Page 8 Section II Portland Observer, May 13, 1982
ASTRO-DESTINY
Stoudamire'
A rising star on the political horizon
by Kathryn H a ll Bogle
Making a strong bid to win a seat
in the legislature to represent the
new ly form ed 18th D is tric t is a
young O re g o n ia n , 31-year-old
Charles Stoudamire.
S toudem ire’ s p o s itio n supports
the Oregon Democratic Party's pro
gressive p la tfo rm w ith legislative
p rio ritie s directed tow ard helping
working people. New in the political
arenas S toudam ire already has
zeroed in on (1) Jobs and Bconotnic
developement, (2) Quality basic ser
vices such as “ Q u a lity health care
fo r a ll O regonians; high q u a lity
public education programs} (3) a f
fo rd a b le c h ild care fo r w o rk in g
parents; (4) C itizen involvement in
establishing public u tility rates and
(3) humanistic approach to p ro v id
ing p u b lic assistance to those in
need.
There are many more o f the good
life objectives Stoudamire wants fo r
the 18th District people and he spells
them o u t under headings lik e :
N eighborhood liv a b ility , progres
sive ta x a tio n system and equal
rights. T houghtful s tu ff like every
body wants fo r his fam ily.
S toudam ire says th a t trend o f
thinking comes natural fo r him. “ I
was born in Klamath Falls when my
parents came fro m Arkansas to
w ork in the shipyards. Yes, I knew
Jimmy Bang-Bang Walker from my
earliest days in Klam ath Falls and I
looked up to him then for he wanted
the best for his fam ily, ana 1 still re
spect him fo r what he has accom
plished for his fam ily.
“ In term s o f m y life , people I
have come in contact w ith are the
neediest in terms o f finance and re
sources that supply the basic needs
such as housing, or even fam ily, and
friends. In the general public there
are many people that are apathetic
to the hum an needs and some o f
them have turned away from such
needs, leaving these others w ith no
place to turn. I see this situation as
a big factor in crime, in desponden
cy, in homicide and in suicide.
“ I th in k government has a d e fi
nite responsibility to spread the cost
o f responding to social and econom
ic catastrophes across the general
public so that the principal impact
w ill not fa ll on the particular per
sons or groups who are the victims
o f that particular catastrophe.
“ How did I get this way & 1 went
to grade school at E lio t (we lived
rig h t across the street) and 1 was
graduated fro m W ashington High
School. I played a little football and
a little basketball [actually, Stouda
mire made All-State-Star teams] and
wound up w ith a bachelor’s degree
in Social Science at P.S.U. Eventu
ally 1 returned to school and earned
a m aster’ s degree in H o sp ita l and
H ealth Care at the U n iv e rs ity o f
Minnesota.
“ I was a product o f the sixties. I
have marched. 1 marched against
the war, against the killin g o f seals,
o f whales, fo r equal rights, fo r gay
rights. I ’ ve taken part in boycotts,
in sit-in s. 1 sat in at T ro ja n . I'm
against police b ru ta lity, against the
opossum incident and the like.
“ M y jobs have always been w ork
ing w ith people fo r people. I firs t
worked w ith the A lbina Action Cen
ter as a Deputy Director. 1 was there
fo r three years helping in the food
and nutrition program, the commu
nity garden projects, the food bank,
the dental and o p to m é trie p ro
grams, and in jo b tra in in g and
youth development programs.
For two years I found good exper
ience at Kaiser H e a lth Research
Center in C linic Management and I
formed a taste fo r hospital adminis
tration. Friends at Providence hos
pital encouraged me to study further
and th a t’ s when I enrolled at U. o f
Minnesota.
“ I ’ m now w ith the Dept. o f H u
man Services as a H ealth Services
C o ordinato r under Com m issioner
Don C lark. Just now we are trying
to develop systems to help the 3,000
or 6,000 Indo-Chinese in the area.
We are hoping that the big hospitals
can help us in some way to care fo r
the m edical and surgical needs o f
these people. P ublic health is con
cerned about providing services.
“ The place you make changes in
services is in government and w ith
this, in Oregon, is in the legislature,
A R IF S
Tfy Io "'•'«t ao important bufti'Wtt ivlutionihip thotS
M ar. 21 • Apr. 19
»lipping
TAURUS
Apr. 20 - M»y 20
Romance and fiiendtbip uie lovoied It payt to know
one from the other - le»t you become entangled
G F M IN I
M .y 21 - J u n r 20
Your practical injight imptuvet your financial titua-
Hon. Leave speculation to /He during Remember
th, tortai te and the hare.
CA NCER
June 21 - July 22
Your utually confident nature hat dipped o b it . A
great deal hat to do with changing value»
LEO
July 23 - Aue. 22
Finances need careful contideration. Take the time
to review your tituation.
AArybe p budget could
be the answer.
VIR G O
Aug. 23 • Sept. 22
That "tute thing" hat turned illusive.
