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Page 2, Portland Observer, March 13, 1906 Hispanic leader promotes justice I by Robert Lothian hospitals and dimes increase bi lingual staff and cross-cultural education. Fnnque F.scobar, o f the Hispanic Dr. Jose Gutierrez. Media Project in Portland, revealed that although Hispanics arc more than 6 percent o f the U.S. population, only about 1.3 percent o f journalists are Hispanic. He suggested that the major media should sponsor scholar ships and internships for Hispanics, that the Oregonian should have a bi lingual Sunday Hispanic column, and that more entry level jobs and training for Hispanics in the media arc needed Government, labor and business will he discussed at the next conference ses sion March 23rd at the Northwest Service Center, 1819 N .W . Everett. The third session April 13th at the (Photo: Richard J. Brown) United Way offices, 718 W . Burnside, is aimed at setting up a Hispanic ad visory council. The advisory council is important, said Gutierrez, because no such body exists in Oregon now to look after the interests of Hispanics. Spanish speaking Americans continue to be overlooked by the media, human services and government agencies in cluding the Census Bureau, he said. In addition, continued Gutierrez, C hi cano farmworkers in Oregon live in conditions similar to those in the Third World. He reported that a Commission on ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ a Spacial Coupon ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ! NEW STYLIST March Coupon Special I M anager Stylist Sharon Jerry Duckett, Stylist • Terry, Stylist COUPON CURLS $30°° ll si II h Relaxera Perm 120.00 JANAE HAIRSTYLE I 4711 N. In te rs ta te SUMMERiTEMPORARY JOBS ■ 249-8440 WEIGHMASTER PARK/CONSERVATION AIOE cz) CZ) I Û) 9 JOBS INSTATE GOVERNMENT - HOW TO GET THEM? <Z) CZ) FIND OUT AT THE JOB FAIR SPONSORED BY: The Oregon Department of Transportation Urban League of Portland 2 Executive Department, Personnel Division Pro-choice activists face tough battles ahead by Lanita Duke G R A SSR O O T N E W S . N . W . - l n recent months pro-choice activists have become increasingly concerned with the success o f right-to-life advocates who turned the focus o f the abor tion issue away from the woman. They feel the concern now is concen trated on the fetus while the woman and her right to make a choice is ig nored. To balance this trend llie Otegoii’s affiliate o f the National Abortion Rights Action league (N A R A L ) is planning a "Speak O u t.” this is a letter-writing campaign where indi viduals share personal stories about abortion. M ary Rohlffs, a N A R A L repre sentative, said the days are over for women to be hush-hush with their abortion experiences. "W om en’s atti tudes are changing. Now, the right to have an abortion is threatened. The purpose o f the "Speak O u t" is to create an awareness that abortion is a reality,” she added. Rohlffs said letters should be ad dressed to President Reagan and mailed to: Oregon N A R A L , P.O. Box 40472, Portland, O R 97240. According to Oregon’s Vital Sta tistics, ¡lie number o f induced abor tions in Oregon in 1983 was 12,064. Two-thirds o f the total number of abortions performed in Oregon were in Multnomah Côunty. "W om en in other parts o f the state do not have access to abortion," Rohlffs added. Non-white women comprise 7.7 per cent of the total which is up from 4.8 percent in 1980. R ohlff said that covert and overt legislation is threatening the right to have an abortion. In 1986 a ballot measure will appear asking voters to prohibit state funding for abortion. Since 1978, when federal funding was stopped, Oregon was among 14 states that paid for abor tions out o f state monies. “ We are facing our toughest bat tle," Rohlffs added. “ People may be pro-choice, but paying for it is a d if ferent m atter." Politically, North and Northeast Portland are represented by an anti- abortionist in the Senate. Sen. Bill McCoy, and pro-choice in the House, Rep. Margaret Carter. " I don't want to support any legis lation that tells women what to do with their bodies. No one has that right,” Carter said. Senator McCoy refused to return phone calls to record his stand on this issue. Rohlffs said the majority o f right- to-lifers project a conservative, relig ious view, “ Because of their inability to get a constitutional amendment prohibiting abortion, they are attack ing many vulnerable aspects o f abor tion, such as minor rights, funding and individual confrontations with women at abortion clinics,” she added. Shirley Chisolm, who first led the fight for abortion on the national level, wrote in 1971, " Is abortion right? M y beliefs and experience have led me to conclude that the wisest public policy is to place the responsi bility for that decision on the indi vidual." Atiyeh declares March social work month Gov. Vic Atiyeh has proclaimed March as "Professional Social W ork M o nth .” By doing this the first time in Oregon, Atiyeh follows a precedent set by President Ronald Reagan who proclaimed National Social W ork M onth. March 22. 