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O ctober 19, 2011
March for Jobs to Cross 1-5 Bridge
Saturday rally to
build on Occupy
Portland momentum
by M indy C ooper
T he P ortland O bserver
In the spirit of Occupy Wall Street Move
ment. several demonstrations and marches
over the past couple of weeks have emerged
in both Portland and Vancouver, where resi
dents unite for their voices to be heard.
Coming up on Saturday, Oct. 22, Esther
Short Park in downtown Vancouver will be
the destination as people join forces to march
across the 1-5 Bridge from Portland to rally for
jobs and speak out against cuts to govern
ment services. The protesters will meet at the
field just off Exit 308 to Jantzen Beach.
“The times have been changing in the last
several weeks,” said Laurie King of Portland
Jobs with Justice, an organizer for the event.
“The occupations of Wall Street, Portland
and hundreds of other places in the U.S. and
around the world are highlighting the fact
that everyday working people are fed up with
policies that protect and enrich financial
markets and huge multi-national corpora
tions.”
Last Saturday, several hundred people
also attended another Occupy Portland
march, which began around 1:30p.m. through
the streets of downtown. The parade of
residents, holding their own self-crafted
poster boards and signs, followed a banner,
which read “End the Wars— Bring Our Money
Home.”
As the march came to an official end,
photo by M indy C( x > per /T he P ortland O bserver
Local residents take to the streets to speak out against troops remaining locked in war in Afghanistan and Iraq during a
march on Saturday in downtown Portland.
several individuals kept marching on side
walks and through parks and ended up, once
more, at Pioneer Courthouse Square minutes
before a different demonstration arrived
where several individuals held Tibetan flags.
As a the activists showed their support
for a free Tibet, the two demonstrations
began to merge together, chanting phrases,
including ‘we are the 99 percent’ and ‘There
is no Freedom with oppression.’
Hugs and handshakes were exchanged
amongst strangers, who united together to
demand change for a more just tomorrow.
Clinic Honored for Community Impact
W ashington State U niversity
V ancouver has presented a com
munity award of distinction to the
Free Clinic of Southwest W ash
ington
The clinic has provided 10,929
patient visits for m edical and den
tal care; filled 9,834 prescriptions
and coordinated specialty care for
366 patients. All o f these patients
were uninsured and all of their
care was provided free of charge.
A Project Access Program or
ganizes donated specialty and
hospital care to uninsured Clark
County residents. C urrently there
are more than 260 physicians in
the com m unity participating in the
program in addition to the four
major health systems: PeaceHealth
S o u th w e s t M e d ic a l C e n te r,
Legacy Salmon Creek M edical
Center, Kaiser Perm anente and
Providence Health.
Since the program began, 1,115
patients have received high-qual
ity specialty care, surgery (if
needed) and hospital care at no
cost to the patient.
W SU Vancouver also made a
com m unity award of distinction
for equity, diversity and inclusion,
naming Teresa W illiamson for her
work at Vancouver-Clark Parks and
Recreation.
W illiam son acts as an advocate
for program s for individuals with
disabilities and has created the
framework for individuals with dis-
a b ilitie s to p a r tic ip a te in
Vancouver-Clark Parks and Rec
reation program s.
baroe west, executive director o f the Free Clinic o f Southwest
Washington, accepts WSU Vancouver’s Community Award o f
Distinction for Community partnership. IVesf is accompanied
by WSU Vancouver Interim Chancellor, Lynn Valenterand
Vancouver Business Journal Publisher John McDonagh.
Free Dental
Care Event
A free dental care event
hosted by Dr. Bradley
Gillespie and non-profit Den
tistry From the Heart, offers
residents 18 years or older of
Clark County and surround
ing areas free dental care
services on Saturday, Oct. 22.
Registration begins at 6
a.m. at the offices of Gillespie
Dentistry. Patients are en
couraged to come early and
will be soon on first come,
first-serve basis starting at 8
a.m. The first 150 to 200
patients will receive treatment
until 4 p.m.
Gillespie Dentistry is lo
cated at 13200 S.E.
M cG illivray
Blvd. in
Vancouver.