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Committed to cultural diversity.
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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
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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
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( 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
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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.
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Oregon all-star scholars
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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.
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1997 Camps Programs
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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
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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!