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“ Sin Fronteras’’ means without
frontiers, in Spanish.
According to Enrique Escobar,
founder and director of the Hispanic
Media Project in Portland, it also
means unlimited opportunities for
Spanish speaking people, both in the
media and in the wider community.
"Sin Fronteras" is the title of Esco­
bar's new Spanish language cable
television program.
It airs on Sundays at 9 p.m. on
Rogers channel 35 and Liberty chan­
nel 1 1. Appropriately, the show made
its debut on M ay 5th, which is Cinco
de Mayo, a Mexican holiday.
The weekly half hour program "re­
flects the reality of the Northwest
Hispanic experience." said Escobar,
with news, commentary and features.
A short feature each week, " L a
Mujer de H o y ," features local His­
panic women. " E l Jardin de Jacinto"
is about a Portland Hispanic man and
his luxuriant garden.
Escobar, 37. a certified video pro­
ducer, produced a series for the show,
“ 911 Que mas," which follows a
Spanish-speaking person through the
Back porch, whara Albarta Tata waa shot, 6101 N.E. 19th.
(Photo Kria Altacharl
Police s h o o t in n o c e n t v ic tim
were made after her death," Herndon
by l-antta Duke
G R A S S R O O T N E W S , N .W . —
Calling the death o f Mrs, Alberta
Tate "needless," Ronnie Herndon,
co-chair of the Black United Front,
said the implementation of police
procedure created more questions
than answers
The questim
listed below were
publicly asked by Herndon in a Tues­
day morning press conference at the
King Neighborhood Facility:
W hy were officers in the back of
the house given authority to shoot
when it was pitch dark at that loca­
tion?
W hat time was M r. Graves shot?
W hat was the rank of the officer
who gave the order to shoot?
Were attempts made to involve
medical professionals who had treat­
ed M r. Oraves?
Were policy and procedural changes
made after the death of M yrna Carl­
ton in a similar incident in 1981?
“ These and several other ques­
tions need to be answered. This is of
particular interest to the Black com-
muinity because we have had more
people killed by police in the last three
months than we have had during the
last ten years,” Herndon added.
H e refused to address whether
the Graves had racial overtones.
“ M rs. Carlson was white and in 1983
during a domestic disturbance her
dog barked while police officers were
deploying
themselves
outside,"
Herndon explained.
" H e r husband shot up into the
air to quiet the dogs. When Mrs.
Carlson came downstairs, a police
officer was running between two
points of cover and shot her. That in­
cident goes beyond race The question
is, what procedural changes, if any.
added.
He felt the officers in strategic
positions during the Graves incident
were not trained or equipped to han­
dle a hostage ordeal. "T he police did
not have any nights«.opes or any back­
up lights. How was the officer in the
back able to determine who was
coming through the back door?”
Herndon felt the delay in deploy­
ment of the police special response
team proved deadly for Mrs. Tate,
" It took them hours to locate and as­
semble their personnel,” he said.
Herndon called a community meet­
ing Wednesday, July 10, with M ayor
Bud Clark. However, he was unsure
if Clark would attend. " H e ran on a
ticket o f being involved with neigh­
borhoods. Since every precinct in
this area went for Clark, I would hope
he would come out and meet directly
with citizens," Herndon added.
Responding to a reporter question­
ing if Northeast Portland had be­
come a dumping ground for mentally
impaired adults, Herndon said, " It
was a common city problem. A policy
change in the mental health field
returned some patients to the com­
munity without a structure to accom­
modate their needs
"Since they are walking up and
down the street, 1 would hope that
th ' police would come up with poll
cíes and procedures to handle them in
a humane way,” Herndon stated.
Also, Herndon disagreed with
Mayor C lark’s aide who said the
police exhibited restraint during the
seige. “ As far as M n . Tate is con­
cerned. I disagree.”
Sources close to the BUF said they
were contemplating whether to ask
for a national, blue ribbon panel to
review Portland Police procedures.
emergency response network.
"W hat is the Hispanic experience
through the 911 system? 1 will identi­
fy reality and possible alternatives,"
said Escobar
Spanish-speaking people need mes­
sages that aren't diluted by culturally
insensitive Anglo broadcasting, yet
few Hispanics work in the local media,
Escobar said
The Hispanic Media Project helps
to correct that situation by offering
the training and moral support that
Spanish speaking people need to get
jobs in the media, he said.
In a little over a year, said Escobar,
the volunteer organization has grown
to a membership of 30 television pro­
ducers, technicians, students and
employees of local media outlets.
“ Sin Fronteras" is bong pro­
duced with the help of Hispanic
Media Project volunteers who are
learning how to produce television
programs, according to Escobar.
Other volunteers from the Hispanic
Media Project have helped produce
rock videos, political specials and
commercials, he said.
" W e ’re creating the stage from
which our stars will develop," said
Escobar.
Several Spanish-speaking future
stars are getting their start at KBOO
Community Radio, 90.7 F M . The
listener-supported station recently in­
creased its Spanish language program
ming to 7 Vi hours, (he highest amount
of any local radio or television station.
Music and news for Spanish­
speaking people can be heard on
KBOO Monday through Thursday,
from 5 - 6 p.m ., and Sunday, 1:30 - 5
p.m. K B O O program director Bill
Wax says request lines light up during
the shows, attesting to their popular
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(crest to migrant farmworkers as they
work in the fields
Escobar is the son o f a migrant
farmworker who worked his way up
through the A ir Force to become an
air traffic controller. He lost his con­
troller job when the Reagan Adm in­
istration ended the air traffic control­
lers’ union.
Escobar said the survival skills he
learned while growing up in a M exi­
can neighborhood in San Diego arc
helping him in his efforts to open up
the
media
to
Spanish-speaking
people.
Spanish cable programming has
been won through “ hard bargaining"
and sometimes pressure from Ore­
gon’s Hispanic leaders, according to
Escobar. " I t ’s been a rough road,”
he said.
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An example o f what Hispanic
broadcasters are up against is the re­
cent attempt by a local cable network
to eliminate Spanish International
Network programming Another lo­
cal cable company resisted his efforts
to broadcast "Sin Fronteras," said
Escobar.
His work with Rogers paid o ff,
however, with an agreement that
allows the Hispanic Media Project
access to Rogers' studios and equip­
ment. K A T U television (Channel 2)
donated used news sets, he added.
Escobar speaks o f "opportunity
building" and "mega trends" when
he gets going on the subject of oppor­
tunities for Spanish-speaking people,
the state’s largest and fastest growing
minority.
"W e're not going away,” he said.
"W e're going to be more involved in
the process than you can imagine.”
"Hispanic buying power is our ace
in the hole. Our dollar influence in
America is becoming reality and the
media cannot turn their back on it
anymore."
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