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If munirai n v s m w :r' Volume XXVII, Number 19 Vi»- j s w - 's a , Committed to cultural diversity. (C Free diversity training workshop The Metropolitan Human Rights Com- mission will sponsor free diversity train ing workshops “Dynamic Differences” on Thursday, May 22 at the SE Precinct, 4735 E. Burnside and on THursday, June 5. at Concordia University, 2811 NE Noltnan, Room 224 from 6:30 - 9:00 PM on both nights. To preregister please call Linda Hunter at 823-5136 (TTY) Ollee keynotes PCC event O rganizers announced the choice of Dr. M ild red O lle e as the k ey n o te speaker at this y e a r's Black W om en’s G athering. Dr. O llee is E xecutive Dean at Portland C om m unity C ollege, C as cade C am pus. The 14th Annual Black W om en’s G athering will be held S at urday, May 10, 1997 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Lutheran Inner C ities M inistries, 4219 NE M artin L uther King Jr. Blvd. This y e a r’s gathering, “G etting Back to B asics” will offer a village m arketplace and inform ation booths on health, business and self- help. Also, scheduled is a “Town Hall- Open IC” facilitated by Joyce Harris, c.o.- host of NE Spectrum. During this session community issues will be discussed. Child care and lunch will be provided. For more information call 282-0193. Vietnam Veterans of America Outreach To reach more veterans within the metro area, the Portland chapter o f Vietnam Vet erans o f America wi 11 be travel ing to differ ent parts o f the city throughout the year. On Wednesday, May 14 at 7:00 PM, the chap ter will hold a membership meeting at the emanuel Hospital’s conference room 1075 Main FLoor (you may ask at the reception desk in the front lobby for further directrions). The address is 2801 N. Gan- tenbein, Portland,. All Vietnam veterans in the community and their family mem bers are invited to attend the meeting. Refreshments will be served. The tele phone number for the hospital is 4 13-2200. he state spotlight will be on com munity college student scholars Wednesday, May 7 when they meet with Gov. John Kitzhaber at Oregon State Capitol to be honored for their accomplishments. The 34 scholars representing each com munity college cam pus, will meet with Kitzhaber at 11:00 AM in the G overnor's ceremonial office followed by lunch at noon with state legislators and community col lege presidents. Roger Hassett, special advi sor to the G overnor on education and on leave from his post as Oregon Community College Commissioner will officiate. The event is sponsored by the Oregon Community College Association who wants Oregon to celebrate scholarships in Oregon 's 17 community colleges. This is the fifth year o f the annual event. At Portland Community College six scholars have been named to O regon’s all-state team. They are Jurg Baur ofNortheast Portland, Stober Davis ofN orth- east Portland, Rachel Edmonds o f Beaver ton, Nicole Jacobs o f Aloha, Donna Johnson o f North Portland and Kimberly Gaddis o f Northeast Portland. Donna Johnson, one o f PCC’s Cascade Campus scholars, was also named to the All- USA Third Academic Team. Johnson was one o f 60 top students in the country selected for the All-USA team, which is sponsored by USA Today and Phi Theta Kappa, the inter national honor society o f two-year colleges. Johnson was selected for her academic ex cellence and community service. The recipients are typical of the variety o f community college students, from Stober Davis who plans to open hi own auto body shop in North Portland, to Kimberly Gaddis who wants to be an attorney and special ize in international business law. Davis, a recover ing drug addict, volunteers at the Stay Clean Center in Northeast Portland as part o f the T Stober Davis, 31, puts a life of drug abuse behind him, and soars to academic success in the auto collision repair program at Portland Community College's Rock Creek campus. wenty-four poems to go on 250 graphics will share space for a welcome, Tri-Met Buses and 25 Max Trains soothing balm to the stresses o f daily life. as part of Poetry in Motion Out Called Poetry in Motion, the year-long reach Project. Public Celebration slated outreach project is an innovative collabora for May 21 at Pioneer Courthouse Square tion between Tri-Met, Literary Arts, In., the Beginning in late May Portland’s over Portland chapter o f the American Institute worked commuters will have something to o f Graphic Arts (AIGA), OBIF Media, Re make their daily commutes more pleasant - gional Arts and Culture Council, and the poetry. Alongside ads and announcements Poetry Society o f America. It places 24 po on Tri-M et buses and MAX, verse and artful ems on 250 buses and 25 MAX in view of T SI ItM IS S IO W : ( ommiiiiity ( a le n d a r inforiualion will he giveit priority il d ated two weeks b elin e (he cvenl date. PCC Service Learning Scholarship Program to help people who are struggling w ith drug abuse. He also works at The Gap as an assistant manager He says Portland Com munity College gave him the chance he needed to succeed academically and person ally. Davis is one o f the three scholars cho sen to speak at the noon luncheon Portland Community College All-Star Scholars, by campus: CASCADE CAMPUS Donna R. Johnson - Donna Johnson, a resident o f North Portland, holds a 3.75 GPA and at 27 says her “operating policy is to whom m uch is given, much is re q u ired .” Johnson attends school full time and also w orks full tim e at Pacific Corp. Her goal is to earn a doctoral degree in pharm acy and eventually own her own pharm acies that "cater to the needs o f all people, regardless o f socio-econom ic back ground. I want to em phasize the value o f a healthy society over a healthy check book.” Johnson says she has a “good chance o f becoming the first person in her family to graduate from college." A single parent, she has three children, ages 10. 