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NAACP mourns death of Daisy Bates
Civil rights pioneer
leaves legacy of
courage behind
The General Officers o f the Church O f
G od In Christ join with their Presiding
B is h o p , T h e M o s t R e v e re n d
C h a n d le r D a v id O w e n s , in
announcing the 92nd Session o f the
International Holy Convocation. The
m eeting will be held in M em phis,
Tennessee at the H istoric M ason
Tem ple Church O fG o d In Christ and
the Cook Convention Center, now
thru N ovem ber 16, 1999. M ore than
40,000 delegates are expected to
attend from the fifty states o f the
U nited States and m any o f the fifty-
six countries in w hich the church has
e s ta b lish e d m in istrie s . C la sse s,
sem inars, w orkshops and W orship
C elebrations are open to the public.
Presiding Bishop O w ens will deliver
h is a n n u a l a d d re s s S u n d a y ,
November 14,1999 at 10:00 AM in the
M em phis Cook Convention Center.
The closing W orship C elebration is
th e H o ly C o m m u n io n W o rsh ip
Service which includes the cerem ony
fo r th e c o n s e c ra tio n o f n e w ly
appointed bishops.
Formorc information: (901) 947-9338
or947-9339,Elder A.Z. Hall, Jr.,C hief
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Kweisi mftune. President & CEO , the
N a tio n a l A s s o c ia tio n fo r th e
A dvancem ent o f C olored People
(NAACP), said Daisy Bates, who died
last week, “was a true A merican hero.
She was a model for all o f us then and
now .”
Bates, who was formerly president o f
the Little Rock NAACP branch and
p resid en t o f the A rkansas S tate
Conference o f the NAACP branches,
is fam ous for co o rd in atin g the
successful efforts to integrate Little
R o c k ’s public sch o o ls afte r the
Suprem e Court outlaw ed segregated
schools in 1954. She led the first nine
African American students, the “Little
Rock N ine,” who w ere adm itted to
Little Rock’s Central High School for
the 1957-58 school year.
“In the face o f great physical danger
to h erself and to her family, Daisy
Bates rem ained steady as a rock and
the student’s leading advocate as
they braved mobs daily ju st to get an
education to which they were entitled
the N A A C P extends its sorrow to her
family and friends,” said Mfume.
Julian Bond, Chairman o f the NAACP
B oard ofT rustees said " D aisy Bates
was a heroine. She was a surrogate
m other and protector o f the Little
Rock Nine. She went face to face with
a governor and a president, and she
backed them down. She show ed a
generation that civil rights w ork w as
w omen's w ork too."
W ith assistance from the N A ACP
national headquarters. Bates began
taking A frican A m erican children to
be enrolled in all w hite schools in
1955.
W hen the ch ild ren w ere den ied
admission, each incident was recorded
and reported in the local newspapers.
U nder incresing pressure from black
p a r e n ts a n d th e N A A C P , th e
s u p e rin te n d e n t
of
s c h o o ls
announced a plan to desegragate
Central H igh Scool in 1957.
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National Christian Jazz performs free concert
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P ortland O bserver
Mt. O livet B aptist C hurch w ill host a
Christian concert this month featuring
The Most Reverend Chandler David Owens
renow ned Christian jazz artist Ben
Tankard. A dm ission is free.
The concert is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 13 at Mt. Olivet Baptist
C h u rc h , lo c a te d at 8501 N .
C h au ta u q u a B lvd. A rriv e early.
Seating is limited.
A lth o u g h th e c o n c e r t is fre e ,
a tte n d e e s a re a s k e d to p le a s e
consider an offering.
Operating Officer.
Spirituality is at the heart of recovery
u a rte s
The Hazelden Foundation provides treat
ment for chemically dependent people,
using the spiritual program of Alcoholics
Anonymous as its core and building a mul
tidisciplinary program around it.
Spirituality is at the heart of what Hazelden
does, but what is spirituality?
“Spirituality consists of the quality of
our relationships in three dimensions: with
a Higher Power or God, with ourselves,
and w ith other p eople," said John
Mac Dougall. supervisor of Spiritual Care
at Hazelden in Center City. “These three
sets of relationships are interrelated. It is
not possible to love God, be at peace with
ourselves, and treat everybody else badly.
Any improvement in one set of relation
ships lifts the others, and any deterioration
in one set pulls the others down.”
For example, if we go home and have
an ugly argum ent w ith som eone we
usually love and dig deep for every nasty
thing to say that we can think of, by the
end of the day our relationship with that
person is damaged. However, we are
probably not in conscious contact with
our H igher Pow er either, because of
embarrassment over our tacky behavior
SJn fouinty m em o ry of
A licia S tro n g
Sunrise February 1,1962
Sunset O ctober 27,1999
A licia Strong passed aw ay on O ctober 27,1999 o f cancer. She was
37. A memorial service was held Novem ber 6,1999. Ms Strong was
born February 1,1962, in Portland, Or. She attended C h ief Sealth
High School in Seattle and Lincoln High School in Portland. She
also attended Linn-Benton Com m unity College in Albany. Among
her jobs, she w orked for the State o f W ashington in the early 1980s
arranging interpreters for w elfare recipients who d idn’t speak
English; m ost recently she w orked for M ultnom ah County Aging
and D isability Services from m id -1996 unti 1 the spring o f 1999 as a
receptionist. She w as a m em ber o f Bethel A.M .E. Church.
Surviving her; her son D ew ey Taylor III; daughter Ebony Strong;
brothers Charles and Earl; sister Patricia; m other EleanorG regory;
grandchildren Zhaelchel, Sterlasha, Adrionna. Disposition was by
crem ation. R em ains are interred at Lincoln M em orial Cemetery.
