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Homeless Families Find Affordable Housing & Support Services
at Newly Rehabilitated Cambridge Court Complex - The Result of
Rare Joint Venture of Three Public Agencies
> by Professor McKinley Burt
Three p u b lic agencies, in an u n ­
usual jo in t venture, have transform ed
the C am bridge C o u rt A partm ents in to
safe, a ffo rd a b le housing fo r homeless
fa m ilie s and have set up a system lin k ­
ing them w ith on-site counseling and
o ther services to help them re b u ild th e ir
African American Health Providers: From
Day One And Before
T h is is the last o f three articles on
m a jo r b la c k co n trib u to rs to the m edical
professions. In fact, documented his­
to ry te lls us that it was A frica n s w ho
firs t raised the healing arts to the level
o f p ro fe ssio n a lism that characterized
the fie ld as a science. W e provide the
fo llo w in g fo r o u r readers, and espe­
c ia lly those teachers and students fo l­
lo w in g this series w hich began du rin g
B la c k H is to ry M onth.
I have the p riv ile g e o f c itin g “ D r.
H a llie T a nner Johnson” w ho before the
tu rn o f the ce n tu ry graduated fro m the
W o m e n ’ s M e d ic a l C ollege in P h ila d e l­
ph ia and sh o rtly thereafter became the
R esident P hysician at Tuskeegee In s ti­
tute. She passed the Board o f M e dical
E xam iners fo r the State o f A labam a and
“ became the firs t lady, w h ite o r c o l­
ored, to receive a ce rtifica te to practice
m e d icin e in the State o f A la b a m a ”
(p .4 1 1 -4 1 2 ) Evidences o f Progress
A m o n g C o lo re d People, G.F. R ichings,
8th e d it., P hiladelphia, 1902).
H er name is incorporated in to the
title o f the n o n -p ro fit organization I set
up to place A fric a n A m erican high
school and college students in w o rk /
study positions in the health sciences;
“ D re w Johnson M e d ic a l E d u ca tio n
P ro je c t” (n o w in 4 th y e a r).
M r.
R ich in g ’ s book lists (w ith photographs)
m any o f the very early black fem ale
physicians, D r. C aroline V . Anderson
o f P hiladelphia, D r. Susan M c K in n e y
o f N ew Y o rk , and D r. A lic e W oodby
M cK a n e “ w ho has la te ly organized a
nurse’ s tra in in g school at Savannah
G e orgia” (1 8 9 0 ’ s).
I w o u ld acquaint the reader, too,
w ith several names o f black c o n trib u ­
tors o f w hom are do not hear that much
any m o re -b u t w ho made v ita l advances
in the healing arts. “ M illio n s o f suffer -
ers from A R T H R IT IS owe th e ir co m ­
fo rt and health to the soybean chem ist
PER C Y J U L IA N , who brought the heal­
ing drug C O R T IS O N E w ith in their
reach.”
W ith o n ly one p u b lic h igh school
in B irm ingham fo r a ll the hundreds o f
thousands o f b lack ch ild re n in a ll o f
A labam a (1912), Julian was sent to the
State N orm al School fo r Negroes in
M ontgom ery. Despite a thousand such
handicaps he w ent on to graduate at the
lo p o f his class at a ll-w h ite DePauw
U n iv e rs ity in Greencastle, Indiana, Phi
Beta Kappa and Sigm a X : honorary
societies, and was the 1920 C L A S S
V A L E D IC T O R IA N .
“ The fo rm a tio n o f The Institute o f
Food Technologists in 1939 o ffic ia lly
co n firm e d the opening o f a new branch
o f in d u stria l chem istry by that p ioneer­
in g food chem ist, D R . L L O Y D A .
H A L L ” . It is to this pioneering A fric a n
A m erican genius that we owe so much
o f our essential know ledge o f preserv­
ing foods (especially meats) in a safe
and e ffic ie n t manner. H is m ost p ro d u c­
tiv e research was p e rform ed at the
G r iffith Laboratories in C hicago, 1922
to 1959. It was D r. H a ll w ho discovered
that contrary to p o p u la r o p in io n , the
Vaunted-SPICES such as cloves, c in ­
namon, ginger, paprika, allspice, sage
and o th e rs-in ste a d o f P R E S E R V IN G
F O O D S -w e re usually infested w ith
spores o f m olds, yeasts and bacteria.