1984. "Social workers perform a vital service helping people and their fam ilies cope with and overcome debili tating problems," Gov. Atiyeh said in issuing the proclamation. M artha Lemke, president o f the Oregon Chapter o f the National As sociation o f Social Workers, an nounced the association's campaign to educate the community about the many problems workers face daily and how these problems affect the family. The campaign "W o rk is a Family A ffa ir” is being carried out by the 9(X) member Oregon Chapter in conjunction with nearly 100,000 other N A S W members nationwide. Lemke noted many workers have personal problems (hat interfere with their work and others suffer from job stress causing problems at home. According to statistics, fifty percent ol production problems are caused by workers confronting difficulties such as day care or marital problems. And there is strong evidence job stress con tributes to health problems such as heart disease. "T hat stress robs em ployers o f productive workers and creates new problems at home,” Lemke said, l-emke also introduced John Milnes of Salem, Michael Stoops o f Portland and Esther Kelly Watson o f Portland, recipients o f awards from the Oregon Chapter N A S W . All were on hand for the Governor's ceremony. John B. Milnes, a Salem registered clinical social worker, was selected "Social Worker o f the Year" for his role in legislation (hat gives in surance reimbursement to social work ers. The law, passed in 1981, gave employees the option to use their health insurance benefits to cover mental health treatment by qualified social workers. Milnes was formerly a unit Citizens Utility Board csmpalgnar. Eric Stachon (laftl. posas with soma of tha interim CUB board members appointed by the governor. (L-r) Gala Corson. Nita Bruggaman. Mika Roach and George Starr read telag ram a from tha Wisconsin and Illinois CUBs congratulating them on their victory. Draaasd in tha CUB suit Is Bob Jenks. (Photo: Richard J. Brown) director o f the Oregon State Hospital Alcohol and Drug treatment program. He now treats workers and their fam ilies in his private practice in south east Salem. Michael A . Stoops was made " C iti zen of the Year” in recognition o f his work with the poor on Portland's Skid Road. Stoops has gained state wide acclaim as advocate for the homeless. He is chairman o f the board o f Burnside Community Coun cil and directs Baloney Joe’s, a drop- in center on Burnside that serves meals donated by area churches. City Council to vote on sister city measure by Robert Lothian The Portland-Corinto sister city project raised $300 for school sup plies for children in Corinto, Nica ragua, at a dinner Feb. 27. An additional two large boxes with about $100 worth o f paper, penáis, pens, crayons and other supplies were also gathered at the event. Spokesperson David Ijndor, a pa thologist at Oregon Health Sciences University, said the supplies will be sent down with Portlanders visiting Corinto this spring. Lindor said the dinner was a kick o ff for a campaign to raise awareness o f Corinto and to convince the dty coundl to approve Nicaragua’s major port as Portland's next sister dty. A week o f activities will culminate in a dty coundl vole April 10th. City coundl member M ike Lind berg, who is heading the sister city campaign, said adopting Corinto is a way to support Nicaraguans in their efforts to end the war with CIA-backed contras. "Getting the d ty coundl to pass the sister d ty resolution is one of the main things we can do to help our brothers and sisters," he said. Diane Hess, Central America direc tor for the American Friends Service Committee in Portland, said schools in Corinto are operating with three shifts and students are short such basic supplies as pencils. Also, there are no maps, “ an absurd situation for people in a country so much in the center o f world events," she said. Lindor said the Corinto project has approached the Portland Asso ciation o f Teachers and high school teachers in hopes o f generating satel lite school supply drives. “ From what we gather, they are sports enthusiasts