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ro • t » y < , V* w ♦ r • »***♦♦ « O Vw 't* «ara V olum n XXII, Num ber 3 2 “T h e E y es a n d E ars o f th e C o m m u n ity ’ -Lig U 'ilt, -*z HO.-i o, •g o n L. ®j£ ^ a rtla n h (©bserter 250 Internal Medicine Faculty Opens Private Practice On Emanuel Campus HAP Joins In National Night Out Against Crime Kenneth Scissors, M.D., and Internal medicine specialist, Emanuel Internal Medicine Associates, 2800 N. Vancouver Avenue, Suite 144, Portland Dan Gilden, M.D., an Internal medicine specialist, Emanuel Internal Medicine Associates, 2800 N. Vancouver Avenue, Suite 144, Portland Internal medicine physicians Dan Gilden, M.D., Rick Goldstein, M.D. and Kenneth Scissors, M.D. recently opened a new practice, Emanuel Internal Medicine Associates, lo cated on the Emanuel Hospital & Health Center campus at 2800 N. Vancouver Avenue, Suite 144. The practice will specialize in the primary health care of adults and consultation in internal medicine. Drs. Gilden, Goldstein and Scissors are members of Emanuel Hospital & Health Center’s teaching faculty. Dr. Gilden received his medical degree from the Univer- Pick Goldstein, M.D., an Internal medicine specialist, Emanuel Internal Medicine Associates, 2700 N Vancouver Avenue, Suite 144, Portland sity of Missouri-Columbia and completed his residency at Stanford University Hospital. Dr. Goldstein attended Oregon Health Sciences University for his medical degree, complet ing his residency at the University of California. Dr. Scissors received his medical degree from Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, Missouri. He completed his residency at Emanuel Hospital & Health Center in Portland. Emanuel Internal Medicine Associates is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The clinic telephone number is 282-2446. Portland Realtors Assist ‘Dreamers’ Toward Goal Of College Scholarships For Deserving Students When Supt. Matthew Prophet re- . ceives Portland Board of Realtors’ pres tigious First Citizen Award this week, he’ll be adding more than another honor to his career of helping young people. As they recognize Prophet’s civic and educational contribution attendees at the First Citizen banquet also will be contributing to the future educational dreams of young Portland school chil dren. This year, for the first time, the realty board agreed to allow its May 15 banquet to serve as a fundraiser for one of its First Citizen’s favorite organiza tions, the I Have A Dream program follows selected students from fifth grade through high school with the promise that, if they graduate, they will have the financial means to go to college. Some 10,000 students in 45 American cities participate in I Have A Dream pro grams. “We now have more than 200 ‘Dreamers’ in the Portland School Dis trict,” says Ken Lewis, one of three founders of the local program. The en tire fifth grade at Northeast Portland’s King Elementary - some 108 students - was selected as the first class to participate in the program. A second King class of 113 students followed the Dream this year. “Our dream is to expand the pro gram to as many schools as possible in Oregon,” Lewis says. Funds raised at the First Citizen banquet will be used to develop scholarships as well as to fi- nancc Saturday School and other en richment activities for students. “It isn’t enough to tell kids that, when your’re ready for college, you’ll have the money to go,” Lewis says. “You need to provide after-school and Saturday programs for student so they can develop their skills along the way.” Prophet has been an enthusiastic supporter of the program since it began and will serve as honorary chairman of I Have A Dream of Oregon when he retires from the school district in July. For more information, please con tact Ken Lewis, I Have A Dream of Oregon, 227-7447 or Bill Garbett, di rector, /Dept. of Public Information and C om m unication, P ortland Public Schools, 249-2000. On Tuesday, Aug. 4, the Hous ing Authority of Portland (HAP) joins with its neighbors and community partners in the “Ninth Annual Na tional Night Out” activities. Partici pating in the crime/drug prevention event will be Townhouse Terrace in east Portland and Hillsdale Terrace in southwest Portland. These devel opments are owned and operated by the Housing Authority of Portland. With the theme “Give Neigh borhood Crime and Drugs a Going Away Parly,” HAP residents and staff, police and sheriff officers, and neighborhood groups will join to gether for food, fun and sharing in formation. National Night Out ac tivities focus on enhancing positive neighborhood relationships along with police and community partner ships. Townhouse