►♦**
H rs Francos Schoen-Nesrspaper Roos
U n iv e r s it y o f Oregon L ib r a r y
tu re n e , Oregon 97403
Portland, Oregon
ERVER
"The Eyes and Ears of the Community'
VOLUME XIX NUMBER 12
W alker Institute R eschedules
Lecture
Charles Collins
Jefferson High, President of
Student Body
Anthony Greely
Jefferson High, Senior
La Tanya Fair
Jefferson High, Junior
D ue to circum stances beyond its control, The W alker Institute has
rescheduled the first event in its inaugural lecture series. The M arch 30
lecture which was to feature Barbara G ardner Proctor as the speaker has
been rescheduled for Thursday, A pril 27. The April 27 speaker will be Earl
G. G raves, publisher o f Black Enterprise M agazine, a business and services
publication targeted to black professionals, executives, entrepreneurs and
policym akers.
The lecture will be held at 7:30 pm at the Lloyd Center Tow er, 825 NE
M ultnomah op the 17th floor. Admission is $10.
In his lecture titled, “ All o f O ur Business” , Graves will speak on the
em erging role o f m inorities and women in the business sector.
G raves is president and chief executive officer o f Earl G. G raves, Ltd.,
the parent com pany for the Earl G. G raves Publishing com pany. From the
com pany’s headquarters in New York, G raves also adm inisters the Minority
Business Inform ation Institute, a not-for-profit resource library on black
business developm ent. A third com pany, EGG Dallas Broadcasting, Inc.
was recently sold for $14 million.
Established in 1970, Black Enterprise M agazine has a current circulation
o f 230,000. Yearly sales are more than $15.2 million.
G raves was an adm inistrative assistant to the late Senator Robert F.
Kennedy from 1965 to 1968. A fter Senator K ennedy’s assassination,
G raves form ed his ow n m anagem ent consulting firm. In 1979, Graves was
appointed a m em ber o f the Presidential C om m ittee on Small and Minority
Business and served as a Civilian Aide to the Secretary o f the U.S. Army
from 1978 to 1980.
In 1972 he was nam ed one o f the ten m ost outstanding minority
businessm en in the country by President Nixon and presented with the
National Award of Excellence in recognition o f his achievem ents in
m inority business enterprise. In 1974he was named on eo fT im e M agazine’s
200 future leaders o f the country; was nam ed Outstanding Citizen o f the
Y ear by O m ega Psi Phi (national Fraternity); and received the New York
State Regents M edal o f Excellence. Last year G raves received the Missouri
Honors Medal.
G raves is an ROTC graduate, attended A irborne and Rangers School and
finished his Army career with the rank o f Captain as a m em ber o f the 19th
Special Forces Group, the Green Beret. He is also the recipient o f the U.S.
Army Com m endation Award.
G raves received his' B.A. degree in econom ics from Morgan State
U niversity in Baltimore, M aryland and has received H onorary Doctor of
Laws degrees from 23 universities, including his alma mater.
The W alker Institute is a non-profit organization founded to enhance
professional developm ent for m inorities and women in the business world.
For m ore inform ation on the lecture, call (503) 293-8587.
KA-NEE-TA placed on Oregon AFL-
CIO’s “ PQ NQ I PATRONIZE U S X
Angela Polk
Jefferson High, Junior
f
The O regon A FL-CIO Executive
Board voted unanim ously on March 17,
1989 to place Ka-Nee-Ta Resort, located
on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation
of O regon, on the official “ Do Not
Patronize L ist.”
The Ka-Nee-Ta Resort is a business
enterprise o f the Confederated Tribes
o f the W arm Springs Reservation of
Oregon. In taking this action, the
Executive Board acted on a request
from W estern Council o f Industrial
W orkers, Local Union 2941, AFL-CIO,
which claim ed that the W arm Springs
Forest Products Industry (W SFPI), also
a business enterprise of the Confederated
Tribes has been unfair in its treatment
o f em ployees Local 2941 at W arm
Springs Forest Products Industries’
lum ber mill.
