Page 6...The Portland Observer...October 7, 1992
New Alliance Party Nominates Lenora
Fulani For President: New Prime Minister
Of Zaire, Congressman Penny, Larry Agran,
Dolores Huerta Send Greetings
Dr. Lenora Fulani was nominated
by acclam ation this weekend as the
presidential candidate of the New A lli­
ance Party at its convention in New
York City, Elizabeth M unoz, a leader
o f the California Peace and Freedom
party, received N A P’s vice presidential
nomination. Dr. M.T. M ehdi, president
o f the american Arab Relations C om ­
mittee, was am ong six speakers who
nominated Dr. Fulani.
Five hundred people from 35 states
gathered at the m id-M anhattan Omni
Park Central Hotel for the convention,
which on Saturday featured a panel on
independent politics that included John
Atkinson, a Perot cam paign w orker
from O klahom a, Dr. John Hagelin, the
Presidential candidate of the Natural
Law Party, Norma Segal, the Libertar­
ian P arty’s candidate for the U.S. Sen­
ate, from New York, and Roslyn Allen,
the Northern state chair o f the C alifor­
nia Peace and Freedom Party. Dr. Fred
Newm an, cam paign m anager for the
Fulani cam paign, introduced the panel­
ists to the New Alliance Party. “ We are
proudly left o f center. W e are equally
proud that we are not some dogmatic
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party characteristic and typical o f the
american left. We will work with all
people of good spirit, with all people o f
intelligence and decency, to build some­
thing which will make a difference to
all the people o f this country.” he con­
tinued “At the same time the New A lli­
ance Party has a very particular and
essential statement to make to the emerg­
ing independent movement. We make
that statement on behalf o f the people
for whom we have the deepest love, the
disenfranchised, the poor, people o f
color, gay people, women, workers,
people who have been oppressed and
abused. Their voice must be and will be
heard in any m ajor new political form a­
tion in this country or there will be no
third party because it will not be repre­
sentative o f the vast majority o f the
American people. T hat’s the New A lli­
ance Party’s message.”
“I think it’s high time that America
got a chance to see what a fringe presi­
dential candidate looks like — that’s
m e,” said Dr. Fulani, noting the pres­
ence o f C-Span and other news media.
“ And what a fringe party looks like -
that’sus. Because as the rest of America
MYCAP Vision
Award Seeks
Nominations
The M inority Youth concerns ac­
tion Program (M Y CA P) is seeking
nom inees for its 1992 Vision Award.
The award w ill honor an individual
who has shown vision and leadership in
the area o f high risk youth program
developm ent, advocacy and sponsor­
ship. The Vision Award is M Y CA P’s
highest award and will be given annu­
ally. The aw ard recipient will be an­
nounced and presented at the M YCAP
banquet O ctober 17th at the Oregon
Convention Center. For more inform a­
tion, contact M Y CA P at 280-1050.
Minority Youth Concerns Action
P ro g ra m Backgrounder
About six years ago, Portland be-
came under siege by a new social dis­
ease known as “gangs.” But instead o f
submitting to this destructive behavior,
several organizations were formed to
respond and meet the challenge o f this
new phenomenon, today, the State of
Oregon in general and Portland in par­
ticular have earned national reputations
for their approach to gang prevention
and intervention.
Listed among those new groups
was the M inority Youth Concerns Ac-
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Americans will see something they
can identify with very strong;y - that’s
being at the fringe. At the fringe o f
political power. At the fringe of eco­
nomic prosperity. In fact, the majority
of the American people are at the
fringe. That is why I believe that one
day soon the New Alliance Party,
A m erica’s fringe party, will be a m a­
jority party in the United States of
A m erica.”
On Sunday convention partici­
pants marched to the New York cam ­
paign headquarters o f Bill Clinton and
George Bush to protest the bipartisan
failure to “End Aids N ow !” Later that
day the Reverend A1 Sharpton, a can­
didate for the U.S. Senate, and Dr.
Georges N zongola-Nlalaja, a leader o f
the dem ocracy m ovem ent in Zaire
(soon to be renamed the Congo) deliv­
ered keynote addresses. Dr Nzongola
and Ms. Munoz co-chaired a panel on
independent politics and the interna­
tional democracy movement that in­
c lu d e d
r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s
fro m
C olum bia’s Democratic AUiance/M-
19, M exico’s Party o f Democratic
Revolution, and the Ivory C o ast’s
Popular Front.
Among those who sent their greet­
ings to the convention were Etienne
Tshisekedi wa M ulum ba, the new
prime minister of Zaire, who expressed
his appreciation for “the outstanding
w ork” that Dr. Fulani, her party and the
Rainbow Lobby had done on behalf o f
the struggle for democracy in Zaire;
Congressman Timothy Penny of M in­
nesota, who thanked Dr. Fulani and the
New Alliance Party for supporting the
Democracy in Presidential Debates Act
(legislation he introduced last year);
Larry Agran, the form er mayor of
Irvine, Colifom ia who was an insur­
gent candidate for president in the
Democratic primaries; and Dolores
Huerta, the acting ch airo f the National
O rganization for W om en’s new ly
launched 21st Century Party.
