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• * • • J ’•*><•’*.* :? • i J . n t - >’ t < •.; ' • • - •. . *v* '- -4?- ïsrssJB AUG. 27,1997 îtn ' in d ia n i» (0b»erUfr Page B4 “What Makes Freedom Possible?” Singer/Story Teller Presents Songs ind Stories Of The African American Experience On Sept. 13 Tecora and taken to Havana, Cuba, where they were sold again. As they were being transported to an other part of the island aboard a schooner named "La Amistad, meaning friendship in Spanish, the Africans rebelled. Led by Joseph Cinque, as he was cal led in America, the Africans gained control of the ship, killed most of the crew and demanded the remaining crew sail them back to Africa. Although the navigator sailed | east when the sun shone, he sailed north and west when it was cloudy or at night. After many days the ship an chored off Long Island in New York where the Africans went ashore to get fresh water and were seized. The 44 surviving Africans were impris oned, thus beginning adrama which tested beliefs about human free dom in the United State. At the heart and core of this story is the struggle for a people tor their right to live as free human begins. This is a story about being forcibly removed from one’s hom eland,en during the inhuman experience of the Middle Passage, engaging in a violent liberation struggle for their freedom on board the Amistad, fol- | lowed by two years ol captivity in a strange land among strange people leading to an international legal battle, a new community of friends and a freedom that was won at a R ev . Y vonne V . D elk , H .D . r. Marlin Luther King Jr. ch allen g ed us to think lout the commitments and sacri- ;es we are willing to make tor our diets. In one of his speeches he ud that “if a person has not found imething that they are willing to ie for, they are not fit to live.” That hrase takes on historical and con- rete significance as the t ommu- ity Renewal Society, along with >ur other UCC-related non profit lstitutions in Illinois, in its partner- nip with the Lyric Opera of Chi- ago, co-sponsors a special benefit erformance of the opera Amistad n January 1 5 ,1998-the69thanni- crsary of King s birth. This world premiere event pre- edes the long-anticipated andcon- roversial Steven Speilberg film Amistad” to open this December Critics argue Spcilber’s film, directed ry Debbie Allen, fails to tell the full itory of African liberation upon the D great price. It is also the story of a faith- based people who joined them in theirdeterminationtobe free. Within three days after the African’s incar ceration, abolitionist met in New YorkCity and formed an interracial defense committee composed ot two | clergymen, prominent founds and members of the American Anti-Sla very Society, and a well to do New York merchant who established the mercantile agency that later became Dun and Bradstreet. The bond that yoked this com mittee was their taith-based posi tion that challenged slavery not only from a human rights perspective but equally important, a theological Amistad. While judgment is not in, we do know that the four decades since its foundingin 1957 the United Church of Christ, born out of the Amistad event, remains engaged in the world struggle for justice and tor peace. The Amistad is the story of 53 Africans fighting for their right to live as free human begins in their hom eland-now known as Sierra Leone. In Juneof 1839. this group of M ende-speaking A fricans Irom w,<st Africa were sold into slavery, led onto the Portuguese slaver perspective. Wife Dorothy R. Hendrix Portland, .2 2 ,1 9 1 9 -August 22,1997 ices were held at Little C hapcl ot Zhimes on Killingsworth. Port- Oregon Twin Daughter Chris Hendrix Port land, Oregon Twin Daughter Celeste Hendrix Port 1, Oregon. lal followed at Lincoln Memorial land, Oregon Son Acie Lee Johnson Las Vegas, Nevada Daughter Virginia Johnson Port irlie leaves to morn: rgaret Crolley Niece Portland, ncia Knight Niece Portland, OR Jrey Sims Niece Portland, OR da Walton Niece Portland, OR ;|yn Harris Niece Portland, OR rgaret Greene Portland, OR ■ne Grice Niece Portland, OR arles Daniels Nephew Portland, land, Oregon Daughter Joyce Ann Johnson Port land, Oregon Daughter Pauline Johnson Portland, Oregon Son Chester Lee Johnson Portland, Oregon Benefit Banquet Raises Record Amount For Homeless Youth hrough the support of more than 150 local businesses and community leaders and the volunteer talent of top local chefs. The Salvation Army Greenhouse Chefs de Cuisine banquet rased a record $20,000 at its annual fund raising event August 19. With the theme “A Summer Evening in Italy,” this year sevent featured an eight-course dinner of | D aeshauna , age 9 I italian specialties created by vol his lo v ely , som ew hat unteers chefs from top area res shy little girl is in great taurants, including: B rasserie I need of a special som eone to M ontm artre, Encore B rokers, I belong to. D aesh au n a is just Harry’s Fresh Foods, JaC iva’s one o f over 350 O regon c h il Chocolates, Legends at Spirit dren aw aitin g adoption. M ountain, Spotlight Presenta W ell-ro u n d ed w ith a p la y tions, Tualatin Valley Country Club ful p e rso n a lity . D eaesh au n a and Waverly Country Club. Also d ances in a p o pular A frican participating were 14 volunteer D a n c e T r o u p e , s in g s in a professional waiters, including church ch o ir and has becom e a Paul Paz, president of the National I junior ch eerlead er. W hat a ta l Waiters Association. The event ent! She is truly w ell-lik ed hy also featured tine Italian wines, [those around her d esp ite her and entertainm ent by Michael own self-doubt. A cadem ically, Allen Harrison and Portland O p D aeshauna is w orking hard to era tenor Jose Ordoneg. com bat som e d e la y s and is Sponsors and contributors in truly a d elig h t to have in the cluded Northwest Natural Gas. ¡classro o m . ACF Chefs de Cuisine Society ot P ro s p e c tiv e p a re n ts w ill Oregon. Aramark Uniform Service, need tim e and en ergy to build Bowler & Associates, In., Boyd’s la n u rtu