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Happenings from the Third World Coalition, 1978
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The Evergreen State College
HAPPENINGS FR0~1 THE THIRD \•JORLD COJl.LITION - DECE MB ER/J ANUARY
By Apri 1
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SPOTLl GHT ON DAN
THIRD WORLD COALITION ADVISORY BOARD
**DON' T FO RG ET, the total TESC Third
World community is invited to 'brown
bag ' i t with Dan Evans, Friday,
De cember 8, at noon in CAB 108 . Pres.
Evans has bee n in vi ted for lu nch hour
to meet with Third World students.
It is important to have good l i ne s of
communication wit h him.
The Advisory Board (Bunny, Do nna, Sue,
Jahari, and April) me t November 15th
and disc ussed the fo llowing items :
He has been asked to address Affirmat ive Action for 10 minutes and be
ope n for questions from YOU. So,
PLEP..S E CO: iE, LET'S HAVE A SH O\~ OF
N!J iii:iERS, and be prepared to ask
p2rt ine nt questions relevant to yo ur
ducationa l career at TESC.
Remember also, that he has access to
discretionary fund s wh ic h can be
~etitioned f or by you for student
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THIRD WORLD COMMUN ITY POTLUCK
Final pl ans were co nfirmed regarding the
commu nity potluck whi ch happened N oven~er
22nd at noon.
If the snow and upcoming holiday kept you
a1vay, you really missed out~ Everyone who
attended has given me such good fe edback
that anothe r potluck is in the mak ing for
next qu art er~ Ho pe fully, even more can
make it next time. There was plenty of
food, beverage and interacti on . It was a
great way to get to know each other.
\~ORKSHOPS
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If you find that you are gettirg
bo gged down with your eval~atio n and/
or experiencing tnild hyster·ia in
locat i ng an aca demic pro s ra m for next
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The Co -op Ed office ac ts as li aiso n between
internin g students an d employin g sponsors.
They a lso can h2lp you lo cate an internsh ip
if you are interested . The meeting is
scheduled fo r Tuesday , January 16th, noo n,
in !..ibrary 3205 .
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The .£l.dv i sory Board discussed the Co-op Ed
proposal regard i ng a wo rk sho p on their
servic es. The idea was we ll received and
hopefully many of you out there 1·1ill thi nk
so too.
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PEOPLE OF COLOR IN COLOR (cont.)
module. Pila Laronel, a Native
Hawaiian student has been asked by
other students of color to share his
knowledge of Third World~' pr o duction
and media. Pila is working with
faculty member Louvern King, who
supports the student's initiative.
Approximately 15 studen t s have
expressed interest; are there others?
This is projected to begin winter
quarter, so if you are interested,
call Pila through Louvern, at 866-6334.
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST:
BROTHERS BEHIND BARS
The Black Prisoners Caucus at Monroe
Reformatory and the Bla ck Culture
Workshop at McNeil Penitentiary have
re ached out a wanting hand to us.
Both organizations, as well I'm sure,
as the other ethnic group organizations
behind bars, seek our su pport. Group
visitations and letter writing by us
on the outside can often bring some
hope to a despairing broth er in prison.
They especially would li ke outside
visitation when they are allowed to
have community \'.'orkshops or parties.
If anyone is interested, call Apri l at
866-6034.
THE SAGA OF TESC AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Ms. Rindetta J one s, Affi rma tive Action
Officer for TESC is officially on
educational leave for one ye ar. With
her gone , the often postponed, but
inevitable move of the Aff irma tive
Action office to Personne l, has taken
place. This alone is foo d for thcught
and raises the question, What h'ls ·
really ha ppened behind the scenes to
cause this cha nge ? ~I s . ~iary Isabell,
who is also a Bla ck woman , has been
appointed as interim.
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Ms . Isabell is a ch emist v.' ith t he
Federa l Food and Dru g Admi ni s tra tion,
who has had some experience with Affirmative
Action. Her office is lo cated in Seattle,
where she will return at the end of this
appointment at TESC . She can be reached ~ . c
through Rita Cooper's office at 866-6361.
CAMP HARMONY, WA.
Such an idyllic name that one would think
it the ideal place to send your chil dren
for summer camp. However, in 1942, for
any person of Japanese ancestry it was
quite opposite.
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese army
attacked the Phillipine and Hawaiian archi pelagos. The growing economic hold that
Japanese Americans began to have in the
argibusiness on the west coast caused many
non-Japanese to whisper, Yellow Peril
When the Japanese army made their warning
with no response from the U.S ., Pe arl
Harbor was s.ieged. "Yellow Peril turned to
shouts of "Yellow Conspiracy".
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This hysteria allowed for the unleashing by
non-japanese of racism, culminated by the
inca rceration of 115,000 Japanese Americans
on the west coast.
Camp Harmony, now what is known as the
Puyallup Fairgrounds, was one relocation
center" for Washington state Japanese
Americans. This is where they stayed until
their more permanent lodgings in a concentration camp were completed further inland.
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December 7th has been remembered as Pearl
Harbor day, a day where media covera ge once
again allows the unleashing of white
American hatred towards Japanese, however
subtle. The edification of the merits of
Japanese American soldiers i s never mentioned,
neither are the concentration camps or the
efforts of Japanese Americans for reparation
of property lost or stolen during that time.
However, the most serious, long lasting and
often overloo ked result of the camps is the
perpetuation of American r acism. It is so
preval en t th at it has even r e rme ated the
menta lity of many Japanes e Amer icans today,
to t he point t ha t many have lost or rej ec t ed
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CAMP HA RMON Y, WA . (cont.)
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MECHA meet ing, noon, Library 3206
a sense of Japanese identity . In a
zealous atter;Jpt Lo "prove" themse l ves
to their white co unterparts and become
200°!, Amer icans , Japanese Ameri cans
have denied or forgotten their language, h·isto ry and culture. Th i s attitu de prevails among their progeny,
where s tat istics show that there is a
50% miscegenation ra t e. In other
words, 50% of the Japanese Ame ricans
are marrying non-Japanes e, the ma jority
being Wh i t e Ame ricans. In my opinion,
t~i s beha vior ca n be viewed as genoClde and sl ow annihilation . This is
not unlike what has happened to most
of the people of color in this country.
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MECf-IA mee ting, noon, Library 3206
Feb.
10 MECHA Mex ican Potluck Dinner and
Dance, 8 pm , 4th floor Library b-1dg.
Uja maa meets every Thursday at noon, Library 3205
Umoja Week is pl anned for the later pa rt of
February .
Third World Women's Organization meeting - date
is unco nfirmed.
When "J apa n's Si n' s '' from Pearl Harbor
is throvm up in my face, I cho ke not from guilt, but from anger . That
day has come and gone . Those sol die rs
lived and died and their children live
on; but Japanese Ameri cans continue
to accomoda te American racis m, v1h ich
will only lead to their extinction.
CAL AN DAR
D ECE~BER/JANUARY
Tu es
5 Noo n, Advisory Board meeting,
Li brary 3205
Wed
6 Ac ademic Fair, l -3pm
Thur
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Fri
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Ujamaa meeting, noon, Libra ry 3207
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