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National Urban League Grades
President s Initiative on Race
public consciousness, but the topics
chosen and form ats used have se
vere lim itations w hen it com es to
addressing the serious issues before
the nation. The exchanges on air
seldom illum inate or prom ote the
fuller understanding th at’s required
to m ove the ball forward. President
C linton should use his bully pulpit
and convening pow er w ith greater
frequency and focus.
♦To the President’s considerable
credit, he has engaged federal agen
cies in figuring out how to ratchet up
theirefforts. T helnitiativedeserved
good m arks for stepping up overall
civil rights enforcem ent, targeting
housing discrim ination for particu
lar attention and increasing aid to
minority businesses.
the kinds o f im pacts that w ere rea
The final shortcom ing that drags
sonably expected by this point in
the Initiative’s grade dow n in our
time. H ence our grade o f C. W e
judgm ent is its failure to address
hope this m ark will clim b dram ati
som e o f the toughest problem s o f
cally in the second year, assum ing
race that still face our society. A1
the Initiative is extended. G iven the
though
the televised advisory board
param ount im portance o f im proving
held
a
meeting
w here they discussed
race relations, as w ell as the prom is
race,
crim
e
and
the adm inistration
ing foundation that has been laid, we
o
f
justice,
the
escalating
problem o f
urge the President to press forw ard
p
olice
m
isco
n
d
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ct
w
as
not ad
for another year. W e give the im pact
equately
addressed.
This
violation
thus far a grade o f C for the follow ing
physical abuse, harassm ent or racial
reasons:
profiling-is w idespread in minority
♦The Initiative on Race has flown
com m unities. Y et the President and
solo m ore than it should have and
the Initiative have paid scant atten
could have. M any organizations, such
tion to the problem , m uch less pro
as the N ational Urban League and our
posed solutions.
collaborators in the National Voices
H aving launched the Initiative in
Coalition-have been involved only
Race, President Clinton should stay
peripherally despite frequent offers
the course. In the vear ahead, we
ofassistance. This has severely stunted
urge him to devote m ore personal
the reach, staying pow er and impact
attention to the Initiative, sharpen
o f the Initiative in com m unities.
its focus, tackle the really tough
W e’ve been consulted on occasion,
issues and consum e m ore political
but seldom called upon to help in any
capital on b eh a lf o f this cause. It he
m eaningful or sustained way.
does so, both higher grades and a
♦ President C linton’s tw o televised
lasting legacy are w ell w ithin reach.
town m eetings have helped raise the
B y L awrence J. D ark ,
P resident & CEO, U rban
L eacge of P ortland
O n the eve o f the first anniver
sary o f President Bill C lin to n ’s Im-
' tiative on race, the N ational Urban
League has issued its ow n report
| card on the effort. A ccording to
i League President H ugh B. Price.
| the Initiative deserves a grade o f
“B +” for G ood Intentions, but thus
| far, only “C” for impact.
The N ational U rban L eague sa-
I lutes Mr. Clinton and his A dm inis
tration for their L eadership on many
related fronts that have im proved
the w ell-being o f A frican Am eri-
! cans. The P resident deserves an
“A ” for the perform ance o f the
I economy. T he sustained recovery
has begun reaching into cities and
urban neighborhoods, and has re
duced unem ploym ent am ong our
people. W elfare reform has helped
propel poor people into the w orld o f
work, although the ju ry is still out
on the fate o f form er recipients who
do not m ake this transition success-
| fully.
Mr. C linton has been steadfast
and highly vocal in his support o f
affirmative action. He has appointed
an unprecedented num ber o f m i
norities and w om en to positions o f
genuine authority in his A dm inis
tration. A nd his historic trip to
several African nations has helped
race relations at hom e by dem on
strating to all A m ericans-the eco
nom ic, strategic and sym bolic im
portance o f this long neglected con-
1 tinent.
The President’s Initiative on Race
builds on this base o f accom plish
m ents. N ow to o u r assessm ent o fits
| progress:
Good Intentions: B+
P re s id e n t C lin to n ’s m o tiv e s
clearly are noble and his heart on
race issues is unquestionably in the
right place. W e salute him for launch
ing this Initiative, w hich has nudged
the nation to face up to the unfinished
business o f race relations that A m eri
cans w ould prefer to ignore. Surveys
show that Mr. Clinton has placed this
issue m uch m ore prom inently on the
nation’s radar screen than would have
been the case w ithout the Initiative.
W e give the effort a grade o f B+
instead o f A, how ever, because Mr.
C linton and the W hite House have
not gone flat out in pressing this
Initiative forward at the pace required.
G iven delays in launching it and the
distractions facing the W hite house
m uch o f this year, implem entation
has sputtered badly at tim es. W ere
the Initiative on Race an even higher
priority for President C linton and the
W hite House, we doubt this would
have happened.
Impact: C
Regrettably the P resident’s noble
intentions have yet to translate into
Family Cooperative School: My
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m l agical
educational
still
accepting
Kindergarten
applica
experience w ith a K indergartner,
tions
for
Fall
1998.
Applications
w here both students are left w ith a
may be obtained in the school office
sense o f accom plishm ent and greater
until June 30th, or w hen it reopens on
self-esteem.
A ugust 17.
The mostsignificantthingl found at
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education that cannot be found any
D arci N ixon
W hy did I choose the Family Co
operative School at Sunnyside for my
daughter to go to Kindergarten? what
I was looking for was school that
welcomed my interest in my child’s
education, and my involvement in her
everyday life, what I found was so
much more.
I found a P ortland Public School
th at w as created on the prem ise o f
parents helping in the classroom .
N ot only w as I w elcom ed in my
d au g h te r’s classroom , but every
fam ily at th e school had com e there
to a c tiv e ly p a rtic ip a te in th e ir
c h ild ’s school. E very fam ily that is
ad m itted ag rees to 100 hours o f
se rv ice to the school each year (50
hou rs for single parent fam ilies).
M y child b en e fits from having me
in the classro o m , but also benefits
from w hat every other fam ily w ill
b rin g to the school. T he com bined
sk ills and talen ts o f these fam ilies
provide a richness to my d au g h ter’s
w here else.
O ne parent does poetry workshops
with the students, and they may then
publish their work in the school new s
letter. Another parent helped the stu
dents create a ceramic tile mural in the
entry way to our school. Each day i go
into the building, 1 experience the
same wonderful feelings about the
beautiful place w here my child goes
to school. Another parent brought
music classes back to Sunnyside
School after the district cut our music
program. This isjust a small sampling
o f what parents have added to our
school, each o f them enriching my
daughter's education in a different
way.
I found true m ixed-age level class
room s at the Fam ily C ooperative
School. 1 d o n ’t m ean grade levels
that have been blended to stuff the
m axim um num ber o f students into a
teaching position. I am referring to a
teaching style that facilitates a 2nd
the school is a strong, supportive com
munity. 1 imagine it is similar to the
little, red one-room schoolhouse o f
long ago. It’s small, safe, and I know
evetyone there. If my child is acciden
tally forgotten by the carpool, I know
that she will be safe and well cared for
by another parent that I trust until I can
get to her. We have helped supply
meals to a family w hose single parent
was very sick. W e have offered
childcare to working families on a
teacher in service day. I feel my child
and my family are well supported and
w ellcaredforbyourcom m unity. Ifeel
it truly does ‘take a village,' and I feel
very lucky to have found one.
The Family cooperative School at
Sunnyside is a Portland Public School
located in the Belm ont/H aw thom e
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All finalists, including those re
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their work published by Bridgewater-
C ollins and receive tw o free copies
o f the publication.
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