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POIC's 3rd
Annual High
School
Graduation
Spaces In Free PAL Summer
Programs Still Available
The Portland Opportunities In
dustrialization Center, Inc. (Portland
O.I.C.) Alternative Learning Center
w ill hold its 3rd Annual High School
Graduation June 17, 1995 at 2:00
p.m. at Portland Community College
Cascade Campus Auditorium , 705
North Killingsworth Street, Portland,
OR arecordnumberofstudents(27)
w ill receive high school diplomas.
Six students w ill graduate with hon
ors. These students have several ca
reer choices which include higher
education or vocational-technical or
other skills training. Mrs. Rosemary
Anderson, Executive D irector o f
Portland O.I.C. w ill be the featured
speaker.
Portland O.I.C. Alternative Ed
ucation Program, under the direction
o f Rosemary E. Anderson, Execu
tive Director, and Dr. Samuel E.
Kelly, Director o f Education, serves
middle school and high school at-
risk and dropout students referred
from the Portland Public Schools,
Youth Service Centers, Juvenile
Court, other juvenile di version agen
cies, and the community.
Portland O.I.C. is accredited by
the Northwest Association ofSchools
and Colleges (NASC), registered by
the State o f Oregon as a private
school, and approved by the Oregon
Department o f Education to serve
handicapped children. The school
received a NASC Accredited With
Merit Award for 1994-1995.
W hile civic leaders in Washing
ton D.C. haggle over budget and
finance issues, staff and volunteers
ofthe Police Activities League (P A L)
are busy answering phones and visit
ing schools to spread the message
that no and low cost summer pro
grams are available for low-income
kids through PAL, the Portland Parks
Bureau and other community-based
groups.
As a tool in providing a safe and
livable community, as well as pre
venting youth from heading toward
gang involvement and other negative
behavior, local police officers, col
lege interns, volunteers and PAL staff
jo in together to ensure youth have an
active, positive summer.
“ When the doors close behind
kids on the last day o f school, we
want to be there to open windows o f
opportunities through sports, culture
and education,” said Maura K. White,
PAL Executive Director. “ For many
kids we serve, these programs are the
only place they w ill eat or interact
with positive role models on a daily
basis this summer.”
Some programs include:
6th Annual PAL Summer Sports
Camp, June 19-22, 1995 9:00 a.m -
2:30 p.m. at Madison High School,
for youth 10-13, with a range o f
sports including martial arts, basket
ball and fishing, Gang Resistance
Education and Training (Great), and
two meals. N o cost.
The New PAL Guard Computer
Camp, three week sessions starting
June 19th at Portland Police Bureau
N ortheast P recinct (449 N. E.
Emerson) for youth 8-12, features
rocket building. Drug Abuse Resis
tance Education (DARE), and hands-
on computer fun. No cost.
2nd Annual Summer o f Safety,
June 26-August 26, 1995, Monday-
Saturday, 11:00 a m. - 7.00 p.m., at
PAL Bud Monnes Youth Center, 424
N. E. 172nd, for youth 8-16, features
recreation, com puters, reading,
weightlifting, arts & crafts, commu
nity service, USDA lunch, S M AR T
van visits, Cultural Theatre Week,
Get A Clue group (Eastwind), fish
ing, and youth dances. Cost is $ 10
per child for one year membership.
3rd Annual PAL Tennis in the
Parks, June I9-August 3, 1995, 1-
3:00 p.m., for youth 8 -16, at Alberta,
Sellwood and Rose City Parks (M /
W ); Mt. Scott and Femhill Parks
(Tu/Th); Pennisula and Columbia
Parks (M -Th), is a fun introduction
to tennis fu ndam entals and
sportmanship to help youth improve
tennis skills and strokes. Cost is $ 10,
or $5 on free or reduced lunch.
National Youth Sports program,
July 10-August 11, 1995, Monday-
Friday, 7:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., at
Oregon Convention and V isitor ser
vices Network and Oregon’s new
Black Chamber o f Commerce. W il
liams topic entitled “ Success Is The
Norm..Not The Exception", drew
tears and laughter from stand ing room
o n ly
crow ds
fo r
three
workshops more than any other pre
senter ever in the history o f the con
ference.
Keynote speakers. Les Brown
(significant other o f singer Gladys
Knight) was also quick to acknowl
edge the fiery, yet sensitive, delivery
o f W illiam s' presentation.
Roy Jay, who handles most o f
W illiam s’ personal appearances, said
can meet the challenge o f stay ing
competitive in the global market
place and how to make the economy
work better for working families.
“ It is a tremendous honor for
Portland to be selected for this five-
state economic conference,” said
Katz. “ This is an opportunity for us
to increase our national and interna
tional profile as a great city in a
region that has many great cities.”
The E conom ic C onference
comes on the heels o f two other na
tional conferences held in Portland
over the past two years. President
Clinton sTimberConferenceandthe
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Did \ ou Know...that the rate at which teenagers and young people are
k illin g themselves has skyrocketed since 1980. The largest increases in
| suicide have taken place among white girls between 10 and 14 and among
young black males in their early twenties. The report from the Centers for
Disease Control did not specify any reasons for these trends.
