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2012 Year
Crimes against the Elderly
Candlelight Blows Out
March 14 - Sgt. Margaret Bahnson o f the Portland Police Bureau’s Vulnerable Adult
Unit, joins other advocates to speak out on crimes committed against the elderly. In the
last year, 8,300 reports o f abuse, fraud and financial exploitation were made involving
older Portland area residents.
March 21 - After decades o f providing Portlanders with what some consider the best
blues, soul and R&B the city has to offer, the Candlelight Room closes to make room
fo r the construction ofTriMet light-rail tracks, ending an era fo r a popular down­
town nightspot.
High Emotions
on Schools
April 11 - Harriet Tubman
Young Women’s Leadership
Academy Principal Bonnie
Hobson and other school
advocates speak out against
the closure o f the all-girls
academy and Humboldt
Elementary School, both
serving Portland’s African-
American community and
other minorities.
Voices of Vancouver’s First Families
April 18 - Vancouver’s African-American community tells its 70-year-story with the
help o f local author Jane Elder Wulff whose book details the lives o f 35 local families
who trace their roots to the ship building days o f World War II.
Fighting for
Social Justice
New
Columbia
Store Strives
for Health
April 25 - After nearly 17
years as an activist and
advocate fo r minority commu­
nities in Portland, Native
American and single mother
Jeri Williams has put equity
issues before the public with
her race fo r a seat on the
Portland City Council.
Standing
Your
Ground
May 16 - As Debbie
Austin struggles to
keep her house as a
bank executes a
foreclosure, a new
organization called
We Are Oregon is
formed to fight fo r a
fair economy.
May 23 - Mychal Tetteh,
project manager o f the
Village Market in the New
Columbia neighborhood
in north Portland, works
diligently with the commu­
nity to provide residents
with affordable and
healthy food options.
Higher Fares
and Service
Cuts to Come
June 20 - After nearly eight
months o f public outreach to
tackle a $12 million budget
shortfall, TriMet has approved a
series o f higher fares and service
cuts, including the elimination of
pricing by zones, and the rail-
free zone downtown and the
Lloyd District.