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northwest Continued from Page 9 tion to Unity Project was a great chance to gain Portland’s new skills and apply rhe ones he’s developed community. gon last month because it was rhe "right rime and since working in rhe I II V field for approximately right opportunity." eight years'. Buddhist was cited for the li permitting censee disorderly Gay Bar Loses Lease, Closes Indefinitely activities on rhe licensed prem Herrera, who identifies as queer, was one of "Mainly I’m going to be focusing on base the organization’s first paid staff members when building, re-engaging our constituency and bring rhe group was called Brother to Brother. He was ing-mon* people into the organization, and coali the 11IV program manager. tion building," said Herrera, who moved to Port a gay-operated "I carry with me rhe history of rhe organiza land 11 years ago from I louston. I le is helping 16N.W. Broadway, had cue. Licensee Timmy tion, and one thing I’m g<xxl at is bringing people strengthen alliances with the Multnomah County a reputation for strong Tso of TKT Inc. will to rhe table," said I lerrera. "1 want people to have Health Department, International Federation of pours. serve a 32 -day sus input and decide what they think should be hap Black Prides and Cascade AIDS Project, among pening so its not the Stephan Herrera show or the other groups. UPOshow.” He will also help make better use of Unity Shanghai ises when an employ ee pished a patron Steakery, and hit the patron on at the he.id with a px>l bar The bar’s rough rap penalty when the Oregon Liquor and serve a two-day After working at Cascade AIDS Project as a Project’s volunteers, by having a structure in place Control housing case manager, Herrera said rhe transi- to plug them into the growing organization and issued a sanction for a getting feedback so they can help shape its focus. A co-founderof Portland Black Pride in 2002, 1 lerrera is also rhe lead organizer of Black Pride 2008 from June 12 to 15. fight between a barkeep and patron. suspension." Mitchell Gay-operated Shanghai Steakery hit a streak of bad luck with Oregon Liquor Control Commission citations and the loss of its lease. Managerjay Mitchell told Just Out $4,950 rhe employee volved with said in the pool cue incident that has been fired. Shanghai Steakery, which has been open for 13 Shanghai Steakery was also busted in an HIV-related field for 10 years. He has worked years, will close until further notice. The bar lost April 18 OLCC sting in which rhe agency sent with black and queer communities as an outreach its lease and plans to move farther up Broadway minors into bars and fined the establishments rh.it specialist for the Multnomah County Health just as soon as the OLCC grants it a new liquor sold them alcohol. Twenty of the 71 bars and res Department, working in needle exchange. HIV license. taurants in Portland targeted that night tailed rhe and hepatitis C prevention, testing and counsel "We’ve had a couple tickets for OLCC stings, ing. With Brother to Brother, he partnered with which kind of feels like harassment. It’s hard being Shanghai Steakery’s liquor license is suspended Love Makes a Family in 2002 to form a group for a small business and to cooperate with everyone, from May 27 to June 27 for rhe fighting incident, queer youth of color called Flavors, which met especially in this neighborh<xxl with dnig dealers for 2 1/2 years. still on the street," said Mitchell. “It’s not by our but without approval of a new license at rhe new location, rhe bar might never reopen. © Francisco and visiting family in Belize. A prac ticing Buddhist, he is becoming more active in Don’t be fooled. Who you partner with in real estate does make a difference! Call Celia to find out how good it can be! 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