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photo by Christa McIntyre/The Portland Observer McCoy Academy Founder and Executive Director Becky Black and Director of Program Development Katie Carpenter stand in front the school’s life-size mural of Martin Lu- ther King Jr. as they look for support to save the academy which is facing displacement from plans to demolish the King Neighborhood building that houses the academy. Counting on a Miracle The construction plans by new owners community fixture since 1988, providing larger schools with multiple class rooms McCoy Academy of the building have placed the school in a safe space where disadvantaged students and teachers. McCoy students get one-on- jeopardy, according to school leaders. A are given the opportunity to graduate from one support and someone to listen, to trust faces closure desperate fundraising campaign to help high school or get a GED. and believe in their potential. by Christa McIntyre save the school has been launched. An es- Many of its students face considerable Without a building, the 15 students cur- The Portland Observer timated $50,000 will be needed for McCoy challenges: Criminal backgrounds, gang rently enrolled in the school will have few McCoy Academy, a non-profit private to pay for a lease on a new building and ties, substance and alcohol abuse, anx- options, and according to McCoy Acade- high school serving underserved students another $4,278 to pay off the outstanding iety, teen pregnancy and homelessness. my Director and Founder Becky Black, in Portland for more than a generation is debt on its current site. They come to McCoy with holes in their will face the likely prospect of not finish- facing closure. The landmark 110-year-old Named after the late Gladys McCoy, a education and unstable family lives. They ing their education. There’s an even longer house converted into a school on Northeast former Multnomah County chairperson, often have behavioral issues after facing waiting list of students who would like to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard where school board member, and the first Af- problems as children. Many of the students attend the school McCoy is headquartered was recently sold rican American elected to public office have been expelled from other schools or Continued on Page 14 to make way for condominiums. in , McCoy Academy has been a have had a difficult time functioning in Page 2 December 28, 2016 Harmful Mass Incarceration A new women’s prison won’t Pursuing Justice solve the problem by Bobbin Singh and Julia Yoshimoto As we prepare to enter a new by Bobbin Singh year, Oregon’s prison system is ed, the additional prison capacity stead encouraged stakeholders in facing up to the real-world impact must be accommodated at the Or- the criminal justice system to look of mass incarceration. The U.S. egon State Penitentiary Minimum for ways to reduce the women’s locks up more people per capita Security Annex in Salem. prison population enough to re- than anywhere else on the plan- Unfortunately, for many move the need to open OSP-Min- et. While awareness of the deeply months now there have been imum. damaging impacts of trying to use more than 1,280 women at Coffee It wouldn’t take much. A reduc- prison to solve many of our social Creek. Something must be done tion of just a few dozen women problems is thankfully growing, to address this overcrowding for would be enough to avoid opening we aren’t working fast enough to the safety and well-being of the a second prison and it’s about time restrain prison growth in our state. women housed there and the staff that Oregon started tackling the Oregon, for example, faces the working there. over-incarceration of women. prospect of opening a second pris- The Department of Corrections’ Consider the facts of female in- on for women due to overcrowding proposal to open a second wom- carceration in Oregon as recorded at the Coffee Creek Correctional en’s prison to solve overcrowding by the impartial Oregon Criminal Facility, south of Portland. Cof- comes with a substantial price tag. Justice Commission: In the last 20 fee Creek opened in 2001 and is It would cost nearly $4 million to years, the women’s prison popula- currently the only prison for wom- get OSP-Minimum ready to open tion has tripled. While other states en in Oregon. It was designed to to women and a further $17.5 mil- have woken up to the ineffective- house 1,253 women, with a max- lion to run it for two years. So far, ness of incarceration as a way of legislators have been unwilling to imum capacity of 1,280 inmates. Continued on Page 15 When those numbers are exceed- support this huge cost and have in-

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Andrea Miller, executive director of the Causa, a Latino immigrant rights organization in Oregon, testi- Opinion pages 6-7 fies before the Multnomah County Commission in support of ‘sanctuary county’ resolution reaffirming the local government will not cooperate with federal enforcement of immigration laws.

