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photo by Danny Peterson/The Portland Observer Dontae Blake, an ex-gang member who turned his life around, said it felt like a stigma getting lifted when Portland Police stopped keeping records of suspected and known gang members. Blake helps at-risk youth get out of gang life by engaging in violence prevention work as a community outreach specialist. by Danny Peterson a position held for years by national The Portland Observer and local civil rights groups like the New police practices, technologi- NAACP and American Civil Liberties cal advances, and years of advocacy Union. by civil rights advocates pushing for The gang designations also did not a change have culminated in the Port- No More necessarily distinguish between a land Police Bureau’s decision to phase non-criminal gang member and ones out using a gang designation database with a criminal history. Of the 359 as a law enforcement tool, which was “criminal gang affiliates” that Port- officially halted last month. land police flagged, as of last year, 81 Though Portland police said gang Gang Lists percent were part of a racial or ethnic lists were never made public, the more minority, officials said. than 20-year-old practice of tracking Black Male Achievement, a group suspected and known gang members How advocates, new practices associated with the Portland Office was determined to be unfairly and dis- proportionately impacting minorities, and technology bought change Continued on Page 4 Page 2 November 15, 2017

Racial Tensions Flare a judiciary that reflects the nation’s diversity by nominat- A clash with racial ten- The in ing white men to America’s federal courts at a rate not sions broke out between Week Review seen in nearly 30 years. The Associated Pressed reported two groups at an I-5 or similar service. Monday that 91 percent of Trump’s nominees are white overpass in Vancou- and 81 percent are male so far. ver Monday afternoon. School District Administrator Fired Second in command at Portland Public Sports Instructor Arrested for Child Sex Abuse When Antifa members Schools Youseff Awwad has threatened a Shuddhodan Man Ranjit, 51, turned himself in on Thurs- held a sign over the lawsuit after he was fired last week by day for sex abuse after multiple accusations by children overpass to remember school superintendent Guadalupe Guer- sparked a warrant for his arrest, officials said. The Bea- Mulugeta Seraw, a PSU rero. Awwad was investigated in August verton man operated a Taekwondo student from Ethiopia who was killed by three white su- for being involved in a consensual rela- studio. premacists 29 years ago, members of Patriot Prayer went tionship with a subordinate, but he said it had been dis- to the next overpass and displayed a “It’s OK to be white” Named “Citizen of the Year” closed to then-superintendent Bob McKean. sign, sparking heated arguments, but no reports of physi- GQ’s “Citizen of the Year” has cal violence. Bodies Found in Forest Park Identified been granted to Colin Kaepernick, Multnomah County Sells Empty Wapato Jail The bodies of missing Aloha teen Annieka Vaughan and the free agent quarterback for his 23-year-old Zachary Peterson, a sex abuse suspect, were conscientious objection of racial Wapato Jail, the never used lockup in north Portland, was found in Forest Park last week. Authorities determined Pe- inequality and police brutality. sold for $10.8 million Thursday by Multnomah County terson fatally shot Vaughn then killed himself. The former 49er sparked protests commissioners to a medical equipment distribution com- by NFL players and other athletes pany. Commissioner Loretta Smith was the only no vote Trump Packs Court with White, Male Judges when he began kneeling during because she said the jail should house a homeless shelter President Donald Trump is slowing the transformation of the National Anthem.

