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T he P ortland O bserver • A pril 13, 1994
The Gladys McCoy Scholarship Fund
The Gladys M cCoy Scholarship
w ill be awarded to ethnically diverse
graduate students from Oregon and
southwest Washington on the basis o f
financial need and demonstrated in ­
terest in p olicy development and ser­
vice to children in need.
The scholarship w ill be a tribute
to G ladys’ dream o f a belter, stronger
com m unity that acknowledges and
honors each o f its members. Through­
out her 36-ycar carecr-and especially
in her role as a M ultnom ah County
C om m issio n cr-G la d ys w orked to
ensure that those who were less fo rtu ­
nate were not forgotten. A nd although
Gladys passed away in A p ril 1993,
her legacy lives on through the pro­
grams she championed and her car­
ing style o f leadership.
In honor o f her m emory, a com ­
mittee o f dedicated com m unity mem­
bers and the PSU Graduate School o f
Social W ork are w orking to endow a
scholarship fo r graduate students who
embody the values Gladys possessed-
-servicc, justice, equality, and diver­
sity.
The scholarship w ill keep Gladys
work alive. By providing graduate
students w ith the opportunity fo r the
kind o f social work education Gladys
had, the recipients o f the Gladys
M cCoy Scholarship w ill someday e f­
fect positive change in our com m uni­
ties.
GLADYS MCCOY
Gladys, who received a master
degree in social w ork from PSU in
1967, believed that broad ethnic, ra­
cial, and cultural representation made
Gladys McCoy, social worker,
and advocate for social change
every com m unity, committee, and
commission stronger. She was an
advocate fo r social change and par­
ticularly responsive to the needs o f
vulnerable populations, including the
poor, the unemployed, children, per­
sons o f color, women, and persons o f
diverse culture.
She also was deeply committed
to education.
Early in her career, Gladys d i­
rected soc ial services fo r Project Head
Start in Vancouver, W ashington, and
the first public o ffice she held was on
the Portland School board. She also
taught sociology and social w ork
courses at colleges throughout the
Portland area fo r many years.
G la d y s w as a M u ltn o m a h
C o u n ty c o m m is s io n e r fro m 1978
u n til 1984 w hen she re sign e d and
ran u n s u c c e s s fu lly fo r the P o rt­
New Minority Media Law Fellowship
lan d C ity C o u n c il. In 1986, she
was once aga in e le c te d to the
M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty B o a rd o f
C o m m is s io n e rs , w here she p re ­
sided as b oa rd c h a ir and rem ain ed
u n til her death at age 65.
Gladys’ outstanding performance
was acknowledged throughout her
career. She received the woman o f the
Year award in 1974, the Oregon A s­
sembly o f Black A ffairs political de­
velopment award in 1980, and the
National Association o f Blacks in
C rim ina l Justice Services com m u­
nity service award in 1987. She was
also the first woman president o f the
Association o f Oregon Counties.
FUNDING
The goal o f the Gladys M cCoy
Scholarship Fund Com m ittee and the
Graduate School o f Social W ork is to
raise $300,000 during the next tw o
years to endow the scholarship. Y our
contribution like G ladys’ career it ­
self—w ill be an act o f service to the
com m unity. Donations may be made
to the Gladys M cC oy Scholarship
Fund, Portland State University Foun­
dation, P.O. B ox 243, Portland, OR
97207-0243.
For more inform ation, contact
the Graduate School o f Social W ork
at 725-3997, or to make a pledge
w rite to the PSU Foundation, P.O.
Box 243, Portland, Oregon 97202-
0243.
“ As long as I can remember, I
have tru ly fe lt that i f there’ s a prob­
lem, something that needs changing,
you have an obligation to determine
your role in its solution.”
Radical Women Monthly Meeting
Capital C ities/A B C , Inc. and the
New York Law School w ill jo in tly
sponsor a new M in o rity M edia Law
Fellowship under the auspices o f the
Foundation for m inority Interest in
M edia, Inc.
P ictured at the announcem ent
o fth e new F ellow ship were (L to R):
Daniel Burke, Capital Cities/
ABC's Chief Executive Officer;
Harry H. Wellington, Dean o f
The New York Law School (NYLS);
Emma Bowen, President o f the
Foundation for Minority Interest in
Media;
Betty Elam, the Foundation’s
Executive Director;
Dennis Swanson, Chairman o f
the Foundation s Board o f Directors
and President o f ABC Sports.
