$ Minority & Small Business Week
September 27, 2006
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Salem to Host NAACP Events; Saturday March
Court appeal
supported
The NAACP will host two Salem
events this w eekend, including a
Civil Rights march on Saturday,
Sept. 30from noon to 3 p.m., begin­
ning at Riverfront Park and ending
at the State Capitol; and a NAACP
A laska/O iegon/W ashington chap­
ters State Conference C onvention,
front Friday. Sept. 29 to Sunday,
Oct. 1.
W alker m aintains that another
The theme o f the march is "Injus­ man. J.D. Beall, threw the punch
tice in O regon," with particular sup­ that knocked G illins unconscious.
port for Darrel Sky W alker, a 21
G illins’ head hit the pavement when
year-old African American com m u­ he fell, and he died from brain inju­
Darrell Sky
nity college student from Eugene ries two days later. Tw o eyewit-
Walker
w ho many believe was wrongly ne1 ses, who were drunk at the time,
convicted o f m anslaughter.
s a id they saw W alkerhit Gillins, hut
In April, W alker was sentenced at least six other w itnesses say that
to m ore than six years in prison tor Beall bragged about dealing the
recklessly killing 22-year-old Phillip knockout blow.
ness w hocoukl have cleared Walker
G illins in a drunken confrontation
During the trial, police were un­ and Beal pleaded the Filth A m end­
outside a Eugene bar in June 2005. able to locate Ryan Joyce, a wit- ment
A fter his conviction. W alker’s
case garnered the attention o f the
Salem -K aiser N A ACP and others
who believe W alker was a vic tim of
racism in a system that failed to turn
up a key witness.
The civil rights group located
Joyce w ithin four hours, w hereas
Eugene police had no leads after
searching more than a year.
Currently, W alker’s attorney has
filed with the Oregon Court o f A p­
peals and aw aits that process.
N A A C P representative Sterling
A lexander said representatives and
other m inorities fighting for justice
i n i »(her ( )regon cases are w elcome.
T he S aletn /K ei/er N A A C P is
looking for volunteers to help in the
march.
A nyone interested should co n ­
tact Sheryl Dash o r A lexander for
m ore inform ation. E-mail them at
em ail legalredress@ yahoo.com or
call 503-364-0558or 5( >3-566-8876.
Farrakhan Says He’s Seriously III
Asks others to
carry movement
Portland business leader Roy Jay conducts a court room orientation for people attending Project
Clean Slate, the effort he organized with staff from the district attorney's office, Department of
Motor Vehicles and Child Support Enforcement for people looking to clean up their past troubles
with the law and gain meaningful employment.
Advice from a Pro: Market Yourself First
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like the Service Corps for Re­
tired Executives (SCORE), for
example, which offers expert
business counseling by retired
executives. Jay encourages the
use of technology to get your
products on the Internet.
He said promoting a diverse
customer base in a global mar­
ket is important because no large
company is going to work with
you if you don’t offer services
to every type of person.
Having talent is only one as­
pect to starting a business. The
best companies know how to
keep an open mind and service
a wide range of people.
Other pointers include the hir­
ing of employees that become
assets to your company not li­
abilities. Start-up entrepreneurs
should be ready to accept fail­
ures and rejection along the way.
Jay’s ultimate secret to run­
ning a company is his ability to
juggle.
‘ Being your own business­
man is not a 9-5 job,” Jay says,
“You have to be available at all
hours and dedicate a large
amount of time to your busi­
ness.”
Even for Jay, every day is a
continuous struggle in an effort
to keep up with changing tech­
nologies, growing and failing
companies, and even making
lime to parent his new cham­
pion Cocker Spaniel
p u b lish ed in the N ation o f Islam 's T he Final Call
n ew sp ap er.
Farrakhan said he will work hard to recover "be­
cause I do not believe my earthly work is done." He
said he asked his executive board to solve problem s
(A P) — M inister Louis Farrakhan
during his recovery.
said in a letter to follow ers this month
Farrakhan likened his situation to that J
that he is seriously ill, and he asked the
o f Fidel Castro, who tem porarily relin­
Nation of Islam's leaders to carry on in
quished pow er because o f illness.
his absence to m ake sure the m ove­
W hile m any rejoiced — b elieving and
ment "will live long after I and we have
th in k in g that if Fidel C astro and the
gone."
C u b an R ev o lu tio n ex p ired they could
Farrakhan, 73, said he began suffer­
m ove C uba an d the R evolution in a new
ing painearlierthisyearsim ilarto 1998,
d irec tio n — his absen ce front the helm
when he was diagnosed with prostate
o nly p roved that C uba w ill not fall apart
cancer and underw ent surgery. He said Louis Farrakhan
o v er the ab sen ce o r passin g o f th e ir !
doctors discovered an ulcer in the area
illu strio u s lead er," F arrak h an w rote in
during a visit to Cuba in March.
the letter.
S in ce then, he has lost 35 pounds w hile
He also w arned follow ers to be "ever watchful for
battlin g "serious infection and in flam m atio n ,"
any smart, crooked deceiver and hypocrite who
F arrak h an said in a letter d ated Sept. 11 and
would create confusion over my present condition."
Parent Summit on Achievement Saturday
D iverse parents, families, and
com m unity members interested in
supporting academic achievement
for school-age children are invited
to participate in a no-cost, one
day Parent Summit on Saturday,
Sept. 30 at Highland Center, 7600
N .F.G IisanSt.
Registration opens at 8:30 a.m,
and the event runs from 9 : 15 a.m.
to3:(X)p.m.
Sponsored by the Equity Center
at Northwest Regional Educational
Laboratory (N W R FL), the event
offers interactive workshops, print
and com m unity resources, and
opportunities to share information
and exchange ideas on what par­
ents and tam il ies can do to promote
and enhance achievem ent for all
students. C o ntinental breakfast
and lunch will be provided. All are
asked to RSV P their attendance at
503-275-9603.
The featured presenter will be
Dr. R eginaldC lark from C alifornia
State University, a national parent
involvem ent expert, educational
researcher, and author o f “Family
I.ifeand School Achievement: Why
P w r Black Children Succeed or Fail.”
He will be joined by many dy­
namic speakers and presenters.
Local Business Leader Excels
continued
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of Minority Entrepreneurs
(OAME) in 1987, a collabo­
ration of 850 companies do­
ing business with 57 coun­
tries.
In July 2007, Brooks will
becom e the first African
American chair of the Port­
land Business Alliance.
Life comes with standard safety features.
Sam Brooks
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Jefferson Film Festival Returns
Jefferson High School again prom­ ies, anecdotes and true confessions
ises to have a thought-provoking that reveal behind-the-scenes ten­
and controversial line-upof films for sions and influences in several
their AnnuulMulticultural Film Fes­ corporate and anti-corporate dra­
tival. which premiers its 6th season mas. Footage from pop culture,
on Monday, ( k t. 2 at 6 p.m. with the advertising, TV news, and corpo­
documentary “The Corporation.”
rate propaganda, illuminates the
Provoking, witty and inform a­ corporation's grip on our lives.
tive, the film discloses ease stud­
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