Page 2 Portland Observar, Juna 13, 1984
Juneteenth Day benefit slated
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by Nathaniel Scott
"F re e At Last” it the theme for
the Grace Collins Memorial Center’s
observance o f Juneteenth D a y ,
c o o rd in a to r o f the even t, D ann y
Bell said. T h e observance o f
Juneteenth w ill be held S atu rd ay,
June 2 3 rd , beginning at 8 p .m . in
the center's au d ito riu m , 128 N .E .
Russell Street. Admission is S3 for
the general pub lic and $ 2 .5 0 fo r
senior citizens and students.
Reverend John Jackson, co-
ch a irm a n o f the Black U n ited
Front, will be the guest speaker.
The Juneteenth observance w ill
also fe a tu re the R onnie W rig h t
C o m m u n ity Singers and gospel
soloist ("B ro th e r” , Chris Stephens.
In addition to the preservation of
the historical aspects of Juneteenth—
“ slavery
to e m a n c ip a tio n " —
Bell said, the event w ill raise
funds fo r one o f E lio t n eig h b o r
h oo d 's oldest social agencies. T o
w it. the G race C o llin s M e m o ria l
Center day care, pre-school, neigh
borhood recreational fa c ility , and
fo r m a n y , a haven in tim e o f
trouble.
Approxim ately 31 years ago, the
center opened its doors on N .E .
Rodney and Monroe Streets. Evelyn
C o llin s , the c e n te r’ s fo u n d e r and
director said. She accomplished the
feat with a $300 loan and her $300
life savings.
The center’ s philosophy, accor
ding to Collins, has never wavered.
It has always been based upon "th e
teaching o f C h ris t" w ithout prac
ticing "religious biases."
The n o n -p ro fit d ay-care center
mostly provides services to " lo w -
income” people. Collins maintains.
Approximately 33 children, ranging
in age fro m six weeks to I l-years
o ld , are c u rre n tly en rolled in the
program.
Fees at the n o n -p ro fit day-care
center are on a sliding scale, she
said. The base is the parent's gross
income.
Like many a social agency in these
financially depressed times, Collins
said, the center is "going through a
fin a n c ia l p r o b le m ." A n d to help
elevate the " p r o b le m " , canned
foods and fin a n c ia l support are
needed
Since 1980, when the day care last
received Childrens Services Division
(C S D , money. Collins said the bulk
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recreetlonel facility. with Denny Bell.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
o f their support has come through
foundation gifts, grants, and private
donations.
"D onations go into a scholarship
fund to help pay the difference o f
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said. T h e scholarship, the G race
M e m o ria l Scholarship Fund, like
the center, was named in honor of
Grace Collins, her mother.
Struggle for Jackson delegate continues ...
T h e O reg o n Jesse Jackson fo r
President C o m m itte e announced
Thursday, June 14th, their intention
to "continue to exist and work even
though the primaries are o ver," said
John B lank The co m m ittee w ill
build on the foundation created by
the Jackson o f " a n insurgent
p o litic a l fo rc e — a ‘ R ainbow C o a
litio n '.”
The first coin minted in the U S. was a silver dollar
issued in 1794
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Plant remains show that forests grew in Antarctica
millions of years ago.
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Spawning salmon lay their eggs in the streams in
which they were born. They locate these streams by
means of a highly developed sense of smell.
Electing Ron Herndon as one of
O re g o n ’ s
tw o
" u n p le d g e d "
delegates to the national Democratic
Party convention, in San Francisco,
is the group's immediate focus, said
Blank Jackson supporters hope a
m a jo rity o f the 250 delegates are
lackson supporters elected recently
at congressional d is tric t co n ven
tions.
Blank said the 3 6 ,(MX) voters
statewide (about 10 percent o f the
total) who voted for Jackson will be
disenfranchised by the very party
they are registered in i f Jackson
supporters d o n 't even have one
delegate going to San Francisco.
I f those 10 percent were fa irly
represented. Jackson would have 5
delegates fro m O re g o n , he said,
The foundations of the great European cathedrals go
down as far as forty or fifty feet.
We do not do business with South Africa
Am erican State
Bank
Jackaon aupportara talk atratagy at Third Dlatrlct Convention
"a n d w e're only asking for o n e ."
Jackson supporters are being
asked to attend the state convention
this Saturday at the Kresgi Theater
on the W illam ette University cam
pus.
Carpools will leave the King Cen
ter at 10:30 a m. For more in fo r-
(Photo Richard J Brown)
mation, call 230-6908, for the third
congressional district or 224-3096 or
246-3417 for supporters in the first
district.
Duarte's election won't stop killings, torture
by Hubert Lothian
T h e v ic to ry o f Jose N a p o leo n
Duarte in El Savador’ s M arch elec
tions was hailed by the Reagan ad
ministration as a triumph for demo
cracy and moderation.
