Volume XXI, Number 17
The Eyes and Ears o f The Community"
Trail Blazers To Participate In
National Fishing Week
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Photo by Veronica Green
I —Portland Trail Blazer Buck Wil-
A- liams will talk with kids about
“ getting hooked on fishing, not drugs”
at an assembly was held for 700 stu
dents at Sabin School in Northeast
Portland On Thursday, at 1:30 p.m.
The assembly, hosted by Sabin
School and the Forest Service, will
kick off National Fishing Week and
“ unveil” a poster featuring Williams
and Kevin Duckworth and the National
Announcement
Rev. Denise Bell
Fishing Week theme, ‘ ‘Get Hooked on
Fishing, Not On Drugs.”
* ‘The Trail Blazers and fishing are
two of the things Oregonians love most.
Getting them together to reach out to
the young people in our community
with a drug-free message is an exciting
opportunity,” said Regional Forester
John Butruille.
Sabin School is one of seven Early
Education Centers in the Portland area
and is an active participant in the Suc
cess for Students at Risk (STAR) Plan.
The STAR Plan outlines various pro
grams and activities to help students at
risk meet their full potential in school
and in the community.
The assembly will be held in the
school gymnasium and will last about
half an hour. Sabin School is located at
4013 NE 18th (NE 18th and Shaver).
Members of the media are encouraged
to attend.
MYCAP Celebrates
Its Third Year Anniversary
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BY TONY WASHINGTON
pril 14,1991 marked three years
that the Minority Youth Concerns
Action Program has been in existence.
MYCAP was co-founded by Lonnie
Jackson, Minority affairs Coordinator
at MaClaren School and Samuel Pierce,
Executive Director of MYCAP, along
with four other community activists.
MYCAP is an organization that
works with African American male youth
between the ages of 15-20 years. While
MY CAP services a wide range o f youth
needs, one f its specialties is achieving
success with gang affected youth, in
only three short years MYCAP is now in
over forty states. Through local and
national presentations, the organization
is fast becoming a national model for
treatment of gang affected youth.
MYCAP is the first organization in
the country to introduce the concept of a
“ treatment model” for working with
gang youth. According to Lonnie Jackson,
“ The concept is taking hold and gaining
Mycap Martin Luther King Celebration
approval all across the country where
I’ve done presentations. Whether in
pleased with MYCAP’s progress but
3 young people are. They just need posi
Texas, Virginia, Alabama, Michigan,
remains modest about its national repu-
t tive adults who are willing to invest in
etc., people are amazed at our approach
their
lives. They need to be taught how
tation. “ Yes, we have come a long way,
t
to this problem.” At press date, Mr.
but we still have much further to go.
to
t become a man in a society that con
Jackson is the main speaker at a national
One would think that an organization
s sistently attempts to strip them of their
conference in Los Angeles.
who has been as successful as ours
r manhood.”
Tim Holt, who is MYCAP’S Pro
would not have to be runing down do
Currently the organization works
gram Director, and conducts its Transi
nations, but today we are still strug-
primarily
[
with males, but due to the
tion School, was recently in Washing
giing financially.” According to Pierce,
r
number
of female participants and re
ton, D.C. for a national youth confer
the organization needs about $100,000
f ferrals, a female component is in the
ence. Although he was not there as a
works.
this year to provide the kind of quality
v
presenter, “ once they heard about what
service that MYCAP is noted for.
Other MYCAP staff include Steve
we were doing here in Portland, they
Said Pierce, “ The media often
Huffman,
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Activity Director, Leslie
asked me back next year as a presenter
portray our children as being bad, but I
I Abbott, Administrative Assistant, Eric
for the conference.”
don’t buy it. You would be surprised
' Williams, Live-in Supervisor and Demet
Executive Director Pierce is very
how caring and loving most of these
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Taylor, Case Manager Trainee.
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News From the African
American Festival
The National Black Police
Association Regional
Conference Update
Noted Scientist Addresses
New Banking Association
D
lr . J u lia n
Earls, a na
tionally known sci
entist, will be the
keynote speaker at
the first annual rec
ognition Banquet
sponsored by the
Oregon Association
of Urban Bankers
(OAUB).
