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P*o» 6 Section I Portland Observer, May 26,1983 OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SIDELINES by Kathryn H all Bogle em bers o f the P o rtla n d M A lu m n a e C h a p te r o f the D e lta Sigm a T h e ta S o ro rity , In c . presented th e ir f if t h an n ual luncheon saluting "W o m e n o f E x cellence" on S atu rd ay , M a y 21 at the Red L io n at Jantzen Beach. Tables, laid fo r 400 in Delta colors o f red and cream, were filled almost to capacity. Deltas chose a w om an o f excel lence, and rare versatility, to be the keynote speaker at the a ffa ir . She was L o retta Thom pson O lick m a n , the firs t black w om an to become m ayor o f Pasadena, and the first black woman in America to become mayor o f a city with over 100,000 in population. G lic k m a n , in the last period o f her second term in office, “ probab ly w ill not seek a third te r m ," she said in p riva te in terview . " 1 have accomplished some o f the things I wanted to do for Pasadena's people in housing and redevelopm ent by ac q u irin g some o f the fed eral dollars allotted to us for use in other parts o f the city as well as in down town areas. Crim e has been reduced a great deal, A ffirm a tiv e A ction is now on our books and we are in the process o f changing our system o f electing the directors who make up the governing body in our city gov ernmental structure. " M y election to the office 1 hold was a breeze com pared to the election o f H a ro ld W ashington in C h ic a g o ," G lickm an said. " I had been a member o f the board o f d i rectors since 1977, and I had been asked to run fo r the chairm anship o f a mixed racial group looking for a candidate. "P a s a d e n a is lik e a little New Mayor Loretta Thompaon Glickman of Paaadana and Addle J. Y o rk ." the mayor said. "T h e group Hay nee. praaidant of Portland Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma had an agenda, it had set goals, they Theta Sorority, Inc. knew w here they were going and how to get th ere, and they rallied and Hispanics to fo llo w . It seems G lickm an considers she has given around th eir cand idate. T h e polls like it takes a long time for blacks to the city all the tim e she can spare mobilize around one candidate, but show you where your friends are. fro m her life , p o in tin g o u t that it can be done." " T h a t 's a good plan fo r blacks being mayor o f Pasadena is literally Youthsound visits Jefferson A unique and dynamic concert featuring some 60 student and pro fessional musicians will enliven the stage o f the Jefferson High Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, June 5, fo r the second annual Youthsound Concert. This explicitly cultural event will feature the works o f gospel, contemporary, and classical Am eri can composers set to music with a full youth choir and stage band. The choir is directed by M r. Ken Berry and the stage band is under the direction of M r. Oreg McKelvey. The ninety minute concert will be videotaped for later broadcast on cable television and will be simulcast on KB O O radio and rebroadcast on KBPS radio. Ticket prices for the event are $5.00 and $2.50 for chil dren. As an addition to this year's con cert, professionals Shirley Nanette, M arian M ayfield, Dennis Springer, and Thara Mem ory will perform with the student artists. Sponsors include: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Portland Public Schools, and W orld Arts Founda tion, Inc. There will be a "Youthsound Festival '83 A rt Show” at the Inter state Firehouse Cultural Center the weekend o f June 4-5, culminating with an arts recognition award cere mony. Calvin W alker and Shout will provide entertainment a public service in perform ance as "salary amounts to $ 5 0 .0 0 a w eek." T o her audience G lick m a n said, " I 'd like to talk about sisterhood and personal support Let us not get loo confident. Let us not forget from whence we came. Organiza tions can be supportive. Nowadays we have more o f the opportunities open to men. Women must continue to hold models foe our young women to follow, for women make up 50*» o f the population." Glickman discussed briefly the lives o f several women who had historically become models to follow in the pursuit o f excellence. She named Harriet Tubm an. Susan B. Anthony, M ary M cCloud Bethune, Shirley Chisholm, Patricia Harris and Lorraine Hansbury. In private life, Glickman is a "new single parent" for her two sons aged 6 and 7. She's employed as a financial planner dealing with school districts and hospitals in the time she has from her duties in public office. Her versatility came into play when she broke suddenly into song letting her clear and sure coloratura soprano ascend gracefully to high " C . " She explained that her