M ire work
mutt be done betöre you occomplnh your tatk
l.llllt A
Sept. 23 - (let. 22
Trying to da too much it ¡utt at bad at leaving a lot
of your work undone
Take things at they come.
SCO RPIO
Oct. 23 - Nov. 21
You can be in the Iron! all Ihit month Thit week it
just the beginning of a good pe.iod for you ond your
impossible dreamt
S A G IT T A R IU S
Nov. 22 - Ite r. 21
Being conservative teems to be your outlook for
thit w eek, Caution can be a good thing, but it a l
so can be overdone.
It may not ba eaiy, but it it n eta tto ry .
D er. 22 - Jen. 19
Don't become overly aggressive with your friends or
co-workert. It could be misinterpreted and feelings
could be hurt.
A Q U A R IU S
Jen. 20 - Feb. Iti
If wishes were possible,you might with for an entire-
ly different set of circumstances this entire week. A
stiff upper lip is needed
C A P R IC O R N
P IS C E S
Feb. 19 • M a r. 20
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Things ore going great guns thit week. Progress it to
mo<^*> ° ° °H fronts. G ive it all you’ ve got and
rh* ’ •*u,h wil1 5*
t m it s
CHARLES STOUDAMIRE AND FAMILY
in the p o litic a l processes, and that
means the ballot box.
“ In this n a tio n o f d im in is h in g
rights, the one rig h t that we m ain
tain is the right to vote. As you exer
cise yo u r rig h t to vote, please re
member that the person you select
must have insight to the needs o f the
people, vision as to the possibilities
fo r satisfying those needs and the
ability to effectively implement and
ca rry o u t program and p o lic y to
meet those needs.
“ The b a llo t box is open on the
18th o f May. I o ffe r my experience
and vision o f a better future. I w ill
appreciate your support.”
Charles Stoudamire is married to
Theresa Stoudamire, also a Hospital
and H ealth Care A d m in is tra to r in
M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty ’ s P ro je ct
Health. Stoudamire is the father o f
three children.
In c id e n ta lly his m iddle name is
Kilunda, given to him in Zaire, A f
rica. Kilunda means, “ Leader o f the
V illage."
& CAR
TELEPHONES
Schools, community call truce
(C ontinuedfrom Sect. 1 page I)
evident that there was not commu
n ity acceptance fo r placing the
school at Boise. She was w illin g to
change her decision and approve
placement at E lio t when the com
promise placing the E lio t ECEC at
Boise was offered. This met her con
cerns o f providing a better educa
tion fo r Boise upper graders, fin d
ing a satisfactory site fo r the ECEC
and cutting costs by elim inating the
M onroe b u ild in g . The m e diation
process she thought was frank and
valuable in increasing understand
ing on both sides.
Superintendent Matthew Prophet
sees positive by-products o f the pro
cess. “ W hile I do n o t profess to
know a ll that has happened in the
past, I did see the situation as being
unhealthy. It had the makings o f a
serious conflict.”
H aving members o f the School
Board and leadership fro m the
Black community sit down and dis
cuss their values, goals, aspirations,
fa c ilita te d understanding. “ A l
though attitu d e s m ight not have
changed, there was a m eaningful
sensitization. The level o f awareness
was heightened; each group sees the
other in a new way— sees their val
ues.
“ I hope th a t this exchange o f
ideas w ill be the basis for future pro
gress in the e ffo rt to bring about a
better re la tio n s h ip between the
Board and the black c o m m u n ity.
A lth o u g h it is to o e arly to assess
whether the differences that exist
between the Board and the commu
nity are resolved, it is not too early
to say that out o f this one episode
has come a m ethod o f reaching
Board and com m unity cooperation
that I would like to see used in the
future in dealing with other difficu lt
problems the district w ill face.”
The black com m unity’ s represen
tatives came into the mediation pro-
cesss very open m inded, w illin g to
make compromises and try to reach
a mutually acceptable solution.
“ The leadership provided to the
group by Ronnie Herndon I feel was
especially com m endable and I re
spect him very much.
“ W ith respect to the board mem-
bers, B ill Scott provided outstand
ing leadership to the board’ s media
tio n team. He, C h a rlo tte Beeman
and Joe Rieke devoted great energy
to the resolution o f the issue. I ad
m ire people who can listen to the
facts, who can hear the concerns o f
others and then take action based on
what they have learned. I adm ire
Charlotte and Joe because they did
just that.”
Prophet is to present his p ro
posals for the establishment o f Tub-
man at E lio t and E lio t at Boise in
June. The process, both in the early
planning stages, and later as com
m unity and parent desires and the
expertise o f the educators come to
gether to create the new schools, w ill
include the adm inistrators, master
teachers and s ta ff members who
w ill be involved in the school in the
1984-1985 school year.
“ I m ig h t have ideas— there are
model ECECs and m iddle schools
around the country— but I w ill resist
simply imposing solutions. My phil
osophy is that projects are more suc
cessful when the people involved in
the product are involved in the pro
cess.”
