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Local Physician Attends Leadership Conference At
Project HOPE’S International Headquarters
Free Women’s
Career Workshop
Imagine. . .Loving Your Work! Do
the w ords love and work seem to
contradict each other in your m ine?
Do you have considerable trouble even
liking your w ork? Are you looking for
a career change or returning to thejob
m arket? do you know w hat direction
to take and w here your career is go
ing?
O n Saturday, June 5,1993, M arti
C haney speaker, author and consult
ant in the career and hum an resource
fields, will present a free W om en's
C areer W orkshop w hich will address
these issues.
Because o f the p u b lic’s over
w helm ing response to their January
and April w orkshops, marked by record
attendances. M arti has decided to of
fer another free workshop It will be
held at the Dow ntow n Branch o f the
M ultnom ah County Library, 801 S.
W. 10th Street, in Room “B". The
P ortland anesthesiologist Joanne
Jenc, M .D . recently jo in ed several
other Project HOPE alum ni and volun
teers from across the nation for Project
HOPE'S Second A nnual A lum ni and
V olunteer L eadership C onference at
H O PE'S international headquarters in
M illwood, V irginia.
Jene is a m em ber o f H O P E ’S
A lum ni Endow m ent Com m ittee and
served at H O P E ’s land based program s
in E cuador, C onakray, Ceylon, Brazil,
G renada, C hina and G uayaquil Jene
was also a past president for H O PE ’S
A lum ni A ssociation
At the four day conference, a t
tendees had the opportunity to learn
m arketing, fund raising and m em ber
ship strategies taught by professionals
from a variety o f organizations.
C oinciding w ith the conference,
the A lum ni Board held its annual
meeting w ith members w ho hailed from
Marti Chaney
C alifornia, New M exico, Iowa. Illi
nois an d Pennsylvania. V olunteers
hours are: N oon til 4:00 p m.
Join us on Saturday and you too cam e from T he Detroit League in D e
can Im agine...L oving Your Work!
troit. MI; T he San Francisco Advisory
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Board in San Francisco,C A ; Front
Royal, VA W inter Carnival Com m it
tee, and Phi M u Foundation in Tucker,
GA. Representatives from the P hila
delphia, PA area who are involved in
raising funds for Project H O PE ’S pre
sentations, and then divided into work -
shops geared specifically to their area
o f interest and expertise.
“T he alum ni and volunteers re
ceived a com plete update on H O P E ’S
program s around the globe and heard,
first-hand, the com pelling and inspir
ing stories o f those involved w ith
H O P E ’S program s,” said Paulette V.
M aehara. Vice President o f Develop
ment and Com munications. Sheadded,
“T h is conference was w onderful op
portunity to learn how to m axim ize
efforts in support o f H O PE.”
Project HOPE, the prim ary activ
ity o f The People-to-People H ealth
Foundation, Inc., shares health educa
tion, m edical training, and em ergency
m edical hum anitarian assistance w ith
counterparts in more than 60 program s
in 36 countries. HOPE also provides
health policy research and analysis
through its Project HOPE C enter for
H ealth A ffairs and publishes a q u ar
terly jo u rn a l-H e a lth A ffairs--w hich
coves health policy issues.
Project HOPE was established in
1958 and was best know n in its early
years for the w orld’s first peacetim e
hospital s h ip - th e S.S. HOPE. Project
H O PE is headquartered in M illwood,
VA, and has offices in the W ashing
ton, D C area; San Francisco, CA. and
at many o f its program sites around the
world.
National Consortium For African
American Children
Senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D-lll), center, was keynote speaker for the recent Joint Center o f Political
and Economic Studies' National Dinner in Washington. An audience of 1,500 heard Sen. Moseley-Braun
urge "coalition-building" to ensure positive political change, while Eddie N. Williams, President of the
Center,left, called for a "halt to the arms race" in American cities. George L. Knox III, Vice President,
Public Affairs, Philip Morris Companies Inc., right,-whose company sponsored the pre-dinner reception-
-praised the Center for highlighting, as a role model and keynoter, the nations first female African
American Senator to help us to “better understand the dynamics and trends of our changing world."
Celebrate Spring With More
Creative Outdoor Entertaining
•S p rin g P lanting Party: Invite
Hail, spring! A fter this y ear’s
long, drawn-out w inter—and an equally friends and family to help plant your
sluggish s p rin g -th e arrival of sunny, garden—even if it's only a window
w arm w eather deserves a special w el box. Use seedlings in sm all tw o-inch
come T h a t’s why now is the perfect terracotta pots tied with ribbons as
tim e to plan a new approach to tradi party favors Supply inexpensive g a r
tional backy ard barbecues and picnics dening gloves for each guest (only a
in the park Here are some suggestions couple o f dollars each at your local
from the N ational Pork Producers hardw are store). Let the menu reflect
Council to help you leap into the spirit the season w ith a fresh salad featuring
m arinated pork strips, assorted m ini-
o f the season
•S p rin g Thaw G rill-Out: Host muffins and hom em ade lem onade
•Surprise someone! T hrow aparty
this season’s first outdoor cookout!
