Page 6 The Portland Observer - April 3,1991
Savage Joins
Wyden Team
Chuck Morrison, (left), vice president, Coca-Cola USA Congratulates
Jerry Roebuck, (right), founder and president, Black Expo USA, on a
successful kick-off for Black Expo '91 which premiered at the Georgia
World Congress Center in Atlanta.
School to Observe ‘International Day’
Skyline Elementary, the most iso­
lated and rural o f Portland Public
Schools, goes ‘ ‘ international” next
Wednesday (A p ril 3).
Located southwest o f Sauvie Is­
land at 11536 N .W . Skyline B lvd., the
school plans to learn about cultural
diversity from speakers and story te ll­
ers representing native Americans and
eight foreign countries.
Tim ed from 9:20 a.m.-2 p.m., the
International Day o f speaker sessions
and assemblies also w ill feature stu­
dents, staff members and guests dressed
in ethnic and cultural costumes.
(Contact: Jan Collins, Skyline prin­
cipal, 645-1212)
School Plans ‘Poppin-Fresh Pops
Concert’
Femwood M iddle School stages a
com m unity ‘ ‘ Poppin’ Fresh Pops Con­
cert” next Thursday evening (A p ril 4).
The 7 p.m. performance, sched­
uled in the school gymnasium at 1915
N.E. 33rd Ave., offers vocal and instru­
mental selections o f gospel, jazz, rap
and pop music.
featured are Fem wood’ s No! K id ­
ding! C hoir, jazz ensemble, jazz trio
and rap group, DeVasti Betts and the
Fly G irls. Alsoappeanng are Portland’ s
Tubman M iddle School Gospel C hoir
and Gladstone’s Kraxburger M iddle
School jazz ensemble.
Admission fees are $3 fo r adults
and S2 for students.
(Contact: Larry N obori, Femwood
music teacher, 281-0089.
Congressman Ron Wyden (D-OR),
announced the appointment o f Louis
Savage as D istrict D irector o f his Port­
land office. Savage assumed his re­
sponsibilities on A p ril 1st.
For the last seven years, Savage
has been Executive D ire c to r o f
M ultnom ah County Legal A id Service,
a non-profit agency which provides civ il
legal services to over six thousand low -
income people. In 1985, the agency
was recognized as the most effective
legal aid program in the country.
In announcing the appointment,
Rep. Wyden said, ‘ ‘ I ’ ve watched Lou
help Oregonians fig h t through the
Byzantine maze o f government for years.
Lou is a true ‘ people’ s advocate’ who
w ill pull out all the stops to make sure
our citizens get a fa ir shake.”
Savage said, ‘ T ’ve known Ron since
his days w ith the Gray Panthers. I t ’ s ex­
citing to team up w ith an energetic
o ffice staff dedicated to serving our
com m unity.”
Savage is a graduate o f the U niver­
sity o f Oregon and received his law
degree from Lew is and Clark College.
He served as chairperson o f the board
o f Metropolitan Community Action from
1987-89, and is on the board o f Burnside
Projects. He is currently serving on a
task force which is developing a Hous­
ing Center for the city o f Portland.
Savage replaces Rich Brown who
has joined Bank o f Am erica Oregon as
manager o f corporate affairs.
Earl Robinson Musical
Review Selected
Same Boat, Brother - The Earl
Robinson M usical Review has been
selected fo r sixth production this sea­
son to replace the originally-scheduled
“ W oody G uthrie’ s American Song” .
Same Boat, Brother w ill open June 21,
1991, at Artists Repertory Theatre.
Based on the music and lyrics o f
the intemationally-renowned composer
ofsuch hits as “ Joe H ill,” “ The House
I L ive In ,” “ H urry Sundown” and
“ Black and W h ite ,” this production
examines Robinson’ s m oving songs
about social turm oil, especially those
depicting the struggles o f the labor
movement. During his travels through­
out the United States and the w orld,
Robinson gathered a wide range o f fo lk
material around which he built his works.
Blacklisted from his profession
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“ F inally, I call on American and
foreign m ultinational corporations that
w ill be prime candidates for rebuilding
contracts to make maximum use o f
m inority subcontractors.”
‘ ‘The African-Am erican business
com m unity includes construction con­
tractors, transportation specialists,
computer service firm s, and banking
and other financial institutions that
can provide important products, serv­
ices and support to prim e contractors.
“ The large-scale e ffo rt to rebuild
K uw iat is a test o f the sincerity o f the
U.S. and K u w a iti governments and o f
U.S. corporations.”
“ The N ational Urban League was
forthright in its support o f the allied
effort to roll back aggression. We knew
the risks o f casualties to our constitu­
ents in the armed forces were great,
but we fe lt those risks were justified by
the principles at stake.”
“ Today, equally im portant p rin ­
ciples are at stake - equal opportuni­
ties in peace, as w ell as in w ar.”
“ Those equal opportunities in ­
clude not o nly fair treatment and pro­
tection from discrim ination fo r return­
ing m in ority servicepeople, but also
access to business opportunities aris­
ing from the post-war reconstruction
e ffo rt.”
“ Because the rebuilding process
appears to be taking o ff at great speed,
we urge the President, the head o f our
government departments concerned,
the K uw aiti government and purchas­
ing representatives, and m ultinational
corporations to move w ith great ur­
gency to include minority-owned firms
in the reconstruction o f K u w a it.”
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“ This Adm inistration has often
spoken o f the importance o f economic
development to the African-Am erican
community. Government is tradition­
a lly an important facilitator for large
corporations bidding for international
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executive o ffice r o f the National Urban
League, today called for a concerted ef­
fort to assure black-and-minority-owned
businesses a role in the m u lti-b illio n
dollar Kuw ait reconstruction effort.
M r. Jacob said:
“ It is important that African Am eri­
cans play as basic a role in helping to
rebuild K uw ait as we did in liberating it.
“ R ight now, contracts amounting
to as much as $100 b illio n or more are
being let to Am erican and international
companies to repair the damage to
Kuw ait.
“ Given the sacrifices minorities have
made to free K uw ait, it is only fa ir that
special efforts be made to reach out to
include m inority-ow ned and operated
businesses in sharing the rewards o f
peace.
“ A key component should be an e f­
fective outreach program by U.S. agen­
cies coordinating the rebuilding effort.
The Commerce Department has estab­
lished a G u lf Reconstruction Center to
assist American businesses interested in
competing fo r contracts in K u w a it and
in the G u lf area. Other agencies in the
Department o f Commerce, the State
Department, and the Pentagon are in ­
volved in this e ffo rt as well.
“ I call on President Bush to direct
those agencies to initiate contact w ith
m inority-ow ned firm s capable o f play­
ing a role in the rebuilding process and
to assist those firm s to prepare bids and
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can radical, Robinson and his music
regained attention w ith the folk-m usic
revival o f the 1960’ s. His songs have
been made famous by recording artists
such as Frank Sinatra, Joan Baez, Pe­
ter, Paul and M ary, Three Dog N ig h t
and Paul Robeson, just to name a few.
D irector Lyn T y rre ll brings Same
Boat, Brother to A .R .T. after the tre­
mendous success o f a sim ilar produc­
tion she and M r. Robinson put together
in Seattle in 1989. The Earl Robinson
show received rave reviews from c rit­
ics and played to sold-out houses at
PST’ s Firststage o f Pioneer Square.
Earl Robinson, a Seattle area resi­
dent, w ill appear at benefit perform ­
ances fo r the Theatre during the run o f
the show.
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