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J U L Y 29, 1998 on Page A3 --------------------------------(Che ÏJortlanô (Observer (I 'I I, c, Portland Youth To Receive $4,000 Scholarship For College K elva Johnson, a senior at U.S. G rant H igh School in Portland, is one o f 153 high school seniors from across the U.S. who has been honored by the C oca-C ola B ottlers and The C oca-C ola C om pany to receive a scholarship for college. She jo in e d 152 oth er high school seniors A pril 23-26 at the C oca-C ola S cholars N ational C om petition in A tlanta. The U.S. G rant H igh School senior found out she w as nam ed a Regional scholar by the S cholars F oundation, and will start college in the Fall w ith a $4,000 C oca-C ola scholarship to study at any accredited college or university in the United *r H & THE LARGEST, MOST COMPLETE RETAIL FABRIC STORE IN THE WEST A u g u s t 4 th r o u g h A u g u s t 1 8 ,1 9 9 8 MAILER SALE! 30% OFF States. W hile in A tlanta, the students also toured the city. Scholars visited the W orld o f C oca-C ola, the C enters for D isease C ontrol and P revention, CN N and the M artin L uther K ing, Jr. Center. K e lv a J o h n s o n N a m e d R e g io n a l S c h o la r B y C o c a -C o la Everything in the store* S c h o la r s F o u n d a tio n MSUMMNN SPEC IA L SALE 2 DAYS ONLY - AUGUST 14 & 15 B h c k C o II eqe S tuc I ents A nswer TI he C a II T o S ervìce by M arian W right E delman Last month the former Alex Haley Farm in Tennessee, more than 290 African American college students and college-age adults from the Children Defense Fund's Black Com munity Crusade for Children (BCCC) com pleted a rigorous two-week training program that prepared them to serve low-income children at 33 Freedom Schools in 12 states and the District o f Columbia this summer. At an inspiring graduation cer em ony, M ayersville, M ississippi M ayor Unita Blackwell shared stories o f the early days o f the Civil Rights Movement to inspire and sustain these young student leaders o f the new movement for children. O ur Black youths are answering the call. The crisis children face in com munities all over thiscountry demands immediate action, not talk. I’m so .grateful that these young people are inspired and motivated by the same sense o f purpose that I felt as a college student in 1960 to work to reclaim our communities and our children. In those early days in the Civil Rights M ovement, the support we got from each other gave us the courage to carry us through harrowing days. The bonds we m ade then have endured a lifetime as w e have gone on, each in our own w ay, trying to m ake a differ ence. Last month as these young people from the Student Leadership Network for Children worked and learned and dreamed o f a new order together, bonds were forged and hopes were strength ened. They left the Haley farm ready to m ake a positive difference in the lives o f 2,300 children this summ er and beyond, and, as the Bible says, “the num ber o f disciples multiplied greatly.” Freedom School training teaches young college-age leaders to help chil dren by com bining feeding programs with cultural and education enrich ment, as well as recreation, advocacy, and conflict management. Parents must attend weekly seminars and are involved in their children’s progress. The adult sponsors and college-age interns g raduated from Freedom School training through the Ella Baker Child Policy Training Institute, held Robert W. Franz Cancer Research Center Becomes the Classroom For Grant Recipient Pursuing Medicine W hile m ost high school graduates spend the carefree sum m er m onths at odd jo b s, 17 year old K im berly M cClain will be w orking side by side with the nationally know n research team at the Robert W. Franz C ancer Research Center. The G rant High School valedictorian has been se lected as the second recipient o f the Karen Bender M cCuen M em orial Future Scholars Fund. The fund w as established by fam ily and friends o f B ender w ho died o f m elanom a at Providence Portland M edical C enter in O ctober 1996. Each year, a Portland area high school student with an interest in science and biology is selected to spend the sum m er w orking w ith researchers and physicians, exploring science in a laboratory setting at the Franz C ancer Research Center. M cClain will have the rare opportunity to learn about the science o f im m unotherapy— a focus o f the Franz research team. Scientists are engaging the b o d y 's im m une system to seek and destroy cancerous tum ors. “ I’m actually able to do som e o f the things I ’ ve only read about in books,” says M cClain, w ho is perform ing basic laboratory functions under the direction o f Bernie Fox, Ph D., chief. Laboratory o f M olecular and T um or Im m unology. M cClain w as selected by representatives o f the Franz C ancer Research Center, Providence Port land M edical Foundation and G rant high School Institute for Science and M athem atics. At Grant she w as president o f the National H onor Society, captain o f the dance team and a m em ber o f the G rant High School Royal Blues Choir. M cClain plans to attend the U niversity o f W ashington in the fall in hopes o f becom ing a doctor. this year at the University o f Tennes see and at the former Alex Haley Farm in Tennessee, which is the spiritual home for the BCCC and C D F' s center for intergenerational leadership de velopment. Founded in 1992 in honorofM s. Ella Baker, who was an inspiration to thou sands o f young people like me in the Civil Rights Movement, the Ella Baker Child Policy Training Institute contin ues her legacy in our new movement for children through the w ork ofthis genera tion o f young servant leaders. Freedom Schools unite parents, young adults, and com m unity leaders around the com m on goal o f giving children a safe and positive educa tional sum m er experience. Like the Mississippi Freedom Schools o f 1964, they tap into and strengthen the Black com m unity tradition o f self-help and rebuild the bridges between the gen erations. They feed hungry children (most sites serve meals provided by the U.S. Department o f Agriculture Sum m er Food Service Program ), nur ture learning starved minds, and bring light to spiritually dam aged lives. For many children. Freedom Schools pro vide safe havens in dangerous neigh borhoods, as well as the m entors and positive role models o f Black college students. W e all love Michael Jordan, but the role model our children need is someone who grew up near them, who went o ff to college, and came back hom e to give back, the college stu dents running Freedom Schools serve children ages 5-18 for6-8 weeks, inte grating reading, violence prevention, chess, and social action in an activity based curriculum that promotes so cial. cultural and historical awareness. In Freedom Schools this summer, young children will exchange letters w ith new pen pals in Freedom Schools i n other states and begin to forge bonds o f hope and commitment for yet an other generation. 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