V olum e XXV, N u m b er 13
C om m ited to c u ltu ra l diversity
M arch 29. 1995
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1'HCH'15 HlflTlltfl'l I'flllPI Is Conine
Injustice Topic Of City
Club
State Rep. Avel Gordly and former
chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
Edwin Peterson will discuss serious ineq
uities under the law, during the regularly
scheduled Friday luncheon of the City'
Club. Gordly is promoting the Racial and
Ethnic Justice Act, a bill designed to elim
inate the inequities in Oregon's justice
system.
Portland
residents
are invited
to enjoy a
day at the
Washington
Park Zoo
when its
famous
elephant
Packy is
served his
annual
birthday
cake
topped
with
apples and
carrots.
Casino Night Fun
Games, music by Toucan Duet, live
and silent auctions and dinner by Jake’s
Catering w ill be part ofthe festivities at the
annual Night of a Thousand Chances ben
efit, Friday, 6:30 p.m. to midnight, at the
Governor Hotel, 611 S.W. I Oth Ave. Pro
ceeds go to the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society, Oregon Chapter. Call 223-9511
for more information.
Planning For
Retirement
American Red Cross and Volunteers
o f America host a free workshop on retire
ment and estate planning, Tuesday. April
11 at 3 p.m. at the Red Cross. 3131 N.
Vancouver. Call 284-1234, extension 297
for reservations.
Free Throws For High
Stakes
A chance to win $25,000 and a 1995
Plymouth Voyager minivan will attract
sharp shooters to the Northwest Free Throw
Shootout. April 8 at area G.l. Joes stores.
First round entry fee is $ I per attempt. All
proceeds to benefit the YMCA ofthe Co
lumbia Willamette.
West African Ardey Allotey and his
group, Kaagba Ohenaa, highlight the cel
ebration o f Ghana Independence Day, Sat
urday, April I. at 7 p.m. at the Northwest
Service Center. Authentic African food
will be served. Call 977-0847 for informa-
tion
Seniors Set Friday
Night Out
a c k y , P o r tla n d 's fa m o u s
sored by TV Host magazine.
elephant, w ill celebrate his
The highlight ofthe party w ill occur at 2
33rd birthday w ith a big bash
p.m. when the clown Smilin Ely delivers
at Metro W ashington Park Zoo Packy's
on
birthday cake and Packy makes his
Saturday. A pril 8. Party hours are 11
grand entrance. While Packy eats his cake,
a.m. to 3 p.m. and everyone is invited.
the Tigard High School band will break into
The festivities will include games, mu
a rousing rendition of "Happy Birthday.”
sic and cake for all.
Packy’s cake, baked by Portland Com
Party-goers can sign Packy’s giant birth
munity College chefs, w ¡III be made of whole
day card, dance the Packy Shuttle and get
wheat flour and topped with peanut butter
floppy elephant ears to wear. Young people
frosting, carrots, apples and celery'.
can enter a coloring contest for prizes, spon
After Packy has tlnished his cake, party -
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The Northeast Multicultural Senior
Center’s Friday Night Out on April 7 will
feature dinner at the Sizzler and a stage
production of Big River at the Eastside
Performance Center. This is the legendary
j story of Huckleberry Finn and his friend.
J im, a black slave, on a journey to freedom
down the Mississippi. Cost is $22. Call
248-5470.
Buckman School To
Host Art Show
Walk To Save An
Abused Child
Portland Legal S ecretaries and
NightRider Overnight Copy Sen ice are
sponsoring l.aWalk 95. a 3K walk Satur
day, April 8. at Waterfront Park from 9
a m. to 12 p.m. All proceeds will be donat
ed to Multnomah County programs to help
advocate for abused and neglected chil
dren Call 253-2272 for more information
Symphony to Perform
Zappa Music
An evening o fth e music o fth e late
Frank Zappa, conducted by Joel I home
and presented by the Oregon Symphony
will be performed on April 5 at the Arlene
Schnitzer Concert Hall.
SUBMISSIONS: Community
Calendar information w ill be given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
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Panel To
Explain
Disparity
Study
m e e tin g S a tu rd a y fo r
m inorities and women w ill
discuss a D isparity and
Employment Study by a group of
Oregon government agencies. The
session w ill begin at 10 a.m. at the
Portland Conference Center,
The consortium of local governments
want to document whether discrimina
tion has occurred in the contracting and
purchasing of goods and services in the
Portland area.
As part of the effort, an assessment
will be made on whether a basis exists for
minority and w omen-owned business en
terprise programs.
The experiences o f women and mi
norities seeking apprenticeships, train
ing and employment opportunities in the
construction industry will also be exam
ined.
The agencies involved include the
city of Portland. Portland Development
Commission, city of Gresham. Mult
nomah County', state o f Oregon, Metro
and Tri-Met.
Representatives at the meeting will
explain the purpose and process of the
study, answer questions and let the pub
lic know how they can participate.
All persons who would like to leam
more about the studies are welcome to
attend
A
Donors Sought
For Gladys
McCoy
Scholarship
Party To Ghana
Independence
Paintings, ceramics, prints, jewelry,
wearables, photography and glass are
among the works o f more than 60 artists to
be found at Buckman Elementary’s 5th
annual Art Show and Sell Hours are noon
to 8 p.m on Friday. April 7 and 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. on Saturday.
