Page 8, Portland Observer, August 28, 1985
Change a kid's life
The N o rth P ortla nd Y o u th Service
C e n te r is c u rre n tly seeking v o lu n
teers to participate in its Big B rother/
B ig S iste r p ro g ra m . T h e p ro g ra m
needs people w ho like kids and w ho
have a few e xtra h o u rs per week to
share w ith a young friend. These kids
are lonely, many come fro m troubled
backgrounds, and they need the com
p a n io n s h ip , g u id a n ce and f r ie n d
ship o f a m ature a d u lt. Big B rothers
and Big Sisters take their partners on
outings, they ride bikes, they go to the
zoo, and they spend a quiet evening
together w a tch in g T V . W'hat ts most
im p o rta n t to the c h ild , ho w e ver, is
th a t he o r she has som eone special
who listens and who cares.
The Big B ro th e rs /B ig Sisters p ro
gram does not take to o m uch tim e ,
ju s t a few h o u rs per w eek. V o lu n
teers are m atche d w ith c h ild re n ac
cord in g to interest areas and general
co m p a ta h ility and o rie n ta tio n to the
pro gra m and o n g o in g su p p o rt serv
ices are also provided.
T o find out more about becoming a
Big Brother or Big Sister, contact E li
n o r G w y n n at the N o r th P o rtla n d
Youth Service Center, 285-0627.
CAAP seeks board members
The C o m m u n ity A ctio n Agency o f
P o rtla n d (C A A P ) provides p lan nin g
and con tra cting services fo r a p p ro x i
m ately $5 m illio n in poverty services
f ix the P ortland area Services include
pro gra m s in the areas o f em ergency
shelter fo r the homeless, helping w ith
energy co sts, p r o v id in g h e a lth and
dental care, p ro v id in g fo o d , clothing
and h o u s in g , and h e lp in g pe op le
fin d ¡oh*
The C A A P Board is com prised o f
equal representation fro m the private
sector, the lix a l low-incom e c o m m u n
ity and elected officia ls. T he agency is
curre ntly seeking candidates fo r seats
representing the p rivate sector (b u s i
ness. in d u s try , la b o r, re lig io u s, etc.)
and the low-incom e com m unity.
I o request an a p p lica tio n fo r can
didacy please call 295-6790.
Y-lndian Guide Program starting
(Photo Richard J Brown!
PAO UfTA GARATEA
Summer vacation becomes
a lesson in learning
by Nathaniel N u l l
••M y p o litica l activism in Portland
is centered around anti-apartheid,
said Paquita Garatea, who recently
returned fro m a visit to I uskadt.
Fuskadt- or the Basque Provinces,
xs it is com m o nly called consr is ol
seven provinces: fo u r in NiJTthern
Spain and three in Southern I lance
Hie provinces sit in the Pyreneese
m ountains bordering I rance and
Spain and stretching fro m the Has ol
Biscay to the G u lf o l I yons.
(.«aratea's grandparents h o rn bom
sides o f the fa m ily tree m igrated to
this country between 1915 and 1921)
They settled in the Boise, Idaho area
and later some fa m ily members
moved to I astetn Oregon.
Garatea had never been to the
"Basque c o u n try " and this summer
while taking a break fro m Portland
Suite U niversity (PSU ), she went there
to visit relatives and Iricnds.
In some respects, the (seople ot
F.uvkadi arc like Black* in South
A frica : Ihev ate lig h tin g lo r their in
itcpendcise Garatea said, " I t was
and M ill is taxation w ithout reprrsen
tat io n ." Garatea said the suppression
o f human tights in I uskadi became
especially oppressive during the reign
o f Gernal Francisco Franco who
ruled Spam fo r over 40 vears
When Garatea stepped o tt the
plane in the "B asque country, she
said she was greeted by "G u a rd ia n
a v il” —soldiers wielding
machiiu
guns
The history o l the "Basque people
is o r a l." Garatea said, adding " ( h it
hisurry has been lo s t."
Yet gome things remain the same
"IT ie language, which I ranee tried
to d e s tro y ," G atatea said, “ remains
the most distinct language which is
not liu lo I u ro p c a n ." li.u a te a added
that the language has not been linked
to any other language in the wm Id
"1 stayed in a fishing village o l
15,000 people. It was called O nd atto a
and the village supplied all o l Spam
w ith fis h ," she said " I stayed w ith
my m aternal grandm other
But even in a place where one
w ould expect serenity to be blue skies
and swells o l w a in fro m which
fishing nets were hauled, violence
stru ck.
Garatea spent 21 day* in "T h e
Basque co u n try” and went to seven
dem onstrations. One dem onstration,
w hich drew 13,000 protesters, was in
response to the government s cuttiue
social security and heeling up the
m ilitate
I he other dem onstration.
ad ult and ch ild alike.