W e are able to use these substances
now because D r. H a ll perfected the
method o f using the chem ical ethylene
oxide to n o t o n ly k ill insects, b u t to
K IL L G E R M S IN FO O D S TU FFS by
his in ve n tion , “ flash d ry in g .” I could
cite m uch, m uch m ore about Messrs.
lives.
The Portland D evelopm ent C o m ­
m ission (P D C ), the H ousing A u th o rity
o f P o rtla n d (H A P ) and M u ltn o m a h
C o u n ty ’ s H ousing and C o m m u n ity Ser­
vices D iv is io n jo in e d forces to give
new life to the C am bridge C o u rt, lo ­
cated at 5224 N . V ancouver A ve . T e n ­
ant support services are being financed
through a grant fro m the R obert W ood
Johnson Foundation, one o f o n ly nine
Julian, H a ll and others, lik e D r. Ernest
E ve re tt Just, the fam ous zo o lo g is t
whose pioneering w o rk at the renowned
W oods H ole M arine B io lo g ic a l Lab o ­
ratories paved the way fo r those w ho
have gotten most o f the c re d it fo r w o rk
w ith the C E L L and G E N ES . T o read
about these pioneers and others see a
copy o f B la ck Pioneers o f Science and
Invention, Louis Haber, Harcount Bruce
& W o rld Inc. 1970 (T ry lib ra ry i f s till
out o f p rin t).
given to cities n ationw ide.
A t cerem onies held M arch 5, o f f i ­
For the documented record o f those
early and seminal A fric a n c o n trib u ­
tions I m entioned earlier, see “ M a g ic,
c ia lly opening the re h a b ilita te d c o m ­
p le x , C ity C o m m issio n e r G retchen
K a fo u ry hailed the p ro je ct as consistent
w ith the goals and guidelines o f the
C i t y ’ s C o m p re h e n s iv e H o u s in g
A ffo rd a b ility Strategy (C H A S ) and as
“ another step in o u r plan to com bat the
cycle o f homelessness in P o rtland.”
M y th and M e d icin e ” by the fam ous
B ritis h A u th o r and h is to ria n D .T .
A tk in s o n ; (P re m ie r P o cke t B ooks,
F aw celt W o rld L ib ra ry , 1956, 1958).
W e see that the firs t great physicians
developed th e ir arts in the N ile V a lle y;
the great IM H O T E P , a rch ite ct and
physician to K in g N arm er, practiced
his art several thousand years before
the Greek Hippocrates was bom. These
A fric a n pioneers also le ft m any o f th e ir
form ulas and treatments on papyrus
“ T he lin k in g o f safe, a ffo rd a b le
housing w ith support program s is p ro v ­
in g to be the m ost e ffe ctive strategy fo r
h e lp in g fa m ilie s becom e s e lf-s u ffi­
cient,” said Com m issioner K a fo u ry, who
has been charged by M a yo r J.E. Bud
C la rk w ith d ire ctin g the C ity ’ s housing
(T h e Ebers Papyrus U n iv e rs ity o f
L e ip z ig ).
strategy.
H A P ’ s involvem ent insures a ffo rd ­
able rent fo r tenants by assisting w ith
Section 8 certificates through the U.S.
A no th e r very interesting and in ­
fo rm a tive book is “ The Physicians o f
Pharaonic E gypt” by Paul G halioongui,
A l-A h ra m C enter fo r S c ie n tific Trans­
lations, C a iro , E gypt, 1983. Here we
see that 4000 years ago the A frica n s
had already organized m edicine in to
the crafts, d iscip lin e s and ranks we
have to day." C h ie f o f Physicians,
Inspector o f Physicians, R egional So­
cieties and Schools, R oyal P hysician,
Surgeons,Coroners, internal m edicine,
D e p a rtm e nt o f H o u sin g and U rban
D evelopm ent (H U D ). T hrough thiscer-
tifica te pro g ra m , rents at the Cam bridge
C o u rt average $471 per m onth. In a d d i­
tio n , H A P oversees the management o f
the p roperty through its agent, G reat
N orthw est M anagem ent C om pany.
In his rem arks, Denny W est, H A P
E xecutive D ire cto r stressed, “ A s o w n ­
ers o f the apartm ent co m p le x, we saw
an opp o rtu n ity to w o rk w ith M ultnom ah
eye doctors, pharmacists, obstetricians
and so fo rth . S im p ly am azing!
C o u n ty, using the Section 8 C e rtifica te
g ently studying the M e tro p o lita n H u ­
man R elations C om m ission (M H R C ),
re vie w in g the charge o f the co m m is­
sion and made recom m endations that
w o u ld make M H R C a m ore integral
part o f the co m m u n ity.
