NACWC
President to Visit
U n f o r t u n a t e ly ,
J o w n e i
Delores Harris, NACWC National
President, will visit Portland Friday,
February 21 She will be accompanied
by Margaret Cooper, NACWC Pro
gram Coordinator, and Mrs. Carole
Early, NACWC Secretary. The trio will
review plans for the National Conven
tion July 25-31 at the Hilton Hotel.
Their visit coincides the OACWC an
nual salad luncheon February 22 at
Bethel A.M.E. Church.
For more information cal! Carrie
L. Holiday, State President at 281 -9829.
February 19, 1992...1 he Portland Observer...Page 7
Blue & Gold Banquet Big Success
BETA Scholarship
Fundraiser
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Dr. Daryl Tukufu will be speaking
at a dinner celebrating Black History
Month on Friday, February 28 th at 6:00
p.m. at the Travel Lodge Hotel, 1441
N.E. 2nd.
There will be a no host cocktail
hour from 6:00 pm.-7:00 p.m. Dinner
will be served at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets are $20.00 and can be pur
chased at the House of Sounds or by
calling Maggie Ward on 242-7340. All
proceeds will benefit the BETA Schol
arship Fund which awards scholarships
annually to graduating high scahool
seniors and continuing college students.
BETA (Black Employees’ Tele
communications Association) is a non
profit organization of U.S. West Com
munications which has affiliations in
fourteen states. BETA is a resource
organization from African American
Employees of U.S. West Communica
tions.
Some o f the many children at the Blue & Gold Banquet.
Scoutmaster and Angela Greer, coordinator.
T he C ub S couts Pack 75 Big Thunder District Columbia Pacific
Council held its annual Blue & Gold banquet on February 12.
The event was held at Bethel Church at 5828 NE 8th and was coordinated
by Angela Greer. Guest speakers were Judge Aaron Brown, Jr. and Judge
Roosevelt Robinson.
Clothesline Project
Tribute To Survivors Of
Violence
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L u i l t - i in
W.I.L.P.F. will display tee shirts
bearing personalized stories of violence
against women Saturday, March 7,1:00
to4:00 at Irving Park, Northeast 7th and
Fremont Street.
As part of the national campaign to
visually demonstrate the extensive im
pact violence has on women’s lives in
our community, WILPF sponsored this
second display of the Clothesline Project
to help educate the community on
women and violence issues and to allow
local victims of violence to share their
stories. The purpose of the Clothesline
Project is to expand the awareness of
the immensity of the problem of vio
lence against women and to allow sur
vivors of violence to illustrate their
stories as part of the healing process.
For women who want to partici
pate in the project, tee shirts can be
submitted in advance or made on the
site during the event March 7 at Irving
Park. Tee shirts and fabric paint will be
provided by the Portland Branch of
W om en’s International League for
Peace & Freedom.
Similar to the Vietnam Memorial
or the AIDS Quilt, the Clothesline
Project provides a visual tribute to the
women survivors of violence and a
memorial for those who have lost their
lives to violence.
Rev. Dorsey McCullough
Clara Peoples, whose never-ending support and hard work toward the
District Manager
betterment of children’s lives, also assisted in the great success of the banquet.
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AMCO Contests Contract Award
Continued from front page
4011N.E. Union Ave.
Portland Oregon 97212
288-3233
Head Fixer/Jim McGowne
Harold Williams, CH2 A & Associ
ates, who has a $ 160,000 contract with
the City to provide jobs to north and
northeast Portland residents, was ques
tioned by Commissioner Kafoury on his
efforts to place minority construction
workers on public works jobs. Williams
explained that he needed time to imple
ment his contract to the dismay of the
card waving, protesting, unemployment
workers. Williams claims “that the let
ter of the law had been met but the spirit
of the law was n o t”
The City Council is scheduled to
rule on the contract, which has a critical
time-frame because of the Rose Festival
and other activities in the vicinity of the
Convention Center, at a future session.
But according to one NAMCO repre
sentative, “This only allows Slayden
more time to bid shop and gather other
out of town non-black MBE participa
tion to the detriment of Holefield and
other local African-American contrac
tors w ishing to participate on the
Holladay Street Improvement project.”
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