vocal training had been for opera, but she had adjusted to sing gospel and rock and had proved "g o o d " enough to travel around the nation with "London Fog" and the "N e w Christie Minstrels" for several years. Her own rather daring experi ments have increased her vocal range to include a rich, full con tralto which she demonstrated for her spellbound audience. Local women o f excellence to receive awards from Delta Sigma Theta were chosen from a field of candidates submitted to the chapter by community clubs, organizations, fraternities and sororities. Honored were: Betty Thompson for Community Service; Pearl Spears Gray for Education; Evelyn M . Collins for Hum anitarian Service; Rose M ary Anderson for Profes sional Achievement; Betty Kemp for Religious Leadership; Maude Young foi her work in behalf of Senior Citizens and Brina Burris for her work with Youth o f the C om munity. Traci Hurst o f Grant High School, Gwendolyn Jones of Jefferson High School, and Andre Petett o f Jesuit High School were each given scholarships for college. Rosalie J. Boothe was featured soloist for the afternoon. Mistress OACWC holds tea The Oregon Association of Colored W omen's Clubs w ill hold their annual Scholarship Tea, Sun day, M ay 29, 1983, at the home of M r. and Mrs. John Sylvester, 3143 N .E . 14th, Portland. M rs. Irene P. Cranford is Tea Chairperson, assisted by Mrs. Alberta Randolph, Mrs. Maude Burks, Mrs. Gwendolyn Groener, Mrs. Harrie Belle Paris, and Mrs. Thelma Syl vester. Applications are being ac cepted for the scholarship, which is given annually to a graduating high school student. 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Williames w ill conduct a tour o f some o f his striking black and white photo graphs in his "Retrospective" col lection now on exhibit at the IF C C gallery Herb Cawthorne as Frederick "T h e Dolly with the Cracked Douglaee Face" has a story which w ill be told by W illiames. Patrons o f the art o f helpless, through separation by the Williames will be pleased to learn system, from his grandmother, the that prices on many o f their favo only loving parent he had ever rites have been adjusted downward known. They shared his bewilder for that evening. There will be re ment at the strange life o f a slave freshments. child who had to scramble for his earning and re-living history is crumbs o f food to keep alive. They shivered with Douglass as he told an audio-visual experience called "Agitate: O ur W ork is Not how he tried to keep warm through the chill and frosts o f winter with Finished." The audience saw a only a gunny sack for both garment superb actor draw on skills far and covering. They felt the blows of above the commonplace when Herb the lash across the back when he was Cawthorne assumed the identity o f struck. Frederick Douglass last Saturday The audience watched as evening in a performance at the Douglass matured and nurtured Cabell Center for the Performing plans for escape from his bondage, Arts ai Catlin Gable School. and they exulted for him when he The presentation was by O ral learned to read and to use the words History Programs, a company he needed to express his own owned and directed by Jeana thoughts. They were proud when he W oolley, script writer, and returned to America from Britain to Cawthorne, a long-time member o f stand by his own people through the Portland School Board, and their struggles to become free from teacher and administrator at Port racial bondage. land State University. The event, Says Cawthorne o f his study o f which w ill be repeated on Friday the A frica! oral tradition: " I t was a and Saturday, M ay 27-28 and on powerful means o f communication Sunday. M ay 29, was funded by the which has been devalued in Western Oregon Comm ittee for the H um ani culture___ For the past six months, ties. I have been engaged in the process The specialty skills o f make-up o f absorbing the words, feelings, artistry, and clothing tailored for struggles and aspirations of Douglass for his own era, made the Douglass. I know him like a vivid visual transformation instantaneous side o f my own personality. I have from Cawthorne to Douglass. From worked to link his experiences to my there on it was Douglass all the way. own, to understand him and, ulti Except for the times when, in a mately, communicate his spirit to an twinkling, he became the vicious audience.” overseer who tried to lash Douglass Cawthorne has succeeded in into complete submission, or a slave person-to-person communication. master at another moment o f fleet This, in a world wrapping itself into ing characterization. the steel and wire o f high tech The audience, through absorption isolation o f the individual. Agitate, in Douglass as a young child, Herb, "O u r work is not finished." suffered when he was deserted and L