G et a head start on everyone and for someone to celebrate som ething
schedule a special weekend grilling special passing the bar exam s, a new
job, graduation, .find som ething to
feast
Get out the grill and give it its first celebrate Choose a theme for the party,
work-out o fth e season. Try fresh pork com plete w ith ap p ro p riate m enu,
loin m arinated in Italian dressing for m em entos and music. The real plea
a day or two. grilled slowly to succu sure com es in honoring som eone else
lent perfection Add salads and side and enjoying yourself at the same
dishes inspired by w h at's just appear tim e
•May Day Party Bring back the
ing at your produce section aspara
tradition
o f May Day with a party You
gus, green beans, peas and don 't for
can
use
alm
ost anything for a may-
get the strawberries!
pole--a tree, a clothesline pole, even a
telephone pole. C reate a festive atm o
sphere by decorating w ith color full
w indsocks, banners, or flags Make it
a potluck and invite your guests to
bring their best dish
♦Block P arty: Spring is the per
fect tim e to d isc o v er-o r rediscover-
your neighborhood Seize the initia
tive an d get the ball rolling on having
a neighborhood get-together Keep it
sim ple—pass out a flyer door-to-door
announci ng the date, tim e, and locatio
o f the party if you’ll be blocking off
the street or an alley, contact your
local city councilperson to determine
if y o u 'll need a special perm it from the
city’ If anyone has moved into the
neighborhood over the winter, this
will be a great tim e for them to intro
duce them selves Even if th ere’s no
one new in the neighborhood, every
one w ill undoubtedly have plenty of
news to catch up on after the long
w inter
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affect A frican A m erican ch ild ren
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The form ation o f th is C onsor
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find real solutions to im prove th e
h calthand wellbeing o f minority popu
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A m erican ‘C hildren, however, it is
env isioned that it w ill prov ide a fram e
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such social ills as drugs an d violence
have taken a significant toll on the
w ellbeing o fth e A m erican population
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particular. M oreover, the nation has
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This Way for Black Empowerment
Don’t Cry For The New York Post
BY DR. LENORA FULANI
W hen right-w ing m edia mogul
Rupert M urdoch bought the N ew York
Post for the first tim e in 1977, he
reshaped its editorial policy in the
racist and sensationalistic m old of the
scandal-sheets he already owned in
E ngland and Australia. U nder his re
actionary stew ardship, the 192-year-
old tabloid lost its liberal editorial
view point and. eventually, enough
advertisers to drown the paper in red
ink In 1988, after buy in g a New York
telev ision station, M urdoch was forced
to sell the Post to comply w ith federal
regulations that bar ow nership o f two
m ajor com m unications outlets in a
single m edia market
N e a rly tw o d e c a d e s la te r ,
M urdoch is back on the scene, looking
to purchase the Post again Now h e’s
asking for a waiver to the cross-ow n
ership rule from the Federal C om m u
nications Com m ission And a whole
lot o f folks-from New York Gov ernor
M ario Cuom o lo the A m erican B road
casting Com pany to the Police Be
nevolent A sso ciatio n -arc lobbyingon
his behalf!
T he w rite rs a n d e d ito ria lists
at the Post arc pro-M urdoch too
T h e y p u b lis h e d a n o b s c e n e ly
r a c is t a n d a n ti- S e m itic tir a d e
a g a in s t N ew Y o rk A m s te rd a m
News publisher W ilbert T atum and
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African A merican children w hen com
pared to their m inority and non-m i
nority counter-parts.
W hat is needed is a unified and
collective voice w ithin the A frican
com m unity th a tc a n b c in th e forefront
to help develop policy solutions to
Jewish businessm an Abe H irschfeld
for the “sin" of their proposing to buy
th e s tru g g lin g p a p e r b efo re th e
M urd o ch o ffer w as m ade public.
M eanw hile, attorneys for M urdoch
have requested the w aiver o fth e cross-
ow nership rule, citing “unique and
com pelling circu m stan ce,” nam ely
“the preservation o f view point diver
sity.”
Hogwash. T he notion that New
Y ork’s four w hite corporate-ow ned
daily new spapers provide diversity o f
new sa n d editorial coverage isprepos-
tcrous-particularly from the perspec
tive o f the Black an d L atino com m u
nities w hich now m ake up the m ajor
ity o f the city T h e m ere fact that the
FCC is even considering the w aiver is
biased: it assum es that the Post must
be saved at any cost. But by artificially
keeping the Post alive, the c ity ’s
sm aller new spapers (w hich do. in fact,
prov ide New Y ork w ith m edia diver
sity) would be hurt
T h a t’s why on May 10, attorney
r e p re s e n tin g m y se lf, D r R afael
M endez, Dr Fred N ew m an, and the
N ational A lliance new spaper, am ong
others, filed a petition to deny M urdoch
the FCC waiver T he petition charges
that, contrary to M urd o ch ’s claim s,
allow ing him to own both the Post and
W N Y W -TV w ould be detrim ental to
t he div ersi ficat ion o f New York Citv ’ s
m edia m arket. Real journalistic diver
sity’ lies w ith the Black, Latino, A sian,
gay an d w om en’s press. T hose are the
m edia w hich need to be supported and
given the opportunity to expand.
O ver the past two m onths my
attorneys an d I have met and spoken
w ith a num ber o f Black and L atino
individuals an d representatives o f o r
g a n i z a t i o n s —in c lu d in g
L au ra
Blackburne. the attorney for the New
Y ork N A A C P’s M etropolitan C oun
cil; W ilbert T atum , publisher o f the
A m sterdam News; E sther R enteria o f
the National H ispanic M edia C o ali
tion; T hom as W atkins. Jr., ow ner and
publisher o f New Y o rk ’s Daily C h a l
lenge. and o th ers—to discuss strate
gies to oppose the w aiver and. w ith
some, to explore form ing a m ulti
racial consortium to buy the New Y ork
Post T he fact is. the econom ic foun
dering o f the Post is a w onderful o p
portunity for a coalition o f com m u
n ity -b a s e d n e w s p a p c r s —A fr ic a n
Am erican, Latino. A sian, g a y -a n d
com m unity-based en trep ren eu rs to
com e together to give a broad-based,
pluralistic voice to the people o f New
York. Such a new spaper would m ake
a genuine and positive contribution to
the city and would go a long way to
easing the political and racial p o lar
ization that Rupert M urdoch and his
supporters thrive on