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Festivities jam end of summer
GRASSROOTS NEWS. N. W —
On Labor Day between four and
Five thousand inner city residents
collectively bid farewell to the sum
mer at Peninsula Park during the
Fourth Annual End of Summer
Jamm and Picnic.
A smorgasbord of Afro-Am eri
can culture was offered and all age
segments partook to their hearts'
content. Every inch of the park was
utilized for some productive pur
pose. At one corner of the park
there was a tennis tournament and
at another a disco skate with Chaz
and D .C . Throughout the event
families held picnics and reunions
under the banner of the end of
the summer.
The Jamm kicked o ff with a chil
dren's skit performed by the Sojour
ner Truth Youth Theater. They were
followed by the 3-D band’s premier
performance. The band was consid
ered by many as having a bright fu
ture and as a welcome addition to
the local band circuit.
The Imam o f the American
Muslim Mission, Mikal Shabazz,
addressed the crowd on the financial
benefits of having a moral founda
tion. "Look at the Vietnamese.
They have only been here a few
years and overnight they have set up
shops and stores. And do you know
why? It is because they have a moral
foundation on which to draw from.
They know how to stick together.
We need to draw upon our moral
foundation and develop a balance
between recreation, study and
w ork.”
Like
clockwork
the
Ebony
Strutters illuminated the park with
their bright pink and synchronized
rhythm and rhyme. They stepped
their way into the hearts o f the
crowd to the beat o f "Solid Rock."
The Glowlovers o f Christ gave the
group spirit and injected the spiritu
alness of Afro-American culture
into the event. T)iey were followed
by the band Visions who funked up
the crowd and kept them on their
feet. Law student Gregory Gudger
addressed parents in the crowd to
keep a careful check on the kinds of
information their children were re
ceiving in the public school system.
"Y o u must always remember that
the pursuit of knowledge is a con
stant challenge. You must always
pursue information that will better
ourselves in the long- and short-run."
The speaker was followed by a
fashion show by Retro-Spect Pro
ductions who modeled clothes from
the '40s. '50s and '60s. They were an
instant hit with the crowd. Denarvel
Brazzel and his gospel family had
the crowd clapping to the beat of
“ Jesus is Lord.” Afterwards Ronnie
Herndon, co-chair of the Portland
Black United Front asked the
parents in the crowd to be aware of
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An aatlmatad 5.000 people jammed Peninsula
Park on Labor Day for the End of Summer Jamm.
Fasti vit las Included music, education and food.
(Photos: Richard J. Brown)
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□enervai Brezzai Invitee youngster "our future" on the stage
while he singe "Jesus is Lord" at End of the Summer Jamm.
the negative images they were giving
their children. "W hen you talk
about good hair you are talking
about hair like white people. When
you tell someone that they have a
nice nose you are saying that they
have a long, pointed nose. Once you
read your history, there will be no
reason to try and alter what you
have naturally. If you don’t do any
thing else this fall, try to get your
children one or two good history
books."
Herndon was followed by a
martial arts exhibit presented by the
Universal Academy of Self-Defense.
And they lead up to the final event
which was the community perfor
mance given by the recording group
Shock. The Fourth Annual End of
Summer Jamm was sponsored by
the Community Professionals and
B .E .A .N . Productions who were
able to contain the crowd and the
minor incidents that occurred.
UF protests S. African visit
Jamas HW protests official visit of South Africans to Tri-Mat and
the Oregon Department of Transportation.
(Photo: Richard Brown)
GRASSROOTS NEWS. N. W. —
The Portland chapter of (he Black
United Front called a press confer
ence two weeks ago to protest the
visit of two officials from the gov
ernment of South Africa. Ronnie
Herndon, co-chair of Portland's
N BUF said, "W e are extremely
shocked and insulted to learn that
representatives from Tri-M et, Ore
gon Department of Transportation
and Metropolitan Service District
are meeting with officials from the
racist, outlaw government of South
Africa. South Africa’s policies to
wards Black people carry the same
stench as those in Nazi Germany.
We must assume these Oregon gov
ernmental officials would have
gladly met with the polished thugs
and goons representing Adolph
Hitler's regime.”
Tri-M et. M E T R O and O D O T all
said the request to extend a courtesy
to these officials from South A fri
ca originated from the office of the
Federal Highway Administration's
Dale Wilkens. He explains, "Our
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the world for members of highway
and road agencies to learn technical
skills that exist over here. These in
dividuals from the Transvaal Road
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