Portland Observer September 18, 1986, Page 3
A photographer's journal o f Nicaragua
Security Storm Doors
"Keep out
the cold ...
and the crooks!"
R ichard J. ttro w n . p h o to g ra p h e r
f o r the P o rtla n d O b s e rv e r, spent
seven weeks in \ic a ra g u a learning
about and meeting its people. His
photographs w ill appear here as a
weekly feature.
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Each door is a
D & ' 11 ’ '
■ STORM DOOR
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T h ro u g h o u t N ic a ra g u a I s a w w o
meri being accepted as full partici
p an ts in th e R e v o lu tio n W o m e n
are seen e v e r y w h e r e w o r k in g
a lo n g s id e th e m e n an d g e ttin g
equal pay For those w o m e n w ith
ch ild ren, child care is m ade avail
able freeing th em to hold jobs
At LaColonia S tate Farm , th e w o
m e n w h o p re p a re th e m e a ls fo r
th e w o rk e rs also are a llo w e d to
feed their fam ilies w h e n the w o rk
ers eat The result being they don't
have to co o k all day and th e n go
hom e and cook
(Photo Richard J B row n)
Biot Neighborhood Development
Association information release
The I-hot Neighborhood Develop
ment Association (IN D A ) is having a
verv important meeting in September.
On M onday, September 23, 1985,
l-NDA will hold its A nnual General
Membership Meeting. Al this meeting
we will be voting on amended Bylaws
and electing our Board of Directors.
Additionally, Dean Apostle of Rose
tS tv Self Help H ousing will present
a program which offers home owner
ship opportunities to low income fam
ilies. I he meeting will be al 7 p in. in
the recreation room of Unthank Plaza.
2500 N. W illiams Avenue, Portland.
In the election of the Board of Di
rectors, n o m inations will be tfiken
from the tloor. There are 20 positions
to fill: 10 one-veat term positions and
ten two sear term positions Any sot
mg member ot I NDA is qualified to
run for the Board ot Directors \nv
person who lives, owns projxTty, has a
business license o, icpeseiits a non
protit organization within the I hot
boundaries can be a voting member of
IN D A . The boundaries of f hot are
NI I rernont on the north. NI Broad
wav on the south. NI "’th Avenue on
the east, and the W illmelle River on
tlie west
Copies of the proposed amended
bylaws are available at the N T Neigh
borhood’s O ffice at 4815 N T 7th
Avenue for anyone who would like to
ievlew them before the meeting
Tor m ore inform atio n please call
Susan at 282 HsW or Mars at 281 5994
N ate Davis. Vice President (center) speaking for tbe
O reg o n C o u n c il fo r S en io r C itizen s w h ic h o p p o sed
tbe sales tax co n trary to a s ta tem en t signed by Jack
Barnes for the C ouncil in the Voters P am ph let This
s ta te m e n t is th e basis for a la w s u it b ro ug h t ag ain st
Barnes and representatives of the pro sales tax group
Mcliopohtnii I lie I ouudation has
announced the creation ol a $ 2 ' mil
lion social investm ent p ro g ram to
make program related investments hi
projects which stim ulate com m unity
rev ita lilzatio n . econom ic develop
menl. innovative health related aclivi
ties and entrepreneuri.il and manage
menl giow th in n onprofit orgam za
nons.
Program related investments com
bine the social objectives ol a grant
with the financial discipline ol an in
vestm ent prem ised on m arket rale
return Investm ents m the form s ol
lisins, loan guaiantees or equity will lx‘
made in p n x ’icts that address sigmti
cant social needs but involve higher
risk or lowei than normal investment
cnleria would leqiiue
" I n todav ’s econom ic clim ate ot
chunking government funds and grow
mg d em ands on ph ilan tIn o p ic dot
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AND SHAVING NEEDS
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with deadbolt locks from
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SENIOR
DISCOUNTS
If you ve bad your car tor ’ 5 years it is officially an
a n tiq u e and q u alities fo r special license plates
Metropolitan Life Foundation creates $25
million social investment program fund
People for a Better O regon C om plainants in the legal
action are political action co m m itte es opposed to tbe
sales ta x in c lu d in g C o n s u m e rs O p p o s e d to S ale s
Tax and C itizens for Fair Taxes in the Portland area
(Photo Richard J Brow n)
ANNIVERSARY SALE
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lars," said Sibyl Jacobson, president.
