r r r v r r W * 0-* % « W » • • August 28,1991...The Portland Observer...Page 7 Urban League and Oregon Minority Lawyers Association Set Demands The following is a statem ent deliv ered by Dr. Darryl Tukufu, President and CEO , Urban League o f Portland, and Attorney Jeffrey Millner, Co-Chair, Oregon Minority Lawyers Association on A ugust 20, 1991: Lack o f sensitivity and understand ing in regards to race, sex, and other issues that can divide people, has no place in our society. The issue is com pounded when public servants place them selves in sensitive positions in public or in private. Speaking on behalf of the Urban League o f Portland, and a number of organizations including the Black United Front, NAACP, Self-Enhancement, Inc., Coalition o f Black Men, and Operation PUSH, we are in agreem ent with the action proposed by the Oregon Minor- tiy Law yers Association. Therefore, we encourage D istrict Attorney, Michael Schrunk, who inevitably must take responsibility for this situation, to re store creditability to his office by tak ing the follow ing actions: 1. Have all members o f his office com plete appropriate sensitivity train ing with respect to minority issues and minority contributions to society. 2. Seek the assistance of the Urban League o f Portland, the Oregon State Bar’s A ffirm ative Action Committee, and others if necessary, with respect to a review of his office’s hiring and pro motional practices as they impact m inorities, including making appropri ate recommendations for modifications of these practices as needed. 3. Request that Norman Frink make an acceptable public apology regard ing his insensitive com m ents which have reached the public domain. 4. Request that Norman Frink re cluse him self from all hiring and em ployment promotion responsibilities until he has undergone the sensitivity training described in item 1. 5. Request that Norman Frink at tend African-American history courses at Portland State University for one year to help him learn the contributions Blacks have m ade to society and the world. Nike Expands Beaverton Manufacturing Facility Nike Inc. announced that its Airsole M anufacturing Division will move to an expanded, modernized facility on the Tektronix campus in Beaverton. Nike has leased a 109,000 square foot section o f Tektronix Building 16, which will replace its 60,000 square foot facility at 11000 SW 11th Street in Beaverton. The Tektronix cam pus is across the street from the Nike W orld Campus. N ik e ’s A irsole M anufacturing Division m anufactures N ike’s patented Air cushioning units, which consist of pressurized gas inside a flexible ure thane skin. Those units for the heel and the forefoot of Nike’s most popular shoes are then shipped to factories around the world who are contracted to build Nike shoes. For the last fiscal year, Nike manufactured a record 76,000,000pairs o f A ir Soles to be used in a record n u m b e ro fp a rso f Nike- Air shoes. Sales of Nike-Air shoes continue to increase around the world and the new facility is designed to handle increased demand. The new facility at Tektronix has been designed by industrial engineers to provide maximum efficiency and will include new production and m ate rials handling equipment. Nike currently em ploys 272 em ployees at the manufacturing facility, including 250 operatives on the pro duction line. Improved efficiency will result in the elim ination o f 24 jobs which will no longer be necessary. For instance, where the old facility required operatives to m ove materials, the new facility will be equipped with convey ors. Nike expects to move into the new facility in October. “ N ike’s investm ent in this new, expanded facility shows our continued com m itm ent to manufacturing in the Beaverton area,” said Nike President Richard K. Donahue. “ Patented tech nology is what gives Nike our edge and we will always invest aggressively to m aintain that ed g e.” Nike, the worlds #1 sports and fitness com pany, had sales last year of S3 billion. The com pany em ploys 4451 worldwide, with 2629 in the Portlad area. Is This The Year? Russia In Turmoil, “The Empire Strikes Back!” Greg Brandon, promising “halfback" for Roosevelt High School's 1991-92 football season Roosevelt High School has high hopes for the 1991-92 football season, spurred on no doubt by the great show of talent that has turned out for this year’s campaign. W e have chosen for our first high light o f this team, Greg Brandon, a 6 ’3",2(X) lb. running back. A 16 yr. old Junior with proven potential, he was a star last year with the A rlington-Lam ar (Texas) team that went to the state finals. Roosevelt Coach, Roger Cas- ciani has great expectations for this versatile young player who also led the Texas team to a District Cham pionship in basketball. This summer Greg played in the summer league for the City of Dallas. He is the son of Joyce Brandon of A rlington, Texas and Glen Brandon of North Portland. Greg was a straight “ A ” student in Texas, with m athem at ics his favorite subject. His career goal is to com bine com puter science with a specific technology - s a y , with an ele ment o f “ sports m edicine.” That is a very intelligent way to look at the fu ture, for a career in sports can be inter rupted by injury or illness. The Observer wishes a successful season for both Greg and the Roosevelt Roughriders football team. top left, Abraham Hannibal, “Negro of Peter the Great. ” top right, Admiral Ivan Hannibal, his son. bottom left, Pushkin, great-grandson of Hannibal, bottom right Marquess of Milford Haven, descendant of Pushkin, great-grandson of Queen Victoria, cousin of George VI and best man at the Wedding of Princess Elizabeth, heiress to Britain's throne. Satellite television shows Moscow crowds honoring their first revolution ary hero, THE BIAC K POET ALEX ANDER PUSHKIN as the coup fails. With his noble and soulful masterpiece, "Ode to Liberty,’’ he became spokes man for the poor and oppressed o f his lime (1799-1837). His powerful pen moved the masses to overthrow the tyranny o f the Czars. BY PROF. MCKINLEY BURT W hile massed crowds celebrated For Best Results Advertise in the Observer Research works. American Heart Association V ision C enter outside the Russian Parliament build ing last week upon news o f the failed coup, satellite television showed thou sands more gathered in the great square across the street from the new M cDonald’s fast food restaurant. Here before the huge statue of R ussia’s first poet laureate, Pushkin, they sang, cheered and chanted the lines from his poem. “ Oh shake and shiver, tyrants of the world, But lend an car ye fallen slaves. G ain courage and rise.” Even the vaunted CN N network panned through this phase of the glasnost saga rather rapidly but, fortunately, some o f us have neighbors with dishes that can lock onto The G lobal Satellite Network. Though the com m entary is often in a foreign language, you will, nevertheless, be exposed to m uch that is exciting (and revealing). If this is the case be sure to get a copy o f “ W orld Satellite Almanac: The Complete Guide To Satellite Transm ission & T echnol ogy.” I have the second edition, $29.50, purchased last year. Order the latest from Daltons or Looking G lass book stores (Howard W. Sams & Com pany). It is always fascinating and inspir ing to me that w h e re -e v er one turns a page of h isto ry -o r wherever m om en t s contemporary events are thrust upon o n e -th e African or A frican-A m erican is found to have played a significant role. Our teachers should have no prob lem at all developing m otivating cu r riculum and lesson plans from this type of material - for black or any other ethnic group. Noted Russians like Dostoevsky and Tolstoy revered the great Alexander Pushkin. He was on a par with other great black European men of letters, such as Alexander Dumas, whose novels also were the base o f the w orld’s great operas. 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