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Street Roots • Aug. 14-20, 2015 Page 3 E d it o ria l Support local businesses that reflect our diversity 9022 N Newman Ave. F | 'Miere are a lot of ways to support an equity ■ Cason’s Fine Meats, 8238 N Denver Ave. I agenda in Portland — one of the ways is by ■ Ella’s Kitchen Soul Food, 3505 N Mississippi Ave. X supporting minority owned businesses, or ■ Cannons BBQr5410 NE 33rd Ave. frequenting places that hire people of color. ■ Horn of Africa, 5237 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. If the people working in a local business don’t reflect Blvd. the neighborhood than I typically don’t support that ■ Queen of Sheba Int’l Foods, 2413 NE Martin Luther business with my money. I don’t care how cool they King, Jr. Blvd. might be, or if they offer the best breakfast, beer or ■ AJ Java, 6425 N Albina Ave. wine in town. ■ Clyde’s Prime Rib Restaurant & Bar, 5474 NE Sandy The unemployment rate in Blvd. Portland for African-American ■ Alle Amin, 511 NE 76th Ave. youth ages 16 to 19 is 55 percent ■ Chez Dodo, 425 SW Stark S t For youths ages 16 to 24, it’s 28 ■ Bete Lukas Eth Rest, 2504 SE 50th Ave., Ste. D percent. That’s more than B y Israel Bayer ■ Gojo Ethiopian, 915 NE Alberta unacceptable. It’s up to every ■ Emma’s Ethiopian , SW 9th & SW Washington Portland business and non-profit to ■ Caribbean Kookpot, 625 NE Killingsworth make supporting and employing ■ Portland Prime, 121 SW 3rd minorities in our community an ■ Sunday Table Kitchens, 213 N Killingsworth S t intentional effort ■ Sweet Street Bbq, 7410 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. The reality is that when you believe that there is no ■ Solae’s Lounge, 1801 NE Alberta S t hope — no chance at an education, or a decent paying job after high-school, much less a career that you love — ■ Amalfi’s Restaurant, 4703 NE Fremont S t ■ Taste of the Bayou, 3441 N Vancouver Ave. it’s easy to simply give up and let the chips fall where ■ Stoopid Burger, 3441 N Vancouver Avè. they may. ■ The Oregon Public House, 700 NE Dekum S t It’s something that has to change. ■ Right Bayou Cajun Cuisine, mòbile cart, currently at One of the ways Portlanders can help support social SW 10th and Alder change in their everyday life is by supporting minority- ■ Alberta S t Fish & Chips, 1451 NE Alberta S t owned businesses. ■ Peaches Ready Spaghetti cart, 5800 NE Martin There are a number of places you can go to find Luther King, Jr. Blvd listings of minority-owned businesses in Portland, ■ Eliot e-Mat cafe, 2808 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. including going online and visiting Travel Portland and Blvd. the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs. ■ Sengatera on MLK, 3833 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Chambers of commerce are also excellent resources for Blvd. . . learning more about minority-owned businesses across ■ Rahel’s Ethiopian in the Cartlandia Pod on SE 82nd the spectrum. "• b ■ Aberus Ethiopian Restaurant, 438 NE Killingsworth :. A .Facebook event has gone viralthis week to support black-owned restaurants on August 29 and 30. Everyone S t . ■ NE Creperie, 3441 N Vancouver Ave. should take part. Saying that, we should be supporting ■ McDonald’s at 82nd/Foster 82nd/Johiison Creek, these businesses every day. The following is a list of 82nd/Sunnyside businesses put together by the group. Forgive us if ■ Olive or Twist, 925 NW 11th Ave. we’ve left anyone out. Mama’s Kitchen , 611 Main S t, Vancouver ■ Dub’s S t Johns 9520 N Lombard S t ■ ■ Po’Shines Cafe De La Soul, 8139 N Denver Ave. One business on the list, Po’Shines Café De La Soul, ■ Poshette’s Cafe,, 7015 N Greeley Ave. not only offers some of the best soul food in the city, ■ Crown Q, 445 NE Killingsworth S t *, but they áre also training young people through a ■ Dalo’s ,1533 NE Alberta S t workforce program called Teach Me To Fish. The ■ Enat Kitchen, 300 N Killingsworth S t program gives people the opportunity to learn about ■ Fuel Portland Oregon, 1452 NE Alberta S t and experience culinary skills while working through a ■ Enjohi Cafe, 910 N Killingsworth S t host restaurant and catering business. It’s the kind of ■ Columbia International Cup, program that should be replicated by many locál businesses. Check it o u t - Another example of supporting minority businesses is to support minority winemakers, which we featured in the July 31 edition of Street Roots. Did you know that only about 1 percent of the 600 plus winemakers in Oregon are minority-owned businesses? Foundations, the nonprofit industry, local businesses and families should make it a point to support these wine labels. Two vineyards that people could start with are Seven Sales and Abbey Creek Vineyard. There are a lot of. ways of supporting minority-owned businesses, from home repairs and construction jobs to supporting immigrant’s workers at VOZ and more. If we can modify our habits around things such as oil consumption and the environment, we can certainly begin to regularly support minority-owned businesses in an intentional way. DIRECTOR'S DESS Israel Bayer is the executive director o f Street Roots. You can reach him at israel@streetroots.org or follow him on Twitter @israelbayer. 503-228-5657, joanne@streetroots.org. ' ' ' it« Street Reets 211N W 0avbS t Portland, OR 97209 503-228-5657 Fax:503-227-3117 www.streetroois.ofg www.new$,$ireeîroots.org Hours: 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. MorvFri,, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Sat. and 7:30-11 a.m. Sun. ■ Advertising Interested in advertin g in Street Hoots? Contact Israel Bayer at israel@streetroots.org Stan Executive Birector Israel Bayer israel@streetroots.org Managing Editor Joanne Zuhl . joanne@streetroots.org • - Vendor Coordinator Cole M e ® ? ' , coie@streetroots.org Development Director Sarah Cloud Program Assistant Scott Jackson, Jesuit Volunteer Development Assistant Ann-Derrick Gaillot Reporters Emily Green, SueZalokar, Ann-Derrick Gaillot, Sarah Hansell, Lenora Ko, Sam Bouman, Jared Paben Photographers Diego Diaz, Joe Glode Canvasser Desmond Hardison Board of Directors Chairman Bruce Anderson Vice-Chairman Brad Taylor Treasurer Heather Stadick Secretary Amber Bielman Directors Rich Rodgers, Michael Anderson, Leo Rhodes, Mora Coon, Darren Alexander, Eddie Barbosa, Rachel Langford Volunteers Jan Bayer, John Barker, Stacey Heath, Brian Ritchie, Anders Frederickson, Stephanie Holum, Anjali Rathore, Sam Bouman, Joanna Chase, Zoe Klingmann, Haven Herrin, Eliese Baker, Dan Jones, Rob Shyrock, Tom Ray, Doug Spangle, Susannah Kamala, Jessica Pollard, Christine Menges, Lee Ko, James Yu, Siri Carlson, Diana Richardson, Sarah Wise, Cherie Manning If you are interested in volunteering with Street Roots, please submit a volunteer application at streetroots.org/volunteer. Or call our volunteer coordinator for more information at 503-228-5657.
