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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