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Jerry Garner, reporter for the Portland Observer, receives P otential
Leadership A w a rd ” from Calvin H enry. President of O A B A
Photo by Robert Phillips
IL R) David Little. Kathleen S aadat, M ic h a e l C lark. M u ltn o m a h
C ou n ty Chair Gladys M cC o y. Jerry Garner, and Bill Slater w ere re
cipients of aw ards presented by Calvin H enry. President of O A B A
John Byrne, not pictured, also received an aw ard
Photo by R obert Phillips
Kathleen S aadat. E xecutive D irector of the S tate C om m ission on
Black A ffairs, received "P o te n tia l Leadership A w a rd ” from Calvin
H-snry. President of O A B A
Photo by Robert Phillips
Call-To-Action Leadership Conference Held
by Jerry Garner
The Oregon Assembly for Black
Affairs (OABA) held its sixth Call
To Action Leadership Conference
Saturday at the Chumaree Comfor
tel Hotel in Salem The purpose of
the conference was to bung toge
ther persons concerned with the
political development of Black peo
pie of Oregon, to discuss priorities
of the Black community and the
State of Oregon, to examine legis
lative and executive actions, and to
prepare a 1987 legislative program
with a strategy for implementation.
The conference featured work
shops on the following topics ” lm
pacting the Legislative b Political
Process"; "The Republican Legisla
tive Agenda"; "The Democratic
Legislation Agenda"; "Getting Legi
station Introduced and Lobbying for
its Passage"; "You Can Make a Dif
ference With Legislature"; "State
Board
and
Commission"; and
"Local Government Access".
Keynote speaker was the Honor
able Gladys McCoy, Multnomah
County Chair. The theme of her
speech was "Their Dreams Our
Dreams". McCoy told those at the
conference that It was "important
and necessary that they, like the late
Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., should
become dreamers and visionaries "
McCoy also mentioned the dreams
of other Black leaders such as Shir
ley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan, Mai
colm X and Stokley Carmichael
"Those individuals were pioneers
and we should not forget them,"
McCoy said
McCoy said although Blacks now
enjoy some access freedoms, with
each decade new problems emerge
requiring new leadership and strate
gies McCoy said she was pleased
that organizations such as the Ur
ban League and the NAACP are
focusing on economic growth and
development, |obs, Black crime,
drug and alcohol abuse, teen preg
nancies, and crisis in the Black fami
ly
She believes that in spite of
these problems. Black America will
survive.
During the conference, partici­
pants developed a legislative agen
da to submit to the Oregon Legis
lature for passage, which includes:
• To establish a comprehensive
minority and women's business
enterprise program for the state of
Oregon which includes goals for all
purchases of goods and services
including personal, professional and
construction contracts, and mom
toring of goal attainment
• Legislation requiring all school
districts to declare Martin Luther
King Holiday an official holiday in
which all schools will be closed
• Legislation amending the legis
lature medical containment legisla
tion to permit nurse practitioners'
clinics, chiropractor clinics, and na
turopathic clinics to be physicians’
care organizations IPCO'sl contrac
ted to provide services for those
A F S recipients who participate in
Oregon's prepaid Managed Health
Care Program
OABA also voiced its opposition
to Senate Bills 20 and 21 SB 20
establishes procedures for directives
concerning providing, withholding
or withdrawing life sustaining pro
cedures SB 21 fixes procedures to
establish power of attorney for
health care Critics of the bills say
they' e not in the best interest of
low income individuals and retarded
individuals.
Henry was asked in which direc
tion he would like to see the OABA
go during the remainder of the 80's
He replied. "I would like to see
OABA continue its effort in an at
tempt to address the serious pro
blems confronting Oregon's Black
community In addition, OABA will
become more active in the Portland
area " Henry said Blacks must be
come proactive and less reactive.
The following individuals received
awards during the OABA Recogni
tion Banquet
Gladys McCoy re
ceived the OABA Political Develop
ment Award; Mike Clark, the Pre
sident Award; John Burns. Presi
dent of Oregon State University, the
Educational Development Award;
and Kathleen Saadat. David Little,
and Jerry Garner each received the
1987 OABA Potential Leadership
Award
The OABA is a non profit state
wide corporation committed to im
proving the status of Blacks in Ore
gon It was founded in 1977, and
is registered with Oregon Corpora
tion Commission
Dare to be More
Caring Adults Needed to
Help Teen Boys
Eight boys, ages 11 to 14. live
at the group home operated by
Edgefield Children's Center. After
the boys have been at Edgefield
for a while, they need to spend time
with other caring adults.
Because of the problems the boys
have faced, they have been labelled
emotionally disturbed.
At Edge
field, they are being helped to
change their behaviors and ad|ust
more normally to life.
It is very
helpful for each boy to spend time
with an interested adult who will
take him on a weekend outing or
invite him for a weekend with the
family. There is always hope that
those visits will develop into a
longer lasting relationship and per
haps a home for the boy while he
matures through his teenage years
Edgefield staff memebers work
closely with interested people, pro
vide special parenting skills, and
take care to match the adult with
the boy
Interested persons are
asked to call 661 4300 and ask for
information about the foster pro
gram.
CPR For Infants
"Infant CPR" will be offered
Thursday, Feb. 6, from 6 to 9 p.m .,
at St. Vincent Hospital and Medical
Center in Souther Auditorium. 9156
S W Barnes Road.
Participants will learn how to per
form cardiopulmonary resuscitation
on children up to one year of age
Cost for the course is 1 10.
Preregistration is necessary, and
forms are available from St. Vin­
cent's Health and Lifestyle Cen­
ter, 11640 SW Parkway. 626 0890
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