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2000Annual Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs Trade Show
Holocaust
Remembered in
Israel
JE R U S A L E M - S irens w ailed
across Israel, bringing the nation
to a standstill for tw o m inutes as it
paid tribute to the 6 m illion Jews
w h o p e r is h e d in th e N az i
H olocaust. In tow ns and villages,
at w ork and at play, people stopped
in their tracks. As part o f Holocaust
R e m e m b ra n c e D a y , C a b in e t
m inisters and H olocaust survivors
read out nam es o f child victim s in
a special cerem ony in parliam ent
attended by Prim e M inister Ehud
Barak.
Pope honors 20th-
century inspirations
VATIC AN C IT Y -P o p e John Paul
II w ill honor thousands o f 20,h-
c e n tu r y C h r is tia n m a rty rs ,
including those who died in Nazi
concentration cam ps and Soviet
g u la g s, in a cerem ony at the
Colosseum , the ancient Roman
am phitheater long associated with
death . M ore than 12,000 nam es,
including Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr. and slain Salvadoran priest
O scar Rom ero, w ere sent to the
V atican for consideration in the
M ay 7 cerem ony. H onorees will
also include O rthodox Christians
and Protestants as a part o f the
P ope’s efforts to bring divided
C h r is tia n
c h u r c h e s c lo s e r
together.
Riot indicates pro-
democratic tide in
Iran
T E H R A N , Iran - A bout 200
university students threw stones
and burned tires during a riot in a
sign o f grow ing public anger at a
hard-line crackdow n that has shut
dow n 16 reform ist new spapers.
P olice and hard-line vigilantes
d is p e r s e d
p r o te s te r s
dem onstratin g atT eh ran ’s Shahid
Beheshti U niversity after an hour
o f rioting in w hich they burned
tires and threw stones at college
buildings. The m edia crackdow n
w a s tr ig g e r e d b y F e b ru a ry
e le c tio n s w h e re r e f o rm is t
candidates won about 70% o f
contested seats.
World lacks pension
coverage
LO ND O N - The vast m ajority o f
th e w o r l d ’s p e o p le h a v e
inadequate pension coverage and
face an increased risk o f poverty in
old age, the Intem aitonal Labor
O rganization w arned in a report
released recently. The report says
pension plans in A sia and Russia
have been severely w eakened by
financial turmoil, that African plans
were “very w eak” and that m any in
Latin A m erica were “perform ing
poorly.”
Solom on Trujillo, CEO and President
o f U.S. W est, Inc. will be the keynote
speaker T hursday at The Oregon
A s s o c ia tio n
of
M in o rity
Entrepreneurs (OA M E) 12th Annual
E ntrepren eu r L uncheon & T rade
Show at the O regon C onvention
CenteronM ay4from 10:00 am. to4:00
pm..
T ru jillo , w h o w ill speak at th e
luncheon at 12:00 p.m., is currently
th e m o s t im p o r ta n t H is p a n ic
A m erican in co rp o rate A m erica
today, according to form er H ousing
and U rban D evelopm ent Secretary
H enry Cisneros..
U nderTrujillo’s leadership, U.S. West
has led th e te lec o m m u n icatio n s
industry in its deploym ent o f high
speed data services and advanced
w ireless services. As a result, form er
P residential Science A dvisor Jay
Keyw orth has called Trujillo the first
true digital telecom CEO.
Following the keynote speaker, those
attending the event can take part in a
re p re s e n tin g F e d e ra l an d lo c al
g o v e rn m e n t
a g e n c ie s ,
la rg e
Protesters say Portland police used too much force
A c tiv ists c h a rg e d T u e sd a y that
Portland police used excessive force
w hen they fired beanbag rounds from
shotguns and used clubs to shove
protesters w hile trying to break up a
M ay Day dem onstration.
N ineteen people were arrested in the
M onday show dow n betw een about
400 w o rk ers’ rights activists and
about 150 police in riot gear.
“ T he p o lice w ere to tally out o f
control,” protester A ndrea Davis said
at a news conference. “I saw them'
shooting beanbags at people from a
few feet away. They surrounded us,
and then told us to disperse but
Friday
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w o u ld n 't let us leave.”
But police say they only resorted to
force to keep the dem onstration from
getting out o f hand.
“ T h in g s w e re d o n e rig h t. T h e
re sp o n se w as m e asu red . In m y
opinion there was an appropriate use
o f force,” said Police C h ief M ark
Kroeker.
