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July 07, 2004 Page A4 THE SPINACOLUMN O pinion Opinion articles do not necessarily reflect or represent the views of The Portland Observer An ongoing senes ol questions and answers about America's natural healing profession Dr Billy R Flowers Part 5. WHIPLASH: It doesn’t take a serious accident to cause serious damage. : How bud an accident does neck, arm or shoulder, nausea, it lake to actually cause blurred vision and headaches. If not treated immediately, these prob w hiplash ? : While most people think of lems can lead to other more severe whiplash only as the result ones. To com plicate matters, it sometimes takes years before whip o f a rear end collision, it can occur as a result o f a fall or other sudden lash symptoms occur. jolt. In car collisions, speeds as : What should / do if I ’ve had low as 5 MPH (a brisk w alk, have a fa ll or a car accident? caused whiplash. 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SCHEDULED AIR SERVICF PROVIDED BT SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES. **AII classes are free of charge! «/ AÄH A a HC African American Health Coalition, Inc. /x \ Now we need to go further and do better bv C ongressman J ohn L ewis Last week, we celebrated the 4(Xh anniversary o f the Civil Rights Act, a turning point in the decades-long struggle against segregation and discrim ination. W hen President Johnson signed the legislation into law on July 2, 1964, America took one step closer to becoming a coun try which truly judges not by the color o f skin but by the content of character. However, the Civil Rights Act was not something that simply hap pened, nor was it something that happened simply. It was one step in a long and diffi A u V fU ù td |V E R S ID £ Civil Rights Act was a Turning Point cult civil rights m o vem ent, one stained with the blood and built upon the sweat of those Americans whose dedication to lib e rty an d e q u a lity w as stronger than that to their own self- preservation. As a young Freedom Rider, I rode with coura geous men and women beaten with the clubs o f hatred, and stood up to the “whites only” and “colored waiting” signs by sitting down. 1 marched with men o f all races through the choking gas of oppres sion in Selma and stood shoulder- to-shoulder with w om en o f all creeds before the state capitol in Montgomery. As a country, we promised to overcome. And as a nation, we overcame. Yet as far as w e’ve come since the days of the civil rights m ove ment, we still have furthertogo. We still have more toovercome. Unfor tunately, the current Administra Presents for your health, Wellness W ith in REACH Activity Calendar Aerobics Mallory Ave. Christian Church Hon, Wed, Fri, 6-7am, Pierce • 5:30-6:20pm, Granville • 6:30-7:30pm, Nickerson Pilates (Contact AAHC) M att Dishman Tue, 8-9pm Stretching/Body Sculpting Low Im pact Aerobics Daniel’s Memorial Church Tue, 7 :15-8:15pm, Granville M att Dishman Tue, Thu, 7-8am, Lois W a te r Aerobics (Contact AAHC) Columbia Pool, M att Dishman, Salvation Arm y Tai Chi (Contact AAHC) St John’s Comunity Center Tue, 6:30-7:30pm African Dance M att Dishman Sat. 10 -1 1 am, Addo Walking Group Peninsula Park Sat, 12:30pm, Woods Lloyd Ctr, I st FI. in front of Sears Tue, Thu, 6:30pm, Woods (Class courtesy o l M itt Dishman) Body C onditioning W ild Oats Market Sat, 9:30-10:30am, Nickerson W eight Mgnt./Conditioning W h itaker Track Tue, Thu, 9 - 1 Oam, Hasan ChjcagoStep M att Dishman Fri, 6:30pm, Kendrick Yoga W ild Oats M arket Tue, Thu, 7:30-8:30pm, O’Rourke Kickboxing Hum boldt Elementary Tue, Thu, 6-7pm, Keller Columbia Pool. 7701 N Chautaqua Daniel's Memonal Church, 1234 NE Kilhngsworth Humboldt Elementary. 4915 N Gantenbein Malory Are Oinstan Church (Gym), 126 NE Alberta Matt Dishman, 77 NE Knott Peninsula Park, 700 N Portland Salvation Army, 5125 N Williams St John’s Community Center. 8427 N Central Whitaker Track. NE 42nd & Kilhngsworth Wild Oats Market. 1515 NE 15th “ Must be 18 or older to participate. Please contact AAHC before showing up to the first class and for more information at 501-411-1850 or kdempsey@aahc-portland.org. Please receive approval from your doctor before beginning exercise class. R a c ia l and E th n ic A p p ro a c h e s to C o m m u n ity H e a lth Program of the African Am erican Health Coalition Inc Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) A Contact AAHC at 501-413-1850 or visit our wtb site at www.aahc-portland.org Advertise w uh diversity in Jl'r^ .