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Churchs Chicken Donates $100,000
To United Negro College Fund
president and general m anager. “ We
hope our contriubtion helps UNCF
sustain its mission o f providing strong
educational support to the African-
A m erican C o m m u n ity ’s aspiring
scholars and future leaders.”
Funds contributed to UNCF help
provide for those colleges’ day-to-day
operating expenses, including schol­
arship aid. M ore than 90 percent o f
UNCF students require financial aid
and over half com e from families
earning less than $14,000 annually.
The H ispanic A ssociation o f
Colleges and U niversities is a na­
tional non-profit association repre­
senting college and universities where
C hurchs C hicken presented a
check for $100,000 to the United
Negro College Fund (U N CF) during
the recent “ Lou Rawls parade of Stars”
telethon, b en efitin g U N CF. T his
marks the second consecutive year
that Churchs has donated $100,000
to UNCF.
T he c o n trib u tio n w ill be u se d
to h e lp su p p o rt U N C F ’s m e m b e r
c o lle g e s a n d s c h o la r s h ip p r o ­
g ra m s.
“W e are proud to support the
United Negro College Fundand use
Churchs restaurants as a vehicle to
raise im portant funds for U N CF,”
said Steve Clark, C hurchs senior vice
Ration OT 3slam
In Honor Of Martin Luther King Jr.?
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In reflection o f this past holiday
I wrote this article. Hoping that this
Hispanic students constitute at least may help us see things, deeper, that
25 percent o f total student enroll­ perhaps w e previously did.
ment. HACU serves 77 Hispanic in­
W e d o n ’t honor leaders by nam­
stitutions o f higher education in the ing streets after them , nor do we
United States. Thirty-five o f the 77 honor leaders by naming a school
schools are in towns and cities where after them. W e honor this man (King)
C hurchs restaurants are located.
by living by the principals that he
Churchs Chicken is a 1,075-unit taught. In my opinion, Dr. King was
quick-service chicken chain special­ more o f a man for the next world than
izing in southern-style chicken. C u r­ for this one. W hy so I say this? Be­
rently, the chain has 608 com pany - cause he wanted “ integration” (black
ow ned and 467 franchised restau­ and w hite together). But this w orld is
rants. C hurchs has restaurants in 30 based on w hite suprem acy, and until
states, 27 in T aiw an, and also has this world (system o f belief) is de­
restaurants in Mexico, Puerto Rico stroyed w e will not see black and
and Indonesia. Churchs 1992 system w hite together. And anyw ay-w hat is
sales exceeded $510 million.
wrong w ith us that we will desire to
unite w ith w hite people before unit­
ing w ith one
another? Furtherm ore, Dr. King
fought for the poor and oppressed of
the people but the poor and oppressed
are in a w orst condition today than
when King was marching. So w hat is
this holiday all about?
O thers would like to pick our
¡leaders for us, and they use their
pow erful m edia to make us think that
the m asses o f people are in agree­
ment. A lso the same G overnm ent that
gave a holiday to a man is the same
governm ent that killed the man. This
truth we have learned from the gov­
e rn m e n t itself. W hat m ust be known
February Is Black History Month
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taking away the rights of its citizens.
In 1990 Min. Farrakhan w as on
the National talk show DONAUHE
and a woman stood up and asked,
“The direction that your pursuing
seems to be a complete reversal from
the direction from what M.L.K. was
going into which is total integration.
You seem to be wanting to pull your
people apart into a more segregated
but equal situation. Can you draw any
parallels between yourself and He
and the end result that your looking
for.” Farrakhan answered, “Dr. M ar­
tin Luther King of-course was a giant
am ong us. Dr. Martin L uther King
was a hum anist as well as a deep
religious thinker who hoped and be­
lieved and worked for the coming
together of people. I don’t think that
Dr. King was in error to work what
his heart commanded him to do. But
while Dr. King was doing that would
you believe that the United States
G overnm ent, under the counter intel­
ligences program of J. Edgar Hoover,
was plotting all the while against Dr.
King to discredit him-to keep him
from getting the noble peace prize.
W hen he went to meet with the Pope
the F.B.I. tried to interfere with his
m eeting with the Pope; thinking that
if the Pope met with Dr. King it would
give him to much credibility. Dr.
King, in 1968, lost’ his life because he
felt that poverty in America was so
is the fact that this Government is slowly pervasive not only among blacks but
.ohitan
Ànsi even thrllltyH
whites. And,
though, Lendon
Baines Johnson was the one that was
the architect of the war on poverty
(and commissioned the kum er com ­
mission) Mr. Johnson became so ob­
sessed with winning the w ar in V iet­
nam he took money away from deal­
ing with the problems o f A merica
sending that money into Vietnam in a
cause that America lost. And when
Dr. King spoke openly honestly
against the war in V ietnam - you
know the rest; Dr. King was assassi­
nated.” - GET THE PICTURE? - W e
can best honor this man by standing
up for justice as he did whatever the
consequences! We can also honor
him by backing and helping living
man and women who are fighting for
Freedom, Justice and Equality. B e­
fore the ending of the Donahue show
a woman asked, “I wanted to ask if all
o f his followers agree with every­
thing he says or if some o f them think
for themselves. T hat’s what I want to
know .” In response to her a woman
stood up and said, “It is a insult to ask
who follows Min. Farrakhan, ok, that
is an insult-to you it is relevant to us
it is not. He is our leader. W e are tired
o f you trying to pick our friends. W e
are tired o f white people trying to say
who our leaders should be. W e will
decide who our leaders should be not
you.”
Thank you for reading this. E li­
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work in the Rivergate area, your life just got
easier. The 200-Rivergate bus now serves
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commuting hours, serving St. Johns on the way.
Here's all you need to know to take advantage of
the Rivergate Shuttle:
The Shuttle makes five morning trips from
North and Northeast Portland out to Rivergate,
and five afternoon trips from Rivergate back to
North and Northeast Portland.
This program is only available
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State R epresentative M ichael
Payne, D-Baker City, announced the
formation o f a statewide com m ittee to
gather signatures for a proposed
“Three Strikes, Y ou’re O ut” ballot
measure. This measure would require
life sentence without possibility of
parole or early release for persons
convicted o f three violent crim es. In­
cluded are all class A felony crimes
against persons such as murder, as­
sault, and rape.
Rep. Payne said, “W e will be
working with neighborhood watch
groups, victims rights organizations,
and concerned citizens to pul this
m easure on the N ovem ber ballot.
O regonians should no longer fear that
violent repeat offenders will pass
through a revolving prison-door to
victim ize society again.”
The “Three Strikes, Y ou’ re O ut”
com m ittee said that’ its initial poll
showed 86 percent o f likely Oregon
voters would support the proposed
ballot measure. W ashington voters
approved a similar m easure by a 3 to
1 ratio last year. After public outcry
over the m urder o f 12-year-old Polly
K laas, C alifornia petitioners are also
working to pass such legislation.
“ If W ashington and California
both pass this law, O regon m ust do at
least as much to protect our com m u­
nities,” said Rep Payne. The O regon
proposal would take into account vio­
lent felonies committed in other states
as well as thoseoffenses com m itted in
this state.
T h e S e c re ta ry o f S ta te sa id
th a t th e “T h re e S trik e s, Y o u ’re
O u t ” c o m m itte e m u s t g a th e r
6 6,771 v alid sig n a tu re s by Ju ly 8,
1994 to q u a lify fo r th e g e n e ra l
e le c tio n b a llo t.
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what he witnessed at the Buchenwald concentration camp. He uses these and personal experiences
growing up in the South to help others confront issues of racism, anti-Semitism, hate and prejudice.
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