funding, but it would take mea- Sanctuary County sures passed by Congress to cut off federal funding to states, cities nation, the county board voted and counties, officials said. Board on notice unanimously Thursday to adopt Commissioner Loretta Smith, a sanctuary resolution meant to commented: “I have no idea what for welcoming build trust with immigrants by as- the repercussions are, but when suring them that the use of county you are standing for the right immigrants services like health clinics, librar- thing, and to do the good thing by Christa McIntyre ies and other services will not be for your community, you always The Portland Observer used against them in the enforce- are on the right side of policy, and Multnomah County has reaf- ment of federal immigration laws. politics, as well.” firmed its commitment to serving President-elect Donald Trump There is no precise legal defi- all residents regardless of immi- joining hardline Republican law- nition of “sanctuary,” but it has gration status by passing a resolu- makers in Congress are threaten- its roots in Jewish, Christian tion making it an official ‘sanctu- ing to pull federal funding from and Common Law. The Unit- ary county.’ any county, city and state which ed States’ Sanctuary Movement adopts similar measures. The Joining hundreds of other coun- Continued on Page 15 ties, cities and states across the President has the power to divert Arts Flu Hits Oregon Strong and Early ENTERTAINMENT pages 10-13 & Still time for flu until late February or early March, includes staying at home and lim- so people can and should get their iting contact with others if you are shot protection flu shots.” sick; that includes staying home Classifieds pages 14 Flu is a virus that causes mild from work or school when you are Influenza cases are rising in Or- to severe respiratory illness. The sick. Cover your nose and mouth egon, and although the increase is virus kills thousands of people in with a tissue when you cough or page 15 expected this time of year, Oregon the U.S. each year. People who are sneeze. Throw the tissue out when Calendar Health Authority officials say it at higher risk of severe illness or you are done. shows flu season is off to a strong death include children, adults old- Wash hands with soap and wa- and early start. Most of the cases er than 65, pregnant women and ter. Use an alcohol-based hand rub have been influenza A, this sea- those with chronic medical con- if soap and water are not available. son’s predominant flu type. ditions or weak immune systems. Avoid touching your eyes, nose Hospitalizations for flu-like The flu vaccine is the best pro- and mouth. Clean and disinfect illnesses have jumped sharply in tection against flu. It can take up to surfaces and objects that may have recent weeks. two weeks to become effective, so flu germs on them. Avoid getting “While this is shaping up to getting it earlier in the season is ide- coughed and sneezed on. be a heavy flu season, this uptick al. That said, it’s not too late, since Flu vaccine is available from page 16 during this time of the year is fair- flu season usually lasts until spring. health care providers, local health ly typical,” Dr. Paul Cieslak of Vaccinations are recommended for departments and many pharma- the Oreogn Health Authority said. everyone 6 months and older. cies. To find a flu vaccine clinic, Sports “Flu season doesn’t usually peak Other ways to help prevent flu visit flu.oregon.gov. Page 4 December 28, 2016 A look back at some of our top stories 2016 Year

Building a Workforce Black Lives Matter Founders Jan. 27 -- State Rep. Lew Frederick promotes education in the trades and breaking a Feb. 3 -- Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opai Tometi, the founders of Black Lives cycle of poverty in the African American community during a discussion with a group Matter, the largest anti-racism moment in recent history, share their vision for justice at of industry leaders at Portland Community college’s Swan Island Trades Center. a Black History Month event at Portland State University.

Inside Ferguson Feb. 24 -- Portland author and entrepre- neur Devin S. James shares his personal story in a new book about trying to bridge the racial divide between officials in Ferguson, Mo., and an enraged black Policing in Focus community after the March 9 -- Attorney General of the United police shooting death Time Runs Out States, Loretta Lynch, President Obama’s of Michael Brown. March 2 -- The city of Portland takes legal against Joseph “King chief law enforcement official, visits the J” Harris, a long time activist in the African American community Rose City to recognize Portland’s efforts to enforce a nuisance complaint and clear away the possessions in to address police issues such as the 2012 his yard, on his porch and surrounding almost every square foot of lawsuit settlement to curb excessive force his 1904 home. against the mentally ill.

