June 15, iy88. Portland Observer, Page 3
Reaganomics Starves Old
People And Children
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Men’s Day Program
Sunday, Juna 19th, at 3:00
p.m.— the Hughes Memorial
United Methodist Church will pre­
sent its very first Men’s Day Pro­
gram. The program will feature
guest speaker, Mr. Useni Perkins,
executive director of the Portland
Chapter Urban League.
There will be men choruses
from the Portland/Vancouver
areas. A special appearance will
ba made by the Urban League
Choir. This group is made up of
members of the Urban League —
coming from approximately 10
different churches.
Bring your fathers for a wonder­
ful afternoon of worship.
After the program, take your
father to dinner. Give him and
show to him — lots of love.
PORTLAND OBSERVER
"The Eyes and Ears of the Community'
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HAPPY
FATHER'S D A Y
To The Best
Father In The World
You’ve always had a minute
ing the supplement more than mulgated by the House of Rep­
nce more the callous “ let
To “fix it” or to (tea'
once or twice during the entire resentatives under HR 2023 and
them eat cake” attitude of
The
things that children ask for
year. Certain elderly persons, al­ in the Senate under S4060 has not
the corruption ridden Reagan ad­
When
they know their father’s near.
though eligible, often do not take been referred out of committee
ministration has assaulted two
You’ve
always
had a hour
advantage of this source of emer­ and w ill not be passed in time to
defenseless groups. By Septem­
To
give
some
advice,
gency food because they do not cover the shortfall. The voting
ber the elderly people and
To
demonstrate
a
better way,
want to become a burden for the public is urged to contact the law­
mothers with young children who
To
praise
what
you
thought nice.
community. The abuse rate is makers in Salem and in Washing­
line up each week to receive
You’ve
always
had
a
minute,
less than two percent because of ton to seek relief for this intract­
emergency supplemental food at
And you still find time to be
the rigid checks and balances able problem.
the New Hope Missionary Baptist
The
best and dearest father
employed by the m onitoring
Church at 3725 N.E. Gantenbien
This world will ever see!
agencies.
St. will find about $20.00 of their
A good amount of the first time
supplies cut from the list, Mrs.
Reg Hendrix
crimes
commited in the North­
Allie Kilpatrick, director of the
Sonja Hendrix
Rev. Curtis Kirkpatrick, pastor
east section of Portland can be at­
food bank stated that the five
Terry Hendrix
tributed to poverty and hunger.
111 N.E. Failing
pounds of cheese and a similar
The observation was made that
(503)281-2332
The Lay Organization of Bethel
quantity of dried milk w ill not be
there
is
a
lot
of
malnutritution
and
A
frican
M
ethodist
Episcopal
available do to the slaughtering of
starvation is this country which Church is pleased to announce
the milk cows from whom these
has emerged over the past eight the appearance of Dr. Robert L.
One o f the most caring and understanding father's
surplus commodities were deriv­
years
because
of
the
conservative
Green, PhD in a lecture and dis­
in America is Milton Vance. He's always there
ed. Flour, oatmeal, rice and honey
insensitivity of the Reagan ad­ cussion on ‘Issues Affecting the
also have been removed from
when we need him, to lend a helping hand, to give
ministration which has attempted Black Community’ on June 23 at
those products previously dis­
advice or just fo r moral support.
to control government spending 7:00 p.m. in the main sanctuary of
tributed. No reason was given for
by
extracting
huge
cutbacks
in
We just want you to know that we love you ...
the Church. Dr. Green, noted au­
that deletion. Someone wondered
many
of
the
services
that
apply
to
thor and lecturer on the Urban
if the fields had been burned and
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!’
poor people. The result of that Challenge in America has excep­
the bees killed in the process. An
policy has created a competitive tional credentials to talk on topics
abundance of these items has
survival of the fit for the very basic such as race, poverty, education
been diverted to foreign aid in ad­
needs of the individual. The effect and child rearing and community.
dition to the tremendous sales
of such government irresponsi­ His lecture and informal discus­
made to Russia.
bility toward poverty and starva­ sion for our times will deal with
Mrs. Kilpatrick announced that
tion fomented the impetus for the issues concerning Black commu­
the unavailability of these essen­
French revolution. Everyone is at nity unity, parenting, teenage
tial foods, especially high protein
risk if we continue to permit the problems, student achievement,
substances will mean that the 30
infrastructutre which nominally drug and alcohol abuse, com­
elderly people along with the 100
protects the indigent to deterio­ munity networking and communi­
disabled persons and children
rate further. A single stealth ty building.
who benefit each week from such
bomber, which remains to be
Dr. Green, author of the book
emergency assistance will be re­
tested under combat conditions, "The Urban Challenge - Proverty
legated to a greater epidemic of
could probably feed all of the and Race,” is past president of
starvation and malnutritution. She
poor people of the United States the University of District of Col­
asserted that the large client pop­
umbia and former Dean of the
for a year.
ulation which her organization
The result of the administra­ School of Urban Affairs at Michi­
provides with emergency services
tion’s policy is not limited to the gan State University, currently is a
is a reflection of the high unem­
New Hope Missionary Baptist Professor at Case Western Uni­
ployment rate among the indi­
Church
Food Bank. It affects all versity, Cleveland, Ohio, and con­
gents. Those affected are not
such
emergency
food programs sultant to the Cuyahoga Com­
• E ligible Institution
transients. Most of them have liv­
• A irline Travel In d u stry
in
Oregon
and
the
entire country. m u n ity C o lle g e s and the
•
For Federal Aid
ed in the Northeast community
• Heavy Equipm ent Operating
The
food
stamp
program
is
a
total
•
Job
Placement/Assistance
Cleveland
Public
Schools.