The U n ite d States o f A m e rica is an
advocate fo r H um an R ights a ll over the
w o rld , but the Hum an R ights o f m any in
o u r ow n co u n try are being severely
vio la te d. M a n y p o litic ia n s in our re­
g ion verbalize th e ir concerns and sup­
p o rt fo r H um an R ights, but fo r w h a t­
ever reason, they have (except fo r a few
w ho have alw ays been on the fro n t lin e )
been relu cta n t to take a d e fin itiv e stand.
P o litic s is p o litic s ; maybe some are
a fra id to ru ffle the feathers o f some o f
his o r her supporters.
The C ity o f Portland, as w e ll as the
T ri-c o u n ty area, needs a Hum an Rights
e n tity that w ill address the v io la tio n s on
a human level v o id o f p o litic s (even
though that m ay be im possible). The
present c o n fig u ra tio n o f M H R C w ill
not accom plish that goal.
The task force made numerous rec­
om m endations that in m y o p in io n w ill
strenghten M H R C and b ring it in to the
9 0 ’ s. One o f the main bones o f conten­
tion is the com m ission its e lf. The
present com m ission is com prised o f
(15) members. The new com m ission
w o u ld be made up o f tw enty-one (21)
members. The recom m endation is that
the present com m ission should resign
and it should. The present com m ission
has no executive d ire cto r. There are
o n ly eight (8) seated members, thus
fa c ilita tin g the appointm ent o f seven
(7) new members. In o rder fo r the
com m ission to have a business meet­
ing, a ll members w o u ld have to be
present in o rder to have a quorum . In
essence, the present com m ission is non­
existent.
I know that the governing bodies,
The C ity o f Portland and M u ltn o m a h
should be easy to make.
I, as a citize n o f the C ity o f P o rt­
land, strongly recom m end that a d e ci­
sion be made and soon, so that M H R C
can get on w ith the business o f Human
McKinley Burt
Bill B a ite r
Sharon Camarda
Mattle Ann Callier-Spears
Operations Manager
Joyce Washington
Accounting Manager
Gary Ann Garne.t
Production Staff
Dean Babb
Sharon Camarda
Gary Ann Garnett
Jennifer Johnson
Public Relations
Chuck Washington
Sales & Promotions
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D unham w rote to President Bush ap­
p ealing fo r an end to the in h u m a n ity
tow ard the H a itia n refugees, she slated,
“ I fin d the m ost recent decisions re­
g a rd in g H a itia n refugees shocking.
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returned w ill receive no w elcom e. H a v ­
ing live d in H a iti sporadically fo r over
f if t y years, I fin d H a iti too valuable to
ignore o r a llo w to disintegrate.”
D unham , w ho is a w orld-renow ned
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the national and in ternational sp o tlig h t
on the p lig h t o f thousands o f H a itia n
refugees w ho are s till being m istreated
te rrib ly b y the Bush A d m in istra tio n .
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com plete e le ctrica l upgrade, recon­
struction o f kitchens and baths in a ll
units, new pa in t and flo o r coverings,
ing fo r the case management.
M ultn o m a h C ounty C om m ission
the basement im provem ents (w ith a
new in d o o r play area), and w a ll re-
C h a ir G ladys M cC o y echoed the need
fo r a tie between affordable housing
and support services to p ro vid e hom e­
less fa m ilie s the o p p o rtu n ity to m ove
tow ard se lf su fficie n cy. She fu rth e r
o f a ll.
Several days ago, we visited w ith
K atherine D unham in St. M a ry ’ s H os­
p ita l. A lth o u g h she had not eaten food
fo r m any days, her s p irit was strong and
vibrant. In fact, w e were impressed
w ith her keen sense o f m oral and social
re sp o n sib ility as w e ll as a profound
co m m itm e n t and understanding o f A f ­
rican heritage am idst the pressures o f
protracted struggle. Standing at the side
o f D un h am ’ s bed was her physician,
D r. Lee B lo u n t, Jr., w ho has been o n e o f
the physicians that has rendered de­
cades o f service to the A fric a n lib e ra ­
tio n m ovem ent here and abroad.
As we w alked in and greeted sister
D unham , she sm iled and said, “ I hope
you are not com ing to te ll me to stop
fa stin g !” A nd o f course we said, “ Oh
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The P L P A program blends private
bank funds w ith federal grant d ollars
e ffe c tiv e ly h elping the lim ite d p u b lic
dollars to go farther. O ther fin a n cing
sources included $17,300 in energy
rebates through the C ity ’ s Energy O f­
fice fro m N orthw est N atural Gas w ith
the re m a in in g balance p ro vid e d by
various sources w ith in H A P .
