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June 3, 1992...The Portland Observer... Page 5
Where are
the JOBS?
Continued from front page
BY BILL COUNCIL
the region and in particular in and near
N./N.E. Portland to m etropolitan area
levels is our goal.
Business Growth And Develop
ment
Em ploym ent training and place
ment ultimately depend on the exist
ence of family wage jobs, both in the
com m unity and nearby. The overall
health o f the com m unity is also based
upon local ow nership of small busi
nesses. Therefore business growth and
developm ent will be addressed as part
o f this strategy.
Youth Em ploym ent
Black teenage unem ploym ent rate
is two, and often three times higher
than white teenage unemployment. This
is unacceptable and must be reversed.
These young people must be able to
have early successful experiences in
the world o f work. We will resolve the
immediate and long term reasons that
have led to this intolerably high unem
ploym ent rate in Portland and reduce it
to no higher than m etropolitan levels.
General Strategy
Our efforts will have a major im
pact on the quality o f life for a com m u
nity that can no longer be neglected.
W e will collectively, community and
business, concentrate our best minds
and resource on solving these prob-
lcins. We have set unusually high goals,
the neighborhoods, the people and Port
land deserve no less.
Em ployers who wish to partici
pate in the program with the N/NE
Em ploym ent and Business D evelop
ment Action Plan are requested to call
Ms. Becky Black at the King C enter,
287-0823.
The N ortheast Rescue Plan A c
tion Com m ittee (N ERPA C) is an asso
ciation o f grass roots organizations
that work together to place youth in
year round, perm anent jobs in the pub
lic and private sector. The organiza
tion had its origins at the juvenile
facility with Mr. Locnzo Poe and oth
ers w orking with youth at risk in the
com m unity. The organization’s ex
pressed purpose is to work with youth
who arc “ affected by gangs” . The o r
ganization serves betw een 200 and
300 youth. Both the City o f Portland
and M ultnomah county has provided
resources to this group. In fact, C om
m issioner G retchen Kafoury is pre
senting a proposal to the Council on
June 8, 1992 for $200,000 to support
this organization. W hile discussing
this article with Ms. A landria Taylor,
Em ploym ent Services C oordinator at
the D onald E Long Juvenile Hall, she
indicated that she has a w aiting list of
over 70 youth. Interested em ployers
should call Jana M cClellan, 248-3460.
The Urban League of Portland, a tradi
tional organization in the area and
national is involved in jo b solicitation
and placem ent o f youth. Mr. Tony
Ross, youth Em ploym ent M anager,
slated that an em ployer who had called
him about a month ago to inform him
that because o f budget restraints, the
em ployer could not participate this
year, only to call him back recently to
say that this em ployer would partici
p l e . M aybe more em ployers will sec
the im port of participating in this sum
mer youth em ploym ent. Mr. Ross and
m em bers of the staff will be soliciting
jobs for the summer, you may call
Tony at the Urban League, 280-2600.
The P ortland Private Industry
council (PIC) is the local organization
that receives its money from the Fed
eral governm ent to provide training
and em ploym ent for youth and adults.
O ver the years there has been decreas
ing funds, said Ms. M arnclla Bingham,
Youth Services M anager. W ith m on
ies from the federal governm ent and
the City o f Portland serves only 765 o f
the m ost in need youth in the com m u
nity. At least 40% o f these positions
are youths in the year round program .
The Private Industry Council funds the
Youth Em ploym ent Institute at 1704
NE 26th St. the telephone num ber is
280-1058.
Experts, business leaders and poli
ticians are busy attem pting to find a
solution to this major problem. C om
m issioner Earl Blum cnaur issued this
statem ent.
“Recent events in Los Angeles
have caused us all to re-exam ine our
em ploym ent and econom ic develop
ment efforts here in Portland. There is
a high price to pay when we fail as a
com m unity to achieve social and eco
nomic justice.
In the past few years, in the City
its th at can m ake a ll the d iffe re n c e
la te r in life .I stro n g ly su p p o rt the
e ffo rts o f c o m m u n ity g ro u p s like
the U rban L e a g u e an d the B lack
U nited F ro n t and b u sin e ss le a d e rs
to p lace k id s in jo b s in p riv a te b u si-
w e 'v e m ade it a p rio rity in fu n d in g
jo b s p ro g ra m s to serv e youth at
risk and link up e m p lo y m e n t w ith
e d u c a tio n and o th e r su p p o rt s e r
v ic e s in the c o m m u n ity in o rd e r to
break the c y c le o f p o v erty an d vio-
good fo r the c o m m u n ity .
W e ’re a lso b ein g c re a tiv e . In
stead o f rely ing on te m p o ra ry a g e n
c ie s o r c o n s u lta n ts th a t tra d itio n
a lly p r o v id e s h o r t- te r m p u b lic
w orks la b o r, w e 'r e tu rn in g to c o m
m u n ity - b a s e d g r o u p s . J u s t th is
m onth the B u re a u o f T ra ffic M an
a g e m e n t a w a rd e d $ 3 ,5 0 0 in w ork
to the H ouse o f U m oja th at w ill
p ro v id e 6 to 8 jo b s.
