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PaSe 4 _____________ ____________________ ¡ P o r t la t t ò (J E )b s e ru e r December 24, 2014 Change Agent c o n t i n u e d f r o m fr o n t Amber Starks’s passion for natural hair led her to successfully advocate for the re-writing o f state law easing regulations on hairstylists who braid, weave and lock hair without the use o f chemicals. w ith natural h air styles as a vo lu n teer hair stylist. A t the tim e you could not o ffer to brain h air even as volunteer w ithout the required 1,700 hours o f cosm eto lo g y classes. M aking m atters w orse, A frican- A m erican children are o v er-rep re sented in the foster care system , and m any adoptive parents are un fam iliar w ith natural h air care. “ So m any o f us learn this at hom e, from o ur fam ilies,’’Starks said, “W e need that to be reco g n ized .” Since the passing o f the bill, other black hair care specialists can open and operate their ow n legitim ate businesses outside their hom es. “ B efore, y ou ju st had to hope you knew som eone, w ord o f m outh,” Starks says. “ It w as hard if you had a child bu t you d id n ’t have insider know ledge, because there w o u ld n ’t be som eone to tell you w here to g o .” “T h is kind o f aw ard is so im por tant to m e,” Starks says, as she tw ists a c lie n t’s hair. “It’s not ju s t im portant to black fam ilies, but to everyone. W e cater to all kinds o f fam ilies, and I w ork w ith a lot o f kids, and all this is im portant to them . T hey deserve to have these skills passed along to them regardless o f w ho raises them o r w hat their fam ily looks like. Starks also gives credit to the U rban L eague o f P ortland w here she enrolled in a social ju stice and leadership program . T he tools she gained during that program helped em pow ered h er to tackle the legisla tive process. Starks w ill continue to w ork from h er dow ntow n P ortland salon and you can learn m ore about her b usi n ess and her s to r y at consciouscoils.com , call o r text 971 - 998-8606, or visit 1033 S.W . Yamhill St Suite 405, Portland. O O M B M H H IN M N O M S M N O M IN IM O N H O O N M N M N M M N M M M N M M N Clearing the Air c o n t i n u e d f r o m page 3 o f hip hop show s. T ensions cam e to a h ead last M arch after an incident at the Blue M onk in southeast Portland, w hen Portland-based rapper Immac ulate left his ow n show in protest o f a heavy police presence. The night still bum s bright for m any o f Portland’s rap fans, and last w eek the City A uditor’s Independent Police Review Board released results o f an investigation that it hoped w ould prove or dis prove a perception that law enforce m ent was pre-deposed to targeting black m usic events. O ver 30 local rappers and hip- hop artists, prom oters, officers, and city officials w ere interview ed for the investigation, officials said. “O ne w ay to m ove the co n v ersa tion b ey o n d conflicting narratives o f w h eth er p olice are present at hip- h op ev en ts m ore than o th er types o f m usic events is fo r there to [be] b etter docum entation by the P o rt land P olice B ureau o f the w alk th ro u g h s it d o e s c o n d u c t,” th e board found. T he review noted that sim ilar in stances o f police and fire m arshal inspections arrived on m ore m ain stream w hite-audience events like PD X Pop N ow o r at v e n u e ’s like K elly ’s O ly m p ia n .lt concluded that despite no definitive ev id en ce o f w hether o r not black venues are targeted m ore often, the perception that they are is pervasive and needs to be addressed. T he rep o rt said the b e lie f in the h ip -h o p c o m m u n ity th a t e v e n ts w hich are p erceived to have a sig nificant p ercentage o f b lack patrons are subject to clo ser scrutiny than o th er types