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
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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?
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