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July 4. 2007
Stop Pointing a Finger
And Lend a Hand...
Join P.O.P.A. (People o f Purpose & A ssociates)
for the 2nd A nnual Day o f R e-tilling the Soil
Saturday, July 7th, 2007
A C e le b ra tio n o f c o m m u n ity s p ir it a n d p r id e to r e ju v e
n a te a n d r e a w a k e n th e n e g le c te d s o il o f N E P o rtla n d .
• Registration Breakfast at 8:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. (seelocations below)
• C lean-up begins at 9:00 a.m.
• C elebration at Irving Park 12:00 p .m .-6 :0 0 p.m.
Clean-up G roups located:
• Maple Mallory Apartments372O NE Mallory Ave. Portland, OR 97212
• Jefferson High School 5 2 ION Kerby Ave. P o rtla n d ,O R 97217
• C ornerstone C om m unity Church 2216 NE K illingsw orth St.
Portland, OR 97211
Special Guest Include:
Linda Hornhuckle
PO Soul
K ir k Green
Pastor M ary/P astor Holt
The Light
M ira Flores
Lonnie Sanders
U ral Thomas
photo by M ark
W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
All-American Youth Basketball Camp youth leader Shawn Black (left) speaks with Vat Polk, activities coordinator with Portland
Opportunities Industrialization Center, and basketball coach EJ. Penn (right) at Irving Park. POIC students like Black are chosen
to mentor the younger campers.
Basketball Camp and Much More
continued
fr o m F ront
pants, like W oodlawn or Penin
sula, but Irving is packed with his
tory, and he believes it’s the only
place to offer such a wide view of
the entire area - good for safely
keeping an eye on everyone and
everything.
“G eographically, these kids
d o n't live here anymore,” Penn
said. "They may live farther north
but they are still connected to the
community.”
But Penn has secured the park.
where he and his staff hold court for
three and a half hours each weekday
through early August. Youth lead
ers and parent volunteers help over
see the crow d o f young players in
daily drills and clinics, scrimmages
and fundamentals. The price, which
costs $125 for a four-week session,
includes lunch provided by a federal
lunch program.
Each activity is educational and
especially tailored for at-risk youth
with lessons on listening and focus
ing.
“Inner-city kids bring themselves
up, and with single-parent homes
they |them selves] are the only one
they've got to listen to” Penn said.
So he has developed what he calls
“cool talk,” a verbal style that comes
naturally for the outspoken and high-
energy coach. He supplements his
mentoring with a range o f persua
sive guests with their own cool talk,
which this year includes a w ho’s
who o f legislatures working toward
universal health care during the
cam p’s annual Community Health
Care in the Park, Saturday, July 21
from noon to 5 p.m. Penn has invited
former governor John Kitzhaber and
state senators Alan Bates and Ben
Westlund to speak to cam pers and
their families, with chiefs o f staff
from U.S. Senators Ron Wyden
and Gordon Smith already on board.
The health fair will include den
tal and other heal tli exams, imm uni
zations, lunch and other activities.
There is still time for youth to
sign up for the camp. For more
information or to donate time or
m oney,
v is it
w w w .p d x a ll
a m e ric a n sp o rts.c o m o r em ail
firststepssports@ com cast.net.
F or m ore inform ation contact:
Larry C ollins503-235-3732 or Pastor M inniew eather503-516-9148
P.O.P.A.
(P eople o f Purpose
A ssociates)
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A US Bank executive with
nearly 25 years experience in
em ploym ent issues has been
named as a new Human Re
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Angela Burns-Brown will di
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functions and plans for the tran
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Will Roy Make a Run for Mayor?
co n tin u ed
fr o m F ront
These days Jay says he has at least
nine jobs, including president and co
founder o f the African A m erican C ham
ber of Com m erce, president o f the O r
egon C o n v e n tio n and
V isitor’s S ervice N et
work and ow ner o f the
d o w ntow n S m artP ark
garages.