E x te rio r re h a b ilita tio n at the C am ­
Com m erce, through the Homeless A c ­
tion Fund, provides social service fu n d ­
r — — — — — — — — — — — ■1 D unham has w on the p ra ye rfu l a d m ira ­
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vate Lender P a rticip a tion A greem ent
(P L P A ) w ith S ecurity P a cific Bank
Oregon as w e ll as C o m m u n ity D e ve l­
opm ent B lo c k G ra n t dollars fro m the
C ourt. The basement o f the com plex
has been converted to a m eeting hall
w ith o ffice s fo r counseling services
and an in d o or play area. The U nited
W ay and M e tro P ortland Cham ber o f
e xe m p lifie s the best o f A fric a n tra d i­
tion: persistent struggle fo r the freedom
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velopm ent.
T o ta l p ro je ct cost fo r re h a b ilita ­
tio n o f the C a m b rid g e C o u rt was
in essence, a dem onstration p ro je ct
show ing how the linkage o f ap p ro p ri­
ate services and suitable housing can
help fam iliesrecovering from substance
abuse and other d iffic u ltie s return to
product lives. The approach is called
“ services-enriched perm anent hous­
in g .”
The M ultn o m a h C ounty H om e­
less F a m ilie s P rogram w ill screen
homeless fa m ilie s w ith dependent c h il­
dren fo r residency at the C am bridge
States back to the repressive situation in
H a iti. T h e b o ld d e te rm in a tio n o f
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rehab loans through P D C .”
M ultnom ah C o u n ty ’ s H ousing and
C o m m u n ity Services D iv is io n a d m in ­
isters P o rtla n d ’ s Homeless Fam ilies
Program through a five -ye a r grant from
the R obert W o o d Johnson Foundation
to ta lin g $600,000. C am bridge C o u rt is,
the U n ite d States.
K atherine D unham has refused to
eat u n til the U nited States changes its
cu rre n t p o lic y o f “ forced re p a tria tio n ”
o f H a itia n refugees from the U nited
Publisher
Alfred Henderson
Assistance Program , and Jane K aradbil,
program analyst, O ffic e o f P o licy D e­
fo r Haitians?
W e thank sister D unham fo r her
courage and fo r her sacrifice. A t a tim e
when there are m any w h o are seeking
our leadership models, we thank sister
Dunham fo r her consistent leadership
fo r over six decades. D unham ’ s life
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M u lle n said, “ substandard rental prop­
erties also con trib u te to neighborhood
deterioration. T h is re h a b ilita tio n Ioan
program has money to lend and we urge
rental property ow ners to lo o k into
this nation to c o n fro n t the ongoing trag­
edy o f o u r H a itia n sisters and brothers.
W ill the A fric a n A m erican c o m m u n ity
respond to the challenge o f one o f the
“ mothers o f the freedom m ovem ent?”
W ill the m illio n s o f persons o f good
conscience in this nation stand up w ith
D unham and others to demand ju stice
A t the w isdom age o f 82, Katherine
D unham continues to p ro vid e e ffe ctive
leadership and inspiration fo r m illio n s
o f persons throughout the w o rld fo r the
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Helping Haitians: The Inspiration of
Katherine Dunham
cause o f ju stice and human d ig n ity . F or
m ore than fo u r weeks, this strong A f r i­
R ights advocacy. Both governm ents can A m e rica n woman has sacrificed
have an o p p o rtu n ity before them. M ake and risked her ow n life to protect the
the change recom mended by the task
force and ask fo r the resignation o f the
present com m ission. N o one is ques­
tio n in g the in te g rity o f the present co m ­
m ission members, but deep dow n in ­
side, they, too, know a change is needed.
needs; a home and c o m m u n ity sup­
p o rt.”
Present at the opening ceremonies
(besides K a fo u ry , W est, M cC o y and
M u lle n ) w ere D r. Jim O ’ C o n n ell, d i­
rector, and Julie H a rd in , co -d ire cto r, o f
the R obert W ood Johnson Foundation
Homeless F am ilies P rogram , based in
Boston. A lso present fro m H U D head­
quarters in W ashington, D .C . were Jim
F o rs b e rg .d ire c to ro f the Special Needs
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
C ounty, are under considerable pres­
sure from both sides: the com m ission
and the task force. There are those who
w ant to m aintain the status quo and
those who w antchange. Change is hard
fo r many to accept, but w hen it is clear
that a change is needed, the decision
n a n cial assistance. T o d a y , we are
pleased w ith the results o f this coopera­
tive e ffo rt and are strongly com m itted
to this type o f co m m u n ity partnership.”