ì o r t l a n ò ( O b s r r n r v Call 503-288 00.33 ads (4> port landob server, com solution, it requires a solution that, like the civil rights movement itself, was fueled by unity and brother hood. John Kerry has a history of work ing with African Americans to build more unified communities and a stronger America. In the Senate, John Kerry has opposed attempts to undermine or eliminate affirma tive action, and supports programs th a t e n h a n c e d iv e rs ity and strengthen the colorful fabric of America. In the wake of the 2(XX) election scandal, he is a strong advocate for election reform; he knows that every voter must be able to make it to the polls, and that ev ery vote must be counted. He has re p e a te d ly sp o k en out against racial profiling, and re- ceiveda lOOpercent ra tin g from the N A A C P and the Human RighlsCam- — Congressman John Lewis paign for his work in support o f civil Since Bush took office, u n em rights. But we did not struggle ju st for ploym ent am ong A frican A m eri cans has increased by 21 percent. civil rights; we struggled for c i M ore children live beneath the vility. We did not fight ju st for poverty line, and few er parents equal rights; we fought fo re q u a l can afford decent housing. A fri ity. As we celebrate the ann iv er can A m ericans m ake up o v er 50 sary o f the Civil Rights Act, let us percent of A m erica’s unem ployed com m it ourselves to going fur population and are having an in ther, to doing better. Let us co m creasingly d ifficult tim e p ro v id mit ourselves to overcom ing the ing for them selves and their fam i obstacles ^hat we face and w ork ing tow ards the C o n stitu tio n ’s lies. Yet, as President Johnson said prom ise o f a more perfect union. Congressman John Lewis was in 1965, this is not a Negro problem or a Southern problem or a North one o f the planners and a keynote ern problem. It is an American prob speaker at the historic “March on lem and it requires an American W ashington” in August 1963. tion has done little to help. Today, over 1.6 million African Americans are unemployed. One in 10 blacks cannot find work, twice the rate for whites. Almost a half- century after the Supreme Court declared separate but equal to be unconstitutional, more black men are in prison than in college; they make up four percent o f the univer sity population and over 40 percent o f the prison population. The aver age white household has six times as much money as the average black household, which is nearly six times as likely to go bankrupt. The average white household has six times as much money as the average black household, which is nearly six times as likely to go bankrupt. MM More Diplomas, Less Degrees We can do better to prepare youth for college bv J udge G reg M athis Since slavery was abolished, education has served as the foun dation of all our struggles forequal ity. From the building of black col leges to the Supreme Court chal lenges for educational equality, much o f our struggle has been cen tered on education. Last month we received the good news that the African-American high school graduation rate reached an all-time high in 2003. More than 80 percent of all our youth gradu ated from high school last year, compared to only 70 percent in 1993. C learly, we are winning the struggle to graduate our students from high school. A bigger chal lenge, however, is to graduate more of our young people from college. There are currently more black males in prison than in college. nity must give them better coping Nearly 80 percent o f them have skills for the racism and alienation neither a high school diplom a nor a our students face at mainstream GED, dem onstrating a strong cor colleges and universities. Such pre relation between a failed education paredness will go a long way in system and incarceration. reducing the number o f students To meet the challenge o f gradu- who leave college early due to aca dem ics or racial alienation on cam pus. Perhaps even more important than academic and social prepara tion are financial considerations. Many who start college are unable to com plete it because of financial pressures. To that end, Presiden tial candidate John Kerry has pro posed a $100 million fund to help minority students complete college. The proposal would also require colleges to report the number of minorities whoenroll and graduate. Although $ I (X) m i I lion falls short of fulfilling the needs o f our students, it is certainly a start - and $I(X) Judge G reg M a th is million more than his opponent has ating more youth from college, we proposed. must better prepare our students Judge Greg Mathis is chairman for the rigors of college. Our public o f the Rainbow PUSH-Excel Board schools must prepare them better and a national board m em ber o f for the academic challenges o f col the Southern Christian leadership lege and our parents and commu- Conference. Brutality Hurts Mankind Editor's note: Wajdi Said o f the Muslim Educational Trust o f Port land subm itted the follow ing to condemn the beheading o f a Ko rean hostage hy Islamic militants in Iraq: “W hosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one. it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind." (Quran 5:32) If you succumb to the temptation of “God created the heavens and using violence in your struggle, the earth for just ends and in order unborn generations will be the re that each soul may find the recom cipients of a long and desolate night pense o f what it has earned and of bitterness, and your chief legacy none of them be wronged." (Quran to the future will be an endless reign 35:22) of meaningless chaos. Hate begets “As you press on for justice, be hate: violence begets violence; sure to move with dignity and dis toughness begets a greater tough cipline, using only the weapon of ness. We must meet the forces of love. Let no man pull you so low as hate with the power o f love." (Rev. to hate him. Always avoid violence. Martin Luther King Jr.)