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Page A 3 Iu ly 8 , 2 0 0 9 Multnomah County Settles Chasse Lawsuit Man died in violent arrest (AP) - Multnomah County c o m m is s io n e rs h av e a p proved a $925,000 settlem ent with relatives o f a mentally ill man who died in police cu s tody. The paym ent will be a p ar tial settlement of a federal law suit filed by the family of James Chasse. The suit also names the city o f Portland and Port land police. C h a s s e , 4 2 , w ho had schizophrenia, was arrested follow ing a foot chase in the Pearl D istrict in Septem ber 2 0 0 6 . O f f ic e r s sa id th e y thought he had urinated out side and was on drugs. In an interview with inves tigators a few days after the incident, an o fficer said he James Chasse sh o v e d C h a sse dow n and then fell onto the sidew alk, past Chasse. But a video of Besides a request for dam officers talking at the jail after fered more than a dozen bro they brought Chasse in cap ken ribs, including some that ages, a law suit filed in 2007 tu re s the o f fic e r te llin g a punctured a lung and caused by a tto rn e y Tom S teenson seeks to make changes to limit sheriffs deputy that "we tack massive internal bleeding. The death angered ad v o the use o f deadly force and led him." The 13-minute video ends cates for the mentally ill, but a foot pursuits. It also seeks the establish with police and jail sheriffs Multnomah County grand jury deputies hauling Chasse out found no criminal wrongdoing. m ent an independent o v e r o f jail. C hasse, who can be Chasse's death led Portland sig h t p a n e l fo r re v ie w in g heard m oaning, died w hile Police C hief Rosie S izer to deaths in custody, along with police were driving him to a make sure officers consider an in te rv e n tio n sy ste m to h o sp ital. A cc o rd in g to a u the severity of the crim e be m onitor officers who use ex cessive force. to psy re s u lts , C h asse s u f fore giving chase. MMHM MWNMaMMM Umoja joins Life Works NW Group has long history addressing gang issues Both nonprofit organizations Portland's House of Umoja, a group with a long history of see the move as a positive step working on gang issues in north for the betterment of each or and northeast Portland, is now ganization. Their joint vision is part of Life Works NW, a long built on the strong foundation time local mental health and that Umoja has created - unit ing the community in combat addiction services provider. The two community organi ing gang violence - and ex zations have been working to pands it to include an array of additional service of gether for more than a ferings that will cre year under a manage ate a stronger hub of ment contract. Now the recovery and promise bo ard s o f d ire c to rs in the com m unity. have decided it is in the Space w ill rem ain best interest of Umoja available on site for to m erge w ith community activities. Life Works NW. Mary Monnat “ At L ifeW orks “The U m oja board performed extensive due dili NW, we are proud to be able to gence and came to the conclu continue to provide gang pre sion that the best option to keep vention services that are tai the program viable and main lo red to A frican A m erican tain a strong areay of services young men and women vulner to the community is for Umoja able to gang activity,” said to b eco m e a p ro g ra m o f Mary Monnat, president and LifeW orks NW ,” said John CEO of LifeWorks NW. “We Kyle, former Umoja board presi expect that the youth served by dent. “The new organizational Umoja will benefit from access structure is a real opportunity to our other culturally specific to strengthen Umoja and re programs and vice versa.” The Umoja program will con store its long-term vitality.” Advertise with diversity The tinue under the leadership of Ebony Sloan-Clarke, LifeWorks NW director of culturally spe cific services, who currently oversees an array of culturally specific mental health and ad diction services including alco hol and drug abuse treatment for African Americans, mothers, and youth; and smoking ces sation education to the African American community. Michelle Harper formerly of the Umoja Board of Directors jo in e d the L ifeW orks NW Board effective July 1, 2009. Raised in Portland, and cur rently Citywide Collaborative Services Manager for Portland Parks & Recreation, Michelle has been a long-time commu nity activist in north and north east Portland advocating for the needs of the African American community. LifeWorks NW was founded in 1961 and promotes a healthy community by providing qual ity and culturally responsive mental health and addiction ser vices across the lifespan. Green Jobs Expand A new report paints a fairly A green job is defined as work optimistic picture for green that increases energy efficiency, creates renewable energy, re jobs in Oregon. The Oregon Employment duces environmental degrada D epartm ent surveyed em tion, cleans up the environment, ployers and found that O r or assists with any of these ser egon has 51,402 green jobs, vices. or about 3 percent o f the On average, the wage for a workforce, spread across 226 green job in 2008 was $22.61 per occupations ranging from hour. Two-thirds of the jobs construction to retail trade. paid $ 15 per hour or more. Thirty two percent of green jobs inventoried did not have minimum education require ments, but the better-paying positions required specialized training or a college degree. The report found that em ployers anticipated green jobs growing by 14 percent between 2008 and 2010. Most of this growth will be in farming, fish ing, forestry, transportation, and production. 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