o f m usic ev en ts is one that should greatly co n cern city officials. T he review also m akes m any sug gestions to how the city can a d dress these perceptions. O ne o f the m ost im portant points w as fo r p o lice and fire d epartm ent officials to develop a standard operating p ro cedure for how it conducts w alk throughs o f local venues. T he review also calls fo r the city to open and m aintain an extended dialogue w ith m em bers o f the hip- h op and b lack m usic com m unity, letting conversations to flow m ore easily and the m usic to be ap p reci ated m ore at ease. Leaving a Legacy le n g e rs B rid g e C lu b o f A m e ri c a n B rid g e A s s o c ia tio n , th e strin g o f b u sin e ss a n d p ro fe s E b o n y R o se S k i C lu b , B u b b lin g s io n a l a w a rd s , in c lu d in g th e B ro w n S u g ar, a n d th e A lp h a C hi B u sin e ss E x c e lle n c e A w a rd , th e Pi O m e g a S o ro rity a n d F ra te r K in g N e ig h b o rh o o d B u sin e s s n ity A lp h a M u B e ta C h a p te r. A w a rd , a n d th e D e lta S ig m a A life c e le b ra tio n is p e n d in g T h e ta W o m e n o f E x c e lle n c e a rra n g e m e n ts o f s e rv ic e s an d A w ard . w ill b e a n n o u n c e d b y th e P o rt S he w ill b e re m e m b e re d fo r la n d O b se rv e r as so o n as th e y h e r s e rv ic e to th e c o m m u n ity as are fo rm u la te d . w ell, as b e in g a c tiv e w ith the T h e K n a u ls fa m ily h a s b e en A m e ric a n C a n c e r S o c ie ty an d so d e e p ly c o n n e c te d to th e A f the S is te r C irc le . S h e w as an a c ric a n A m e ric a n c o m m u n ity in tiv e m e m b e r o f d o z e n s o f c o m P o rtlan d . T h e P o rtla n d O b se rv e r m u n ity o rg a n iz a tio n s a n d so cial sh a re s in th e lo v e fo r G e n e v a c lu b s, in c lu d in g th e N e w H o p e an d h o p e s th a t the e n tire c o m B a p t i s t C h u r c h , th e U r b a n m u n ity w ill jo in in h o n o rin g and L e a g u e o f P o rtla n d , th e C h a l c e le b ra tin g h e r life an d m em o ry . c o n t i n u e d f r o m page 3 THE SPINACOLUMN An ongoing senes of questions and answers about America’s natural healing profession Part 30. Genuine Benefits of Chiropractic Help f ~ \ : C a n a c h i r o p r a c t o r re ally help m y p ro b lem s? : Y ou h a v e n o d o u b t h e a rd h o w c h ir o p r a c to r s h e lp e d a frien d ’s headaches, neck pain, neck stiffness, back pain o r fatigue? B u t, it is p e rfe c tly n o rm a l fo r y o u to w o n d e r w h e th e r a c h iro p ra c to r can re a lly y o u r p a rtic u la r p ro b le m s. Y o u r h ead ach es. Y o u r n eck p ain an d / o r s tiffn e ss. Y o u r b a c k p a in o r o th e r sy m p to m s. P ro b le m s y o u m ay h a v e h ad fo r so m e tim e. T h e tru th is, d o c to rs o f c h iro p ra c tic are e x tre m ely su cc e ssfu l at e lim in a tin g m an y sy m p to m s. O fte n m o re q u ic k ly and effectiv ely than o th e r h ealin g m e th ods. B u t, y o u r d o c to r o f c h iro p ra c tic can d o so m u ch m o re fo r y o u th an ju s t tre a tin g sy m p to m s. Y o u r c h iro p ra c to r is c o n c e rn e d w ith m a k in g su re y o u r e n tire b o d y is fu n c tio n in g p ro p e rly . T h e re fo re , y o u r c h iro p ra c to r g o es b e y o n d tre a tin g y o u r im m e d ia te sy m p to m s to m ak e su re y o u r b o d y is still fu n c tio n in g e ffic ie n tly . T h a t is th e o n ly w ay tru e h e a lth can be a c h ie v e d . B ut w e a re n ’t th e o n ly o n es w ho h a v e said it. C h iro p ra c tic h as been a c c e p te d by the u ltim a te a u th o rity ; y o u th e p e o p le. Flowers' Chiropractic Office Dr. Billy R. Flowers 2124 NE Hancock, Portland Oregon 97212 • P h o n e : ( 5 0 3 ) 2 8 7 *5 5 0 4
