, Gilbert Onuagulu-
chi. was educated in England and
Scotland and his mother, Esther, a
public health nurse, was also
London and Glasgow educated and
authoritative in her own profession.
The family was in this ancient city
with its incredible houses and build­
ings made o f clay, as part o f the
medical stafl o f the Nassarawa hos­
pital.
W hile in Kano, young V ictor
heard and learned to speak the lan­
guage o f the Hausa people around
him. He was often privileged Io visit
the palace o f the Emir o f this region
because the Emir (the ruler or gover­
nor) was a fam ily friend o f his la ­
ther. In their own home the family
spoke Ibo, the language o f the head
o f the fam ily, or English or Hausa
when occasion arose.
As career opportunities developed
for the father, the family moved to
Ibadan (near Lagos) where V id o r’ s
formal education began. Came the
civil disruption and the family took
refuge in Ibo country to the East,
rolled at Portland State in a pre-ar­
very near where the battles o f Biafra
chitecture course and in psychology
were fought. Medical people were
and French. The French classes gave
scarce and greatly needed there.
Victor a facility in four languages.
With peace restored, Victor was sent
As the 1981 year ends, Victor at
to high school in the city o f Kaduna
age 20. expects to be graduated in
where educational standards were
March of 1982 with a degree in psy­
high and competition for excellence
chology. He has not lost sight o f his
among students was as natural as
earlier dream o f becoming a marine
breathing.
architect for he expects to attend
“ Kaduna became my favorite
Rice University or Columbia for the
c ity ,” says V ictor. “ I liked it be­
masters program in architecture. “ I
cause the city government had made
w ill always b u ild ," Victor syas. ” 1
good use o f the Kaduna river waters
am growing and enlarging my in ­
for electric power and for other pur­
terests. I have learned to enjoy sym­
poses. Much o f Nigeria's commerce
phonic classical music which I
is still carried by canoe through the
hadn’ t known or cared about be­
many rivers and waterways which
fore. Prof. Clark I.lywellyn taught
the people there have done for cen­
his classes to listen intently to this
turies. Canoes o f many sizes are
music to study tone, harmony and
practical because in our rivers there
rhythm which can be inspirational
arc many rocks and many rapids."
to a builder. I enjoyed making up
he said. “ I made my firs t small
my model amphitheatre with a re­
canoe when I was ten years old and
volving stage incorporating sound.
four years ago I made one o f oak
The abstract design done at the
big enough for two people.”
same time illustrates what I heard
Parents arranged for Victor, after
from the symphony—the high and
graduation from Kaduna high
the low peaks o f sound with a sus­
school, to go to London for cxamin-
taining beat — building up some­
ation fo r his general education.
times and receding at others.
Results were entirely satisfactory
"M y friend, Harold Long, an ex­
but the fam ily decided that Victor
perienced architect in Johns Land­
was ready to join a growing number
ing in S.E. Portland, asked me if I
o f A frican students sh ifting from
had provided for parking space con­
England to the United States o f Am ­ venient for patrons at my amphithe­
erica for their higher education.
atre. I was pleased to show him I
Accordingly. Victor crossed the
had, I am practical.
ocean and joined his fath e r, who
"M y plan after I finish the mas
had come here to P ortland to do
ter's program? Go home to Nigeria
medical research at the U. o f O.
— I expect to be there building and
Health Sciences Center. Victor en­ building—five years from now ."
would rather take the side o f the
police than to believe them,” Askari
says. This gives our youth a feeling
that they are not protected. This
workshop discussed the fact that
with youth unemployment so high
the idle time is bad unless properly
used. “ We need to network our re­
sources so that when a child has a
problem there will be a number of
different organizations to draw out
solutions.”
The convention was truly grass-
root. A cultural presentation was
provided by Asmar Seifullah who
read a poem dedicated to Ricky
Johnson, who was slain by the po­
lice as he tried to rob a taxi driver.
The essence was that it was “ Just
another Nigger.”
The organizers of the convention
did not have the time to hold all the
workshops that they planned. Every
Thursday following Thanksgiving,
the Black United Front will sponsor
workshops on Housing, Economics
and Political Development, Educa­
tion and Our Senior Citizens. The
Workshops w ill be at the King
Neighborhood Faclity at 7:30.
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