Prophet does not forsee the Tub-
man and E lio t program s being
moved “ as-is” to new buildings. “ I
d o n ’ t prom ise a sim ple movement
o f Eliot and Tubm an’ s current pro
grams, but I w ill guarantee that we
w ill capture all the aspects that are
perceived by the com m unity to be
excellent. These schools are quite
e xe m p la ry— but they can be bet
ter.”
“ Dialogue with the black commu
n ity is o f critica l im portance to the
school d is tr ic t,” D r. P rophet
added. I would never have imagined
that the d iv is io n s , the m isu n d e r
sta n d in g , the s tifle d channels o f
com m u n ica tio n were as great as I
fo u n d them to be. W hat we have
found out is that sincere people can
reason together. The sa tisfactory
resolution o f the Tubman issue w ill
be the symbol o f the possibility o f
good com m unication, cooperation,
u n ity o f goals, and m utual respect
between the various elements o f the
black com m unity and the Board o f
Education.
US-Latin relations suffer
Salvation Army honored
P ortland M ayor Francis Ivancie
proclaim ed the week o f May 10-16
to be “ Salvation A rm y W eek” in
honor o f the people-helping organ
iz a tio n ’ s co n tin u in g service to
M etro-area residents during these
tough economic times.
The m ayor’ s action adds the
greater P ortland area to scores o f
com m unities nationw ide that are
ca llin g a ttention to The Salvation
A rm y’s work during that week.
Ivancie announced the proclama
tio n d uring a b rie f C ity H a ll cere
mony in Portland on May 3.
“ The Salvation A rm y continues
to contribute valuable moral, spiri
tual and social service help to resi
dents o f our area, and we’re deeply
grateful to all who are involved with
it , ” Ivancie told Lt. Col. H .J. Wise
man, divisional commander for The
Salvation A rm y in Oregon and
southern Idaho.
L o ca lly, The S alvation A r m y ’ s
programs include The Harbor Light
Center, The M oore Street C om m u
nity Center, The A d u lt Rehabilita
tion Center, W hite Shield Home,
two Fam ily Service Centers, Camp
Trestle Glen, The Rose Center, and
a ctivities in corrections m in is try ,
home and hospital visitation, disaster
re lie f, missing persons search and
more.
Register and Vote
(C ontinuedfrom Sect. J, page !)
in inter-A m erican relations w ill be
the cultural one—the most d iffic u lt
to mend. Em ilio Nicolas, vice presi
dent o f the national Hispano Televi
sion N etw ork (S IN ), captured the
feeling o f m any L a tin s when on
M ay 4 he said that one could very
well see in the Am erican policy “ a
h o s tility tow ard L a tin Am erican
culture.”
Nicolas noted that two different
ways o f life, two views o f the world,
confronted one another in the M a l
vinas. W hether this b ifu rc a tio n is
a c tu a lly d e te rm in in g p o lic y in
Washington is beside the point. The
clash between A n glo-S axo n and
Hispanic culture has a long history.
The re-emergence o f this historical
c h a ra cte ristic o f the New W o rld
may give Latin America a new sense
o f its own regional u n ity and des
tiny.
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"A Time To Sing"
with
John H. Parker
and
Prison Ministries
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JOHN fr VIVIAN PARKER
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B Y Renee M itchell
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Numerous talented singing groups w ill be featured when Chaplain
John H. Parker and Prison Ministries, Inc. present a 1982 Spring
Concert on May 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 909 SW I Ith
Ave.
Mrs. Lessie W illiams is just one o f the soloists adding energy and
animation to the concert’s theme, " A Time To Sing.’ ’ One o f two black
Portland Symphonic Choir members, she has been singing with the choir
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fo r three years.
Another featured talent, singing a variety o f his own works, is David
I Staigle. He has recently returned from a four-m onth concert tour in
I C alifornia and Mexico.
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A rth u r Spires w ill be directing the Maranath» Inspirational C hoir in a
’ few concert selections, accompanied by pianist Claude Bowles.
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Mrs. W illia W illiams, a minister o f music, w ill be bringing the mass
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choir from Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church, the largest black
church in the N. Portland community. The Reverend M r. O.B. W illiams
I is the pastor.
I Other groups include the Bailey fam ily: Fellowship Youth C hoir;
, Neighborhood Church o f God C hoir, Com m unity A M E Zion Church,
/ Vancouver; Prince o f Peace Band; Vivian Parker and Shari M arion.
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“ Through this concert, we hope to bring about unity among the
* various churches and the body of C hrist,” says Parker, director o f P M I.
' “ This concert is also a fund-raiser for the m inistry.”
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As an associate member o f the American Correctional Association,
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Parker has been directing PM I since its founding in 1973. The non-profit
organization bridges the gap between prisoners and society by acting as a
I mediator fo r the prisoner. It also provides chapel services, housing, jobs,
| food, clothing, literature and counseling.
Parker began counseling in city jails in 1964, but eventually expanded
V his work to Correctional and State Institutions. Now much o f his
| counseling involved transitional and inside work with prisoners o f all
^d e n o m in a tio n s and all races.