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Volume X X V II. Number 2
Committed to cultural diversity.
January X, 1997
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Hospice volunteers sought
Hospice of Sacred Heart is seeking
v o lu n te e rs to b e co m e p art o f a
multidisciplinary team supporting term i
nally ill patients and their caregivers in
home setting. Other areas of need include
bereavement volunteers to support family
members after the death of a patient and
office help. An informational meeting will
be held on Thursday, January 23. from I
to 3 p.m. at the Home Health Services
office at 1121 Fairfield Ave in Eugene
This will be followed by six training ses
sions on consecutive Thursdays from I to
4 p.m. beginning February 13. A lax
deductible fee of $25 is charged to helf
cover training expenses. To register for
the meeting or for more information, call
Helen Barden at Sacred H eart’s Hospice
office at 4 6 1 -7555.
Program Specials for the
w eek of 1 / 2 6 - 2 / 1 / 9 7
Superbowl Sunday, 1 / 2 6 / 9 7
• 9am-1 Oam- Road to the Superbowl—
OTO
• 1 Oam-1 1:30am -Outback Steakhouse
All-Time All-Madden Team Special—
(FOX) OTO
• 11:30am-3pm—Superbowl Pre-Game-
-(FOX) OTO
• 3p m -6 :3 0 p m - S u p erb o w l XXXI -
(FOX) OTO
• 6:30pm-7pm—Superbowl Post G a m e -
(FOX) OTO
• 7pm -8pm —X-Files—(FOX) OTO
• 8pm -lO pm -K PD X Movie Special In
vasion U SA M -O T O
Saturday 2 / 1 / 9 7
• I I am-12pm--Beach Patrol--OTO
• 12pm -3pm --N H L on F O X —(FO X )
OTO
Women's International
League for Peace and
Freedom
Meeting: Monday, January 13, 1997,
7:00 p.m.; N orthw est Service Center
Boardroom, 1819 NW Everett. 224-5190
Mickey Goes to Haiti: Video on the
manufacture of Disney Products by ex
ploited laborers. Action: assist National
Labor Committee to improve conditions
in Haitian factories Public Welcome.
M artin Luther King, Jr.
W eek activities
(All activities will be held in the Stu
dent Center, Gaiser Hall, except as noted.)
Wednesday, January 15: 2:00-3:30
p.in -GAP Theatre "The Hurt of One"
7:00-8:30 p.m .—G AP Theatre “The
Hurt of One"
Thursday, January 16: N oon—"Re
sume & Interview Tips & Techniques"
Central Conf.—Maxine Mitchell, Stu
dent Em ploym ent Program M anager,
Clark College Rm., Gaiser Hall
Friday, January 17: 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Celebration of Harmony & Diversity,
6:30 p m.
S tate Festival and Events
Association Conference
What: Oregon Festival and Events As
sociation 3rd Annual State Conference
and Trade show: "Thinking Outside the
Box: Creative Approaches to Event Suc
cess"
When: January 23-25, 1997
Where: Red Lion Columbia River,
Portland. Oregon
Registration information: David Cohen,
Salem Art Association, (503) 581-2228.
Carol Brewster.Eugene Celebration,(5 4 1)
687-5215
Trade Show information: Norb M ur
ray. Noah Enterprises, (503) 691-2534
Farragut Park may be the site for the debris dropoff taking place this weekend. For more information call Metro Recycling.
IFCC Gallery presents two January exhibitions
he Interstate Firehouse Cultural
Center presents two exhibitions
in honor of Martin Luther King,
Jr. and the civil movement.
Both exhibitions open Thursday, January
9, with a free, public reception from 5:30 to
7:30 pm, and will remain on view through
January 31.
Michael Decker: Drawings of
the Black Revolution
Michael D ecker's graphite ami pastel por
traits of leaders of the civ il rights movement
will be featured in the Main Gallery.
D ecker's subjects include Martin Luther
King. Jr., John F. Kennedy, and Robert Parris
Moses, along with unknown victims of op
pression, such as unnamed slaves, and James
Branch Wise, a man who falsely imprisoned
for murder for 23 years because of his race.
Decker will alsocreate installations evok
ing the sixties era of insurrection, featuring
images of the L A. riots. Black Panthers,
James Meredith, and the funeral of Martin
Luther King, Jr.
A student at the Oregon College of Art and
Craft, Decker says, “ I want to create an
awareness of—and a reaction against—op
pression and segregation as it still exists
today. I believe in the Quaker ethic of bering
witness: that is, accepting responsibility for
knowledge of injustice”.
