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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%
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