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P age A3
“STILL I RISE”
Prospective Debutante Taneisha
‘Still I Rise" (passage 3)
Does my haughtiness offend you?
don’t you take it awful hard
‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold
mines
Diggin’ in my own back yard.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your
(Dehutuntes continue)
Each of these young ladies work
close with advisors the first set of
advisors are Ms. Rica Brooks, Ms.
Dolores Jeffries and Ms. Karen
Ridgeway. They all have several
young ladies that they keep in touch
with and make sure they are aware of
all activities and any changes that
may occur.
This issue of The Portland Ob-
serverwill feature Debutantes, Nakia
Marie Jimmerson, Taneisha Eliza­
beth Jones, A drienne Sophia
McMillan, Yolanda Tenise Penn and
Kuniko Dawn Phillips
Taneisha
Elizabeth
Jones
Elizabeth Jones, a senior at Roosevelt
High School, isthedaughterofGwen
and Cornilus Jones
“As a prospective debutante I
bring respect, good morals, a sense
of humor, professionalism, a knowl­
edge of where I’m going and how to
get there. I have total respect for Les
Femmes, it provides positive role
models for me as well as the commu­
nity. This organizations has changed
me in so many ways. Young black
women need organizations like this
to keep us strong and in our right
minds and most of all positive.”
Adrienne
Sophia
McMillan
Nakia Marie
Jimmerson
Prospective Debutante Nakia
M arie Jim m erson, a senior at
Jefferson High School, is the daugh­
ter o f Mary Solan and Ronnie
Jimmerson.
“As a prospective debutante, I
?ring my new ideas to improve the
group and to make it more successful
and complete. I hope to teach my
younger family members about the
organization and hope to send them
o Les Femmes. I bring my charm
and happy face so if some one is
down I can cheer them with a joke.”
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Prospective Debutante Adrienne
Sophia McMillan, a senior at Wilson
high School, is the daughterof Janice
and Wardell Friday.
“ I bring to Les Femmes the
knowledge that when I have com­
pleted this program, I will have a
more zealous and picturesque view
of my lifes direction. My decision to
attain what many young black wom­
en think is unattainable; high school,
college, without being pregnant,
wrong crowds or dropping out. I
have beat the odds that have been set
for me and other young black wom­
en. I bring the determination to ab-
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Attention Poets
sorb all the informational skills and
behaviors that will aid me in the long
process. I bring my young mind which
hungers for knowledge and I bring to
my sisters understanding and sisterly
love. To my self, Les Femmes offers
another pathway to my “gold”, a, the
end of my achievement rainbow.”
Yolanda
Tenise Penn
Prospective Debutante Yolands
Tenise Penn, a senior at Benson High
School, is the daughter o f Lois Penn
and the late Mckenzie Simpson.
“ I’ll bring honesty, realism
and humor. I have my own style,
i’m not a follow er I’m a leader. I
know where I’m going, knowing
where your going is very im por­
tant. But most o f all know who
you are. Never le, any one define
you, ifyou let that happen, y o u ’ll
be forever lost I bring a Io, o f
advice, I like to try and help peo­
ple. I will respect people.”
The Children’s
Transportation
Project
The Children’s Transportation
Project is a volunteer program that
works to provide safe transportation
to children in need o f medical and
mental health services. Children are
referred to the program by Children’s
Services Division. Many o f the chil­
dren are victims of abuse and require
ongoing counseling to deal with are
the previous and, often-times, con­
tinuing difficulties in their lives.
Volunteers are needed to pro­
vide transportation Monday through
Friday from 8.00 a m. to 6:00 p m..
We ask that on-going volunteers give
one I 1/2 to 3 hour shift per week,
and fill in volunteers give time as
they are available.
For more information, or to vol­
unteer, call Jonica Lynn a, The De­
partment of Human Resources Vol­
unteer Program, 731-3208.
Kuniko Dawn
Phillips
Prospective Debutante Kuniko
Dawn Phillips, a senior at Benson
High School, is the daughter o f Betty
and Greg Phillips.
"I bring a respectable young lady.
I have a positive attitude towards my
future. I have a open mind and the
willingness to learn new things. I
years that I have been in Les Femmes.
I bring dedication, respect, support­
ive ideas and my well mannered be­
havior I also bring honesty, my great
up bringing, ability to work hard and
my sensitivity to others around me. I
bring the ability to help others and to
take time ou, to listen to them. I bring
courage, time and energy to help in
the community and a, school.”
The Les Femmes Senior Debu­
tante program director is Mrs. Rena
Allen & Co-director is Mrs. Dolores
Je,Tries. Mrs Allen can be reached at
222-9663 ext. 142.
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