Volume XXVI, Number I
Committed,to cultural diversity.
January 3, 1996
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The downtown Red Lion and
Benson Hotel await one o f
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Kwanzaa Honors Seven Principles
wanzaa Is being celebrated by African
Americans this week in honor of the
traditions of the past.
The holiday originated when African American
ancestors gathered to celebrate the harvesting o f the
first crops. The word Kwanzaa is Swahili for “ first
fruits.”
The celebration starts the first day after Christmas
and is observed with seven principles over seven days.
The principles are:
U nity (U m o ja ) - To strive for and maintain unity
in the African American family, community, nation
and race.
Self-determ ination (K u jic h a g u lia ) - For A fri­
can Americans to define, name and speak for them­
selves, instead o f being defined or spoken for by
others.
C ollective W o rk and R esponsibility (U jim a ) -
For African Americans to build and maintain their
community together and to make African American
problems, community problems and to solve them
together.
C o-operative Economics (U jam aa) - To build
and maintain African American stores, shops and
other businesses and to profit together from them.
Purpose (N ia )- To make as a collective vocation,
the building and development o f the African Amer­
ican community in order to restore African Am eri­
can people to their traditional greatness.
C re a tiv ity (K u u n ib a ) - To always do as much as
you can to leave the African American community
more beautiful and beneficial than it was when
African Americans inherited it.
Faith (Im a n i) - To believe with all your heart in
parents, teachers and leaders o f African American
decent and the righteousness and victory o f the
African American struggle
Election Under
Microscope
The University o f Oregon has won a I
National Science Foundation grant to con­
duct a voter survey to learn when and how |
people vote in Oregon’s experimental mail-
in election to fill Bob Packwood’s empty I
Senate seat. There’s a great deal o f interest
in the election by those who think mail |
balloting changes candidate elections.
Moore Street Dinner
Feeds 300
The first holiday dinner was served at
the Salvation A rm y’s Moore Street Com­
munity Center in inner north Portland The
Christmas Day feast included baked chick­
en, stuffing and pies to feed 300 seniors,
adults and children.
Audit Finds
Potential Savings
Oregon could save $4 m illion with bet-1
ter management and control o f its vehicle I
fleet, according to an audit by Secretary o f
State Phil Keisling. The report finds many |
state vehicles are kept too long, resulting in
higher maintenance costs and lower resale
value. Other vehicles are underused and
not needed.
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Kwanzaa celebration at the Northeast Multicultural Senior Center.
Newt Seen
As Extreme; Scary
Joblessness Looms Large In N/NE
Bv P romise K ing
for Asian Ameri
w h ile about 32
can males at 6.8
percent are not
portunities for people who live
p ercent, A sian
Unem ployed
Newt Gingrich as too extreme, 49 percent
w o rkin g due to
in north and northeast Portland,
find him scary and 49 percent say he is [
32%
A m e ric a n
fe ­
parents out o f the
top Jennie Portis new year's wish males
list. at 12.8 per­
insensitive to the needs o f the poor.
labor force, un­
As executive director o f the North-N orth­
ce nt, H ispa nic
employed
work­
east Workforce Center, Portis is concerned
males at 6.8 per­
ers,
youth
and
per­
about the scale o f unemployment in the inner
cent and Hispan­
sons
with
disabil­
city.
ic females at 12
ities not working.
To understand the impact o f crime on
A recent study by the center, yet to be
percent.
The
re p o rt
our lives, Oregon officials have published j completed, shows unemployment rates are
Overall, unem­
r
...Employed
finds
that,
trans­
a crime clock that shows one crime is
6.4 percent for white males, 5.2 percent for
ployment in the
portation,
c
h ild ­
68%
committed against persons in the state ev­
white females, 14.5 percent for black males
inner-north and
care,
basic
skills
ery 9.6 minutes. A homicide occurs every I and 9.6 percent for black females. The jo b ­
E stim ated figures show the em ploym ent
northeast P o rt­
education, work
2.5 days, a rape every 6.5 hours, a simple
levels in inn er North and N ortheast Portland.
less rate for Native American males is 2 1
land area is more
experience, work­
assault every 17.2 minutes and a robbery
percent and 8 percent for Native America
than twice the rate in the balance o f the city.
place expectations and behaviors, racism and
every 2 .1 hours
females.
Figures show 68 percent o f 18,000 people
cultural prejudices are barriers to employ­
Other figures show unemployment rates
in the north and northeast area are employed
ment in this community.
