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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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