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1 he Portland Observer -September 26, 1990
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By Professor McKinley Burl
It's In the
Book, Believe
Me!
I d o n ’t know if I personally
sham ed” William Raspberry, the black
W ashington Post colum nist who several
w eeks ago put dow n the celebration of
\lric a n roots by many African Aemri-
cans-but certainly a number of our readers
lave made a good faith effort to do just
that. A num ber have cither forwarded
copies o f the response I gave last week
to the W ashington Post, or have mailed
their own expressions o f outrage.
When I wrote, “ the same knowl
edge [of Black contributions] has been
proven to greatly enhance a positive
perception o f African A m ericans by the
dom inant racial group” , a current in
stance im m ediately occurred to me. Re-
eently, I have written o f having taken
idvantage o f that nationw ide trend of a
grow ing partnership between Education
nd Business. Specifically, I made ear
ner reference to a Beaverton Com puter
Facility that was aiding me in assem-
bling my Education Delivery System of
Curriculum and Motivation, and my R e
search in African and African American
Technology and C u lture-until 1 could
once again open com m unity-based of
fices (soon after the first of the year).
W hat 1 did not mention was
that the founder o f this successful busi
ness is one o f the “ k id s” who partici
pated in my prizew inning Com puter/
Com m unications Demonstration held at
the Dalles, Oregon Junior High School
in 1967-tw enty three long and eventful
years ago. This young white youth
obviously was highly m otivated by the
presentation, such that when I encoun
tered him in later years at Portland State
University, he reminded me of the “ mind
boggling” revelation I had m a d e -th a t
the “ Africans developed the Binary
Mathematics used by today’s com put
ers.” He remarked of great difficulty in
gaining credibility when disseminating
this information until reference was made
to such accepted docum entation as the
“ Rhind Papyrus” and sim ilar ancient
documents.
An interesting spinoff has pro
ceeded from my answ er to W illiam
Raspberry’s article, where I cited “ Gale’s
Encyclopedia of Associations’ ’ as a source
for lists o f thousands o f organizations—
hundreds formed ju st for the purpose of
researching and celebrating European
roots. Many readers found much, much
W hat: Portland Cham ber Business
Forum
W hen: O ctober 9, 1990, 78:30 to
8:45 a.m.
W here: Red Lion Hotels & Inns/
Lloyd Center. 1000 N.E. Multnomah,
Holladay and Broadway Rooms.
W ho: Dr. Robert D. Barr, Dean,
College o f Education . Oregon State
University.
Topic: “ The Future Isn ’t What it
Used to B e !"
Special F eature: Preseniation of the
second annual Portland Chamber Teacher/
Program Recognition Awards.
Cost: Series package tickets (7
meetings) $95 Portland Cham ber m em
bers, $112 non-members Single tickets,
$15 Portland Cham ber members, $18
non-members. Corporate tables (10 seals)
$140, half-table (5 scats) $70
R egistration: Deadline is October
4. Contact Special Events at 228-9411.
M edia: All media representatives
are are welcome. Photo opportunities
available.
more of use in this huge directory of
American organizations found in the
reference section of the main public
library. It has been said that ‘‘Am eri
cans are the most ’jo ining’ people in the
w orld.” This book will convince you.
First, there are broad catego
ries with many subheadings and appro
priate crossreferences. There are ge
neric grouping from forestry and agri
culture to fisheries and game farms or
wildlife groups, manufacturers and dis
tributors to retailers and mail order asso
ciations, fraternal organizations to pro
fessional groups o f physicians, psychia
trists, lawyers and sociologists to educa
tors, conventioneers and cham ber of
commerce-and many ethnic groups other
than European.
The “ Trade A ssociation” list
ings were the majore reason for citing
this book to my business students at
Portland State University. From the
retail and wholesale groups to associa
tion o f “ Grey Iron Foundries” or Fast
OSU EDUCATION DEAN
Food Franchisers, I pointed out that these
FEATURED FORUM SPEAKER
groups were a prim ary source o f price
Dramatic changes in technology,
less information on operations, sales and
marketing techniques, equipment, sup science and manufacturing continue to
pliers, accounting procedures, financ transform our lives. In many industries,
ing and relevant statistics. Information these changes can happen overnight.
that could not otherw ise be obtained ex Keeping up with the fast-paced and often
cept by hands-on experience or by plow startling developm ents has place new
ing through scores o f textbooks, manu dem ands on business and industry.
