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The Evergreen State College
HAPPENINGS FROM THE THIRD WORLD COALITION - APRIL 1979

GRANTWRITING:

DO YOU KNOWHOW?

Our second workshop will be an overview of
what grantwriting entails, from corporate
to federal sources for non-profit organi zations to graduate school financing.
This is designed to be an introduction
for people serious about pursuing grantwriting skills . If you are at all interested, please attend - April 17th at
noon, Library 3205. Julius Curry, with
the Tacoma Housing Authority, will be the
facilitator. For more information, call
866-6034.
~1ARTIN

RECAP

uur first v1orkshop on faculty hiring and
curriculum deve 1opment was very informative. Faculty member Rudy t~artin gave
the presentation and has left literature
explaining both processes. Discussion on
how to impact these processes are recorded
on cassette. Should anyone wish to hear
it, please call 866-6034.
REMINDER TO BOARD MEMBERS
There will be a Third World Coalition
co mmun ity meeting, April lOth at noon in
Library 3205. A1l Third World people are
invited and Advisory Board members are
espe cially urged to attend: GEORGETTE
CHUN, STEVE BADER, ERNIE JONES , SUE
YBARRA , AND BU~JNIE CHAR LES .

The dead li ne is fast appro~ching for
:uden t groups to submit their budget
proposals for next year. Has your grou p
complete d the ir proposal? The dead li ne is

By April West

April 15. April West and Lynn Garner are
available for assistance with budget
preparations.
GRAN BALLET FOLKLORICO
One of Mexico 1 S finest dance companies will
be in Olymp i a , April 8th, at 8:00p.m. at
St. Martin 1 S Pavilion. Tickets are $6 $7
and $8 at the door.
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SAMOAN FLAG DAY
April 17th marks the day the US raised their
flag on what is now called American Samoa.
This is the day the treaty was signed ceding
E~stern Samoa to the US as a trust territory.
S1nce then, American Samoa has cel ebrated
~pril l7th.a nd is one of the most popular
1sl~nd hol1days.
USO (United Samoan Organizatlon) and the Equal Opportunity office at
Ft. Lewis have planned festivities for April
21st, in commemoration of Flag day. Jack
Thompson, wsu~s renowned football- player
will be one of the guest speakers, among'
other A~ia n American and Samoan spokespeople.
There w1l l be cultural events including
sever~l Fir ~-knife dancers followed by
feast1ng. lhe event i s scheduled to happen
between 11:00 a.m . and 5:00p.m. at the
Nelson Recreation Center, main post, Ft. Lewis.
ASIAN FRIENDSHIP NIGHT
Ft. Ste-i1 ac oom Community Co 11 ege wi 11 open
their doors fn)m 6:00 to 9:00p.m ., Apr il
26th, for th eir Asian Friendship ni gh t .
There wi 11 be food booths and arts ~nd
crafts displays . Con tac t Dave Lucio for
more in f ormati on at 964-6S81 in Taco111a .

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FREE DOM OF CHOICE
,·here wil l be an educa tional f orum and
speakout on reproductive rig hts , April 12th,
at 7:00 p.m . at the Olympia school district
main office auditorium, 113 Legion Way.
The spea kers will be: Teasy Ryken and
Stephanie Coontz on historical overview
of the abort ion rights struggle, Teri
Rams auer on current legislation, Darlene
Conley on rep roductive freedom of minority
women , Miriamma Carson on federally funded
abortion, an d Lesli e Owen from the National
Abortion Righ ts Action Leag ue . For more
informat ion and childca re, call Sande at
866-7268 or Diane at 866 -6700 .
THIRD WORLD LIBRARY
We are expanding our services to include a
buildin g of a library addressing Third
World i ssues and concern s. All books and
periodic als are available to check out or
read in the lounge, Library 3236. The
lounge will be open every afternoon from
1:00 to 5:00 p.m. We have also included
.iterature for Third World children. Come
and check it out. If there is something
you want ordered, we are open for suggestions. The periodicals we are receiving:
Nort hwest Indian News , The Guardian,
The Militant, The Black Panther,
Revolutionary Worker , The Korean Times,
India Abroad, Bilian News, Ang Ka tipunan,
an d Akwesasne Notes .
We have more editions of other periodicals
and magazines which are also available .
Books which are availab le:
Drago nwings , Sweetwater, Sea demon s
by Laurence YEP
The Night Visitors and Other Stories,
by B. Tl~ a ve n
\~e, The Puerto Rican People, a story of
oppression and resistance
by J uan Ange l Silen
The Chi ca nos , 1i fe and struggles of the
Me xic an Min ority in the US
by Gil be rta Lo pe z y Rivas