o f the most exuber ant kind and we want to get some athletic supplies down there, too,” he said. Lindor said future goals include bringing teachers and students from Corinto to Portland. "B y April 10, we want to go to the d ty coundl and say, 'W e don't want a handout, we want help with what we are already doing’ ," Lindor said. Local businesses have already helped by donating food for the kick-off dinner, he said. I • - UJ ■ ■ Tuesday, March 26th, 1985 N O O N -6;30P M V) i KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAFETORIUM 4906N.E.6TH ------------------------------ PARTICIPANTS:--------------------------------- o IxU s Oregon Department of Transportation Executive Department, Personnel Division o r- m □o Department of Human Resources Governor’s Affirmative Action Office City of Portland CZ) CZ) U4 oc O l For Information Call 280 2600 COMPUTER OPERATOR Esther Kelly Watson, retired Port land resident and former director of Public Welfare, was given the Helen Catlin Award. The Chapter gives the award in memory ol a woman whose life was dedicated to volunteer com munity service. Since her retirement, Ms. Watson has volunteered weekly for 20 years in the Trinity Episcopal Church program for senior adults. A member of the pioneer Kelly family, Ms. Watson wrote a book on the history of Portland's Westminster Presbyterian Church, where she is a lifelong member. J li N o C M c “ ’ PARK RANGER PROGRAMMER TRAINEE HIGH In 1970, Jose Angel Gutierrez led a nationally-recognized civil rights movement that changed the direction o f a small Texas town. Crystal City. The Mexican community there, which had been left out o f decision making by the white establishment, gained control o f the school board, the city council and the county com mission o f Zavala County. Profound changes were made to benefit the local Mexican population. Dr Gutierrez has been an Oregon resident for five years. He teaches political science at Western Oregon Slate College in Monmouth, and he is director o f Hispanic services for United W ay in Portland. Still active in efforts to open up opportunities for Hispanic people. D r. Gutierrez has brought together Hispanic leaders and representatives from agencies that serve Hispanics for a path-breaking conference — “ The Next Half: Hispanic Strategy fot 1985 1990 " The conference will continue over three Saturdays PartiapanU will assess the needs o f Hispanic people in Ore gon and define a better life in terms of suggesting impreovements in social services, the media, government and many other areas. The first Saturday session at the Northwest Service Center on March 9th focused on human services and the media. A wealth o f statistics was provided, and it was suggested that Hispanic Affairs which toured the state recently found migrant farm workers living in conditions he de scribed as slavery. In M errill, near Klamath Falls, for instance, he said, the commission found debt peonage — Farmworkers work 10 hours a day, 365 days a year to pay o ff debts which the farmers ray they owe. "T h e grow ers insist that they (the workers) owe them money, and that's why they can't leave,'* said Gutierrez. The commission found also that near Hood River, farmworkers must pay up to $50 to get a job and then about $30 a month to keep it. It is possible that the conditions un covered by the commission will be corrected in "the next h a l f — inclu sion o f the Hispanic community in the social fabric o f the Northwest is one o f the most important issues for the next five years, said Gutierrez. Coincidental with the conference, he said, two Chicano leaders, Cesar Chavez and Henry Cisneros, are scheduled to appear in Oregon soon. Chavez, hed o f the United Farm workers Association, has called for a new grape boycott. Gutierrez an nounced at a recent meeting o f the Hispanic Student Union at PSU. Cis neros, m »/o r o f Austin, Texas, led that city in starting innovative pro grams to benefit the Hispanic com munity. He was considered as a vice- presidential running mate by Walter Mondale. Appearances by these leaders, and the conference, portend a period of increased focus on Hispanic issues in Oregon, said Guiterrez. r i i i ■ i ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN ACCOUNTING CLERK ection LOCATION: at the ROYAL ESQUIRE CLUB 17WN.E Alberta Cocktails . 6:30 p.m. S h o w .. . ,7:30 p.m. Dance with "Live Music" to Follow. WE HAVE YOUR FUTURE IN M INDI OUR GARM ENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASING! SPECIAL GIFTS TO BE GIVEN AWAY " O U O I THE SHOW" Z S in c e r e ly , O lo r e s Something for Everyone Vh I rr
