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The Village Voice Is Not A Voice For Racial Justice
litical corrcctness-has done. In a July
As the trial begins in the case of 17 article entitled "The Sentencing
the LA 4+ (the young Black men who This Time” author Marc Cooper at­
face life in prison on charges stem­ tempts to pit Georginana Williams
m ing from the beating of a white (the mother of Damina Williams, one
truck driver in the afterm ath of the of the LA 4+ defendants) and m e~
Rodney King verdict), national atten­ vvho have been working together
tion is once again draw n to the near­ closely on this case for many months-
impossibility o f people o f color re­ -against each other.
As usual, the Voice has it all
ceiving a fair trial in this country The
w
rong.
Cooper bemoans the scarcity
judicial double standard has been
of
"Active,
vocal supporters of the LA
clearer: W hile the LA 4+ defendants
4
+
,”
an
d
th e n a c c u se s m e of
languish behind bars, unable to come
"marginalizing”
the defense efforts
up with bail of over $500.000 each,
on
their
behalf
Thereby,
he implies,
the LA police officers convicted in the
I
have
driven
Mrs.
Williams
into a
Rodnev King beating remain free on
“more-low-profile
role”
in
the
fight
bail of just $5.000. The last thing we
for
justice
for
her
son.
The
truth
is
that
need are attem pts to divide those of us
I
am
one
of
the
few
national
African
who are fighting to guarantee these
American leaders who have come to
youngm en justice
the
aid of those seeking a fair trial for
Yet that is precisely what the
Damian
W illiams and his fellow de­
Village V oice-N ew York City ’ self-
fendants
And far from marginalizing
anointed arbiter of liberal white po-
by Dr. Lenora Fulani
Mayor Vera Katz Statement
Regarding Multnomah County Chair
of Portland, will be well serv cd by the
Stein administration. Beverly’s ac­
complishments as a public servant
and long-time community activist are
numerous. Her efforts in the develop­
Commissioners.
“Having served with Beverly for ment of community development cor­
two sessions in the Oregon House. I porations. increasing partnerships
came to respect her hard work, intel­ between governments, community
ligence. her ability to bring people groups, andbusincsscsarc well known
together, and her down to earth sty le and respected throughout the state.
Over the years, w e’ve fought many Her work in the legislature to improv e
battles together, sometimes disagree­ the lives of children and families has
ing. but always sharing the v alues of clearly benefitted the people o f this
honesty, integrity, and candor As state.
“I look forward to working with
Mayor I look forward to working with
Beverly
to build on the current coop­
her once again as partners in better­
ing the lives of people of M ultnomah erative relationship that exists be­
tween the City of Portland and M ult­
County and its cities
“I believe the residents o f M ult­ nomah County. and finding new ways
nomah County including the citizens of doing business together
“I want to extend my best wishes
to a very good friend, Beverly Stein,
on the day she is sworn in as the chair
of the M ultnomah County Board of
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•
the case of the L.A. 4+, Georgiana
Williams and I-a lo n g with others on
the defense com m ittee-have worked
long and hard together to bring it to
the attention of the public.
During the week of June 17 I
invited M rs W illiams lo New York
City, where the two of us worked to
lobby for bail reduction to raise money
for the defense and to get the word out
to the Black community about the
case. We raised nearly $5.000 at a
fundraiser organized by The New
Alliance Party
N um erous B lack leaders re ­
sponded to our efforts to give the
case broader public exposure Rever­
end A1 Sharpton invited Mrs Wil­
liams to speak at the National Action
Network. A meeting with Brooklyn
Congressman Ed Towns yielded a
promise of an investigation into the
disparity in bail set for Black and
Portland will soon be having a
chapter of the Executive W om en’s
G olf League, a new organization
formed to unite executive women who
play golf and bring more executiv e
women into the game.
Co-Founders of this chapter are
Allison Lindsay, Sales M anager of
Cellular One, a telecommunications
com pany in P ortland and C laire
Brown, Marketing Executive ofFDSl,
a data processing consulting firm in
Lake Oswego Joining them in their
organization is Liz Sobotka of First
Interstate Bank, Reese Payne of U S.
West and Julie Mete of Portland long
Distance Network. Inc. This chapter
will be one o f more than 50 EWGL
chapters currently in the works na­
tionwide with over 2500 members.
“There are thousands of execu­
tive women who would like to play in
corporate golf outings, but feel that
their game ju stisn tu p to p a r. Through
monthly outings and indepth instruc­
tional clinics, we re trying to provide
these women with an opportunity to
improve their game, while making
valuable contacts in the process”,
explained Nancy Oliver, Founder of
the national organization.
A kick-Off is being held on Tues­
day, August 31, 1993 at prestigious
Pumpkin Ridge G olf Club, Ghost
Hollow Club House in Cornelius,
Oregon located on Old Pumpkin Ridge
Road. The Kick-Off includes, orien­
tation, speakers, tour of the Ghost
Hollow Club House, networking and
sign-up for various events.
The key note speaker will be the
Head Pro at Pumpkin Ridge, Jerry
Mowlds Jerry is well known as the
Director of the PGA o f America as
well as a member of the PGA Pacific
NW Hall o f Fame.