B ut w e n e e d to do m ore. C o n
g re ss n eed s p re ssu re to fin ish w ork
on its su m m e r jo b s b ill. T h is w o u ld
b rin g b ad ly n e e d e d fu n d s to P o rt
land and O re g o n . In the m e a n tim e ,
we have to c o n tin u e to find w ay s to
c re a te g re a te r e m p lo y m e n t o p p o r
tu n itie s f o r y o u n g p e o p le a n d
a d u lts. I t ’s a c o m m u n ity e ffo rt th a t
c a n n o t f a il.”
In d is c u s s io n s w ith th e m any
e x p e rts g e n e ra lly and M s. M a rn e lla
B ingham in p a r tic u la r , it is a g re e d
th a t a y o u th e m p lo y e d w ill c o st
a p p ro x im a te ly $ 1 5 0 0 .0 0 .
T h e re is c u rre n tly le g is la tio n
b ein g d e b a te d th a t m ig h t b rin g a p
p ro x im a te ly $2 m illio n to th e P o rt
land a re a . M s. T e rry A n d e rso n , o f
C o m m is s io n e r’s K a fo u ry ” o ffic e
and o th e r o ffic ia ls h av e had s tr a t
egy m e e tin g s and do have a te n ta
tiv e p la n w hen and if th is m o n ey is
m ade a v a ila b le .
H o w e v e r, g iv e n th e f e d e r a l
m oney and a ll th e local resources
being expended presently, there is still
a need for more than 2500 jobs. It is
very doubtful that we can reach this
goal but if every em ployer in this area
will take acritical look at this problem ,
it can be done. W e have to w ant to
solve the problem.
The Portland O bserver would like
to encourage each and every em ployer
to go the extra m ile and le t’s do a
BLAZING job for our youth th is su m
m er.
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w ith my b u re a u s an d the re s t o f
B ut we c a n ’t u n d e re stim a te the
C ity C o u n c il on an e ffo rt to h ire
im p o rta n c e o f su m m e r jo b s for
y o uth w ith in c ity a g e n c ie s to do
k id s. A good su m m er jo b p ro v id e s
real and m e a n in g fu l w ork th a t is
se lf-re sp e c t and te a c h e s w ork hab-
A SPECIAL THANKS TO JOSEPH CONROY FOR THIS EXCELLENT ILLUSTRATION!
After The Cross
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BY MATTIE ANN CALLIER-SPEARS
Each Easter we celebrate the death,
burial and resurrection of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ. We sing songs,
such as: Christ Arose, He Live, It is
Finished and Jesus Keeps Me Near the
Cross.
N o w -it is times like these that
cause our hearts to linger at the foot of
the cross. That cruel, cruel cross where
my Lord bled, suffered and died. B u t-
I am so happy that he rose from the
darkness o f the grave. I oft time wonder
where we would be if Christ had not
gotten up as he said.
You can be assured o f one thing
that’s for certain....Nineteen ninety-two
would never have gotten here. W hy?
Because-thc Aim ighty God would have
become so through with man that he
would have settled for listening to the
bees and the deer as opposed to allow
ing man another chance to gum-up the
world...again.
Tim e-after-tim e after time-after-
time as we review the history o f man
kind, through the Bible, God has de
stroyed and restored in hopes that man
would get the message and straighten-
up and fly right...but, each time man
started over, he managed to mess up.
W hen Jesus came into the world,
that was G od’s way o f starting us all
over again without destroying the whole
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with excitem ent. Christ said, “Fear not;
I am the first and the last: I am he that
liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am
alive foreverm ore, Amen; and have the
keys o f hell and of death.”
[Rev. 1:18]
All ye who are in the world and are
not hearingG od’scall, take heed! Christ
is coming back! G et ready!
As long as you have life, in your
bodies, God is giving you chance after
chance to get-right with God. The scrip
tures say that “ ...W e must work the
works of him that sent us, while it is
day: the night com eth, when no man
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W hen death cometh, you cannot ask for
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Sin is the root of all evil deeds.
W hen Jesus rose, he destroyed the root;
but, there are still some little plants, in
the world, which are trying to keep up
confusion even though the main root
base has been destroyed. Even though
the life span is short, the destruction and
the return o f these suckers (weeds) can
and will kill.....if you let them. But--
’’H allelujah!” Every spring and all
through the summer m onths, we fight
weeds. We plant beautiful gardens and
the weeds have a totally different agenda.
They don’t accept the order o f the
planter; so the weed goes in there and
gets among the beauty and the order
with clutter, confusion, selfishness and
the intent to kill, jesus Christ is the
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powerful agent, called “Jesus”. He is
tried and true. He will never fail. He
promised that he would deliver you
from the snare of the fowler. A n d -h e
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Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
The resurrection is such a powerful
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benefits to man following the cross and
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