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Portland Observer, July 21,1982 Section li Page 7 by Kathryn H all Bogle Lunch was catered by Amelia Lanier, member of BW N, who was an example for hopeful entrepre cal Resource S em inar,*’ the neurs. event the Black Women's Network Audience drawings from a fish put on at the Portland Occupational bowl yielded copies of "Great Beau Industrial Center on Saturday on tiful Black Women” for lucky ticket Saturday, July 17. holders. The books were gifts from The doors opened ut 9:00 a.m. for the Johnson Products of Chicago. the short day planned by the Net An entertainment break was sup work, but already there were women plied by members of the Sojourner waiting to come in. T ruth Theatre Troupe, a steadily I he program had an especial ap growing drama group under the di peal for the some fifty women who rection o f Nyewusi A skari. The attended. The day’s program troupe presented "Voices of Black seemed to have reached out to them W omen” in four parts: "B lack is in u very personal way to answer Beautiful,” "Ego Tripping,” "R e their needs, their yearnings or their flections” and "Voices,” the latter dreams. The doors were to be closed two authored by Askari. at 3:00 p.m. but some women lin Players involved were: Ruby gered well after the prepared talks Rubin, John Mosegi, Pam Smith, were over, frankly loath to leave the Ayama Patterson, Alaka Patterson understanding fellowship—or sister and Askari. hood—they had found. Black Women’s Network credits Welcoming guests and participat the following organizations for help ing speakers was BW N President in the presentation of their seminar: D'Norgia Price, who with the plan Templeton Foundation, Standard ning committee members headed by Insurance, Western Bank, Crown Commissioner Charles Jordan smiles as he receives his achieve Maggie Rains, coordinator, had ar Zellerbach, Fred M eyer, Pacific ment award. ranged the program. Said Mrs. Power and Light and the Portland Price, "Black women are sometimes Observer. Ron Herndon was all smiles at the In the audience watching was only on the fringes of community microphone for the acclaim accord Mrs. W illie Shepard, mother of E A T T H E P o rtlan d O b action and we arc needing to be in ed him by the audience who ap " M y son, the C ity Commissioner on the planning teams. We wan, to server agree with 550 of you plauded his deeds. Charles Jo rd an .” Mrs. Shepard, help rectify that." in Portland. The Ron Dellums ban- who lives in Banning, C alifo rn ia Linda Williams of the Oregonian near Palm Springs, has been in was truly touched by the gift of the Portland most of July visiting with cup for her integrity in her reporting her son and his family. Mrs. Shep skills and audience support. ard was accompanied here by Joan County Executive Don Clark was Jordan, sister to the Commissioner. happy to be present and to receive They visited Fannie Stokes, a Port his award and to know that his affir land cousin, while they were here. mative actions in county govern Another C alifo rn ian , Libby ment had not gone unnoticed. He C lark, of Los Angeles, was in the flew home from Washington, D.C., audience. Libby Clark is a journalist to sit at the head table on Ron Del and stopped in to visit a couple of lums night. Portland events while here. She was enthusiastic over the BWN "T a c ti E arl W ant/and couldn’t be pre cal Resources Sem inar” and was sent to receive the award meant for most complimentary over the Ron him but Tom Williams of Tektronix Dellums banquet in its entirety. stood in admirably and accepted for C lark especially appreciated the Wantland. “ inter-racial aspects of the program Cora Smith of Cora Smith H air and of the audience.” She felt the Dr. Cora Adams (left of table) and Gloi a Huker (right of table) dis Designs was her usual smooth, cool entire presentation was “ completely cuss the Importance of a positive attitude In their "Stress Manage unflappable self on accepting her professional." Thanks. We will talk ment" and "Survive! of Bieck Women" V/orkshops. achievement award. Smooth hair, with Clark again! smooth skin by Cobi. Eh, Cora? O ur editor, G loria Fisher, The day’s schedule offered a vari que, at the Hilton last Friday even ety of workshops from which guests ing was a smashing success. It was could choose. Choices were made good to see all of you there. with difficulty, guests reported to Dellums was merely G R E A T , the planners. Price promised tha, at wasn’t he? As a speaker there are another time, morning workshops few parallels for him. Did you no would be repeated for afternoon tice that he spoke without a single schedules allowing everyone to note to remind him? Did you know attend all those offered. that he decided what to tell you after A magnet workshop for many he arrived in Portland? Did you was " T h e Survival o f Black realize that he had just arrived in W om en” and ’ ’ Stress M anage Portland at 3:15 p.m . after a six- m ent” conducted by D r. Cora hour flight from W ashington, Adams, University of Portland pro D .C .? — Yet there were no obvious signs of fatigue. fessor and by Gloria Fluker, psychi atric social worker at Conquest His speech was spellbinding. Center. In her discussion Dr. A d People hardly moved a muscle while ams took her listeners