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Women’s Work Book On Disk
P o rtla n d C o m m u n ity C o lle g e ’ s
a w a rd w in n in g b o o k , p h o to e x ­
h ib it and c o m m u n ity re la tio n s
c a m p a ig n , W o m e n a n d T h e ir
W o rk , s p o tlig h tin g 18 P C C w o m ­
en graduates on the jo b in n o n -
tr a d itio n a l ca re e rs, is n o w a c o m ­
p u te r p ro g ra m
T e e nagers w h o saw th e p h o to
e x h ib it that is to u r in g O re g o n
c o m m u n itie s , o r stu d ie d the b o o k
in h ig h sch o o l c a re e rcla s s e s , said
th e y id e n tifie d w ith the w om en
ro le m o d e ls.
T h e re is Y o la n d a D ia ls , an A f ­
r ic a n - A m e r ic a n c o n s t r u c t io n
w o rk e r w ho b u ild s h ig h o v e rp a s s ­
es and had the c o u ra g e to o v e r­
com e a lc o h o lis m and le a rn how
to p ro v id e fo r h e r c h ild re n .
O r A l i c i a G e m in i a n i, an
a u to b o d y re p a ir te c h n ic ia n , w ho
e n ro lle d in c o lle g e , even th o u g h
she was a fra id to and needed her
b r o th e r’ s h e lp to get s ta rte d . H e r
fe a r d id n ’ t sto p here fro m p u rs u ­
in g here dream .
In its m ost re c e n t in c a rn a tio n ,
the in fo rm a tio n is e le c tr o n ic a lly
fo rm a tte d on d is k and is c a lle d
T h e G a lle ry o f Success.
It fe a ­
tu re s ro le m o d e ls fo r g ir ls and
w o m e n and lik e the b o o k , fo c u s ­
es less on the fa c ts a b o u t a ca re e r
and m ore on the w o m e n w h o have
fo u n d s a tis fa c tio n and s e lf - s u f f i­
c ie n c y in th e ir careers.
T h e G a lle ry o f S uccess uses
p e rs o n a l sto rie s to c o n v e y ca re e r
in fo rm a tio n . “ B e h in d e v e ry su c ­
c e s s fu l p e rso n is a s to ry , u s u a lly
a s to ry w ith som e e le m e n t o f d ra ­
ma and s tru g g le ,” said p ro je c t
m anager R ebecca H agen “ T he
G a lle ry show s h o w p e o p le go
a b o u t p u rs u in g a ca re e r th a t fits
fo r them , h ow th e y su rm o u n t tr o u ­
bles and h o w th e ir w o rk life re ­
lates to o th e rs .”
W o rk p ro je c t—e a rlie r facets in ­
c lu d e d a b o o k p u b lis h e d in Ja n u ­
Future plans include putting it on
the W orld W ide Web.
a ry 1994 and a tr a v e lin g p h o to g ­
ra p h y e x h ib it made a v a ila b le at
the same tim e . P o rtla n d C o m m u ­
n ity C o lle g e sp o n so re d a ll phas­
es o f the p ro je c t.
T h e G a lle ry o f Success uses
w o rk -p la c e p h o to g ra p h s , c o lo r ­
fu l screens, g ra p h ic s and te x t to
The W o rld W ide Web contains a
wealth o f in fo rm a tio n,” said Hagen,
“ but is surprisingly devoid o f occu­
gram m im ic s an a r, e x h ib it. The
v ie w e r b ro w se s th ro u g h a c o m ­
p u te riz e d p o r tr a it g a lle ry . The
v ie w e r can e x p lo re th in g s lik e a
q u o ta tio n fro m the w o m a n , an
a r tic le te llin g h e r s to ry , s a la rie s
in th a t fie ld , a ca re e r d e s c rip ­
tio n s and h in ts on h o w to fin d
m ore in fo m a tio n .
