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C ommitted to cultural diversity.
May 3, 1995
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Party Introduces
Singer
Vocalist David Cooley, described as
Portland’s Frank Sinatra and the Apostle
o f Croon will be introduced with artists
George Mitchell, Dave Captien and Carlton
Jackson on W ednesday, May 10 from 6
p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Red Lion Downtown.
The event celebrates the release o f Cooley’s
CD and cassette Fly Me to The Moon.
Concert In The
Park
Joe Johnson on sax and Charles
Denton on drums provide the
good sounds at the newly opened
Roslyn's Garden Coffeehouse on
Alberta Street at 14th Place.
You can spend an evening listening to
jazz with Michael Allen Harrison on Fri
day, May 12 at 6:30 p.m. at Fir Grove
Elementary School, 6300 S.W. Wilson
Ave. in Beaverton. There will also be food,
desserts and coffee. Advance tickets are $5
for adults and $2.50 for children. Call 626-
1029 for information.
(Photo by Chuck Washington)
Local Educator Gets Chance Of A Lifetime
by
Help For Debt
Management
Consum erCreditCounseling Service,
a non-profit organization, presents a free
debt management seminar to help people
who are in financial trouble. The event is
Thursday, May 18 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at
Clark County PUD, 1200 Fort Vancouver
Way.
Women Of
Excellence Feted
Delta Sigma Theta presents its 17th
annual “ Women o f Excellence" luncheon
on Saturday, May 20 at Shenanigan’s on
Swan Island. Scholarships and awards will
be presented to deserving women and youth
in the African American community. Key
note speaker is Mona Humphries Bailey,
retired deputy superintendent o f Seattle
Public Schools. Tickets are $20 for adults
and $15 for youth. Call 253-4924.
Clay Art For Show,
Sale
P rof . M ckinlev B i
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r. Dan Bundy, science teacher
at the Black Education Center
(B.E.C.), has been selected by
The Citizen Ambassador Program to
be a member of its Minority Education
Delegation to the People’s Republic
of China during the month of May.
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This exiting program enables minority
educators from around the nation to meet and
exchange ideas and teaching techniques with
their counter parts in other countries. The
program was founded several decades ago by
former President. Dwight D. Eisenhower. In
I ine with his widely-recognized concerns with
the enhancement o f com m unications and in
tercultural understanding am ong the peoples
of the world, he created this organization as
a vehicle for building such bridges on a
global scale.
Local sponsors are Mr. Jonnie A. Gage,
Dan Bundy
Director to the House o f Umoja and Mr.
Jonnie W. Gage. Director o f the MYCAP
program. They also operate the Miracles
program which will be the site o f a benefit.
Others wishing to make a much-needed con
Donald S. McC/ave
of the Portland
Chamber, presents
Portland Parks and
Recreation
employee David
Jordan (right), with
an award for public
service.
(Photo by Max
Gutierrez)
Schindler’s List
Author Coming
Thomas Keneally, best known for his
award-winning novel Schindler’s List, pre
sents his latest novel A River Town, at
Powell’s Books on Monday. May 8 at 7:30
p.m. The new book is a story about Tim
Shea, who has fled with his family from the
unyielding class system and poverty o f
British-controlled Ireland to a small Aus
tralian town.
Rejecting “The
GOP Contract”
In honor o f May Day, the Freedom
Socialist Party invites the public to a panel
discussion on how to beat back the attack
on affirmative action, unions, welfare and
immigrants. The forum begins at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday at the Northwest Service Center,
1819 N.W. Everett St.
Capt. Dave Sprando o f Portland Fire
Station 22 is the Grand M arshall for the
33rd annual St. Johns Parade, Portland’s
third largest parade with floats, bands,
clowns and the Rose Festival courts The
parade is held May 13 from noon to 2 pm
in the St. Johns neighborhood o f north
Portland.
SUBMISSIONS: Community
Calendar information will he given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
tribution may do so in care o f the "Dan Bundy
Education Fund" at the Hollywood Branch o f
the W ashington Mutual Federal Savings
Bank. We note that Mr. Bundy has made a
significant personal contribution toward the
5000 needed for such an extensive Asian trip
and learning experience.
The month-long trip will begin with a
visit to the Museum o f Minority Nationalities
to rece i ve an overv iew o f the cu Iture, history,
and artistic traditions o f the region and o f
specific ethnic groups. Throughout the trip
the group will meet with various Federations
o f Minority Nationalities and local govern
ment officials. Discussions will include such
topics as the role o f the government in creat
ing minority education policy, education is
sues specific to ethnically diverse regions,
and contributions ofethnic groups to Chinese
culture and history-.
A typical day would highlight the pro
fessional exchanges with professors, educa-
tion advisors and adm in istrators at the Yunnan
College ofm inority nationalities. Discussion
topics would include professional goals o f
the students, issues regarding ethnic assimi
lation into modern culture, and the contribu
tions o f minority people in the areas o f the
arts, sciences and businesses. Other days
would center on informal and personal ex
changes with representatives o f ethnic groups.
These will focus on ethnic environments;
preserving culture language, and arts: and
family and community structures.