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An artist’s rendering shows the future Blackburn Building with its health clinic and affordable housing units coming to Northeast 122nd and Burnside. Housing and Health Integrated services will help residents stay housed A Portland nonprofit serving from local hospitals and health of their retired president and chief people impacted by homelessness, organization to supportive, afford- executive officer, Ed Blackburn. poverty and addictions, is cele- able housing. Blackburn, who recently retired brating the beginning of construc- Central City Concern also an- after 26 years at Central city Con- tion for the third of three buildings nounced that the building, at 25 cern, was instrumental in pulling for its Housing in Health initia- N.E. 122nd Ave., will be named Continued on Page 5 Arts tive, a pioneering commitment the Blackburn Building in honor ENTERTAINMENT& pages 7-11 Black Leaders: Open Tubman possibly delay the opening of Tub- School board man until the 2019-20 school year, an additional year from a proposed called out for opening that was already delayed by a year. The reason was to give ‘betrayal’ the district more time to study en- by Danny Peterson vironmental hazards such as air The Portland Observer pollution, due its proximity to I-5, African American community and any possible foundational in- leaders are calling on Superinten- stability. dent Guadalupe Guerrero to “take Tubman is a school with deep steps immediately” to allow Tub- ties to the African American com- man Middle School to open next munity and would be the only fall, calling into question recent middle school serving kids in the concerns over the safety of the historic black neighborhoods of pages 12-13 Ron Herndon Opinion building and grounds. inner north and northeast Portland Guerrero is slated to address dance will be Self Enhancement if it were to open as proposed. the issues when he attends a news founder and chief executive Last week, Portland Public conference on Thursday at Self pages 14 Tony Hopson, and Dr. Leroy Schools released on its website Classifieds Enhancement Inc. organized by Haynes of the Albina Ministerial records of air pollution testing at leaders in the black community Alliance. Tubman, which was compiled in who are calling the potential sec- “Harriet Tubman Middle preparation of the Faubion K-8 page 15 ond major delay on the re-opening School is a very significant cultur- school that occupied the building Calendar Tubman by the School Board a al landmark for the black commu- last year. “betrayal.” nity. Right now, this community The records largely indicated “It is our hope that [Superin- does not have a middle school. no harmful levels of pollutants tendent Guerrero] will be able to There can’t be a delay in Tub- detected; a Department of En- bring the school board to its sens- man’s reopening. We just want to vironmental Quality fact sheet, es,” Albina Head Start Director make sure that PPS understands which summarized EPA moni- Ron Herndon told the Portland page 16 how vitally important this is to toring of the school from 2009 to Observer. Herndon helped orig- our community,” Hopson said in a 2011, had air toxics measured as inally open Tubman in the early press release. “below EPSA’s level of concern.” Food 1980s. Last month, the school board Continued on Page 5 Joining Herndon in atten- voted on an amendment that could Page 4 November 15, 2017

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Open (hours) Ex-gang member Dontae Blake heads a non-profit, Live Free, where he takes at-risk youth on Sun-Thurs: 11a-8p camping excursions in Bend to get them out of the gang life. Fri-Sat: 11a- 9p No More Gang Lists Cannon’s, tasty food and friendly neighborhood atmosphere. Continued from Front toring younger gang members or weapons history, instead of to help them get out of a life simply using a gang affiliation of Equity and Human Rights, of crime by taking them on by itself, as an indicator of a was one of the civil rights or- camping excursions in Bend potential threat. ganizations that has been ad- for his non-profit, Live Free. “The reality is there are vocating for eliminating the Lieutenant Andrew Shearer people who are involved in gang lists. of the Portland Police Bureau some of these organizations “It’s an excellent policy feels that eliminating the gang who may not be actively in- change,” said C.J. Robbins, lists has already increased volved in criminal activity. the group’s program coordi- community trust, and he said And we need to focus on those nator. “It’s a piece of a much the new policy has not nega- that