INTRODUCING
Jewel L. Craw ford, M.D., has
announced the opening of The Optimum
Family Health Clinic at 4722 NE Glisan,
Portland.
A graduate o f Stanford University in
California and the Howard University
College o f M edicine in W ashington,
D.C., Dr. Crawford completed her
internship at Howard University Hospital
in a joint program combining pediatrics
and internal medicine.
Since moving to Oregon in 1985, Dr.
Crawford has worked in several family
practice clinics prior to opening her
own practice at The O ptimum Family
Health Clinic in Northeast Portland.
“ I have a strong com m itm ent to
family practice, and offer com plete
medical care for children and adults,”
Lir. Craw ford said. “ It’s important for
family m em bers o f all ages to have a
physician who not only offers treatment
for illnesses and injuries, but who also
stresses proper nutrition and good habits
to stay healthy.”
Dr. Crawford said she is offering
free 10 minute, get-acquainted visits by
a p p o in tm e n t, and th a t e v e n in g
appointments are available. People
interested in scheduling an appointment
are asked to call 232-5879.
The Optimum Family Health Clinic
offers convenient parking, and is located
close to Providence Medical Center.
The clinic is near the intersection of NE
47th and Glisan, and is on the #19
Glisan Tri-M et bus line.
The clinic is a m ember o f selected
health plans and Spanish-speaking
patients are welcome.
M arch 30th, 1989
SPO TLIG H TING
Brenda Sherman, Fashion Consultant at the Downtown Nordstrom D e p t
Store. The former Grant High School track standout is returning to Portland
after a several year absence, to pursue a career with the Nordstrom Chain
Brenda works in the “ Personal T ouch” Dept at the Fashionable store.
Personal touch provides a service o f outfitting the custom er with a complete
line o f clothing and accessories offered by Nordstroms from a single item on
up.
After leaving Oregon, Brenda attended the University o f W ashington,
graduating in 1979 with a B.A. in Journalism Arts, and a B.A. in Business
Administration. She worked as a Executive Recruiter in California prior to
her return to Portland.
CONGRATULATIONS !
CONGRESSMAN
LEWIS TO SPEAK
AT TEMPLE
BETH ISRAEL
Tem ple Beth Israel will host Annual
Daniel J. and Elizabeth O. Cohn Lecture.
The 1989 guest lecturer is Congressman
John Lewis. He will address Black
Jewish Relations, specifically what
transpired in the 1960’s, today and what
needs to be done to further the relationship
in the future. We are delighted to have
this opportunity. Please join us on
April 14, 1989:
6:00 p.m. - No host dinner
in the Temple Beth Israel Blumauer
Auditorium
C ost - $8.50
Reservations required by April 10th
Please call 222-1069
7:30 p.m. - W orship service and
address by Congressman John Lewis
in the Sanctuary.
Howard Byer
C hair, Cohn Lecture Committee
Ms. Judy Petri, recently promoted to Director of Housing M anagem ent
for The Portland Housing Authority. The seventeen year H.A.P. em ployee
is the highest ranked minority em ployer for the Housing Authority.
AFRICAN AMERICAN SUMMIT
T he A FR IC A N A M E R IC A N S U M M IT ’89 will take place on April 21,22
and 23, 1989 in New Orleans, LA. An African American A genda for the
next four years and on out to the year 2000, which transcends party and
partisan considerations, will be developed at this meeting.
T he A FR IC A N A M ER IC A N SU M M IT ’89 will be open to all African
Americans of every political persuasion, religious organization, all economic
levels, ages, philosophies and walks o f life. There will be delegates from
each state and each state will have a C hair and Com m ittee to facilitate
participation and communication. It will be a gathering o f Democrats and
Republicans, elected officials and governm ent employees; union members
and business people; professionals and service workers; em ployed and
unemployed; the wealthy and those on welfare; northerners and southerners;
easterners and westerners; city dwellers and suburbanites, blue collar
workers and white collar workers; younger African Americans as well as
older African Americans.
A few of the noted participants include the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the
Honorable Maxine W aters, the Honorable C. DeLores Tucker, Dr. Dorothy
Height. Mr. Randall Robinson and the Honorable Charles Diggs.