Page 4, Portland Observer, October 9. 1986
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Rolieri Lawrence, hts wile Patty and their five-month old daughter Jane are one
of six families living at Urban Plaza at 10 N Russell St , in housing provided by a
new program to help the homeless
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I o ta l governments and agencies
.ire jo in in g e ffo rts to provide shelter
lor Portland's estimated 4,noil home
less, i, was announced at a press con
fercnce at I ¡than l ’ la/a last week
Spearheading the e ffo rt are P o rt­
land M ayor Bud ( lar k and M u lin o
mall ( ounty I secutise Dennis Hu
channon. I he m odel program fo r
the homeless com bines fo r the first
lim e the resources o f local govern
merits, social services and n o n-profit
organizations.
I amities are placed in decent and
sate housing away from the Burnside
area lo t up to three months Social
woikers help the families achieve self
sutliciency by helping them secure
tood, clothing, medical help, and jobs
I than I eague president Herb I aw
(home said the program stabilizes liv ­
ing conditions tor the families so they
can gel hack on their feet. W ith a se­
cure home, he said, children can attend
school and parents can look lot work
I hanks to the program , Robert
I awrence, his wile Patty and their live
mouth old daughter lane don't have to
live on the street. I hey are one o l sis
fam ilies ottered modest apartments
tree ot charge at Urban Pla/a, above
the Urban I eague offices at It) N.
Russell St A total ol 19 families, in ­
cluding .12 children. have been helped
bv the program, a combined effort of
the Urban I eague, the ( its ol Pori
land. M ultnom ah ( ounty, the llous
mg Ai thonty ot Portland and several
non ptolit agencies
“ We've watched the laces ol these
people change," said (a w th o rn e .
“ I his counts in terms ot the commun­
ity and we believe this is the way Io
deal with the problem ”
Betsy S klo o i, director ot M u ltn o ­
mah ( ounty Human Services, said the
program concentrates help for home­
less tamihes where it is needed most:
in I asi ( o m its . and Northeast and
Southeast Portland An average ot
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$525 has been spent for each family in
the program , beginning in July, she
said. " I dunk it should be emphasized
that this is not a lavish program I tie
resources are m in im a l, the results
substantial,” Sklooi said
Both Skloot and ( awthorne said
the program w ill cut long term social
service costs — "p a y now
or pay
la te r," in ( aw thorne's words He
described money spent on the program
"a n investment in human potential.”
Lawrence said he and his fa m ily
would be living on the street w ithout
the help provided by the Urban
I eague "R ight now, we would prob
ablv be down on Burnside trying to
lin d alleys and places to sleep," he
said. " O l course, you can't raise a
baby on Burnside."
I awrence came to Portland from
New York ( its three years ago, and he
has been unable to find w oik due to
the area's depressed economy I fe and
his w ile m arried a year later I lies
slept on the sheet and collected hot
lies to make a little money "W e didn't
know whether we’ d be eating today
or tom orrow ," he said.
W ith their shelter needs taken care
o f, I awrence said he can put more
energy in to I Hiding w ork, follow ing
up on the jo b leads provided by the
I Than I eague
" A beautiful organization" is how
he described the Urban 1 eague.
"W ords cannot describe what they’ve
done to r us since we've been here
Hies opened their doors, then hands,
llx-v said, 'Welcome' ”
Building on the success ol the model
program , a co a litio n o f agencies in ­
cluding Portland Action Committee
together. Neighborhood House,
N o rth C om m unity A ction C ouncil,
In e n d ly House and the M ultnom ah
County ( om nium iv Action Agency,
have com m itted to providing a com
b in a tion o f shelter and supportive
services looser 2nd tamihes
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Advancement of Colored People
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A Public Service ot the
Portland O b tervrr
The Royal Esquire Club's
Community Service Statement
by A.D.S.
Volume XI
Royal I squire Club Red Card Holders, thank you! for a
very supportive weekend, thank you for all the food you
bought. It was gixxl, wasn’t if?
I hank yon for partying w ith your friends al the club! It
was fun, wasn't it?
I hank you for dancing to the music o f one o f the best
bands in low n! It was exciting, wasn't it?
I hank vou fo r helping to b uild (he best Black club in
town! It makes vou fed proud, doesn’t it?
Watch for our I V. presentation. Come to the Royal Es­
quire ( Tub to find out how you eat) become a Red Card holder
and get involved with helping your fellow neighbors — and
have bin at the same time!
