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G roups P lan R ally
A gainst H ate
coalition of Washington County
human rights supporters are plan
ning a Rally Against Hate to focus pub
lic attention on the Aug. 26 murder of
Loni Okaruru, a trans woman from
Aloha. Set during National Hate Crime
Awareness Week, the vigil will run from
5 to 6 p.m. Oct. 7 on the steps of the
W ashington C ounty Courthouse at
145 N.E. Second St. between Lincoln
and Main, two blocks west of the Hills
boro Central MAX stop.
“While any murder is a tragic act of
hate, hate crimes are even more disturb
ing,” says Patricia Keeney, a spokesperson
for the West County Coalition for
Human Dignity. “Hate crimes send a mes
sage to a whole category of people saying:
‘You are not safe. You have no rights to be
respected.’ Hate crime murders are often
accompanied by far more brutal violence
than in other forms of homicide.”
Molly Franks, an organizer for the
Washington County Pride Project, one
of the rally coalition members, adds,
“The young people that 1 work with
have a strong sense of right and wrong
and a great desire for justice.” Her group
supports gay, lesbian and trans kids and
their allies.
“We are working to get the word out
about the rally,” says Elizabeth Turner, a
member of Students Opposed to All
Prejudice at Forest Grove High. “There
is a lot of interest in our school.”
O ther organizations working on the
rally include the Pacific University
Rainbow Submarine; TransParentcy, an
advocacy group for trans parents; and
Michael Kennedy lights a candle during the vigil for Loni
Parents, Families and Friends of Les
Okaruru on Sept. 14 at Pioneer Courthouse Square
bians and Gays. In addition, Okaruru’s
“Prior to 1996, 1 know that we pretty much
uncle has agreed to speak at the rally.
agreed about homosexuality," the Oregon C iti
Sponsors also are raising money for a memo
zens Alliance chairman said in the Oct. 9 issue
rial fund to supplement the reward being offered
of The Advocate. “He told me that he recognized
for information leading to the arrest of those
that homosexuality was a sin and that to raise it
responsible for the murder. Donations can be
to the level of a civil rights classification was
made at any Bank of America branch.
wrong. Apparently he has now changed his
“There is a connection between the violence
mind. I believe he sold out to political power to
that was committed against Loni Okaruru and
the violence we are experiencing around the
win office. He has had to justify this change, and
world at this moment,” says Marcy Westerling of
he may have now come to the point where he
actually believes it.”
Rural Organizing Project, a network of human
dignity groups throughout Oregon. “Now more
T he article also revealed th at Sm ith has
than ever it is important for people to stand
approached the H um an Rights Cam paign
proposing it drop its opposition to the religious
against hate and violence.”
exem ption in President Bushs faith-based ini
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tiative. In exchange, he said, the religious
or e-mailordinen@aol.com.
right wing will come around and support anti-
discrim ination legislation.
Political director W innie Stachelberg
promised the quid pro quo never will happen.
R ed C ross C lass
"We are very clear that any such legislation
C omes to
must include an explicit provision that religious
anguard Youth Services, which is home to
groups cannot he exempt from state and local
the Sexual M inority Youth Recreation
law," she said.
Center, will be the host site for an upcoming
class offered by the American Red Cross. It will
teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation as well as
S mith W ill A ttend
first-aid care for bleeding, splinting, bums and
D inner
sudden illness.
W hat makes the pilot program unique is that
.S. Sen. G ordon Smith, R-Ore., will he one
of the special guests during the fifth annu it is aimed at housemates and families. Children
6 and older also are encouraged to attend.
al Human Rights Campaign National Dinner on
"It’s encouraging parents and children to
Oct. 6 in Washington, D.C. The event will
take the class together,” says Terry Knott, Am er
honor Tony Award-winning actress Cherry Jones
ican Red Cross Oregon Trail Chapter youth
and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C.
The keynote speaker will be former first lady education specialist. “Usually when you take a
CPR class it’s all adults. Youth generally aren’t
and U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham C linton, D-N.Y.
involved in that.”
Actress Stockard C hanning, who portrays first
Just five cities were selected to participate. Port
lady Ahhey Bartlet on N BC’s The West Wing,
land
is the only one located on the West Coast.
also will he in attendance.
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