October 20. 2004
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Open Meadow Welcomes New Space Ask O
Real People, Real Advice
Ail advice column known for
its /earless approach to reality
based subjects!
Dear Deanna!
T here is a lack o f political
voter education available to
the m asses o f m inority people
that hope their vote counts.
T he candidates on the plat
form s h a v e n 't adequately ad
d re sse d A frican A m erican
issues such as reparations,
education and poverty. W e
m ust em pow er ourselves to
solve these issues on a com
m unity level before we can
expect the world to solve them
for us. —Billion; Los A n g e
les
to fully serve theirgrow ing popu ence labs, tw o additional class
lations.
room s, kitchen, staff offices,
Speaking at the event were utility and storage areas. The
C arole Sm ith, O pen M eadow building formerly housed the S. B.
e x e c u tiv e d ir e c to r ; G re g g K lahnCo., a north Portland fam
Harrod, O pen M eadow board ily business that m anufactured
chair; Matt H ennessee, chair bank night deposit bags.
man o f the Portland D evelop
Purchasing and rem odeling
Transition
program serves
kids at risk
G uests gathered on Oct. 12
for the grand opening celebra
tion o f the new ly renovated
b u ild in g fo r O p en M eadow
school program s serving youth
who are a, risk o f disconnecting
from school or w ho have al
ready dropped out.
T he new site at 7633 N.
W abash Ave. replaces transi
tion programs previously housed
w ithO pen Meadow High School
at 7654 N. C raw ford. Now
both program s have am ple space
This project represents
the best in > people.
*
Jeremy Theodore
ment C om m ission; and Andrew
M ason, O pen M eadow director
o f transition program s.
T he spacious, creatively de
signed facility that includes a
great hall, com puter and sci
costs totaled $ 1.3 m illion.
A rchitect, Jerem y Theodore,
sum m ed up his feelings about
the renovation project, “This
project represents the best in
people - a several year partner
ship involving many individuals,
businesses, city agencies, and
foundations, all devoted to a
great program with the m ission
o f serving disenfranchised kids.
All involved should be very
proud o f the result.”
O pen M eadow , a non-profit
now in its 33rd year, educates
youth in small, relationship-based
program s that em phasize per
sonal responsibility, academ ics
and service to the com m unity.
Students com e to Open Meadow
when other educational settings
prove unsuccessful; many have
previously dropped out. Open
M eadow served 563 middle and
high school students during the
2003-04 school year.
I suppose today’s generation
and m any before that has
w aited and never received the
40-acres and a mule that was
prom ised. T here are m any
small scale resources avail
able to help m inorities with
the voting process but prob
ably aren ’t used. I take that
back. The rap w orld strongly
dom inates areas o f today’s
culture so maybe th a t’s why
som e folks want to finally
rock-the-vote because o f Puff
Daddy.
DearRaychelle:
Dear Deanna!
I ’m 78 y ears old and I vote in
every e le c tio n that I can. I
und erstan d that people died
and su ffered for w om en and
m in o rities to have this right.
Even if the can d id ate I vote
for d o e s n 't w in, I feel as if
I ’ve d o n e m y p a rt. E v e ry
A m erican w ith the privilege to
vote is o b lig a te d on b e h a lf o f
the co u n try , th eir fam ilies and
th e ir c h ild r e n to e x e r c is e
- - C la r e n c e
th is r i g h t .
W ith e rsp o o n ; B a ltim o re
It’s g o o d to see the e ld e rs
sharing th e ir political jo u rn e y
and w isdom w ith the y o u n g er
g e n eratio n . Y es, there is an
o bligation, ho w ev er m anm ade
forces still try to prevail re
gard less o f w h a t’s right. T he
ch ild ren o f the future have a
long road ahead o f them that
can only be m ade easy w ith
e d u c a tio n , a w a r e n e s s a n d
faith. V oting can m ake this
path e a sie r but w o n ’t be su c
cessful w ithout the “each one
teach o n e ” p h ilosophy w hich
is ap p a re n tly m issing.
Dear Deanna!
Ask Deanna is written by Deanna M.
I feel as if the entire voting
Write A sk D eanna! Em ail:
thing is a hoax. T he world
askdeanna I @yahoo.com or write:
already know s who the w in
DeannaM, P.O. Box88847, Los An
ner is and I think it’s a big
geles, C4 90009.
W ebsite:
publicity stunt. The cam paign
www.askdeanna.com
ads, debates and hoopla are a
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N ow that w as a silly rem ark.
N ot sure if you heard the e x
p ressio n that the em pty barrel
m akes the loudest noise. In
o th e r w o rd s, y o u p ro b a b ly
d o n 't vote, but co m plain about
e v e ry th in g . M ore than likely
you d o n 't c o n trib u te an ything
to im prove so ciety but alw ay s
find th in g s w rong. It’s great
the rest o f the w orld d o e s n ’t
think like you and reco g n ize
th a t
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te rrib le thing to w aste.
DearClarence:
Dear Billion:
A newly renovated building serves Open Meadow, an alternative school in north Portland.
w aste o f tim e and m oney.
K aychelle; D allas
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