Terrace 2 - 4 p.m. 3121 SE 136th National Night activities will begin at Townhouse Terrace with a celebration of the Grand Opening of the David Douglas Safety Action Team (SAT) offices. The SAT is made up of representa tives from the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, Portland Police Bu reau and HAP. Working closely with the SAT on crime prevention issues are HAP residents and citizens of the David Douglas community. The team, which utilizes police, social service, commu nity and business support to assist resi dent, will operate from offices at Townhouse Terrace and at David Dou glas High School, 1500 SE 130th. The Grand Opening is scheduled at 2 p.m. and will be followed by a barbecue for residents of Townhouse Terrace and other guests. Also on dis play at the event will be police equip ment and crime prevention informa tion. Hillsdale Terrace 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. 6821 SW 26th An ice cream social will be held for residents and guests at Hillsdale Ter race. Police cares and equipment will be on display long with handouts on crime prevention and safety mea sures. At6:15p.m .,Capt. Dan Noelle, Central Precinct, Portland Police Bu reau, will read a proclamation citing the b en efits o f N eighborhood Watches and the role residents play in deterring crime. His proclama tion will be interpreted in Spanish. Also, HillsdaleTerrace resident will vote on designs for a mural to be painted on a wall of the Neighbor hood House C hildren’s Center, which operates at Hillsdale Terrace. The mural design, submitted by resi dents, focuses on children’s themes. The m ural will be painted this fall by members of the Youth Gang Out reach Program from the NE Coali tion of Neighborhoods, and the Mult nomah and Wilson Neighborhood Associations. National Night Out activities for Hillsdale Terrace are coordinated by HAP’s Drug-Elimination Grant Program Team, the Portland Police Bureau, and Southwest Information Inc. Crime Prevention staff. Vigil Against Violence In The North/Northeast Community The citizen’s groups COMMU NITY ACTION AGAINST VIO LENCE, DRUGS, AND ALCOHOL ABUSE (CAAVDAA) will begin its organizing campaign against vio lence by holding a vigil in Irving Park on the comer of Fremont Street and Northeast Seventh Avenue. This event will be a memorial service for victims of violence as well as a re source fair to provide support for victims, families and friends. Speak ers, musicians, and artists will com memorate the losses suffered by our community. CAAVDAA’s goal is to involve the families impacted by vio lence. Our purpose is to give an ear to the voices of those who have been impacted the most by violence, but have had no opportunity to directly express theirconcems. We wish to send out a strong and clear message that we, as a community, will no longer tolerate nor enable violence or any other type of negative activity of behavior. Life must no longer be held cheaply. Date: Saturday, August 15, 1992 Place: Irving Park (NE 7th & Fre- mont) Time: Noon Until Three P.M. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided free of charge. For further information contact: Greater Faith Ministries 280-8847, The Urban League of Portland 280- 2600. To show your su p p o rt, CAAVDAA Buttons may be pur chased at the American Red Cross or The Urban League of Portland. Sug gested donation - S I.00. Black Solutions: Get Busy, Get Busy, Get Busy BY JAMES L. POSEY Several months ago I took off from work early one afternoon. When I drove intomy drive way 1 saw two men on the back porch. They were stuffing pop bottles and cans into a sack and began to descend from the porch as I got outof the car and approached them. I couldn't believe two dudes would risk coming on to the poverty just to steal a few pop bottles or whatever. As 1 got closer they both broke and ran. O f course I was mad as hell but after I cooled down I began to realize the actual tragedy of the incident. As the song says “Living in a world of ghetto life, everyone seems so up tight.” This incident painted a vivid pic ture of how bad things have gotten. You sec, the thieves stealing bottles were not kids or even young adults I guess them to be at least 35 to 40 years of age. Think about it. You can swallow kids stealing pop bottles, but grown men— wait a minute. Some how this incident adds to the picture that in northeast Portland there arc seemingly hordes of Black men, young and old standing around in mid-afternoon doing nothing or something that ain’t no good. The point is, it’s a shame because the whole thing has far reaching conse quences for this community. Because who ever said “idleness is the devil’s workshop” did not lie. You