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goers are invited to stop by Albertson's can
opy for a serving o f a giant "people" cake.
Packy was born in Portland on April
14. 1962. He was the first elephant born
in the western hem isphere in more than
44 years and his birth made internation
al news.
Packy is one o f the largest Asian
elephants in the United States. He stands
10 foot. 3 inches at the shoulder and tips
the scales at 14.000 pounds. He is the
father o f seven calves.
WHITE SUPREMACIST ACTIVITY
ecent racist in the Portland
area and around the state has
c a u s e d th e M e tro p o lita n
Human Rights Com m ission to
an alert and condem nation o f the
activity.
The commission is urging citizens to
take threats to the freedom of any cultural
group as threats to themselves, to speak out
against all forms of racist activity and to
educate themselves and those under their
care about the importance of respecting all
people.
The following was issued about racist
activity front information gathered with
the help of the Portland Police Bureau.
Oregon State Police and the Coalition for
Human Dignity :
• I separatist movement called North
west Concern which advocates for an all-
white society is active in Portland as well as
other parts of Oregon The group recently
sponsored a speech by David Irving, a Holo
caust revisionist
• I group called I olksfront may be tied
to the Northwest ( 'oncern They have deliv
ered racist flyers in Portland The most re
cent ones were found near 160th and Divi
sion and began. Hey. White B oy1 Flyers
have been found in transit malls in Milwaukie
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and at Milwaukie High School; some have
been mailed to Jewish families.
The number of flyers have not been
issue
great, but they are becoming increasingly
vicious in nature. Flyers have also been sent
to white supremacists in the state prisons.
Detective Griff Holland of the Oregon State
Police, who tracks white supremacist gangs
in Oregon, predicts that these flyers will be
distributed in more schools in the Portland
and surrounding area
• White supremacists. commonly called
skinheads, attempted to recruit in Pioneer
Square by singing songs, passing out litera
ture and making one-on-one contact with
young people on Feb 23 and Feb 24
Commission officials said the current
activity in the Northwest seems to be cen
tered around two groups whose philosophies
complement each other.
• Right to bear arms advocates, who are
organizing brigades" all over the state
around the issue o f gun rights They recently
met at the Salem library The philosophies o f
these militias attract paramilitary types II ell
meaning citizens who are against gun con
trol may be unwittingly drawn in "Spike ”
training on surv ivalist techniques conducted
by Bo Gritz are also being held in Oregon
• The Christian Patriot .Movement is
currently active in the Medford area, but
found all over the Northwest The movement
is loosely organized and is based on a philos
ophy containing fo u r main points /. The
government does not have the right to collect
taxes The 14th Amendment is not valid
Citizenship is fo r white people. 3 Jews are
the root o f our problems. They are conspir
ing to take over the country 4. Federal
government has no authority The county is
the highest authority with the sheriff as the
highest official
Right to bear arms militants and Chris
tian Patriot Movement supporters come to
gether around conspiracy theories and
surv ivalist practices. The Aryan Nation, white
supremacists with headquarters in Hayden
Lake. Idaho, recruits from these groups.
They are definitely recruiting in Oregon,
according to detective Holland The number
one concern of the Medford police and the
Josephine County law enforcement agencies
is white supremacist groups.
The M etropolitan Human Rights
Com m ission encourages signs o f white
suprem acist activity to be reported to
them at 823-5136. The inform ation will
be made available terthe appropriate law
en fo rcem en t agency and com m unity
groups.
fu n d r a is e r fo r th e new
Gladys McCoy S cholarship
fund w ill be held at 6 p.m.
Saturday. A pril 1 in L in co ln Hall at
Portland State U niversity.
Organizers hope to raise $25,000 to
ward the endowment of two annual, per
manent scholarships for minority students
in the PSU Graduate School of Social
Work
Cost ofthe event is $45. For reserva
tions. contact Traci Meyer-Jones, PSU
Office of Development. 725-5067.
The scholarship was established last
y ear in honor of Glady s McCoy, an Afri
can American woman who graduated from
the PSU Graduate School of Social Work
in 1967.
McCoy held many positions in nearly
30 years of public service, inc luding a term
as chair of the Multnomah County Board
of Commissioners. She was known as a
person who broke ethnic and gender barri
ers in advocating for social change and
meeting community needs.
The event includes a reception, enter
tainment and several guest speakers Mas
ter of ceremonies will be David Fuks,
executive director of Edgefield Children’s
Center. Inc. Other speakers will include
Kay Toran, a PSU graduate and current
administrator of the Children's Services
Division; State Rep Margaret Carter of
northeast Portland; and Judy Knawls Boy er,
account executive for Temporary Staff
Inc. of Portland Boyer served as a staff
assistant on commission appointments
during McCoy’s term as council commis
sion chair.
Entertainment will be provided by
Northwest Afrikan American Ballet Co.
and choreographer-dancer Minh Tran. also
a PSU alumnus
The PSU Graduate School of Social
Work is rated as one ofthe top schools in
the nation for research in social service
issues and offers the only graduate social
work program in Oregon
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