Blazer Legend Hired We Live in Fear Rebuilding Lives April 6 -- Portland basketball icon Terry April 13 -- A string of shootings spray bullets through three March 16 -- The Miracles club, a non-alcoholic social club pro- Porter, the beloved former Trail Blazer and homes across from pushing an elderly black viding support services and housing in the African American com- 17-year NBA veteran is named head men’s couple living across the street to plead for an end to gun vio- munity and it’s adjacent “A Heavenly Taste Café, are reintroducing basketball coach at the University of Port- lence while local law enforcement pledge to step up efforts to themselves after some recent changes. land. combat local gangs. December 28, 2016 Page 5 in Review

Right to Return Home April 27 -- Attempting to fix a troubled housing history in the city, Vanport Mosaic Festival Portland Community Initiatives, Inc. (PCRI) and the Portland Hous- May 18 -- Damaris Webb, Laura Lo Forti and S. Renee Mitchell promote the inaugural Vanport Mosaic ing Bureau pioneer a new campaign to build 1,000 affordable housing Festival, a series of events, including a reunion of former residents of a community that brought a mix of units to help mostly people of color and low income residents of north races to Portland to work at the shipyards during World War II. and northeast Portland who have been displaced by gentrification.

Lofty Dreams and Aspirations June 1 -- Sekai Edwards, a graduating senior at Jefferson High School and a student enrolled at Self Enhancement, Inc., is accepted to attend the prestigious Julliard School in New York to pursue a Bachelor of Gender Barriers Hold True Fine Arts degree in acting. May 25 -- A new effort between the state of Oregon and Oregon Tradeswomen will attempt to bring more diversity to construction work by increasing apprenticeship retention rates of women and peo- ple of color.

Roadblocks at the Courthouse May 11 -- David Rogers, exec- utive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, authors a new report showing how uncontested district attorney races Horror, Anger and Healing Third Death at Strip Club are a factor in tapping down crimi- June 15 -- Hundreds of people gather in front of the Embers, a histor- June 22 -- A dancer is killed during a confrontation with a female ac- nal justice reform in the state. ic gay nightclub in the Pearl District to show solidarity with Orlando, quaintance at the Skinn strip club, reviving community concerns over Fla., just hours after the worst shooting massacre in U.S. history left a Cully Neighborhood establishment that has now experienced three Continued on Page 8 50 dead at Orlando’s Pulse LGBT nightclub. murder in the last five years. Page 6 December 28, 2016

