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B la ck H istory
M onth
Patricia Roberts
Harris, educated at
Howard and George
Washington Univer
sities, built an
illustrious civil
service career.
PCC Sponsors Talk
on Buffalo Soldiers
Portland State U ni
v e r s ity
p ro fe sso r
Darrell M illner, an au
th o r ity in A fric a n
Am erican history, will
present an informative
lecture in celebration o f
Black H istory M onth
at the C ascade C am
pus o f Portland Com -
munity College.
M illn e r w ill talk
a b o u t th e A fric a n
Am erican Buffalo Sol
d ie rs from noon to 1
p .m . o n T u e s d a y ,
Feb. 25 in Terrell Hall
122 on the cam p u s at
705 N. K illingsw orth
St. T he e v e n t is o pen
Darrell Millner
a n d f r e e to th e
public.T he slide lecture will give their relations w ith w hite settlers
an in tro d u c tio n to the A frican - and the harsh realities o f the fron
A m erican m ovem ent in the m ili tier. PC C ’s M ulti-cultural A w are
tary affairs o f the U.S. beginning ness C ouncil is sponsoring this
in the C o lo n ial era and the roles event.
th ey p la y e d in the C iv il W ar era
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and ending slavery.
Penny Thom pson, resource center
M illner will focus on the creation coordinator at C ascade, at 503-
o f the B uffalo Soldier units and 978-5216.
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I Powerful
Puppets
continued
from Front
the show on bullying.
‘Y o u ’re Not the Boss o f M e !” seeks
to teach kids the difference between
being a ‘tattle-tale’ and reporting an
issue in order to try to solve the problem.
The script also explores the role and
responsibility o f the observer who sees
an act o f meanness and how they can
empower the victim by confirm ing what
was experienced.
‘C h ild ren need to report and con
tinue to report,” Fouts said. "W e help
them find safe people in their universe.
The program sends a great message
about what small children can do to make
the w orld a better place.”
The presentation u sually involved a
high level o f audience participation and
the puppeteers said that after the c h il
dren return to class there is usually a lot
o f disclosure. After a show last year
K id s on the B lo ck program manager
Lynette Jelinek said 20 fifth grade girls at
a Portland elementary school were sus
pended aflera fellow classmate reported
that they had been teasing her about
obesity and stealing her things.
‘ 11 ’ s a maj or problem and schools j ust
aren’t going to put up with it anym ore,”
Jelinek said, who was a child abuse pre
vention specialist and a social worker for
17 years before jo in in g up with K id s on
the B lo ck.
The presentation at E l M onica may
not result in a wave o f suspensions, but
it certainly hit home with somechildren.
O liv ia Pace, 6, said there is a boy who
calls her names and when she asks him
to stop he plugs his ears and sticks out
his tongue.
A m y B uck, 7, is called ‘cryb ab y’ so
much b y a group o f kids at her day care
that she wants her mother to put her in
a new after school program.
Before W rik Sinha, 7, moved to
Beaverton from India, he was subjected
to k ick in g by a group o f boys every day
as he walked home from school.
Josh B one-Christian, 6, was carried
by his shirt neck down a flight o f stairs
and locked in an empty room by some
older boys at his church.
El Monica Elemen
tary School second
grader Olivia Pace,
6, raises her hand
to ask a Kids on
the Block puppet a
question after the
presentation on
school bullies. Pace
is sometimes
called names by a
fellow classmate
who covers his ears
and sticks out his
tongue when she
asks him to stop.
PHOTOS BY
W ynde D yer /
T he P ortland
O bserver
Puppeteer Ramona
Fouts and puppet
Clare Sanchez
perform s ‘ You're Not
the Boss o f M e l’ for
students a t El
Monica Elementary
School in Beaverton
last Thursday. The
Kids on the Block
Awareness program
has been in high
demand since a
statewide mandate
went into effect
requiring all schools
to teach their
students school
safety and how to
deal with bullies.
It’s disclosures like these that make
Saxe and Fouts continue to volunteer their
time for K id s on the B lo ck Awareness
Program, which in Portland has the largest
volunteer base in the country and pro
vides a ll o f its puppet shows for free to
schools.
“It’s heartwarming,” Saxe said. “A nd
it’s important to give back to the kids -
they’re the future”
Family: a Kaiser Permanente value for more than 55
Sisters
Siblings
Sandra Warren
Sales representative
Loren E. Jenkins, MD
O rthopaedic surgeon
Cathy Adams
Data Security supervisor
(two of six family members on our staff)
Leslie Hart
O ncology nurse
C elebrate Black H istory M onth
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