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The Portland Oregon Visitors Association presents Roy Jay with
the prestigious Member o f the Year award.
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USA are ju st a few o f the national
touring events and conventions
that Jay as racked into the “sold’
column.
In fashionable Roy Jay style, he
spins the credit to his hospitality
partners, POV A and the local ho­
tel industry.
D e s c rib e d
as
th e
entrepreneur’s entrepreneur. Jay
was also featured last year in O r­
egon Business M agazine as one j
o f the S tate’s T op 50 leaders. He
ow ns, operates or has business
interest in at least 10 business
enterprises.
“He is always a pleasure to work
w ith ,” sa y s B e tty D a v is o f |
V ancouver, w ho has been in the
hospitality and tourism business
for the past 30 years.
“ H e ’s q u ite the guy and has
nev er let the fact th at he is A fri­
can A m erican ev er hold him back
from a c co m p lish m e n t an y th in g .
P eople like R oy b ecau se his is
g e n u in e , c a rin g , sh a rin g and
ca lls every o n e his frien d , n eig h ­
b o r or c o u sin .”
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recognized the native Portlander
for the past six consecutive years
as one o f the nation’s m ost influen­
tial African Am ericans in the con­
vention industry.
It was just last N ovem ber that he
was also surprised by his peers at
the National Coalition o f Black
M eeting Planners C onference in
Dallas with their most prestigious
award.
As one o f the best am bassadors
that this city has had in prom o­
tions, Jay, single handedly orga­
nized fam iliarization trips to attract
m inority meeting planners, media
and others to take a first hand look
at the City o f Roses. W hile some
w ere first skeptical, they were won
over with his savvy charm and per­
suasive style o f m arketing.
The National Forum For Black
Public A dm inistrators, N ational
Organization of Black Law Enforce­
ment O fficials, Am erican A ssocia­
tion for A ffirm ative Action, TD
Jakes Crusade, and N eighborhood
Youth Treatment
Center Expands Reach
ment.
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“T oo often, sham e prevents
youth from all econom ic back­ people from seeking help from
g rounds.
their children or for them selves,”
“T he new center addresses the said Cruz. “The center will be a
critical shortage o f evidence-based visible, w elcom ing place encour­
d in g and alcohol treatm ent for aging a pro-active approach to
youth in our region,” said Sheila alcohol and drug problem s.”
North, executivedirectorof De Paul.
The location o f the expanded
The expanded program includes center builds upon the St. C harles
an array o f services, including resi­ Borrom eo Catholic Church Par­
dential and outpatient treatment, ish, and incorporates the form er
m ental health services, youth and elem entary school for classroom
fam ily support groups and infor­ space and outpatient offices.
m ational presentations.
C ontributions are still needed
M ultnom ah County C om m is­ to establish an endow m ent fund.
sioner Serena Cruz, said the De Paul
For more information, call 503-
Youth T reatm ent C enter will help 53 5 -1 161
or
v is it
erase the stigm a o f addiction treat­ www.depaultreatmentcenters.org.
(A P) — A federal program that can
boost a low-incom e fam ily's tax credit by
thousands o f dollars, is not reaching
som e o f the neediest households.
O nly 36 percent o f the eligible H is­
panic fam ilies surveyed in C alifornia’s
San Joaquin V alley received the EITC
they were entitled to last year - even
though the credit can provide up to
$4,000 for households headed by the
w orking poor.
The disparity was evident in the par­
tial results o f the Rural Fam ilies Speak
Project - a five-year survey by universi­
ties around the country into the financial
w ell-being o f rural families.
V olunteers helping taxpayers in isolated
com m unities say their clien ts’ inability to
access agencies that could tell them about
the credit, along with language differences
and cultural assum ptions, often keep H is­
panics from receiving the credit.
EIT C is often considered the m ost suc­
cessful federal anti-poverty program. M ore
eligible fam ilies get the EITC than tradi­
tional assistance program s like M edicaid
or food stam ps. In the last tax year, it gave Wifredo Rodríguez goes over the taxes o f Natividad
Alcoceer as her daughter Iris Hernandez, 3 looks on.
$36.9 billion back toqualifying fam ilies.
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Benson Grad Remembered
Spiritual Development Pursued
Aaron Allen Crews
A m em orial service was held on M arch 26 in
the C athedral o f Praise in Portland for Aaron
Allen C rew s, w ho died M arch 20 o f hom icide at
age 34.
C rew s was bom Jan 14,1970 in Portland. He
graduated from Benson Polytechnic High School,
received a certificate in bricklaying from the Job
C orps and was a brick m ason. He had lived in
T acom a before returning to Portland.
Survivors include his daughters A yanna Jones
and A aliyeh Jo n es-B an k s; m other, D olores
Jones; father, Larry Shephard; sisters, A ngela
Golden, Traci Crew s, Sheri Hamilton and Velaida
Harris; and brothers, Uhuru C rew s, K aranja
Crew s, Zaw die C rew s, Enrique Shepard, Emile
Shephard, M ike S hephard and Tony Shephard.
A rrangem ents w ere m ade by Rose City.
The C e n te r fo r S p iritu a l D e v e l­
opm ent at T r in ity E p isco p a l C athe­
m usic, silence and q u ie t re fle c tio n in the
garden.
d ra l, 147 N .W . 19th A v e . is h o ld in g
The ca th e d ra l is also sp onsoring a
a re tre a t and w o rk s h o p aim ed to
le c tu r e
an d
w o rk s h o p
w it h
Rabbi
re a lig n p a rtic ip a n ts w ith th e ir s p ir i­
L a w re n ce K ushner, a b r illia n t s to ry ­
tu a l selves fro m 9 a.m . to 3 p.m .
te lle r, a u th o r and R a b b in ic scholar, on
S aturday, A p r il 24 at the E lk R ock
F rid a y and S aturday, M a y 14 and 15.
G arden at B is h o p ’ s C lose.
F o r m ore in fo rm a tio n , c a ll 503 -4 7 8 -
The day in clu d e s an e cum enical
s e r v ic e
1218.
w it h
scripture, prayer,
jo u rn a l w r itin g ,
c o n v e r s a tio n .
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