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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.