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Rally Against Neighborhood Displacement
Sisters say
communities of
color hurt by
‘revitalization’
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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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