T o ru n the p ro g ra m , one needs
a f a ir ly u p -to -d a te IB M c o m p a t­
ib le c o m p u te r ru n n in g W in d o w s ,
Flanked by the legislators who
pushed it through Congress, D epu­
ty Transportation Secretary M o rt
Downey last week presented T ri-
Met and the Portland region its
largest ever one-year grant fo r I ight
en aw ay to oth e rs w ho w a n t to
use the p ro d u c t.”
to send the p ro g ra m to as m any
agencies and s c h o o ls as p o s s i­
b le , but the s u p p ly is lim ite d .
d e m o n s tra te v a rio u s ca re e r o p ­
tio n s . T he s tru c tu re o f the p ro ­
Light Rail Construction
Check Received
s ix free m egabytes on the hard
d riv e and an S V G A m o n ito r.
“ Some c o p y rig h t re s tric tio n s
a p p ly ,” said H agen, “ but we have
m ade th is as acce ssib le as p o s s i­
b le .
T h e p ro g ra m is fre e to
s c h o o ls and agencies, b u t m ost
im p o rta n tly , it can be lo a d e d on
o th e r c o m p u te rs , c o p ie d and g iv ­
L o c a l re fe re n c e s have been re ­
m o ve d to m ake the p ro g ra m m ore
a cce ssib le to a n a tio n a l audience.
The c o m p u te r p ro g ra m is the th ird
phase o f the W o m e n and T h e ir
rail construction.
The $158.5 m illio n check in ­
cludes $30 m illio n for the H illsb o ro
H agen sa id the c o lle g e hopes
portion o f Westside M A X , the first
time federal monies have been di-
AMA
Celebrates
Families
pational role models, p a rticu la rly
those who are female.
“ W o u ld n ’ t it be great ifb y the year
2000, a g irl could get on the W eb and
fin d hundreds o f w o rkin g w omen to
The A lb in a M in iste ria l A ll i ­
ance w ill hold it ’ s second annual
“ A M A Fam ily Supper” February
29 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at St.
take inspiration from? Since women
are said to perform tw o-thirds o f the
w o rld ’s w ork, this is really not too
much to ask. In the meantime, we
have 18 com pelling stories to share.”
A n d re w ’ s C om m unity Center lo ­
cated at 806 N.E. Alberta. This
annual event celebrates fam ilies
building com m unity.
T o request a copy o f the program ,
please w rite to the G allery o f Suc­
cess, c/o D ivisio n o f Industrial Tech­
nology, Portland C om m unity C o l­
lege, P.O. Box 19000, Portland, O r­
egon 97280-0990.
Please contact Susan H ereford at
503-977-4421 or Rebecca Hagen at
503-977-4130 for more inform ation.
There w ill be music, african
drum m ing, and sto ryte llin g by
Nywesi Askari. Come celebrate
w ith food, fa m ily and fun! It’ s all
rected at this project. TH e ap p ro p ri­
ation is the largest ra il transit con­
struction grant in the nation fo r the
current federal fiscal year.
D eputy Secretary Downey passed
the check to a host o f happy o fficia ls,
including Sen. M ark H atfield. Rep.
Elizabeth Furse, H ills b o ro M ayor
Gordon Faber. M etro Executive M ike
Burton, Portland Com m issioner Earl
Blemenauer, and T ri-M e t General
Manager Tom Walsh.
These o ffic ia ls and other local
leaders jo in e d in a celebration at the
site o f the future C iv ic Stadium
M A X station on Southwest 18th
Avenue across from the stadium
C onstruction workers poured con­
crete and attended to ra il installa­
tion w hile o ffic ia ls looked at plans
fo r a m id-rise apartment b u ild in g
on a portion o f the station site.
James Names District Officer
Roy James has been named dis­
trict businessofficerofbank o f A m er­
ica’ s Eastern D istrict, w ith 24 retail
bank branches including branches in
Gresham, Pendleton, Oregon C ity,
Bend and La Grande.
In his new position James is re­
sponsible fo r w o rkin g w ith com m er­
cial business clients to accommodate
their lending needs and assisting
branches by p ro vid in g comm ercial
business lending support.
James has 15 years banking experi­
ence. Previously, he served as a man­
ager o f the banks’ s Eastport Plaza
branch. He joined B o f A in 1992,
coming from U.S. Bank, where he
served five years as a branch manager.
James graduated in 1978 from
N ortheastern State U n iv e rs ity in
O klahom a w ith a bachelor’ s degree
in m arketing.