Both Reagan and C a rte r before
him have linked U .S m ilita ry and
economic aid to that country with
improvements in human rights, spe
c ific a lly w ith g o vern m en t-led a t
tempts to curtail murder and torture
o f civilians. D u a rte ’ s election and
recent tour o f the U .S . seem to be
paving the way fo r m ore m ilita ry
aid.
But, Ivan O . Escobar M elendez,
U .S . represen tative o f the S alv a
doran H um an Rights Comm ission,
said in Portland. May 30th, that the
violence is likely to continue under
Duarte
The problem, according to Esco
bar, is that those in the Salvadoran
security apparatus responsible for
the killin g and to rtu re , rem ain in
pow er under D u a rte , and the
weapons they use to do the killing
continue to be supplied by the U.S.
" W h a t reason do we have to ex
pect that the situation w ill change
when the arm ed forces are not ac
tually being affected?," he asked.
Escobar said the tra il o f blood
leads to M in is te r o f Defense and
head o f the N atio n al G uard Carlos
Eugenio V idas Cassanova and
others in the top echelons o f the
S alvadoran security forces. Vidas
Cassanova is personally responsible
for the massacres o f civilians, and
he is covering up the investigation in
to the deaths o f the four American
churchwomen in 1980, according to
Escobar
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" A lth o u g h they are responsible,
they are not being punished. The
armed forces arc so accustomed to
killing, that the only way to improve
the situation is to put those on trial
who are responsible for the killing
But the U .S. has to be very sincere
to push for the trials ...D u a rte had
the chance to do it but he didn't take
full advantage of his support from
the U .S . Congress and a d
m inistration."
Duarte was president from March
1980 to M arch 1982, d u rin g the
height o f recent violence. O ver
3 0 ,0 0 0 S alvad oran citizens died
while Duarte was president then, ac
cording to Escobar, and they died
mainly at the hands of security forces.
Also, he said, Archbishop Romero,
the lo u r A m erican churchw om en
and two Am erican land reform ad
visors were murdered during Duar
te’s previous presidency.
Far fro m in flu en cin g peace,
"m ilitary aid from the U.S. is only
prolo n ging the su fferin g in El
S a lv a d o r ," said Escobar. M o re
m ilita ry aid has m eant m ore, not
less guerillas, he said In 1981, the
U.S. sent $5 million in aid and there
were about 3,000 guerillas, accor
ding to Escobar By 1984, he said,
the U.S had sent $300 million in aid
and there are about 15,000 guerillas.
In the same period in the U .S ., said
Escobar, the percentage o f those
living below the poverty level rose
from 12% to 17%.
U .S . weapons are being used by
the security forces to kill civilians,
and far m ore civ ilian s are dying
than soldiers or guerillas, he said
" W e ’ ll never fo rg et how many
brothers and sisters have been killed
by m ilita ry weapons sent directly
from the U .S .”
A lth o u g h most people concen
trate on the tortures and assasma-
lio n s , said E sco bar, job s, edu
c a tio n , health care, and freedom
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to travel and o rg an ize p o litic a l
groups are also hum an rights that
are lacking in his country, he said.
In El Salvador, he continued, 60%
o f the population is illiterate, chil
dren start work at age 8 and it can
take up to three weeks just to get an
aspirin fro m a h o s p ital. " F r o m
those terms you just can't say that
hum an rights are im p ro ving in El
Salvador," he said.
Escobar is a founding member of
the S alv ad o ran H u m a n Rights
Commission, which formed in 1978
to keep alive the discussion o f
hum an rights as the violence in
creased, and to keep records of the
m urdered and d isappeared. The
commission keeps photo albums of
victim s o f the violence and helps
relatives id e n tify dead and disap
peared fam ily members. The com
mission also sends statistics to A m
nesty International and other human
rights org an izatio n s. Escobar has
travelled back and forth from El Sal
vador to the U.S. since 1978, and he
has been speaking extensively across
the U.S. since 1983
U S D A C H O IC E BEEF
FULL C U T - BO NE IN
The
com m ission,
w ith
its
headquarters in San Salvador, has
o ften been the target o f violence.
Four board members have been
murdered and tw o have been k id
napped. Ils office has been bombed
and bodies dum ped outside the
door.
"W h en I was deciding to become
a founding member o f the board, I
had to think what might happen to
m e," said Escobar. "B u t you know
the resp o n sib ility to w ork fo r
hum an rights in El S alvad or is
pushing me to continue. We are so
attached to life that usually we don't
think we may be kille d . I know in
my heart that noth ing is going to
stop the people o f L a tin A m erica
from having a society w ith human
rights."
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