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®l|c fJnrtlanò ffibseruer luly 02. 2003 Page A5 Rally Against Neighborhood Displacement Sisters say communities of color hurt by ‘revitalization’ 7 i M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver photo bv Young women from Sisters In Action for Power organize on Northeast Alberta Street to address low-income housing issues. ‘Do-Not-Call’ List Registers Millions Free service intended to block telemarketing calls (A P )— People registered more than 10 m illion phone num bers with the national do-not-call list in its first four days, finally giv ing vent to their frustration with telem arketers. The free service intended to block m ost telem arketing calls w as launched Friday. At the height o f the registration surge that evening, 158 phone num bers w ere signed up every sec ond, the Federal T rade C om m is sion said M onday. “This is really a phenom enal response," said Eileen Harrington, the F T C ’s director o f m arketing practices. "T here is an enorm ous enthusiasm and pent-up dem and for this service.” A bout 85 percen t o f the n u m b ers w ere reg istered o n lin e at w w w .d o n o tc a ll.g o v , the FTC said. On the W eb site, co n su m ers p ro v id e the hom e or cell p h one n u m b ers they w ant p ro te cte d and an e-m ail ad d ress to re c e iv e a c o n firm a tio n m e s w ere added F riday, 4 .6 m illion sage. on S atu rd ay an d 2 m illio n on People have entered another 3 S u n d a y .• m illion num bers online, but still The FTC expects people will need to com plete registration by register up to 60 m illion phone clicking on a link in the e-m ail num bers in the first year. m essage, the FTC said. P eo p le w ho sign up th is su m People also registered by call- m er should see a d ec rease in te le m a rk e tin g c a lls a fte r the FTC b eg in s en fo rcin g the list on O ct. 1. T h e se rv ic e w ill block ab o u t 80 p ercen t o f the calls, the FTC said. T h e te lem ark etin g in d u stry e stim a tes the d o -n o t-call list co u ld cu t its b u sin ess in half, co stin g them up to $50 b illio n in sales each y ear, said L ouis M astria, a sp o k esm an for the D irect M ark etin g A sso ciatio n . “ Y o u ’re ta lk in g ab o u t a big h it to the eco n o m y and a big hit to o u r in d u stry ,” M astria said. ing toll-free at 1-888-382-1222, "T here m ay be so m e jo b losses.” a num ber available in states w est E x em p tio n s from the list in o f the M ississippi River. To en clu d e ca lls from ch a ritie s and sure the system can handle the p o llsters and ca lls on b e h a lf o f volum e o f calls, the phone num p o litic ia n s. A c o m p an y also ber will not operate nationw ide m ay call so m eo n e on the n o until July 7. C onsum ers calling c a ll lis t if th a t p e rs o n h a s the toll-free num ber m ust call b o ught, leased o r ren ted from from the phone they w ant regis the co m p an y w ith in the past 18 tered. m o n th s o r has in quired ab o u t Inclu d in g u n co n firm ed re g or ap p lied for so m eth in g d u r istra tio n s, 7 m illio n n u m b ers ing the past th ree m onths. The telemarketing industry estimates the do-not-call list could cut its business in half, costing them up to $50 billion in sales each year... More than 50 students, Colum bia Villa residents and community leaders gathered at the Sisters in Action for Power office Thursday to speak out against the depletion o f public h o u sin g and public schools and the displacement o f long-time residents and workers in north and northeast Portland. Sisters in Action for Power, a youth-led organization encourag ing low-income girls and girls o f colorto take action in theircommu- nities, has begun a land equity cam paign. The effort addresses the devastating effects o f the "revital ization” on low-income communi ties and com munities o f color. “This used to be a community filled w ith busin esses, parks, daycares and community centers all ran by people o f color. Those were the good times when people o f color had a tight-knit commu nity," said Patti Hayes, a leader o f Sisters in Action. The group released a statement opposing the overhaul o f Colum bia Villa. the largest public housing facility in Portland. According to a Sisters in Action spokesperson, the HOPE VI grant awarded to the Housing Authority ofPortland will diminish the overall numberofpublic housing unitsavail- able to low-income families and sell housing to private developers. They also called the Portland School District’s selling o f school land to private businesses “merely a mask for privatization and corpo rate dominance." 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