V * * '^ s V r * > * ,e n -N e w s p a p e r (M rs . F ra n c e s Sen c^x Q r p « p y q w on ¡ U n i v e r s ■ i X... ty o t u Eugene, *♦ ♦ > 4 •» » « > •♦ ■ , R oom L - ib r O re g o n 97403 M l POfflU Volume X X I, Number 31 BSERVER July 31,1991 "The Eyes and Ears o f The Community" New Officers on Garlington Center Board Local Head Start Leader Attends Johnson & Johnson National Head Start Program In The Beginning Was The Word: Conclusion by McKinley Burt PAGE 2 Committee Action May Bring Major Contracts to Port of Portland Shipyards PAGE 2 Ernest Estes, an attorney fo r Bon neville Power Adm inistration, has been selected president o f the Board o f D i rectors o f the G arlington Center for North/Northeast Com m unity Menial Health. Theresa W illiam s-S toudam irc has been selected vice president. Other officers include the Rev. James Faulkner, treasurer, and Rosemary Anderson, sec retary. Sharon N icklebcrry has been elected to membership on the board. The G arlington Center, 4950 N.E. M arlin Luther K ing Jr. B lvd. a $3 m illio n private, non-profit organiza tion, provides mental health services to children, adults and fam ilies at several facilities in North and Northeast Port land. Housing Authority of Portland i Senate Committee ! Approves Funding For Gang*Related Task Force In Portland PAGE 2 One Church,p One Child PAGE 3 1991 Mt. Hood Festival of Jazz PAGE 4 Life: Everything Should be a Positive Lesson by Ullysses Tucker, Jr. PAGES A door o f opportunity ju s t opened for people who live at C olum bia V illa and Tamarack Apartments in North Portland. Residents o f these develop ments, owned and maintained by the Housing A u th ority o f Portland, have a chance to be more involved in self management. The Colum bia Villa/Tam arack Resident C ouncil was awarded a Tech nical Assistance Grant from the U.S. Department o f Housing and Urban Development (H U D ). The funding o f $39,996 goes toward leadership train ing and exploring possibilities o f be coming a Resident Management C or poration. “ The Resident C ouncil and I are very excited to be awarded this grant. The Council has worked hard over the last year. They have a tremendous comm itment to their com m unity,” said M yra Glasser, H A P Resident Services Coordinator. “ This training and sk ill development w ill take the Council one step further in the growth o f their com m unity as w ell as in their own lives.” Three residents, along w ith Glas ser, w ill attend a HUD-sponsored train ing in Boston, Mass., July 29-30. A t tending are C V /T Resident Council President Ruby Foust, Vice-President G ail Gibson, and Treasurer Angela Purdy. Glasser and Foust w ill stay on in Boston to participate in a National Resident Management Corporation Conference, July 31-Aug. 3. A two-year project, the goal o f the grant is to build resident empower ment. Funds w ill pay fo r a consultant, selected by Resident C ouncil mem bers, who w ill train them in leadership and organizational skills. Future ob jectives fo r residents may include managing or operating an on-site gro cery or laundry fa c ility , or handling landscaping or painting services. Glasser added,” For over a year, the Council consisted o f these three women. Now it has 20 people com m it ted to w orking hard over the next two years on this project, a ll the while m aintaining their own jobs and fam i lies too.” Colum bia Villa/Tam arack devel opments house 598 fa m ily and elderly households. Training participants w ill be avail able to answer questions when they return from the conference. Contact Joleen Colombo, H AP Public A ffairs at 273-4521. Spunky’s Comes to Northeast Portland ▼ INDEX News Religion Entertainment News Health Care The Locker Room Classifieds Classifieds Bids & Sub-bids 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BY TONY WASHINGTON Douglas Reed, D istrict Manager fo r Spunky’s Hamburgers, is happy to be in Northeast Portland. Em ploying residents from m ainly Northeast Port land has put a boost on the employment scale. Spunky's was started by Tim O ’Cal laghan four years ago; the newest loca tion is one o f four in the metro area. Spunky’s selected Northeast Port- land due to the tremendous flo w in the area. Located at 7th and Broadway, Spunky’s offers nearly 1/4 lb. burgers at a com petitive cost o f 99 cents. Mr. Reed claims the cost is low er because Spunky’ s is strictly a drive-thru (the first o f its kind in Northeast Portland) but also has a carry out. The Portland Observer would like to welcome Spunky’ s to Northeast Portland; stop by and v is it them. 25<P Ronald Herndon, of Albina Ministerial Alliance in Portland, accepts his Head Start-Johnson & Johnson Management Fellows Program certificate from advisory board members during the first annual program held at the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California - Los Angeles. Pictured from left are: Alfred Osborn, director, UCLA Entrepreneurial Studies Center: Wendy Logan, vice president, Johnson & Johnson Hospital Services; Herndon; Marlys Gustafson, director, program support division, Head Start Bureau; and Victor Tabbush, associate dean & director of Executive Education at UCLA. New Chairman For Multnomah Education Service District Drew and Rahsaan Elected to PCC’s Faculty Federation Executive Council Jean Drew and Halim Rahsaan have become die firs t A frican Americans elected to the Portland C om m unity College (PCC) Executive