January 2. 2013
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Review
Toxic Coal
B lues
Aug. 22 -- Plans to ship
coal through Portland
and build export
terminals along the
Columbia River on
both sides o f the
Cascades is drawing
local residents into an
environmental battle.
Parade Camp Makes Point Helping0,6 Sexually Exploited
June 13 - A public camp-out to raise
awareness about the criminalization of
homelessness in Portland and across the
nation was set up along the Grand Floral
Parade route.
June 13 - Rotary Club executive Dana Clark
and other east Portland Rotarians embark on a
campaign to end human trafficking, a modern-
day slavery in the commercial exploitation of
women and children.
C om m unity
Leader Dies
July 4 - Harold Williams, a
Portland icon for his long record of
service to the community and
extensive background in civil
rights, dies July 1 at the age o f 69.
The public is invited to share their
recollections and stories at a
memorial celebration.
Gun Violence
E xplosion
July 25 - A deadly wave of
gang violence, including
multiple shootings from city
streets and other public
places, has alarmed residents,
police and gun control
advocates.
Plaza Honors Cultural Heritage
Aug. 29 - Neighbors and political leaders gather to celebrate the completion o f the Martin
Luther King Jr. Boulevard Gateway and Heritage Markers Project, which honors the cultural
heritage o f inner north and northeast Portland.
Out o f the
Shadow s
Sept. 5 - Undocumented immi
grants rally in Portland to ‘come
out o f the shadows' and give
voice fo r political and legal
changes. The activists want the
Multnomah County Sheriff to
stop working on deportation
cases with federal agents.
M ain Street
Transform ation
Com m unity
Rights a W rong
Sept. 26 - Luis Rodriguez and
Nathan Teski o f the non-profit
Hacienda Community Develop
ment Corporation are advo
cates o f a main street transfor
mation plan to improve the
quality o f life fo r populations
in the Cully Neighborhood o f
northeast Portland.
Aug. 15 - After racist graffiti
was sprayed on businesses and
the Sons o f Haiti Grand Lodge
on North Mississippi Avenue,
countless residents and
neighbors show up to voice
their support fo r the hate crime
victims.
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