MRS.C’s
WIGS
IFCC Theatre presents Division S tre et Robin Wollman (left) as "Nadja' and
Steve Lee (right) as Betty
(Photo Cary Groner)
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Division Street
at IFCC
bv Kulten I nihiun
streets with a shopping bag and a wig
disguised as an old man so women
won't make demands on him H isw ite
left him . and lie's paranoid o l o r ­
gasms
" I lie women’ s movement wrecked
the movement w ith orgasm s," the
crazed Roger tells ( tins " G o d , it I
liad an ixgasm I'd give it to them "
Roger tells ( bus that the Iron! page
picture was to turn a civ in the wilder
ness reminding turn ot their planned
ten year reunion
" th e days o f
vom it " Roger threatens suicide it
( tins won't let him tom tfie new move-
i lien I lie l liink s ( tins is leading
I hen along comes Roger’ s es wile,
a 19 veal old hooker named Nadia
(Rohm Woohnan). who describes her
self as "n o t a prostitute but a slut I
do it as a p o litica l sta te m e n t," site
savs Nadia tails toi ( tins .»Iter read
mg some ol Ins old speeches, which he
just happens to keep bands in a box in
Ins hv mg rixm i
Ihc (xxir lost ones all lix>k to Chris
for some kind ot leadership in " th e
second movement ot the great Amen
can svmphonv " They are only eight,
and thev tiave their problems, but still
u's a start, dies say.
The p la y’ s resolution might seem
overly optimistic in I his dark age ot the
Reagan right Bui "D ivision Street" is
a shot in die arm tor those wondering,
"W tin turned the lights out ?” W uh a
lew laughs, a tew teats, like the Amei
ica that should be, diere is something
lot eversone " As long as die world ot
our vision is better than the world we
live in , " says (T in s, "th e n we w ill
follow our vision "
"D ivision Street." the season open­
er at the Interstate I irehousc (u ltu ra l
( enter, is a plav toi die lew die bards
wtm haven't yet bought into the "Rea
gan Revolution.”
W ritten in 19X0 bv Yugoslavian
im m igrant Steve 1 esich, directed bv
Malta Beth I ipp and p io d uccd ^» | (
Gary O 'B rie n , " D iv is io n S ited
resurrects the American dream ot the
melting m ixing pot, which has been
steamrolleil over bs the new right, and
it does it in a tunny, laicical wav II
Jesse Jackson's rainbow dream to i
torgollen Americans could lx- diama
ti/e d , than a plav like "D iv is io n
Sheet" might result
I lie plav opens with ( hris (Steven
( laik Pachosaj. an es tadical leader
from the 60s, laving low in a dingy
apartment on Chicago's Division St
He's trying to lorget Ins radical past
and get awav from Ins wile while pie
(taring tor a job as an insurance man
A bad dinner ol cabbage rolls in an
I ast I uropean restaurant, liowevei.
sets in m otion a chain ot ridiculous
events dial upsets ( tins' yuppie plans
and causes him to rethink his values
While throwing up hi the gullet out
side the restaurant, ( tins lias his pic
tine snapped by a passing news pho
lographer As in die old days, but tins
time under d iffe re n t circumstances,
his lace ends up plastered over the
trout pages once again.
Sixin the restaurant owner, Yovan
((iarv Bricknei Schulz). hangs oil
( tins' d ix it demanding an "appel-
ogey,” an apology, for besmirching his
restaurant's reputation, and threaten
mg to kill ( hns d he doesn't get it
Yosan has problems
his w ile
died, taking all the recipes with het He
tries, but can't make it " I am so un­
h a p p y ," he says " I lose America
and America no love me."
( hn s’ Black landlady. Mrs Bru
chmski ( Julianne P. Johnson), isn't
too happy, either. She's a quadruple
m inority Black, Polish, a woman
and a senior. Raised by Polish im m i­
grants, she sings "W e Shall O ver­
com e" m a Polish accent I he dream
ol M artin I uthei King keeps het go­
ing. " I ime to march on W ashington
and make dream come true a g a in ,"
she tells the cynical ( hris.
Yosan leaves through the window
and shoots a lew holes in (T in s' I
Bird. Responding to the noise, Betlv
(Steve I eel the Black transsexual cop
on the beat, recognizes ( hris Irom
(hen radical days together. It turns out
that Hetty was once the ferocious
Black revolutionary "bom ber K el­
logg," but had a sex change to join the
radical wing o f NOW , which is where
the action was in the 7(K. “ Sister, I was
many things once," Betty tells Mrs B
( hris' headache is getting worse
wtx-n his old radical buddy Roger (Jay
Randall) shows up Roger walks the
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