Metropolitan I ite I ouudation, " p ro
gram related investments present a
creative way to stretch limited re
sources since repaid monies can lx- re
cycled into other projec ts."
P rogram related investm ents can
also attract a d d itio n a l loan m onies
from tunding sources not usually avail
able to nonprofits, thereby opening up
new sources ol capital lor mans proj
eels previously considered unbank
able In addition, the Imancial disci
pline necessary to develop a successlul
investment proposal often strengthens
the managerial and liscal capacity ot
the recipient o rganization, a benefit
that will remain long attei the invest
merit is repaid
\s esamples ol the types ot loans
that might be m ade, Ms laco b so n
cited three recent investm ents \ $4
million loan to Neighbor lux si Housing
Services ol America will help local
N ils organi/alons in cities across the
country make loans to hom eow ners
who could not otherwise obtain liii.in
mg lot needed home repairs.
An ad d itio n al $200.(8)0 loan will
enable N eighborhood Housing Sets
ices ot America to level age a $25 mil
lion m aster com m itm ent Iron» the
I eder.il National Mortgage t orpora
lion (I .mine Mae) to purchase loans
tor .ipartmeiit building improvements.
I lx- Inundation has also made a $1
million loan to the 1 nterprise I ounda
non, a nonprofit organization which
works with neighborhood grout's in
ovei 15 dill’s to provide low cost lions
mg and other services tor the very
poor.
Investments will be considered pri
m anly lor n o n p ro fit organizations.
I he fo u n d atio n is seeking orgam za
lions with a record ot achicvmerit and
the potential lor growth that use inno
vative financing techniques to address
emerging problems hi our society or to
tackle old problems in new wavs
Special consideration will be given
to communities in which Metropolitan
has a m ajo r presence and to those
program s that aie national in scope
lo t additional intorm alion about
this foundation program, please write
to Mats Mountcastle. Director, Sixial
Investm ent P rogram . M etropolitan
I ite fo u n d atio n . One Madison Ave
lin e. New York, N T 1(1010.
KBOO to air inquest
docum entary on Tuesday
MX x i (Mi ' | M), Pntilaml’s liMcnrr-
spousoicd com m unilv rad io station
will an a radio ilivumentary on the in
will air a radio documentary on the in
quest into the death ol I lovd Steven
w ith a eh,o.ide,isi I udav, Sept 24 at
9 *1,1 ni Stevenson died from the ap
plication o | a police cat olid or sleeper
hold Mthough the Stevenson inquest
in Mas returned a verdiv ol "cnmmal
negligent
a suhsequ nt grand |urv
declined to return indictments against
the police ol fleets invoiced I here is
still confusion about the April 21st
death which prom pted outrage in the
Black community, hu police morale,
and led to a revew <»• police use of
tone.
I lie three day public inquest in May
was aired live hv KIU M ) I M and cable
television. It was accom panied by in
tensive media overage and public in
tcTcst Hut despite the volume of cov
erage, the conflicting storeies and es
planations ol the inquest have, until
now, never been sorted out and pre
sented. The d o cu m en tary Inquest
utilizes portions ol the three days of
testimony, recordings ol police radio
transm issions, and calls to the em er
gency 9 1 1 number to present a com
plete account of the most thorough
public airing we may ever he.ir on the
Stevenson death.
The p ro g ram was produced by
KBOO In fo rm a tio n D irector Russ
Reynolds, who anchored KBfXJ's live
broadcast ol the inquest and telephone
call in segments
KBOO IM (90.7) is a listener
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which presents a 24 hour schedule of
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