January 28, 2015 Page 3 INSIDE The Week in Review This page Sponsored by: page 2 L OCAL N EWS O PINION pages 6-7 S PORTS pages 8 page 9 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 F OOD continued on page 5 Talks on Race and Policing pages 10-13 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- page 14 page 15 page 16 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.