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UN Peacekeepers Killed
A U.N. observer post was hit by
an Israeli air strike in south Leba­
non Tuesday, killing four peace­
keepers, U.N. officials said. A
bombdirectly hit the building and
shelter of an Indian patrol base
from the observer force in the
town of Khiyam near the eastern
end of the border with Israel, said
a U.N. spokesman.
Portland Marine Killed
A Marine from Portland is one of |
the latest casualties in the Iraq
war. Officials said Capt. Christo­
pher T. Pate, 29, died Friday dur­
ing combat in the Anbar province
oflraq. Pate joined theM arinesin
December 1999.
www.portlandobserver.com
Committed to Cultural Diversity
Wednesday • luly 26, 2006
inundated with safe sex messages, they
aren’t always tailored for the black com ­
munity who face social and cultural bar­
riers isolating them from existing educa­
tion and support networks.
The diagnosis of HIV or AIDS is often a
closely guarded secret by
many people of color.
’’The words are never men­
tioned during funerals,” Moch
explained.
‘‘Because we’ re able to hide
it, when someone gets sick
they go off to live alone or
with family. It’s kept quiet,”
he said.
In an effort to fight that
silence, Brother to Brother
campaigns to promote greater
awareness, sometimes with
shock value.
Take the message “Un­
treated sexually transmitted
disease - the best way to ster­
ilize and eliminate the black
community,” as an example.
This public service campaign
has been printed onto a post-
card-sized information sheet
and targeted to people engag­
ing in at-risk behavior.
Shining a Light
on HIV
Advocates
serve those
hardest hit
by S arah B lount
T he P ortland O bserver
It’s no exaggeration to say the black
community
is disproportionately affected
Afghan Violence Rages
by
HIV
and
AIDS. Meantime, few voices
A bomb exploded near a taxi on a |
and
resources
are coming to the table to
busy Kabul roadTuesday, killing
address
the
issue.
two Afghans, and a U.S. soldier |
The number of African Americans who
and seven militants died in fight­
have
HIV and AIDS is alarming,even shock­
ing in the east - the latest wave of |
ing.
What
is equally disturbing is how little,
violence threatening Western at­
despite
race
or gender, the epidemic is dis­
tempts to rebuild Afghanistan.
cussed among people of color.
Red Ink Swamps Students
Black Americans make up about 12 per­
More local students are financing
cent of the U.S. population, but according to
their education with larger loans,
the federal Center for Disease Control and
increasing debt, according to a
Prevention, accounted for 50 percent of new
study by the OSPIRG Founda­
HIV and AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
tion. The red ink rose three times
Daryl! Moch, executive director of the
faster than the cost of living, the
Portland organization Brother to Brother,
study found. See story, page A3
blames stigmas associated with being gay,
religious intolerance and the hushed se­
Woods Wins
crecy of HIV infections with compounding
British Open
the crisis.
T ig e r W oods
Form ed in 1993, Brother to Brother
w on
B ritish
serves black men and women through
Open G olf Sun­
social and spiritual support, health care,
day and then let
networks and advocacy. Its advocacy is
his e m o tio n s
not exclusively based on sexual ity, but on
o v e rflo w
in
situations where people are living with
memory of his father and golf­
HIV and AIDS.
ing mentor who recently died.
Moch said even though our society is
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Cherrell Edwards and
Daryl! Moch gather HIV
and sexually transmitted
disease prevention
materials for distribution
to the community. Moch
serves as Brother to
Brother's executive
director, and Edwards
joined the organization
this spring to take their
message to women and
children impacted by HIV
and AIDS.
photo by M ark
W ashington /
T he P ort land O bserver
See story, page A 6
Civil Rights Politicized
The Bush administration has po­
liticized the Justice Department
by changing the composition of
Civil Rights Division positions
from predominately career jobs
into politically appointed posi­
tions filled by lawyers with clear
conservative ideological agendas,
the Boston Globe reported Sun­
day. See story, page A2.
A Win for the Environment
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Bush Acknowledges Racism
President Bush acknowledged
persistent racism in America and
lamented the Republican Party’s J
abandonment of ties with black
voters when he addressed the
N A A C P’s annual convention
Thursday for the first time in his |
presidency. For five years Bush
declined NAACP invitations.
Heat Wave Turns Deadly
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Authorities inCalifomiaTuesday
were investigating at leas, 53
deaths possibly caused by 100-
plus-degreee heat, most in the
Central Valley. Utilities renewed
their pleas for energy conserva­
tion to avoid rolling blackouts.
photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Robert Krai fills up for a customer at a 76 Station on North Killingsworth Street and Interstate
Avenue. Beginning next July, new city regulations will bring more environmentally-friendly biodiesels
and gasoline with ethanol to all tanks within city limits.
photo by M ark
Portland makes
cleaner fuels
mandatory
by S arah B lount
T he P ortland O bserver
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Portland is going green with new mandates for
cleaner fuels aimed at reducing foreign oil depen­
dence, lowering greenhouse emissions and creating
new jobs in the bio-deisel production industry.
The City Council recently approved an ordinance
that will make biodiesel mandatory at all Portland diesel
pumps. The new requirements, spearheaded by Com­
missioner Randy Leonard, take effect July 2007.
Biodiesel is a renewable fuel made from plant oils.
used cooking oils and waste animal fats. The ordi­
nance requires stations with diesel to offer fuel blended
with at least five percent biodiesel and 95 percent
diesel fuel, which is called B5. or offer one pump of a
high-grade blend of 20 percent biodiesel (B20). The
responsibility to provide a biodiesel blend will fall to
individual gas stations and distributors.
In addition, gas stations must provide regular gaso­
line with 10 percent ethanol, a substitute for gasoline
that decreases carbon monoxide emissions (Portland
already requires gas to have 10 percent ethanol during
w inter). City Council members will also require all city
agencies to fuel their vehicles with a mix of traditional
fuel and renewable alternatives.
The new mandate has its share of critics, with
petroleum producers noting the possibility of high
prices due to biodiesel shortages.
continued
on page A6
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Downtown
Cool Down
The Salmon Street Springs fountain at
Tom McCall Waterfront park, downtown,
gives Henk Allen a perfect place to cool
down from the summer heat. Tempera­
tures are expected in the 70s and 80s
for the next few days, down from the
record setting 90 and 100 degree
readings o f the past few days.