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Woodlawn AMA Head Start Holds
1992 Graduation
Maurice Washington
Carla Williams
AMA head Start Program held
their annual graduation class on June
9th at the W oodlaw n Center. The 13
g ra d u a te s w e re A sh le y B e rry ,
Mosique H ardnett, Nicole Jackson,
Tiara M cConnell, Selina Ramirez,
M a u ric e W a s h in g to n , R o n a ld
Bethume, Tw zndre Hodge, Shantee
Johnson, D estine M cD onald, Jean
Sawyer, Carla W illiam s, and Joseph
Gibson.
The W oodlaw n Center is one of
11 Centers in the Portland area. Classes
are held September through June. They
offer a family focused program , free
health, dental, social service, speech-
language services, strong ties with
com m unity services, a com prehen-
sive curriculum (Crossties), individual
assessm ents - individual child pro
gram s, M ainstream handicap services,
successful use o f volunteers (students,
parents, foster grandparents and mem
bers o f the com m unity), staff and par
ent training, undergraduate, and gradu
ate student internship program s.
Grocers
Portland City Council Honors
Support
Dr. Matthew Prophet
Jobs For Teens
public is invited to the ceremony at
which City Council members will ex
press the com m unity’s gratitude for
Prophet’s leadership as Superinten
dent o f Portland Public Schools over
the past ten years.
Mayor Clark will present a proc
lamation at the ceremony, declaring
th ew eek o fJu n e2 1 -2 7 to b e“ Matthew
Prophet W eek” in Portland.
In his retirement, Prophet will
assume the helm o f the “I Have a
Dream” Fund, which is administered
by the Oregon community foundation.
Among those expected to attend the
ceremony are School D istrictofficials,
Foundation Board members, and some
of the "D ream ers” whose college tu
ition will be paid by the “ I have a
Dream” Fund. Checks should be made
payable to:
Dr. Matthew Prophet
Portland’s City council is honor
ing Dr. Matthew Prophetat their after
noon session Thursday, June 18. The
Oregon Community Foundation
I Have A Dream
(or O.C.F.-I.H.A.D.)
621 S. W. Morrison, Suite 725
Pordand, Oregon 97205
Forced Return Of
Haitians To
Homeland
Opposed
Forced return of Haitians fleeing
their homeland is opposed by the chief
staff executive o f the United Methodist
C hurch’s social action agency, and by
an international agricultural missions
agency.
“ I must oppose the decision to re
turn refugees to such a volatile, fright
ening situation as exists in Haiti under
the present m ilitary governm ent,” the
Rev. Thom W hite W olf Fassctt, gen
eral secretary o f the United m ethodist
Board o f Church and Society, said May
29 in letters to President Bush and
Secretary o f State James A. Baker III.
Fassett said doc umented evidence shows
escalation o f human rights violations
since President Jean-Bertrand Aristide
o f Haiti fled a m ilitary coup in 1991.
Directors o f Agricultural missions,
aprogram subunitof the NationalCoun-
cil of Churches, said in a statem ent that
refugees fleeing violence and injustice
in Haiti deserve the same treatm ent as
emigrants from the former Soviet Union
and Cuba. The directors said they had
learned that the United States has agreed
to accept more than 50,000 refugees
this year from the Com m onw ealth of
Independent States and 100,000 refu
gees worldwide. U.S. officials claim
the Haitians are economic rather than
political refugees.
Disputed interpretations o f U.S.
Child Labor Laws have resulted in re
cent levies against a num ber of Oregon
grocery retailers by the U.S. D epart
ment o f Labor.
“ Parents, teens, youth counselors
and community leaders have implored
our grocers to employ teens,” says Steve
McCoid, President o f the Association of
Oregon Food Industries. “We have re
sponded with some of the highest wages
and most promising career opportuni
ties available to teens.”
The excessive levies may direedy
im pact the ability o f affected stores to
provide summer jobs for teens, McCoid
says. Indirectly, thisenforcem ent policy
will act as a deterrent to other grocers
who were considering offering jobs to
teens.
U.S. Labor Department rules re
quire fines only if employers knowingly
violate child labor regulations and place
teens in physical danger.
