Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 2001)
October 03, 2001 Page A4-----------------------------—--------- ^ o rtla n h (fHwruer Security, survival and the search for justice xEIje ^ o rtía n h (Observer USPS 9 5 9 -6 8 0 Established 1970 s TA FF E d it o r C P in h ie f , u b l is h e r Charles H. Washington El) I T O R Larry J. Jackson, Sr. B u s in e s s M an ag er Gary Ann Taylor A sst . P ublisher M ichael Leighton C E o pt d it o r Joy Ramos C r e a t iv e D ir e c t o r Paul Neufeldt 4 7 4 7 N E M a r tin L u th e r K in g , J r. B lv d . P o r tla n d , O R 9 7 2 1 1 5 0 3 -2 8 8 -0 0 3 3 Fax 5 0 3 -2 8 8 -0 0 1 5 E N T The following is a statement by M ayor Vera Katz regarding an upcoming visit she and a delegation from Oregon will make to New York City: that responds rationally and m or a lly to th e te rr o r is t th re a t. Forming and sustaining an effec tive alliance against terrorism will ultimately require us to offer the Islamic peoples an alternative to bin Laden’s hatred - changes in W estern policies that give them peaceful options for achieving their legitimate aspirations. If we fail to do so, those w ho threaten our fam ilies will gain strength from a never-ending line o f fanatical soldiers w ho are willing todiefortheirhatred. Ifw efail.our adversaries will eventually obtain weapons o f mass destruction - and use them. We must succeed, or many more innocent people will die. The great American poet, M aya A ngelo, has observ ed that “if Americans can discern between our inclination toward revenge and our search for justice, we will pre vail.” W hat M aya A ngelo was saying to us, I believe, is that humanity has a choice that is both clear and com pelling. W hichever o f the w orld’s great faith traditions we choose to follow , only a shared search for justice will preserve the lives o f those w e love. W e are no longer engaged in a cold w ar confrontation in which the nations o f the world must either be “with Am erica” or against us. W e have reached a point in human history w here everyone’s survival depends upon our collective ef forts to achieve a universal and ju st peace. R ep . E lijah E. C ummings b in L a d e n a b o u t chilling reports that The Congress authorized he was trying to ac the President to use force to quire chemical and deal with the terrorists who n u clea r w eapons. attacked our people on Sep “Acquiring weapons tem ber 11. W e did not grant for the defense of the President’s request for Muslims is a religious broader, open-ended author duty,” bin Laden re ity. plied. “If I have in Protecting the A merican Rep. Elijah E. deed acquired these Cummings people requires that w e be w e a p o n s , th e n I just.asw ellasdeterm ined. In thank G od for enabling me to do this moment o f ournational sorrow, so.” we must do everything within our The knowledge that bin Laden power to prevent further, far-more- is seeking to obtain - and is fully deadly terrorist attacks. prepared to use - nuclear and chemi O ur intelligence services now cal weapons o f mass destruction believe that an international terror persuaded me to join my colleagues ist netw ork — trained and funded in the Congress in giving the Presi by a man named O sam a bin Laden dent reasonable authority to re - played a major role in the attacks spond. O ur first duty is to protect upon New York City and W ashing the lives o f the A merican people. ton, D.C. All Americans must realize, how In 1998, bin Laden declared pub ever, that the difficult challenge o f licly that the overriding mission of bringing a single terrorist to justice his terrorist organization is “to kill will only reduce - not eliminate - Am ericans and their allies - civil the deadly threat that we face. ians and military.” This, he said, O ur intelligence services tell us clearly and without apology, “is an that bin Laden now provides fi individual duty for every Muslim nancing and training for terrorist w ho can do it in any country in groups around the world. Even w hich it is possible to do it." without bin L aden's leadership and 1 am Convinced that no sane fol financial support, these terrorists lower o f the Islamic religious tradi would continue to threaten us. tion w ould plot and carry out the That is why the President and deaths o f thousands o f innocent those o f us w ho serve in the C on civilians for any reason. By the gress know that, acting alone, the witness o f their peaceful