Page 4, Portland Observer, October 30, 1905
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Welcomes you. Come In
and let us
Statewide
conference
on homeless
A growing problem in Oregon is the
plight of the homeless person and for
the first tune, providers, concerned
citizens, governm ent o ffic ia ls and
homeless people will gather together to
explore the related concerns and is
sues.
A ( ontcrcucc on Homelessness
with Robert M Hayes, Stall Attorney
and founder ol National Coalition for
the Homeless w ill be held Thursday,
Nov 7 from N h) a m to 4 tl) p in at
the f irst I tilled M ethodist ( hurch,
IX1X S.AA le tfe rso n S t.. P ortla n d
and at 7:10 p m at the ( c t ilia l Pies
bvtcria n ( h u tch , 1475 le r tv St ,
I ugene
I lie conference is sponsored by
( (immunity Ministries ( oinmission ol
I iu m c tiu .il Ministries of Oregon and
more Ilian 50 other local organizations
and stale wide agencies involved and
concerned with the s|x\ial needs ol the
homeless person in the State ol
( fiegou
Relax You!
W e have the latest trends,
styles and cuts to suit your
P o tlla iid M a v o t Bud ( la tk w ill ad
Heidi D urrnw (second frtwn right, front row) was among the
86 that attended the presentation D urrow also spent tw o
weeks in Nicaragua last summer
(P h o to R ic h a rd J B ro w n )
ices ih c P o iila u d c o n fe re n c e a lo n g
w ith t e riira l ( iiv ( o iic e rn D ir e c to r .
D o n a ld ( la rk . K u s im k n tis e y . Presi
deni o l I iu m e n ii.il M u lte itie s o l ( he
Witness for Peace reunion
ce ll. I an D vM a slct o l B utlisidc P lo t
e. t . ( i . iiv
I lie IMS' Oregon Nicaragua \5 it
iicss lot Peace delegation got together
to i a reunion and slide show al Si.
Andrew C o m m u n ity C enter Satur
day night.
I lie delegates, including P ortland
Observer photo g ra p h e r Richard
Brown, showed slides and told ol then
experiences while volunteering on a
coffee farm in the wai /one.
M any o f the c o lo r slides were
Blow n's He related his experience in
the town ot Blucfields on the Atlantic
Coast. where most o f the population
is Black
Witness lo t Peace, an inter
den o m in a tio n a l religious o tg a m /a
'io n , form ed in I9K1 alter an attack
hs the ( |A hacked co u nterrevolu
nonaries know n as contras on the
Nicaraguan village of lalapa I he oi
gani/ation lias sent 12m witnesses into
the wai /ones to witness atrocities and
act as a moral counterweight to contra
activities
I he ( tiegon delegates came from as
tai awav as I ugene and A sto ria lo t
tlx- reunion. I lies included teachers, a
tanner, students, a poet, and a pho
tographer. tanging in age fro m 50
down to 17 I lies were Hispanic. Na
live American. Black, Asian American
and while
“ We went to document the atmei
ties m Nicaragua and to wage peace."
said ka lliv Smith ot Portland Smith
said the witnesses came closet to the
war wfieri contras came w ithin three
miles ot the I rneslo Acuna c o lle e
cooperative A ll w o ik slopped to i
three days and the delegates waited
tensely near a bomb sheltet and lis
lened to the sounds ot fighting I iuk
ily , the < ontras were to u g h ! o tl as
lliev had been in a I9X4 attack, and no
one al the cooperative »as h in t, she
said
B low n sard lie wax impressed by
young boss barely able to hold up a
id le who took on responsibilils tot
detending the tarn,
I upe Q uinn, a teacher's aide trout
I ugene, said that older childien cat
ried the younger c h ild ie n to bom b
shelters as pail ot a defensive plan m
which all farm residents had a task
Although no one was h u ll, the attack
slowed down production and look a
psychological to ll, aid Q uinn " I he
people there have to live with it every
da y," she said
Biown described Bluetields as a pic
liiicsquc t anbbean lis iin i
com uiuu
I e g is la tiv e
< oinm ission o l I , umentval M in is
itv w h it e " a l l the a c tiv ity lakes place
itic c o l ( t o
a ro u n d tlte d ix k
tlo o d v , in n o t H a rt lev < o u iil v . k a t
"Il I .lin e d ev c iv da v . ' he said
in
o n . A liilte v H u t l b u i i . a
IIru n d e i h a w k , West W o m e n ’ s
" O re g o n 's got n o th in ' on B luetield
H o te l D ir e c to r ; la tlic e A dam s, M is
Manv if Bi *
expressive laces ot c h ild ie n " I In kub
don't li.iv e big I ad n 's to can v on then
shoulders, so lliev 'd sit a r o u n d the
tadio station," he said
su m O u tre a c h o t f u s t P re s b y te ria n
B lo w n sa id th a t w h e n ih c t c iiv
i tu
that was to can v lu in b.u k
lal was d e sllo ve d hv i ontras. Ik
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I 'oi i la n d . I i a n k S h ie ld .
