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October 01.2003 Page A8 Youth Peace and Justice Festival Ray Rush (from left), Aisha Dansby, Eliza McCoy and Shay Washington o f the local group ‘Tease ' entertain at the ‘Hour of Our Power’ Youth Peace and Justice Festival at Alberta Park on Saturday. The American Friends Service Committee and United Voices helped organize the day of workshops and open mie performances supporting social change and free expression. Donations were accepted for the Oregon Food Bank. M ho# . /it 'v nt Afa - j 1 photo by M ark W ashincton /T he P ortland O bserver Proudly Representing Home Envisioning a Better Portland co n tin u ed fr o m F ront so m eo n e’s perceptions had changed,” she said. In national com petitions, M cK enzie says she takes pride in representing her city and state. “ I w ant to be a positive role m odel, to let people know that th e re ’s m ore than ju s t trees and m oun tains in O reg o n .” P o rtlan d ’s diversity is one o f the characteristics M cK enzie treasures m ost about the city. “ D iversity in a racial sense, but also a diversity o f thoughts and ideas people have,” she said. M cK enzie says she believes in laying dow n roots, and has taken an active role in the com m unity. She coaches youth track and field w ith InnerC ity Steppers, she is vice-president and secretary o f U o f O ’s N ational A ssociation o f Black Journalists, she founded M arch o f D im es N ational Chain Reac tion Y o u th C o u n cil, is a m e n to r w ith E thnic O rig in s P eer M en to rin g P ro g ram and is the co d ire c to r o f B lack W o m en o f A ch iev em en t. She a lso sin g s at the U o f O G o sp el E n sem b le C h o ir an d is a m em b er o f M issio n ary B ap tist C hurch in P o rtlan d . “ B eing at a predom inantly w hite university, I think it’s im portant to have m ulticultural roots going o n ,” she says o f her activities. M cK enzie says sh e’s used to ju g g lin g a busy lifestyle, and explains how she flourishes w ith her varying activities, balanced with pageant com pe titions and m aintaining a 3.0 grade point average. “I like challenges and w hen som eone thinks I c a n ’t do som ething because o f m y age or height or race, th a t’s w hen I do it,” she said. Portland needs to gain a reputation offer. He says he plans to develop as a city providing w orld-class edu tourism, international business op portunities and com m erce along the He also envisions a police force cations to its young residents. accoun table tocommunity members. “I w ould involve youth in every Pacific Rim. “Typically, a person w ho looks like “Critical in the northeast, w ith aspect o f our governm ent,” said out question, is that citizens con Posey. He plans to create a D epart me never gets a chance to actualize trol the day-to-day operations o f m ent o f Y outh D evelopm ent to in these ideas because people look to volve college and high school stu ward those that have privilege,” said the police,” he said. O ne o f P o sey ’s m ost controver dents in city governm ent by holding Posey. A ccording to Posey, his chances sial ideas is freezing taxes and li decision-m aking positions. He also plans to hire a professional o f w inning are only bound by the censing fees for four years to small business manager to work as a “quasi - im agination o f voters. business ow ners. “I w ant people to broaden their “ Sm all businesses w ould get a city m anager,” overseeing the effi concept o f w hat this city should be: a preference to show w e ’re m aking ciency o f operations in the city. M any o f Portland’s institutions model environm ent for the w orld,” he every effort to actively cultivate are diam onds in the rough, according said. sm all businesses,” he said. F o r m o re in f o rm a tio n , v is it Posey says the achievem ent gap to Posey, and if elected, he says h e ’ll needs to be a bad m em ory and make the most o f w hat the city has to w w w .poseyform ayor.com . co n tin u ed fr o m F ront Oregon's Lighthouses are the sentinels of our rugged coastline. 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