back to an he spoke. All eyes and ears were di early history of African women. She rected to Ron Dellums. The word- "included (he role of black African pictures he painted were pictures women before slavery. We moved both graphic and terrifying to the on to the American era of oppres soul. The challenge he laid upon all Paul Knauls (L) proudly shows off his vintage Model A Roadster to o f us could stop the breath— in sion and spoke o f child-rearing Al McGilberry, John Aperspn, Ron Dellums. and Bob Boyer. practices of that time drawing out more ways than one. He called for the strength models from the posi us, regardless o f race, color, reli Gretchen Kqfoury went to a wed blushed pink with pleasure over the tive processes (brought out at cost gion, station in life, to stop this "re ding in California, but she sent Judy Observer’s gift to her in reco g n i cipe for disaster” and get on with from (he slave mothers) and includ Watts in her stead to receive for her. tion of her faithfulness to her post stemming this administration's "in ed the current perspective." Dr. Ad H a rry Glickm an clutched his through many, many years. Please ability to address the state of human ams spoke of the negative pictures achiever award to his chest and don't blue-pencil this out, Gloria. misery.” presented of black women and the promised Ed Whelan, our M .C ., to Everybody thought you were due Ah, he was a poet drawing us to ways that black women are " p r o bring a winning team to Portland recognition. see this horrible nuclear flower grammed into the ways they may next basketball season. Glickman The M an in the White Suit, A I growing its hideous mushroom blos look and the importance of replac the Los Angeles Lakers will be here McGilberry, was responsible for the ing these negative views with posi soms to annihilate us all: "regard three times. It brought down the whole banquet. Lots o f people less of race, color, religion or sta tive pictures of the self.” house. helped put it over, including some "Entrcprcneurism,” a workshop tion in life.” supporting organizations, but it was conducted by Price, a free-lance Did you know (hat Dellums is 46 Charles Jordan was pleased to re McGilberry they all strove to please graphic artist and by Andrea Holly years old? That he was a college ceive his award and bent down to Our hat is off to you: our Managing of Portland's T ri-M ct was well at track man, a baseball player and a the mike to say so. But then he has Editor of the Portland Observer, A1 tended by many women who, boxer? That he is a working "social also just received an annual award McGilberry. It was a beautiful idea. worker?" though, they may be holding fu ll given by the Downtown Optim ist P S .— Who was it that McGilberry time jobs at present, are also think Did you know that he is 6 '4 ’ ? Club for his commitment to make was trying to please? Two little girls ing and beginning to work on pro And that he didn’t play basketball? Portland a “ more beautiful place to in blue. One is named Monique and ductive ideas of their own. And that he couldn't fit into the live.” The Optimist award was for the other is named Michelle. They This group perused a list of "100 handsome little white vintage Ford "Respect for law ” are his daughters. two-seater that Paul Knauls brought sure-fire businesses you can start on a shoe-string” and added 25 of their to the airport for his pleasure? own suggestions to the ist. Vera Poole, o f Delta Sigma "Health Options” workshop con Theta, rode to town with Paul in ducted by Dr. Marva Graham, the stead of Dellums, who had to ride in only black woman physician cur the limousine that fit his long legs. rently in Portland, Juretta Webb Vera Poole made the Delta’s pre R.N. and Francetta Cross R.N and sentation of a $500 Observer schol the workshop pertaining to "Finan arship to 17-year-old Fawn McDan cial Planning” and "Crime Preven iel at the banquet. tion” were afternoon offerings. The Miss McDaniel was the youngest latter workshop was headed by Lois achiever, and Ruth Haefner, at H8 M . Lewis and Stephanie Michaels- years, was the eldest recipient of the Pickett. Observer awards, and was made Luncheon speaker was Lazellc happy by the standing ovation that Johnson, director of Women's Bu she received. reau of Region X of the U.S. gov Did you see V.F. Booker, the suc ernment office based in Seattle. Congressm an D ellum s holds an Inform al m eeting w ith Vera cessful banker, actually smile with Johnson spoke to the " U n ity of Poole, Kathryn Hall Bogle, and Bob Boy'r. pleasure when he received his Black Women.” award? T HEY C A L L E D IT A "T acti W 1 ) Heard about the Cervical Cap? The Cervical Cap is used as a barrier method of birth control It is a thimble shaped cap made out of rubber which fits tightly over the neck of the cervix, preventing sperm from entering the uterus The cap was used m tins country years ago. but has not gained popularity until recently It has been used for years success- fully m Western Europe At this k ■ time the cervical cap is not F ■ approved by the Food and Drug I K Administration (EDA) Studies are being done to del ■ rmine its current effectiveness and . ifety PORTLAND W O M E N 'S HEALTH CENTER 6510 SE FOSTER PC JAI J CORTLAND. 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