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Portland Observer, October 10, 1964, Paga 3 LEW WILLIAMS CADILLAC METROPOLITAN 633N .E . 12th Portland, Oregon 97206 233-6451 C a d illa c Kuhn attacks the Reagan cuts by Robert Lotfuan Those who aitended the Gray Panther conference at Cascade Cam pus Saturday were treated to a re freshing antidote to the gloom and doom predictions o f four more years of Reagan. The antidote came in the spry and energetic form of the Gray Panthers' rabble rousing founder, Maggie Kuhn, still socking it to the Reagans o f the world at age 79. Kuhn spoke to a packed Cascade Hall with plenty of media in attend ance on "Issues That W ill Shape Our Future." There were a lot o f gray-hatred supporters o f the Senior Rights group in the audience, but the ideas and energy bridged the years. " I see, and I think you sec. a great deal o f frustration, some o f us feel al most immobilized,” said Kuhn, de scribing the crisis in America which she said was brought about by Reagan. In a midwest steel town she visited recently, for instance, said Kuhn, all the jobs had dried up and the people had lost hope. I l was a tragic situa tion, she said. Also, she said, a widening gap between rich and poor, Reagan's so cial service cuts which victimize sen iors and the poor, militarization o f the U .S ., and a "worldwide swing to the right” add to the depressing sce nario, she said. " I t ’s terrible but there’s also hope,” she told the audience. “ W e do live in a time o f great change. . .but I think the turbulence creates in each o f us a new kind o f activism." I f Reagan is reelected, she said. (L-R) Maggia Kuhn; Mrsradhh Woods Smith of Portland Nuclaar Fraaza Coalition and Modarator; Bob Van Hoot - United Senior« of Oregon; Diana Haas - Central American Solidarity Committee; Erich Stachon - OSPRIQ; Uoyd Martlet - Forelaw« on Board. “ You and I and our elected repre sentatives have to be ready to form an opposition immediately to the cuts Reagan will m ake." Retirees can play a special role in the new activism, said Kuhn. “ That group o f retirees has nothing to lose— they can be outrageous every day” in confronting policies antagonistic to human needs,” she said. When someone in the audience commented that four out o f five re tirees voted for Reagan, Kuhn re sponded, " I can’t imagine why they d id ." Kuhn’s morning talk was followed by a panel discussion with activists Teachers learn concepts of Afro-American studies by Lanita Duke G R A S S R O O T N E W S , N .W .—O n October 23 and 30, students in nine schools within the Jefferson High School cluster will be released early because their teachers will attend classes to learn concepts and appli cations o f incorporating African- American curriculum materials into language, math, science, social stu dies, music and art. This comprehensive staff training session is unique because information is based on data, experience and re sources from local and national con sultants from all areas o f education. These experts have developed syste matic modules that will equip teachers with resources and skills to routinely incorporate Afro-American curricu lum into their lesson plans. The local and national consultants are: Joyce Harris —- language arts and curriculum development; Kamau Anderson and McKinley Burt — math and science; Jasper Ormond — testing and evaluation; and district staff person, Dr. Darrell Millner — social studies. The national consult ants are: Beatrice Lumpkins— math; Dr. Hunter Adams— science; Clyde Taylor— literature; Ivan Van Sertima — history; and Michael Harris— art. Targeted schools for Fall 1984 are Jefferson High School, Tubman M id dle School, W oodlawn, Humboldt, Vernon, King, Faubian, Peninsula and Boise/Eliot. Joyce Harris, language arts con sultant, predicted an increase in class- room participation. She explains a revised curriculum will reflect cultur al and scientific contributions to civ ilization, along with higher test scores. “ Self-concepts and achieve ment are interrelated. Children who feel good about themselves will do better in school.” She further stated that baseline essays, a TO-page document, will provide teachers with a minimum amount o f inform ation and teaching strategies needed to incorporate data into everyday curriculum. “ The inform ation I will present places Egyptian literature in the same vein as Western culture looks at Greek and Roman literature. It will establish Egypt as an important part o f Africa because many o f her accom plishments were the results o f what happened in other parts o f A fric a ." McKinley Burt, one o f the math and science consultants, said he will establish the African origin o f math and science. Dr. Asa H illiard, chief desegrega tion consultant for Portland Public Schools, said " I f the content o f the whole curriculum is truthful, accurate and reflective o f the multicultural character o f human experience, 'hen every child who studies such a cur riculum will feel respected as they see his or her own group in the main stream o f human activity.” Harris said, "T h e training will destroy inferior stereotyping and prove that Black people did not hap pen as the results o f being slaves.” from the groups that sponsored her appearance in Portland. Bob Van Hout of United Seniors of Oregon spoke o f what he sees as the dangers o f property tax limitation Ballot Measure No. 2. The measure will benefit the w ell-off but could cause cuts in stale social services and "seniors will be the victims,” he said. He predicts the measure will cause a (300,000 school deficit and wipe out the homeowners and renters relief program (H A R R P ) if passed. Erich Stachon from the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group said the Citizens Utility Board (C U B ) measure on the ballot, spon sored by O S P IR G , will give utility ratepayers a watchdog group to fight rate increases and other utility com pany abuses. “ W e need qualified people to rep resent us,” he said. But the utilities apparently disagree that C U B is a good idea, he said, and three citizens’ groups" led by utility company cm- A Recognized Leader In tha Automotive Industry ployees have I or med to tight it. One group has already spent $500,000, “ all utility m oney," he said, com pared to CUB'S $8,000. Anti-nuclear activist Lloyd Marbet o f Forelaws on Board spoke in sup port of Ballot Measure No. 9, aimed at protecting people and the environ ment from the nuclear waste o f com panies like Teledyne W a Chang in A l bany. Teledyne’s careless disposal of nuclear waste near the Willamette River amounts to "premeditated murder and biological experimenta tion" and a substitution o f corporate profits for human values, he said. " I think the time has come to put an end to this kind o f operation in our state," said Marbet Diane Hess of the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee said Reagan's military build up for adven tures in Central America and else where has led to a situation where 509k of the national budget is now de voted to the military. That amounts about $848 for each Oregonian, she said, as six'ial services are cut and those on the lower end o f the eco nomic scale sink lower. In Central America, she said, Rea gan is using "brutal military repres sion as a solution to centuries-old problems o f poverty and under development." Over $70 million has been spent supporting the contras in their war against Nicaragua, for instance, she said, financing attacks on schools, clinics, teachers and doctors. She letters to Congress asking for and end to U.S. military involvement in Central America. Kuhn thanked the panelists for out lining a plan for positive change. "O u r issues are global issues, not Gray Panther issues," she said. "W e are concerned about ourselves, and the survival o f the world. 1 think it is terribly important that we take the wholistic approach. That is the contribution we can make to a di vided society." FIRST IN Performance! 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