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Early Black Churches Played
Many Roles In Members’ Lives
_ Pastor J . J.
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of
pleaded for a citywide open housing
policy. Churches and social groups
asked the P o rtla n d C o u n c il of
Churches to petition the federal hous
ing policy authority to provide ad
equate housing
The first black religious organi
zation was The People’s Church, or
ganized in 1862, when the entire black
population of Oregon (according to
the U S. Census) was only 138. Ser
vices were held in the homes of mem
bers, particularly that of Mary Carr,
who owned a boardinghouse on First
Street (most of the black residents
initially lived on the west side of the
Williainctte River, until the popula
tion began shifting in the teens to the
east side.)
Seven years later, it became the
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church when it incorporated and
The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church organized in Portland
bought property in Northwest Port
in January 1869 and originally held services on the westside of the
land, relocating to the east side in
Willamette River. The congregation moved in 1916 to this location at 1916.
417 Williams Ave. The current site is at 2007 N. Williams Ave.
The second church was estab
lished
in 1895 by the California Afri
queen contest during Rose Festival,
(Taken From The Oregonian.
can
Methodist
Episcopal Conference
the crown went to the woman selling
February 27, 1993 issue)
and
became
the
Bethel
A.M E. Church.
the most tickets for charity. A black
BY JANN MITCHELL,
The
third
black
church,
Mount Olivet
children’s band won awards in the
OF THE OREGONIAN STAFF
Baptist, also was established in the
Junior
rose
Festival
Parade.
And
in
Portland’s early black churches
1890s. When it moved to the east side,
were one of the very few places a 1932, the Bethel Negro Chorus (with
lumber
was donated by a branch of the
person of color could go and see a more than 100 members) presented an
Ku
Klux
Kian. By 1923, the black
outdoor concert series called "Spiritu
familiar, welcoming face.
community
boasted five churches and
In the book "A Peculiar Paradise: als Under the Stars” at Multnomah
two
missions.
A History of Blacks in Oregon, 1788- Civic Stadium.
Today, Portland has more than
Early black churches also became
1940,” author Elizabeth McLagan for
50
predominantly
black churches,
the Oregon Black History- Project a unifying political force for change.
whose
congregations
are growing
J.L. Caston, a young minister at
quotes a native black Oregonian: "The
while
white,
mainline
churches
shrink.
only time I came in contact with black Mount Olivet, led the most successful
Concerns about crime, drugs and gangs
people, and all of us did, was when we pre-World War II membership cam
have driven people back to church,
paign
for
the
National
Association
for
went to church. Because black people
black leaders say.
the
Advancement
of
Colored
People.
were scattered out over the city, and
"People have nowhere else to turn
The
Portland
branch
was
organized
that was.. the reason we w ent to church
but
the church,” says the Rev. Joe
so much. T hat’s the only time we got 1914 with 165 members, but by 1928 Hardie, chairman of the newly formed
Caston had boosted local membership
to see one another.”
African American Clergies and pas
Churches were not only a social to 694.
In the early ’40s, housing for both tor of St. Mark Baptist Church.
hub of the black community, but also
"Churches are the backbone of
provided children opportunities they black and white defense w orkers was
our
community.
When you re down,
didn’t get in school. Bethel African short. Negro workers w ere confined to
destitute,
have
no
where else to turn,
Methodist Episcopal Church produced either a Vancouver, W ash . dormitory
they
come
to
the
church.
Whom else
several performances of Shakespeare’s or available housing on W illiams
can
you
call
24
hours
a
day?
No social
plays. Churches held speech contests. Avenue O thers found shelter in
agency
is
willing
to
do
that.
Mount Olivet Church had its own churches or on tavern billiard tables
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Aid To Families With
Dependent Children
It’s hard enough being a kid these no longer lives at your house should
days. But w ithout one or both parents, also do.
As soon as the absent parent moves
growing up can be a lonely ordeal.
out,
your child is eligible for ADC.
Thanks to a program called Aid
But
if
the parent has been gone less
to Families with Dependent Children
than
30
days, more proof may be
(ADC), kids deprived of parental care
sought
that
he’s living somewhere
and support don’t have to go it com
pletely alone. If one or both parents else, unless you were already getting
die, take off, lose their jobs or become ADC when he moved. This additional
incapacitated, ADC may pros ide cash proof could come in the form of filing
and medical benefits through Medic for divorce or separation, or of signing
aid. You may be eligible for ADC if an AFS Declaration of Abuse form, if
you are raising your child alone or are you separated to avoid mental of physi
a brother, sister, grandparent or other cal abuse. The 30-day rule can also be
relative taking over the child's up satisfied if either the absent parent or
the child are homeless, and you can
bringing
According to Adult and Family get two people to verify the parent
Services (AFS), a child is considered doesn’t live with the child.
Once approved for ADC, your
deprived, and thus eligible for ADC, if
child
can still see the absent parent
the absent parent lives somewhere
without
fear of losing benefits. For
else and visits the child less than four
example,
AFS allows the absent par
times, or a total of 12 hours, a week.
ent
to
visit
four times each week in the
You must provide proof of this. For
child’s
home,
for a total of 12 hours a
example, you could show that the
week
Going
over 12 hours a week
absent parent receives mail, pays rent
could
mean
an
end to ADC payments,
and utilities, or keeps his or her per
but
additional
visits
outside the home
sonal things someplace other than the
arc
allowed.
But
even
if visits in the
child’s home. The absent parent’s
home
go
over
the
12-hour
limit, ben
new rental lease or a statement from
his new roommate should convince efits may continue if the absent parent
AFS. A statement from your neigh is not providing the child with care,
bors or landlord saying that the parent guidance or support. However, a hear-
O regon's nonagricultural wage
and salary' employment (the number
of pay roll jobs in the state) increased
by 12,300 between January and Feb
ruary. according to the Oregon Em
ployment Division. After adjusting
for regular seasonal trends, payroll
employment reached an all-time high
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Mild weather and low interest rates
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Oregon's lumber industry also
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particularly in the logging sector
Logging basically accounted for all of
the 900 lumber jobs added in Fcbru-
Education employment, both pri
vate and public, returned to pre-holi
day levels Employment in private
schools now stands a 16.800. while
public sector schools employ 116,500.
O regon’s seasonally adjusted
unemployment rate remained at 7 3%
in February, unchanged from the re
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Oregon’s rate was 7 6%.
The number of people who w ant
to work in Oregon-the labor force-has
grown by 53.000. The total number of
lobs in Oregon has increased by 51.100,
This includes all those who earn a
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Even though the number of Orego
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There are now 127,300 unemployed
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Portland, Oregon 97232
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ing may be required to prove this.
AFS also allows the absent parent
to sleep over at the child’s house less
than 30 percent of the time each month.
If the parent sleeps over more than
that, the child will lose ADC for that
month, unless you can prove the ab
sent parent gives no care, support or
guidance But you may have to show
up at another hearing to prove it.
If both parents share the burden
of prov iding care, control and super
vision of the child, including joint
legal custody , ADC may be cut off if
the child spends at least 30 percent of
each month living with each parent. If
its less than 30 percent, your child
remains eligible.
It’s best to play it safe, staying
within the AFS rules to avoid threat
ening your child's support.
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