are.” Shearer said. R larger puzzle. I’m definite- tively impacted law enforce- Police reform advocates State Farm ly encouraged by the move- ment efforts. for groups like Black Male ment.” Shearer said the bureau’s Achievement are looking for Robbins thinks the new decision came as the culmi- more progress in terms of ex- policy will encourage police nation of conversations in the gang members who are now officers to see black members past couple of months with the peace-abiding citizens tran- Michael E Harper of the community as individ- bureau’s Tactical Operations sitioning back into society, Agent uals a bit more. The old pol- Division, which Shearer leads; since many of them report Providing Insurance icy also was not helping peo- the Gang Enforcement Team, having difficulty meeting their ple trying to escape gangs or many of whom also advocated needs, like finding gainful em- and Financial Services anyone experiencing the stig- for the change; and newly ap- ployment and shelter. ma of being labeled a gang pointed Police Chief Danielle “I think, you know, our view member. Outlaw, Portland’s first Afri- in the future will be towards Home Office, Bloomingon, Illinois 61710 Dontae Blake was an ex- can American woman police meeting those needs, towards We are located at: gang member who has tak- chief. making sure that the policies, 9713 S.W. Capitol, Portland, OR en responsibility for his past Though a gang designation practices and procedures that and successfully lived crimi- database was a police tool need to be addressed for them 503-221-3050 • Fax 503-227-8757 nal-free for the better part of once thought to help solve to be thriving [will occur],” [email protected] a decade. crimes, newer technology has Robbins said. He said eliminating the gang rendered it largely obsolete, According to a 2016 Racial lists improves his attitude to- Shearer said. He cited tech- and Ethnic Disparities Report ward police, dusting off an old nological advances in foren- of Multnomah County, Afri- Avalon Flowers idea that police were “just bad sic shell casing analysis that can Americans are six times dudes that […] want to kill us can now link bullet casings to more likely than whites to be 520 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, in the streets.” specific parts of the city and jailed. African American un- OR 97204 • 503-796-9250 “It means something to to specific weapons as one ex- employment rates were also me that on a piece of paper, ample. seven percent higher than A full service flower experience somewhere, it don’t just say, “In the previous year, whites from the years 2010- ‘There’s Dontae Blake, he’s a we’ve only had about seven 2012, according to Poverty Crip.’” Blake told the Portland Cori Stewart-- • Birthdays • Anniversaries gang designations leading up in Multnomah County report Observer. “Personally it feels to this. So it’s not something from 2014. Owner, Operator • Funerals • Weddings good to have a stigma off my that’s really used as much as it According to national statis- back. once was,” Shearer said. tics from Center for American Open: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am til 5:30pm Blake has been doing an- Gang designations were Progress and Crime & Delin- Saturday 9am til 2pm. ti-gang outreach for Unify also once thought to increase quency, African Americans are Website: avalonflowerspdx.com Portland, a violence preven- officer safety. However, 2.5 times more likely to be ar- email: [email protected] tion program for at-risk youth Shearer said police endanger- rested than whites and 49 per- for more than two years now. We Offer Wire Services ment is now mitigated by flag- cent of black men will be ar- Since 2010, he has been men- ging individuals with a violent rested at least once by age 23. November 15, 2017 Page 5

like me.” Additional speakers included Housing and Health representatives from the Housing breaking ceremony, community is Health initiative’s six hospitals Terence Keller Continued from Page 3 member and Central City Concern and health organizations, includ- together the Housing is Health ini- client Mike Holevas described his ing, Adventist Health Portland, tiative, the culmination of years of journey from high school science CareOregon, Kaiser Foundation A full Service Realtor leadership and relationship build- teacher to addict, to a person in Health Plan and Hospitals; Ore- ing. recovery working toward well- gon Health Sciences University, • List & Sell your House • Find you the Best Loan The two-story health care facil- ness and self-sufficiency. 