lanuary 19. 2005
Committed to Cultural Diversity
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Cultural Support Group
The Albina M inisterial Alliance
holds an African-American HIV/
AID S support and education
group T h ursday , Jan. 20 at
MaranathaChureh,4222 N.E. 12th
Ave at 7 p.m. For more inform a
tion, contact Elnathan Hudson
at 503-285-0493, extension 217.
Sustainable Food
A workshop to explore ways to
make foods affordable, nutritious
and culturally appropriate is
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 19 at St. A ndrew C om m u
nity Center, 4940 N.E. 8th Ave.
Cost is a $ 10 donation and lunch
will be provided. Call 503-221 -
1054 ext. 203 to register.
Preschool Open House
T illam ook C o operative P re
schools holds its open house on
Saturday, M arch 5 from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. at 935 N.E. 33 Ave.
Financial aid is available. For
more inform ation,call 503-234-
1691.
Get in Shape
'Black
Panthers
1968'
Exhibit captures symbols
o f pride, strength
Extraordinary photos of one
o f the most turbulent times in
recent A m erican history are
currently on display with the
Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle
Jo n e s p h o to g ra p h ic e s sa y
“Black Panthers 1968,” at Reed
C ollege’s Douglas F. Cooley
Memorial Art Gallery through
Feb. 20.
The free exhibition coincides
with Reed College’s celebration
of Black History Month.
This exhibition brings to
gether 45 photos with a hope to
expose the public to the Pan
thers as the photographers saw
them : sym bols o f pride and
strength.
From July to October o f 1968,
noted California photographers
Baruch and Jones were invited
by Panthers founder Eldridge
C leaver to chronicle the Black
Get in shape with Portland C om
m unity C o lleg e’s non-credit
classes designed to get you
trimm ed and toned in January.
W eight training: cardio circuit
revs up the class for 90 minutes
from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the newly
built gym o f PC C ’s Cascade
Campus, 705 N. Killingsworth.
Cost is $89 for 10 weeks. For
more information, call 503-978-
5205.
The determination and strength of those attending a Black
Panthers rally in Oakland, Calif, in 1968 are captured in this
photograph by noted photographers by Ruth -Marion Baruch
and Pirkle Jones.
PCC Skills
Learn how to build a W eb-based
business in a three-week class
from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays from
Jan. 25 through Feb. 8 in Room
13 0 o f Mt. Tabor Hall at Portland
Community College’s Southeast
Center, 2305 S.E. 82 A ve. Cost is
$49. For more information, call
503-788-6265.
Business Meeting
Join North/Northeast Business
A ssociation m eetings on the
first Monday o f each month from
6 to 8 p.m. at Albina Community
Bank, 2002 N.E. Martin Luther
King Blvd. Morning networking
meetings are the third W ednes
day o f each month from 7:30 to 9
a.m. at the Blazers Boys and Girls
Club, 5250 N.E. Martin Luther
King Blvd. For more inform a
tion, call 503-249-0487 or visit
www.nneba.org.
Gain Computer Skills
The Sun program offers a com
puter class for parents at King
Elementary School. To register,
call 5O3-916-6156cr503-319-3425.
Volunteer Option
If you are looking fora volunteer
opportunity, check out Bradley-
Angle House to end domestic
violence. Bilingual women and
women o f color are especially
needed. For information, call 503-
282-9940.
Volunteer for Hospice
Kaiser Permanente offers train
ing for hospice volunteers Tues-
days and Thursdays from 12:30
to 4 p.m. through Feb. 3 with one
Saturday session on Jan. 29. For
more inform ation o r to register,
cal!503-499-5285or503-499-5408.
Get Fit, Stay Healthy!
Sankofaa Health Institute offers
a free diabetes support group
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every third
Thursday at Alberta Simmons
Plaza, 6707 N.E. M artin Luther
King Jr. Blvd. For more informa
tion, call 503-285-2484.
Creative Space For Dance
Aurora Dance Studio, 5433 N.E.
30th(at Killingsworth), offers an
array o f classes for children,
teens and adults at all levels of
ability. Call 503-249-0201 orvisit
online at w w w .hevanet.com /
auroradance for additional in
formation.
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Symbols of pride and strength are evident as women in the Black Panthers salute during the turbulent
1960s. The photograph is one of 45 images that chronicle the Black Panther movement that are on
view at Reed College.
Panther movement in and around
Oakland, California, the head
quarters of the organization.