He
lec­
for more than 14 years. They earn
• Truck D riving Schools
•
Home
Study/Resident Training
disgrace,
not
because
of
abuses
tures, writes, and consults na­
• Guaranteed S tudent Loans
less than $5,000 per year, the mi­
which
again
are
less
than
two
per
tionally and internationally on a
nimal wage of $3.65 per hour
cent,
but
because
of
the
inten­
range of social issues.
Home Office
which most earn cannot imburse
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tional
harassment
engendered
to
For
further
information,
contact
their weekly expenses. It was em­
Portland, Oregon
discourage poor people from ac­ the Bethel African Methodist Ep­
(503)235-3050
phasized that the Food Bank is a
quiring that service.
iscopal Church, 5828 N.E. 8th
temporary emergency program.
The
Food
Emergency
Bill
pro­
Avenue,
Portland, Oregon, Milton
Most users seldom repeat accept­
A. Green, Pastor.
O
Lay Organization of
Bethel African
Methodist Episcopal
I
NORTHWEST SCHOOLS
Harvey Jackson
Beloved Father
And Husband
\
I
Love,
Gayle, Shaundia,
& Chè
__ ________ /
Father's Day Memories
We Will Always Remember
You For The Special Ways
In Which You Gave Yourself
To Us And Others!
We Will Always Love You,
Your Loving Family
Mrs. William Pitre, Billy, Arnold,
Diane & The Six Grandchildren
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Public Utilities And Affirmative Action
■ Continued from Page 1
was only through the efforts of
Jack Vogel, Director of Communi­
cations and a board member of
the Urban League, that Cathy Mer­
ritt, a media representative on his
staff and Bruce Speidel, Director
of Employee Relations supplied
this writer with information PP&L
should be very proud of.
The work force in the Portland
area is only 1,100 but they serve
almost one half-million people.
Specific statistics are rather
meager. At the managerial level
minorities were represented by
4.5% in 1983 with that number
growing to 7.8% in 1988. Further­
more, the company has establish­
ed a Columbia division in the
Northeast section of Portland. It
is peopled by a staff of 138 of
whom, 11 % are minorities.
The company is very active in
com m unity service programs
headed up by Horace G. Sanders,
a Black PP&L executive. The pur­
pose of Mr. Sander’s group is to
nurture the development of small
businesses in Portland with
professional and financial sup­
port at the Northeast Skidmore
facility. Although he has been on
loan to the group for less than a
year, PP&L initiated the program
in 1982. PP&L funds the program
at the rate of $100,000 per year in
services and ancillary expenses.
The first incubator, the Cascade
Business Center Corporation
opened in October in 1987. It op­
erates in conjunction with Tek­
tronix, The Portland Development
Commission and Portland Com­
munity College.
The third interview was with
Pacific Northwest Bell in their
modest headquarters at 421 S.W.
Oak Street in Portland. The num­
bers are superfluous with regard
to their activity with affirmative
action. This unit is a division of
the huge US West communica­
tions conglomerate. To be sure,
Connie Brown, the Black EEO
manager in Portland did not supp­
ly me with any specific statistics.
She did acquaint me with a crea­
tive innovation to increase pro­
motional opportunities for Black
women employees. Fifty such
candidates were selected from a
group of Black women employees
and placed on a special career
tract. Richard McCormick, US
West president and chief Oper­
ating officer created an Accel­
erated Development Program for
Women of Color. The goal is to
promote each of the employees
selected from one to two levels
over the next five years. This ap­
proach was made necessary after
a Black employee organization
demonstrated a disparity in pro­
motional opportunities between
white males and Black women.
Black men in the organization
climbed the career ladder faster
than white women. The success
of the Black male at US West is
demonstrated by Ronald James, a
Black man who is vice-president
for the Large Business Market
Unit.
Another success story of a
Black male is that of Donnie
Griffin, Director of Corporate
Community Affairs and Com­
munication with four other units
reporting to him. I interviewed
Greg Downing, Manager of Public
Information and also with William
D. Prows, Manager of Educational
Programs in Mr. Griffin's office.
Mr. Downing indicated that man­
agerial personnel must take a
mandatory one week course on
the pluralist nature of our society.
Pacific Northwest Bell’s com­
mitment to our society is mani­
fested by the fact that it employs
a manager of educational pro­
g ra m s
u n re la te d
to
th e
company’s business. One popular
program, Will D. Prows promotes
in the Portland Public Schools is
called “ Choices.” It teaches ninth
graders in the Northeast Portland
schools the thinking that em­
bodies the infrastructure of our
pluralist society. The goal is to
analyze the mechanisms which
drive our economic system so as
to provide a better access to the
multitude of opportunities that
exist. A second program, the
"Registry” is one in which PP&L
employees are matched in a men­
torship with high school Juniors
and Seniors where they complete
a specialized developmental cur­
riculum together. The mentor em­
phasizes reliability, teamwork,
commitment and trust.
One can’t help but marvel at
the multitude of positive oppor­
tunities that are now available to
minorities in Oregon with specific
reference to the Portland area. It
would appear that the perception
of some minority groups which
characterizes the the industrial
leader as an avaricious, racist de­
magogue lacking in compassion
is not supported by the evidence.
Those who have had other ex­
periences are invited to come for­
ward and to be heard.
NEXT WEEK: Affirmative Ac­
tion In The Transportation In­
dustry.
PORTLAND OBSERVER
"The Eyes and Ears of the Community
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