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Support Groups For
Sexual Abuse Survivors
The Adults Molested As Children
Program of Lutheran Family Service
o f Oregon and Southwest Washington
is screening male and female appli­
cants who have been sexually abused
as children for 13 week information
and support groups scheduled to begin
in September. Groups are also avail­
able for partners of survivors.
The groups are designed to help
women and men, when they are ready,
to look at and deal with the ways in
which past abuse affects their lives in
the present and to assist them in gener­
ating choices and options for the fu­
ture. Participants will receive infor­
mation on a variety of topics which
will include: the impact of unresolved
trauma; offender dynamics; survival
mechanisms; family roles and rules;
relationship issures; compulsive be­
haviors; and stages in the healing proc­
ess.
In addition, group members will
be able to identify with the stories and
trauma of other participants and dis­
cover a source of support that fills the
void and isolation that is familiar to
people who have been abused.
“ When someone is abused as a
child or adolescent,” states Myna
Somers, supervisor of the AM AC Pro­
gram, “ the pain does not disappear
with the passage of lime. Unless the
person is able to share his of her story
with others, to one degree or another
they remain stuck in the past. The
orientation groups provide a safe place
either to begin or to continue working
through these issues.”
Along with group, members are
also required to be in individual ther­
apy. Also, people with substance abuse
problems must be in recovery for at
least a year. The group fee is based on
a sliding scale depending on gross in­
come and number of people supported.
A Partners’ Group is also avail­
able for people who are in a relation­
ship with someone who has been abused
and who want to learn how to be more
supportive. In addition to identifying
with others who are in a similar situ­
ation, each will also have a chance to
clarify his or her own issues.
Anyone wanting more specific in­
formation on group times or wishing to
schedule a screening appointment for
an orientation group is asked to contact
Lutheran Family Sevice,605 S.E. 39th
Avenue, at 231-7480 between 9:30 a.m.
and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
DEQ Installs Communication
Device For The Deaf
The Depatment of Environmental
Quality (DEQ) has opened the door to
more direct communication between
headquarters and the hearing impaired,
with the installation of a telecommuni­
cation device for the deaf (TDD). The
TDD, which was installed at DEQ
headquarters in Portland, 811 SW Sixth
Ave., enables the caller to send and
receive typewritten information over
the phone, much like a fax machine.
DEQ receives thousands of phone
calls from the public each year-the
majority are questions about the ve­
hicle inspection program. Calls to DEQ’s
TDD will be handled by the agency re­
ceptionist during regular business hours,
8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through
Friday. If the agency receptionist is not
able to answer the caller’s question, she
will find the appropriate DEQ staff per­
son to respond to the call.
The new TDD is actually the sec­
ond one to be installed at DEQ. The
first one was put in for Virginia Esmond,
a hearing-impaired environmental spe­
cialist in DEQ’s Environmental Cleanup
Division.
“ Virginia has raised our aware­
ness of the hcaing impaired,” said Mike
Downs, administrator of the Environ­
mental Cleanup division. “ As a result,
we are now able to be more sensitive
and responsive to the needs of the deaf
community.”
Esmond said this is one less barrier
for the deaf in Oregon. “ The agency
TDD line will also give freedom to the
deaf community around the state. They
will have the same access to the agency
as hearing people do now,” she said.
“ It gives me a wonderful feeling to
know not only are people in the agency
more aware and willing to act on that
awareness, but that change can and
does happen at DEQ.”
DEQ’s new TDD number is 229-
6993.
OMSI’s Planetarium Show
Runs through Sept. 2
The Universe and All That Jazz
Visitors to the Oregon Museum of
Science and Industry’s Kendall Plane­
tarium will learn how young the human
race is compared to the age of the
universe in a fun and jazzy planetarium
and laser light show. The Universe and
All That Jazz features Portland’s rhythm
and blues artist Curtis Salgado and
Francine Raften as narrators. The 40-
minute show, formerly known as His­
tory of the Universe, Part 1, will run
through Sept. 2.
The Universe and All That Jazz
creates a “ Cosmic Calendar” that
squeezes 15-billion years of history into
one calendar year. The “ Big Bang”
occurs at 12 a.m. of January 1. The
show ends with the birth of humanity
during the last moments of December
31. Visitors will witness the birth of
galaxies and stars, fall through a black
hole, dive inside a star, see an atom
factory at work, and learn how the lives
of stars may have led to Earth and all its
life forms.
Laser Fanasy, Inc. provides dy­
namic laser art and effects throughout
the show.
The Universe and All That Jazz,
sponsored in-part by 620 KGW-Radio,
will show in OMSI’s Kendall Planetar­
ium through September 2. OMSI is
located at 4015 S.W, Canyon Rd., in
Portland. For more information re­
garding show times and tickets, please
call (503) 228-STAR.
NNPA: Proactive and Profitable
The
N a tio n a l
N ew spaper
P u b lis h e r
A s s o c ia tio n
(N N P A ), the Black Press of A m erica, held its 51st Annual
convention in Atlanta in June.
