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John Wendroth and Ethan Quin Hughes, 4, have the outside
view (top photo) and Isaac Ward, 8, has a peek on the inside
(bottom photo) o f Wendroth's igloo at the Alberta Art Hop on
Saturday. Wendroth calls his creation “Mauk Mauk, " a detach
able sculpture made o f recycled materials. He challenges the
perceptions about pop-culture images of Native Americans,
educating intrigued children about the negative images of Native
Americans portrayed by cartoons and athletic team mascots.
Alberta Art Hop crowds enjoy a band playing in an empty lot on Northeast 20th and Alberta. The rain stayed away long enough on
Saturday to allow for musicians and artists to give hands-on demonstrations to those who came out for the street fest.
Jewelry artist G.G.
Warren (left) works her
booth at the Alberta
Art Hop on Saturday.
Warren sold handmade
greeting cards and
jewelry as area
residents strolled
Alberta Street looking
for good deals on
crafts, plants and art.
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More than 8 percent o f black
children living in extreme pov Edelman. “We need welfare poli children lived in extremely poor
erty has risen sharply since 1999, cies that work in tough times as conditions in 2001, double the
according to a new report by a well as good times.”
percentage for all races.
children's advocacy group.
About 932,000 black children
under 18 lived in extremely poor
conditions, up almost 50 percent
from 1999 and about 25 percent
since 2000, according to an analy
sis o f Census Bureau data by the
Children’s Defense Fund. The
number is at its highest level since
1979, the earliest figures avail
able.
This volunteer group identifies HIV
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The group defined "extreme
care needs, prioritizes $3.3 million in
poverty” as kids living in families
federal funding, and conducts long-
with after-tax income below half
range planning.
the poverty line. Poverty thresh
olds differ according to the size
Multnomah County Chairperson
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leased last September showed
roughly 3.4 million black kids liv
For Information and applications, please contact:
ing in poverty in 2001, a steady
decline steadily since 1993. That
Portland Area HIV Services Planning Council
figure would include those con
(503) 988-3030, ext. 225.
sidered to be in extreme poverty.
Safety nets for the w orst-off
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