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“It is not possible to love God,
be at peace with ourselves,
and treat everybody else
badly. Any improvement in
one set o f relationships lifts
the others, and any deteri
oration in one set pulls the
others down.”
— John Mac Dougall,
Hazelden Center City
and because we are not feeling very good
about ourselves. Our relationships with
our Higher Power, ourselves and others
are damaged, even though we are fighting
only with others.
“If, more positively, we would like to
improve our spirituality right away, all
we need to do is treat every single human
being we meet as if they were a beloved
child of God or their Higher Power,” said
Mac Dougall. “We don’t have to person
ally love them. In some cases, that might
be a bit of a stretch Just imagine that
they have a Higher Power, that it isn’t
us, and that their Higher Power loves
them. If we can reimagine them in this
way, then we will begin to treat them with
the dignity and respect that belongs to
children of God. Our relationships with
them will improve, our self-respect will
improve, and we will grow closer to our
Higher Power ”
The spirituality of recovery allows for a
variety of religious experiences and beliefs,
Mac Dougall adds. “We choose a name
and image of our Higher Power that is the
best for inviting us into loving and caring
relationships. AA comes to us and pro
poses to share experience, strength and
hope in order to solve common problems,
and much of this is our shared spiritual
experience. There is no insistence in any
particular religious doctrine in AA or in
Hazelden’s programs, but we do believe
that a spiritual awakening is essential to
recovery.”
This spirituality of recovery is a differ
ent way of life, characterized by letting
go of control and accepting the guidance
of a Higher Power, peers in recovery, and
Twelve Step Programs. These programs
offer a process of spiritual growth that
goes far beyond the mere cessation of
drinking and drug use.
“In this new way o f life," said Mac
Dougall, “we learn honesty, openness,
willingness, trust, community, respect,
serenity, courage and wisdom. In recovery,
we do much more than ’dry out.' We come
back to life.”
Alive A Free is a chemical health column
provided by Hazelden, a nonprofit agency
that offers a wide range o f information
and services relating to addiction and
recovery. Address questions to Alive A
Free Editor, BC 10, P.O. Box 11, Center
City, MN 55012-0011. For more resources
on substance abuse, call Hazelden at 1-
800-328-9000 (ask fo r Hazel) or check
its web site at www.hazelden.org.
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The 1999 Festival ofLights H anukkah Fair will be held on
Sunday, N ovem ber 21 from 10:00 A M to 5:00 PM at the
M ittlem an Jewish C om m unity Center. The fair offers
buyers and browsers gifts, books, fine art, jewelry, gourmet
foods, toys, children’s clothing, specialty items, Hanukkah
supplies and m ore.O ver 40 vendors w ill be represented.
C hildren can do their w on shopping in the beginner
shopper area w here all gifts are $5 and under. Hadassah
volunteers will help the kids shop and wrap their purchases
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in B um s, Oregon, so a m entor program can be established
P ortland O bserver
The H oover Fam ily Foundation has aw arded Ecum enical
M inistries o f O regon’s Parent M entor Program a $ 10,000
grant. The funding, along w ith support from the The
Collins Foundation, w ill enable the program to continue
m atching mentors w ith m others w ho graduate from the
Letty O w ings C enter for drug and alcohol treatm ent, and
to respond to a growing need for m entors locally and
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threads run through H adassah’s m any program s and
p ro je c ts: h e a lth , Je w ish g ro w th an d c o n tin u ity ,
partnerships with Israel, social action and advocacy, and
life skills. Some o f the projects that H adassah fund raising
makes possible are: T he H adassah M edical Com plexes in
Israel, jo b counseling and technical training for new
imm igrants to Israel, the rescue o f children from w ar-tom
countries with the Y outh A liyah program , breast cancer
aw areness projects, and m uch more.
The M ittlem an Jew ish Com m unity C enter is located at
56651SW Capitol Hwy. In Portland, Call 244-0111 o r 244-
statewide.
N ow in its third year, the Parent M entor Program has
provided mentors to about 85 w om en w ith responsibility
for approxim ately 165 children. Parent M entor Program
M anager Sylvia H art-Landsberg is currently developing
a process form atching her program ’s mentors with women
assisted by other P ortland-area drug recovery programs
and w om en’s shelters.
O ne m entor has already been successfully m atched with
form er resident o f Raphael H ouse, a shelter for women
struggling w ith dom estic abuse. Plans are underw ay to
m atch m entors with w om en served by the Salvation
A rm y’s W hite Shield Center, helping teen parents, and
the D e Paul Treatm ent Centers for low-incom e women. In
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After com pleting treatm ent for substance abuse o r after
leaving a shelter, a m other usually sets up a new household
independent from family members who might not prom ote
a safe environm ent for her children. D uring the transition,
a m entor can offer practical advice and a sym pathetic ear,
and can model helpful parenting skills Practical help may
inc lude helping a mother organize a cupboard or a calendar,
shopping w ith her to find career clothes in a resale shop,
or taking the kids to the C hildren’s M useum. M entoring
also allows a m other, w ho m ay not have been given
nurturing and support as a child, an opportunity to develop
a relationship with a caring adult. “A relationship w ith a
m entor increases the probability that a w om an can leam
to nurture herselfand her children,” said Hart-Landsberg.
The Parent M entor Program, located at 2545 NE Flanders,
is one o f EM O ’s com m unity ministry program s dedicated
to meeting basic hum an needs. EM O is an association o f
15 Christian denominations including Protestant, Orthodox
and Rom an Catholic religious bodies that w ork together
to respond as a people o f faith to the needs o f Oregonians.
For m ore inform ation about the Parent M entor Program,
. .A n i . r i Q v lv ia H a r t - 1 andsbers at (503) 231-3571.