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COMMUNITY
CALENDAR
SUPPORTING MINORITY WOMEN
IN BROADCASTING
Hape victim «o vo to m »
Child Care Provider Workshops Available
A series of Child Care Provider Training
Workshops for potential and current home child care
providers is scheduled at the Red Cross. This train
ing is sponsored by the Red Cross, OSU Extension
Service, and Providers Resource Organization. All
workshops are on Tuesday evenings.
How
to
make
your
child care home professional and businesslike.
Sept. 20
Stress management for child care providers.
Sept. 27
Stages of child development and its relationship to discipline.
Oct. 4
Play activities and equipment.
Oct. 11
Health and safety concerns for children in home care.
Oct. 18
Food for tots.
Oct. 25
In these workshops people who care for children in their homes for a fee
can gain valuable information on basic child care. Improving the quality of child
day care and helping to solve the problem of inadequate child care is a major
priority of Red Cross Community Outreach Service. The senes
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$12 Individual sessions are $3. pre-registration is required. Call 284-0011, ext. 182
to register. For Infant-Child CPR class call 284-7090.
Sept. 20 through
O c t 25
Tuesdays, 7-9:30 p.m.
Red Cross Building
3131 N. Vancouver Ave.
Dr. Judith Kuriansky, second from left, a reporter for the WPIX-TV show,
“ Best Talk In Town,” and Vice Chair of the Foundation of American Women
in Radio and Television, Inc., accepts a $10,000 check on behalf of the
Foundation from Philip Morris to produce a forum in New York City next May
to alert industry leaders to the lack of opportunities in broadcasting for
minority women. Making the presentation are Edna Moore Biedermann,
right. Manager, Minority Business Development, Philip Morris USA and
Anne Dowling, second from right. Manager, Corporate Contributions and
Support Programs, Phillip Morris Companies Inc. Mari Santana, a
reporter/producer, WPIX-TV and a Foundation member is at left. The forum
will bring together top executives and “ Hiring managers" of major broad
cast organizations with minority women seeking both entry level positions
Ecumenical Parish Of North & Northeast Portland “ Ribs Dinner Benefit”
People Are Beautiful (PAB), now in its 13th year,
is a summer and after-school program of the
Ecumenical Parish of North and Northeast Portland.
Serving 70 children now, we hope for continued sup-
port and possible expansion to serve more children
church at 126 N.E. Alberta) through our “ Ribs Dinner Benefit" to raise money to
continue the P.A.B. program. Cost: $4.25 - adults;
$2.50 - 12 and under. Contact: Ecumenical Parish, 288-5173; Norman Coffman,
Community Minister or Missie Kallunki, Community Worker.
Atlanta Life Insurance Company To Hold Ninth Annual
Afro-American National Art Competition/Exhibition
The Atlanta Life Insurance Company’s Ninth
Exhibition:
Annual Afro-American National Art Competition &
Feb. 11 through
Exhibition is again under way. Entries must be post
March 14, 1989
marked no later than October 28,1988.
Entry Deadline:
Winners of this years Art Competition will have
Oct. 28, 1988
their works exhibited at Atlanta Life Insurance Com
pany's headquarters building from Feb. 11,1989 through March 14,1989. In keep
ing with previous exhibitions, there will be a brief ceremony during which time
purchase prize awards will be granted to artists for first, second and third prize in
the categories of painting, sculpture, mixed media, textile, photography, drawing
and printmaking.
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All activities are free and open to the public. For additional information
please contact: Ms. Henrietta Antoinin or Cathy Watson, Atlanta Life Insurance
Company, 100 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, (404) 659-2100.
“ Womenstrength” Self-Defense Classes In October
North Portland
The Portland Police Bureau s Sexual Assault
Mondays, Oct. 3, 10, 17
Prevention Program w ill o ffe r its m onthly
Ockley Green
"Womenstrength” self-defense classes in October.
Community School
Registration begins Tuesday, Sept. 20, and con
6031 N. Montana,
tinues until classes are full with 50 students each.
Cafeteria
Classes fill quickly!
The classes are free and are available to
Northwest Portland
teenage and adult women. Assertiveness and
Tuesdays, Oct. 4, 11, 18
awareness are emphasized, and streetfighting skills
Metropolitan Learning
are taught.
Center
Saturday, Oct. 1
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Mallory Ave. Christian
Church Parking Lot
iMcrusa
„mu the
(Across from
and advancement as executives within the industry.
LUSTRASILK CORPORATION PRESENTS
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Write or Call:
RVA, Room 804
1021 S.W. 4th Ave.
Portland, OR 97204
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Rape victim advocates needed as volunteers w
Multnomah County District Attorneys Victims
Assistance Program. Training begins October 4.
Must be at least 18 and have transportation. For
more information call: 248-3222.
