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Volume XXI, Number 19
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The Eyes and Ears o f The Community"
Local Production Wins Big
at International Film Festival
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May 8,1991
A Touch Of Elegance”
G rassroot News, a
local production company,
was re ce n tly honored at
the T enth A n n u a l C o rk
Y o u th In te rn a tio n a l V id e o
and F ilm F e stiva l in C o rk,
Ireland.
Teen Parent T .V ., a
p ro d u ctio n subsidized by
the P ortland P u b lic School
D is tric t and the N orth Port
land Y o u th Service C en
ter, w on fo r best pho to g ra
phy.
African American
Males Are Not The
Problem, by
Benjamin Chavis, Jr.
Teen Parent Magazine
received an aw ard fo r best
film school and best e d it
ing. O th e r countries that
p a rticip a te d in the fe s tiv a l
included B elgium , Finland,
Itla y , S cotland, A u stra lia ,
G reat B rita in and France.
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More on Those
Dropouts:
Diamonds In the
Rough, by Professor
McKinley Burt
T h is h o n o r tops o f f a
year o f regional and na
tio n a l awards fo r Grass
roots News.
L a n ita D u k e a t rig h t
ssw
PAGE 2
Should Minority
Children be Placed
with White Families
Shamsud-Din Wins
Commission For
Artquake 91 Image
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The Sounds of
Blackness
Z a w d ie P h illip s
Fran Woodson
Les Femmes has chosen 22 high
school seniors to be presented in th e ir
40th A n n u a l Debutante and C a va lie r
T h is week meet Z a w d ie P h illip s ,
Rekah Tam ara Strong and Fran L e slie
W oodson.
E q u a lity (IC E ) C lub, and was a va rsity
cheerleader fo r tw o years. Strong was
fifth runner-up in the M iss Teen A ll
B a ll, ‘ ‘ A Touch O f E legance.’ ’
Dedicated to im p ro v in g the lives
o f A fric a n -A m e ric a n yo u th , w h ile pre
P h illip s is the son o f Brenda P h il
lip s and w ill graduate fro m Benson
P olytechnic H ig h School in June. A t
paring them fo r life a fte r h ig h school is
one goal o f Les Femmes. The Portland
based organization o f w om en has de
veloped a strict code o f ethics and rig
orous c u rricu lu m fo r the young people
.o fo llo w . A s a rew ard fo r fo llo w in g the
Benson P h illip s played varsity fo o tb a ll
fo r three years where he was named to
the F irst Team A ll C ity , Second Team
A ll State and an alternate to the 1991
N o rth Shrine team. P h illip s w ill m a
tricu la te in to U n iv e rs ity o f O regon this
fa ll and m a jo r in business a d m in istra
tion. H is goal is to ow n his o w n b usi
A m e rica pageant. She w ill enter U n i
versity o f Washington this fall and major
in p o litic a l science, then pursue a law
degree. H e r goal is to become a co rp o
rate law yer.
ethics code and c u rric u lu m , each p a r
ticip a n t w ho demonstrates academic
success and com plete co m m u n ity serv
ice w ill be presented in a fo rm a l b all at
the end o f th e ir senior year.
The 1991 B a ll is scheduled fo r
Sunday, June 23 at the O regon C o nven
tion Center.
PAGE 3
President Bush is
Taking Wrong
Lessons, III
I K
PAGE 4
Rekah Strong
Woodson, attends S t M a ry ’s Acad
em y, and is the daughter o f Samuel and
Fannie W oodson. L iste d in “ W h o ’ s
W h o A m o n g A m erican H ig h School
S tudents” , W oodson was selected to
attend the M in o rity In tro d u ctio n to
E ngineering program s at U n iv e rs ity o f
W ashington and P rairie V ie w A & M
U n iv e rs ity ’ s honors college this fa ll
and m a jo r in chem ical engineering.
W oodson w ill w o rk w ith in the research
departm ent o f a com pany.
ness and be a role m odel fo r others.
Strong, a senior at L in c o ln H ig h
School, is the daughter o f D a m e lle and
B onnie Strong. A t L in c o ln , Strong is a
mem ber o f the forensics team, p re si
dent o f Involvem ent, C om m unications,
Julius D. Fields
Jr. Appointed
Sergeant in U.S.
Air Force
1991 Regional Training Conference
ÌBLACKS I N GO V E R N M E N T
“W inn ing The 90s. A Neu> Challenge"
E X H I B I T S • L E C T U R ES ♦ S P E A K E R S • W O R K S H O P S
P o rtla n d a rtis t Is a k a S h a m s u d -D in
P ortland a rtist Isaka Shamsud-
Praise be to Alaa:
Abdelnaby, by
Ullysses Tucker, Jr.
D in has been com m issioned by the
A rtq u a k e board o f d irectors to paint
an o rig in a l w o rk fo r use as the fe s ti
v a l’ s 1991 graphic image. Shamsud-
D in ’ s creation w ill be featured on the
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e v e n t’ s poster and program and as
w earable a rt on a T -s h irt fo r P o rt
la n d ’ s 15th annual celebration o f the
Eugene Resident
Breeds Show Horses
arts.
PAGES
W h ile he draw s on num erous
m edia, subjects and presentations fo r
INDEX
News
Religion
News
Sports
Entertainment
News
Classifieds
Bids / Sub-bids
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10-12
Next Week
News From the
African American
Festival
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his w o rk , S ham sud-D in is best know n
fo r his g ia n t, c o lo rfu l m urals. H is
m u ra ls c u rre n tly hang at the
M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty Justice C enter,
the P ortland A r t M useum , Portland
State U n iv e rs ity and the C leve A lle n
D ental C lin ic , am ong others. He ere-
ated the m urals on both sides o f the
N ortheast Business C enter on M a r
tin L u th e r K in g B o ulevard in N o rth
east P ortland, and, as an interactive
dim ension o f his Z u lu v illa g e m ural
now on d is p la y at the C h ild re n ’ s
M useum , he b u ilt in h a lf o f a domed
May 22-25, 1991
Jantzen Beach, Red Lion
909 North Hayden Island Drive
Portland OR
Z u lu house.
S ham sud-D in has liv e d in P ort
land m ost o f his 50 years. He has
taught art classes at P a cific N o rth
w est C o lle g e o f A rt, P ortland State
Conference Registration fees:
il5O-$175 members
$175-$2OO non-members
(Registration forms to follow)
U n iv e rs ity and Reed C ollege, as w e ll
as p riv a te ly .
H is com m issioned A rtquake
w o rk w ill be un ve ile d at a p u b lic
reception in e a rly June and w ill be
For additional information
contact the Program Planning Committee
on disp la y d u rin g the fe s tiv a l at the
V is u a l A rts G a lle ry on the fourth
J u liu s D. F ie ld s , Jr.
The new noncom m issioned o f f i
cer (N C D ) com pleted tra in in g in m an
agement, leadership, human relations,
and re sp o n sib ilitie s, before being
awarded this status.
Fields is an a irc ra ft arm am ent
systems specialist at M cC o n n e ll A ir
Force Base, W ic h ita , Kan.
He is the son o f Julius D. F ields Sr.
o f N ortheast P ortland, and M a rie E.
B axter o f N orth Portland.
The sergeant is a 1985 graduate o f
Benson H ig h School, P ortland, O re
P.O. Box 12066 - Portland, Oregon 97212
503 282-4816 or 1-800-877-4816
gon.
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