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Opinion articles do not necessarily represent the views of the Portland Observer. We welcome reader essays, photos and story ideas. Submit to [email protected]. Opinion Unable to Distinguish Facts from Opinion or Lies supporters that the pope had en- term, this student’s statement makes to determine which ones were opin- classroom, even on subjects I care 2016, the year of dorsed Trump, while another one a claim that can be proven true or ions, and which made empirical strongly about. told Clinton supporters that false with evidence. claims that could be proven true or Instead, I wanted my students to ‘post-truth’ he’d denounced Trump. In As the late Sen. Daniel Patrick false with evidence. distinguish between facts and opin- by Jill Richardson reality, he did neither. Moynihan said, “Everyone is enti- Sociology can’t really evaluate ions, and apply their knowledge “Post-Truth.” The Things have hardly got- tled to his own opinion, but not his opinions, like the claim gay mar- from the semester to evaluate the Oxford English Dictio- ten better since the election, own facts.” riage is “unnatural,” or the com- accuracy of empirical claims. But I nary named this its word with Trump making false Research can determine whether peting one that same-sex couples knew it’d be easy to accuse me of of the year for 2016. claims about “millions” of police shootings of people of color deserve the dignity of marriage. “bias.” This was a year when “illegal voters” and deny- are due to law breaking by people It can, on the other hand, scien- A disgruntled student could even campaign lies — most, though not ing intelligence assessments that of color or not. In this case, the ev- tifically evaluate whether children submit me to the “Professor Watch- all, coming out of the Donald’s Russia intervened on his behalf. idence doesn’t support the student’s of same-sex couples turn out okay list” — a right-wing website taking mouth — were so numerous that This is a difficult time to teach so- conclusion. (they do) or whether humans use aim at professors conservatives dis- fact checking became nearly impos- cial sciences, because students often The professor failed the student marriage only for heterosexual pro- agree with. sible. cannot distinguish between fact and — not for his or her opinions, but creation (they don’t). In this post-truth world, it no lon- Yes, each individual statement opinion. for failing to do the assignment By the end of class, I had a list ger matters whether a statement is could be fact checked. But there A sociology professor I know well. What do you want to bet the of claims made by the anti-same sex factual. If you don’t like someone’s were so many rapid-fire falsehoods posted on Facebook a line from a student will respond by calling the marriage camp listed on the board, facts, you can accuse them of “bias” that it was impossible to debunk student’s final paper: “If colored professor “biased”? all of which were demonstrably and counter their truth with a story them one by one on TV without de- people would just follow the law, I’m only a lowly teaching assis- false. Not one was true. you got from a fake news site. voting entire shows to just that. they wouldn’t get shot by the po- tant, but I grapple with the current Was I biased? Especially when you’ve got the And, far too often, nobody even lice.” A real student actually wrote environment in my classroom too. I must say, even though I per- president-elect cheering you on. cared if their preferred candidate that and turned it in. This semester, I led students in sonally support marriage equality OtherWords columnist Jill Rich- was untruthful. The Internet was As a professor, you have to grade a discussion of same-sex marriage. — as do the majority of Americans ardson is the author of Recipe for awash with fake news that was students with political views dif- We wrote each argument for and nowadays — I felt uneasy teaching America: Why Our Food System Is more popular than the real news. ferent from your own fairly. But against legalizing same-sex mar- this lesson. I do my best to keep my Broken and What We Can Do to Fix One fake news story told Trump in addition to the offensive racial riage on the board. I asked students personal political views out of the It. Distributed by OtherWords.org. What Part of “Never Again” Does He Not Understand? had sons in the military fighting ment-without-cause of more than desert. D-Mich., visited the Krome deten- A hysteria that against fascism in Germany and 120,000 Japanese-American civil- Today’s advocates of Trump’s tion center near Miami and found Italy. Muslim-Americans likewise ians. What’s more, for a city like “database of Muslim residents” it astonishing that “...the Immigra- ignores history have thousands of children in the Washington, which is crowded should consult the 1983 