January 29, 1992,..The Portland Observer...Page 3
Anheuser-Busch Supports Operation
PUSH National Convention
Victor M. Julien (right), corporate affairs director of special programs at
Anheuser-Busch Companies, joins Indianapolis Mayor Bill Hud nut (left),
in welcoming officials of Operation PUSH to the city for its national
convention. PUSH, the Chicago-based civil-rights group founded by The
Rev. Jesse Jackson, held its convention at the Indianapolis Hoosier
Dome and Convention Center in conjunction with the Indiana Black Expo.
Shown with Julien and Mayor Hudnut are Rev. Jackson, District of
Columbia Shadow Senator; PUSH Board Chairman Rev. Willie Barrow,
and PUSH President, Rev. Charles Williamson. Anheuser-Busch was a
corporate sponsor of the convention's business luncheon.
The Sirius Study Group
Sponsors ‘Discussions
On African Origins II’
In an effort to clarify and place in
perspective the raging national and
international debate on A frica’s role in
the developm ent of world civilization
and public school curriculum reform,
the Sirius Study Group will be present­
ing its second series of com m unity
forums entitled “ Discussion on A fri­
can O rigins II.” These discussions are
open to the public and will be held at
7pm Friday evening, January 31st,
Saturday evening, February 8th and
Friday evening, February 21st. Each
discussion will be held on the Cascade
Cam pus o f Portland Community C ol­
lege in Terrell Hall, Room 122. A d­
mission is free. Each discussion will
consist o f a presentation by a m em ber
o f the Sirius Study G roup who will
share their insights and findings on the
following subjects:
January 31st:
“ Portland Public Schools’ African-
American Baseline Essays: A H istori­
cal Perspective,’’presented by Kamau
Sadiki and Joyce Harris; February 8th:
“ The African Presence in Pre-Colum -
bus A m erican,” presented by C har­
lotte Lewis and Kamau Sadiki; Febru­
ary 21 st: “ Akhenaten-Living in Truth:
The Dawn o f Religious Philosophy in
the Nile V alley,” presented by Mama-
dou Toure. Relative bibliographies,
articles and other inform ative m ateri­
als will be available at each discussion.
The Sirius Study G roup is a local
study group affiliated with the A ssocia­
tion for the Study of Classical African
Civilizations.
Free Income Tax Aid
for Seniors, Low-
Income, and Disabled
Citizens Offered at
Portland Parks and
Recreation Locations
Seniors, low-income, and disabled
citizens can get free tax-filing aid at the
following Portland Parks and R ecrea­
tion locations. Appointments are re­
quired and will be accepted beginning
February 1st. Please call the location
nearest you for your appointm ent or for
more information. Co-sponsored by
AARP.
Dishman Community Center
77 N.E. K n o tt-823-3179
Metropolitan Learning Center
Community School
2033 N.W. Glisan - 280-5742
Mt. Scott Community Center
5530 S.E. 7 2 n d - 823-3183
Overlook House Community Center
3839 N. Melrose Drive - 823-3188
Peninsula Park Community Center
700 N. Portland Blvd. - 823-3620
Sellwood Community Center
1436 S.E. Spokane - 823-3195
Sunnyside Community School
3421 S.E. Salmon - 280-6228
Woodstock Community Center
5905 S.E. 43rd & Knight -
823-3633
The Business News
Hires New Editor
The National Forum for Black
Public Administrators has established
an Oregon Chapter with Gerald Seals,
Corvallis City Manager, Serving as
President.
Oregon NFBPA looks forward to
the com ing year with a great deal of
enthusiasm! In addition to m em ber­
ship expansion, NFBPA is working to
achieve several goals in Oregon: The
chapter will organize itself as an edu­
cational and career network ing source,
offering members technical assistance
and resource skills to public and pri­
vate entities in Oregon wishing to re­
cruit minorities, and will develop a
recognition process for professional
excellence.
O ther officers o f the Oregon
NFBPA include Vice President, M ich­
elle Harper, Assistant to Director Port­
land Parks & Recreation, Secretary,
Rosa Colquitt, A ssistant Director
Oregon Department o f General Serv­
ices, Treasurer, John Scott, Branch
Manager Oregon Department of Human
Resources, Historian, C.L. Thames,
Manager o f Payment Recovery, Adult
& Family Services, Parliamentarian,
Sara Martin, Training Coordinator For
Multnomah County.