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Additional fer—can come for transformation, Solotaroff, Central City Concern housing will include 90 units of healing; families will be restored,” president and chief executive of- transitional housing and 34 per- he said. “I’m so proud to be part ficer. “They’ve united for improv- manent homes. of something that will bring hope ing health outcomes as well as the During last week’s ground- and healing to thousands of people common good of our community.” Affordable Housing Plans for Kenton The site, located at the corner of North Argyle Property sits next Street and Denver Avenue, meets TriMet’s goal of maximizing density to support increased transit door to light rail line ridership and fully activate the area surrounding TriMet has selected Reach Community De- the station. The first site on the Yellow Line devel- velopment to develop more than two acres of oped for affordable housing was the Patton Park land in the Kenton neighborhood for affordable Apartment building on Interstate Avenue near the housing, the second major affordable housing Killingsworth Street MAX Station, a building that project the transit agency has sponsored on the provides 54 units for low-income residents. Portland is my Town Interstate Yellow Max light rail line of north “We’re excited by the opportunity to have more Call Terence Keller Portland. housing, especially affordable housing near good The community housing organization will transit service,” said TriMet General Manager 503 839-6126 construct approximately 200 affordable housing Neil McFarlane. “It’s truly a win-win for the com- Liberty Group Realtors Inc. units with the anticipated groundbreaking next munity.” fall. The project is supported by $10 million in Reach has started to engage the Kenton com- [email protected] • Oregon License 200306037 property taxes reserved for the Interstate Cor- munity to obtain feedback through public meet- ridor Urban Renewal Area and awarded by the ings. Portland Housing Bureau. REACH proposes to “This is an opportune site to develop housing leverage the city’s investment with four percent that will connect people to the amenities that sup- L e g a l N o t i c e s Low Income Housing Tax Credits and state is- port success and foster community,” said Kurt sued tax-exempt bonds. Creager, Director of the Portland Housing Bureau. Black Leaders: Open Tubman Need to publish a court document or notice? Need an affidavit of air and soil samples;” and radon Air pollution from I-5 and Continued from Page 3 publication quickly and efficiently? Please fax or e-mail your notice testing was completed in 2016 claims that the school could for a free price quote! 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Hundreds of thou- Native Americans have been $30.00 each Area led by Crazy Horse that outnum- waii. Over 2,400 Americans were sands of African Americans fighting alongside and in the U.S. Pre-Spray Traffic Areas bered his by about three to one. killed that day. would serve in the Union Army Armed Forces since the Oneida Custer, who had graduated at the On 9/11 nineteen al-Qaeda during the Civil War. More would and Tuscarora joined the Patriot (Includes: 1 small Hallway) bottom of his class from West terrorists from the Middle East serve as Buffalo soldiers in the In- cause during the American Rev- 1 Cleaning Area (only) Point, had declined to bring a managed to hijack four do- dian Wars on the western frontier. olution. Today a disproportion- $50.00 gatling gun as it would only slow mestic U.S. airliners and crash Even in the segregated Army of ate number of Native Americans Includes Pre-Spray Traffic Area him down. them into the twin towers and World War II African Americans serve in the U.S. Armed Forces. the Pentagon. All four commer- distinguished themselves in units President George W. Bush (Hallway Extra) In 1896 the forces of Ethio- pian Emperor Menelik II deci- cial planes were fueled for cross such as the Tuskegee airmen and recently said that “bigotry and Stairs (12-16 stairs - With sively defeated Italian Colonial country flights making them the 555th Parachute Infantry Bat- white supremacy, in any form, is Other Services): $30.00 forces at the Battle of Adwa. hugely dangerous missiles. The talion (“Triple Nickels”). blasphemy against the American Ethiopian independence was hijackers used knives and box Over and over again minorities creed”. Bigotry and white su- Area/Oriental Rugs: preserved. Adwa inspired many cutters to terrorize the crew and that have faced discrimination premacy, aside from being terri- $25.00 Minimum subsequent African anti-colonial capture the cockpits within a and persecution in the United ble