rin g re la tio n sh ip w ith Coffee, Duck Delivery, Flowers by th is d e lig h tfu l girl. Dorcas, Grady Britton Advertis ing, Jeff Lee Photography, Justa Pasta, M oe’s Piano, Mr. Formal, National W aiters A ssociation, Oregon Ice Sculpture, Pierre s Bakery, Pyramid Breweries, Rose’s E quipm ent and Supply, Inc., SY SCO o f P ortland, T rident Seafoods. Valley Wine Company and West Coast Productions. Established 13 years ago as one of the first chef-supported benef it A nthony , A ge 9 andsom e n in e-year-old events in Portland, the dinner ben A n th o n y , of N a tiv e efits The Salvation Army Green house Center, which provides criti A nterican/C aucasian heritag e, has spunk and vigor to spare! cal emergency services for up to A nthony puls his energy to 1,(XX) homeless youth annually, good use in sp o rts and also including meals, clothing, crisis e n jo y s p la y in g c o m p u te r counseling, alternative schooling, gam es. O u td o o rs, he av idly job placement and recreation ser- rides his bike around the n eig h vices. /J T T . Ted Hutchinson will present “Songs and Sto ries to Reconcile By” on Saturday, Sept. 13 at 7:30 pm at the Michael Servetus Unitarian Universalist Fel lowship, 4505 E. 18th Street in Vancouver. The tree Event, which is a program of the W ashington Commission for the Humanities, is sponsored by the Fellowship, the V ancou ver Chapter of the N A ACP, and the YWCA of Clark County Diversity Task Force. Ted Hutchinson traces African American history through folk talcs and songs, leading the audience on ajourney from the villages in Africa to the slave ships, the plantations of the South, the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, and finally to the aftermath of the war and into the civil rights era. He portrays the transition from the paths ol desola tion and despair to the road ot en couragement through songs such as sometimes. I Feel Like a Molher- V less Child, the repentant song of a former slave trader. Amazing Grace and the “escape songs” of the slaves-W ade in the Water, Follow the Drinking Gourd, Good News, the Chariots Cornin’andSwing Low Sweet Chariot. The story continues through the Gettysburg Address, the poetry ot the black soldiers, the stirring words ot abolitionist both white and black, and the moving speeches of the Civil Rights move ment. Hutchinson believes that we are all enriched through mutual un derstanding and acceptance and that these stories and songs can speak to reconciliation in today's world. Hutchinson began singing on the stoops and street corners of Harlem where, at age 13, his voice was first used in a quartet as the sound ot a bass fiddle. He is a popular soloist in churches, schools, conference, and on stage throughout Washington, Oregon, and Montana. Attending Religious Services Cuts Death Rate,California Study Finds activities since moving to Portland from Groesbeck, 1 exas in 1995 Reverend Leearthut M adison, from New Jerusalem Baptist C liurch. officiated the services. Attendants to the couple were Jacques Harris as ring bearer and Alexa Harris as flower girl. Duane Blacknall was the escort for the “bride’’. A reception attended by 80 guest was held for the couple at the Multicultural Cultural Senior Service Center following the ceremony. Fred D. Grear pass away the day after he renewed if vows. The funeral was held Friday. August 15, 1997. Remembering People who regularly attend religious services live longer than those who don’t according to a 28-year study of more than 5,000 Alameda County,Calif., residents. The annual death rate among those who shied away from reli gious services was 36 percent higher than those who regularly a tte n d e d , said W illiam J. Strawbridge of the California Pub lic Health Foundation. The lower death rate among those who attended services could partly be explained by im proved health practices, increased social contacts and more stable marriages, he reported in the A m erican Journal o f Public H Celebrating The Faces Of Belmont” nd Annual Belmont Street Fair & Neighborhood Car nival When: Saturday, September 6, 1997 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Where: Southeast Belmont, be tween 30th and 39th Avenues W hat: A street fair and cat nival promoting the unique character ot the Belmont Business District and the Sunnyside Neighborhood Contact: Kim Burnett at Reach Community Development Ph: 503/231-0682, Fax. 503/236-3429 2 b o rh o o d . Doing well in school, he likes to read and w ill read story after story to w illin g liste n e rs. A n thony does well w ith stru ctu re, d isc ip lin e and su p e rv isio n . A nthony w ill be c h a lle n g - ng, but w ill also be a rew ard - ng child to p aren t w hen the right fam ily is found. O regon ag e n c ie s are w a iv ing fees for p erso n s ad o p tin g ch ild ren in sta te care. S ingle a d u lts are also asked to co n sid e r ad o p tio n . To learn m ore, call T he Spe- _ial N eeds A doption C o alitio n at The B oys and G irls A id S o ciety, (503)222-9661. Health. Fred Grear Herman Hendrix Jgust 1 5 ,1 9 2 7 -August 17,1997 r Hendrix has lived in Portland, egonsince 1952. (He lived in Loui- ina prior to Portland, e was married on February 11, >62. He worked for 25 years tor ¿coCorporation in Portland in the undry He retired in 1973. e was a member of Albina ( hris- m Life Center in Portland, Oregon, srvices were held on Monday Au- jst 25, 1997 at Albina Christian ,feCenter-5522N AlbinaSt Port- ind, Oregon urial followed at Rose City Cem- On August 6, !997FredandVerla Mae (W ash in g to n ) G rear c e l ebrated their 59th wedding anniver sary by renewing their vows among their family and friends at the Urban League Multicultural Senior Service Happy Birthday Audrey Washington P Center. The couple were first married in a front yard ceremony officiated by the bride's father in Groesbeck. Texas, August 6, 1938. This “wedding” was a first for the center and a great opportunity for the Center to be a part of the eelebration of one of their clients. 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