February 17, 2010
The
Portland Observer Black Histoiy Month
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Post-Racial Myth Explored
Measuring fact
from fiction
Patrice Lumumba Ford; Sylvia C om m ittee m em ber and bi
Evans, candidate for Portland lingual educator.
City C ouncil, Position 2 and
The discussion will take place
founder o f REPO W ER (Re- Saturday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. at
Is racism a thing o f the past? E s ta b lis h in g
P e o p le the Bread and Roses Center,
A panel o f local leaders o f O reg o n izin g W ith E m pow 819 N. Killingsworth St. and is
color will explore the myth o f a ered); M ike N eyland, student sponsored by the Freedom So
post-racial society, an idea pro o f Black history and target o f cialist Party. A Southern food
moted by the media during Presi racial profiling by Portland buffet will be available for a $ 10
dent O bam a’s election cam P o lice; E d u ard o M artin ez- donation. A door donation of$2
paign, and how it measures up Zapata, m em ber o f the C om will also support the event. Slid
to the reality o f African Am eri rades o f C olor Caucus o f the ing scale and work exchanges
can lives today.
Freedom Socialist Party and are also available. Everyone
The featured speakers are Radical W om en and an im m i welcome.
Kent Ford, founder o f the Port g ran t rig h ts o rg an izer; and
For more information, and to
land Black Panther Party and L a u ra M a n n e n , R a d ic a l arrange childcare or transpor
A photograph o f contralto Marian Anderson by Richard Avedon,
father o f p o litical p riso n er W om en N ational E xecutive tation, call 503-240-4462.
June 30, 1955.
We stand together, richer for our differences
We celebrate the wisdom of collaboration and the strength in diversity.
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Possibility. In every direction.