Test-Postive Program Offers Information And Support To Carriers of HIV-VIrua
(Educational Series Stresses “ Just The Facts.” )
A pilot educational program targeting persons
testing HIV-positive is being offered by the Cascade
AIDS Project (CAP) in October and November. Co
sponsored by the Multnomah County Health Divi
sion, the program includes: a three-evening series of
educational sessions specifically designed for peo
ple just-tested positive but without the symptoms or a diagnosis of AIDS/ARC.
Those interested in attending should contact Jay Roberts, Test-Postive Program
Coordinator at the Cascade AIDS Project, 223-5907.
Cascade AIDS Project
223-5907
Contact: Jay Roberts,
Test-Positive Program
Coordinator
ARC Offers "Accepting A Difference” Workshop
Thursday, Oct. 20
"Accepting a Difference,” a seven-week
7 00-9 00 p.m.
counseling workshop for parents of children wit
Clackamas Town Center
special needs. Sponsored by J e "
,
Retarded Citizens of Multnomah County, the class
will provide a self-help model for parents raising children with disabilities
The workshop will be led by Myra Classen, Family Sen/,ces Coordinator of
th ARC of Multnomah County and Kathy Richards, COPE Regional ConsuItant.
Topics covered will include working with professionals impact on sibhngs
marital impact, developing positive self-esteem in the family, and persona
PrObi h 1
e Sworlks9hop is funded, in part, by the Rose Tucker Foundation Cost for
workshop manuals is $10 per family for ARC members and J20 per farnhy or
others. Scholarships are available. Registration is limited. Deadline for -egistra
tion is October 7. For more information, contact Myra Classen, ARC-Multnomah,
223-7279.
At Home With Oprah Winfrey
2033 N.W. Glisan,
Gymnasium
Popular TV talk-show host Oprah Winfrey relaxes in the living room of her
spacious, high-rise condo in Chicago.
Free Health Screening
Pictured from left to right are: Delta Sigma Theta representatives from
Dillard College, Prairie View, Langeston, Amy Hilliard-JOnes, Director of
Marketing Lustrasilk Corporation, Spellman College and Mississippi Valley
State.
The Lustrasilk Corporation of Minneapolis, Minnesota honored
undergraduate representatives of Delta Sigma Theta public service sorority
with a $15,000 commitment at the organization’s recent 75th anniversary
celebration in San Francisco. In addition to the sponsorship of the
undergraduate luncheon, which featured Susan Taylor, Editor-in-chief of
Essence Magazine, Lustrasilk also made scholarship awards of $500 each
to a number of sorority chapters. The awards recognized the 10 chapters
with the highest cumulative grade point average. The company also pro
vided products and prizes for attendees. Lustrasilk is one of the country’s
oldest manufacturers of ethnic hair care products.
Youth Awareness
Workshop To Be
Scheduled
Sharon McCormack of the
Youth Gang Force, Jill Moll of the
Urban League and Rosevelt
Robinson from the parole board
are just a few of the many
workshop participants who will
discuss such Issues as the com
munity’s reaction to gangs, the
impact of gangs on the family and
the response of the legal system.
The program, sponsored by the
Tri-County Section of the National
Council of Negro Women, will ex
amine the impact of, and commu
nity responses to, the current
gang crisis.
0» keeps
more than
memories
alive.
An elegant, high-rise Chicago condominium is the showplace
home of TV’s top-rated talk show host Oprah Winfrey, reports the
October Ebony in a special photo-editorial.
Winfrey, whose nationally-syndicated “ The Oprah Winfrey Show”
has made her a household name from coast to coast, has created a
distinctly luxurious household of her own high above the bustle and
congestion of the city, where she spends her quiet time relaxing,
reading or watching TV.
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Registration for the Youth
Awareness Workshop, from 9:30
a m - 3 p.m., is $2. For more infor
mation, call Juanita Green, PPS,
280-6242.
“ Gangs and Gang Violence" is
the topic of a six-hour Youth
Awareness Workshop to be pres
ented at the Cascade Campus of
Portland Community College on
Saturday, Sept. 24.
The screening provides numerous important
health tests and services, including: blood screen
ing test (which includes cholesterol and blood
sugar), general physical assessment by nurses,
blood pressure check, dental and oral cancer check,
foot care evaluation, vision and glaucoma check, hearing test, breathing check,
stress and depression assessment (if desired), nutrition counseling, breast
cancer self-examination instructions and colon-rectal cancer screening. The
blood test results are later communicated back to the seniors and their physi
cians. HealthLink invites all Multnomah County seniors session requires 60-90
minutes, depending on the number of tests you take. Please call the Urban
League of Portland to make appointment.
Urban League
of Portland
280-2638
(For Appointment)
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