A recent Tim e/CNN poll show that 63
percent o f Americans view House Speaker I
ore jobs and more training op­
LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
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Clock Shows
Crime Frequency
Kaiser Helps
Ministerial Alliance
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Kaiser has awarded the Albina M iniste­
rial Alliance $5,000 to promote afford­
able, quality child care in north and north­
east Portland. The alliance serves over
7,000 children and families in the area
each year with child care services, youth
employment, academic support and other
services.
City Workers Help Kids
Nearly 300 children had a brighter hol­
iday season, thanks to the generosity o f,
city employees and members o f the public
who participated in C ity H a ll’ s first gift- j
giving promotion. “ This campaign as been
an overwhelming success and a great ex­
ample o f the true spirit o f Portland,” said
Mayor Vera Katz.
PGE Thanked
For Hot Meals
Loaves and Fishes is expressing grati-1
tude to PGE for restoring electricity to
their central kitchen after in lost power
during the recent windstorm. Many o f the
seniors depending on the meals for their
daily hot, nutritious meals were also w ith- [
out heat and electricity
EDITORIAL
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To achieve a rate o f 75 percent male
participation in the labor force, the study
suggests, 500 men would have to begin work
or begin to seek work. It says the high number
o f black men not in the labor force accounts
for the entire 500 man disparity.
About 44 percent o f black women are not
in the labor force, that’s about 2,250 people
out o f a population o f 5 ,100. This represents
about 200 people above the city average, the
study shows.
Consequently, poverty among whites in
inner north and northeast communities is
20.7 percent and among blacks 32.4 percent.
I he poverty rate for the entire metropolitan
area is 13.5 percent.
Details o f this study w ill be release this
l i i month
v i i n i u v according
v u i u i l l g I V to
r u Portis.
n
$121,000 For United Negro College Fund
A
promotional partnership with
Forbes magazine has resulted
in a $ 1 2 1 ,0 0 0 donation to the
United Negro College Fund (UNCF).
The donation represents 20% o f the reve­
nue generated by the highly successful, 28-
page special advertising section, “ UNCF and
Business: Empowering the NextGeneration,”
which ran in the magazine’ s August 2 8 ,1995
issue.
The resounding success o f the alliance has
led to plans for a sim ilar partnership in 1996.
Timothy C. Forbes, Acting C hie f Execu­
tive O fficer o f Forbes Inc., presented the
donation check to W illiam H. Gray III, Pres­
ident and CEO o f The College Fund. “ We are
delighted to have the opportunity to present
this donation to The College Fund - the
spectacular result o f a winning promotional
partnership - and we look forward to repeat­
ing our success next year,” Forbes said.
“ UNCF and Business: Empowering the
Next Generation” detailed The College
Fund’s 51 year history and its success in
making higher education available to disad­
vantaged students. The section featured such
major advertisers as Chrysler Corporation,
M e rrill Lynch & Company, Pfizer Inc.,
Tim othy Forbes (Left), Acting CEO o f Forbes Inc, p re sen ts $ 1 2 1 ,0 0 0 don atio r
check to W illiam H. Gray III (Right), President and CEO o f The College Fund
Rockwell International, Sallie Mae, Chase
Manhattan Bank o fN u illi America, Hoechst
Celanese Corporation and others.
Next year’s special section w ill run in
Forbes’ September 9. 1996 issue. For infor­
mation, contact Arnold Prives at 212-620-
2229.
This is the first time we participated in
such a promotional partnership - and it suc­
ceeded beyond expectations,” said College
Fund CEO W illiam H. Gray III.
He added: “ The College Fund’s successes
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SPORTS
ENTERTAINMENT
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are due in large measure to the support and
commitment o f forward-thinking corpora­
tions. Thisyear’ sspecial section demonstrat­
ed the value o f corporate involvement, and it
allowed us to thank the corporations whose
support makes it possible for us to help
deserving students. The 1996 section w ill be
an opportunity to bring more information
about The College Fund’s achievements to
the top executives who are Forbes readers.”
The College Fund/UNCF is a consortium
o f 4 1 private, historically Black colleges and
universities. It is the oldest and most success­
ful m inority higher education assistance or­
ganization in the country. The College Fund
currently administers more than 350 educa­
tional programs that give students access to
higher education and career opportunity, and
strengthen its member colleges. It is ranked
first among education organizations by The
Chronicle o f Philanthropy and fifth among
education non-profits by Money.
Forbes is the nation’s leading business
magazine. According to the Publishers Infor­
mation Bureau, for the first 10 months o f
1995 Forbes was number one in advertising
pages among all business publications mea­
sured by PIB.
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