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gender identity through Nov. 19 at the Memorial
Union Quad.
The Transcending Gender Film Festival is from
8 p.m. to midnight Nov. 16 in various locations,
showing the films Boy I Am, Two-Spirit People, Girl
Inside and Black and White.
For derails call 541-737-6355 or e-mail
queer.affairs@oregonstare.edu.
Gretchen Miller Kafoury Award. Given for out
standing achievement for long-term work in the field
of community development, the award is selected by
fonner winners, including Kafoury herself.
In December 2005, DeMaster received the
Advocacy Award from the National Alliance for
Children and Families, honoring “her extraordinary I
Entrepreneur Wins
30-year support of low-income families,” and she is
Business Owner of the Year
the namesake for a local homeless shelter called
Jean’s Place.
A Portland woman’s entrepreneurial spirit has
“Jean is an incredibly inspiring leader who
earned her a national award from the National Gay
brings tireless energy and passion to her advocacy
&. Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and Wells
for our most impoverished," said Gresham Police
Fargo. Noma Hanlon, president of Hanlon Brown
Chief Carla Piluso, chairwoman of the Human
Design in Portland, has been named LGBT
Solutions board. “Her efforts to draw attention to
Business Owner of the Year for 2007.
the lack of resources available have been one of the
Hanlon Brown Design will he recognized and
receive a $5,000 cash grant at the chamber’s 2007
single greatest influences on the awareness of the
rising issue of poverty in Multnomah County.”
dinner, “An Evening of Courage," Nov. 2 at the
National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
Prior to Human Solutions, DeMaster spent four
years as executive director of the YWCA of Greater
“The contribution Hanlon Brown Design has
Portland and 11 years as executive director of made to the LGBT business community is truly
Transition Projects. Since becoming executive
remarkable,” said Justin G. Nelson, the chamber’s
director of Human Solutions, she has overseen the
co-founder and president.
development and acquisition of 175 units of afford
Chance Mitchell, the chamber’s co-founder and
able housing as well as an 11 -unit rehabilitation
CEO, added, “Noma has created a company that
project and the creation of 32 units of permanent
not only provides top-notch service to its clients
supportive housing. She is also leading Human
hut also is a key community leader.”
Solutions in the pre-development of an additional
Hanlon Brown Design has consistently ranked
220 units in two complexes slated to he completed
as one of the leading graphic design firms in the
in 2010.
Pacific Northwest. As a certified queer business
In addition to housing development, DeMaster
enterprise, it has excelled as a primary supplier to
has worked to improve access to and effectiveness of some of the top corporations in the United States.
services for homeless families. She is working with
Hanlon is being recognized for her entrepreneurial
Human Solutions staff to develop a multiservice cen spirit as demonstrated by her company’s business
ter that will allow low-income and homeless families
performance, innovation, growth and personal
access to more than seven agencies under one roof.
service to the community.
“One of the greatest challenges that people in
“We are pleased to join the [chamher| in recog
need face is having access to services. If we can
nizing Hanlon Brown Design with this award,” said
create a centralized and convenient hub for access
Vincent Tromhetta of San Francisco, senior vice
to a multitude of services, we can more efficiently
president for Wells Fargo’s small-business segment.
stabilize lives and help people become self-
“Noma and her team demonstrate the commitment
sufficient,” said DeMaster.
to excellence, innovation and strong community
focus that are the keys to entrepreneurship in
Trans People Remembered
America.”
Oregon State University’s
Queer Affairs Task Force is
observing Trans Awareness Week
through Nov. 19 to provide
educational opportunities, create
fun events that will start a dia
logue around gender and raise
awareness about the experiences
faced by trans and genderqueer
people. A variety of discussions,
information sessions, films and
presentations exploring trans
gender topics will culminate in
a candlelight vigil from 8 to
9 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Memorial
Union Quad on the OSU campus
in Corvallis.
On Trans Day of Remem
brance, allies from around the
country will be gathering to
honor people who have been
violently targeted for their
perceived gender identity.
A Wall of Remembering Lives
will honor those who were mur
Noma Hanlon (left, with partner Gail Snow) was named LGBT
dered because of their perceived
Business Owner of the Year.