Oregon NFBPA is proud to an­
nounce a membership kick-off event
on Friday, January 31,1992, at 6:00pm,
Oregon Stale Archives Building R e­
ception Area, 800 Summer Street, Sa­
lem, OR. The Topic, “ Measure 5:
impacts on Public Service and Em ­
ploym ent” will be addressed, with
several keynote speakers from across
the state presenting and facilitating
discussions on critical issues surround­
ing Measure 5. The panel discussion
will beginoat 6:00 pm and a reception
following at 7:30 pm. Special guest
attending from W ashington, D.C. will
be Cynthia Curry, President National
Forum for Black Public Administra­
tors. This will be an excellent oppor­
tunity to network with some key pub­
lic administrators from across the state.
For more information please con­
tact, Gerald Seals (1-757-6901) or
Michelle Harper (796-5379).
Prophet First African-American to
Receive Prestigious Realtors Award
CFM Guild to
Host Prelude to
Spring
The Cascade Festival G uild will
hold a gala tasting party on Sunday,
February 16 from 1 lam to 2 pm at the
Inn o f the Seventh M ountain. The
event, “ Prelude to Spring” , succeeds
the Guild’s “ Desert Fantasy” fund raiser.
S ignature brunch specialties from 22 of
Central O regon’s finest chefs will be
featured.
According to CFM Executive Di­
rector Sue Mott, “ W e are very excited
about this year’s fund raiser. ‘Prelude
to Spring’ will combine the best ele­
ments o f the Dessert Fantasy with a
wider variety o f food and beverages.”
Food specialties featured at the event
will include fresh fruit dishes, break­
fast pastries, specialty egg dishes,
gourm et potatoes and sumptuous des­
serts. Beverages will include cham ­
pagne, espresso drinks, fruit juices,
coffees and teas.
As with Dessert Fantasy, the menu
will be presented in an informal tasting
format. Guests will sample from the
wide variety o f foods while mingling
with friends and enjoying musical en­
tertainment by the Dove String Q uar­
tet. Tickets for the event are $18 in
advance and $20 at the door. Tickets
are available at the Cascade Festival of
Music office and from G uild members.
For more in formation or to reserve tick­
ets, call 382-8381.
Your community floor covering contractor
here to meet your needs
Call 284-1324
A.E.A. Names Katz
Legislator of the Year
Vera Katz
The Oregon chapter o f the A m eri­
can Electronics Association last week
named state Rep. Vera Katz its * ‘L egis­
lator o f the Y ear” for 1991 for her
efforts in the Oregon Legislature.
The award was presented by Jim
Hurd, Chair of the Oregon Council of
the American Electronics Association
and President of Planar Systems of
Beaverton. Katz was honored for her
major contributions to the high-tech­
nology industry in Oregon and for
“ outstanding leadership in cultivating
an environm entconducive to the health
and expansion of high-technology in-
dus tries.”
“ Throughout her career, Vera Katz
has worked hard on many issues of
concern to our industry and business in
general: light rail funding, tax reform,
economic development programs, health
care reform, and balanced environmental
legislation,” said Hurd.
“ As a legislator, Vera was never
afraid to speak her m ind and tell it to us
straight,” Hurd said o f Katz, who is
currently running for M ayor o f Port­
land. “ W e will miss her in Salem .”
Hurd highlighted the 1991 O regon
Education Act for the 21st Century,
sponsored by Katz, as an exam ple of
K atz’s efforts to better prepare O regon
students to enter the w orkforce at all
levels.
“ I would like to thank the AEA
and the Oregon Council o f the AEA for
this honor,” Katz said. “ High technol­
ogy and its related fields are key em erg­
ing industries for Portland and the state.
I will continue working to provide a
healthy environment for diversifying
our economy and providing jobs for the
Portland area.”
Under the AEA program, each state
council affiliate nominates one legisla­
tor to the national association for the
honor. Katz is being honored for achieve­
ments throughout her legislative career
as well as for her work in 1991.
Author, Poet Nikki Giovanni
Creates History at PSU
The publishers of The Business
News announced January 6, 1992, that
they have hired a new editor. W endell
Anderson assumes the position o f edi­
tor of The Business News beginning
with the February 1992 issue.
Before joining The Business News,
Anderson worked six and a half years
for Lane Com m unity College, mostly
with the Small Business Development
Center. For the SBDC, he put together
educational workshops and seminars,
and marketed SBDC program. Ander­
son is a widely published business writer,
magazine w riter and poet. He has a
bachelor o f arts degree in linguistics
from the University of M innesota, and
operates his own communications con­
sulting business.
