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«r «.' * Ÿ * ♦ > '* '> • * « » « • * • « « * « « * M * * t t e t e i* * * * * * ♦ * Page 4 Portland Observer March 30, 1989 NAPFE APPLAUDS APPOINTMENT OF SAMUEL GREEN, JR. REGIONAL PMG N eed A F a m ily D o c t o r ? Jew el I Crawford. M I) announces the opening of THE OPTIMUM FAMILY HEALTH CLINIC 4722 N.E Glisan Street Portland, O regon 9~213 V FREE 10-m inute get acquainted visit by appointm ent V Evening hours available V Easy access off 1-84 (eastbound. take 58th Ave exit w estbound, take 4.3rd Ave. e x it) V ( lose to Providence Medical ( e n te r V M em ber of selected health plans V N utrition evaluations Please call to schedule appointm ents 2 3 2 -5 8 7 9 Complete medical care fo r i hildreti anil adults Grace Collins Memorial Center Day Care “ Since 1952“ • Kindergarten • Pre-School ‘Latch Key Program ’ Children 6 wks. to 11 yrs. • Breakfast • Hot Lunches • Snacks Mon-Fri W ASHINGTON. D .C .-R obert L. White, National President of the National A lliance o f Postal and Federal E m p lo y e e s, issu e d a sta te m e n t applauding the appointment of Mr. Samuel Green, Jr. as Regional Postmaster General for the U.S. Postal Service’s Eastern Region. As Eastern Regional P o stm a ste r G e n e ra l, based in Philadelphia, Green will direct policy for all postal operations in a 11-state area including the District o f Columbia. Mr. Green succeeds Mr. Johnny F. Thomas who resigned from the position. President Robert L. W hite, who heads the nation’s largest and oldest black led labor union said in a statement to Postmaster General Anthony M. Frank, “ ...we salute you for selecting him as a replacement for Mr. Johnny Thomas, who was also a Black career postal employee with many years o f service. However, the action taken in this instance, as noble as it is, still does not irradiate the position o f National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees, that race was a factor in the decision to remove Mr. Thomas as the Eastern Region Postm aster G eneral.” “ A lso” , President W hite continued, “ let me assure you that this assertion is not made against you, our latest Postm aster General. In reality, racial discrimination permeates throughout the Postal Service as well as the Federal Service, in many different ways. It did not just start in recent years, and it is very unlikely to disappear in the foreseeable future. Nevertheless, let me express our appreciation for your favorable intervention, in this instance. “ However, let me again say for the record, that racial discrimination is still alive and ram pant throughout the USPS and still there is not enough being done about it” 6:30 am • 6.00 pm VOTING RECORD OF CBC Call 281-6930 128 N.E. Russell St. 4 Year O lds - M aking Cookies Grace Collins Memorial Center 5 Year Olds - Reading First G rade Books — Day Care PORTLAND OBSERVER “ The |=yps and Ears o f the Community” 288-0033 Get a good taste of Beaverton Lodge this Saturday. Not sure moving is your cup of tea? Maybe all you need is a taste of Beaverton Lodge. A deliciously decadent taste...of dessert and complimentary English tea. This Saturday afternoon, any time between 1 and 4 p.m. While you're here, you'll be able to take a leisurely stroll through the Lodge. Look into our spacious one and two bedroom apartments~the ones with patios and decks. ( heck out the pool and health club. Hear about our homecooked meals and special activities. Get a good taste of what living here is really like. All for one reasonable monthly rent. Sound like we're pouring it on too thick? Maybe. But so far more than 100 residents have come for a taste...only to discover that Beaverton Lodge really is their cup of tea. B eaverton I gdge Retirement Residence 12900 S.W. Ninth Street • Beaverton • Phone: 227-7645 O ff Main St. between Farm ington and Allen Blvd. fOUAt H O U StW G ' imtiltmmtary English Teas unll hr served every Salundav during Ihr Spring m m n W A SH IN G T O N - The Black members o f the 100th Congress, the m ost recent, voted better on “ W orld O rder” issues than the Congress as a whole. The Congressional Black Caucus members achieved an 89% rating com pared to 54% for the entire House according to the Global Statesmanship ratings of the Campaign for UN Reform. O f the 22 voting Black members, 21 achieved a rating above 80% and 12 a ra tin g abo v e 9 0 % . T he top representatives were: Ronald Dellums (D-C a ), with 98%; W illiam Clay (D- MO), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Julian Dixon (D-CA), W illiam Gray (D-PA), Major Owens (D-NY), Alan W heat (D- MO), Floyd Flake (D-NY), John Lewis (D-GA), and Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), each with a rating o f 96%; and John Conyers (D-M l), and Mervyn Dymally (D-CA), each with a rating o f 90%. Representative Mervyn Dymally (D- CA), immediate past Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus and member o f the Committee on Foreign Affairs, stated that * *he number o f Black members in the > e s s quantitatively reflect? ’ th. representation o f Black Amc i . ans in the general population, I < m sure that qualitatively United States Foreign policy would be much more constructive and globally-oriented.” The Campaign based its ratings on how the representatives voted on 12 issues. F iv eo f the issues included votes against cutting funding for international organizations, for limiting atomic testing, for a national oceans policy commission, for a foreign aid program, and f tr sanctions against South Africa. Also included were votes on various issues which may violate U.S. treaty obligations These inc luded votes against testing the kinetic-kill vehicle, against assembly o f binary chemical weapons, against aid to the Contras, against reducing funds for international organizations, for a convention against ocean dumping, for compliance with the ABM Treaty, and for terminating the Strategic Defense Initiative. The Campaign for United Nations Reform promotes efforts to give world organizations the structures, authority, and funding necessary to a-e’-je a peaceful, orderly, and more just world. It advances a 14-point U.N. reform program , rates the House and Senate on “ «'orld order” issues, endorses globally minded candidates, and supports U.N. improvement legislation in Congress. so strong ihat addicts arc willing io com m it crim e, sell their bodies and destroy family relationships to obtain HOW ONE CHURCH DEALS WITH THE CRACK EPIDEMIC SAN FRANCISCO (UMNS) - When the area surrounding G lide Memorial United M ethodist Church here became “ infested” with crack addicts and dealers, the church’s pastor, the Rev. Cecil W illiams, knew something must be done. A year ago, the church began its own program dealing with the crack cocaine problem. Mr. W illiam s is now instrum ental in organizing a national conference here April 11-14 on “ The Black Fam ily/Com m unity and Crack Cocaine: Prevention, Treatment, Recovery.” W hat m akes the conference unique, according to Mr. W illiam s, is that it treats crack as a problem related to public health, not just to criminal justice. Mr. W illiams said he considers crack the m ost destructive force ever to face the black family, “ worse than slavery ... worse than the Ku Klux Kian. T hat’s the im pact som e o f us feel.” But, he points out, it is a problem that concerns everyone. * ‘Crack cocaine is m oving heavily into the Hispanic community, into segm ents o f the white community and into suburbia,” he added. The purpose o f the conference is to create a national network and support system to deal with the crack epidemic. Participants will include health-care providers, lawyers, police and probation officers, com m unity activists, students and clergy. Mr. W illiam s believes churches in particular should involve themselves in the crisis. “ W e have the greatest opportunity we have had in a long time to give leadership,” he said. W hen sm oked, crack delivers a sudden burst o f cocaine to the brain, bringing a feeling o f euphoria. But the intense high lasts only short time, which is why addicts seek it constantly. “ T he c ra v in g is a lm o st unbelieveable,” Mr. Williams explained. “ Y ou’re alw ays chasing that first h it.” M edical researchers say crack is the m ost addictive drug ever. The desire is M ost people involved in the seven recovery groups sponsored by G lide M emorial come when they are “ shot to the curb” ; in other words, they have nothing left. “ The sense o f rejection and abandonm ent is param ount,” he said. W hile crack addicts get help on the physical part of the addiction from Haigh’ Ashbury Free Medical Clim es or other places, Glide Memorial provides spiritual rebirth and a new will to live through its “ fam ily” there. In fact, the recovery program includes a type o f birth process, according to Mr W illiams. Recovering crack addicts “ are bom into a huge family here and have it for the rest o f their lives,” he said. “ This is their home. T hey’re here every day.” O f the more than 2,000 people who have become involved in G lide’s program , he estim ates that ‘ ‘30 percent are recovering now .” Issues to be addressed at the conference include the psychological and social im p act o f crack; its underground econom y; the connections with AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, hom elessness and poverty; the impact on women users and their children; and the connection with the criminal justice system. M odels for prevention and recovery for crack addicts also will be discussed. Speakers