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2014 s p e c ia l ed ition
e lu d in g the use
p u b lic
sp ace,
e q u a l tre a tm e n t
by police and gov­
ernm ent officials,
privacy o f p ro p ­
erty, voting, and
not being discrim i­
nated ag ain st in
em ploym ent and
health care.
Sisters o f the
Road Café,
downtown
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Sisters M L K A ctio n Day
Activists call
for Homeless
bill of rights
P o rtla n d ’s S iste rs o f the
Road invite the com m unity to
jo in them and other groups for
a day o f action in observance
o f the upcom ing M artin L uther
King Jr. holiday to call atten ­
tio n to d is c rim in a to ry and
crim inalizing practices against
the poor and hom eless.
The special event will take
place Friday, Jan. 17 at the
S is te rs o f th e R o ad C a fé ,
dow ntow n, w ith food, m usic,
theater and speeches by lead ­
ers from the Sisters com m u-
M iH M M M H M N M N N R K B
n ity , alo n g w ith la b o r and
grassroots organizations. Then,
the participants will hold a soli­
darity m arch to City Hall with
Right to Survive, Right 2 Dream
T oo, the d o w n to w n c a m p ­
ground for the hom eless w hich
is trying to move to a new
location.
Sisters o f the Road is w ork­
ing to m obilize the com m unity
and partner organizations to
pass a H om eless Bill O f Rights
in the O regon L egislature to
protect the basic civil and h u ­
man rights o f poor and socially
excluded com m unities.
T he p ro p o sed law w ould
state clearly that all people,
regardless o f housing status
are entitled to their rights, in-
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Building support
for Civil Rights
matter where you were bom, the
fact that we got there, is a direct
meetings at Portland State Uni­ consequence of imperialism and
versity and Sisters of the Road slavery and that’s irrefutable,”
Café, simply letting people know Umi says. “W e’re presenting the
the party exists. Study groups have fact that today the African conti­
been formed to read and discuss nent is the richest land base in the
books like Umi’s the “Handbook world, but yet African people are
of Revolutionary W arfare” or the poorest in the world, that’s
W.E.B. DuBois’ “The World and irrefutable. And w e’re saying the
Africa.” Tedious reads, but all fact that we’re in all these places,
necessary foundation to the revo­ and w e’re unable to control the
lutionary work he hopes to see in mineral wealth of the African con­
the Rose City.
tinent is something we should be
“I would never be arrogant striving to do to change our condi­
enough to say we are the an­ tions. That makes, to me, absolute
swer. But we are certainly, from sense.”
what I see out here, presenting a
Starting Jan. 29, The A-APRP
clear position as to what the and Umi will be hosting Pan-
problem is and what the solution African Film and Discussion
is,” he says.
Nights every last Wednesday on
“W e’re not presenting a theory the Portland State University
that’s just kinda out there and you campus to present topics im­
either believe itoryou don’t. W e’re pacting African people living in
presenting a scientific analysis, 113 countries from a revolution­
and that analysis says that no ary Pan African perspective.
continued
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