federal tion and Naturalization Service is by John LaForge US armed forces. Yet Khizr with mostly self-congratulatory commission on the mass deten- fixated on detaining and round- Asked last year and Ghazala Kahn, the par- monuments, the internment me- tions of World War II. It found ing up countless Arab-Americans whether he would ents of Humayun Khan -- an morial is a vanishingly rare, direct there was “no military necessity without any justification.” require American Army captain who died in a and unambiguous admission of for the mass imprisonment of the But Trump would rather we Muslims to register car bombing in Iraq in 2004 wrongdoing by the government. Japanese Americans and that a forget US history, ignore Rea- in a database Donald -- were viciously belittled by Inscribed in the memorial’s el- grave injustice had been done.” gan’s apology, and break Senator Trump said he “would Trump, using the same bigotry egant marble pedestals are Presi- The US started down this road Inouye’s promise. Today’s war- certainly implement with which he attacked Feder- dent Reagan’s words: “Here We immediately after Sept. 11, 2001, time hysteria, fueled by Trump’s that -- absolutely.” During a Nov. al Judge Gonzalo Curiel, absurdly Admit A Wrong. Here We Affirm when more than 2,000 people in baseless accusations against im- 16 appearance on Megyn Kelly’s calling him “Mexican.” Our Commitment As A Nation To the country were arrested in se- migrants, helps some ignore our Fox News show, former Trump News coverage of Higbie’s Equal Justice Under The Law.” cret. The Justice Department re- history, especially if it is ugly, and spokesman Carl Higbie said a reg- Muslim registry “precedent” bal- Also carved in stone is this pledge fused then to issue a list of names consider repeating it even if we’ve istry of Muslims would be “legal” loon neglected to mention that from the late Sen. Daniel Inouye or the number of those incarcerat- promised “never again.” and that “We did it during World arresting 3 to 11 million undocu- of Hawaii: “The Lessons Learned ed, arguing that “national security John LaForge, syndicated by War II with the Japanese.” mented immigrants (Trump calls Must Remain As A Grave Remind- interest” outweighed the public’s PeaceVoice, is co-director of “You’re not suggesting that we this whole class “Mexicans”) er Of What We Must Not Allow right to know. During these secret Nukewatch, a peace and environ- go back to Japanese internment would also require a mass po- To Happen Again To Any Group.” arrests, U.S. Rep. John Conyers, mental justice group in Wisconsin. camps are you?” Kelly asked. lice-state internment program like In 1988, Reagan signed the Civ- “I’m not proposing that at all,” the WWII crimes visited upon il Liberties Act which apologizes Higbie said, “But I’m just saying Japanese-Americans. The media on behalf of the government and there is precedent for it.” To this also ignored the fact that the US declares that the mass arrests were The Law Offices of Kelly declared: “You can’t be cit- government has officially memo- based on “race prejudice, war ing Japanese internment camps as rialized an apology for the WWII hysteria, and a failure of political Patrick John Sweeney, P.C. precedent for anything the presi- mass arrests and detentions, and leadership.” This sounds familiar. dent-elect is going to do.” has erected a monumental promise In The Underside of American But of course he could, because never to do any such a thing again. History, historian Roger Dan- Patrick John Sweeney Mr. Trump appears to win support The National Japanese American iels writes about early 1942 that: Attorney at Law by boastfully saying and doing Memorial in Washington, D.C., “Racist feelings were intensified anything that produces a roar from pledges never to repeat this overt- by wild rumors of sabotage and 1549 SE Ladd, Portland, Oregon the mob -- crowing about sexual ly racist chapter of American his- espionage, and a variety of groups assault, torture, shooting people tory. demanded the expulsion of Jap- in the face, bombing civilians, de- The national media’s ignorance anese-Americans from the West Portland: (503) 244-2080 porting millions -- no matter how or omission of this national monu- Coast.” The US Army and the War unlawful, bigoted, sexist, hateful ment is partly understandable. It’s Relocation Authority forces then Hillsoboro: (503) 244-2081 or dishonest it sounds. not noted on any of the DC tour used house raids to detain and ship Facsimile: (503) 244-2084 The so-called “precedent” in- maps I consulted. The memorial 120,313 Japanese-Americans to cludes the bitter irony that many is a permanent reminder of the hastily-built, barbed wire-circled Email: [email protected] imprisoned Japanese-Americans shameful arrest and imprison- prison camps -- many built in the Page 8 December 28, 2016 Continued from Page 5 2016 Year in Review

