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“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
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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.
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. 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
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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.
The G rear's have been partici
pants in the Senior Service Center’s
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