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S iiiin v w id c
Sc'tlc ll c ic'
f a m ily S h e lte r; r o m
SI \ Illc c III dc P a u l So
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; Rick Bat
o n S ta le R e p re s e n ta tiv e ,
s .(i,n s c' , ' v . I ) n c, i oi o l M e n ta l
H e a lth Assn . Petet P a u lso n . D ite c to i
on to r sevetal davs w ith a lobstet li h
o l N o rth w e st p ilo t P ro te ct. M a ts Dad
me I at i ulx o n an island
die. I ’ t i idi t o l V olunteer v ol Amei
ic.i At » !i.i S :..i'|' . Bu, node ( out
Rc tu t n in e ;. M a n a , u a . B i . >» i
tended ilk sisih a n n iv e t -aiv I N u .i
rag u a 's lev o lu t io n
with 5i t . > it i , \
c ite d
S ic at a g n a il'
I was
o ve t
whelmed.” he said
“ I d id n 't see ansbixiv holding guns
on ix 'o p le and m ä k iin them lav, u n i
tr u ly Io w lia l we Iteai ah o n i ilk X</ri
ibntslas and t lieu ic la
Ne p i o
p ie ." B lo w it said
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PSU offers seminar on South Africa
bv Sathaniel Scott
Beginning Monday. Nov IK, Port
land Shite I mversitv’ s Bl.uk Studies
Department w ill o ffe r a three credit
semm.it on South Attica Dt ( amine
(louctiet said tins is the thud ye.it she
w ill teach the course However, she
m aintained, this is the first tune the
exxirse » ill be cross listed with another
department within the university
I he course w ill lx- cross listed with
the history department, Goucher said
Gross-listing reflects the importance
ol the South African issue.
( lasses toi the lout week course will
he held Monday and AA'ednedav Irom
6:40 until 9 20 p m
Goucher said, " I he South African
question is probably the m ajor inlet
national ts.uc ol the present tim e."
I he tool ot South A ttic a 's apart
held system goes hack to the late IMtfi
century and the beginning o f induv
tria h /a tto n in southern A fric a ,
Goucher said " Hie election in South
A frica in I94X is what is called the
apartheid election because it brought
into power the nationalist parts that
still c o n tro l the p o litic a l power to
ila s."
"W e w ill look at the history ol
women in South A t t ic a . " Goucher
said I he cours sill give some his
lo u ca l background in fo rm a tio n on
South Africa winch is important it one
is to understand how the apartheid
system works
((Oikher maintains that Ihc course
will bring out the I tilled States "fits
to rii.il ro le " m supporting the apart
hetil system, both directly and nidi
rextlv
“ There is no direct m ilita ry aid
hut there is a lot ol indirect aid through
investments with companies m South
A fric a ," Goucher sid " ( A number o l
American companies! oppose labor
unions m South A frica Management
has Hied to impose wlial is profitable
lot the company and what is not lor
the worker."
I abor unions serve a very important
lu n c t io i F ui South A frica , Goucher
said They create a voice to i B l.u k
workers Approximately tom and a
halt m illio n people I» Inn m in o riti )
s iib ie it some 24 m illion Bl.uk people
to a racist, oppressive, non deiiuxialic
tom i ol government
Goucher said the lll. u k p o p u la r >n
in South A ttica is heltei cd m a icd
than manv jx-ople teali/e " I liete is a
strong Black intellectual lotee in South
A ttic a ," she added
( Ine o l the problem s in le -o li mg
the situation in Sonili A itic i is iliai ihc
legitimate Bl.uk leadetship is enfici u
exile oi in ta il," Goiuhei said, addin, .
" I hose aie the people Botha's eoi
etnmeut should lx- talking to "
Accoidmg Io G otichci. the Mncan
N a tio n a l ( o n r i c s
,.(1111' itili» c s is lc iiie
in 1909 ,md lliev must b e i i i o e
ni/eil
Nel son M .in d i la is o iu o l I he
highly le va id e d le.uleis and he has
been in tail lo i a quarter o l a sen
tur \ " six- man named
Goucher said the tom week om ise
w ill consist o l lilin s . guest speakers
an d a i least one Bl.uk South Mncan
student lio m the I m xeisity ol
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