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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
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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.
A very good factual novel/biogra-
phy o f Pushkin’s life is the “ Great
Black Russian,” by John Oliver Killens,
noted black author and historian, Wayne
State University Press, Detroit, 1989,
$24.95. Also, there is “ The Life o f
Alexander Pushkin,” a G olden Legacy
illustrated history m agazine. You may
find a copy at the branch library across
from PCC Cascade Cam pus. For your
immediate convenience I have devoted
this w eek’s “ Perspectives colum n” on
page to a reprint o f my June, 1989,
article on Pushkin.
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