policy, are also symptoms of Area/Oriental Rugs (Wool): struggles but it also inspired a narrow time window that morn- States have proven themselves on historical ignorance. ing. Commercial airline cockpits the battlefield by fighting valiant- Christopher Kelly is an Amer- $40.00 Minimum thirst for vengeance with Mus- solini who brutally invaded were, at the time, lightly secured ly for a country that sometimes ican history writer based in Seat- Heavily Soiled Area: Ethiopia in 1936 and erected a and airline crews were trained mistreats them. tle and London. $10.00 each area (Requiring Extensive Pre-Spraying) Drilling for Oil near Native Communities like Mine UPHOLSTERY shadow our human rights. The ture must factor into the decision Gwich’in come together to reaf- CLEANING Tax cuts threaten Gwich’in people have relied on making in Washington. firm our commitment to protect Sofa: $69.00 the lands of the I’m also disturbed to hear pol- the coastal plain of the refuge Loveseat: $49.00 sacred places refuge for thou- iticians talking about “direction- from drilling. Sectional: $109 - $139 by Bernadette Demientieff sands of years. al drilling” to justify opening Last year, people came from Chair or Recliner: Right now in Washington, These lands pro- this area as part of the budget. the 15 villages that make up the D.C., Congress is making vide everything That is, they’re planning on plac- Gwich’in Nation. We danced. $25.00 - $49.00 decisions that will affect my we need to live ing drills just outside the bound- We sang. We were well provided Throw Pillows (With future and that of my people and thrive — our aries of the refuge and drilling for, and I felt that our ancestors Other Services): $5.00 — the Gwich’in Nation of food, our cloth- sideways to reach oil under this were sitting there with us. Now Alaska and Canada. ing, our tools, everything. special place. tribes across Alaska are coming My people have always sub- Directional drilling is billed together again against drilling. ADDITIONAL A critical part of our ancestral homelands, the coastal plain of sisted on the Porcupine Caribou as safe and clean technology. It’s We have a moral responsibility SERVICES the Arctic National Wildlife Ref- Herd, whose calving grounds are not. There is no safe drilling. to protect this land for our chil- • Auto/Boat/RV Cleaning uge — one of the world’s last un- in the coastal plain. This is why Such drilling would allow dren and grandchildren. This isn’t • Deodorizing & Pet touched places — could be lost we call the coastal plain “the sa- massive oil infrastructure to a game. Real lives are at stake — Odor Treatment to the thirst for oil. cred place where life begins.” squeeze the borders of the ref- our lives — along with special • Spot & Stain Some in Congress want to This place is vital for the sur- uge, while drills could be sunk places that are too sacred to drill. Removal Service open the area to drilling and use vival of my people. We are cari- into the coastal plain, the heart Congress must take drilling in • Scotchguard Protection the revenue to offset tax cuts for bou people. Our elders say that of the refuge, in the name of the Arctic National Wildlife Ref- • Minor Water Damage the wealthy. Meanwhile, Presi- what befalls the caribou befalls exploration. That would disturb uge off the table. It’s up to all of dent Trump is quietly permitting the Gwich’in. If they go, we go. the caribou calving grounds and us to protect this sacred place for Services companies to take the first steps Part of us will die with them, and hinder the migration patterns of generations to come. towards drilling here. the other half can’t survive with- already declining herds. Bernadette Demientieff is SEE CURRENT FLYER The Arctic Refuge, home to out them. And what hurts the caribou ul- the executive director for the FOR ADDITIONAL wildlife and vast lands essen- Our identities as indigenous timately hurts my people. Gwich’in Steering Committee. PRICES & SERVICES tial to my people’s survival, has people are at stake, and decision The Gwich’in Nation has She represents the Gwich’in na- been reduced to a line item. makers at the highest levels must been fighting this fight since tion from both sides of the bor- Call for Appointment I’m disturbed that the push to take that into account. My peo- it first came up 40 years ago. der in the U.S. and Canada. Dis- (503) 281-3949 drill has been allowed to over- ple, history, culture, and our fu- That’s why every two years, the tributed by OtherWords.org. November 15, 2017 Page 13