Featured speaker at the O ctober 9
als and brochures—if at all.
Portland Cham ber Business Forum is
Dr. Robert D. Barr, dean, College of
Education, Oregon State University. The
breakfast meeting is at the Red Lion
H o te l/L lo y d C e n te r, 1000 N .E.
Multnomah Street, from 7:30 to 8:45
L O A N E D E X E C U T IV E S H E L P
U N IT E D W A Y
W ith a goal o f raising $ 19.5 million,
more than 70 people from the metro area
are serving as loaned executives during
United W ay o f the Colum bia-W illam
ette ’s 1990 campaign.
After a week of training in late August,
the follow ing m em bers o f the Black
com m unity are working closely with
com pany cam paign chairm en to coordi
nate successful fund-raising drives:
Harvey Lee G arnett, Tri-M et Tran
sit D istrict
A lfred W. Jones Jr., Internal Reve
nue Service
Local businesses loan these indi
viduals to United W ay w hile continuing
to pay their salaries and expenses, allow
ing the organization to send 87 cents o f
each contributed dollar directly to its
agencies. These volunteers work with
em ployees from industry, government
and education in Clackamas, Multnomah
and W ashington counties in Oregon and
Clark County in W ashington.
“ Our fund-raising efforts require as
sistance from thousands o f people in this
com m unity. Key role players include a
group o f about 70 people on loan to
U nited Way from com m unity-m inded
PORTLAND CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
a.m.
Dr. B an will examine the impact
of the changes on our daily lives-our
jobs, our businesses, our governments
and our families. His topic, “ The Future
Isn’t W hat it Used to B e!,” provides
insight on coping with these extraordi
nary changes.
A special feature at the meeting is
presentation of the Portland Chamber
Teacher/Program Recognition Awards.
Recipients from two-and four-year col
leges are honored for their outstanding
contribution to adult students and Port
land business and industry.
This year, the Portland Chamber
education Com m ittee received 16 nom i
nations. Four winners have been selected
(two teachers and two program s) with
one honorable mention. These programs
are shining examples of what O regon’s
colleges and universities have to offer
students and the business community.
Series packages are available for
seven meetings. Avoid rcgistrauon hassle,
receive a discount over individual ticket
prices and a free pass to Business After
Hours, a popuUr Chamber bi-monthly
trade show. Series tickets are $95 for
Portland Cham ber members and $112
for non-members. Individual tickets are
$15 for Chamber members and $18 for
non-members. For large groups, $140
corporate tables o f 10 scats guarantee
your party will be seated together. Half
tables o f five seats are also available for
$70.
Registration deadline is O ctober 4.
To make your reservations or for more
information, call Portland Chamber
Special Events at 228-9411.
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(continued from front page)
And deserving our immediate
attention in this respect is the fact that a
visit to any o f the institutions named
will find agreally disproportionate number
of the African American students en
rolled in the “ soft courses” rather than
the highly viable (em ployable) Field in
science and technology. This observa
tion, of course, brings us back to square
one. Once again we are brought squarely
up against the issue o f securing and
maintaining local SCHOOLS O F EX
CELLENCE. Even given the special
programs like MESA and Saturday
Academy, there is found in m ost a dis
heartening num ber o f black stu d en ts-
while Asian and other parent- and tradi
tion-driven minorities beat down the
doors to participate.
I ’d like to believe once again
I’ve made a good case for forming a
progressive, com petent and committed
parents’ organization which would be
quite serious about intervening in a pre
carious situation. It is quite obvious that
no one is going to do many o f the needed
tasks for u s -n o t school administration,
not government, not heaven. So it is we
ourselves who are going to have to mar
shal resources, lease facilities, employ
staff, utilize com puters for relevant in
formation retrieval and delivery, and
otherwise get the job done. I d o n ’t see
ANY OTHER ALTERNATIVE!
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em ployers,” said 1990C am paign Chair
man Bruce W illision, chairman o f the
board for First Interstate Bank o f O re
gon. ‘‘These men and women form the
core of a team that will enable us to
achieve our goal.”
Loaned executives will raise more
than 60 percent o f the money United
W ay distributes to nearly 200 agency
programs in the four-county area. These
agencies provide such services as child
care, drug and alcohol treatment, m edi
cal care, help for victims of family vio
lence, and personal developm ent pro
grams.
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P r e s strives to help every person In the firm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone
Is held back.
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