Portland Observer, January 11, 1984 Page 3
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Ja'Bell's celebrates first anniversary
by L a m ia D u k e
G rassroot
News,
N . IF. — The
joint merger of managerial skill and
coimetologicaJ excellence has creat
ed a year o f success for Horace
Johnson and Sandra Bell. They are
Ja’ Bell's Beauty and Barber Sup
plies.
Ja’ Bell's recently celebrated their
first year in business during the ice
and cold weather o f two weeks ago.
Bell said she does
not measure
her success in dollars. "Success
means being able to manage and
make all the bills while increasing
our supplies to give greater service
to our customers.’*
,
Ja'Bell’ s is a retail and wholesale
outlet for beauty and hair supplies.
“ O ur biggest selling points,” Bell
explains, "are the products we car
ry. W e have a m ulti-fam ily environ
ment surrounded with good ser
vice.”
Ja’ Bell’s first year has been one
o f overcoming barriers. In the be
ginning they had a problem securing
a lease on their building located on
N .E . Union and Simpson. Instead
o f altering their location they just
bought the building right from un
der the owners.
"T h e owners’ attorney did not
show any interest in letting anybody
Black in the building. So, we just
bought it. they would not recognize
us as the owners or pay us our mon
ey on time. They ended up paying us
for the four months the building sat
here em pty," Bell remembered.
One o f the changes in hair trends
Bell has noticed is the move out of
curly into straight hair.
"W h e n we first started the de
mand was for the products which
kept the curl up. N o w , it for the re
laxed look. W omen are turning to a
softer style."
Bell and Johnson hope to have
nine hundred and ninety-nine m il
lion more anniversaries. Her advice
to potential business owners is to
make and stick to goals.
" M a k e sure your goals are rea
sonable. And the moment you see
yourself straying, then it's time to
troubleshoot your way back. Young
businesses have a tendency to over-
spend. I f things do not work out be
sure to have Plan B ."
Bell said Portland cannot find a
better team than her and Johnson.
"1 depend on him for management
technique and he depends on me for
product and service info rm ation ."
W ith a start like that we can ex
pect Ja’ Bell’s to have many more
successful anniversaries.
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A symposium on Economic De
velopment in A frica will be held F ri
day,
January 27th, in P S U ’ s
Ballroom (Smith Center, 3rd floor),
according to O .R . Owen, president
o f the Association o f African Stu
dents at Portland State University.
Free to the general public, the sym
posium will begin at 11 a.m . and last
until 4 p.m.
Owen said dignitaries from 25 A f
rican countries have been invited
and thus far, G hana’s, Zaire’s and
Zim babw e’ s ambassadors have con
sented to participate in the sympo
sium.
The focus o f the symposium will
be twofold: One, to enlighten peo
ple to the "m any economic oppor
tunities” available in Africa; and
tw o, to educate African students to
what he or she “ w ill have to face"
when they go home.
Owen, a P h .D . student in Urban
A ffairs, contends that people in
Portland are not aware o f A fric a’s
natural resources, attractions, and
investment opportunities. Conse
quently, he said, "th e thrust o f the
whole thing (the svmposium] is to
discuss the problems African na
tions have to deal with in the process
o f economic development.” He
added that the dignitaries should be
able to answer questions related to
business needs— e.g.,
resources,
land mass, population density and
investment procedures.
W ith regard to the African stu
dent. Owen said, “ The curriculum
here (at PSU) does not address the
needs o f what African students will
have to face when they go back
home. A symposium like this gives
us an opportunity to address some
o f these problems.” He illustrated
his point by stressing the length of
time an African student may be
away from home. In some cases,
like his, a Ph D . student, it can be
eight years or more.
M oreover, he said, "T here is a
problem o f lim itation in the Black
Studies Department. They do not
request.
Professor Candice Goucher, the
newest addition to the Black Studies
Department, recently accepted the
position o f advisor to the Associa
tion of African Students. In addi
tion, Goucher's recent endeavors in
clude the presentation o f a paper on
“ The History o f Iron Technology in
W . A fric a " at the annual meeting of
the African Studies Association.
Goucher’ s paper dealt with the
" m y th " surrounding the backward
ness of A fric a’s iron technology.
The annual meeting was held in Bos
ton. Mass., December 7-10 of last
year.
Goucher said the symposium will
be really valuable. " T h e speakers
will have specifics on their countries
and the opportunities that exist
there." She added, " W e are only
beginning to realize that there is an
African system that’s different from
the Western system."
The symposium’ s form at will be
speakers, panel, and audience parti
cipation in a question and answer
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Black Studies at PSU is a certificate
program ."
In addition to that quagmire.
Owen said, there is an identification
problem: the Department’s nam,
"Black Studies.”
"M o s t African governments clas
sify African Studies (not Black
Studies) as a special area,” he said.
Consequently, the African student
doesn’t realize the full implication
o f the Black Studies Department.
Approximately two years ago. the
Department sought permission to
change the name to " A fric a n /A fro -
American Studies.” As o f this w rit
ing, the request is still limbo.
Owen said the Association of A f
rican Students "needs all the sup
port we can get from the Black com
m unity.” He added, " W e wish the
community will respond to our re
quest when we make it.”
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to one who has already responded a
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