8 and 7, and is proud that they too are succeeding in school. Johnson is a board member o f the Urban ague o f Portland, the advisor for the Na,- .1 Association for the Advancement o f Colored People (NAACP) Youth Council, and a volunteer for the Miss Black Oregon USA Pageant. She confides that “none o f this would be possible without overcoming many hard ships. Poverty, welfare, rural education, ur ban migration, teenage pregnancy, divorce and the loss o f young family members and friends are just a lew o f the hurdles I’ve had to jum p over in my life." Johnson credits her ♦ Continued to page A6 thousands o f riders daily. The poems - 10 by Oregon poets and 14 specially selected from a national Poetry in Motion anthology - are mounted on graphi cally striking placards designed by area de signers. The poems are from a wide range o f cultural and aesthetic backgrounds. Among the first twelve poets whose work will appear are Marilyn Chin, Gwendolyn Brooks and William Stafford. Portland is the first city on the West Coast to launch Poetry in Motion, a widely praised program inaugurated in New York City by the Poetry Society o f America and M IA New York City Transit in 1992. It has since ex panded to Chicago and Boston and future collaborations will include Baltimore and Washington, DC. In all, Poetry in Motion poems are seen daily by over seven million people riding mass transit across the country. Cortimunity Leader and Friend Professor McKinley Burt You’re invited to a birthday gathering for Professor McKinley Burt Pedestrian Bridge Opens Afternoon Bike Rides B Poetry to hit the streets of Portland Doggie dash at park A pair o f fast bike rides with lots o f climbing are held Monday and Thursday. Participants meet at the southwest corner o f Pioneer Courthouse Square between noon and 12:10 p.m. and finish by about 1:15 p.m. Call Ray Thomas at 228-5222 or meet at the start. SECTION the More than 1,500 dogs and their own ers are expected to participate in the I Oth an n u al K I0 3 FM D o g g ie Dash at dow ntow n’s W aterfront Park on Satur day. The event beings at 8 a.m. with proceeds to benefit the Dove Lew is Emer gency Animal Hospital. Dog owners can either run or walk with their pets over a two-mile, flat course. Tri-M et’s new pedestrian bridge over the Sunset Highway opens Friday. A rib bon cutting ceremony with cake and cof fee will be served at noon. The bridge was built at the urging o f neighbors south o f Highway 26 who wanted a connection to the new light rail and bus Sunset Transit Center. ■V* t. Oregon all-star scholars uni m u n i t o a I e n ò a r The Police Activities League (PAL) is preparing for sum m er program s and spreading the message that no and low cost summer programs are available for low -incom e kids through PAL, and through other community-based groups as a tool in providing a safe and livable community, as well as preventing youth from heading toward gang involvement and other negative behavior. For PAL’scomplete information packet on all low and no-cost summer programs for youth, please contact PAL, 823-0250. ■ » V May 7, Ì997 ®tje ^pnrtlanh CObseruer Spaces available in Pal 1997 Camps Programs r»"r, , Hundreds o f people would be impacted by the proposed closure of Multnomah County's North Portland Health Center. Clinic’s fate considered dvocates wanting to keep open to visit other county health clinics, which a vital health care center in already have two to-four week waiting lists. north Portland are encouraged In addition, four other county health clin to attend an upcoming meeting on Mult ics, including the northeast Martin Luther nomah County's proposed budget. King Junior Boulevard clinic, would lose Public budget discussions will be held staff and services May 21 at Mount Tabor Middle Schooj in C ounty H ealth D epartm ent D irector southeast Portland and June 4 at the G re Sharon Armstrong concedes there arc no sham Library. Both will begin at 6:30 p.m. easy answers for a county trying to deal with A public hearing on the budget also will public safety, library and other service fund take place June 17 at 1:30 p.m. at the Portland ing shortfalls, but said the public needs t o be Building, 1120 S.W Fourth Ave. Closure of aware of, and involved in the decision the North Portland Health Center at 8918 N. “It’s not just a budget issue, it’s acom m u- Woolsey Ave. would force hundreds of people nity issue" she said A R eflections B ookstore C offee M eeting P lace 446 NE Kdlingsworth at Martin Luther King In the Walnut Park Shopping Center, behind. Videoland Saturday, May 17, 1997 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Come on out and wish. Professor M cKinley Burl many happy returns!
