January 28, 2015
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INSIDE
The
Week in Review
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Sponsored by:
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L OCAL N EWS
O PINION
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S PORTS
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M ETRO
PHOTO BY M ARK W ASHINGTON /T HE P ORTLAND O BSERVER
A parcel of property owned by the Portland Housing Bureau and proposed for construction
of housing affordable to low income and disadvantaged residents is situated on Northeast
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, between Northeast Cook and Ivy Street.
Combating Displacement
million in Urban Renewal mon-
ies to fight gentrification in north
and northeast Portland.
The proposal comes before
the Portland City Council this
week after several months of
BY O LIVIA O LIVIA
planning and community meet-
T HE P ORTLAND O BSERVER
ings, including reaching out to
After extended public input, faith leaders within the black
the Portland Housing Bureau has community, and other neighbor-
a formal plan on how to use $20 hood leaders and residents.
Bureau releases
$20 million
housing plan
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Talks on Race and Policing
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C LASSIFIEDS
C ALENDAR
Less than two decades ago,
housing in many inner north and
northeast Portland neighbor-
hoods provided homes to more
African Americans than any-
where in the city—or in the state.
But during the 1990s, city efforts
to address problems of crime
and blight by sponsoring eco-
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Widespread protests in re-
sponse to the deaths of black men
at the hands of police in 2014 have
prompted national conversation
over issues of race and policing—
subjects with which many resi-
dents of the Portland area have
long been familiar.
Oregon Humanities, an inde-
pendent non-profit affiliate of
the National Endowment for the
Humanities and a partner of the
Oregon Cultural Trust, invites
Portland-area community mem-
bers to talk about the challenges
built into how we protect our-
selves in a series of community
discussions on race and policing.
The discussions will be led by
trained facilitators and will take
place Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 6 p.m. at
the Central Library, downtown;
Saturday, Feb. 14 at 4 p.m. at the
Kenton Library in north Portland;
and Saturday, Feb. 28 at 4 p.m. at
the Rockwood Library in
Gresham.
The events are free and open
to the public. Oregon Humani-
ties is planning two additional
events for later in February. Visit
oregonhumanities.org for the lat-
est information.