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Publication Offers Insight
On Health Policies
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A new regional publication will
provide health care professionals and
business leaders the opportunity to
exchange inform ation about health is
sues. Oregon Health Forum , a non-par
tisan, monthly new sletter, will provide
news, analysis and com m entary on is
sues affecting the m edical com m unity,
governm ent, business, labor and con
sum ers. The new sletter will track legis
lative actions, offer perspectives on the
business o f health care and share em erg
ing trends. It will analyze topics such as
the physician surplus in Portland, the
com petitive drive by hospitals to have
the latest technology and attem pts by
em ployers to drive dow n health care
costs.
“ These are changing and dynamic
times in the health care industry,” says
Jack Friedm an, Ph.D ., Chairm an of the
O regon H ealth Forum board o f direc
tors and ch ief develop[m ent officer for
the Sisters o f Providence Health Plans.
“ A nyone associated with health
care needs accurate an d concise infor-
m ation. This new sletter prom ises to be
the best source for health care policy
news in this region.”
M odeled after a sim ilar new sletter
in the state o f W ashington W ashington
Health, O regon Health Forum , a non
profit corporation, represents a broad
coalition that includes governm ent
representatives, medical providers,
business leaders, labor representatives
and consumers. As an information clear
ing house, Oregon Health Forum even
tually hopes to com m ission public
opinion surveys, host educational fo
rums and publish special reports.
Initial funding for the new sletter
was provided by more than 40 medical,
business and community organizations.
The project will be self-sustaining
through subscription fees.
Veteran health care writer Diane
S. Lund will be ed ito ro f Oregon Health
Forum. For the past five years, she has
written for local and national health
publications.
E Q U A L
O P P O R T U N IT Y
E M P L O Y E R S
H a v e th e o p p o r tu n ity to re a c h a
c u ltu r a lly d iv e r s e w o r k fo r c e
th r o u g h th e P o r tla n d O b s e r v e r .
Y o u c a n r e a c h u s a t:
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UO Music School
Presents
Eliazbethan
Music, Dance
M usic and dance from the Elizabe
than period will be featured at a free
Collegium Musicum concert at 3:45
p.m. W ednesday, M ay 29, in Room
198 o f the University o f Oregon S chool
o f Music.
The Collegium M usicum, a stu
dent class ensem ble directed by UO
Associate Professor Randall Moore, will
be joined by students from a UO class
in Renaissance dance, taught by G radu
ate Teaching Fellow A lixe Dancer of
Roseburg.
D ancers in renaissance costumes
will perform a farandol, a spangno-
letta, a pavane and a M orris stick dance,
with instrumental accom panim ent by a
recorder consort and percussion instru
ments. Vocal music will consist of rounds
and catches, as well as madrigals o f the
English Shakespearean era. For more
inform ation call the music school at
346-5678. Concert times may be con
firmed by calling the Music Hotline at
346-3764.
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Oregon Association of Minority
Entrepreneurs Annual Conference
The Oregon Association o f M i
nority Entrepreneurs (0A M E ) annual
minority entrepreneurship conference
is set for May 16, 1991 at the Oregon
Convention Center.
The one-day event begins with an
opportunity for ow ners and managers
o f small business and those developing
or researching entrepreneurial oppor
tunities the chance for sem inar-type
training in critical business skills, later
in the day a trade show and networking
reception will occur.
“ O ur program includes financing
options, legal considerations, adver
tising and marketing contracting with
local and federal governm ent, insur
ance and other basic know ledge a per
son needs to know to start, as well as,
be successful in business, “ explained
Sam Brooks, Executive D irector of
0A M E .
Key note speaker for the event is
Joshua I. Smith, current Chair o f the
Bush Administration’s Commission on
Minority Business Developm ent, and
founder o f the M AXIM A Corporation,
an inform ation m anagem ent company
with revenue exceeding $54 million
yearly and the 9th largest African-
American business in the U nited States.
The 0 A M E conference began in
1989, it is open to all business people.
“ O ur name indicates m inority entre
preneurs, but 0 A M E stands for all
businesses. W e work tocreate networks
between business, large and small,
minority and non-m inority, Brooks
noted.
To strengthen that network, OAME
is publishing a Minority Business D i
rectory, that will be available during
the May 16 Conference. “ This guide
for access to minority-owned businesses,
and a resource for purchasers and con
tracting officers to obtain m inority
businesses services,” Brooks explained.
