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JANUARY 25, 2017 Portland and Seattle Volume XXXIX No. 17 25 CENTS News ...............................3,9,10 A & E .....................................6-7 Opinion ...................................2 Trump Properties at Risk ... 9 Calendars ........................... 4-5 Bids/Classifieds ....................11 CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW WIKIMEDIA COMMONS WOMEN’S MARCH South Waterfront SW Moody MAX Station Shaping the South Waterfront Greenway P ortland’s breakneck growth can be both a topic of protest or profit, depending on who’s steering the conversation. Yet as the city’s nu- merous development projects trudge forward — with or without communi- ty input — some interested parties are asking for your two cents. A number of key players and urban giants — Zidell Corp., Kaiser Permanen- te, the Portland Development Commis- sion, among them – have helped sculpt Portland’s historical landscapes and contemporary additions. And on Feb. AP PHOTO/MARCO UGARTE See GREENWAY on page 3 In this Dec. 23, 2016 photo, Tamara Alcala Dominguez visits the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City, during her first return to Mexico since she moved to the U.S. as a toddler. An Emotional Journey page 8 St. Andrew Church Presents MLK Awards page 10 An estimated 500,000 people converged on Washington, D.C. Jan. 21 --the day after President Trump’s inauguration -- to show their support for women’s rights, civil rights and the environment. Another 3 to 4 million people are estimated to have attended hundreds of sister marches around the world. Artists Bring the Soul of Philanthropy to Portland Concordia College exhibit focuses on African Americans' contributions By Melanie Sevcenko Of The Skanner News S tep into the elevator at Concordia Uni- versity’s library, in Northeast Portland, and you’re sure to absorb a little wisdom. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up somebody else” has been artfully pasted onto the cab wall. The clever place- ment of this quote from Booker T. Washington gets to the very heart of the university’s latest exhibit, “Giving Back: The Soul of Philanthropy Reframed and Exhibited”, which runs until Mar. 31. As an interactive trans- lation of the 2011 book, “Giving Back: A Tribute to Generations of African American Philanthro- pists”, by North Carolinian writer Valaida Fullwood and photographer Charles W. Thomas, the exhibit ex- plores acts of philanthropy that are deeper than your pockets. Transcending region, race, and socio-economic boundaries, Fullwood’s “giving experience” is con- veyed through interactive media, playful quotations, traditional storytelling, and an emotive collection of Thomas’s black-and- white photographs. Print- ed on aluminum, rather than paper, the images emit a shimmery patina, expressing a sense of light and weightlessness. The effect, explained Fullwood, helps to under- score the very loving na- ture of giving. While the photos them- selves are frameless, Full- wood’s narrative here is to “reframe” the notion of philanthropy, from one of wealthy European descen- dents to a thriving tradi- tion of generosity in the African American commu- nity — a story that is sel- dom celebrated. “This is meant to be a counter narrative to what you typically see,” said Fullwood. “In conventional philanthropy, when Black Americans are featured, March for Justice and Equality Planned for Saturday Albina Ministerial Alliance, NAACP, others to march through Northeast Portland The Skanner News Staff T he Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and Police Reform will sponsor a march for justice and equality this Saturday starting at 10 a.m. and cul- minating with a rally at Maranatha Church. The event will be followed by a monthly meeting of the NAACP Portland Branch, which has changed its monthly meeting location this See MARCH on page 3 it’s on the recipient side as beneficiaries. While that is a part of the story, we’re also benefactors.” The exhibit helps to high- light the following facts: according to figures by the W.K. Kellogg Founda- tion and The Chronicle of Philanthropy, African Americans give 8.6 per- cent of their discretionary income to charity. African Americans also donate 25 percent more of their income than do White Americans. Near- ly two-thirds of African American households give to charity more formally, to the tune of $11 billion See EXHIBIT on page 3 PHOTO COURTESY OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY By Melanie Sevcenko Of The Skanner News PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED PDC, City, Zidell seek input on the North Reach of waterfront project The Rev. Dr. T. Allen Bethel, shown here speaking to the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners earlier this year, is one of the organizers of a march for justice and equality this Saturday.