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Seniors Motivated in Healthy Aging
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used philosophy as well as theology in his many speeches,
sermons and discussions.
Brenda Phillips and Chonitia Suhailiah-Smith o f Kaiser Permanente's Sankofaa Health
Institute help find the humor in the challenges o f aging as part o f a thank you luncheon for
local seniors who participated in a study o f healthy aging.
Kaiser study works
with senior centers
K aiser Perm anente and S ankofaa H ealth
Institute recently hosted a thank you lu n
cheon for seniors who participated in a study
o f healthy aging by K aiser Perm anente.
Community health workers or "promotoras,”
from the institute explained the new food pyra
mid guidelines and how to m ake healthy food
choices. M ore than 100 seniors attended the
luncheon.
Kaiser Perm anente's C enter for Health Re
search has been conducting a six-m onth re
search study to answ er questions about what
m otivates seniors to adopt behaviors that pro
mote healthy aging.
The study at the Urban League's Multicultural
S enior C enter in Portland and the Elsie Stuhr
Senior C enter in B eaverton also has been
investigating the most effective w aysto provide
seniors with health information and how seniors
prefer to receive health information.
The Healthy Aging study focused on creating
and sustaining community health initiatives and
providing care to vulnerable populations. The
study involved developing partnerships with
com m unity organizations, including the Elsie
Stuhr Senior Center, the
Urban League and Multicultural SeniorCen-
ter. Loaves and Fishes, Susana M aria G urule
Foundation and the Sankofaa Health Institute,
a grassroots health prom otion organization.
The researchers collected data through inter
views with staff at the senior centers, informal
observations o f center events, field surveys,
and focus groups with seniors.
OSU Studies Racism in Philosophy
Andrew Vails, who teaches
political philosophy at Or
egon State University, has
edited a collection of essays,
"Race and Racism in Modern
Philosophy,” newly released
by Cornell University Press.
The collection addresses
the issue of whether modern
phil osophy is racist and
whether legendary Western
philosophers
such
as
Descartes and Hobbes sup
port racist ideology or ad
vance ideas that lead to the
critique and rejection of rac
ism.
The book brings together
essays on the writings of semi
nal thinkers to trace the issue
Lucius T. Outlaw Jr.
of race and explore its influ
ence on modern philosophical trates the complex relationship be
inquiry. From Locke's treatment tween race and philosophy.
of slavery to Nietzsche’s “racial
The book edited by Vails’ al
profiling,” the collection illus- ready has drawn praise from
scholars, including Lucius T.
Outlaw Jr. of Vanderbilt Uni
versity
"The analyses and explora
tions at the heart of this book
are long overdue,” Outlaw said.
“They emerge from and con
tribute substantively to ongo
ing discussions and critiques
of canonical figures of modern
('W estern') philosophy with
regard to these figures’ notions
of race and the relevance of
and impact on their philoso
phizing of these notions.”
Vails, an assistant profes
sor of political science, spe
cializes in research on liberal
and democratic theory, race
and racial justice, and the eth
ics of political violence. He
earned his Ph.D. in political sci
ence at the University of Pitts
burgh and has taught at OSU
since 2003.
County Group Hosts MLK Event
Black affairs
founder to speak
The Multnomah County Managers of Color
group is proud to sponsor the Multnomah
County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day C el
ebration, “In the Spirit of Unity & Service -
Remember! Celebrate! Act!”
The event is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 13 at
11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in the Multnomah
County Board Room, 501 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.,
First floor.
The keynote speaker will be Dr. Calvin O. L.
Henry, founder and president of the Oregon
Assembly for Black Affairs; founder and past
president of the Corvallis Branch of the NAACP;
a recipient of the Ambassador of Peace Award
and the Drum Major for Justice Award.
Multnomah County Chair Diane Linn will
provide opening remarks at noon. Other fea
tures of the program include a short film honor-
ingthe lifeof Dr. King showing at 11:30 a.m.,the
presentation of the Arthur Flemming Award and
an employee choir.
The Arthur Flemming Award was created in
1996 by the City-County Affirmative Action
Office. It is named for the late Dr. Arthur
Flemming, former provost of the University of
Oregon and the first chair of the Federal Rights
Commission, serving the Eisenhower through
Reagan administrations. During his tenure. Dr.
Flemming pushed for passage of numerous civil
rights laws, voting rights, programs for equal
opportunity in employment and contracts receiv
ing federal monies. The award is given to an
employee or groupof employees who exemplify
the commitment of Arthur Flemming.
The Managers of Color group has been a
recognized affinity group within Multnomah
County since 1992. The group is dedicated to
developing and maintaining organizational diver
sity, equity and opportunity, and promoting cus
tomer-focused, culturally-competent services.
For more information, call 503-988-4377.
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