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Preventing Gun Deaths and Protecting Gun Rights Every time I hear discussions firearms while also keeping guns ents. It’s more children who grow ban that’s prevented the Centers for Gun control about one reform or another — out of the hands of criminals? up with their parents alive. Disease Control from examining a universal background checks, If there’s any will at all to re- I don’t have a stake in which lot of that data for the last 20 years. shouldn’t be this banning high capacity magazines, duce the death toll from guns in method we use to reduce gun vi- Preferably before another year banning assault rifles, this country — more than 33,000 olence so long as we pick some- passes and another 33,000 Ameri- hard etc. — I hear the ex- deaths a year — no doubt the thing that works. It would be nice cans are dead. OtherWords colum- by Jill Richardson act same talking point: country that sent a man to the if law-abiding gun enthusiasts nist Jill Richardson is the author Before the gun lobby Criminals can get moon can figure out how to do it would help. of Recipe for America: Why Our or its sycophants in Con- around those rules. without violating citizens’ rights. So let’s actually look at the data Food System Is Broken and What gress bring out their usu- You could ban as- Furthermore, just because a to find out how it can best be done. We Can Do to Fix It. Distributed al talking points for why sault rifles, or the high law may not prevent all shootings In fact, let’s lift the congressional by OtherWords.org. we can’t ever have common sense capacity magazines that allow doesn’t mean it won’t prevent gun reform, I’d like to shoot one people intent on mass murder to some shootings. of them down. No pun intended. shoot more bullets before they I’ve even heard a gun advocate We just saw what happens need to stop to reload. Perhaps say that regulation won’t work when a bad guy with a gun is some criminals would just get because it would only stop people met by a good guy with a gun. In them illegally. who are too stupid to get around Sutherland Springs, Texas, when a Not all mass shootings could them from obtaining a gun. mass shooter attacked churchgo- have been prevented by back- You know what? That sounds ers, he was eventually confronted ground checks. For example, the good to me. If we can prevent ev- by another armed civilian. Sandy Hook shooter stole guns ery single shooting perpetrated by But before the good guy got from his mother, who legally ac- a stupid person, I’m for it. That’s there with his gun, 26 people were quired them. Background checks still fewer people dying overall. It fatally wounded. wouldn’t have stopped him. won’t get us down to zero, but re- I’ve already heard discussions Here’s the thing: These hypo- fusing to do anything just because 5010 NE 9th Ave about fixing the problem by hav- thetical arguments don’t need to be it’s a partial solution is ridiculous. Portland, Or 97211 ing more people bring guns to hypothetical. We can study them Each little bit of progress we Phone: 503 284-2989 church, as the attorney general of and make an informed choice. make is a human life saved. It’s Texas recently suggested. Which reforms will simultane- an entire family whose lives aren’t We specialize in a variety of cuts for men and What about other ways to pre- ously preserve freedom for hunt- torn apart and changed forever. women, hot towel razor shaves, braiding, hair vent gun deaths? 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Simple Vegan Burger by Paul A. Neufeldt (makes 1 dozen) INGREDIENTS: • 1 cup mixed dried beans (at least 3 types) • 1/2 cup nutritional yeast • 1/2 cup quinoa • 1/4 cup red rice flour • 1/2 cup ground dried mushrooms • 1/2 cup grated carrot • 2 tablespoons Soup Spice Mix • 1/2 cup dried seaweed cut into 1/4 • 2 tablespoons soy sauce inch by 1 inch strips • 1 cup whey water DIRECTIONS: 1. Put beans, quinoa, mushrooms and Soup Spice Mix in a saucepan with 3 cups water, bring to a boil then let simmer on medium for an hour. Stir periodically. 2. Pour entire contents of saucepan in a blender. Add soy sauce and whey water. Blends well, some chunks are okay. 3. Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix thoroughly by hand. 4. Set oven to 250f. Bake in a large greased casserole pan for half an hour. Let cool, then store in covered container until used to make burgers (makes about a dozen). 5. Burgers may be frozen, separated by cooking parchment, in a sealed container. 6. Fry burgers on medium heat with olive oil until browned on both sides. It Does Good Things TM R This page is sponsored by Oregon Lottery Calendar November 2017

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