Page 6 Portland Observer, February 18. 1982
'Blast through the Past':
Costume ball with a message
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O m o to y o a rra n g e * gele fo r Serena B ro w n w h ile Yo lan d a Riggins
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H lstôry C ostum e Ball.
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Gnssroot News, N. H i—The Black
Education Center (B .E .C .) is spon
soring an idea whose time has come.
A Blast Through the Past Black His
to ry Costum e B all. This unique
event will occur Saturday, February
27 from 9 pm-1 am at the Cosm o
politan Airtel, 6221 N .E . 82nd.
Joyce H a rris , D ire c to r o f the
B .E .C ., explains the thoughts be
hind the Black H is to ry Costum e
Ball. “ We view the Costume Ball as
an opportunity for Black people to
use all the in fo rm a tio n th e y ’ ve
learned during Black H is to ry
M o n th . I t ’ s a tim e to parade our
stuff and feel proud about our heri
tage as Africans in this country.”
The Ball is a fund raiser for the
B .E .C . " T h e Black E d u catio n al
Center is an organization that has
an elementary school for Black chil
dren in A lb in a . W e have been
around since 1970 and fu ll tim e
since 1974. Also we run the Talking
Drum Bookstore which offers an ex
clusive selection o f A fro-A m erican
literature. Like everyone else we are
having financial problems and if we
ask the community for support, be
lieve me, we need it.”
W h a t’s the center’s response to
those who feel that the need for a
Black school is gone due to integra
tion? " I d o n ’ t view it as sim ply a
Black school. There’ s a need for a
school that provides a sound aca
demic p ro g ram . W e want to be
viewed as a school that provides
Black child ren w ith a superior
education.”
For the first Black H istory Cos
tume Ball in the Northwest, what do
you wear? " W e divided the person
alities into categories. T h ere’ s A f
rica before the daw n o f m an. W e
have A fric a n kings and queens. I f
you were to go as a King you would
use a fabric that had gold in it. I f
you went as a queen you might trv
to get a satin fab ric. Even though
people tell us that we have no heri
tage or history, we know that’s not
true.
“ Then there are Blacks in Am eri
ca. The Black cowboys were very
co lo rfu l characters. In the last 40
years they m ade m any cowboy
movies but none with any Blacks in
it. T h at again is not t r u e .’ ’ M rs.
H a rris ’ thoughts on Black H istory
M onth arc. “ I would like to see the
same people who are involved and
excited over Black history m onth
carry that over t}te rest o f the eleven
months.”
Omotoya showed us how to wrap
a gele, a tra d itio n a l A fric a n head
w rap. " T a k e tw o yards o f fab ric
and fold it down (he m iddle. You
start fro m one end and w rap it
around your head until you run out
ol material. Tuck the rest inside one
o f the curves and you have a stan
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They suggest that people drop by
the Talking Drum Bookstore to find
out more about historical figures. I f
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was organized to deal with the in
creasing amount o f repressive legis
la tio n that is being introduced in
Congress.
" T h e threat to civil liberties is
greater today than it has been in
decades.” A C L U ’s National Execu
tive Director Ira Glasser said when
announcing formation o f the lobby.
"T o d a y , we face a Congress under
enorm ous pressure fro m the de
mands o f those who oppose indivi
dual freedom . W e must let those
legislators who are testing the poli
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to abridge our fundamental rights.”
A C L U volunteer attorneys with
detailed knowledge in specific areas
will be on hand at the meetings to
discuss issues and answer questions.
Topics to be covered w ill include
fou r main areas: F am ily Privacy,
Internal Security, Crim inal Law re
visions and the authority o f the fed
eral courts. There will be in fo rm a
tion on the current status o f pending
legislation and which members o f
Congress to contact about specific
bills. Fact sheets and instructions on
how to w rite your representatives
will be available at the meetings.
The Bill o f Rights Lobby is a net
work o f people who receive special
mailings from the A C L U national
office regarding pending legislation
The Oregon A C L U also hopes to set
up "telephone trees” in some cities
as a way o f contacting Lobby mem
bers for quick action when congres
sional action on a bill is imminent.
O regonians interested in the na
tional Bill o f Rights Lobby will also
be approached to form a similar net
work for the 1983 Oregon Legisla
tive session.
El Salvador: The first year
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had arrived to regionalize the con
flict and told the Salvadoran army
to attack the guerrillas from the
rear, from H onduran and G uate
malan territory.
