Notebook
(PRIDE)
Black Pride '12
Portland Black Pride 2012 begins on
June 6 with Queens of the Night,
a hip hop and drag show at Local
Lounge (NE MLK/Femont). The offi-
cial kick off the next evening will fea-
ture DJ Common Denominator at the
same venue. The Portland Black Pride
Summit at Portland Community Col-
lege-Cascade Campus ( 75 N. Killing-
sworth), on June 9, will cover topics
around stigma, faith, and community.
The celebration wraps up on June 10
will Families of Color Day Out where
Cameron Whitten
the community will gather at Kenton
Park (8417 N. Brandon Ave) to play
games and enjoy music and food.
Portland Black Pride is sponsored by
PFLAG Portland Black Chapter, Cross-
over, Cascade AIDS Project, Mult-
nomah County Health Department,
and Equity Foundation.
For more information about ad-
ditional events or to volunteer:
Portlandblackpride@gmail.com
Q Center Mayoral Forum
THE CONTENDERS
Mayoral candidates
Eileen Brady,
Charlie Hales and
Jefferson Smith
taking questions
from Q-Center
Executive Director
Barbara
McCullough Jones
at the center's meet
and greet event on
May 2.
A few days later
the primary elec-
tion pushed Hales
and Smith on to
November's general
election.
(CANDIDATES)
Whitten & WW
After 2012 Mayoral candidate Cameron
Whitten, endorsed by both the Green and
Progressive Parties, failed to get the endorse-
ment of our friends at Willamette Week (they
chose Charlie Hales) he took exception to the
weekly's attempt to label him.
Apparently WW suggested that Whitten
serves as a better activist rather than a politi-
cian. Cameron responded on his Facebook
with an eloquently written rebuttal.
"...it is a shame to hear that an ‘alternative’
newspaper is so willing to perpetuate a status
quo mind set, in affirming that the roles of
activist and politician should be or are
separate," Whitten wrote.
But Whitten didn't stop there.
"With the history of Willamette Week
endorsements, their opinions prove to be
slate grey and unimaginative. Despite their
attempts to make their delivery appear outra-
geous and renegade, their inner-thoughts are
standard and outdated. It reminds me of a
rebellious teenager who doesn’t know what
the hell they are doing, and really needs to
move out of their mother’s basement."
Ouch!
Photo Horace Long
(TECHNOLOGY)
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