The Oregon As
sociation of Urban
Bankers is a new
organization formed
to promote and de
velop minority pro
fessionals in Ore
gon’s banking and
financial industry.
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The Portland chapter is affiliated with
the National Association of Urban
Bankers which represents over 1,700
minority professionals in 30 chapters
located throughout the United States.
“ The chapter was formed in order
to give minority professionals in the fi
nancial services industry in Portland a
forum to exchange ideas and to estab
lish a network of support,” said Val
erie White, formerly a vice president at
U.S. Bank and the chapter’s first presi
dent. “ We felt it was important to have
an organization that could nurture pro
fessional relationships within a corpo
ration and among member companies.”
Membership in OAUB consists pri
marily of minority professionals from
Oregon’s major banking institutions.
Representation includes U.S. Bank, First
Interstate Bank, Security-Pacific Bank,
Seafirst Bank and West One Bank.
OAUB welcomes minority profession
als from smaller banks as well as from
related financial industries such as in
surance, brokerage and securities, fi
nance and real estate.
“ We have received tremendous
support from the top management at all
of the large banks,” White said. “ In
addition, we have been very encour
aged by the interest shown by people
in professions such as insurance and
accounting.”
OAUB is launching its first an
nual Recognition Banquet by featur
ing Dr. Julian Earls on Thursday, April
25. Dr. Earls is the director of Health
Services at the NASA Lewis Research
Center in Cleveland, Ohio. His many
awards and honors includes election
into the inaugural class of the National
Black College Alumni Hall of Fame
for his scientific achievements and
unselfish record for the welfare of others.
Dr. Earls was inducted with such dis
tinguished individuals as Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., and Justice Thurgood
Marshall.
The OAUB banquet will be held
at the Portland Hilton Hotel starting at
6:30 p.m. The evening begins with a
reception featuring the Jefferson High
School Jazz Combo and includes a
Silent Auction. Proceeds form the
auction and banquet will benefit
OAUB’s Minority Student Scholarship
Fund. Admission to the dinner is $50,
and ticket information can be obtained
by contacting June Clarke at 295-1461.
“The Black Family Crisis”
The National Black Police Asso
ciation (NBPA) is holding its Western
Region Conference Thursday, April
25, 1991 through Saturday, April 27,
1991.
The Oregon Black Law Enforce
ment United (BLEUS) is hosting the
conference, which will be held at the
Westin-Benson Hotel, 309 SW Broad
way, Portland, OR 228-2000.
Friday, April 26, 1991
BLEUS Community Awards Ban
quet 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. $28.00
Featuring commissioner of Police Wil
lie L. Williams, Philadelphia, Penn
sylvania - Keynote Speaker
Chief Tom Potter - Portland Po
lice Bureau
Chief Mac Lockett - Portland
Public School Police
Awards will be presented to mem
bers of the community in recognition
of their commitment to public service.
Saturday, April 27, 1991
P rayer B reakfast
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. $10.00
Guests include
Pastor Phillip Nelson,
Allen Temple C.M.E.
Panel Discussion -
The Black Family Crisis
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Dance & Show
9:00 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. $10.00
YMCA Slates Camp Sign-Up Week
April 22-26 is Camp Sign-up week
for all eight branches of the Columbia-
Willamette YWCA.
Special events will highlight sum
mer day and resident camp program
ming for children and youth, ages K
through Grade 12 throughout the four-
county area. Parents can register chil
dren for Day Camping, Summer Dis
covery Days (full-day childcare). Spe
cial Interest and Sports Camps.
In addition, pre-registration forms
for the YMCA’s full facility camp.
Camp Collins, 8 miles east of Gresham
on the Sandy River will also be avail
able. Included in Camp Collin’s activi-
ties for children Grades 1 through 12
are Resident Camps, Teen Camps,
Leadership Camps, Horse Camps,
Rafting Camps, Cross Culture Camps,
Family Camps and Mini-Camps for
children, ages 6 and 7.
Camp Collins will be having Open
Houses on S unday, April 28 from 2 to 4
p.m. and on Sunday June 9th from 2 to
4 p.m. Interested parents and campers
arc invited to meet camp staff and visit
and tour the grounds and facilities.
Financial assistance is available
for campers in all of the summer camp
ing programs. For more information
call, 223-YMCA.
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