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W W W .JU STO U T.CO M MAY 20, 2011 F Billboard charting neo-soul and dance club musician Kavlan Marin will also be performing on Saturday, as will Seattle’s folk-funk-pop rocker Camille Bloom, who has drawn com parisons to Ani DiFranco. Sunday brings two dance hall divas— Debo rah Cox, best known for her 14-week number one single, “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here” (1998), and Kristine YV., a former Miss Wash ington (1981) and 15-time Billboard Dance Club Chart topper. Also featured on day two is southern soul singer Levi Kreis, winner of a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a M u sical for his role in Million Dollar Quartet. Also on Sunday, Bride NW will honor the recipients of its annual Spirit ot Pride, Pride in Action and Youth Pride awards. Two of the three awards recognize, it indirectly, the role ot Q_Center in the community. The 2011 Spirit of Pride Award, which rec ognizes leadership in and commitment to the LGBTQ_community, was given to former Q_ Center board member Bob Speltz. “As one of the original founders of the Q_ C enter,... Bob has been instrumental in bring ing Portland’s LGBTQcom m unity together in ways that had not happened before, and giving us a home to call our own,” said Pride NW board president Debra Porta. This year’s Pride in Action Award has two recipients, Joe LeBlanc and Belinda Carroll. Porta said both were selected because they ex emplify a commitment to grassroots activism. LeBlanc and Carroll both played a vital role in h— the creation of Q_Patrol as well as participating in other community efforts. “W hether organizing and giving voice to our diverse butch community, contribut ing their time and talents to benefit a myriad of LGBTQ_organizations and causes, or bringing together and organizing the Patrol to sup port and help keep our community safe, both Joe and Belinda have contributed countless hours and effort, with little in return,” Porta said. “Joe and Belinda, as our Pride in Action award recipients, exemplify Pride Northwest’s strong commitment to the grassroots passion that drives our community.” Finally, the 2011 Youth Pride Award goes to Merlo Station High School Gay-Straight Alliance student leaders Samantha Tobey, Hayden Jefferson and Sarah Seashore. The Merlo GSA student leaders were recog nized for their role in organizing a packed cal endar of events and projects designed to bring visibility to LGBTQ_students. “Pride NW is actively committed to cele brating and supporting the efforts of our LG- B T Q jouth, as we recognize them as the future and future leaders of our community," Porta said. “The Merlo Station High School GSA exemplifies the hope, commitment and poten tial that define our community; the pride that they bring to their school and to their commu nity is changing lives and changing the future, for the better.” For more information, visit pridenw.org. —Erin Rook PHOTO COURTESY OF O CEI' e LGBTQ Safety Initiatives See Success Mayor Sam Adams at the Gay Bashing Discussion Forum last year at Q Center Nearly a year after the community was shaken by reports o f three apparent anti- LvGBTQ_assaults in the month before Pride, Bias Crimes Detective Kevin Warren reports the streets are safer, thanks in part to Q_ Patrol. “I think the city is safer because o f what happened here,” Warren said at a May 10 Community Safety Conversation at Q_Cen- ter. “I have tremendous respect and admira tion for what you’ve done. This is not a one- hit wonder." But it’s not just the Q_Patrol th at’s had an impact on community safety. The Oregon Departm ent o f Justice’s online hate crime reporting tool, created in response to concerns expressed by the LGBTQ_ community, has had 32 hits over the last year, according to DOJ Counsel Sean Riddell. “One thing we took away [from last year’s forum] was that many people in the audience did not like reporting crimes to the authori ties, didn’t like approaching officers in uni form, so we put together anonymous report ing," Riddell said. Warren and Riddell spoke as part o f a large safety panel including Lt. 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