C ouncil o f the Faculty Federation. Drew and Rahsaan were elected by the 1400 faculty federation which consists o f instructors and counselors. The federation represents faculty in contract negotiations w ith Portland Com m unity College. Drew was hired as a small business instructor in July, 1984. She s till holds that position. Rahsaan, an academic advisor, has been employed at PCC since December, 1974. Rahsaan stated that he believes that his participation in the executive council w ill strengthen his advocacy for equal representation o f people o f color and fair treatment fo r all em ploy ees w ithin the internal PCC structure. Drew and Rahsaan have both been active members in the PCC African American Council (AC C ). As a part o f their responsibilities in the A A C , both Drew and Rahsaan have represented employees and assisted them in their attempt to communicate concerns and grievances to management Drew and Rahsaan have been out spoken regarding PCC’ s poor record in recruitment and employment o f people o f color. To this end.they were both active in the development o f and have continued to m onitor the A ffirm ative Action Policy at the college. Drew and Rahsaan have expressed their appreciation to the Federation Membership fo r the faith and co n fi dence shown by their election to the Executive Council. DMV Postpones Lloyd Center Opening ■ r a H K f * L ' H M H I JH J u d y C ham bers D avid L ittle The M ultnom ah Education Serv ice D is tric t Board at its July 16meeting selected Judy Chambers chairman for the 1991-92 school year. M rs Cham bers was re-elected to her position in the March election and is a homemaker in North Portland. David L ittle w ill serve as vice- chairman. Mr. L ittle lives in the Park- rose School D istrict and works fo r the Oregon State Emj. oyment D ivision. -Je is in the third year o f his first term. Construction delays have caused the M oto r Vehicles D ivision to post pone the reopening o f its L lo yd Center Express O ffice. The office, closed since October as part o f the m all-w ide reconstruction project, was scheduled to open July 7. D M V o fficials have rescheduled the opening for early A ugust The office w ill be located on the M ultnom ah level near L aM on t’ s and J.C. Penney, adjacent to the northeast parking structure. BUF Upscales Community Support Techniques BY PROF. MCKINLEY BURT Portland’s Black United Fund chapter (BU F) is hosting a program and staff development seminar conducted by M r. W illia m T. M erritt, president and CEO o f the national organization based in Newark, New Jersey. The local affiliate, headed by Amina Anderson, expects to greatly benefit from the considerable skills and expe rience provided by M r. M erritt as he travels around the country delivering technical assistance to a number o f chapters. This year’ s circu it w ill in clude Atlanta, Denver, L ittle Rock, Sacramento, the Chesapeake Bay area, and North Carolina. The thrust o f this e ffo rt w ill be “ to expand the role o f black and m inority philanthropy and to encourage corpo rate leadership in the expansion o f p hi lanthropy in the inner c ity .” The other side o f this coin, o f course, is the devel opment o f staff expertise in workplace solicitation (of funds) at the firms headed by these coroporate leaders. It is at these sites that the principal (but not a ll) fund raising activity o f BU F oc curs. M em bers o f an e m p lo y e r’ s workforce (industry or public agency) sign a “ payroll deduction card” desig nating the Black United Fund as the recipient o f a charitable donation through a regular ‘Payroll Deduction Plan’. Other sources o f funds are automatic contri bution deductions from personal check ing accounts and special com m unity fund raisers. The organization is certi fied as tax exempt by the Internal Revenue Service and contributions arc tax deductible. The fo llo w in g statement from an organization brochure succinctly states the overall purpose o f BU F, locally and nationally: * ‘The National Black United Fund, Inc. (N B U F ) and its grow ing number o f affiliates arc independent fundrais ing organizations operating to improve the quality o f life o f Black and m inority people through self-help, mutual aid and volunteerism at the community level. NBUForganiz.es the resources o f w ork ing Americans for our continued sur vival and development. We encourage the co m m u n ity-a t every economic le v e l-to “ invest” a portion o f their resources in the form o f ideas, skills, energy, materials, time and money. We need your help now for a brighter fu ture.” The local chapter has provided funding and support to the fo llo w in g Portland organizations and programs: House o f U M O JA, Portland Black Repertory Theatre, Council on Prosti tution Alternatives, Sickle C ell Ane- m iaFund, North Portland Nurse Practi tioners C lin ic, Oregon Council fo r H is panic Advancement and many others. Nationally, the Black U nited Fund (N B U F) is in its 18th year o f a very innovative and successful operation. In the city o f Baltim ore, fo r instance, the organization directs and manages on a contractual basis the c ity ’s enure em ployee fund -ra isin g cam paign. Locally, BUF is initiating a major health care project aimed at reducing infant m ortality. We wish nothing but further success for this forw ard-looking o r ganization that supports our com m u nity in such commendable fashion. ,