The M in o rity M edia Law Fel­
lowship w ill provide a N Y L S m in or­
ity student interested in pursuing a
careers in media la w w ith a three-year
m erit tu ition scholarship and a three-
year paid summer and academic year
internship at Capital C ities/ABC . The
firs t Fellowship w ill be awarded in
the Fall o f 1994.
Photo by: Joe Vericker/Photobureau, Inc.
Capital Cities/ABC And The New York Law
School Sponsor Minority Fellowship
A Program thorough the Foundation For Minority Interests In Media
T he F o u n d a tio n , u n d e r the
Capital C ities/A B C , Inc. and the
vices and television production and
New Y o rk Law School w ill jo in tly
leadership o f E m m a B ow ne, its distribution.The Company also pub­
Thursday, April 21. 1994
President, and B etty E la m , its E x­ lishes daily and weekly newspapers,
sponsor a new M in o rity M edia Law
“Women in the Irish Struggle." Women’s role in the struggle against British occupation of Ireland will
Fellowship under the auspices o f the ecutive D ire c to r, has three objec­ shopping guides, various specialized
be discussed. Join guest speakers Maire Cullen, a broadcast journalist and political activist from
Foundation fo r M in o rity Interests in
tives: (1) to help media companies and business periodicals, books, pro­
South Armagh, Northern Ireland, and Linda Demarary, an organizer who went on the Belfast Tour in
access
inform ation about m inorities
Media, Inc. the announcement was
vides research services and also dis­
1993 and visited women who are part of the resistance. Radical Women's montly meeting is
and women available fo r employment tributes inform ation from data bases.
made by Daniel Burke, Capital C it-
Thursday, April 21 at 7:00 pm at Northwest Service Center, 1819 NW Everett, Portland. A hearty
New Y o rk Law School’ s highly
in the com m unications industries
ics/A B C ’ s C hief executive O fficer,
Irish supper will be available at 6:30 pm for a $5.00 donation. For more information call (503) 228-
Harry H. W ellington, Dean o f The quickly and accurately; (2) to offer regarded C om m unications M edia
3090. For childcare, call two days in advance. Wheelchair accessible.
New Y ork Law School (N Y LS ), and m inority youth the necessary support, Center made it a natural partner w ith
Dennis Swanson, Chairman o f the education and skills to obtain jobs in Capital C ities/A B C and the Founda­
Board o f Directors o f the Foundation the media business; and (3) tocounsel tion. Founded in 1891, The New Y o rk
fo r M in o rity Interests in M edia and and inform m inorities and women Law School has an enrollm ent o f
about employment opportunities in nearly 1,4000 students in its Day and
President o f A B C Sports.
An extension o f the Foundation ’ s the media business. The Law F ellow ­ Evening divisions. A leading inde­
established undergraduate program, ship w ill complement the Foundation’s pendent institution, it is located near
the c ity ’s legal, governmental and
the M in o rity M edia Law Fellowship successful media training program.
Capital C ities/A B C , Inc. oper­ financial centers in lower Manhattan’s
w ill provide a N YLS m inority stu­
by S enator B ob P ackwood
fo r the economy than i f we spend and any d e fic it spending. This clause as­ dent interested in pursuing a career in ates the A B C Television Network, Tribeca/C ivic Center areas. Profes­
sors M ic h a e l B o te in and A lle n
- f - HE SENATE RECENTLY
invest it ourselves. But this logic, we sures that in tim e o f w ar or other need, media law w ith a three-year m erit eight television stations, the A B C
Hammond, founding D irector and
Radio
Networks
and
18
radio
sta­
tuition
scholarship
and
a
three-year
DEFEATED THE BALANC- should give a ll private money to the Congress w ould not be shackled and
J
EDBUDGETAMENDMENT government. I don’t think that’s a thus unable to respond.
paid summer and academic year in ­ tions, and provides programming fo r Director respectively o f N Y L S ’s me­
cable te le v is io n . The C om pany, dia C enter and m em bers o f the
Sixty votes are tough to get in the ternship at Capital C ities/A B C , Inc.
TO THE CONSTITUTION (BBA).
very good idea.
through jo in t ventures, is engaged in Foundation’s board, played a key role
The
firs
t
F
ellow
sh
ip
w
ill
be
D e fic it spending is a little like a Senate on issues o f any controversy.
