M a r tin L u t h e r K ing J r .
January IO, 2007
Building Her Community's
Economic Foundation
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2007 sp ecia l edition
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"We’re not trying to run the wheel; we just want
to be one of the spokes."
Her own business, Global Management Strat
egies, retleets these same values.
The company provides services for small
businesses such as creating business plans, fi
nancial forecasting and marketing. It is located
in the commercial property at 3508 N. Williams
Ave., sharing space with the Williams Street
Market, Talia’s Merchandise (a clothing store),
a computer business and an interior design bou
tique.
Taylor sees the complex as a microcosm of
downtown's Galleria mall, where she once had
an office. "This helps demonstrate that this kind
of thing can happen in this community," she says.
As a youngster, Taylor attended Highland
(now King) Elementary School and later the
Holy Chi Id Academy. She studied ballet and was
aiming at a career as a dancer, "but 1 got married
instead."
Her Debonair Productions works with 1 .(XX)
high school girls a year, helping them develop
skills and improve their self image through fash
ion-related work.
She has done grant writing and business sup-
photo by M ark
I believe in being
a participatory
citizen, not just
sitting back and
complaining.
- Joice Taylor, chair of the North-
Northeast Business Association
port work in New York, Canada and Seattle. In
Reno, she worked for Planned Parenthood and
the Urban Indian Program.
Since returning to Portland five years ago she
has done grant writing and fund development for
the Women's Foundation of Oregon. On a per
sonal note, she has three children and a great
grandchild.
"I think this is a wonderful community," Taylor
says of her work and interaction with the com
munity. "We have made some mistakes, but
we've learned from them. Implementation of our
plans is the missing piece."
Joice Taylor leads a diverse board as chair o f the North-Northeast Business Asso-
d atio n.
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- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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(behind finger), and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Chairman John Lewis (right o f King) in Lowndes County, between
Selma and Montgomery, where no black citizen had voted in the
twentieth century.
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