Space is limited, and sign ups
will be on a first come, first se n e
basis. The cost is $10.00
For a Calendar o f Events or for
more information about becoming
involved in the Portland Chapter of
the Executive W omen’sG olfLeague,
please call the PEWGL hot line at
(503) 778-0575 or contact the na­
tional headquarters at (407)694-2820.
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S tu y u s ! 14, 1993, IsteiyP l: S t£ s 1 oz; tS e n y lP : 2(P
w hite defendants. In addition, Mrs.
^P arents: S lta r ie X o n a tP a lr io P a n J G a m u e tG /ia r te s tlta lP in s
W illia m s w as in te rv ie w e d by
Amsterdam News editor and pub­
J S ir t/i ^A nnouncem ent
lisher Wilbert Tatum on his WLIB
radio show and was also interviewed
S 3 a tty to y . S Z a y m o n S S tr lP u r J lto r y a n - S to v e r
on WWRL radio. Mrs W illiams ap­
peared on the nationally syndicated
S tu y u s ! IS, 1993, tP e iy P l: 6 f£ s 1 oz, P e n y l/i. 19 3 /4 "
“Fulani!” cable television show, on
the Court-TV cable network, and on
^P arents: G P e t£ a ¿ t JK o rq a n a n J G a s s iJ u SI. S to v e r
the Cathy Hughes Show on WOL-
______ -
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/
AM in W ashington D C. These me­ __________________
dia outlets all welcomed our efforts to
publicize the gross inequities in the
case.
Apparently the Village Voice
thought it could publish a piece la­
m enting the difficulties in populariz­
ing the LA 4+ case without covering
(Critical For Successful Development Of Children’s
t he genuine ongoi ng w ork begin done
Social and Academic Lives)
to bring it to public attention T h a t’s
not just bad jonmalism--it undermines
Nearly 8 million children in the behind, academically and socially, if
the very real efforts to get L.A. 4+ a U S . havea speech, language, or hear­ speech and language learning is de­
fair trial
ing disorder that interferes with their layed or if a hearing loss goes unde­
ability to learn to speak, to do well in tected.
An evaluation of a child ' s speech
school, and to develop positive social
language,
and hearing skills can be
relationships according to the Ameri­
can Spccch-Languagc-Hcaring As­ formal or informal and can include
sociation (ASHA). Parents arc ad­ standardized testsby a team of profes­
vised that early identification, evalu­ sionals including audiologists and
MYCAP spoke of M YCAP’s role in
ation, and treatment of speech, lan­ speech-language pathologists; direct
turning their lives in positive direc­ guage, and hearing disorders arc criti­ observations of play and interaction
tions The Board used the afternoon
cal to reducing developmental delays with caregivers; reports by parents,
session to identify areas of the pro­ and to expanding com m unication teachers, or phy sicians; or the collec­
gram in need of improvement as well
tion and detailed analysis of sponta­
skills.
as new initiatives that should be in­
Although children’s speech and neous speech samples
troduced in the coming year The
ASHA is the national profes­
language skills develop at varying
retreat has produced a more unified
rates, parents should be concerned sional, scientific, and crcdcntialing
and motivated Board of Directors, a
about speech and language skills if organization for 74,000 audiologist
staff that knows that their work and
their child doesn’t speak by the age of and speech-language, and hearing
opinions arc valued, and confidence
1 year; if speech is not clear, or if milestones in children from birth to
in the minds of those who founded the
speech or language is different from age five. AHSA’s Information Re­
organization that MYCAP is in good
source Center also provides free in­
that of other children of the same age
hands The Board discussed several
Parents should be concerned about a formation on speech, language, and
areas for improving current services
child’s hearing if there is no startled hearing disorders through a toll-free
and new initiatives for the coining
reaction or cry in response to noises, HELPLINE number For more infor-
year In the coining weeks, the Board
or if the child doesn’t respond to mationon speech, language, and hear­
will narrow dow n and prioritize their
fam iliar voices Because language ing development, or to obtain a free
lists and assign specific tasks to spe­
develops so rapidly in the first few copv of How Docs Your Child Hear
cific persons
months of life, a child can quickly fall and Talk? Call 1-8OO-638-8255
MYCAP Board Sets Goals
At Annual Retreat
The B oardof Directors ofM inor-
ity Youth Concerns Action Program.
Inc spent the better part of August 14
laying plans for revitalizing and im ­
proving what is already one of the
most effective youth gang programs
in the country Meeting at the Lloyd
Center Red Lion from 8:00 a.m. until
3:00 p m . the eight-member board,
most of the twelv e-member staff and
a few of the original founders of the
program began by reviewing the
organization’s history , then studying
the organizational structure of the
corporation and its programs Mem­
bers of the staff explained their jobs
and their feelings about working w ith
M YCAP’s special population Youths
who arc presently involved or who
had prev io u sly been served by
EXECUTIVE WOMEN S GOLF
LEAGUE TO TEE OFF
Early Identification Of
Speech, Language &
Hearing Disorders