I voted to pass the B B A , and was
international broadcasting/cable ser­ in the establishment o f the Fellowship.
awarded
in
the
fa
ll
o
f
1994.
disappointed that we couldn’ t get the bad habit. You know i f you give it up, The effect o f this threshold is to put
real pressure on Congress to keep
required tw o-thirds m ajority. 1 hope you’ ll be better off. You also know
that we w ill get another chance to there is short-term pain between q u it­ w ith in tits budget. Senators w ould
consider the B B A , because I think it ting and the payoff. I t ’s easy to ratio­ have to go on record supporting in d i­
is long overdue. The longer we wait, nalize that it w ould hurt too much to vidual, d eficit-fueling programs. As
the more damage is done, and the stop so you don’t. W e can stop spend­ it is, spending is spending. It is nearly
impossible to see who is serious about
bigger the b ill that w ill eventually ing more than we collect, and we w ill
Compact Announces Grant Winners
be better o ff fo r it, but there w ill be d e fic it reduction and who isn’t. W ith
come due.
It strides me that about the only some pain in between. That firs t is a the B B A , everyone w ould know in a
New adventures and opportuni­ Compact announced late last year made available in the Coos Bay area
that they were seeking to replicate the and Linn and Benton counties, thanks
h u rry .I’ ll close w ith the benefits o f a ties await schools and businesses in
hard one.
place there is rea l c o n tro v e rs y
to the C om pact
The second issue raised by oppo­ balanced federal budget. First, the tw o Oregon communities. Starting highly successful Industry Initiative
overpassing the B B A is in W ashing­
The Com m unity Business Edu­
ton, D.C. Whenever I come home to nents o f a B B A is whether the amend­ money now consumed paying fo r ser­ this June, tcachcrsand business people fo r Science and math Education
vicing the debt could go to w orth­ in Jackson County and the Roseburg (IIS M E ) program in tw o additional cation Center (CBEC) in M edford
Oregon, folks tell me that i f the state ment w ill elim inate new programs.
w ill provide IIS M E opportunities for
government,businesses,and fam ilies This is the exact logic that has led to w hile programs. M ost im portantly, area w ill participate in a summer comm unities outside o f the Portland
schools
and businesses in Jackson
our
kids
and
grandkids
and
their
kids
the
staggering
deficits
and
debt
we
all manage to make ends meet on a
area.
internship program that w ill allow
C
ounty,
and
the Southern Vocational
are
going
to
have
to
get
us
out
o
f
the
have
today.
Once
a
program
is
funded,
The
C
o
m
p
a
ct
rece
ive
d
to
ta
l
balanced budget, the federal govern­
teachers to sec first hand how their
Associates
w
ill do the same fo r the
hole
we
are
now
digging.
It
w
ill
get
it is almost impossible to elim inate.
ment should too, I agree.
classroom instruction can be applied o f 53 in q u ire s and 8 proposals
greater
Roseburg
area. “ Both com ­
harder,
not
easier,
the
further
we
dig
fr o m in te r e s te d c o m m u n itie s
The opposition to the B B A usu­ Every federal d ollar that is spent has
in the workplace.
munities
arc
in
the
process
o f recruit­
ourselves
in.
Had
we
stopped
d
eficit
a lly rests its positions on three main some constituency that w ill oppose
“ The Business-Education C om ­ around the state.
ing
businesses
and
teachers
fo r the
spending
ju
s
t
ten
years
ago,
we
would
The IIS M E program is patterned
tenets. They w ill often say something cutting that dollar, o r even a smaller
pact has awarded tw o cash grants
summer
program
said
Hiscox.
be
v
irtu
a
lly
debt-free
today.
Every
than desired increase in funding.
like this: “ Elim ination ofcfficitspend-
totaling $20,000 plus the technical after a program-established in 1985
For additional in form ation, con­
The new program most often re­ week that goes by piles billions more assistance, to two Oregon com m uni­ in the San Francisco arca-that is sup­
ing w ill ruin the economy; it w ill
dol
lars
onto
the
blacks
o
f
the
Am
erica
jeopardize new government spend­ ferred to this year is a new health care
ties to start a business and education ported by industry and the National tact; Pam H all, Program D irector.
ing programs; Congress could over­ bureaucracy. Just about every year o f tom orrow. It is a shameful legacy program outside o f the Portland metro Science Foundation. For the past three Com m unity Business Education Cen­
we don’ t have to leave.
ride the balanced budget restraints there is oem program that is pitched
summers, IIS M E opportunities have ter, M edford, (503) 779-5318; B ill
area,” said Sue H iscox, T raining
This country gained its indepen­ Manager o f Intel Corporation and been a v a ila b le to P o rtlan d-area
Korpa, Southern Vocational Associ­
w ith 60 Senate votes, so i t ’ s really as a “ must fund.” W e could pass the
dence, fought and healed the C iv il C hair o f the Compact Board. The schools and business and was recently ates, Roseburg (503) 673-6891.
worthless anyway. “ L e t’ s take a look most expensive health care reform
imaginable, and tom orrow, as sure as W ar, beat the Great Depression and
at these one at t time.