The work of the photogra
phers stands in radical contrast
to mass media images of the time
depicting the Panthers as thugs,
c r im in a ls , o r d a n g e ro u s
subversives. In 1968, FBI chief J.
Edgar H oover had vilified the
Black Panthers as “the greatest
threat to the internal security of
the United States.”
The images o f the photogra
phers reflect the dignity and hu
manity that animated the young
revolutionaries, and also sug
gest universal themes o f family,
com mitm ent, and hope for the
future.
Stage Manager Goes International
Former PCC
student hired by
Chicago’s
Joffrey Ballet
M ore than 12 years ago, Jessica
Flores made a life-changing deci
sion, jum ping from studies in ad
ministrative justice to theater arts
at Portland Com m unity College.
Now, Flores has made anotherjum p
and it has led to great things. She
recently became the stage manager
for the respected Joffrey Ballet in
Chicago after six years as produc
tion manager for the Oregon Ballet.
Flores, 31, joined the Oregon
Ballet as the youngest production
manager in its history after working
behind the scenes at PCC on the
first lineup o f shows held at the
then new Sylvania Cam pus Per
forming Arts Center in 1995. Now,
she takes her skills to the interna
tional level.
“ It’s definitely the next step for
me,” said Flores, whose first pro
duction will be Joffrey’s trip to the
N etherlands's Diaghilev Festival.
“By making the move to Chicago, I
am taking it to a much higher-tiered
com pany. W e’re doing a lot of in
ternational shows for the Joffrey
Ballet’s 50th anniversary.”
Flores has fond memories of PCC
as she helped put on the first-ever
production in the new Performing
A rtsC enter.builtin 1995.Theplay,
Portland resident Jessica Flores prepares an exciting new adventure in her life as the stage
manager for the respected Joffrey Ballet in Chicago.
Flores, whose parents were origi
“Noises Off,” offered Flores much the Portland-based company, but
in her new role she will focus on nally from Portland, cam e up from
o f what attracted her to theater.
“My favorite memory is the open more specific areas such as w ork California to attend Portland State
ing o f the new theater and working ing on ensuring the safety o f the University. She was also com plet
ing her associate's degree at PCC.
so hard to open that first show. I was dancers.
when
she was drawn into the world
“ I enjoy the fact that by what I do
the stage manager for the very first
o
f
theater
arts.
affects
the
performance
of
the
danc
production and I was a part of 11 PCC
"I
took
Introduction to Theater
ers
and
the
audience
can
appreci
productions altogether," Flores said.
to
round
out
my schedule," Flores
ate
that,"
she
said.
“I’m
helping
to
“I fell in love in Portland with theater
recalls. “One day, the technical di
and the opportunities it afforded. I make art."
At PCC, she explains she d id n 't rector said he needed more stu
learned a lot from PCC’s theater arts
department, especially retired in want to be a performer herself and dents in his technical theater class
naturally found technical stage or it would be canceled So, that
structor Sue Parks-Hi Iden.”
sounded interesting and I tried it
At the Oregon Ballet, Flores, work more fascinating.
“I gravitated to the backstage and fell in love.”
worked on more than 35 perfor
And now the future for Flores is
mances, was in charge o f all techni and w asn't interested in glory,”
bright as a spotlight.
cal aspects o f the productions at she said.
Baruch, a European-born Jew
who faced discrim ination in
America, and Jones, a white man
from Louisiana whose family had
w itnessed lynchings, said they
are sharing their images with the
public through a major exhibi
tion to revel “the feeling o f the
people.”
C o o ley G a lle ry d ir e c to r
Stephanie Snyder calls photog
raphers' work “sensitive, aes
thetically o u tstan d in g d o cu
mentary photography.”
“T his exhibition does not
seek to position the Panthers
historically, or to draw conclu
sions about the appropriateness
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TriM et has proposed a 5-
cent fare increase to begin
in April tocoverrecord high
diesel prices.
The transit agency uses
more than 6 million gallons
of diesel annually, and high
prices have created a $3
million budge, deficit. The
shortfall comes even after
adjustments to improve fuel
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A 5-cent fare increase
on most cash fares will re
sult in $1.5 million in rev
enue.
The TriM et Board of Di
rectors will have a first
reading of the fare increase
ordinance a, its next meet
ing on Jan. 26 and will vote
on the ordinance at its Feb.
23 meeting.
If approved, tw o zone
tickets would go from $1.35
to $1.40 and an All-Zone
ticket would rise from $ 1.65
to $1.70.