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August 10, 1988, Portland Observer, Page 7
Leaders Must Be Held
Responsible For Their Actions
Statewide Affirmative Action
Conference To Be Held
within tne state in providing
athleen Saadat, State Direct
to the state’s citizens and
or of Affirmative Action,
Office of the Governor announc em ployes, through a
ed today that a statewide Affir
program of affirm ative
mative Action Conference for
action, fair and equal
agency a d m in istra to rs, a ffir
opportunities for
mative action officers, and per
em ploym ent and
sonnel officers is being held on
advancem ent in programs
August 11 and 12 in Salem.
and services and in the
Workshop topics to be covered
awarding of contracts.”
include: Affirmative Action Ef
The Executive Order goes on to
forts in State Government, New
Guidelines for Writing Affirmative
say:
Action Plans, How to Put the Plan
Together, Court Decisions and
“ Although some believe
Their Effect on Affirmative Ac
that efforts toward
tion, Creative Recruitment, and
affirm ative action have been
Removing Barriers to Upward
w eakened at the federal
Mobility. Presentors will include
level, this should not
state executive administrators,
weaken the state’s efforts
agency administrators, attorneys
and should lead state
in private practice, and key affir
agencies to take increased
mative action personnel in state
responsibility for
government.
aggressively pursuing the
Governor Goldschmidt will be
successful im plem entation
on hand at the start of the first
of the state’s affirm ative
day to address the audience and
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to reaffirm the State's commit
action policy.’
ment to affirmative action in state
Statistical information provided
agencies.
by the Executive Department
The Governor has just sign
reports an increase in affirmative
ed a new Executive Order which
action hiring for the first six
states that:
months of 1988. The figures show
“ It has long been the policy
an increase of 0.1% women and
of the State of Oregon that
0.2% increase of total minorities
in the workforce, and a 0.3% in
all branches of state
crease of handicapped persons
governm ent shall be leaders
hired into the workforce.
among em ploying entities
by SamKahl
K
e reap what we sow.
If I sow good will, harmony,
honesty and courtesy, I will have
a good chance of creating an en
vironment of goodwill, harmony,
honesty and courtesy in which to
live and work. But if I sow jeal
ousy, chaos, deception and disre
spect, then my environment will
be filled with jealousy, chaos,
deception and disrespect.
Self-respect and mutual re
spect are, for me, the cornerstone
of good human relationships,
whether it be professional or per
sonal relationships. But respect
must be genuine, if it is to be
healing, and to be genuine, it
must flow from within. This is a
matter of discipline — a disciplin
ing of my conscious connection
with myself and with other human
beings as well as a disciplining of
my outward behavior. For how
many times is it that my lack of
trust, goodwill and respect will be
communicated not in big ways,
but in small ways that I do not
notice? How many times is it that
my efficiency of work is being
hindered by little thoughtless ac
tions which deliver so much im
pact to the participants involved;
actions which emanate from a
bad attitude that I may not even
be aware of being in me which
communicate a blow to or an as
sault upon the self-esteem of
other individuals, soliciting reac
tions which I had no thought in
bringing, and thus unraveling and
undermining what is supposed to
be a cohesive working relation
ship in my work, in my community
and in my home?
Recently, Portland has been
confronted with an incident gene
rated from Portland’s chief of po
lice slapping a fellow officer, a
woman. Sexual harassment or
not, what kind of professional and
simple courtesy is this? Some
persons may argue that this inci
dent is such a little thing. How lit
tle is it when the police, our pro
tectors under the law, are held up
to ridicule? But it is not just the
ridicule of a thoughtless action
made public that I wish to ad
dress. Thoughtless actions re
quire not defensiveness and ex
cuses; they require thoughtful
e v a lu a tio n , c o rre c tio n and
amends.
Let us say that the incident had
been kept secret, arid that Chief
of Police Walker had consciously
meant nothing by it, what underly
ing attitude delivered this affront
to a fellow officer? Is it realistic to
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‘Flirt Band’ On Tour
by Danny Bell
ell folks, here is some good news from the Black music scene!
Randy Starr and the ‘Flirt Band’ is on a six month tour of the Red
Lion Inns in Oregon, Idaho, California and Arizona.
To refresh your memory ... The ‘Flirt Band' is a local band under
the direction of Mr. Randy Starr, and has been burning up the local
scene for approximately four years.
