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luly 19. 2006
P o ri land OL s e r v e r
by K athleen
m o t o by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
John Canda brings his vast experience at youth gang outreach to
Mayor Potter's office.
Canda Moves to
Mayor’s Office
to this com m unity . T his area is
looking as pleasin g , if not m ore
h o o d R esponse T eam program so, than it has at any tim e; o f
an d the N o rth e a st W o rk fo rc e course it’s alw ay s been beautiful
Center. He becam e N ortheast C oa to m e.”
He said the recent infusion of
lition executive d irec to r in 1999.
H is effo rts at gang prevention resid en ts has com e w ith a re
have been challenging and often new ed activism .
“T h e y ’re say in g , ‘I m ay be
d a n g e ro u s.
new
, but I’m w illin g to w ork and
O n one o ccasion, he recalled a
bring
som ething to the ta b le.’ The
ten se situation w hen he d e lib e r
B
oise
n eig hborh o o d is p articu
ately stepped betw een tw o feu d
ing gang m em bers. O ne o f them larly interesting. T h eir co -ch air is
abruptly pulled out a pistol, aim ed ju st 22. T h is is w hat n eig h b o r
it at C a n d a ’s head at p o in t blank hood asso ciatio n s are supposed
ran g e and pulled the trigger. T he to be about - b rin g in g in young
people to learn from those w ho
gun failed to fire.
T he m an then adjusted his aim have been here before and b rin g
slig htly and pulled the trigger ing in new constitu en cies,” C anda
4gain. This tim e the w eapon fired, said.
He also ack n o w led g es his debt
w o u n d in g an o th er m an in the
to veteran activ ists such as W illie
face.
C anda ack n o w led g es som e o f B row n, C h a rles F o rd , P au lin e
th e o th e r issues that n eig h b o r B ra d fo rd , S te v e R o g e rs, Ron
h o o d s, p articu larly in north and L aster and B etty W alker.
H is voice catc h es as he speaks
n o rth east P ortland are facing.
“ P e o p le
ta lk
a b o u t o f tw o o th e r m e n to rs : E d n a
g en trific atio n - w ell, th e re ’s tw o R obertson and the late Sharon
sid es to that. R ising prices seem M cCorm ack.
“T hey are how I g ot my start
to d isp lace people w ho c a n ’t a f
fo rd to stay, and often those are h ere,” he says. “T h a t’s w hy I
p eo p le o f color. O n the oth er have a big old p ictu re o f them on
han d, th e re’s been econom ic e n the w all - to rem in d m e I’m ju st
h an cem ent. It has brought jo b s occupying space in th e ir h o u se.”
continued
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“ T h e p ro b le m w as p e o p le
d id n ’t know w e had a basketball
te a m ,” he explain ed .
H e cam e up w ith creativ e co n
cep ts like S pirit W eek w ith a c tiv i
tie s at each cam pus to capture
the rah-rah feeling found at larger
sch o o ls. He also w orked w ith the
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C anadian school.
A s com m unity college enroll
m ent grows, the conference has
experienced a sim ilar increase in
interest.
“T here w as a tim e w hen co m
m unity co lleg e atten d an ce w as
alm o st seen as second class, an
altern ativ e to the n u m b e r one
ch o ice ," said D ick M cC lain, E x
ec u tiv e D irector o f N W A A C C .
“ N ow it ’s p ro b ab ly th e b est
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tw o y ea rs.”
T h is has caused a sh ift in
schools like PCC, who are begin
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universities aren’t the only ones
w ith athletic potential.
“A thletics m otivate students in
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B ut com m u n ity co lleg e s also
face new ch a lle n g es w ith a th
letic p ro g ram s, n am ely a high
tu rn o v er in co ach in g staff. B e
cause o f low pay and o ften part-
tim e p o sitio n s, m any sch o o ls go
through co ach es as o ften as they
do students.
M cClain said the colleges with
the m ost successful athletics pro
grams are hiring, and retaining,
good coaches with a keen eye for
recruiting local talent from schools,
com m unity gym s and basketball
leagues. A sch o o l's solid athlet
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Easttorp will leave PCC later this
sum m er as the school searches for
a new athletic director.
“I hope PCC will continue to
support basketball, adding addi
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