He serves on the boards o f the
Urban Bankers A ssociation o f Port­
land and Rose C om m unity D evelop­
ment.
Bank o f A m erica Oregon is the
stat’ s th ird largest bank, w ith 87
branches and assets o f $3.65 b illio n .
It is a subsidiary o f Bank Am erica
C orporation, one o f the nations’ s larg­
est banking companies.
you can eat $3 fo r adults and $ I
for children. Sponsored by your
Advertise In
com m unity Safeway. C all 503-
285-0493 fo r more inform ation.
®lje IJovtlaub ODbseruei*
Call 503-288-0033
IN MEMORIAM OF
A GREAT INVENTOR
P rofessor M c K inley B urt
I shall use this fin a l day o f ‘ Black
H istory M o n th ’ to put the spotlight
by
o f genius on my favorite A fric a n
American inventor. It is not ju s t that
Frederick M c K in le y Jones is an in ­
novator who provides a m ultitude o f
opportunities to provide the reader
with an inspiring account o f what can
be accomplished w ith strong m o tiva ­
tion and an energetic im agination -
but , on the other side o f the coin,
presents a worst-case-scenario fo r
“ Black H istory, Lost, strayed, sto­
len.”
H ow can I even
begin to detail fo r
y o u th e trillio n s o f
dollars in wealth
that the patented
inventions o f this
gram m ar school
dropout have cre­
ated for those who
have, in most cas­
es, denied his very
e x is te n c e . F o r
openers, let us
gas engine).
O f course I needed a few kudos
like that to sustain m yself; the times
were the early I9 7 0 ’ s and I was p io ­
neering a new concept to the A m e r­
ica and the w o rld -th a t the black men
and women o f Am erica had devel­
oped many o f the technological in ­
novations that made the Industrial
grants, no company sponsors and
few believers at first. When my small
savings were exhausted my A m e ri­
can Express Card soon escalated to
and child on earth — and on every
continent in some form or another.
I w o u ld s u b m it to yo u , the R e­
f r ig e r a t e d B o x C a r , P a te n t
N o 2 ,6 9 6 ,0 8 6 , D ec. 7, 1954, and
W
Henri Clarke, the
dean o f A frica n
Am erican histo­
ria n s
p ro ­
nounced
my
book the best o f
accomplished, it was because I stood
on the shoulders o f giants.”
around the country. W hether it was
enthralled students in a large lecture
room on a college campus or the
smaller audience o f television stu­
dios, the sw e llin g pride and the
acknowledgement o f the documen­
tation was almost palpable. The body
language, the murmurs o f assent, the
eye co n ta cts-a ll told o f an insightful
and emotional experience that w ould
include the speaker. A n A fric a n gen­
esis.
The best o f these experiences was
at Howard U niversity in W ashington
D C. ; the engineering professor said,
“ this is a restive and re vo lu tio n -
m inded’ student body, yet, you are
the only speaker over the age o f fo rty
to ever get a standing ovation from
these young people.” Be that as it
may, I like to feel that it was our
cultural hero, Frederick M c K in le y
Jones for whom the applause resound­
------they'll be happy to lend you more.------
more o f our youth into science and
engineering than any single in d iv id ­
ual in the country. Industry heard that
one as you probably can te ll by de­
tails o f m y more recent workshops
A p ril 28, 1942 to Feb. 23, 1960. For
^com plete cataloging see the alpha­
betical index in my book, “ Black
way o f life and the developm ent o f
IF YOU HAVE PLENTY OF
MONEY ALREADY,
its ty p e . A n d
more recently, when a col league stat­
ed that over the years I ’ ve gotten
and educational developments. In any
our infrastructure, that I gained the
most pleasure in my presentations
Rule *2 of Banking
for national book
prom otions.
It helped im-
m e a s u r a b ly
when Dr. John
case, I opt fo r the position declared
by Isaac Newton, “ W hatever I have
• I think it was in the description o f
they mon’tgive you any.
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small publisher
had no monies
£ 5 0 9 ,0 9 9 ...2 ,8 5 0 ,0 0 1 ; 2,926,005
and many, many others dating from
this inventor’ s impact on our modern
I , " tr il »irrt/.
you know what
happened then.