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thinking associated with the development o f modem society actually began
in A frica and not Europe as is widely believed. The researchers conclude
[ that complex thinking began in A frica about 75,000 years ago and not
40,000 years ago in Europe and Asia.
D id Y ou Know...that i f you are black and you want to avoid poverty
the key things to do include getting a good education, getting married and
both husband and wife having jobs. New government studie; show that
college educated, married blacks who both work are earning nearly as
much as their white counterparts.
D id You Know...that motivational experts strongly suggest that you
not speak negatives over your life. In other words, i f you are tired, you
should not constantly say it. I f you do not feel good about yourself, do not
say it They argue that merely repeating negatives constantly can only have
the effect o f making the situation worse. They suggest that i f you are tired
constantly, you should instead ask yourself “ What constructive action can
I take to rid m yself o f this feeling?”
Did You Know...that according to the latest government reports, the
rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer in America. Labor
Secretary Robert Reich reported last week that “ virtually all” o f the
increase in average fam ily income since 1978 has gone to the top 20% o f
the population while the bottom 20% has actually lost 15% o f its average
family income.
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to a two year term on the national advisory board o f Black Traveler.
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that one o f the sessions was so crowd
ed that hotel management had to
bring in chairs from the lobbv to
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capacity , leaving the main doors
open for others to hear, even though
they couldn’t see the Portlander
“ Harold is truly gifted and tal
ented. and continually prov e my claim
that we (Portland) have manv A fri
can American men and women that
can talk the talk and walk the walk'
on both sides o f the fence", said Jay
As a result o f Jay’ s efforts.
Blacks In Government have tenta
tively selected Portland. Oregon as
the site for their 1996 conference
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Mayor Katz, White House Announce
Details Of Presidential Conference
Mayor Vera Katz and White
House officials today announced that
the city ofPortland w ill be the site o f
President C linton’s economic con
ference later this month.
On I uesday, June 27, President
Clinton, Vice President A l Gore, and
various cabinet members w ill meet
with some 200 business and commu
nity leaders for the pacific Rim Re
gional Economic Conference Dele
gates w ill come from Oregon, Wash
ington, California, Hawaii, and Alas
ka to discuss how we and the nation
Roy Jay, President and C hief Executive O fficer o f Oregon Conven
tion and Visitor Services Network w ill be o ffic ia lly recognized for
position as the new president o f African-American Convention and
Tourism ( A C T.), a national organization, at the Black Convention Forum
’95 to be held October 26-29, in Washington, D C. at the Omni Shoreham
Hotel
Jay, who was recognized in Black Convention Magazine (November
1994) as one o f Am erican’s most influential African Americans in the
travel and tourism industry, was previously elected national vice president
ofthe African American Travel and Tourism Association. The 48 year old
native ofPortland is the first African American from the West Coast to ever
hold top position in the Black Convention and Travel Industry.
A t 1. is recognized as one o f the fastest growing national minority
convention and tourism association in the country, garnering support and
participation from over 1.000 professionals, hotels, convention and visi
tors bureaus, government agencies and others in the convention and
tourism industry .
In addition to his new national title. Jay has also recently appointed
Portland State University, for low-
income youth 10 - 16, is a comprehen
sive program funded by the N C AA
and Department o f Health and Hu
man Services providing sports in
struction, educational enrichment,
Drug Education For Youth (DEFY),
Great, meals, free medical exams,
and more to expose youth to higher
education in a structured environ
ment. No cost.
Important Note about NYSP:
local doctors and nurse practitioners
have donated their time to provide
free medical exams for kids who
want to attend the National Youth
Sports Program. The next free med
ical exam night is June 7th, at PCC.
Contact NYSP Community Liaison
Heather Latimer, 823-0018 for ap
plication materials or more informa
tion. Some quick national facts for
the 1994 NYSP program Year in
clude: Participants = 65,854, institu
tions = 169,# o f states and DC = 47,
cities = 150, medical exams adminis
tered = 68,535 # o f participants re
ceiving some medical referral = 12,
652, jobs created = 4,834, and # o f
volunteers = 933+.
Note all volunteers must com
plete a crim inal history check prior
to participation in PAL programs
Application are available at the PAL
Office. For more information , con
tact the PAL Office, 823-0250
Portland Leaves “ B.l.Q.” Impression At Convention
The 13th Annual Blacks InGov-
emment Regional Conference, held
at the Tacoma Sheration Hotel, was
an event to remember.
Portland businessman, Harold
Williams, was the talk o fth e town,
giving autographs, handshakes and
hugs to a majority o f the 800 plus
African American delegates that at
tended W illia m s’ workshops and
opening session, w hich drew a
lengthy standing ovation.
I he 52 year old business owner
of CH2A & Associates also serves
on the Board ofPortland Commun ity
College and is the appointed chair o f
’the Advisory Board o f Roy Jay’s
Portlander Assumes Presidency Of Nation
Convention Group In October
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