The threat o f an economic slow ­ you are reading this, there w ill be won tw o W o rld Wars w ithout m ort­
down is perhaps the most-serious we another emergency that requires fed­ gaging the future as we are today.
Those were great moments in our
face in Congress. No one wants an eral spending.
The problem is exacerbated by country’ s history. W hat great m o­
economic downturn, not even a b rie f
one, but our country’ s history gives the process. Congress currently be­ ment can we point to hat has resulted
little evidence to support the belief gins the budget process w ith “ what do from borrow ing hundreds o f b illio n
that deficits are necessary to fuel a we want to spend?” W ith a balanced every year?
We ran a federal budget surplus
healthy Am erican economy, we have budgetamendment, the process would
experienced tremendous economic begin w ith “ how much money do we as recently as 1969. The balanced
growth and prosperity w ithout spend­ have to spend?” Followed by “ where budget amendment is not the bogey­
ing a nickel more than the govern­ do we spend it?” A balanced budget man described by some. Neither is it
Opportunities in the Hazardous Waste Removal Field
ment took in. In fact, deficits have amendment w ould put the cart back a toothless waste o f time. The bal­
anced budget amendment is a step
only become the rule rather than the behind the horse.
Each year, hundreds o f m illio n s o f d ollars w orth o f m in o rity subcontracting goal requirem ents
toward recovery fo r a country ad­
T
hird,
opponents
o
f
the
B
B
A
exception since the late 1960s.
established by the U .S. E nviro nm e nta l Protection A g en cy go u n fille d because o f an in s u ffic ie n t
dicted to d e fic it spending, and I w ill
U nderlying this agreement is the argue that i f it can be overridden, why
num ber o f trained m in o rity contractors in the Superfund Industry.
continue to support it despite this
belief that somehow when the gov­ have it al all? The most recent B B A
The N atio na l A sso ciatio n o f M in o rity C ontractors in c o n ju n c tio n w ith the U.S. E n viro n m e n ta l
ernment spends our money, it is better required 60 Senate votes to authorize recent setback.
Protection A gency is conducting a series o f workshops to train m in o rity contractors in this
prosperous and ch a lle n g in g fie ld .
Why We Need Balanced
budget Amendment
Science An Math
Education Program Growing
N a tio n a l A s s o c ia tio n o f M in o rity C o n tr a c to r s
1994
SUPERFUND TRAINING
Artist Rick Barrow To Unveil PCC Art Beat Poster
R ick Barrow, celebrated Native
American artislandOregonian whose
w ork is recognized internationally,
w ill unveil the 1994 A rt Beat poster at
a special ceremony, Tuesday, A p ril
12,3 to 5 p.m. in the Sylvania Cam ­
pus Cedar Room, 12000 S.W. 49th
Ave.
His painting, “ C row Mask 10,"
was selected fo r the poster this year.
A t this A rt Beat k ic k -o ff event, Bar-
row w ill o ffe r his thoughts on creativ­
ity , and the historic chain that has led
us to the present.
Barrow said about his w ork, “ I
see m yself as a being in a chain that
stretches way back... I ’ m using d iffe r­
ent materials, but the statement is the
same.
A rt Beat 1994, an annual event at
Portland C om m unity College cam­
puses w hich celebrates the arts in an
educational setting, is scheduled for
Monday, M ay 2 through Friday, M ay
6. A ll events are free and the com m u­
nity is invited.
1994 Training Schedule
Portland, Oregon—April 11-15
Buffalo, New York— May 2-6
Hazardous Waste Clean-up Operations Workshop
Hazardous Waste Clean-up Operations Workshop
For more information about this important business opportunity, contact:
M ike Shannon
Project Director
National Association o f Minority Contractors
1333 F Street, N.W., Ste. 500
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 347-8259