B e s id e s ,
the
the Refrigerator T ruck, Patents in­
c lu d e N o ’ s 1 3 2 ,1 8 2 ; 1 5 9 ,2 0 9 ;
Inventors o f A m erica.”
IF YOU REALLY NEED MONEY,
five grand, and
I think it was in the
description of this
inventor’s impact on
our modern way of life
and the development
of our infrastructure,
that I gained the most
pleasure in my
presentations around
the country.
exam ine tw o o f
his contributions,
technology that is
re co g n ize d and
appreciated by every man, woman
R ule#l oj Banking
R evolution possible. There were no
A n d w a s n ’ t M r . F r e d e r ic k
M c K in le y a gia n t? Had there been
Rule #3 of Banking
&
FIND A N E W BANK
ream s o f pages I c o u ld have not
o n ly gone on and on a b o u t his
r e frig e ra tio n d e v ic e s th a t tra n s ­
fo rm e d the w o r ld ’ s e a tin g h a b its,
b rin g in g fresh m eats, fr u its and
ve g e ta b le s to o u r ta b le s w h e re v ­
WHY DO BANKS SEND CHOIRS
er we m ig h t be and m a k in g them
in s ta n tly a v a ila b le —but his en­
r ic h in g tens o f th o u sa n d s by a d d ­
OF [INGLE SINGERS OVER THE
because we're not singing it to you).
Unlike most larger banks, we don’t
A nd we don’t have conference rooms
filled with executives in exotic locales.
in g h u n d re d s o f m illio n in va lu e
AIRWAVES TO OFFER US LOANS,
have countless shareholders pressuring
Our C E O is Leon C. Smith, a man
to the lands o f C a lifo rn ia , F lo r i­
da and T exas g ro w e rs and ra n c h ­
THEN TURN US DOWN FLAT?
us simply for profits.
who, you may be surprised, will be happy
ers, n o t to m e n tio n the p a ra lle l
d e v e lo p m e n t o f banks, hom es,
fre e w a y s , m a lls , ra ilro a d s , lo n g
Why do they hire benevolent
h aul tru c k e rs , w arehouses, te r ­
m in a ls , yo u name it. B e tte r make
th a t “ h u n d re d s o f b illio n s . ”
Our main shareholder is a community
Hollywood actors to remind us how much
trust dedicated to rebuilding North and
they care, then treat us like numbers?
Northeast Portland.
Perhaps banks have gotten so big,
We don't have gleaming glass-and-
B u t guess w h a t? W hen I w ro te
the “ A m e ric a n R e frig e ra tio n S o­
c ie ty ” fo r in fo rm a tio n on th is
they’ve forgotten what it's like to be small.
marble skyscrapers. Our office is small and
g re a t m an, a m e m b e r o f th e ir o r ­
g a n iz a tio n w hose se m in a l in v e n ­
tio n s had changed the n a ture o f
the m o d e rn w o rld , it to o k m onths
o f p ro d d in g to get a re p ly . B ack
fro m N e w Y o rk cam e a s in g le
tle business. Or buying a little house.
bu sin ess-size e n v e lo p w h ic h c o n ­
ed A fte r all, he was the genius who
ta in e d one piece o f paper; a p h o ­
wrote the play and, then, came on
stage h im se lf to see that the script
was properly follow ed (add, auto­
matic ticket dispenser, the tw o-cycle
to s ta t o f his m e m b e rs h ip ca rd ,
g iv in g the date o f his death and a
c ris p n o ta tio n , “ O w es $ 2 5 .0 0
m e m b e rs h ip d u e s .”
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modest, ju st like most o f our customers.
Our mission is to help low- and
middle-income families get the funds they
need to rebuild out community,
A nd to aid in funding that mission,
we offer a wide variety of checking and
savings accounts. A ll F D IC insured.
These are the very reasons Albina
To learn more, call us at 2^7-7337■
Community Bank is in business. A nd
Or stop by our office on N E Alberta.
we are pretty sure we are unlike any
other bank you’ve ever heard of (in part
to meet with you in person.
Because not only are we a new bank.
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