Spreading Cultural Harmony Homeless Fight Evictions July 6 -- Carolyn Leonard, an inspiring Portland school administrator, educator and Aug. 3 -- Residents along the in southeast Portland fighting eviction community activist, is honored for a lifetime of work of looking past skin color to pro- receive a month long extension to move out as Mayor Hales sets a new date for disband- mote peace and equality. ing non-sanctioned homeless camps.

PCC Hires New Leader July 27 -- Mark Mitsui, a leader from President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative and a former Seattle educator is named Allen Temple Rebuilding the new president of Portland Aug. 17 -- Allen Temple CME Church holds a groundbreaking ceremony to rebuild the historic African American church more than a year Community College. after electrical fires severely damaged the northeast Portland property.

Standing Up to Violence Aug. 24 -- A local band of brothers document racial harassment on a MAX train by one rider against a young mom and her family and then Youth Mentoring from the Start took action to prevent future violence, showcasing how heroism, fear Sept. 7 -- Portland’s Coalition of Black Men celebrates 28 years of making a difference in the lives of and racism can collide in powerful ways. young black males by connecting them early on in life through mentoring and positive influences. December 28, 2016 Page 9

Battle Lines Grow Oct. 19 -- When police were ordered to remove protesters from City Hall who were upset over a new police union contract that did not meet the activists demands for greater accountability, a violent encounter ensued with officers deploying pepper spray and pushing a large group of activists out of the building.

A Path for Kids to Grow Sept. 21 -- Friends of Baseball, a Portland group promoting Little League for boys and girls, works to break barriers for kids unable to participate in team sports while also trying to reach, engage and nurture more children.

Yes for Affordable Home Oct.26 -- Measure 26-179, a Portland proposal to levy bonds to build new housing and purchase and rehabilitee existing housing to maintain affordability, prevent displacement and allow residents to remain in their homes, Alberta Commons draws support from housing advocates and then passes at the polls. Nov. 23 -- Colas Construction, an African-American and fami- ly-owned business, starts construction on the long vacant corner of Northeast Alberta and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the future home of a Natural Grocers market and a second retail space.

