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Minority & Small Business Week
Local Printer Hires Manager
C o m m u n ity activ ist L ibby
U pham has jo in e d W itham &
D ickey P rinting, 4 8 2 4 N.E.
42nd St., as the co m p an y ’s new
accounts m anager.
O v e r th e p ast 10 y e a rs,
U p h a m h a s w o rk e d as a
fundraiser for several nonprofit
organizations and political cam-
paigns. T he o rg an izatio n s in­
Libby Upham
c lu d e G r o w in g G a r d e n s ,
M orrison Child and Family Ser­
v ices, N A R A L P ro -C h o ice
O regon, N o on M easure 43
(2 006) and H ooley for C o n ­
gress (2000 and 2004).
“W e are fortunate to have
Libby U pham - with her skills
and contacts - jo in our sales
team ,” said W itham and Dickey
principal Bill Dickey. “M any or­
ganizations m ay not be aw are
how cost efficient and sim ple it
can be to print donor-targeted
m aterials for fundraising. N ew
technologies allow us to person­
al ize m ass printed m aterials in a
variety o f ways. U pham ’sback-
ground m akes her the perfect
person to carry that m essage.”
September 29, 2010
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“That w as powerful,” she said
ofthe w om an’s testimony. “D o­
m estic v iolence w as the norm .
The training (in the sew ing pro­
gram ) changes the dynam ics o f
their families.”
T he M olly H ig h to w er E n­
dow ed S cholarship w as estab ­
lished by the C lass o f 2 0 1 0 in
m em ory ofHightower, w ho died
in the Jan u ary earth q u ak e in
H aiti w h ile vo lu n teerin g w ith
special-needs orphans.
N o stran g e r to activ ism and
volunteerism , from her first day
at the north P ortlan d school,
H oxw orth w as m o tiv ated by
theuniversity’sm issionofteach-
ing, faith and service. In h er
three years on cam pus, she has
served locally, n atio n ally and
g lo b ally thro u g h the M oreau
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to w ork in the v o catio n p ro ­
gram w hen she heard a K enyan
w om an d escrib e how she had
rep eated ly been b eaten by her
husband. But o n ce the w o m an
had an ab ility to earn m oney,
the beatings stopped, H oxw orth
said.
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Assistingpeople with disabili­
ties in Portland, helping rebuild
a flo o d -rav ag ed rural O reg o n
tow n, leading groups o fU P stu­
dents on trips w ith H ab itat for
H u m an ity , tw ice trav ellin g to
K enya, ex p lo rin g agricultural
com m unity issues-H oxw orth’s
ex p e rien ce is as d eep as it is
varied.
“She is truly a servant scholar
and global citizen m otivated by
a sincere com passion and c o n ­
cern for o th e rs,” said L aura
G oble, d irec to r o f the M oreau
C enter. “ She has a v ib ran t e n ­
ergy that lights up the w orld and
has - and w ill co n tin u e to -
perpetuate M o lly ’s legacy.”