The Business News, owned by
N orthw est Media, Inc., is a monthly
new spaper serving Lane County with
new s, sum m aries, and features of inter­
est to the business com m unity. The
paper began publishing in 1991. Lee
White and Brian Marquez are the owners
and publishers.
Harden’s Interiors Specialties
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Oregon National Forum For Black
Public Administrators Membership
Kick-Off Event
Supt. Matthew Prophet has re­
ceived the Portland Board o f R eal­
tors prestigious First Citizen Award.
He is the first African-American to
receive the award since the recogni­
tion began in 1928.
The Board o f Realtors recently
announced the award to Prophet for
his civic and educational contribu­
tions to Portland.
Prophet was appointed Portland’s
superintendent in A pril, 1982, fol­
lowing 10 years as a Lansing, M ichi­
gan administrator and superintendent
Raised in rural M ississippi, he en­
tered the U.S. Army as a private
A dvertise
Benson Students
Launch New
Recycling Effort
Benson High School’s student body
discovered during their Wednesday (Jan
15) lunch hour how to recycle paper
products in a new campaign launched
by the school’s student club, “ BE­
C A U SE” (Benson’s Environmental
Cause).
Students at Benson High School,
546 NE 12th Ave., learned how to
recycle milk cartons, high grade paper,
corrugated cardboard, newpapers and
magazines during their lunch hours at
11:24am and 12:42pm.
Students members of BECAUSE
will educate and monitor the school’s
new program of recycling milk cartons
and urge students to recycle other prod­
ucts in their classrooms and other loca­
tions.
Led by BECAUSE chair Bcnno
Lyon, a senior, and science teacher/
club advisor Del G erber, the school’s
new recycling effort will be closely
coordinated with the school’s head
custodian, Chuck Rulto, and his staff.
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during the Korean W ar and retired 20
years later as a Lt. Colonel.
Since coming to Portland, Prophet
was a founding member of the Port­
land Leader’s Roundtable. Managed
by a small board of political and busi­
ness leaders, the Leader’s Roundtable
has focused on improving the educa­
tional, social and career opportunities
available to Portland youth through
government and business partnerships.
In addition, Prophet has been an
active member in more than 15 o r­
ganizations, boards and committees
focused on improving life in Portland
and Oregon.
Portland State U niversity’s Black
Cultural Affairs Board brings to Port­
land internationally renowned author
and poet, Nikki Giovanni. As part of the
U niversity’s celebration o f Black His­
tory M onth, Ms. Giovanni will give a
lecture, punctuated with readings of
selected poems and short stories, Satur­
day, February 15, at 7 p.m. in the Smith
CenterBallroom (Room 355,1825 S.W.
Broadway) on the PSU campus. Tickets
may be available at the door. They can
be purchased in advance through the
PSU Ticket Office, com er of S.W. 5th
& Mill, 725-3307. Cost is $7 General;
$5 Sr. Adults, students; $3 PSU stu­
dents. (A reception/book signing fol­
lows Ms. G iovanni’s presentation.)
Since 1968 Nikki Giovanni has
published nearly 20 books, made half a
dozen records, had a movie made about
her work, and performed with an or­
chestra. She holds many honorary de­
grees and keys to cities all over the
nation; she has been awarded Woman of
the Y ear many times and in many ca­
pacities.
In 1968, after the publication o f her
first book of poetry, “ Black Feeling
Black T alk,” Giovanni was nicknamed
Health Check-ups For
Women Offered
A health check-up for women will
be given from 9am to 1pm, Saturday,
February 22, 1992 at W estern States
Chiropractic College Clinic, 2900 NE
132nd Avenue in Portland.
The $20 examination fee will covet
the cost o f a pap smear, breast exam,
spinal examination, and urinary lab test.
The check-ups are administered by
fourth-year interns under the supervi­
sion o f chiropractic physicians. A p­
pointments are necessary and may be
made by calling 255-6771.
“ The Princess of Black Poetry,” a title
she proudly retains today. She has been
called a “ revolutionary poet,” for her
outspoken advocacy o f civil rights and
equality in education. An important and
extremely popular literary figure, her
recent focus is on the power and creativ­
ity of the individual-to make a differ­
ence in one’s own life and the lives of
others.