Rebuilding Trust Dec. 7 -- Roslyn Hill and Sara Wittenberg promote an Alberta Rattled by Trump Main Street history markers project to recognize and celebrate Nov. 16 -- Thousands of people stunned by Donald Trump’s win in the presidential election set off on a week of the contributions of African Americans along a street long asso- daily protests in Portland that were mostly peaceful but also tinged with some of the largest and most destruc- ciated with gentrification while strengthening cultural ties. tive protests against Trump in the country. Page 10 December 28, 2016 BUSINESSGuideArts ENTERTAINMENT& Music Millennium Norman Sylvester Free Shows -- The Music -- ‘Boogie Cat’ Norman Millennium, 3158 E. Burnside, Sylvester plays Wednesday, Jan. 4 regularly hosts a series of in-house live at 8 p.m. at Billy Blues in Vancouver; $5.00 TEES performances. Enjoy free music and the opportunity and Friday, Jan. 13 at 9 p.m. at the Spare Room. CLUBS to meet artists. 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Metro runs the , Director of Operations, Oregon Convention Center, Portland’5 Centers for the Arts, Portland Expo Center and $78,905.00 - $118,358.00 Portland’5 Center for the Arts annually. Deadline: 1/3/2017 and provides services that These opportunities are open cross city limits and county to First Opportunity Target lines including land use and Area (FOTA) residents: This transportation planning, parks area includes the following and nature programs, and photo by Christa McIntyre/The Portland Observer zip codes located primarily in garbage and recycling systems. The building housing McCoy Academy at 3802 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd has been sold to N, NE and a small portion of developers and the non-profit private high school serving underserved students in Portland for more Visit oregonmetro.gov/jobs for SE Portland: 97024, 97030, than a generation is facing closure. current openings and a link to 97203, 97211, 97212, 97213, our online hiring center. 97216, 97217, 97218, 97220, Metro is an Affirmative Action / 97227, 97230, 97233, 97236, Equal Opportunity Employer and 97266, whose total annual Counting on a Miracle income was less than $47,000 Clark College is currently for a household of up to two Continued from Front sociation would like to save the donations and fundraisers. 400 accepting applications for a full- individuals or less than $65,000 building from the wrecking crew, students have graduated from the time Associate Vice President of for a household of three or more. McCoy operates under an um- but it’s not very likely they can school since 1988, kids who oth- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. This Visit oregonmetro.gov/FOTA for brella organization called Oregon stop another giant box of condo- erwise would have not earned a position reports to the college the complete job announcement Outreach and has other branches miniums as a replacement, adding high school diploma. President, serves as a member and a link to our online hiring in Molalla, Scappoose, Vernonia to the explosion of other develop- McCoy’s founder and exec- of the Executive Cabinet, and center or visit our lobby kiosk and Rainier. But, the Portland site ments in gentrifying Portland. utive director remains commit- serves as the liaison between at Metro, 600 NE Grand Ave, is special to the students, neigh- TVA Architects which has de- ted to the students in her charge. the college and the community Portland. bors and the black community. signed a number of new proper- She has aligned her entire life to to support the College’s Social Metro is an Affirmative Action / A longtime sanctuary from ties in the area, including the King helping kids that society has giv- Equity Plan. The salary is Equal Opportunity Employer gang violence and one of the first Street Lofts, MLK West and a new en up on, a dedication that has $89,883 annually. Closing date: drug free zone in Portland, Mc- development at Northeast 13th Av- earned Becky Black a Breakfast 1/30/17. For complete position Coy Academy started off as the enue and Alberta Street, is in the of Champions Educational Award description, requirements and Advertise with diversity first charter school in Portland in planning stages for constructing a 5 from the Portland Red Cross; an to apply, access our website in response to the city’s first gang-re- story, 89 unit complex with parking. A.F. Gray Award for Achievement at www.clark.edu/jobs. Clark lated shooting at Columbia Villa. Mary Garofalo from Everett from Warner Pacific College; a College Human Resources, 1933 The Portland Observer The academy has one of the lon- Custom Homes, which is over- Virtue of Generosity Award from Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver, Call 503-288-0033 gest histories of serving children seeing the development, said incarcerated students at the Hill- WA 98663 (360) 992-2105. AA/ in Portland who face economic, each unit will be priced at mar- crest Youth Facility; a 972nd email [email protected] EO employer. employment and social hurdles by ket rate, supporting a demand Point of Light award from Pres- giving them access to an accred- for multi-family housing options ident George H.W. Bush; and a ited academic program, mental within the city’s core. Lewis Hines Award for Services L e g a l N o t i c e s health services, drug and alcohol McCoy has faced its own chal- to Children in a honor she shared counseling and resources towards lenges over the years. It was the with former First Lady Hillary planning for college. first alternative school in Port- Rodham Clinton. Last year, she Many McCoy graduates are the land before it was granted a char- was presented the Mayor’s Spirit first in their family to get a high ter, and barely more than a year of Portland award. school diploma. Most of them go later the first to have its charter On the current fundraising to onto community college, Portland revoked. A City Club of Portland save the school, Black told the State University or join the mili- report from 2002 notes: “While Portland Observer, “Right now tary. the Portland School District we’re trying to raise enough mon- “What’s beautiful about our maintains a public position of co- ey to keep alive what we have. The program is we work in such a operation and support for charter ideal would be to have enough small setting with the students for schools, charter school advocates money to bring in all the students Need to publish a court document or notice? Need an affidavit of multiple hours a day. We get to re- charge that the district actively who are calling us, knocking on publication quickly and efficiently? Please fax or e-mail your notice ally know the student. We get to works behind the scenes to chal- the door and wanting to come in.” for a free price quote! know what’s going on in their life lenge efforts to establish charter McCoy Academy has set up a Fax: 503-288-0015 and at home,” said Katie Carpen- schools in Portland.” donation button on their website e-mail: ter, McCoy’s director of program Despite all the odds, McCoy to make contributions. Visit ore- [email protected] development and educator. has kept its doors open by the gen- gonoutreach.org/our-schools/mc- The Portland Observer The King Neighborhood As- erosity of the community through coy-academy/ December 28, 2016 Page 15

agency moneys, equipment or migration status of a person that “We will always see ourselves Sanctuary County personnel for the purpose of de- has not been arrested and they as a sanctuary city, and we tecting or apprehending persons cannot arrest someone solely will continue to be welcoming on the Underground Railroad. whose only violation of law is because they are in violation of to everyone,” he said. “Presi- Continued from Page 3 The entire state of Oregon that they are persons of foreign immigration laws. dent-Elect Donald Trump will be began in the early 1980’s as an is a “sanctuary” state. Oregon citizenship present in the United Incoming Portland Mayor Ted the president of all of America, interfaith movement and was law provides that, “No law en- States in violation of federal im- Wheeler supported the sanctuary and that requires an understand- based upon the 19th century forcement agency of the State migration laws.” The law means movement in his campaign for ing of the values that drive Port- Quaker safe houses that helped of Oregon or of any political that local police can’t ask for mayor and after Trump’s elec- land and other cities. These are many slaves escaped to freedom subdivision of the state shall use documentation to verify the im- tion in November. our values.”

