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Fighting Displacement
April 9 — Portland Community
Reinvestment Director Maxine
Fitzpatrick works to increase
affordable housing choices in the
city. PCRI and the Portland African
American Leadership Forum
welcome Mayor Hales ’ promise for
an addition $20 million in support
affordable housing choices in the
city, but says it is by no means a
cure to the gentrification of inner
north and northeast Portland
neighborhoods.
Crash Victims were Best Friends
April 16 — Two Portland area students attending
Pacific University in Forest Grove are killed in a traffic
crash on Oregon Highway 4 7 north of the campus.
Kiden Dilla,18 and Ayan Osman, 19, were remem
bered for their friendship as best friends and for
starting a Black Student Union at Pacific.
King Students Perform for First Lady
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Remembering Community Leader Charles Jordan
April 9 - Portland Mayor Charlie Hales ordered all flags to fly at
half-mast for longtime community leader Charles Jordan after his
death at age 77. Portland’s first African-American City Commissioner
was remembered for his community-building to help local children
and families, especially in his role as a former director of Portland
Parks and Recreation.
May 14 — Five students from Martin Luther King Jr.
School travel to Washington, D.C. to perform the
classic play “Annie” for Michelle Obama. The
northeast Portland school was one of eight schools
in the country to participate in an arts program
designed to narrow the achievement gap for
underserved students while paring the schools with
notable performing artists.
Rejoice! Same-sex
Couples Take Vows
Smith Clear Winner in Election
May 28 — Incumbent Loretta
Smith retained her seat on the
Multnomah County Commission
receiving nearly 77 percent vote in a
primary election to avoid a runoff
against three other candidates from
the African-American community.
Smith highlighted her creation of
summer jobs for low-income youth
as well as supporting senior
services in the county budget.
May 21 — Same-sex couples
raced to pick up marriage li
censes and get married after
federal judge Michael McShane
strikes down Oregon’s voter-
approved ban on gay marriage,
saying the 2004 ballot measure
was unconstitutional. LaKeesha
Dumas and O'Nesha Cochran-
Dumas were the first African-
American same-sex couple to
take their vows.
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