All in all, th is e x p e rie n c e -b ro a d e n
ing excursion abroad should significantly
expand the p ro fe ssio n a l a b ilitie s o f our
local e d u c a to r from P o rtla n d 's Black
E d ucation C en ter, A gain, lets get b e
hind one o f our own and help m ake this
trip a w orth w h ile e d u c a tio n a l e x p e ri
ence for all o f us. T hat w hich edu cates
and ex p a n d s the h o riz o n s o f o u r young
p e o p le w ill do the very sam e for us all.
Minority I
Advocate Honored
Parks C oordinator
W ins Praise
Oregon Potters presents the north
w est’s largest exhibit o f Clay Art for show
and sale, May 12-13 at the Oregon Con
vention Center. M embers will also be dem
onstrating forming and decorating tech
niques.
Firefighter To Lead
Parade
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northeast Portland contract
or is being honored for his
w ork as an ad vocate for
minority business.
O.B. Hill, chairman o f the board for the
National Association o f Minority Contrac
tors o f Oregon and President o f Construction
Supportive Systems, Inc., was named the
Minority Small Business Advocate o f the
Year for Oregon by the Small Business A d
ministration.
The award pays tribute to persons who
contribute their time and effort toward fur
thering minority business development.
Hill said he views the recognition as a
testament to the work o f contractors in his
organization.
“Much o f the credit given me is only a
reflection o f the hard work and dedication o f
others who have placed their trust and vari
ous resources behind me." Hill said.
Hill represents the interests o f minority
contractors as a lobbyist with state and local
governments to ensure that minority contrac
tors have the opportunity to participate in a
wide range o f contracting jobs.
He serves as the publisher o f the Advo
cate, an organizational newsletter and has
written articles in the Portland Observer and
other media promoting m inority employ ment
and minority business subcontracting on pub
lic and private construction projects.
He was instrumental in ensuring minor
ity business participation and employ ment in
Portland's new northeast Precinct as well as
on Tri-M et’s W estside Light Rail project.
SBA officials said.
Hill serves as chairman o f the Black
Dollar Days task Force, a non-profit organi
zation formed to improve the economic con
ditions o f Portland's African American com
munity.
SBA District Director John Gilman said
H ill contributed an enormous amount o f time
and energy to ensure that government pro
grams have the intended positive impact on
minority businesses.
“ He has taken a leadership role in pro
moting the participation o f minority contrac
tors in our local marketplace." Gilman said.
Carter To Hold District Meeting
he “War on the Poor” will be
out o f p o v e rty are not the sam e W elfare
the topic of a legislative district
reform b ills c u rre n tly before the O regon
meeting by Rep. Margaret
le g isla tu re do not a d d re ss issues such as
Carter, D-Portland, on Thursday a at
ffo 7 rd a b le , quality child care; health care
p.m. atthe King Neighborhood Facility.
b e n e fits for p e o p le w ho m ake too much
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coordinator for the Portland
Parks and Recreation Bureau
has received the Chair's
Award for Public Service by
Portland Metropolitan Chamber of
Commerce.
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David Jordan was honored for his work
in building the Youth G olf Trust Fund and
working with at-risk youth.
The trust was established four years
ago from a surcharge on golfers using Port
land municipal courses.
The monies are funneled back into the
community and are available to community
groups with recreational programs in need
o f funding. Jordan is charged with evaluat
ing grant requests and doing the follow-up
once the grants have been awarded.
the "Jordan's job impacts thousands o f kids
all over Portland," said chamber chair Rich
ard G. Reiten. "It means kids who have
never been camping get that opportunity
because the trust fund provides the money
for supplies and transportation."
T he aw ard re c o g n iz e s and p u b lic ly
th an k s civil servants w hose in d iv id u al
ac h ie v e m en t, d e d ic a tio n to th e ir jo b
and co m m itm ent to the id eals o f pu b lic
service have greatly b en efitted the c o m
m unity.
Joining Carter will be Sen Bill McCoy.
D-Portland. Rep Dennis Luke. R-Bcnd, chair
ofthe House Committee on Human Resourc
es and Education, Ellen Lowe o f Ecumenical
M inistries o f Oregon and Chuck SheketofT o f
Multnomah County Legal Aid.
Carter and her guests will be discussing
various state budget issues that affect low-
income people, including the JOBS Plus bill,
the Oregon Health Plan, a variety o f pro
posed laws that would reform state public
assistance programs
“The cycle o f dependency' is a myth."
said Carter, "but getting out o f poverty is still
a hard reality .
“G e ttin g o f f w elfare and m oving up
to q u a lify for the Oregon Health Plan but
do not hold jobs that provide such benefits;
and collection o f all over-due child support
“One o f the most disturbing aspects o f
the entire welfare reform debate.” Carter
said, “ is the focus solely on women Why do
so many o f these bills seek to punish or
deprive the one parent who is assuming re
sponsibility for these children'1 Where is the
discussion on fathers, on support enforce
ment. on programs to get young, unemployed
men to work so that can support their fami
lies?
“ We need to refocus the debate onto
helping families become independent." C art
er declared.