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March 19. 2008
Celebrating Women ’s History Month
Promoting the community
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H e r re s p o n s ib ility in c lu d e s
P D C 's m inority-ow ned, women-
owned and emerging small busi­
ness ( M /W /E S B ) and construction
w o rklb rce d ive rsity initiatives. She
is a member o f P D C ’ s D iversity
C ouncil and conducts training fo r
PDC staff on topics such as genera­
tional differences and cultural com ­
petency.
Burnette previously was a pro­
gram manager at Providence Health
Systems, where she assisted the
O ffice o f D iversity w ith workforce
diversity, com m unity partnering
and cross-cultural care giving.
She has also served as Director o f
Public and employee Relations at the
C ity o f Gresham and spent 20 years
in a series o f leadership positions at
US W est Communications, A T & T
Communications, Pacific Bell and
Pacific Northwest Bell.
Burnette has a B A in Behavioral
Psychology from Reed College in
Portland. She is a lifetim e member
o f the Oregon Association o f M i ­
nority Entrepreneurs and has mem­
berships in the Northwest D ive r­
sity Leadership Forum and A m e ri­
can Society fo r T raining and De­
velopment.
She isa member and past D iver­
sity D irector fo r the Society for
Human Resources Professionals.
She holds a certificate in Equal
Em ployment Opportunities Stud­
ies fro m C o m e ll U niversity.
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Change happened this month when the C ali­
fornia Assembly elected Karen Bass as its 67th
Speaker, catapulting a I Jcmoeratie woman to the
post for the first lime in the state's history, and the
first African-Am erican woman to serve in this
powerful state-elected role in the country.
Bass has been a part o f the leadership since
her first term when she was appointed to M a­
jo rity W hip. In her second term, she was e l­
evated to the post o f M a jo rity Floor Leader,
making her the first woman to hold the post and
the second A frica n American to serve in the
position.
As vice ehair o f the Legislative B lack Cau­
cus, Bass highlighted the disparities between
blacks and other ethnic and m in o rity groups
throughout the state. Under her leadership, she
was able to im prove the state’ s foster care
system.
She grew up in the Venice/Fairfax areaof Los
Angeles, the only girl o f D eW itt and W ilhelm ina
Bass. Her father worked as mail carrier, and her
mother, w ho once owned her own beauty sa­
lon, was a stay-at-home mother.
“ I'm excited to be a history maker,” said
Bass. " I t ’ s an honor that my accomplishments
w ill inspire others to get involved in the process
to make change a reality.”
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Church Leader Supports Sister Study
Challenges
other faith
leaders
B is h o p
V a s h ti
M u rp h y
M cKenzie, the presiding prelate for
the 13th Episcopal D istrict o f the
A fr ic a n M e th o d is t E p is c o p a l
Church is spreading the word about
the Sister Study, a landmark breast
cancer study to learn how environ­
ment and genes affect the chances
o f getting breast cancer.
B ishop M cK enzie also chal­
lenges other faith leaders across
the country to help spread the word
to women in their congregations
and comm unities.
"W hen a woman is diagnosed
w ith breast cancer, it affects her
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fam ily, herehureh and the com m u­
nity in w hich she serves. A frica n -
American faith leaders can m o ti­
vate women to find ways to help
prevent diseases like breast cancer
that are plaguing our comm unities.
A frican-A m erican women should
jo in the Sister Study so our young
sisters w o n 't have Io face the dis­
ease." said McKenzie.
M uch o f what is known about
breast cancer risk comes from re­
search studies in v o lv in g m ostly
white women. However, breast can-
eer occurrence and survival are d if­
ferent fo r black women, who often
develop the disease at a younger
age and have more aggressive tu­
mors, than w hite women. Even
though white women are more likely
to get the disease, black women are
more lik e ly to die from breast can-
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to m inority and women-owned busi­
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areas o f management, marketing,
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and governmental leaders.
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fo rm e rG o v. Neil G oldschm idt and
serving as a state manager o f the
Oregon Econom ic Development
Depart m ent’ sJohTraining A d m in ­
istration.
In the private sector, she has
worked fo r A T & T . Pacific N orth­
west Bell, and RESTOR C om m uni­
cations.
Castillo is o f Mexican-American
decent and was raised in Oakland.
C a lif., in an ethnically di verse com ­
m unity. She received a Bachelor o f
Arts degree from L in fie ld College
and a Masters degree from Port­
land State U niversity.
She is married to Gerald "Jerry”
Brown and has tw o sons Anthony
C astillo Brown and Robert C astillo
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Conducted by the National In ­
stitute o f Health, the Sister Study
researchers hope to enroll women
whose sisters had breast cancer.
When Bishop M cK enzie was
elected to her church position in
2000, it represented the first tim e in
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the over 200-year history o f the
A .M .E . Church in w hich a woman
had obtained that level o f Episco­
pal office.
In 2004. she again made history
becoming the first woman to be­
come the T itu la r Head o f the de­
nom ination. as the president o f the
C ouncil o f Bishops, m aking her the
highest-ranking woman in the pre­
dom inately Black M ethodist de­
nominations.
She has been honored fo r her
com m unity service, outstanding
achievement and fo r being a re li­
gious role model by a number o f
di verse ci vie, educational, business
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Building careers in public service
continued
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o f Portland Police Bureau donated
a police cruiser to the PCC Emer­
gency Services Department fo r stu­
dent training purposes.
Robertson also participated in
"Project Clean Slate." providing an
opportunity for persons w ith out­
standing warrants. D M V issues, and
other legal problems to clear up their
records w ith public service, educa­
tion and other forms o f restitution.
Her career and volunteer a c tiv i­
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includes being the First A frica n
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member and recognized as an Out-
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America.