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Wednesday • lune 9, 2010
Making a Difference
Future leaders
join fight
against human
trafficking
by J ake
T homas
T he P ortland O bserver
A d v o cates tak in g aim at
Portland’s human trafficking and
domestic violence issues have re
ceived some welcome support from
students in a leadership class at
Roosevelt High School.
Pressed with researching social,
cultural or health issues and decid
ing how to best use an allotment o f
monies from a community founda
tion, the 25 students chose to bol
ster the front lines o f some local
groups helping victims.
Senior llena Allen had completed
an internship the summer before
with Multnomah County Commis
sion Diane M cKeel where she
worked on issues o f human traffick
ing and pitched the idea to others in
the class, who were interested in
tackling an issue the class hadn’t
looked at before.
“It was pretty straight forward
choosing it,” said Allen, who plans
to go into nursing after graduation.
The students did some research
Roosevelt students Jerome Smith (from left), Angel Gutierrez, Eddie Reyes, Angel Lezo, Jaime Duenas and Cristian Orozco tackle the
issues o f domestic violence and human trafficking as part o f a leadership class.
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Parole on Wheels
Pilot program
aims for better
supervision
by J ake
T homas
T he P ortland O bserver
I f s about 10 a.m. in Old Town, when parole
and probation officers Lisa Lewis and Ron
Kates hit the streets. This time o f day is when
many o f their clients are waking up in their
single occupancy rooms in transitional hous
ing buildings, or wherever they’ve bedded
down for the night.
The officers want to check up on them to
make sure they’re not drinking, using drugs,
and are generally keeping on the straight and
narrow.
But during the last month, the routine o f
Lewis and Kates, along with three other pro
bation officers with the Multnomah County
Department o f Community Justice, has been
a bit different. Instead o f spending hours
pounding the pavement on foot or searching
for parking spaces to get to tucked-away
places their clients have sequestered them
selves, they’ve taken to a new means o f
transportation.
In April, the Multnomah County Depart-
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photo by J ake
T homas /T he P ortland O bserver
Parole and probation officers Lisa Lewis and Ron Kates make their rounds in
Old Town on bicycles, a pilot program to reach clients tucked-away in places
not easily accessible.