April 1, 2015
The
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Week in Review
H ealth &F itness
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O pinion
photo by D avid Y oung
Norman “Boogie Cat” Sylvester leads a rally earlier this year at the state capitol in Salem for legis-
lation to provide health care for all Oregonians with no exceptions. The popular musician will again
front the annual ‘Healing the Healthcare Blues,’ concert on April 11 to support the Health Care for
All-Oregon Coalition.
M etro
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Healthcare Blues
Music festival supports a system serving all
An all-star lineup of musicians
who know all too well the strug-
gles of affording health care will
gather once again for the Inner
City Blues Festival’s ‘Healing
the Healthcare Blues’ concert on
Saturday, April 11 at the Eagles
Lodge, 7611 N. Exeter Ave. and
Lombard.
The 4th annual event will sup-
port Health Care for All-Oregon,
the statewide movement to re-
form our health care system by
creating a comprehensive, equi-
table, affordable, publicly-fund-
ed, high-quality health care sys-
tem serving everyone.
While the Affordable Care Act
has resulted in millions of Ameri-
can gaining insurance, many peo-
ple, including about 5 percent of
Oregonians still lack any health
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Activist
Teacher
Remembered
M ichael L eighton
T he P ortland O bserver
A longtime Portland educator
who helped countless Portland stu-
dents embark on careers in journal-
ism and other pursuits, including
the editor of the Portland Observer
as a student at John Adams High
School, is being remembered after
his death at the age of 92.
Robert “Bob” Gerber taught
by
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P ortland O bserver archives photo
Portland educator and community activist Bob Gerber (center)
reminisces with other veterans during a 2013 forum at Portland
Community College. Gerber, who died March 22 at the age of 92,
was an advocate for civil rights whose view on race was forever
transformed when his life was saved by members of the all-black
Tuskegee squadron during World War II.