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T he P orit . and O bserver • S eptember 28, 1994
Metropolitan Human Rights
Commission Recognizes Distinguished
Service And Commitment
T he M e tro p o lita n H u m an
Rights Commission will hold its
annual Award Dinner on W ednes
day, Oct. 12, 1994, at 7 p.m. at the
Portland Hilton Hotel.
The winner of the Russell A.
Peyton Award is the Rev. Dr. Rodney
1. Page, Executive D irector o f Ecu
menical Ministries o f Oregon. The
Russell A. Peyton A w ard is given for
"outstanding service and com m it
ment to protecting the human rights
of all persons within the city o f Port
land and Multnomah county.” He is
currently the Chair o f the Oregon
Civil Rights Council, and has been
the Director of the C enter for Urban
Education. He co-founded the O r
egon Interreligious Com m ittee for
Peace in the Middle East. Ecum eni
cal Ministries o f Oregon, under R ev
erend Page, opened the first HIV
Day center in Oregon in 1990.
The M ayor’s Award for Human
Rights will go to LeRoy R. Patton,
former Vice Principal o f Vocational
Village High School. Mr. Patton
was involved in the Model Cities
planning process and pioneered the
development o f Portland’s neigh
borhood associations. He is the presi
dent of the Fair Housing Council,
and president o f the United Nations
Association, Portland Chapter. Mr.
Patton serves as V ice President of
the American Cancer Society and on
the Youth Coordinating Council.
Dr. Rodney I. Page
The Reverend Ann. C. Duffy
will receive the M ultnom ah County
Chair Award for Human Rights. The
Rev. Duffy is the pastor o f the Zion
United Church o f Christ in G re
sham. She is a Fairview C ity C oun
cilor, and serves on the board of
Human Solutions, Inc. an agency
concerned with providing afford
able housing. She is the chair of
C itizens Against D iscrim ination o f
E ast M ultnom ah C ounty, w hich
brought the Anne Frank Exhibit to
Gresham. She is also on the steering
com m ittee dealing with issues of
housing and education for youth o f
migrant farm worker families.
Donna Redwing, National Field
D irector for the G ay and Lesbian
A llia n c e A g a in s t D e fa m a tio n
(GLAAD) will be the keynote speaker
at the dinner. Ms. Redwing is the
former director o f the Lesbian C om
munity Project and has been a long
time citizen activist and community
organizer.
The Com m unity Harmony Rec
ognition, a booklet to recognize the
efforts o f caring people who cross
racial and cultural lines, will be pub
lished for distribution at the Award
D inner.
Ticketsfor the dinner are $25.00
and can be ordered from the Metro
politan Human Rights Commission.
(503) 823-5136.
Teacher, Principal win
$25,000
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and in particular black parents.
Jordan has served as either a
teacher or school adm inistrator for
24 years.
His first teaching jo b was in
1966 at Sunnyside in inner-South-
east Portland. A four-year tour of
duty in the Vietnam W ar interrupted
his career. He returned to teach at
Martin Luther King Elementary, then
Highland, the same school he at
tended while growing up in Portland.
Jordan plans to reinvest his win
nings for retirement and said he will
throw an end-of-the-year party for
his staff.
Lindsley and Jordan were among
five teachers in Oregon recognized
this year by the Milken foundation.
They will be honored at a luncheon
Oct. 26 at the Benson Hotel in Port
land and receive their checks in May
at a national conference of the foun
dation in Los Angeles.
The foundation rewards educa
tors who make exemplary contribu
tions to excellence in education.
"This award intends to make a
powerful statem ent,” said Lowell
Milken, president of the foundation.
“It tells educators that their contribu
tion to our national security is cru
cial; it tells students that education is
a noble and rewarding profession,
and it tells society that educators, as
the architects of our future, merit the
highest respect.”'
T h is is O re g o n 's fifth y e a r in
the a w ard s p ro g ra m , now in 30
sta te s. T he a w a rd s ro ta te an nu-
ally betw een e le m e n ta ry and s e c
o n d a ry e d u c a to r s . R e c ip ie n ts
w ere se le c te d by a c o m m itte e
re p re se n tin g te a c h e rs, a d m in is
tr a to r s , p a re n ts , sc h o o l b o a rd
m em b ers and previous re c ip ie n ts.
NIKE
Playcourt
Dedicated
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NIKE employees turned out in
force Saturday and Sunday to as
semble the equipment, lay the cush
ioned play surface and landscape.
Children from area schools, cen
ter representatives and the Portland
Parks and Recreation Bureau, joined
Katz and Griffey for the official open
ing.
“Spending time with my dad
around major league locker rooms,
I’ve always been exposed to sports; a
lot of children are not that lucky,”
Griffey said.
Katz, thanked NIKE for its ef
forts in the community and for the
latest gift to Portland’s kids.
“Today’s children are growing
up in difficult times; we all need to do
our part, and like NIKE, lead by
example,” Katz said.
NIKE has participated in Port
land community affairs before. The
NIKE Factory Store on Marti n Luther
King Jr. BI vd., just blocks away from
the new playground, donates $50,000
annually to help community organi
zations in North and Northeast Port-
land.
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