By August the government m ili
tary reports tacitly adm itted that
the guerrilla forces were growing in
strength. Fighting was reported in
13 o f the 14 departments. According
to conservative rebel reports, the
first eight months o f the campaign
caused 2,174 arm y casualties. Six
helicopters and six airplanes were
destroyed.
The most striking success o f 1981
was the destruction o f Puente de
O ro (O ro bridge) over the Lam pa
River on October 15th. This action
totally isolated the eastern section o f
the country; all war materials and
other supplies must be shipped by
air. The economic damage was sig
nificant since 80 per cent o f the ex
port products from the rich eastern
region were transported over that
bridge.
W ith the destruction o f many
bridges and control o f m ajor high
ways by the gu errilla forces, the
army is unable to deploy its troops
where they are needed.
The new year began with a bang.
The capital city o f San Salvador was
w ithout electricity on New Years
Day following sabotage o f a dam,
and destruction o f a power plant
and numerous power line pylons.
On January 4 th , San Salvador
was rocked by the explosion o f 12
bombs that went o ff at intervals o f
two to three minutes. A building
near the U .S . Embassy was de
stroyed and part o f the city was left
without electricity. Also on January
4th, F M L N forces launched an at
tack on the main m ilita ry base in
Chalatenango, 60 kilometers from
San Salvador.
The A rm y ’ s January offensive
was directed against F M L N forces
in M orazon d epartm ent. C o m
mander Joaquin V illalobos, mem
ber o f the General Command o f the
F M L N , in an interview published in
the Nicaraguan d a ily , N uevo
D ia rio , said the main objective o f
the arm y’ s o p era tio n , known as
" A n v il and H a m m e r," was to de
stroy Radio Veneer emos.
Explaining the tactics adopted by
the guerrillas, he explained, “ The
operation was a fiasco first because
our forces held the enemy at bay
long enough to save the station and
secondly because we changed our
tactics.”
He explained that his forces were
deployed in small units that launched
a counterattack that played havoc
with an operation designed to attack
fixed positions. The defeat handed
the army in M orazon, he said, was
part o f what m ight be called a na
tionwide initiative taken by F M L N
forces.
F M N L forces are now attacking
strategic areas. " T h e battles in the
cities o f Santa A n a, San Salvador,
San Miguel and Usulutan took place
precisely at a time when, according
to the United States and the arm y’s
jo in t plan, our forces should have
been worn out to make way for the
elections they’re sponsoring.”
He added that the actions in the
cities are more o f a military than an
insurrectional nature, but that their
purpose is to prepare for insurrec
tion, to improve the tactical training
o f the g u errilla forces and their
handling o f equipment, and to test
their military organizational ability
among the people o f the urban
areas.
Dodging strict surveillance at the
strategic Iloppango airport, 12 kilo
meters from the capital, guerrillas
placed explosives under airplanes
and made an orderly w ithdraw al
w ithout mishap. A t 1:03 am, Jan
uary 27th, the charges were
detonated. Eleven planes and heli
copters were destroyed and 27 dam
aged. A French news service report
said 20 airplanes, 8 Iroquois heli
copters and an anti-aircraft battery
were destroyed. F M L N sources said
110 guerrillas took part in the raid,
also damaging hangars and runways
with bazooka and m ortar fire. The
raid eliminated 70 per cent o f the El
Salvadoran air force.
The magnitude o f the blow to the
ju n ta was made evident when
Defense M in ister G arcia banned
journalists from the base and re
fused to report the damage.
Meanwhile the m ilitary junta has
announced elections on March 28th
to elect a Constituent Assembly that
will organize presidential elections
in 1983. O nly right-wing organiza
tions, including the paramilitary or
ganizations, are allowed to partici
pate. The Reagan adm inistration,
which sees a certain Duarte victory
as a way to legitimize the junta, is
beginning to have second thoughts.
It now appears that if elections are
held the rig h t-w in g param ilitary
groups will prevail and all hope o f
convincing the world that the gov
ernment is "cen trist” will be gone.
The U .S . has based its support o f
the junta on its allegations that the
junta represents the center between
warring left and right factions.
M onseigneur A rtu ro Rivera y
Dam as, archbishop o f San Salva
dor, charged that these paramilitary
groups, the police and the army are
responsible for the murder o f
11,700 persons between January
and November, 1981. This does not
include those killed in combat. He
added that on the average. 1066 per
sons between 16 and 30 are killed ev
ery month in El Salvador.
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