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EMBRACING DIVERSITY
August 3. 2005
Small Multicultural Marketer Thinks Big New Voice for Women
Manual states
keys to success
Motivation, inspiration, insight
and plain old common sense are
all featured in Dante Lee’s book
“How To Think Big ...When
You’re Small,” a comprehen-
sive set of 24 keys to success in
life and business.
Lee is the CEO and presi
dent of Diversity City Media,
a very successful multicultural
marketing and public relations
firm based in Long Beach,
Calif. With annual billings of
about $500,()(M) - and clients
like Verizon, McDonald’s,
NASCAR,
BET,
and
Heineken - he has proven that
a small person can change the
world.
In 2002, Lee graduated from
Bowie State University with a
Bachelors degree in Computer
Science, and was the only per
son in the school’s 100-year
history to graduate from a 4-
year program in three years.
While in college, he also in
terned as a computer program
V
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mer at NASA and FDIC.
Currently - in addition to
heading Diversity City Me
dia, Lee is also a founding
partner of Beasley Creations
(www.tablegolf.com), an in
novative sporting goods com
pany that is known for their
invention of table golf.
"We are all small,” Lee
said, “but by thinking big - we
change the world. It has been
done before, and it can be
done again - this time by you.”
For more information, visit
www.howtothinkbig.com.
City Supports Minority Businesses
Mayor Tom Potter has initiated
new loan programs to assist minori
ties, w om en, low -incom e and
emerging small businesses in asso
ciation with the Portland Develop
ment Commission, the Cascadia
Revolving Fund and Mercy Corps
Northwest.
The loans include technical as
sistance in the areas of manage-
ment, finance, and marketing to help
create confidence in borrowers and
improve their ability to repay. An
other loan program is supported in
part by New Market Tax Credits.
Both of these new programs are
compliments to the loan and grant
programs PDC already offers to
businesses, primarily in urban re
newal areas.
Potter said the availability o f
th ese fu n d s w o u ld fa c ilita te
w ealth creation for sm all busi
ness ow ners and the creation of
entry-level jo b s by businesses
that w ould otherw ise not have
access to capital.
For more information, contact
Peter Englander at PDC, 503-823-
3347.
Mayor
Tom
Potter
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Job Hotline: 503-988-5035
TTY: 503-988-5170
an equal opportunity employer
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ww.multcojobs.org
Vlvertiselwith divtlsity in
Portland a
Community
College
Portland Community College is recruiting for the following positions:
Responds to
growing segment
of owners
According to a study conducted
by the National Foundation for
Women Business Owners and IBM.
women of color are one of the fastest
growing segments o f business own
ers. Between 1997 and 2004, the
num ber o f A frican A m erican
women-owned firms increased by
33 percent.
“Many more women want to
venture into the world of entrepre
neurship, but they just don’t know
how to make it happen,” said Ola R.
Jackson, founder and publisher of
‘Onyx W oman.’
The magazine guides women on
their journey through entrepre
neurship while connecting them to
role models and mentors who op
erate successful enterprises.
“ Black women are each other’s
greatest resource,” Jackson said.
“I created Onyx W oman to ad
dress the needs of the rapidly grow
ing number o f African-American
women business owners, and their
increasing interest in the world of
finance and investing. We focus
on finances as well because we
know that if a business owner can’t
manage her personal finances she
Ola Jackson
will have a challenge managing
her business finances.
“I learned over the years that
success is a mindset. Everyone
isn’t ready and willing to let go of
bad habits, make sacrifices to
change their lives and take risks in
order to make it happen. When
you ch an g e your m ind, you
change your behavior, when you
change your behavior, you change
your life. At the end of the day,
what we all want is a better quality
of life,” Jackson said.
For more inform ation, visit
www.onyxwoman.com.
Woman Leads at U.S. Bank
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we have great confi
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president for the ter
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president,” said Jo
Wasson, 46, is a
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24-year veteran of
chairman of com
banking w ho has
mercial banking for
been with U.S. Bank
U.S. Bancorp and
in P ortland since
former Portland mar
1989. She most re
ket president.
cently led commer
In her new role,
cial banking in O r
Malia Wasson
W asson will con
egon and southwest
W ashington, where her team of 80 tinue todirect commercial banking,
bankers oversaw the total banking while also leading marketwide ini
relationships of businesses with tiatives and projects that impact all
annual sales of $5 million to $250 lines of business at U.S. Bank and
its parent company, U.S. Bancorp.
million.
“Malia has demonstrated tre She will also lead the U.S. Bank
mendous leadership and dedicated local market board in Portland.
Today...
I made life better
Administrative Assistant, Co-Op Education/Student Employ ment
Closes 8/9
Admissions Specialist - Health Admissions
Open until filled
Compensation and Benefits Manager
Open until filled
Cooperative Education/Student Employment Specialist
Closes 8/5
Emanuel Hospital are making life better. Whether per
Division Dean, Workforce & Economic Development
Closes 8/19
forming a complex
Community Education Director
Closes 8/12
Employment Specialist - Work Simulation Trainer (part time)
Closes 8/12
Financial Aid Technician I
Closes 8/2
improving life in
Instructor, Nursing<OB/GYN)
Open until filled
our community...
Senior Child Development Specialist ( preschool ) part time
Open until filled
Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs
Open until filled
Campus President - Rock Creek Campus
Open until filled
Edith and the other nurses and professionals at Legacy
surgery or comfort
ing someone in
need, they are
The offices o f Portland Community
College Human Resources
are located on the Cascade Campus
at 705 N Killingsworth
Student Services Building. 3rd Floor
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every day.
Emanuel Hospital
Emanuel Children's Hospital
For more information or
physician referral, please
call 503-335-3500.
www.legacyhealth.org
Phone (503)978-5857;
FAX (503) 286-0410;
77T(503) 978-5878;
Email pcciobs@pcc.edu
PCC Job Hotline (503) 978-5858
website: http://www.pcc.edu/
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