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The
Portland Observer Black HistOiy Month
February 12, 2014
Judge to Share Her Pioneering Journey
Black History
Month at PCC
The centerpiece to Portland Com
munity College's Black History
Month celebrations is the inspiring
journey of the Honorable Adrienne
Nelson, ajudge with the Multnomah
County Circuit Court.
Judge Nelson, whose judicial
appointment in 2006 made her the
second female African American
j udge in Oregon, will share her story
as well as the discipline and dedica
tion required for success.
The free and open to the public
event is at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Feb.
19, in the Moriarty Arts and Hu
manities Building Auditorium, Cas
cade Campus, 705 N. Killingsworth
St. Seating for the presentatfbn is
limited and is on a first-come, first-
served basis.
Prior to her judicial appointment,
J udge Nelson was a public defender,
an associate with Bennett, Hartman,
Mocris and Kaplan law firm, and the
senior attomey/coordinator of the
Portland State University Student
Legal and Mediation Services.
She sits on the American Bar Judge Adrienne Nelson, the second female African American ¡udge in Oregon, will share her story and give some advice on the
Association Commission on Dis discipline and dedication required for success during a Black History Month event at Portland Community College.
ability Rights and is an Oregon State
In 2003, Judge Nelson received prom otion o f m inorities in the le- Clark Law School named her a on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Rock
Bar delegate to the ABA House of the O regon W om en L aw y e rs gal profession and in the legal distinguished honorary graduate Creek Campus Event Center, Build-
Delegates.
Judge M ercedes D iez Award for com m unity. In 2011, Lewis and for her m entoring and diversity ing 9. Willie Richardson, president
activities at the school.
of the Oregon Northwest Black Pio-
Another upcoming Black History neers, will present on the essential
Month event at PCC is "Celebrating role African Americans played in
Oregon's Black Pioneers," at 11 a.m. building Oregon.
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