CIVIL RIGHTS JOURNAL
Present MHRC Should Resign
L e tte r T o the E d ito r:
O ver the past few m onths, a nu m ­
ber o f very cre d ib le in d iv id u a ls in the
Hum an R ights arena have w orked d ili­
stated, “ T o tw e n ty fa m ilie s, it w ill be a
co rn e rs to n e -u n itin g tw o basic human
program . PDC stepped in w ith the f i ­
no.... W e are here to support you and to
te ll you that m illio n s o f sisters and
w illin g to risk death in order to wake up
Gang Peace
brothers throughout the nation, in H a iti
and in other parts o f the w o rld are p ray­
ing fo r you and stand behind you a ll the
w a y.”
D ic k G regory journeyed to East St.
L o u is to show support fo r D u n h am ’ s
fast and protest. L o ca l and federal au­
th o ritie s, how ever, d id not lik e the fact
that brother G regory was in tow n and
im m e d ia te ly arrested h im fo r “ dem on­
stra tin g ” at a federal b u ild in g . Once
G regory was released, he was subse­
q u e n tly re-arrested tw ice to “ harass”
h im o u t o f tow n.
Katherine Dunham remains a d e d i­
cated freedom fig h te r. The e ffo rt to see
that ju s tic e is done on b e h a lf o f H a itia n
refugees deserves the in vo lve m e n t o f
m illio n s . Sister Dunham is m aking her
co n trib u tio n s at great personal risk at
the age o f 82. W e m ust not le t Dunham
make this im portant challenge alone.
L e t us w ith one united voice and jo in t
action demand ju stice fo r H a itia n re fu ­
gees.
W e recom m end that everyone take
the tim e to do the fo llo w in g im m e d i­
ately: (1) Telegram President Bush c a ll­
ing fo r stronger action by the U n ite d
States to help restore the le g itim a te
d e m o cra tically elected governm ent o f
President Jean-Bertrand A ristid e and to
stop forced repatriation o f H aitian re fu ­
gees u n til President A ristid e is restored
back to o ffic e in H a iti; and (2) contact
members o f the U.S. Congress to autho­
rize support fo r the O rganization o f
A m erican States (O A S ) to oversee ac­
tiv itie s in H a iti to ensure the return o f
dem ocracy to H a iti.
What do gangs, Camp Fire, the Trailblazers, Vera Katz and
\ and Nestle have in common?
“ O ur
A celebration o f Gang Peace was
held Saturday, M arch 7, at the U n iv e r­
sity Park C o m m u n ity C enter in N orth
P ort lan d , a cc lebra lio n i h at i n trod uccd
youth in the co m m u n ity to the project
w ith speakers, m usic, food and prizes.
State Representative Vera Katz and
Portland T ra ilb la ze r Lam ont Strothers
talked about alternatives to gang p a r­
ticip a tio n . M cD onalds provided food
and food coupons.
Gang Peace, a new project of The
Nestle Very Best in Youth Program
provides leadership training and posi­
tive group activities lor boys and giris
friends w ho m ig h t get in ­
volved in gangs w ill listen to us be­
ages 6-12 in the Portland area w ho are
a l risk o f becom ing gang members.
cause we arc closer to th e ir age, and we
understand them more than adults,”
says Rosanna B la in an 11-year o ld
Portland youth leader.
The Ncsdc C hocolate V e ry Best
in Y outh Program was designed to
The Portland Area C o u n c il o f
C am p Fire w ill adm inister Gang Peace
w ith the help o f a grant from Nestle.
D avid Jackson, the Gang Peace C o o r­
d in a to r hired by C am p Fire, w ill assist
in the h irin g and tra in in g o f fo rm e r
b u ild self-esteem in young people by
a llo w in g them to make decisions and
by p ro vid in g the resources to make
their choices become a reality.
For m ore in fo rm a tio n about Gang
Peace, please ca ll D avid Jackson or
Nancy Snodgrass at the Portland Area
gang teens to serve as peer leaders fo r
the youth. A c tiv itie s w ill include sports,
m usic, science and advanced outdoor
liv in g .
The backbone o f Gang Peace is
co m m unication -the idea that kids lis ­
ten to other kids.
C ouncil o f C am p Fire 224-7800.
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