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Portland Community Reinvest
ment Initiatives (PCRI) will be host
ing Portland’s second annual Port
land Roots Festival at Pioneer Court
house Square on Sunday August 10.
The celebration is a chance for locals
to learn more about food accessibil
ity and the food justice movement.
An entire day and early evening
will be dedicated to local perform
ers, food, culture, dance, and com
munity. The diversity includes Af
rican, African-American, Afro-Latin
and Afro-Caribbean food venders,
non-profits, and m icro-entrepre
neurs. Health-related activities and
in fo rm a tio n on h ealth and
sustainability will be available for a
variety of audiences, including chil
dren and families.
Author, activist, and chef Bryant
Terry, will be the keynote speaker,
sharing his background in social
justice and food activism from his
latest book, Afro-V egan (April 2014).
Author, activist, and chef Bryant Terry, will be the keynote speaker
at Sunday’s Roots Festival, a multicultural celebration o f foods
and a chance to learn about food accessibility and the food
justice movement. Terry will share his background in food activ
ism from his latest book, Afro-Vegan (April 2014).
Terry welcomes these discussions
and has himself been at the fore-
front of a food justice movement
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His last reading in Portland, at
trie Celebration Tabernacle in May,
featured fresh food samples and
paved the way for his return over
the summer.
Jordan Davis, who works at PCRI
and is organizing parts of this year’s
festival, hopes Sunday’s event “ex-
poses people who aren’t familiar
with African or African American
culture to new food and music, to a
culture that may have not have pre-
viously had access to.”
Davis highlighted that this year,
the festival welcomes a variety of
acts, including West African drum-
mers, spoken word from youth and
adults poets, hip hop, an all-girl
dance group, a youth ballet group,
a rock band, and dozens of other
acts in support of the African Ameri-
can Food Justice Movement.
“Last year was great and we can ’ t
wait to do again this year,” Davis
says. “We have so much to share
it’s incredible.”
The Portland Roots Festival runs
from noon to 8 p.m. Entrance to the
festivities is free. For more informa-
tion, check out pcrihome.org.
Concordia Blues Honors Scroggins
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The late Grammy-nominated and
beloved Portland musician Janice
Scroggins will be honored Satur
day, Aug. 9 when Concordia Uni
versity and the Original Halibut’s
restaurant in northeast Portland
present the inaugural Campus Blues
Fest, a blues music festival dedi
cated to Scroggins’ legacy.
The free family-friendly event will
start at noon and continue until 8
p.m. at Concordia on the campus
green at 2900 N.E. Rosa Parks Way. Janice Scroggins
Food vendors such as the Original
Halibut’s and Cannon’s Rib Express
will be available.
The dynamic artist line-up will
include performances by Portland
blues icons Norman Sylvester, the
Linda Hombuckle Band with Reggie
Houston and Richard Arnold, the
Jim Mesi Band, the Lloyd Jones
Trio, Kevin Selfe and the Tornados;
Jim Wallace; and the Strange Tones.
For more information, visit cu-
portland.edu/events.
Policy Blocks Transgender Student
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A trangender student from Portland attending George Fox University in Newberg has not won the right to
be housed with other male students on campus. The story (George Fox Back Down) in our July 30 issue did
not accurately reflect the status of the case. The student, Jayce Marcus, hasn't undergone the sex
reassignment surgery that would be necessary to meet the Christian university’s new housing requirements.