I he P ortland O bserver O ctober 11,1995 P age Grand Opening of ivory Coast AUTHENTIC AFROCENTRIC ATTIRE N a th a n iel a n d M arie C arter Ivory Coast is located at 301 NE Killingsworth, Portland. Ivory Coast makes men, woman and children clothes. Alterations and fabric, all creations, plus weddings. Business Phone: (503) 240-7447 • Resident Phone: (503) 775-5258 Clinton Cochran In The Spotlight I J J [ 1 ; ; 1 * ness growth and development was a core set o f services. The O A M E Cascade Plaza at 4134 N. Vancouver Ave. established its core services as technical assis­ tance, access to capital, matching capability with opportunity (clear­ inghouse), administrative services and information and networking. • Technical Assistance: The Minority Entrepreneurship Program provides technical support for Ore­ gon minority businesses. The pro­ gram addresses a wide range o f prob­ lems related to both skill develop­ ment and attitudes reflected in mi­ nority business owners and manag­ ers. • A ccess To C ap ital: A lo n g with the establishm ent o f a tech­ n ical assistance program , O A M E can w ork in itia lly to make access to cap ital p o ssib le for m ino rity bu sin ess and later with m ajor lending institutions. • MatchingCapability WithOp- portunity (C lea rin g h o u se): The Clearinghouse is a program that has a database o f minority businesses in Oregon, their capability and their business opportunities in both the public and private sectors. • A d m in is tra tiv e S e rv ic e s. O A M E offers secretarial services, typesetting, mail/postage service, copying/folding and faxing. • Information and Networking Information. O A M E maintains a re­ source library o f magazines, publi­ cations, newspapers, public and pri­ vate documents, video and audio tapes and playback equipment for member use. Any organization or individual that supports the mission o f O A M E may become a member and receive services. O A M E seeks participation and contributions form individuals and organizations to assist in achiev­ ing its mission. For more information contact the O A M E at 4134 N. Vancouver Ave., phone (50 3) 249-7744 or fax (503)2349-2027. §IL@W D©WHI IPO® K ll>f JÄKE A nni CELEBRATION o f 3LIje ‘J .lurtlauh di)b»eruer Ladies ladies adies i> And and and nd n > President B ill Clinton, revving up his political engines, sees his re- election bid as even more crucial than his 1992 run for the presidency because his would-be successors of- fered “destructive” visions. “ Four years ago. I ran because I thought there was no action being taken to give us a new economic policy... Now I think the alternative vision out there is destructive o f the future we want,” he said. Clinton, who is not yet an avowed candidate for a second term in the White House, said in an interview with newspaper journalists he was confident about his chances at the polls next year because voters were starting to look at his record. He said one o f the reasons for the remarkable ups and downs o f his trouble-plagued presidency was “ if Gentlemen gentlemen ntlemen tl Tri-Met tri-met ¡-met me Is is is is i The the the he h Best best best est es Way way ay ay a To to to o Get get et et. e you do things, you’ve got to make people mad.” In what seemed to be a vei led jab at the conservative talk show hosts who have pounded him repeatedly, Clinton said if one’s critics had ac­ cess to radio and television programs and other channels o f communica­ tions, “they will go wacky and they w ill generate animosity.” The interview took place over a luncheon celebrating the 80th birth­ day o f Godfrey Sperling, a longtime political reporter for the Christian Science Monitor and focused on the 1996 election campaign. Clinton, who recently spent five days in a cross-country campaign fundraising trip, said the policies he put in place over the last two-and- one half years were showing results. “ It’s been a stormy time for the To to to o The the the he h Rose rose rose o o Garden garden arden arden a • Arena arena arena ena e country, but if you look at what has been accompl ished, I think the record has been good for America and will be good for our future,” he said. The 49-year-old president said the main difference between him and his Republican critics is over the extent o f people’s obligations to try to help one another. “ I think that if their view pre­ vails, it may be more like the '20s than the ’30s,” he said, referring to the 1920s, an era when rapacious free-market policies sowed the seeds o f an economic failure that led to the Great Depression. He recalled that congressional Republicans voted en masse against lis economic program, saying it would bring recession, and that “ in­ stead we had the best economic per­ formance we’ve had in two or three ecades.” He also noted that the U.S. crime Tate was declining. Minority Entrepreneurs Promote Economic Development Johnnie Cochran, the head ofO.J. Simpson’s "dream team” legal de­ Formed in 1987, the Oregon fense, isoneof America’s best-known Association o f Minority Entrepre­ lawyers who won celebrity status neurs, O AM E Center is a non-profit, through his celebrity clients. tax exempt organization with a mis­ He has handled a string o f high- sion to promote and develop entre­ profile cases, including an out-of-court preneurship and economic develop­ settlement for Michael Jackson in the ment for ethnic minorities in the state child-molestation case. o f Oregon. But he has devoted much of his The association is a partnership professional career to fighting on be­ between minority entrepreneurs, ed­ half o f mostly black victims o f police ucation, government, the communi­ and other offic ial abuse. For Cochran, ty and established businesses. 57, who began the defense’s closing The mission o f the group is also arguments in the O.J. Simpson case directed toward eliminating discrim­ Wednesday, race is a motivating force. ination and racism. The delivery Last week he told the Congres­ mechanism o f O A M E Center servic­ sional Black Caucus in Washington es is both; Incubator With and With­ thatthe American justice system treat­ out Walls. ed blacks unfairly and was biased in O AM E began with the estab­ favor o f the prosecution. lished position that a central core to "Race plays a part o f almost ev­ the healthy development o f a com­ erything in America,” Cochran said. munity is economic development, in “Justice is neither colorblind nor is it other words the creation o f wealth equal in this country.” andjobs. O A M E determined that if it Yet, surprisingly, another o f could create and develop business Cochran’s high profile cases is that of ownership, jobs would be the result. Reginald Denny, the white trucker Paramount to successful busi- nearly beaten to death by black rioters in Los Angeles during the 1992 un­ rest. Cochran' s $40 m i 11 ion su it agai nst the police for failing to protect Denny is pending. “ If the police were negligent in the way they reacted, it shouldn't mat­ ter whether the victim is white, black, red or yellow,” he has said. Prosecutors, defense lawyers and clients who have worked with Cochran all mention the same things his home­ work is flawless, every word is calcu­ lated, he is tenacious and charismatic, and juries love him. Destructive Visions In Opponents In celebration o f the Rose Garden arena \ Grand O pening, Tri-M et M AX trains will be running to and from the arena every 10 m inutes on O ct. 14th, 9 a m - m idnight, and Oct. 15th, 9 am - 9 p m . It’s easy to use the Park & Rides along the MAX lines. T ri-M et will operate the Rose Quarter . to thc arena than any car ever could The m ap gives you the low-down. R i d e M A X or the bus to the event 5> <— T '* * ’ and you'll g e t a Free Ride Home ticket at the Tri-M et booth as part o f the JL X i ! *** ■■■■■■■■■I « , ............... * from designated Lloyd District parking lots around the Rose Garden T h e r e are 12 different Tri-M et bus lines that get you closer | I W I FacKIo I ^5 I I Rose Quarter Transit Conte* Shuttle FREE both days as well. It runs to and Transoo * ft max . A 7 Grand O pening celebration, D r o p by the booth for your ticket j |_______ an