see, this is not so much about a crime thing, or drunkenness or the drug dealing or any of the other sicknesses that arc more than evident. There is an even worst thing. That is the probability that we (America) arc creating generations of Black people (particularly Black males) who have learned how not to work and be productive. Yes, this is learned be havior. This may be a real complicated idea for some people, but it is real simple to me. People learn most by doing and a lot of Black people just ain’t doing. How can you expect to do better at what you do if you’re not doing it? For Black people it’s more than a very vicious circle, it’sa death trap, it’s a lethal weapon to kill us all off in the midst of w hilc folks talk about compet ing in a global economy, (read the article called ' Racism comes with ex pensive price tag.” ) hi Sundays Orego nian business section dated A ugust 2, 1992. No one is fooled, we know that idleness - leads to decay, depression, dejection, and despair. But what we must understand is it is also cumulative over time and a cycle that is much harder to break. More times than not it’s broken only by the grave. Talking about experience, that’s one thing Blacks are qualified to do better than whites-pre- maturcly go to the grave. Needless to say that much of the power to advance and grow lies in the hands of white males. That’s why it is always interesting to hear white folks and their Black surrogates talk about being qualified, it’s as if white people came from their mother’s wound with technical capac ity and a skill level. They know that real qualifications comes only by doing. Knowledge, skill and abilities arc cu mulative over lime and you get a dc- c ided advantage when you gel a chance to practice, and yes learn from mis takes. You add hard, consistent, dedi cated work to this equation and in most cases, all things being equal, you’re talking about a formula for success. But as I was saying to a friend a few weeks ago, any Black man over 40 who ain’t in jail, who is not doing drugs or heavy in to alcohol, is helping to provide for his family, is in relatively good health and can occasionally smile, is a suc cess. The bottom line is that Black people need to get bu^y developing more ways to be productive despite high levels of unemployment, racism etc., etc. For example, maybe larger numbers of Black churches and other community based organizations should develop tem porary employ ment placcmcnt/job cre ation programs. A good example is the kind of stuff the community based drug rehabilitation program “Stay Clean” is doing. The point is more Blacks should get busy creating meaningful things to do (not just jobs) before Black people turn to and gel hooked on chemicals. For example, can you guess how many Black GIs have taken full advantage of their GI Bill education benefits? Black people should take advantage of every conceivable opportunity to slay busy and increase skill levels. But I know it is just not that simple. Many Black people have developed mental barriers to learning and achieving. The best way to change this condition is to realize that there is nothing that succeeds like success. Black people mustcontinuc to create for themselves an atmosphere and environment to relearn by doing. Some have gotten the feeling if Black folks don’t get busy pretty soon it might be too late. For example, at least ten years ago, we urged Blacks to become computer literate in order tocompctc in todays job market. There is little to suggest that they have in any significant numbers heeded that warning. As I have tried to make the point, the best way to become qualified is to get a job - a job or contract with inherent learning and training possi bilities and then work it. But since we know that the Black unemployment is at least three times that of whites, it’s easier said than done. But there is one thing we can do through these articles - - show in clear detail who, when, where and how most of the jobs and contracts arc gotten. We are starting with the city of Portland. The chart below shows just one of the p rim e c o n tra c to r’s and his subcontractor’s existing work force. Keep in mind the chart represents just one of the city’s multimillion dollar contracts. The contractors is suppose to use the city’s First Source Hiring pro gram. As you will soon discover there arc a lot of holes the city ’ s program that contribute to “Black idleness” in Port land. Existing Population of Workforce for One Portland Area Contractor Black 4% Asian 1% □ Hispanic5% __ Indian 4% I 1 » t * * * * * ■•'ï* * ................. • • . * * * ......................* V * * * Y • •* • • • • * • • * ♦ • • • % * • • V \ * * • • f