A pure case of dedication, ambition and vision, Randy Starr has
managed to keep in tact the image and original concept of the band-eye
appealing costumes; exciting Funk and roll and excellent musicianship.
Before embarking on the tour, Randy commended the support the
band received from Mary Renound of Mary s Place, as well as, the
support of Key Largo, The Long Goodbye, The Tippin Inn and The Royal
Esquire Club. In the spirit of solidarity, he gave recognition to those
African-Americans and fellow musicians who have and continues to
promote an African-American perspective in their music.
Having gained valuable experience from the School of hard
knocks, Randy and the 'Flirt Band’ is striving to serve as role models for
youth throughout the Portland metropolitan area, especially those
African-American youth, who are preparing to enter the arena of pro
fessional entertainment.
Congratulations to Randy Starr and the ‘Flirt Band’.
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Fourgenerations of Black women: (L-R) Myleen Roberts, age 3; Pauline
Locke; Alice Whitney; Louise Whitney.
PORTLAND OBSERVER
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Your young child may be able to hold onto a drinking glass better if you
place two tight rubber bands around the glass an inch or so apart. This
makes it easier for little hands to hold.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANN O U NC EM ENT
The Sabin/Irvington Heights Neighborhood Association is spon
soring a fundraiser for the neighborhood in order to secure a protection
agency for the area near Sabin School. Their event is going to be held
on August 25th, Thursday 220 N.W. 2nd Avenue, that s the Northwest
Natural Gas Company Auditorium, One Pacific Square from 6:30 p.m. to
They will feature a meeting for Oregon Cultural Artist in Visual and
Performing Perspectives as well as keynote speakers associated with
the Deterrent of Neighborhood CRIME!’
Betty Garner is the Sabin/Irvington Heights Neighborhood
Association chairperson and founder. She is an Oregon Cultural Artist
in Visual and Performing Perspective as well as a teacher at the
Portland Public Schools. She is currently working on the set with the
new Burt Reynolds movie here in Portland as a stand-in for the support
ing role of Lorraine Toussaint - better known as ‘Delphine’ in the movie
Dick Gregory, (center), the comedian-turned nutritionist, welcomes two new
persons to his campaign to convince the U.S. Government that it should
start a war on obesity as a major health hazard. The new, seriously
overweight pair, that asked for Gregory's help in bringing their weights
down are, (from left), Steve Nellis, 750 pounds, of St. Louis, MO., and Lonita
Mitchell, (right), 650 pounds, of Biloxi, MS. Ms. Mitcehll is 15 years old.
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believe that such an attitude will
not be communicated to the pub
lic through the performance of
the police as they individually
work in our communities?
Most importantly, what is the
strength of the law? It is not the
police persons's weapon. Rather,
it is the citizen’s regard for the
law working hand-in-hand with
the policeperson’s professional
regard for the law. The police play
an instrumental role because, to
many, they embody the law —
they make the law sensually real
in the same way a person's view
of the universe and of its creator
is formed during childhood by the
quality of parents that child has
had. If the police, the soldier in
the street, bears through the law
harmony, justice and liberation,
then the law will be loved, obeyed
and cherished as an instrument of
harmony, justice and liberation.
Our work as citizens will be sin
cere. We will not begrudgingly
obey a system of law that we hate
as we would evil parents.
In our system of republican
self-government, all of us citizens
are guardians of the law. We are
part of the team that make it hap
pen. The police are no more the
entirety of law enforcement than
are the politicians the entirety of
self-government. But we must
have examples to follow. This is
where true leadership comes in.
If I am made to feel even a little
bit “ less than,” is this not a
prescription for setting my ego to
war with yours? Will I not carry
hidden hostility and resentment
with me to satiate a part of me
that is uncomfortable with me?
Then if a police officer has even a
small loss delivered to his or her
dignity as a person and as a pro
fessional, will this not cloud that
officer’s sense of mission, as a
minister of the law as a historical
ly developed instrument of civiliz
ed society? Will this not have im
pact on the way all of us citizens,
police and civilians alike, com
municate with one another? Will
this not undermine the cohesive
ness of a community that is sup
posed to be working together?
There is more to a word or a
gesture than often meets the eye.
We ought to be careful in what we
think and do. How I treat myself in
my private life will have its effect
on the public. The last thing our
tormented society needs today is
another war of egos. That war is
triggered by thoughtless disre
gard for human self-esteem.
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