The p a rc n t/c h ild p a ir is the basic
u n it, o f w h ich six to nine units make
up a trib e These sm all groups meet
tw ic e a m o n th in the evenings and
which lasted seven days, was in
r-
nice to the police abducting three
men in the middle ol the night.
•We demonstrated every day until
they were set free.” she said. Ih e
m en, me ol whom was a cousin o l
( i.it.ile a 's, were tortured lo r seven
d .r
about a government outlawed
, , o „p ,a ile d I I A
I here are two tactions lo F I A ,
/ ns kadi In .trirw tf/asuzrw — which
Basque
and arm s—and
I uskadi
hi
XsAa/uzurw—which
i ai Basque and freedom , she said.
Ih form er is the more m ilitant o f
the two.
"W ith o u t
pressure
fro m
the
im m t faction o f I I A there would
l~ no cultural freedom n o w ," she
..ml. adding, "n ow there are grade
iool
that
teach
the Basque
language, more cooperatives and
and sou can Ils the Ik iin n a
the Basque fla g ."
G uiaica believes the situation in the
B .
provinces is m ore like
I t ,. nd' situation M id sim ilar to the
IK \ , she said, " I I A IS not going to
up until the seven provinces are
" She added that I FA has a
w hich ays, " A r ^ ' i u t r — Hal II
means the seven are one
( i alea is a historv m ajor at PSU
and I k intends Io d o a p o rtion ot her
work m the "Basque
«.omitís " \ single patent w ith an
ih t v ear-old son, lonas, she has
l'oeii acuse with I ’S C ’s Students
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\p a tth e id .
Portlanders
11: iin /e d lo i S outhern A fr ic a n Free
d o m and was student bods president
ai | atte ( om m u nity ( ollegc m
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n
sl
la
d u rin g academ ic sear
take part in occasional Saturday and
w e e ke n d o u tin g s . E a ch c h ild is
b ro u g h t in to a d iffe re n t and closer
r e la tio n s h ip w ith h is /h e r p a re n t.
T o c h ie v e th is s tro n g e r r e la t io n
ship Y - ln d ia n G u id e p ro g ra m s are
designed to th a t "s p e c ia l t im e " can
be spent between p a ren t and c h ild ,
le a rn ik n g a b o u t each o th e r, having
fu n to g e th e r and e s ta b lis h in g re la
tionships that w ill last a life tim e .
Cost is $35.00 fo r nine m onths o f
lu n , sha rin g, le arn ing and to g e th e r
ness. R e g istra tio n starts September
15th at the N o rth e a s t Y M C A . F or
m ore in fo rm a tio n call 281-1169
Hold beginning business workshop
The Small Business A d m in istra tio n
(S B A ) w ith the Service C o rps ot Re
tire d I x c c u liv e s (S C O R F ), A c tiv e
Corps o l I xcculives (AC F) and Port
land C h a m b e r o f C o m m e rce arc
s p o n s o rin g a b e g in n in g business
w orkshop on Thursday, September 5.
1985. T he w o rk s h o p w ill ru n fr o m
9 a.m . t o 4:45 p m
The w o rk s h o p w ill fea tu re re p re
sentatives fro m S t O K I and A t 1
A ll speakers have a w o rk in g k n o w l
edge o f small business
The subjects covered w ill be m ar
keiing and pro m otio n, recordkeeping.
m oney m a n a g e m e n t, success and
la ilu rc (a cto rs, pros and cons o f in
corporating, and SBA programs Free
management aids w ill be d istrib u te d
and a film w ill he shown, if tim e per
mits. I here may he tim e fo r questions
and answers.
The September 5 w orkshop w ill be
held at the W illa m e tte C e n te r, 121
Salmon Street, Conference Rooms A
and B, P o rtla n d , O regon There is a
$1 0.00 lee, pre re g is tra tio n is r e
quited For in fo rm a tio n and registra
non. call SBA at 221-2682.
1982-
Garatea was also research assis-
for I ’Sl \ A fr ic a n A rt exhibit
last spring
W ilc living in I ugene, Garatea
i uve with the 1 ugene C ouncil
i I Inm an Rights in I atm Am erica,
ic
nosing to I ugene, she was a
o l f lin ka ri Basque I lancers
o t Boise, Idaho for ten sears.
I I
iruggle is tor all people. I he
oniiiHh and w ill continue
and we must u n ite ." she said
M dtew Salkes, the celebrated
i nhoi |voi’t wrote
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the
poem
keeps hauling in thick. slaw
rope,
kind vZic must hind Ihe long
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