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January I, 2014
2013 Year in Review
Black Fatherhood
Suggestive Behavior Uproar
Trouble at the Workplace
June 12 — Baruti Artharee, one o f Mayor Charlie
Hales' top aides, is accused o f making suggestive
remarks and gestures toward Multnomah County
Commissioner Loretta Smith during a public
event. Artharee denies the allegations but apolo
gizes to Smith.
June 12 - Portland
filmmaker Jordan
Thierry works to
empower men o f color by
exploring some o f the
complex traditions o f
being a father in his
debut film ‘The Black
Fatherhood Project. ’
June 1 9 - Lifetime Portlander Ivery Mays Jr. is
certainly under-represented in his profession as an
apprentice pipefitter, hut he never thought he
would encounter racism on the job. Perhaps more
troubling is that he is not alone.
Rattled Drivers
July 24 — Violent and life-threatening encounters with passengers
and others has TriMet bus operators questioning day-to-day safety.
Community Luminary
We the Jury
July 17 — A not guilty verdict in the trail o f George Zimmerman, the
man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, the unarmed Florida
teenager, sparks a peaceful protest o f about 200 people at Peninsula
Park in Portland.
July 10 - Paul Knauls, the 82-
year-old luminary known fo r his
promotion o f Portland’s African
American community, celebrates
50 years o f operating a business
in the city. He and his wife
Geneva, operate Geneva’s Shear
Perfection on Northeast Marking
Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Fighting for History
14 — A petition calls fo r memorabilia from the Matt Dishman
Community Center’s historic Knott Street Boxing program be
returned to its former trophy display case. The boxing program had a
national prominence during the 1960s and 1970s for many local
African Americans.
Community Champion
Chiropractic Auto Injury Clinic, PC
Aug. 21 - Accolades and
remembrances pour in fo r Lee
Perlman, a longtime Portland
community journalist and
Portland Observer contributor
who died at the age o f 64. "In
Losing Lee, we lost one o f the
most comprehensive storehouses
o f neighborhood history we
have, ” said Anne Dufay o f the
Southeast Uplift Neighborhood
Coalition.
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Legacy of Activism
Aug. 28 - Portland commemorated the 50 year anniversary o f the
March on Washington fo r Jobs and Freedom with a march and rally
drawing upwards o f 1,000 people. Local speakers addressed issues
such as fair wages, gender inequality, affordable healthcare, police
brutality and the racial bias in the justice system.