W ith the theme: Proactive and
Profitable, the NNPA 1991 attendance doubled.
Conferees enjoyed
dynamic speakers such as Operation PUSH President Rev. Henry
W illiam son Sr., Rev. Bernice King, Essence Magazine Editor-In-
C hief Susan Taylor, Congressman W illiam Gray and Second
Episcopal D istrict (AM E) Bishop Hamel Brookins.
Thought
provoking workshops were led by National Bar Association
President Algentia Scott Davis, founder o f the Organization for a
New Equality Rev. Charles Stith, Money Watch TV host Theodore
Daniels, and US Census specialist Dwight Johnson.
Elections were held and the follow ing publishers arc the
new NNPA officers and board members:
President Robert Bogle,
P h ila d e lp h ia
T rib u n e ; First Vice President Sonny Mcssiah-
Jiles, H ouston D efender;
Second Vice President John Smith ,
A tla n ta
In q u ir e r ; Treasurer Dorothy Leavcll. C h ic a g o
C r u s a d e r ; Secretary Jane Woods, St. Louis S entinel; and board
members Christopher Bennett, S eattle M e d iu m ; Cleretta
Thom as-Blackm on, M o b ile Beacon; Andrew Cooper, The C ity
S u n ; Frances Murphy Draper, A fro
A m e ric a n
N ew spaper
G r o u p ; W illia m Garth, C hicago C itiz e n Newspapers; Carlton
B. Goodlct, R e p o rte r P u b lic a tio n s ; John Holoman, H e r a ld
D is p a tc h ; Dr. Ruth Love, C a lifo rn ia Voice; James Washington,
D allas W e e kly; and Melyvn W illiam s, M acon C o u rie r.
Sponsors for the 1991 NNPA June Convention included;
Kraft General Foods, Philip Morris Tobacco Co., M ille r Brewing
Co., Southland Corporation, American Tobacco Co., Ford Motor Co.,
Martcll Cognac, Pcpsi-Cola Co., Shoncy’s, Coca Cola USA,
McDonald's Corp., Coors Brewing Co., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.,
General Motors Co., Schicffclin & Somerset Co., Anheuser-
Busch,Inc., Second Episcopal D istrict (A M E )/ Handgun Control
Inc., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co., Southern Bell, Atlanta Life
Insurance Co., H. J. Russell & Co., Kroger Co. and the A tla n ta
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A Salute to the A tlanta Black Press gala
dinner paid tribute to three newspaper publishers.
Pictured (1 to r) arc: NNPA past president Tom
Watkins, guest speaker Operation PUSH President
Rev. Henry Williamson Sr., Honorees Atlanta
Inquirer publisher John Smith, Atlanta Daily World
publisher C. A. Scott, and the wife of Atlanta Voice
publisher J. Lowell Ware.
Rev. Bernice K ing, youngest
daughter o f Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr., spoke of the need for positive
Black images.
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The NNPA Russwurm award re cip ie n t and top
Newspaper of the Year is the Michigan Chronicle.
Pictured are:Michigan Chronicle representatives
Eugene
Scott and Karen Love along with NNPA Merit Awards
sponsor Anheuser Busch Vice President Henry Brown.
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R. J. Reynolds Vice President Ben Ruffin receives the
NNPA Advertising and Marketing Award at the Friday
luncheon. Pictured (1 to r) are: Winston-Salem
Chronicle publisher Ernie Pitt, guest speaker
Congressman Gray, NNPA newly elected president
Robert W. Bogle, Ruffin, and Watkins.
P hilip M o rris Companies: Kraft General Foods,
M iller Beer and Philip Morris Tobacco Co. sponsored
the President’s Reception. Pictured (1 to r) are:
Philip Morris executive Wanda Hopkins, NNPA First
Vice President Sonny Mcssiah-Jilcs, Watkins, M iller
Beer Marketing Manager Noel Hankin, Philip Morris
Manager Allene Roberts and Kraft General Foods
Communications Manager Gina Gallovich.
Congressman W illiam Gray told
the audience of his plans to leave
Congress and head the United Negro
College Fund.
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Georgia Governor
Zell M iller welcomed
the NNPA
conventioneers.
A tla n ta based Coca
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President Chuck
Morrison, a major
convention sponsor,
addressed the Black
Press o f America.
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director Sylvia Dabney, who served as
a host/sponsor of the advertising
workshop, poses with Watkins.
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Second
Episcopal
D istrict
(A M E )
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Brookins spoke to the
publishers on the
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Anheuser Busch Vice President Henry Brown
(left) joins NNPA past president Watkins and NNPA
treasurer Dorothy Lcavell in awarding the
Distinguished Service Award to Turner Broadcasting
Vice President Xernona Clayton.
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Coors Brewing Co. Program
Manager Moses Brewer, after serving
as workshop sponsor, shakes hands
with NNPA past president Watkins.
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Shoney’ s executive Betty Marshall and Danner Co.
Esecutive Vice President Francis Guess were sponsors
‘ r th breakfast featuring guest speaker Susan Taylor,
Vice President o f Essence Communications.
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