Page 46 M a r t in L u t h e r K in g J r . January 13, 2010 sp e c ia l edition Housing Protest Planned Massive rally to honor King against the poor. "The federal government's 30-year failure to provide enough affordable h o u s in g is a p p a llin g a n d th e crim inalization ol people who are on the streets because o f the lack o f that housing is totally unacceptable" said M ichael A nderson, Executive Direc tor of the O regon O pportunity N et work which has signed on as e n dorser of the January events. O rganizers o f the event are seek ing a reversal o f the federal f unding trends ot the last 30 years which have decreased spending’ on affordable housing, w hich directly correlates to the em ergence o f a new and m assive episode o f hom elessness. O ther dem ands include the enact m ent o f a m oratorium on the dem oli tion, conversion or destruction o f any publicly funded units until fed eral law guarantees one for one re placem ent at existing affordability Sixteen Portland organizations will honor Dr. M artin Luther King by taking part in a m ass action to end hom elessness. The local housing and civil rights activist plan to converge with more than 1.500 housing advocates in San Francisco for tw o days o f dem onstra tions and m ass actions, Jan. 19 and Jan. 20 dem anding change from the O bam a adm inistration on affordable housing. D espite attem pts to shut poor people out o f the political process, organizers are continuing the plans for the protest, which coincides with the one year anniversary o f the his toric inauguration o f Barack O bam a. The action is planned on this an niversary as a rem inder to the adm in istration that it’s tim e to act on the rates; ensuring adequate funding for prom ise o f change. In a year o f un operations o f public housing to pre precedented profits for the banks vent unit loss, high vacancy rates, that were bailed out by this adm inis and substandard living conditions; tration, record unem ploym ent and Stopping police and business im housing costs have created a new provem ent zone program s that en w ave o f m ass hom elessness and a force “nuisance crim es” o r “quality grow th in program s across the coun of life crim es” ; and ensuring that the try aim ed at penalizing those w ho are more than 914,000hom eless children poor and un-housed. The main ac in public schools are able to stay at tion on the 20th will be the presenta their "hom e school" are fully inte tion ot a "people’s bailout” with set grated with their housed peers while ot dem ands to end hom elessness being provided the support they need and stop the civil rights abuses to learn and thrive. In memory of Martin Luther King (^JV eV a’SXStleai ~ , _ _ . Barber-Beauty Salon ' \ perfection Nationally Recogonized Business of Excellenca Award Best of Portland (Willamette Week) We do all types of hair Cuts, Braids, Conrows, Flat Iron, Dreads Perm, Extensions, Relaxer Luther King Jr. Open 7 days a week Mon-Fri-9-6 Sat-8-6 Sun-10:30-3:30 Owner, Jack Chung GRIL 7410 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Portland 1 5601 Miirtin Luther King Jr. Blvd Portland, Oregon 97211 503-285-1159 www.genevas.net Plenty o f Parking available M IM M m M R M * ¡gafe ? til evenin: Geneva & Paul Knauls, Owners