M artin L u th e r K ing J r .
January 9, 2008
Page B11
2006 special edition
In he Neighborhood
In light of the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., do you think that
we are moving forward in terms of equality and civil rights?
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f rom
I don’t think we really are. There is still just
as much racism as there always was, but
it's just under the radar a little more.
— Maxwell Kjellberg
“The time is
always right
to do what
is right.”
At the Housing Authority of
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Portland, we are committed to
workforce and contracting
diversity. We support
participation of disadvantaged,
minority-owned, women-owned
and emerging small businesses
Based on what civil rights were like in the ‘50s,
when you and I couldn’t even talk to each other
because we’d end up in prison, it’s amazing how
we’ve come together as a people. It is more
significant than anything else in the last century.
— Ellsworth Gibson
on HAP projects. In 2008 we will
be seeking partners for the
rehabilitation of the Grove Hotel,
the development of the
downtown Resource Access
Center, and various capital
projects in our public housing
portfolio. Visit our website at
www.hapdx.org or call Jerry
Walker, HAP’s Purchasing
Manager, at 503-802-8509 to
We are moving forward as a community but there is
still stuff that needs to be worked on. I know in
schools there is not really a bond between African
Americans and Caucasians.
— Justin Elliott
learn about opportunities.
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HOUSING AUTHORITY Of POdTIANO
Martin Luther King helped a bunch of people,
including the homeless. There is still a whole
bunch of homeless people, and as minorities,
we can’t get health care if we are sick.
— Maria Yribe
The institutional racism has diminished
but in fact there is racism every day.
— Ian MacCeod
All dreams don't come to you while you're asleep. Some dreams are so
powerful, so prophetic, and so vivid that other people can see them
I haven't heard anything out in the community
about equality. But Martin Luther King has
brought us a long way.
— Brika DeTar-Ussery
too. The kind of dreams that won't let you be still, remain silent or be
satisfied by how things are after you've envisioned how they ought to
be. He had that kind of dream - and it woke up a nation.
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on page B13
Life’s most urgent question is:
What are you doing for others?
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
J Lowndes County school-board candidate John
• Hinson (left, back to camera) escorts voters to
; the polls. All seven ‘ black panther" candidates
J narrowly lose, but Freedom Party founders say
; they did well for the first try and vow to do
» better with experience plus future voters such
; as the young boy (right) in line with the Mallard
• family.
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- his life and his legacy.
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