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March 30. 2005
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Onde Arte Latina
Features Paintings
Javier Ramos, one o f the most important painters in the
Mexican art town o f Aijic, will have his exquisitely detailed
portraits and still-life works featured at Onda Arte Latina
Gallery at 2 21 5 NE Alberta Street. The exhibit opens on
Last Thursday, March 31 from 6 to 9 p.m. and continues until
April 26. For more information, visit www.ondagallery.com.
Rally Recalls Police Shooting
Death of Mejia
Poot going on
four years
On Friday, April l.theCom m it-
tee for Justice for Jose Santos Vic
tor Mejia Poot and the Latino Net
work Red Latina are hosting a com-
munity rally on police account
ability and other issues raised by
the police shooting of Mr. Mejia.
The gathering will take place at
City Hall, 1221 SW Fourth Street,
Portland, beginning at 5 p.m.
Mejia Poot was shot and killed
in a psychiatric hospital by Port
land Police Officer Jeffrey Bell fol
lowing an attempt by Mejia Poot
to leave the hospital. Mejia Poot
had been misdiagnosed as men
tally ill and placed at Gateway Psy
chiatric Hospital.
past four years have sandbagged
Two days before his death, the possibility of a credible inde
Mejia Poot suffered an epileptic pendent review ,” said M artin
seizure while boarding a Tri-Met Gonzalez, spokesperson for the
bus, was beaten by Portland Po Committee for Justice for Mejia
lice and taken into custody after Poot.
failing to come up with 2 0 cents of
Maria Lisa Johnson, executive
director for the Latino Network,
the total bus fare.
Organizers are calling on the said “Mayor Tom Potter is engag
City of Portland for the creation of ing the city on setting priorities for
an Independent Civilian Review the budget, and we believe that
C o m m ittee to rev iew po lice investing in the training of all po
shootings. Four years after the lice officers to respond to crisis
death of Mejia Poot, there is no and de-escalate conflict should be
independent report issued on that top priorities.”
The Latino Network intends to
shooting.
Although the Police Assess present a letter to Mayor Potter
ment Resource Center is expected a d d re ssin g
th o se
to issue a report in May that might issues on April 1,2005.
Marchers from The Portland
include the Mejia Poot case, orga
nizers contend that is not enough. Peaceful Response Coalition are
“The reality is that city bureau expected to join the rally at City
crats with their actions over the Hall around5:30 P.M.
Bill Restricts
Licensing
(AP) - A new bill being proposed
in the Oregon Legislature would re
quire driver’s to show proof of U.S.
citizenship or legal residency as part
of their application for a driver’s li
cense.
Oregon is currently one o f nine
states that do not have the proof of
legal residency rule, which has be
come increasingly popular since the
Sept. 11,2001, terrorist attacks.
Proponents of Oregon’s House
Bill 2608 point out that the 9/11 hi
jackers had easily acquired driver’s
licenses from multiple states.
But critics say requiring proof of
citizenship or legal residency to ob
tain a driver’s license poses hard
ships for immigrants. It would make
it difficult to cash a paycheck or open
a bank account. And it would force
immigrants todri ve without a license
or insurance.
Nielsen Goes After Minorities
Details plan to boost participation
(AP) - Nielsen Media Research
outlined several steps recently to
better reflect the television viewing
habits o f blacks and Hispanics, in
cluding paying families more to
measure what they watch.
Nielsen also said it agreed with a
task force ’ s recommendation that it
purposely oversample minorities in
the com pany’s research.
The company that has a mo
nopoly on measuring TV viewing
habits appointed a panel last year
to recommend changes after con
cerns were expressed about its new
technology (electronic m eters,
rather than paper diaries).
Some blacks and Hispanics say
the new system undercounts them
and, as a result, threatens the future
of their favorite shows. The Fox
netw ork’s corporate parent has
supported these protest efforts.
T he ta sk fo rc e c o n c lu d e d
Nielsen’s new People Meter tech
nology was superior to the old di
ary system, but that the company
needed to do more to make sure
minorities participate.
Nielsen said it agreed with the
recommendation to pay more, and
to reward individuals in a house
hold instead of the family as a whole.
Nielsen w on't say how much fami
lies are paid— it’s considered to be
a nominal fee — and it also gives
A “Jazzy”
Tribute to A
Life Lived Well
gifts like backpacks or books to
thank participants.
The company also plans to re
ward families who have a participa
tion. While the People Meters elec
tronically reflect what a TV set is
tuned to, participants need to punch
in codes to tell the company who in
the household is watching.
Because minority homes tend to
have higher “default" rates— mean
ing the data is no good because the
codes aren’t punched in — Nielsen
said it would purposely sample more
minority homes than it normally
would.
