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Page 4, Portland Observer, July 1, 1987 People to People Relationships Urged at U.S.-Nicaragua Sister City Conference by Avel Gordly The Seattle Managua Sister City Association was host to a 3-day U.S. Nicaragua Sister City Confer ence June 26 28 at the Seattle Cen ter Focus of the Conference was on several seminars developed to provide resources for the promotion of Sister City relationships with Nicaragua and for the development of Sister programs among health centers, schools and churches. Fifty seven Sister City projects between the U S. and Nicaragua have already been developed. Thirty more U.S. cities have de cided to establish a Sister City re lationship and have chosen a site in Nicaragua. They are in the process of formalizing ties which is usually done through City County resolu tions. Two Oregon cities, Albany and Portland have relationships with Chichigalpa, Chinandega and Corin- to Chinandega respectively. Signi ficantly, Black organizations in Washington, D.C., Lower East Side New York City and Detroit, Michi gan, have established or are work ing to establish relationships with Bluefields located on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, which is largely populated by Black Nicaraguans. Over 300 delegates to the confer ence celebrated "people to people relationships," which included a delegation of 26 Nicaraguans among them. Comandante Monica Baltodano, Vice Minister of the Presidency, was in attendance, as was Elizabeth Linder, mother of Benjamin Linder, a Portland engi neer killed by the Contras. She spoke at the opening church ser vice. Í*: • ;. - x.<- t » •’ V - •• X > . «•». - • i vi * < ''9 ;:Z < > *..*• ■/ .„9.» • < \V> nomic, social and political situa tions. As well they reinforce our common goals of friendship and mutual respect during this most difficult time of U.S. government sponsored aggression against the Nicaraguan people." The Embassy statement also indicated that "over the past several years, U.S. Sister Cities have sent thousands of tons and millions of dollars worth of medical and other material aid to Nicaraguan cities and rural villages." For more information about Cen tral America's diverse cultures, and the economic and social conditions presented from a third world per spective, contact the following peo pie: Martin Gonzales, Director of the American Friends Service Com mittee (AFSC) Central America Pro gram at 230 9427. Gonzales recent ly returned from a tour of Nicaragua and El Salvador. Richard Brown, a local photojournalist, who traveled to Nicaragua including Bluefields in 1985, has also traveled to Honduras to cover training exercises of the Oregon National Guard. He can be contacted at 289 0707. Education Activist Sherrian Haggar traveled to Nicaragua in 1986 and can be con tacted at AFSC - 230 9429. i K 1 <1 Portland a c tivists attending the "S iste r City 1987 C onference" m et w ith Nicaraguan representa tives. One o f the representatives they spoke w ith was Azucena Baltadano, D irector o f Nicaraguan Sister C ity Program (fro n t center). Photo by Richard J. Brown Black A c tiv ists Call fo r Links A handful of Black delegates from the U.S. attended the conference including Charles Rolland, Co-Chair of the National Black United Front, Seattle Chapter, and Akua Budu- Watkins of Detroit, who is also a member of the Free South Africa movement. In separate conversa tions, Rolland and Watkins both spoke of the need for Black activists to make the links between U.S. domestic issues and U.S. for eign policy toward Central America and Southern Africa. They both cited the need to find creative ways to make these issues clear and more widely known in Black communi ties. They also urged that Black people in the U.S. learn more about the Black population of Nicaragua. Underscoring the call for "people to people relationships" was a state ment released by the Nicaraguan embassy in Washington, D.C. These relationships were described as fostering "an understanding bet ween Nicaraguans and North Ame ricans of diverse cultures and eco- Free Clinic A public Hypertension (blood pressure) Screening clinic is sche duled Monday, July 20, 1987, from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. at Carman Oaks Residential Center, 3800 S.W. Car man Dr., Lake Oswego. The clinic, is staffed by hospital S.H.E.P. Technicians. There is no charge, and no appointment is necessary. For more information, call 692-2193. S ingle Parent S u p p o rt G roup v.< ‘ 7 f Í ■ 1 ‘ i. •J : & & < 4 :’ - A V -.* t > 'ï : s o V ‘ ’ Every Thursday evening, from 7 to 9 p.m., this group offers sup port and social contact for women and men experiencing Single Paren ting. 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