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Panel p a rticip a n ts w ere (le ft to rig h t) m oderator R obert Lamb, Penny Harrington, Lee P Brown, and Alberto Guardiola Mata
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Panel discusses law enforcement and
and the ethnic community
7>g Jerry
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“ The biggest need in the p olite
department is to change attitudes,"
said Portland Police C hief Penny
H arrington. H arrington made this
comment during the final session of a
three-day conference o f the North
west Regional I9K5 Ethnic M inority
Conference III
The conference was sponsored hi
the N orth/N ortheast Com m unity
Mental Health C enters, Inc ot Port
land It was the third such conference
to he held in Portland since I9H2.
Besides Harrington, the Saturday
The Royal Esquire Club's
Community Service Statement
by A.D.S.
From time to time we highlight individuals in our comm unity who
stand taller than others at the time
On Wednesday, November 20, 1985, I met with James Berry and
Michele Albert, but before I say much about them let roe see if you can
remember as far back as the late 60s, say 1968 or 1969 or 1970 (the model
cities days, so to speak) OK. so you do or you do not, but anyway, un
(for the model cities programs many programs were started using federal
dollars to organize and administrate the program (or concepts) One such
program was the M inority Contractors Association, known to us as the
Albina Contractors Association Later there was the Northwest Contrac
tors Assn and Contractors Management Assn, and also later and under
a d iffe re n t d ire ctiv e there were tw o or three fo rm s o f the N ational
Association of Minority Contractors None of these organizations exist as
a viable force today.
A pp ro xim a te ly five years ago James Berry and M ichele A lbert
opened the Northeast Business Center in a building on Union Ave in
Northeast Portland which they renovated themselves
They represent the only minority contractor plan center in our com
mutiny Presently, they bought a building on North Killirigsworth Street
still in the heart of our community, which they will name Kilhngsworth
Plaza The building at present, which they are continuing to renovate is
the offices of the N E Business Center, and the offices of Business Wook
N o rth w e st, w hich is a television program h ig h lig h tin g businesses
primarily located in our community (Albina)
I was to ta lly impressed, w ith the com m itm ent and diligence of
James and Michelle I could see the spirit of the 60s in their eyes helping
the "little guy " While I was there, I saw several contractors, or I guess
some would call them handy men' , but nevertheless, they were looking
for honest work, and James was able to heln them, moreover he gave
them hope and pride which is what our people need
I remember a few years ago, I used Robin Mayfield and Al Winefield
and th e y in turn hired o ther w orkers; betw een the tw o men they
renovated and painted the entire buildings of Exodus from 16th and
Alberta to 17th and Alberta, and the building on 15th and Kilhngsworth
These tw o men w ore p roud o f their w o rk, and I was proud o f our
relationship Some of my funding sources were not very happy with my
internal comm unity involvement and my nepotism My belief is that all
across America you can see real economic development by looking at the
internal pride and com m itm ent from w ithin a particular com m unity or
neighborhood
O bviously, I w o u ld like to see m ore u n ity as far as econom ic
development is concerned within our community I think an alliance be
tween Representative Carter, Senator McCoy, Skip and Grace, would be
good I further think an alliance between James and Michele, Skip,
Grace, Anita, George Page and Art Alexander would he good And fur
ther, I th in k that an alliance betw een the Black U n ite d Front, the
NAACP, and the Urban League would be good Economic development
is a lot different from social development In social and political develop
ment. the pooling of ideas and service is mostly all that's needed, but in
economic development, the pooling of resources is what's needed
Under the title of Economic Development Phase I Albina, I would
like to see a meeting happen between at least the above m entioned
people, but not limited to |ust them
If our com m unity is to develop economically there must he clear
communication between the people who represent our community, and
our community services, and the pooling of our resources to provide real
lobs, services and products
panel included Houston, Texas Police
Chief and former Multnomah ( ounti
Sheriff I ee P Brown, and Alberto G
Mala, Jr . Ph I) . an assistant
professor ol Social Work and
Mexican Ainencan Studies ( enter,
U niversity ol Icxas, Austin The
panel moderator was Robert I anib.
Regional Director lor Com m unity
Relations, I S Department ot
Justice, Region Hl. Seattle. W A
Biown told tile 65 ot so indiiiduals
at the Red I ion M o lo i Inn lanl/en
Beach that his reseaiih Ironi 19^6 to
I9S2 on the National M inorite Ad
usury ( ouncil on M inority luslice
task torce, indicated that America
was a paradox in which a Huge
segment ot the minority population
feel left out ot the mainstream ot
American life Brown also stated that
"p o lic e need to learn to not only
deliver our services, hut to preserve
and advance the principles ol oui
democracy the ( onstitutional lights
ot tlieindividu.il 1 his would create
an atmosphere conducive to im
proim g relations between the police
and the m in ority c o m m u n ity ,"
Brown said, adding, "th e n police
would not use excessive or deadly tor
ce "
Chiet Biown described a program
he has implemented in which police
are assigned to certain neighboi hoods
to research conununit v needs I he
police sene as a "lin k a g e " between
the citizens and the city government
Chief Harrington said that com
m unication would improve the
problems between police and ethnic
minorities in Portland Harrington
said another element that retards the
communication between the police
and ethnic minorities are issues " I he
issues may be real, hut they do not
help solve the problem."
She said that we frequently get tied
up with the issue ol racism. "Racism
is a d iffic u lt thing to prove, we can
suspect it, you can think that it's
going on. hut to actually point to
someone and say that a person is
racist or that practice is racist, leads to
a big conversation on racism."
H arrington said that instead ol
this, we should have conversations
about behaviors and rules that arc al
feeling our lives; that we need to
change. "A ttitu d e s aren't easy to
change, hut we can change behavior
fairly easy Behavior is governed by
rules; so you can set up rules to say
what the behavior should be," said
Harrington. "B y adopting rules that
make the system more tair, and by
hiring and recuritm g Ironi every
ethnic background in our society."
she said, eventually altitudes w ill
change In addition, good police work
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should he recognized, she said
Dt Mata spoke on m inority
groups' invisibility in mainstream
society Mata said that a lack ot ,u
countability is worse than racism
"W e 're producing and controlling
services lor some, and keeping others
out."
Dt Mata has done work on street
lite and voting people Police, health
and teaching prolessions could
provide "lin k in g in s titu tio n s " to
assist all segments ol society, said
Mata
I oi the Inst time, the conference
addressed Asian Americans as a
minority I his group will receive more
attention at the next conterence ten
lativelv scheduled lor Dec 4 6. I9K6
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