lives, the United States cannot successfully M uslims w hom I know and admire m eet the threat o f terrorism. Only make it clear that Islam does not an international alliance that in permit Muslims to kill or harm any cludes many o f the Islamic nations one — except to pfotect them can provide the intelligence and selves, their families and their coun other support necessary to iden tries. tify, find and defend us against the In both their actions and their w orld-wide terrorist network. w ords, how ever, the terrorists T o preserve the lives o f our within bin Laden’s netw ork reject people, the United States must lead Islam ’s standard o f justice. the world in creating a new kind of During a 1999 interview with international security sy stem -o n e Tim e M agazine, a reporter asked by S T A T E M "It is fitting that the pioneering spirit o f O regon jo in s the nation on restoring the path to econom ic health. "A s a form er N ew Y orker, I am looking forw ard to leading this delegation, as Portland dem onstrates their support for N ew York, not ju st financially, but in a hum an sense. “N ew Y ork took care o f me 60 years ago, w hen the citizens o f the city em braced me and my fam ily as w e em igrated from Europe “Ironically, it w ill be alm ost to the day that I w ill return to the city to offer my support in return, this tim e as a m ayor - p ro o f that the A m erican dream does happen. “M ayor G iu lian i’s asked for people to com e back, to help the city m ove on econom ically and em otionally. I am proud to be a part o f w hat I hope w ill becom e a national m ovem ent.” Vera Katz, Mayor of Portland University Hails Knight Gift U niversity o f O regon leaders are heralding the announcem ent by U O alu m n u s an d N IK E founder Phil Knight that he and his wife Penny are renewing their longstanding com m itm ent to the university. In m ak in g this a n n o u n c e m en t, K n ig h t rec alle d th e re sp e ctiv e leg acies o f h is alu m nus fa th e r and h is N IK E c o f o u n d e r a n d c o a c h , B ill B o w erm an , say in g , “F o r m e alm a m ater b ecam e m o re than ju s t an e x p re ssio n .” “W e are gratified that tw o o f o u r m ost generous and com m it ted supporters are back am ong our ranks,” said U O President D ave Frohnm ayer. “ T his is an im portant m om ent for the U ni versity o f O regon as w e prepare to celebrate 125 years o f ex cel lence. W e have alw ays consid ered Phil and Penny to be im por tant m em bers o f the UO fam ily, and this gesture is yet another exam ple o f their selfless com m it m ent to the university and the people o f Oregon. They are m ak The H onorable E lijah E. Cummings represents Maryland's Seventh Congressional District in the United States House o f Repre sentatives. He currently serves as First Vice Chairman o f the Con gressional Black Caucus. ing a very real difference in the lives o f our students.” As part o f their renew ed com m itm ent, the K nights will per sonally contribute to the A utzen Stadium expansion in a w ay that allow s the project to m ove for w ard . T h e d o n o rs h av e r e quested that the size o f the gift be kept confidential. "This com m itm ent represents an investm ent, not only in the U niversity o f O regon, but in O r egon itself. T his gift com es at a tim e w hen O regon’ s econom y is facing significant challenges, and this project w ill provide an econom ic stim ulus to our state and region and w ill bring im por tant jo b s to our com m unity,” says Frohnm ayer. The K n ig h ts have a longstanding history o f support for the UO, including the largest single private gift to the univer sity. The donation o f $25 million in M ay 1996 helped fund the W illiam W. K night Law C enter as w ell as an endow m ent fund to recruit and retain top faculty. e - m a il news@portlandobserer.com subschption@poTtlandobseiyer.com ads@portlandobsener.com P ostmaster : Send address changes to Portland Observer PO Box 3 1 3 7 Portland, OR 9 7 2 0 8 Periodical Postage paid in Portland, OR Subscriptions are $60.00 per year D E A D L IN E S FOR ALL S U BM IT TED M ETERIALS: ARTICLES: M onday by 5 p . m . ADS: Friday by noon The Portland O bserver w el comes freelance submissions. M anu scripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accom panied by a self addressed envelope. All created design display ads becom e the sole property o f the new spaper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent o f the general m anager, unless the client has purchased the com position o f such ad. © 19 9 6 TH E PO RTLAN D OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RE SERVED, REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITH OUT PERMISSION IS PRO HIBITED. T h e P o rtla n d O b s e rv e r— O regon’s Oldest Multicultural Pub- lication-is a m em ber of the N ational N ewspaper A ssociation-Pounded in 1885. and The National Advertis ing Representative Amalgamated Publishers. Inc. New York. NY, and The W est Coast Black Publishers Association • Serving Portland and Vancouver. Letter to the Editor Oppression Gives Rise to Hatred Even as we grieve for the appalling loss o f life at the W orld T rade C enter and feel dism ay at the targeting o f innocent people by terrorists, it is im perative that w e recog nize the underlying cause o f such attacks. It is the hatred that U.S. governm ent policies engen d er in the M ideast and around the world. At the sam e tim e that we denounce terrorism , w e need to acknow l edge that it w ould have no soil to grow in w ere it not for the oppressive foreign policies o f our ow n governm ent: • U ncritical support o f Israel, to the tune o f $2 billion in annual aid, even w hile it is exterm inating and dispossessing the P al estinians. • O ngoing bom bing o f Iraq and em bar goes against the entire populations o f Iraq and C uba because o f opposition to their leaders. T he actions against Iraq have caused the deaths o f m ore than 1.5 m illion people — w hich I can only call terrorism . • F inan cial an d m ilitary su p p o rt o f rightw ing dictatorial regim es that torture and im poverish th eiro w n people through out the M id e ast, S o u th an d C e n tral A m erica, A sia and A frica. • R uthless prom otion o f corporate glo balization, which is impoverishing the Third W orld at an astonishing rate, through institutions like the W orld Bank and W orld T rade O rganization, and escalating bru tality against the anti-corporate m ove ment. • C ontem pt for the im perative o f ending racism by US officials w ho w alked out o f the recent W orld C onference A gainst Racism. M artin L uther King Jr. once said, “riot is the language o f the unheard." So too, terrorism arises w hen people see no means o r hope o f gaining basic hum an rights or necessities o f life by dem ocratic, peaceful m eans. If we are unable to learn this simple and oft repeated lesson o f history, we are doom ed to w itness tragedies like that o f S eptem ber 11 again. Jnrdana Sardo Northeast Portland WEST COAST BLACK PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION I C O CTO BER 1 0 - 1 3 , 2 0 0 1 MONTE CARLO HOTEL • LAS V E G A S , N E V A D A “ T he L egacy of the B lack P ress : C hallenging the S tatus Q uo " Wednesday, October 10th Welcome Dinner 6:30 p . m . Thursday, October 11th 8:30 a . m . 10:00 a . m . - 10:00 a . m . - 11:45 10:00 a . m . - N oon 12:00 p . m . 1:30 p . m . - A.M. 2:30 p . m . • 2:30 3:30 6:00 p . m . • 7:30 p . m . 1:30 p . m . - P.M. P.M. Youth Day Breakfast Youth Day Summit Politico! Workshop Youth Day Luncheon Technology Workshop Workshop: Minority Health Issues Awards Reception Friday, October 12th 10:00 a . m . 8:30 a . m . - N oon 10:00 a . m . - - 2:00 p . m . 6:00 p . m . • 7:00 p . m . 7:00 p . m . - 9:30 N oon 9.30 P.M. P.M. Corporate Diversity Breokfost Business and Finance Workshop Block Church/Block Press Luncheon WCBPA President's Reception WCBPA Publisher Awards Dinner Dessert Party The West Coast Black Publishers Association, estab lished in 1971, has 22 member newspapers and 34 editions that are published in 18 markets encompass ing the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon Saturday, October 13th 9:00 a . m . - 10:30 a . m . 10:30 a . m . and Washington. Farewell Breakfast Golf Outing, WildHorse Golf Club M onte C arlo H otel accommodations - 80 0-311-8999 Room code: XWCBPAO F or FURTHER INFO RM ATIO N CALL 8 1 8 - 9 9 5 - 6 5 4 5 C0HFÍRÉÑ¥ e ~ REGISTRATION FORM: fax to 818-995-6530 N a m e ______________________ __ _________ Company--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address City Stale Zip Telephone * Registration fee includes admission to all conference activities and food functions. CORPORATE REGISTRATION GENERAL REGISTRATION SPOUSE /GUEST Event tickets may be purchased. Coll t U - 9 9 5 - 6 5 4 5 for registration and general information.