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Youth leaders at Sisters in Action for Power and American F rie n d s S e rv ic e C o m m itte e marched single file along the side walk of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd in northeast Portland April 18 to oppose the “war on terror ism” and its devastating effects on local communities. Last month, Portland Public Schools cut almost $40 million, slashing their budget almost to the bone, negatively impacting students’ ability to learn and jeop ardizing the livelihood of custodi ans, teachers and their families. “How come there is more and more money to spend on killing innocent people in other coun tries and less and less money for us to get updated books,” said a youth leader at Sisters in Action. At the same time, racial profil ing and police brutality in the U.S. areout of control. Martin Gonzales at AFSC stated, “Bush’s foreign policy and this so-called war on terrorism is an extension of the racist policies communities of color experience in the United States.” People of color unite in northeast Portland to speakout against the war April IS“1 was designated the “National Day of Truth”— people of color against the war. Several actions took place in many cities across the nation to show that there are people o f color who do not support this “w ar on terror ism.” The main goal was to expose the truth about how this war tar- Leadership Impacts People’s Lives Ron Herndon Speaks is a Portland Observer series featuring community ship in Portland that offers m ore leader and activist Ron D. Herndon. The interviews and editing are done by correspondent Yugen Fardan Rashad. ro w . A nd th at Y ugen: History rewards the researcher. such as politics, H erndon: W hen you look at leaders So where's the free? gets low income people, women, youth and communities of color and to encourage others to ques tion the true m otives behind Bush’s war. In conjunction with this National Day of Truth, Sisters in Action and AFSC hoped to publicly demon strate their opposition as people of color to this horrific war. R on H erndon S peaks Talk about history and leadership. bone than m a r im p a c ts issu es e c o n o m ic s , Ron F<erndon e d u c a tio n , and that have had adram atic impact on people’s p u b lic h e a lth a n d p u b lic sa fe ty , w h ic h lives, they all w ere voracious readers o f h a v e n ’t b een a d d re sse d w ith the k in d o f history. Frederick Douglas and other great verve and sincerity needed for real change. leaders synthesized inform ation from nu H erndon: It’s not ju st P ortland’s black m erous sources in order to provide lead com m unity ; it’s the entire country. W e feel ership. If a leader fails to understand his it m ore severely here because w e ’re m ore tory, you shortchange those you w ant to dispossessed. W e d o n ’t have en o u g h o f infl uence. T hat ’ s because you ’ re com ing anything. So w e ’re the ones least served to this w ith your very m iniscule, personal and conti nue to be victim s o f poor leader experience, w hich is but a grain o f sand in ship. Let us, for exam ple, talk about the terms o f the universe. A leader m ust utilize history o f urban renew al in the black co m history. m unities across this country. W here have Yugen: Som etimes it appears that much we been able to successfully use urban o f what m asquerades as leadership in Port- renew al as a developm ent tool? W here are land is based on show business. Y o u ’re the ex am p les? W hen has it w orked to ou r talking about a standard fo r leadership d etrim ent and w ere w e able to stop it? 1 based on sensitivity to the needs o f the don ’ t hear those kinds o f discussions. I j ust com m unity, and understanding w hat has hear people saying ‘this is w hat w e’ re going w orked in the past. to d o ’. H erndon: As a leader, you m ust under A d octor will perform an ex am ination stand why you ’ re in the gam e. If a leader is and run tests, before p erform ing surgery. in the gam e for self- aggrandizement, that’s He will look at the p a tie n t’s vital signs, unfortunate. health records, allergies to certain prescrip It's at Washington Mutual. Where free checking means exactly that. There's no per check charge for Y ugen: S o a genuine leader seeks to tion m edicines; and based upon all the the checks you w rite . No fee fo r cancelled checks. No re q uired m in im u m balance. No serve the com m unity and not use this po inform ation, will com e up w ith a plan to mandatory direct deposit. Free access to tellers and customer service telephone lines. Free 2 4 /7 sition for personal gain. address w hat he and the patient thinks m ay access to your account at our ATM's. Even a free VISA check card. So if you've been wondering H erndon: W ell, you certainly hope be w rong. T his is the kind o f hom ew ork where's the free in your so-called "free" checking account, come to Washington Mutual. We're where people are doing this w ork for the benefit that’s required. A nd I believe this is why we o f those w ho have not been able to e x e r frequently end up with decisions that have cise the privileges o f citizenship in this short- term im pact, and close to being country. m eaningless. It’s a problem with Am erican it's at. For the location nearest to you call 1 -8 0 0 7 8 8 -7 0 0 0 Q Washington M utual W here free checking really means free. FDIC Insured Y u gen : W e ’re talk in g a b o u t lead er- I A P u n iS H tH Charles H. Washington i f leadership, period. 4