include Peter Bell, executive director o f the Institute on Black Chem ical Abuse, M inneapolis; W ade Nobles, executive director of the Institute for Advanced Study o f Black Family Life and C ulture, O akland, Calif.; and Dr. Beny Primm, executive director of the A ddiction, T reatm ent & Research Corporation, Brooklyn, N.Y. O ther speakers are D avid Smith, a MAN WHO BLEW THE WHISTLE ON TAWANA BRAWLEY SAYS HIS ATTITUDES TOWARD RACISM WERE FORMED IN VIETNAM New York, March 23—” 1 stood up and did what an A m erican should do, j black or w hite,” declared Perry t M cKinnon, who has been criticized by other blacks for casting doubt on Tawana Brawley’s charge that she was kidnapped and raped by a group o f w hite men. In an interview to be published this . S unday in P A R A D E m a g a z in e , M cKinnon, who has accused the Rev. A1 Sharpton and B raw ley’s attorneys, Alton Maddox Jr. and C. Vernon Mason, o f lying, said he once “ thought they were progressive men dealing with black people’s problem s.” M cKinnon, who once worked for Sharpton, said his feelings about racism were formed in Vietnam where a white racist who eventually becam e his “ best friend” was killed. “ Suddenly I woke up one day and realized that we all bleed the same. If I gave a w hite guy blood, he did not turn i. black. If he gave me blood, I was still i the same. To the enemy we were ju st . targets. C olor didn’t m atter to him. So why should it m atter to u s?” “ If I would be prejudiced against a racist today, I would be no better than him ,” McKinnon told w riter W allace Terry. “ I learned that I could not hate all whites because one w hite man called . m e ‘nigger.’ A fter all, there were white people who m arched for my freedom too. There was a w hite guy I loved who had died in my arms. And I d on’t want M addox, M ason and Sharpton to make people forget that.” physician at the Haight Ashbury Fre: c Clinics; Elaine Johnson, director, Offic C o f Substance A buse Prevention i, Rockville, Md.; M other Clare am; 2 Lorraine Hale, Hale House o f Harlem; W illie L. Brown Jr., speaker, California State Assembly; San Francisco m ayor A rt A gnos and author M aya Angelou. Judy Hunt, a staff member of the Division of Health and W elfare M inistries of the United M ethodist Board o f Global Ministries, is a member of the conference planning committee. Rally for Reproductive Rights to be held in Portland “ Affirm W om en’s L ives” , a rally for reproductive rights will take place at 1p.m. Sunday, April 9th at Terry Shrunk Plaza. Shrunk Plaza located at S.W. 3rd and Madison in Portland. 6 I WANT TO BUY | YOUR OWN HOME? M O VE SIX SPACES FORWARD. (It'll take just a few minutes to see if you can afford a HUD home!) 1. 2. ■ If yo u 've w o rk e d fo r tw o years fo r the same e m p lo ye r (or in the same occu pa tion ) and you have a g o o d cred it record, m ove a h e a d l space. START YOU DID IT! ifthe number in space 6 is more than $550, then chances are good that HUD has an affordable home for you Vour next move is to call your real estate agent. Stop here a n d com pute you r Ad|usted Income. That's y o u r to ta l gross m onthly incom e, less fe d e ra l w ith h o ld ing taxes. W rite y o u r answ er here and m ove on. I I 3. ; l ! i I I S 4. 5. ■ W rite the sm aller am o un t o f eith er space 3 o r space 5 here. As a ge n e ra l rule, that's the m axim um am ount you can a ffo rd fo r a m onthly house pa ym en t (including p ro p e rty taxes) Low monthly payments and 3% down! Most of our HUD homes ore approved for FHA Mortgage Insurance, which makes them more afford able than ever Plus, HUD s bid process is easy For listings of HUD homes available now look for our big real estate classified ad in every Friday and Sunday Oregonian M u ltip ly yo u r Ad|usted Incom e (from space 2) by 0 .3 8 , then subtract $150 and w rite the answ er here. Then m ove on to the next space A d d up all yo u r m onthly debts (car, loan, cred it purchase, cre d it card, child support an d a lim o n y paym ents you o w e every m onth) an d then a d d $150 Fill in the to ta l here e n d g o to space 5 I » I H ID ir DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT C 1989 by HUD, Portlond Office Y ou're c ‘ ¡tome. M u ltip ly you r Ad|usted Incom e (from space 2) by 0 53, sub^oct the am o un t on space 4 a n d w rite the result here N o w m ove a lo n g P L E A S ! N O T E : Individual orcum ttoncet vary a t do lend er, requirem enlt (or gualiFymg o protpertive buyer lor a home m ortgage The formula here it intended only Io provide you with a general d ea o l how a lender may view y e w tinonciol tondibon a t ,1 appliet lo o hom e purtho te For further information on loon requirement!, folk to your real m a te a gent or local lender A • -z . - I 4