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Young, Black & Gifted
continued ¿ ^ f r o m Front
the atm osphere at Jefferson. It's
more o f a fam ily than a school."
Holt said that her supportive
fam ily and friends help keep her
on the right path.
"It's all about your environ­
ment," she said.
D anielle D ixon, a senior at
Jefferson who is also featured in
the exhibit, spends her spare time
trying to get scholarships when
s h e ’s n o t p a r tic ip a tin g in
Jefferson D ancers program or
playing volleyball.
She set h er sig h ts on the
T uskegee Institute in Alabam a
after going on a tour o f histori­
cally black colleges.
“ It opened my eyes,” she said
o f the tour.
Dixon also attributes her suc­
cess to a positive fam ily environ­
ment and supportive friends, and
hopes to study elem entary edu­
cation.
“ I ju st love working with little
children,” she said.
W illiam s hopes that the project
will encourage other students. She
also hopes people will keep in
mind that these a re n ’t the only
am bitious and talented black stu­
dents in Portland.
“T here’s a ton others we d idn’t
interview ,” she added.
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Dr. Edwards’ S.U.V. Platform after the Rally
I f elected to be President o f the GBCNW Dr
Edwards has established a platform that he
would like to address during his Presidency.
They are as Follows:
1. Re-Establish the Youth Conven­
tion
2. Select a sight for an Office Build­
ing to house Headquarters
3. Establish a Benevolent Fund for
the Convention
4. Appoint a 3-member committee
to locate space for an O.B. Williams
Center
5. Reschedule the Parent Body Pro­
gram to accommodate auxiliaries
6. Allow 10% o f all monies received
will offset Home Mission & Emer­
gencies
7. Plan to change the sign Allen-
Fremont Plaza to O.B. Williams-Allen Plaza
8. Appoint Ministerial Rep to travel, report &
received info for Convention
9. Work toward sending a GBCNW choir to Na­
tional Convention
10. Officers to be housed in Office Building: Presi­
dent, Treasure, Corresponding Secretary and Di­
rector o f all finance o f GBC and GBCNW
11. Allocate less preaching and have more teach­
ing and workshops to include more community
involvement, Adult/Youth Counseling and Reha­
bilitation Programs
12. We should replace politics with doing the Will o f
the Lord
13. Implement a Monthly Newspaper/Newsletter for
each Church to Advertise any Annual
Events, Special Dates and/or Guests
14. The Convention needs to establish
a six (6) day Street Evangelistic Ministry:
Two days in Portland and Vicinity Area,
Two days in Seattle Area and Two days
in Tri-State Area. Each Moderator will
host these events. This will grow our
memberships, offer Plan o f Salvation and
baptize the unsaved
15. Te list above will be honored by The
S.U.V. PLATFORM: Service Unity and
Vision. With your help and support, we
will have a Great Convention and we can
say “W e’re Proud o f Our Convention”.
Questions asked:
1. Will there be more opportunity foryouth teaching?
Answered by # 11 that we would Activate the STATE
OF CONGRESS and yes, inclusive for the youth.
2. Would he be willing to invite out o f state guest,
teachers & counselors? Yes
3. Will he consider reorganizing the Scholarship Pro­
gram? He will work with them on the Guidelines, ie
Applications, G PA ’s and Terms or Quarters, etc
4. Would you consider repurchasing the space where
the O.B. Convention Center was located? No and
actually it belongs to New Hope MBC.
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