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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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