“These fines arc excessive, unrea-
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Portland State University's Trisa Kelly
Honored Again
Trisa Kelly, whorecendy received
her bachelor’s degree from Portland
State University with high honors, has
received a SI ,000 merit/financial as
sistance scholarship from Alpha Kappa
alpha Sorority. Kelly - a founding
member o f Pi Sigma, A K A ’s first
undergraduate chapter in Oregon -
will use the scholarship to continue
her studies at Portland State. The Edu
cational Advancement Foundation of
AKA, the first Greek lettered organi
zation established by and for Black
women in the United States, awards
these scholarships yearly to univer
sity undergraduate and graduate mem
bers. “I’m very grateful to receive this
scholarship,” says Kelly. “ Sometimes
i wonder if my hard work will pay off
and in this situation i see that it has. I
definitely will continue to do my best
knowing there is support for me.”
Kelly also recently was awarded
an all-expenses paid trip to Paris,
France, in July from Alpha Kappa
Alpha in recognition o f her grade-
point average (3.8) as the highest
among AKA women in the western
region. In addition, her academic
achievements qualified her for the
sorority’s National Leadership Fel
low and an all-expenses paid trip for
Leadership Training in Atlanta, GA.,
in June. This summer Kelly also will
spend time in Washington, D.C., as an
intern for the Sm ithsonian’s Latino
Outreach Program.
Kelly received her bachelor’ sde-
gree in foreign languages (Spanish
Trisha Kelly
and French from PSU this spring. She
will return to the University for the fall
term to pursue a m aster’s degree in
Teaching English to Speakers o f Other
Languages (TESOL).
Trisha Kelly is a resident o f
Portland, Oregon, and a graduate of
Jefferson High School.
Small Business Administration
Recognizes Minority Small
Business Advocate
Donnie Young Griffin
Donnie Young G riffin, Director
o f corporate C om m unications and
com m unity Affairs, US W est Com
munication in Oregon, has been named
as the “ M inority Small Business A d
vocate o f the Y ear” for Region X by
the Small Business A dm inistration,
the Portland D istrict O ffice has an
nounced.
G riffin w as also recently recog
nized as the M inority Small Business
A dvocate for SB A ’s Portland Area.
The aw ard is presented to individuals
who have made outstanding contribu
tions o f time and efforts to further
minority business developm ent.
Griffin was cited by the SB A in
1990 for his support, dedication, en-
thusiasm and cooperation in the prom o
tion o f minority small businesses.
As chair o f the Advisory Board of
the Oregon Association of Minority
Entrepreneurs (OAME), he played a
key role in gaining public and private
sector support for this organization.
Griffin was responsible for securing a
permanent location for OA M E, which
was donated by U S West.
He currently serves as a Board
M em ber o f the Urban League o f Port
land and has initiated corporate in
volvem ent in Indian Business D evel
opm ent and is involved in several Eco
nomic D evelopm ent projects which
focus on m inority business involve
ment.
Continued on Page 8
1992 Debutantes
April Cannon
Chris Frazier
Rhonda Rollins
Lisa Grant
Carla Warren
Chris Frazier
April Cannon
Lisa Grant
Rhonda Rollins
Carla Warren
The Lcs Femmes Cavaliers live
by respect, we respect ciders and also
our peers, but most importantly we
respect ourselves. By respecting my
self, I carry m yself in a manner where
at all times and at all places I am in
control o f myself. I show others that 1
know how to adapt in all situations. I
know there is a time for fun and a time
for business and I can distinguish be
tween the two.
I feel that a Debutante is a young
lady that shows good leadership skills
and gives back to her community by
doing various service projects. I have
good moral character and exhibit it at
all times. I know I am a debutante
because I have tried to give back to my
community by becoming involved with
service projects. Being a Debutante has
helped me to be a positive role model
for my peers.
When I was younger I thought a
Debutante was som e stuck-up rich
“ Daddy’s Little Girl,” but as I become
a Debutante it’s much more than that. In
order to be presented to the society or
community, I must volunteer my time
to my community. That means to give
my time without expecting anything in
return, just the joy o f helping someone
gives me what 1 need. I plan to be a
professional dancer in a touring dance
company, some day becoming the Ar
tistic Director o f my own dance com
pany.
I attended Benson High School to
be fully involved in their health occu
pations program. In my/ spare time I
enjoy reading love stories. I also enjoy
writing. I like to write short stories
about people that I believe were great
people in the days o f ancient times. I
plan to attend Lamar University in
Beaumont, Texas. I will major in N urs
ing inordcr to obtain a B.A. in science.
The person that I believe that I am
is very out going. 1 try to be very
honest and respectful at all tim es. I
have always been the type o f person to
just do enough to get by, but now I
intend on being the best I can be. I try
to let the Lord guide and lead me at all
times.
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