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February 29, 2012 Portland Observer Page 4 JOIN US TO WELCOME THE TEAMS HOME. Advocating for Disability Rights In January, Tyrone Waters was honored by Disability Rights Oregon with a plaque to thank him for his six years of volunteer service on its Board of Direc tors. As a Board member, Waters helped guide the non-profit or ganization and support its mis sion to promote and defend the rights of individuals with disabili ties in Oregon. W aters is the son o f form er G R AN D Tyrone Waters O re g o n S ta te S e n . A v el Gordly. Like his mother, he is a com m unity advocate and vol unteers tim e prom oting the rights of all people with a focus on individuals in the mental health system and the A frican A m erican com m unity. W aters has released a CD that tells about his encounters with the Portland police and the O regon State Hospital as an African-American man. O P E N IN G oj the Concordia University Hilken Community Stadium Advertise new soccer and baseball complex with diversity in Saturday, March 3 | 1 2 : 0 0 Pm 1116 Portland h ig h lig h ts Observer Neil Everett, ESPN - emcee FREE food, fun, and activities for the entire family Special game memorabilia for the first 100 people to arrive Enjoy free entrance to a baseball doubleheader (Concordia vs. Patten University) Call 503-288-0033 ads@ portlandobserver.com ♦ 2715 N.E. Liberty Street, Portland, OR 97211 RSVP: 503.280.8505 | www.BringTheTeamsHome.com/rsvp The U.S. M arine C orps is ho n o rin g the co m m u n ities M arines proudly call home for Black H istory M onth. A highlight of the campaign is the “W here I’m From ” in te r a c tiv e m a p , fo u n d at m a rin e s.co m /w h ereim fro m , w here visitors can click on their hom etow ns and post in spirational m essages for the M arines who serve in their community. Also placed throughout the map are video profiles of M a rines reflecting on their hom e tow ns, childhood m em ories and influential people in their lives. Each M arine shares a unique story o f w hy they ch o se to jo in the M arin e C orps. The M arine Corps is also recognizing the contributions and achievem ents o f the first A fric a n A m e ric a n s to be sw orn in as U nited States M arines. T he in spirational stories about these brave individuals can be fo u n d by v isitin g lifeasam arine.com . Cold Shoulder for 7-Eleven Black History Month programming at Reed is developed and cosponsored by the Multicultural Enrichment Committee and the Office for Institutional Diversity. c o n t i n u e d f r o m page 3 All events are free and open to the public, www.reed.edu/bhm/ Segregated waiting mom at railroad depot Jacksonville Florida. 1921 troin State Archives of Florida JAZZ PERFORMANCE: "Double Legacy Project" DARRELL GRANT I he internationally recognized jazz pianist and composer with drumm er Brian Blade, saxophonist Steve Wilson, and vibraphonist Joe Locke, in an exploration of the legacies we inherit and those we leave behind. February 11, 8 p.m., Kaul Auditorium LECTURE: "Race, Racism, and Discrim ination in America" CHARLES J. OGLETREEJR. s I larvard Law School's Jesse Climenko Professor of Law and author of The Presumption of Guilt: The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Race, Class, and Crime in America. February 18, 7:30 p.m., Vollum lecture hall LECTURE: "Obama is No King: Reflections on Presidential Politics and the Black Prophet Tradition" GLENN C. LOURY Brown University's Merton P. Stoltz Professor of Social Sciences and professor of economics. Cosponsored by the Walter Krause Economics Lectures fund. February 20, 4:30 p.m., Vollum lecture hall LECTURE: "The Warmth o f Other Suns" ISABEL WILKERSON Professor of journalism and director of narrative nonfiction at Boston University and author of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration. February 25, 7:30 p.m., Kaul Auditorium Photo hy loo Homon REED COLLEGE 3 2 0 3 SE WOODSTOCK BLVO. | EVENTS LINE: 5 0 3 / 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 whole neighborhood doesn’t want them here.” Narayan, who has owned her small business for 20-years, said she is certain the new corporate mart will affect their business, espe cially because the chain will be open 24 hours. “I don’t see the need. There are already six stores in 15 blocks,” she said. A n g ela Koh, the o w n er of Killings worth Street Market, a block away, agreed. “I don’t understand it,” she said. “There are too many small grocery stores already.” Like Narayan, Koh said she is also worried about the impact on the hours of operation of her store, which she explained is consistent with the other marts on the street. “We are open from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. every night. Everyone is the same, but 7-Elevens are 24-hours,” she said. The area surrounding the new proposed location was recently re zoned from residential to commer cial, and like many residents, Koh said she is worried about the late night activity. 7-Eleven is also looking to build at a comer lot on a commercially zoned lot on North Lombard Street in St. Johns, which local residents have also been publically opposing in the past month. Officials at Portland's Bureau o f D evelopm ent Services said convenience stores, like 7-Eleven, are required to com e up with a plan to make sure they are pre pared for issues specific to each neighborhood they are in, but the neighborhood does not have to approve the plan. Northeast resident Grace Cox, who has worked at the Alberta Street Co-op on 15th and Alberta since November, said her concern lingers around the health of individuals within the community. “The neighborhood in a broad context is over serviced with conve nience type stores, and for the health of the community, if we need any thing, we need more fresh food, real food outlets and fewer convenient stores,” she said. She said new 7-Elevens will also hurt the surrounding local indepen dent shop owners in the neighbor hood. Although she said she doesn’t consider the co-op to be in the same industry as convenience stores, Cox explained “that any business in its right mind wants to serve the people in its community.”
