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^pr^Rr<< • ♦ ♦ ♦ < • •'“♦ « • ♦ ■ » ♦ • * ♦ * • • < * ' * * * • 4 • ♦ ♦ June 1 0 ,1992...The Portland Observer ...Page 13 Z---------------- ——---------------- - First Interstate Bank Walnut Park Branch First Interstate ank of Oregon is a great place to start or continue your banking career, whether you have banking experience or not. We offer all kinds of opportunités for people with different levels of education and experience. Traci Hayes, Certified Teller Duane Jones, Teller \ Sherry Parker, Notes & Collections Teller Arteresa Nickelson, Assist. Vault Teller ___ _________ Partnership Forged to Connect Job Training Participants with Apprenticeship Opportunities ! • , Reception Marking New Relation ship To Be Held A t The Northeast Em ploym ent and Training Center. The A. Phillip Randolph institute, the Columbia Pacific Building andCon- struction Trades Council and The Pri- vate Industry Council have created a partnership to connect job training par ticipants with apprenticeship opportu- nities. A reception will be held at the N ortheast Em ploym ent and Training Center on Friday, June 5, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. to formally kick o ff the project. The N ortheast Em ploym ent and Training Center is located at 3034 NE M artin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Pordand, Oregon. The three partners will sponsor an apprenticeship liaison, who will becom e a m em ber o f the staff at the N ortheast E m ploym ent and Training Center. This position has been filled by Donna Hammond, a journey man electrician. Hammond will work with staff at the center to identify and enroll individuals into apprenticeship program s, utilizing available resources to prepare the trainees for apprentice ship participation and ensuring that the Northeast Employment and Training apprenticeship arrangem ents are sup portive of the trainees. According to Wally M ehrens, executive secretary o f the Colum bia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council, “This project will increase access to good jobs for residents of North and N orth east Pordand. It will also increase their changes o f success in the trades, be cause o f the additional support fos tered by the apprenticeship liaison and the A. Phillip Randolph Institute.” The Northeast Employment and Training Center provides com prehensive em ploym ent and training services to low- incom e people, especially African American men and welfare recipients. It is an operation of The Private Indus try Council, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing job training and stay-in-school program s throughout W ashington and M ultnomah C oun ties. O ther partners contribute to the su c c e ss o f the c e n te r, in c lu d in g O regon’s Employment Di vision. Adult and Family Services, Portland C om munity College, and local employers and community groups. I Impressive Gaines for your neighborhood, Phyliss Gaines wants to improve Portland’s neighborhoods. As the Consumer Loan Officer for Key Bank’s new Community Services Department, Phyliss brings over eleven years in outstanding banking and community relations to work for you. She's creative in arranging credit for people who may have been excluded from credit before. People who want to improve their home, to build a business, finance an education, or purchase a dream. People like you. Besides Phyliss, our Community Services Department can offer help in getting a line of credit, a MasterCard or VISA, even a mortgage especially for starter homes. It can also provide just about any other special banking need you may have. Stop by and let Phyliss and our Community Services Department show you how we are working hard to become your neighborhood bank. The Private Industry Council The Private Industry Council pro The Private Industry Council is a vides innovative training programs tar jrivate, non-profit organization dedi- geted specifically to each :ated to the em ploym ent o f the area's populations in md training of low-income need. The Northeast E m n d ividuals in O regon's ploy ment and Train ing Cen nost populous are-M u lt- ter is designed to assist A f lom ah and W ashington rican Americans and W el b ounties, including the fare recipients. The D islo Zity o f Portland. This very cated W orker Project serves iiversc population ranges njustice those unem ployed due to From small rural com m uni turbulence in the high tech anywhere ties where m igrant farm workers make up a large is a threat nology and wood products industries. Other programs percentage o f those need to justice w ork w ith ex-offen d ers, ing jo b tra in in g , to N orth everywhere. teen parents, homeless vet and N o rth e a st P o rtla n d , erans, teenagers, Spanish- Dr. Martin an urban a rea a lso in speakers, youth at risk o f l.uther King, Jr. cludes O re g o n 's la rg e st dropping out o f school, and c o n c e n tra tio n o f high- workers over 55 years old. tech n o lo g y b u sin e sse s, Each effort strives to fulfill and support where massive layoffs at Tektronix, The Private Industry Council's mission Inc., have left thousands of people out ÍÍ I Community Seniees Department: Lloyd. Center Towers. 825 N.E. Multnomah, Portland. Oregon 795-6036. «BANK America’s neighborhood b an K Member FDlC Family Services coordinates benefits. The Private Industry C ouncil's In addition, T he Private Industry Northeast Em ploym ent and Training Council has contracted (NEET) Center opened with Portland Com m u in July o f 1989 to pro nity College to offer vide co u n sellin g , job classes at the center for training, job referral and math and reading im basic sk ills im p ro v e provem ent, and high m ent to re sid e n ts o f s c h o o l c o m p le tio n . N orth and N o rth e a st have PCC's N ortheast Skills Portland. These services C enter also plays a role learned are targeted to W elfare by providing contracted recipients and African that success jo b sk ill tra in in g to American males ages 22 is to be N E E T p a r tic ip a n ts . and above. N EET staff m easured Staff work with local use a unique, holistic ap not so agencies to coordinate proach to assist persons m uch by s e rv ic e s to tra in e e s with m ultiple barriers to needing drug and alco the position p ro d u c tiv e e m p lo y hol a s s is ta n c e p r o ment, including little or that one lias gram s, m ental health no w ork e x p e rie n c e , reached in s e rv ic e s , v o c a tio n a l drug addiction, alcohol life as by training, housing and ism , p ro stitu tio n and the obsta other aid to remove bar mental health problems. rie rs to su ccessfu lly cles which Many participants are holding a job. high school d ropouts he has So far, more than with poor math and read overcome 175 Northeast-area resi ing skills and low self while d e n ts fo u n d jo b s esteem . trying to th ro u g h the C e n te r. Partnerships allow succeed. Exam ples o f em ploy NEET staff to provide a ers hiring NEET par c o m p r e h e n s iv e a p Booker T. tic ip a n ts in c lu d e proach to em ploym ent Washington G riggs-A nderson R e training. O regon's Em search, Farmers Insur ploym ent Division has a ance, W acker Siltronic C orporation staff m ember on site to refer partici and The Urban League o f Portland. pants to available jobs. A dult and Equal Opportunity Lender Key Bank name and mark are trademarks of KeyCorp $24 billion strong For Best Results Advertise in the Observer
