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M ay 26, 1993 • T he P ortland O bserver
NAACP NEWS
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Ex
ecutive Director/CEOof the NAACP,
will be a keynote speaker at the Sec
ond African African-American Sum
mit that will bring together African
leaders and key figures from the Afri
can-American community The Sum
mit will be held in Gabon, Central
Africa, May 24-28, 1993
The Summit theme--"Building a
Bridge Of Togethemess”--reflects its
objective of bringing together Afri
cans, African-Americans, and friends
of Africa to plan and develop a pro
gram of principles, declarations and
actions to assist with the economic
and human development needs of sub-
Sub-Saharian Africa.
His Excellency El Haof Omar
Bongo, President of the Gabonese
Republic will host the Summit. The
Chairman and Governor is the Rev
Leon H Sullivan who filled the same
role at the First Summit held in 1991
in the Ivory Coast
Out of the Summit came a U S
Senate hearing focusing on the
Sum m it and issues benefiting
Sub-Shararian countries, and a spe
cial United Nations session on debt
relief for Africa and other initiatives
of support for Africa including medi
cal programs, development of schools
and training centers and literacy
projects.
Among the African leaders at
tending the Summit will be Presidents
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Nige
ria; Abdou Diouf, Senegal; Felix
Houpbouet-Biogny, Ivory Coast;
Quett Masire, Botawana; Davda
K airaba Jaw ara, The G am bia;
Nicephore Sogia, Benin; and Jodo
Bernardo Viseira, Guinea-Bissau
Summer Swim Lesson Registration
Swim lessons for all ages and
skill lev els are available this summer
through the Portland Parks and Rec
reation Aquatics Department. Regis
tration for summer swim lessons is
available by phone, mail, or walk-in.
Your first opportunity to register
for lessons is by telephone. If you will
pay by Visa or Mastercard, you may
register by phoning 823-5100, May
31-June 4, from 5:30 to 9:30pm, or
June 5 and 6, from 11:00am to4:00pm.
You may also register through
the mail, by using the registration
from found in the Park Bureau Sum
mer Program Guide or SWIM PORT-
NAACP Leaders Meet With
President Clinton .
Senator Bob
Packwood
Oregon Senator Bob Packwood
announced today that he is now ac
cepting nominations for the 1993 US.
Senate Productivity Award for manu
facturing The program was estab
lished by the Senate in 1982 to recog
nize firms with outstanding produc
tivity improvement programs Sena
tor Packwood will present the award
for outstanding productivity in manu
facturing for 1993. Any Oregon resi
dent may nominate an Oregon manu
facturing firm for recognition by w ril
ing a brief letter including the firm's
name, address, and reasons the firm
should be considered for the 1993
U S Senate Productivity Award for
manufacturing to:
Senator Bob Packwood
101 SW Main, #240
Portland. Oregon 97204
Attention: Dave Dillon
Nominations must be postmarked
no later than July 5, 1993.
LAND Summer Schedules. You can
receive a schedule by calling 823-
5130. Mail-in registration must be
post-marked by June 11, and w ill not
be processed until phone-in registra
tion is complete.
Walk-in registration begins Sat
urday, June 19, from 8 to 11:30am at
your neighborhood pool
All of the Park Bureau's outdoor
pools will open June 21. For a com
plete pool schedule, see the Park Bu
reau Summer Program Guide, SWIM
PORTLAND Summer Schedules, or
contact indiv idual pools. The follow
ing pools offer summer sw im lessons:
Buckman
Columbia
Creston
Dishman
Grant
M.L.C,
Montavilla
Mt. Scott
Peninsula
Pier
PCC/Sylvania
Providence
Sellwood
Wilson
A top level NAACP delegation
met with President Clinton for 25
minutes on Thursday , May 20th, in a
session that covered a broad range of
topics and was described by the del
egation in positive terms.
“It was a constructive and
productive meeting and one that
bodes well forthe continuing relation
ship between the W hite House
and the NAACP, "said Dr. William F.
Gibson, Chairman of the NAACP’s
Board o f D irectors, who, with
Dr Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., Execu
tive Director/CEO, headed the del
egation.
“We are pleased with the out
come of the meeting, and are de
lighted w e w ere able to clarify aspects
of the civil rights agenda with the
President,” Dr. Chavis added
Both commended the President
for his decision to recognize the gov
ernment of Angola that last Septem
ber won a United Nations-certified
election against the guerrilla group,
the Union for Total Independence of
Angola (Unita), which has fought a
lengthy civil war.
Among other issues discussed
were the Second African-African
American Summit in Gabon, Central
Africa, that Dr. Chavis will attend;
the forthcoming 25th Anniversary of
the 1963 March on Washington; and
the President’s support for the Envi
ronmental Justice Bill now before
Congress.
On that piece of legislation, Dr.
Chavis, along with Congressman John
Lewis, has been instrumental in its
formation.
Others in the delegation were Ms.
Rupert Richardson, NAACP Presi
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dent, Leon Russell, NAACP Board
Member, Wade Henderson, Washing
ton Bureau Director; and Edward
Hailes, Jr., Washington Bureau Coun
sel.
The m eeting follow ed the
president’s signing of the National
Voter Registration Act o f 1993
(the Motor Voter Bill) which had
been aggressively supported by the
NAACP.
Speaking at the ceremony, Dr.
Chavis said: “Mr. President, the
law you have signed here today
will remove the final obstacles and
barriers that have disenfranchised
eligible citizens-particularly racial
minorities, poor persons with disabili
ties and young Americans-for far
too many years. This new law
reaffirms our nation’s commitment
to the fundamental right to vote.”
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Dr. Benjamin !.. Hooks
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Dr. Beniamin E Chavis
¿ / h e Torch Is Passed.
The eighty-four year struggle of the National
challenging today as ivheti lames Russell Lowell wrote
Association for the Advancement of Colored People for
"The Present Crisis" one hundred and fifty years ago.
civil rights has helped make the United States a
As the torch passes from
better place for all Americans.
Benjamin L. Hooks fo Benjamin Chavis, we at
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