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april 8,1998
J ames Kent N amed Director O f Y outh
& Family Services At Urban League
James Kent has been named Di­
rector o f Youth and Family Ser­
vices at the Urban League o f Port­
land. He previously worked at the
agency between 1990 - 1992 as di­
rector o f the male Responsibility
Program.
Prior to returning to the Urban
League, Mr. Kent was senior case
manager for Liberty Northwest Corp,
in Portland, and a claims adjuster
with SAIF Corp, in Salem. He is a
Portland native who graduated from
Jefferson High School and earned a
psychology degree from Warner Pa­
cific College. His volunteer activities
include participation in the Northeast
Neighborhood Crime Prevention
Team, the National Council o f Afri­
can-American Men, and the Ameri­
can Friends Service Committee’s
Education program.
At the Urban League, Mr. Kent will
direct a Family Center that provides the
fol lowing services to the Northeast Port­
land community: Big Brother/Big Sis­
ter program, counseling, diversion for
juvenile offenders, youth employment
services, and individual, family and
group counseling.
“We are extremely pleased to have
a person o f James’ talents join our
team,” said Urban League President
Lawrence J . Dark. “ H is professional -
Helping
B y M arian W right E delman
Geoffrey Canada was only a boy
when it happened, but he still re­
members the pain. He was playing
football with a bunch o f other boys
on a beautiful fall day when he went
out for a long pass. Looking up to
catch the ball, G eoff ran full-speed
into the metal bar o f a barbecue pit
sitting at one end o f the churchyard
where the boys were playing.
At first, he tried not to cry. Like
most boys, G eoff had already learned
that the world expects boys to suffer
in silence. But when the pain proved
overwhelming, he howled in agony.
To this day G eoff says he can feel
the indentation in his shinbone where
the metal bar gouged a hole in the
flesh o f his leg. Although G eoff
played football after the accident, he
was more cautious and never again
as a receiver did he run with the
abandon he once had.
Today, G e o ff s a long way from
the tough streets o f the South Bronx
where he grew up but he still believes
that how we deal with pain - our own
and others’ -- is critical to our sur­
vival as a society.
As president o f New York C ity’s
Rheedlen Centers for children and
Families and a steering committee
member o f the black Community
Crusade for children (BCCC), Geoff
sees pain consuming too many boys.
More than 1.3 million boys under 18
were arrested in 1995, more o f our
male youth are dying young from
violence, dropping out o f school, and
becoming absent fathers.
In his new book “Reaching Up
For Manhood,” published by Bea­
con Press, G eoff offers some com ­
pelling thoughts about how we can
help.
“We have to fundamentally shift
the way we think about boys. We
don’t want the end product to be a
promiscuous, tough, hard, little thing
who’s willing to kill ordieoverslights
that, if they ever got to be my age,
they would find funny. We want to
raise young men who are caring,
hardworking, thoughtful, and cre­
ative. To do that, we have to treat
them differently.”
We can start, he says, by teaching
boys that it’s all right to acknowl­
edge pain — whether that pain is
physical or emotional — and by work­
ing to see that boys are reared with
love and compassion so they grow up
to be loving, compassionate adults.
C o n g re ss w ould do w ell to lis ­
ten to G e o ff as it c o n sid e rs a
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The Urban League o f Portland is
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Mr. Dark also announced the pro­
motion o f Tanya Perimon from Di­
rector o f Finance and Human Re­
sources to Vice President o f Finance
and Human Resources. Ms. Perimon
joined the agency in 1996 and holds
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h arsh new p ro p o sal called S e n ­
ate Bill 10. S.10 w hich will a l­
low m ore ch ild ren to be throw n
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lent offen ses like skipping school
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lik ely to be sex u ally assau lted
and tw ice as likely to be beaten
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ju v e n ile facilities.
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tern ativ e education or su b stan ce-
abuse c o u n selin g .
It also w ill allow arrest records
th at now rem ain sealed to follow
a child th ro u g h a d u lth o o d , ro b ­
bing him o fjo b pro sp ects, higher
education, and citizen sh ip o p p o r­
tunities.
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U.S. Capitol switchboard at (202)
224-3121 and urge them to vote
against S. 10.
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