February 9, 2011
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Portland Observer Black Histoiy Month
Activist, Political Leader Writes Memoir
c o n t i n u e d f r o m fr o n t
fo r m o re th an $ 2 ,2 0 0 s h o w c a sin g
h e r b ro a d su p p o rt.
In w inning the 1996 election she
becam e the first A frican-A m erican
w om an to be seated in the O regon
Senate.
G o rd ly w on the p u b lic o v e r
through constant involvem ent w ith
pro g ressiv e civic issues such as
e n v iro n m e n ta l ju s tic e , w o m e n ’s
rights, funding for early child h o o d
program s as well as raising the state
m inim um wage.
S h e ’s been a leader in honoring
the past accom plishm ents o f A fri
can A m ericans, and sponsored the
bill that proclaim s Juneteenth, June
19, o f every y ear to be a day o f
statew ide celebration o f dignity and
freedom o f all citizens.
G o rd ly a lso w as a sta u n c h s u p
p o rte r o f o p e n in g d o o rs to the
p u b lic ’s rig h t to a c c e ss a p a r ty ’s
p o litic a l p la n n in g se ssio n s. D is
c o u ra g e d w ith th e p a rty c a u c u se s
w ith in the D e m o c ra tic P a rty , she
b e c a m e an In d e p e n d e n t in 2 0 0 6 .
H e r a c tio n s w ith in th e L e g is la
tu re e a rn e d h e r re c o g n itio n as
“T h e C o n s c ie n c e ” o f b o th the
H o u se a n d S e n a te. A s p a rt o f the
la st d a y s o f th e 2 0 0 7 L e g isla tiv e
se ssio n , she te a m e d w ith O re g o n
A tto rn e y G e n e ra l H ard y M y ers to
p ass a law re q u irin g a p la n n ed
re sp o n se to in c id e n ts in w h ich
p o lic e u se d e a d ly fo rce .
G ordly ’ s com m i tm ent to O regon
ex ten d ed to econom ic issues such
as trade w ith South A frica. S h e ’s
m ade m ore than 17 trips to A frica to
learn ab o u t issues in nations there
as well as rep resen t O regon b u si
ness and social interests.
G ordly ad v an ced h er education
at the sam e tim e, and earn ed reco g
nition for com pletion o f the Program
for S en io r E xecutives at H arvard
U n iv e r s ity ’s Jo h n F. K e n n e d y
School o f G overnm ent.
She is a S enior Fellow o f the
A m erican L eadership Forum .
P ortland honored G ordly for her
public service in July o f 2007 w ith a
proclam ation and reception in the
C ity H all council cham bers.
G ordly ’ s m em oir. R em em bering
the P ow er o f W ords: T he Life o f an
O regon A ctivist, L egislator, and
C om m unity L eader is co-authored
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fantastic. W e want to take the same
concept to the field, and use it as a
com m unity resource ju st like the li
brary is” .
Spanning four city blocks and cov
ering alm ost 16,000 square feet, the
new turf field and athletic center will
seat over 1,800 fans, while providing
not only first-class facilities for C ava
lier athletics and N A IA sports, in
cluding soccer and baseball, but a
hom e field for neighborhood soccer
clubs, and serve as a host exhibition
site for the Portland Tim bers.
C onstruction is underw ay and the
athletic com plex is anticipated to open
during this fall.
In the past, athletes, including
C oncordia students and com m unity
team s, have either played o ff cam pus
for gam es or on the only cam pus field,
which now serves as the new loca
tion for the library and cam pus green.
The old grass field had no lights, and
the hours o f field use were very lim
ited due to a full season o f w ear and
tear that caused poor playing condi
tions.
W ith a future o f lights and syn
thetic turf, the new athletic com plex
will be able to dedicate m ore hours to
field use on a year-round basis.
“M ore than half o f the field time
w ill be dedicated to com m u n ity
groups,” says M adeline Turncock o f
C oncordia’s m arketing and com m u
nications departm ent. The athletic
com plex will devote 63 percent o f its
available hours to the com m unity
and 37 percent to C oncordia athlet
ics, according to the project’s website.
C avalier fans and players c a n ’t
wait to finally cheer on team s in their
ow n backyard.
C oncordia athletics hope to see a
new bubbling o f school spirit as stu
dent athletes and fans are brought
back to the cam pus for hom e gam es.
W ith the latest features including a
press box, space training, team rooms,
stadium seating, concessions, and
restroom s, what current or perspec
tive athlete w ouldn’t love to play in
the new facility?
“ I think to have a hom e for soccer
and baseball team s is very exciting
for o u r student athletes and an o p
portunity to bring back the hom e
field ad v an tag e,” says E nglish, w ho
also believes that m ore students
will be apt to stay on cam pus in the
evenings to w atch gam es, keeping
them safe and engaged w ith the
university.
The A thletic C om plex is ju st one
o f several recent additions for the
university. In 2009, the private, C hris
tian, liberal arts university opened
the G eorge R. W hite Library and
Learning C enter, and in effort to
invite com m unity m em bers to its use,
issued 1,500free library cardstoneigh-
bors. D uring the sam e year, the new
C o n co rd ia P lace A p artm en ts on
N ortheast 27th A venue also opened
for students and com m unity resi
dents.
C oncordia University is one o f 10
universities founded by the Lutheran
Church, M issouri Synod. The school
first began as a four-year academ y in
1905 to m eet educational needs o f
local pastors and parochial school
teachers for the church.
O v er 100 years later, C oncordia
has evolved into a university c o m
parable to larger accredited O regon
colleges, offerin g a full liberal arts
e d u ca tio n , p re -p ro fe ssio n a l p ro
gram s, professional church w ork
program s, and undergraduate and
graduate degrees in education and
b u sin e ss.
C oncordia offers ^ u n d e r g r a d u
ate m ajors w ith concentrations in
m ore than 20 fields, and is accred
ited by the N orthw est C om m ission
on C olleges and U niversities.
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by P atricia A. Schecter, w ho is an
associate pro fesso r o f H istory at
PSU.
G ordly and S checter are sched
uled to speak on the book on S u n
day, Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. at the O regon
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