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Minority Business For Year 2000:
Free School Clothing Offered
How About Sending Some Bills, Not Just Getting Them
On Saturday, from 10 a m . to 12p.m ., the Fellowship Church o f God,
5131 N .E. 23rd Ave. and Sumner St., w ill celebrate the grand opening o f
their “ C om m unity Clothes Closet” w ith a “ free” back-to-school” clothing
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some, that is go in g to be a
soul-w renching e ffo rt but they had
better get used to the idea The rea­
son fo r all the hullabaloo and fu ro r
over A ffirm a tiv e A c tio n and set-
aside-contracts is that many people
R ifk in , “ The End O f W o rk ” (G.P.
Putnam’ s Sons). I have a b rie f re view
in my “ Perspectives” colum n this
ter some obstacles and creative ob­
struction from banks and inventory­
financing organizations when it came
week. There is much solid advice on
preparing fo r the “ m elt-dow n” .
to entrepreneurship.
One progressive group in thecom-
munity that has been looking at this
Several readers recall that five -
years ago I began a series on “ self-
em ploym ent w hich anticipated ju s t
such an econom ic situation as we
have on hand: “ There’ s N o Place
L ik e Home, The Electronic Hom e” ,
and “ W hen Is A Home N ot A Home
anticipate a social and economic d i­
saster as corporate mergers and lay­
offs srtQwball and the ‘ p ublic sector’
suffers to the same degree.
So it is that the smartest or most
fu lly-a w a ke are reaching in th e ir
problem has had a startling revelation.
D rivin g all those lovey-dovey ads and
institutional advertising on the avail­
ability o f home loans is pressure from
the top, inside the ‘ belt-w ay’ in Wash­
ington, D C.; As many as six federal
agencies now have the tools to open up
the real estate process and prevent
“ red-lining” . But the people have to
monitor the process to keep it honest
(and the gatekeepers).
It is good to know that, fin a lly ,
(when i t ’ s a business)” . I emphasized
quite early on that the “ cottage indus­
‘ skills-b a g ’ in a hurry, searching fo r
some talent(s) they can brin g to the
marketplace w ith the idea o f b illin g
somebody fo r the service rendered
or merchandise shipped In the inter­
im, many figure that the less com pe­
titio n fo r the rem aining jo b s, the bet­
te r." Freeze on that ‘ Equal O p p o rtu ­
n ity s tu ff - some o f m y best friends
are black (w om en), but it looks like I
may be h u rtin g in a hell o f a w a y !"
A further incentive fo r a w e ll-
organized program fo r self-em ploy­
try ” , prevalent in the early stages o f
the Industrial R evo lu tio n ’ , was re­
turning -- that new electronic tech­
nology was placing p ro d u ctio n /in -
come units right in the home (o n -lin e
computers).
D u rin g the same period, I de­
tailed in depth how both personal
experience and the literature revealed
that most successful small business
is launched by those who have gained
the prerequisite skills and experi­
ment or entrepreneurship is s k illfu lly
presented by such realistic studies as
the b e st-se llin g book by Jeremy
ence “ On The Job” . A t the same tim e,
I put it that, all else being equal,
m inorities and women w ould encoun-
M t A n g e l, Oregon. E very year,
A n g e l’ s fam ous O kto b e rfe st
brings over 350,000 people to town
fo r the weekend o f th e ir lives. They
are drawn to M t. A ngel, a tin y rural
com m unity 40 m iles south o f P ort­
tw enty years ago at Portland State
U niversity, “ it is sim ply amazing what
to advise people in a business and
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Saturday, Sept. 9 - SE Portland
Tuesday Sept. S - NE Portland
Leach Botanical Gardens, 6704 SE 122 nd Ave
Workshops at 9:30 and 11 a m
Metro, Room 270, 600 NE Grand, 7-8 p m
Saturday, Sept. 16 - Gresham
M t Hood Community College, 26000 SE Stark St.
Workshops at 9 30 and 11 a m.
Tualatin City Hall, Council Chamber
18880 SW Martmazzi
7-8:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 23 - Oregon City
Tuesday, Sept. 19 - North Portland
Clackamas Community College, 19600 Mollala Ave
Workshops at 9:30 and 11 a m
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
5340 N Interstate
7-8:30 p.m
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Wednesday. Sept. 13 - Tualatin
Saturday, Sept. 30 - SW Portland
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The purpose o f the clothing closet is to provide an ongoing resource to
those in the com m unity in need o f emergency clo th in g or re-entering the
w o rkfo rce and in need o f appropriate attire.
can manufacturers.
sector’ and are as happy as i f they had
good sense. The lady is concerned
that the establishment has hired them
14 through 17. I t ’ s a celebration for
land, by its b e autiful countryside,
Bavarian c h a rg -- and one o f the
greatest fo lk festivals in N orthw est.
rage, western price catalog, Stan­
dard Industrial C lassification manu­
al, Gales' Encyclopedia O f Associa­
tions, various directories o f A m e ri­
even some ‘ trade jo u rn a ls ’ at the
library. As I pointed out in m y busi­
ness and urban econom ic classes
the master does not te ll the fie ld
hands on his plantation (black or
giveaway.
C lo th in g is lim ite d , so it w ill be given away on a first come, first serve
basis.
ence-based context, not in an ivo ry
to w e r' context from people who nev­
er heard o f a “ b ill o f lading, demur­
more members o f the com m unity are
starting to read the out-o f-to w n es­
tablishm ent press, the Congressional
Record, the W all Street Journal and
the whole fam ily. For more inform a­
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One reader says, “ I to o k your
classes in the early seventies, but in
the intervening years I ’ ve expended
all m y energies and resources raising
and education tw o youngsters. They
have ju s t taken jo b s in the public
Mt. Angel Oktoberfest
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w h ite )” . You must read o r perish.
O f course, many other relevant
issues have been addressed in the
interim and we plan to update them
fo r b rin g in g to yo u r attention in a
topical context: M erchandising from
thehom eand ‘dropshipm ents’ -g a in ­
Fulton Community Gardens
SW Barbur S Miles Street
Workshops at 9:30 and 11 a m
Composting workshops take
place outdoors a t the
M etro Home Composting
Demonstration Centers at the
locations listed Complete
directions w ilt be mailed to
registrants
Saturday, Sept. 30 - Beaverton
Beaverton Community Center
12350 SW 5th
9 30-11 a m
W 'D A y i
Call Metro
Recycling
Information,
234-3000.
The pesticides education
program is sponsored by M etro
and the City o f Portland Bureau
o f Environmental Services
in an e ffo rt to reduce
the volum e o f pesticides
entering the waste stream
and regional waterways
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