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Pag» 2 Portland Obaarver, February 23, 1983 Woman heads Universal Life M E M P H IS , TENNESSEE— In a precedent-breaking move, the Board o f Director« of Universal Life Insurance Company, meeting Feb ruary 11 at the company*« Memphis headquarters, elected Patricia Walker Shaw as the company’s new president. Twelve new officers were also elected. M s. Shaw, form erly Universal's Executive Vice Presi dent, becomes the third chief execu tive in the firm 's 6O-year history, and the first woman to head a major American life insurance organiza tion. Universal L ife is the nation's fourth largest black-owned insur ance company, with assets of over $62 million and over $610 million ol insurance in force. Thirty-six branch offices service policyholders across the country. Patricia Walker Shaw's election to the presidency was announced by retiring President A. Maceo W alk er, her father, at a press conference following the board's decision. “ I am very pleased that my chosen suc- cessor is such a highly experienced and proven executive," W alker said. “ A leader who knows our bus iness from the bottom u p .. .who has the kind o f forw ard-looking ideas the company will need in the years ahead." Ms. Shaw comes to the Presi dent's office after 17 years o f ad vancement through the ranks at Universal Life. Patricia Shaw's own development as a business leader has not gone un noticed. Later this year she will be come president of the National In surance Association. She has served as Chairperson of the Board of D i rectors of the Federal Reserve Bank, Memphis Branch. Tennessee Gover nor Lamar Alexander named her to the State Commission on Minority Economic Development and the Memphis/Shelby County Jobs Ad visory Commission. She serves on a number o f boards in her native Mem phis, and is currently in her tenth year on the board of Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division. PATRICIA W SHAW Neighborhood grants available by Robert Lothian Grants of up to $5,000 for com munity self-help projects are avail able through the Portland Bureau of Community Development "Neigh borhood Self-Help Program " Purpose o f the program, accord ing to a Bureau publication, "is to help residents of low and moderate income neighborhoods develop the capacity to help themselves by assisting neighborhood-based pro jects that demonstrate ways to re duce the cost of some basic need." Projects should involve "v o lu n teer labor, donated materials, and evidence o f involvement o f those neighborhood residents affected by the projects," and should "lead to a self-sustaining com m unity based activity, or in the case of physical improvem ent projects, have a lasting impact on the community." Neighborhood associations, com m unity based and n on -p ro fit organizations are eligible to apply, according to program coordinator Dee Walsh. The self-help grants make avail able "seed money" for implement ing new ideas that might not other wise have a chance, said Walsh. " It allows groups that don't have a sophisticated structure or a paid staff a chance to get started." she said. A fte r the first success, she said, a group may then feel capable ol taking on larger projects. "Neighborhood groups often get started by working against some th in g ," said Walsh. The self-help program, on the other hand, "gives groups a chance to do something positive in their neighborhood," she said. Last year's recipients, according to Walsh, were the Center for U r ban Education's Shared Housing Program . N orth Portland Youth Service C enter's Project Assist, Eliot Energy House (operated by Responsible Urban Neighborhood Technology), and the Brooklyn Community Garden. Money for the grants is being made available through Portland's $9 million share of federal Depart ment o f Housing and Com munity Development (H C D ) funds. H C D was created in 1974 to revitalize low- income urban communities. In Portland, $90 million has been in vested in housing, street and side walk improvements, planting street trees, and helping to rebuild and re model parks. Neighborhood self-help grant ap plications are available from the Bureau o f C om m unity Develop ment, 1120 SW 5th, Rm. 1120, Portland, OR 97204. Deadline for applying if Feb. 28. and grants will be awarded by the City Council a f ter April 1st. 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The fee for these classes ranges from $10 to $15 for a series of Five classes. IFCC has an interest in the youth. They have developed cultural pro grams especially geared to the seven through seventeen-year-olds. On Wednesdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m ., IFC C presents the Eth nic Story Hour free of charge. Vol unteers, including active and retired educators, read to youngsters from books which have been reviewed for racist and discriminatory content. A look at the artw ork displayed at IFC C and a tour of the Fire House concludes the hour. In the summer o f 1983 IF C C is planning to form a student theatre group. Thirty students will be select ed through auditions and fifteen scholarships will be awarded. "S tu dents will be heavily drilled in voice, dance, and acting." said Ms. Busby. The session will last eight weeks and students will participate in two the atrical productions. 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