The convention reelected Dr.
Fulani as the party’s chair, and elected
a new national committee.
tion Program, Inc. M Y CA P’s compre-
hensive program including transitional
housing, education, job training and
placement, counseling, mentoring and
recreation quickly gained MYCAP a
reputation for its innovative approach
to gang intervention. Today M YCAP is
recognized as a national model for its
treatment strategy and has hosted guests
from Europe, South America and the
W est Indies seeking to learn from the
agency’s efforts.
Anniversary
Celebration
Banquet
At Lewis & Clark
BY M. CALLIER-SPEARS
Lewis & Clark College will hold
its “ H om ecom ing C elebration” this
Saturday, O ctober 10, 1992 at 7 pm.
The banquet will be held in the fields
Dining Room in the Templeton College
Center. However, a reception will take
place prior to the banquet at 6 pm in the
Tamarack Lounge.
Present at this w eek’s festivities
will be Edward J. (Eddie) Perkins,
United States Ambassador to the United
Nations. Mr. Perkins is a 1954 graduate
of Lewis & Clark and an alumnus in
good standing.
Mr. Perkins played football at
Jefferson High School and has many
fond m emories o f Portland. He makes
frequent trips to visit with his mother
who is still a Portland resident.
Should you wish to attend this fes­
tive occasion, please contact the Public
Relations Office at - 768-7750.
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Portlanders Kick Off Clean Water
Month By Updating Historic Photo
Local officials and environm ental­
ists today kicked off Clean W ater month
in October by updating an historic photo
of Portlanders whose efforts paved the
way for the c ity ’s first water treatment
plant.
“Clean W ater Month is a chance to
c e le b ra te an d re n e w o n e o f o u r
com m unity’s best traditions: working
together to make our waterway s cleaner
and safer for the next generation,” said
City Com m issioner Earl Blumenauer,
who oversees the Bureau o f Environ­
mental Services.
Blum enauer spoke at City All to a
group o f Portlanders who reenacted a
1938 picture o f Mayor Joseph Carson,
Jr. and a brass band campaigning at the
same spot for a state water pollution
control initiative. Joining Blumenauer
were the Cleveland High School Sym ­
phonic Band, and local environmental
leaders.
Following the reenactment, thcCity
Council declared O ctober Clean W ater
Month as part of a regional celebration
o f the 20th anniversary of the federal
Clean W ater Act. Thirty-five groups in
Portland and Vancouver will sponsor
public events in the next four weeks.
“Clean W ater month will involve
numerous local, state and federal agen­
cies and hundreds o f volunteers from
local friends and neighborhood groups,”
said Mike Houck, D irectorof the Urban
Streams Council, a program of The
W etlands Conservancy. “For example,
more than 20 groups will take part in the
upcom ing Adopt-A-Stream conference.
It will encourage citizens throughout
the region to take ownership of their
waterways and develop the skills nec­
essary to protect and restore our streams,
rivers, and wetlands.”
“Public involvem ent is the key,”
said Blumenauer. “Fifty years age, at
rallies like the one with Mayor Carson,
Portlanders demanded an end to the use
of the W illamette s an open sewer. A
few years later Portland had its first
water treatment plant and raw sewage
discharges into the river declined dra­
m atically.”
“Twenty-five years age, many o f
us joined Tome McCall in hiscam paign
to stop industrial pollution of the W il­
lamette, especially by pulp and paper
m ills,” said Blumenauer, “after public
pressure, followed by new state laws
and a secondary treatment plant, the
river became the jew el o f Portland.”
“Now it’s our generation’s turn,”
said Blumenauer. “O ur biggest chal­
lenge is to stop the overflows from our
combined sewer system. Solving this
problem not only requires public sup­
port for clean rivers, but also under­
standing the problem and the potential
solutions. By working together, ju st as
we did in Joe C arso n ’s and Tom
M cCall’s day, we can pass on a better
rivers and streams to our children and
grandchildren.”
A number o f public workshops,
conferences, and tours will lake place
during Clean W ater M onth. M ajor
events include:
Adopt-a-Stream Conference, an
all-day event to help citizens learn how
to protect their waterways, Saturday,
October 17;
Cool River Rap: A M ost Excellent
Clean River Adventure, a special day
of fun for kinds, Saturday, October 17;
and,
Sunday in Your W atershed, an
action workshop at 15 sites, Sunday
October 18.
For a com plete list of regional
activities and sponsors, call Betty
M cArdle or Diana Hinton at the City o f
Portland’s Environm ental Services,
796-7236.
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to the editor in response to any articles we publish.
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