P o rtla n d p o lic e h a d o b ta in e d
in fo rm atio n su g g e stin g th a t th e
protest could turn violent, K roeker
told T he Oregonian. He noted that
som e o f the 19 people arrested dressed
like anarchists and carried gas masks,
apparently expecting to clash w ith
police.
K roeker said protesters allow ed to
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sem inar about E-C om m erce. The
Trade Show will feature 120 exhibitors
Vera Katz (shown in photo) along with
other 20 other officials such as Serena
Cruz, Erik Sten, and Avel Gordley
attended at a recent gathering in front
o f Cleveland High School on Friday,
April 28 to commemorate the mailing o f
the ballots by posing with a specially
placed Measure 26-2 bus bench. The
new measure helps to restore school
programs (such as art and music),
reduce class sizes, support additional
schooling fo r struggling students and
replace outdated textbooks.
Tin uiighl he weekend
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and econom ic developm ent in the
state o f Oregon. The organization
p r o v id e s b u s in e s s c o u n s e lin g ,
training, netw orking, financing, and
provides incubator space for small
b u sin esses.
“ W e are located in the heart o f North
and Northeast Portland but we are a
statew ideorgam zation,"G uerrasaid.
O A M E, w hich was founded in 1987,
has about 500 members representing
56 countries o f origin. “ We serve
a n y o n e w h o c o m e s to us fo r
a s s is ta n c e in s e r v ic e s .” T h e
organization currently is m ade up o f
p r im a r ily
A fr ic a n - A m e r ic a n ,
H isp a n ic , A sia n A m e ric a n and
N ative-American businesses, he said.
The organization will follow the 12th
A n n u a l T ra d e F a ir w ith tw o
w orkshops at it’s C ascad e Plaza
Incubator Building.
“ D oing B usiness with the Federal
G o v e rn m e n t’s G en e ra l S erv ices
A dm inistration, will take place there
from 8:30-12:00. This will be followed
by “E-C om m erce Business with U.S.
Bank. For m ore inform ation contact
O A M Eat(503)249-7744.
In support of 26-2
Weather
Thursday
S o lo m o n T ru jillo , C E O a n d P r e s id e n t o f U.S. W est,
corporations, and business resource
providers seeking to do business with
sm all and disadvantaged firms.
“O ne reason to attend the Trade Show
is to m eet potential business contacts
that could be from the public sector or
private sector, and also to meet small,
m inority, and very sm all business
ow ners,” said OAM E D irector Jorge
G uerra, who is H ispanic-A m erican.
A dm ission to the luncheon at 11:30
pm. is $40. A dm ission to the Trade
fair is free.
T he luncheon w ill focus on the
diversity of the small business people
in Oregon. The event them e, “Faces
o f O regon in the N ew M illennium ,
O reg o n ian s U nited for B usiness
S u ccess”, em p h asizes the m u lti
ethnic focus o f this event. For the
past 6 years O A M E has show cased
different ethnic groups. This year
O A M E w ill c e le b ra te H isp a n ic
b u sin e sse s. H isp an ic fo o d s an d
entertainm ent will be featured at the
luncheon.
O A M E is a non-profit, m ulti-ethnic
organization form ed to prom ote and
develop m inority entrepreneurship
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Police/Vancouver News.......2
Breast cancer hits men
too..............................................3
Parent Mentor program receives
aid and recognition................ 5
Citizens asked for input on
Fremont/MLK vision............. 6
Metro-B
Police seek vandals of radar
trailer.........................................1
Danny Glover, newest Portland
resident................................... 1
McMenamins celebrates May
Day......................................... 3
El Observador.......................5
spin out o f control can grow violent,
as w as th e case in S eattle last
December.
T he protest w as o rganized by a
coalition o f w orkers’ rights groups
calling itself the May Day Coalition.
T h e p ro te ste rs w ere d em an d in g
am nesty for illegal m igrant workers,
the end o f ciearcutting in national
forests, affordable housing and a fair
contract for em ployees o f P ow ell’s
C ity o f Books em ployees, w ho have
had a m on th s-lo n g d isp u te w ith
management.
Protest m arches started on both sides
o f the Wi 1 lamette River and converged
dow ntow n. D em onstrators rallied at
(Please see 'Police' page A6)
This Week
in History
On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled
German dirigible Hindenburg burned and
crashed in Lakehurst, N.J.. k illin g 36 o f the
97 people on board.
On May 7, 1945, Germany signed an
u n co n d itio n a l surrender at A llie d
headquarters in Rheims. France, to take
effect the fo llo w in g day, ending the
European conflict o f World War II.
On May 9, 1994. South A frica's newly
elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela
to be the country’s first black president.