November I, 2006
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NAACP Leader Remembered
(A P )— Enolia P. M cM illan,
the first female president o f the
N A A C P and a highly regarded
figure in the c iv il rights move
photo by I saiah
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Reedway Place Apartm ents, 8 9 4 0 S.E. Reedway near the Lents Town Center urban renewal area,
brings affordable rental housing to the developing neighborhood.
ment, died Oct. 24 o f natural
causes. She was 102.
M c M illa n , an e d u c a to r
w hose ca re er spanned 42
years, became a teacher in 1927
and crusaded for equal pay for
b la c k teachers and b e tte r
schools for black students.
She helped to reactivate the
c ity chapter o f the National
Association fo r the Advance
ment o f Colored People in 1935 Enolia P. M cM illan
and was active in the organiza andaclose friend o f the M c M illa n
tion for more than 50 years. fam ily, said she was a "p illa r o f
Kw eisi Mfum e. form er presi the c iv il rights movement."
dent and CEO o f the N A A C P
“ She was very much the ma
tr ia r c h o f the N A A C P ,”
M fum e to ld The (B a ltim o re )
Sun. "She was a fig h te r who
was relentless in pursuing ju s
tic e ."
The eldest o f four children,
she was born Oct. 20, 1904, in
W illo w Grove, Pa., to John
Pettigen, who was bom a slave
in V irginia, and Elizabeth For
tune P e ttig e n , a d o m e stic
w orker.
She wanted to be a doctor
— a pediatrician because she
liked children — but heeding
the realities o f a black woman's
opportunity in that day, she
decided to become a teacher,
said her eldest granddaughter.
T iffa n y Beth M cM illan .
Housing Gets Dose of Affordability
City sponsored
construction
targeted
fo r PDC renewal areas have built
the East Bank Esplanade that
stretches along the W illam ette, and
high rises that sprout like mush
rooms in pricey areas like South
W aterfront and the Pearl D istrict.
The latest resolution is intended
S arah Knit nt
T hi P ortland Oust r \ lr
by
The P ortlandCityC ouncil unani
mously passed an ordinance to help
house fam ilies and individuals who
struggle just to make rent.
The ordinance w ill set aside 30
percent o f the Portland Develop-
mentCommission’ s Urban Renewal
D istrict dollars - earm arking that
money fo r the construction o f af
fordable units in five o f the P D C s
11 designated areas fo r urban rede
velopment.
W hile at least one-third o f Port
land households earn less than
$25.(M)() each year - forcing many
fam ilies and individuals to sleep in
vehicles and live in motels - funds
to provide homeownership oppor
tunities fo r m in o rity, elderly and
disabled residents in these areas.
Michael Anderson o f the A ffo rd
able Housing N ow coalition, the
re s o lu tio n ’ s leading advocates,
said there isa projected $ 125.5 m il
lion set aside fo r low-incom e and
affordable housing in the next five
years. He said it is distinguished as
the largest affordable housing com
m itm ent the c ity has made.
However, whether these funds
reach individuals and fam ilies w ith
the greatest needs is a crucial piece
o f the ordinance yet to be resolved.
PDC housing p o lic y and devel
opment manager Leah Greenwood
C a n 't a ffo r d re n t?
said the agency's next step is to
establish incom e g u idelines to
reach people w ith incomes from
zero to 30 percent o f the Median
Fam ily Income (an individual earn
ing less than $15,000 per year).
"Each district is pretty unique,"
Greenwood said. " W e 'll look at
demographics and housing stock
ofeach district, and w ork w ith com
m unity to see how we should target
those resources."
A p p ly f o r th e
H A P S ection 8
w a itin g lis t lo tte ry .
The PDC ai ms to set these guide-
lines by the end o f this year.
A n d e rs o n sa id th e y have
partnered w ith other com m unity
groups to suggest guidelines for
the city. They recommend h a lf o f
the money be set aside to affect
fam il ies below 30 percent o f median
fam ily income, and another 15 to 20
If you w an t Section 8
rent help, act now!
The Housing Authority of Portland will open up a new Section 8
percent to be spent on homeowner
ship fo r people and fam ilies w ith
incomes below 80 percent, decreas
ing the gap fo r people o f color.
waiting list application process on Nov. 1, 2006. The process will
close on Nov. 17.
Those who submit a valid application during this period will enter
a lottery. The lottery will pick 3,000 households at random. Those
people will be placed on a waiting list to receive Section 8 rent help.
■ Starting Nov. 1, applications can be downloaded from
w w w .h a p d x .o rg
■ Applications also will be available starting Nov. 1 at Oregon
Department of Human Services offices and at tw o HAP locations.
Ask for HAP's "Application for Section 8 Waiting List Lottery."
■ For help filling out the form, or if you have questions, come to
one of our sign-up sessions during the week of Nov. 13.
■ For a list of DHS and HAP office locations, or for the times and
locations of the sign-up sessions, go to w w w .h a p d x .o rg or call
The African Children s Choir will present a free concert Sunday, Nov. 1 2 a t the Salvation Army
Moore Street Center, 5 3 2 5 N. Williams Ave.
the HAP W a itin g List H otline, (503) 802-8472
Moore Street Hosts Children’s Choir
M em bers o f the local co m m u
n ity are in vite d to enjoy a p e rfo r
mance o f the in te rn a tio n a lly ac
claim ed and G ram m y-nom inated
A fric a n C h ild re n 's C h o ir at the
S a lva tio n A rm y M o o r i Street
Center, 5325 N. W illia m s Ave. on
Sunday. N ov. 12 at 7 p.m . The
event is free and no ticke ts are
required.
The group o f 26 A frica n c h il
dren, ages 5 through 12, are se-
lectcd from those most needy in
A frica. They perf orm a wide variety
o f songs, drums and ethnic instru
mentation as w ell as ch ild re n ’ s
songs, popular gospel tunes and
live ly spirituals.
British Twins Show Diversity
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HOUSING AUTHORITY OF PORTLAND
HAP is committed to providing safe, decent
and affordable housing to individuals and
families in Multnomah County who face
income or other life challenges.
I NEW SEA SO N S
Morvf ¡bird
the
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tu r k e y a n d s id e d is h e s .
T H R E E EA SY W AYS!
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3. C o m e in to o n e o f o u r s to re s
Twins Layton (right) and Kaydon Richardson (left) are officially
one in a m illion a fte r one was born black and the o th e r one
white. (AP photo)
Boys have
different genes
(A P ) — A pair o f British tw in
boys has been bom w ith different
skin color, a rare genetic occur
rence according to experts.
In an interview with Britain's Sky
N ew s pro g ra m , m o th e r K e rry
Richardson said that the boys were
both born w hite but as they've
gotten older one o f the boys got
darker and the other lighter.
Today, she says, the tw ins at
tract attention wherever they go.
Richardson is o f mixed race, with
Nigerian and English heritage, while
the father is white.
A genetics expert at O xford U n i
versity says such births are rare, as
the genes that cause skin co lo r
norm ally m ix together. In this case,
he says, it appears the genes for
skin co lo r didn't com bine fo r some
reason and the boys may have in
herited different genetic codes from
their mother.
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