Bette Lee: Selected photographs
The Entry Gallery will feature photographs
by Bette Lee. Her unflinching black and
white images depict—with honesty and com
passion—the homeless, workers, and people
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Calendar information will he given
priority if dated two weeks
before the event date.
committed to bringing about real change in
their own communities and the larger world.
Her goal is to capture the realities of every
day hie in America, rather than sanitized
images of an idealized society.
Lee studied photography and visual an
thropology at San Francisco State Univer
sity, but considers herself primarily sell
taught. "I hope that my photographs are an
honest record of social realities,” she says,
"and that they are part of the ongoing struggle
for justice and social change."
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center Student Matinee Series
he Interstate Firehouse Cultural
accompanying adult. Reservations are re
Center, Portland’s only multi
quired, and may be made by calling Adrienne
cultural community arts center,
Day at the IFCC. 5O3/823-2O7I
presents its 1997 Student Matinee Se
Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry
ries. These weekday matinees intro
Thursdays, February 13,20 & 27 and
duce young people to the magic of live
March 6 at 9:30 a.m.
theater and the diversity of the world's
An aging Jewish woman and a proud, soft-
cultures.
spoken black man transcend thcirdiflerences
Study guides are available prior to each
ol race and age to become best friends. Set in
production. A question and answer session
post-World War II Atlanta, the play alludes
with the actors follows each performance.
to the racial ferment and sweeping societal
Students are also invited to view the art
changes taking place during a 25-year period
exhibits in the IFCC's gallery
in the American South. Suitable for grades 6-
Tickets are on sale now at $4 per student or
12.
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Learning Forum Date
Western States Region
The forum is on February 6-7, 1997.
If you would like more information on
the Western States RLF or its February
meeting, contact SIM Headquarters at
312.644.6610.
Sue Busby points out a dramatic portrait inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. who once said "I could go crazy on a night like
tonight." This artwork is included in Drawings of the Black Revolution, by Michael Decker.
Photo by M. Washington
Massai Tribe Cultural Lecturer: John
Nemarrau Ole Tome
Wednesday. February 26 at 10 am and I
pin
Friday, February 28 at I Oam and I pm
John Ole Tome is the oldest son ol a
Maasai tribal chieftain. The Maasai people
are nomadic herders who share their home
land on Kenya's Serengeti Plain with such
magnificent animals as the lion, elephant,
giraffe and zebra. John reveals the Maasai
culture through demonstrations of song and
dance, a slide show, and explanations of
dress, ritual anil home life. He emphasizes
the importance of cultural heritage and of
respect lor oneself and others. Suitable for
grades pre-K through 8
Cobb by Lee Blessing
Four dates in April Io be announced.
A moving elegy to the legendary Ty Cobb,
"the meanest man in baseball." Using Negro
League all star Oscar Charleston as an ex
ample. Cobb explores the disparate, often
explosive relationship that existed between
the men who played on recognized teams and
those who played black ball until the elimina
tion of baseball's unspoken color rule in
1946. Suitable for grades 9-12.
East Portland Neighborhoods Associations Regroup
ast Saturday In an unusual move.
City withdrew the contract of the old coali
Portland's newest coalition, the
tion. the Fast Portland District Coalition
Portland Coalition of Neighbors,
ONA pulled the contract after five neighbor
asked the City of Portland Office Neigh
hood associations who had been EPDC mem
borhood Associations to refrain from
bers withdrew their organizations from the
hiring additional staff for its East Port
coalition.
land Neighborhood Office.
Since that time neighborhood leaders have
The Office of Neighborhood Associations
been active reorganizing themselves into a
set up the East Portland Neighborhood O f
new coalition, one they claim will be more
fice to provide temporary services to ten east
responsive to their needs.
county neighborhood associations after the
ONA Director Diane Linn told the new
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coalition last week that she intended to hire
an "interim director" to help the ten east
county neighborhood associations sort out
their future. PCON organizer Karen Rutledge
believes Linn is patronizing east county resi
den ts at taxpayers e xpe nse. “Wc arc al I adu 11 s
out here in east county and we don't need the
City hiring high priced ‘directors' to help us
talk to each other," Rutledge said
In a letter signed by leaders from seven of
the ten east county neighborhoods, ONA Di
rector Diane Linn was instructed to "leave well
enough alone." Additionally, Linn was told
that the neighborhoods were deciding their
own late and didn’t need help from her office.
"W e have volunteers doing for free what
Linn proposes hiring staff for." Rutledge
said "If Linn has tax money to throw around,
she would give it to the Multnomah County
Library system."
The Parkrose Business Association also
signed the letter.