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Rubio Named Policy Advisor
New Portland City Commis
sioner Nick Fish has appointed
Canncn Caballero Rubio as his
senior policy advisor, communica
tions manager and bureau liaison.
Rubio has served as the Com
munity Affairs Director for Port
land Mayor Tom Potter, where
she acted as lead contact on com
munity partnerships, outreach
and recruitment, and civil and
human rights issues. She man
aged projects such as the cre
ation of the Office of Human Re
lations and Human Rights Com
mission, and the Immigrant and
Refugee Task Force.
‘‘She represents the best of
Portland’s emerging new lead
ers, with valuable policy expe
rience both in and outside City
Hall. Her relationships with a
broad range of communities will
bring a diversity of new voices
to participate in city govern
m ent," said Fish.
Also joining Fish’s staff is
Sam Chase as chief of staff and
Hannah Kuhn as senior policy
director.
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‘Dos Pueblos’ bounces
between two lands
"Dos Pueblos” bounces between the lands of sitcoms and
las tierras de telenovelas, sweet sixteens and quineeaneras,
Ronald McDonald and Paneho Villa.
The stories of the overlapping cultural histories of Mexico
and the U.S. have warped over time, forcing emotions deeper
and wilder. Yet we remain connected as much as divided.
In this cantankerous reflection of the relationships be
tween the two countries, Dos Pueblos reveals our co-depen
dence, our brutal rage and our undeniable mutual attraction.
The original, bilingual production in collaboration with
Hand2Mouth Theatre of Portland and La Comedia Humana of
Mexico City is currently on stage Thursdays through Sunday
this week and Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 4 next week
at Milagro Theatre, 525 SE Stark St.
Admission is $20 - $22 depending on date; $ 16 for students
and seniors any performance;
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Tickets can be purchased online by visiting milagro.org,
calling 503-236-7253 or at the PDX Ticket Network box office
at the Hollywood Theatre.
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company actors appear in ‘Dos Pueblos,' an
original, bilingual production on stage now through
Oct. 4 at the Milagro Theatre, 525 SE Stark St.
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Hip-hop artist Paul Flores will
explore the world of rap and Latino
culture during a free presentation
with area students on Monday, Sept.
29 at 7 p.m. at the Milagro Theatre,
525 S.E. Stark St.
Flores is a published poet, novel
ist and one of the nation’s promi
nent spoken w ord perform ers.
Raised on the Tijuana/San Diego
border, issues of immigration, bor
der experience and Latino identity
Oregon Ballot Measure Targets English
4545 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. PDX, 97211
503.288.4717
Limits second
language classes
Michael Tillery
Broker
503.975.8004
(AP) — Ina high school class
room, Xavier Chavez is trying to
teach a group of restless teen
agers about M anifest Destiny
— the 19th century belief that
the United States was divinely
fated to stretch from sea to shin
ing sea.
But these students are chil
dren of im m igrants, and they
first have to learn English. They
might soon have to learn it faster
if Oregon voters approve a bal
lot measure in November to limit
the am ount of time students can
spend in English-as-a-second-
language classes.
The proposal, modeled after
laws in California, Arizona and
M assachusetts, is one of a hand
ful of immigration-related ballot
measures this fall on state and
local ballots across the nation.
There are 64,000 non-English
speakers enrolled in Oregon's
public schools, the vast major
ity of whom are Spanish speak
ers. The proposal would limit
high school students to two
years o f ESL classes, even less
for younger students.
Chavez and his fellow teach
ers acknow ledge that most of
their students pick up collo
quial English within two years.
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a strong academ ic reputation.
", am w orried, what if I don't
understand? I have to go to
college."
L o n g -te rm s tu d ie s h av e
shown that full mastery o f aca
dem ic E nglish takes five to
sev en y e a rs, sa id D r. Jim
Cum m ins, a professor at the
University of Toronto who spe
cializes in second language ac
quisition and literacy develop
ment.
Cum m ins said non-English
speakers are trying to catch up
to a m oving target as their En
summer history class at Benson High School. There is a ballot glish-speaking classm ates also
measure up before Oregon voters in November to limit the improve. And complex academic
amount o f time students can spend in ESL classes. (AP photo) language isn't som ething stu
dents can pick upon the streets,
giving them enough fluency to tion."
C h a v e z 's s tu d e n ts have he said, because it's generally
poke fun at a team m ate, answer
a text message or order a slice of mixed feelings about the pro used only in classroom s or text
posal, partly depending on fu books.
pizza.
But Bill Sizemore, sponsor of
Faculty m em bers worry in ture goals.
C a rlo s P e re z , 17, to o k the Oregon measure and a long
stead about academic English
— the skills that will let stu Chavez's summer history course time anti-tax activist who was
den ts su cceed in ad v an ced to catch up after oversleeping the GOP's gubernatorial nom i
c la s s e s , w h e th e r th e y are and often m issing his first-pe nee in 1998, said the measure
deconstructing Beow ulf or re riod class during the school year. was intended to help im m i
citing the principles o f photo He thought lim iting ESL to ju st grants, not sideline them.
He said schools warehouse
two years would be no problem
synthesis.
their
students in ESL courses for
The Oregon initiative is "just for him or his friends.
longer
than necessary to keep
But Beatriz M unoz, 16, who
a diversion to the real prob
federal
and
state money flowing.
lems," Chavez said. "We are said she wants to be a doctor or
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law
yer,
sharply
disagreed.
not looking at what English lan
change,
students
will join the
"For
me,
it
is
not
enough,
guage learners need. We are
mainstream
faster
with
the tools
just
two
years,"
said
Munoz,
ju st looking to take away. Let's
they
need
to
compete,
he
said.
who
is
transferring
to
a
private
talk about the quality of instruc
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