M ajor sponsors o f O A M E Annual
Conference are U.S. W est C om m uni
cations, First Interstate Bank, and U.S.
Bank. Information about the confer
ence may be obtained by calling OAME
office; 23 6 -1190 or w riting to:
O A M E Center
847 NE I9th, Suite 245
Portland, OR 97232
NAACP Urges Bureau Of Census
To Adjust Figures For Undercount
The N A A CP has called on the
Census Bureau to adjust its 1990 cen
sus figures. In light o f the B ureau’s
“ post-enum eration survey,” which
revealed that roughly two million A fri
can-A m ericans were undercounted.
The com plete text o f its statement,
issued by Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks,
N A ACP Executive D irector follows:
“ The NAACP is especially con
cerned with the undercounting o f all
persons in the U nited States. W e de
plore all attem pts to exclude accurate
census figures for African-Americans.
W e are calling on the B ureau of Census
to adjust its figures to more accurately
reflect the com position o f every group
in this country. T he B ureau’s recent
survey o f the 1990 census revealed that
some six million persons were under
counted.
“ The undercount o f blacks is dis
proportionate when com pared to other
groups. If the governm ent, with full
know ledge o f the inaccuracy, fails to
adjust its figures, blacks will be harmed
in every sphere o f life.
“ The census is one o f the funda
mental instruments for allocating power
in this country. It determ ines the appor
tionment o f representatives, the alloca
tion o f electoral college votes in presi
dential elections, and the distribution
am ong states and localities o f billions
o f dollars in federal funds for housing,
education, transportation, environmental
protection, and other services.
“ It is, therefore, evident that fail
ure to adjust the existing figures will
im pair the equality o f life for blacks
throughout this country.
“ From the outset, the NAACP has
been urging the Bureau not ju st to count
blacks accurately, but to articulate a
com m itm ent to adjust and correct
‘inevitable’ undercounts. The N A A CP
joined a lawsuit with other groups re
questing that the court order the D e
partm ent o f Com m erce to reverse ‘its
action prohibiting the (Census) Bu
reau from any furtherpreparations’ for
correcting an undercount
‘ ‘The court issued an order requir
ing that defendants publish corrected
data or a detailed statem ent o f the
grounds for their decision against cor
rection no later than July 15, 1991.
“ Despite this clear court m an
date, the D epartm ent o f Com m erce
recently testified before Congress that
if analysis o f statistical correction data
is incom plete on July 15, 1991, the
Secretary of Com m erce will decide
against correction solely on the basis
that the work was not ‘com pleted’.
This statem ent suggests that the De
partm ent o f Com m erce has m isinter
preted the court ’ s order since that order
requires a detailed statem ent o f rea
sons if the Departm ent fails to adjust
its figures by July 15th.
“ The counting of all A m ericans
should be a serious, non-partisan un
dertaking. However, it appears that
because blacks may benefit politically
and econom ically by being counted as
Am ericans, there are those w ho are
desirous o f excluding blacks from the
count.
“ The NAACP requests the Bu
reau o f Census and the D epartm ent of
Com m erce to do what is right and just;
adjust the census figures to reflect more
accurately the num ber o f blacks and
other A m ericans.”
Lawm akers Steer
Oregon Away
From video Poker
Rep. M argaret Carter, D-Portland,
and Rep. Mike Burton, D-Portland,
unveiled a proposal to keep Oregon out
o f the video poker business, raise new
general fund revenue and provide anti
gam bling education.
The two law m akers took action as
the state moves closer, everyday, to
em bracing video poker and betting
heavily on a gam bling jackpot to fix the
state’s finances. “ Video slot machines”
is a term now being heard in reference
to the state’s headlong rush into gam
bling.
Rep. Carter has becom e increas
ingly concerned about O regon’s gam
bling future as she watches the video
poker debate from her seat as Vice-
Chair on the House Committee on Trade
and Economic Development. As a
m em ber o f the House Revenue Com
mittee, Rep. Burton also has a ringside
seat to the push for quick fixes to the
state’s financial problems. Rep. Carter
and Rep. Burton believe their proposal
is a responsible com prom ise and will
slow :m cafO regon’s move to becom
ing the next Nevada or Atlantic City.
1991
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