T hat’s expected to be contro
versial among its clients, spokes
man Jack Loftus said. But Nielsen
promised that it would weigh these
numbers to make sure the final
sample accurately reflects the popu
lation, he said.
‘Cynthia Rotunno, executive di
rector o f the D on’t Count Us Out
coalition, said the task force had
done outstanding work and made
stro n g re c o m m e n d a tio n s that
should be quickly put in place.
“Given the history o f Nielsen
and its status as an unregulated
monopoly, we continue to believe
that the timely and continued imple
mentation of these recom m enda
tions requires independent over
sight,” Rotunno said.
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Salvadorans Commemorate Romero’s Death
(AP) - Activists from around the
world gathered in thisCentral Ameri
can country Thursday to remember
Bishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, a
human rights proponent who was
gunned down 25 years ago.
The bishop had spoken out
against alleged repression by the
Salvadoran army at the beginning
of the country’s 12-year civil war
between a right-wing government
and leftist rebels.
Romero was slain down on March
Hundreds o f people march through the streets to honor slain
24,1980, while celebrating a Mass
Roman Catholic Bishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero in San Salvador,
at a Catholic hospital where he lived.
El Salvador, Thursday, March 24.
Rom ero’s assassin was never
Processions and memorial ser nounced recently that they had
brought to trial, and a Roman Catho-
lic human rights office has called on vices took place amid hopes that begun the process of beatification
the Salvadoran government to re- the Vatican will proclaim Romeroa for Romero, the last formal step
saint. Church leaders in Rome an before possible sainthood.
I open the investigations.
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Light Poles to
Showcase
Local Artwork
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tural and landscape metal works
as well as creating unique furni
ture designs and interior ele
ments.
“It is my personal mission to
evolve the craft of designer and
artist and experiment in the cre
ative environm ents we live.”
Seale said. "My work is inspired
by nature and community.”
Four of the banners will con
tain “kinetic” reeds, branches,
spirals, an d d ru m s-th at will pro
duce movement and sound dur
ing windblown days.
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Children carried photographs of
the cleric in a procession that be
gan at the chapel and concluded at
his tomb, housed in the central ca
thedral in El Salvador'scapital, San
Salvador.
Margaret Dexheimer, 52, and her
h u sb a n d , L u th e ra n M in iste r
Guillermo Dexheimer, 48, both of
Saint Paul, Minn., carried a bou
quet of flowers and a IO-foot-tall
painted portrait of Romero during
their second visit to El Salvador to
commemorate the bishop’s death.
“Even though Msgr. Romero
was killed a long time ago. people
still remember him, even young
people,” said Jennifer Lau, 33, edi
tor o f a Canadian religious maga
zine.
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Rev. John Pearce
“Black Man”
Perspective
“I will make mention of Rehab
( E g y p t) & Babylon to them that
know me. Behold Philistia ( Pal
estine); Tyre; with Ethiopia; this
man was bom there. And of Zion
it shall be said, this and that man
was bom in her: A nd the highest
h im s e lf sh all estab lish h e r
| P S A L M 8 7 }.” Note The Black
Em pire Zion: Jebusite.Canaanite,
Hittite & Amorite families |G en
10:6-20and II Samuel 5:6). All the
above nations were people of
color. Biblically, years later Israel
linked to Zion thus: “ And thus
saith the lord ( Jod to Jerusalem,
thy birth and thy nativity is of the
land of ( anaan; thy father was an
A m orite. and thy m other was a
H ittite (Ezekial 16:3).” In Africa, Blacks having no voting rights -
I was told th at the ancient W est “Let My people Go!” Consis
African father, A dudu wa, was the tently. that nation unjustly attacks
son of E th io p ia 's N im rod; from African Americans in high places
like the CEO of Sallie Mea -"Let
here. Blacks filled Africa.
Scholars say, H am ites w ere My People Go!” When this sup
B la c k N ew sw eek m a g a z in e pression by the few of the many
d a te d J a n 1 1 , 1988, verified that declares a never ending War On
the human fam ily started with a Drugs - Drugs that are brought
civilized African Origin (DNA over on our major airlines (CNN
stu d ie s). S cientists have long News (-“Let My People Go!"
When this so called war, by
said that the oldest "bone find
ings” were found in Ethiopia & law. automatically gives a wartime
Palestine. Note, Satan hates God nation rights to attack Black
& the Mind thereof, thus its even youngsters in our streets, disre
clearer to why he hates G o d 's garding civil rights -“Let My
first thought o f a civilized man. People Go!” Is this a ploy of
the “ Black M an.” W as A m erica suppression starting w ith our
doing S atan 's bidding when en young, desensitizing the popu
slaving A fricans?
lous via TV media. “CO PS," in
order
to raise a new generation of
W hen a nation openly cam
Blacks
without rights? - Let My
paigns, “Turn Back The clock;"
People
Go!"
meaning, turning the clock back to
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