July 9, 2014
Çortlanh (Observer
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Visits Portland
Newspaper group
welcomed to the Rose City
VOICE OF THE
BLACK COMMUNITY
photo by M ike
N orris
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., (left)
receives a warm welcome at the NNPA
convention from Portland Observer Pub
lisher Mark Washington.
Female publishers o f black newspapers surround former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown. Pictured, back row, from left
are Natalie Cole, Our Weekly; Denise Rolark Barnes, Washington Informer; Dorris Ellis Robinson, Houston Sun; The
Honorable Willie Brown; Amelia Ashley-Ward, Sun Reporter Publishing, Inc., Jackie Hampton, M ississippi Link; Karen
Carter Richards, Houston Forward Times. Front row, from left are Dorothy Leavell, Chicago Crusader; Mollie Finch Belt,
Dallas Examiner; and Mary G. Denson, Windy City Word.
Patrick Quinton (left) and John Jackley o f the Portland Development Commission hold up their
copies o f The Portland Observer, Oregon oldest minority publication, at the NNPA convention in
Portland, joined by the newspaper’s publisher Mark Washington.
Doni Glover o f Bmorenews.com with Onita
Frazier o f the NNPA.
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown (left), the NNPA’s
Legacy o f Excellence award winner at the group's national
convention in Portland, is jo in ed by Portland resident and former
state Sen. Margaret Carter, and NNPA chair Cloves C. Campbell.
Renowned Civil Rights leader and NNPA President Dr. Benjamin Chavis (second from right) pictured with Self
Enhancement Inc’s Tony Hopson Sr. (from left), Pastor Hardy o f Highland Community Church and Chris H.
Bennett, founder o f the Seattle Medium.
John Stanford (left), president o f the MJWJ Global
Radio Network out o f Houston, Texas, and Michael
McCall, the network's vice president o f operations,
enjoy the NNPA festivities.