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November 27, 1965 Portland Observer, Page 9 Freddye Petett reports on Nairobi Women's Conference b \ Hubert I othian fre d d y e P e le lt re tu rn e d fro m her t r ip to the N a ir o b i XX o m e n 's (.'on lerenee im pressed w ith how litt le is wasted bs women in A frica D u rin g a side tr ip fr o m N a ir o b i, Petett said she witnessed w om en in a ke n s a v illa g e c u rry in g w a te r fo r three miles I nder those c o n d itio n s, "X on d o n 't waste i t , " she said Petett said she was also impressed w ith how m u ch tim e is spent bs women to gather firew isod. the main c o o k in g fu e l in m ans t h ir d W o rld countries " f o o d is grow n anywhere there is a p lo t o l la nd Ihes can take care o l , " she said R e tu rn in g to the I n ite d S tates, Petett said the relative wastefulness in A m e ric a show ed in s ta lk re b e l “ How we use water around the house Iras changed." I he fo rm e r d ire cto r ot the I rb.in I eague in P o rtla n d re p o tte d on her trip in (ills to N a irob i, kensa, in fa s t Xlnc.i, and Is o is I oast and Senegal in XX exl M r ic a to a meet in g o ! the W o rld \ f l a i r s t o u n c il o l O re g o n Nos 12 I he m ain theme o f the conference overall, she said, was " t o make peace a p rio rity issue,” O ne o f the benefits o t the co n fe re n ce , w h ic h discussed issues and fo rm u la te d policies a ffe c tin g w om en th ro u g h the year 2(HM), she said, was m a k in g c o n ta c t w ith w om en fro m a ll ose r the w o rld . " I base them a ll c o m p u te riz e d and I have ins m ailing lis t." Petett said She hopes to exchange in fo rm a tio n about how women plan their tim e and about d iffe re n t methods o f management in the various countries 1 he co n fe re n ce was a c tu a lls tw o c o n fe re n c e s — th e one lo r o f f ic ia l I N delegates on one side ot N airobi and another for non delegates on the other side ot tow n, Petett said Since she had press c re d e n tia ls fro m the O re g o n ia n , Petett said she was able Io a tte n d the o f f ic ia l con lerenee lo r an a tte r n o o n She described the p re se n ta tio n bs t S delegate M aureen Reagan as disap p o in tin g " I sen th o u g h th e re are things le ll to be done, wom en in the I s are in great s h a p e ," P ete tt paraphrased the president's daughter. And regarding illite ra cs. " I n ou r ow n c o u n try , w e 've got it lic k e d , t h a t ’ s exactly what she said I hat's the kind o f in fo r m a t io n o u r d e le g a tio n was pu tting o u t." A b o u t hall o f the o ffic ia l delegates were m en. a c c o rd in g to P ete tt, w ho said the u n o ffic ia l conference ottered m o re c o n ta c t w ith in te r n a tio n a l women In spite o f d iffe re n ce s, discussion was reasonable at most o f the dozens o f w o rksho ps, except to r the one on Isra e l P a le s tin e , w h ic h had to be c a lle d o f f w hen a s h o u tin g m a tch d c s e lo p c d , she sa id . Ir o n ic a lly , "S o m e o f the w o rksho ps relating to peace had m ore tension in them than o th e rs ," she said M any m ore w om en attended than were p la n n e d fo r , so h o u sin g and g ro u p size were pro b le m s, she said " I f there was anything negative about the conference it was th a t there was never a g ro u p sm a ll en ough so you d id n 't have to yell across so you could be heard " A n d there weren't enough translators, which meant that she only u n d e rs to o d " a b o u t every te n th word " I alkm g to wom en at the conferen ce a b o u t so cia l services in v a rio u s countries made her realize the unpor tance o f c o m m u n ity social services, fa m ilie s , ch u rch e s an d s c h o o ls , in s u p p o rtin g y o u n g w o m e n in P o rt la n d " P a r t ic u la r ly in the B la ck co m m u n ity it seems to be som ething w e 've g o tte n aw ay fr o m in recent years,” she said Petett said she has one m ore year to go on het three seat Kellogg fo u n d a n o n fe llo w s h ip I he fe llo w s h ip has enabled her to take tunc o f f fro m her D sear care er in g o v e rn m e n t and non p ro fit agencies to travel and lake part in events lik e ttie N a iro b i C on lerenee She has traveled to M exico, M rica and Paris as a Kellogg I ellow, and she hopes to study art in I ondon Museums during tier thu d veai P ete tt has a lso s ta rte d a m anagem ent co n su lta n t business in P o rtla n d she is curre ntly reorganiz ing a city bureau and consulting tor a political campaign " I d id leave a career and s ta rt a new one, at age 4(1 p lu s , " she said " I he p o s itiv e t ilin g is th a t I d o n 't have to be in n ig h t m ee ting s any m o re ." 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