several internship possibilities for th e
su mmer of 19 79. The focus will be mi grant
educat ion and the persons needed sh ou ld be
colle ge seniors or graduates and bilingual
Spanish . Most projects will beg in June lst
and last 12 weeks with a sti pe nd of $125 . 00
per week, full time. For more in f ormat io n ,
call the CO-OP Education Office at 866-6391.
The Olympic National Forest has three job
openings, beginning in April and ending in
Decembe r: warehouse person, maintenance
person and motor vehicle operator . All pay
close to $7.00 per hour. For further
details, the announcements are posted outside my office - Library 3233.
Planning position is being firmed up for
the Third World Coalition July - August,
full time, to assist in planning for
academic year 1979-80 and to plan and implement FALL ORIENTATION for Third World
students, as well as update the survival
manual. For more information, call April at
866-6034, SOON.
A trial assistant is being sought for an
attorney in the ~ublic Defender's office in
Portland . $700 . 00 per month, call Gail
Martin for more information at 866-6193.
APRIL CALENDAR
~Jed

4 MECHA meeting, Library 3207, noon

Thur

5 UJM1AA meeting, Library 3205, noon

Sun

8

Tues

10 Third World Commun ity Meeting,
Library 3205, noon

Wed

ll

MECHA meeting, Library 3207, noon

Thur

12

UJ A~1AA

Tues

17

Second workshop on an OVERVIEW OF
GRA HJRITI NG, noon, Li bra ry 320_5

(We stern Inte rstate Cominissio n for
High er Educa tion) \~ill be sponsoring

meeti ng , Library 3205, noon

Samoan Fl ag Day

-MPLOYM E lT OPPORTUNITIES
~JICflE

Ballet Folklorica, St. Martin's
Pavilion, 8 p.m.

Wed

18 MECHA meeting , Li brary 3207, noon

Thut·

19

UJAMA/\ meeting , Library 3205, noo n

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APRIL CALENDAR (cont.)
Sat

21

Samoan Flag Day celebration,
Ft . Lewis , 11 a.m .

Wed

25

~1ECHA

Thur

26

UJA~1AA

meeting, Li brary 3207 , noon
meeting, Library 3205, noon

As i an Friendship night , Ft.
Steilacoom, 6 - 9 p. m.

WHO'S GOT THE BUCKS ?
Another reminder - Julius Curry of the
Tacoma Hous i ng Authority will present an
overview workshop of Grant Writing on
1\pr il 17th, noon- 1: 30 p.m., Library 3205 .
This workshop will inc l ude information you
will find not only helpful, but virtually
necessary if you intend to tack 1e the
diff i cu l ties involved in acquiring grant
funds for Third World agency work, institutional funds for special studies (i .e.
graduate school research), or corporate
s upport funds designated for Third World
people . ~1r . Curry will include in h·is
discussion methods appropriate to locating
funding sources, how to approach those
sources, and the politics involved behind
grant applications.
Your participation in this overview workshop
will serve as a "barometer" from which we may
determine how to structure t~e on - going
grant writing workshops. We welcome your
participation and insights into this process.