January 29, 2003
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Let’s Play Ball
continued
from Front
The community has already made a $200 million
mistake in PGE Park. Can we support a stadium ? I f
African-Americans are to be benefited by this, I want to
see it on paper.
Despite the costs and difficul­
ties o f building such a stadium, the
econom ic, com m unity develop­
ment and civic pride payback is one
Flipper believes would be realized
long into the future.
— Roy Jay, African-American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon President and CEO | |
“W e're looking at Major League
baseball having partnerships with
schools and parks and having a
significant impact on employment
in the surrounding areas. We know
w hat’s happening in other commu­
nities and those impacts have in
many cases, been very formidable,
very positive,” Flipper said.
Despite the optimism, others are
more skeptical. One o f them is A f­
rican-American Chamber of Com­
merce o f Oregon President and
Chief Executive Officer Roy Jay.
“The community has already
made a $200million mistake in PGE
Park. Can we support a stadium? If
African-Americans are to be ben­
efited by this, I want to see it on
paper,” Jay said.
Jay wants minorities to benefit
over the long haul o f having a sta­
dium here, dot just in the short term.
He also is concerned about how
such a project would be sold to the
public.
“The concept o f ha ving a Major
League team in Portland would be
an added benefit for the community
if we know how to market it to the
community effectively. It has to be
so exciting that people will want to
come from out of town to watch the
teams play,” he said.
* Jay also wants to see African-
Americans involved in all phases of
the business, from stadium construc­
tion to the management and employ­
photo b v M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
ees once the project is finished.
Flipper also wants to provide Portland community advocate Carl Flipper stands near the proposed site o f a new stadium for
this kind o f benefit from the sta­ Major League baseball in north Portland and points to the west where three other stadium sites
dium if it is located here. W hat will have been identified. The placement o f a team here is contingent on the awarding o f a franchise
by Baseball owners and funding for the stadium.
happen remains to be seen.
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Chamber to Open Civil Rights Unit
T h e A f r ic a n A m e r ic a n the cham ber has been a guiding
C ham ber o f C om m erce plans force on m ajor econom ic is­
to officially estab lish a civil sues in the area.
r ig h ts i n v e s tig a tio n s u n it
“W e're just getting ready to
som etim e in 2003, according expand our role” says Jay.
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He said funding for the civil
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local chapter.
and other revenue.
The office will look at em ­
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Hispanics Now Outnumber Blacks
(AP) — Hispanics have sur­
passed blacks as the nation’s larg­
est minority group.according to the
Census Bureau.
The Latino population grew to
37 million in July 2001, up 4.7 per­
cent from April 2000. The black
population increased 2 percent
during the same period, to 36.1 mil­
lion.
The estimates are the Census
Bureau ’ s first statistics on race and
ethnicity since results from the 2000
census were released two years
ago.
Census Bureau dem ographer
Roberto Ramirez said it has long
been expected that Hispanics would
someday surpass blacks because
their birth and immigration rates are
higher.
“And the trend shows it will
clearly be increasing more in the
future,” Ramirez said.
Hispanics now comprise nearly
13 percent o f the U.S. population.
Blacks m akeup 12.7 percent of the
nation's population. W hites re­
mained the largest single popula­
tion group at 70 percent o f all U.S.
residents.
Asians are the next largest mi­
nority group after blacks and His­
panics, at about 12.1 million, or 4
percent of the population.
The 2000 census, for the first
time, allowed people to check off
more than one racial category, in­
creasing the number o f possible
choices for racial origin from five in
1990 to 63.
A separate question also asks
if s o m e o n e is o f H is p a n ic
ethnicity. The federal government
c o n s id e r s
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Students Make Video on Vanport
A video detailing the construc­
tion o f V an port and the flood that
devastated the Portland com m u­
nity will be produced beginning
this m onth thanks to School to
W ork team s and classes at P ort­
land public high schools.
The venture will detail the lives
o f V anport residents and the d e­
struction o f the city by the flood
o f 1948, thanks to support from
the Sabin C om m unity D evelop­
m ent Corp., the B lack U nited
Fund, the Urban League o f P ort­
land and Portland C able A ccess.
Students will be involved in
three team s: historical research,
film production, and com m unity
involvem ent.
Local film producer Ira Flow ­
ers and Portland C able A ccess
will m entor students on the m ak­
ing o f the film. A 56-m inute docu­
m entary w ill be com pleted with a
10-m inute prom otional video for
this y ea r’s 55lh anniversary o f
the flood.
Youth are training at Portland
Cable Access and will begin film­
ing in February. The community
involvement team is crafting a
Vanport questionnaire, which will
help solicit information from local
citizens. The team is looking for
an y o n e w ho h elp ed to b u ild
Vanport, was an area shipbuilder
in the 1940s, a Vanport resident or
arelativeof someone with a V ai l port
experience.
T hose interested in com plet­
ing the questionnaire may call the
school district’s PA C T C enter at
503-281-0668.
Respondents may be contacted
to determ ine possible film oppor­
tunities o r to collect, photograph
or record artifacts, m em orabilia
and souvenirs.
Sabin Com m unity D evelop­
m ent Corporation hopes to show ­
ca se the film w ith the T im e
W arner and the G eorge Lucas
Reading Group Open to All
All kids can learn to read and
learn to read well. T hat is the
m otto o f Reading W orks! — a
local church-sponsored reading
group open to both kids and
adults.
An open house to introduce
the program to the com m unity
will be held on M onday, Feb. 3 at
6 p.m. at the Portland M etro A s­
sem bly o f God Church, located at
N ortheast 6,h and A lberta.
Reading W orks! begins a new
class term on M onday, Feb. 10,
with classes held M onday and
W ednesday nights, from 6 p.m.
to 7 p.m. at the church.
K aty Libke, an experienced
teacher, leads the instruction. Her
focus is on reading and verbal­
ization skills in a structured but
fun environm ent. Students p rac­
tice at individual levels.
A nyone interested in signing
up or becom ing an adult volun­
teer can call A ngie Saunders at
5 0 3 -2 8 8 -1 174(daytim e)or Katy
Libke at 503-281-8121.
w ebsite, w hich seeks film sub­
m issions from students. A local
show ing o f the film is planned in
order to raise funds for a perm a-
nent m arker on A lberta Street.
For m ore inform ation, co n ­
tact the PA C T C enter at 503-
281-0668.
ASCC and Clark College Welcomes
“Sisters”
By Marsha A. Jackson
Production Sponsored by
The Multi-Cultural Students United
And S.P.O.T.S
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J a n u a r y 31 & F e b .1, 2 0 0 3
Opens January 31, and February 1,2,7,8,9,13,14,15
Set in Atlanta, Georgia “Sisters” portrays an
African-American executive who gets snowed in
with her office cleaning lady on New Years Eve. A
comedy that raises issues about internal racism
and corporate stereotypes. Olivia and Cassie are
two women stuck in a place they would rather
not be with unfavorable company, each other.
The two women find that they have more in
common then not and then...
Showtime 7:30
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