W inning the parking
m anagem ent bid in 2003
was a boon to Portland’s
m inority business cham
b e rs ; in an u n p r e c
e d e n te d m o v e Ja y
b ro u g h t to g e th e r th e
African A m erican, H is Roy Jay
p an ic an d P h ilip p in e
American chambers o f com m erce to form
the A lliance o f M inority Cham bers. The
groups partnered with Star Park and were
aw arded the bid o ver the Portland Busi
ness Alliance.
“T hat definitely surprised people,"
discussing Project Clean Slate to City
Hall prospects. The project, until it passed
last month in the O regon L egislature as
HB 3054. has been kept alive through
cham ber m em bers, com pany donations
and Ja y ’s personal retirem ent fund.
"T h a t's probably more im portant to
me than any political race," he said.
And with the 2(X)8 May prim ary elec
tion for the non-partisan position 11
months away, the mayoral candidate pool
is all speculation. Potter’s w ait for a
decision on re-election is also stalling a
possible City Hall shuffle with a rum ored
mayoral bid from City Commissioner Sam
Adams.
But Jay isn’t even sure the m ayor’s
title is his best tool for effectiveness - a
sentim ent shared by D em ocratic C o n
gressm an Earl Blum enaur, w ho chose
not to run for m ayor in 2003 to better
serve O regonians on a national level.
“Som etim es it's better to be a passen
ger in seat 38-A than to be the pilot," Jay
says. “Som etim es you can be more effec
tive ju st being in the audience.”
Jay said. "In the past we d id n 't get those
kinds o f contracts.”
Jay says the Sm artPark garages are an
example of the mil I ion-dol lar bids minori -
ties should be com peting for in Portland.
He w ants to see more jo in t ventures
instead o f sheltered m ar
ket program s that award
often-sm aller contracts to
firms who qualify for D is
advantaged Business En
terprise programs.
Jay said another leader
in the local African A m eri
can co m m unity, H arold
F ord, put it elo q u en tly
when he said, “It’s like feed
ing people baby food, but
w hen do w e g et so lid
food?”
Jay is also creator o f Project Clean
Slate, a program started in 2005 that
helps those with past m inorcrim inal and
civil offenses clear their records and
reintegrate into the com m unity.
At this point Jay says h e 'd prefer
W ASH A W A Y YOUR YESTERDAY
PROSPER IN YOUR TO M O R R O W !
Speaker
N-Word
c o n tin u e d
fr o m A 4
o ver the thing and you got your little six-
year-old and seven-year-old sitting in
the back seat o f the car - those children
hear that. And I am telling you when you
put the C D on and then you get up and
dance to it - W hat are you saying to your
children?" he said.
E m bracing the N-word or its more
euphem istic form s as a sym bol o f em
1
never w ants to re-leam . Let us not tempt
fate and risk repeating history by allow
ing it to continue to settle deeper into our
consciousness. W ith every utterance o f
it, w e spit in the face o f progress, we
disgrace our elders and ancestors and
we show that their sacrifices were m ade
in vain. We release the spirit o f hatred
that conjured up the term in the first
place.
Join with me and give this w ord a
perm anent funeral. Bury it now.
M are H. M orial is president a n d c h ie f
executive o fficer o f the National Urban
League.
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pow erm ent or term of endearm ent is as
logical as supporting the re-institution
o f segregation or o f slavery. T he word
carries with it too much history and hurt.
It is beyond rehabilitation - a lost cause.
It'll take centuries for us to escape its
stigma and its place in America's memory.
A llow the h isto ry b ooks to refer to
the N -w ord as an o b so lete term - a
d istan t m em ory o f o u r n atio n 's ig n o
rant past w hen w e w ere but a fled g lin g
ex perim ent in dem o cracy still trying to
figure thing s out and failin g m iserab ly
in som e respects.
Ix't it serve as a lesson ourcom m unity
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