Creek Correctional Facility hav- Oregon needs to face head on ing never received a chance to do the clear links between addiction, Harmful Mass Incarceration better. mental illness and property crime. Continued from Page 2 punished more severely for the property crimes, combines with As advocates for women pris- We need to understand that simply same non-violent offenses than other sentencing legislation and oners, we’re not asking for a locking women up cannot cure the solving social problems, Oregon’s they would have been years ago. case law to result in women re- double standard that offers more root causes of crime that so many female imprisonment rate has be- Most of the incarceration of ceiving much harsher sentences lenient treatment of women. We criminal justice experts consider come higher in recent years than women in Oregon is for property than they would have gotten for want recognition and reform of to be a public health issue. We the national average. Yet overall, crimes, often driven by drug ad- the same crime years ago. The leg- the laws and practices that have a should look for a new approach crime rates in Oregon are near his- diction. The arrest rate of women islation was sold to voters as prop- disproportionally large impact on for women who can be safely and toric lows since the 1980s. for property crimes fell 40 per- er punishment for the irredeem- women and their families. We and appropriately held accountable in How to explain this discrepan- cent between 1995 and 2014. Yet, able criminal who has ignored the many other supporters of crim- other ways than imprisonment. cy? Have women suddenly begun women’s average length of stay previous attempts at reform. But inal justice reform in Oregon ac- Bobbin Singh is the executive committing many more serious in prison in Oregon for property in reality, charges are stacked up cept that property crime laws are director of the Oregon Justice Re- and violent crimes that might jus- crimes has risen from 17 months against women appearing in court facially neutral. But the sentenc- source Center, and Julia Yoshimo- tify locking up more of them for to 22 months in the last decade. for the first time in a way they can ing data speaks for itself: these to is the attorney and project longer? No, what is in fact hap- Measure 57, Oregon’s law on be deemed a “repeat property of- laws do have a disparate impact director for OJRC’s Women in pening is that women are being sentencing offenders in repeat fender” and sent away to Coffee on women. Prison project.

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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Barbara Emberley National Cocoa Day First Miniature Golf Bill of Rights Day Beethoven’s Birth- Wright Brother’s Wear a Plunger On born, 1932 Susan B. Anthony Course Opened, Underdog Day day (1770) First Flight (1903) Your Head Day Hovercraft Patented dollar coined in 1929 David McCord born, Boston Tea Party National Maple Baseball great Ty (1955) 1970 South Pole Discov- 1897 Anniversary (1773) Syrup Day Cobb born, 1886 Poinsettia Day ered, 1911

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Oatmeal Muffin Day Games Day First Day of Winter First Christmas Roots Day Hanukkah Begins Christmas Dickens’ A Christ- Electric Light Humbug Day Lights, 1882 Federal Reserve Christmas Eve National Pumpkin mas Carol pub- demonstrated in Bright Side Day Mercury Thermome- System established National Egg Nog Day Pie Day lished in 1843 1879 National Flashlight ter Invented, 1714 (1913) Apollo 8 reached Day moon, 1968 26 27 28 29 30 31 Boxing Day Ingri d’Aulaire born, Card Playing Day Texas became the Tiger Woods born, New Year’s Eve Kwanzaa Begins 1904 Iowa became the 28th state (1845) 1975 National Whiners Visit the Zoo Day 29th state (1846) Author Rudyard Day World Bank created National Chocolate Kipling born, 1865 (1945) Day Page 16 December 28, 2016 Sports

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