Giovanni was bom in Knoxville,
Tennessee in 1943. She was educated at
Fish University in Nashville. Her books
include: “ Black Feeling Black T alk”
(1968); “ Black Judgem ent” (1969);
“ Re: Creation” (1970); “ Night Comes
Sofdy” (1970); “ Poem o f A ngela
Yvonne D avis” (1970); “ G em ini”
(1971); “ Spin a Soft Black Song” (1971);
“ My H ouse” (1972); “ A Dialogue:
James Baldwin and Nikki G iovanni”
(1972); “ Ego Tripping and Other Poems
for Young Readers” (1973); “ A Poetic
Equation: Conversations between Nikki
Giovanni and Margaret W alker” (1974);
“ The W omen and the M en” (1975);
“ Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day” (1978);
“ Vacation Tim e” (1979); “ Those Who
Ride the Night W inds’ (1983); “ Sacred
Cows...And Other E dibles” (1988).
NARAL Offers
Political Skills
Workshops
Oregon NARAL, the Oregon af­
filiate o f the National Abortion Rights
Action League.will hold a Free politi­
cal skills workshop in Portland on Sat­
urday, Feb. 15, from 10 am until 2 pm
at the Hilton Hotel, 921 SW 6th, in
downtown Portland. This is a basic
campaign skills workshop for pro-choice
volunteers at all experience levels. Call
223-4510 to register.
Megastar Michael Jackson to Receive Lifetime
Achievement Award From The National Association of
Black Owned Broadcasters
M egastar Michael Jackson will
receive the National Association of Black
Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) Life­
time Achievement Award, March 5, at
the Sheraton W ashington Hotel, it was
announced by James L. W inston, the
organization’s executive director and
general counsel.
“ Although still a young man,
Michael Jackson has been a giant on
the American music scene for more
than a generation,” said Winston. “ Over
the years, he has both dominated and
revolutionized popular music, dance
and fashion. In addition to his amazing
success in public life, Michael has in
his private life set an important ex­
ample with his selflessness, caring atti­
tude and philanthropy.”
The prestigious NABOB Lifetime
Achievement Award was created to
honor those individuals who have ex­
celled in their career or made a major
contribution to their profession, and
whose ingenuity, perseverance and
creativity has fostered greater empow­
erment for the African-American com ­
munity.
An unprecendcntcd international
star, Jackson began his career in 1964
as lead singer of The Jackson 5, one of
the most prolific music acts ever with
more than 100 million records sold. As
a solo artist, Jackson’s four albums,
“ O ff The W all,” “ Thriller,” “ B ad”
and “ D angerous,” have brought him
unparalleled critical and commercial
success. “ Thriller” alone won eight
Grammys, seven American Music
Awards, and is the largest selling al­
bum in the history o f the recording
industry with sales in excess of 42
million.
W hile Jackson is perhaps best
known for his achievements in the en­
tertainment world, his record o f com ­
munity involvement is singularly out­
standing. In 1981, the Jacksons raised
more tha $100,000 for the A danta
Children’s Foundation in a special benefit
concert. Jackson donated all o f his
Victory Tour profits to three charities
in September of 1984: United Negro
College Fund, Camp G ood Times and
the T. J. Martel Foundation of Leuke­
mia and Cancer Research. In addition,
he is also a major supporter of Make-A-
Wish Foundation, United Negro Col­
lege Fund, Childhclp USA and the
YMCA.
Jackson has been honored by Presi­
dent Reagan and Bush for his philan­
thropic activities for children.
The National Association o f Black
Owned Broadcasters was organized in
1976 as a response to the under repre­
sentation of Black Americans in the
communications industry. Since its
inception, NABOB has grown into a
major trade association representing the
interests o f 182 Black-owned com m er­
cial radio stations and 18 com m ercial
television stations around the country.
The other honorees at the Eighth
Annual NABOB C om m unication
Awards Dinner include Sen. Bill Bra­
dley, D-N.J.; Rep. Bill Richardson, D-
N.M.; Robert L. (Bob) Johnson, presi­
dent, Black Entertainm ent Television;
Jheryl Busby, chief executive officer,
Motown Records; and Dorothy Height,
president and chief executive officer,
National Council of Negro Women.
Past awards winners include the
late Parrcn M itchell, longtime M ary­
land Congressman; Gen. (Ret.) B en­
jamin O. Davis Jr., the first A frican-
American graduate o f W est Point in the
20th century and com m ander o f the
332nd Fighter Group during World W ar
II, known as the em eritus o f Inner City
Broadcasting Corp.
Musical entertainm ent for the
awards dinner will be provided by four-
time Grammy Award-winning W arner/
Reprise jazz vocalist A1 Jarreau.