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Portland Observer, October 19, 1983 Page 3 METROPOLITAN_______________ Black United Fund kicks off Oregon campaign seeking to mobilize the resources of the community by getting Blacks to give and support Black priorities." The fund-raising method the Fund uses is federated fund-raising, which, until recently, had been the exclusive domain o f the United Way of America. Federated fund-raising is payroll deductions, and a court battle waged by the United W ay and the federal government tried unsuc cessfully to prevent the National Black United Fund from becoming a part o f the Combined Federal Campaign. This victory enables fed eral workers to make charitable de ductions to groups o f their choice. The United Way has been charged with funding non-controversial and non-confrontational groups like the Urban I eague, which receives the bulk o f its funding from the United by Laniia Duke The Black United Fund o f O re gon gives Black people an oppor tunity to invest in concerns that are uniquely their own. The time is now. — Rev. John Garlingion Board member. BUF o f Oregon Grassroot News. N .W .— W ith those words a statewide inform ation process was started to alert and in form Black people in Oregon of the latest affiliate of the National Black United Fund. The Fund is a Black philanthropic organization that pro vides monies and resources to va rious programs and groups across the United States. The Black United Fund is defined by M ary Avery, President o f the Oregon Chapter, as "a n organiza tion designed to collect, administer and distribute funds to programs which serve our interests.” Studies show these interests have been ignored and suppressed by tra ditional charities. The National Sci ence Foundation documented the lack o f support charity foundations have provided organizations devel oped and run by people of color. In 1970-71 only three percent of assistance for senior citizens was al located in the Black community: I percent went to youth programs controlled by Blacks and 6 percent went to Black colleges. The study al so discovered when grants were made to minorities, they flowed through broker agencies controlled by the m ajority culture. The Black United Fund grew out o f the Brotherhood Crusade in Los Angeles, founded in 1968 by the late W ay. The United Ways shies away from supporting groups in the minority communities directed tow ard social change. The beneficiaries o f the Black United Fund include a diverse col lection o f national and local organi zations: A Bilalian child develop ment program, a welfare rights pro gram in Detroit, shelters for bat tered women in Los Angeles, and the National Conference o f Black Lawyers in New York. Avery said, "T here is a need for a Black United Fund in Portland. W ith the economy the way it is we do not have access to a lot o f the monies we once had. W e need all types of services and social change organizations that traditional chari ties do not fu n d ." Avery is asking Oregonians who are contacted by the United Way to give to the National Black United Fund. "L ater this month the United W ay will go to every federal agency and ask for donations. We ask you to check the box that says the National Black United Fund." Avery cautions against checking the United Black Fund in Washing ton. D C . " I f you check N B U F the money will come back to us at the Portland chapter.*’ She also said the Black United Fund is different from the Black United Front. "O nly our call letters are the same.” On the national level, Joseph con cludes, "w e will use the resources of society to work with other groups outside the Black community on a common agenda, but we are also doing what we have got to do to help ourselves." CORA SMITH’S COMPLETE MAGAZINE MAKEOVERS For Men and Women er popular service This special package ot hairstyting photo m akeup and >u the best portrait ever Our team ot professionals will work with you to make you look and teel gorgeous t Giving Birthdays. Professional Photos, or Glamour Photo — Now — for your preferred appointment time: Pearl Spaars Gray and M ary Avery, naw president of the Oregon Chapter of the Black United Fund launched a drive to help those m inority program s not funded by conventional foundations. (Photo: Richard J. Brown) W alter Bremond. In 1974 the Black United Fund was founded with af- filiates in four cities— Los Angeles. Detroit, Boston and Fort W orth. It now has 15 affiliates in 14 states. The idea o f Black fund raising for Black causes is as old as the struggle for human rights in America. The concept goes back to Prince H a ll’s Masons, Marcus Garvey and W .E .B . DuBois. This historical A M to 3 00 P M ., and Thurs., Nov 3, 10:00 A M to 3:00 P M mveo Natmnal Acclaim as one ot the Northwest a most outslaniknu Portrait Aitists linkage is traced by King Davis in Jjjj book, Fund Raising in the Black Comm unity: History, Feasibility and Conflict. According to James Joseph, Pre- jident o f the National Black United Fund, the Fund is " a self-help mechanism in the Black community BEFORk bìfore Glad's of Hollywood 3616 N.E. 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Black Republican visits here LeGree Daniels. Chairm an o f the National Black Republican Council, will be in Portland. October 25 and 6497 SA VE 1 /2 26, 1983. Following a morning breakfast on the 25th, hosted by Kay Toran o f the State A ffirm ative Action office and several members o f the Gover nor's Commission for W omen and other interested women, she will make stops at Parkrose and Jeffer son High Schools. Mrs. Daniels will be the featured speaker at Commissioner Charles Jordan’s Forum Luncheon for the Black Comm unity which w ill be held at 12 noon at the Thunderbird at Jantzen Beach. The public is in vited and reservations may be made with the Commissioner’s office. A Fund Raising event with Mrs. Daniels as the honored Ouest will be held in the evening at Geneva's Res taurant from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m . This event is for the support o f the Re publican Candidate, Chad Debnam. in House District 18. 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